Patents by Inventor Kathryn Whalen

Kathryn Whalen 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).

  • Publication number: 20230351372
    Abstract: A gateway encryption service is used to ensure consistent, source independent tokenization for payment accounts and synchronizing payment account information with merchants. A consistent, evergreen merchant-facing token is generated and used for each payment account for the merchant, ensuring that regardless of the payment method used by the customer (e.g., plastic card point-of-sale, pay wallet, saved card information) for the same underlying account, the merchant has a single token. Further, if the account number for the underlying payment account changes (e.g., the card expires or is stolen) the merchant-facing token remains consistent. The evergreen token ensures that the system functions more efficiently, saving resources in processing and storage and ensuring less network traffic for failed transactions. The system further implements encryption and security despite the consistent tokenization, further saving resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: First Data Corporation
    Inventors: Vijay Royyuru, Renee Goodheart, Lanny Byers, Timothy Horton, Kathryn Whalen, Lixia Zhu
  • Patent number: 11748744
    Abstract: A gateway encryption service is used to ensure consistent, source independent tokenization for payment accounts and synchronizing payment account information with merchants. A consistent, evergreen merchant-facing token is generated and used for each payment account for the merchant, ensuring that regardless of the payment method used by the customer (e.g., plastic card point-of-sale, pay wallet, saved card information) for the same underlying account, the merchant has a single token. Further, if the account number for the underlying payment account changes (e.g., the card expires or is stolen) the merchant-facing token remains consistent. The evergreen token ensures that the system functions more efficiently, saving resources in processing and storage and ensuring less network traffic for failed transactions. The system further implements encryption and security despite the consistent tokenization, further saving resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: FIRST DATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Vijay Royyuru, Renee Goodheart, Lanny Byers, Timothy Horton, Kathryn Whalen, Lixia Zhu
  • Publication number: 20200320516
    Abstract: A gateway encryption service is used to ensure consistent, source independent tokenization for payment accounts and synchronizing payment account information with merchants. A consistent, evergreen merchant-facing token is generated and used for each payment account for the merchant, ensuring that regardless of the payment method used by the customer (e.g., plastic card point-of-sale, pay wallet, saved card information) for the same underlying account, the merchant has a single token. Further, if the account number for the underlying payment account changes (e.g., the card expires or is stolen) the merchant-facing token remains consistent. The evergreen token ensures that the system functions more efficiently, saving resources in processing and storage and ensuring less network traffic for failed transactions. The system further implements encryption and security despite the consistent tokenization, further saving resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: First Data Corporation
    Inventors: Vijay Royyuru, Renee Goodheart, Lanny Byers, Timothy Horton, Kathryn Whalen, Lixia Zhu