Patents Assigned to Wells Fargo Bank
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Patent number: 10310843Abstract: Provided is software versioning that allows a set of features to be selectively enabled and/or disabled based on a value of a switch associated with each feature of the set of features. The software versioning includes an administrator component that receives a change to a switch associated with at least one application. A toggle component generates a configuration notice based on an indication of the change to the switch. A tool kit component facilitates implementation of the change at the application based on the configuration notice received from the toggle component.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2018Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventors: Peter L. Shen, Catherine Li, Chandramouli Balasubramaniam
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Patent number: 10306060Abstract: One or more embodiments of techniques or systems for intelligent data presentation are provided herein. Data can be presented on similar devices having different characteristics in different manners. For example, data may be rendered in a first manner on a first device having one monitor, the same data may be rendered in a second manner on a second device having two displays or a different display size. Financial information, sales data, banking information, etc. may be presented in a variety of ways based on capabilities or properties of a device accessing the information or data. Similarly, renderings may be selected based on interaction capabilities or interaction options a user may have with different renderings or presentations. In other embodiments, user interaction with an automated teller machine (ATM), call center, vehicle, or other interface can be based on device properties or device capabilities.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2018Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.Inventors: Stephen M. Ellis, Bipin Sahni, David Hatch, Shahid Razzaq
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Patent number: 10306061Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for establishing a voice authentication credential for an authenticated user of a mobile device. Techniques in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure may enable use of an interactive voice response (IVR) system for creating a voice authentication credential for a user of a computing device, such as a mobile phone. In one example, a method includes receiving authentication data from a computing device; authenticating a user operating the computing device; storing session data associated with the computing device; outputting instructions for communicating with an interactive voice response (IVR) system; receiving information from the IVR system; determining that the computing device has used the instructions to communicate with the IVR system; and enabling the IVR system to establish a voice authentication credential for the user of the computing device.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2017Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventors: Daniel S. Sumner, Douglas Innocenti
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Patent number: 10304295Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for making a deposit by a customer are provided. The system includes a financial institution computing system. The financial institution computing system is communicable with an ATM over a network, and structured to receive deposit information from the ATM and to determine an amount of funds from the deposit that are available to the customer for immediate withdrawal at the ATM based on the deposit information. The deposit information includes an event indicator. The event indicator has a first value when the customer voluntarily enters a keyed-in deposit amount into the ATM, a second value when the customer is prompted to enter a keyed-in deposit amount into the ATM by the ATM, and a third value when the customer does not enter a keyed-in deposit amount into the ATM. The first value, the second value, and the third value are all distinct from one another.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2017Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.Inventors: Jerome Rhodes, Michael R. Thomas
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Patent number: 10303869Abstract: Provided is relative multifactor authentication for interactions between users and one or more entities. Relative multifactor authentication includes monitoring a set of attributes associated with a user during an interaction between the user and the entity. The set of attributes include at least two of a behavioral attribute, a health attribute, a geospatial attribute, and a device attribute. Relative multifactor authentication also include comparing respective parameters of attributes of the set of attributes with expected parameters and determining an authentication status based on the comparison and weighted values assigned to respective attributes of the set of attributes. The user is selectively authenticated to begin to continue the interaction based on the authentication status.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2015Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.Inventors: Michael T Duke, Kourtney Eidam, Christopher P. Clausen, Darrell L. Suen, Melody Kao
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Patent number: 10298396Abstract: A method includes verifying the identity of an individual. A virtual passport for the individual is created upon verifying the identity of the individual. The virtual passport uniquely identifies the individual. A public/private key pair associated with the individual is generated. The virtual passport is signed with the private key. The signed virtual passport is entered in a public block chain. The signed virtual passport may be retrieved from the public block chain. The authenticity of the signed virtual passport may be determined via the public key.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2015Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.Inventors: Ashish B. Kurani, Wayne Barakat, Martin Barrs, Dominik Vltavsky
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Patent number: 10296930Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method for providing offers to a mobile device includes receiving at least one offer from at least one merchant at an offer computer system and determining, by the offer computer system, an offer to present on the mobile device based on at least one characteristic of a user of the mobile device, the offer providing the user a discount from a price of a product or service. The method includes receiving a request for a code to provide to a merchant, the code being generated for the mobile device that belongs to the user. The method includes receiving, from a mobile device, an indication from the user to use the offer and sending, by the offer computer system, to the mobile device an offer code to be displayed on the mobile device to be received by a merchant.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2016Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.Inventors: Stephen M. Ellis, Michael J. Kennedy, Ashish Bhoopen Kurani, Melissa Lowry, Uma Meyyappan, Bipin Sahni, Nikolai Stroke
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Patent number: 10284573Abstract: One or more embodiments of techniques or systems for session management, security scoring, and friction management are provided herein. Sessions may be monitored for commonalties or other attributes or aspects and closed, terminated, or a freeze placed on additional sessions from being initiated. A security score may be provided which is indicative of how secure a user is with respect to one or more ways the user interacts with a resource. One or more suggested actions or score improvement strategies may be suggested to facilitate improvement of a security score for a user. Friction management may be provided by having one or more additional layers of security applied to an account of a user or an entity based on suspicious behavior or other factors.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2015Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventors: Traci H. Nguyen, Michael Chang, Nairobi N. Kim, Ian Jensen, Samuel Martin, Cheung Li
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Patent number: 10282716Abstract: Identification information is received from a transaction card at a transaction machine. The transaction card is associated with an account holder using the transaction machine and includes a transaction card type. Using the identification information, activity profile information is accessed for the account holder. The account holder's transaction machine usage is monitored and activity profile information related to the account holder's transaction machine usage is stored. A custom sequence of user interfaces to be displayed to the account holder is generated based on the transaction card type.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2016Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.Inventors: Michael R. Thomas, Elizabeth Schrag, Jimmy C. Wang, Jerome Rhodes
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Patent number: 10284570Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for detecting a threat of a computing system. In one aspect, a plurality of instances of input data may be received from at least one sensor. A feature vector based upon at least one instance of the plurality of instances of input data may be generated. The feature vector may be sent to a classifier component, where a threat assessment score is determined for the feature vector. The threat assessment score may be determined by combining information associated with the plurality of instances of input data. A threat assignment may be assigned to the at least one instance of data based on the determined threat assessment score. The threat assignment and threat assessment score may be disseminated.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2014Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, National AssociationInventors: Mauritius A. R. Schmidtler, Gaurav Dalal, Timur Kovalev
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Patent number: 10282717Abstract: Systems (and corresponding methodologies) that facilitate card-less financial transactions are provided. The innovation enables card-less ATM (automated teller machine) transactions such as cash withdrawals, transfers, balance inquiries, etc. In aspects, customers can set up an ‘electronic wallet’ account based upon a pre-set range or otherwise. Accordingly, access to the ‘electronic wallet’ is granted or denied based upon responses to challenges presented.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2017Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventor: Glyn Stanley
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Patent number: 10275671Abstract: An electronic computing device includes a processing unit and system memory. The system memory includes instructions which, when executed by the processing unit, cause the electronic computing device to: receive a communication containing audio data; automatically identify one or more sounds in the audio data of the communication that can be correlated with a geographical location; use the identification of the one or more sounds to identify the geographical location for the audio data; and verify an identity of an individual using the geographic location from the audio data.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2016Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventor: David Newman
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Patent number: 10277400Abstract: The methods and system allow for the generation of a biometric electronic signature token using a subsequent biometric sample after an enrollment of a biometric reference value in a biometric system. The biometric electronic signature token is such that the data would be signed data, cryptographic message type, to package this signature, providing two authentication factors: the possession of the private key associated with the public/private key pair used to sign the signed data and the biometric sample of the user that could be matched against the template. The process allows a signing party to enroll in a biometric service, sign a piece of data or content using a public key, that may be tied to a trusted anchor certificate authority, and submit a biometric sample. Subsequently, the relying party may validate the information on that piece of data or content to confirm the identity of the signing party.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2016Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.Inventors: Phillip H. Griffin, Jeff J. Stapleton
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Patent number: 10268729Abstract: Techniques are described for evaluating message content in each of a plurality of messages in order to improve communication between customers and customer service representatives. The disclosed techniques enable efficient evaluation of the message content in each of the messages in order to determine a readability score for each of the messages. A computing device performs the efficient evaluation by processing the message content into a binary representation using a first value to represent vowels and a second value to represent non-vowels. The binarization of the message content allows the computing device to perform a syllable count and determine a readability score for each of the plurality of messages, which may include millions of messages. Based on the readability scores, the computing device may identify readability gaps between the representative messages and the customer messages, and generate subsequent representative messages that reduce the identified readability gaps.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2016Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventor: Carmel Nadav
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Patent number: 10262156Abstract: Systems and techniques for real-time feature level software security are described herein. A request may be received from a computing device for data from the feature of the software application. The request for data may include authorization information of a user of the computing device. It may be identified that the feature of the software application contains code containing a reference to a security configuration service. A security configuration may be determined for the feature of the software application by comparing a resource identifier and a feature identifier of the feature of the software application to a set of security configurations of the security configuration service. The security configuration may provide access rules for the feature of the software application. A response may be sent to the computing device based on a comparison of the received authorization information of the user of the computing device to the determined security configuration.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2016Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventors: Adam Sanders, David L. Frost
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Patent number: 10262495Abstract: A method implemented on a first electronic computing device includes determining available lotteries for a user of the first electronic computing device. The user is authenticated on the first electronic computing device. An area of residence is confirmed for the user. First lotteries that are available in the area of residence of the user are identified. Second lotteries for which the user can qualify are identified. The second lotteries are a subset of the first lotteries. When one or more of the second lotteries are identified, identification information for the second lotteries is sent to a second electronic computing device for display to the user on the second electronic computing device.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2018Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventors: Kourtney Eidam, Randy Matthew Prather
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Patent number: 10262509Abstract: An electronic computing device includes a processing unit and system memory. The system memory includes instructions which, when executed by the processing unit, cause the electronic computing device to monitor audio from a conversation. One or more keywords are identified from the audio. A context of the conversation is identified from the audio. One or more alerts are displayed on a display screen of the electronic computing device. Each of the one or more alerts corresponds to the context of the conversation. Each of the one or more alerts corresponds to a notification to be communicated to an individual. One of the notifications is obtained. The notification is displayed on the display screen of the electronic computing device.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2018Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventors: Kourtney Eidam, Michael T. Duke
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Patent number: 10262326Abstract: A computing device that includes a card reader component including a card reader, a plurality of micro cameras positioned proximate to the card reader, a battery detector circuit, and processing circuitry in communication with the card reader component, the plurality of micro cameras, and the battery detector circuit is described. The processing circuitry is configured to analyze one or more images captured by the plurality of micro cameras, determine that one or more of the images captured by the plurality of micro cameras is obscured, in response to the determination that the one or more of the images of the plurality of micro cameras is obscured, initiate the battery detector circuit, and in response to the battery detector circuit detecting a presence of an external battery near the card reader, determine that a skimming device is affixed over the card reader component.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2017Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventor: Raziq Yaqub
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Patent number: 10255429Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with setting an authorization level at enrollment. According to one embodiment, a method includes a accessing an interface on a device. Initiation information for a user of the device is provided to an authorizer. The authorizer is associated with a class. Verification data is received from the authorizer. An enrollment token is then generated based on the verification data. The enrollment token includes an authorization level that defines security parameters for the device.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2014Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventors: Adam Evans Vancini, Christopher Phillip Clausen, Darrell L. Suen
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Patent number: 10255589Abstract: Access controls for transferring funds from a customer to a designated recipient using a transaction machine and a one-time account and/or an authentication process that does not involve the use of a transaction card are disclosed. An example method (and system) can include storing identification data associated with a one-time account or transfer for the designated recipient of the one-time account; receiving authentication data from the transaction machine; determining that the user corresponds to the designated recipient using the received authentication data and the stored identification data; and executing the selected transaction after the determination.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2015Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventors: Vincent Petruzzi, Andrew G. Foote, David Hatch