Patents by Inventor Mark Nelsen

Mark Nelsen 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: 12574728
    Abstract: A method by an access device comprising obtaining a first biometric sample of a user; generating a first biometric template or a derivative thereof from the first biometric sample; transmitting the first biometric template or the derivative thereof to a mobile device, wherein the mobile device or the user determines if the access device is an authentic access device; receiving a confirmation of a match between the first biometric template and a second biometric template on the mobile device; and conducting a transaction between the access device and the mobile device, after the mobile device or the user determines that the access device is authentic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Kim R. Wagner, John F. Sheets, Mark Nelsen
  • Patent number: 12339992
    Abstract: Client devices can send access request messages to resource management computers to request access to a resource. A data security hub can provide centralized routing between different client devices, resource management computers, and authentication data processing servers. The data security hub can reduce the risk of sensitive authentication information from leaking (e.g., due to a breach) by limiting the amount or types of authentication information distributed to the data processing servers. The data security hub can limited the authentication information being distributed based on its sensitivity, the trust level of the client device, and the security level of the requested resource. The data security hub can also evaluate the client devices and data processing servers to identify security breaches and can cancel or reroute access requests accordingly. Thus, the data security hub can maintain resource security while better preserving the privacy of the client device's authentication information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Theodore Harris, John F. Sheets, Mark Nelsen, Yue Li, Craig O'Connell
  • Patent number: 12301580
    Abstract: An authentication request message from a user conducting an interaction at a resource provider computer is received. It is determined that data representing an indication that the resource provider is trusted by the user and including a trusted marker is present in a database. Authentication to the user is provided, and information indicating that the user has been authenticated and the trusted marker are sent so that authorization request message for the interaction that includes the trusted marker is generated. The trusted marker is validated, and the authorization request message including information related to the interaction and the validated trusted marker is sent to an authorizing entity computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Mark Nelsen, David William Wilson, Guido Mangiagalli, Anjana Neera Surin, Sayeed Mohammed, Alan Johnson, Phillip Lavender, Glenn Powell
  • Patent number: 11763311
    Abstract: When a user enters a resource provider location with a portable communication device, the portable communication device provides an indication to a transaction processing system that the portable communication device is currently at the resource provider location. At a later time when the user conducts a transaction with a portable transaction device, the fact that the user's portable communication device had been detected at the resource provider a short time ago is taken into account as a positive indicator that the transaction is not fraudulent. By verifying that both the portable communication device and the portable transaction device are present at the resource provider, the risk of approving a fraudulent transaction from a stolen portable transaction device can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Kim Wagner, John F. Sheets, Mark Nelsen, Jing Jin
  • Publication number: 20230009884
    Abstract: An authentication request message from a user conducting an interaction at a resource provider computer is received. It is determined that data representing an indication that the resource provider is trusted by the user and including a trusted marker is present in a database. Authentication to the user is provided, and information indicating that the user has been authenticated and the trusted marker are sent so that authorization request message for the interaction that includes the trusted marker is generated. The trusted marker is validated, and the authorization request message including information related to the interaction and the validated trusted marker is sent to an authorizing entity computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Mark Nelsen, David William Wilson, Guido Mangiagalli, Anjana Neera Surin, Sayeed Mohammed, Alan Johnson, Phillip Lavender, Glenn Powell
  • Publication number: 20220417748
    Abstract: A method by an access device comprising obtaining a first biometric sample of a user; generating a first biometric template or a derivative thereof from the first biometric sample; transmitting the first biometric template or the derivative thereof to a mobile device, wherein the mobile device or the user determines if the access device is an authentic access device; receiving a confirmation of a match between the first biometric template and a second biometric template on the mobile device; and conducting a transaction between the access device and the mobile device, after the mobile device or the user determines that the access device is authentic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Kim R. Wagner, John F. Sheets, Mark Nelsen
  • Publication number: 20220358242
    Abstract: Client devices can send access request messages to resource management computers to request access to a resource. A data security hub can provide centralized routing between different client devices, resource management computers, and authentication data processing servers. The data security hub can reduce the risk of sensitive authentication information from leaking (e.g., due to a breach) by limiting the amount or types of authentication information distributed to the data processing servers. The data security hub can limited the authentication information being distributed based on its sensitivity, the trust level of the client device, and the security level of the requested resource. The data security hub can also evaluate the client devices and data processing servers to identify security breaches and can cancel or reroute access requests accordingly. Thus, the data security hub can maintain resource security while better preserving the privacy of the client device's authentication information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Theodore Harris, John F. Sheets, Mark Nelsen, Yue Li, Craig O'Connell
  • Patent number: 11496481
    Abstract: A system and method of establishing a resource provider as a trusted listing are disclosed. The method includes receiving, by a directory server computer, an indication from a user that a resource provider is trusted. The directory server computer is programmed to provide a first level of authentication. The method then includes storing, in a database, data representing the indication from the user that the resource provider is trusted. The method then includes receiving an authentication request message from the user conducting an interaction at the resource provider computer and determining that the data representing the indication from the user that the resource provider is trusted is present. In response to determining, the method includes providing a second level of authentication to the user before the user is allowed to complete the interaction. The second level of authentication is lower than the first level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Mark Nelsen, David William Wilson, Guido Mangiagalli, Anjana Neera Surin, Sayeed Mohammed, Alan Johnson, Phillip Lavender, Glenn Powell
  • Patent number: 11470475
    Abstract: A method by an access device comprising obtaining a first biometric sample of a user; generating a first biometric template or a derivative thereof from the first biometric sample; transmitting the first biometric template or the derivative thereof to a mobile device, wherein the mobile device or the user determines if the access device is an authentic access device; receiving a confirmation of a match between the first biometric template and a second biometric template on the mobile device; and conducting a transaction between the access device and the mobile device, after the mobile device or the user determines that the access device is authentic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Kim R. Wagner, John F. Sheets, Mark Nelsen
  • Publication number: 20220122081
    Abstract: When a user enters a resource provider location with a portable communication device, the portable communication device provides an indication to a transaction processing system that the portable communication device is currently at the resource provider location. At a later time when the user conducts a transaction with a portable transaction device, the fact that the user's portable communication device had been detected at the resource provider a short time ago is taken into account as a positive indicator that the transaction is not fraudulent. By verifying that both the portable communication device and the portable transaction device are present at the resource provider, the risk of approving a fraudulent transaction from a stolen portable transaction device can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Kim Wagner, John F. Sheets, Mark Nelsen, Jing Jin
  • Patent number: 11238457
    Abstract: When a user enters a resource provider location with a portable communication device, the portable communication device provides an indication to a transaction processing system that the portable communication device is currently at the resource provider location. At a later time when the user conducts a transaction with a portable transaction device, the fact that the user's portable communication device had been detected at the resource provider a short time ago is taken into account as a positive indicator that the transaction is not fraudulent. By verifying that both the portable communication device and the portable transaction device are present at the resource provider, the risk of approving a fraudulent transaction from a stolen portable transaction device can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Kim Wagner, John F. Sheets, Mark Nelsen, Jing Jin
  • Publication number: 20210243194
    Abstract: A system and method of establishing a resource provider as a trusted listing are disclosed. The method includes receiving, by a directory server computer, an indication from a user that a resource provider is trusted. The directory server computer is programmed to provide a first level of authentication. The method then includes storing, in a database, data representing the indication from the user that the resource provider is trusted. The method then includes receiving an authentication request message from the user conducting an interaction at the resource provider computer and determining that the data representing the indication from the user that the resource provider is trusted is present. In response to determining, the method includes providing a second level of authentication to the user before the user is allowed to complete the interaction. The second level of authentication is lower than the first level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Mark NELSEN, David William WILSON, Guido MANGIAGALLI, Anjana Neera SURIN, Sayeed MOHAMMED, Alan JOHNSON, Phillip LAVENDER, Glenn POWELL
  • Patent number: 10977646
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for using a payment processing network as an authorization engine to access secure physical areas, such as college dormitories, office buildings. A keycard with a cryptogram generator is presented by a user to an access device, and the access device or associated computer sends an access request message formatted like a payment authentication request message to an aggregator/acquirer and payment processing network. The payment processing network validates the cryptogram and returns an access response message, again formatted like a payment authorization response message, indicating that the keycard is authentic. The gate, door, turnstile, or other barrier is then temporarily unlocked to let the user through.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Craig O'Connell, Kevin E. Wong, Nancy Hilgers, Mark Nelsen
  • Publication number: 20200082408
    Abstract: When a user enters a resource provider location with a portable communication device, the portable communication device provides an indication to a transaction processing system that the portable communication device is currently at the resource provider location. At a later time when the user conducts a transaction with a portable transaction device, the fact that the user's portable communication device had been detected at the resource provider a short time ago is taken into account as a positive indicator that the transaction is not fraudulent. By verifying that both the portable communication device and the portable transaction device are present at the resource provider, the risk of approving a fraudulent transaction from a stolen portable transaction device can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Kim Wagner, John F. Sheets, Mark Nelsen, Jing Jin
  • Patent number: 10515369
    Abstract: When a user enters a resource provider location with a portable communication device, the portable communication device provides an indication to a transaction processing system that the portable communication device is currently at the resource provider location. At a later time when the user conducts a transaction with a portable transaction device, the fact that the user's portable communication device had been detected at the resource provider a short time ago is taken into account as a positive indicator that the transaction is not fraudulent. By verifying that both the portable communication device and the portable transaction device are present at the resource provider, the risk of approving a fraudulent transaction from a stolen portable transaction device can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Kim Wagner, John F. Sheets, Mark Nelsen, Jing Jin
  • Publication number: 20190114641
    Abstract: When a user enters a resource provider location with a portable communication device, the portable communication device provides an indication to a transaction processing system that the portable communication device is currently at the resource provider location. At a later time when the user conducts a transaction with a portable transaction device, the fact that the user's portable communication device had been detected at the resource provider a short time ago is taken into account as a positive indicator that the transaction is not fraudulent. By verifying that both the portable communication device and the portable transaction device are present at the resource provider, the risk of approving a fraudulent transaction from a stolen portable transaction device can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Kim Wagner, John F. Sheets, Mark Nelsen, Jing Jin
  • Patent number: 10210521
    Abstract: When a user enters a resource provider location with a portable communication device, the portable communication device provides an indication to a transaction processing system that the portable communication device is currently at the resource provider location. At a later time when the user conducts a transaction with a portable transaction device, the fact that the user's portable communication device had been detected at the resource provider a short time ago is taken into account as a positive indicator that the transaction is not fraudulent. By verifying that both the portable communication device and the portable transaction device are present at the resource provider, the risk of approving a fraudulent transaction from a stolen portable transaction device can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Visa International Servicer Association
    Inventors: Kim Wagner, John F. Sheets, Mark Nelsen, Jing Jin
  • Patent number: 10140616
    Abstract: Rules, applied to deny authorization of likely fraudulent transactions, are derived from a modified Patient Rule Induction Method algorithm that uses a target variable and a data set of past transactions each associated with a plurality of input variables and a hyper-rectangle enclosing a multi-dimensional space defined by a representation of the input variable values as points within the multi-dimensional space. While a count of the points within the hyper-rectangle is greater than a minimum support parameter, a first plurality of points proximal to edges of the hyper-rectangle are removed, where each such removing maximizes a mean value of the target variable, and then, while the mean value remains maximized, a second plurality of points proximal to the edges is added, where each adding maximizes or maintains the mean value. The hyper-rectangle is bounded within a minimum bounding box that defines the rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION
    Inventors: Frederick Liu, Nancy Hilgers, Mark Nelsen, Kevin Siegel, Christopher Brown, Thomas Dwyer
  • Publication number: 20180101852
    Abstract: Rules, applied to deny authorization of likely fraudulent transactions, are derived from a modified Patient Rule Induction Method algorithm that uses a target variable and a data set of past transactions each associated with a plurality of input variables and a hyper-rectangle enclosing a multi-dimensional space defined by a representation of the input variable values as points within the multi-dimensional space. While a count of the points within the hyper-rectangle is greater than a minimum support parameter, a first plurality of points proximal to edges of the hyper-rectangle are removed, where each such removing maximizes a mean value of the target variable, and then, while the mean value remains maximized, a second plurality of points proximal to the edges is added, where each adding maximizes or maintains the mean value. The hyper-rectangle is bounded within a minimum bounding box that defines the rules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Frederick Liu, Nancy Hilgers, Mark Nelsen, Kevin Siegel, Christopher Brown, Thomas Dwyer
  • Patent number: 9842336
    Abstract: Rules, applied to deny authorization of likely fraudulent transactions, are derived from a modified Patient Rule Induction Method algorithm that uses a target variable and a data set of past transactions each associated with a plurality of input variables and a hyper-rectangle enclosing a multi-dimensional space defined by a representation of the input variable values as points within the multi-dimensional space. While a count of the points within the hyper-rectangle is greater than a minimum support parameter, a first plurality of points proximal to edges of the hyper-rectangle are removed, where each such removing maximizes a mean value of the target variable, and then, while the mean value remains maximized, a second plurality of points proximal to the edges is added, where each adding maximizes or maintains the mean value. The hyper-rectangle is bounded within a minimum bounding box that defines the rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: VISA International Service Association
    Inventors: Frederick Liu, Nancy Hilgers, Mark Nelsen, Kevin Siegel, Christopher Brown, Thomas Dwyer