Patents by Inventor Jigar G. Desai

Jigar G. Desai 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).

  • Publication number: 20140025453
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-executable instructions for automatically processing promotion redemptions are provided. An exemplary method includes linking promotion information with an account of a customer in a database. The promotion information pertains to a promotion for a product or service offered by a merchant. The method includes receiving a request to provide payment for a transaction using the customer account. The request includes an amount of the transaction and an identifier of the customer account. The method further includes retrieving the promotion information from the database based on the identifier, verifying that the transaction is eligible for the promotion based on the retrieved promotion information, and adjusting the amount of the transaction based on the retrieved promotion information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: FIRST DATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kevin Joseph Knowles, Julie Christine Bohn, Peter R. Cavicchi, III, Natalie Cekan, Robert James Cole, Sammy Leigh Coleman, Jigar G. Desai, John W. Graham, Amy Lynne Kirshenbaum, Sarah Owen, Lisa Marie Shank, Alan Surell, Susan Munn Young
  • Publication number: 20140025451
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-executable instructions for managing financial information are provided. An exemplary method includes establishing a customer identifier associated with a customer and linking the customer identifier to one or more customer financial accounts in a database. The customer identifier is associated with the one or more customer financial accounts, but does not contain account numbers of the one or more customer financial accounts. The method also includes tracking purchasing behavior metrics associated with the customer financial accounts and reporting the purchasing behavior metrics using the customer identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: FIRST DATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kevin Joseph Knowles, Sarah Owen, Julie Christine Bohn, Robert James Cole, Sammy Leigh Coleman, Peter R. Cavicchi, III, Susan Munn Young, Amy Lynne Kirshenbaum, Jigar G. Desai, Natalie Cekan
  • Publication number: 20140025460
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-executable instructions for automatically processing promotion redemptions are provided. An exemplary method includes receiving a request to authorize payment for a transaction using a customer account. The request identifies the customer account and the transaction is associated with at least one purchased product. The method includes selecting a promotion for the transaction based on the customer account and one or more rules. The amount of the transaction is adjusted based on the selected promotion. The method also includes transmitting an authorization for the adjusted transaction to the merchant. The method may also include selecting a promotion that has been pre-purchased by the customer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: FIRST DATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kevin Joseph Knowles, Sarah Owen, Julie Christine Bohn, Robert James Cole, Sammy Leigh Coleman, Peter R. Cavicchi, III, Susan Munn Young, Amy Lynne Kirshenbaum, Jigar G. Desai, Natalie Cekan, Alan Surell