Patents by Inventor Deborah M. Ball

Deborah M. Ball 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: 20230377034
    Abstract: A provider institution computing system includes an account management circuit that is configured to perform operations including: associating a first expense with a first envelope of a plurality of envelopes and a second expense with a second envelope of the plurality of envelopes; generating a first payment token and a second payment token; storing the first payment token and the second payment token in the accounts database; and mapping the first payment token and the second payment token to a first account, whereby the first payment token is assigned to the first envelope and the second payment token is assigned to the second envelope. The first payment token is configured to facilitate a payment from the first account via the first envelope to the first payee and the second payment token is configured to facilitate a payment from the first account via the second envelope to the second payee.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Deborah M. Ball, Susanne Carr, Stephen M. Ellis, Lei Han, Margaret Mangot, Stanislav Roumiantsev, Abhijit Shetti, Brad J. Shoff
  • Patent number: 11574359
    Abstract: A financial institution computing system associated with a financial institution includes an account management circuit. The account management circuit is configured to receive, by the network interface, a customer request to establish a checking account at the financial institution, create first and second checking accounts for the customer, the first checking account having a payment card associated therewith, the second checking account not having any payment cards associated therewith, receive, by the network interface, information regarding a funding amount for the first and second payment accounts, receive, by the network interface, information regarding a first expense of the customer, and fund the second account with a first portion of the funding amount based on the information regarding the first expense.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Deborah M. Ball, Susanne Carr, Stephen M. Ellis, Lei Han, Margaret Mangot, Stanislav Roumiantsev, Abhijit Shetti, Brad J. Shoff