Patents Examined by Rajesh Khattar
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Patent number: 10402909Abstract: A plan authoring tool can receive user input describing parameters of benefits of a benefit plan. The plan authoring tool can convert the user input into a machine structured plan description (MSPD) that defines the benefit plan. The MSPD can be used by a plan documentation generator to generate one or more plan documents that explain the benefits and/or indicate how to manually adjudicate claims submitted in association with the benefit plan. The MSPD can also be used to automatically adjudicate claims. Plan analysis tools can be used to evaluate an MSPD to validate a new or edited benefit plan and/or provide user feedback on the benefit plan so that users, if desired, can revise the MSPD via the plan authoring tool.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2018Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: Collective Health, Inc.Inventors: Asif Khalak, Sergio Martinez-Ortuno, Michelle Alicia Gard, Henning Chiv
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Patent number: 10387962Abstract: In systems and methods for accident scene reconstruction, accident data associated with a vehicle accident involving a driver may be collected. The accident data may include vehicle telematics and/or other data, and/or the driver may be associated with an insurance policy. The accident data may be analyzed and, based upon the analysis of the accident data, a sequence of events occurring before, during, and/or after the vehicle accident may be determined. Based upon the determined sequence of events, a virtual reconstruction of the vehicle accident and/or a scene of the vehicle accident may be generated. The virtual reconstruction may include images of vehicles and/or road, weather, traffic, or construction conditions at the time of the accident. Based upon the virtual reconstruction, fault of the driver, or lack thereof, for the accident may be determined. The determined fault may be used to handle an insurance claim associated with the vehicle accident.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2015Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANYInventors: Thomas Michael Potter, Mark E. Clauss, Dustin Ryan Carter, Douglas Albert Graff, Megan Michal Baumann, Atlanta Bonnom, Craig Cope, Jennifer Luella Lawyer, Curtis Simpson, Nathan W. Baumann
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Patent number: 10346788Abstract: A parcel processing system configured to select a permitted shipping service level from among the plurality of permitted shipping service levels based on a plurality of rules, control the sorting of the parcel into one of a plurality of shipping containers, and bill customers.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2015Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: ONE STOP MAILING LLCInventor: Gina Marie Hanks
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Patent number: 10339489Abstract: A parcel processing system configured to select a permitted shipping service level from among the plurality of permitted shipping service levels based on a plurality of rules, control the sorting of the parcel into one of a plurality of shipping containers, and bill customers.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2015Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: ONE STOP MAILING LLCInventor: Gina Marie Hanks
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Patent number: 10210507Abstract: Performing transactions using virtual card values is disclosed, including: generating a virtual card value corresponding to a transaction; sending a request to a card management server, wherein the request includes the virtual card value and a transaction amount corresponding to the transaction; receiving an indication from the card management server that the virtual card value and the transaction amount have been successfully stored; generating a merchant-related locator based at least in part on identifying information associated with a merchant server and the virtual card value; sending the merchant-related locator to a client device; and receiving, from the card management server, a request to transfer the transaction amount from a user account associated with a cardless payment server to a funds account associated with the merchant server.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2014Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding LimitedInventors: Jingming Li, Hui Wu, Bing Wu
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Patent number: 10163104Abstract: A wireless device is enabled to receive a financial account card that is inserted into a card slot of the wireless device. The wireless device reads card data from the financial account card when it is inserted into the slot and programs an RFID (radio frequency identification) tag or a memory included in the wireless device. The wireless device may then be used to provide payment by transmitting the card data via radio frequency to a nearby RFID reader using the RFID tag. The financial account card may also be ejected from the wireless device and swiped by a magnetic card reader.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2016Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: Capital One Services, LLCInventor: Gregory M. Gannon
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Patent number: 10121129Abstract: The ELECTRONIC WALLET CHECKOUT PLATFORM APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“EWCP”) transform customer purchase requests triggering electronic wallet applications via EWCP components into electronic purchase confirmation and receipts. In one implementation, the EWCP receives a merchant payment request, and determines a payment protocol handler associated with the merchant payment request. The EWCP instantiates a wallet application via the payment protocol handler. The EWCP obtains a payment method selection via the wallet application, wherein the selected payment method is one of a credit card, a debit card, a gift card selected from an electronic wallet, and sends a transaction execution request for a transaction associated with the merchant payment request. Also, the EWCP receives a purchase response to the transaction execution request, and outputs purchase response information derived from the received purchase response.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2012Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATIONInventor: Avinash Kalgi
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Patent number: 10121201Abstract: Systems and methods for processing textual messages which are integrated with one or more digital attachments is described. These systems and methods are useful in the electronic filing and processing of, for example, image data, and of textual data associated with the image data. One particular application of these systems and methods would be for the electronic filing and processing of dental x-rays with patient claim forms.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2008Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: Integrated Claims Systems, LLCInventor: Andrew L. DiRienzo
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Patent number: 10115107Abstract: Disclosed is a novel system and method for managing payment card fraud. More particularly, accessing information associated with at least one card holder after the card holder has physically passed through at least one security checkpoint in which the card holder's identity has been authenticated. Next at least one payment card identifier associated with the card holder is received. A payment card profile associated with the payment card is updated. In one example, information from a ticket is also used with the payment card identifier to manage the probability of rejection. Numerous embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2013Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: James R. Kozloski, Clifford A. Pickover
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Patent number: 10089619Abstract: An example electronic wallet device may include a plurality of card slots to receive transaction cards; a plurality of card readers, each card reader, of the plurality of card readers, being associated with a card slot of the plurality of card slots; a hub comprising: a processor, and a communication interface; and a switching component that connects the plurality of card readers to the hub.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2017Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: Capital One Services, LLCInventors: Adam Koeppel, James Zarakas
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Patent number: 10032163Abstract: System(s), method(s), and device(s) that generate and use single-use financial account card numbers (SUFACNs) to facilitate secure processing of financial transactions are presented. A user registers a financial account(s) with a financial transaction platform (FTP), a user profile comprising user-related information is created, and a personal identification number (PIN) is associated with the user. When making a purchase locally or online, the user's portable communication device (PCD) accesses the FTP via an application or web site, the PCD synchronizes with the FTP, and the PCD and FTP each respectively generate the same SUFACN(s) based in part on time of generation and PIN. The SUFACN is presented to the seller's register component via scanning (e.g., when SUFACN is a barcode) or entering the SUFACN. The register component sends the SUFACN to the FTP, which interacts with the user's financial account(s) to facilitate payment.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2010Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: B & H WORLDWIDE, LLCInventors: Joseph Thomas Ritorto, Christopher Robert Lattanzio
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Patent number: 10026078Abstract: The invention relates to a system and method for accessing multiple accounts. According to one embodiment, the system includes an access device comprising a body in the form of a card; a processor housed in the body; a memory housed in the body and connected to the processor, wherein the memory stores information on the multiple accounts; a selection device housed in the body and adapted to allow a user to select one of the multiple accounts; a display housed in the body for displaying information identifying the selected account, wherein the processor is programmed to generate a signal to generate the information identifying the selected account in response to a user selecting one of the multiple accounts using the selection device; and a wireless transmitter and a wireless receiver housed in the body and connected to the processor.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2011Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.Inventor: Joseph Bradley Nolan
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Patent number: 9965757Abstract: A computer implemented system and method for controlling access to a financial account, the system comprising: one or more memories for storing information and at least one set of instructions, and one or more processors for receiving the financial account information at an access terminal, wherein the access terminal collects access data; identifying a destination account from the financial account information; sending an authorization request to a mobile device linked to the destination account, wherein the authorization request comprises a variable amount of the access data; receiving a response to the authorization request from the mobile device; and controlling access to the financial account at the access terminal based on the response. In some embodiments, the system and method may be further configured to store the response in the destination account.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2011Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: |Am| Authentications Inc.Inventor: Mick M. Bhinder
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Patent number: 9959540Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for security authentication using payment card display devices at accepted merchant location. A user may be walking near or visiting a merchant location with a wireless smart payment card which may connect to a wireless beacon at the merchant location. The user's payment card may communicate issuer and type of payment card data when connected with the wireless beacon. The beacon may communicate the user's payment card data to a merchant device or server. The merchant device or server may compare user's payment card data to merchant's accepted payment sources. The merchant device or server may alert user's payment card via communication through the wireless beacon, the payment card is accepted at the merchant location. Additionally, security identification and/or advertisements may be communicated to the user's accepted payment card.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2015Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: PayPal, Inc.Inventor: Michael Charles Todasco
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Patent number: 9934519Abstract: A system and method is provided to implement charging models for subscriber driven media agnostic content delivery across same or different networks. The method includes receiving content of a first media type over a network from a sending client. The method further includes sending the content or a reference to the content to a receiving client in a preferred media type and to a preferred device in accordance with at least one preference of the receiving client. The method also includes generating a billing record based on the content and user preferences of a sending client and/or a receiving client.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2008Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Michael E. Alexander, Sri Ramanathan, Frank A. Schaffa, Matthew B. Trevathan
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Patent number: 9892402Abstract: A processor server receives transaction information associated with an online transaction between a user device and a merchant server, and provides embedded code to the user device based on receiving the transaction information. The processor server receives, based on execution of the embedded code, location information identifying a geographic location at which the user device is located, and an identifier associated with the user device. The processor server determines an authorization decision for the online transaction based on the transaction information, the location information, and the identifier, and forwards the authorization decision to the merchant server to permit the merchant server to approve or deny the online transaction.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2013Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Manish Sharma, Kevin Flores, Devin Blong, Tushar Chaudhary, Gaurav Gupta
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Patent number: 9886981Abstract: A stimulus compression device determines neuro-feedback significance corresponding to stimulus material and modifies the stimulus material using neuro-feedback significance measures. For example, the stimulus compression device determines portions of a media stream corresponding to low neuro-feedback significance and removes them from the media stream. Compression of stimulus material may involve removal, modification, repetition, bit rate adjustment, resolution adjustment, etc. Transitions can be smoothed or lengthened to further improve processed stimulus material.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2008Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLCInventors: Anantha Pradeep, Robert T. Knight, Ramachandran Gurumoorthy
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Patent number: 9870590Abstract: The invention relates to systems and methods that provide a user interface for use with an electronic trading system. The interface displays a bid price axis and an ask price axis, as well as corresponding sizes, and an indication of the inside market. When the inside market changes in response to changing market conditions, the indication of the inside market changes locations before being restored to its original location by shifting the bid and ask prices in a direction parallel to the bid or ask price axis. The user may enter trade commands at different price levels using an input device. In order to help prevent such trade commands from being entered at erroneous price levels, the system locks a pointer associated with the input device to a price the user points to during the shifting process, unless the pointer is moved away from that price.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2005Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: BGC PARTNERS, INC.Inventors: Howard W. Lutnick, Kevin M. Foley, Joseph Noviello, Michael Sweeting
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Patent number: 9799077Abstract: An enhanced claims settlement apparatus may process insurance claims rapidly and accurately. The apparatus may first receive a notification of loss associated with an insured item (e.g., car, boat, truck, home, etc.). The apparatus may then apply various algorithms for using sensors to identify, analyze, and estimate the cost of damage associated with the insured item. The sensors that are a part of the enhanced claims settlement server may include cameras, tactile sensors, electromagnetic sensors, etc. that may communicate data to a processor associated with the server. Once the data has been generated and analyzed by the sensors, a claim settlement file may be transmitted to a claimant.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2017Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: Allstate Insurance CompanyInventors: Thomas Joseph Wilson, II, Stephen Lawrence Ihm
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Patent number: 9767422Abstract: In an example embodiment, an automated banking machine that includes an anti-fraud arrangement that can deter effective operation of unauthorized devices attached to the machine. The arrangement allows for the machine's card slot bezel to be frequently exchanged for a differently configured card slot bezel, where the bezel configuration is displayed to a potential user.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2014Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Diebold Self-Service Systems, Division of Diebold, IncorporatedInventors: Greg Ray, David Lewis, Randall W. Jenkins, Jim Block, Songtao Ma, Natarajan Ramachandran, Jeffery M. Enright, James Pettitt