Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Edward Harrell

Jeffrey Edward Harrell has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • USER AUTHENTICATION USING A BROWSER COOKIE SHARED BETWEEN A BROWSER AND AN APPLICATION
    Publication number: 20220180349
    Abstract: A system and/or method may be provided to authenticate a user. An example method of authenticating a user includes receiving, by a merchant application, a user request to complete a transaction using a payment service provider. The method also includes in response to receiving the user request to complete the transaction, retrieving, by the merchant application, a browser cookie stored on a user device and associated with one or more user interactions with a browser included in the user device and the payment service provider. The method further includes in response to receiving the user request to complete the transaction, launching, by the merchant application, an instance of the browser that reads the browser cookie and authenticates the user based on the browser cookie.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Poornima Venkatakrishnan, Jeffrey Edward Harrell, Teddy Vincent Toms
  • User authentication using a browser cookie shared between a browser and an application
    Patent number: 11321700
    Abstract: A system and/or method may be provided to authenticate a user. An example method of authenticating a user includes receiving, by a merchant application, a user request to complete a transaction using a payment service provider. The method also includes in response to receiving the user request to complete the transaction, retrieving, by the merchant application, a browser cookie stored on a user device and associated with one or more user interactions with a browser included in the user device and the payment service provider. The method further includes in response to receiving the user request to complete the transaction, launching, by the merchant application, an instance of the browser that reads the browser cookie and authenticates the user based on the browser cookie.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: PayPal, Inc.
    Inventors: Poornima Venkatakrishnan, Jeffrey Edward Harrell, Teddy Vincent Toms
  • USER AUTHENTICATION USING A BROWSER COOKIE SHARED BETWEEN A BROWSER AND AN APPLICATION
    Publication number: 20170316400
    Abstract: A system and/or method may be provided to authenticate a user. An example method of authenticating a user includes receiving, by a merchant application, a user request to complete a transaction using a payment service provider. The method also includes in response to receiving the user request to complete the transaction, retrieving, by the merchant application, a browser cookie stored on a user device and associated with one or more user interactions with a browser included in the user device and the payment service provider. The method further includes in response to receiving the user request to complete the transaction, launching, by the merchant application, an instance of the browser that reads the browser cookie and authenticates the user based on the browser cookie.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Poornima Venkatakrishnan, Jeffrey Edward Harrell, Teddy Vincent Toms