Patents by Inventor Charles R. Bear

Charles R. Bear 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: 8341082
    Abstract: A user may log into a system containing data pertaining to a jointly owned funding account of which he is a co-owner. The user may view information directed to the jointly owned funding account, such as his bills and bills associated with other co-owners. The user may pay bills or schedule payments of bills from the funding account. A co-owner of the funding account may set up an account with a biller and enable other co-owners of the funding account to use this information, thereby providing the other co-owners with the same or similar functionality when they log into the system using their own login information. The information that the co-owner may set up with a biller may be ported over to the information maintained by the system that is directed to the other co-owners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Jeff Dennes, Charles R. Bear
  • Patent number: 8275708
    Abstract: Funding source data, such as bank account information or credit card information, associated with a user is stored in an enterprise-wide database maintained by an institution, such as a financial services institution. The data in the enterprise-wide database may be accessible to entities associated with the institution upon the user's authorization. The user only has to provide the funding source data once and may then use that funding source to pay for any product, service, bill, etc. associated with any of the entities of the institution. A user may update funding source data once, and this updated funding source data may then be available to all the entities. After providing account details for the user's various funding sources, a user can assign any of the funding sources to a payment plan for any product or service in any entity of the institution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Associates (USAA)
    Inventors: Jeff Dennes, Charles R. Bear, Patricia A. Loeffler, Peter H. McKenna, Lisa Ellis Schwartz, Christy Lynn Newburn
  • Patent number: 7870072
    Abstract: A user may log into a system containing data pertaining to a jointly owned funding account of which he is a co-owner. The user may view information directed to the jointly owned funding account, such as his bills and bills associated with other co-owners. The user may pay bills or schedule payments of bills from the funding account. A co-owner of the funding account may set up an account with a biller and enable other co-owners of the funding account to use this information, thereby providing the other co-owners with the same or similar functionality when they log into the system using their own login information. The information that the co-owner may set up with a biller may be ported over to the information maintained by the system that is directed to the other co-owners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Jeff Dennes, Charles R. Bear