Patents by Inventor Martin Westhead

Martin Westhead 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: 20230135248
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program products are provided for facilitating the application of a ledger, or data structure in general, to programmatically identify duplicate data objects, such as those indicative of card-linked offers provided against a single transaction, and more specifically, to the utilization of a global ledger to identify stacking of card-linked offers. One example method includes receiving an indication of an interaction between two devices, generating distributed ledger data, the distributed ledger data indicative of a previous interaction between the primary device and an entity, causing transmission of the distributed ledger data to each of a plurality of nodes in a offerer network, after a predetermined amount of time, causing performance of a comparison within the distributed ledger data to determine that the entity and a second entity comprise corresponding data objects, applying a rule to generate an adjusted value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Martin WESTHEAD, Kyle OPPENHEIM
  • Patent number: 11494798
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program products are provided for facilitating the application of a ledger, or data structure in general, to programmatically identify duplicate data objects, such as those indicative of card-linked offers provided against a single transaction, and more specifically, to the utilization of a global ledger to identify stacking of card-linked offers. One example method includes receiving an indication of an interaction between two devices, generating distributed ledger data, the distributed ledger data indicative of a previous interaction between the primary device and an entity, causing transmission of the distributed ledger data to each of a plurality of nodes in a offerer network, after a predetermined amount of time, causing performance of a comparison within the distributed ledger data to determine that the entity and a second entity comprise corresponding data objects, applying a rule to generate an adjusted value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Groupon, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Westhead, Kyle Oppenheim
  • Publication number: 20220318246
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for improving network database functionalities are discussed therein, such as a computer-implemented method including generating, in a network database, a first dataset associated with a client account, wherein the first dataset indicates a restricted value; receiving, from a client device associated with the client account, a first data linking query to associate the first dataset with an instrument identifier; generating, in the network database, a dataset pointer mapping the first dataset with the instrument identifier, wherein the instrument identifier is associated with a physical instrument; receiving a transmission indication associated with the physical instrument, wherein the transmission indication indicates the instrument identifier and a partial amount associated with the first dataset; updating, in the network database, the first dataset based on the transmission indication; and outputting, to the client device, a transmission notification indic
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Amrut PATI, Rajat SHROFF, James J. SULLIVAN, Kyle OPPENHEIM, Martin WESTHEAD, Elton CHEUNG
  • Patent number: 11308107
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for improving network database functionalities are discussed therein, such as a computer-implemented method including generating, in a network database, a first dataset associated with a client account, wherein the first dataset indicates a restricted value; receiving, from a client device associated with the client account, a first data linking query to associate the first dataset with an instrument identifier; generating, in the network database, a dataset pointer mapping the first dataset with the instrument identifier, wherein the instrument identifier is associated with a physical instrument; receiving a transmission indication associated with the physical instrument, wherein the transmission indication indicates the instrument identifier and a partial amount associated with the first dataset; updating, in the network database, the first dataset based on the transmission indication; and outputting, to the client device, a transmission notification indic
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: GROUPON, INC.
    Inventors: Amrut Pati, Rajat Shroff, James J. Sullivan, Kyle Oppenheim, Martin Westhead, Elton Cheung
  • Publication number: 20100319059
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for controlling access to a password protected resource are provided. More specifically, different communication profiles can be mapped to a single user and that user can utilize a single password to gain access to the password protected resource using any one of his/her communication profiles. Each communication profile may have a unique authentication value associated therewith, but each unique authentication value may be determined based on the single password, thereby eliminating the need for a user to remember multiple passwords for each of his/her communication profiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: AVAYA INC.
    Inventors: Amit Agarwal, David Ahrens, Martin Westhead, Gordon R. Brunson, Frank J. Boyle, Harsh V. Mendiratta, Chandra Ravipati