Patents by Inventor Kimberly E. Bella

Kimberly E. Bella 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: 20250291951
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for consent management. A method may include receiving a first data request for user data associated with a user, the user data stored in a user data database; communicating a consent request to the requester system; receiving a consent response from the requester system; storing consent data associated with the consent response for the user data requested in the first data request in an immutable ledger; receiving a consent verification request from the user data database, the consent verification request based on a second data request for the user data from the requester system to the user data database; verifying the consent verification request based on the consent data; and communicating a consent verification response to the user data database, the consent verification response indicating consent from the user to share the user data with the requester system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2025
    Publication date: September 18, 2025
    Inventors: Kimberly E. Bella, Nirmal Kumar Baid, Robert B. Hedges, JR., David Alan Henstock, Shashi Kumar Velur, Sonia Gupta, Cindy Hong, Jonathan Twichell
  • Patent number: 12353596
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for consent management. A method may include receiving a first data request for user data associated with a user, the user data stored in a user data database; communicating a consent request to the requester system; receiving a consent response from the requester system; storing consent data associated with the consent response for the user data requested in the first data request in an immutable ledger; receiving a consent verification request from the user data database, the consent verification request based on a second data request for the user data from the requester system to the user data database; verifying the consent verification request based on the consent data; and communicating a consent verification response to the user data database, the consent verification response indicating consent from the user to share the user data with the requester system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Kimberly E. Bella, Nirmal Kumar Baid, Robert B. Hedges, Jr., David Alan Henstock, Shashi Kumar Velur, Sonia Gupta, Cindy Hong, Jonathan Twichell
  • Publication number: 20250111408
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for improving matching algorithms. A method may include: receiving user privacy settings and interest preference data; storing the data in a database; inputting the interest preferences data into a machine learning algorithm to generate at least one match between the user and a merchant, wherein the merchant comprises a subset of a plurality of merchants; generating a data sharing message by: compiling first data associated with the user; filtering the first data based on interest preference data and/or privacy settings data to generate shareable data; and for each merchant associated with a subset of the data associated a merchant, generating a corresponding data sharing message containing a subset of interest preference data; and distributing the corresponding data sharing messages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Robert B. Hedges, Jr., Nirmal Kumar Baid, Nicholas Bryan Kurlas, Kimberly E. Bella
  • Publication number: 20240184916
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for consent management. A method may include receiving a first data request for user data associated with a user, the user data stored in a user data database; communicating a consent request to the requester system; receiving a consent response from the requester system; storing consent data associated with the consent response for the user data requested in the first data request in an immutable ledger; receiving a consent verification request from the user data database, the consent verification request based on a second data request for the user data from the requester system to the user data database; verifying the consent verification request based on the consent data; and communicating a consent verification response to the user data database, the consent verification response indicating consent from the user to share the user data with the requester system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Kimberly E. Bella, Nirmal Kumar Baid, Robert B. Hedges, JR., David Alan Henstock, Shashi Kumar Velur, Sonia Gupta, Cindy Hong, Jonathan Twichell
  • Patent number: 11928241
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for consent management. A method may include receiving a first data request for user data associated with a user, the user data stored in a user data database; communicating a consent request to the requester system; receiving a consent response from the requester system; storing consent data associated with the consent response for the user data requested in the first data request in an immutable ledger; receiving a consent verification request from the user data database, the consent verification request based on a second data request for the user data from the requester system to the user data database; verifying the consent verification request based on the consent data; and communicating a consent verification response to the user data database, the consent verification response indicating consent from the user to share the user data with the requester system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Kimberly E. Bella, Nirmal Kumar Baid, Robert B. Hedges, Jr., David Alan Henstock, Shashi Kumar Velur, Sonia Gupta, Cindy Hong, Jonathan Twichell
  • Publication number: 20230297716
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for consent management. A method may include receiving a first data request for user data associated with a user, the user data stored in a user data database; communicating a consent request to the requester system; receiving a consent response from the requester system; storing consent data associated with the consent response for the user data requested in the first data request in an immutable ledger; receiving a consent verification request from the user data database, the consent verification request based on a second data request for the user data from the requester system to the user data database; verifying the consent verification request based on the consent data; and communicating a consent verification response to the user data database, the consent verification response indicating consent from the user to share the user data with the requester system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Kimberly E. Bella, Nirmal Kumar Baid, Robert B. Hedges, Jr., David Alan Henstock, Shashi Kumar Velur, Sonia Gupta, Cindy Hong, Jonathan Twichell