Patents by Inventor John W. Daniel

John W. Daniel 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: 9471929
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing games, challenges, and/or promotions to mobile devices are usable to provide incentives to customers. According to one embodiment, a system can be provided. The system can be operable to receive information, such as location information, associated with a mobile device; transmit content being associated with a location of a merchant to the mobile device; receive an event outcome indicator associated with the content; provide a promotional offer to the mobile device when the event outcome indicator matches a desired event outcome indicated by a third-party or the merchant; and process the reward or promotional offer associated with the event outcome indicator via interaction with a point of sale system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: SPARKFLY INC
    Inventors: Catherine M. Tabor, Ken R. Powell, John W. Daniel, Terry Bruehl
  • Patent number: 9466067
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing games, challenges, and/or promotions to mobile devices are usable to provide incentives to customers. According to one embodiment, a system can be provided. The system can be operable to receive location information associated with a mobile device and additional information, such as but not limited demographic and/or purchase history information, associated with the mobile device. Additionally, the system can be operable to select content based on the received information, transmit the content to the mobile device, receive an event outcome indicator associated with the content, and provide a promotional offer to the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: SPARKFLY INC
    Inventors: Catherine M. Tabor, Ken R. Powell, John W. Daniel, Terry Bruehl
  • Publication number: 20140122195
    Abstract: Certain embodiments herein are directed to tracking and analyzing the redemption of promotional content, such as coupons, discounts, or similar offers. The redemption of the promotional content may be tracked such that a source or provider of the promotional content may be identified and associated with the promotional content at the point of redemption. Requests to redeem promotional content may be verified by comparing information received at the point of redemption with information previously stored in association with providing promotional content to a user device seeking to redeem the promotional content. Such information may include a unique identifier for the promotional content, a unique identifier for the user device, and a unique identifier for the source of the promotional content. Information associated with historical redemptions of promotional content may be analyzed to target user devices and/or sources of the promotional content for receiving future distributions of the promotional content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: STERLING GLOBAL SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Catherine M. Tabor, Terry Bruehl, Ken R. Powell, John W. Daniel
  • Publication number: 20130144702
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing mobile promotional transactions that are combined with the payment processes to provide integrated solutions for a single transaction event at a transaction device (POS device). According to one embodiment, a method may be provided to operate and receive a request to process a transaction and a promotional code for a reward in a single transaction. In some aspects, the promotional code may be received by a mobile device based at least in part on an event outcome indicator. Additionally, the method may be operable to determine or receive that the promotional code is valid and determine or receive a value associated with the promotional code. Further, the method also be operable to apply a discount to the transaction value, in some examples, based at least in part on the value associated with the promotional code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: SPARKFLY LLC
    Inventors: Catherine M. Tabor, Ken R. Powell, John W. Daniel, Terry Bruehl
  • Publication number: 20130096996
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing games, challenges, and/or promotions to mobile devices are usable to provide incentives to customers. According to one embodiment, a system can be provided. The system can be operable to receive location information associated with a mobile device and additional information, such as but not limited demographic and/or purchase history information, associated with the mobile device. Additionally, the system can be operable to select content based on the received information, transmit the content to the mobile device, receive an event outcome indicator associated with the content, and provide a promotional offer to the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: SPARKFLY LLC
    Inventors: Catherine M. Tabor, Ken R. Powell, John W. Daniel, Terry Bruehl
  • Publication number: 20130054353
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing games, challenges, and/or promotions to mobile devices are usable to provide incentives to customers. According to one embodiment, a system can be provided. The system can be operable to receive information, such as location information, associated with a mobile device; transmit content being associated with a location of a merchant to the mobile device; receive an event outcome indicator associated with the content; provide a promotional offer to the mobile device when the event outcome indicator matches a desired event outcome indicated by a third-party or the merchant; and process the reward or promotional offer associated with the event outcome indicator via interaction with a point of sale system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: SPARKFLY LLC
    Inventors: Catherine M. Tabor, Ken R. Powell, John W. Daniel
  • Publication number: 20120296817
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for promoting products and services in a retail environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventors: KEN R. POWELL, JOHN W. DANIEL
  • Publication number: 20120215647
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for promoting products and services in a retail environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Inventors: Ken R. Powell, John W. Daniel
  • Publication number: 20040024651
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for shopping by computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2002
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: John W. Daniel, Jerome D. Jackson
  • Publication number: 20020173972
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods of promotion within a commercial system. An exemplary embodiment of the invention generates respective invoices for various manufacturers that fund retailer-specific product discounts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2001
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Inventors: John W. Daniel, Ken R. Powell