Patents by Inventor Eileen Johnstone

Eileen Johnstone 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: 12236405
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for real-time trickle payments are provided. A system includes a processing circuit configured to: receive a request from a consumer device to commission a service provided by a supplier; place a financial hold on funds allocated to a supplier financial account based on performance terms of a smart contract; detect initiation of performance of the requested service based on performance information from a mobile device associated with the supplier and correlating the performance information to the smart contract; increase a financial hold on funds allocated to a consumer financial account in a hold amount proportional to the monitored performance, and decrease the financial hold on the funds allocated to the supplier financial account in the hold amount proportional to the monitored performance; and, upon the completion of the requested service, release the funds on hold in the supplier financial account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Eileen Johnstone, Michael Knorr, Thomas R. Miller, Catherine Wangari Mwangi, Mercedes Roldan-Colon, Jessica A. Weng
  • Patent number: 11074558
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method performed by an access economy payment system includes receiving a request from a consumer to commission an access economy service. The method also includes generating a smart contract based on the requested access economy service and generating a consumer sub-account associated with a consumer financial account and a supplier sub-account associated with a supplier financial account. The method further includes allocating funds to the supplier sub-account and placing a financial hold on the funds allocated to the supplier sub account. The method also includes detecting the initiation of performance of the requested access economy service, monitoring the performance of the initiated access economy service, increasing a financial hold on the funds allocated to the consumer sub-account, and decreasing the financial hold on the funds allocated to the supplier sub-account in real-time based on each of the monitored performance and the terms of the smart contract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Eileen Johnstone, Michael Knorr, Thomas R. Miller, Catherine Wangari Mwangi, Mercedes Roldan-Colon, Jessica A. Weng