Mary E Barrett

US Patent:

20150026043, Jan 22, 2015

Filed:

Mar 14, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/211458

Inventors:

- Potomac MD, US
Mary H. Barrett - Arlington VA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 20/34
G06Q 20/24

US Classification:

705 39

Abstract:

Methods and apparatus for competitive resolution of credit card transactions are provided. Banks are invited to bid to perform a transaction, initiated by the new existence of a credit card-processing to be performed. The successfully bidding bank is awarded the benefits and obligations of completing the credit card processing.

US Patent:

20150026815, Jan 22, 2015

Filed:

Mar 14, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/211345

Inventors:

- Potomac MD, US
Mary H. Barrett - Arlington VA, US

International Classification:

H04L 29/06
H04L 29/08
G06F 21/60

US Classification:

726 26

Abstract:

Tiered management of privacy settings is disclosed. In one example, such management entails defining privacy tiers respectively corresponding to privacy levels. Cookies are then associated to the privacy tiers to accommodate the management of browsing activity according to the relevant tier. Additionally, different sets of private information are respectively to the privacy tiers. This provides for the management of browsing activity using the privacy tiers, the cookies and the different sets of private information. In this fashion, the association of a given cookie to a given privacy tier dictates a given set of private information to be provided to another party in connection with a given browsing activity.