Patents by Inventor Roy Vance McElmurry

Roy Vance McElmurry 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).

  • Publication number: 20210103912
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and devices that provide a transactional payment system. In particular, the transactional payment system allows users of a messaging system to send and receive electronic payments to and from other users of the messaging system. A messaging application on a client device can receive payment information input (such as a payment amount and payment method) from a sender for making a payment to a recipient. The messaging application can send a payment message including the payment information to a messaging system, and the messaging system coordinates a payment process based on the payment information. During the payment process, the messaging system can provide status updates to the sender and receiver of the payment via status messages that are included in a message thread corresponding to the sender and the recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Roy Vance McElmurry, Jonathan B. Gheller, Alex Chao Qin, Kevin Patrick Hurley, Reinardus Surya Pradhitya, Dipanshu Agrawal, Shengling Hu, Chirag Chhagan Chheda, Yegnashankar Parasuram, Martin Kralik
  • Patent number: 10817866
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and devices that provide a transactional payment system. In particular, the transactional payment system allows users of a messaging system to send and receive electronic payments to and from other users of the messaging system. A messaging application on a client device can receive payment information input (such as a payment amount and payment method) from a sender for making a payment to a recipient. The messaging application can send a payment message including the payment information to a messaging system, and the messaging system coordinates a payment process based on the payment information. During the payment process, the messaging system can provide status updates to the sender and receiver of the payment via status messages that are included in a message thread corresponding to the sender and the recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: Roy Vance McElmurry, Jonathan B. Gheller, Alex Chao Qin, Kevin Patrick Hurley, Reinardus Surya Pradhitya, Dipanshu Agrawal, Shengling Hu, Chirag Chhagan Chheda, Yegnashankar Parasuram, Martin Kralik
  • Publication number: 20190087811
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and devices that provide a transactional payment system. In particular, the transactional payment system allows users of a messaging system to send and receive electronic payments to and from other users of the messaging system. A messaging application on a client device can receive payment information input (such as a payment amount and payment method) from a sender for making a payment to a recipient. The messaging application can send a payment message including the payment information to a messaging system, and the messaging system coordinates a payment process based on the payment information. During the payment process, the messaging system can provide status updates to the sender and receiver of the payment via status messages that are included in a message thread corresponding to the sender and the recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Roy Vance McElmurry, Jonathan B. Gheller, Alex Chao Qin, Kevin Patrick Hurley, Reinardus Surya Pradhitya, Dipanshu Agrawal, Shengling Hu, Chirag Chhagan Chheda, Yegnashankar Parasuram, Martin Kralik
  • Patent number: 10127544
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and devices that provide a transactional payment system. In particular, the transactional payment system allows users of a messaging system to send and receive electronic payments to and from other users of the messaging system. A messaging application on a client device can receive payment information input (such as a payment amount and payment method) from a sender for making a payment to a recipient. The messaging application can send a payment message including the payment information to a messaging system, and the messaging system coordinates a payment process based on the payment information. During the payment process, the messaging system can provide status updates to the sender and receiver of the payment via status messages that are included in a message thread corresponding to the sender and the recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: Roy Vance McElmurry, Martin Kralik, Jonathan B. Gheller, Alex Chao Qin, Kevin Patrick Hurley, Reinardus Surya Pradhitya, Dipanshu Agrawal, Shengling Hu, Chirag Chhagan Chheda, Yegnashankar Parasuram
  • Publication number: 20160171481
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and devices that provide a transactional payment system. In particular, the transactional payment system allows users of messaging system to send and receive electronic payments to and from other users of the messaging system. A messaging application on a client device can receive payment information input (such as a payment amount and payment method) from a sender for making a payment to a recipient. The messaging application can send a payment message including the payment information to a messaging system, and the messaging system coordinates a payment process based on the payment information. During the payment process, the messaging system can provide status updates to the sender and receiver of the payment via a status messages that are included in a message thread corresponding to the sender and the recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Roy Vance McElmurry, IV, Jonathan B. Gheller, Alex Chao Qin, Kevin Patrick Hurley, Reinardus Surya Pradhitya, Dipanshu Agrawal, Shengling Hu, Chirag Chhagan Chheda, Yegnashankar Parasuram, Martin Kralik