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20080319847 | Platform for Loyalty Services - A platform for a loyalty program provides an interface allowing a consumer to create a benefit tailored for his/her needs. In one embodiment, a consumer accesses the platform via a web-based interface, and selects benefit/reward parameters including but not limited to the nature of the event triggering award of the benefit, the source (i.e. retailer) of the benefit, the nature of the benefit (i.e., discount based upon purchase price or accumulated loyalty points), and/or the events allowing accrual of loyalty points. The interface communicates the inputted parameter to an engine of the loyalty program. The platform would then check the inputted parameter against any constraints, such as parameters of an existing loyalty program in which the consumer is already enrolled. | 12-25-2008 |
20130151323 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING ISSUANCE AND REDEMPTION OF A REWARD - A computing apparatus is configured to receive, from a transaction handler of a payment network, an authorization request for a payment transaction. The authorization request identifies a full transaction amount, as well as information identifying the merchant and the cardholder involved in the transaction. The computing apparatus is configured to determine the cardholder's eligibility to receive a reward based on information provided in the authorization request, as well as offer information stored in association with the account information of the cardholder. When the cardholder is eligible for a reward, the computing apparatus deducts a reward amount from the transaction amount to authorize a partial amount for the transaction and provides a partial authorization response for the payment transaction. The partial authorization response may optionally include a description of the offer, the reward and/or an identifier of the offer. | 06-13-2013 |
20140222540 | PLATFORM FOR LOYALTY SERVICES - A platform for a loyalty program provides an interface allowing a consumer to create a benefit tailored for his/her needs. In one embodiment, a consumer accesses the platform via a web-based interface, and selects benefit/reward parameters including but not limited to the nature of the event triggering award of the benefit, the source (i.e. retailer) of the benefit, the nature of the benefit (i.e., discount based upon purchase price or accumulated loyalty points), and/or the events allowing accrual of loyalty points. The interface communicates the inputted parameter to an engine of the loyalty program. The platform would then check the inputted parameter against any constraints, such as parameters of an existing loyalty program in which the consumer is already enrolled. | 08-07-2014 |
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20080217397 | REAL-TIME AWARDS DETERMINATIONS - The present invention provides systems and methods for facilitating transactions with real-time awards determinations for a cardholder. Each transaction includes transaction information, where the transaction information includes: cardholder information, merchant information, and a transaction amount. An engine determines if an award should be granted based on award criteria, such that the engine compares the transaction information with each award criterion in order to determine if the award should be granted in real-time with the transaction by the cardholder. | 09-11-2008 |
20100145786 | LOYALTY PROGRAM SERVICE - A loyalty program for a transaction processing system includes a loyalty program database with loyalty program business rules that are usable to determine when a transaction qualifies for the loyalty program. A loyalty program rule implementer receives transaction data whenever a transaction occurs and uses the received transaction data and the program business rules to determine when a transaction qualifies for the loyalty program. The loyalty program rule implementer is an entity other than an issuer, an acquirer or a merchant. The loyalty program business rules require that the transaction relate to at least one of a specific merchant, a specific issuer, a specific acquirer, a specific consumer, a specific product/service, a consumer having a specific characteristic, a merchant having a specific characteristic, an issuer having a specific characteristic, an acquirer having a specific characteristic and a product/service having a specific characteristic. | 06-10-2010 |
20100169170 | MERCHANT OFFER PROGRAM - A value of an incentive in a loyalty program is debited from a funding balance and credited to an account used in a transaction that qualifies for the incentive. A computing device receives a plurality of transactions upon accounts issued to account holders by corresponding issuers. After the transactions that qualify for the incentive are cleared and settled, funds matching the value of the incentive is transferred from a funding balance of the sponsor of the incentive to the account used in the qualified transaction. The issuer's interchange fee remains intact after the credit is applied. | 07-01-2010 |
20110066483 | REBATE AUTOMATION - A computer receives information that a request is made to authorize a transaction for a sale of a product by a merchant to an account holder in a transaction conducted on a consumer account issued to the account holder. When the computer confirms that the transaction is authorized and that the transaction occurs within a predetermined time period for which there is a rebate associated with the product and a corresponding sponsor financially responsible for the rebate, the computer communicates that the rebate is to be debited to an account of the sponsor and either: (i) given as a discount by the merchant at the point of sale to the account holder; or (ii) credited to an account issued to the account holder by the issuer. | 03-17-2011 |
20150019314 | REBATE AUTOMATION - A computer receives information that a request is made to authorize a transaction for a sale of a product by a merchant to an account holder in a transaction conducted on a consumer account issued to the account holder. When the computer confirms that the transaction is authorized and that the transaction occurs within a predetermined time period for which there is a rebate associated with the product and a corresponding sponsor financially responsible for the rebate, the computer communicates that the rebate is to be debited to an account of the sponsor and either: (i) given as a discount by the merchant at the point of sale to the account holder; or (ii) credited to an account issued to the account holder by the issuer. | 01-15-2015 |
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20130202583 | Companion diagnostic for anti-hyaluronan agent therapy and methods of use thereof - Methods and diagnostic agents for identification of subjects for cancer treatment with an anti-hyaluronan agent, such as a hyaluronan-degrading enzyme, are provided. Diagnostic agents for the detection and quantification of hyaluronan in a biological sample and monitoring cancer treatment with an anti-hyaluronan agent, for example a hyaluronan-degrading enzyme, are provided. Combinations and kits for use in practicing the methods also are provided. | 08-08-2013 |
20130266579 | Conditionally active anti-epidermal growth factor receptor antibodies and methods of use thereof - Provided herein are modified anti-EGFR antibodies and nucleic acid molecules encoding modified anti-EGFR antibodies. Also provided are methods of treatment and uses using modified anti-EGFR antibodies. | 10-10-2013 |
20130302275 | PH20 Polypeptide Variants, Formulations And Uses Thereof - Modified PH20 hyaluronidase polypeptides, including modified polypeptides that exhibit increased stability and/or increased activity, are provided. Also provided are compositions and formulations and uses thereof. | 11-14-2013 |
20130302400 | Combination therapy with an anti-hyaluronan agent and therapeutic agent - Provided herein is combination therapy containing an anti-hyaluronan agent, such as a polymer-conjugated hyaluronan-degrading enzyme, and a tumor-targeted taxane, and optionally a further chemotherapeutic agent such as a nucleoside analog. The combination therapy can be used in methods of treating cancers, and in particular solid tumor cancers. | 11-14-2013 |
20140105824 | Hypoxia and hyaluronan and markers thereof for diagnosis and monitoring of diseases and conditions and related methods - Provided herein are diagnostic methods for identifying subjects susceptible to treatment with a hypoxia-activated agent, and related methods. Also provided herein are methods of monitoring treatments with anti-hyaluronan agents, and related methods. | 04-17-2014 |
20140170159 | Conditionally active anti-epidermal growth factor receptor antibodies and methods of use thereof - Provided herein are modified anti-EGFR antibodies and nucleic acid molecules encoding modified anti-EGFR antibodies. Also provided are methods of treatment and uses using modified anti-EGFR antibodies. | 06-19-2014 |
20140178330 | PH20 Polypeptide Variants, Formulations And Uses Thereof - Modified PH20 hyaluronidase polypeptides, including modified polypeptides that exhibit increased stability and/or increased activity, are provided. Also provided are compositions and formulations and uses thereof. | 06-26-2014 |
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20140348817 | COMPANION DIAGNOSTIC FOR ANTI-HYALURONAN AGENT THERAPY AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - Methods and diagnostic agents for identification of subjects for cancer treatment with an anti-hyaluronan agent, such as a hyaluronan-degrading enzyme, are provided. Diagnostic agents for the detection and quantification of hyaluronan in a biological sample and monitoring cancer treatment with an anti-hyaluronan agent, for example a hyaluronan-degrading enzyme, are provided. Combinations and kits for use in practicing the methods also are provided. | 11-27-2014 |
20150071923 | MODIFIED ANTI-EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - Provided herein are modified anti-EGFR antibodies and nucleic acid molecules encoding modified anti-EGFR antibodies. Also provided are methods of treatment and uses using modified anti-EGFR antibodies. | 03-12-2015 |
20150196625 | Metal Sensitive Mutants of Matrix Metalloproteases and uses thereof - Provided herein are methods of using modified matrix metalloprotease (MMP) enzymes that exhibit regulated activity in the presence of calcium. The methods include conditionally controlling the activity of the MMPs through the use of calcium to treat fibrotic diseases or conditions involving a component of the extracellular matrix (ECM). | 07-16-2015 |
20150218544 | COMPANION DIAGNOSTIC FOR ANTI-HYALURONAN AGENT THERAPY AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - Methods and diagnostic agents for identification of subjects for cancer treatment with an anti-hyaluronan agent, such as a hyaluronan-degrading enzyme, are provided. Diagnostic agents for the detection and quantification of hyaluronan in a biological sample and monitoring cancer treatment with an anti-hyaluronan agent, for example a hyaluronan-degrading enzyme, are provided. Combinations and kits for use in practicing the methods also are provided. | 08-06-2015 |
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20090170769 | CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR ISOFORMS AND METHODS OF IDENTIFYING AND USING THE SAME - Isoforms of cell surface receptors, including isoforms of receptor tyrosine kinases, and pharmaceutical compositions containing the isoforms are provided. Chimeras of and conjugates containing the cell surface receptors that contain a portion, such as an extracellular domain, from one cell surface receptor, and a second portion, particularly an intron-encoded portion, from a second cell surface protein also are provided. The isoforms modulate the activity of a cell surface receptor. Methods for identifying and preparing isoforms of cell surface receptors including receptor tyrosine kinases are provided. Also provided are methods of treatment with the cell surface receptor isoforms. | 07-02-2009 |
20100055093 | PAN-CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR-SPECIFIC THERAPEUTICS - Provided are pan-cell surface receptor-specific therapeutics, methods for preparing them and methods of treatment using them. Among the pan-cell surface receptor-specific therapeutics are pan-HER-specific therapeutics that interact with at least two different HER receptor ligands and/or dimerize with or interact with two or more HER cell surface receptors. By virtue of these properties, the therapeutics modulate the activity of at least two cell surface receptors and are useful for therapeutic purposes. | 03-04-2010 |
20100278801 | COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING OPTIMIZED HER1 AND HER3 MULTIMERS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - The invention provides for compositions comprising engineered Her3 multimers with improved binding affinity. Such multimers include, but are not limited to, Her1/Her 3 heterodimers in which the Her3 ligand binding domain has been optimized to increase binding to Her3. The composition also can include mixtures of Her 1 homodimers, Her 3 homodimers, and Her 1/Her 3 heterodimers. | 11-04-2010 |
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20100132049 | LEVERAGING A SOCIAL GRAPH FROM A SOCIAL NETWORK FOR SOCIAL CONTEXT IN OTHER SYSTEMS - A social network contains information describing information about members of the social network and about various connections among the members. An external system that interacts with users (such as a website) communicates with the social network to access information about the members of the social network. In particular, the external system may determine whether a user is a member of the social network and then obtain information about the member and the member's connections within the social network. This allows an external system to use information from the social network to enhance a user's experience on the external system, while enforcing each member's privacy settings. | 05-27-2010 |
20120158744 | RANKING AND UPDATING OF CONTACT INFORMATION FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES - Collecting contact information for a plurality of contact entities from various sources and ranking the contact information based at least on the sources. The ranking of the contact information is determined based on the reliability of the sources. The ranked contact information is shared with users subject to privacy settings. The privacy setting allows the users or the contact entity to share certain contact information with others while keeping certain contact information privately or sharing the contact information with a limited number of users. After a change in the contact information from a reliable source is detected, the change may be propagated to other sources or client devices of the users. | 06-21-2012 |
20130014284 | Leveraging A Social Graph From A Social Network For Social Context In Other Systems - A social network contains information describing information about members of the social network and about various connections among the members. An external system that interacts with users (such as a website) communicates with the social network to access information about the members of the social network. In particular, the external system may determine whether a user is a member of the social network and then obtain information about the member and the member's connections within the social network. This allows an external system to use information from the social network to enhance a user's experience on the external system, while enforcing each member's privacy settings. | 01-10-2013 |
20130054803 | Proxy Authentication - In one embodiment, receiving, by an operating system of the first computing device and from a client application executing on the first computing device, a first request for accessing a set of data associated with a user of the first computing device, wherein the set of data is managed by a second computing device; sending, by the operating system and to the second computing device, a second request for accessing the set of data; receiving, by the operating system and from the second computing device, a response to the second request; and if the response to the second request grants the client application access to the set of data, then forwarding, by the operating system and to the client application, an access token to be used by the client application for accessing the set of data with the second computing device. | 02-28-2013 |
20130097238 | Platform-Specific Notification Delivery Channel - In one embodiment, a social networking system the social networking system filters content objects based upon the compatibility between the application and the detected device platform. In particular embodiments, content objects are only displayed on a particular platform if there exists an optimized version of the application generating the content object for the particular platform. | 04-18-2013 |
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20100229223 | USING SOCIAL INFORMATION FOR AUTHENTICATING A USER SESSION - A social CAPTCHA is presented to authenticate a member of the social network. The social CAPTCHA includes one or more challenge questions based on information available in the social network, such as the user's activities and/or connections in the social network. The social information selected for the social CAPTCHA may be determined based on affinity scores associated with the member's connections, so that the challenge question relates to information that the user is more likely to be familiar with. A degree of difficulty of challenge questions may be determined and used for selecting the CAPTCHA based on a degree of suspicion. | 09-09-2010 |
20110022657 | MARKUP LANGUAGE FOR INCORPORATING SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM INFORMATION BY AN EXTERNAL WEBSITE - A social networking system contains information describing information about users of the social networking system and about various connections among the users. When a user of the social networking system accesses an external website, the external website may send the user a web page containing markup language with instructions to retrieve information associated with a user from a social networking system. The client device processes the annotations and sends a request for social information related to the user to a social networking system, subject perhaps to privacy settings in the social networking system. The user's browser uses the information obtained from the social networking system in response to the request to render the markup language document for display on the user's computer system. This process allows the external website to use information from the social networking system to enhance the user's experience on the external website. | 01-27-2011 |
20130346502 | Markup Language for Incorporating Social Networking System Information by an External Website - A social networking system contains information describing information about users of the social networking system and about various connections among the users. When a user of the social networking system accesses an external website, the external website may send the user a web page containing markup language with instructions to retrieve information associated with a user from a social networking system. The client device processes the annotations and sends a request for social information related to the user to a social networking system, subject perhaps to privacy settings in the social networking system. The user's browser uses the information obtained from the social networking system in response to the request to render the markup language document for display on the user's computer system. This process allows the external website to use information from the social networking system to enhance the user's experience on the external website. | 12-26-2013 |
20140149223 | Targeted Advertisements In Mobile Applications - A social networking system enables targeted advertising to its users on mobile devices, either directly in third-party applications or via an ad exchange. An application on the mobile device associated with the social networking system stores user identifying information in a shared memory location on the user's mobile device. To deliver a targeted ad to the user on the mobile device, an application executed by the mobile device retrieves the user identifying information, which is transmitted to an ad server associated with the social networking system or to the social networking system. Based on the user's profile in the social networking system, an advertisement is selected for the user (e.g., using targeting criteria and an auction model) and sent to an ad exchange or to the application on the mobile device for presentation to the user on the mobile device. | 05-29-2014 |
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20110075482 | MAINTAINING INTEGRITY OF PRELOADED CONTENT IN NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DURING SURFACE MOUNTING - A non-volatile memory chip package is prepared for surface mounting to a substrate in a solder reflow process by programming erased blocks to higher threshold voltage levels, to improve data retention for blocks which are preloaded with content, such as by an electronic device manufacturer. Following the surface mounting, the previously-erased blocks are returned to the erased state. The threshold voltage of storage elements of the preloaded blocks can change during the surface mounting process due to a global charge effect phenomenon. The effect is most prominent for higher state storage elements which are surrounded by erased blocks, in a chip for which the wafer backside was thinned and polished. The erased blocks can be programmed using a single program pulse without performing a verify operation, as a wide threshold voltage distribution is acceptable. | 03-31-2011 |
20130279248 | Data Retention in Nonvolatile Memory with Multiple Data Storage Formats - In a nonvolatile memory that stores data in two or more different data storage formats, such as binary and MLC, a separation scheme is used to distribute blocks containing data in one data storage format (e.g. binary) so that they are separated by at least some minimum number of blocks using another data storage format (e.g. MLC). | 10-24-2013 |
20130282958 | Obsolete Block Management for Data Retention in Nonvolatile Memory - In a nonvolatile memory array, blocks that contain only obsolete data are modified by adding charge to their cells, increasing the charge level from the programmed charge levels that represented obsolete data to elevated charge levels. The increase in overall charge in such blocks lessens the tendency of such blocks to impact data retention in neighboring blocks. | 10-24-2013 |