Patents by Inventor Kurt D. Newman

Kurt D. Newman 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: 11488110
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and computer program product for on-demand job messaging to predicted employees. A machine intelligence application compares data for an employee to a job change interest model. Responsive to comparing the data for the employee to the job change interest model, the machine intelligence application determines whether the employee is a predicted employee. The predicted employee enables improved targeting of job messaging by a job messaging application in a computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: ADP, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt D. Newman, Debashis Ghosh, Ramsay Cole
  • Patent number: 11468352
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and computer program product that aggregates sample data regarding a plurality of factors associated with income and geographic location; performs iterative analysis on the sample data using machine learning to construct a predictive model; populates, using the predictive model, a database with predicted values of average income for a selected set of predefined geographic regions; converts the predicted values of average income in the database into percentages of observed values of average income for geographic regions within the selected set over a specified time period to create indices of average income; and rank orders the regions within the selected set according to their indices of average income.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: ADP, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt D. Newman, Debashis Ghosh, Ramsay Cole
  • Patent number: 10853827
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product for research in a double-blind framework, links, by a data processing system, a double-blind framework application to an intra-network database, provides a double-blind framework portal linked to the double-blind framework application, and responsive to a request entered on the double-blind framework portal, provides to a requestor, responses to research surveys directed to an audience selected from the intra-network database based on an intra-change system. The intra-network database comprises a database of entities and employees of the entities that have opted-in to an intra-change system. The intra-change system provides financial incentives to the entities and employees by sharing a fee paid by the requestor for each research survey.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: ADP, LLC
    Inventors: Debashis Ghosh, Kurt D. Newman, Robert Wohlers
  • Publication number: 20200160200
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and computer program product that aggregates sample data regarding a plurality of factors associated with income and geographic location; performs iterative analysis on the sample data using machine learning to construct a predictive model; populates, using the predictive model, a database with predicted values of average income for a selected set of predefined geographic regions; converts the predicted values of average income in the database into percentages of observed values of average income for geographic regions within the selected set over a specified time period to create indices of average income; and rank orders the regions within the selected set according to their indices of average income.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Kurt D. Newman, Debashis Ghosh, Ramsay Cole
  • Publication number: 20200160272
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for digitally presenting a competitive human resources migration model for an organization. A computer system identifies human resources data regarding employees of a set of benchmark organizations. The human resources data comprises employee names and job types. The computer system indexes the human resources data according to job types. The computer system determines a set of geographic distribution trends for each of the job types. The set of geographic distribution trends is determined based on employee names of the employees. The computer system determines a competitive human resources migration model for the organization based on an effect of the set of geographic distribution trends on business metrics for the set of benchmark organizations. The computer system digitally presents the competitive human resources migration model for the organization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Kurt D. Newman, Debashis Ghosh, Ramsay Cole
  • Publication number: 20190385241
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and computer program product pays a bill payment amount for an employee from a non-payroll account prior to a payroll payment date of the employee, and deducts on the payroll payment date of the employee from a payroll payment amount of the employee, the bill payment amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Kurt D. Newman, Debashis Ghosh, Robert Wohlers
  • Publication number: 20190385190
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for reducing an amount of resources required for targeted advertising to bonus recipients accesses a payroll database, identifies from the payroll database an employee, a bonus payment date for the employee, and a bonus payment amount for the employee, determines a selected luxury item based on a luxury item preference score in a consumer profile for the employee, determines the amount of resources assigned to a targeted advertisement for the selected luxury item, and delivers the targeted advertisement for a selected luxury item on the amount of resources, wherein using the luxury item preference score enables reducing the amount of resources for delivering the targeted advertisement eliminates advertising for luxury items with less probability of causing the employee to spend the bonus amount on a luxury item than the selected luxury item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Kurt D. Newman, Debashis Ghosh, Ramsay Cole
  • Publication number: 20190385179
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product for research in a double-blind framework, links, by a data processing system, a double-blind framework application to an intra-network database, provides a double-blind framework portal linked to the double-blind framework application, and responsive to a request entered on the double-blind framework portal, provides to a requestor, responses to research surveys directed to an audience selected from the intra-network database based on an intra-change system. The intra-network database comprises a database of entities and employees of the entities that have opted-in to an intra-change system. The intra-change system provides financial incentives to the entities and employees by sharing a fee paid by the requestor for each research survey.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Debashis Ghosh, Kurt D. Newman, Robert Wohlers
  • Publication number: 20190385124
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and computer program product for on-demand job messaging to predicted employees. A machine intelligence application compares data for an employee to a job change interest model. Responsive to comparing the data for the employee to the job change interest model, the machine intelligence application determines whether the employee is a predicted employee. The predicted employee enables improved targeting of job messaging by a job messaging application in a computer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Kurt D. Newman, Debashis Ghosh, Ramsay Cole
  • Publication number: 20160142397
    Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to an identity level generating computer which may include a processor and memory storing computer executable instructions that, when executed, cause the computer to generate identity levels for users of a business. Generating identity levels for users of a business may include electronically receiving user data regarding at least one of: an identity of the user, a behavior of the user, a propensity of a user and a risk associated with the user's identity and determining one or more individual characteristic levels based on the electronically received information. Determining the one or more individual characteristic levels may include comparing the customer data regarding the at least one of the identity of the user, the behavior of the user, the propensity of the user and the risk associated with the user's identity with a list predetermined criteria and calculating an identity level based on the comparison of the user data with the list predetermined criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Craig Froelich, Suresh G. Nair, Kurt D. Newman
  • Publication number: 20160048562
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a transmitting data to and receiving data from a repository database are provided. For instance, an optimization computer which may include a processor and memory storing computer executable instructions that, when executed, cause the optimization computer to perform a method for selecting a transmission to be presented to a customer during a transaction by electronically receiving data relating to the identity of the customer conducting the transaction, electronically receiving data relating to one or more transmissions and determining the particular transmission to present to the customer during the transaction based on the data by comparing the data relating to the identity of the customer conducting the transaction with the data relating to one or more transmissions and selecting a transmission to be presented during the transaction based on the comparison are presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: David Joa, Debashis Ghosh, Kurt D. Newman, Mark Krein, Timothy John Bendel
  • Publication number: 20160048867
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a transmitting data to and receiving data from a repository are provided. For instance, presenting a transmission to a customer during a transaction at a system which may include an optimization computer, a repository database which may store one or more transmissions and information regarding a particular audience to which the respective transmissions should be presented and a computer system configured to allow transmissions to be uploaded to the repository database are provided. The transmission may be presented at a point of transaction wherein the transaction is being conducted and the transaction data from the transaction being conducted at the point of transaction may be determined at the point of transaction and may be transmitted to the optimization computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: David Joa, Debashis Ghosh, Kurt D. Newman, Mark Krein, Timothy John Bendel
  • Patent number: 9214051
    Abstract: Systems and methods according to the present invention provide a more secure Automated Teller Machine (ATM) transaction by preventing observation of banking customers' Personal Identification Number (PIN). Such systems and methods make it difficult to obtain a customer's PIN by tracking the hand movement of a customer using an ATM. Inputs presented for a customer selection are preferably dynamically displayed in different locations preferably each time the customer is asked to enter a PIN. Dynamically changing the sequence of the display and/or location of the presented inputs reduces the possibility of mapping the hand movement of the customer to the positions of the inputs displayed for a customer selection. Inputs may also be presented at a very narrow viewing angle, thereby making observation of a PIN difficult. Hence, banking customers are preferably provided with a more robust and secured ATM transaction system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Bank of America Coporation
    Inventors: Kurt D. Newman, Timothy J. Bendel, Rustam N. Wadia, Debashis Ghosh
  • Patent number: 9196111
    Abstract: Systems and methods according to the present invention provide a more secure Automated Teller Machine (ATM) transaction by preventing observation of banking customers' Personal Identification Number (PIN). Such systems and methods make it difficult to obtain a customer's PIN by tracking the hand movement of a customer using an ATM. Inputs presented for a customer selection are preferably dynamically displayed in different locations preferably each time the customer is asked to enter a PIN. Dynamically changing the sequence of the display and/or location of the presented inputs reduces the possibility of mapping the hand movement of the customer to the positions of the inputs displayed for a customer selection. Inputs may also be presented at a very narrow viewing angle, thereby making observation of a PIN difficult. Hence, banking customers are preferably provided with a more robust and secured ATM transaction system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Kurt D. Newman, Timothy J. Bendel, Rustam N. Wadia, Debashis Ghosh, David Joa
  • Patent number: 9135419
    Abstract: Systems and methods for environmental adjustments using biometrics are described. A scanned biometric parameter of an individual may be received and a determination may be made as to whether the scanned biometric parameter of the individual matches a stored biometric parameter of a plurality of stored biometric parameters. Biometric parameters include retinal images, DNA, and voice samples. If a match exists, the individual may be identified based upon the stored biometric parameter. At least one adjustment to change on at least one device based upon the identified individual may be determined. The at least one device may be configured for modifying an environmental condition of the identified individual. At least one instruction to implement the determined at least one adjustment may be transmitted. The adjustment may be a physical adjustment to the device, such as the height level of a chair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Kurt D. Newman, David Joa, Debashis Ghosh, Timothy J. Bendel, Mark V. Krein
  • Publication number: 20150134511
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for customer-defined financial institution account management rules associated with linked financial institution accounts. The methods, systems and computer program products herein described allow the customer to define rules that maximize the customer's rate of return and/or minimizing the likelihood of insufficient funding of an account leading to a withdrawal in excess of account balance. Thus, poor utilization of cash in terms of excessive balances in non-interest bearing accounts or low-interest bearing accounts is minimized by automatically transferring, based on a customer-defined rules, the funds to a higher rate of return account. Additionally, managing a primary payment account, such as a checking or bill account, is addressed so as to ensure that funds are sufficient to cover the customer's expenditures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Debashis Ghosh, Kurt D. Newman, David Joa, Sundeshna Banerjee, Thayer Allison, Yanghong Shao, Mark V. Krein
  • Patent number: 8931071
    Abstract: Systems and methods for integrating biometric authentication with video conference sessions are described. An individual seeking to participate in a video conference may first be identified with a biometric parameter such as an iris scan based on a comparison of the scanned iris with a database of stored parameters. If authorized, the system may connect the individual to the video session. In addition, the system may generate dynamic tags that allow the participants to identify and locate individuals in the video conference. For example, if one of the participants is speaking and moving within the room, her tag may change color and move with her on the video screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Kurt D. Newman, Debashis Ghosh, Michael James O'Hagan, David Joa, Timothy J. Bendel
  • Publication number: 20140321719
    Abstract: Systems and methods for biometrically identifying an individual for purchasing a product and/or service without a need for the individual to input authentication data into a system/device are described. Data representative of a scanned iris of a customer desiring to make a purchase may be made. The customer may be identified based upon the scanned iris. A determination may be made as to whether the identified customer has a plurality of accounts at a financial entity. Information of a selected account to make the purchase may be received. Sufficient funds in the selected account to make the purchase may be determined. If insufficient, a different account may be identified to make the purchase. Sufficient funds in the different account may be determined and funds in the different account may be decreased by the associated payment amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Kurt D. Newman, Debashis Ghosh, David Joa, Timothy J. Bendel, Michael James O'Hagan, Mayur Dhanji Chheda
  • Patent number: 8862512
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a method of developing a financial transaction data profile. Financial instruments are received as images, where the financial instruments include transactional data. The transactional data is extracted from the financial instruments and uploaded to a computer. The transactional data is organized so that the transactional data is grouped into categories. The categories are stored for presentation to the user in a financial transaction profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Bank of America
    Inventors: David Joa, Kerry Cantley, Kurt D. Newman, Debashis Ghosh
  • Patent number: 8805937
    Abstract: A system and method for electronic mail analysis and processing is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a plurality of electronic mail messages. The method also includes for each of the plurality of electronic mail messages, determining one or more characteristics associated with the respective electronic mail message. Further, the method includes assigning a numerical value to each of the plurality of electronic mail messages based on the determined characteristics and based on the assigned numerical values, selecting one or more of the plurality of electronic mail messages to transmit to a user. The method further includes generating a message based on the selected one or more of the plurality of electronic mail messages and transmitting the generated message to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy J. Bendel, Debashis Ghosh, David Joa, Kurt D. Newman