Patents by Inventor Kris Lakshmanan

Kris Lakshmanan 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: 20090192863
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and techniques for marketing products are provided. Example embodiments provide an Incentive Card Program System (“ICPS”), which enables vendors to attract potential customers to product displays. In one embodiment, the ICPS comprises an incentive card program along with services in the form of hardware, software, or firmware to implement the functions of the program running for example on a computing system associated with product displays, such as a kiosk. In some embodiments, the ICPS optionally includes a portal, accessible over a network such as the Internet, for incentive card holders to obtain information related to their incentive cards. These components cooperate to provide services relating to incentive card programs. This abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an abstract, and it is submitted with the intention that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Inventors: Joseph J. Macaluso, Kris Lakshmanan
  • Publication number: 20090125323
    Abstract: Methods and systems for facilitating obtaining products and/or services using non-financial transactions over a financial transaction network are provided. Example embodiments provide a Single Swipe Obtainment System, which initiates providing requested product(s) in response to a non-financial transaction via a financial network. A non-financial entity supplies a card to each user. Items may be subsequently ordered by a user swiping the card in a point-of-sale device and entering a code associated with the requested item. When the code is received via the financial network by the non-financial entity, a product or service associated with the code is determined and supplied to the user, such as by shipping the associated product or service to the user. This abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an abstract, and it is submitted with the intention that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventors: Kris Lakshmanan, Joseph D. Macaluso