Patents Examined by I Jung Liu
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Patent number: 10515411Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for confirming trade actions are disclosed. An example method includes displaying a trade action cell corresponding with a trade action, receiving an initiation command, determining that the trade action was initiated based on the initiation command, receiving a confirmation command, wherein the confirmation command is a selection of the same trade action cell, and executing the trade action based on reception of the confirmation command.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.Inventors: Stephen P. Decker, Brien D. Grey
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Patent number: 10509811Abstract: A system and method for refund analysis of travel-indicating unstructured electronic documents. The method includes determining, based on data of a first electronic document, a mileage value-added tax (VAT) refund amount, wherein the first electronic document indicates at least one travel transaction; analyzing at least one second electronic document to determine at least one transaction parameter of each second electronic document, wherein each second electronic document includes at least partially unstructured data; creating a template for each of the at least one second electronic document, wherein each template is a structured dataset including the at least one transaction parameter determined for the respective electronic document; determining, based on the created at least one template, a fuel VAT refund amount; and determining, based on the mileage VAT refund amount and the fuel VAT refund amount, an entitled VAT refund amount.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2017Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: VatBox, Ltd.Inventors: Noam Guzman, Isaac Saft
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Patent number: 10497062Abstract: In an embodiment, a method performed in the computing system comprises steps of (a) electronically receiving an identifier concerning an investor's ownership or management of at least one brokerage account or at least one security; (b) electronically validating by the computing system the investor by querying a record database using the identifier to obtain an information from at least one investment account associated with the investor; (c) electronically extracting by the computing system the information; (d) electronically populating by the computing system a profile for the investor with the extracted information and electronically storing the extracted information to a computer readable medium in a profile database, wherein the extracted information comprises at least the investor's positional information; (e) electronically providing by the computing system at least one capability to the investor, wherein the capability allows the investor to electronically perform one or more activities; and (f) electrType: GrantFiled: January 31, 2019Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.Inventor: Richard J. Daly
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Patent number: 10496979Abstract: A service provider provides one or more “best” total value suggestions for one or more items specified by a user. The suggestions are based on one or more of user preferences, user location, available funding options, available local merchant incentives, available manufacturer incentives, and local merchants offering the item. In one embodiment, the “best” total value is the lowest price available to the user. The user may make a purchase using a suggestion or a revised suggestion.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2015Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: PayPal, Inc.Inventors: Sebastien Taveau, Curtis Ares Sakamoto, Westley Martin Stringfellow, Joel Yarbrough
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Patent number: 10489788Abstract: A device receives sensor data that provides an indication of a height of a user of a transaction device, receives camera data that includes one or more images of the user, and scale data that provides an indication of a weight of the user. The device identifies one or more features associated with the user based on the camera data and processes the sensor data, the scale data, and feature information describing the one or more features, with a machine learning model, to estimate a body mass index of the user. The device determines whether the user is verified for utilizing the transaction device to conduct a transaction based on the body mass index and one or more credentials associated with the user and performs one or more actions based on determining whether the user is verified for utilizing the transaction device to conduct the transaction.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2019Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: Capital One Services, LLCInventors: Joshua Edwards, Abdelkadar M'Hamed Benkreira, Michael Mossoba
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Patent number: 10489753Abstract: An electronic transaction method, funds transfer apparatus and method for facilitating a funds transfer. The methods comprise sending information from a purchaser or payor to a funds transfer system separate from a vendor system or payee, validating and confirming personal financial information at the funds transfer system, and transferring funds from a purchaser or payor account to the vendor or a payee account without exposing either party's financial and account information to the other. Additionally, a funds transfer apparatus is disclosed comprising connections to a payor and payee system and mechanisms for receiving and validating party and transaction information and a mechanism for transferring funds from one party to the other.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2012Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignees: The Western Union Company, First Data CorporationInventors: Terry Allen-Rouman, Jack Michael Arrington, Keval Desai, Robert Edwin Dravenstott, Wendy D. Larson, Scott J. Levokove, John Joseph Mascavage, III, Peter Eric Philipp, Margaret Morgan Weichert
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Patent number: 10482432Abstract: Remote deposit of checks can be facilitated by a financial institution. A customer's general purpose computer and image capture device may be leveraged to capture an image of a check and deliver the image to financial institution electronics. Additional data for the transaction may be collected as necessary. The transaction can be automatically accomplished utilizing the images and data thus acquired.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2018Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)Inventors: Charles Lee Oakes, III, Randy Ray Morlen, Bharat Prasad, Troy Bartlette Huth
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Patent number: 10482541Abstract: An insurance claim system that can display vehicle identification key information and vehicle option, package, engine, transmission, paint, production date information provided from multiple different sources. The system can perform a method that includes displaying at least one insurance claim with at least one vehicle description, a plurality of vehicle options, and a VIN field. A VIN is entered into the VIN field, which is decoded to determine vehicle information and vehicle option information. One or more vehicle options displayed by the client computer are selected with the vehicle option information, and the selected vehicle options are modified with supplemental vehicle options information provided by an OEM source. Modifying the vehicle options with the information provided by the OEM source improves the accuracy of the options information selected on the insurance claim page.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2018Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: Audatex North America, Inc.Inventors: Tanya Elkins, Sergey Gorelov, Daryoush Joobbani
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Patent number: 10460315Abstract: A computer-implemented remote control method and system are disclosed for providing financial account security to prevent unauthorized use of the financial account. The method may include providing, for an account holder device, a graphical user interface for facilitating automatic activation and deactivation of the financial account and receiving over a network from the account holder device, an account holder command entered through the provided graphical user interface. The method may additionally include authenticating the account holder command and processing the account holder command entered through the provided graphical user interface using a command processing engine including computer processing components, the command processing engine changing an account status from an active state to an inactive state or from an inactive state to an active state in accordance with the received command.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2014Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.Inventors: Rick Starbuck, Jaeson Paul, Brad X. Lucas, Ravi Acharya
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Patent number: 10453138Abstract: The present embodiments are provided to facilitate the automatic trading of spreads in a fast and accurate manner. One or more market data feeds that contain market information for tradeable objects are received at an exchange. A spread data feed is generated in response to the market data feeds and from one or more spread setting parameters, which can be entered by a user. The spread data feed is preferably displayed in a spread window as bid and ask quantities associated with an axis or scale of prices. The user can enter orders in the spread window and the legs will be automatically worked to achieve, or attempt to achieve, the spread. In addition, other tools disclosed herein may be utilized to assist the user in making such trades.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2018Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: PABLO, LLCInventors: Gary Allan Kemp, II, Jens-Uwe Schluetter, Michael J. Burns, Scott F. Singer, Fred Monroe, David Babulak, Harris C. Brumfield
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Patent number: 10453155Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media are described for estimating real estate property values based on an adjusted repeat sales model. In one exemplary embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises calculating data for estimating the adjustments from aggregated levels to disaggregated levels by marking a first transaction to a second transaction using a repeat sales house price index function at an aggregated level; determining, using the calculated data, an estimate of the deviation between the repeat sales house price index at the aggregated level and a repeat sales house price index at a disaggregated level; and calculating the repeat sales house price index at the disaggregated level based on the determined estimate of the deviation from the aggregated level.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2013Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION (FREDDIE MAC)Inventors: James Douglas Gordon, Pamela W. Sims
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Patent number: 10445831Abstract: A method for autonomous fund management including the steps of selecting a certain number of securities to create a first group of securities from a publicly traded index, discarding securities from the first group based on filter criteria to create a second group of securities, categorizing the securities from the second group of securities to assign the securities to different industry sectors, grouping a predefined number of the categorized securities into a number n of security pools, such that each security in a same security pool is categorized to a same industry sector, and trading securities within the security pools, such that a first quantity of a first security within a pool is sold and a second quantity of a second security within the pool is purchased when a trade trigger is met, the trade trigger including an event when a ratio between a price of the first security and a price of the second security meets a predefined threshold.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2016Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Inventor: Peter Seilern
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Patent number: 10445837Abstract: A system, method and computer program product for receiving information relating to a financial account of an individual from at least one first data provider; receiving information relating to at least one of an identity theft expense reimbursement insurance policy of the individual, a public information relating to the individual, an identity theft risk score of the individual, a credit card registry of the individual, a backup data relating to the individual, a background information of the individual, and a business report relating to the individual, from at least one second data provider; and preparing a report relating to the individual's identity theft based on the information.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2018Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Intersections Inc.Inventors: Mark Andringa, Lisa Glau, Jonathan Slaton
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Patent number: 10445830Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for deploying and implementing centralized trading and tracking computing platforms to support tri-party trading are presented. In some embodiments, a central trading computing platform may receive, from a retirement group accounts administration computer system associated with a financial institution, trade information defining one or more trades in one or more mutual funds for one or more accounts administrated by the financial institution. Subsequently, the central trading computing platform may validate the trade information and create order information based on the trade information. Then, the central trading computing platform may send the order information to a clearing entity computer system.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2015Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Bank of America CorporationInventor: Valerie J. Redmond
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Patent number: 10438289Abstract: Methods and systems disclosed herein assist users in determining when to retire from a first career and how to allocate retirement funds from the first career. The user may set retirement goals and select a retirement date for the first career. The system may estimate a retirement income for the first career. The user may indicate the payment schedule in which the user will receive the first career retirement funds. The user may provide, or the system may collect from other sources, information regarding other assets and debts associated with the user. Thereafter, the user may be provided information regarding the second career needed to meet the retirement goals and advice regarding the retirement from the first career, including the retirement payout.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2016Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)Inventors: Zachary A. Gipson, Eric M. Engquist, Richard Martinez, Melisa Izaguirre, Ron'Dell Harley, Lea B. Sims, Jackie L. Gilmore, Tim Haverly, Brian F. Wilson
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Patent number: 10438288Abstract: The Multidimensional Asset Management Tag Pivot Apparatuses, Methods and Systems (“MAMTP”) transforms iTag Creation Request and Responses, holdings selections, allocation splits, goal map selections, goal option selections, account links inputs via MAMTP components into iTag records, iTagged asset information, asset buy/sell approval, asset order, map goal add, tracking, outputs. The MAMTP includes a processor issuing instructions to obtain: an asset identifier for an asset collection from a user, and associated interest profile constraints. MAMTP also obtains an interest tag selection, obtain constituent asset collection proportion allocation information based on the interest tag selection. The MAMTP may then provide a selection mechanism for the user to specify preferences amongst any conflicting tag selections.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2015Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: Marstone, Inc.Inventors: Margaret Josephine Hartigan, Robert Morris Stone
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Patent number: 10430884Abstract: A post-trade aggregation system for financial instrument trading systems, wherein a trader manages a plurality of trade orders to be executed by one or more executing brokers on behalf of customers via a data interface system. The plurality of trade orders includes at least one wrap block order and at least one institutional block order. The plurality of trade orders are merged into a single merged block order, apportioned into a plurality of smaller electronic trade orders, and transmitted to a plurality of order destinations. One or more computer systems are in electronic communication with the data interface system and with a clearing system, and configured to compress individual executions from the plurality of order destinations corresponding to the plurality of smaller electronic trade orders into a single net marked-up step-out for wrap orders and a single average-priced block for institutional orders.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2017Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: Virtu ITG Software Solutions LLCInventors: Ronald D. Lee, Mervin C. Newell, Scott H. Kurland, Ian P. L. Hoenisch, James B. Weiner, Gerald B. Drayer, Robert L. Sher
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Patent number: 10423939Abstract: Remote deposit of checks can be facilitated by a financial institution. A customer's general purpose computer and image capture device may be leveraged to capture an image of a check and deliver the image to financial institution electronics. Additional data for the transaction may be collected as necessary. The transaction can be automatically accomplished utilizing the images and data thus acquired.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2018Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)Inventors: Charles Lee Oakes, III, Randy Ray Morlen, Bharat Prasad, Troy Bartlette Huth
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Patent number: 10424145Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for processing a transaction between a first party and a second party. Information defining terms of the transaction and identifying a presentation instrument are received at a host system. Preference information associated with the presentation instrument is retrieved with the host system. The preference information specifies terms for an allocation of transaction amounts among multiple transaction types. An amount for the transaction is allocated among the transaction types in accordance with terms of the transaction and the terms for the allocation.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2018Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: First Data CorporationInventors: SuZanne Rogers, Timothy Horton, Gary J. Trainor
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Patent number: 10417705Abstract: An information display system includes a computing system that is configured to implement a user interface, access a first database storing a plurality of loan workout rules, receive loan and borrower data regarding an existing loan, and determine a plurality of loan workout options based on the plurality of loan workout rules and the received loan and borrower data. The plurality of loan workout options are displayed on the user interface.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2015Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventors: Seung Koo, Jan M. Emter, Mario Nardi, Richard C. Edwards, Archana Bhandary Upadhyay, Manoj S. Magavi