Patents by Inventor Jim L. Jenkins

Jim L. Jenkins 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).

  • Processing payment transactions between enterprise resource planning systems
    Patent number: 8583552
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method for processing a payment transaction comprises receiving, by a payor an invoice generated from a first enterprise resource planning (ERP) system operated by a payee. The first ERP system formatted the invoice in a first format. The invoice is stored in a second format compatible with a second ERP system. The invoice has been converted from the first format to the second format, which is different from the first format. Approval of the invoice is received through the second ERP system. Authorization instructing a financial institution to transmit a payment to the payee is generated and transmitted to the financial institution. Confirmation of the payment to the payee is generated and transmitted to the payee.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Elizabeth S. Votaw, Orlando O. Atienza, Robert B. Walker, Clement M. Mazgelis, Jim L. Jenkins
  • Processing Payment Transactions Between Enterprise Resource Planning Systems
    Publication number: 20130013472
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method for processing a payment transaction comprises receiving, by a payor an invoice generated from a first enterprise resource planning (ERP) system operated by a payee. The first ERP system formatted the invoice in a first format. The invoice is stored in a second format compatible with a second ERP system. The invoice has been converted from the first format to the second format, which is different from the first format. Approval of the invoice is received through the second ERP system. Authorization instructing a financial institution to transmit a payment to the payee is generated and transmitted to the financial institution. Confirmation of the payment to the payee is generated and transmitted to the payee.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Elizabeth S. Votaw, Orlando O. Atienza, Robert B. Walker, Clement M. Mazgelis, Jim L. Jenkins
  • Processing Payment Transactions Between Enterprise Resource Planning Systems
    Publication number: 20110119179
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method for processing a payment transaction comprises receiving, by a payor an invoice generated from a first enterprise resource planning (ERP) system operated by a payee. The first ERP system formatted the invoice in a first format. The invoice is stored in a second format compatible with a second ERP system. The invoice has been converted from the first format to the second format, which is different from the first format. Approval of the invoice is received through the second ERP system. Authorization instructing a financial institution to transmit a payment to the payee is generated and transmitted to the financial institution. Confirmation of the payment to the payee is generated and transmitted to the payee.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Elizabeth S. Votaw, Orlando O. Atienza, Robert B. Walker, Clement M. Mazgelis, Jim L. Jenkins