Douglas Carl Hurst
Engineers at College Ave, Boulder, CO

8589267, Nov 19, 2013

Dec 23, 2008

12/343425

Douglas J. Hurst - Boulder CO, US

Mocapay, Inc. - Denver CO

G06Q 40/00, G06Q 40/02

705 35, 705 16, 705 42, 705 39, 705 38, 705 44, 705 30, 705 41, 705 64, 235380, 455435

A system and method for re-distributing and transferring mobile gift cards is described. One embodiment, a computer-server-based method, receives a selection of a particular mobile gift card belonging to the first user; receives a request to transfer a specified monetary amount from a balance of the particular mobile gift card to a second user; receives a phone number of the second user; associates, with the second user's phone number, a separate mobile gift card having an associated balance equal to the specified monetary amount; and transmits a notification of the separate mobile gift card to a mobile device associated with the second user's phone number; the computer server acting as a server-side wallet for the separate mobile gift card, and the separate mobile gift card being usable, through interaction with the computer server, by the second user for the purchase of goods from the particular merchant.

8374588, Feb 12, 2013

Jun 1, 2009

12/475746

Douglas J. Hurst - Boulder CO, US

Mocapay, Inc. - Denver CO

H04M 3/42

4554141, 4554142

Methods and systems for sending marketing messages to mobile-device users from a mobile-commerce platform are described. In various illustrative embodiments, a marketing message is transmitted to a mobile-device user before, during, or after a transaction between the mobile-device user's mobile device and the mobile-commerce platform. The marketing message can be generated and timed based on rules input to the mobile-commerce platform by a merchant and can be based on historical transaction data associated with the mobile-device user, transaction parameters associated with a current or a most-recently-completed transaction involving the mobile-device user, a transaction type of a current or a most-recently-completed transaction involving the mobile-device user, or a combination thereof, depending on the particular embodiment.

8321285, Nov 27, 2012

Oct 4, 2010

12/897543

Douglas J. Hurst - Boulder CO, US

Mocapay, Inc. - Denver CO

G06Q 10/00

705 21

A method and system for routing transactions to a mobile-commerce platform is described. One illustrative embodiment receives, via a network, a purchase request from a user's mobile communication device; authenticates the user to the mobile-commerce platform; generates a one-time-use perishable transaction code associated with the purchase request; prefixes to the transaction code an Issuer Identification Number (IIN) corresponding to the mobile-commerce platform to form a combined number; returns the combined number to the user's mobile communication device via the network to enable the user to provide the combined number to a merchant's point-of-sale system in connection with a transaction corresponding to the purchase request; and receives, via a payment network in communication with the merchant's point-of-sale system, the transaction code and transaction details associated with the transaction, the IIN informing the payment network to route the one-time-use perishable transaction code and the transaction details to the mobile-commerce platform.

2012003, Feb 2, 2012

Aug 15, 2011

13/210125

Douglas J. HURST - Boulder CO, US

Mocapay, Inc. - Boulder CO

G06Q 20/32, G06Q 20/40

705 18, 705 16

Apparatuses and methods for a virtual point of sale terminal and an electronic wallet are described. One embodiment is a virtual point of sale terminal for initiating and accepting a wireless electronic payment, comprising a mobile communication device configured to communicate with a payment gateway system and a point of sale processing application installed in the mobile communications device, the point of sale processing application being configured to wirelessly transmit a request for payment of a transaction to the payment gateway system and to wirelessly receive an approval code for payment of the transaction from the payment gateway system.

2012002, Feb 2, 2012

Aug 15, 2011

13/210132

Douglas J. Hurst - Boulder CO, US

Mocapay, Inc. - Boulder CO

H04W 12/06

455411

A method and system for verifying an identification of a person is described. One embodiment receives an identification verification request from a customer, the identification verification request being submitted from a mobile communication device associated with the customer; authenticates the identification verification request; transmits an identification authorization code to the mobile communication device, which is in turn communicated to a requesting entity; receives an identification authorization request from the requesting entity, the identification authorization request being submitted from a virtual terminal associated with the requesting entity, the virtual terminal being a wireless communication device having a point of sale processing application installed therein; authenticates the identification authorization request; and transmits at least one identification credential associated with the customer to the requesting entity's virtual terminal.

2009006, Mar 5, 2009

Aug 27, 2008

12/199567

Douglas J. Hurst - Boulder CO, US

G06Q 20/00, G06Q 10/00

705 30, 705 44, 705 41

A system and method for processing a wireless electronic payment transaction is described. One embodiment comprises receiving a transaction authorization request for an electronic payment transaction from a customer, the authorization request submitted from a mobile communication device of the customer; authenticating the transaction authorization request; authorizing the transaction authorization request and transmitting an authorization code to the mobile communication device, the authorization code being communicated to a merchant from the customer; receiving a transaction approval request from the merchant, the transaction approval request submitted from a virtual terminal associated with the merchant, the virtual terminal being a wireless communication device having a point of sale processing application installed therein; authenticating the transaction approval request; approving the transaction approval request and transmitting an approval code to the virtual terminal; and generating and executing transaction settlement instructions between a financial account of the customer and a financial account of the merchant.

8463674, Jun 11, 2013

Dec 23, 2008

12/343423

Douglas J. Hurst - Boulder CO, US

Mocapay, Inc. - Denver CO

G06Q 40/00

705 35, 705 41, 705 30, 705 1423, 705 17, 705 1427, 705 16, 705 39, 705 68, 705 24, 455406, 463 25

A system and method for distributing mobile gift cards is described. One embodiment, a computer-server-based method, receives a selection of a merchant with which to associate a mobile gift card, receives an indication of a monetary amount for the mobile gift card, receives an electronic payment for the monetary amount, applies the monetary amount to the mobile gift card, associates the mobile gift card with a recipient's phone number, and transmits a notification of the mobile gift card to a mobile device associated with the recipient's phone number, the computer server acting as a server-side wallet for the mobile gift card, the mobile gift card being usable, through interaction with the computer server, by the recipient for the purchase of goods from the merchant associated with the mobile gift card.

6283770, Sep 4, 2001

Dec 11, 1998

9/210353

Jimmy Che-Kin Leung - Fremont CA
Scott A. Eastman - Cary NC
Douglas J. Hurst - Boulder CO

Cisco Technology, Incc. - San Jose CA

H01R 466

439 92

An apparatus for providing EMI shielding. A conductive clip has a first jaw and a second jaw with an elbow between. The first jaw has a major surface with a detent formed on the major surface and defining a discontinuity in the major surface. The second jaw forms a contact hump disposed along the second jaw between two contact segments.

8429047, Apr 23, 2013

Dec 2, 2009

12/629730

Douglas J. Hurst - Boulder CO, US

Mocapay, Inc. - Denver CO

G06Q 40/00

705 35, 455406, 705 30, 705 1423, 705 17, 705 1427, 705 16

A method and system for merging mobile gift cards is described. One embodiment transmits to a mobile device associated with a user a list of a plurality of mobile gift cards associated with a particular merchant that belong to the user, receives from the user via the mobile device a selection of a particular mobile gift card, receives from the user via the mobile device a selection of one or more other mobile gift cards associated with the particular merchant to be merged with the particular mobile gift card, and moves to the particular mobile gift card the remaining monetary balance of each of the other mobile gift cards selected by the user. In some embodiments, the merging operation is automated in the mobile-commerce platform.