Patents by Inventor Michelle Winters

Michelle Winters 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: 20200294045
    Abstract: Methods and systems disclosed herein relate to managing an interaction between a sender and one or more receivers. The system may receive an assent request message specifying one or more receivers and/or resources. The system may transmit assent request notification(s) to the receiver(s), via temporary resource provider interfaces, messages, and/or social network interfaces. A subset of the receivers may commit to receiving a resource. The receivers may be validated via a trusted identity database. If a receiver has a valid interaction assertion in the database, then the system may generate an interaction credential for the receiver and a commitment object. The system may process data to facilitate the transfer of the resource. Upon the receiver receiving the resource, the interaction credential may be redeemed. The system may cease availability of the temporary resource provider interfaces after a predetermined time after the sender leaves an arbitrary location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Kelvan Howard, Michelle Winters, Michael Steven Bankston
  • Patent number: 9165306
    Abstract: A method for receiving and presenting user-generated designs and sets of terms for portable consumer devices. The method provides for allowing a first person to create a customized design for a portable consumer device, and share the design with other consumers via a host site. Similarly, the method provides for allowing a first person to create and share a customized set of terms for the portable consumer device. Methods for receiving and distributing feedback for customized designs and sets of terms are included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Visa U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventor: Michelle Winters
  • Publication number: 20140156388
    Abstract: The examples described herein establish metrics for monitoring the performance of deal provider websites. In one example, an apparatus processes a first plurality of payment requests received from at least one of a plurality of deal providers and generates a first plurality of transaction data records storing the transaction data and payment numbers. The apparatus associates a merchant providing a particular one of the deals with each of the first plurality of transaction data records, and processes a second plurality of payment requests received from at least one of the merchants and including at least one of the payment numbers. The apparatus generates a second plurality of transaction data records storing transaction data from each of the second plurality of payment requests. The apparatus filters the second plurality of transaction data records based on a category filter and generates a deal provider metric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Visa International Service Association
    Inventor: Michelle Winters
  • Patent number: 8626705
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining aggregated transaction level data for specific group characteristics are provided. Aggregated transaction level data can be used for target marketing campaigns by looking at past and potential spending habits of populations with group characteristics specified in the transaction data aggregates. The aggregates can also be used to measure the effectiveness of a particular marketing campaign by correlating the spending patters of a particular group with sales resulting from the campaign.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Melyssa Barrett, Michelle Winters, Leigh Amaro
  • Patent number: 8600855
    Abstract: Systems and methods are presented for determining risk levels for consumer-to-consumer (C2C) transactions on brokering websites. The risk levels can be based on payment processing network (e.g. Visa) account data as well as external data, such as geo-location using IP addresses, fraud bureau data, and star ratings. The buying and selling consumers can have multiple risk scores for each transaction, such as a fraud, credit, return/chargeback, dissatisfaction, product misuse, nonreturnable, and defect risk scores. The buying and selling consumers can trade their risk levels before proceeding with the transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Michelle Winters, Kevin Siegel, Charles Byce
  • Patent number: 8550359
    Abstract: A method for receiving and presenting user-generated designs and sets of terms for portable consumer devices. The method provides for allowing a first person to create a customized design for a portable consumer device, and share the design with other consumers via a host site. Similarly, the method provides for allowing a first person to create and share a customized set of terms for the portable consumer device. Methods for receiving and distributing feedback for customized designs and sets of terms are included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Inventor: Michelle Winters
  • Publication number: 20120185377
    Abstract: A method for receiving and presenting user-generated designs and sets of terms for portable consumer devices. The method provides for allowing a first person to create a customized design for a portable consumer device, and share the design with other consumers via a host site. Similarly, the method provides for allowing a first person to create and share a customized set of terms for the portable consumer device. Methods for receiving and distributing feedback for customized designs and sets of terms are included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventor: Michelle Winters
  • Publication number: 20120179576
    Abstract: A method for receiving and presenting user-generated designs and sets of terms for portable consumer devices. The method provides for allowing a first person to create a customized design for a portable consumer device, and share the design with other consumers via a host site. Similarly, the method provides for allowing a first person to create and share a customized set of terms for the portable consumer device. Methods for receiving and distributing feedback for customized designs and sets of terms are included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Inventor: Michelle Winters
  • Patent number: 8162226
    Abstract: A method for receiving and presenting user-generated designs and sets of terms for portable consumer devices. The method provides for allowing a first person to create a customized design for a portable consumer device, and share the design with other consumers via a host site. Similarly, the method provides for allowing a first person to create and share a customized set of terms for the portable consumer device. Methods for receiving and distributing feedback for customized designs and sets of terms are included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Visa U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventor: Michelle Winters
  • Publication number: 20110184838
    Abstract: Systems and methods are presented for determining risk levels for consumer-to-consumer (C2C) transactions on brokering websites. The risk levels can be based on payment processing network (e.g. Visa) account data as well as external data, such as geo-location using IP addresses, fraud bureau data, and star ratings. The buying and selling consumers can have multiple risk scores for each transaction, such as a fraud, credit, return/chargeback, dissatisfaction, product misuse, nonreturnable, and defect risk scores. The buying and selling consumers can trade their risk levels before proceeding with the transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventors: Michelle Winters, Kevin Siegel, Charles Byce
  • Publication number: 20110106840
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining aggregated transaction level data for specific group characteristics are provided. Aggregated transaction level data can be used for target marketing campaigns by looking at past and potential spending habits of populations with group characteristics specified in the transaction data aggregates. The aggregates can also be used to measure the effectiveness of a particular marketing campaign by correlating the spending patters of a particular group with sales resulting from the campaign.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Melyssa Barrett, Michelle Winters, Leigh Amaro
  • Publication number: 20080172326
    Abstract: A method for receiving and presenting user-generated designs and sets of terms for portable consumer devices. The method provides for allowing a first person to create a customized design for a portable consumer device, and share the design with other consumers via a host site. Similarly, the method provides for allowing a first person to create and share a customized set of terms for the portable consumer device. Methods for receiving and distributing feedback for customized designs and sets of terms are included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2007
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Inventor: Michelle Winters