Patents by Inventor Kimberly A. Alderfer

Kimberly A. Alderfer 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: 20120330832
    Abstract: The present disclosure facilitates gesture-based interaction with a computer-system. The method may comprise pairing a transaction account with a likeness, receiving the likeness and a transaction request based upon the location of a marker in three dimensional space, retrieving the transaction account paired with the likeness, and approving the transaction request at least partially based upon the transaction account and the likeness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Dilip Aidasani, Kimberly Alderfer, Kate T. King, Lisa M. Knight, Stuart Rolinson
  • Publication number: 20120330836
    Abstract: The present disclosure facilitates gesture-based interaction with a computer-system. The method may comprise pairing a transaction account with a likeness, receiving the likeness and a transaction request based upon the location of a marker in three dimensional space, retrieving the transaction account paired with the likeness, and approving the transaction request at least partially based upon the transaction account and the likeness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Dilip Aidasani, Kimberly Alderfer, Kate T. King, Lisa Knight, Stuart Rolinson
  • Publication number: 20120330835
    Abstract: The present disclosure facilitates gesture-based interaction with a computer-system. The method may comprise pairing a transaction account with a likeness, receiving the likeness and a transaction request based upon the location of a marker in three dimensional space, retrieving the transaction account paired with the likeness, and approving the transaction request at least partially based upon the transaction account and the likeness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Dilip Aidasani, Kimberly Alderfer, Kate T. King, Lisa Knight, Stuart Rolinson
  • Publication number: 20120330834
    Abstract: The present disclosure facilitates gesture-based interaction with a computer-system. The method may comprise pairing a transaction account with a likeness, receiving the likeness and a transaction request based upon the location of a marker in three dimensional space, retrieving the transaction account paired with the likeness, and approving the transaction request at least partially based upon the transaction account and the likeness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Dilip Aidasani, Kimberly Alderfer, Kate T. King, Lisa Knight, Stuart Rolinson
  • Publication number: 20120330833
    Abstract: The present disclosure facilitates gesture-based interaction with a computer-system. The method may comprise pairing a transaction account with a likeness, receiving the likeness and a transaction request based upon the location of a marker in three dimensional space, retrieving the transaction account paired with the likeness, and approving the transaction request at least partially based upon the transaction account and the likeness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Dilip Aidasani, Kimberly Alderfer, Kate T. King, Lisa Knight, Stuart Rolinson
  • Patent number: 8245919
    Abstract: The present disclosure facilitates gesture-based interaction with a computer-system. The method may comprise pairing a transaction account with a likeness, receiving the likeness and a transaction request based upon the location of a marker in three dimensional space, retrieving the transaction account paired with the likeness, and approving the transaction request at least partially based upon the transaction account and the likeness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Dilip Aidasani, Kimberly Alderfer, Kate T. King, Lisa Knight, Stuart Rolinson
  • Patent number: 8235285
    Abstract: The present disclosure facilitates gesture-based interaction with a computer-system. The method may comprise pairing a transaction account with a likeness, receiving the likeness and a transaction request based upon the location of a marker in three dimensional space, retrieving the transaction account paired with the likeness, and approving the transaction request at least partially based upon the transaction account and the likeness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Dilip Aidasani, Kimberly Alderfer, Kate T. Long, Lisa Knight, Stuart Rolinson
  • Patent number: 8172135
    Abstract: The present disclosure facilitates gesture-based interaction with a computer-system. The method may comprise pairing a transaction account with a likeness, receiving the likeness and a transaction request based upon the location of a marker in three dimensional space, retrieving the transaction account paired with the likeness, and approving the transaction request at least partially based upon the transaction account and the likeness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Dilip Aidasani, Kimberly Alderfer, Kate T. King, Lisa M. Knight, Stuart Rolison
  • Patent number: 8141775
    Abstract: The present disclosure facilitates gesture-based interaction with a computer-system. The method may comprise pairing a transaction account with a likeness, receiving the likeness and a transaction request based upon the location of a marker in three dimensional space, retrieving the transaction account paired with the likeness, and approving the transaction request at least partially based upon the transaction account and the likeness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Dilip Aidasani, Kimberly Alderfer, Kate T. Long, Lisa Knight, Stuart Rolinson
  • Patent number: 8136724
    Abstract: The present disclosure facilitates gesture-based interaction with a computer-system. The method may comprise pairing a transaction account with a likeness, receiving the likeness and a transaction request based upon the location of a marker in three dimensional space, retrieving the transaction account paired with the likeness, and approving the transaction request at least partially based upon the transaction account and the likeness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Dilip Aidasani, Kimberly Alderfer, Kate T. Long, Lisa M. Knight, Stuart Rolison
  • Publication number: 20100114661
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, computer-program products, and systems for running a promotional campaign across a plurality of rewards programs offered by rewards-program owners. Each rewards program is associated with a rewards currency. In such a method, transactions of members of the rewards programs are monitored to identify a subset of members that performed a desired action. Then, the rewards currency of respective rewards programs is distributed to respective rewards-program owners for the subset of members that performed the desired action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Sevices Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Kimberly A. Alderfer, Scott M. Roen