Patents by Inventor Tamara Romanek

Tamara Romanek 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: 8626599
    Abstract: When a buyer's debt to a seller cannot be paid using an account issued to the buyer by an issuer within a payment processing system, then either or both the seller and the buyer are solicited to conduct future transactions payable on the account. If the debt can be paid using the account, then a sub-account is created unique to the seller and buyer. Transactions between the buyer and seller can be processed using the sub-account including the option of aggregating the debts prior to the processing. The credit limit of the sub-account can be set to match the amount of the aggregated debts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Visa U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Mitchell Eastley, Nancy Weber, Tamara Romanek, Sharon North
  • Publication number: 20130346302
    Abstract: The REMOTE PORTAL BILL PAYMENT PLATFORM APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“Bill Pay”) transforms user bill payment request message via Bill Pay components into transaction bill payment transaction settlements, and/or the like and use of the Bill Pay. In one implementation, a method is disclosed, comprising: obtaining a bill payment transaction request from a bill payment component instantiated within a hosting portal site, said bill payment component being operated independent of a billing party, said bill payment transaction request includes bill information of a bill issued by the biller and payer identifying information; determining a type of the bill payment component; verifying the obtained bill information including a payment amount based on the type of the bill payment component; retrieving payer account information based on the obtained payer identifying information; and transferring an approved amount of funds to the biller's account from the payer account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Thomas Purves, Zubin Vandrevala, Tamara Romanek, James Kim
  • Publication number: 20120072337
    Abstract: When a buyer's debt to a seller cannot be paid using an account issued to the buyer by an issuer within a payment processing system, then either or both the seller and the buyer are solicited to conduct future transactions payable on the account. If the debt can be paid using the account, then a sub-account is created unique to the seller and buyer. Transactions between the buyer and seller can be processed using the sub-account including the option of aggregating the debts prior to the processing. The credit limit of the sub-account can be set to match the amount of the aggregated debts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Richard Mitchell Eastley, Nancy Weber, Tamara Romanek, Sharon North
  • Patent number: 8041634
    Abstract: When a buyer's debt to a seller cannot be paid using an account issued to the buyer by an issuer within a payment processing system, then either or both the seller and the buyer are solicited to conduct future transactions payable on the account. If the debt can be paid using the account, then a sub-account is created unique to the seller and buyer. Transactions between the buyer and seller can be processed using the sub-account including the option of aggregating the debts prior to the processing. The credit limit of the sub-account can be set to match the amount of the aggregated debts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Visa U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Mitchell Eastley, Nancy Weber, Tamara Romanek, Sharon North
  • Publication number: 20080133409
    Abstract: When a buyer's debt to a seller cannot be paid using an account issued to the buyer by an issuer within a payment processing system, then either or both the seller and the buyer are solicited to conduct future transactions payable on the account. If the debt can be paid using the account, then a sub-account is created unique to the seller and buyer. Transactions between the buyer and seller can be processed using the sub-account including the option of aggregating the debts prior to the processing. The credit limit of the sub-account can be set to match the amount of the aggregated debts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Richard Mitchell Eastley, Nancy Weber, Tamara Romanek, Sharon North