Patents by Inventor Paul C. Schattauer
Paul C. Schattauer 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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Patent number: 9965763Abstract: A mobile payment network receives location information from mobile devices used to conduct transactions between two account holders, and qualifies any requested transactions based on the physical proximity of the two devices relative to each other.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2015Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Diwakar Gupta, Paul C. Schattauer, Chih-Jen Huang, Kiran Kumar Meduri
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Patent number: 9602360Abstract: Techniques, including systems and methods, for organizing access to computing resources include dynamically mapping identifiers of data zones to data zones. A request for initiation of one or more computing resources is received. The request specifies an identifier of a data zone. Responsive to the request, the specified identifier is mapped to a data zone. The requested computing resources are initiated in the data zone to which the identifier was mapped.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2013Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: James A. G. Greenfield, Eric P. Wei, Diwakar Gupta, Paul C. Schattauer
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Patent number: 9171301Abstract: A mobile payment network may include a server receiving a request for payment from a device, where the request may include information related to a location for the device. The information related to location information for the device that is included within the request may then be used for deriving location information for the device. Given the location information for the device, a distance between the location information and a geographic area may be determined. The distance between the location information for the device and the geographic area may then serve, at least in part, as the basis for approving the request for payment.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2013Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Diwakar Gupta, Paul C. Schattauer, Chih-Jen Huang, Kiran Kumar Meduri
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Patent number: 9082116Abstract: A mobile payment network receives a payment request from a first user operating a first mobile device and identifies recipients of the payment request based at least in part on the proximity of other mobile devices to the first mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2014Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Diwakar Gupta, Paul C. Schattauer, Chih-Jen Huang, Kiran Kumar Meduri
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Patent number: 8977568Abstract: Anonymous mobile payments enable a user to make and/or receive payments without disclosing personal or private information to another party. In some aspects, a provider of a payment may request an anonymous payment for a specified value from a host. In response, the host may transmit to the provider a code that is available for redemption. The provider may then relay the code to a recipient, who may redeem the code from the host. In other aspects, a recipient may request a temporary identifier (special code) from a host. The recipient may relay the temporary identifier to a provider, who may in turn transmit a payment, via the host, using the temporary identifier. The recipient may then claim the payment from the host. In additional aspects, the codes of the anonymous payments may include expiration times and/or restrictions on a number of uses of the code.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Paul C. Schattauer, Derek Edward Wegner, Diwakar Gupta, Chih-Jen Huang, Philip Yuen
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Patent number: 8750901Abstract: A mobile payment network receives a payment request from a first user operating a first mobile device and identifies recipients of the payment request based at least in part on the proximity of other mobile devices to the first mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2008Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Diwakar Gupta, Paul C. Schattauer, Chih-Jen Huang, Kiran Kumar Meduri
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Patent number: 8606922Abstract: Techniques, including systems and methods, for organizing access to computing resources include dynamically mapping identifiers of data zones to data zones. A request for initiation of one or more computing resources is received. The request specifies an identifier of a data zone. Responsive to the request, the specified identifier is mapped to a data zone. The requested computing resources are initiated in the data zone to which the identifier was mapped.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2010Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: James A. G. Greenfield, Eric P. Wei, Diwakar Gupta, Paul C. Schattauer
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Patent number: 8509734Abstract: A mobile payment network receives location information from mobile devices used to conduct transactions between two account holders, and qualifies any requested transactions based on the physical proximity of the two devices relative to each other.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2008Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Diwakar Gupta, Paul C. Schattauer, Chih-Jen Huang, Kiran Kumar Meduri
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Patent number: 8423457Abstract: Anonymous mobile payments enable a user to make and/or receive payments without disclosing personal or private information to another party. In some aspects, a provider of a payment may request an anonymous payment for a specified value from a host. In response, the host may transmit to the provider a code that is available for redemption. The provider may then relay the code to a recipient, who may redeem the code from the host. In other aspects, a recipient may request a temporary identifier (special code) from a host. The recipient may relay the temporary identifier to a provider, who may in turn transmit a payment, via the host, using the temporary identifier. The recipient may then claim the payment from the host. In additional aspects, the codes of the anonymous payments may include expiration times and/or restrictions on a number of uses of the code.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2009Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Paul C. Schattauer, Derek Wegner, Diwakar Gupta, Chih-Jen Huang, Philip Yuen
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Patent number: 8401968Abstract: A mobile group payment service enables members of a group to access a group account. The group account may enable members to transmit funds, request funds, and perform account queries, and modify account settings, among other possible operations. A member may request a payment from the group account to a target account. A transaction authorization service may facilitate an authorization process to determine whether the requested payment is authorized by one or more of the other members of the group. Upon authorization, the requested payment may be completed by transferring funds to the target account.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2008Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Paul C. Schattauer, Gerald Yuen, Philip Yuen, Diwakar Gupta
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Patent number: 8255288Abstract: Item scarcity resulting from a high demand of the item is addressed by providing users a high demand sale process. In some aspects, users may opt-in to purchase the item in a sale by transmitting a mobile message to a host over a mobile device network prior to a sale of the item. If the user is eligible, the host then attempts to purchase the item on behalf of the user once the sale begins.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2009Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Diwakar Gupta, Paul C. Schattauer, Chih-Jen Huang, Philip Yuen, Ammar Chinoy, Kiran Kumar Meduri