Patents by Inventor Pierce A. Collins

Pierce A. Collins 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).

  • Payment networks and methods for facilitating data transfers within payment networks
    Patent number: 10198724
    Abstract: Exemplary payment networks and methods are provided for facilitating data transfers. One exemplary method includes determining a performance of a first path through a first WAN between a hub and a customer, determining a performance of a second path through a second different WAN between the hub and the customer, causing a data traffic associated with a first class of application to be routed along the first path when the performance of the first path is within a first performance threshold, and causing the data traffic, when routed along the first path, to be switched to the second path when the performance of the first path fails to satisfy and/or violates the performance threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kevin S. Carney, Pierce A. Collins
  • Payment Networks and Methods for Facilitating Data Transfers Within Payment Networks
    Publication number: 20170053258
    Abstract: Exemplary payment networks and methods are provided for facilitating data transfers. One exemplary method includes determining a performance of a first path through a first WAN between a hub and a customer, determining a performance of a second path through a second different WAN between the hub and the customer, causing a data traffic associated with a first class of application to be routed along the first path when the performance of the first path is within a first performance threshold, and causing the data traffic, when routed along the first path, to be switched to the second path when the performance of the first path fails to satisfy and/or violates the performance threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Kevin S. Carney, Pierce A. Collins