Patents by Inventor William S. Harten

William S. Harten 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: 6985886
    Abstract: The automated system of the present invention uses the Federal, State, local and professional regulations and requirements and implementing instructions to generate a plurality of tasks which can be used to control and drive the process of handling a mortgage loan application to completion and settlement in accordance with these regulations. Loan requestors may specify that the system will generate the plurality of required tasks, including tasks required by applicable federal and/or state law, provide the plurality of required tasks to the requester for his execution, and monitor the completion of all required tasks so as to provide a completion certificate to the requestor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: Everbank
    Inventors: David F. Broadbent, Redge L. Cook, Paul B. Coleman, William S. Harten
  • Patent number: 6904412
    Abstract: The automated compliance engine of the present invention uses the Federal, State, local and professional regulations and requirements and implementing instructions to generate a plurality of tasks which can be used to control and drive the process of handling a mortgage loan application to completion and to monitor the completion of the tasks in order to generate a Completion Certificate. Mortgage loan requesters may specify that the system will generate the plurality of required tasks, provide the plurality of required tasks to the requestor for his execution, and monitor the completion of all required tasks so as to provide a completion certificate to the requestor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: EverBank
    Inventors: David F. Broadbent, Redge L. Cook, Paul B. Coleman, William S. Harten
  • Publication number: 20040230521
    Abstract: The automated system of the present invention uses the Federal, State, local and professional regulations and requirements and implementing instructions to generate a plurality of tasks which can be used to control and drive the process of handling a mortgage loan application to completion and settlement in accordance with these regulations. Upon the completion of all required tasks related to processing a loan, including tasks required by applicable federal or state law, reports are generated showing completion of all requirements and for use in payment of fees to are appropriate persons. Loan requesters may specify that the system will generate the plurality of required tasks, including tasks required by applicable federal or state law, provide the plurality of required tasks to the requestor for his execution, and monitor the completion of all required tasks so as to a completion certificate to the requestor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2004
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventors: David F. Broadbent, Redge L. Cook, Paul B. Coleman, William S. Harten
  • Publication number: 20010047326
    Abstract: The present invention provides a solution to the needs described above through a system and processe to be used in the mortgage industry for combining an Loan Application System with an automated Compliance Engine used for generating and monitoring a set of required procedures involved in moving and tracking a mortgage loan through one or more of the steps of ‘originate’, ‘approve’, ‘close’, ‘fund’, and ‘ship’. The automated compliance engine itself is a system and method for automatically generating a set of required tasks for use in managing the mortgage loan process, including tasks required by applicably federal or state law. The system of the present invention automatically couples the regulatory compliance information engine and a task management system required to process loans and provides methods for integrating the Automate Compliance Engine technology with any third party's loan processing software.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2001
    Publication date: November 29, 2001
    Inventors: David F. Broadbent, Redge L. Cook, William S. Harten, Craig J. Lake
  • Publication number: 20010037287
    Abstract: The automated system of the present invention uses the Federal, State, local and professional regulations and requirements and implementing instructions to generate a plurality of tasks which can be used to control and drive the process of handling a mortgage loan application to completion and settlement in accordance with these regulations. Loan requestors may specify that the system will generate the plurality of required tasks, including tasks required by applicable federal and/or state law, provide the plurality of required tasks to the requestor for his execution, and monitor the completion of all required tasks so as to provide a completion certificate to the requester. Moreover, users of the automated loan mortgage and compliance system can use their cell phones to interface with the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2001
    Publication date: November 1, 2001
    Inventors: David F. Broadbent, Redge L. Cook, William S. Harten