Patents by Inventor Nathan Wall Phelps

Nathan Wall Phelps 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).

  • Method and system for providing customers of a retail enterprise with earnable rewards
    Patent number: 10740780
    Abstract: A shopper reward server includes a communication module to receive purchase transaction data from a plurality of purchase interfaces of a retail enterprise, a database having stored therein a plurality of shopper purchase histories each including purchase transaction data for item purchases made over time by a different one of a corresponding plurality of shoppers, a transaction module to store purchase transaction data for each shopper in a corresponding shopper purchase history, and a shopper reward module to selectively generate for any of the shoppers at least one earn requirement, based on that shopper's purchase history, that must be satisfied by the shopper via at least one purchase made via any of the purchase interfaces in order to earn a corresponding discount reward redeemable against at least one specified item via any of the purchase interfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Meijer, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Ross, Lanny Curtis, Brian Pugh, Elmer L Robinson, Jr., David Scott Pallas, Nathan Wall Phelps
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING CUSTOMERS OF A RETAIL ENTERPRISE WITH EARNABLE REWARDS
    Publication number: 20130246148
    Abstract: A shopper reward server includes a communication module to receive purchase transaction data from a plurality of purchase interfaces of a retail enterprise, a database having stored therein a plurality of shopper purchase histories each including purchase transaction data for item purchases made over time by a different one of a corresponding plurality of shoppers, a transaction module to store purchase transaction data for each shopper in a corresponding shopper purchase history, and a shopper reward module to selectively generate for any of the shoppers at least one earn requirement, based on that shopper's purchase history, that must be satisfied by the shopper via at least one purchase made via any of the purchase interfaces in order to earn a corresponding discount reward redeemable against at least one specified item via any of the purchase interfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Inventors: Kenneth Ross, Lanny Curtis, Brian Pugh, Elmer I. Robinson, JR., David Scott Pallas, Nathan Wall Phelps