Patents by Inventor Robert H. Sawers

Robert H. Sawers 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).

  • System and method of fulfilling a transaction
    Patent number: 8370264
    Abstract: A method is disclosed that includes receiving a request for a transaction from a customer at a seller server system via an electronic-commerce website and identifying a customer account stored at the seller server system based on an identity of the customer. A plurality of financial instruments is associated with the customer account. The plurality of financial instruments has a customer-specific sequence including at least a first financial instrument pre-selected by the customer and a second financial instrument. The method includes automatically attempting to collect a particular payment associated with the transaction from a first financial service provider corresponding to the first financial instrument and automatically attempting to collect the particular payment from a second financial service provider corresponding to the second financial instrument in response to data received at the seller server system indicating a denial of the payment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Danny Wei, Craig W. Howard, Robert H. Sawers, David I. Gellman, Charles L. Ward
  • System and method of fulfilling a transaction
    Patent number: 7962418
    Abstract: A method is disclosed that includes receiving a request for a transaction from a customer at a seller server system via an electronic-commerce website and identifying a customer account stored at the seller server system based on an identity of the customer. A plurality of financial instruments is associated with the customer account. The plurality of financial instruments has a customer-specific sequence including at least a first financial instrument pre-selected by the customer and a second financial instrument. The method includes automatically attempting to collect a particular payment associated with the transaction from a first financial service provider corresponding to the first financial instrument and automatically attempting to collect the particular payment from a second financial service provider corresponding to the second financial instrument in response to data received at the seller server system indicating a denial of the payment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Danny Wei, Craig W. Howard, Robert H. Sawers, David I. Gellman, Charles L. Ward