Patents by Inventor Steven Jarrett Giera

Steven Jarrett Giera 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).

  • Patent number: 11915261
    Abstract: A presence of a consumer transacting at a transaction terminal is detected. Content for the transaction terminal is played as media on the transaction terminal. When an identity of the consumer is resolved, the content is switched to new content that is targeted/customized to the consumer and is played as new media on the transaction terminal. When a transaction concludes, the media play is stopped. Statistics for the transaction and media play are retained for tracking and reporting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: NCR Voyix Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Jarrett Giera, Samantha Elaine Maida, Steve Patrick McEvoy
  • Publication number: 20220198508
    Abstract: A presence of a consumer transacting at a transaction terminal is detected. Content for the transaction terminal is played as media on the transaction terminal. When an identity of the consumer is resolved, the content is switched to new content that is targeted/customized to the consumer and is played as new media on the transaction terminal. When a transaction concludes, the media play is stopped. Statistics for the transaction and media play are retained for tracking and reporting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Steven Jarrett Giera, Samantha Elaine Maida, Steve Patrick McEvoy
  • Patent number: 11301893
    Abstract: A presence of a consumer transacting at a transaction terminal is detected. Content for the transaction terminal is played as media on the transaction terminal. When an identity of the consumer is resolved, the content is switched to new content that is targeted/customized to the consumer and is played as new media on the transaction terminal. When a transaction concludes, the media play is stopped. Statistics for the transaction and media play are retained for tracking and reporting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Jarrett Giera, Samantha Elaine Maida, Steve Patrick McEvoy
  • Patent number: 11030627
    Abstract: Techniques for secure mobile payment are provided. A credit or gift card is registered for additional security, such that a secure identifier or personal identification number (PIN) is required for use of the credit or gift card. Registration is not required or even known by the third-party payment service associated with the card. Subsequently, when a consumer attempts to use the card and before payment instructions are sent to the corresponding third-party payment service, the secure identifier or PIN is requested and verified. If properly verified, the payment instructions are forwarded for processing by the third-party payment service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Jarrett Giera, Joel Aaron Miller
  • Publication number: 20200357017
    Abstract: A presence of a consumer transacting at a transaction terminal is detected. Content for the transaction terminal is played as media on the transaction terminal. When an identity of the consumer is resolved, the content is switched to new content that is targeted/customized to the consumer and is played as new media on the transaction terminal. When a transaction concludes, the media play is stopped. Statistics for the transaction and media play are retained for tracking and reporting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Steven Jarrett Giera, Samantha Elaine Maida, Steve Patrick McEvoy
  • Patent number: 10334022
    Abstract: Various embodiments each include at least one of systems, methods, and software to detect possible fuel theft and to provide notification thereof. In a simple embodiment, data from a fuel pump is obtained, either directly or via a fuel pump controller, by a fuel station site controller and stored. The stored data includes a measure of a total amount of fuel dispensed from the fuel pump, such as may be measured by a fuel pump feedstock meter. At a time when the site controller reestablishes data communication with the fuel pump controller after a loss, the site controller receives a fuel pump data update. The updated data is then compared to the stored measure. When there is a mismatch, a possible fuel theft has occurred and an alarm process may be triggered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Joel Aaron Miller, Steven Jarrett Giera, Erick Kobres
  • Publication number: 20180189787
    Abstract: Techniques for secure mobile payment are provided. A credit or gift card is registered for additional security, such that a secure identifier or personal identification number (PIN) is required for use of the credit or gift card. Registration is not required or even known by the third-party payment service associated with the card. Subsequently, when a consumer attempts to use the card and before payment instructions are sent to the corresponding third-party payment service, the secure identifier or PIN is requested and verified. If properly verified, the payment instructions are forwarded for processing by the third-party payment service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Steven Jarrett Giera, Joel Aaron Miller
  • Publication number: 20180174144
    Abstract: Techniques for secure mobile payment are provided. A credit or gift card is registered for additional security, such that a secure identifier or personal identification number (PIN) is required for use of the credit or gift card. Registration is not required or even known by the third-party payment service associated with the card. Subsequently, when a consumer attempts to use the card and before payment instructions are sent to the corresponding third-party payment service, the secure identifier or PIN is requested and verified. If properly verified, the payment instructions are forwarded for processing by the third-party payment service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Steven Jarrett Giera, Joel Aaron Miller
  • Patent number: 9947013
    Abstract: Techniques for secure mobile payment are provided. A credit or gift card is registered for additional security, such that a secure identifier or personal identification number (PIN) is required for use of the credit or gift card. Registration is not required or even known by the third-party payment service associated with the card. Subsequently, when a consumer attempts to use the card and before payment instructions are sent to the corresponding third-party payment service, the secure identifier or PIN is requested and verified. If properly verified, the payment instructions are forwarded for processing by the third-party payment service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Jarrett Giera, Joel Aaron Miller
  • Publication number: 20160253680
    Abstract: Various embodiments herein each include at least one of systems, devices, methods, and software for real-time inter and intra outlet trending, such as with regard to sales trends within one or more stores or departments. One method embodiment includes storing a product group definition identifying at least one product for monitoring and receiving, via a network, and storing, in a database, product sales data including data identifying a store and time and date of each respective sale. This method further includes receiving, from a requestor via a network, a request for a sales report dataset with regard to the product group and generating and transmitting, via the network to the requestor, the requested sales report dataset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Steven Jarrett Giera, John DeSetto, Joel Aaron Miller
  • Publication number: 20160247135
    Abstract: Various embodiments herein each include at least one of systems, methods, software, and data flows for age-verification data monitoring and alerting. Such embodiments generally operate to monitor compliance of sales of age-restricted controlled-products in retail environments and providing alerts when potential compliance issues are identified, which may made in near real-time as new transaction data is received. One method embodiment includes storing data representative of age-verification input received with regard to each of a plurality of purchase transactions and processing the data representative of age-verification input in view of at least one compliance rule to identify a potential compliance issue. When a potential compliance issue is identified, such embodiments include generating and providing a potential compliance issue alert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Joel Aaron Miller, John DeSetto, Steven Jarrett Giera
  • Publication number: 20150309488
    Abstract: Various embodiments each include at least one of systems, methods, and software to detect possible fuel theft and to provide notification thereof. In a simple embodiment, data from a fuel pump is obtained, either directly or via a fuel pump controller, by a fuel station site controller and stored. The stored data includes a measure of a total amount of fuel dispensed from the fuel pump, such as may be measured by a fuel pump feedstock meter. At a time when the site controller reestablishes data communication with the fuel pump controller after a loss, the site controller receives a fuel pump data update. The updated data is then compared to the stored measure. When there is a mismatch, a possible fuel theft has occurred and an alarm process may be triggered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicant: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Joel Aaron Miller, Steven Jarrett Giera, Erick Kobres
  • Publication number: 20150039454
    Abstract: Techniques for secure mobile payment are provided. A credit or gift card is registered for additional security, such that a secure identifier or personal identification number (PIN) is required for use of the credit or gift card. Registration is not required or even known by the third-party payment service associated with the card. Subsequently, when a consumer attempts to use the card and before payment instructions are sent to the corresponding third-party payment service, the secure identifier or PIN is requested and verified. If properly verified, the payment instructions are forwarded for processing by the third-party payment service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Jarrett Giera, Joel Aaron Miller