Patents by Inventor Eric Vanderleek

Eric Vanderleek 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: 20250029066
    Abstract: A system includes a network interface coupled to a network, a profile database coupled to the network interface and configured to store profile information relating to a plurality of users, and a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to: provide, via a display of a user device, a graphical user interface having a searchable data field that allows a user to enter search criteria; receive, via the network interface, search criteria from the user device associated with the user of the plurality of users; identify historical data comprising at least one of (a) historical search selections associated with the user or (b) data patterns associated with existing or previous successful relationships; and cause profile information relating to one or more users based on the search criteria and the historical data to be transmitted to the device via the network interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicant: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Holly Benedict, Heather Blanchard, Karin Geldfeld, Vincent J. Hill,, SR., Ryan McMahon, Eric Vanderleek
  • Patent number: 12165218
    Abstract: A provider institution computing system determining a goal of the customer of the provider institution, determining context information related to the goal, generating a first set of sub-goals for the goal of the customer, the first set of sub-goals defining a first group of steps required to be met by the customer to reach the goal, determining a current status of the customer relating to the first set of sub-goals and the goal, generating a second set of sub-goals for the goal of the customer corresponding to a first change in the context information, the second set of sub-goals being different than the first set of sub-goals, wherein the goal remains unchanged upon generating the second set of sub-goals, and responsive to determining that at least one transaction fails to conform with the goal, blocking, by the artificial intelligence circuit, the at least one transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Nick Gambale, Ashish B Kurani, Kayla Palm, Dana Roytenberg, Eric Vanderleek
  • Patent number: 12136067
    Abstract: A system includes a network interface coupled to a network, a profile database coupled to the network interface and configured to store profile information relating to a plurality of users, and at least one processing circuit. The at least one processing circuit is configured to: receive, via the network interface, search criteria from a first device associated with a first user; cause profile information relating to one or more other users based on the search criteria to be transmitted to the first device via the network interface; receive, via the network interface, an indication of a selection of a user of the one or more other users from the first device; monitor and analyze communications between a second device associated with the selected user and the first device; and transmit a message to at least one of the first device or the second device regarding the analyzed communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Holly Benedict, Heather Blanchard, Karin Geldfeld, Vincent J. Hill, Sr., Ryan McMahon, Eric Vanderleek
  • Publication number: 20230325779
    Abstract: A system includes a network interface coupled to a network, a profile database coupled to the network interface and configured to store profile information relating to a plurality of users, and at least one processing circuit. The at least one processing circuit is configured to: receive, via the network interface, search criteria from a first device associated with a first user; cause profile information relating to one or more other users based on the search criteria to be transmitted to the first device via the network interface; receive, via the network interface, an indication of a selection of a user of the one or more other users from the first device; monitor and analyze communications between a second device associated with the selected user and the first device; and transmit a message to at least one of the first device or the second device regarding the analyzed communications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Holly Benedict, Heather Blanchard, Karin Geldfeld, Vincent J. Hill,, SR., Ryan McMahon, Eric Vanderleek
  • Patent number: 11720860
    Abstract: A system includes a network interface, a profile database configured to store profile information relating to a plurality of users, and a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to: receive a search criteria from a first device associated with a first user; cause profile information relating to one or more users based on the search criteria to be transmitted to the first device; monitor and analyze communications between a second device associated with a selected user and the first device associated with the first user; determine, based on the analyzed communications, one or more terms of an agreement between the first user and the selected user; transmit a notification to the first device prompting the first user to add a first electronic signature to the agreement; and transmit a notification to the second device prompting the selected user to add a second electronic signature to the agreement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Holly Benedict, Heather Blanchard, Karin Geldfeld, Vincent J. Hill, Sr., Ryan McMahon, Eric Vanderleek
  • Patent number: 11361389
    Abstract: Examples described herein relate to apparatuses and methods for providing automated advising services to a customer of a provider institution, including but not limited to a provider institution computing system determining a goal of the customer based on a user input of the customer, generating a set of sub-goals for the goal, determining a current status of the customer relating to the sub-goals and the goal, determining whether the current status of the customer meets any sub-goals and a projected status of the customer indicating whether the customer is projected to meet the goal, and sending a notification to a user device of the customer notifying the customer of a completion state of the goal based on at least one of the sub-goals met by the current status of the customer and whether the customer is projected to meet the goal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Nick Gambale, Ashish B. Kurani, Kayla Palm, Dana Roytenberg, Eric Vanderleek
  • Patent number: 11200541
    Abstract: A method includes aggregating profile information corresponding to a plurality of advisors; receiving a search criteria from a first mobile device associated with a first advisor; determining a search result comprising one or more advisors from the plurality of advisors based on the profile information of the one or more advisors meeting the search criteria; receiving an indication of a selection of an advisor of the one or more advisors from the first mobile device; establishing a communication session between the first mobile device associated with the first advisor and a second mobile device associated with the selected advisor; monitoring and analyzing communications between the second mobile device associated with the selected advisor and the first mobile device associated with the first advisor; and generating a partnership agreement to formalize a wealth management business relationship between the first advisor and the selected advisor including the one or more terms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Holly Benedict, Heather Blanchard, Karin Geldfeld, Vincent J. Hill, Sr., Ryan McMahon, Eric Vanderleek
  • Publication number: 20210241340
    Abstract: Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure can help customers seeking a provider of a service avoid having to parse through large volumes of potentially inapplicable service providers to find a suitable matching provider. In some embodiments, systems of the present disclosure can gather information regarding service providers from various sources and identify a selection of service providers based on such information as well as information from the customer. Embodiments of the present disclosure may also be used to automatically control functions on a customer's computing device to facilitate selection of one or more providers by the customer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Eric Vanderleek, Kenneth W. Haynie, Nicole Marie Raynor, Olaronke Faleti
  • Patent number: 10963972
    Abstract: Examples described herein relate to apparatuses and methods for providing automated advising services to a customer of a provider institution, including but not limited to a provider institution computing system determining a goal of the customer based on a user input of the customer, generating a set of sub-goals for the goal, determining a current status of the customer relating to the sub-goals and the goal, determining whether the current status of the customer meets any sub-goals and a projected status of the customer indicating whether the customer is projected to meet the goal, and sending a notification to a user device of the customer notifying the customer of a completion state of the goal based on at least one of the sub-goals met by the current status of the customer and whether the customer is projected to meet the goal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Nick Gambale, Ashish B. Kurani, Kayla Palm, Dana Roytenberg, Eric Vanderleek
  • Patent number: 10776758
    Abstract: A system includes a network interface communicably coupled to a network. The system also includes a profile database communicably coupled to the network interface and configured to store profile information relating to a plurality of advisors, and a matching circuit communicably coupled to the provider database and the network interface. The matching circuit is configured to determine a match comprising a first matched advisor from the plurality of advisors and a second matched advisor from the plurality of advisors based on the profile information by determining that a wealth management practice of the first matched advisor has greater than a threshold probability of benefitting from a partnership with the second matched advisor and to cause profile information relating to the second matched advisor to be transmitted to a mobile device of the first matched advisor via the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Holly Benedict, Heather Blanchard, Karin Geldfeld, Vincent J. Hill, Sr., Ryan McMahon, Eric Vanderleek