Patents by Inventor Ann M. Kirk

Ann M. Kirk has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11972401
    Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus for a funds transfer is provided. A method includes: receiving a fund transfer request from a user regarding a payee and an amount of funds to transfer to the payee; sending the fund transfer request to a computing system; receiving an identification of the payee; receiving an identification of a data collision regarding information associated with the payee and another user; prompting the user to verify that the information regarding the identification of the payee is correct; receiving an indication from a user; sending an instruction that facilitates identification of the payee by resolving the data collision by deactivating an association of at least some overlapping information with the another user; receiving a message indicating that a fund transfer corresponding to the fund transfer request has been completed; and providing a message indicating that the fund transfer has been completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Alan W. Hecht, Azita Asefi, Ann M. Kirk
  • Patent number: 11972402
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for performing a peer-to-peer (P2P) transfer by a third-party, where a method includes receiving transfer information and a first token including sender information of a sender and a second token including receiver information of a receiver, and validating the first token and the second token based on verifying both the sender and the receiver are registered with the real-time payment system. The method includes processing the first token and the second token based on determining a sender endpoint, a receiver endpoint, and a demand deposit account of the sender, and transmitting a request for a guarantee, the request for the guarantee including the sender endpoint and the demand deposit account of the sender. The method includes receiving an issued guarantee, transferring funds based on the transfer information, the first token, and the second token, and transmitting a transfer confirmation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Alan W. Hecht, Ann M. Kirk, Brian M. Pearce, Steven E. Puffer, Wairnola Marria Rhodriquez, Javier S. Silva
  • Publication number: 20240127230
    Abstract: A method for coordinating billing requests and payments across different financial institutions includes receiving an electronic enrollment request by a biller exchange computing system from a customer computing device; displaying an interactive control on a user interface of the customer computing device configured to collect customer authentication data for the biller; transmitting the customer authentication data to a remote computing system associated with the biller; causing the remote computing system to generate a customer-biller account authentication token that authorizes the biller exchange computing system to perform financial transactions with the biller on behalf of the customer; and authenticating, by the biller exchange computing system, a transaction request received from the customer computing device for a transaction between the customer and the biller based on the customer-biller account authentication token.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Alan W. Hecht, Chate Yap, Ann M. Kirk, Peter Rozovski, Peter L. Shen, Sotirios Barkas
  • Publication number: 20240129309
    Abstract: Techniques described herein include performing a distributed device trust determination that includes determining trust scores for customer devices across multiple organizations. In one example, this disclosure describes a method that includes receiving data of a user device event including an organization confidence level for a user device associated with the user device event; updating common data in an entry for the user device in a device registry based on the received data of the user device event and the organization confidence level for the user device; determining a common confidence level for the user device based on the common data in the entry for the user device in the device registry; and outputting the common confidence level for the user device for use by the computing device of the first organization to determine how to handle an access request from the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Upul D. Hanwella, Ann M. Kirk, Ravi Thota, Shawn Patrick Clark, Azita Asefi, Alan W. Hecht, Anand Gopalan Kidambi
  • Publication number: 20240037555
    Abstract: A financial institution computing system includes a network circuit enabling exchanging information over a network, a customer database storing financial information and validated customer information for a plurality of customers of the financial institution, and a transaction authentication circuit configured to receive transaction information from an originating computing device; determine that the transaction is one of an on-us transaction or an off-us transaction; authenticate the transaction information, in response to the transaction being off-us, by determining that the transaction information matches information stored in a third party authentication system; authenticate the transaction information by determining, in response to the transaction being on-us, that the transaction information matches the validated customer information stored in the customer database; and transmit a confirmation message to the originating computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Daniel Cusick, Alan W. Hecht, Ann M. Kirk
  • Publication number: 20230385928
    Abstract: A system includes a processing circuit having one or more processors coupled to memory, the processing circuit configured to generate a requestor token comprising information of an applicant and determine verification information is required to process an application associated with the applicant. The processing circuit is further configured to retrieve the verification information based on previously stored information corresponding to the applicant, generate a task comprising a requirement to fulfill based on determining additional information is required, and provide a list of tasks comprising the task to the applicant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Alan W. Hecht, Ann M. Kirk, Javier S. Silva
  • Publication number: 20230281578
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for performing exchanges. One method includes receiving a request identifying a payor account and an amount of funds to transfer an account associated with a customer of the depository bank computing system, determining the request qualifies for a non-inquiry transaction (NIT) protocol, transmitting, by the depository bank computing system to an account verification service computing system over the real-time data channel, a guarantee offer including a payor account token based on the shared account status information, receiving, over the real-time data channel and from the account verification service computing system, an accepted guarantee offer, crediting an account of the customer, receiving, over the real-time data channel, a guarantee override, and reversing the transfer of funds associated with the guarantee.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Alan W. Hecht, Ann M. Kirk, Brian M. Pearce, Steven E. Puffer, Wairnola Marria Rhodriquez, Javier S. Silva
  • Patent number: 11741538
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method receive information regarding a funds transfer from a payor to a payee. The information is received by a depository computer system. The depository computer system forwards the information regarding the funds transfer to an account verification service computer system. The depository receives an indication of a real-time account status of an account of the payor. The account status information is received from a paying bank computer system that maintains the account of the payor via the account verification service computer system. Release of the funds to the payee is authorized based on the account status information received via the account verification service computer system. The authorization occurs in real-time relative to when the funds transfer information is initially received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Alan W. Hecht, Ann M. Kirk, Javier S. Silva
  • Publication number: 20230267429
    Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus for a funds transfer is provided. A method includes: receiving a fund transfer request from a user regarding a payee and an amount of funds to transfer to the payee; sending the fund transfer request to a computing system; receiving an identification of the payee; receiving an identification of a data collision regarding information associated with the payee and another user; prompting the user to verify that the information regarding the identification of the payee is correct; receiving an indication from a user; sending an instruction that facilitates identification of the payee by resolving the data collision by deactivating an association of at least some overlapping information with the another user; receiving a message indicating that a fund transfer corresponding to the fund transfer request has been completed; and providing a message indicating that the fund transfer has been completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Alan W. Hecht, Azita Asefi, Ann M. Kirk
  • Publication number: 20230206198
    Abstract: A computing device comprises a processing resource, a memory resource, and computer-executable instructions stored thereon and embodied in a biller exchange bill pay application, where the instructions cause the computing device to receive a data set comprising a plurality of billers from a biller exchange computing system, receive an authentication token from the biller exchange computing system, query a computing device property of the computing system, render an optimized version of the biller exchange bill pay application, display a user-interactive page comprising at least one user-interactive control where the at least one user-interactive control comprises at least one property dynamically populated based on the data set comprising the plurality of biller, and perform computing operations specified by the at least one property of the at least one user-interactive control using the authentication token and responsive to detecting a user interaction with the at least one user-interactive control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Alan W. Hecht, Sotirios Barkas, Ann M. Kirk, Peter Rozovski, Peter L. Shen, Chate Yap, Upul D. Hanwella
  • Patent number: 11669813
    Abstract: A method of performing an off-us deposit with reversal is provided. The method includes receiving, by a depository bank computing system associated with a depository bank, a request identifying an amount of a transfer of funds from a paying bank, different from the depository bank, into an account associated with a customer of the depository bank. The method further includes crediting, by the depository bank computing system, the account of the customer of the depository bank by the amount of the transfer of funds. The method further includes determining, by the depository bank computing system, a need for a reversal of the transfer of funds from the account of the customer of the depository bank. The method further includes reversing, by the depository bank computing system, the transfer of funds from the account of the customer by the amount of the transfer of funds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Alan W. Hecht, Ann M. Kirk, Brian M. Pearce, Steven E. Puffer, Wairnola Marria Rhodriquez, Javier S. Silva
  • Patent number: 11669814
    Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus for a funds transfer is provided. A method includes: receiving a fund transfer request from a user regarding a payee and an amount of funds to transfer to the payee; sending the fund transfer request to a computing system coupled to a first payment directory and a second payment directory; receiving an identification of the payee and a second payment directory based on the fund transfer request; receiving an identification of a data collision regarding information associated with the payee and another user; displaying information regarding the identified payee; receiving an indication from a user that the information regarding the identified payee is correct; sending an instruction that facilitates identification of the payee by resolving the data collision; and providing, via a mobile device, a message indicating that the fund transfer has been completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Alan W. Hecht, Azita Asefi, Ann M. Kirk
  • Patent number: 11599862
    Abstract: A computing device includes a processing resource, a memory resource, and computer-executable instructions stored thereon and embodied in a biller exchange bill pay application. The instructions, when executed by the processing resource, cause the computing device to receive, from a remote computing system, a data set comprising a plurality of billers. Each of the plurality of billers is subscribed to a biller exchange structured to allow each of the plurality of billers to deliver and receive payment on customer bills via a biller exchange computing system. A user-interactive page comprising at least one user-interactive control is generated and displayed on the computing device. The user-interactive control includes at least one property dynamically populated based on the data set comprising the plurality of billers (such as, for example, a property binding the user-interactive control to the data set).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Alan W. Hecht, Sotirios Barkas, Ann M. Kirk, Peter Rozovski, Peter L. Shen, Chate Yap
  • Patent number: 11501270
    Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus for interdirectory funds transfers is provided. A method includes: receiving data from two or more payment directories, the data comprising information pertaining to a plurality of users, each of which are enrolled with at least one of the two or more peer-to-peer payment directories; and normalizing the received data to create a uniform database for fund transfers. The normalization includes: converting at least a portion of the received data into a uniform file type; categorizing the uniform file type and at least some of the received data, the categorization based on a characteristic of the at least some of the received data and the uniform file type; and providing the categorized uniform file type and the at least some of the received data into categories specific to each peer-to-peer payment directory of the two or more peer-to-peer payment directories in the uniform database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Alan W. Hecht, Azita Asefi, Ann M. Kirk
  • Patent number: 11379855
    Abstract: A system for prioritizing fraud cases includes a processing circuit and a network interface structured to receive fraud cases having transaction data and an initial priority score. The processing circuit is structured to determine an updated priority score for each fraud case based on case prioritization data comprising rules developed using a machine learning model, initiate an action for each fraud case based on the updated priority score, where the action comprises assembling a first group of the fraud cases in a single database and taking an action on a second group of the fraud cases, assign the first group to a computing terminal associated with a fraud agent, receive an input from the computing terminal regarding a disposition of the first group of fraud cases, update the model based on the input and the transaction data, and restructure the case prioritization data based on the updated model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Rolf Anderson, Azita Asefi, Alan W. Hecht, Ann M. Kirk
  • Patent number: 11321685
    Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus for a funds transfer is provided. A method includes receiving a fund transfer request from a user, the fund transfer request comprising a token regarding a payee and an amount of funds to transfer to the payee, wherein the user and the payee are members of different payment directories; sending the fund transfer request to a federated directory management system, wherein the federated directory management system is communicably and operatively coupled to the payment directories; receiving, by the mobile device, an identification of the payee and the payment directory associated with the payee based on the token from the federated directory management system; displaying a message indicating that the fund transfer has been completed; and performing a mobile device action, wherein the mobile device action depends on contents of the message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Alan W. Hecht, Azita Asefi, Ann M. Kirk
  • Patent number: 11295283
    Abstract: A method of performing a real-time non-inquiry electronic transaction is provided. The method includes receiving, by a paying bank computing system associated with a paying bank, a posting of a transaction from an account verification service, the transaction corresponding to a transfer of funds from the paying bank computing system to a depository computing system associated with a depository bank. The method further includes sending, by the paying bank computing system, an acknowledgement of the transaction to the account verification service, wherein the transaction is determined to be a non-inquiry transaction such that the transaction is posted at the depository bank computing system without performing an initial inquiry regarding the transaction at the account verification service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Alan W. Hecht, Ann M. Kirk, Brian M. Pearce, Steven E. Puffer, Wairnola Marria Rhodriquez, Javier S. Silva
  • Patent number: 11227332
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method receive information regarding a funds transfer from a payor to a payee. The information is received by a depository computer system. The depository computer system forwards the information regarding the funds transfer to an account verification service computer system. The depository receives an indication of a real-time account status of an account of the payor. The account status information is received from a paying bank computer system that maintains the account of the payor via the account verification service computer system. Release of the funds to the payee is authorized based on the account status information received via the account verification service computer system. The authorization occurs in real-time relative to when the funds transfer information is initially received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Alan W. Hecht, Ann M. Kirk, Javier S. Silva
  • Patent number: 11068866
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method receive information regarding a funds transfer from a payor to a payee. The information includes a data payload related to the funds transfer. The information is received by a depository computer system. The depository computer system forwards the information regarding the funds transfer to an account verification service computer system. The information, including the data payload, is transmitted by via the account verification service computer system to the paying bank for use by the payor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Alan W. Hecht, Ann M. Kirk, Brian M. Pearce, Steven E. Puffer, Wairnola Marria Rhodriquez, Javier S. Silva
  • Patent number: 10990936
    Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus for interdirectory funds transfers is provided. The system includes two or more peer-to-peer payment directories; and a federated directory management system communicably and operatively coupled to the two or more peer-to-peer payment directories, wherein the federated directory management system is structured to: receive data from each of the two or more peer-to-peer payment directories; normalize the data to create a uniform database; receive a fund transfer request; query the uniform database to identify a payee; determine the payee belongs to a payment directory different from a payment directory of a payor based on the identity of the payee; and facilitate interdirectory processing of the fund transfer request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Alan W. Hecht, Azita Asefi, Ann M. Kirk