Patents by Inventor Lionel Le Meur

Lionel Le Meur 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: 20040243467
    Abstract: A system for facilitating distribution of incentives from a merchant to a parent includes a financier and a merchant. The financier is in communication with the merchant, and the merchant is in communication with a subsidiary, which is financially related to a parent. The financier is configured to facilitate the receipt, maintenance and provision of incentive information regarding one or more incentives to be provided to the parent, where the incentive is configured to encourage one or more behaviors by said subsidiary. The merchant is configured to receive financial information from the subsidiary, forward the financial information to the financier, receive the incentive information from the financier, and provide one or more incentive to the parent. In various embodiments, the parent may be an employer or a guardian of the subsidiary, the merchant may be an airline, and the incentive may include a discount redeemable for travel services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2003
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Ewell, Lionel Le Meur, Stephen J. Squeri, Brett M. Sussman, Anre Williams