Patents Assigned to Providian Financial Corporation
  • Publication number: 20100287458
    Abstract: A method for providing scripts to customer representatives includes the steps of: receiving from a client computer information identifying a customer, a product, and a workflow; determining a script based on the received product and workflow information; obtaining the determined script, the script comprising text and variables, from a database; replacing the variables in the determined script with text in accordance with at least the received customer identification information to provide a customized script; and providing the customized script to the client computer for display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: PROVIDIAN FINANCIAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kieran Guller, Aashima Gupta
  • Patent number: 6968348
    Abstract: A computer system creates and maintains an index for tracking information relating to individuals. Such information can include, but is not limited to, social security numbers, names, address information, credit bureau identification numbers, and credit history information on individuals. The invention employs logical rules to this information in order to create and maintain a set of files for each individual. The logical rules can include social security rules, geography rules, and address ranking rules. The invention is designed to evaluate slight variations in information very carefully in order to insure that appropriate files are assigned the same index identification number or that appropriate records are assigned separate and different index identification numbers as a situation warrants. The present invention is designed to maintain numerous files for each individual being tracked instead of merging and purging files as is done in the conventional art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Providian Financial Corporation
    Inventors: Trevor A. Carone, Batista Macario Gazoli, Matthew Michael Kane, Edgar A. Penaflor
  • Publication number: 20050234913
    Abstract: A computer system creates and maintains an index for tracking information relating to individuals. Such information can include, but is not limited to, social security numbers, names, address information, credit bureau identification numbers, and credit history information on individuals. The invention employs logical rules to this information in order to create and maintain a set of files for each individual. The logical rules can include social security rules, geography rules, and address ranking rules. The invention is designed to evaluate slight variations in information very carefully in order to insure that appropriate files are assigned the same index identification number or that appropriate records are assigned separate and different index identification numbers as a situation warrants. The present invention is designed to maintain numerous files for each individual being tracked instead of merging and purging files as is done in the conventional art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2005
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Applicant: Providian Financial Corporation
    Inventors: Trevor Carone, Batista Gazoli, Matthew Kane, Edgar Penaflor
  • Publication number: 20030225692
    Abstract: A system that facilitates opening of a bank account by banking personnel for a customer. The account opening system includes an automatic rate determination feature that uses customer information, account information and other criteria to determine an account interest rate. The rate determination system may also mediate rate negotiation between a personal banker and the customer by limiting the increase in rate awarded by the personal banker. An auditing system assigns numbers to a series of profiles, each describing a request to open an account. Profiles to be audited are determined by generating random numbers that fall within the range of assigned profile numbers. Random number generation is repeated until a threshold percentage of profiles have been selected for auditing. The account opening system includes a system for tracking the progress of the account application and for organizing information recorded by the personal banker during interactions with the customer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Applicant: Providian Financial Corporation
    Inventors: Joel Joseph Bosch, Prashant Rathi, Kathleen Marie Howcroft, Robert McCoy West
  • Patent number: 5950179
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for issuing a credit card to a customer who has difficulty qualifying for unsecured credit or who requests a secured credit card. A card request input is received indicating that a customer has made a request for a credit card, and, in response, a credit card account with an initial credit limit is created for the customer. The initial credit limit is stored by computer. A credit card us issued to the customer before receipt of an indication of a deposit to a savings account to secure the credit card. A balance of the savings account is periodically monitored by computer for an initial deposit, and a new credit limit is computed when the initial deposit has been made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: Providian Financial Corporation
    Inventors: William B. Buchanan, Dawn E. Greiner, Charles S. Johnston, Roger J. Van Duinen