Patents by Inventor Jon Buell

Jon Buell 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).

  • System and method for managing merchant-consumer interactions
    Patent number: 11270301
    Abstract: A system for combining a payment mechanism with an offer to a consumer is described. The system includes a virtual payment account number generation engine to generate virtual payment account numbers that can be used by a consumer in a payment transaction at a merchant, the virtual payment account number generation service also operable to take a portion of the virtual payment account number and send it as a checkout code to a consumer using the consumer's mobile device, and an offer generation engine used to set rules for an offer to be sent to consumers, create a fund for the offer, and determine individual consumer's eligibility for the offer. The offer is associated with the checkout code such that the offer is processed as part of the payment during the payment transaction using the virtual payment account number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: ModoPayments, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory W. Harvey, Samuel N. Brown, David S. Sink, Aaron Wilkinson, Michael Menefee, Mark S. Saum, Colm Bergin, Bruce Parker, Ralf Erich Schulz, Jon Buell, Jason Fisher
  • System and Method for Managing Merchant-Consumer Interactions
    Publication number: 20140289126
    Abstract: A system for combining a payment mechanism with an offer to a consumer is described. The system includes a virtual payment account number generation engine to generate virtual payment account numbers that can be used by a consumer in a payment transaction at a merchant, the virtual payment account number generation service also operable to take a portion of the virtual payment account number and send it as a checkout code to a consumer using the consumer's mobile device, and an offer generation engine used to set rules for an offer to be sent to consumers, create a fund for the offer, and determine individual consumer's eligibility for the offer. The offer is associated with the checkout code such that the offer is processed as part of the payment during the payment transaction using the virtual payment account number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: MODOPAYMENTS, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory W. Harvey, Samuel N. Brown, David S. Sink, Aaron Wilkinson, Michael Menefee, Mark S. Saum, Colm Bergin, Bruce Parker, Ralf Erich Schulz, Jon Buell, Jason Fisher
  • System and method for managing merchant-consumer interactions
    Patent number: 8751380
    Abstract: A system for combining a payment mechanism with an offer to a consumer is described. The system includes a virtual payment account number generation engine to generate virtual payment account numbers that can be used by a consumer in a payment transaction at a merchant, the virtual payment account number generation service also operable to take a portion of the virtual payment account number and send it as a checkout code to a consumer using the consumer's mobile device, and an offer generation engine used to set rules for an offer to be sent to consumers, create a fund for the offer, and determine individual consumer's eligibility for the offer. The offer is associated with the checkout code such that the offer is processed as part of the payment during the payment transaction using the virtual payment account number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: ModoPayments, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory W. Harvey, Samuel N. Brown, David S. Sink, Aaron Wilkinson, Michael Menefee, Mark S. Saum, Colm Bergin, Bruce Parker, Ralf Erich Schulz, Jon Buell, Jason Fisher
  • System and Method for Managing Merchant-Consumer Interactions
    Publication number: 20140040001
    Abstract: A system for combining a payment mechanism with an offer to a consumer is described. The system includes a virtual payment account number generation engine to generate virtual payment account numbers that can be used by a consumer in a payment transaction at a merchant, the virtual payment account number generation service also operable to take a portion of the virtual payment account number and send it as a checkout code to a consumer using the consumer's mobile device, and an offer generation engine used to set rules for an offer to be sent to consumers, create a fund for the offer, and determine individual consumer's eligibility for the offer. The offer is associated with the checkout code such that the offer is processed as part of the payment during the payment transaction using the virtual payment account number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: ModoPayment, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory W. Harvey, Samuel N. Brown, David S. Sink, Aaron Wilkinson, Michael Menefee, Mark S. Saum, Colm Bergin, Bruce Parker, Ralf Erich Schulz, Jon Buell, Jason Fisher
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING MERCHANT-CONSUMER INTERACTIONS
    Publication number: 20120101887
    Abstract: A system for combining a payment mechanism with an offer to a consumer is described. The system includes a virtual payment account number generation engine to generate virtual payment account numbers that can be used by a consumer in a payment transaction at a merchant, the virtual payment account number generation service also operable to take a portion of the virtual payment account number and send it as a checkout code to a consumer using the consumer's mobile device, and an offer generation engine used to set rules for an offer to be sent to consumers, create a fund for the offer, and determine individual consumer's eligibility for the offer. The offer is associated with the checkout code such that the offer is processed as part of the payment during the payment transaction using the virtual payment account number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventors: Gregory W. Harvey, Samuel N. Brown, David S. Sink, Aaron Wilkinson, Michael Menefee, Mark S. Saum, Colm Bergin, Bruce Parker, Ralf Erich Schulz, Jon Buell, Jason Fisher