Patents Examined by Elda G Milef
  • Patent number: 11132481
    Abstract: An augmented reality (AR) system for generating and displaying a pre-disaster Enhanced Situation Visualization (ESV) is provided. The AR system may include an ESV computing device, a user computing device operated by a user and a reference database. The user computing device may transmit a reference request message to the ESV device, the reference request message including an image and/or GPS location of a property. The ESV computing device may determine the subject of the image is the property, retrieve reference information including peril maps associated with the property from the reference database, and determine situation information specific to the subject. The reference and situation information including a loss estimate may be displayed on the user computing device to provide an ESV of the property. The ESV may be used for insurance-related activities, such as handling, adjusting, and/or generating an insurance policy, premium, and/or discount, and/or generating insurance-related recommendations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Timothy Joel Davis, Amy Engelhorn
  • Patent number: 11127017
    Abstract: A method and system include identifying at least one stored value product is included in a purchase transaction; calculating an amount of stored value on the stored value product; receiving, by a computer from a merchant device, a payment authorization request for the purchase transaction via a payment card product; transmitting information associated with the stored value product to an issuer of the payment card product. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Gregory S Phillips, Claire Le Gal
  • Patent number: 11127012
    Abstract: An electronic device and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium are provided. The electronic device includes a first communication module; a sensing device; a display; and a processor functionally connected with the first communication module, the sensing device, and the display, and configured to access a first external electronic device through the first communication module, and correlate information on a first item obtained from the first external electronic device with an integrated storage area; and obtain information on a second item outside the electronic device using the sensing device, and correlate the obtained information with the integrated storage area. Further, other embodiments are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Inventors: Ji-Su Oh, Pil-Joo Yoon
  • Patent number: 11126983
    Abstract: An apparatus and a computer implemented method for managing data streams to a terminal device according to peak levels is disclosed. A streaming device (e.g., exchange device) may provide the data streams in response to requests received from the terminal devices. A network device in the communication path between the streaming device and the terminal device may route the data streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
    Inventor: Oliver Markus Haynold
  • Patent number: 11113767
    Abstract: An augmented reality (AR) system for generating and displaying an enhanced situation visualization (ESV) is provided. The AR system may include an ESV computing device, a user computing device operated by a user and a reference database. The user computing device may transmit a reference request message to the ESV device, the reference request message including an image representative of a current view of a user. The ESV computing device may determine a subject of the image, retrieve reference information associated with the subject from the reference database, and determine situation information specific to the subject. The reference and situation information may be displayed on the user computing device to provide an ESV of the subject. The ESV may be used for insurance-related activities, such as handling, adjusting, and/or generating homeowner's insurance claims, and/or for instructional guidance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Timothy Joel Davis, Amy Engelhorn
  • Patent number: 11113768
    Abstract: An augmented reality (AR) system for generating and displaying an enhanced situation visualization (ESV) is provided. The AR system may include an ESV computing device, a user computing device operated by a user and a reference database. The user computing device may transmit a reference request message to the ESV device, the reference request message including an image representative of a current view of a user. The ESV computing device may determine a subject of the image, retrieve reference information associated with the subject from the reference database, and determine situation information specific to the subject. The reference and situation information may be displayed on the user computing device to provide an ESV of the subject. The ESV may be used for insurance-related activities, such as handling, adjusting, and/or generating homeowner's insurance claims, and/or for instructional guidance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Timothy Joel Davis, Amy Engelhorn
  • Patent number: 11107053
    Abstract: Systems and methods for validating and processing payment transactions are disclosed. In the embodiments of the invention a first authorization request message and a first verification value are received at a server computer. The verification value is validated and a second authorization request message with a second verification value is generated. The first verification value may be a dynamic value and the second verification value may be static value. The second verification value is associated with portable device used to perform a transaction and it is what the issuer computers of the portable device expect to receive as part of an authorization request message in a payment transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Visa International Service Associate
    Inventor: Ayman Hammad
  • Patent number: 11106515
    Abstract: A computing system includes a network circuit configured to communicate data over a network, an accounts database configured to store information pertaining to accounts associated with a plurality of customers, and a plurality of application programming interfaces (APIs). The computing system also includes an integration circuit configured to receive a plurality of indications from different third parties of third party preferences to integrate different ones of the functionalities into different third party services. The integration circuit is further configured to select different subsets of the plurality of APIs for the different third parties based on functionalities identified via the indications. The integration circuit is further configured to provide, via a first selected subset of the plurality of APIs, information associated with a first functionality to an external device to facilitate access to the first functionality via a first third party service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Lila Fakhraie, Jennifer Greene, Christopher J. Hirth, Ashish B. Kurani, Andrea Renee Leighton, Margot Lockwood-Stein, Benjamin Soccorsy, Ronald H. Yang, Young M. Yang
  • Patent number: 11100477
    Abstract: A system receives information for a plurality of invoices having invoice amounts owed by a debtor-buyer to a plurality of creditor-suppliers, a cash pool amount for a cash pool available by the debtor-buyer for early payment of at least some of the invoice amounts, and a desired return rate, receives a plurality of offers, each offer from a corresponding creditor-supplier and comprising an offer return rate, determines whether each of the plurality of offers is eligible for acceptance based on each offer return rate from each offer and the desired return rate for the buyer and selects one or more invoices each having an invoice amount, and transmits award information to the debtor-buyer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Pollen, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander C. Kemper, Kevin J. Daniels, Peter L. Thomas, John G. Christopher, Douglas A. Martin
  • Patent number: 11100483
    Abstract: Systems and methods for exchanging digital content in an online layered hierarchical market and exchange network are disclosed. A Buyer utilizes one or more Curry functions that are relevant to content to be acquired thereby developing a Margin Future estimate for the received content. Each e-market layer in the hierarchy adds value to the content for use with one or more other e-market layers. Value is added by executing a Margin Function including a Curry function on the content, as defined in the Margin Future. An embodiment includes data, information, knowledge, and wisdom (DIKW) e-market layers. The Margin Future estimate may be recorded with an escrow agent acting as an intermediary with Investors. Once funded, the Buyer may acquire the content from the Seller and apply value added. Payment may be made when the value added content enters the e-market using electronic wallets. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Ned M. Smith, Rajesh Poornachandran, Michael Nolan, Simon N. Peffers
  • Patent number: 11087328
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to optimizing the secure provisioning of credentials to mobile devices through use of risk decision non-overrides. In some embodiments, a service provider receives a request from a wallet provider to provision a credential associated with an account to a mobile device. The request includes a first risk level associated with the provisioning. The service provider receives a second risk level associated with the provisioning request from an issuer of the account. Based upon determining that a non-override condition exists, the service provider uses the first risk level from the wallet provider and accordingly causes a user authentication to occur. A non-override condition may be determined based upon scenario indicators received within the provisioning request. In some embodiments, the non-override condition may be ignored when the first risk level indicates medium risk and the second risk level indicates high risk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION
    Inventors: Andrew Carpenter, Glenn Leon Powell
  • Patent number: 11080700
    Abstract: Systems (100), methods, and machine-executable data structures for the processing of data for the secure creation, administration, manipulation, processing, and storage of electronic data useful in the processing of electronic payment transactions and other secure data processes. Aspects of such systems (100) include trusted platforms (120) by which networked communication devices (110) and merchant systems (130) may registered as trusted entities 110?, 130. Information associated with particular payment means, such as accounts or payment tokens, can be stored on device(s) secure data sets known as virtual or electronic wallets (112), or in the form of secure payment tokens. Common application programming interfaces executed by devices (110) may facilitate push and pull processes between electronic wallets (112) and other secure data stores (136, 120, 160). Users (190) may thereby initiate and complete electronic transactions directly from within applications on trusted devices (110?).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Royal Bank of Canada
    Inventors: Edison U. Ortiz, Terry W. Lee, Gabriel Y. Woo, Stephen James Scott, Weiqiang Yin, Judy Dinn, Chai Lam
  • Patent number: 11080701
    Abstract: Systems (100, 900), methods, and machine-executable data structures for the processing of data for the secure creation, administration, manipulation, processing, and storage of electronic data useful in the processing of electronic payment transactions and other secure data processes. Aspects of such systems (100) include trusted platforms (120) by which networked communication devices (110) and merchant systems (130) may registered as trusted entities 110?, 130. Information associated with particular payment means, such as accounts or payment tokens, can be stored on device(s) secure data sets known as virtual or electronic wallets (112), or in the form of secure payment tokens. Among other improvements, the invention enables the use of multiple payment accounts to fund purchases and other electronic transactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Royal Bank of Canada
    Inventors: Stephen James Scott, Weigiang Yin, Edison U. Ortiz, Terry W. Lee, Gabriel Y. Woo, Judy Dinn, Chai Lam
  • Patent number: 11074570
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and devices for enabling peer to business payments using an integrated payment and messaging system. In particular, the integrated payment and messaging system allows users to send electronic payments as well as exchange messages with a merchant. The integrated payment and messaging system can improve security by allowing a user to make a purchase without having to provide sensitive financial information to the merchant. In addition, the integrated payment and messaging system can allow a user to make a payment for an order seamlessly during a conversation with the merchant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen Moore Davis, Vipan Reddy Raja Nalla
  • Patent number: 11074659
    Abstract: Methods and systems for determining a cause of loss to a property for damage associated with an insurance-related event based upon data received from a second property. A smart home (or other building) controller and/or an insurance provider remote processor may generate a time sequence of events for damage associated with an insure-related event. The smart home controller or remote processor may also receive a time-sequence of events generated by a smart home controller associated with a second property. The smart home controller or remote processor may compare the two time-sequences of events to determine causes of loss associated with damage to the property. The compared data may be further used to assign a portion of the overall damage to each cause of loss. Subsequently, the smart home controller or remote processor may automatically generate an insurance claim for damage to the property associated with the insurance-related event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Daryoush Hakimi-Boushehri, Jackie O. Jordan, II, Shawn M. Call, John H. Weekes, Ronny S. Bryant, Jennifer Criswell Kellett, Todd Binion, Elisabeth McDermeit, John Donovan
  • Patent number: 11068990
    Abstract: A system for generating and managing usage-based contracts using blockchains configured to (i) store an insurance contract for a currently occurring or upcoming trip, where the insurance contract is to insure the driver, passenger, and/or vehicle during the trip, where the insurance contract includes terms, conditions, or other clauses (e.g., mileage limitations, limitations on autonomous vehicle operation, etc.) and is in a blockchain structure, and where several nodes store copies of the insurance contract in the blockchain structure; (ii) receive, from the driver and/or (autonomous) vehicle, a requested modification of one or more terms, conditions, or other clauses of the insurance contract, (iii) transmit the requested modification to an insurance auction network, (iv) receive a response to the request from the insurance auction network; and (v) store the response in a new block in the insurance contract (e.g., a smart contract) to facilitate providing trip insurance in a transparent manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventor: Matthew L. Floyd
  • Patent number: 11062311
    Abstract: An instruction to generate target information is received by a server and from a first user. The instruction includes two or more pieces of user identity information associated with two or more different users. The two or more pieces of user identity information are combined, by the server and in a predetermined method, into continuous text information. The two or more pieces of user identity information in the continuous text information are separated by one or more separation strings. The target information is generated, by the server, based on at least a predetermined algorithm and the continuous text information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wei Guo
  • Patent number: 11049184
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for processing multi-party insurance claim payouts are provided. A method includes receiving, by a processing circuit, an electronic insurance claim payment request based on an insurance claim regarding an insured entity; evaluating, by the processing circuit, the electronic insurance claim payment request; and facilitating, by the processing circuit, a dispersal of an amount of funds based on the electronic insurance claim payment request to the insured entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Alan W. Hecht, Millicent Calinog, Deborah L. Canale, Imran Haider, Laura Lee Orcutt, Erik Pilz, Brad Stewart
  • Patent number: 11030620
    Abstract: Techniques are described for executing a bot platform configured to track real-time status of payment transactions for a business. The techniques enable reconciliation of a specific transaction to its actual payment status on the business's designated bank account. The bot platform may be executed on one or more computing devices associated with the business or a third-party. In some examples, an order bot is instantiated on the bot platform for a specific transaction and communicates with other bots on the bot platform that track the status of the specific transaction through each of the constituent parts of the payment process (i.e., authentication, capture, settlement, and disbursement). These other bots may communicate with one or more credit card processors and/or one or more credit card companies to determine the status of the specific transaction. The order bot may capture and log this information and provide status updates to the business.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventor: Vincent Le chevalier
  • Patent number: 11023890
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to the generation of a token associated with a status. The status of the token may affect how the token is treated and the types of restrictions placed on the token. The status of the token may indicate that the token is generated based on verification of secure user data. Alternatively, the status of the token may indicate that the token is generated based on insufficient user data and, as such, restrictions may be imposed on the token. The token requestor may be a mobile application, such as a merchant mobile application provisioned on a user device. In response to a token request from the merchant, the token provider issues tokens with varying status based on a confidence level. The status of the token may be indicated in terms of token assurance level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Vishwanath Shastry, Shalini Mayor, Calvin Chen