Patents by Inventor William C. Steward

William C. Steward 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: 6850643
    Abstract: Methods and Apparatus for monitoring collateral risk are described. In one embodiment, the method includes monitoring, for example, accounts receivable, accounts payable, inventory, trading partners, chart of accounts, invoices, and/or payments of a client using a process management and workflow system coupled to a data repository. Specifically, and in an exemplary embodiment, the method includes receiving financial information, extracting data from the financial information, evaluating current collateral information based on the data, and evaluating current credit status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: GE Capital Commercial Finance, Inc.
    Inventors: William D. Smith, II, Walter V. Dixon, III, Melvin K. Simmons, Jonathan P. Stillman, Steven Sanicola, James R. Persico, William C. Steward, Daniel R. Pengue
  • Patent number: 6182095
    Abstract: The invention features computer-based methods and apparatuses to automate document generation. The methods include user interaction to identify a collection of available modifiable text segments and user interaction to identify customization data. The identified text segments are used to form the package of interrelated documents and the customization data can be used to complete the identified text segments. The customized package of interrelated documents is automatically assembling based on the identified collection and customization data. The method may also include identifying a collection of information element questions that will be used to request information element data from a user. Interacting with a user to identify associations being between the collection of information element questions and a collection of available modifiable text segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: General Electric Capital Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Leymaster, Preston Abbott, William C. Steward, Glenn Patsch, Robert Spaulding