Patents by Inventor Megumi TADA

Megumi TADA 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: 11263616
    Abstract: An information processing method executed by one or more processors included in an information processing apparatus. The method includes obtaining a notice indicating that a deferred payment has been selected for a settlement of a price of a product on a website; identifying a seller to which the settlement is to be made; receiving a request for settlement on an amount of money determined based on information including information on delivery of the product and information on the price of the product; and advancing the settlement in a case where the amount of money is less than or equal to an upper limit of an amount of settlement using the deferred payment allowed for a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Mercari, Inc.
    Inventors: Megumi Tada, Masataka Nakajima, Hiroaki Tanaka, Kentaro Kumagai
  • Publication number: 20200193409
    Abstract: An information processing method executed by one or more processors included in an information processing apparatus. The method includes obtaining a notice indicating that a deferred payment has been selected for a settlement of a price of a product on a website; identifying a seller to which the settlement is to be made; receiving a request for settlement on an amount of money determined based on information including information on delivery of the product and information on the price of the product; and advancing the settlement in a case where the amount of money is less than or equal to an upper limit of an amount of settlement using the deferred payment allowed for a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Megumi TADA, Masataka Nakajima, Hiroaki Tanaka, Kentaro Kumagai
  • Publication number: 20200027112
    Abstract: Provided is a technique that makes it possible to collectively perform use of a coupon and settlement by a one-dimensional code or a two-dimensional code. There is provided an information processing method for receiving, from a first information processing device, a request for a one-time code for performing payment applied with a coupon, issuing, in response to the request, a first one-time code for performing the payment applied with the coupon, transmitting the issued first one-time code to the first information processing device, receiving a second one-time code and a payment amount from a third information processing device used by a user who receives payment from the user, and, when the received second one-time code is the same as the first one-time code, acquiring, from a database that manages privileges for each coupon, a privilege concerning the coupon used for the payment and settling, as a payment amount paid by the user, an amount calculated based on the acquired privilege and the payment amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Keisuke SOGAWA, Megumi TADA, Osamu TONOMORI, Masahiro SANO, Hiroaki ARISADA