Patents by Inventor Caroline Machado

Caroline Machado 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).

  • Publication number: 20230316391
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media utilized for revoking access to a financial account held by a customer of a financial institution. One method includes determining, by at least one processing circuit, an access level based on information stored in an account database and an adverse event experienced by a customer. The method further includes authorizing, by the at least one processing circuit, a designee of the customer comprising the access level for at least one future payment request. The method further includes transmitting, by the at least one processing circuit, an alert message corresponding to the authorization of the designee for the access level. The method further includes in response to receiving an input from a user device, withdrawing, by the at least one processing circuit, the access level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Wayne Barakat, Maria M. Benjamin, Ha M. Duong, Laura Marie Fontana, Brian Hanafee, Marion M. Hsieh, Caroline Machado, Walter Schenk
  • Patent number: 11748518
    Abstract: Various systems, methods, and apparatuses relate to managing data transmissions from one or more Internet of Things (IoT) devices. A method includes discovering one or more IoT devices; tracking data transmission between the one or more IoT devices and an IoT server; restricting audiovisual data transmission by at least one of the one or more IoT devices based on a user profile associated with a user by providing an instruction to the at least one of the one or more IoT devices; determining that the at least one of the one or more IoT devices is continuing to transmit audiovisual data to the IoT server subsequent to the restriction; based on the determination, denying network access; and presenting, via a user device, a user interface including an indication whether communications to the IoT server have been prevented for each of the one or more IoT devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Caroline Machado, Nishant Usapkar, Dominik Vltavsky
  • Patent number: 11704729
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media utilized for determining access to a financial account held by a customer of a financial institution. One method includes establishing a communication session with a sensor device, wherein the financial institution computing system continuously receives sensor data over the communication session and receiving, from a point-of-sale (POS) terminal, a payment request. The method further includes retrieving, from the user device via an application programming interface (API), device data including at least application data and receiving, from the sensor device, the sensor data including at least one of geolocation data or biometric data of the sensor device. The method further includes determining the customer experienced an adverse event based on the sensor data and the device data and determining automatically an access level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Wayne Barakat, Maria M. Benjamin, Ha M. Duong, Laura Marie Fontana, Brian Hanafee, Marion M. Hsieh, Caroline Machado, Walter Schenk
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11256828
    Abstract: Various systems, methods, and apparatuses relate to managing data transmissions from one or more Internet of Things (IoT) devices. A method includes discovering, by a discovery engine, one or more Internet of Things (IoT) devices; tracking, by the discovery engine, data transmission from the one or more IoT devices; generating, by a privacy lens communicably coupled to the discovery engine, a privacy rule regarding the data transmission from the one or more IoT devices; and applying, by the privacy lens, the privacy rule to the one or more IoT devices, the privacy rule configured to control data transmission from the one or more IoT devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Caroline Machado, Nishant Usapkar, Dominik Vltavsky
  • Patent number: 11037231
    Abstract: Examples described herein relate to apparatus and methods for determining access to a financial account held by a customer of a financial institution, including, but not limited to, determining, by a processor of a financial institution computing system, an adverse event that causes death or incapacitation to the customer based on an adverse event message received from a user device associated with the customer, and in response to determining the adverse event, granting, by the processor, the access to the financial account held by the customer to a designee.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Wayne Barakat, Maria M. Benjamin, Ha M. Duong, Laura Marie Fontana, Brian Hanafee, Marion M. Hsieh, Caroline Machado, Walter Schenk
  • Publication number: 20200380611
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for detecting, capturing, and tracking financial transactions are provided. A method of detecting, capturing, and tracking includes registering, by a user device, a virtual cash register with the user device, wherein the registration includes associating the virtual cash register with a financial account; detecting, by the virtual cash register via the user device, a potential financial transaction using at least one of paper and coin currency; extracting, by the virtual cash register via the user device, financial transaction data regarding the potential financial transaction; generating, by the virtual cash register, a report regarding the financial transaction data; and providing, by the virtual cash register, the report to a predefined location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Margaret Honeycutt, Caroline Machado, William Ward Sutton
  • Patent number: 10853886
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for detecting, capturing, and tracking financial transactions are provided. A method of detecting, capturing, and tracking includes registering, by a user device, a virtual cash register with the user device, wherein the registration includes associating the virtual cash register with a financial account; detecting, by the virtual cash register via the user device, a potential financial transaction using at least one of paper and coin currency; extracting, by the virtual cash register via the user device, financial transaction data regarding the potential financial transaction; generating, by the virtual cash register, a report regarding the financial transaction data; and providing, by the virtual cash register, the report to a predefined location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Margaret Honeycutt, Caroline Machado, William Ward Sutton