Patents Assigned to Experian Information Solutions, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11620403
    Abstract: Systems and methods for data aggregation and processing are provided in manner that is decentralized and preserves privacy. A data aggregation and computation system may include an interface, a controller, and one or more clusters of computation nodes. The interface may receive an inquiry from a requesting entity for computing information regarding an individual based on pieces of information held by a plurality of entities. The controller may communicate an identifier for the individual to a processor system associated with each of the entities based on the inquiry. The clusters of computation nodes may each receive encrypted data fragments from each of the processor systems, the data fragments comprising unrecognizable fragments that no individual processor system can re-assemble to recover the information, perform secure, multi-party computations based on the data fragments, and generate a result based on the secure, multi-party computations for the individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Experian Information Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Chen, Hua Li, Juncheng Liu, Zhixuan Wang, Shumin Guo, Eric Haller, Steve Yin
  • Patent number: 11588639
    Abstract: Embodiments include a method for providing tokens which includes: receiving from a user system an encrypted data packet including user credentials and a request for an authentication token to access protected resources; extracting the user's security information; transmitting a data packet to a security and access management system, where the data packet includes the user's security information and a request for user validation; receiving, from the security and access management system, user validation and additional data; generating a thin token and a fat token; storing the thin token in association with the fat token; transmitting the thin token to the user system; receiving, from the user system, a request to access protected resources from a protected resource system, the request including the thin token; validating the received thin token; accessing the fat token associated with the thin token; and transmitting the fat token to the protected resource system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Experian Information Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Alpa Modi Jain, Praveen Kumar Soni, Frederic Vander Elst
  • Patent number: 11568005
    Abstract: One aspect of the subject matter described herein comprises a database management system. The database management system comprises a communication circuit, an interface, and a processor. The communication circuit receives information from databases via a communication network. The interface allows user operation and interaction via the communication network and the database management system. The processor provides data to and receives data from the interface, including a plurality of alphanumeric records comprising at least one unique identifier, obtains database records from other databases for each unique identifier, identifies a number of alphanumeric records in the plurality having events in their histories, determines a percentage of alphanumeric records in the plurality having negative events in their histories, generates a report including the determined percentages, and conveys the report to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: EXPERIAN INFORMATION SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Kirsten Marie Von Busch, Ryan B. Cain, Dominic Edward DeGuiseppe, Wen Zhang, Erik Peter Hjermstad
  • Patent number: 11562457
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for identifying a subset of interest from a general population and for monitoring a database of daily activity logs associated with the general population in order to identify database entries indicative of an occurrence of a pre-defined trigger event that is associated with a member of the subset of interest. In particular, systems and methods are described that allow a massive database of daily activity logs to be monitored to identify trigger events that have occurred within the past twenty-four hours or other very recent time period. Embodiments are described that may be advantageously used by a provider of credit-related products and/or services who wishes to accurately target prospective customers, identified by the system, based on occurrence of a trigger event, as being in a decision-making phase of credit shopping, for purposes of making a timely and targeted offering relevant to the customers' current activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: EXPERIAN INFORMATION SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Armando L. Ramos, Stephen R. Meeks, Michele M. Pearson, Pamela Jean Fielding
  • Patent number: 11550886
    Abstract: Features are described for efficiently and accurately identifying a user of an electronic device with limited user interaction. The features include receiving a mobile device identifier from the mobile device. The features include transmitting the mobile device identifier to a service provider associated with the mobile device. The features include receiving information identifying the user from the service provider. The features include identifying a set of candidates associated with at least a portion of the information. The features include generating a metric for the candidates included in the set of candidates. An individual metric indicates a degree of relatedness between a value for the user for the at least one data field and a value for a candidate for the at least one data field. The features include identifying the user as a specific candidate included in the set of candidates based on the metric corresponding to a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Experian Information Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Yin, Kevin Chen, Eric Haller, Alan Tsang, David Kerry, Derek Toub, Jack Yu, Zhixuan Wang, Christopher Wheeler, Sreeram Upendran
  • Patent number: 11481827
    Abstract: One embodiment of the system and method described herein provides a computer system configured to provide an interface for operation by a user at a remote computing device, receive a request from the user for a vehicle history report of a vehicle. The computer system is further configured to prompt the user for interest in a prequalification for a financing offer. The computer system is further configured to receive the indication of the user's interest in the prequalification. The system also includes a data storage module, accessible by the computer system, configured to retrieve data corresponding to the vehicle, store the retrieved data, retrieve data corresponding to a determination regarding the prequalification for the financing offer, and store the retrieved determination. The computer system is further configured to convey the vehicle history report to the user and convey the prequalification determination to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Experian Information Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan B. Cain, Will Hope, Kirsten Von Busch, Dominic Edward DeGuiseppe
  • Patent number: 11443373
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention assist in the development, management, and deployment of aggregated data attributes for multiple data sources. One embodiment provides a development interface that allows for elements of attributes, including filters, to be moved into a coding area in which an attribute or an attribute element is being edited. In another embodiment, the user interface presents data fields to assist in the development of filters for multiple data sources with divergent formats. The application further provides a validation interface through which users can validate attributes and trace the results returned by various elements referenced by the attributes under validation. Another embodiment provides a system for managing attributes and deploying them to various systems by creating a deployment file that is used by an attribute calculation system. In one embodiment, the attribute calculation system is a scalable system that dynamically calculates attributes for multiple data sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: EXPERIAN INFORMATION SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Magali Courbage, Richard Rodenbusch, Jean-Dominique Morani
  • Patent number: 11436606
    Abstract: Embodiments of an electronic fraud analysis platform system are disclosed which may be used to analyze tax returns for potential fraud. Analysis of tax return data using the tax return analysis platform computing systems and methods discussed herein may provide insight into whether a tax return may be fraudulent based on, for example, an initial screening component configured to filter tax returns which appear fraudulent due to missing or inaccurate information provided with the return; a device activity analysis component configured to identify whether a device used to submit a tax return or to provide further authentication information needed to complete processing of the return may have been used in other fraudulent activities; and a knowledge-based authentication component configured to identify potential fraudsters using dynamically generated questions for which fraudsters typically do not know the answers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: EXPERIAN INFORMATION SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Neli Coleman, Lloyd Laudorn, Raymond Martin Boileau
  • Patent number: 11373261
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for identifying a subset of interest from a general population and for monitoring a database of daily activity logs associated with the general population in order to identify database entries indicative of an occurrence of a pre-defined trigger event that is associated with a member of the subset of interest. In particular, systems and methods are described that allow a massive database of daily activity logs to be monitored to identify trigger events that have occurred within the past twenty-four hours or other very recent time period. Embodiments are described that may be advantageously used by a provider of credit-related products and/or services who wishes to accurately target prospective customers, identified by the system, based on occurrence of a trigger event, as being in a decision-making phase of credit shopping, for purposes of making a timely and targeted offering relevant to the customers' current activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: EXPERIAN INFORMATION SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Armando Ramos, Stephen R. Meeks, Michele M. Pearson, Pamela Fielding
  • Patent number: 11366860
    Abstract: Embodiments of a system may comprise databases and a processor that receives a first filter item and a database filter item, generates a first database based on the first filter item, integrate data from the first database into the user database to create an updated plurality of user records, generate a second database based on a selected set of records, in the updated plurality of user records, corresponding to the database filter item, determine metrics that correspond to the second database, generate a model to segregate the second database using the metrics, receive criteria, compare the segregated second database with the criteria to remove records that do not meet the criteria, cause a subsequent update to the updated second database to integrate data from the event database to create an updated diminished second database, and generate a notification including information included in the updated diminished second database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Experian Information Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Erik Peter Hjermstad, Tony T. Morris, Jennifer Kuhr Schwartz, Heidi Beth Haupt
  • Patent number: 11347715
    Abstract: A data processing system is disclosed for accessing databases and updated data items and triggering event notifications. The data processing system may comprise a first database including a plurality of records, and a second database including a plurality of trigger indicators. The database system may further include a hardware processor configured to execute computer-executable instructions in order to: receive an update data item; identify a record corresponding to the update data item; cause an update to the record based on information included with the update data item; identify a trigger indicator corresponding to the update to the record; determine that a type of the trigger indicator matches a type of the update to the record; and generate an event notification including information included in the update.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: EXPERIAN INFORMATION SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Rollin M. Girulat, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11257126
    Abstract: One embodiment of the system and method described herein provides a score generator system that generates an automated vehicle specific valuation of a used car based on the physical and historical attributes of that vehicle. This score may indicate the likelihood that the vehicle will be on the road in a specific period of time. The score may give an absolute percentage of such likelihood or it may give a value relative to all other used vehicles in a database, all other used vehicles of the same make/model/year, or a certain subset of the vehicles in a database. In one embodiment, the score generator system includes a data link module for linking vehicle data and filter module for applying a multi-level filters that process the linked vehicle data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: EXPERIAN INFORMATION SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Edith Hirtenstein, David Nemtuda
  • Patent number: 11257117
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes systems and methods for providing enhanced location analysis and consumer insights using mobile sightings data. An approximate geographic location is useful to mobile service providers and advertisers who wish to provide targeted content to consumers based on their location. The location analysis described herein provides more depth and detail about the detected geographic location of the consumer and also insights into business locations visited by the user of the device, consumer/market segments and patterns of behavior (for an individual consumer and/or for aggregated group of consumers), retail trends and patterns, and other profile information. For example, a location profile analytics system as described herein can determine a probability that an approximate geographic location actually corresponds to a specific geographic location, such as a business location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Experian Information Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Tsang, Andrew John Hickman, Honghao Shan, Yaqi Tao, Gregor Bonin, Shanji Xiong, Lingyun Zhang
  • Patent number: 11227001
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to data association, attribution, annotation, and interpretation systems and related methods of efficiently organizing heterogeneous data at a massive scale. Incoming data is received and extracted for identifying information (“information”). Multiple dimensionality reducing functions are applied to the information, and based on the function results, the information are grouped into sets of similar information. Filtering rules are applied to the sets to exclude non-matching information in the sets. The sets are then merged into groups of information based on whether the sets contain at least one common information. A common link may be associated with information in a group. If the incoming data includes the identifying information associated with to the common link, the incoming data is assigned the common link. In some embodiments, incoming data are not altered but assigned into domains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Experian Information Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Anukool Rege, Prashant Kumar Sahay, Mervyn Lally, Shirish Kumar, Sanskar Sahay
  • Patent number: 11210276
    Abstract: Embodiments of a data processing system comprises a first database including first records and a second database including second records. The data processing system may also comprise a processor configured to execute instructions to receive a first filter item comprising a first criterion and a second filter item comprising a second criterion and identify, in the first and second records, at least one record that meets the first criterion of the first filter item. The instructions may update the at least one record to include a unique identifier and generate a third database including third records by identifying, in the first and second records, records that include the unique identifier. The instructions may cause a comparison of a rubric of historical linkage features with the third records to identify an element of historical linkage between the at least one record and the third records and generate an event notification including the element of historical linkage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: EXPERIAN INFORMATION SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Brad Smith
  • Patent number: 11210351
    Abstract: One aspect of the subject matter described herein comprises a database management system. The database management system comprises a communication circuit, an interface, and a processor. The communication circuit receives information from databases via a communication network. The interface allows user operation and interaction via the communication network and the database management system. The processor provides data to and receives data from the interface, including a plurality of alphanumeric records comprising at least one unique identifier, obtains database records from other databases for each unique identifier, identifies a number of alphanumeric records in the plurality having events in their histories, determines a percentage of alphanumeric records in the plurality having negative events in their histories, generates a report including the determined percentages, and conveys the report to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: EXPERIAN INFORMATION SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Kirsten Marie Von Busch, Ryan B. Cain, Dominic Edward DeGuiseppe, Wen Zhang, Erik Peter Hjermstad
  • Patent number: 11176570
    Abstract: Embodiments of system are disclosed in which selection strategies for a direct marketing campaign that identify consumers from a credit bureau or other consumer database can be planned, tested, and/or refined on a stable subset of the credit database. In some embodiments, once refined, consumer selection criteria may be used to execute the direct marketing campaign on the full consumer/credit database, which is preferably updated approximately twice weekly. In one preferred embodiment, the data for the test database represents a random sampling of approximately 10% of the full database and the sampling is regenerated approximately weekly in order to provide a stable set of data on which campaign developers may test their campaign. For each consumer in the sampling, the environment may allow a client to access and use both attributes calculated by the credit bureau and proprietary attributes and data owned by the client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Experian Information Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Laura J. DeSoto, Michele M. Pearson, Kristi Ann Adkinson, Venkat R. Achanta, Felicia Peng
  • Patent number: 11157835
    Abstract: Embodiments of a system may comprise databases and a processor that accesses a first database and verifies that each of the plurality of client records conforms to a set of formatting guidelines and filters the records in the first database into a vehicle data subfile and a client data subfile, monitors the records in the vehicle and client data subfiles for a trigger event, generates one or more dynamic models for determining a likelihood that a client will perform an action based on the trigger event, applies the generated dynamic model(s) to generate at least one score value associated with the record including the trigger event, and generates a notification including one or more of the generated at least one score value, the one or more trigger event records, and information associated with the one or more trigger event records for transmission to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: EXPERIAN INFORMATION SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Erik Peter Hjermstad, Tony T. Morris, Heidi Beth Haupt, Jennifer Kuhr Schwartz
  • Patent number: 11157997
    Abstract: Information regarding individuals that fit a bad performance definition, such as individuals that have previously defaulted on a financial instrument or have declared bankruptcy, is used to develop a model that is usable to determine whether an individual that does not fit the bad performance definition is more likely to subsequently default on a financial instrument or to declare bankruptcy. The model may be used to generate a score for each individual, and the score may be used to segment the individual into a segment of a segmentation structure that includes individuals with related scores, where segments may include different models for generating a final risk score for the individuals assigned to the particular segments. The segment to which an individual is assigned, which may be determined based at least partly on the score assigned to the individual, may affect the final risk score that is assigned to the individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Experian Information Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Chuck Robida, Chien-Wei Wang
  • Patent number: 11159593
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for generating alerts in association with a request for credit data or an update to credit data. For example, information identifying an individual may be received from a credit bureau when an individual applies for a product or service from a requesting entity. The requesting entity may be a product or service provider that requests credit data of potential purchasers of its products. An electronic notification may then be sent in association with an event object generated by a notification system that is broadcast for delivery to one or more other systems, where the event object may be broadcast substantially in real time, such as via an enterprise server bus, relative to the requesting entity's initial request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Experian Information Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Dwayne Charles Jacobs, Srikumar Puthupadi Kanthadai