Patents by Inventor Karen Larsen

Karen Larsen 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).

  • Systems and method for integrating multiple interaction arrangements
    Patent number: 7647246
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for executing such a bilateral action. A communication is received at a host system. A determination is made that the communication identifies a physical instrument that identifies an account of stored value. A request is transmitted to another host system to debit the account by an amount identified in the communication to support the bilateral action. A confirmation is received from the other host system that the account of stored value has been debited. An approval for the bilateral action is transmitted to an originating communications device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: First Data Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Rodin, David Baumgartner, Eric Eldred, Erik S. Crawford, Karen Larsen, Kenneth Timbers, Kevin Harte, Terra Geiger
  • Systems and methods for integrating multiple interaction arrangements
    Publication number: 20060100960
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for executing such a bilateral action. A communication is received at a host system. A determination is made that the communication identifies a physical instrument that identifies an account of stored value. A request is transmitted to another host system to debit the account by an amount identified in the communication to support the bilateral action. A confirmation is received from the other host system that the account of stored value has been debited. An approval for the bilateral action is transmitted to an originating communications device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2004
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Applicant: First Data Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Rodin, David Baumgartner, Eric Eldred, Erik Crawford, Karen Larsen, Kenneth Timbers, Kevin Harte, Terra Geiger
  • Systems and methods of data transfer in a distributed computer network
    Publication number: 20060059040
    Abstract: A method of transporting electronic data in a distributed computer network, where the method includes receiving, at a first network node, a first data packet that includes a network event identifier, a user account identifier, and network event data, where the user account identifier points to a location on the first network node where the user account is stored, and the network event data define an operation between a user and a network operator. The method also includes processing the network event parameters with a loyalty algorithm to generate a loyalty value parameter; and calculating an updated account value parameter for the user account using the loyalty value parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Applicant: First Data Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Eldred, Terra Geiger, Erik Crawford, David Baumgartner, Karen Larsen