Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Langus

Jeffrey Langus 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).

  • Patent number: 9978059
    Abstract: Methods and systems for a mobile companion prepaid card purchase transaction. In an embodiment, a process includes a wallet provider computer receiving, via an application program interface (API) Web request from an issuer financial institution (FI) processor, mobile companion prepaid card data and purchase transaction data and then verifying the availability of funds in a mobile wallet prepaid card account. The process also includes authorizing the purchase transaction based on the verification, debiting an open to buy amount of the mobile companion prepaid card account, and then transmitting a purchase transaction authorization response to the issuer FI processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Mastercard International Incorporated
    Inventors: Jeffrey Langus, Venu Appana, Rajen S. Prabhu
  • Publication number: 20150248670
    Abstract: Methods and systems for a mobile companion prepaid card purchase transaction. In an embodiment, a process includes a wallet provider computer receiving, via an application program interface (API) Web request from an issuer financial institution (FI) processor, mobile companion prepaid card data and purchase transaction data and then verifying the availability of funds in a mobile wallet prepaid card account. The process also includes authorizing the purchase transaction based on the verification, debiting an open to buy amount of the mobile companion prepaid card account, and then transmitting a purchase transaction authorization response to the issuer FI processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Jeffrey Langus, Venu Appana, Rajen S. Prabhu
  • Patent number: 9043240
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus and methods for providing an un-personalized and un-embossed mobile companion prepaid card to a consumer having a mobile wallet account. An embodiment includes a wallet provider computer receiving an approval request from an agent device for a mobile companion prepaid card for a consumer. The process includes the wallet provider computer determining an issuer financial institution (FI) associated with the mobile companion prepaid card, transmitting the approval request to an issuer FI processor, receiving an approval message, and transmitting the approval message and a request to a consumer's mobile device to provide cardholder verification met hod (CVM) data. The method also includes receiving and validating the CVM data, transmitting a mobile companion prepaid card activation request, receiving a confirmation message indicating activation, and transmitting a message confirming activation of the mobile companion prepaid card to the consumer's mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: MasterCard International Incorporated
    Inventors: Jeffrey Langus, Venu Appana, Rajen S. Prabhu
  • Publication number: 20140244496
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus and methods for providing an un-personalized and un-embossed mobile companion prepaid card to a consumer having a mobile wallet account. An embodiment includes a wallet provider computer receiving an approval request from an agent device for a mobile companion prepaid card for a consumer. The process includes the wallet provider computer determining an issuer financial institution (FI) associated with the mobile companion prepaid card, transmitting the approval request to an issuer FI processor, receiving an approval message, and transmitting the approval message and a request to a consumer's mobile device to provide cardholder verification met hod (CVM) data. The method also includes receiving and validating the CVM data, transmitting a mobile companion prepaid card activation request, receiving a confirmation message indicating activation, and transmitting a message confirming activation of the mobile companion prepaid card to the consumer's mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: MasterCard International Incorporated
    Inventors: Jeffrey Langus, Venu Appana, Rajen S. Prabhu