Patents by Inventor Alan Zwilling

Alan Zwilling has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11900421
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed utilizing cognitive computing to improve commercial communications from vendors to users. A user's financial account(s) and location may be monitored to determine when a user is within a threshold distance of a vendor. If the user is within the threshold distance the methods and systems disclosed may determine which targeted commercial communications to transmit to the user based upon a shopping profile for the user. The shopping profile may include a dataset indicative of the shopping habits of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
    Inventors: Elizabeth A. Flowers, Puneit Dua, Alan Zwilling, Adam Mattingly, Melissa Attig, Reena Batra
  • Publication number: 20230206316
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed utilizing cognitive computing to improve banking experiences. A user's financial account(s) may be monitored to predict when a surplus of funds is unnecessarily present and for how long this will likely be the case. Once this is determined, techniques include automatically drafting funds from the account to another account having a higher interest rate where the funds may accrue more interest. The techniques also include predicting when an overdraft may occur and taking appropriate action when such a prediction is made. Predictions may be based upon different weighted inputs used in accordance with a predictive modeling system, which may attempt to predict for a particular user, location, and retailer, whether the user will spend an anticipated amount in excess of the user's current balance. If so, passive (e.g., notifications) and active (e.g., transferring cover funds) actions may be performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Elizabeth Flowers, Puneit Dua, Alan Zwilling, Adam Mattingly, Melissa Attig, Reena Batra
  • Publication number: 20220138804
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed utilizing cognitive computing to improve commercial communications from vendors to users. A user's financial account(s) and location may be monitored to determine when a user is within a threshold distance of a vendor. If the user is within the threshold distance the methods and systems disclosed may determine which targeted commercial communications to transmit to the user based upon a shopping profile for the user. The shopping profile may include a dataset indicative of the shopping habits of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Elizabeth A. Flowers, Puneit Dua, Alan Zwilling, Adam Mattingly, Melissa Attig, Reena Batra
  • Publication number: 20220083995
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed utilizing cognitive computing to improve banking experiences. A customer's account may be monitored to determine an amount of customer interactions, and that the amount of customer interactions for the customer through at least one self-service channel is less than the amount of customer interactions for the customer through at least one full-service channel. When the amount of customer interactions for the customer through the at least one self-service channel is less than the amount of customer interactions through the at least one full-service channel, the system may generate an electronic offer for the customer that includes a reward for an account associated with the customer if the customer increases usage of the at least one self-service channel and decreases usage of the at least one full-service channel for future customer interactions with the vendor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Elizabeth Flowers, Puneit Dua, Alan Zwilling, Adam Mattingly, Melissa Attig, Reena Batra
  • Patent number: 11257122
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed utilizing cognitive computing to improve commercial communications from vendors to users. A user's financial account(s) and location may be monitored to determine when a user is within a threshold distance of a vendor. If the user is within the threshold distance the methods and systems disclosed may determine which targeted commercial communications to transmit to the user based upon a shopping profile for the user. The shopping profile may include a dataset indicative of the shopping habits of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
    Inventors: Elizabeth A. Flowers, Puneit Dua, Alan Zwilling, Adam Mattingly, Melissa Attig, Reena Batra
  • Publication number: 20220051292
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed utilizing cognitive computing to improve banking experiences. A user's financial account(s) and location may be monitored to predict when a user is near a retail store and the user has not used a particular account in a predetermined amount of time. The techniques disclosed include receiving a location for a user's mobile device, and determining when the mobile device is within a predetermined threshold distance of a retail store. The techniques include building a shopping profile for the user based upon shopping habits for the user. The shopping profile may be used to determine what commercial communications should be transmitted to the user to encourage them to utilize an inactive account to make a purchase at the retail store when the user is within the threshold distance of the retail store.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Elizabeth A. Flowers, Puneit Dua, Alan Zwilling, Adam Mattingly, Melissa Attig, Reena Batra
  • Publication number: 20220027951
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed utilizing cognitive computing to improve commercial communications from vendors to users. A user's financial account(s) and location may be monitored to determine when a user is within a threshold distance of a vendor. If the user is within the threshold distance the methods and systems disclosed may determine which targeted commercial communications to transmit to the user based upon a shopping profile for the user. The shopping profile may include a dataset indicative of the shopping habits of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Elizabeth A. Flowers, Puneit Dua, Alan Zwilling, Adam Mattingly, Melissa Attig, Reena Batra
  • Publication number: 20210358030
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed to determine when a user is in need of a loan and notifying the user of loan offers. With user permission or affirmative consent, user data may be monitored for several users, which is used to build a user profile for each user. The user profile may then be analyzed to determine whether a user will require a loan within a future time period. To do so, the user data may include data from various sources, which indicate the user's interactions and behaviors such as demographic data, data indicative of user shopping habits, online browsing, life events, or other relevant behaviors. This data may then be analyzed to predict a statistical likelihood that a user will need a loan. When this statistical likelihood is exceeded, a user may be preapproved for a loan and/or a targeted notification may be sent indicating offers for certain types of loans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Elizabeth Flowers, Puneit Dua, Alan Zwilling, Adam Mattingly, Melissa Attig, Reena Batra
  • Publication number: 20210150625
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed to provide customized loans on a per-user basis. With user permission or affirmative consent, user data may be monitored for several users, which may be used to calculate initial loan specifics such as a loan rate and term based upon a portion of this user input data. The user data may include demographic data, behavioral data, or other data indicative of a user's future potential earnings or other relevant information that may be analyzed to determine, for that specific user, the current likelihood that the user will default on the loan and a future likelihood of default. When this future statistical likelihood is determined, the initial loan specific may be further modified and/or a targeted notification may be sent indicating these customized loan specifics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Elizabeth A. Flowers, Puneit Dua, Alan Zwilling, Adam Mattingly, Melissa Attig, Reena Batra
  • Publication number: 20210142401
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed to provide customized loans on a per-user basis. With user permission or affirmative consent, user data may be monitored for several users, which may be used to calculate initial loan specifics such as a loan rate and term based upon a portion of this user input data. The user data may include demographic data, behavioral data, or other data indicative of a user's future potential earnings or other relevant information that may be analyzed to determine, for that specific user, the current likelihood that the user will default on the loan and a future likelihood of default. When this future statistical likelihood is determined, the initial loan specific may be further modified and/or a targeted notification may be sent indicating these customized loan specifics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Elizabeth Flowers, Puneit Dua, Alan Zwilling, Adam Mattingly, Melissa Attig, Reena Batra
  • Patent number: 11004116
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed utilizing cognitive computing to improve banking experiences. A user's financial account(s) and location may be monitored to determine that a user is near an asset that is listed for sale. The techniques disclosed include receiving multiple locations for a user's mobile device over a period of time and determining when the mobile device is within a predetermined threshold distance of the asset listed for sale. The techniques include building a financial profile for the user based upon financial information for the user. The financial profile may be used to determine a loan to offer to the user for purchasing the asset listed for sale based upon the financial profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
    Inventors: Elizabeth Flowers, Puneit Dua, Alan Zwilling, Adam Mattingly, Melissa Attig, Reena Batra
  • Patent number: 10977725
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed utilizing cognitive computing to improve banking experiences. A user's financial account(s) may be monitored to predict when a surplus of funds is unnecessarily present and for how long this will likely be the case. Once this is determined, techniques include automatically drafting funds from the account to another account having a higher interest rate where the funds may accrue more interest. The techniques also include predicting when an overdraft may occur and taking appropriate action when such a prediction is made. Predictions may be based upon different weighted inputs used in accordance with a predictive modeling system, which may attempt to predict for a particular user, location, and retailer, whether the user will spend an anticipated amount in excess of the user's current balance. If so, passive (e.g., notifications) and active (e.g., transferring cover funds) actions may be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
    Inventors: Elizabeth Flowers, Puneit Dua, Alan Zwilling, Adam Mattingly, Melissa Attig, Reena Batra
  • Patent number: 10891628
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed utilizing cognitive computing to assess customer value and provide specific promotional campaigns based upon this assessed value. Users may opt in to a rewards program. With user permission or affirmative consent, user behavioral data may be monitored that may be relevant to the user's relationship as a customer with a particular business and may include various indications of the users' behaviors, actions, and/or preferences. This data may be stored as part of each user's behavioral profile, the contents of which may be analyzed to determine which customers are more profitable to the business than others. Each user may be assigned a customer value indicative of his or her individual profitability, which may be used to provide specific promotional campaigns in an attempt to maintain the more profitable customers and to improve the profitability of others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
    Inventors: Elizabeth Flowers, Puneit Dua, Alan Zwilling, Adam Mattingly, Melissa Attig, Reena Batra
  • Patent number: 10891655
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed utilizing cognitive computing to improve banking experiences. A user's financial account(s) and location may be monitored to predict when a user is near a retail store and the user has not used a particular account in a predetermined amount of time. The techniques disclosed include receiving a location for a user's mobile device, and determining when the mobile device is within a predetermined threshold distance of a retail store. The techniques include building a shopping profile for the user based upon shopping habits for the user. The shopping profile may be used to determine what commercial communications should be transmitted to the user to encourage them to utilize an inactive account to make a purchase at the retail store when the user is within the threshold distance of the retail store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
    Inventors: Elizabeth Flowers, Puneit Dua, Alan Zwilling, Adam Mattingly, Melissa Attig, Reena Batra
  • Patent number: 10733631
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed utilizing cognitive computing to improve commercial communications from vendors to users. A user's financial account(s) and location may be monitored to determine when a user is within a threshold distance of a vendor. If the user is within the threshold distance the methods and systems disclosed may determine which targeted commercial communications to transmit to the user based upon a shopping profile for the user. The shopping profile may include a dataset indicative of the shopping habits of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
    Inventors: Elizabeth Flowers, Puneit Dua, Alan Zwilling, Adam Mattingly, Melissa Attig, Reena Batra
  • Publication number: 20170323345
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed utilizing cognitive computing to improve commercial communications from vendors to users. A user's financial account(s) and location may be monitored to determine when a user is within a threshold distance of a vendor. If the user is within the threshold distance the methods and systems disclosed may determine which targeted commercial communications to transmit to the user based upon a shopping profile for the user. The shopping profile may include a dataset indicative of the shopping habits of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Elizabeth Flowers, Puneit Dua, Alan Zwilling, Adam Mattingly, Melissa Attig, Reena Batra