Patents by Inventor Douglas Gerard Brown

Douglas Gerard Brown 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: 9419956
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for authenticating and efficiently re-authenticating a user with a financial institution in order to gain access to account information using a web-enabled device. The web-enabled device stores user profiles associated with the user including authentication information provided by the user during primary authentication. The device retrieves the authentication information upon secondary authentication, that is, validation of the user's identity, which in some embodiments, includes local validation of a personal identification number (“PIN”) and/or a remote control passcode (“RCP”). As such, the web-enabled device re-authenticates the user without requiring authentication communication with a financial institution server, and thereafter, the user interacts with an application running on the web-enabled device to retrieve desired account information from the financial institution server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Shaun J. Abraham, Douglas Gerard Brown
  • Patent number: 8036638
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for identifying circumstances where end-to-end security is not available to a mobile banking customer. The user may be alerted/warned or restricted from accessing some banking services through his/her WAP-enabled mobile device if the server (e.g., bank server) determines that end-to-end security is not available. In some instances, the bank server may access a computer data file containing a list of known end-to-end secure devices and gateways to verify the integrity of the data communication. The server may verify the integrity of the data communication using loose matching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Ketil Bjugan, Douglas Gerard Brown, Peter K. Buchhop
  • Publication number: 20110231332
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for authenticating and efficiently re-authenticating a user with a financial institution in order to gain access to account information using a web-enabled device. The web-enabled device stores user profiles associated with the user including authentication information provided by the user during primary authentication. The device retrieves the authentication information upon secondary authentication, that is, validation of the user's identity, which in some embodiments, includes local validation of a personal identification number (“PIN”) and/or a remote control passcode (“RCP”). As such, the web-enabled device re-authenticates the user without requiring authentication communication with a financial institution server, and thereafter, the user interacts with an application running on the web-enabled device to retrieve desired account information from the financial institution server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shaun J. Abraham, Douglas Gerard Brown
  • Publication number: 20110039519
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for identifying circumstances where end-to-end security is not available to a mobile banking customer. The user may be alerted/warned or restricted from accessing some banking services through his/her WAP-enabled mobile device if the server (e.g., bank server) determines that end-to-end security is not available. In some instances, the bank server may access a computer data file containing a list of known end-to-end secure devices and gateways to verify the integrity of the data communication. The server may verify the integrity of the data communication using loose matching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ketil Bjugan, Douglas Gerard Brown, Peter K. Buchhop
  • Patent number: 7835723
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for identifying circumstances where end-to-end security is not available to a mobile banking customer. The user may be alerted/warned or restricted from accessing some banking services through his/her WAP-enabled mobile device if the bank server determines that end-to-end security is not available. In some instances, the bank server may access a computer data file containing a list of known end-to-end secure devices and gateways to verify the integrity of the data communication. The server may verify the integrity of the data communication using loose matching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Ketil Bjugan, Douglas Gerard Brown, Peter K Buchhop
  • Publication number: 20080189759
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for identifying circumstances where end-to-end security is not available to a mobile banking customer. The user may be alerted/warned or restricted from accessing some banking services through his/her WAP-enabled mobile device if the bank server determines that end-to-end security is not available. In some instances, the bank server may access a computer data file containing a list of known end-to-end secure devices and gateways to verify the integrity of the data communication. The server may verify the integrity of the data communication using loose matching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Ketil Bjugan, Douglas Gerard Brown, Peter K. Buchhop