Patents by Inventor Tim AKPINAR

Tim AKPINAR 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).

  • Publication number: 20230410136
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods that efficiently and reliably allows school district(s) and municipalities as well as third parties provide incentives to students' accounts, and those incentive awards can be converted to funds for additional education expenses. In one aspect, the method includes reconciling a plurality of transactions transferring funds to a student account from a municipal account upon a corresponding student accomplishing at least one of a plurality of goals. The goals are each based upon completion of an action stored in a municipal database. The method includes, upon reconciling the transactions, determining that a remaining amount in the municipal account is less than a predetermined threshold and automatically generating and transmitting an alert message to a dashboard user interface of the municipal account for display on a municipal workstation comprising an indicator that the remaining amount in the municipal account is less than the predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Citibank, N.A.
    Inventors: Sandra REILLY, Tim AKPINAR
  • Patent number: 11763329
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods that efficiently and reliably allows school district(s) and municipalities as well as third parties provide incentives to students' accounts, and those incentive awards can be converted to funds for additional education expenses. In one aspect, the method includes reconciling a plurality of transactions transferring funds to a student account from a municipal account upon a corresponding student accomplishing at least one of a plurality of goals. The goals are each based upon completion of an action stored in a municipal database. The method includes, upon reconciling the transactions, determining that a remaining amount in the municipal account is less than a predetermined threshold and automatically generating and transmitting an alert message to a dashboard user interface of the municipal account for display on a municipal workstation comprising an indicator that the remaining amount in the municipal account is less than the predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: CITIBANK, N.A.
    Inventors: Sandra Reilly, Tim Akpinar
  • Publication number: 20210319467
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods that efficiently and reliably allows school district(s) and municipalities as well as third parties provide incentives to students' accounts, and those incentive awards can be converted to funds for additional education expenses. In one aspect, the method includes reconciling a plurality of transactions transferring funds to a student account from a municipal account upon a corresponding student accomplishing at least one of a plurality of goals. The goals are each based upon completion of an action stored in a municipal database. The method includes, upon reconciling the transactions, determining that a remaining amount in the municipal account is less than a predetermined threshold and automatically generating and transmitting an alert message to a dashboard user interface of the municipal account for display on a municipal workstation comprising an indicator that the remaining amount in the municipal account is less than the predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Sandra REILLY, Tim AKPINAR