Patents by Inventor Mark Bees

Mark Bees 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: 11954702
    Abstract: A method, including receiving, from a consumer, a client device identification though an application running in a client device, is provided. The method includes matching the client device identification with a loyalty card for a retail store, identifying a shopping history for consumer, associated with the retail store, in a database, based on the loyalty card, and requesting, through the application, an information from consumer, based on the shopping history. The method further includes verifying the identity of consumer when at least a portion of the information matches the shopping history associated with the retail store, for consumer, and providing an offer to consumer, through the application running in the client device, of a product in the retail store. A system and a non-transitory, computer readable medium storing instructions to perform the above method are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Catalina Marketing Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin Hunter, Joshua Herzig-Marx, Benjamin S. Sprecher, Mark Bees
  • Publication number: 20220122114
    Abstract: A method, including receiving, from a consumer, a client device identification though an application running in a client device, is provided. The method includes matching the client device identification with a loyalty card for a retail store, identifying a shopping history for consumer, associated with the retail store, in a database, based on the loyalty card, and requesting, through the application, an information from consumer, based on the shopping history. The method further includes verifying the identity of consumer when at least a portion of the information matches the shopping history associated with the retail store, for consumer, and providing an offer to consumer, through the application running in the client device, of a product in the retail store. A system and a non-transitory, computer readable medium storing instructions to perform the above method are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Kevin Hunter, Joshua Herzig-Marx, Benjamin S. Sprecher, Mark Bees
  • Patent number: 11216837
    Abstract: A method, including receiving, from a consumer, a client device identification though an application running in a client device, is provided. The method includes matching the client device identification with a loyalty card for a retail store, identifying a shopping history for consumer, associated with the retail store, in a database, based on the loyalty card, and requesting, through the application, an information from consumer, based on the shopping history. The method further includes verifying the identity of consumer when at least a portion of the information matches the shopping history associated with the retail store, for consumer, and providing an offer to consumer, through the application running in the client device, of a product in the retail store. A system and a non-transitory, computer readable medium storing instructions to perform the above method are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Catalina Marketing Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin Hunter, Joshua Herzig-Marx, Benjamin S. Sprecher, Mark Bees
  • Publication number: 20190205915
    Abstract: A method, including receiving, from a consumer, a client device identification though an application running in a client device, is provided. The method includes matching the client device identification with a loyalty card for a retail store, identifying a shopping history for consumer, associated with the retail store, in a database, based on the loyalty card, and requesting, through the application, an information from consumer, based on the shopping history. The method further includes verifying the identity of consumer when at least a portion of the information matches the shopping history associated with the retail store, for consumer, and providing an offer to consumer, through the application running in the client device, of a product in the retail store. A system and a non-transitory, computer readable medium storing instructions to perform the above method are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Kevin Hunter, Joshua Herzig-Marx, Benjamin S. Sprecher, Mark Bees