Patents by Inventor Scott M. Blandford
Scott M. Blandford 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).
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Patent number: 11790440Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a search-directed user interface for online banking applications. An example method may comprise: receiving, via a graphical user interface (GUI) session associated with an authenticated user, a search argument comprising a character string; executing, by a processing device, a search query by matching the character string to account data of one or more accounts that the authenticated user is authorized to access, the account data comprising a plurality of data items representing at least one of: financial product types, financial product identifiers, financial transaction types, financial transaction descriptions, financial transaction amounts, portfolio types, accounts, and aggregated financial indicators; and causing a data set produced by executing the search query to be visually represented via the GUI session.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of AmericaInventors: Scott M. Blandford, Robert A. Lindenberg, Laura Shragowitz, Charles Reitzel, Albert F. Cole, Jr.
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Publication number: 20230005054Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a search-directed user interface for online banking applications. An example method may comprise: receiving, via a graphical user interface (GUI) session associated with an authenticated user, a search argument comprising a character string; executing, by a processing device, a search query by matching the character string to account data of one or more accounts that the authenticated user is authorized to access, the account data comprising a plurality of data items representing at least one of: financial product types, financial product identifiers, financial transaction types, financial transaction descriptions, financial transaction amounts, portfolio types, accounts, and aggregated financial indicators; and causing a data set produced by executing the search query to be visually represented via the GUI session.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2022Publication date: January 5, 2023Inventors: Scott M. Blandford, Robert A. Lindenberg, Laura Shragowitz, Charles Reitzel, Albert F. Cole, JR.
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Patent number: 11514514Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a search-directed user interface for online banking applications. An example method may comprise: receiving, via a graphical user interface (GUI) session associated with an authenticated user, a search argument comprising a character string; executing, by a processing device, a search query by matching the character string to account data of one or more accounts that the authenticated user is authorized to access, the account data comprising a plurality of data items representing at least one of: financial product types, financial product identifiers, financial transaction types, financial transaction descriptions, financial transaction amounts, portfolio types, accounts, and aggregated financial indicators; and causing a data set produced by executing the search query to be visually represented via the GUI session.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: TEACHERS INSURANCE AND ANNUITY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAInventors: Scott M. Blandford, Robert A. Lindenberg, Laura Shragowitz, Charles Reitzel, Albert F. Cole, Jr.
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Publication number: 20210073905Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a search-directed user interface for online banking applications. An example method may comprise: receiving, via a graphical user interface (GUI) session associated with an authenticated user, a search argument comprising a character string; executing, by a processing device, a search query by matching the character string to account data of one or more accounts that the authenticated user is authorized to access, the account data comprising a plurality of data items representing at least one of: financial product types, financial product identifiers, financial transaction types, financial transaction descriptions, financial transaction amounts, portfolio types, accounts, and aggregated financial indicators; and causing a data set produced by executing the search query to be visually represented via the GUI session.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Inventors: Scott M. Blandford, Robert A. Lindenberg, Laura Shragowitz, Charles Reitzel, Albert F. Cole, Jr.
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Patent number: 10878492Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a search-directed user interface for online banking applications. An example method may comprise: receiving, via a graphical user interface (GUI) session associated with an authenticated user, a search argument comprising a character string; executing, by a processing device, a search query by matching the character string to account data of one or more accounts that the authenticated user is authorized to access, the account data comprising a plurality of data items representing at least one of: financial product types, financial product identifiers, financial transaction types, financial transaction descriptions, financial transaction amounts, portfolio types, accounts, and aggregated financial indicators; and causing a data set produced by executing the search query to be visually represented via the GUI session.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2015Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: TEACHERS INSURANCE & ANNUITY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAInventors: Scott M. Blandford, Robert A. Lindenberg, Laura Shragowitz, Charles Reitzel, Albert F. Cole, Jr.
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Publication number: 20200250766Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems for automated customer enrollment using mobile communication devices. An example method includes: receiving, by a computer system, an identification document image produced by a mobile communication device; extracting, from the identification document image a personal identifying information item; computing a confidence score of the personal identifying information item; responsive to determining that the confidence score meets or exceeds a confidence threshold, creating a customer profile for a person identified by the identification document, wherein the customer profile comprises the personal identifying information item; and supplying the customer profile to a financial account creation workflow.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2019Publication date: August 6, 2020Inventors: Anand Sancheti, Scott M. Blandford, Tasneem Hajara, Lisa R. Weil, Phaneendra Pochinapeddi, Raja Doddala, Peter Tsahalis, Christopher Petta
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Patent number: 10585666Abstract: Systems and methods for visual presentation of metrics reflecting lifecycle events of software artifacts. An example method may comprise: receiving one or more data processing rules, each data processing rule specifying one or more operations to be performed on one or more raw data items reflecting lifecycle events associated with a software artifact; receiving, from one or more data collection agents, a plurality of raw data items; producing, by applying the data processing rules to the plurality of raw data items, a plurality of values of a metric reflecting lifecycle events associated with a plurality of software artifacts; and causing the values to be graphically represented using a graphical user interface (GUI) communicatively coupled to the processor.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2018Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of AmericaInventors: Stanislav Antons, Thomas Steven Joyce, William V. Arneth, III, LeeAnn Marie Flanagan, Weston John Gaddis, Thomas Fredrick Krall, Jennifer D'awn Jeffress, Christopher Joseph Heidenfelder, Elizabeth Anne MacDonald, Nathaniel Bates, Gary R. Couture, Scott M. Blandford, Thomas J. Goodnough, Byron Leslie Griffin, Andrea J. Vient
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Patent number: 10310849Abstract: Systems and methods for visual presentation of metrics reflecting lifecycle events of software artifacts. An example method may comprise: receiving one or more data processing rules, each data processing rule specifying one or more operations to be performed on one or more raw data items reflecting lifecycle events associated with a software artifact; receiving, from one or more data collection agents, a plurality of raw data items; producing, by applying the data processing rules to the plurality of raw data items, a plurality of values of a metric reflecting lifecycle events associated with a plurality of software artifacts; and causing the values to be graphically represented using a graphical user interface (GUI) communicatively coupled to the processor.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2015Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of AmericaInventors: Stanislav Antons, Thomas Steven Joyce, William V. Arneth, III, LeeAnn Marie Flanagan, Weston John Gaddis, Thomas Fredrick Krall, Jennifer D'awn Jeffress, Christopher Joseph Heidenfelder, Elizabeth Anne MacDonald, Nathaniel Bates, Gary R. Couture, Scott M. Blandford, Thomas J. Goodnough, Byron Leslie Griffin, Andrea J. Vient
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Publication number: 20190108016Abstract: Systems and methods for visual presentation of metrics reflecting lifecycle events of software artifacts. An example method may comprise: receiving one or more data processing rules, each data processing rule specifying one or more operations to be performed on one or more raw data items reflecting lifecycle events associated with a software artifact; receiving, from one or more data collection agents, a plurality of raw data items; producing, by applying the data processing rules to the plurality of raw data items, a plurality of values of a metric reflecting lifecycle events associated with a plurality of software artifacts; and causing the values to be graphically represented using a graphical user interface (GUI) communicatively coupled to the processor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2018Publication date: April 11, 2019Inventors: Stanislav Antons, Thomas Steven Joyce, William V. Arneth, III, LeeAnn Marie Flanagan, Weston John Gaddis, Thomas Fredrick Krall, Jennifer D'awn Jeffress, Christopher Joseph Heidenfelder, Elizabeth Anne MacDonald, Nathaniel Bates, Gary R. Couture, Scott M. Blandford, Thomas J. Goodnough, Byron Leslie Griffin, Andrea J. Vient
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Patent number: 10103961Abstract: Systems and methods for collecting client-side application performance monitoring (APM) information in distributed computer systems. An example method may comprise: inserting a script code fragment into an electronic document to be transmitted to a client computing device, wherein the script code fragment is to issue a request for loading an object from a second computer system, the request comprising at least one of: a parameter of a client browser executed by the client computing device, a parameter of an application being executed within the client browser, or a parameter of a current session of the client browser; and transmitting the electronic document to at least one of: the second computer system or the client computing device.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2014Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: Teacher Insurance & Annuity Association of AmericaInventors: Ethan Luke Michaud, Mathew Wade Pickering, Rafael Pedro Olaso, Matthew M. Bechard, Janusz M. Juda, James Ronald Hixon, William Val Arneth, III, Nathaniel John Bates, Latrisha Devon Whitehead, Gary Robert Couture, Louis Anthony Iannucci, Scott M. Blandford
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Patent number: 9705980Abstract: Systems and methods for visualization of performance parameters of distributed computer systems. An example method may comprise: receiving data representing a geographic location of a client computer system issuing a plurality of requests to a server computer system, the data further comprising a plurality of values representing one or more parameters of request processing by the server computer system; and generating a sequence of video frames, each video frame of the sequence of video frames comprising a visual element of a pre-defined shape overlaid over a geographic map in a position corresponding to the geographic location of the client computer system, wherein a pre-defined attribute of the visual element visually represents one or more values of the plurality of values.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2014Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of AmericaInventors: Ethan Luke Michaud, Mathew Wade Pickering, Nathaniel John Bates, Janusz M. Juda, Thomas Steven Joyce, William Val Arneth, III, Latrisha Devon Whitehead, Gary Robert Couture, Louis Anthony Iannucci, Scott M. Blandford
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Publication number: 20170147334Abstract: Systems and methods for visual presentation of metrics reflecting lifecycle events of software artifacts. An example method may comprise: receiving one or more data processing rules, each data processing rule specifying one or more operations to be performed on one or more raw data items reflecting lifecycle events associated with a software artifact; receiving, from one or more data collection agents, a plurality of raw data items; producing, by applying the data processing rules to the plurality of raw data items, a plurality of values of a metric reflecting lifecycle events associated with a plurality of software artifacts; and causing the values to be graphically represented using a graphical user interface (GUI) communicatively coupled to the processor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2015Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Stanislav Antons, Thomas Steven Joyce, William V. Arneth, III, LeeAnn Marie Flanagan, Weston John Gaddis, Thomas Fredrick Krall, Jennifer D'awn Jeffress, Christopher Joseph Heidenfelder, Elizabeth Anne MacDonald, Nathaniel Bates, Gary R. Couture, Scott M. Blandford, Thomas J. Goodnough, Byron Leslie Griffin, Andrea J. Vient
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Patent number: 9648078Abstract: Systems and methods for identifying a browser for rendering an electronic document. An example method may comprise: intercepting, by a software component being executed by a computer system within a context of a first browser, a procedure call to open a new browser window for rendering an electronic document; identifying, in view of an identifier of the electronic document, a second browser; and causing the second browser to render the electronic document.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2014Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: Teachers Insurance and Annuity AssociationInventors: John R. Seidle, Jr., Rodney W. Bass, John Knam, Yogesh Dnyandeo Khachane, Scott M. Blandford, Andrew Eugene Kettering
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Patent number: 9509749Abstract: Systems and methods for providing transaction identifiers for application performance management in distributed computer systems. An example method may comprise: receiving, by a first computer system, a first message; identifying, based on a pre-defined byte pattern, an incoming transaction identifier within the first message; responsive to failing to identify the incoming transaction identifier, generating a new transaction identifier; transmitting, to a second computer system, a second message associated with the first message, the second message comprising a transaction identifier provided by one of: the incoming transaction identifier or the new transaction identifier; and transmitting, to a third computer system, a third message representing a log record, the third message comprising the transaction identifier.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2014Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of AmericaInventors: Ethan Luke Michaud, Mathew Wade Pickering, Janusz M. Juda, Prabhu Purushothaman, Thomas Steven Joyce, William Val Arneth, III, Latrisha Devon Whitehead, Matthew Maclean Bechard, James Ronald Hixon, Jennifer D'Awn Jeffress, Rafael Pedro Olaso, Gary Robert Couture, Louis Anthony Iannucci, Scott M. Blandford
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Publication number: 20160328792Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a search-directed user interface for online banking applications. An example method may comprise: receiving, via a graphical user interface (GUI) session associated with an authenticated user, a search argument comprising a character string; executing, by a processing device, a search query by matching the character string to account data of one or more accounts that the authenticated user is authorized to access, the account data comprising a plurality of data items representing at least one of: financial product types, financial product identifiers, financial transaction types, financial transaction descriptions, financial transaction amounts, portfolio types, accounts, and aggregated financial indicators; and causing a data set produced by executing the search query to be visually represented via the GUI session.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2015Publication date: November 10, 2016Inventors: Scott M. Blandford, Robert A. Lindenberg, Laura Shragowitz, Charles Reitzel, Albert F. Cole, JR.
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Publication number: 20160028805Abstract: Systems and methods for collecting client-side application performance monitoring (APM) information in distributed computer systems. An example method may comprise: inserting a script code fragment into an electronic document to be transmitted to a client computing device, wherein the script code fragment is to issue a request for loading an object from a second computer system, the request comprising at least one of: a parameter of a client browser executed by the client computing device, a parameter of an application being executed within the client browser, or a parameter of a current session of the client browser; and transmitting the electronic document to at least one of: the second computer system or the client computing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2014Publication date: January 28, 2016Inventors: Ethan Luke Michaud, Mathew Wade Pickering, Rafael Pedro Olaso, Matthew M. Bechard, Janusz M. Juda, James Ronald Hixon, William Val Arneth, III, Nathaniel John Bates, Latrisha Devon Whitehead, Gary Robert Couture, Louis Anthony Iannucci, Scott M. Blandford
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Publication number: 20150324479Abstract: Systems and methods for identifying a browser for rendering an electronic document. An example method may comprise: intercepting, by a software component being executed by a computer system within a context of a first browser, a procedure call to open a new browser window for rendering an electronic document; identifying, in view of an identifier of the electronic document, a second browser; and causing the second browser to render the electronic document.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2014Publication date: November 12, 2015Applicant: Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of AmericaInventors: John R. Seidle, JR., Rodney W. Bass, John Knam, Yogesh Dnyandeo Khachane, Scott M. Blandford, Andrew Eugene Kettering
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Publication number: 20150304382Abstract: Systems and methods for providing transaction identifiers for application performance management in distributed computer systems. An example method may comprise: receiving, by a first computer system, a first message; identifying, based on a pre-defined byte pattern, an incoming transaction identifier within the first message; responsive to failing to identify the incoming transaction identifier, generating a new transaction identifier; transmitting, to a second computer system, a second message associated with the first message, the second message comprising a transaction identifier provided by one of: the incoming transaction identifier or the new transaction identifier; and transmitting, to a third computer system, a third message representing a log record, the third message comprising the transaction identifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2014Publication date: October 22, 2015Applicant: Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of AmericaInventors: Ethan Luke Michaud, Mathew Wade Pickering, Janusz M. Juda, Prabhu Purushothaman, Thomas Steven Joyce, William Val Arneth, III, Latrisha Devon Whitehead, Matthew Maclean Bechard, James Ronald Hixon, Jennifer D'Awn Jeffress, Rafael Pedro Olaso, Gary Robert Couture, Louis Anthony Iannucci, Scott M. Blandford
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Publication number: 20150256648Abstract: Systems and methods for visualization of performance parameters of distributed computer systems. An example method may comprise: receiving data representing a geographic location of a client computer system issuing a plurality of requests to a server computer system, the data further comprising a plurality of values representing one or more parameters of request processing by the server computer system; and generating a sequence of video frames, each video frame of the sequence of video frames comprising a visual element of a pre-defined shape overlaid over a geographic map in a position corresponding to the geographic location of the client computer system, wherein a pre-defined attribute of the visual element visually represents one or more values of the plurality of values.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2014Publication date: September 10, 2015Applicant: TEACHERS INSURANCE AND ANNUITY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAInventors: Ethan Luke Michaud, Mathew Wade Pickering, Nathaniel John Bates, Janusz M. Juda, Thomas Steven Joyce, William Val Arneth, III, Latrisha Devon Whitehead, Gary Robert Couture, Louis Anthony Iannucci, Scott M. Blandford
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Patent number: 8166157Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing techniques for receiving a first information related to a first transaction associated with a first user session with a multi-tier enterprise application, the first information including performance data that is representative of how well components in at least two tiers of the enterprise application perform in executing the first transaction; and determining based on the first information whether the first transaction is associated with a prioritized aspect of the enterprise application, and if so, taking an action based on the determining.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2007Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: FMR LLCInventors: Gary R. Couture, William V. Arneth, III, Anne-Marie G. Tattan, Louis A. Iannucci, Scott M. Blandford, Monica Chandra, Caroline M. Moran, Deirdre M. Quigley, Gavin E. Wrenn, Lorcan B. Kelly, John T. Travers, Jean F. Armstrong