Patents by Inventor Tushar Vaish

Tushar Vaish 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: 11936639
    Abstract: A device comprises: a receiver configured to receive a client certificate; a processor coupled to the receiver and configured to: authenticate the client certificate, extract, in response to the authentication, attributes from the client certificate, and create, in response to the extraction, a message comprising reformatted attributes based on the attributes, wherein the reformatted attributes can be trusted; and a transmitter coupled to the processor and configured to transmit the message. A device comprises: a processor configured to: process a client certificate comprising a certificate identifier (ID) attribute, a tenant ID attribute, and a role ID attribute, and package the client certificate in a request for a shared service; and a transmitter coupled to the processor and configured to transmit the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Blackhawk Network, Inc.
    Inventors: Derk Norton, Tushar Vaish, Jeff Webb
  • Publication number: 20230351358
    Abstract: Systems and methods discussed herein relate to an Open Payment Network that allows a plurality of retailers to provide goods and services to users of applications including e-wallets and allows the users to pay for purchases using currency including digital currency earned as credits, points, or other rewards as well as traditional bank-backed currency in the form of cash, credit, or debit. In addition, a user who has registered for the system through a profile or using an individual application or applications can query the system and obtain a quote to determine how much value currency from a variety of sources (e.g., applications) has towards the purchase of a particular good or service at a real or virtual retail location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: Blackhawk Network, Inc.
    Inventors: Tushar Vaish, Tomas Campos, Mike Gionfriddo
  • Patent number: 11741449
    Abstract: Systems and methods discussed herein relate to an Open Payment Network that allows a plurality of retailers to provide goods and services to users of applications including e-wallets and allows the users to pay for purchases using currency including digital currency earned as credits, points, or other rewards as well as traditional bank-backed currency in the form of cash, credit, or debit. In addition, a user who has registered for the system through a profile or using an individual application or applications can query the system and obtain a quote to determine how much value currency from a variety of sources (e.g., applications) has towards the purchase of a particular good or service at a real or virtual retail location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Blackhawk Network, Inc.
    Inventors: Tushar Vaish, Tomas Campos, Mike Gionfriddo
  • Publication number: 20230081174
    Abstract: Systems and methods for associating a proxy card with an electronic wallet are disclosed. A computer implemented method may include receiving anauthentication information of a proxy card, and associating the proxy card with an electronic wallet, wherein associating the proxy card with the electronic wallet allows secure access to the electronic wallet when the proxy card is presented at a point of sale. A system may include a proxy card comprising authentication information, and an electronic wallet associated with the proxy card, wherein the association of the electronic wallet with the proxy card allows secure access to the electronic wallet when the proxy card is presented at a point of sale. A wallet redemption card may comprise a rewriteable magnetic stripe, a smart chip, a wireless communicator operably connected to the smart chip, and an interface operably connected between the rewriteable magnetic stripe and the smart chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: Blackhawk Network, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomas Ariel Campos, Tushar Vaish, Pranav Sheth
  • Patent number: 11599873
    Abstract: Systems and methods for associating a proxy card with an electronic wallet are disclosed. A computer implemented method may include receiving an authentication information of a proxy card, and associating the proxy card with an electronic wallet, wherein associating the proxy card with the electronic wallet allows secure access to the electronic wallet when the proxy card is presented at a point of sale. A system may include a proxy card comprising authentication information, and an electronic wallet associated with the proxy card, wherein the association of the electronic wallet with the proxy card allows secure access to the electronic wallet when the proxy card is presented at a point of sale. A wallet redemption card may comprise a rewriteable magnetic stripe, a smart chip, a wireless communicator operably connected to the smart chip, and an interface operably connected between the rewriteable magnetic stripe and the smart chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Blackhawk Network, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomas Ariel Campos, Tushar Vaish, Pranav Sheth
  • Patent number: 11475436
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a security code of an electronic stored value card are disclosed. A computer implemented method may include receiving a request for a security code of an electronic stored-value card, calculating the security code by a security code provider, providing a calculated security code of the electronic-stored value card in response to the request for a security code, and eliminating the calculated security code from all databases of the security code provider. A system may include a computer device of a provider of a security code of an electronic stored-value card, the computer device to receive a request for a security code of the electronic stored-value card, to calculate the security code, to provide the calculated security code in response to the request for a security code, and to eliminate the calculated security code from the computer device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Blackhawk Network, Inc.
    Inventors: Tushar Vaish, Manoj K. Kannembath
  • Publication number: 20210194865
    Abstract: A device comprises: a receiver configured to receive a client certificate; a processor coupled to the receiver and configured to: authenticate the client certificate, extract, in response to the authentication, attributes from the client certificate, and create, in response to the extraction, a message comprising reformatted attributes based on the attributes, wherein the reformatted attributes can be trusted; and a transmitter coupled to the processor and configured to transmit the message. A device comprises: a processor configured to: process a client certificate comprising a certificate identifier (ID) attribute, a tenant ID attribute, and a role ID attribute, and package the client certificate in a request for a shared service; and a transmitter coupled to the processor and configured to transmit the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Blackhawk Network, Inc.
    Inventors: Derk Norton, Tushar Vaish, Jeff Webb
  • Patent number: 10958636
    Abstract: A device comprises: a receiver configured to receive a client certificate; a processor coupled to the receiver and configured to: authenticate the client certificate, extract, in response to the authentication, attributes from the client certificate, and create, in response to the extraction, a message comprising reformatted attributes based on the attributes, wherein the reformatted attributes can be trusted; and a transmitter coupled to the processor and configured to transmit the message. A device comprises: a processor configured to: process a client certificate comprising a certificate identifier (ID) attribute, a tenant ID attribute, and a role ID attribute, and package the client certificate in a request for a shared service; and a transmitter coupled to the processor and configured to transmit the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Blackhawk Network, Inc.
    Inventors: Derk Norton, Tushar Vaish, Jeff Webb
  • Publication number: 20210073767
    Abstract: Systems and methods discussed herein relate to an Open Payment Network that allows a plurality of retailers to provide goods and services to users of applications including e-wallets and allows the users to pay for purchases using currency including digital currency earned as credits, points, or other rewards as well as traditional bank-backed currency in the form of cash, credit, or debit. In addition, a user who has registered for the system through a profile or using an individual application or applications can query the system and obtain a quote to determine how much value currency from a variety of sources (e.g., applications) has towards the purchase of a particular good or service at a real or virtual retail location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Tushar Vaish, Tomas Campos, Mike Gionfriddo
  • Patent number: 10878395
    Abstract: Systems and methods discussed herein relate to an Open Payment Network that allows a plurality of retailers to provide goods and services to users of applications including e-wallets and allows the users to pay for purchases using currency including digital currency earned as credits, points, or other rewards as well as traditional bank-backed currency in the form of cash, credit, or debit. In addition, a user who has registered for the system through a profile or using an individual application or applications can query the system and obtain a quote to determine how much value currency from a variety of sources (e.g., applications) has towards the purchase of a particular good or service at a real or virtual retail location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Blackhawk Network, Inc.
    Inventors: Tushar Vaish, Tomas Campos, Mike Gionfriddo
  • Publication number: 20190386978
    Abstract: A device comprises: a receiver configured to receive a client certificate; a processor coupled to the receiver and configured to: authenticate the client certificate, extract, in response to the authentication, attributes from the client certificate, and create, in response to the extraction, a message comprising reformatted attributes based on the attributes, wherein the reformatted attributes can be trusted; and a transmitter coupled to the processor and configured to transmit the message. A device comprises: a processor configured to: process a client certificate comprising a certificate identifier (ID) attribute, a tenant ID attribute, and a role ID attribute, and package the client certificate in a request for a shared service; and a transmitter coupled to the processor and configured to transmit the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Derk Norton, Tushar Vaish, Jeff Webb
  • Patent number: 10164962
    Abstract: A trusted information communication device comprising a receiver configured to receive a client certificate; a processor coupled to the receiver and configured to: authenticate the client certificate, extract, in response to the authentication, attributes from the client certificate, and create, in response to the extraction, a message comprising reformatted attributes based on the attributes, wherein the reformatted attributes can be trusted; and a transmitter coupled to the processor and configured to transmit the message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: BLACKHAWK NETWORK, INC.
    Inventors: Derk Norton, Tushar Vaish, Jeff Webb, Rajiv Venkataramana Appana
  • Publication number: 20180189859
    Abstract: Disclosed are examples of systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products for providing individualized product recommendations within a retailer network. A database of federated customer profiles is accessed, with the federating customer profiles including purchase and transaction history for the customer across multiple retailers. The profile is analyzed based on the transaction history, product data for previous transactions, and one or more customer insights, and one or more individualized product recommendations are generated based on the analysis of the federated customer profile. An individualized transaction message is then generated, the message including the one or more individualized product recommendations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: OneMarket Network LLC
    Inventors: Tomas Ariel Campos, Rajiv Venkataramana Appana, Tushar Vaish, Michael Scott Blandina
  • Publication number: 20180189273
    Abstract: Disclosed are examples of systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products for maintaining context in a transaction conversation. A notification of a customer interaction from a customer is received within a retailer network. Based on at least one messaging channel and at least one interaction type in the notification, the system determines that an active conversation with the customer is open. A natural language processing (NLP) model is then selected based on one or more conversation markers in the active conversation. At least one customer intent is determined with respect to one or more entities, and a response to the customer interaction is generated based on the at least one customer intent and the one or more entities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: OneMarket Network LLC
    Inventors: Tomas Ariel Campos, Rajiv Venkataramana Appana, Tushar Vaish, Michael Scott Blandina
  • Publication number: 20180189793
    Abstract: Disclosed are examples of systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products for providing an individualized transaction conversation within a retailer network. A notification of a triggering event related to a customer and one or more retailers within the retailer network is received, then a database of customer profiles is accessed to match a customer profile with customer identity information. A message type is determined based on the triggering event, and a preferred messaging channel for the customer is determined based on the customer profile information. A message template is selected based on the message type and messaging channel determined, and an individualized transaction conversation is initiated via the preferred messaging channel. A customer interaction is received, and a response to the interaction is dynamically generated based on the message template and customer profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: OneMarket Network LLC
    Inventors: Tomas Ariel Campos, Rajiv Venkataramana Appana, Tushar Vaish, Michael Scott Blandina
  • Publication number: 20180192364
    Abstract: Disclosed are examples of systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products for providing individualized transaction messages within a retailer network. Identity information for a customer during a retailer transaction is received, then a database of customer profiles is accessed to match a customer profile with the identity information. One or more preferred messaging channels for the customer are determined based on the customer profile information, and then one or more individualized transaction messages are sent to the customer via the preferred messaging channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: OneMarket Network LLC
    Inventors: Tomas Ariel Campos, Rajiv Venkataramana Appana, Tushar Vaish, Michael Scott Blandina
  • Publication number: 20180189794
    Abstract: Disclosed are examples of systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products for providing customization of individualized transaction messages within a retailer network. Identity information for a customer during a retailer transaction is received, then a database of federated customer profiles is accessed to match and link a federated customer profile with the identity information. One or more messaging parameters are updated or added based on customer behavioral data in the federated customer profile, then a customized messaging template for the customer is provided based on the messaging parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: OneMarket Network LLC
    Inventors: Tomas Ariel Campos, Rajiv Venkataramana Appana, Tushar Vaish, Michael Scott Blandina
  • Publication number: 20180191644
    Abstract: Disclosed are examples of systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products for providing interactive transaction returns within a retailer network. Notification of a customer interaction is received, including a messaging channel and interaction type. A database of customer profiles is accessed, and the identity information is matched with multiple customer profiles from the database. A customer interaction profile is determined based on the interaction type and previous customer interaction data from the customer profile, and the customer interaction profile is provided to one or more retailers in the retailer network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: OneMarket Network LLC
    Inventors: Tomas Ariel Campos, Rajiv Venkataramana Appana, Tushar Vaish, Michael Scott Blandina
  • Publication number: 20160210605
    Abstract: Systems and methods discussed herein relate to an Open Payment Network that allows a plurality of retailers to provide goods and services to users of applications including e-wallets and allows the users to pay for purchases using currency including digital currency earned as credits, points, or other rewards as well as traditional bank-backed currency in the form of cash, credit, or debit. In addition, a user who has registered for the system through a profile or using an individual application or applications can query the system and obtain a quote to determine how much value currency from a variety of sources (e.g., applications) has towards the purchase of a particular good or service at a real or virtual retail location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Tushar VAISH, Tomas CAMPOS, Mike GIONFRIDDO
  • Publication number: 20150348018
    Abstract: System and methods for using an electronic stored-value card are provided. A system comprises an electronic stored-value card, and a digital sticker associated with the electronic stored-value card. The digital sticker is configured to convey transaction information of the electronic stored-value card to a processor or an issuer of the electronic stored-value card. A computer implemented method comprises associating a digital sticker with an electronic stored-value card, and conveying a transaction information of the electronic stored-value card to a processor or an issuer of the electronic stored-value card. A system comprises a memory configured to display information about a stored-value card and to initiate a registration of the stored-value card into an electronic wallet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Tomas Ariel Campos, Tushar Vaish, Sheila Agoncillo-Andres, Rajesh Ponnam