Patents by Inventor Ashish B. Kurani

Ashish B. Kurani 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: 11423395
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a rewards payment form linked directly to a rewards account are described. The rewards points may be spent directly by the customer through the use of the payment form linked to the rewards account. The payment form may be a payment card (e.g., a physical card having an account number accessible via a magstripe, an EMV chip, etc.) or a virtual payment card loaded into a mobile wallet accessible by the customer. The rewards payment form allows the customer to spend the rewards points stored in the rewards account without first going through the extra step of converting the rewards points into currency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Ashish B. Kurani, Steven E. Puffer
  • Patent number: 11379839
    Abstract: A computer system and a transaction machine, such as an automated teller machine (ATM), can provide any payor to make a payment to a payee at the transaction machine. The transaction machine provides the payor a user interface to enter a passcode that uniquely identifies the payment transaction. The passcode can be generated by a provider computing system associated with the transaction machine and provided directly to the payee or through the payor prior to the transaction. The transaction machine provides the payor a user interface to enter an amount. The transaction machine also provides the payor the ability to make a payment at the transaction machine using various modes of payment such as cash, credit card, or cryptocurrency. The transaction machine verifies that the payment matches the user selected amount, and sends a payment notification to the payor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventor: Ashish B. Kurani
  • Patent number: 11361300
    Abstract: A mobile wallet computing system associated with a mobile wallet database includes a mobile wallet circuit structured to present a mobile wallet interface a mobile wallet user. The mobile wallet interface includes a first portion that includes a graphical depiction of a user payment vehicle associated with a financial institution, the first portion including a first interaction point that enables the user to initiate a sequence to engage in a mobile wallet transaction using the mobile wallet. The interface also includes a second portion that includes a second interaction point and a third interaction point, the second interaction point enabling the user to access a functionality enabling the user to indicate a transaction preference for a transaction with an entity other than the mobile wallet provider or financial institution, the third interaction point enabling the user to indicate a preference to initiate communications with the financial institution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Ashish B. Kurani, Braden More
  • Patent number: 11361389
    Abstract: Examples described herein relate to apparatuses and methods for providing automated advising services to a customer of a provider institution, including but not limited to a provider institution computing system determining a goal of the customer based on a user input of the customer, generating a set of sub-goals for the goal, determining a current status of the customer relating to the sub-goals and the goal, determining whether the current status of the customer meets any sub-goals and a projected status of the customer indicating whether the customer is projected to meet the goal, and sending a notification to a user device of the customer notifying the customer of a completion state of the goal based on at least one of the sub-goals met by the current status of the customer and whether the customer is projected to meet the goal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Nick Gambale, Ashish B. Kurani, Kayla Palm, Dana Roytenberg, Eric Vanderleek
  • Patent number: 11354738
    Abstract: A method of performing a currency trade involving a math-based currency (“MBC”) for a customer having a MBC account with a financial institution is described. The financial institution receives a trade order and determines an optimal trade sequence that may involve more than one trade to achieve the initially requested currency trade. The financial institution updates account balances associated with the customer on an overlay ledger to reflect the currency trade. The overlay ledger includes information relating to account balances of a plurality of MBC accounts associated with a plurality of customers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventor: Ashish B. Kurani
  • Patent number: 11341499
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses described herein relate to a method for providing authentication with respect to a cash delivery request made by a customer using a customer user device of the customer. The method includes receiving at least one of security information or a first cash authentication code (CAC) from a cash dispenser machine. The cash dispenser machine obtains the security information or the first CAC from a first user device of a driver or the driver. The method includes authenticating the driver based on at least one of the security information or the first CAC. The method includes generating a second CAC. The method includes transmitting the second CAC to the first user device of the driver. The method includes authenticating the driver and the customer based on at least one of the security information or the second CAC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Darren M. Goetz, Ashish B. Kurani, JoAnn Mar, Dennis E. Montenegro, Joseph Ng, Damodar Raval, Lisa Schur
  • Patent number: 11328275
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses described herein relate to a method for delivering cash to a user. The method includes receiving a cash delivery request from a first user device of the user. The method includes generating a cash authentication code (CAC) for the cash delivery request to be verified by a cash dispenser machine. The method may include transmitting the cash delivery request and the CAC to a second user device of a driver. The method may include determining a route for the driver from a first location of the driver, to a second location of a cash dispenser machine, and to a third location of the customer to deliver the cash delivery request. The method may include instructing the cash dispenser machine to dispense cash in response to authenticating the second user device based on the CAC and determining that the first current location is at the second location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Darren M. Goetz, Ashish B. Kurani, JoAnn Mar, Dennis E. Montenegro, Joseph Ng, Damodar Raval, Lisa Schur
  • Patent number: 11321688
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of facilitating context-aware, vehicle-based mobile banking includes authenticating, by a processor of a financial institution computing system, a user of a vehicle with a financial account of the user. The vehicle is associated with the financial account and the user is physically located within the vehicle. Operating data relating to the vehicle is received. A context is determined based on the operating data. A task is selected based on the context. The task is to be performed by the user within the vehicle. The task relates to the financial account of the user. Performance of the task by the user is facilitated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Ashish B. Kurani, Nikolai Stroke
  • Patent number: 11315137
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a rewards payment form linked directly to a rewards account are described. The rewards points may be spent directly by the customer through the use of the payment form linked to the rewards account. The payment form may be a payment card (e.g., a physical card having an account number accessible via a magstripe, an EMV chip, etc.) or a virtual payment card loaded into a mobile wallet accessible by the customer. The rewards payment form allows the customer to spend the rewards points stored in the rewards account without first going through the extra step of converting the rewards points into currency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Ashish B. Kurani, Steven E. Puffer
  • Publication number: 20220114587
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of facilitating payments from a device includes binding the device with a device payment account. Binding includes establishing operative communication between a hub of a local network and the device, transmitting a device identifier to the device, and creating a device profile for the device. The device profile includes spending controls and a duplicate device identifier. A payment request is received from the device. The payment request includes a payment request indicator and the device identifier. The device is authenticated if the device identifier received with the payment request matches the duplicate device identifier. Upon authenticating the device, payment parameters are determined based on the payment request. It is verified that the payment parameters do not violate the spending controls. Upon verifying that the payment parameters do not violate the spending controls, a payment is transmitted to a recipient based on the payment parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Ashish B. Kurani, Miranda Hill, Caroline Machado
  • Publication number: 20220101383
    Abstract: Systems and methods related to a social syndicate platform for buyers and sellers on a social network includes aggregating requests for goods or services by individual members of a social network. Individual members may send buyer-sourced requests for deals to business members of the social network with parameters restricting which businesses may be considered in the request. Business members may send discounted offers for goods and services including restrictions on which individuals may receive the offer. A computing system may facilitate deals between businesses and individuals based on financial health considerations and make offer recommendations to business and deal recommendations to individuals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Miriam S. Bloom, Nathan C. Bricklin, Daniel David, Ha M. Duong, Praveen Gondra, Ashish B. Kurani, Julie V. Milbrand, John L. Miller, JR., Darius Miranda, Jenny Y. Tao
  • Patent number: 11281765
    Abstract: A method of managing tokens is provided. The method includes receiving, by a token management system from a user device, a request from a user to register a token with the token management system. The token is associated with the user and is stored by an entity computing system associated with a first entity of a plurality of entities. Each of the plurality of entities is associated with an entity computing system that stores at least one token of a plurality of tokens that are each registered with the token management system and each associated with the user. The method further includes modifying, by the token management system, the token stored by the entity computing system associated with the first entity based on a token command from the user. The modification includes associating the token with a different entity of the plurality of entities relative to the first entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Azita Asefi, Jinee K. Ellis, Alan W. Hecht, Timothy R. Knowlton, Ashish B. Kurani, Steven E. Puffer, Young M. Yang
  • Patent number: 11282051
    Abstract: A computer system and a transaction machine (such as an automated teller machine (ATM)) of the same financial institution, can provide a third party customer the ability to pay bills, issued by the third party, at the ATM. The third party computing system provides the third party customer a user interface to provide a user selected amount that the third party customer plans on depositing at the ATM. The ATM provides the third party customer a user interface to enter a passcode. The ATM provides the third party customer the ability to make a payment at the ATM. The ATM verifies that the payment matches the user selected amount, and sends a payment notification to the third party computing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Ashish B. Kurani, Steven E. Puffer, Justin C. Freeman, Alicia Y. Moore, Michael R. Thomas
  • Patent number: 11276106
    Abstract: A computing system includes one or more processors and one or more computer-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to receive a pending purchase order from a user device in response to a selection of an interactive element presented on a payment page of an online store via the user device, the pending purchase order corresponding to a purchase of a good or service from the online store and including payment information, store the payment information in an escrow database for a window of time, generate a notification corresponding to the pending purchase order, the notification including information corresponding to the good or service and excluding the payment information, and transmit the notification to a merchant system associated with the online store to reserve the good or service during pendency of the window of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Albert Hwu, Chris Kalaboukis, Ashish B. Kurani, Kristine Ing Kushner, Nikolai Stroke, Raissa Williams, Young M. Yang
  • Patent number: 11270277
    Abstract: A computer system and a transaction machine (such as an automated teller machine (ATM)) of the same financial institution, can provide a third party customer the ability to pay bills, issued by the third party, at the ATM. A third party computer system communicates with the financial institution computer system to register the third party customer and obtain a first passcode associated with the third party customer. The financial institution computer system communicates the passcode and an associated bill amount to the ATM. The ATM accepts and verifies a second passcode received from the third party customer. The ATM communicates with the third party computer system to verify the bill amount. Responsive to receiving the verification, the ATM communicates with the third party user to accept a payment. Upon successfully receiving the payment, and verifying the payment amount, the ATM sends a payment notification to the third party computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A
    Inventors: Ashish B. Kurani, Steven E. Puffer, Justin C. Freeman, Alicia Y. Moore, Michael R. Thomas
  • Patent number: 11270274
    Abstract: A mobile wallet computer system may send a token to a customer computing device to share the token with a recipient computer system in exchange for payment for a service or a good. The mobile wallet computer system may receive, the token, a recipient public key associated with a MBC account of the recipient, and a transaction amount. The mobile wallet computer system determines whether the recipient public key is registered with the mobile wallet computer system. The mobile wallet computer system updates a ledger that lists a MBC balance of the MBC account of the recipient and the ledger that lists the MBC balance of the customer or transmits, to MBC processing nodes, a request to transfer the amount of MBC in a pooled MBC account of a financial institution to the MBC account of the recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
    Inventor: Ashish B. Kurani
  • Patent number: 11270309
    Abstract: Systems and methods for identifying a user to a merchant are described. A token service provider facilitates the identification of the user. Identifying the user at the merchant is accomplished by the user broadcasting a token associated with the user or by the merchant capturing a biometric of the user. The token or biometric is sent to the token service provider computing system. The token service provider computing system identifies the user based on the token or biometric. The token service provider computing system may send user information associated with the token and the user to the merchant computing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Jinee K. Ellis, Timothy R. Knowlton, Ashish B. Kurani, Steven E. Puffer
  • Patent number: 11238530
    Abstract: A method of completing a purchase transaction that includes a loan includes receiving, by a transaction processing logic, a loan application from a network. The method also includes generating, by the transaction processing logic, a plurality of loan terms for the loan application. The method also includes receiving, by the transaction processing logic, a transaction package from the network, where the transaction package includes at least one of the plurality of loan terms and a purchase price. The method also includes tendering, by the transaction processing logic, the purchase price according to the transaction package. The method also includes setting up, by the transaction processing logic, a loan in an account database according to the transaction package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Ashish B. Kurani, Nikolai Stroke
  • Patent number: 11238442
    Abstract: A method for separately registering a user and a mobile device for use of a mobile wallet account includes registering, by a registration terminal of a mobile wallet provider, a user for use of the mobile wallet account, including assigning one or more user-provided settings to the mobile wallet account. The method also includes receiving, by a computing system of the mobile wallet provider, a request from a mobile device to register the mobile device for use as a mobile wallet, identifying, by the computing system, the mobile wallet account of the registered user based on the request, and registering, by the computing system, the mobile device for use of the identified mobile wallet account, including associating the one or more user-provided settings with use of the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Ashish B. Kurani, Steven E. Puffer
  • Patent number: 11232433
    Abstract: A method for separately registering a user and a mobile device for use of a mobile wallet account includes registering, by a registration terminal of a mobile wallet provider, a user for use of the mobile wallet account, including assigning one or more user-provided settings to the mobile wallet account. The method also includes receiving, by a computing system of the mobile wallet provider, a request from a mobile device to register the mobile device for use as a mobile wallet, identifying, by the computing system, the mobile wallet account of the registered user based on the request, and registering, by the computing system, the mobile device for use of the identified mobile wallet account, including associating the one or more user-provided settings with use of the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Ashish B. Kurani, Steven E. Puffer