Patents Examined by Kirsten S Apple
  • Patent number: 10282709
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems and methods for stand-in processing using data driven capabilities. Transaction activity of an issuer may be monitored to detect a major incident and to automatically invoke stand-in processing. By modeling each individual account holder's behavior, improved authorization outcomes may be provided by a payment processing network during stand-in processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Gourab Basu, Steven Cracknell, Michael Mori
  • Patent number: 10262358
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of maintaining continuity of transaction data associated with a merchant within a payment card network includes identifying new merchant IDs and associated new merchant information from a database, the new merchant IDs and associated new transactions generated after a predetermined timestamp; and identifying discontinued merchant IDs and associated discontinued merchant information from the database, the discontinued merchant IDs associated only with older transactions generated before the predetermined timestamp and thus appearing to have been discontinued after the predetermined timestamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Steve Oshry, Justin Xavier Howe
  • Patent number: 10255635
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and program products for providing an exchange traded product holding digital math-based assets are disclosed. Shares based on digital math-based assets may be created using one or more computers by determining share price information based upon quantities of digital math-based assets held by a trust, electronically receiving a request from an authorized participant user device to purchase a quantity of shares, electronically transmitting a quantity of digital math-based assets to one or more destination digital asset accounts for receipt of digital math-based assets from the authorized participant based on the determined share price information and the requested quantity of shares, and electronically issuing shares to the authorized participant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Winklevoss IP, LLC
    Inventors: Cameron Howard Winklevoss, Tyler Howard Winklevoss, Evan Louis Greebel, Kathleen Hill Moriarty, Gregory Elias Xethalis
  • Patent number: 10255598
    Abstract: A credit account extraction system is configured to identify account information in credit data associated with a consumer and populate a digital wallet of the consumer with the identified financial card information. The financial card information may then be used by online retailers, for example, to expedite transaction completion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: ConsumerInfo.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael John Dean, Mark Joseph Kapczynski
  • Patent number: 10248935
    Abstract: The disclosed technology includes a plurality of driverless mobile automated teller machines (ATMs), a communication interface configured to receive, from a user device, a request for a driverless mobile ATM to complete facilitate a transaction, a location processor configured to determine a first driverless mobile ATM of the plurality of driverless mobile ATMs that is closest to the user device, wherein the communication interface is further configured to transmit, to the first driverless mobile ATM, an alert including the request such that the first driverless mobile ATM can provide cash to a user associated with the user device or can receive cash or a check from the user, and a transaction processor of a backend system of the financial institution configured to process the transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Brian DeLuca, Harish Chavan, Jamie Warder, Max Doerfler, III, William Grisaitis, Mayank Pande, Robert Kania
  • Patent number: 10223678
    Abstract: In one example embodiment, an end device includes a touch screen configured to: display a plurality of icons that are respectively associated with a plurality of asset transaction entities, and receive a touch input with respect to at least two icons among the plurality of icons; a processor configured to translate the touch input into an asset transaction request that initiates execution of an asset transaction between at least two asset transaction entities among the plurality of asset transaction entities; and a transmitter configured to transmit the asset transaction request to a service provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: KT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jong-han Park
  • Patent number: 10217108
    Abstract: A system includes an information wallet account associated with a user of the system, and a server having a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to receive a request for information, wherein the requested information is associated with the user, and retrieve a stored portion of the requested information from the information wallet account. If a portion of the requested information is not found within the information wallet account, the processor is configured to send a request for a remaining portion of the requested information to a user computing device of the user. The processor is also configured to send the requested information to an entity computing system associated with the entity as part of a transaction between the user and the entity, receive feedback from the entity computing system based on the transaction, and send an alert to the user computing system based on the feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
    Inventor: Al Hecht
  • Patent number: 10198721
    Abstract: Embodiments include a database that maintains a respective status of mobile ATMs that indicates the location and cash available for withdrawal, a communication interface that receives a request for a mobile ATM from a user device, the request including user device location data, a location processor that compares the user device location data to location data of the mobile ATMs, and determines a first mobile ATM that is closest to the user device based on the user device location data, and a backend transaction processor that processes the transaction when confirmed. The communication interface transmits an alert that includes the request to the first mobile ATM, receives a response, transmits another alert that includes the location of the first mobile ATM and an estimated time that the first mobile ATM will arrive at the location associated to the user device, and receives confirmation from the first mobile ATM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Brian DeLuca, Harish Chavan, Jamie Warder, Max Doerfler, William Grisaitis, Mayank Pande
  • Patent number: 10198730
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores instructions causing a processor to authorize a second party to use a financial account card. The instructions comprise instructions to receive, from a first wireless device associated with a first party, a selection of a financial account card from a user input device of the first wireless device; assign, to the selected financial account card, an identity of a second party that is authorized to use the selected financial account card; receive, from a second wireless device, a request to authorize a transaction using the selected financial account card; receive an indicator of an identity of a user of the second wireless device; and authorize the transaction, based on the received indicator, when the identity of the user of the second wireless device is the authorized second party.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventor: Gregory M. Gannon
  • Patent number: 10198773
    Abstract: In an approach to cooperative evidence gathering, a first computing device receives a request for data corresponding to an event, where a second computing device detecting the event initiates the request for data. The first computing device aggregates data from one or more sensors, the one or more sensors associated with one or more first computing devices within a proximity of a location of the event. The first computing device determines whether at least a portion of the aggregated data is applicable to the event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Justin G. Manweiler, Jan S. Rellermeyer, Eric J. Rozner, James Xenidis
  • Patent number: 10185955
    Abstract: An example device may include a plurality of card slots configured to hold at least two transaction cards, each card slot, of the plurality of card slots, including a card reader, one or more memories; and one or more processors, communicatively coupled to the one or more memories, to receive transaction information associated with a transaction at a transaction terminal; identify business information associated with the transaction; select a transaction card from the at least two transaction cards based on the transaction information and the business information; and provide a transaction token, associated with the selected transaction card, to be used in connection with the transaction terminal to process the transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Adam Koeppel, James Zarakas
  • Patent number: 10181155
    Abstract: An evaluation device according to the present application includes an acquisition unit and an evaluation unit. The acquisition unit acquires information related to an enterprise among information which is based on user behavior on a communication network. The evaluation unit evaluates credit of the enterprise based on the information acquired by the acquisition unit. For example, the acquisition unit acquires, as the information which is based on user behavior on the communication network, information transmitted from a user in utilization of a service which is provided by various websites and which is related to the enterprise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: YAHOO JAPAN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toru Takata
  • Patent number: 10163108
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for generating policy-based transaction alerts. In accordance with the systems and methods, an alert generation engine transparently detects ongoing transactions without participating in the transaction path, and generates policy-based alerts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Ondot Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Vaduvur Bharghavan, Jari Malinen, Rahul Paul, Ramachandran Minakshi Sundaram
  • Patent number: 10152748
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for calculating a housing volatility index. An exemplary embodiment includes accessing stored property value data reflecting first values of real estate properties during a first time period and second values of the real estate properties during a second time period. The second time period may be subsequent to the first time period. The property value data may be processed to identify the first values and the second values, and time intervals between dates of the first values and dates of the second values may be calculated. Value changes of the real estate properties over the time intervals may also be calculated, based on the first values and the second values. A volatility measure for the real estate properties may be determined based on the value changes of the real estate properties over the time intervals, and the volatility measure may be output to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
    Inventors: Menner Tatang, J. Douglas Gordon, Ming Xiong, Shaojie Chen
  • Patent number: 10145684
    Abstract: Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) may facilitate the generation of a virtual reconstruction model of a vehicle collision. UAVs may collect data (including images) related to the vehicle collision, such as with the insured's permission, which may be received by an external computing device associated with the insurer and utilized to perform a photogrammetric analysis of the images to determine vehicle impact points, the road layout at the scene of the collision, the speeds and directions of vehicles, etc. This data may be used to generate a virtual reconstruction model of the vehicle collision. An insurer may use the virtual reconstruction model to perform various insurance-related tasks, such as allocating fault to drivers or autonomous vehicles involved in the vehicle collision, and adjustment of insurance pricing based upon the fault allocation. As a result, innocent drivers or vehicles may not be unfairly penalized for vehicle collisions not their fault.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Nathan L. Tofte, Timothy W. Ryan, Nathan W. Baumann, Michael Shawn Jacob, Joshua David Lillie, Brian N. Harvey, Roxane Lyons, Rosemarie Geier Grant
  • Patent number: 10127551
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods, and computer program products for implementing a change in a parameter associated with an event-responsive resource allocation structure, such as a named beneficiary, and predicting that the current parameters of an event-responsive resource allocation structure a unlikely to be congruent with a user's desired configuration of the parameters of the event-responsive resource allocation structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Katherine Dintenfass, Damon C. Missouri, Cameron Darnell Wadley, Alexander C. Wittkowski, Alicia C. Jones-McFadden, Angela Fritz Thompson
  • Patent number: 10127532
    Abstract: Disclosed is a technology for customizing the flow of a payment transaction at a payer's mobile device, based on parameters associated with a payee to which the payer is making the payment. The payee can be an individual person or a specific business entity (e.g., restaurant, political cause, professional service, etc.). The transaction flow technology involves communication between a mobile application installed on the mobile device and a remote payment service system (PSS). A list of potential payees can be displayed for selection by the payer at the mobile application. The payees can be nearby payees identified by using, e.g., BLE, Bluetooth®, Wi-Fi®, geofence, etc. Upon selection of a particular payee by the payer, the PSS identifies one or more parameters of that payee, e.g., payee type, and generates a transaction flow to guide the payer through a payment transaction with the selected payee based on those parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Square, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian Grassadonia
  • Patent number: 10121202
    Abstract: An automated system allows users to request one or more insurance quotes through a self-service and/or agent-service communication channel. The system includes an interface that may receive user data from a remote or local system or application. A front-end application or system selectively passes a user's data to a record keeping system. A quote server or a quote processor generates one or more insurance quotes that are customized to the user's price and/or coverage preferences. A recommendation engine recommends one or more insurance coverages based on the information known about that user and in some instances, based on information known about others. The recommendation engine may call attention to selected insurance coverages that do not include a coverage feature or match a recommended coverage level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Progressive Casualty Insurance Company
    Inventors: Wendy Courtney Garcia, Elke Marie Blankenship, Charles Allen Kordes, Michael Vincent Esposito, Raymond Scott Ling
  • Patent number: 10102524
    Abstract: An illustrative apparatus includes a memory, a processor coupled to the memory, and a first set of instructions stored on the memory that can be executed by the processor. The processor is configured to determine authentication data, where the authentication data comprises an indication that a first functionality of a second set of instructions can be controlled and where the second set of instructions is separate from the first set of instructions. The processor is further configured to send to a user interface, an indication of the first functionality. The processor is further configured to receive, through the user interface, a request to control the first functionality of a second set of instructions that is separate from the first set of instructions. The processor is further configured to send an order to control the first functionality of the second set of instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: U.S. BANCORP, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
    Inventors: Rajesh Vridhachalam, Jason A. Witty
  • Patent number: 10102575
    Abstract: The system and methods for securities claims identification, optimization and recovery are disclosed herein. The disclosed system can maximizes returns on assets that are the securities claims arising from alleged fraud in the purchase or sale of securities in a securities portfolio. In one embodiment, the disclosed system monitors portfolio using analytics tools to identify asynchronous activity or movements in portfolio securities, performs loss and damages valuation analysis, open arms-length communications with securities litigation plaintiffs' bar and/or litigation funders, publishes relevant information to investors, provides analysis and information for merit analysis, counsel selection and/or litigation monitoring and performs risk mitigation analysis to identify securities claims and optimize recovery of revenue associated with the securities claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Dividex Analytics, LLC
    Inventor: Irwin Schwartz