Patents by Inventor Michael Grear
Michael Grear 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).
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SYSTEM FOR MAINTAINING TYPE AND/OR STATUS INFORMATION FOR A PARTY - COMMUNICATION POINT RELATIONSHIP
Publication number: 20070237315Abstract: According to one embodiment of the invention, a system is provided that comprises a communication point database configured to provide a communication point data set; a party database configured to provide a party data set; wherein the communication point database and the party database are communicatively coupled with one another so as to associate the communication point data set with the party data set; a relationship type code database communicatively coupled with the communication point data set and the party data set.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2007Publication date: October 11, 2007Applicant: First Data CorporationInventors: Michael Grear, Margaret Henry-Saal, Patricia Melanson, Gretchen Donlin -
Publication number: 20070239786Abstract: According to another embodiment of the invention, a method of formatting communication point data comprises storing a communication point data set; storing a plurality of communication-point-formatting data sets defining how to format the communication point data set, each of the plurality of communication-point-formatting data sets defining a respective format for the content as specified by a respective format setting entity; and associating one of the communication-point-formatting data sets with the communication point data set based upon the determined application.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2007Publication date: October 11, 2007Applicant: First Data CorporationInventors: Michael Grear, Margaret Henry-Saal, Patricia Melanson, Gretchen Donlin
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Publication number: 20070055628Abstract: Linking accounts corresponding to different products together to create a group so that group processing can be performed at the group level while independent processing of the accounts is performed at the account level. The method links the accounts into a group by linking a financial record for each account to group master data for the group. The group master data includes information about the group, including group parameters and a group identifier. A group typically includes a key account and one or more dependent accounts. The relationship between a dependent account and the group is specified by a dependent strategy. A dependent strategy specifies group level processing options for the account. The relationships between the accounts and the group are flexible to accommodate changes in the status of the group cardholders.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2006Publication date: March 8, 2007Applicant: First Data CorporationInventors: Lynn Blagg, Eugene Kathol, Gretchen Donlin, Michael Grear
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Publication number: 20060265433Abstract: A network for managing account addresses (such as for credit card accounts) where correspondence and other communications mailed to account holders may have different purposes (e.g., credit card statement, new credit card, marketing correspondence). The network has a database for storing addresses and a database management system for retrieving those addresses. A default address is provided when there is no address stored in the database for the intended purpose of a mailing. The addresses are in categories, with each category associated with a different communication purpose, and with multiple addresses in each category. The multiple addresses within each category may be permanent, temporary or repeating. If temporary or repeating, effective start and end dates are associated with the addresses. There may be multiple cardholders for each account, in which case the address categories (and multiple addresses within each category) are associated with each cardholder.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2006Publication date: November 23, 2006Applicant: First Data CorporationInventors: Heather Bruce, Doug Stewart, Margaret Henry, Jacquelyn Rongish, Gretchen Donlin, Matthew Rademacher, John Johnson, Jeffrey Harpenau, Michael Grear
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Publication number: 20060184585Abstract: According to various embodiments of the invention, an architecture is provided for a data processing system. The elements of the architecture can be managed separately. For example, the architecture can be organized around eight subject areas, such as account, party, communication point, presentation instrument, rules, balances, transactions, and product. Relationships between each of the subject areas as well as between sub-types of each subject area can be established to provide flexibility in the management of the data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2006Publication date: August 17, 2006Applicant: First Data CorporationInventors: Michael Grear, Gretchen Donlin, Margaret Henry-Saal, Patricia Melanson
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Publication number: 20060184586Abstract: According to various embodiments of the invention, an architecture is provided for a data processing system. The elements of the architecture can be managed separately. For example, the architecture can be organized around eight subject areas, such as account, party, communication point, presentation instrument, rules, balances, transactions, and product. Relationships between each of the subject areas as well as between sub-types of each subject area can be established to provide flexibility in the management of the data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2006Publication date: August 17, 2006Applicant: First Data CorporationInventors: Michael Grear, Gretchen Donlin, Margaret Henry-Saal, Patricia Melanson
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Publication number: 20060167952Abstract: According to various embodiments of the invention, an architecture is provided for a data processing system. The elements of the architecture can be managed separately. For example, the architecture can be organized around eight subject areas, such as account, party, communication point, presentation instrument, rules, balances, transactions, and product. Relationships between each of the subject areas as well as between sub-types of each subject area can be established to provide flexibility in the management of the data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2006Publication date: July 27, 2006Applicant: First Data CorporationInventors: Michael Grear, Gretchen Donlin, Margaret Henry-Saal, Patricia Melanson
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Publication number: 20060093110Abstract: According to one embodiment of the invention, an architecture is provided for a data processing system that processes data for a service provider itself or a client of a service provider as in the case of a third party processor. The elements of the architecture can be managed separately. For example, the architecture can be organized around eight subject areas, such as account, party, communication point, presentation instrument, rules, balances, transactions, and product. Relationships between each of the subject areas as well as between sub-types of each subject area can be established to provide flexibility in the management of the data.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2005Publication date: May 4, 2006Applicant: First Data CorporationInventors: Michael Grear, Gretchen Donlin, Margaret Henry, Patricia Melanson
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Publication number: 20060036543Abstract: Linking accounts corresponding to different products together to create a group so that group processing can be performed at the group level while independent processing of the accounts is performed at the account level. The method links the accounts into a group by linking a financial record for each account to group master data for the group. The group master data includes information about the group, including group parameters and a group identifier. A group typically includes a key account and one or more dependent accounts. The relationship between a dependent account and the group is specified by a dependent strategy. A dependent strategy specifies group level processing options for the account. The relationships between the accounts and the group are flexible to accommodate changes in the status of the group cardholders.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2005Publication date: February 16, 2006Applicant: First Data CorporationInventors: Lynn Blagg, Eugene Kathol, Gretchen Donlin, Michael Grear
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Publication number: 20050192874Abstract: According to one embodiment of the invention, an architecture is provided for a data processing system that processes data for a service provider itself or a client of a service provider as in the case of a third party processor. The elements of the architecture can be managed separately. For example, the architecture can be organized around eight subject areas, such as account, party, communication point, presentation instrument, rules, balances, transactions, and product. Relationships between each of the subject areas as well as between sub-types of each subject area can be established to provide flexibility in the management of the data.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2004Publication date: September 1, 2005Applicant: First Data CorporationInventors: Michael Grear, Gretchen Donlin, Teresa Harrington, Richard Bell, Margaret Henry, Patricia Melanson
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Publication number: 20050185780Abstract: According to one embodiment of the invention, an architecture is provided for a data processing system that processes data for a service provider itself or a client of a service provider as in the case of a third party processor. The elements of the architecture can be managed separately. For example, the architecture can be organized around eight subject areas, such as account, party, communication point, presentation instrument, rules, balances, transactions, and product. Relationships between each of the subject areas as well as between sub-types of each subject area can be established to provide flexibility in the management of the data.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2004Publication date: August 25, 2005Applicant: First Data CorporationInventors: Michael Grear, Gretchen Donlin, Richard Bell
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Publication number: 20050187782Abstract: According to one embodiment of the invention, an architecture is provided for a data processing system that processes data for a service provider itself or a client of a service provider as in the case of a third party processor. The elements of the architecture can be managed separately. For example, the architecture can be organized around eight subject areas, such as account, party, communication point, presentation instrument, rules, balances, transactions, and product. Relationships between each of the subject areas as well as between sub-types of each subject area can be established to provide flexibility in the management of the data.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2004Publication date: August 25, 2005Applicant: First Data CorporationInventors: Michael Grear, Gretchen Donlin, Teresa Harrington, Richard Bell
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Publication number: 20050187841Abstract: According to one embodiment of the invention, an architecture is provided for a data processing system that processes data for a service provider itself or a client of a service provider as in the case of a third party processor. The elements of the architecture can be managed separately. For example, the architecture can be organized around eight subject areas, such as account, party, communication point, presentation instrument, rules, balances, transactions, and product. Relationships between each of the subject areas as well as between sub-types of each subject area can be established to provide flexibility in the management of the data.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2004Publication date: August 25, 2005Applicant: First Data CorporationInventors: Michael Grear, Gretchen Donlin, Teresa Harrington, Richard Bell, Kimberly Higgins-Mormann
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Publication number: 20050187865Abstract: According to one embodiment of the invention, an architecture is provided for a data processing system that processes data for a service provider itself or a client of a service provider as in the case of a third party processor. The elements of the architecture can be managed separately. For example, the architecture can be organized around eight subject areas, such as account, party, communication point, presentation instrument, rules, balances, transactions, and product. Relationships between each of the subject areas as well as between sub-types of each subject area can be established to provide flexibility in the management of the data.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2004Publication date: August 25, 2005Applicant: First Data CorporationInventors: Michael Grear, Thomas Miller
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Publication number: 20050187830Abstract: According to one embodiment of the invention, an architecture is provided for a data processing system that processes data for a service provider itself or a client of a service provider as in the case of a third party processor. The elements of the architecture can be managed separately. For example, the architecture can be organized around eight subject areas, such as account, party, communication point, presentation instrument, rules, balances, transactions, and product. Relationships between each of the subject areas as well as between sub-types of each subject area can be established to provide flexibility in the management of the data.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2004Publication date: August 25, 2005Applicant: First Data CorporationInventors: Michael Grear, Teresa Harrington, Richard Bell, Kimberly Higgins-Mormann
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Publication number: 20050187938Abstract: According to one embodiment of the invention, an architecture is provided for a data processing system that processes data for a service provider itself or a client of a service provider as in the case of a third party processor. The elements of the architecture can be managed separately. For example, the architecture can be organized around eight subject areas, such as account, party, communication point, presentation instrument, rules, balances, transactions, and product. Relationships between each of the subject areas as well as between sub-types of each subject area can be established to provide flexibility in the management of the data.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2004Publication date: August 25, 2005Applicant: First Data CorporationInventors: Michael Grear, Gretchen Donlin, Teresa Harrington
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Publication number: 20050185774Abstract: According to one embodiment of the invention, an architecture is provided for a data processing system that processes data for a service provider itself or a client of a service provider as in the case of a third party processor. The elements of the architecture can be managed separately. For example, the architecture can be organized around eight subject areas, such as account, party, communication point, presentation instrument, rules, balances, transactions, and product. Relationships between each of the subject areas as well as between sub-types of each subject area can be established to provide flexibility in the management of the data.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2004Publication date: August 25, 2005Applicant: First Data CorporationInventors: Michael Grear, Gretchen Donlin, Margaret Henry, Patrica Melanson
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Publication number: 20050187864Abstract: According to one embodiment of the invention, an architecture is provided for a data processing system that processes data for a service provider itself or a client of a service provider as in the case of a third party processor. The elements of the architecture can be managed separately. For example, the architecture can be organized around eight subject areas, such as account, party, communication point, presentation instrument, rules, balances, transactions, and product. Relationships between each of the subject areas as well as between sub-types of each subject area can be established to provide flexibility in the management of the data.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2004Publication date: August 25, 2005Applicant: First Data CorporationInventors: Michael Grear, Gretchen Donlin, Richard Bell
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Publication number: 20050187870Abstract: According to one embodiment of the invention, an architecture is provided for a data processing system that processes data for a service provider itself or a client of a service provider as in the case of a third party processor. The elements of the architecture can be managed separately. For example, the architecture can be organized around eight subject areas, such as account, party, communication point, presentation instrument, rules, balances, transactions, and product. Relationships between each of the subject areas as well as between sub-types of each subject area can be established to provide flexibility in the management of the data.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2005Publication date: August 25, 2005Applicant: First Data CorporationInventors: Michael Grear, Teresa Harrington, Richard Bell
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Publication number: 20050187842Abstract: According to one embodiment of the invention, an architecture is provided for a data processing system that processes data for a service provider itself or a client of a service provider as in the case of a third party processor. The elements of the architecture can be managed separately. For example, the architecture can be organized around eight subject areas, such as account, party, communication point, presentation instrument, rules, balances, transactions, and product. Relationships between each of the subject areas as well as between sub-types of each subject area can be established to provide flexibility in the management of the data.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2004Publication date: August 25, 2005Applicant: First Data CorporationInventors: Michael Grear, Gretchen Donlin, Teresa Harrington, Richard Bell