Patents by Inventor Richard Mitchell Eastley

Richard Mitchell Eastley 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).

  • Patent number: 8626599
    Abstract: When a buyer's debt to a seller cannot be paid using an account issued to the buyer by an issuer within a payment processing system, then either or both the seller and the buyer are solicited to conduct future transactions payable on the account. If the debt can be paid using the account, then a sub-account is created unique to the seller and buyer. Transactions between the buyer and seller can be processed using the sub-account including the option of aggregating the debts prior to the processing. The credit limit of the sub-account can be set to match the amount of the aggregated debts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Visa U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Mitchell Eastley, Nancy Weber, Tamara Romanek, Sharon North
  • Publication number: 20120072337
    Abstract: When a buyer's debt to a seller cannot be paid using an account issued to the buyer by an issuer within a payment processing system, then either or both the seller and the buyer are solicited to conduct future transactions payable on the account. If the debt can be paid using the account, then a sub-account is created unique to the seller and buyer. Transactions between the buyer and seller can be processed using the sub-account including the option of aggregating the debts prior to the processing. The credit limit of the sub-account can be set to match the amount of the aggregated debts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Richard Mitchell Eastley, Nancy Weber, Tamara Romanek, Sharon North
  • Patent number: 8041634
    Abstract: When a buyer's debt to a seller cannot be paid using an account issued to the buyer by an issuer within a payment processing system, then either or both the seller and the buyer are solicited to conduct future transactions payable on the account. If the debt can be paid using the account, then a sub-account is created unique to the seller and buyer. Transactions between the buyer and seller can be processed using the sub-account including the option of aggregating the debts prior to the processing. The credit limit of the sub-account can be set to match the amount of the aggregated debts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Visa U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Mitchell Eastley, Nancy Weber, Tamara Romanek, Sharon North
  • Publication number: 20110055079
    Abstract: A web service facilitates real time payment of suppliers' invoices with accounts issued by issuers to account holders. A payment request received by the web service from a client, identifying a credit limit for one commercial account in a pool thereof, is sent from the web service to the issuer to determine availability of the account and the credit limit for an account holder. If the issuer's response to the request confirms availability, payment instructions to the issuer are sent from the web service to pay the supplier's invoice. Alternatively, the request can be to determine availability of a single-use-account (SUA) and an adjustment to the account holder's credit limit from the issuer in order to make a future single payment on the SUA to the supplier for a purchase corresponding to a future invoice from the supplier who has not yet provided goods and/or services pertaining to the invoice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: David Meaney, Richard Mitchell Eastley
  • Publication number: 20080133409
    Abstract: When a buyer's debt to a seller cannot be paid using an account issued to the buyer by an issuer within a payment processing system, then either or both the seller and the buyer are solicited to conduct future transactions payable on the account. If the debt can be paid using the account, then a sub-account is created unique to the seller and buyer. Transactions between the buyer and seller can be processed using the sub-account including the option of aggregating the debts prior to the processing. The credit limit of the sub-account can be set to match the amount of the aggregated debts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Richard Mitchell Eastley, Nancy Weber, Tamara Romanek, Sharon North