Patents by Inventor Cheryl Gurz

Cheryl Gurz 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: 20150213418
    Abstract: A system for verifying ACH data for a proposed ACH transaction includes one or more computer processors, at an ACH transaction verifier, configured to execute one or more computer program modules configured to: receive, via the one or more processors, account locator information and verification information; query, via the one or more processors, an ACH transaction database at an ACH transaction processing system with the account locator information to obtain prior transaction data associated with the account locator information; compare, via the one or more processors, the verification information with the prior transaction data; and determine, via the one or more processors, a verification of the account locator information based on the comparing. Associated systems and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Cheryl GURZ, Paul SIMONS
  • Patent number: 8374964
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention describe an electronic method for processing stranded payments and lockbox payments at the same designated payment location. The method includes receiving a stranded payment at a non-designated payment location, and electronically scanning the stranded payment at the non-designated payment location. The scanned information is transmitted, in a secure manner, to a designated payment location remote from the non-designated payment location. The stranded payment and a lockbox payment are cleared, in the same electronic workflow, the transmitted information is used in the clearing process. Embodiments of the invention also include updating, for each stranded and lockbox payment, the accounts receivable system of the customer receiving the stranded or lockbox payment, and transmitting a response indicating the final status of the clearing of the stranded payment to the non-designated payment location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: HSBC Bank USA, N.A.
    Inventor: Cheryl Gurz
  • Patent number: 7996317
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention describe an electronic method for processing stranded payments and lockbox payments at the same designated payment location. The method includes receiving a stranded payment at a non-designated payment location, and electronically scanning the stranded payment at the non-designated payment location. The scanned information is transmitted, in a secure manner, to a designated payment location remote from the non-designated payment location. The stranded payment and a lockbox payment are cleared, in the same electronic workflow, the transmitted information is used in the clearing process. Embodiments of the invention also include updating, for each stranded and lockbox payment, the accounts receivable system of the customer receiving the stranded or lockbox payment, and transmitting a response indicating the final status of the clearing of the stranded payment to the non-designated payment location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: HSBC Bank USA, N.A.
    Inventor: Cheryl Gurz