Patents Assigned to Zions Bancorporation
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Publication number: 20140222606Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for conducting a variable quantity auction. A seller may determine a quantity range of items to be sold and a reserve price for acceptable bids. The auction may proceed in two phases. In a first phase, bidders bid on a quantity of items at a price that is at least the reserve price. In various embodiments, the first phase may be used to determine the total number of items to be sold in a second phase. In the second phase a price for the fixed quantity of items may be determined. In various embodiments, the second phase may proceed as a typical second item auction in which bidders may modify their bids until the end of the auction. The winning bidders may only pay for their items at the lowest qualifying bid.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2014Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: ZIONS BANCORPORATIONInventors: William David Hemingway, Evan Martin Hill
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Patent number: 7962397Abstract: An online auction process for derivative securities is used to determine a fair market value of an asset or benefit provided to others, such as employee stock options. In one embodiment, the derivative securities track the intrinsic value realized by employees when exercising the employee stock options granted to them by their employers. The derivative securities may include rules for handling modifications to an employee stock option grant and/or rules for handling forfeitures of some or all of the employee stock options.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2006Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: Zions BancorporationInventors: William David Hemingway, James G. Livingston, Evan Martin Hill, Rick Davis Burtenshaw, Gary Bernard Hansen, Eric John Pehrson, Larry Ross Denham, Ronald C. Hanks, James Reed Cooper, James Brady Palmer, Robert Lynn Bartleson, Jonathan Eric Bacon, Shelene Brown, Richard J. Sullivan, Nick Robert Watne, Henry Conrad Wurts, Doyle L. Arnold, Thomas E. Laursen
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Publication number: 20040133516Abstract: The present invention comprises a program product, system and method for deposit processing using check images. In one embodiment of the present invention, the program product comprises machine-readable program code for causing, when executed, a machine to perform the following steps: at least one check processor receiving deposit information for a plurality of different deposit transactions, with the deposit information including original check image data and endorsed and voided check image data for at least one check to be deposited; selecting a print processor that has access to at least one printer based on at least one criterion; sending the electronic check data and check image data to the selected print processor; identifying a clearing end point; generating cash letter data for a maker bank; the print processor or the check processor transmitting the check image data and the cash letter data directly or indirectly to the selected end point and/or to at least one printer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2003Publication date: July 8, 2004Applicant: ZIONS BANCORPORATIONInventors: Danne L. Buchanan, William Ronald Titus
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Publication number: 20040068464Abstract: A method, system and program product for processing electronic return items, the method comprising: receiving directly or indirectly from a plurality of different payor banks a plurality of different electronic return notification files, each electronic return notification file in the plurality for a different bank of first deposit, each electronic return notification file including a data structure with a designated bank of first deposit, an amount, and a reference key for the return item and a return reason; sorting multiple electronic return notification files by designated bank of first deposit; and sending each of a plurality of the electronic return notification files directly or indirectly to its respective designated bank of first deposit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2002Publication date: April 8, 2004Applicant: ZIONS BANCORPORATIONInventors: Danne Buchanan, William Ronald Titus
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Patent number: RE43769Abstract: An online auction process for derivative securities is used to determine a fair market value of an asset or benefit provided to others, such as employee stock options. In one embodiment, the derivative securities track the intrinsic value realized by employees when exercising the employee stock options granted to them by their employers. The derivative securities may include rules for handling modifications to an employee stock option grant and/or rules for handling forfeitures of some or all of the employee stock options.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2012Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Zions BancorporationInventors: William David Hemingway, James G. Livingston, Evan Martin Hill, Rick Davis Burtenshaw, Gary Bernard Hansen, Eric John Pehrson, Larry Ross Denham, Ronald C. Hanks, James Reed Cooper, James Brady Palmer, Robert Lynn Bartleson, Jonathan Eric Bacon, Shelene Brown, Richard J. Sullivan, Nick Robert Watne, Henry Conrad Wurts, Doyle L. Arnold, Thomas E. Laursen
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Patent number: RE43986Abstract: An online auction process for derivative securities is used to determine a fair market value of an asset or benefit provided to others, such as employee stock options. In one embodiment, the derivative securities track the intrinsic value realized by employees when exercising the employee stock options granted to them by their employers. The derivative securities may include rules for handling modifications to an employee stock option grant and/or rules for handling forfeitures of some or all of the employee stock options.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2012Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Zions BancorporationInventors: William David Hemingway, James G. Livingston, Evan Martin Hill, Rick Davis Burtenshaw, Gary Bernard Hansen, Eric John Pehrson, Larry Ross Denham, Ronald C. Hanks, James Reed Cooper, James Brady Palmer, Robert Lynn Bartleson, Jonathan Eric Bacon, Shelene Brown, Richard J. Sullivan, Nick Robert Watne, Henry Conrad Wurts, Doyle L. Arnold, Thomas E. Laursen