Patents by Inventor Grigor Markarian

Grigor Markarian 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: 10636084
    Abstract: A method and system for implementing on-line financial institution services via a single physical and logical platform deploys global online banking applications in an environment in which the applications are built from a single source base and adapted to various business rules and languages associated with different regions, countries and businesses. Separate web apps are created for each individual business according to contextual attributes, and application servers running the context dependent web apps provide the interface between customers and banking functionality. The platform relies in part on reuse of appropriate components to achieve integration, as well as sharing of core services. As a result of the independent nature of business specific components, each business may require different versions of application software and may update or implement new components without affecting existing business components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: CITICORP CREDIT SERVICES, INC. (USA)
    Inventors: Michael Grandcolas, John Riblett, Ted Krawiec, Albert Cohen, Sam Shahdousti, Naresh Vyas, Mike Mast, Simon Khilkevich, Gene Stolarov, Irina Koryakovtseva, Grigor Markarian, Jeremy Dimond, Avinash Kharul, Amit Chitnis, Ravin Vernekar, Dilip Parekh, Mark Bitter, Farah Khalili, Teresa Petach, Chris Kowalski, Rajashree Karwa
  • Patent number: 9418381
    Abstract: A standalone notification system, including a notification server which generates electronic messages to registered customers upon their request or upon a host business request. The customer provides the system with his/her messaging identification (“ID”), e.g. e-mail address, GSM (global system for mobile communications) or other mobile phone numbers that are able to accept, e.g., short message service (“SMS”) messages, facsimile number, and/or telephone number. Customers can register with the host notification server without having any relationship, banking or otherwise, with the host. Customers can choose between different notification channels such as e-mail, SMS message, fax or pager.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Citigroup Credit Services, Inc. (USA)
    Inventors: Arun Ahuja, Ramadurai Vaidyanathan, Anand Tata, Grigor Markarian, Joe Pan, Peter Tompkins
  • Patent number: 9129279
    Abstract: A financial institution can provide financial services to a plurality of remote devices, such as personal computers, personal data assistants, screen phones, automatic teller machines, external service providers, and internally to staff terminals and individual branches. By separating the components of the system into independent components, the system and method can be developed and tested on a component level rather than the entire system level, thereby reducing the development and maintenance cycle time. The system and method operate in sessions and can employ a dialog component for gathering information from a customer, a rule broker component for providing answers to the various legal and regulatory rules in a particular country, a language man component for selecting appropriate language, a transaction executor component for performing transactions, and a presentation manager component for formatting outputs to the customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Citicorp Credit Services, Inc. (USA)
    Inventors: James Zeanah, Charles Abbott, Nik Boyd, Albert Cohen, James Cook, Michael Grandcolas, Sikun Lan, Bonnie Lindsley, Grigor Markarian, Leslie Moss
  • Patent number: 8543982
    Abstract: A financial institution can provide financial services to a plurality of remote devices, such as personal computers, personal data assistants, screen phones, automatic teller machines, external service providers, and internally to staff terminals and individual branches. By separating the components of the system into independent components, the system and method can be developed and tested on a component level rather than the entire system level, thereby reducing the development and maintenance cycle time. The system and method operate in sessions and can employ a dialog component for gathering information from a customer, a rule broker component for providing answers to the various legal and regulatory rules in a particular country, a language man component for selecting appropriate language, a transaction executor component for performing transactions, and a presentation manager component for formatting outputs to the customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Citicorp Development Center, Inc.
    Inventors: James Zeanah, Charles Abbott, Nik Boyd, Albert Cohen, James Cook, Michael Grandcolas, Sikun Lan, Bonnie Lindsley, Grigor Markarian, Leslie Moss
  • Patent number: 8346677
    Abstract: Described herein is an enabling product that facilitates implementation of an m-commerce business solution. According to an embodiment of the present invention an m-commerce solution includes: a content provider or merchant site that provides products and goods to be purchased; a payment system allowing online authorization of funds to purchase the goods; and a wireless network for all customer interactions. Embodiments described herein perform at least one of the following three functions: 1) protocol conversions; 2) customer information reposing, and 3) payment authorization system interfacing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Citicorp Development Center, Inc.
    Inventors: Grigor Markarian, Ramadurai Vaidyanathan, Arun Ahuja, Albert Cohen, Anand Tata
  • Patent number: 8346678
    Abstract: Described herein is an enabling product that facilitates implementation of an m-commerce business solution. According to an embodiment of the present invention an m-commerce solution includes: a content provider or merchant site that provides products and goods to be purchased; a payment system allowing online authorization of funds to purchase the goods; and a wireless network for all customer interactions. Embodiments described herein perform at least one of the following three functions: 1) protocol conversions; 2) customer information reposing, and 3) payment authorization system interfacing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Citicorp Development Center, Inc.
    Inventors: Grigor Markarian, Ramadurai Vaidyanathan, Arun Ahuja, Albert Cohen, Anand Tata
  • Patent number: 8145566
    Abstract: A standalone notification system, including a notification server which generates electronic messages for alerting customers of potentially fraudulent activity on one or more of their financial accounts. Alternatively, or in addition thereto, the notification system may be used to forward transaction code(s) to customers for verification of a request for high risk transaction(s) with respect to a customer's financial account. The transaction code is generated in response to a high risk transaction request and sent to through an identified customer notification means, e.g., e-mail, short message service (“SMS”), facsimile, mobile phone, telephone, etc. The customer must enter the transaction code within a predetermined amount of time in order to verify the high-risk transaction request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Citicorp Development Center, Inc.
    Inventors: Arun Ahuja, Ramadurai Vaidyanathan, Anand Tata, Grigor Markarian, Joe Pan, Peter Tompkins
  • Publication number: 20110307366
    Abstract: A standalone notification system, including a notification server which generates electronic messages for alerting customers of potentially fraudulent activity on one or more of their financial accounts. Alternatively, or in addition thereto, the notification system may be used to forward transaction code(s) to customers for verification of a request for high risk transaction(s) with respect to a customer's financial account. The transaction code is generated in response to a high risk transaction request and sent to through an identified customer notification means, e.g., e-mail, short message service (“SMS”), facsimile, mobile phone, telephone, etc. The customer must enter the transaction code within a predetermined amount of time in order to verify the high-risk transaction request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Inventors: Arun Ahuja, Ramadurai Vaidyanathan, Anand Tata, Grigor Markarian, Joe Pan, Peter Tompkins
  • Patent number: 8032453
    Abstract: A standalone notification system, including a notification server which generates electronic messages for alerting customers of potentially fraudulent activity on one or more of their financial accounts. Alternatively, or in addition thereto, the notification system may be used to forward transaction code(s) to customers for verification of a request for high risk transaction(s) with respect to a customer's financial account. The transaction code is generated in response to a high risk transaction request and sent to through an identified customer notification means, e.g., e-mail, short message service (“SMS”), facsimile, mobile phone, telephone, etc. The customer must enter the transaction code within a predetermined amount of time in order to verify the high-risk transaction request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Inventors: Arun Ahuja, Ramadurai Vaidyanathan, Anand Tata, Grigor Markarian, Joe Pan, Peter Tompkins
  • Publication number: 20070250808
    Abstract: A financial institution can provide financial services to a plurality of remote devices, such as personal computers, personal data assistants, screen phones, automatic teller machines, external service providers, and internally to staff terminals and individual branches. By separating the components of the system into independent components, the system and method can be developed and tested on a component level rather than the entire system level, thereby reducing the development and maintenance cycle time. The system and method operate in sessions and can employ a dialog component for gathering information from a customer, a rule broker component for providing answers to the various legal and regulatory rules in a particular country, a language man component for selecting appropriate language, a transaction executor component for performing transactions, and a presentation manager component for formatting outputs to the customer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Inventors: James Zeanah, Charles Abbott, Nik Boyd, Albert Cohen, James Cook, Michael Grandcolas, Sikun Lan, Bonnie Lindsley, Grigor Markarian, Leslie Moss
  • Publication number: 20070174448
    Abstract: A standalone notification system, including a notification server which generates electronic messages for alerting customers of potentially fraudulent activity on one or more of their financial accounts. Alternatively, or in addition thereto, the notification system may be used to forward transaction code(s) to customers for verification of a request for high risk transaction(s) with respect to a customer's financial account. The transaction code is generated in response to a high risk transaction request and sent to through an identified customer notification means, e.g., e-mail, short message service (“SMS”), facsimile, mobile phone, telephone, etc. The customer must enter the transaction code within a predetermined amount of time in order to verify the high-risk transaction request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2006
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Inventors: Arun Ahuja, Ramadurai Vaidyanathan, Anand Tata, Grigor Markarian, Joe Pan, Peter Tompkins
  • Patent number: 7249344
    Abstract: A financial institution can provide financial services to a plurality of remote devices, such as personal computers, personal data assistants, screen phones, automatic teller machines, external service providers, and internally to staff terminals and individual branches. By separating the components of the system into independent components, the system and method can be developed and tested on a component level rather than the entire system level, thereby reducing the development and maintenance cycle time. The system and method operate in sessions and can employ a dialog component for gathering information from a customer, a rule broker component for providing answers to the various legal and regulatory rules in a particular country, a language man component for selecting appropriate language, a transaction executor component for performing transactions, and a presentation manager component for formatting outputs to the customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Citicorp Development Center, Inc.
    Inventors: James Zeanah, Charles Abbott, Nik Boyd, Albert Cohen, James Cook, Michael Grandcolas, Sikhun Lan, Bonnie Lindsley, Grigor Markarian, Leslie Moss
  • Publication number: 20060195816
    Abstract: A method and system for implementing on-line financial institution services via a single physical and logical platform deploys global online banking applications in an environment in which the applications are built from a single source base and adapted to various business rules and languages associated with different regions, countries and businesses. Separate web apps are created for each individual business according to contextual attributes, and application servers running the context dependent web apps provide the interface between customers and banking functionality. The platform relies in part on reuse of appropriate components to achieve integration, as well as sharing of core services. As a result of the independent nature of business specific components, each business may require different versions of application software and may update or implement new components without affecting existing business components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2005
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Inventors: Michael Grandcolas, John Riblett, Ted Krawiec, Albert Cohen, Sam Shahdousti, Naresh Vyas, Mike Mast, Simon Khilkevich, Gene Stolarov, Irina Koryakovtseva, Grigor Markarian, Jeremy Dimond, Avinash Kharul, Amit Chitnis, Ravin Vernekar, Dilip Parekh, Mark Bitter, Farah Khalili, Teresa Petach, Chris Kowalski, Rajashree Karwa
  • Publication number: 20020013711
    Abstract: A standalone notification system, including a notification server which generates electronic messages to registered customers upon their request or upon a host business request. The customer provides the system with his/her messaging identification (“ID”), e.g. e-mail address, GSM (global system for mobile communications) or other mobile phone numbers that are able to accept, e.g., short message service (“SMS”) messages, facsimile number, and/or telephone number. Customers can register with the host notification server without having any relationship, banking or otherwise, with the host. Customers can choose between different notification channels such as e-mail, SMS message, fax or pager.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2001
    Publication date: January 31, 2002
    Inventors: Arun Ahuja, Ramadurai Vaidyanathan, Anand Tata, Grigor Markarian, Joe Pan, Peter Tompkins
  • Publication number: 20010056402
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for accessing financial information or conducting financial transactions and, more particularly, to an improved system and method for accessing financial information or conducting financial transactions using wireless communications devices, such as cellular telephones, personal digital assistants, and other web-enabled wireless devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2001
    Publication date: December 27, 2001
    Inventors: Arun Ahuja, Peter Tompkins, Alan Young, Grigor Markarian, Ram Vaidyanathan, Anand Tata, Joe Pan
  • Patent number: 5933816
    Abstract: A delivery system and method allow a financial institution to provide financial services to a plurality of remote devices, such as personal computers, personal data assistants, and screen phones. In addition to providing services to these remote devices, the system and method provide services to automatic teller machines (ATMs), external service providers, and internally within the financial institution to staff terminals and to the individual branches of the financial institution. The delivery of financial services is not limited to any particular network but rather may be provided through dial-in access, Internet access, on-line service provider access, or other types of delivery networks. The system is comprised of a set of reusable global components which are modular and are organized into services sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: Citicorp Development Center, Inc.
    Inventors: James Zeanah, Charles Abbott, Nik Boyd, Albert Cohen, James Cook, Michael Grandcolas, Sikhun Lan, Bonnie Lindsley, Grigor Markarian, Leslie Moss