Patents Assigned to ConsumerInfo.com, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11978114
    Abstract: Certain consumers may not have a credit report and, thus, may not be able to enroll in a credit monitoring service. A credit report monitoring system requests a credit report of consumers that are attempting to enroll in a credit monitoring service. If no credit report is located for the consumer, a credit report of the consumer is automatically periodically requested by the system. When a credit report is later located, the consumer may continue with enrollment in a credit report monitoring service. In this way, the consumer is alerted of the (possibly fraudulent) creation of a credit report and is quickly able to enroll in a credit monitoring service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: ConsumerInfo.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Tod DeBie, Michael Burger
  • Patent number: 11954655
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for generating alerts in association with a request to open an account for an individual. For example, information identifying an individual may be received from a financial entity in association with the financial entity receiving a request to open an account for the individual from a requesting entity. The requesting entity may be a vendor or service provider associated with the financial entity. An electronic notification may then be sent to the individual, which may include a selectable option to indicate that the individual does not authorize opening of the account. In response to receiving an indication that the individual does not authorize opening of the account, notifications may be sent to both the financial entity and the requesting entity indicating that the individual has not authorized opening of the account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: ConsumerInfo.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Burger, Michael John Dean, Mark Joseph Kapczynski, Nelson Yu
  • Patent number: 11924213
    Abstract: A user permission system manages and regulates access to secure data at one or more third-party data sites. The system may provide access to one or more databases or other data structures based on user authentication and access rules that have been established, such as by a user associated with the data being accessed at the third party data store. Access may be provided via an API to the third-party data site, along with access credentials of a user with data stored with the third-party data site, allowing the system to access data on behalf of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: ConsumerInfo.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Michelle Felice-Steele, Michele Raneri, Paul DeSaulniers, Joe Manna, Jeff Softley, Srikumar Puthupadi Kanthadai, Aga Dzhafar Hady Ogiu Dzhafarov, Pat Finneran, Donna Meryl Smith, Gregory Lennox Wright, Marizette Galvez, Ujjayan Banerjee, Ravi Devesetti, Shivakumar Ramanathan, Mukeshkumar G. Patel
  • Patent number: 11893635
    Abstract: The systems and methods described herein allow users to control access to regulated data of the user (stored in a secured third party database) through interaction on a mobile device (or other computing device), such as to provide a touch gesture on the mobile device that causes the users regulated data to be accessible to a third party. The regulated data may include credit data of the user, such as a credit report or credit file. Access rights to the regulated data may be provided in real-time (or near real-time) in response to a request for the data from a third party, for example. The system may allow a user to respond to an alert or notification that is automatically sent to the computing device of the user in response to a request for a secure regulated data of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: ConsumerInfo.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Thomas Olson, Nelson Yu, Roman Bercot, Michelle Felice-Steele
  • Patent number: 11863310
    Abstract: A system for aggregating a user's web browsing data which may include cookies placed on a user's computing device from various websites. The system receives authorization from a user to retrieve cookie and other data associated with the user. The system then accesses cookie data and personal data associated with the user. In some embodiments, the aggregation system communicates with websites that placed the cookie data on the user's computer to determine one or more characteristics of the user based on the cookie data (which may be understandable only by the placing website). The system may then provide the user's aggregated data or a portion thereof to requesting entities. The user may have access to a user interface which provides information about the user's aggregated data and allows the user to determine how much information to share with requesting entities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: ConsumerInfo.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Joseph Kapczynski, Michael John Dean
  • Patent number: 11861691
    Abstract: A computing device is configured to acquire or access credit or reporting data associated with a consumer. The computing device then is configured to analyze the credit or reporting data to determine reporting cycles for accounts associated with the consumer. For example, the computing device may determine that credit information for a particular account may be updated at a regular interval (e.g., once a month on the 3rd) or some other more complex cycle. The computing device can subsequently used the determined reporting cycles to predict the next reporting dates for respective accounts and provide the information, for instance, to the consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: ConsumerInfo.com, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Burger
  • Patent number: 11842454
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes systems and methods that apply artificial intelligence to augmented reality for enhanced user experience. A sensor, such as a camera, on a mobile phone can capture output data of a laptop computer or other computing device, such as a user interface. The captured image can be assessed by the mobile phone to determine an intent of a user and to display a three dimensional rendering, such as an avatar, on the mobile phone overlaid on top of the user interface of the laptop. The avatar can help navigate the user, such as pointing to areas of a webpage of interest, or inviting the user to scroll down on a webpage to a portion of the webpage that may not be in current view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: ConsumerInfo.com, Inc.
    Inventors: James Minlou Lin, David Joseph Amador, Alexander James Kentfield, James Earl Griffin, Aga Dzhafar Hady Ogiu Dzhafarov, Mohan Kumar, Darrel Huntington, Bryan Marc Cimo
  • Patent number: 11803929
    Abstract: A digital identity, which may include a user interface that may be displayed on a mobile computing device, may be generated to include information extracted from a physical identification card (e.g., driver license or passport), as well as information regarding validation of the physical identification card and of the consumer's identity. The digital identity may be used in place of the physical identification card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: ConsumerInfo.com, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Joseph Kapczynski
  • Patent number: 11790112
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a computing system, such as a monitoring computer, receives a request from a user to monitor an account of the user with an online service provider. The request may include personal information and user preferences for one or more protective actions. The system periodically monitors external data sources for indications of changes to personal information associated with the account, and detects changes or attempted changes to personal information associated with the account. The system may determine risk levels associated with detected changes or attempted changes, and transmit a notification to the user via a communication channel selected based on the determined risk level and/or the user preferences. The system may also initiate protective actions, so that further unauthorized access to the account may be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: ConsumerInfo.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Burger, Mark Joseph Kapczynski
  • Patent number: 11775979
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for adjustment of difficulty level, quantity, and/or other parameters of knowledge-based authentication. The questions may be asked of a consumer based on one or more generated risk scores associated with the consumer's behavior, which may be derived from information received from the consumer, a representative responsible for entering information regarding the consumer, and/or from the consumer's computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: ConsumerInfo.com, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Burger
  • Patent number: 11769200
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for assessing an account takeover risk for one or more accounts of an individual. The account security procedures for each of a number of services with which the user has an account may be analyzed. Publicly accessible information regarding the user may also be collected and analyzed. The collected information and security procedures may be compared in order to determine one or more vulnerabilities to hostile account takeover of one or more of the analyzed accounts. An alert may be generated regarding a determined takeover risk, which may include suggested actions for remedying the risk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: ConsumerInfo.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Joseph Kapczynski, Michael John Dean, Herbert Harris Hunt, III
  • Patent number: 11665253
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed that generate life scores for individuals based on various information associated with the individuals. For example, life scores may be based on data associated with several aspects of the individual's life, such as work, family, hobbies, education, etc. The life scores may be generated in realtime and/or periodically and provided to the individual and/or shared with others in various formats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: ConsumerInfo.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael John Dean, Mark Joseph Kapczynski
  • Patent number: 11631130
    Abstract: A card registry system is configured to automatically identify financial card information in one or more credit files associated with a consumer and populate a card registry account of the consumer with the identified financial card information. Once the financial card information has been obtained from the credit file(s), the card registry system may transmit cancellation and/or reissuance requests to the respective card issuers in the instance that one or more cards are compromised, so that the financial cards may be easily and efficiently cancelled and/or reissued at the request of the consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: ConsumerInfo.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Ty Taylor, Michael R. Balducci, Arlene E. Miranda, Laura Gelgand
  • Patent number: 11620314
    Abstract: Consumers often desire to compare themselves to other individuals. Disclosed herein are systems and methods of generating and displaying comparison information to users so that they can determine if they are “keeping up with the Joneses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: ConsumerInfo.com, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Joseph Kapczynski
  • Patent number: 11568348
    Abstract: A method for providing pre-data breach monitoring provides information to businesses that is useful to predict portions of the company data that may not be secured well enough and other risks associated with data breaches, such as employees that may not be trustworthy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: ConsumerInfo.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael John Dean, Mark Joseph Kapczynski
  • Patent number: 11514519
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for credit dispute processing, resolution, and reporting. Credit dispute resolution requests may be received, processed, and sent to a credit bureau for submission to creditors. Status of credit dispute resolutions may be reported to consumers. If a creditor's response time is longer than its average response time or if a creditor does not respond to a credit dispute resolution request within a regulatory response period, alerts and reports may be sent to consumers to provide consumers with further options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: ConsumerInfo.com, Inc.
    Inventor: Herbert Harris Hunt, III
  • Patent number: 11461364
    Abstract: A computing system is configured to access a plurality of remote databases in order to identify data inconsistencies between the remote databases and provide user interfaces to a user in order to initiate communication via one or more APIs to certain remote databases indicating updates that reconcile said data inconsistencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: ConsumerInfo.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Mike Charyk, Nelson Yu
  • Patent number: 11410230
    Abstract: The systems and methods described herein allow users to control access to regulated data of the user (stored in a secured third party database) through interaction on a mobile device (or other computing device), such as to provide a touch gesture on the mobile device that causes the users regulated data to be accessible to a third party. The regulated data may include credit data of the user, such as a credit report or credit file. Access rights to the regulated data may be provided in real-time (or near real-time) in response to a request for the data from a third party, for example. The system may allow a user to respond to an alert or notification that is automatically sent to the computing device of the user in response to a request for a secure regulated data of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: ConsumerInfo.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Thomas Olson, Nelson Yu, Roman Bercot, Michelle Felice-Steele
  • Patent number: 11399029
    Abstract: A data processing system communicates with a secure third-party database to obtain information about a user that is usable to determine one or more items associated with the user. The system then coordinates gathering and identification of additional data relevant to the user from other third-party data sources, to potentially update the user's information stored with the secure third-party database. The updated information may then be accessed at the secure third-party database to determine items associated with the user, which may include additional items in view of the additional data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: ConsumerInfo.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Joe Manna, Michelle Felice-Steele, Michele Raneri, Paul DeSaulniers, Jeff Softley, Srikumar Puthupadi Kanthadai, Aga Dzhafar Hady Ogiu Dzhafarov, Pat Finneran, Donna Meryl Smith, Gregory Lennox Wright, Marizette Galvez, Ujjayan Banerjee, Ravi Devesetti, Shivakumar Ramanathan, Mukeshkumar G. Patel
  • Patent number: 11379916
    Abstract: A card registry system is configured to automatically identify financial card information in one or more credit files associated with a consumer and populate a card registry account of the consumer with the identified financial card information. Once the financial card information has been obtained from the credit file(s), the card registry system may transmit cancellation and/or reissuance requests to the respective card issuers in the instance that one or more cards are compromised, so that the financial cards may be easily and efficiently cancelled and/or reissued at the request of the consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: ConsumerInfo.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Ty Taylor, Michael R. Balducci, Arlene E. Miranda, Laura Gelgand