Patents by Inventor Marcia Englefield

Marcia Englefield 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: 12260425
    Abstract: In one aspect of the present disclosure, a device includes one or more memories having computer-readable instructions stored therein and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to execute the computer-readable instructions to receive, over a period of time, information regarding transactions conducted in association with a user account; identify a category associated with one or more of the transactions based on the information, wherein identifying yields a number of categories; generate a ranking of the categories based on a transaction parameter; assign a different number of points to corresponding transactions in one or more of the categories based on the ranking, with a highest number of points assigned to the corresponding transactions in at least one category with highest ranking; and apply the corresponding number of points to the user account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Synchrony Bank
    Inventors: Leonard Jennings, Claire Quinn, M. Ramona Bryson, Deirdre Baker, Marcia Englefield
  • Publication number: 20240273567
    Abstract: In one aspect of the present disclosure, a device includes one or more memories having computer-readable instructions stored therein and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to execute the computer-readable instructions to receive, over a period of time, information regarding transactions conducted in association with a user account; identify a category associated with one or more of the transactions based on the information, wherein identifying yields a number of categories; generate a ranking of the categories based on a transaction parameter; assign a different number of points to corresponding transactions in one or more of the categories based on the ranking, with a highest number of points assigned to the corresponding transactions in at least one category with highest ranking; and apply the corresponding number of points to the user account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Leonard Jennings, Claire Quinn, M. Ramona Bryson, Deirdre Baker, Marcia Englefield
  • Patent number: 11935086
    Abstract: In one aspect of the present disclosure, a device includes one or more memories having computer-readable instructions stored therein and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to execute the computer-readable instructions to receive, over a period of time, information regarding transactions conducted in association with a user account; identify a category associated with one or more of the transactions based on the information, wherein identifying yields a number of categories; generate a ranking of the categories based on a transaction parameter; assign a different number of points to corresponding transactions in one or more of the categories based on the ranking, with a highest number of points assigned to the corresponding transactions in at least one category with highest ranking; and apply the corresponding number of points to the user account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SYNCHRONY BANK
    Inventors: Leonard Jennings, Claire Quinn, M. Ramona Bryson, Deirdre Baker, Marcia Englefield
  • Publication number: 20230274306
    Abstract: In one aspect of the present disclosure, a device includes one or more memories having computer-readable instructions stored therein and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to execute the computer-readable instructions to receive, over a period of time, information regarding transactions conducted in association with a user account; identify a category associated with one or more of the transactions based on the information, wherein identifying yields a number of categories; generate a ranking of the categories based on a transaction parameter; assign a different number of points to corresponding transactions in one or more of the categories based on the ranking, with a highest number of points assigned to the corresponding transactions in at least one category with highest ranking; and apply the corresponding number of points to the user account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Leonard Jennings, Claire Quinn, M. Ramona Bryson, Deirdre Baker, Marcia Englefield
  • Patent number: 11610219
    Abstract: In one aspect of the present disclosure, a device includes one or more memories having computer-readable instructions stored therein and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to execute the computer-readable instructions to receive, over a period of time, information regarding transactions conducted in association with a user account; identify a category associated with one or more of the transactions based on the information, wherein identifying yields a number of categories; generate a ranking of the categories based on a transaction parameter; assign a different number of points to corresponding transactions in one or more of the categories based on the ranking, with a highest number of points assigned to the corresponding transactions in at least one category with highest ranking; and apply the corresponding number of points to the user account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: SYNCHRONY BANK
    Inventors: Leonard Jennings, Claire Quinn, M. Ramona Bryson, Deirdre Baker, Marcia Englefield
  • Publication number: 20210374790
    Abstract: In one aspect of the present disclosure, a device includes one or more memories having computer-readable instructions stored therein and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to execute the computer-readable instructions to receive, over a period of time, information regarding transactions conducted in association with a user account; identify a category associated with one or more of the transactions based on the information, wherein identifying yields a number of categories; generate a ranking of the categories based on a transaction parameter; assign a different number of points to corresponding transactions in one or more of the categories based on the ranking, with a highest number of points assigned to the corresponding transactions in at least one category with highest ranking; and apply the corresponding number of points to the user account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Leonard Jennings, Claire Quinn, M. Ramona Bryson, Deirdre Baker, Marcia Englefield