Patents by Inventor Daniel James Merrell

Daniel James Merrell 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).

  • Methods of and systems for money laundering risk assessment
    Patent number: 7805362
    Abstract: A method of assessing money-laundering risk of an individual includes gathering geographic information, personal information, and product information regarding the individual, determining a risk value of the geographic information, a risk value of the personal information, and a risk value of the product information, weighting each of the geographic information risk value, the personal information risk value, and the product information risk value, and summing the weighted risk values to yield a money-laundering risk score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Daniel James Merrell, Susan Beth Van Horn
  • Methods of and systems for money laundering risk assessment
    Patent number: 7801811
    Abstract: A method of assessing money-laundering risk of an individual includes gathering information regarding the individual. The gathered information includes geographic information and personal information. The method also includes determining a risk value of the geographic information and a risk value of the personal information and calculating a money-laundering risk score using the geographic information risk value and the personal information risk value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Daniel James Merrell, Susan Beth Van Horn