Patents by Inventor DONALD FRANCIS BINNS

DONALD FRANCIS BINNS 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: 10621587
    Abstract: A fraud remediation tool includes a memory, a network interface, a fraud detection engine, and a clearance engine. The memory stores a plurality of fraud detection rules. The network interface receives a first transaction and a second transaction. The fraud detection engine determines, based on the plurality of fraud detection rules, that the transaction is fraudulent. In response to the determination that the transaction is fraudulent, the fraud detection engine stops the transaction, blocks use of the first card, and communicates a first message to the user indicating that the card is blocked. The clearance engine receives, from the user, a response to the message indicating that the transaction is not fraudulent. Based on the response, the clearance engine releases the block on the second card and the block on the first card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Donald Francis Binns, Michelle Lynne Baker, Michael Thomas Timoney
  • Publication number: 20180308099
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a system contains a payee data database configured to store payee data that contains intended payee information and a fraud marker engine configured to determine a fraud marker based on the payee data, wherein the fraud marker identifies an activity including performing a transaction benefiting a payee account, wherein a plurality of payor accounts have, within a defined time frame, changed their intended payee information to include the payee account. The system also contains a fraud marker scoring engine that determines a fraud score for the fraud marker based a likelihood that the activity is fraudulent or a severity of the activity, and an activity monitoring and matching engine configured to monitor activity of a first payee account and a first payor account, determine that the monitored activity matches the fraud marker, and institute a block, cancellation, or hold on the monitored activity based on the fraud score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Donald Francis Binns, Ryan Gerald Evans, Jill Kristen Otlowski, Alan Andrew Hale, Laura Marie Blattner-Confiado
  • Publication number: 20180293582
    Abstract: A fraud remediation tool includes a memory, a network interface, a fraud detection engine, and a clearance engine. The memory stores a plurality of fraud detection rules. The network interface receives a first transaction and a second transaction. The fraud detection engine determines, based on the plurality of fraud detection rules, that the transaction is fraudulent. In response to the determination that the transaction is fraudulent, the fraud detection engine stops the transaction, blocks use of the first card, and communicates a first message to the user indicating that the card is blocked. The clearance engine receives, from the user, a response to the message indicating that the transaction is not fraudulent. Based on the response, the clearance engine releases the block on the second card and the block on the first card.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: DONALD FRANCIS BINNS, MICHELLE LYNNE BAKER, MICHAEL THOMAS TIMONEY