Patents Examined by John H Holly
  • Patent number: 11966898
    Abstract: A system receives, from a server, information about a first set of remotely-configured options for an unattended machine. In response to receiving the information about the first set of remotely-configured options, the system displays user interface objects that allow for selection of respective options in the first set of remotely-configured options. After detecting a selection of a first user interface object, the system receives, from the server, specifications regarding electric pulses to be provided to the unattended machine by a pulse-providing device. After sending an authorization grant and the specifications to the pulse-providing device, the system receives an indication that the electric pulses were provided to the unattended machine according to the specifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: PayRange Inc.
    Inventor: Paresh K. Patel
  • Patent number: 11954666
    Abstract: A method for identifying a funds transfer opportunity in an electronic media accessed by a mobile device may include monitoring the electronic media for the funds transfer opportunity, identifying the funds transfer opportunity in the electronic media, and outputting indication for the funds transfer opportunity in the electronic media. The method may further include receiving confirmation to instantiate a funds transfer based on the indicated funds transfer opportunity on the mobile device and instantiating the funds transfer based on the received confirmation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: The Western Union Company
    Inventor: Craig Brooks
  • Patent number: 11941706
    Abstract: Technologies for summarizing tax documents that include an unstructured portion, such as K1 filings. The system extracts data from both the structured information, such as a K1 facepage, and unstructured information, such as whitepaper statement(s). The system includes machine learning model(s) to determine the information to be extracted from the unstructured information. The machine learning model(s) generate a confidence level associated with the extracted unstructured information that represents a prediction on how likely the extracted unstructured information was accurately extracted. The system generates a document in an electronic interchange format that represents both the structured and unstructured information in the analyzed tax document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: K1X, Inc.
    Inventors: Geralyn R. Hurd, Nathaniel J. Jones, Camron Momeni, Justin A. Bass
  • Patent number: 11907926
    Abstract: A system receives, from a server, information about a first set of remotely-configured options for an unattended machine. In response to receiving the information about the first set of remotely-configured options, the system displays user interface objects that allow for selection of respective options in the first set of remotely-configured options. After detecting a selection of a first user interface object, the system receives, from the server, specifications regarding electric pulses to be provided to the unattended machine by a pulse-providing device. After sending an authorization grant and the specifications to the pulse-providing device, the system receives an indication that the electric pulses were provided to the unattended machine according to the specifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: PayRange Inc.
    Inventor: Paresh K. Patel
  • Patent number: 11861586
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for facilitating payment of a total amount comprising multiple future instalments by a customer (3), the method comprising: receiving, at an instalment payment server (5), an indication from a mobile device (7) associated with the customer (3) to set up the payment by the multiple future instalments; generating first authorisation data indicative of an authorisation of the multiple future instalments; sending the first authorisation data to a mobile device (7). The method may include displaying on the mobile device (7) an optical machine readable representation of the first authorisation data; and scanning, by a merchant POS system (13) associated with a merchant (11), the optical machine readable representation of the first authorisation data from the mobile device (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Afterpay Limited
    Inventors: Nicholas Molnar, David Whiteman
  • Patent number: 11847701
    Abstract: Systems and methods of trading items on an electronic trading system according to the invention are provided. The embodiments of the invention are based at least in part on a new order type. The new order type is a modification of a conventional good-until-bettered order type. A good-until-bettered bid/offer is received along with instructions that specify a good-until-bettered increment value and/or duration. The good-until-bettered order is maintained in the electronic trading system until a bid/offer that is better by the specified plurality of standard trading increments is received by the electronic trading system and/or remains in the system for the good-until-bettered duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: BGC PARTNERS, INC.
    Inventors: Howard W. Lutnick, Kevin M. Foley, Joseph Noviello, Michael Sweeting
  • Patent number: 11823163
    Abstract: A method for utilizing smartglasses-enabled, autonomous, transfer technology, to execute a transferor to recipient transfer is provided. The method may include receiving, via hand gestures at the smartglasses, a mobile phone number of a target recipient. The method may also include transmitting the mobile phone number from the smartglasses to an entity associated with the transferor. The method may then determine a recipient identification number associated with the mobile phone number at the entity associated with the transferor, and, preferably then, communicating with a transfer gateway to initiate a payment between a transferor account number associated and the recipient identification number. The method may also include processing the transfer via the transfer gateway and transmitting a completion notification to a mobile device associated with the mobile number and to the smartglasses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventor: Saurabh Gupta
  • Patent number: 11798095
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to using machine learning methods to produce commercial and shared economy insights. A computing platform may receive historical claim processing information. The computing platform may train a machine learning model using the historical claim processing information, which may configure the machine learning model to output new claim processing information based on claim information. The computer platform may receive a new claim, including claim information, and may process the new claim using the machine learning model, which may result in the new claim processing information. The computing platform may send, to a user computing device, the new claim processing information and one or more commands directing the user computing device to display the new claim processing information, which may cause the user computing device to display the new claim processing information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: Christopher Paul Gutsell, John P. Kelsh, Rebecca Harasymczuk, Matthew Gore, Nathan Brune, John Deans
  • Patent number: 11783313
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method, program, server, and wearable device that may generate a virtual code, which is not matched with any other code, whenever a payment is requested. Furthermore, the present invention provides a method, program, server, and wearable device that may conveniently add a device while security is maintained, when a user wants to add a device capable of being used as a payment means. Moreover, the present invention provides a method, program, server, and wearable device that may add and use only an algorithm without changing a conventional process, and may provide a wearable device-based financial transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: SSENSTONE INC.
    Inventor: Chang Hun Yoo
  • Patent number: 11763360
    Abstract: Techniques described herein are directed to intelligently identifying items for resale based on digital records of past purchases. A computing system of a payment processing service can analyze digital record(s) of a user that are representative of previous purchase(s) of the user. Based at least partly on analyzing the digital record(s), an item previously purchased by the user can be identified as a candidate for resale to another user. The computing system can monitor marketplace(s), and can determine, based at least partly on monitoring the marketplace(s), item information for the item. The computing system can create, based at least partly on the item information, a listing for an ecommerce channel that enables the user to sell the item. The listing can include an actuation mechanism that enables the other user to purchase the item, a transaction for which can be processed by the payment processing service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Block, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew O’Connor, Roshan Jhunja, Megan Karande, Justin Van Slembrouck, Noah Batterson
  • Patent number: 11756007
    Abstract: A method for open-loop person to person payments comprises: receiving, from a sender computing device, a transaction request message including an identifier of a recipient, a selection of a payment device, and a payment amount; determining, based on the identifier, a registration status of the recipient; if the recipient is registered: determining, from the identifier of the recipient, an account of the recipient, and initiating a request to a payment network to effect a transfer of the payment amount from an account associated with the selected payment device to an account of the recipient; if the recipient is unregistered, effecting a transfer of the payment amount from an account associated with the selected payment device to an escrow account, and transmitting, to the recipient based on the identifier, a payment notification message, said payment notification message including a link for the recipient to register to receive the payment amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Alan Ferguson, Ravi Kapoor, Sedef Acar, Mohammad Al-Hussein, Georgina Selby
  • Patent number: 11756111
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for selecting loan payment terms for improved loan quality and risk management. An exemplary embodiment includes storing first loan data corresponding to a first loan to a first borrower. The first loan may have been funded based on an initial financial disclosure that reflects the financial status of the first borrower during an initial time period when the first loan was funded. First payment terms and second payment terms are stored, and one of the first payment terms or the second payment terms is selected based on whether the first borrower provides the updated financial disclosure. The first loan data is processed consistently with the selected payment terms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac)
    Inventors: Sachin Dharmadhikari, Ganesh Krishnamoorthy
  • Patent number: 11715085
    Abstract: A wearable payment device, such as a finger ring worn by a user, communicates payment data to a payment reader that uses the payment data in order to request a payment transaction. Such wearable payment device may be conveniently carried by and accessible to the user such that utilization of the payment device for the payment transaction is less burdensome for the user, thereby encouraging use of the payment device for payments. Indeed, in some cases, such as when the payment device is implemented as a finger ring or other type of jewelry, the user may be encouraged to carry the payment device in an exposed manner such that it is readily available for the payment transaction without the user having to search in a wallet, pocket, or purse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Block, Inc.
    Inventors: Afshin Rezayee, Emad Bidari, Thomas Templeton, Michael Lamfalusi, Matthew H. Maibach, Jesse L. Dorogusker
  • Patent number: 11687945
    Abstract: A computer operable method of processing a current transaction between a merchant device and a customer device, including: receiving a command for remote payment from a computer application program on a computer system in a merchant network; receiving said transaction data from the computer application program; said transaction data containing phone number or unique identifiable data element for the customer; generating a message which contains a clickable link; sending a short messaging service (SMS) or multimedia messaging service (MMS) based on the message that is generated; displaying a web page with payment options when link is clicked; directing data transmission to different payment gateways from the payment options displayed on the web page; receiving data from different payment gateways based on the payment option selected; and transmitting said received data from a payment gateway to the originating merchant device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: TRANSACTIONTREE, INC
    Inventors: Jason Louis Shapiro, James Christopher Wilson, Jose Angel Jimenez Dams, Mark Theodore Shapiro
  • Patent number: 11682077
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure describe systems and methods for handling a loss involving an insured vehicle. A total loss evaluation and handling system receives vehicle telematics data from a vehicle telematics device that monitors the vehicle. The total loss evaluation and handling system determines that a loss involving the vehicle has occurred, and a total loss evaluator selects a set of total loss rules configured to determine whether the loss is a total loss. The total loss evaluator applies the total loss rules selected to the vehicle telematics data received and determines whether the loss is a total loss based on the total loss rules applied. A total loss handler obtains an estimated value of the vehicle and generates a settlement amount based on the estimated value. The total loss handler initiates a payment corresponding to the settlement amount as settlement for the total loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: Randall M. Hanson, Joel DeWall, Jamin Ejupi
  • Patent number: 11676131
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for processing gift transactions. An example method includes receiving an identification of a first merchant from a giver at a first time, wherein a gift from the giver to a recipient is redeemable at the first merchant. The method can include generating a policy comprising the first merchant. The policy can be at least in part giver-defined and linked to the recipient payment account. The method can then include transmitting an electronic notice to a recipient device, receiving a selection from the recipient of a second merchant at which to redeem the gift from the giver, updating the policy to apply to the second merchant selected by the recipient to yield an updated policy and, upon receiving an indication of a triggering event caused by use of the recipient payment account as defined by the updated policy, applying an amount of money to the gift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: GIFTYA LLC
    Inventors: Thomas M. Isaacson, Ryan C. Durham, Jason Wolfe, Patrick Ledbetter, Adam Ludwig
  • Patent number: 11669829
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing attribute-based card combinations for digital wallets are disclosed. A computer-implemented method may include associating a first asset with a digital wallet, associating a second asset with the digital wallet, receiving a request to determine a relationship between the first asset and the second asset in the digital wallet, determining the relationship between the first asset and the second asset in the digital wallet, creating the relationship between the first asset and the second asset in the digital wallet, notifying a user of the digital wallet about how a change to the first asset in the digital wallet is to affect the second asset in the digital wallet based on the relationship between the assets, and performing a transaction involving the digital wallet based on the relationship between the first asset and the second asset in the digital wallet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: PayPal, Inc.
    Inventor: Matthew Alexander Wilczynski
  • Patent number: 11663503
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention include a computer-implemented method by executing, via a processor, a bottleneck model training process for microservices in a microservice system, wherein for each of the microservices the bottleneck model training process filters out a subset of training data based at least in part on a current situation setting. Building, via the processor, a bottleneck indicator model for each of the microservices using information from the bottleneck model training process, convergence points for an expected response time. Executing, via the processor, a bottleneck identification process for providing system alerts when a bottleneck is identified, wherein the bottleneck identification process uses analysis to monitor a data stream according to the bottleneck indicator model which uses the convergence points for response times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tian Ming Pan, Bo Chen Zhu, Peng Fei Tian, Chu Yun Tong, Dan Hui Fan
  • Patent number: 11651427
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide pre-hedge rules and tools for creating pre-hedge rules. An example method includes receiving an indication that a first leg of a spread trade is at least partially filled; and in response to the indication and before an order associated with a second leg of the spread trade is placed, determining whether a condition defined in a rule is satisfied and, when the condition is satisfied, performing an action defined in the rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.
    Inventors: Patricia A. Messina, Thomas R. Zagara
  • Patent number: 11636550
    Abstract: A system can include one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors to perform: receiving at least one image of an insurance card of a user; extracting one or more feature values from the at least one image of the insurance card of the user; reducing an amount of data in a feature vector of the at least one image of the insurance card of the user to a set of data using dimensionality reduction; determining, by a machine learning model, as trained, a first insurance plan of the user based on machine learning model input data; identifying at least one alternative insurance plan to be displayed to the user based at least in part on historical medical information associated with the user; and a recommendation comprises the at least one alternative insurance plan. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
    Inventors: Walter R. Smith, Frédéric Médous