Patents by Inventor Daniel Sanford

Daniel Sanford 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: 11951505
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a system and method for dispensing a floor coating in a specified ratio of multiple components is disclosed. The system and method may set and maintain a desired ratio of the multiple components by controlling, with a controller, a drive rate of respective pumps configured for propelling the components from a reservoir to a mixer or a dispenser. The controller may be responsive to at least one of a measured actual drive rate, an environmental condition, an actual usage of each component, and an operational parameter of the system, for adjusting a drive rate of the respective pumps to compensate for discrepancies that may affect the ratio of the multiple components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SWIMC LLC
    Inventors: Kyle Sanford Smith, Murty Venkata Bhamidipati, David Royston Hughes, Robert S. Smith, Peter V. Ferris, Daniel R. Allen, Charles R. Sperry, David M. Kroll
  • Publication number: 20240112203
    Abstract: Systems and methods for remotely verifying an identity of a user to open an account are provided. A method includes: receiving information relating to an identity of a first user from a first computing device associated with a second user, the information comprising contact information for the first user; sending a notification to a second computing device associated with the first user based on the information received from the first computing device; in response to receiving an affirmative reply from the second computing device, verifying the identity of the first user; and opening an account for the first user based on the identity of the first user being verified by receiving the affirmative reply from the second computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Jonathan Hartsell, Nanie Lee, Ray G. Redwood, Daniel Sanford, Elizabeth Votaw
  • Publication number: 20240094870
    Abstract: Various aspects and embodiments are directed to a streamlined computer device and a graphical user interface that organizes interface elements into views of computer content for presentation to a user. Various views of digital media content permits users to easily and efficiently access various digital media content. Different views are used to provide an interface that is responsive to configurations of the device and responsive to activity being performed by the user. Aspects include permitting the user to maintain and manage digital media content libraries. According to some embodiments, the libraries comprise user digital media content and references digital media content. Functionality provided to a user can be tailored to the type of content displayed, accessed and/or managed. According to various aspects, methods and systems are provided for accessing and managing digital media libraries on a streamlined computing device with a plurality selectable I/O profiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: LiTL LLC
    Inventors: Robert Sanford Havoc Pennington, Matthew David Day, Noah Bruce Guyot, Daniel Kuo, Jenea Boshart Hayes, Aaron Tang, David Livingstone Fore, John H. Chuang, Chris Bambacus, Yves Behar, Joshua Morenstein, Christopher Hibmacronan, Naoya Edahiro, Donald Francis Fischer, Christian Marc Schmidt, Lisa Strausfeld, Marc Gallucci, Eric Sutton, Samuel Wallace Webber, Christine Meahan, Phillip Henson
  • Patent number: 11935116
    Abstract: Systems and methods for identifying and providing unfulfilled services to a user of a provider institution mobile application are provided. A method includes: identifying an unfulfilled service of the user of the provider institution mobile application based on an indication that the user has a pending service that requires further action on behalf of the user; scanning a digital calendar of a mobile device of the user hosting the provider institution mobile application based on receiving a user input to access the digital calendar; determining an availability of the user based on scanning the digital calendar; identifying a current location of the user during the determined availability; determining a plurality of service locations near the identified current location of the user during the determined availability; and prompting the user to visit an identified service location from the plurality of service locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Pankaj Parekh, Steve Perez, Keith Clithero, Daniel Sanford, Bill Wurz
  • Publication number: 20240062212
    Abstract: A method includes: receiving an authorization request for a transaction including information identifying an account of a user; identifying an identity of the user; determining a computing device associated with the identified user; determining a distance between a location of the transaction and a location of the determined computing device; determining that additional authentication is required based on the determined distance relative to an authentication distance such that in response to the determined distance being greater than an authorization distance but less than or equal to the authentication distance, the required additional authentication includes a first set of authentication information, and in response to the determined distance being greater than the authentication distance, the required additional authentication includes a second set of authentication information different from the first set of authentication information; and authorizing the transaction based on the additional information ma
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
    Inventors: Pankaj PAREKH, Steve PEREZ, Keith CLITHERO, Daniel SANFORD, Bill WURZ
  • Patent number: 11869020
    Abstract: Systems and methods for remotely verifying an identity of a minor to open an account at a financial institution for the minor are provided. A method includes, responsive to verification of an identity of an adult associated with the minor, receiving, by a provider institution computing system of a provider institution, information relating to the minor from a minor computing device associated with the minor, and scraping, by the provider institution computing system, data from one or more social media profiles associated with the adult. The method includes comparing, by the provider institution computing system, the scraped data to information from the adult regarding the minor, and in response to a match, remotely verifying, by the provider institution computing system, the identity of the minor based on the information relating to the minor, such that the account for the minor is authorized to be opened at the provider institution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Jonathan Hartsell, Nanie Lee, Ray G. Redwood, Daniel Sanford, Elizabeth Votaw
  • Patent number: 11836727
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for authorizing a transaction using location based transaction authentication. The method includes receiving a transaction authorization request for a transaction; determining a location of the transaction; identifying an identity of a user associated with the transaction authorization request; determining a computing device associated with the identified user; determining a location of the determined computing device associated with the identified user; determining a distance between the location of the transaction and the location of the determined computing device; determining that additional authentication is required of the identified user based on the determined distance; prompting, the user for additional authentication information; receiving a response including additional information; and, authorizing the transaction based on the additional information matching stored additional authentication information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
    Inventors: Pankaj Parekh, Steve Perez, Keith Clithero, Daniel Sanford, Bill Wurz
  • Patent number: 11551237
    Abstract: Systems and methods for remotely verifying an identity of a minor to open an account at a financial institution for the minor are provided. A method includes receiving, by a financial institution computing system associated with the financial institution, a request from an adult computing device associated with the adult to open the account; remotely verifying, by a verification circuit, an identity of the adult based on received information regarding the adult; receiving, by the financial institution computing system, information relating to the minor from a minor computing device associated with the minor; remotely verifying, by the verification circuit, the identity of the minor based on the received information relating to the minor; and opening, by an account opening circuit associated with the financial institution computing system, an account on behalf of the minor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Jonathan Hartsell, Nanie Lee, Ray G. Redwood, Daniel Sanford, Elizabeth Votaw
  • Patent number: 11488262
    Abstract: Various examples are directed to systems and methods for interfacing a computing system to a human user. For example, a graphical user interface may be provided to a user. The graphical user interface comprises a holding shape and a first income source shape indicating a first income source. The holding shape comprises a filled portion having a first filled portion level indicating a first holding balance of an account of the user. A first deposit shape may be moved from the first income source shape towards the filled portion of the holding shape. The first deposit shape may indicate a first deposit to the account from the first income source. The filled portion may be resized to a second filled portion level indicating a second holding balance of the account after the first deposit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Tambra Nichols, Daniel Sanford, Akiva D. Kates, Laura B. Yeager, Christopher J. Williams, Hampton B. Castleberry
  • Publication number: 20220305733
    Abstract: A level sensor assembly (552) for estimating a level of a dielectric powder (412) in a container assembly (544) includes a first electrode member (554) that is coupled to the container assembly (544); a second electrode member (556) that is coupled to the container assembly (544): and a control system (424). The second electrode member (556) is spaced apart from the first electrode member (554) and configured so that powder (512) in the container assembly (544) is positioned at least partly between the electrode members (554) (556). The control system (424) utilizes a capacitance between the electrode members (554) (556) to estimate the level of the powder (512) in the container assembly (544).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Victor Itliong Solidum, Kristopher Daniel Sanford, Alton Hugh Phillips, Lexian Guo, Patrick Shih Chang, Johnathan Agustin Marquez, Yeong-Jun Choi
  • Patent number: 11373239
    Abstract: A system includes a network interface circuit and a processing circuit configured to receive a physical currency transaction request from a first user device, the physical currency transaction request including a currency exchange transaction parameter, match the physical currency transaction request to another physical currency transaction request based at least in part on the currency exchange transaction parameter, provide the physical currency transaction request to a second user device associated with the another physical currency transaction request, geo-fence an area based on at least one of the currency exchange transaction parameters or a current location of the first user device, determine an exchange location based on the geo-fenced area and the matched physical currency transaction request and another physical currency exchange request, and provide instructions to the first user device and the second user device for an exchange based on the determined exchange location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Frank Digangi, Carrie Anne Hanson, Jonathan Austin Hartsell, Daniel Sanford
  • Publication number: 20220005114
    Abstract: Systems and methods for re-creating an experience of a user are provided. A plurality of financial transactions can be received. A plurality of parameters associated with each financial transaction of the plurality of financial transactions can be determined. A query can be received from a remote computing device. The query can include information identifying the experience. The information identifying the experience can be compared with the plurality of parameters associated with each financial transaction of the plurality of financial transactions. At least one financial transaction of the plurality of financial transactions can be identified as corresponding to the experience, based on a result of the comparison of the information identifying the experience with the plurality of parameters associated with each financial transaction of the plurality of financial transactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Tambra Nichols, Daniel Sanford, Tosha Wesley, Ximing Zhao
  • Publication number: 20210304301
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating finance by monitoring behavior of users indicative of behavioral patterns or deviations from behavioral patterns and inviting users to make financial changes that may be appropriate based on the monitored behavior. In some embodiments, a minimum amount of relevant data must be collected to support the existence of a behavioral pattern or deviation before a user is invited to make appropriate changes to their finances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Chang, Brian M. Pearce, Daniel Sanford, Suzanne Fisi, John Chuprevich, Miranda C. Hill, Traci Nguyen, Chris Kalaboukis
  • Publication number: 20210142317
    Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus using a server system associated with an global network payment system, including a processor and a memory having instructions stored in non-transitory machine-readable media, the instructions executable by the processor, is provided. The server system is structured to generate a web-based payment card by appending a web-based payment card prefix corresponding to the global network payment system to an account number associated with a customer account. The server system is also structured to receive an electronic transaction record from a financial transaction router, wherein the electronic transaction record includes packaged web-based payment data, the packaged web-based payment data including at least the web-based payment card prefix and the account number comprised in the web-based payment card. The server system is further configured to identify a customer account based on the electronic transaction record and process a payment from the customer account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: H. Brock Kolls, Tambra Nichols, Daniel Sanford, Tosha Wesley, Ximing Zhao
  • Patent number: 10951761
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a computer-implemented method and related system for operating a virtual computer assistant (VCA) system of a service provider system. The method includes activating a switch to connect a communication link of the system from a human assistant (HA) to a customer and conveying first communications over the communication link to the customer from the HA. The method automatically detects a switching event according to a switching rule stored in a switch rules database stored in a memory of the system while the communication link to the HA is active. The method activates the switch to connect the communication link from the customer to a VCA after the conveying of the first communications, and then conveys second communications over the communication link to the customer from the VCA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Joel Scott Gardner, Daniel S. Sumner, Patrick Austin Boger, H. Brock Kolls, Daniel Sanford, Kyle Patrick Mitchell
  • Publication number: 20210056610
    Abstract: A method for a virtual digital assistant includes providing recommendations to a customer based on a level of trust the customer has with the virtual digital assistant. Preferences information is obtained regarding preferences of the customer regarding the virtual digital assistant. Technology comfort level information is obtained information regarding a comfort level of the customer with technology. The preferences information and the technology comfort level information are used to identify the level of trust the customer has with the virtual digital assistant. One or more recommendations are presented to the customer based on the level of trust.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Gary F. Balding, Sharon B. Drawdy, Sunil Kothapalli, Adrienne Elizabeth Leo, Danyall Lashon McDowell, Daniel Sanford, Brendon Hartman Treanor
  • Publication number: 20210049707
    Abstract: A method for adjusting employee withholdings on an electronic computing device includes receiving a tax strategy from an individual. Initial tax information for the individual is obtained. An initial income tax amount to be paid by the individual is calculated. An initial tax withholding allowance is determined. When a notification of a tax event for the individual is received, tax information related to the tax event is automatically obtained. The tax information related to the tax event and the initial tax information is used to calculate a revised income tax amount. When a determination is made that the revised income tax amount is not consistent with the tax strategy, a revised tax withholding allowance is determined to comply with the tax strategy. When the revised tax withholding allowance is different than the initial tax withholding allowance, the revised tax withholding allowance is implemented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Gary F. Balding, Sharon B. Drawdy, Sunil Kothapalli, Adrienne Elizabeth Leo, Danyall Lashon McDowell, Daniel Sanford, Brendon Hartman Treanor
  • Patent number: 10769730
    Abstract: Various examples are directed to systems and methods for interfacing a computing system to a human user. For example, a graphical user interface may be provided to a user. The graphical user interface comprises a holding shape and a first income source shape indicating a first income source. The holding shape comprises a filled portion having a first filled portion level indicating a first holding balance of an account of the user. A first deposit shape may be moved from the first income source shape towards the filled portion of the holding shape. The first deposit shape may indicate a first deposit to the account from the first income source. The filled portion may be resized to a second filled portion level indicating a second holding balance of the account after the first deposit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Tambra Nichols, Daniel Sanford, Akiva D. Kates, Laura B. Yeager, Christopher J. Williams, Hampton B. Castleberry
  • Patent number: 10542423
    Abstract: Presenting information on a computing device based on context is disclosed. A non-limiting example is a computing device or method for presenting information. The method determines contextual information associated with the computing device. The contextual information includes proximity information identifying electronic devices in proximity to the computing device The method also comprises receiving information to present to a user of the computing device. The method also includes formatting the received information based on the determined contextual information and presenting the formatted information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Michael Chang, Brian M. Pearce, Suzanne M. Fisi, Daniel Sanford, John Chuprevich, Miranda C. Hill, Traci Nguyen, Chris Kalaboukis
  • Publication number: 20190213690
    Abstract: Various examples are directed to systems and methods for interfacing a computing system to a human user. For example, a graphical user interface may be provided to a user. The graphical user interface comprises a holding shape and a first income source shape indicating a first income source. The holding shape comprises a filled portion having a first filled portion level indicating a first holding balance of an account of the user. A first deposit shape may be moved from the first income source shape towards the filled portion of the holding shape. The first deposit shape may indicate a first deposit to the account from the first income source. The filled portion may be resized to a second filled portion level indicating a second holding balance of the account after the first deposit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Tambra Nichols, Daniel Sanford, Akiva D. Kates, Laura B. Yeager, Christopher J. Williams, Hampton B. Castleberry