Patents Examined by Fateh M Obaid
  • Patent number: 11830081
    Abstract: Media, methods, and systems are disclosed for applying a computer-implemented model to a table of computed values to identify one or more anomalies. One or more input forms having a plurality of input form field values is received. The input form field values are automatically parsed into a set of computer-generated candidate standard field values. The set of candidate standard field values are automatically normalized into a corresponding set of normalized field values, based on a computer-automated input normalization model. An automated review model controller is applied to automatically identify a review model to apply to the set of normalized field values, based on certain predetermined target field values. The automatically identified review model is then applied to the set of normalized inputs, and in response to detecting an anomaly, a field value is flagged accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: HRB Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhi Zheng, Jason N. Ward, Benjamin A. Kite
  • Patent number: 11823120
    Abstract: A method of asset verification implemented by a computing device as part of an asset verification system. The asset verification utilizes unique identifying information of the asset. The method collects asset information from a user, collects asset information from the computing device, generates a unique identifier from the asset information, adds the unique identifier and the asset information to a blockchain, and stores the asset information in a distributed storage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventor: Prithvi Krishnan Padmanabhan
  • Patent number: 11816629
    Abstract: A frame rack system for the transportation, storage and inventory of commodities using intermodal open and closed frame racks configured to be compatible with ISO shipping container conventions. The open framed rack is preloaded and secured for transport or staging by yard personnel from a ground level position. ISO compatible corner pin blocks and forklift pockets allow for flexibility in handling loads at departure and destination. Material handling equipment compatibility allows for materials to be shipped and stored at unimproved sites. Tie-down rings allow for many options in securing loads. The stackability of units provides for an overall working deck height of less than 6 feet. Closed framed racks fit over the open frame racks to allow for multiple decks. Color-coded identifiers and identification codes facilitate storage and inventory. The present invention offers a simple, identifiable, contents-protected, multi-modal logistical solution, incorporating a “One Man One Machine” philosophy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Inventor: John M. Sheesley
  • Patent number: 11816650
    Abstract: A system for credit card reader mode management includes: a point-of sale (POS) terminal, that accepts login credentials via a magnetic stripe card, displays menu items, adds selected menu items to an order, and accepts payment instruments for the order, the POS terminal including: a first card reader, that reads first cards when enabled; a second card reader, that reads second cards when enabled; and a dual reader controller, that determines one or more workflow states of the POS terminal, and controls modes of the first and second card readers; and a backend server, that receives messages transmitted by the POS terminal including payment information obtained by the POS terminal, and that employs the payment information to process one of more transactions with one or more financial institutions to complete the payment for the order, and that notifies the POS terminal that the payment for the order is complete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Toast, Inc.
    Inventors: Tom Hanley, Stephen Kirk, Chance Ashley Kirsch
  • Patent number: 11803902
    Abstract: In some examples, a payment instrument is associated with a financing limit. A processor may receive, from a point of sale (POS) device associated with a merchant, an authorization request to authorize the payment instrument for a purchase of one or more first items having a purchase amount that is greater than the first amount. The processor may determine that the first item is a type of item in an inventory of a business of the user. Based at least on determining that a quantity of the type of item in the inventory is below a threshold quantity, changing the first amount to a second amount that is based on the purchase amount. Based at least on changing the first amount, sending to the POS device, an indication that the payment instrument is authorized for the second amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: BLOCK, INC.
    Inventors: Varun Kerof, Elliot Block, Kelvin Chou, Theodore Kosev
  • Patent number: 11803833
    Abstract: A computing system can receive a transaction data set from a computing device of a merchant, which can indicate a transaction between the merchant and a user of a network transaction service. The system verifies the user's location at a merchant location associated with the merchant, and then funds the transaction from a shared funding source of the network transaction service. Subsequently, the computing system can access a customer account of the user to reimburse the shared funding account for an amount corresponding to the transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Expensify, Inc.
    Inventor: David M. Barrett
  • Patent number: 11798100
    Abstract: Provided are systems and methods for identifying a counterpart entity of a transaction from a transaction string. In one example, a method may include identifying a transaction string from an account of a target entity, the transaction string comprising a record of a payment that changed a balance of the account, executing a machine learning model based on the transaction string to determine a counterpart entity of the transaction with respect to the target entity, wherein, during execution, the machine learning model receives the transaction string as input and outputs an identifier of the counterpart entity, generating a data structure comprising a first field that stores the transaction string and a second field that stores an identifier of the counterpart entity, and storing the data structure within a file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Steady Platform LLC
    Inventors: Tyler Howard, Jason Robinson, John Michael Robertson, Nathan Crockett, Andrew Toloff, Winn Martin, Marcel Crudele
  • Patent number: 11790341
    Abstract: Some systems and methods are directed to a device agnostic architecture configured to control and/or manage the interactions between front end store systems (e.g., self checkout (SCO) systems) for capturing purchase items and backend systems (e.g., point of sale (POS) subsystems) for completing purchases. The device agnostic architecture can include a translation layer or translation component that mediates communications from and/or between the front end and backend systems. For example, the translation layer maps any commands received from any SCO and/or POS device into execution commands native to receiving systems. For example, back-end processing systems can be configured to control on-line identification of products and/or services for purchase, and manage execution of sales of any goods or services. The translation layer manages communication between SCO devices and the backend systems so each communicates with each other according to their respective formats (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Joseph Hendrick, David Martin Nelms, Mindy Dawn Rector
  • Patent number: 11790321
    Abstract: The technology introduced here enables a customer to readily view, and securely connect with, project managers and freelancers who complete projects on behalf of the customer. The customer initially posts a project specification through a crowdsourcing platform. Project managers compete with one another by submitting proposals for the project through a freelancing platform. When a proposal is selected by the customer, the project manager corresponding to the proposal can construct a team that includes one or more freelancers who complete the technology project under the supervision of the project manager. As milestones are completed, the project manager and/or freelancer(s) can be paid from an escrow account maintained by the administrator. Additionally or alternatively, invoices for work completed by the team could be generated and delivered to the customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: CrowdPlat, Inc.
    Inventor: Sahil Sarosh
  • Patent number: 11776066
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatuses for implementing user customizable policies for revenue recognition are described. In some embodiments, a method comprises: tracking, by a network commerce system, a plurality of transactions; determining one or more revenue recognition rules of a plurality of revenue recognition rules that applies to each transaction of the plurality of transactions based on results of matching performed between conditions of each of the plurality of revenue recognition rules and one or more characteristics of said each transaction, the conditions of each rule including an effective time period during which individual transactions are subject to the rule; and automatically performing revenue recognition for each transaction according to one of the one or more revenue recognition rules determined to apply to said each transaction using based on results of matching conditions of one revenue recognition rule and the one or more characteristics of said each transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: STRIPE, INC.
    Inventors: Tanin Na Nakorn, Ji Huang, Atikh Bana, Xu Rui
  • Patent number: 11776068
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques and systems for automatically detecting, tracking, and processing certain information content, based on voice input from a user. A voice enabled content tracking system receives natural language content corresponding to audio input from a user. A determination is made as to whether the natural language content includes a first type of information, based on evaluating the natural language content with a first machine learning model. In response to determining the natural language content comprises the first type of information, a temporal association of the first type of information is determined, based on evaluating the natural language content with a second machine learning model, and a message including an indication of the temporal association of the first type of information is transmitted to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: INTUIT, INC.
    Inventors: Sangeetha Uthamalingam Santharam, Bridget Diane Kimball
  • Patent number: 11763405
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for product safety is provided. The present invention may include mapping one or more products within a smart container by identifying each of the one or more products and determining a location for each of the one or more products. The present invention may include determining a safety level for each of the one or more products. The present invention may include determining a recommended location to store a new product within the smart container based on a safety confidence score, wherein the safety confidence score is determined based on at least the safety score of the one or more products within the smart container, the safety score of the new product, and a machine learning model. The present invention may include displaying the recommended location to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ramprasad Bhat, Venkata Vara Prasad Karri, Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Amit Kumar Senapaty
  • Patent number: 11756013
    Abstract: A method for initiating a virtual currency exchange includes a merchant computing device a) receiving a message including a user account identifier, payment credential data, and a request for an amount of virtual currency to be delivered; b) transmitting a message delivering the requested amount of virtual currency; and c) receiving a user assignment message that assigns to the merchant an amount of assigned virtual currency from the delivered virtual currency. Steps a, b, and c are performed while the merchant computing device is in a first physical location. The method also includes, subsequent to steps a, b, and c, connecting to a payment network while the merchant computing device is at a second physical location and transmitting, to a virtual currency payment system via the payment network, an assignment completion message including the user account identifier, a merchant account identifier associated with the merchant, and the assigned virtual currency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: John Young, Bradley Kenneth Dickinson, Bryan Niehaus, John E. Roth, Sai Sudha Venkata Chaganti, Anupama Zagabathuni
  • Patent number: 11741512
    Abstract: A vehicle sales matching system may include a vehicle sales lead data database, a vehicle sales information database, and a sales matching system embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable medium and communicatively connected to the vehicle sales lead data database and the vehicle sales information database. The vehicle sales lead data may include validated customer data and third-party customer data. The vehicle sales information may include sales data from vehicle dealers, data extract services, and sales data sources. The sales matching system may be configured for applying one or more matching rules for matching a vehicle sales lead from the vehicle sales lead database to a vehicle sale from the vehicle sales information database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: TrueCar, Inc.
    Inventors: James Francis Berger, Jacob Michael LaCivita, James Thai Nguyen, Meghashyam Grama Ramanuja, Michael D. Swinson, Thomas Taira
  • Patent number: 11734736
    Abstract: Methods and systems to build containers of uncategorized items are described. In some example embodiments, the methods and systems collect information from titles of items available for purchase within a network-based publication system, generate a title for a container of uncategorized items available for purchase within the network-based publication system that is based on the collected information, and associate two or more uncategorized items available for purchase within the network-based publication system to the container based on a comparison of titles of the two or more uncategorized items and the generated title for the container of uncategorized items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Sanjay Pundlkrao Ghatare, Praveen K. Jayaraman, Sandip Namdeo Gaikwad, Ashit Jain, Joseph Anthony Beynon, Suhail Ansari, Hugh Evan Williams, Niteen Bhat
  • Patent number: 11734654
    Abstract: Wireless-enabled kiosk systems and associated methods for recycling and performing other processes with mobile phones and other electronic devices are described herein. In various embodiments, the present technology includes systems and methods for wirelessly connecting a consumer-operated kiosk with an electronic device to facilitate processing (e.g., purchasing) the device. In some embodiments, the present technology includes using a wireless link to identify a device, evaluate a device, resolve device issues to enable purchase of the device, locate a device, etc. Various other aspects of the present technology are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: ecoATM, LLC
    Inventors: John Silva, Jeffrey Ploetner, Mark Vincent Bowles, John Andrew Beane, Michael Librizzi, Randal Erman
  • Patent number: 11727393
    Abstract: A stored-value card system includes a POS terminal, a communications device, and a stored-value card agent. The stored-value card agent is configured to receive, from the communications device, a message that identifies a payment amount; transmit, to a stored-value card network, a request message that includes the payment amount; receive a confirmation of the stored-value card network associating the payment amount with a stored-value card account that is maintained by the stored-value card network; and transmit a token to the communications device. The POS terminal is configured to transmit to the stored-value card network a completion message that includes the token and excludes the payment amount, and receive from the stored-value card network an authorization code that confirms authorization of a funds transfer in the payment amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: The Toronto-Dominion Bank
    Inventors: Salim Jivraj, Lawrence Gar Chee Wong
  • Patent number: 11710093
    Abstract: Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatus, and computing entities for enhanced cargo screening capabilities are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Tony Baldassari, Howard Stone
  • Patent number: 11704749
    Abstract: Networked utility services handle data-flow in a system to operate electrical vehicle charging stations. In an example, first and second utility companies may operate in first and second respective areas. A user may have a residence in the first area and may have an electric vehicle at a vehicle charging station in the second area. The user may provide identification at the vehicle charging station in the second area, and the user's vehicle may be charged at that location using electricity from the second utility. Data including the user's identification and the electricity consumed in the charging may be sent to the first utility serving the area including the user's residence. The first utility may bill the user for the electricity used to charge the user's vehicle at the remote vehicle charging station. The charging station, both utilities and/or other parties may share in the receipts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Itron Global SARL
    Inventors: Dinkar Kumar Verma, Srikanth Kathe, Ratnavel Nambirajan Subramanian, Badri Narayan Krishnan, Madhurima Jaiswal
  • Patent number: 11699193
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to aggregation operations. More specifically, embodiments relate to enforcing an aggregation constraint across a distributed network of compute nodes responding asynchronously. Each compute node individually processes the local partial aggregate value in parallel and asynchronously communicates with a conflict resolution node (CRN).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald J. Barber, Vijayshankar Raman, Richard Sefton Sidle, Yuanyuan Tian