Patents by Inventor Dominic Victor Venturo

Dominic Victor Venturo 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: 8332290
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, at a computing system, information regarding a transaction associated with a financial account of a customer. The method also includes determining, based at least in part on the information regarding the transaction, whether to provide a redemption alert to the customer. The method also includes providing the redemption alert to a mobile device of the customer if it is determined that the redemption alert is to be provided. The method further includes receiving a response to the redemption alert from the mobile device of the customer, where the response indicates whether at least a portion of accumulated loyalty rewards of the customer are to be used to pay for at least a portion of the transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: U.S. Bancorp Licensing, Inc.
    Inventors: Dominic Victor Venturo, Robert H. Daly
  • Patent number: 7856403
    Abstract: A method for processing checks includes capturing check data from a check with a capture device of a check processing system, where the check data includes payee information. A category of the check is identified based at least in part on the payee information. A user account is updated with the category and at least a portion of the check data. A first edit to the check data is received from a user. A handwriting profile of the user is updated based on the first received edit. The handwriting profile is used to improve the accuracy of subsequently captured check data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: U.S. Bank, National Association
    Inventors: Dominic Victor Venturo, Todd Clarke Moning
  • Publication number: 20100138328
    Abstract: A method for processing checks includes capturing check data from a check with a capture device of a check processing system, where the check data includes payee information. A category of the check is identified based at least in part on the payee information. A user account is updated with the category and at least a portion of the check data. A first edit to the check data is received from a user. A handwriting profile of the user is updated based on the first received edit. The handwriting profile is used to improve the accuracy of subsequently captured check data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: Dominic Victor Venturo, Todd Clarke Moning
  • Patent number: 7680739
    Abstract: A method for processing checks includes capturing check data from a check, where the check data includes payee information or payor information. A category of the check is identified based at least in part on the captured check data. A user account is updated with the category and at least a portion of the captured check data. The user account is analyzed to identify transactions involving paper checks. Based on the analysis, an incentive is provided to a user associated with the user account, where the incentive discourages paper check transactions by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: U.S. Bank, National Association
    Inventors: Dominic Victor Venturo, Todd Clarke Moning