Patents Examined by Russell S Glass
  • Patent number: 10096053
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to generation of cloud solutions tailored to an organization or an environment thereof. In one aspect, the cloud solution bundles a group of cloud services that can include software applications, professional services, managed network services, and/or infrastructure services. The cloud services that can form a cloud solution can be selected in response to a query associated with an organization or an environment thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Cox Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Dipan Patel, Lisa Maree Woods, Jeffrey W. Thorburn
  • Patent number: 10089698
    Abstract: A computer-implemented engine, system and method for generating business valuations, scoring, and/or flagging over a network, responsively to information input by a user remote from the engine, system and method. The invention may include a graphical user interface capable of locally querying a user to input the company information, at least one network port capable of remotely receiving the company information from the graphical user interface, and at least one engine communicatively connected to the at least one network port, which engine preferably includes a plurality of rules to generate, responsively to the input company information, at least one of a business valuation, a business score, and/or one or more business flags to be used as indicators in a network marketplace, for the company associated with the inputted company information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Inventor: Michael M. Carter
  • Patent number: 10083452
    Abstract: Financial transaction data representing financial transactions associated with a user is obtained from two or more sources through a personal financial management and bill payment system. The financial transaction data is then analyzed to identify recurring payments to the same payees, and/or for the same products or services, and generate baseline bill payment and/or invoice data for the same payees, and/or for the same products or services. Financial transaction data associated with the user is then monitored and compared with the baseline bill payment and/or invoice data and if a bill and/or invoice payment is identified for a payee, and/or for a service or product, that is outside a defined range of the baseline amount or frequency associated with that payee, and/or for that service or product, the bill and/or invoice payment is identified as a potentially fraudulent financial transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Intuit Inc.
    Inventor: Nedda Cox
  • Patent number: 10074091
    Abstract: A dynamic personalizable automated finance management system that provides a financial management platform that enables users to easily generate a plurality of customized rules or conditions associated with one or more accounts thereby creating account plans that intelligently and passively execute the transfer of funds among accounts. The rules with a plan are able to define if, how much, when and where to transfer money to and from the accounts based on user entered criteria or triggers upon which the rules/conditions are based.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Paymation, Inc.
    Inventor: Khellar Sean Crawford
  • Patent number: 10068199
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a data audit system to generate and cause display of a tracking interface at a client device, wherein the tracking interface is configured to facilitate the visualization of tracking data retrieved from multiple sources. The audit system is configured to access a data source to retrieve tracking data that includes an associated asset identifier that identifies a subject of the tracking data, to link the retrieved tracking data to a data object at a database of the audit system based on the asset identifier, and to generate and cause display of a visualization of the tracking data within a tracking interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Palantir Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Deborah Hwang, Daniel Lidor, William Rhyne
  • Patent number: 10057775
    Abstract: A network system for providing one or more services to one or more end-user devices communicatively coupled to the network system over a wireless access network, the network system comprising: a policy enforcement function, a first policy element, a second policy element, and a network element, wherein the network element is communicatively coupled to the policy enforcement function, the first policy element, and the second policy element, and wherein the network element is configured to communicate first policy information between the policy enforcement function and the first policy element, and communicate second policy information between the first policy enforcement function and the second policy element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Headwater Research LLC
    Inventors: Gregory G. Raleigh, James Lavine
  • Patent number: 10055797
    Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to application programming interfaces, and more particularly to system and method for indexing APIs. In one embodiment, a processor-implemented application programming interface economy indexing method is disclosed. The method may include identifying, via one or more hardware processors, an application programming interface associated with at least one device in Internet of Things operatively connected to a communication network. The method may also include receiving a request to access the application programming interface. The method may further include determining a monetary category for the application programming interface, based on the request. Also, the method may include calculating an economy index for the application programming interface. The method may include determining, using the monetary category, one or more financial conditions of access to the application programming interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Wipro Limited
    Inventors: Sreenivas Kunapuli, Sateesh Theetha
  • Patent number: 10046240
    Abstract: In particular embodiments, a method includes receiving a message in response to detection of a token by a presence reader; transmitting a request to access an account associated with an external network in response to receiving the message; establishing access to the account in response to authentication of the request by a server in the external network; and debiting value from a funding source associated with the account after establishing access to the account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Benjamin Seligstein, Richard Kenneth Zadorozny, Niket Biswas
  • Patent number: 10049362
    Abstract: There is provided a method of authenticating data, comprising the following elements. Firstly, a voice biometric system is trained to identify a user from a message spoken by the user. Then a spoken message is received from the user, the spoken message comprising word content to be authenticated. The word content is then authenticated by using the voice biometric system to identify the user, and thereby authenticating the word content in the spoken message as word content spoken by the identified user. Suitable apparatus and systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Alan Mushing
  • Patent number: 10032175
    Abstract: An algorithm for modeling and optimizing control of a complex and dynamic system is provided to facilitate an allocation of the resources on the network that is the most efficient. The algorithm serves to depict the complex network of available resources using market-based negotiation wherein resources are defined as available buyers and sellers in an efficient market. Selling agents are offering their available resources for sale in accordance with parameters that correspond to the actual limitations of that actual resource and the buyers are looking to make a purchase from one of the sellers that presents a resource with the greatest utility to them. In order to overcome inefficiencies that result from the potential of inefficient allocation, the present invention has further endeavored to introduce an efficiency-arbitrage agent that scans the overall body of transactions to identify and remedy inefficient market transactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: CHARLES RIVER ANALYTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Farnham, Daniel Schrage
  • Patent number: 10031505
    Abstract: In many aspects, a system for a beverage dispenser can include smartcups and smartcup application management systems configured to validate and identify smartcups for dispensing a beverage. Identifying and validating the authenticity of smartcups as well as identifying registered consumers associated with smartcups may provide more secure beverage dispensers that may be placed in public with minimal oversight. Additionally, by identifying registered users associated with a registered smartcup and providing an individualized and streamlined consumer experience, consumer interactions can be improved with a beverage dispenser/provider and may lead to increased usage by consumers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Automatic Bar Controls, Inc.
    Inventors: William Russell Martindale, Nicola La Gloria
  • Patent number: 10027819
    Abstract: A method includes receiving input at a user interface displayed by a wireless device, the wireless device configured to access a communication service. The method also includes determining, at a processor of the wireless device, usage profile-related information based at least in part on the input. The method further includes generating a message associated with the usage profile-related information, the message indicating that usage of the communication service is to be billed to a first billing account of a plurality of billing accounts associated with the wireless device. The method also includes sending the message from the wireless device via a wireless network and directed to a network element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Tingting Lu, Patrick Manno
  • Patent number: 10019693
    Abstract: A system for optimizing storage racks in a warehouse that includes a plurality of storage racks that each include one or more horizontal bars that are adjustable along a plurality of elevations on the storage racks, placement of the one or more horizontal bars defining a plurality of rack openings within each storage racks; a historical inventory database that is programmed to store historical inventory data for the warehouse, the historical inventory data identifying pallets stored in the warehouse and times at which the pallets were stored; and a computer system including one or more processors that are programmed to determine a pallet distribution profile for the warehouse, to determine a plurality of rack types and quantity of rack types for the warehouse, and to designate each of the plurality of storage racks as one of the plurality of rack types to generate a rack arrangement for the warehouse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Lineage Logistics, LLC
    Inventors: Elliott Gerard Wolf, Christopher Frank Eckman, Alexander James Woolf
  • Patent number: 10019714
    Abstract: A system for providing card account controls and purchase impact information may comprise at least one subsystem that receives information regarding a potential purchase of a customer, and at least one subsystem that provides potential purchase impact information to the customer based on the information regarding the potential purchase of the customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Wayne Maurice Hartman, Bradly Jay Billman
  • Patent number: 10019740
    Abstract: The disclosure herein relates to business content analysis. In particular, the disclosure relates to systems and methods of an expense management system operable to perform automatic business documents' content analysis for generating business reports associated with automated value added tax (VAT) reclaim, Travel and Expenses (T&E) management, Import/Export management and the like. The system is further operable to provide various organizational expense management aspects for the corporate finance department and the business traveler based upon stored data. Additionally, the system is configured to use a content recognition engine, configured as an enhanced OCR mechanism used for extracting tagged text from invoice images and also provides continuous learning mechanism in a structured mode allowing classification of invoice images by type, providing continual process of improvement and betterment throughout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: WAY2VAT LTD.
    Inventors: Amos Simantov, Roy Shilkrot, Arnon Yaar
  • Patent number: 9978038
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments provide systems and techniques for mass execution of analytical models across multiple dimensions of client, collateral, deal structure, third party, and other data relevant to predicting optimal decisions in real-time. In some embodiments, disclosed systems and techniques increase decisioning speed through the reduction of computational loads on disclosed decisioning systems. Further disclosed systems and techniques may scale-out analytical modeling computations through, among other technological solutions, advanced execution environments that are asynchronous and non-blocking in nature so as to allow the execution of a plurality of analytical models in parallel and optimizing the results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Chandra Dhandapani, Raman Bajaj, Gurmeet Singh, Ajmal Karuthakantakath, Fredrick Crable, Nicholas Dolle, Vikramaditya Repaka, Sanjiv Yajnik
  • Patent number: 9972004
    Abstract: In some examples, by communicating with a mobile payment service, a user of a mobile device may settle his or her bill with a business using the mobile device. The business may be configured with a beacon to determine when the user's mobile device is near the business and a point-of-sale device to manage user orders and communicate with the mobile payment service. In response to a request by the mobile device, the mobile payment service may debit a user account associated with the mobile device for items purchased at the business. In turn, the mobile payment service may pay the business for the items purchased at the business. In some examples, the bill may be divided among a plurality of users corresponding to a plurality of mobile devices. And, portions of the bill may be provided to individual mobile devices of the plurality of mobile devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Venkat Sasank Donavalli, Vasanth Narendranath Petlu, Harshawardhan Chiplonkar, Jonathan Uy Hatol, Gregory Louis Chappell, Robert Serr
  • Patent number: 9965741
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments provide systems and techniques for mass execution of analytical models across multiple dimensions of client, collateral, deal structure, third party, and other data relevant to predicting optimal decisions in real-time. In some embodiments, disclosed systems and techniques increase decisioning speed through the reduction of computational loads on disclosed decisioning systems. Further disclosed systems and techniques may scale-out analytical modeling computations through, among other technological solutions, advanced execution environments that are asynchronous and non-blocking in nature so as to allow the execution of a plurality of analytical models in parallel and optimizing the results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Chandra Dhandapani, Raman Bajaj, Gurmeet Singh, Ajmal Karuthakantakath, Fred Crable, Nicholas Dolle, Vikramaditya Repaka, Sanjiv Yajnik
  • Patent number: 9953508
    Abstract: This application generally relates to systems and methods for authenticating a bulk quantity of a consumable product with a corresponding product. More specifically, the invention associates a bulk quantity of the consumable product with a product parameter such as a consumption rate of the consumable product within the corresponding product; provides and authorizes a key and/or reader with the bulk quantity and consumption rate data to a specific corresponding product wherein the bulk quantity and consumption rate data are correlated to a maximum consumption quantity value; monitoring consumption of the consumable product within the corresponding product until the maximum consumption quantity value is reached; and providing an event output to the corresponding product when the maximum consumption quantity value is realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Smart Wave Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Peter Zosimadis, Scott McMullen
  • Patent number: 9928480
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method, system and computer program for collecting inventory data about a group of machines at an office. This method comprises the steps of running an inventory tool on each of the machines, and the tool presenting dialog displays on each of the machines, filling in or changing data in the dialogs presented by the tool, and submitting the collected information to a server. Also disclosed are a method, system and computer program for customizing an inventory data collection tool for a plurality of logical groups of users. Each of the logical groups of users is provided with a copy of the inventory data collection tool and with a first copy of a common control file. Each of the groups of users uses the first copy of the common control file to customize the tool for the group of users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventors: Carol I. DelGaudio, Scott D. Hicks, William M. Houston, Rachele Shannon Kurtz, Victoria A. Hanrahan, James A. Martin, Jr., Donald P. Mummey, Douglas G. Murray, Jeffrey E. Prince, Richard R. Pritsky, Diane C. Rauch