Patents by Inventor Carol Oman Urban

Carol Oman Urban 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: 5884289
    Abstract: A computer based system that alerts financial institutions (FIs) to undetected multiple debit card fraud conditions in their debit card bases by scanning and analyzing cardholder debit fraud information entered by financial institution (FI) participants. The result of this analysis is the possible identification of cardholders who have been defrauded but have not yet realized it, so they are "at risk" of additional fraudulent transactions. The system also identifies "at risk" cards in the criminal's possession which have not yet been used. The system's early identification of these "at risk" cardholders helps limit losses to individual FIs and the FI community at large. It also provides the coordinated information necessary to the speedy apprehension of the perpetrators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: Card Alert Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas D. Anderson, Mary E. Anderson, Carol Oman Urban, Richard H. Urban