Patents by Inventor Dennis C. Ward

Dennis C. Ward 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: 12014340
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a lockbox transaction order associated with an account of the provider from a first user device where the lockbox transaction order includes a requested transaction and a desired transaction location, validating whether the requested transaction can be completed at the desired transaction location, determining a physical lockbox associated with the provider from a plurality of physical lockboxes at an alternative lockbox transaction location based on determining that the lockbox transaction order cannot be completed at the desired transaction location, transmitting an indication to a user device indicating that the requested transaction can be completed at the alternative lockbox transaction location, preparing the physical lockbox for the requested transaction, and authenticating a user at the physical lockbox where authenticating the user at the physical lockbox enables the physical lockbox to unlock and become accessible by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Darren M. Goetz, Miranda C. Hill, Dennis E. Montenegro, Alicia Y. Moore, Susan Symons, Timothy R. Ward
  • Patent number: D254251
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1977
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1980
    Inventor: Dennis C. Ward
  • Patent number: D264463
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1982
    Inventor: Dennis C. Ward
  • Patent number: D264464
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1982
    Inventor: Dennis C. Ward
  • Patent number: D273862
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1984
    Inventor: Dennis C. Ward