Patents by Inventor Arthur Q. Smith

Arthur Q. Smith 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: 11132678
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-usable medium are disclosed for managing financial transactions by controlling the purchase of allowed and disallowed purchase items. A transaction control card is used to purchase a purchase item. Account information related to the transaction control card and purchase item data related to the purchase item is then processed to determine whether the purchase item is disallowed for purchase by any single, or combination of, disallowed purchase item data parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA)
    Inventors: Reynaldo Medina, III, Arthur Q. Smith, John C. Hopkins, Bradly J. Billman, Teddy Voutour
  • Patent number: 10229409
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-usable medium are disclosed for managing financial transactions by controlling the purchase of allowed and disallowed purchase items. A transaction control card is used to purchase a purchase item. Account information related to the transaction control card and purchase item data related to the purchase item is then processed to determine whether the purchase item is disallowed for purchase by any single, or combination of, disallowed purchase item data parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA)
    Inventors: Reynaldo Medina, III, Arthur Q. Smith, John C. Hopkins, Bradly J. Billman, Teddy Voutour
  • Patent number: 9135611
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-usable medium are disclosed for managing financial transactions by controlling the purchase of allowed and disallowed purchase items. A transaction control card is used to purchase a purchase item. Account information related to the transaction control card and purchase item data related to the purchase item is then processed to determine whether the purchase item is disallowed for purchase by any single, or combination of, disallowed purchase item data parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Reynaldo Medina, III, Arthur Q. Smith, John C. Hopkins, Bradly J. Billman, Teddy Voutour
  • Patent number: 8832803
    Abstract: A user at a computing device interacts with a networked site so that the user can log in thereto. The site receives a selection to log in and in response downloads at least one replacing driver for bypassing a corresponding driver operating on the computing device that may possibly copy log-in data including authentication credentials as entered by the user. Each replacing driver is loaded into an operating system of the computing device so as to bypass the corresponding possibly copying driver and be employed in the operating system rather than such corresponding bypassed driver. The site then delivers a log-in screen to a presentation application of the computing device after each replacing driver has been loaded. The presentation application displays the log-in screen and the user enters the log-in data thereinto. Accordingly, each non-trusted and bypassed driver is unable to copy the entered log-in data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Arthur Q. Smith, Ronnie A. Eichler
  • Patent number: 8428978
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing enhanced service using public records are described. A financial institution may obtain property data from public records regarding a property associated with a customer. The retrieved property data may be compared with existing customer data. The customer may be alerted and financial data associated with the customer may be modified based on the retrieved property data. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventor: Arthur Q. Smith
  • Patent number: 8160904
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods to provide process status update information. The systems and methods provide techniques to communicate with a party about a process in which the party has an interest, provide the party with an identifier, the identifier related to the party and the process, and provide a process status updater operable to provide information about the process to the party, wherein the information about the process is provided when the party accesses the process status updater using the identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventor: Arthur Q. Smith