Patents by Inventor Lex N. Bayer

Lex N. Bayer 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: 11311797
    Abstract: The DYNAMIC PAYMENT OPTIMIZATION APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“DPO”) transform requests for on-demand and flexible monetization and related services via DPO components into currency transfers, purchase receipt notifications, social networking communications and transaction analytics reports. In some embodiments, the DPO obtains a user product purchase request for a user engaged in an online experience at a point of sale device. The DPO parses the user product purchase request, and thereby identifies at least one attribute of at least one of: the user; the online experience; and the point of sale device. The DPO customizes one or more properties of a user interface for initiating a purchase transaction related to the user product purchase request, according to the identified at least one attribute of the user, the online experience or the point of sale device; and providing the customized user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: PLAYSPAN INC.
    Inventors: Mark Rose, Afshin Shafie, Lex N. Bayer
  • Patent number: 10688385
    Abstract: The DYNAMIC PAYMENT OPTIMIZATION APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“DPO”) transform requests for on-demand and flexible monetization and related services via DPO components into currency transfers, purchase receipt notifications, social networking communications and transaction analytics reports. In some embodiments, the DPO obtains a user product purchase request for a user engaged in an online experience at a point of sale device. The DPO parses the user product purchase request, and thereby identifies at least one attribute of at least one of: the user; the online experience; and the point of sale device. The DPO customizes one or more properties of a user interface for initiating a purchase transaction related to the user product purchase request, according to the identified at least one attribute of the user, the online experience or the point of sale device; and providing the customized user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: PLAYSPAN INC.
    Inventors: Mark Rose, Afshin Shafie, Lex N. Bayer
  • Publication number: 20200094133
    Abstract: The DYNAMIC PAYMENT OPTIMIZATION APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“DPO”) transform requests for on-demand and flexible monetization and related services via DPO components into currency transfers, purchase receipt notifications, social networking communications and transaction analytics reports. In some embodiments, the DPO obtains a user product purchase request for a user engaged in an online experience at a point of sale device. The DPO parses the user product purchase request, and thereby identifies at least one attribute of at least one of: the user; the online experience; and the point of sale device. The DPO customizes one or more properties of a user interface for initiating a purchase transaction related to the user product purchase request, according to the identified at least one attribute of the user, the online experience or the point of sale device; and providing the customized user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Mark Rose, Afshin Shafie, Lex N. Bayer
  • Patent number: 10500481
    Abstract: The DYNAMIC PAYMENT OPTIMIZATION APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“DPO”) transform requests for on-demand and flexible monetization and related services via DPO components into currency transfers, purchase receipt notifications, social networking communications and transaction analytics reports. In some embodiments, the DPO obtains a user product purchase request for a user engaged in an online experience at a point of sale device. The DPO parses the user product purchase request, and thereby identifies at least one attribute of at least one of: the user; the online experience; and the point of sale device. The DPO customizes one or more properties of a user interface for initiating a purchase transaction related to the user product purchase request, according to the identified at least one attribute of the user, the online experience or the point of sale device; and providing the customized user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: PLAYSPAN INC.
    Inventors: Mark Rose, Afshin Shafie, Lex N. Bayer
  • Publication number: 20180056179
    Abstract: The DYNAMIC PAYMENT OPTIMIZATION APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“DPO”) transform requests for on-demand and flexible monetization and related services via DPO components into currency transfers, purchase receipt notifications, social networking communications and transaction analytics reports. In some embodiments, the DPO obtains a user product purchase request for a user engaged in an online experience at a point of sale device. The DPO parses the user product purchase request, and thereby identifies at least one attribute of at least one of: the user; the online experience; and the point of sale device. The DPO customizes one or more properties of a user interface for initiating a purchase transaction related to the user product purchase request, according to the identified at least one attribute of the user, the online experience or the point of sale device; and providing the customized user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Mark Rose, Afshin Shafie, Lex N. Bayer
  • Patent number: 9757644
    Abstract: The DYNAMIC PAYMENT OPTIMIZATION APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“DPO”) transform requests for on-demand and flexible monetization and related services via DPO components into currency transfers, purchase receipt notifications, social networking communications and transaction analytics reports. In some embodiments, the DPO obtains a user product purchase request for a user engaged in an online experience at a point of sale device. The DPO parses the user product purchase request, and thereby identifies at least one attribute of at least one of: the user; the online experience; and the point of sale device. The DPO customizes one or more properties of a user interface for initiating a purchase transaction related to the user product purchase request, according to the identified at least one attribute of the user, the online experience or the point of sale device; and providing the customized user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: PLAYSPIN INC.
    Inventors: Mark Rose, Afshin Shafie, Lex N. Bayer
  • Publication number: 20140222594
    Abstract: The DYNAMIC PAYMENT OPTIMIZATION APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“DPO”) transform requests for on-demand and flexible monetization and related services via DPO components into currency transfers, purchase receipt notifications, social networking communications and transaction analytics reports. In some embodiments, the DPO obtains a user product purchase request for a user engaged in an online experience at a point of sale device. The DPO parses the user product purchase request, and thereby identifies at least one attribute of at least one of: the user; the online experience; and the point of sale device. The DPO customizes one or more properties of a user interface for initiating a purchase transaction related to the user product purchase request, according to the identified at least one attribute of the user, the online experience or the point of sale device; and providing the customized user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: PLAYSPAN INC.
    Inventors: Mark Rose, Afshin Shafie, Lex N. Bayer
  • Publication number: 20140213344
    Abstract: The DYNAMIC PAYMENT OPTIMIZATION APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“DPO”) transform requests for on-demand and flexible monetization and related services via DPO components into currency transfers, purchase receipt notifications, social networking communications and transaction analytics reports. In some embodiments, the DPO obtains a user product purchase request for a user engaged in an online experience at a point of sale device. The DPO parses the user product purchase request, and thereby identifies at least one attribute of at least one of: the user; the online experience; and the point of sale device. The DPO customizes one or more properties of a user interface for initiating a purchase transaction related to the user product purchase request, according to the identified at least one attribute of the user, the online experience or the point of sale device; and providing the customized user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: PLAYSPAN INC.
    Inventors: Mark Rose, Afshin Shafie, Lex N. Bayer
  • Publication number: 20140214653
    Abstract: The DYNAMIC PAYMENT OPTIMIZATION APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“DPO”) transform requests for on-demand and flexible monetization and related services via DPO components into currency transfers, purchase receipt notifications, social networking communications and transaction analytics reports. In some embodiments, the DPO obtains a user product purchase request for a user engaged in an online experience at a point of sale device. The DPO parses the user product purchase request, and thereby identifies at least one attribute of at least one of: the user; the online experience; and the point of sale device. The DPO customizes one or more properties of a user interface for initiating a purchase transaction related to the user product purchase request, according to the identified at least one attribute of the user, the online experience or the point of sale device; and providing the customized user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: PLAYSPAN INC.
    Inventors: Mark Rose, Afshin Shafie, Lex N. Bayer
  • Patent number: 8571937
    Abstract: The DYNAMIC PAYMENT OPTIMIZATION APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“DPO”) transform requests for on-demand and flexible monetization and related services via DPO components into currency transfers, purchase receipt notifications, social networking communications and transaction analytics reports. In some embodiments, the DPO obtains a user product purchase request for a user engaged in an online experience at a point of sale device. The DPO parses the user product purchase request, and thereby identifies at least one attribute of at least one of: the user; the online experience; and the point of sale device. The DPO customizes one or more properties of a user interface for initiating a purchase transaction related to the user product purchase request, according to the identified at least one attribute of the user, the online experience or the point of sale device; and providing the customized user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Playspan Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Rose, Afshin Shafie, Lex N. Bayer
  • Publication number: 20120239556
    Abstract: The LATENCY PAYMENT SETTLEMENT APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“LPS”) transforms latency payment request inputs via LPS components into latency payment requests. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed comprising obtaining a latency payment method request and determining a latency payment period associated with the latency payment method request. The method includes determining a consumer item currency amount by applying a currency conversion factor to the merchant item currency amount. The method also determines a latency buffer amount based on the latency payment method request, generates a latency payment request by summing the latency buffer amount to the consumer item currency amount and structuring the summed amounts according to the patency payment period, and provides the latency payment request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventors: Andrew M. Magruder, Lex N. Bayer
  • Publication number: 20120215701
    Abstract: The FLEXIBLE MONETIZATION SERVICE APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“FMS”) transform requests for on-demand and flexible monetization and related services via FMS components into currency transfers, purchase receipt notifications, social networking communications and transaction analytics reports. In some embodiments, the FMS obtains a request from a computing device of a merchant to process a user purchase checkout by a user from a point of sale device. In some embodiments, the request may include a merchant identifier. The FMS may determine that the merchant is authorized to obtain servicing of the request to process the user purchase checkout, by querying a database using the merchant identifier. The FMS may generating a user interface customized to the merchant and the point of sale device, upon determining that the merchant is authorized to obtain the service of the request, and provide the customized user interface to process the user purchase checkout by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Inventors: Kaushal N. Mehta, Peruvemba Subramanian, Lex N. Bayer
  • Publication number: 20120215648
    Abstract: The DYNAMIC PAYMENT OPTIMIZATION APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“DPO”) transform requests for on-demand and flexible monetization and related services via DPO components into currency transfers, purchase receipt notifications, social networking communications and transaction analytics reports. In some embodiments, the DPO obtains a user product purchase request for a user engaged in an online experience at a point of sale device. The DPO parses the user product purchase request, and thereby identifies at least one attribute of at least one of: the user; the online experience; and the point of sale device. The DPO customizes one or more properties of a user interface for initiating a purchase transaction related to the user product purchase request, according to the identified at least one attribute of the user, the online experience or the point of sale device; and providing the customized user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Inventors: Mark Rose, Afshin Shafie, Lex N. Bayer
  • Publication number: 20120209735
    Abstract: The FEDERATED THIRD-PARTY AUTHENTICATION APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“FPT”) transform user identity information inputs associated with transactions at a merchant server into a user-profile output that is transferred to other merchant websites for facilitating one or more other transactions without the requisite need for full user re-entry of information. In one embodiment, the method includes establishing a first trust indication associated with a first merchant and receiving first user-transaction-related information from a server of the first merchant. A first user-profile is generated for the user based on the first user-transaction-related information. A second trust indication associated with a second merchant is established.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: Peruvemba Subramanian, Mark Rose, Lex N. Bayer
  • Publication number: 20120209677
    Abstract: The PERSON-2-PERSON SOCIAL NETWORK MARKETING APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“SNM”) transform requests for on-demand and flexible monetization and related services via SNM components into currency transfers, purchase receipt notifications, social networking communications and transaction analytics reports. In some embodiments, the SNM obtains a product purchase request for a product. In some embodiments, the product purchase request may include an identifier of a user who made a communication about the product. The SNM may parse the product purchase request to extract the identifier of the user who made the communication about the product. Also, the SNM may query a database for an account of the user using the extracted identifier. In response to successful completion of processing of the product purchase request, the SNM may generate a request to provide the account of the user with a credit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: Kaushal N. Mehta, Peruvemba Subramanian, Lex N. Bayer
  • Publication number: 20120124496
    Abstract: The GEOGRAPHIC VOLUME ANALYTICS APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“GVA”) transform requests for on-demand and flexible monetization and related services via GVA components into currency transfers, purchase receipt notifications, social networking communications and transaction analytics reports. In some embodiments, the GVA obtains a merchant identifier of a merchant, and aggregates data records of purchase transactions of users with the merchant. The GVA parses the aggregated data records to extract location identifying information of the users when engaging in the purchase transactions with the merchant. Based on the extracted location identifying information and the aggregated data records, the GVA generates a calculation of volume of transactions against geographical locations. Also, the GVA generates a graphical representation of the calculation of volume of transactions against geographical locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: Mark Rose, Lex N. Bayer
  • Publication number: 20120123924
    Abstract: The VIRTUAL CURRENCY CONFIGURATION APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“VCC”) transform requests for on-demand and flexible monetization and related services via VCC components into currency transfers, purchase receipt notifications, social networking communications and transaction analytics reports. In some embodiments, the VCC obtains a request to convert a sale price provided in a real currency into a sale price in a virtual currency. The VCC accesses a database to obtain at least one virtual currency management rule provided by a merchant. The VCC identifies one among the at least one obtained virtual currency management rule to apply for converting the sale price provided in the real currency into the sale price in the virtual currency, and calculates the sale price in the virtual currency from the sale price provided in the real currency using the identified virtual currency management rule. The VCC provides the calculated sale price in the virtual currency in response to the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: Mark Rose, Rajiv Dutta, Lex N. Bayer