Patents Examined by Gregory M James
  • Patent number: 12664585
    Abstract: Message processing is described, in which each of first and second computer systems have a message operator configured to process messages to manage a data structure having a state determined via the processing. The message operator of the first computer system is configured to reroute unprocessed messages to the message operator of the second computer system such that the message operator of the second computer system establishes an order of an input message stream and a current state of the data structure arising from the input message stream. The message operator of the second computer system is configured to, once the current state is established, send the messages of the input message stream to the message operator of the first computer system in accordance with the established order such that the current state of data structure is recreated by the message operator of the first computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
    Inventors: Dileep Chakravarthi Konduru, Zachary Bonig, Frank Kmiec, Ari L. Studnitzer, Manmathasivaram Nagarajan, Priteshkumar Soni, Pearce Ian Peck-Walden, James Allen Bailey
  • Patent number: 12651243
    Abstract: A system and method for issuing a virtual value-bearing card associated with only non-personally identifying information is disclosed. A remote internet enabled device, an input device, a network coupling, and a card dispenser communicate to convert physical or electronic currency, wherein the converted funds are immediately available to the user with a virtual value bearing card stored on an application hosted on an internet enabled device. The converted funds are simultaneously available on a physical card. The input device is configured to receive input to scan a code graphically provided by the internet enabled device. The code includes only non-personally identifiable information. The network coupling is configured to send the new account request to an acquirer processor and to receive an approval response from the acquirer processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2026
    Assignees: Ready Credit Corporation, Reverse ATM LLC
    Inventors: George Anthony Hilal, Brian J. Hedberg, Thomas D. Smith
  • Patent number: 12632857
    Abstract: A money processing device includes: a money processing unit; a communication circuitry; a man-machine interface; and processing circuitry configured to control the money processing unit, the communication circuitry and the man-machine interface. The processing circuitry generates temporary information, and operates the communication circuitry or the man-machine interface to provide the temporary information to outside. When the communication circuitry or the man-machine interface that is not operated to provide the temporary information to the outside receives secondary information corresponding to the temporary information, the processing circuitry transfers the money processing device to a state of executing a process of resolving an abnormality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Wataru Ihara, Kazuya Nishino
  • Patent number: 12499434
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and techniques for combinable gift card components during a checkout process in a retail environment. A gift card can include a first gift card component of a first type, the first gift card component including a first identifier (e.g., barcode), and a second gift card component of a second type that can be different from the first type and separate from the first gift card component, having a second identifier. The first and second identifiers can be scanned and used to associate the first gift card component with the second gift card component. The second gift card component can be an envelope or sleeve that can be a similar size and/or a similar shape as the first gift card component. The second gift card component can permanently attach to the first gift card component during the checkout process to form the gift card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2025
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Surjeet Bhoora, Christopher Brakob, Donnie Tolbert, Andrew Wipf, Nicholas Lojewski, Arnab Pal, Richard Ryan Walstrom, Alexandros Glitsos, Matthew Levy, Miguel Herrera
  • Patent number: 12327228
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media to model objects. One method includes receiving, from an application of a user device, a content dataset of an object and capture event parameters of a capture event of the object, generating a three-dimensional (3D) object file based on the content dataset, wherein the 3D object file is a digital twin of the object, corresponding with one or more characteristics of the object, storing the 3D object file and the capture event parameters in a data repository, generating a token including a metadata object based on broadcasting the 3D object file, the content dataset, and the capture event parameters to a distributed ledger, wherein the metadata objects embeds, into the token, the metadata of the object, a pointer to the capture event parameters, and a pointer to the 3D object file, and storing the token at a digital wallet address of a wallet storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: Twigital, Inc.
    Inventor: Jesse Jonathan Damrow
  • Patent number: 12229736
    Abstract: A computer implemented method performed by a global transaction processing system includes receiving an information item from an originator and generating an originator profile based on the information item. The method includes receiving a transaction request initiated by the originator, the transaction request including transactional data. The method includes validating the transactional data to determine whether the transaction request includes a defect. The method includes, responsive to determining that the transaction request includes a defect, determining whether the transaction request is automatically repairable. The method also includes, responsive to determining that the transaction request is automatically repairable, generating a repaired processed transaction data packet based on the originator profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: James McGinlay, Robert Ortiz, Barbara Stockler, Joanne Strobel-Cort, Leonard J. Valentino
  • Patent number: 12106364
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for providing a networking platform for dynamically aggregating and routing loan inquiries are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Crowdnetic Corporation
    Inventors: Srikanth Goteti, Nathan Barber, Alice Tera Cox, Peter Leffler
  • Patent number: 12051103
    Abstract: A computing system includes an account management circuit configured to generate, responsive to receiving an input from the user device regarding establishment of a new account, an interface overlay on a user interface. The interface overlay includes an outline for an identification item. The circuit is also configured to determine that the identification item is contained within the outline of the interface overlay. The circuit is also configured to capture, automatically based on the determination that the identification item is contained within the outline, a first image of the identification item of the user. The circuit is also configured to verify an identity of the user based on a comparison of the first image with a second image of the user. The circuit is also configured to create, responsive to the verification of the identity of the user, the new account for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Alan W. Hecht, Margaret Mangot, Kelli Todd
  • Patent number: 11972487
    Abstract: Vehicle costs may be allocated between users of a vehicle, including autonomous vehicles. A vehicle cost allocation (VCA) computing device receives an anticipated trip report associated with an anticipated future trip, the anticipated trip report associated with at least one vehicle user including an anticipated driver of the vehicle and an anticipated passenger, the anticipated trip report including at least one of an anticipated destination and a distance of the anticipated future trip. The VCA computing device is also configured to determine one or more anticipated vehicle costs for the anticipated future trip. The vehicle costs may include usage-based or trip-based insurance. The VCA computing device is also configured to allocate a respective portion of the vehicle cost to the anticipated driver and passenger and transmit the anticipated vehicle costs to for review by the anticipated driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Gregory Hayward, Scott Christensen
  • Patent number: 11657380
    Abstract: A consumer may initiate a transaction using a transaction account. The transaction account issuer may transmit a notification to the consumer that the transaction has been authorized. The consumer may select requestees with whom to split the transaction. The transaction account issuer may transmit instructions via APIs to peer-to-peer payment systems to request payment from the requestees. The peer-to-peer payment systems may transfer the payment to the transaction account issuer, and the transaction account issuer may apply to payment to the consumer's transaction account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Faraz Babar, Sylvain Boucard, Lavanya Venkatanarayanan, Lisa Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 11593877
    Abstract: An order execution server for stock trading includes a data collection unit configured to collect trading data on at least one item, a subsidiary prediction value generation unit configured to generate a subsidiary prediction value by inputting the trading data into a pre-trained first deep learning model based on supervised learning, an order execution strategy deriving unit configured to derive an order execution strategy for the at least one item during a current period of time based on the trading data and the subsidiary prediction value by using a pre-trained second deep learning model based on reinforcement learning; and an order execution instruction unit configured to instruct order execution for the at least one item during the current period of time by using order information including the order execution strategy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: QRAFT TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Seong Min Kim, Tae Hee Cho, Hyo Jun Moon
  • Patent number: 11593878
    Abstract: An order execution server for stock trading includes a data collection unit configured to collect trading data on at least one item, a model generation unit configured to generate a reinforcement learning-based deep learning model including two or more actors which are neural networks that determine an action policy of a reinforcement learning agent and a critic which is a neural network that estimates an action value of the reinforcement learning agent and train the reinforcement learning-based deep learning model to derive an order execution strategy for the at least one item based on the trading data and an order execution unit configured to perform order execution for the at least one item during a current period of time by using order information including the order execution strategy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: QRAFT TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Seong Min Kim, Tae Hee Cho, Hyo Jun Moon
  • Patent number: 11587048
    Abstract: Provided are a method and a system for a massage apparatus-based user information transaction. According to one embodiment of the disclosure, a method for a massage apparatus-based user information transaction includes the steps of: inquiring whether a user gives prior-consent to provision of user information to the outside; if the user gives prior consent to the provision of user information to the outside, collecting, from the massage apparatus, user information including the user's biometric information, and storing same; providing the stored user information to a third party company server; calculating an amount of money to be paid to the user in accordance with the provision of the user information to the outside; and paying the calculated amount of money to the relevant user's account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: BODYFRIEND CO., LTD
    Inventors: Woong Chul Kang, Soo Hyun Cho
  • Patent number: 11436602
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a customer authentication system includes at least one sensor configured to provide location information of people around a product display section. A customer authentication device is configured to provide customer identification information. A processing device is configured to perform location tracking of the people around the product display section based on the location information from the one or more sensors. The number of people in a predetermined area around the first customer authentication device is then determined based on the location tracking. The processing device enables customer authentication via the customer authentication device if only one person is in the predetermined area and disables customer authentication via the customer authentication device if more than one person is present in the predetermined area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Daisuke Miyagi
  • Patent number: 11429972
    Abstract: This disclosure describes an edge-node computing system that provides streamlined access to secured products/services based on data captured by one or more sensors. The captured data may include unsolicited authenticators. Edge-nodes may process the captured data and perform a plurality of pre-authentication routines. A consensus protocol executed by the edge-nodes may establish a threshold pre-authentication of a customer based on the plurality of pre-authentication routines. Edge-nodes may configure an automated teller machine (“ATM”) to provide the customer access to the ATM based on the threshold pre-authentication. The edge-nodes may configure the ATM to allow the customer to use a contactless authentication method to access the ATM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Brandon Sloane, Monika Kapur, Crystal M. Sundaramoorthy
  • Patent number: 11195235
    Abstract: Described is identifying entities based at least in part on the location of a user device. A server or the user device will determine the location of the user device and/or whether there are any beacons, such as proximity beacons, in the vicinity. The server or the user device will then determine where the user is and if there are any identifiable entities within a certain distance to that location. In performing these steps, the server and/or the user device may access a database for the geographical area. The user device will then receive information related to a function as indicated by the user, such as the facilitation of a donation, a non-obligated payment, or an obligated payment to the entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: HRB Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Acosta, Daniel D. Martin
  • Patent number: 11176621
    Abstract: A tax return preparation application generates a first interview screen displayed to a subject taxpayer and requests first input of an image or entry of pre-determined data. Intermediate computer storing electronic tax data of multiple taxpayers determines whether electronic tax data provided or derived based on first input includes a first set for certain fields of an electronic tax form. If so, certain fields are automatically populated and a second, larger set of electronic data is identified and imported from data store to populate additional fields. If not, tax return preparation application generates a second interview screen requesting second input. Additional fields are not populated with data imported from data store when second input confirms that electronic tax data does not include the first set, but may import from data store when second input makes modifications or corrections such that electronic tax data includes the first set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: INTUIT INC.
    Inventors: Andrew S. McDonald, Caitlin Elizabeth Flint, Phillip J. Ohme
  • Patent number: 11138570
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium for detecting a risk of fraud in a vehicle insurance claim by comparing the cost of repair from a treatment facility to a cost estimate for the repair. If the cost of repair from the treatment facility exceeds the cost estimate by a substantial amount, the cost of repair may be flagged as a risk of fraud and a suspicious loss indicator may be generated and transmitted to an insurance agent, a claims center, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventor: William J. Leise
  • Patent number: 11100572
    Abstract: A financial institution computing system associated with a financial institution includes an account management circuit configured to prompt a user via a user device to capture a first image of an identification item of the user and a second image of the user using the user device in response to receiving, over a network via a network interface, an input from the user device regarding establishing a new account at the financial institution. The account management circuit is further configured to receive, over the network via the network interface, the first image and the second image, verify the identity of the user by comparing the first image with the second image, and create the new account for the user by generating an account number for the user and storing the account number in the accounts database in response to the identity of the user being verified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Alan W. Hecht, Margaret Mangot, Kelli Todd
  • Patent number: 11082351
    Abstract: A data transaction processing system includes a quarantine system that delays messages configured to accept a delay before being processed by the data transaction processing system. During periods of heavy network traffic, the imposed delay reduces network congestion by distributing/load leveling messages according to available computing resources. Separating messages over time also reduces the processing latency of the data transaction processing system. Messages that are routed and delayed through the quarantine system may be executed at a better transactional value than other non-delayed messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
    Inventor: Oliver Markus Haynold