Patents by Inventor Steven D. Evans

Steven D. Evans 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: 20150039501
    Abstract: A supplier uses a Buyer-Initiated Payment (BIP) system, such as a Payer Direct Hub (PDH), to obtain a selected interchange rate to charge the supplier. The payer may use a Supplier-Initiated Payment (SIP) system or manual method to provide a commercial credit card number to a supplier. A supplier may log onto a BIP system and enter the number along with the payment amount. A BIP system determines whether the entered information includes the qualifying information to obtain the selected interchange rate for the supplier. The qualifying information for a selected interchange rate may include tax information or additional line item detail information. Substitute information to be used as the qualifying information needed for the selected interchange rate is retrieved. The BIP system combines the retrieved substitute information with the entered information and outputs credit card transaction information so that the supplier is paid using the selected interchange rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: Bora Payment Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Steven D. Evans
  • Publication number: 20140136412
    Abstract: Methods and system for processing credit card payments, comprising receiving a credit card transaction, fabricating line item data to obtain favorable interchange rates for transactions, aggregating or disaggregating payments to obtain favorable interchange rates for transactions, and automatically deciding among various interchange rate options for transactions based on criteria chosen by the payer using these methods or system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: BORA PAYMENT SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventor: Steven D. Evans
  • Publication number: 20140025578
    Abstract: Methods and system for processing credit card payments, comprising receiving a credit card transaction, fabricating line item data to obtain favorable interchange rates for transactions, aggregating or disaggregating payments to obtain favorable interchange rates for transactions, and automatically deciding among various interchange rate options for transactions based on criteria chosen by the payer using these methods or system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: BORA PAYMENT SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventor: Steven D. Evans
  • Publication number: 20140025564
    Abstract: Receiving payment requests at an from multiple payers for a common supplier, the payments are received by an entity that is separate from the common supplier and the multiple payees; aggregating the payment requests and creating a single aggregated payment request at a hub computing system, the aggregating and creating includes choosing an interchange rate at the aggregator for the aggregated payment that is lower than an interchange rate that at least one of the payment requests would qualify for if not aggregated; electronically transmitting the aggregated payment request from the hub computing system to an acquirer processor computing system associated with the supplier; creating a reconciliation report; and transmitting the reconciliation report to the supplier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: BORA PAYMENT SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventor: Steven D. Evans
  • Patent number: 7676434
    Abstract: A system and methods for processing payment requests submitted by a payer through a single user interface. The system obtains a merchant identification and a processing platform associated with each payee. The system receives at least one payment request from the payer. Payment instructions are generated based on each payment request received from the payer. The system routes each of the payment instructions to an acquirer processor for authorization to be processed as a credit card transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Bora Payment Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Steven D. Evans
  • Publication number: 20080183621
    Abstract: A system and methods for processing payment requests submitted by a payer through a single user interface. The system obtains a merchant identification and a processing platform associated with each payee. The system receives at least one payment request from the payer. Payment instructions are generated based on each payment request received from the payer. The system routes each of the payment instructions to an acquirer processor for authorization to be processed as a credit card transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventor: Steven D. Evans
  • Patent number: 6281454
    Abstract: A switchable load coil case is provided having a switch assembly connected to the load coil and incoming and outgoing wire pair. The switch assembly has an actuator movable between loaded and bypass positions wherein the switch assembly connects the load coil in series with the incoming and outgoing wire pair when the actuator is in the loaded position and connects the incoming and outgoing wire pair while bypassing the load coil when the actuator is in the bypass position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Charles Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Joseph T. Charles, Steven D. Evans, Steven P. Moehling, Ronald Washburn, Eduardo Leon, Walter Hardwood, Gerald A. Greco
  • Patent number: 5929402
    Abstract: A switchable load coil case is provided having a switch assembly connected to the load coil and incoming and outgoing wire pair. The switch assembly has a switch actuator disposed in a terminal housing cavity movable between loaded and bypass positions. The switch assembly has contacts which connect the load coil in series with the incoming and outgoing wire pair when the switch actuator is in the loaded position and connect the incoming and outgoing wire pair while bypassing the load coil when the switch actuator is in the bypass position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Assignee: Charles Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Joseph T. Charles, Steven D. Evans, Gerald A. Greco, Walter T. Harwood, Eduardo Leon, Steven P. Moehling, Ronald Washburn