Patents by Inventor John Bryan Scott

John Bryan Scott 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: 11823153
    Abstract: In some examples, a financial system receives, from a plurality of computing devices associated with a plurality of users, respectively, transaction data of transactions performed by the plurality of users. The financial system may provide, based at least on the transaction data, financing to an account of a first user, the financing including repayment terms for repayment of the financing. The financial system may receive, from one or more services, one or more signals related to a business of the first user. Further, the financial system may determine, based on the received one or more signals related to the business of the first user, updated repayment terms for repayment of the financing from the first user. In addition, the financial system may apply the updated repayment terms for repayment of the financing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: BLOCK, INC.
    Inventors: John Bryan Scott, Brian Boates, Adam Jeremy Fern, Andrew Kimball
  • Patent number: 11720959
    Abstract: A payment processing system receives, from a plurality of merchant computing devices associated with respective merchants, transaction information of transactions performed between the respective merchants and customers. Further, the system may receive, from a first computing device, a request to finance a purchase to be made by a customer from a first merchant. The system may determine, based at least partially on analysis of previous transactions of the customer determined from the received transaction information, financing terms for the purchase, the financing terms including a financed amount and repayment terms for the customer for the financed amount. The system may transmit the financing terms to the first computing device, and may receive an acceptance by the customer of the financing terms. Additionally, the system may send, based on the approved financed amount, a communication indicating an amount to provide to an account associated with the first merchant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: BLOCK, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Boates, Adam Jeremy Fern, Andrew Kimball, John Bryan Scott
  • Patent number: 11699182
    Abstract: In some examples, a system may provide financing to a user associated with a user account. Further, a predefined time period for repayment of the financing may be associated with the financing. The system evaluates transactions processed via a user computing device of the user to determine, based at least on the evaluation, that the user is either ahead of schedule or behind schedule to repay the financing according to the predefined time period for repayment. Based at least on the evaluation and based on determining that the user is either ahead of schedule or behind schedule, the system may dynamically adjust a rate of repayment for the financing so that the user is on track for repaying the financing according to the predefined time period for repayment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: BLOCK, INC.
    Inventors: Ariana Poursartip, John Bryan Scott, Kevin Teh
  • Patent number: 11593876
    Abstract: In some examples, a payment processing system receives transaction information of transactions performed by a plurality of merchants. The payment processing system may generate, using one or more trained machine learning classifiers and based on transaction information of a current transaction of a first merchant, a request to a plurality of financial systems. Further, the payment processing system may expose an application programming interface (API) to at least one financial system of the plurality of financial systems for electronic communication of financial information at least one of to or from the at least one financial system. Additionally, the payment processing system may generate, using the one or more trained machine learning classifiers and based at least on information obtained from the at least one financial system, via the API, one or more payment actions for the first merchant to perform using the payment processing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: BLOCK, INC.
    Inventors: Adam Jeremy Fern, Andrew Kimball, John Bryan Scott, Brian Boates
  • Patent number: 11481839
    Abstract: In some examples, a computing device may process a plurality of transactions initiating on at least one of mobile applications or web applications. The computing device may determine eligibility of a first merchant to receive an offer for financing based on one or more attributes of transactions, of the plurality of transactions, that are associated with the first merchant or one or more similar merchants. In addition, the computing device may generate the offer for financing for a particular amount based on the eligibility of the merchant. Further, the computing device may cause presentation of the offer for financing on a first merchant computing device associated with the first merchant. For example, the offer may specify terms for the financing and terms of repayment, the terms of repayment including using a portion of funds from at least one additional transaction for repayment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: BLOCK, INC.
    Inventors: Ariana Poursartip, John Bryan Scott, Kevin Teh
  • Publication number: 20220301052
    Abstract: A payment processing system for mobile point-of-sale transactions from a mobile point-of-sale (POS) terminal including a payment card reader having a card interface configured to read data from a payment card, the payment processing system configured to process a request from a merchant to provide financing for a purchase by a buyer (e.g., a second merchant). The payment processing system is further configured to calculate financing terms including an approved purchase amount and repayment terms for the approved purchase amount, to transmit the financing terms to the merchant for presentation to the buyer via the mobile POS terminal, to receive an acceptance of the financing terms from the buyer, to transmit the approved purchase amount to the merchant, and to receive payment from the buyer according to the repayment terms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Brian BOATES, Adam Jeremy Fern, Andrew Kimball, John Bryan Scott
  • Patent number: 11367096
    Abstract: In some examples, a payment processing system may send, based on transaction information received from a plurality of merchant devices, an incentive for a first merchant to whom financing has been provided, to achieve a performance target during a specified time period. For instance, the incentive may include a proposed modification to repayment terms for the financing to be implemented if the merchant achieves the performance target during the specified time period. The system may track transactions processed for the first merchant during the specified time period. Based on the tracking, the system may determine that the merchant has achieved the performance target during the specified time period for receiving the incentive, and may implement the modification of the repayment terms for the financing for the first merchant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: BLOCK, INC.
    Inventors: John Bryan Scott, Brian Boates, Adam Jeremy Fern, Andrew Kimball
  • Patent number: 11100576
    Abstract: In some examples, a system may receive, from a plurality of merchant devices associated with a plurality of merchants, transaction information of transactions performed between the plurality of merchants and a plurality of customers. The system may determine for a first merchant, based on the transaction information received from a first merchant device of the first merchant, one or more factors indicative of a business of the first merchant, and may compare the transaction information received from the plurality of merchant computing devices with the one or more factors determined for the first merchant to generate a custom financing offer for the first merchant. In addition, the system may send the custom financing offer to the first merchant device and, in response to an indication of acceptance of the custom financing offer, may send an instruction to provide a financed amount to an account of the first merchant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: SQUARE, INC.
    Inventors: Ariana Poursartip, John Bryan Scott, Kevin Teh
  • Patent number: 11010740
    Abstract: In some examples, a payment processing system may receive, from a plurality of merchant computing devices associated with a plurality of merchants, respectively, transaction data of transactions performed between the plurality of merchants and a plurality of customers. Based at least on the transaction data, the payment processing system may provide financing to an account of a first merchant, the financing including repayment terms for repayment of the financing. In addition, the payment processing system may determine that the first merchant is predicted to have a change in sales during an upcoming time period. Based on the predicted change in sales, the payment processing system may determine updated repayment terms for repayment of the financing from the first merchant, and may apply the updated repayment terms for repayment of the financing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: SQUARE, INC.
    Inventors: John Bryan Scott, Brian Boates, Adam Jeremy Fern, Andrew Kimball
  • Patent number: 10902512
    Abstract: A payment processing system is configured to expose an API to provide financing terms to a financial institution. The payment processing system receives, via the API, a request from the financial institution to calculate financing terms for providing capital to a merchant based on the merchant's financial history with the payment processing system and/or the financial institution. The payment processing system calculates the financing terms including an approved financing amount and repayment terms, which may include a portion of the transaction processed by the payment processing system or the financial institution to be withheld for repayment of the approved financing amount. The payment processing system transmits the financing terms to the financial institution via the API.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: SQUARE, INC.
    Inventors: Adam Jeremy Fern, Andrew Kimball, John Bryan Scott, Brian Boates
  • Patent number: 10755349
    Abstract: A payment processing system receives, from merchant computing devices, transaction information of transactions performed between a plurality of merchants and customers. The merchant computing devices may each execute a merchant application that configures the merchant computing devices as point-of-sale (POS) terminals. The payment processing system receives, from a first POS terminal, a request to finance a purchase between a customer and a first merchant. The payment processing system determines financing terms for the purchase from the transaction information received from the merchant computing devices. The payment processing system sends the financing terms, including an approved financed amount and repayment terms for the approved financed amount, to the first POS terminal for presentation to the customer. In response to receiving an indication of acceptance by the customer of the financing terms, the payment processing system transfers the approved financed amount to an account of the first merchant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: SQUARE, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Boates, Adam Jeremy Fern, Andrew Kimball, John Bryan Scott
  • Patent number: 10628816
    Abstract: In some examples, a payment processing system may receive, from merchant devices of a plurality of merchants, transaction data of transactions performed between the merchants and customers. The system may provide financing to an account of a first merchant with repayment terms based on one or more attributes of the first merchant determined from the received transaction data. The system may receive service information from at least one service performed for a business of the first merchant and may determine a state of the business of the first merchant. Based on the received transaction data and the state of the business of the first merchant, the system may determine that the first merchant is expected to have a decrease in sales. The system may determine a deferral period based on the expected decrease in sales and may refrain from taking repayment of the financing for the deferral period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: SQUARE, INC.
    Inventors: John Bryan Scott, Brian Boates, Adam Jeremy Fern, Andrew Kimball
  • Patent number: 10607286
    Abstract: A payment and financing system can determine whether a merchant is eligible for financing for a particular amount. The particular amount can be determined by evaluating previous financial transactions that were conducted by the merchant and other merchants through the payment and financing system. Once a determination is made that the merchant is eligible for the cash advance, the payment system can send a customized offer for financing in the particular amount to the merchant via a merchant computing device. The merchant can accept the offer for the cash advance by sending an acceptance to the payment and financing system, for example, through a financing interface on the merchant computing device. Upon accepting the offer, the merchant is provided the financed amount, for example, in the form of an electronic deposit in a financial account of the merchant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: SQUARE, INC.
    Inventors: Ariana Poursartip, John Bryan Scott, Kevin Teh
  • Patent number: 10453086
    Abstract: A payment processing system is configured to provide financing to a merchant, the merchant having an account with a payment provider who operates the payment processing system to process a plurality of financial transactions between the merchant and buyers via a mobile point-of-sale (POS) terminal. The payment processing system receives repayment of the financing from the merchant by withholding a portion of funds from the plurality of financial transactions processed for the merchant by the payment processing system. The payment processing system evaluates financial transactions conducted by the merchant through the payment processing system and, based on the evaluation, provides the merchant with one or more offers defining an incentive of financing or modification of current financing arrangements in order to induce activity by the merchant. The payment processing system identifies that the merchant has performed the activity identified in the offer and implements the incentive in the offer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: SQUARE, INC.
    Inventors: John Bryan Scott, Brian Boates, Adam Jeremy Fern, Andrew Kimball
  • Patent number: 10445826
    Abstract: A payment system can determine whether a merchant is eligible for a cash advance for a particular amount, along with a fee for the cash advance. The particular amount can be determined by evaluating previous financial transactions that were conducted by the merchant through the payment system. Once a determination is made that the merchant is eligible for the cash advance, the payment system can send an offer for the cash advance in the particular amount to the merchant, for example, in the form of an e-mail or text. The merchant can accept the offer for the cash advance by sending an acceptance to the payment system, for example, through a financing interface provided by the payment system. Upon accepting the offer, the merchant is provided the cash advance for the particular amount, for example, in the form of an electronic deposit in a financial account of the merchant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: SQUARE, INC.
    Inventors: Ariana Poursartip, John Bryan Scott, Kevin Teh
  • Patent number: 10346907
    Abstract: In some examples, a payment system may receive, from a point-of-sale (POS) computing device of a merchant, transaction data for a plurality of financial transactions corresponding to purchases by a plurality of customers of items from the merchant. The payment system may determine, based in part on the received transaction data, an amount that is expected to be paid by the merchant during an upcoming time period. Furthermore, the payment system may determine, based at least partially on the transaction data, that the merchant is eligible to receive financing from the payment system for at least a portion of the amount. The payment system may send a notification that causes an application on a computing device of the merchant to display a financing offer interface presenting an offer for financing based on the amount. The payment system may receive, via the financing offer interface, an acceptance of the financing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Square, Inc.
    Inventors: Ariana Poursartip, John Bryan Scott, Kevin Teh
  • Patent number: 10062109
    Abstract: A payment system can determine when a business need for a merchant is expected to occur. The payment system can also determine whether the merchant is eligible for financing for a financing amount. Once a determination is made that the merchant is eligible for the financing, the payment system can send the merchant a notification describing the expected business need along with an offer for the financing, which may be presented in an interface on a merchant device. The merchant can accept the offer for the financing by sending an acceptance to the payment system. Upon accepting the offer, the merchant is provided the financing amount, for example, in the form of an electronic deposit in a financial account of the merchant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: SQUARE, INC.
    Inventors: Ariana Poursartip, John Bryan Scott, Kevin Teh
  • Patent number: 10019698
    Abstract: A payment processing system for processing mobile point-of-sale transactions and extending cash advances to merchants is disclosed. The payment processing system receives repayment of the cash advance from the merchant by withholding a portion of funds from financial transactions processed for the merchant, the portion of funds determined according to repayment terms for the cash advance. The payment processing system receives signals from other products provided to the merchant by the payment processing service provider to determine payment deferral eligibility for the merchant where the payment processing system refrains from taking repayment from the financial transactions processed for the merchant by the payment processing system. The payment deferral eligibility may be determined in response to a merchant request for a payment deferral or automatically by the payment processing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Square, Inc.
    Inventors: John Bryan Scott, Brian Boates, Adam Jeremy Fern, Andrew Kimball
  • Patent number: 9984412
    Abstract: A payment system can determine whether a merchant is eligible for a cash advance for a particular amount, along with a fee for the cash advance. The particular amount can be determined by evaluating previous financial transactions that were conducted by the merchant through the payment system. Once a determination is made that the merchant is eligible for the cash advance, the payment system can send an offer for the cash advance in the particular amount to the merchant, for example, in the form of an e-mail or text. The merchant can accept the offer for the cash advance by sending an acceptance to the payment system, for example, through a financing interface provided by the payment system. Upon accepting the offer, the merchant is provided the cash advance for the particular amount, for example, in the form of an electronic deposit in a financial account of the merchant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Square, Inc.
    Inventors: Ariana Poursartip, John Bryan Scott, Kevin Teh
  • Patent number: 9824394
    Abstract: A payment processing system for mobile point-of-sale transactions from a mobile point-of-sale (POS) terminal including a payment card reader having a card interface configured to read data from a payment card, the payment processing system configured to process a request from a merchant to provide financing for a purchase by a buyer (e.g., a second merchant). The payment processing system is further configured to calculate financing terms including an approved purchase amount and repayment terms for the approved purchase amount, to transmit the financing terms to the merchant for presentation to the buyer via the mobile POS terminal, to receive an acceptance of the financing terms from the buyer, to transmit the approved purchase amount to the merchant, and to receive payment from the buyer according to the repayment terms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: SQUARE, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Boates, Adam Jeremy Fern, Andrew Kimball, John Bryan Scott