Patents by Inventor Deborah D. McWhinney

Deborah D. McWhinney 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: 20130297490
    Abstract: Methods and systems for routing payment transactions electronically for multinational vendors in a transnational business environment in which an integrated payments platform processor is used in receiving payment transactions related to a plurality of different countries by a financial institution for online purchases. Each payment transaction is interrogated, using the integrated payments platform processor, to identify the payment transaction as an internal type of transaction or an external type of transaction and a country to which the payment transaction relates. Internal types of transactions are routed to an internal transaction processing path and external types of transactions to an external processing path, and the financial institution may arrange settlement of each payment transaction likewise using the processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: Citigroup Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Deborah D. McWhinney, Julia C. Pukas, Kevin Tissot, Guy B. Sereff, Cecilia Leung, Julie Monaco, David Strong, Craig Hansen
  • Patent number: 8019669
    Abstract: A method and apparatus which provides for a referral program where a financial institution, such as a broker dealer, can refer customers to an independent financial advisor, under an on-going referral fee sharing agreement. The on-going referral fee sharing agreement provides that the financial advisor will pay the referring financial institution an on-going referral fee based on the asset management fee that the advisor charges. These referral fees are processed automatically and the transfers are done electronically, allowing the referral program to be implemented efficiently and effectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Rymer, Gerald Graves, Deborah D. McWhinney, Andrew Salesky, Charles D. Welling, Steven Hirsch
  • Patent number: 7747497
    Abstract: A method and apparatus which provides for a referral program where a financial institution, such as a broker dealer, can refer customers to an independent financial advisor, under an on-going referral fee sharing agreement. The on-going referral fee sharing agreement provides that the financial advisor will pay the referring financial institution an on-going referral fee based on the asset management fee that the advisor charges. These referral fees are processed automatically and the transfers are done electronically, allowing the referral program to be implemented efficiently and effectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Rymer, Gerald Graves, Deborah D. McWhinney, Andrew Salesky, Charles D. Welling, Steven Hirsch
  • Patent number: 7483847
    Abstract: A method and apparatus which provides for a referral program where a financial institution, such as a broker dealer, can refer customers to an independent financial advisor, under an on-going referral fee sharing agreement. The on-going referral fee sharing agreement provides that the financial advisor will pay the referring financial institution an on-going referral fee based on the asset management fee that the advisor charges. These referral fees are processed automatically and the transfers are done electronically, allowing the referral program to be implemented efficiently and effectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Rymer, Gerald Graves, Deborah D. McWhinney, Andrew Salesky, Charles D. Welling, Steven Hirsch