Patents Assigned to Wells Fargo Bank
  • Patent number: 10129252
    Abstract: A system and method of validating an identity of a user device is disclosed that includes registering a biometric signature with an authoritative identity source, transmitting an encrypted user identity element from the authoritative identity source to a user device, sending an identity request from a third party entity to the user device, transmitting the encrypted user identity element from the user device to the third party, sending an identity validation request from the third party to the authoritative identity source, transmitting a communication from the authoritative identity request to the third party entity, and informing the third party entity if the identity of the user is confirmed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
    Inventor: Darrell L. Suen
  • Patent number: 10120778
    Abstract: An electronic computing device obtains application source code to be tested. The application source code is automatically categorized into one or more hardware or software classifications. One or more tests are identified for the application source code based on the one or more hardware or software classifications. The one or more tests are run against the application source code. The one more tests are monitored as they are running. Based on results from the one or more tests, a test score representing a security risk of the application source code is automatically determined. A summary of the results from the one or more tests, including the test score, is visually displayed on the electronic computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Peter A. Makohon, Ross Cavanaugh
  • Patent number: 10122719
    Abstract: Various systems and methods for authenticating a user are described herein. A system comprises a processor subsystem; and a memory including instructions, which when executed by the processor subsystem, cause the processor subsystem to: receive at a server from a first user device, a first authentication token; receive at the server from a second user device, a second authentication token; authenticate the user based on the first and second authentication tokens; and establish a communication session from the server to the first user device when the user is authenticated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Dominik Vltavsky, Miranda C. Hill, Gary Brewer, Markell J Dvorak
  • Patent number: 10114963
    Abstract: Systems and methods to manage a tokenization manifest that can be used for managing a redaction through tokenization of a set of field level tokenization values applied to an arbitrary information object of an arbitrary file (e.g., database cells, XML, and other document elements, areas of graphics images, etc.). The methods and system extend the use of tokenization to the protection of arbitrary fields or information objects of any type or format. This allows the tokenized components of the information object to be located and provided to a Tokenization Service Provider that can recover, for an authorized requestor, the original content protected by the token. The tokenization schema processes the unrestricted content into a corresponding restricted token. The token can include an embedded URL, where the URL is a link to submit a request to the Tokenization Service Provider to view the token as the unrestricted content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
    Inventors: Phillip H. Griffin, Jeffrey J. Stapleton
  • Patent number: 10109281
    Abstract: Embodiments of techniques or systems for fraud detection are provided herein. A communication may be received where the communication includes one or more voice signals from an individual. Frequency responses associated with these voice signals may be determined and analyzed and utilized to determine whether or not potential fraudulent activity is occurring. For example, if a frequency response is greater than a frequency threshold, potential fraudulent activity may be determined. Further, frequency responses may be cross referenced with voice biometrics, voice printing, or fraud pathway detection results. In this way, voice stress or frequency responses may be utilized to build other databases related to other types of fraud detection, thereby enhancing one or more aspects of fraud detection. For example, a database may include a voice library, a pathway library, or a frequency library which include characteristics associated with fraudulent activity, thereby facilitating identification of such activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
    Inventor: Raymond F. Jones
  • Patent number: 10102520
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, on an electronic payment device, a radio frequency signal from a mobile electronic device. The radio frequency signal is used to control an activation of an electric current to one or more color producing components on the electronic payment device. The electric current is transmitted to the one or more color producing components. The one or more color producing components display a color when the electric current is transmitted to the color producing components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Erika L. Anderson, Mike Duke
  • Patent number: 10096010
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for granting a user access to an on-line banking area of a website belonging financial institution responsive to receiving the valid user name and password. The method providing the user with account information regarding checking, savings, mortgage, home equity and/or loan accounts held by the user at the financial institution. The method grants the user access to a request tracking area of the web site of the financial institution, receive request related data from the user, the request related data including data relating to at least one expense or goal, calculate portions of each expense respectively owed by each of a plurality of participants in the request and track whether a participant has paid. The method includes sending a message to at least one participant, the message requesting payment for the portion owed by the participant and receiving the payment from the participant in various payment forms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
    Inventor: Harsh Jawharkar
  • Patent number: 10096071
    Abstract: A transaction management system includes a database system configured to receive and store data for a plurality of financial transactions, the data for the plurality of financial transactions being associated with a plurality of financial accounts of a user. The system further includes a server system coupled to the database system and configured to categorize the plurality of financial transactions into a plurality of categories, the categories including merchant categories and payment method categories, the server system being further configured to provide a plurality of user interfaces to the user, each user interface providing a display of a different portion of the plurality of financial transactions, each user interface configured to enable a user to select a link configured to direct the user to an image of a check associated with one of the plurality of financial transactions; and categorize the financial transaction into a one of the merchant categories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
    Inventors: Matthew Krakowiecki, Pearl Kolling, Jack Mackouse, Kevin Rhein, Elizabeth Hoople, Kathy Yee
  • Patent number: 10083323
    Abstract: Provided is a strategy based feature disablement that includes determining a device/browser combination based on an indication that a user device is attempting to access a resource. The device/browser combination is compared to a database of device/browser combinations. Access to the resource is allowed based on a determination that the device/browser combination is not included in the database of device/browser combinations. Alternatively, the resource is reconfigured based on a determination that the device/browser combination is included in the database of device/browser combinations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
    Inventors: Himanshu G. Patel, Bhanu Sankaran
  • Patent number: 10083428
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
    Inventors: Michael R. Thomas, Elizabeth Schrag, Jimmy C. Wang, Jerome Rhodes
  • Patent number: 10084809
    Abstract: A system for managing security within an enterprise includes a computing device that receives a vulnerability, generates a user score for each user within the enterprise and generates a threat score for the vulnerability. A user device score may also be generated for each device associated with a user. Based on the user score and the threat score, a composite score is generated. After acquiring a security measure, the security measure is implemented based on the composite score and, at times, the user score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Douglas C. Rambo, Steven M. Trudeau, Titanya Hughes, Michael Colehouse, Timothy J. Calabro, Vincent N. Nguyen, Ben D. Brenden
  • Patent number: 10084913
    Abstract: A method of managing customer sentiment includes: monitoring an interaction of a customer with customer interactive media; deriving a sentiment of the customer from the interaction of the customer with the customer interactive media; generating sentiment data for the customer; and updating customer data in a customer database with the sentiment data in real-time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Dennis Emmanuel Montenegro, Prasanth Nandanuru, Pavan Kumar Arln, Yejjala Yevanna
  • Patent number: 10084852
    Abstract: A method for responding to a content retrieval request at a server may include receiving the content retrieval request from a computing device; detecting, at a device aware controller, at least one device capability of the computing device; setting, at the device aware controller, a rule boundary for the content retrieval request based on the at least one device capability; forwarding the content retrieval request with the rule boundary to a device agnostic controller, wherein the content retrieval request does not include capability information associated with the computing device; receiving from the device agnostic controller at the device aware controller, data corresponding to the content retrieval request with the rule boundary applied; and providing the data with the rule boundary applied to the computing device for presentation on the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Shailesh Hedaoo, Ashish G. Khapre, Ranganathan Kanchi
  • Patent number: 10078867
    Abstract: A method implemented on an augmented reality electronic device includes viewing at least a portion of a financial document with the augmented reality electronic device. One or more words or phrases in a section of the financial document are identified using the augmented reality electronic device. A customer associated with the financial document is identified. An indication of the one or more words or phrases and an identification of the customer are sent to a server computer. Customized content is received from the server computer based on the one or more words or phrases and the identification of the customer. The customized content is displayed on the augmented reality electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Christin Chan, Erick Von Tengelitsch, II
  • Patent number: 10075300
    Abstract: Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, and machine readable mediums for secure end-to-end digital communications involving mobile wallets. The result is direct, secure, in-band messaging using mobile wallets that may be used to send messages such as payments, requests for money, financial information, or messages to authorize a debit or credit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Joon Maeng, Ramanathan Ramanathan, Thomas Hayes
  • Patent number: 10068428
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Kourtney Eidam, Randy Matthew Prather
  • Patent number: 10069855
    Abstract: A method for identifying security vulnerabilities in a third party software component includes generating a test application for the third party software component. The test application is generated such that every externally accessible data path in the third party component is called. The test application and the third party software component are analyzed using a static application security testing (SAST) code analyzer. One or more test results are obtained from the SAST code analyzer. The one or more test results are used to identify security vulnerabilities in the third party component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Jeremy W. Long, Mitch Moon
  • Patent number: 10063561
    Abstract: Provided is authentication and authorization without the use of supplicants. Authentication and authorization includes generating a profile for a device based on at least one characteristic observed during a successful attempt by the device to access an 802.1X network infrastructure. Expected characteristics for a next attempt to access the infrastructure by the device are determined. A characteristic of the next access attempt is matched to the expected characteristic and access to the network is selectively controlled as a result of the matching. This is achieved without a supplicant being installed on the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
    Inventors: Ryan B. Benskin, Lawrence T. Belton, Jr., Christopher Houser, Peter A. Makohon, Timothy Morris, Omar Bracey
  • Patent number: 10062076
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving an image captured by a mobile device and determining an orientation and a geographic location of the mobile device based on the image. The method includes generating a display for the image that identifies the location of one or more merchants relative to the mobile device and providing the relative location of the one or more merchants by sending the display to the mobile device as an overlay on the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
    Inventors: Stephen M. Ellis, Michael J. Kennedy, Ashish Bhoopen Kurani, Melissa Lowry, Uma Meyyappan, Bipin Sahni, Nikolai Stroke
  • Patent number: 10057225
    Abstract: Disclosed in some examples are devices, systems, and machine readable mediums for establishing peer to peer mobile wallet communications (P2PMW) over short range wireless communication networks. These P2PMW communications allow exchange of information between two wallet clients. Example communications include payments, providing identification, providing loans, and the like. The use of P2PMW communications opens up the prospect of anyone accepting payment from anybody else at any time. All that is needed is a computing device with a mobile wallet. Example short range wireless communications include Wireless LANs (WLAN) such as WIFI (e.g., communicating according to an Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 family of standards), BLUETOOTH® or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Thomas Hayes, Joon Maeng, Ramanathan Ramanathan