Patents by Inventor Keith A. Kates

Keith A. Kates 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).

  • Patent number: 12254454
    Abstract: Aspects provided may allow for a user to block charges from an entity without having to contact the entity. After detecting that the user has enrolled in a trial or subscription of an entity offering, the user may be provided with the option to block charges from the entity. Using incoming data, charges from the blocked entity may be identified and prevented from being applied to the user. Further aspects may provide for more discrete charge blocking, such as blocking charges for one activity while allowing other charges for different activities from the same entity to go through, and training an identification model that isolates the entity identifier from the incoming data and matches the entity identifier to known entities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Erik Virbitsky, Keith A. Kates, Marisa Lee
  • Publication number: 20240144211
    Abstract: Aspects provided may allow for a user to block charges from an entity without having to contact the entity. After detecting that the user has enrolled in a trial or subscription of an entity offering, the user may be provided with the option to block charges from the entity. Using incoming data, charges from the blocked entity may be identified and prevented from being applied to the user. Further aspects may provide for more discrete charge blocking, such as blocking charges for one activity while allowing other charges for different activities from the same entity to go through, and training an identification model that isolates the entity identifier from the incoming data and matches the entity identifier to known entities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Erik Virbitsky, Keith A. Kates, Marisa Lee