Patents by Inventor Kathleen Nimmo

Kathleen Nimmo 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).

  • Method and system for merchant processing of purchase card transactions with expanded card type acceptance
    Publication number: 20060116955
    Abstract: Systems and methods for merchant processing of purchase card transactions with expanded card type acceptance are provided. For each merchant, a record is maintained of each card type that the merchant accepts, and merchant-specific transaction processing parameters are associated with each card type. During transaction processing, a card type for the transaction is identified from transaction data submitted by the merchant, and the merchant-specific transaction processing parameters associated with the identified card type are used to control transaction processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2006
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Applicant: First Data Corporation
    Inventors: Allen Strayer, Kathleen Nimmo, David Weis
  • Method and system for merchant processing of purchase card transactions with expanded card type acceptance
    Publication number: 20060116954
    Abstract: Systems and methods for merchant processing of purchase card transactions with expanded card type acceptance are provided. For each merchant, a record is maintained of each card type that the merchant accepts, and merchant-specific transaction processing parameters are associated with each card type. During transaction processing, a card type for the transaction is identified from transaction data submitted by the merchant, and the merchant-specific transaction processing parameters associated with the identified card type are used to control transaction processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2006
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Applicant: First Data Corporation
    Inventors: Allen Strayer, Kathleen Nimmo, David Weis