Patents by Inventor Kathryne Hawthorne

Kathryne Hawthorne 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: 20220083997
    Abstract: This disclosure describes, in part, a payment service that associates customer profiles with an identifier of a payment instrument, and then uses the customer profiles to identify a customer that is using the payment instrument during a transaction with a merchant. For instance, in some examples, the payment service can identify preferences of customers using transaction information that includes an identifier for a payment instrument, and associate the preferences with respective customer profiles. The payment service can then receive transaction information associated with a transaction between a customer and a merchant, identify preferences of the customer using the transaction information, compare the preferences of the customer with preferences stored in the customer profiles, and identify the customer based on the comparing. The payment service can further generate a receipt for the transaction and send the receipt to contact information of the customer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Victor Tsou, Damon McCormick, Kathryne Hawthorne, Alan Fineberg
  • Patent number: 11151531
    Abstract: This disclosure describes, in part, a payment service that associates customer profiles with an identifier of a payment instrument, and then uses the customer profiles to identify a customer that is using the payment instrument during a transaction with a merchant. For instance, in some examples, the payment service can identify preferences of customers using transaction information that includes an identifier for a payment instrument, and associate the preferences with respective customer profiles. The payment service can then receive transaction information associated with a transaction between a customer and a merchant, identify preferences of the customer using the transaction information, compare the preferences of the customer with preferences stored in the customer profiles, and identify the customer based on the comparing. The payment service can further generate a receipt for the transaction and send the receipt to contact information of the customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Square, Inc.
    Inventors: Victor Tsou, Damon McCormick, Kathryne Hawthorne, Alan Fineberg
  • Publication number: 20200250641
    Abstract: This disclosure describes, in part, a payment service that associates customer profiles with an identifier of a payment instrument, and then uses the customer profiles to identify a customer that is using the payment instrument during a transaction with a merchant. For instance, in some examples, the payment service can identify preferences of customers using transaction information that includes an identifier for a payment instrument, and associate the preferences with respective customer profiles. The payment service can then receive transaction information associated with a transaction between a customer and a merchant, identify preferences of the customer using the transaction information, compare the preferences of the customer with preferences stored in the customer profiles, and identify the customer based on the comparing. The payment service can further generate a receipt for the transaction and send the receipt to contact information of the customer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Victor Tsou, Damon McCormick, Kathryne Hawthorne, Alan Fineberg
  • Patent number: 10628811
    Abstract: This disclosure describes, in part, a payment service that associates customer profiles with an identifier of a payment instrument, and then uses the customer profiles to identify a customer that is using the payment instrument during a transaction with a merchant. For instance, in some examples, the payment service can identify preferences of customers using transaction information that includes an identifier for a payment instrument, and associate the preferences with respective customer profiles. The payment service can then receive transaction information associated with a transaction between a customer and a merchant, identify preferences of the customer using the transaction information, compare the preferences of the customer with preferences stored in the customer profiles, and identify the customer based on the comparing. The payment service can further generate a receipt for the transaction and send the receipt to contact information of the customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Square, Inc.
    Inventors: Victor Tsou, Damon McCormick, Kathryne Hawthorne, Alan Fineberg
  • Patent number: 10410200
    Abstract: This disclosure describes, in part, cloud-based generation of receipts using transaction information. In some examples, a payment service can send receipt templates to a point-of-sale (POS) device of a merchant, receive an indication of a selected receipt template from the POS device, and associated the selected receipt template in a merchant profile of the merchant. The payment system can then receive transaction information from the POS device of the merchant, generate a receipt for the transaction using the selected receipt template associated with the merchant profile, and send data representing the receipt to the POS device. In some examples, the receipt template defines a layout of the receipt, text to include in the receipt, and one or more graphics to include in the receipt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Square, Inc.
    Inventors: Victor Tsou, Alan Fineberg, Damon McCormick, Kathryne Hawthorne
  • Patent number: 10394690
    Abstract: Techniques for generating serialized view models that are used for both debugging an application and application support. The techniques include executing an application, creating a view model associated with the application, the view model including information associated with a service provided by the application, and presenting a user interface associated with the view model. The techniques can further include identifying, while presenting the user interface, an error occurring with the application, capturing a stack trace corresponding to the error, capturing a process image of the view model, serializing the process image of the view model to generate a serialized view model, and sending the stack trace and the serialized view model to a service. The service can then use the stack trace and the serialized view model to debug the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Square, Inc.
    Inventors: Zachary Potter, Kathryne Hawthorne, Victor Tsou
  • Publication number: 20170270497
    Abstract: This disclosure describes, in part, a payment service that associates customer profiles with an identifier of a payment instrument, and then uses the customer profiles to identify a customer that is using the payment instrument during a transaction with a merchant. For instance, in some examples, the payment service can identify preferences of customers using transaction information that includes an identifier for a payment instrument, and associate the preferences with respective customer profiles. The payment service can then receive transaction information associated with a transaction between a customer and a merchant, identify preferences of the customer using the transaction information, compare the preferences of the customer with preferences stored in the customer profiles, and identify the customer based on the comparing. The payment service can further generate a receipt for the transaction and send the receipt to contact information of the customer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Victor Tsou, Damon McCormick, Kathryne Hawthorne, Alan Fineberg
  • Publication number: 20170270505
    Abstract: This disclosure describes, in part, cloud-based generation of receipts using transaction information. In some examples, a payment service can send receipt templates to a point-of-sale (POS) device of a merchant, receive an indication of a selected receipt template from the POS device, and associated the selected receipt template in a merchant profile of the merchant The payment system can then receive transaction information from the POS device of the merchant, generate a receipt for the transaction using the selected receipt template associated with the merchant profile, and send data representing the receipt to the POS device. In some examples, the receipt template defines a layout of the receipt, text to include in the receipt, and one or more graphics to include in the receipt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Victor Tsou, Alan Fineberg, Damon McCormick, Kathryne Hawthorne