Patents by Inventor Brian K. Walter

Brian K. Walter 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).

  • System and methods for handling financial document returns and processing exceptions
    Patent number: 8249396
    Abstract: A system and methods for handling financial document returns and processing exceptions are disclosed. Embodiments of the invention provide a returns and exceptions platform to image-enable check returns and exceptions within a financial institution. This capability can be in part enabled by a system that provides both for decisioning based on images, and dispatching or exporting images and data in a plurality of formats from the system into which they are first loaded, so that paper items need not be referenced again. The plurality of formats for export can include X9.37i files, external and internal cash letters, and image replacement documents. The image-based processes of the invention can be implemented by a plurality of application servers and a plurality of database servers interconnected by a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Bethany M. Axtell, Patricia A. S. Fleming, Douglas P. McKinley, Sharon M. Morris, Martin Mulligan, Leslie M. Overholser, L. Edward Shaw, Gerald M. Vye, Brian K. Walter
  • SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR HANDLING FINANCIAL DOCUMENT RETURNS AND PROCESSING EXCEPTIONS
    Publication number: 20080069481
    Abstract: A system and methods for handling financial document returns and processing exceptions are disclosed. Embodiments of the invention provide a returns and exceptions platform to image enable check returns and exceptions within a financial institution. This capability can be in part enabled by a system that provides both for decisioning based on images, and dispatching or exporting images and data in a plurality of formats from the system into which they are first loaded, so that paper items need not be referenced again. The plurality of formats for export can include X9.37i files, external and internal cash letters, and image replacement documents. The image-based processes of the invention can be implemented by a plurality of application servers and a plurality of database servers interconnected by a network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2006
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Bethany M. Axtell, Patricia A.S. Fleming, Douglas P. McKinley, Sharon M. Morris, Martin Mulligan, Leslie M. Overholser, L. Edward Shaw, Gerald M. Vye, Brian K. Walter