Patents by Inventor Robert Allen Bulkley

Robert Allen Bulkley 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).

  • Systems and methods for evaluating financial transaction risk
    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
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING FINANCIAL TRANSACTION RISK
    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