Patents by Inventor Kirk J. Thompson

Kirk J. Thompson 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).

  • SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MESSAGES TO A TRANSACTION INSTRUMENT
    Publication number: 20110060640
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses enable a card issuer to provide messages to a customer's transaction instrument. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing messages to customer. The method includes receiving a request for messages corresponding to a transaction instrument of a user at a server. The method further includes obtaining information associated with the transaction instrument using the request. The method further includes selecting at least one message, based at least in part, on the information associated with the transaction instrument. The at least one message is selected from a messages database. The method further includes providing the at least one message to the transaction instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES CO., INC.
    Inventors: Kirk J. Thompson, Hitesh K. Seth