Patents by Inventor Shawn Kretschmer

Shawn Kretschmer 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: 20200027115
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide methods and systems for making reward point account balances liquid for the customer. In traditional systems, reward points issued to customers in their reward point accounts have limited redemption options. Embodiments discussed herein allow a user to provision their reward point account into a digital wallet. The user can then use the reward points to purchase goods and services using their reward point account as a payment source via the digital wallet. The result is that the reward point account balance becomes a liquid asset for the customer to use to purchase any goods and/or services at any merchant that accepts payments from a digital wallet. Further, due to real-time point conversion at the time of the transaction, the available point balance is always up-to-date for use through any access method available to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: First Data Corporation
    Inventors: Vijay K. Royyuru, Lanny Byers, David Farris, Shawn Kretschmer, Cindy White, Skyler Fox, April Ross
  • Publication number: 20200027116
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide methods and systems for making reward point account balances liquid for the customer. In traditional systems, reward points issued to customers in their reward point accounts have limited redemption options. Embodiments discussed herein allow a user to provision their reward point account into a digital wallet. The user can then use the reward points to purchase goods and services using their reward point account as a payment source via the digital wallet. The result is that the reward point account balance becomes a liquid asset for the customer to use to purchase any goods and/or services at any merchant that accepts payments from a digital wallet. Further, due to real-time point conversion at the time of the transaction, the available point balance is always up-to-date for use through any access method available to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: First Data Corporation
    Inventors: Vijay K. Royyuru, Lanny Byers, David Farris, Shawn Kretschmer, Cindy White, Skyler Fox, April Ross