Patents by Inventor Steve Oshry

Steve Oshry 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).

  • Merchant continuity correction using cardholder loyalty information
    Patent number: 10262358
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of maintaining continuity of transaction data associated with a merchant within a payment card network includes identifying new merchant IDs and associated new merchant information from a database, the new merchant IDs and associated new transactions generated after a predetermined timestamp; and identifying discontinued merchant IDs and associated discontinued merchant information from the database, the discontinued merchant IDs associated only with older transactions generated before the predetermined timestamp and thus appearing to have been discontinued after the predetermined timestamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Steve Oshry, Justin Xavier Howe
  • Recognizing and combining redundant merchant designations in a transaction database
    Patent number: 9286618
    Abstract: Determining whether two merchant location database entries are describing the same merchant location. A subject merchant location database entry and comparison candidate merchant location database entries include a DBA name field, a street address field, and one or more additional descriptive fields descriptive of one or more predetermined characteristics of the respective merchant location. The subject merchant location database entry is compared to a set populated with candidate merchant location database entries, candidates having a predetermined minimum textural similarity with the subject merchant location database entry on the basis of each entry's DBA name field or street address field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: MasterCard International Incorporated
    Inventors: Walter Francis Lo Faro, Steve Oshry, Anita Christine Galliani, Gary Randall Horn
  • MERCHANT CONTINUITY CORRECTION USING CARDHOLDER LOYALTY INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20140330690
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of maintaining continuity of transaction data associated with a merchant within a payment card network includes identifying new merchant IDs and associated new merchant information from a database, the new merchant IDs and associated new transactions generated after a predetermined timestamp; and identifying discontinued merchant IDs and associated discontinued merchant information from the database, the discontinued merchant IDs associated only with older transactions generated before the predetermined timestamp and thus appearing to have been discontinued after the predetermined timestamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: MasterCard International Incorporated
    Inventors: Steve Oshry, Justin Xavier Howe
  • RECOGNIZING AND COMBINING REDUNDANT MERCHANT DEISGNATIONS IN A TRANSACTION DATABASE
    Publication number: 20140258246
    Abstract: Determining whether two merchant location database entries are describing the same merchant location. A subject merchant location database entry and comparison candidate merchant location database entries include a DBA name field, a street address field, and one or more additional descriptive fields descriptive of one or more predetermined characteristics of the respective merchant location. The subject merchant location database entry is compared to a set populated with candidate merchant location database entries, candidates having a predetermined minimum textural similarity with the subject merchant location database entry on the basis of each entry's DBA name field or street address field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Walter Francis Lo Faro, Steve Oshry, Anita Christine Galliani, Gary Randall Horn