Patents by Inventor Steven Cheatham

Steven Cheatham 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).

  • Embedding supplemental consumer data
    Patent number: 9075653
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention broadly described, introduce systems and methods for combining multiple field values into a normalized value, generating codes using the normalized value, and using the codes as activation codes. One embodiment of the invention discloses a computer-implemented method for generating a code. The method comprises receiving a plurality of field values associated with a set of fields, each of the fields being associated with a field radix, converting the field values into numeric field values, combining, by a processor, numeric field values, each associated with a field, each of the fields associated with a field radix, to generate a normalized value, and generating, by the processor, a code representative of the plurality of field values using the normalized value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Mark Carlson, Steven Cheatham
  • EMBEDDING SUPPLEMENTAL CONSUMER DATA
    Publication number: 20130312111
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention broadly described, introduce systems and methods for combining multiple field values into a normalized value, generating codes using the normalized value, and using the codes as activation codes. One embodiment of the invention discloses a computer-implemented method for generating a code. The method comprises receiving a plurality of field values associated with a set of fields, each of the fields being associated with a field radix, converting the field values into numeric field values, combining, by a processor, numeric field values, each associated with a field, each of the fields associated with a field radix, to generate a normalized value, and generating, by the processor, a code representative of the plurality of field values using the normalized value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Inventors: Mark Carlson, Steven Cheatham