Patents Assigned to Alert Services, Inc.
  • Patent number: 6220610
    Abstract: A carrier for a gravity discharge, liquid reservoir is provided with a waste receptacle beneath the reservoir. The reservoir and receptacle are mounted to a mobile tubular frame. An upper shelf spans the space between the legs of the frame and supports the reservoir. A security strap is extensible across the front of the reservoir and around the front legs of the frame. Retaining brackets attach the receptacle to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Alert Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Lem L. Cox
  • Patent number: 6109644
    Abstract: A utility wagon has a main beam and a removable handle, a removable tail member, first and second wheels, and two cross members. The cross members are provided with uprights which may be adjusted to accommodate various sizes of baskets and carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Alert Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Lem L. Cox
  • Patent number: 6094643
    Abstract: Counterfeit financial card fraud is detected based on the premise that the fraudulent activity will reflect itself in clustered groups of suspicious transactions. A system for detecting financial card fraud uses a computer database comprising financial card transaction data reported from a plurality of financial institutions. The transactions are scored by assigning weights to individual transactions to identify suspicious transactions. The geographic region where the transactions took place as well as the time of the transactions are recorded. An event building process then identifies cards involved in suspicious transactions in a same geographic region during a common time period to determine clustered groups of suspicious activity suggesting an organized counterfeit card operation which would otherwise be impossible for the individual financial institutions to detect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Assignee: Card Alert Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas D. Anderson, Michael J. Urban, Eric L. Deterding, Richard H. Urban
  • Patent number: 6047898
    Abstract: A portable fountain having a hand truck supporting a liquid reservoir. A control cabinet is attached to the upper portion of the truck. The control cabinet encloses a suction pump and the electronics to withdraw liquid from the reservoir. A multiplicity of hoses having control spouts are attached to a dispensing manifold in fluid communication with the suction pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: Alert Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Lem L. Cox
  • Patent number: 5884289
    Abstract: A computer based system that alerts financial institutions (FIs) to undetected multiple debit card fraud conditions in their debit card bases by scanning and analyzing cardholder debit fraud information entered by financial institution (FI) participants. The result of this analysis is the possible identification of cardholders who have been defrauded but have not yet realized it, so they are "at risk" of additional fraudulent transactions. The system also identifies "at risk" cards in the criminal's possession which have not yet been used. The system's early identification of these "at risk" cardholders helps limit losses to individual FIs and the FI community at large. It also provides the coordinated information necessary to the speedy apprehension of the perpetrators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: Card Alert Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas D. Anderson, Mary E. Anderson, Carol Oman Urban, Richard H. Urban