Patents by Inventor Winter P. Ng

Winter P. Ng 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: 20230325799
    Abstract: Systems and methods for online billpay using credit products are disclosed. In one embodiment, in an information processing apparatus comprising at least one computer processor, a method for online billpay using a credit product may include: (1) receiving, from a customer, an identification of a merchant for online credit-based bill pay; (2) retrieving accepted payment mechanisms from the merchant; (3) selecting a payment mechanism from the accepted payment mechanisms; (4) receiving an invoice for a customer transaction with the merchant from the merchant; (5) conducting a payment transaction with the selected payment mechanism; and (6) charging the payment transaction to a credit account associated with the customer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Howard SPECTOR, Krishna K. BHAGAVATULA, Scott H. OUELLETTE, Winter P. NG, Devin C. MOORE
  • Patent number: 11748725
    Abstract: Systems and methods for online billpay using credit products are disclosed. In one embodiment, in an information processing apparatus comprising at least one computer processor, a method for online billpay using a credit product may include: (1) receiving, from a customer, an identification of a merchant for online credit-based bill pay; (2) retrieving accepted payment mechanisms from the merchant; (3) selecting a payment mechanism from the accepted payment mechanisms; (4) receiving an invoice for a customer transaction with the merchant from the merchant; (5) conducting a payment transaction with the selected payment mechanism; and (6) charging the payment transaction to a credit account associated with the customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
    Inventors: Howard Spector, Krishna K. Bhagavatula, Scott H. Ouellette, Winter P. Ng, Devin C. Moore
  • Publication number: 20220012701
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating payment service-based guest checkout with a merchant are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method for facilitating payment service-based guest checkout with a merchant may include: (1) receiving, from a merchant's application or website, a redirect of an online interaction between the merchant and a customer; (2) retrieving, from an issuer payment service, wallet information comprising a plurality of payment options for the customer; (3) receiving a selection of one of the payment options; (4) communicating the selection of the payment option to the payment service for the issuer. The issuer payment service provides a session identifier to the merchant application website, the merchant application or website provides transaction information and the session identifier to a merchant payment host, the merchant payment host retrieves the selected payment option from the issuer payment service and conducts the transaction using the selected payment option.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Scott H. OUELLETTE, Mark W. ROBINSON, Winter P. NG, Ryan EVANS, Sudharsan SELVAKUMAR, Tharakesh RANGASWAMY, Rajitha DISSANAYAKE
  • Patent number: 10937027
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing token-based transactions are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method for managing token-based transactions may include (1) a token manager server comprising at least one computer processor receiving, from a customer, a request to provide a payment token to a merchant; (2) the token manager server receiving, from the customer, an identification of a first financial instrument and a second financial instrument to associate with the payment token; (3) the token manager server receiving, from the customer, an allocation of a transaction between the first financial instrument and the second financial instrument; (4) the token manager server generating the payment token and associating the payment token with the first financial instrument and the second financial instrument; and (5) the token manager server providing the payment token to the merchant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
    Inventors: Benjamin Sokol, Ryan Andrew Schlosser, Jordan Butler, Howard Spector, Scott H. Ouellette, Winter P. Ng
  • Publication number: 20210027264
    Abstract: A method for accepting cash deposits or billpays at merchant point of transaction devices may include: (1) receiving, from a customer mobile device, a mobile deposit request comprising a deposit account identifier for a deposit or a mobile billpay request including a payee identifier and a billpay amount; (2) generating a code for the mobile deposit request or the mobile billpay request; (3) communicating the code to the customer mobile device; (4) receiving, from a merchant point of transaction device, a deposit request or a billpay request comprising the code and a received amount; (5) identifying, from the code, the deposit account identifier or the billpay payee identifier and billpay amount; and (6) depositing the received deposit amount to a deposit account associated with the deposit account identifier or executing a billpay to payee associated with the payee identifier for the billpay amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Lee L. HOU, Howard SPECTOR, Scott H. OUELLETTE, Winter P. NG
  • Publication number: 20200193506
    Abstract: A system and method of storing purchase card information to enable a consumer to make purchases without carrying a separate purchase card for a plurality of accounts at disparate financial institutions. The system and method may additionally provide a consumer with vendor product and service offerings in a format common across multiple vendors. The system and method may also provide the consumer with a way to pay for products and services using purchase card information stored by an exemplary embodiment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Richard A. Hall, James P. White, III, Eric Han Kai Chang, Scott H. Ouellette, Winter P. Ng, Howard Spector, Benjamin H. Sansom, Erin Michelle Perry
  • Publication number: 20190370768
    Abstract: Systems and methods for online billpay using credit products are disclosed. In one embodiment, in an information processing apparatus comprising at least one computer processor, a method for online billpay using a credit product may include: (1) receiving, from a customer, an identification of a merchant for online credit-based bill pay; (2) retrieving accepted payment mechanisms from the merchant; (3) selecting a payment mechanism from the accepted payment mechanisms; (4) receiving an invoice for a customer transaction with the merchant from the merchant; (5) conducting a payment transaction with the selected payment mechanism; and (6) charging the payment transaction to a credit account associated with the customer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Howard SPECTOR, Krishna K. BHAGAVATULA, Scott H. OUELLETTE, Winter P. NG, Devin C. MOORE
  • Patent number: 9846872
    Abstract: Secure exchange of value and associated information in financial transactions involving beneficial offers available for customers is provided. Various offers, including discounts, prepaid amounts, and the like may be purchased by customers for use with various merchants. A third party issuer obtains information from the customer in selling the offers and issues some kind of indicium of value having a representation of the value of the offer associated therein. Record of the indicia are maintained and either transmitted to the merchant or kept by the issuer or associated financial institutions. When the customer redeems the offer by presenting the indicium to the merchant, the merchant may either authenticate the indicium using the records received by the issuer, or establish communication with the issuer for the issuer to authenticate the indicium, either by itself or in cooperation with one or more related financial institutions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Jason J. Hogg, Winter P. Ng
  • Patent number: 9818103
    Abstract: Secure exchange of value and associated information in financial transactions involving beneficial offers available for customers is provided. Various offers, including discounts, prepaid amounts, and the like may be purchased by customers for use with various merchants. A third party issuer obtains information from the customer in selling the offers and issues some kind of indicium of value having a representation of the value of the offer associated therein. Record of the indicia are maintained and either transmitted to the merchant or kept by the issuer or associated financial institutions. When the customer redeems the offer by presenting the indicium to the merchant, the merchant may either authenticate the indicium using the records received by the issuer, or establish communication with the issuer for the issuer to authenticate the indicium, either by itself or in cooperation with one or more related financial institutions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Jason J. Hogg, Winter P. Ng
  • Patent number: 9818102
    Abstract: Secure exchange of value and associated information in financial transactions involving beneficial offers available for customers is provided. Various offers, including discounts, prepaid amounts, and the like may be purchased by customers for use with various merchants. A third party issuer obtains information from the customer in selling the offers and issues some kind of indicium of value having a representation of the value of the offer associated therein. Record of the indicia are maintained and either transmitted to the merchant or kept by the issuer or associated financial institutions. When the customer redeems the offer by presenting the indicium to the merchant, the merchant may either authenticate the indicium using the records received by the issuer, or establish communication with the issuer for the issuer to authenticate the indicium, either by itself or in cooperation with one or more related financial institutions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Jason J. Hogg, Winter P. Ng
  • Publication number: 20110246264
    Abstract: Secure exchange of value and associated information in financial transactions involving beneficial offers available for customers is provided. Various offers, including discounts, prepaid amounts, and the like may be purchased by customers for use with various merchants. A third party issuer obtains information from the customer in selling the offers and issues some kind of indicium of value having a representation of the value of the offer associated therein. Record of the indicia are maintained and either transmitted to the merchant or kept by the issuer or associated financial institutions. When the customer redeems the offer by presenting the indicium to the merchant, the merchant may either authenticate the indicium using the records received by the issuer, or establish communication with the issuer for the issuer to authenticate the indicium, either by itself or in cooperation with one or more related financial institutions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventors: Jason J. Hogg, Winter P. Ng
  • Publication number: 20110246365
    Abstract: Secure exchange of value and associated information in financial transactions involving beneficial offers available for customers is provided. Various offers, including discounts, prepaid amounts, and the like may be purchased by customers for use with various merchants. A third party issuer obtains information from the customer in selling the offers and issues some kind of indicium of value having a representation of the value of the offer associated therein. Record of the indicia are maintained and either transmitted to the merchant or kept by the issuer or associated financial institutions. When the customer redeems the offer by presenting the indicium to the merchant, the merchant may either authenticate the indicium using the records received by the issuer, or establish communication with the issuer for the issuer to authenticate the indicium, either by itself or in cooperation with one or more related financial institutions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventors: Jason J. Hogg, Winter P. Ng
  • Publication number: 20110246364
    Abstract: Secure exchange of value and associated information in financial transactions involving beneficial offers available for customers is provided. Various offers, including discounts, prepaid amounts, and the like may be purchased by customers for use with various merchants. A third party issuer obtains information from the customer in selling the offers and issues some kind of indicium of value having a representation of the value of the offer associated therein. Record of the indicia are maintained and either transmitted to the merchant or kept by the issuer or associated financial institutions. When the customer redeems the offer by presenting the indicium to the merchant, the merchant may either authenticate the indicium using the records received by the issuer, or establish communication with the issuer for the issuer to authenticate the indicium, either by itself or in cooperation with one or more related financial institutions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventors: Jason J. Hogg, Winter P. Ng