Patents Examined by Kenneth Bartley
  • Patent number: 9721248
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system for managing financial tokens associated with a financial account, whereby the system is directed towards generating and authenticating tokens associated with the financial account in order to grant access to a user to conduct financial transactions on the financial account using an Automated Teller Machine (ATM). The system is configured to generate a server token that is associated with at least one financial account; communicate, to a first mobile device, a server packet comprising at least the server token; receive, from an ATM, a security packet communicated from a second mobile device to the ATM comprising at least a device token; authenticate the device token, the authentication comprising comparing the device token with the server token, thereby resulting in a successful authentication of the device token; and communicate the successful authentication to the ATM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Laura Corinne Bondesen, Jason P. Blackhurst, Scott Lee Harkey, William Blakely Belchee, Tammy L. Brunswig
  • Patent number: 9646344
    Abstract: Systems and methods for chart-based order entry are described. According to one example method a chart is used to display historical market data corresponding to a tradeable object. An order entry interface is displayed in relation to the chart. The order entry interface includes a plurality of price objects for selecting price levels to be used for trade orders to buy or sell the tradeable object. According to one example method, the price levels corresponding to the price objects depend on a location of the interface in relation to the chart, and as the interface is moved in relation to the chart, the price levels are automatically updated. Upon selection of the price level on the interface, a trade order to buy or sell is submitted to a matching engine at an electronic exchange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric W. Borts
  • Patent number: 9576279
    Abstract: A session to enroll customers to make payments has two stages, a first stage completed on the telephone or on a merchant or debt collector website, and a second stage completed via a communications link such as a telephone or Internet link. The customer enrollment record is linked to financial account information received from the customer in the second stage and stored on a second, secure server. A token linked to the securely stored financial account information is returned to the merchant and then used by the merchant to initiate payments on that financial account. The merchant's personnel and customer record system do not store or have access to the underlying financial account information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: AUTOSCRIBE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert Evan Pollin, Brian Edward Downey, Jr., Sean Allen Fleming
  • Patent number: 9536239
    Abstract: Embodiment of the invention extend to a device (which may be considered an asset which is purchased or which provides a service which may be purchased) which can be controlled through the use of a mobile communications device such as a cellular phone. The cellular phone is connected to a transaction processing system which allows the user to pay for the use of the device. The transaction processing system communicates with the device to allow usage of the device only if the user has successfully paid for such use. A further embodiment of the invention relates to collecting usage information of the device and collating this information at a location remote from the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: M-Kopa IPR, LLC
    Inventors: Jesse Keith Barton Moore, Nicholas Hughes
  • Patent number: 9373112
    Abstract: A method that includes obtaining a current location of a mobile device of a customer; sending the current location to a cardless payment system; receiving data identifying a plurality of merchants, each merchant having an account with the cardless payment system; displaying a list of the plurality of merchants on the mobile device; and simultaneous with displaying the list of the plurality of merchants, for each merchant in the list displaying on the mobile device whether the merchant is authorized to perform a cardless payment transaction with the customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Square, Inc.
    Inventors: William Henderson, Jack Dorsey, Brian Grassadonia
  • Patent number: 8930274
    Abstract: An account management system creates a bundle of private application transaction counters (ATCs) and a bundle of corresponding public ATCs, and transmits them to a user device. The device receives a request for payment information from a merchant and processes the request without accessing a secure element processor on the device. The device calculates a security code using one of the bundle of private ATCs and a transaction number received from the merchant. The device transmits proxy account information, the calculated security code, and the corresponding public ATCs to the merchant. The merchant transmits a payment request to the account management system as the issuer of the proxy account information. The account management system retrieves the private ATC using the public ATC, and determines the validity of the security code by recomputing it. The account management system retrieves the financial account information and requests authorization from the issuer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Justin Lee Brickell, Jonathan Kingsley Blatter, Bobby Wieler, Harry Lee Butler, IV, Ignacio Carlos Blanco, Denis Lila
  • Patent number: 8930272
    Abstract: In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, systems and methods for facilitating financial transactions over a network include communicating with a user via a kiosk device and a mobile communication device over the network. In various implementations, the systems and methods include accessing at least one account related to the user, depositing finds into the account based on a cash deposit request received from the user at the kiosk device, and transferring funds from the account to one or more other accounts, related and/or unrelated to the user, based on a fund transfer request received from the user via the mobile communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Amol Patel, F Malcolm Vernon
  • Patent number: 8924300
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure can include systems and methods for processing transactions. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for processing proposed transactions can be provided. The method can include storing, by a service provider system comprising one or more computers, one or more issuer rules associated with the applicability of one or more payment accounts to proposed transaction; receiving, by the service provider system from a merchant computer, information associated with a proposed transaction, the information comprising one of an identification of a payment account or an identification of a consumer payment device; evaluating, by the service provider system utilizing the one or more issuer rules, the proposed transaction; and determining, by the service provider system based at least in part upon the evaluation, at least one of (i) a payment account to utilize in association with the proposed transaction or (ii) whether the proposed transaction will be approved or denied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: First Data Corporation
    Inventor: Vijay Kumar Royyuru
  • Patent number: 8924284
    Abstract: Software at a trading station receives a data feed from an electronic exchange and computes an effective bid price and/or an effective ask price based on a particular quantity to trade. Then, the effective bid price and/or effective ask prices are indicated to the user. An effective bid price is an average price at which a quantity could be sold based on current market conditions. An effective ask price is an average price at which a quantity could be bought based on current market conditions. Depending on the available quantities in the market, the effective prices may represent spreads different from the actual spread of the inside market. Additionally, a derivative of price, such as yield, may be used to compute other types of effective bid and/or ask information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian J. Buck
  • Patent number: 8924274
    Abstract: A system for and method of providing investors with risk information regarding a portfolio, while protecting a strategy associated with the portfolio from public disclosure, is presented. The information allows investors to calculate a variety of risk statistics at virtually any level of granularity in analyzing divisions of the portfolio. The system and method also provide benefits for portfolio managers. Specifically, a portfolio manager may release detailed simulated returns, from which investors may calculate a variety of risk statistics, without revealing position information sufficient for the investors to reverse engineer a strategy associated with the portfolio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Riskmetrics Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Schmid, Gregg E Berman, Pete Benson
  • Patent number: 8799035
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for pricing an insurance premium based on route complexity. The system includes a computer memory and a processor in communication with the computer memory. The computer memory stores telematics data received from a sensor within a vehicle. The telematics data includes at least one of geo-position information of the vehicle and vehicle kinematics data. The processor is configured to compute a complexity score of the trip based on the telematics data. The processor is also configured to determine a price for automobile insurance for the driver based on the complexity score of the at least one trip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Hartford Fire Insurance Company
    Inventors: Mark S. Coleman, Darrel S. Barbato, Lihu Huang
  • Patent number: 8788324
    Abstract: Creation and placement of rewards associated with preferred payment types enables a merchant to incentivize a customer for selecting the preferred payment types. A number of payment types may be presented to a customer, where at least one payment type is a preferred payment type with an associated reward. The reward may be transmitted to the customer if the customer satisfies conditions for obtaining the reward. The conditions may include using the preferred payment type, applying for the preferred payment type, or making the preferred payment type the default payment type, among other possibilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Arjun Shetty, Mary Kay Bowman, Peter S. Vosshall
  • Patent number: 8788402
    Abstract: Real estate risk may be transferred via a contract associated with a real estate property. Such a contract may be an asset-backed index swap or an investment contract in which an owner entity of the real estate property grants to an investor entity an economic right to a portion of future appreciation of the real estate property in exchange for consideration. The contract may expire responsive to a transfer of title of the real estate property. Exemplary implementations may provide a way to slice off the growth component of the property to an investor who wants it yet leaves the utility value and existing equity squarely in the hands of the homeowner. This division of growth and utility components may allow the homeowner to sell just the growth component of the property—and do so at a lower price in exchange for the convenience and liquidity tendered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: EKCS, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Nash, Eduardo Lombardi, Derek Myron
  • Patent number: 8788415
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are representative embodiments of methods, apparatus, and systems for distributing a resource (such as electricity) using a resource allocation system. In one exemplary embodiment, a plurality of requests for electricity are received from a plurality of end-use consumers. The requests indicate a requested quantity of electricity and a consumer-requested index value indicative of a maximum price a respective end-use consumer will pay for the requested quantity of electricity. A plurality of offers for supplying electricity are received from a plurality of resource suppliers. The offers indicate an offered quantity of electricity and a supplier-requested index value indicative of a minimum price for which a respective supplier will produce the offered quantity of electricity. A dispatched index value is computed at which electricity is to be supplied based at least in part on the consumer-requested index values and the supplier-requested index values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: David P. Chassin, Robert G. Pratt
  • Patent number: 8762271
    Abstract: Methods, systems and instructions stored on computer-readable media for receiving an invoice associated with a buyer from a vendor that includes an invoice amount. The invoice is sent to the buyer. A buyer financial institution and a buyer account are determined. A check is received from the buyer to pay the invoice. A vendor financial institution and a vendor account is determined. A custodian financial institution and a custodian account is determined. An ICL is created based in part on the received check. The ICL includes the buyer account, the buyer financial institution, the custodian account, and the payment amount to transfer into the vendor account. The ICL is sent to the custodian financial institution to transfer the payment amount from the buyer account into the custodian account. An ACH transfer of funds in the amount of the payment amount from the custodian account to the vendor account is initiated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Viewpost, LLC
    Inventor: Max Eliscu
  • Patent number: 8751383
    Abstract: A system of accessing through a financial processing network multiple accounts associated with a single financial card. Data is input to the financial network in addition to the transaction data and the account identification data that in read from the card. This addition data permits the proper account to be accessed. The data may be input at the point of sale as an account selection. In this instance, the selection may be used to route the transaction data through the financial processing network or may be used to read data regarding one of multiple accounts encoded on the card. The data may also be stored as conditional routing rules at transfer points in the financial processing network. In this instance, the transaction is routed to the proper account based on the stored rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Hirka, Debra C. Fellner, Steven Fox, Lee Knackstedt
  • Patent number: 8751492
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for selecting an event category based on a category score for use in providing content. In use, category score is determined for each of a plurality of categories of events, the category score based on a time period since an occurrence of at least one of the events. Further, at least one of the categories is selected based on the category score, for use in providing content associated with the selected at least one category.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Amdocs Software Systems Limited
    Inventor: Avishai Catane
  • Patent number: 8744888
    Abstract: In accordance with aspects of the disclosure, a system and methods are provided for managing resource allocation by generating a finance-investment plan relative to one or more time intervals while maintaining a cash reserve at a predetermined threshold based on information related to financial activities including asset related activities and liability related activities. The systems and methods may include evaluating accounts receivable patterns for each asset to determine cash surplus ranges within the one or more time intervals, evaluating accounts payable patterns for each liability to determine cash flow gaps within the one or more time intervals, maintaining an asset-to-liability ratio during the one or more time intervals, and generating the finance-investment plan while maintaining the cash reserve at the predetermined threshold within the one or more time intervals based on the asset-to-liability ratio and potential cash flow forecasting schemes for each asset and liability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Wen-Syan Li, Jie Qi
  • Patent number: 8738492
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an integrated platform for obtaining and managing information and documents relating to regulatory compliance, determining compliance obligations and compliance actions, graphically providing representations of and/or tools for facilitating such compliance, including historical, current and future compliance requirements of municipal bonds and other securities and associated information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Digital Assurance Certification L.L.C.
    Inventor: Paula Stuart
  • Patent number: 8725541
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatus, computer program code and means for rating and pricing insurance policies are provided. In some embodiments, an automated insurance processing platform rates and prices insurance policies by including a territory factor in the calculation of a premium for the policy. Pursuant to some embodiments, the territory factor is calculated by receiving historical loss data, geographical data, and demographic data, analyzing the historical loss data, the geographical data, and the demographic data to identify data having similar claim behaviors. The historical loss data is analyzed to identify at least a frequency and severity of historical loss by coverage type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Hartford Fire Insurance Company
    Inventors: David Andrist, Jeffery T. Hay, James King