Patents by Inventor Kevin Favreau

Kevin Favreau 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: 11164244
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a non-transitory computer-implemented method of assessing a fraud risk is provided. The method can include: receiving data associated with a plurality of customer complaints, wherein data associated with each of the customer complaints at least suggests that a money-transfer transaction did not complete as expected, and wherein data associated with each of the customer complaints is associated with one or more of a plurality of money-transfer agents; electronically storing the data related in a complaint database; and for each of the plurality of money-transfer agents, using a risk processor to: retrieve data associated with the money-transfer agent from the complaint database, and determine a fraud-risk index for the money-transfer agent based on the retrieved data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: The Western Union Company
    Inventors: Kevin Favreau, Hollis Baugh, Robert Enzaldo
  • Publication number: 20200013116
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a non-transitory computer-implemented method of assessing a fraud risk is provided. The method can include: receiving data associated with a plurality of customer complaints, wherein data associated with each of the customer complaints at least suggests that a money-transfer transaction did not complete as expected, and wherein data associated with each of the customer complaints is associated with one or more of a plurality of money-transfer agents; electronically storing the data related in a complaint database; and for each of the plurality of money-transfer agents, using a risk processor to: retrieve data associated with the money-transfer agent from the complaint database, and determine a fraud-risk index for the money-transfer agent based on the retrieved data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: The Western Union Company
    Inventors: Kevin Favreau, Hollis Baugh, Robert Enzaldo
  • Patent number: 10453122
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a non-transitory computer-implemented method of assessing a fraud risk is provided. The method can include: receiving data associated with a plurality of customer complaints, wherein data associated with each of the customer complaints at least suggests that a money-transfer transaction did not complete as expected, and wherein data associated with each of the customer complaints is associated with one or more of a plurality of money-transfer agents; electronically storing the data related in a complaint database; and for each of the plurality of money-transfer agents, using a risk processor to: retrieve data associated with the money-transfer agent from the complaint database, and determine a fraud-risk index for the money-transfer agent based on the retrieved data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: The Western Union Company
    Inventors: Kevin Favreau, Hollis Baugh, Robert Enzaldo
  • Publication number: 20120047053
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a non-transitory computer-implemented method of assessing a fraud risk is provided. The method can include: receiving data associated with a plurality of customer complaints, wherein data associated with each of the customer complaints at least suggests that a money-transfer transaction did not complete as expected, and wherein data associated with each of the customer complaints is associated with one or more of a plurality of money-transfer agents; electronically storing the data related in a complaint database; and for each of the plurality of money-transfer agents, using a risk processor to: retrieve data associated with the money-transfer agent from the complaint database, and determine a fraud-risk index for the money-transfer agent based on the retrieved data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: The Western Union Company
    Inventors: Kevin Favreau, Hollis Baugh, Robert Enzaldo
  • Patent number: 7620596
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for evaluating the risk of conducting financial transaction such as money transfers through representatives. In one embodiment, information generated by a money transfer system regarding a plurality of financial transactions conducted by one or more representatives are received, records of the information are stored in a transaction database, a risk processor is configured to access the transaction database and retrieve risk element data related to transactions conducted by the representative and an analysis of the risk element data is performed using the risk processor. The risk processor may be configured to process the risk element data into one or more risk element values and to calculate a Transaction Risk Index for the representative by comparing one or more of the risk element values to an appropriate risk proxy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: The Western Union Company
    Inventors: Sean Knudson, Robert Allen Bulkley, Lisa Aiello Nafe, Hollis Alford Baugh, II, Blaine LaVelle Newby, Kevin Favreau, Robert Allen Cambron
  • Publication number: 20080301040
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for evaluating the risk of conducting financial transaction such as money transfers through representatives. In one embodiment, information generated by a money transfer system regarding a plurality of financial transactions conducted by one or more representatives are received, records of the information are stored in a transaction database, a risk processor is configured to access the transaction database and retrieve risk element data related to transactions conducted by the representative and an analysis of the risk element data is performed using the risk processor. The risk processor may be configured to process the risk element data into one or more risk element values and to calculate a Transaction Risk Index for the representative by comparing one or more of the risk element values to an appropriate risk proxy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: The Western Union Company
    Inventors: Sean Knudson, Robert Allen Bulkley, Lisa Aiello Nafe, Hollis Alford Baugh, II, Blaine LaVelle Newby, Kevin Favreau, Robert Allen Cambron