Patents by Inventor Howard O. Weinstein

Howard O. Weinstein 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: 8818893
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for providing a dynamic payment generator are provided. A customer of a financial institution may desire to conduct a transaction involving a transferor or transferee financial institution without prior knowledge regarding unique and specific information required by the transferor or transferee institution. In some embodiments, apparatus and methods may detect information entered by the customer and dynamically prompt the customer for additional information required by the transferor or transferee institution. Apparatus and methods may pre-fill fields on a form displayed to the customer with information required by the transferor or transferee institution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Howard O. Weinstein, William E. Thomas, Daniel M. Whipple, Christopher Hope, Savit A. Pirl, Milton Santiago, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20120323784
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for providing a dynamic payment generator are provided. A customer of a financial institution may desire to conduct a transaction involving a transferor or transferee financial institution without prior knowledge regarding unique and specific information required by the transferor or transferee institution. In some embodiments, apparatus and methods may detect information entered by the customer and dynamically prompt the customer for additional information required by the transferor or transferee institution. Apparatus and methods may pre-fill fields on a form displayed to the customer with information required by the transferor or transferee institution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: Bank of America
    Inventors: Howard O. Weinstein, William E. Thomas, Daniel M. Whipple, Christopher Hope, Savit A. Pirl
  • Publication number: 20120323775
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for improving online bill payment processes are provided. Online bill payment typically involves a paying party (“payor”), an intermediary (such as a bank, a billpay service or a billpay network) and a payee. In some embodiments, the apparatus and methods may provide optional file attachments that may be communicated from a payor (initiator) to a payee (recipient). Such attachments might include a signed contract for products or services, a payment stub with descriptive details of the payment, a photo of an item being purchased, or any other document that the payor wishes to send in connection with the payment transaction. The field(s) associated with the attachment may be searchable. Such fields may be searchable by a characteristic of the attachment. Characteristics may include content of the attachment of an electronic format of the attachment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: Bank of America
    Inventors: Howard O. Weinstein, William E. Thomas, Daniel M. Whipple, Christopher Hope, Savit A. Pirl
  • Publication number: 20120323768
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for communicating a notification of a status of a payment are provided. The payment may be an electronic payment. The apparatus and methods may involve receiving an electronic request from a payor to transmit a payment to a payee. The status of a payment may include steps that have been completed, have not been completed, and/or are currently in progress in a process of fulfilling the payor's request. Status may include an estimate of time remaining until the fulfillment process is completed. The electronic request may include a notification preference. A notification preference may include a destination for receiving the notification. A method of communicating a notification may include any suitable paper or electronic communication method. The notification may be automatically stored in a database for future reference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: Bank of America
    Inventors: Howard O. Weinstein, William E. Thomas, Daniel M. Whipple, Christopher Hope, Savit A. Pirl