Patents by Inventor Laura C. Bondesen

Laura C. Bondesen 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: 9600839
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for providing price evaluation based on electronic receipt data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew A. Calman, Katherine Dintenfass, Jason P. Blackhurst, Carrie A. Hanson, Laura C. Bondesen
  • Patent number: 9519928
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for providing product evaluation. An exemplary apparatus is configured to identify purchase transaction data associated with identified electronic communications between a merchant and a customer, the purchase transaction data includes product level data from a transaction, receive the identified purchase transaction data, the purchase transaction data is received in an unstructured format, convert the purchase transaction data from the unstructured format to a structured format, associate the structured purchase transaction data with the customer's online banking application, aggregate purchase transaction data related to one or more products purchased by the customer, determine one or more products are purchased on a recurring basis, and provide the customer with one or more options based at least partially on determining the one or more products are purchased on a recurring basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Bank of American Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew A. Calman, Katherine Dintenfass, Jason P. Blackhurst, Carrie A. Hanson, Laura C. Bondesen
  • Patent number: 9384497
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for determining and providing an offer to a customer based at least in part on product level data associated with a transaction. The system, method, and computer program product are configured to receive unstructured data from a customer account, wherein the unstructured data comprises product level data for a transaction; convert the unstructured data into structured data; determine a transaction at a financial institution corresponding to the structured data; determine an offer for a customer based on the product level data and the transaction; and provide the offer to the customer. Typically, product level data related to transactions is not available to financial institution. This disclosure describes a system and method for identifying and using product level data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew A. Calman, Jason P. Blackhurst, Katherine Dintenfass, Laura C. Bondesen, Carrie A. Hanson
  • Publication number: 20160098703
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure describe systems and methods for analyzing images captured by a mobile communications device. A server may transmit a request for a digital image to the mobile communications device. The mobile communications device may use a camera to capture a digital image in response to receipt of the request. The quality of one or more portions of the digital image may be verified. The mobile communications device may transmit the digital image to the server for further image processing and image analysis. The server may process and analyze the digital image to segment and identify particular regions of interest such as regions having printed or handwritten text. The server may extract the text from the digital image and use the extracted text to execute an automated electronic transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: William Blake Belchee, Aditya Bhasin, Laura C. Bondesen, Matthew A. Calman, David Godsman, Cherie Rexroth
  • Patent number: 9215590
    Abstract: Various examples are disclosed of how to leverage technology in a vehicle to provide various services in a convenient manner. For example, the pairing of the portable device with the on-board computer of the vehicle may be utilized as a level of authorization to provide certain services in a more automated and/or convenient way to the vehicle driver or other occupant of the vehicle, such as by authenticating wireless transactions with entities external to the vehicle using device pairing technology, and by modifying vehicle navigation routes to include suggested nearby points of interest that may be determined to be of particular value to a vehicle occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Laura C. Bondesen, Alicia C. Jones, David C. McCoy, Shaun J. Abraham
  • Patent number: 9131376
    Abstract: Various examples are disclosed of how to leverage technology in a vehicle to provide various services in a convenient manner. For example, the pairing of the portable device with the on-board computer of the vehicle may be utilized as a level of authorization to provide certain services in a more automated and/or convenient way to the vehicle driver or other occupant of the vehicle, such as by authenticating wireless transactions with entities external to the vehicle using device pairing technology, and by modifying vehicle navigation routes to include suggested nearby points of interest that may be determined to be of particular value to a vehicle occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Laura C. Bondesen, Alicia C. Jones, David C. McCoy, Shaun J. Abraham
  • Patent number: 9082150
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, an apparatus includes a memory and a processor. The processor is operable to present, in a first region of a display, information associated with a first service based at least in part upon the user. The processor is further operable to present information associated with a second, third and fourth service. Additionally, the processor may receive an update to the information associated with the first service and present, in the first region of the display, the update to the information associated with the first service. Finally, the processor is operable to detect a first touch on the first region of the display indicating a selection of the first service and present details associated with the first service in response to detecting the first touch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Carrie A. Hanson, Laura C. Bondesen, Nicole Chen, Katherine Dintenfass, Scott R. Enscoe, Leo Kopelow, Yameng Li, Brett Newman, Nicholas Sharp, Marc L. Warshawsky, Alexander C. Wittkowski, Jon R. Wolf
  • Publication number: 20150106243
    Abstract: Apparatus, methods, and computer program products are provided for that automatically identify transactions and/or items in a transaction that are associated with a group of individuals, such as a family, co-workers, a special interest group, a demographic group a social network group or the like. Once transactions and/or items in the transaction have been identified as being associated with the group, the transaction data associated with the transactions and/or the items in the transactions is aggregated and aggregated views of the data are made accessible to individuals in the group, such as through a financial institution financial management application, e.g., online or mobile banking application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Jason P. Blackhurst, Laura C. Bondesen, Matthew A. Calman, Katherine Dintenfass, Carrie Anne Hanson
  • Publication number: 20150100468
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for generating an e-receipt for an online banking transaction. The system, method, and computer program product are configured to receive an unstructured e-receipt from a financial institution, the unstructured e-receipt including parameters of an online banking transaction; identify unstructured data associated with the parameters; convert the unstructured data into structured data; and generate a structured e-receipt for the online banking transaction using at least the structured data. In some embodiments, the system associates the e-receipt with a transaction at the financial institution and provides the e-receipt to the customer. The e-receipt allows customers to have a record of an online banking transaction that may not typically have a paper trail. The e-receipt may be used for various purposes and may include structured data fields for ease of analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: JASON P. BLACKHURST, Laura C. Bondesen, Matthew A. Calman, Carrie Anne Hanson, Katherine P. Dintenfass
  • Publication number: 20150100467
    Abstract: Apparatus, methods, and computer program products are described for automatically determining which individual, from amongst a group of individuals, for example, a household, should be assigned which items in a transaction for the purpose of assessing budget for the group on a per-individual level. Transaction item-identifying data, such as an e-receipt is analyzed to identify items in a transaction, the transaction is determined to be associated an account that is tied to a group of individuals and the items in the transaction are determined to belong to or otherwise, for budgetary purposes, assignable to an individual belonging to the group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Jason P. Blackhurst, Laura C. Bondesen, Matthew A. Calman, Katherine Dintenfass, Carrie Anne Hanson
  • Publication number: 20150100416
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for providing electronic communications based on interactive marketing analysis. An exemplary apparatus is configured to receive purchase transaction data associated with identified electronic communications between a merchant and a customer regarding a transaction, wherein the purchase transaction data includes product level data from a transaction, receive interactive marketing data associated with identified electronic communications between a merchant and a customer regarding an offer or advertisement, determine the customer's personal interests based at least partially on an analysis of the purchase transaction data and interactive marketing data, and provide the customer an electronic communication based at least partially on determining the customer will be interested in at least one offer or advertisement, wherein the electronic communication includes the at least one offer or advertisement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jason P. Blackhurst, Laura C. Bondesen, Matthew A. Calman, Katherine Dintenfass, Carrie Anne Hanson
  • Publication number: 20150066687
    Abstract: Embodiments related to tracking consumer consumption for purchased items are provided. In some embodiments, a system is provided that receives e-receipt data, including stack keeping unit (SKU) level data, from a customer and compares the e-receipt data with transaction data. The system identifies transactions associated with one or more customer goals based on the SKU level data and calculates a first quantity of consumption for each of the identified transactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Jason P. Blackhurst, Matthew A. Calman, Katherine Dintenfass, Carrie A. Hanson, Laura C. Bondesen
  • Publication number: 20150066688
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to apparatus, methods, and computer program products for understanding past transactions based on purchase history. In some embodiments, an apparatus is configured to receive a request from a customer associated with a financial institution account; retrieve information associated with the request from a structured financial account database; and provide a recommendation to the customer based on the request and the information retrieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Jason P. Blackhurst, Matthew a. Calman, Laura c. Bondesen, Katherine Dintenfass, Susan s. Thomas, Carrie A. Hanson
  • Publication number: 20150052035
    Abstract: Apparatus, methods, and computer program products are described providing, within a personal finance management application (e.g., online banking, mobile banking or the like), customer-based transaction filtering for shared financial accounts (i.e., joint account or accounts otherwise held by more than one individual/customer). The filtering is configured to present holders of the shared accounts views (e.g., windows, sortable lists or the like) of which transactions, and in some embodiments which items in those transactions, were conducted by which holders of the account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew A. Calman, Jason P. Blackhurst, Katherine Dintenfass, Laura C. Bondesen, Carrie Anne Hanson
  • Publication number: 20150046304
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to apparatus, methods, and computer program products for analyzing transaction item-identifying data, such as e-receipts, for the purpose of identifying which transactions or items in a transaction qualify as charitable contributions and in some embodiments verifying or confirming that the transaction or items in the transaction are charitable contributions for the purpose of tax deductions. Additionally, the invention may determine the items and/or portion of the overall or item purchase amount that qualifies as a charitable contribution for tax deductions purposes. In addition, the invention provides for automatically communicating verified charitable contribution information to a third party or database that will insure that the charitable contribution receives consideration when the customer's income tax filings are prepared.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Laura C. Bondesen, Jason P. Blackhurst, Matthew A. Calman, Katherine Dintenfass, Carrie Anne Hanson
  • Publication number: 20150046307
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to apparatus, methods, and computer program products for providing automatic determination of discretionary and non-discretionary spending at a transaction item-level and providing related item-level filtering within a personal financial management application, such as online banking, mobile banking or the like. Such item-level filtering provides the customer with the detail necessary to ascertain the discretionary spend versus non-discretionary spend impact of items on an overall customer budget and to make necessary changes in future purchases so as to positively impact the customer's budget constraints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew A. Calman, Jason P. Blackhurst, Katherine Dintenfass, Laura C. Bondesen, Carrie Anne Hanson
  • Publication number: 20150039502
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for utilizing e-receipt data and other electronic communication data between a merchant and customer regarding a transaction to provide misappropriation protection based on address and/or merchant store information associated with the e-receipt or other e-communication. In one embodiment, a system is configured to: identify and retrieve electronic communications between a merchant and a customer associated with a transaction; determine address information or merchant store information from the electronic communication; and determine whether or not the address information or merchant store information triggers a notification or an alert to the customer based at least partially on one or more rules relating to a misappropriation of customer account information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jason P. Blackhurst, Matthew A. Calman, Laura C. Bondesen, Katherine Dintenfass, Carrie A. Hanson
  • Publication number: 20150032526
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for providing product evaluation. An exemplary apparatus is configured to identify purchase transaction data associated with identified electronic communications between a merchant and a customer, the purchase transaction data includes product level data from a transaction, receive the identified purchase transaction data, the purchase transaction data is received in an unstructured format, convert the purchase transaction data from the unstructured format to a structured format, associate the structured purchase transaction data with the customer's online banking application, aggregate purchase transaction data related to one or more products purchased by the customer, determine one or more products are purchased on a recurring basis, and provide the customer with one or more options based at least partially on determining the one or more products are purchased on a recurring basis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew A. Calman, Katherine Dintenfass, Jason P. Blackhurst, Carrie A. Hanson, Laura C. Bondesen
  • Publication number: 20150032522
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to apparatus, methods, and computer program products for using e-receipts for micro loyalty targeting. The apparatus, methods, and computer program products comprise: a memory; a processor; and a module stored in memory, executable by a processor, and configured to: receive information associated with a purchase of an item, wherein the item includes an item category; increment a counter associated with the item category; determine, in response to incrementing the counter associated with the item category, if the counter equals or exceeds a predetermined threshold value; and transmit, in response to determining the counter equals or exceeds a predetermined threshold value, a message to a second apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Katherine Dintenfass, Laura C. Bondesen, Matthew A. Calman, Jason P. Blackhurst, Carrie A. Hanson
  • Publication number: 20150032538
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for providing offers based on electronic receipt data. An exemplary apparatus is configured to identify purchase transaction data associated with identified electronic communications between a merchant and a customer regarding a transaction, where the purchase transaction data includes product level data from a transaction; receive the identified purchase transaction data, wherein the purchase transaction data is received in an unstructured format; convert the purchase transaction data from the unstructured format to a structured format; associate the structured purchase transaction data with the customer's online banking application; identify an offer associated with one or more products purchased by the customer; and provide the customer the offer based at least partially on the customers purchase transaction data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew A. Calman, Katherine Dintenfass, Jason P. Blackhurst, Carrie A. Hanson, Laura C. Bondesen