Patents by Inventor Hillary Carey-Steckbauer

Hillary Carey-Steckbauer 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).

  • Method for remote check capture
    Patent number: 7526117
    Abstract: A method of enabling remote deposit of checks includes receiving at a second site a plurality of check images and a plurality of entered dollar amounts, wherein the check images were generated at the depositor site by scanning the checks and the entered dollar amounts were manually entered at the depositor site. Each of the entered dollar amounts correspond to a respective one of the check images. The check dollar amounts are read from the check images at the second site using character recognition, and certain of the entered dollar amounts are used as hints to improve the accuracy of the character recognition. The enhanced character recognition results are provided to the depository bank along with the check images to enable the checks to be deposited in the depositor's account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J Foth, Jeffrey D Pierce, Hillary Carey-Steckbauer
  • Method for remote check capture
    Publication number: 20070086642
    Abstract: A method of enabling remote deposit of checks includes receiving at a second site a plurality of check images and a plurality of entered dollar amounts, wherein the check images were generated at the depositor site by scanning the checks and the entered dollar amounts were manually entered at the depositor site. Each of the entered dollar amounts correspond to a respective one of the check images. The check dollar amounts are read from the check images at the second site using character recognition, and certain of the entered dollar amounts are used as hints to improve the accuracy of the character recognition. The enhanced character recognition results are provided to the depository bank along with the check images to enable the checks to be deposited in the depositor's account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2005
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Applicant: Pitney Bowes Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas Foth, Jeffrey Pierce, Hillary Carey-Steckbauer