Patents by Inventor Mark Mitchell Kaplan

Mark Mitchell Kaplan 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: 20190215402
    Abstract: A system is provided that includes a request module adapted to receive a request from an initiation interface initiated by a user and a user profile module adapted to associate the request with a user profile of the user. The user profile includes at least a payment plan selected by the user and an identification number of the user. The system also includes a payment interface adapted to submit a payment demand to the payment plan and a mobile communication interface adapted to transmit a confirmation to a mobile communication network for transmission to a wireless device associated with the identification number. In the system, the initiation interface may be a wireless device, a magnetic swipe reader, a wireless barcode reading device, an RFID interface, a website, and/or a web banner interface. A method of operating a server is provided. A computer-readable storage medium containing a set of instructions for a processor is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Mark Mitchell Kaplan, Colin Rand
  • Publication number: 20130179242
    Abstract: A system and method for managing, distributing, and processing promotional offers is provided. The system includes at least one consumer interface that enables communication between the promotional offer processing system and a plurality of consumers; a consumer information database for storing consumer data for a plurality of consumer profiles; an offer catalog having a plurality of offers; a product catalog having product codes corresponding to products associated with each of the accepted offers; and an offer management module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: Growth & Emerging Markets, LLC
    Inventor: Mark Mitchell Kaplan
  • Patent number: 8346601
    Abstract: A system and method for processing promotional savings using existing communications platforms. A plurality of promotional codes are assigned and stored in a promotions database. These promotional codes are positioned by marketers on products, packaging, or the like, along with instructions informing consumers to transmit the promotional code to a predefined destination address, such as a phone number, a short code text number, or an email address. After a message containing the promotional code is received from the consumer, the received code is parsed from the message, validated, and a promotional savings value associated with the code is identified. That amount is communicated to an operator of at least one account associated the consumer, and applied as a savings to the operator's billing statement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Growth & Emerging Markets, LLC
    Inventor: Mark Mitchell Kaplan
  • Patent number: 8260662
    Abstract: A system and method for managing, distributing, and processing promotional offers is provided. The system includes at least one consumer interface that enables communication between the promotional offer processing system and a plurality of consumers; a consumer information database for storing consumer data for a plurality of consumer profiles; an offer catalog having a plurality of offers; a product catalog having product codes corresponding to products associated with each of the accepted offers; and an offer management module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Growth & Emerging Markets, LLC
    Inventor: Mark Mitchell Kaplan
  • Publication number: 20120203638
    Abstract: A campaign management system having a user interface that enables a content provider to initiate a request for a short code campaign, and identify information relating to the requested short code campaign; a first communication interface for communicating with a code registry; and a second communication interface for communicating with one or more carriers, each of which is capable of communicating with mobile devices using short code messaging. The campaign management system further includes a controller configured to receive the information for the requested short code campaign, reserve a short code with a code registry for use in the campaign via the first communication interface, activate the reserved short code with the one or more carriers via the second communication interface, and process messages received by the one or more carriers from end-users via the activated short code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Inventor: Mark Mitchell Kaplan
  • Publication number: 20110161149
    Abstract: A system and method for managing, distributing, and processing promotional offers is provided. The system includes at least one consumer interface that enables communication between the promotional offer processing system and a plurality of consumers; a consumer information database for storing consumer data for a plurality of consumer profiles; an offer catalog having a plurality of offers; a product catalog having product codes corresponding to products associated with each of the accepted offers; and an offer management module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventor: Mark Mitchell Kaplan
  • Publication number: 20110131090
    Abstract: A system and method for processing promotional savings using existing communications platforms. A plurality of promotional codes are assigned and stored in a promotions database. These promotional codes are positioned by marketers on products, packaging, or the like, along with instructions informing consumers to transmit the promotional code to a predefined destination address, such as a phone number, a short code text number, or an email address. After a message containing the promotional code is received from the consumer, the received code is parsed from the message, validated, and a promotional savings value associated with the code is identified. That amount is communicated to an operator of at least one account associated the consumer, and applied as a savings to the operator's billing statement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventor: Mark Mitchell Kaplan