Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for credit dispute processing, resolution, and reporting. Credit dispute resolution requests may be received, processed, and sent to a credit bureau for submission to creditors. Status of credit dispute resolutions may be reported to consumers. If a creditor's response time is longer than its average response time or if a creditor does not respond to a credit dispute resolution request within a regulatory response period, alerts and reports may be sent to consumers to provide consumers with further options.
Abstract: A credit score user interface that may comprise a circular visual interface to view a consumer's credit information is disclosed herein. Sections of the circular visual interface may correspond to credit categories, where each section is sized according to the impact of the associated credit category on the consumer's credit score. One of the category sections may be selected, and credit information about a specific consumer that is related to that section may be displayed. The selected credit category may change based on touch input. A change in selection may cause new credit information related to the newly selected credit category to be displayed about the specific consumer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 12, 2013
Date of Patent:
July 26, 2016
Assignee:
CONSUMERINFO.COM, INC.
Inventors:
Jeremy Wasser, Michelle Felice-Steele, Melinda Nies, Luke Giltner
Abstract: Embodiments are directed to data verification of business or consumer data. Certain embodiments include a data verification system that receives or selects data to be verified, selects one or more verification methods to verify, update, and/or append/enhance the data. The data verification system may verify the data with one or more data verification methods, either alone or in combination. The methods may include a web-crawling verification method, an agent web verification method, a call verification method, a direct mail method, an email method, an in-person verification method, or other methods. The system has the ability to, automatically or manually, (1) blend automatic and manual segmentation of records or elements by criteria such as industry type, best times of day/month/year to verify, update, or append, cost, and level of importance (2) select the best verification processing method(s), and (3) manage the results and properly verify, update, append/enhance records.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 14, 2012
Date of Patent:
May 17, 2016
Assignee:
Consumerinfo.com, Inc.
Inventors:
Albert Chia-Shu Chang, Gregory Dean Jones, Carolyn Paige Soltes Matthies
Abstract: A card registry system is configured to automatically identify financial card information in one or more credit files associated with a consumer and populate a card registry account of the consumer with the identified financial card information. Once the financial card information has been obtained from the credit file(s), the card registry system may transmit cancellation and/or reissuance requests to the respective card issuers in the instance that one or more cards are compromised, so that the financial cards may be easily and efficiently cancelled and/or reissued at the request of the consumer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 17, 2013
Date of Patent:
January 5, 2016
Assignee:
ConsumerInfo.com, Inc.
Inventors:
Ty Taylor, Michael R. Balducci, Arlene E. Miranda, Laura Gelgand
Abstract: In an embodiment, a computing system, such as a monitoring computer, receives a request from a user to monitor an account of the user with an online service provider. The request may include personal information and user preferences for one or more protective actions. The system periodically monitors external data sources for indications of changes to personal information associated with the account, and detects changes or attempted changes to personal information associated with the account. The system may determine risk levels associated with detected changes or attempted changes, and transmit a notification to the user via a communication channel selected based on the determined risk level and/or the user preferences. The system may also initiate protective actions, so that further unauthorized access to the account may be prevented.
Abstract: A credit score user interface that may comprise a circular visual interface to view a consumer's credit information is disclosed herein. Sections of the circular visual interface may correspond to credit categories, where each section is sized according to the impact of the associated credit category on the consumer's credit score. One of the category sections may be selected, and credit information about a specific consumer that is related to that section may be displayed. The selected credit category may change based on touch input. A change in selection may cause new credit information related to the newly selected credit category to be displayed about the specific consumer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 26, 2014
Date of Patent:
June 16, 2015
Assignee:
ConsumerInfo.com, Inc.
Inventors:
Jeremy Wasser, Michelle Felice-Steele, Melinda Nies, Luke Giltner
Abstract: In an embodiment, a profile data management system provides a central repository for data and information associated with a user. The information may be presented through an electronic user interface as a profile of the user. In an embodiment, the profile data management system maintains profiles for many users and enables users and/or secondary users to submit information and to modify the user profiles. Modifications are made to user profiles when the submitted information is sufficiently reliable. In general, the method of building and modifying profiles in the profile data management system based on the contributions of many users may be referred to as crowdsourcing profiles. Crowdsourcing profiles may advantageously enable the generation and verification of large amounts of data related to many individuals. The crowdsourcing profiles model allows secondary users to provide updates, modifications, comments, ratings, preferences, and/or other inputs to the profile data management system.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 11, 2013
Date of Patent:
March 3, 2015
Assignee:
ConsumerInfo.com, Inc.
Inventors:
Mark Joseph Kapczynski, Michael John Dean
Abstract: This invention discloses a process involving automatic notification to interested individuals of current real estate values. The process consists of a monitoring service entity, external data source, and end-user. The disclosed embodiments include a process whereby parties can be directly notified of real estate values or alternatively may initiate contact with the monitoring entity to receive data.
Abstract: A debt trending device accesses credit reports and/or other financial data that is available from one or more financial data sources, for a user and extracts financial account information. The debt trending device may then analyze the account information in order to generate debt trending information that indicates in the form of lists, tables, graphs, charts, etc., information regarding multiple debt accounts associated with the user.
Abstract: A computer system receives credit information relating to a consumer and a number of high scorers, and determines credit score factors associated with the consumer and the high scorers. The system may construct flippable score factor displays comprising consumer specific information specific to a credit category that may be reversed to display explanatory text regarding how that credit category affects their credit report. The score factor display may include a comparison between the consumer's scores and the high scorers' scores in a number of categories. Scores of high scorers may be periodically refreshed. Additionally, the group of high scorers may be limited according to a particular demographic, such as a geographic location, that may be selectable by a user.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 14, 2013
Date of Patent:
January 6, 2015
Assignee:
ConsumerInfo.com, Inc.
Inventors:
Jeffrey Bryan Mahacek, Janice Anne Rohn
Abstract: An Always-On Authentication (“AOA”) system comprises a computer system, such as a server, that automatically monitors and authenticates an enrolled individual's online transactions and/or activities to, for example, detect and/or prevent fraud. The AOA system actively monitors and/or authenticates the individual's online transactions and/or activities with service providers. A risk level may be associated with transactions and/or activities, and if a monitored transaction or activity is determined to exceed risk level for the individual, the individual may be prompted for further authentication information. A risk profile may be built for the individual over time based on the individual's history or pattern of transactions and activities. The AOA system may issue a virtual credential to the individual and/or to one or more of the individual's computing devices.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 12, 2013
Date of Patent:
October 7, 2014
Assignee:
Consumerinfo.com, Inc.
Inventors:
Michael John Dean, Mark Joseph Kapczynski
Abstract: One or more application providers supply primary data and user interface rendering information to a computing system. The computing system comprises modules that mange the received data and generate a user interface using the received rendering information. Data may be managed by resolving conflicts in the primary data as between the one or more application providers. Data may also be managed through the creation of derived data based at least in part on the received primary data. A user interface may be generated that has several applications displayed in an application cluster. The applications may be generated based on the rendering information. A user may interact with the user interface and may be able to edit the primary data. If the primary data is modified, the computing system communicates the modifications to the one or more application providers that supplied the original, primary data.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 27, 2013
Date of Patent:
August 26, 2014
Assignee:
ConsumerInfo.com, Inc.
Inventors:
Mark Joseph Kapczynski, Michael John Dean