Patents by Inventor Mark Allan Schaler

Mark Allan Schaler 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).

  • Redeeming rewards points
    Patent number: 10872349
    Abstract: Techniques for redeeming accumulated rewards points at a service provider that is independent from a provider of the accumulated rewards points are described herein. The service provide may authenticate a user having an account at the service provider and then associate the user account with a user account at one or more points providers. The service provider may then determine a number of accumulated and available rewards points for the user account(s) at the points provider(s). The service provider may then allow the user to redeem one or more of the rewards points when conducting a transaction with the independent service provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David H. Hijirida, Mark Allan Schaler