Patents by Inventor Eric Dryer

Eric Dryer 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: 20140195395
    Abstract: Systems, method, apparatuses, and software are described for automatically detecting defects in financial transactions, automatically determining resolutions to the defects based on historical defect patterns, an interacting with customers to provide information and/or receive instructions regarding defects and how they should be resolved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shiva-Sanjay Bhakta, Jeffrey R. Goertz, Kerry Michelle Cantley, Eric Dryer, James W. Stark, III, Mike Stoll, Tim Gauvin, Geoffrey R. Williams, Krishna Kota
  • Publication number: 20140195346
    Abstract: Systems, method, apparatuses, and software are described for automatically detecting defects in financial transactions, automatically determining resolutions to the defects based on historical defect patterns, an interacting with customers to provide information and/or receive instructions regarding defects and how they should be resolved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shiva-Sanjay Bhakta, Jeffrey R. Goertz, Kerry Michelle Cantley, Eric Dryer, James W. Stark, III, Mike Stoll, Tim Gauvin, Geoffrey R. Williams, Krishna Kota
  • Publication number: 20140195396
    Abstract: Systems, method, apparatuses, and software are described for automatically detecting defects in financial transactions, automatically determining resolutions to the defects based on historical defect patterns, an interacting with customers to provide information and/or receive instructions regarding defects and how they should be resolved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shiva-Sanjay Bhakta, Jeffrey R. Goertz, Kerry Michelle Cantley, Eric Dryer, James W. Stark, III, Mike Stoll, Tim Gauvin, Geoffrey R. Williams, Krishna Kota
  • Patent number: 8606705
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for managing the processing of a financial payment and, more specifically managing the processing of a financial payment in a comprehensive payment hub environment that provides for payment processing, including payment route determination, irrespective of the payment input channel. In accordance with embodiments herein disclosed, managing the processing of the payment includes automatically determining the payment processes and automatically determining the arrangement of the payment processes. As such, the methods, systems, and computer program products herein described provide for an efficient and cost-effective approach to processing payments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Mark D. Zanzot, Garrett C. Briggs, Eric Dryer, Anthony B. Calderone, William Earl Thomas, II, Philip Tobin, David Todd Frew, Kerry Cantley
  • Patent number: 8606706
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for conducting comprehensive payment processing of all payment requests regardless of the payment request channel. Payment requests are transformed from the initial format to a standardized format, which allows for the occurrence of further comprehensive payment processing, referred to herein as payment hub processing. Once the payment request has undergone necessary payment hub processing, the request undergoes further transformation/conversion from the standardized format to a target clearing format. In one embodiment of the invention, the processing hub provides for determining the clearing or remittance channel based on payment routing rules, which may take into account cost, time, risk and any other payment factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Mark D. Zanzot, Garrett C. Briggs, Eric Dryer, Anthony B. Calderone, William Earl Thomas, II, Philip Tobin, David Todd Frew, Kerry Cantley
  • Patent number: 8165933
    Abstract: The present invention provides systems, methods, and computer program products for performing validation and clearance at a transaction item level for transaction received in a batch format. Each transaction of the batch is stored separately in a storage system, such as a logical database. Typically, image data and electronic data for a transaction are stored separately in the storage system and may be linked to each other. Each transaction is separately accessible and/or updateable. Each transaction stored in the storage system is separately analyzed to validate that the transaction is at least balanced. Transactions that determined to be balanced are cleared irrespective of a balance status associated with other transactions associated with the batch of transactions, such that transactions are individually cleared as opposed to being cleared in a batch format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Dryer, George Miller Abernethy, Ronald Hollander, Lowell Robert Huff, Sean Kang, Clarence E. Lee, Eric Scott Sandoz, Jeffrey Robert Woodside
  • Publication number: 20100211495
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for improving foreign currency exchange processing of financial payment requests and, more specifically improving the bid/ask spread in foreign currency exchange so as to increase the profitability realized by the financial institution processing the payment. In accordance with embodiments herein disclosed, international financial payment requests are pooled together based on currency type and payment time requirements to provide for better exchange rates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2009
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark D. Zanzot, Garrett C. Briggs, Eric Dryer, Anthony B. Calderone, William Earl Thomas, II, Philip Tobin, David Todd Frew, Kerry Cantley
  • Publication number: 20100211499
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for optimizing routing of financial payments by determining routing on a per-payment transaction basis based on one or more routing rules. The routing rules take into account payment factors such as, but not limited to, cost of payment processing, time for payment processing, risk/quality of payment processing, remittance requirements and/or the destination of the payment. From the payor or payee perspective, payor-defined or payee-defined payment attributes associated with these or other payment factors can be predefined in a payor/payee profile or dynamically defined proximate to the time at which the payment request is initiated. In this regard, present embodiments serve to create a payment process that is beneficial, in terms of cost, timeliness, quality and the like, to both the payor, the payee and financial institution handling payment processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark D. Zanzot, Garrett C. Briggs, Eric Dryer, Anthony B. Calderone, William Earl Thomas, II, Philip Tobin, David Todd Frew, Kerry Cantley
  • Publication number: 20100211422
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for conducting comprehensive payment processing of all payment requests regardless of the payment request channel. Payment requests are transformed from the initial format to a standardized format, which allows for the occurrence of further comprehensive payment processing, referred to herein as payment hub processing. Once the payment request has undergone necessary payment hub processing, the request undergoes further transformation/conversion from the standardized format to a target clearing format. In one embodiment of the invention, the processing hub provides for determining the clearing or remittance channel based on payment routing rules, which may take into account cost, time, risk and any other payment factors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark D. Zanzot, Garrett C. Briggs, Eric Dryer, Anthony B. Calderone, William Earl Thomas, II, Philip Tobin, David Todd Frew, Kerry Cantley
  • Publication number: 20100211483
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for managing the processing of a financial payment and, more specifically managing the processing of a financial payment in a comprehensive payment hub environment that provides for payment processing, including payment route determination, irrespective of the payment input channel. In accordance with embodiments herein disclosed, managing the processing of the payment includes automatically determining the payment processes and automatically determining the arrangement of the payment processes. As such, the methods, systems, and computer program products herein described provide for an efficient and cost-effective approach to processing payments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark D. Zanzot, Garrett C. Briggs, Eric Dryer, Anthony B. Calderone, William Earl Thomas, II, Philip Tobin, David Todd Frew, Kerry Cantley
  • Publication number: 20090292628
    Abstract: The present invention provides systems, methods, and computer program products for performing validation and clearance at a transaction item level for transaction received in a batch format. Each transaction of the batch is stored separately in a storage system, such as a logical database. Typically, image data and electronic data for a transaction are stored separately in the storage system and may be linked to each other. Each transaction is separately accessible and/or updateable. Each transaction stored in the storage system is separately analyzed to validate that the transaction is at least balanced. Transactions that determined to be balanced are cleared irrespective of a balance status associated with other transactions associated with the batch of transactions, such that transactions are individually cleared as opposed to being cleared in a batch format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eric Dryer, George Miller Abernethy, Ronald Hollander, Lowell Robert Huff, Sean Kang, Clarence E. Lee, Eric Scott Sandoz, Jeffrey Robert Woodside