Patents by Inventor Antonio Carlos Menezes Ramos

Antonio Carlos Menezes Ramos 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).

  • Currency management
    Patent number: 7813972
    Abstract: Management of currency inventory within and among network nodes of a financial network (e.g., bank branches, ATMs, and kiosks) may involve receiving information of currency inventory at one or more nodes in the network, generating a forecast for currency demand for the one or more nodes based on the historical currency demand for the one or more nodes, and establishing a currency transportation plan that includes a currency delivery schedule for the one or more nodes, wherein the currency transportation plan is based on the currency inventory, the forecast for currency demand, and one or more costs of handling currency. The costs of handling currency may include costs such as the expected loss from robbery and other currency theft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Inventors: Antonio Carlos Menezes Ramos, Marcelo Ferreira Pinto Zacarias Domingues, Marcelo Gerardi Zambrana, Luiz Ricardo Leal Da Costa Antiqueira Elias, Claudio Minerbo
  • Currency management
    Publication number: 20040030622
    Abstract: Management of currency inventory within and among network nodes of a financial network (e.g., bank branches, ATMs, and kiosks) may involve receiving information of currency inventory at one or more nodes in the network, generating a forecast for currency demand for the one or more nodes based on the historical currency demand for the one or more nodes, and establishing a currency transportation plan that includes a currency delivery schedule for the one or more nodes, wherein the currency transportation plan is based on the currency inventory, the forecast for currency demand, and one or more costs of handling currency. The costs of handling currency may include costs such as the expected loss from robbery and other currency theft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2002
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventors: Antonio Carlos Menezes Ramos, Marcelo Ferreira Pinto Zacarias Domingues, Marcelo Gerardi Zambrana, Luiz Ricardo Leal da Costa Antiqueira Elias, Claudio Minerbo