Patents by Inventor Elizabeth S. Votaw

Elizabeth S. Votaw 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).

  • Publication number: 20150227879
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a specialist presentation tool that presents a specialist from an institution to a user. The specialist may be presented to the user based on triggers that occur when the user takes actions, or when actions are taken with respect to a user account. The determination of the one or more specialists to present to a user from a group of specialists that satisfy a trigger may be based on one or more conditions that match the specialists with the user. At least one condition used to match the specialist with the user is the social networking contacts of the user that have a relationship with the specialists. Additional conditions may include, but are not limited to, locations of the user and specialists, social networking profile information of the user and specialists, or other like account profile information for the user and specialists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Peter John Bertanzetti, Kevin T. Cole, Carrie Anne Hanson, Elizabeth S. Votaw, Joseph Neil Johansen
  • Publication number: 20150227901
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a specialist presentation tool that presents a specialist from an institution to a user in an online banking account. The specialist may be presented to the user based on triggers that occur when the user takes actions, or when actions are taken with respect to a user account. The determination of the one or more specialists to present to a user from a group of specialists that satisfy a trigger may be based on one or more conditions that match the specialist with the user. The conditions may include but are not limited to locations of the user and specialists, profile information of the user and specialists, social networking contacts or information for the user and specialists, or other like account profile information for the user and specialists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter John Bertanzetti, Kevin T. Cole, Carrie Anne Hanson, Elizabeth S. Votaw, Joseph Neil Johansen
  • Publication number: 20150229622
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system and associated method or restricting access to a user's account via one or more account access channels. The system typically includes a processor, a memory, and an access restriction module stored in the memory. The module is typically configured for: integrating one or more account access channels associated with the user's account with an access restriction procedure; receiving a request from the user to implement the access restriction procedure; based on receiving the request from the user to implement the access restriction procedure, implementing the access restriction procedure, wherein implementing the access restriction procedure comprises restricting access to the user's account via the account access channel(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: David M. Grigg, Hood Qaim-Maqami, Alicia C. Jones, Elizabeth S. Votaw, Joseph Neil Johansen, Charles Jason Burrell, Carrie Anne Hanson, Michael Patrick Lynch
  • Publication number: 20150227927
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to an invention for accessing a remotely located mobile device of a user based on certain events is provided. The system, method, and computer program product are configured to: (a) monitor one or more transaction involving a transaction vehicle of a user; (b) determine a physical location of a transaction vehicle based at least partially on the one or more transactions; (c) determine a geographic location of a mobile device of the user, wherein the mobile device is associated with the transaction vehicle; (d) determine whether or not the transaction vehicle of the user and the mobile device of the user are co-located; and (e) reconfigure one or more applications accessible to the mobile device or one or more functional features of the mobile device based at least partially on determining that the mobile device and the transaction vehicle of the user are not co-located.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Elizabeth S. Votaw, Charles Jason Burrell, Carrie Anne Hanson, Alicia C. Jones, Michael Patrick Lynch, Hood Qaim-Maqami
  • Publication number: 20150229625
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for assigning a level of authentication to an authentication bucket. Embodiments determine a current level of authentication corresponding to a first authentication bucket comprising a plurality of mobile banking functions; collect a set of circumstantial data corresponding with the apparatus; determine a circumstances score based at least in part on the set of circumstantial data; and determine whether the current level of authentication corresponding to the first authentication bucket is appropriate based at least in part on the circumstances score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: David M. Grigg, JOSEPH NEIL JOHANSEN, MICHAEL E. TOTH, DANIEL LYNN CARPENTER, HOOD QAIM-MAQAMI, CARRIE ANNE HANSON, ELIZABETH S. VOTAW
  • Publication number: 20150227903
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for accessing a remotely located mobile device of a user based on certain events is provided. The system, method, and computer program product are configured to: (a) receive an indication that a transaction vehicle of the user is compromised; (b) identify a mobile device of the user that is associated with the transaction vehicle of the user that is compromised; (c) upon identifying the mobile device of the user, remotely access the mobile device of the user; and (d) reconfigure one or more applications accessible to the mobile device or one or more functional features of the mobile device based at least partially on receiving the indication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Elizabeth S. Votaw, Charles Jason Burrell, Carrie Anne Hanson, Alicia C. Jones, Michael Patrick Lynch, Hood Qaim-Maqami
  • Publication number: 20150227729
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, and a computer program product self-selected user access based on specific authentication types. The system typically including a memory, a processor, and a module configured to receive from a user, a user-selected preference, wherein the user-selected preference comprises one or more authentication types desired by the user; determine a level of authentication from a plurality of levels of authentication are associated with the one or more authentication types associated with the user-selected preference; initiate the presentation of a user interface that enables the user to select one or more application functions, wherein the one or more application functions are associated with the determined level of authentication; receive from a user, a selection of one or more application functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: David M. Grigg, Joseph Neil Johansen, Carrie Anne Hanson, Charles Jason Burrell, Elizabeth S. Votaw
  • Publication number: 20150227902
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a specialist presentation tool that presents a specialist from an institution to a user in a website or application the user is viewing, an application running in the background of a user system, or through a communication channel. The specialist may be presented to the user based on triggers that occur when the user takes actions, or when actions are taken with respect to a user account. The determination of the one or more specialists to present to a user from a group of specialists that satisfy a trigger may be based on one or more conditions that match the specialist with the user. The conditions may include but are not limited to locations of the user and specialists, profile information of the user and specialists, social networking contacts for the user and specialists, or other like account profile information for the user and specialists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter John Bertanzetti, Kevin T. Cole, Carrie Anne Hanson, Elizabeth S. Votaw, Joseph Neil Johansen
  • Publication number: 20150229623
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for providing user authentication based on transaction data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: David M. Grigg, Peter John Bertanzetti, Michael E. Toth, Carrie Anne Hanson, Elizabeth S. Votaw
  • Patent number: 9001180
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for receiving input to initiate a video conference with a first participant from a user; initiating the video conference between the user and the first participant; receiving a request to add at least a second participant to the video conference from at least one of the user and the first participant, the request comprising credentials associated with the second participant; determining that the second participant is authorized to join the video conference based on the credentials; and connecting the second participant to the video conference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew A. Calman, Elizabeth S. Votaw, Alicia C. Jones, Su Liu, Lynn Streja, Nir Rachmel, Wanwen Han, Rajat Agrawal, Cameron Jungeun Park-Hur, James Robert Grimsley
  • Publication number: 20150088713
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention comprise systems, computer program products, and methods for a financial and social management system that provides improved tracking and management related to how, where, when, and with whom a user enters into activities. The financial and social management system captures activity information and images from various sources of information, including but not limited to social networking accounts, e-receipts, contact lists, calendars, and the like, and associates the activity information and images with the activities. The financial and social management system may determine locations, social relationships, entities, categories, or the like from the various sources of information and tag the activities with location tags, social relationship tags, entity tags, category tags, or the like. The tags allow the user to easily filter the activities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Elizabeth S. Votaw, Laura Corinne Bondesen, Matthew A. Calman, Katherine Dintenfass, Candice Michelle Jones, Charles Karim Aweida, Parker Holt Bossier, Rebecca A. Chen, Nandhita Kumar, Min Zhao
  • Publication number: 20150088704
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention comprise systems, computer program products, and methods for a financial and social management system that provides improved tracking and management related to how, where, when, and with whom a user enters into activities. The financial and social management system captures activity information and images from various sources of information, including but not limited to social networking accounts, e-receipts, location determination devices, and the like, and associates the activity information and images with the activities. The financial and social management system may display the activities, activity information, and images in an interactive map using markers. The markers in the interactive may be displayed as a function of the time of the activity, include images, or transaction data related to the activity. Positioning information related to the location of the user at the time of the activities may also be overlaid on the interactive map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Elizabeth S. Votaw, Laura Corinne Bondesen, Matthew A. Calman, Katherine Dintenfass, Candice Michelle Jones, Charles Karim Aweida, Parker Holt Bossier, Rebecca A. Chen, Nandhita Kumar, Min Zhao
  • Publication number: 20150088915
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention comprise systems, computer program products, and methods for a financial and social management system that provides improved tracking and management related to how, where, when, and with whom a user enters into activities. The financial and social management system captures activity information and images from various sources of information, including but not limited to social networking accounts, e-receipts, contact lists, calendars, and the like, and associates the activity information and images with the activities. The financial and social management system may determine locations, social relationships, entities, categories, or the like from the various sources of information and tag the activities with location tags, social relationship tags, entity tags, category tags, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Elizabeth S. Votaw, Laura Corinne Bondesen, Matthew A. Calman, Katherine Dintenfass, Candice Michelle Jones, Charles Karim Aweida, Parker Holt Bossier, Rebecca A. Chen, Nandhita Kumar, Min Zhao
  • Publication number: 20150088714
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention comprise systems, computer program products, and methods for a financial and social management system that provides improved tracking and management related to how, where, when, and with whom a user enters into activities. The financial and social management system captures activity information and images from various sources of information, including but not limited to social networking accounts, e-receipts, location determination devices, and the like, and associates the activity information and images with the activities. The financial and social management system may parse activity information from the e-receipts and associate the activity information from the e-receipts with the corresponding activities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Elizabeth S. Votaw, Laura Corinne Bondesen, Matthew A. Calman, Katherine Dintenfass, Candice Michelle Jones, Charles Karim Aweida, Parker Holt Bossier, Rebecca A. Chen, Nandhita Kumar, Min Zhao
  • Publication number: 20150088705
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention comprise systems, computer program products, and methods for a financial and social management system that provides improved tracking and management related to how, where, when, and with whom a user enters into activities. The financial and social management system captures activity information and images from various sources of information, including but not limited to social networking accounts, e-receipts, calendars, contact lists, location determination devices, and the like, and associates the activity information and images with the activities of one or more users. The financial and social management system captures past and future activities of the multiple users based on a location or time period, and assembles the activities into group packages. The group packages are supplemented with the images and the activity information related to the past and future activities captured from the various sources of information of the multiple users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Elizabeth S. Votaw, Laura Corinne Bondesen, Matthew A. Calman, Katherine Dintenfass, Candice Michelle Jones, Charles Karim Aweida, Parker Holt Bossier, Rebecca A. Chen, Nandhita Kumar, Min Zhao
  • Publication number: 20150088679
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention comprise systems, computer program products, and methods for a financial and social management system that provides improved tracking and management related to how, where, when, and with whom a user enters into activities. The financial and social management system captures activity information and images from various sources of information, including but not limited to social networking accounts, e-receipts, calendars, contact lists, location determination devices, and the like, and associates the activity information and images with the activities. The financial and social management system captures past and future activities based on a future location or future time period, and assembles the activities into packages. The proposed packages are supplemented with the images and the activity information related to past and future activities captured from the various sources of information, and the activities, activity information, and images are displayed in a package interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Elizabeth S. Votaw, Laura Corinne Bondesen, Matthew A. Calman, Katherine Dintenfass, Candice Michelle Jones, Charles Karim Aweida, Parker Holt Bossier, Rebecca A. Chen, Nandhita Kumar, Min Zhao
  • Publication number: 20150088717
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention comprise systems, computer program products, and methods for a financial and social management system that provides improved tracking and management related to how, where, when, and with whom a user enters into activities. The financial and social management system captures activity information and images from various sources of information, including but not limited to social networking accounts, e-receipts, contact lists, calendars, and the like, and associates the activity information and images with the activities. The financial and social management system may identify activities associated with other users (e.g., gift deposit) that can be ultimately linked to other activities associated with merchants (e.g., purchase of a product). The financial and social management system may provide social relationship information between users based on the activities entered by the first user when other users are involved or linked to the activities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Elizabeth S. Votaw, Laura Corinne Bondesen, Matthew A. Calman, Katherine Dintenfass, Candice Michelle Jones, Charles Karim Aweida, Parker Holt Bossier, Rebecca A. Chen, Nandhita Kumar, Min Zhao
  • Publication number: 20150088771
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention comprise systems, computer program products, and methods for a financial and social management system that provides improved tracking and management related to how, where, when, and with whom a user enters into activities. The financial and social management system captures activity information and images from various sources of information, including but not limited to social networking accounts, e-receipts, location determination devices, and the like, and associates the activity information and images with the activities. The financial and social management system may tag the activities with activity information, such as location, social relationship, entity, and category information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Elizabeth S. Votaw, Laura Corinne Bondesen, Matthew A. Calman, Katherine Dintenfass, Candice Michelle Jones, Charles Karim Aweida, Parker Holt Bossier, Rebecca A. Chen, Nandhita Kumar, Min Zhao
  • Publication number: 20150088718
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention comprise systems, computer program products, and methods for a financial and social management system that provides improved tracking and management related to how, where, when, and with whom a user enters into activities. The financial and social management system captures activity information and images from various sources of information, including but not limited to social networking accounts, e-receipts, calendars, contact lists, location determination devices, and the like, and associates the activity information and images with the activities. The financial and social management system captures past activities that occurred at the same or similar locations or time periods, and assemblies the activities into packages. The packages are supplemented with the images and the activity information related to the activities captured from the various sources of information, and the activities, activity information, and images are displayed in a package interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Elizabeth S. Votaw, Laura Corinne Bondesen, Matthew A. Calman, Katherine Dintenfass, Candice Michelle Jones, Charles Karim Aweida, Parker Holt Bossier, Rebecca A. Chen, Nandhita Kumar, Min Zhao
  • Publication number: 20150088716
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention comprise systems, computer program products, and methods for a financial and social management system that provides improved tracking and management related to how, where, when, and with whom a user enters into activities. The financial and social management system captures activity information and images from various sources of information, including but not limited to social networking accounts, e-receipts, location determination devices, and the like, and associates the activity information and images with the activities. The financial and social management system identifies activity history for a location or time period in the past, and displays the activities, activity information, and images for the location or time period in the in past in an activity history interface. At least a portion of the activity history may be shared with other users, and offers may be shared based on the activity history.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Elizabeth S. Votaw, Laura Corinne Bondesen, Matthew A. Calman, Katherine Dintenfass, Candice Michelle Jones, Charles Karim Aweida, Parker Holt Bossier, Rebecca A. Chen, Nandhita Kumar, Min Zhao