Patents by Inventor Kenneth Hobday

Kenneth Hobday 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: 10291688
    Abstract: Methods and systems may be provided for user association of a computing application with a contact in a contact list. A view of one or more contacts of the user may be transmitted to a user, the view included a first contact. A request may be received from the user to associate an application with the first contact. A revised view may be transmitted to the user responsive to the received request, the revised view including a user-selectable mechanism for invoking the application on the first contact. The user may be redirected to a user interface of the application subsequent to the user selecting the user-selectable mechanism associated with the contact in the revised view, and the redirection may include transmission of information associated with the user and information associated with the first contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: CHECKFREE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark T. Harris, Hans D. Dreyer, Donald Kenneth Hobday, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10210488
    Abstract: Systems and methods for making a payment on behalf of a payer to a payee are provided. A request to make a payment on behalf of a payer to a payee is received at a first payment service provider. The first payment service provider supports a first payment network within a plurality of payment networks that each include a respective plurality of payers and payees. The payer is one of the plurality of payers and payees associated with the first payment network, and the payor is not one of the plurality of payers and payees associated with the first payment network. A second payment network within the plurality of payment networks with which the payee is associated is identified by the first payment service provider. A payment instruction to make the payment to the payee is transmitted by the first payment service provider to a second payment service provider associated with the second payment network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: CheckFree Services Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Kight, Ravi Ganesan, Matthew Sheridan Lewis, Donald Kenneth Hobday, Jr., Hans Daniel Dreyer
  • Patent number: 9130925
    Abstract: Systems and methods for personalized security management of online applications are provided. A determination may be made that a condition for constructing an increased authentication proposal for access to an online financial service is satisfied. The increased authentication proposal may be associated with (i) a user of the online financial service and (ii) a user request option associated with the online financial service. Based upon the determination that the condition is satisfied, the increased authentication proposal may be generated and transmitted for presentation to the user. An increased authentication proposal response may then be received, and the increased authentication proposal response may be processed in order to store, in association with the user and the user request option, (i) an indication of an increased authentication condition and (ii) an indication of an increased authentication mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: FISERV, INC.
    Inventors: Robert T. Homer, Mary Elizabeth Lawson, Donald Kenneth Hobday, Hans Daniel Dreyer
  • Publication number: 20150227904
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention may provide systems and methods for processing a payment coupon image. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an image representing a payment coupon from a payer, determining an identity of a biller associated with the payment coupon based at least in part on information displayed by the image, and extracting data from the image based at least in part on payment coupon metadata associated with the biller indicating a layout of the payment coupon. The method may further include performing at least one of: (a) processing a payment associated with the payment coupon to the biller based at least in part on the data extracted from the image; (b) adding the biller to a list of billers for a payer associated with the payment coupon; or (c) activating the biller as an electronic biller for the payer associated with the payment coupon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Mary Elizabeth Lawson, Joseph Carl Dickerson, Barbara Wilson Whiteside, Donald Kenneth Hobday, Hans Daniel Dreyer
  • Publication number: 20150106262
    Abstract: Systems and methods for making a payment on behalf of a payer to a payee are provided. A request to make a payment on behalf of a payer to a payee is received at a first payment service provider. The first payment service provider supports a first payment network within a plurality of payment networks that each include a respective plurality of payers and payees. The payer is one of the plurality of payers and payees associated with the first payment network, and the payor is not one of the plurality of payers and payees associated with the first payment network. A second payment network within the plurality of payment networks with which the payee is associated is identified by the first payment service provider. A payment instruction to make the payment to the payee is transmitted by the first payment service provider to a second payment service provider associated with the second payment network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: CheckFree Services Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Knight, Ravi Ganesan, Matt Lewis, Donald Kenneth Hobday, JR., Hans Daniel Dreyer
  • Publication number: 20140337942
    Abstract: Systems and methods for personalized security management of online applications are provided. A determination may be made that a condition for constructing an increased authentication proposal for access to an online financial service is satisfied. The increased authentication proposal may be associated with (i) a user of the online financial service and (ii) a user request option associated with the online financial service. Based upon the determination that the condition is satisfied, the increased authentication proposal may be generated and transmitted for presentation to the user. An increased authentication proposal response may then be received, and the increased authentication proposal response may be processed in order to store, in association with the user and the user request option, (i) an indication of an increased authentication condition and (ii) an indication of an increased authentication mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Robert T. Homer, Mary Elizabeth Lawson, Donald Kenneth Hobday, Hans Daniel Dreyer
  • Patent number: 8756705
    Abstract: Systems and methods for personalized security management of online applications are provided. A determination may be made that a condition for constructing an increased authentication proposal for access to an online financial service is satisfied. The increased authentication proposal may be associated with (i) a user of the online financial service and (ii) a user request option associated with the online financial service. Based upon the determination that the condition is satisfied, the increased authentication proposal may be generated and transmitted for presentation to the user. An increased authentication proposal response may then be received, and the increased authentication proposal response may be processed in order to store, in association with the user and the user request option, (i) an indication of an increased authentication condition and (ii) an indication of an increased authentication mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Fiserv, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert T. Homer, Mary Elizabeth Lawson, Donald Kenneth Hobday, Jr., Hans Daniel Dreyer
  • Publication number: 20140114851
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention may provide systems and methods for processing a payment coupon image. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an image representing a payment coupon from a payer, determining an identity of a biller associated with the payment coupon based at least in part on information displayed by the image, and extracting data from the image based at least in part on payment coupon metadata associated with the biller indicating a layout of the payment coupon. The method may further include performing at least one of: (a) processing a payment associated with the payment coupon to the biller based at least in part on the data extracted from the image; (b) adding the biller to a list of billers for a payer associated with the payment coupon; or (c) activating the biller as an electronic biller for the payer associated with the payment coupon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: Fiserv, Inc.
    Inventors: Mary Elizabeth Lawson, Joseph Carl Dickerson, Barbara Wilson Whiteside, Donald Kenneth Hobday, Hans Daniel Dreyer
  • Patent number: 8635155
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention may provide systems and methods for processing a payment coupon image. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an image representing a payment coupon from a payer, determining an identity of a biller associated with the payment coupon based at least in part on information displayed by the image, and extracting data from the image based at least in part on payment coupon metadata associated with the biller indicating a layout of the payment coupon. The method may further include performing at least one of: (a) processing a payment associated with the payment coupon to the biller based at least in part on the data extracted from the image; (b) adding the biller to a list of billers for a payer associated with the payment coupon; or (c) activating the biller as an electronic biller for the payer associated with the payment coupon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Fiserv, Inc.
    Inventors: Mary Elizabeth Lawson, Joseph Carl Dickerson, Barbara Wilson Whiteside, Donald Kenneth Hobday, Hans Daniel Dreyer
  • Patent number: 8620782
    Abstract: Systems and methods for electronic billing activation are provided. A request on behalf of a payer to activate electronic billing from a biller for the payer is received by a first electronic financial service provider (EFSP) that supports a first of a plurality of electronic financial service networks (EFSNs) from a second EFSP that supports a second of the plurality of EFSNs. Each of the plurality of EFSNs includes a respective plurality of billers or payers, and the biller is associated with the first EFSN and not associated with the second EFSN, while the payer is not associated with the first EFSN. In response to the received request, activation confirmation information is transmitted by the first EFSP to the second EFSP. The electronic billing activation enables subsequent electronic transmission of a bill from the biller for the payer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Checkfree Services Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Kight, Ravi Ganesan, Matt Lewis, D. Kenneth Hobday, Jr., Hans Daniel Dreyer
  • Patent number: 8595100
    Abstract: Systems and methods for making a payment on behalf of a payer to a payee are provided. A request to make a payment on behalf of a payer to a payee is received at a first payment service provider. The first payment service provider supports a first payment network within a plurality of payment networks that each include a respective plurality of payers and payees. The payer is one of the plurality of payers and payees associated with the first payment network, and the payor is not one of the plurality of payers and payees associated with the first payment network. A second payment network within the plurality of payment networks with which the payee is associated is identified by the first payment service provider. A payment instruction to make the payment to the payee is transmitted by the first payment service provider to a second payment service provider associated with the second payment network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Checkfree Services Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Kight, Ravi Ganesan, Matt Lewis, D. Kenneth Hobday, Jr., Hans Daniel Dreyer
  • Patent number: 8543501
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention may provide systems and methods for capturing and processing payment coupon information. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an image representing a payment coupon from a payer and determining an identity of a biller associated with the payment coupon from the image. It may then be determined that no payment coupon metadata for obtaining one or more fields from the payment coupon is stored in association with the biller. The method may then include requesting a respective set of one or more field indicators representing at least an approximate size or an approximate location for one or more fields within the image. Upon receipt, the field indicators for the fields within the image are stored as the payment coupon metadata in association with the biller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Fiserv, Inc.
    Inventors: Mary Elizabeth Lawson, Joseph Carl Dickerson, Barbara Wilson Whiteside, Donald Kenneth Hobday, Hans Daniel Dreyer
  • Publication number: 20130246931
    Abstract: Methods and systems may be provided for user association of a computing application with a contact in a contact list. A view of one or more contacts of the user may be transmitted to a user, the view included a first contact. A request may be received from the user to associate an application with the first contact. A revised view may be transmitted to the user responsive to the received request, the revised view including a user-selectable mechanism for invoking the application on the first contact. The user may be redirected to a user interface of the application subsequent to the user selecting the user-selectable mechanism associated with the contact in the revised view, and the redirection may include transmission of information associated with the user and information associated with the first contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: CheckFree Corporation
    Inventors: Mark T. Harris, Hans D. Dreyer, Donald Kenneth Hobday, JR.
  • Patent number: 8463831
    Abstract: Methods and systems may be provided for user association of a computing application with a contact in a contact list. A view of one or more contacts of the user may be transmitted to a user, the view including a first contact. A request may be received from the user to associate an application with the first contact. A revised view may be transmitted to the user responsive to the received request, the revised view including a user-selectable mechanism for invoking the application on the first contact. The user may be redirected to a user interface of the application subsequent to the user selecting the user-selectable mechanism associated with the contact in the revised view, and the redirection may include transmission of information associated with the user and information associated with the first contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Checkfree Corporation
    Inventors: Mark T. Harris, Hans D. Dreyer, Donald Kenneth Hobday, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20120271761
    Abstract: Systems and methods for making a payment on behalf of a payer to a payee are provided. A request to make a payment on behalf of a payer to a payee is received at a first payment service provider. The first payment service provider supports a first payment network within a plurality of payment networks that each include a respective plurality of payers and payees. The payer is one of the plurality of payers and payees associated with the first payment network, and the payor is not one of the plurality of payers and payees associated with the first payment network. A second payment network within the plurality of payment networks with which the payee is associated is identified by the first payment service provider. A payment instruction to make the payment to the payee is transmitted by the first payment service provider to a second payment service provider associated with the second payment network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: CHECKFREE SERVICES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter Kight, Ravi Ganesan, Matt Lewis, D. Kenneth Hobday, JR., Hans Dreyer
  • Patent number: 8290835
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for establishing payees based on cleared items posted to a financial account are provided. Information associated with a cleared item posted to a financial account of a consumer may be obtained. Based at least in part on the obtained information, a payee associated with the cleared item may be identified. A form may be generated for activating, at a service provider, at least one of online payment functionality for payments made to the payee by the service provider on behalf of the consumer or electronic bill presentment of billing information of the payee to the consumer through the service provider. The form may be transmitted to a network entity for presentation to the consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: FISERV, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert T. Homer, Mary Elizabeth Lawson, Donald Kenneth Hobday, Jr., Hans Daniel Dreyer
  • Publication number: 20110313918
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention may provide systems and methods for processing a payment coupon image. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an image representing a payment coupon from a payer, determining an identity of a biller associated with the payment coupon based at least in part on information displayed by the image, and extracting data from the image based at least in part on payment coupon metadata associated with the biller indicating a layout of the payment coupon. The method may further include performing at least one of: (a) processing a payment associated with the payment coupon to the biller based at least in part on the data extracted from the image; (b) adding the biller to a list of billers for a payer associated with the payment coupon; or (c) activating the biller as an electronic biller for the payer associated with the payment coupon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: FISERV, INC.
    Inventors: Mary Elizabeth Lawson, Joseph Carl Dickerson, Barbara Wilson Whiteside, Donald Kenneth Hobday, Hans Daniel Dreyer
  • Publication number: 20110313917
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention may provide systems and methods for capturing and processing payment coupon information. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an image representing a payment coupon from a payer and determining an identity of a biller associated with the payment coupon from the image. It may then be determined that no payment coupon metadata for obtaining one or more fields from the payment coupon is stored in association with the biller. The method may then include requesting a respective set of one or more field indicators representing at least an approximate size or an approximate location for one or more fields within the image. Upon receipt, the field indicators for the fields within the image are stored as the payment coupon metadata in association with the biller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: FISERV, INC.
    Inventors: Mary Elizabeth Lawson, Joseph Carl Dickerson, Barbara Wilson Whiteside, Donald Kenneth Hobday, Hans Daniel Dreyer
  • Publication number: 20110004921
    Abstract: Systems and methods for personalized security management of online applications are provided. A determination may be made that a condition for constructing an increased authentication proposal for access to an online financial service is satisfied. The increased authentication proposal may be associated with (i) a user of the online financial service and (ii) a user request option associated with the online financial service. Based upon the determination that the condition is satisfied, the increased authentication proposal may be generated and transmitted for presentation to the user. An increased authentication proposal response may then be received, and the increased authentication proposal response may be processed in order to store, in association with the user and the user request option, (i) an indication of an increased authentication condition and (ii) an indication of an increased authentication mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: FISERV, INC.
    Inventors: Robert T. Homer, Mary Elizabeth Lawson, Donald Kenneth Hobday, JR., Hans Daniel Dreyer
  • Publication number: 20100306094
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for identifying payees from cleared items posted to a financial account are provided. Information associated with one or more cleared items posted to a financial account of a consumer may be obtained. Based at least in part on the obtained information, at least one payee may be identified. A suggestion to add the identified at least one payee as one of an electronic biller of the consumer or a payee of the consumer for online payment functionality may be generated, wherein receiving an acceptance of the suggestion facilitates activation of an associated service for the consumer by a service provider. The generated suggestion may be transmitted to a network entity for presentation to the consumer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: FISERV, INC.
    Inventors: Robert T. Homer, Mary Elizabeth Lawson, Donald Kenneth Hobday, JR., Hans Daniel Dreyer