Patents by Inventor Darlene Shuman

Darlene Shuman 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: 6049782
    Abstract: A system and process for use by a financial institution to facilitate relationship pricing in connection with a single account that includes a plurality of account components, including a checking component, a savings component and a investment component. The system includes software engines operated on specially programmed general purpose computers. The engines are sub-systems that generate input and drive another sub-system or the product processors. The overall function of the engines is to, among other things, allow pricing to be determined based on a customer's total individual or household relationship to the financial institution. The preferred system includes a rate engine, a pricing engine, a linkage engine, a balance engine, and a cycle engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: Citibank, N.A.
    Inventors: Sidney Gottesman, Darlene Shuman, Patricia Eletto, Ben Gurdus, Bob Santariello, Jay Murthy, Michael Spivak