Patents by Inventor Steven E. Samler

Steven E. Samler 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: 10592982
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a credit inquiry for a monitored consumer. The method further includes performing at least one credit-inquiry analysis on the credit inquiry. The performing yields at least one of a matched creditor from master creditor records and an inferred credit category based on a lexical analysis. In addition, the method includes, responsive to the performing, determining whether the credit inquiry is related to a previous credit inquiry for the monitored consumer. Further, the method includes, responsive to a determination that the credit inquiry is related to a previous credit inquiry, suppressing a credit alert to the monitored consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: CSIDENTITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven E. Samler, Matthew Hall
  • Publication number: 20170287065
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a credit inquiry for a monitored consumer. The method further includes performing at least one credit-inquiry analysis on the credit inquiry. The performing yields at least one of a matched creditor from master creditor records and an inferred credit category based on a lexical analysis. In addition, the method includes, responsive to the performing, determining whether the credit inquiry is related to a previous credit inquiry for the monitored consumer. Further, the method includes, responsive to a determination that the credit inquiry is related to a previous credit inquiry, suppressing a credit alert to the monitored consumer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Steven E. Samler, Matthew Hall
  • Patent number: 9595066
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a credit inquiry for a monitored consumer. The method further includes performing at least one credit-inquiry analysis on the credit inquiry. The performing yields at least one of a matched creditor from master creditor records and an inferred credit category based on a lexical analysis. In addition, the method includes, responsive to the performing, determining whether the credit inquiry is related to a previous credit inquiry for the monitored consumer. Further, the method includes, responsive to a determination that the credit inquiry is related to a previous credit inquiry, suppressing a credit alert to the monitored consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: CSIDENTITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven E. Samler, Matthew Hall
  • Publication number: 20140324674
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a credit inquiry for a monitored consumer. The method further includes performing at least one credit-inquiry analysis on the credit inquiry. The performing yields at least one of a matched creditor from master creditor records and an inferred credit category based on a lexical analysis. In addition, the method includes, responsive to the performing, determining whether the credit inquiry is related to a previous credit inquiry for the monitored consumer. Further, the method includes, responsive to a determination that the credit inquiry is related to a previous credit inquiry, suppressing a credit alert to the monitored consumer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Steven E. SAMLER, Matthew HALL
  • Patent number: 8812387
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a credit inquiry for a monitored consumer. The method further includes performing at least one credit-inquiry analysis on the credit inquiry. The performing yields at least one of a matched creditor from master creditor records and an inferred credit category based on a lexical analysis. In addition, the method includes, responsive to the performing, determining whether the credit inquiry is related to a previous credit inquiry for the monitored consumer. Further, the method includes, responsive to a determination that the credit inquiry is related to a previous credit inquiry, suppressing a credit alert to the monitored consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Csidentity Corporation
    Inventors: Steven E. Samler, Matthew Hall
  • Publication number: 20100293090
    Abstract: In general, in one embodiment, a computing system that evaluates a fraud probability score for an identity event relevant to a user first queries a data store to identify the identity event. A fraud probability score is then computed for the identity event using a behavioral module that models multiple categories of suspected fraud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventors: Steven D. Domenikos, Stamatis Astras, Iris Seri, Steven E. Samler