Patents by Inventor Max Edward Metral

Max Edward Metral 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: 20240112168
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing enhanced mobile transactions and payments are disclosed. A computer-implemented method may include receiving a request to provide an enhanced merchant experience available for a merchant to one or more consumers participating in mobile transactions with the merchant, receiving a merchant identifier from a system involved in processing a mobile transaction for the merchant, determining whether to provide the enhanced merchant experience to a user involved in the mobile transaction with the merchant, determining when to provide the enhanced merchant experience to the user involved in the mobile transaction with the merchant, and providing the enhanced merchant experience to the user involved in the mobile transaction with the merchant during the transaction, at completion of the transaction, or after completion of the transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventor: Max Edward Metral
  • Patent number: 11803834
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing enhanced mobile transactions and payments are disclosed. A computer-implemented method may include receiving a request to provide an enhanced merchant experience available for a merchant to one or more consumers participating in mobile transactions with the merchant, receiving a merchant identifier from a system involved in processing a mobile transaction for the merchant, determining whether to provide the enhanced merchant experience to a user involved in the mobile transaction with the merchant, determining when to provide the enhanced merchant experience to the user involved in the mobile transaction with the merchant, and providing the enhanced merchant experience to the user involved in the mobile transaction with the merchant during the transaction, at completion of the transaction, or after completion of the transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventor: Max Edward Metral
  • Publication number: 20230274258
    Abstract: Methods and systems for fault tolerant token based transactions are described. A user may perform a transaction with a mobile device. The mobile device may be in an offline mode or may be lacking a network connection to servers or cloud devices of a mobile payment system. The transaction may be processed through a transaction device, which may aid in the sending and receiving of transaction data while the mobile device is in the offline mode. The transaction device may communicate with the server or cloud device and the server or cloud device may process the transaction and communicate with the transaction device, which may forward data from the server or cloud device to the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Max Edward Metral, Douglas Hurst, Kevin Laracey, Suzanne Lenox
  • Patent number: 11682043
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed which may allow a user having a mobile device to check in to a location using a packet sequence that includes information for identifying the location transmitted by one or more Bluetooth® Low Energy (BLE) beacons at or near the location. The user may be able to store packet sequences for various locations that may allow the user to automatically check into these locations using the store packet sequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: PayPal, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Bleecher Snyder, Max Edward Metral
  • Patent number: 11593790
    Abstract: Methods and systems for fault tolerant token based transactions are described. A user may perform a transaction with a mobile device. The mobile device may be in an offline mode or may be lacking a network connection to servers or cloud devices of a mobile payment system. The transaction may be processed through a transaction device, which may aid in the sending and receiving of transaction data while the mobile device is in the offline mode. The transaction device may communicate with the server or cloud device and the server or cloud device may process the transaction and communicate with the transaction device, which may forward data from the server or cloud device to the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventors: Max Edward Metral, Douglas Hurst, Kevin Laracey, Suzanne Lenox
  • Publication number: 20220019994
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing enhanced mobile transactions and payments are disclosed. A computer-implemented method may include receiving a request to provide an enhanced merchant experience available for a merchant to one or more consumers participating in mobile transactions with the merchant, receiving a merchant identifier from a system involved in processing a mobile transaction for the merchant, determining whether to provide the enhanced merchant experience to a user involved in the mobile transaction with the merchant, determining when to provide the enhanced merchant experience to the user involved in the mobile transaction with the merchant, and providing the enhanced merchant experience to the user involved in the mobile transaction with the merchant during the transaction, at completion of the transaction, or after completion of the transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventor: Max Edward Metral
  • Publication number: 20220012709
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing enhanced mobile transactions and payments are disclosed. A computer-implemented method may include providing a registry of public keys to allow users to securely exchange mobile payment data with respective trusted merchants, sending a request from a computing device of a user to validate a merchant, storing a public key for the merchant from the registry, receiving a merchant identifier from a terminal during a mobile transaction indicating that the terminal is associated with the merchant, receiving a request for information from the terminal as part of the mobile transaction, determining whether the terminal requesting the information is trusted, providing the requested information encrypted using the public key to the terminal when the terminal is trusted, and providing decoy response information to the terminal when the terminal is determined to be untrusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventor: Max Edward Metral
  • Publication number: 20220012723
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for replaying tokenized payment transactions are disclosed. A computer-implemented method may include generating or receiving a token for a tokenized payment transaction involving a merchant, creating an association between the token and the tokenized payment transaction, storing the association between the token and the tokenized payment transaction, providing the token to the merchant during the tokenized payment transaction to authorize payment, receiving a request from the merchant to provide the token during a subsequent transaction relating to the tokenized payment transaction, selecting a transaction record corresponding to the tokenized payment transaction to retrieve the token for the second transaction, and determining the token to provide to the merchant in the second transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventor: Max Edward Metral
  • Publication number: 20210374737
    Abstract: A system, a medium, and a method are provided to split data paths among various devices in data communications system. In some instances, the server device receives a request from a remote device such as a website server or a checkout device, where the request indicates a user request to purchase one or more items. An account management component of the server device determines a user account associated with the user request and identifies a user device associated with the user account, such as the user's smartphone. An authentication component of the server device generates an electronic message that indicates that the user must authenticate the request such that the request may be processed and initiates a transmittal of the electronic message to the user's smartphone. The user may accept or authenticate the request to process the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventor: Max Edward Metral
  • Publication number: 20210326843
    Abstract: Methods and systems for fault tolerant token based transactions are described. A user may perform a transaction with a mobile device. The mobile device may be in an offline mode or may be lacking a network connection to servers or cloud devices of a mobile payment system. The transaction may be processed through a transaction device, which may aid in the sending and receiving of transaction data while the mobile device is in the offline mode. The transaction device may communicate with the server or cloud device and the server or cloud device may process the transaction and communicate with the transaction device, which may forward data from the server or cloud device to the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Max Edward Metral, Douglas Hurst, Kevin Laracey, Suzanne Lenox
  • Patent number: 11153410
    Abstract: Various systems, mediums, and methods herein describe aspects of data exchange schemas accessible with client devices over communication networks in data infrastructures. A data exchange system may build one or more data exchange schemas for a user. The system may also determine a location of a client device of the user associated with one or more entities. Based on the location of the client device, the system may identify a data exchange schema of the user for transferring data to the one or more entities. The system may determine an access for the one or more entities to a portion of data from the data exchange schema of the user. The system may also transmit a notification to the client device that indicates the access of the one or more entities to the portion of data from the data exchange schema.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: PayPal, Inc.
    Inventor: Max Edward Metral
  • Patent number: 11138585
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing enhanced mobile transactions and payments are disclosed. A computer-implemented method may include receiving a request to provide an enhanced merchant experience available for a merchant to one or more consumers participating in mobile transactions with the merchant, receiving a merchant identifier from a system involved in processing a mobile transaction for the merchant, determining whether to provide the enhanced merchant experience to a user involved in the mobile transaction with the merchant, determining when to provide the enhanced merchant experience to the user involved in the mobile transaction with the merchant, and providing the enhanced merchant experience to the user involved in the mobile transaction with the merchant during the transaction, at completion of the transaction, or after completion of the transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventor: Max Edward Metral
  • Patent number: 11120430
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for replaying tokenized payment transactions are disclosed. A computer-implemented method may include generating or receiving a token for a tokenized payment transaction involving a merchant, creating an association between the token and the tokenized payment transaction, storing the association between the token and the tokenized payment transaction, providing the token to the merchant during the tokenized payment transaction to authorize payment, receiving a request from the merchant to provide the token during a subsequent transaction relating to the tokenized payment transaction, selecting a transaction record corresponding to the tokenized payment transaction to retrieve the token for the second transaction, and determining the token to provide to the merchant in the second transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: PayPal, Inc.
    Inventor: Max Edward Metral
  • Patent number: 11087320
    Abstract: A system, a medium, and a method are provided to split data paths among various devices in data communications system. In some instances, the server device receives a request from a remote device such as a website server or a checkout device, where the request indicates a user request to purchase one or more items. An account management component of the server device determines a user account associated with the user request and identifies a user device associated with the user account, such as the user's smartphone. An authentication component of the server device generates an electronic message that indicates that the user must authenticate the request such that the request may be processed and initiates a transmittal of the electronic message to the user's smartphone. The user may accept or authenticate the request to process the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: PayPal, Inc.
    Inventor: Max Edward Metral
  • Patent number: 11049090
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing enhanced mobile transactions and payments are disclosed. A computer-implemented method may include providing a registry of public keys to allow users to securely exchange mobile payment data with respective trusted merchants, sending a request from a computing device of a user to validate a merchant, storing a public key for the merchant from the registry, receiving a merchant identifier from a terminal during a mobile transaction indicating that the terminal is associated with the merchant, receiving a request for information from the terminal as part of the mobile transaction, determining whether the terminal requesting the information is trusted, providing the requested information encrypted using the public key to the terminal when the terminal is trusted, and providing decoy response information to the terminal when the terminal is determined to be untrusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventor: Max Edward Metral
  • Publication number: 20210125225
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed which may allow a user having a mobile device to check in to a location using a packet sequence that includes information for identifying the location transmitted by one or more Bluetooth® Low Energy (BLE) beacons at or near the location. The user may be able to store packet sequences for various locations that may allow the user to automatically check into these locations using the store packet sequences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Joshua Bleecher Snyder, Max Edward Metral
  • Patent number: 10885554
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed which may allow a user having a mobile device to check in to a location using a packet sequence that includes information for identifying the location. The location may be transmitted by one or more Bluetooth® Low Energy (BLE) beacons at or near the location. The user may be able to store packet sequences for various locations that may allow the user to automatically check into these locations using the store packet sequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventors: Joshua Bleecher Snyder, Max Edward Metral
  • Publication number: 20200134669
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed which may allow a user having a mobile device to check in to a location using a packet sequence that includes information for identifying the location. The location may be transmitted by one or more Bluetooth® Low Energy (BLE) beacons at or near the location. The user may be able to store packet sequences for various locations that may allow the user to automatically check into these locations using the store packet sequences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Joshua Bleecher Snyder, Max Edward Metral
  • Publication number: 20200118126
    Abstract: A system, a medium, and a method are provided to split data paths among various devices in data communications system. In some instances, the server device receives a request from a remote device such as a website server or a checkout device, where the request indicates a user request to purchase one or more items. An account management component of the server device determines a user account associated with the user request and identifies a user device associated with the user account, such as the user's smartphone. An authentication component of the server device generates an electronic message that indicates that the user must authenticate the request such that the request may be processed and initiates a transmittal of the electronic message to the user's smartphone. The user may accept or authenticate the request to process the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventor: Max Edward Metral
  • Patent number: 10579983
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing enhanced mobile transactions and payments are disclosed. A computer-implemented method may include initiating a mobile transaction with a computing device of a user, determining to generate a rendezvous request for the mobile transaction, generating the rendezvous request for the mobile transaction, providing the rendezvous request to the computing device of the user, providing information about the rendezvous request to a second computing device that is to receive a response to the rendezvous request from the user, querying the second computing device to determine whether the response for the rendezvous request is available for processing, receiving the response to the rendezvous request provided by the user from the second computing device, and processing of the mobile transaction in view of receiving the response to the rendezvous request provided by the user from the second computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventor: Max Edward Metral