Patents by Inventor John W. L. Merrill

John W. L. Merrill 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: 20230334017
    Abstract: This technology relates generally to data assembly and analytics, as can be used in the personal finance and banking field, and more particularly to the field of lending and credit notification methods and systems. Embodiments of this technology provide systems and methods for creating objects which can be used in multiple implementations to generate scores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: John W.L. Merrill, John J. Beahan
  • Patent number: 11720527
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to data assembly and analytics, as can be used in the personal finance and banking field, and more particularly to the field of lending and credit notification methods and systems. Preferred embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for creating objects which can be used in multiple implementations to generate scores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: ZestFinance, Inc.
    Inventors: John W. L. Merrill, John J. Beahan
  • Patent number: 11301484
    Abstract: Systems and methods for converting a data item provided by an external data provider system into a data type specified by a data processing system for a data field of the data item. A data processing system stores a coercion rule for each data field of a first data set provided by the data provider system. Each stored coercion rule identifies at least one data type for the corresponding data field. Responsive to a second data set provided by the data provider system, the data processing system coerces each data item of the second data set into at least one data type specified by the stored coercion rule for the data field of the data item to generate at least one converted data item of the second data set. The data processing system generates information from at least one converted data item, and provides the information to a consuming system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: ZestFinance, Inc.
    Inventors: John W. L. Merrill, John J. Beahan
  • Publication number: 20210224227
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to data assembly and analytics, as can be used in the personal finance and banking field, and more particularly to the field of lending and credit notification methods and systems. Preferred embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for creating objects which can be used in multiple implementations to generate scores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: John W.L. Merrill, John J. Beahan
  • Patent number: 11010339
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to data assembly and analytics, as can be used in the personal finance and banking field, and more particularly to the field of lending and credit notification methods and systems. Preferred embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for creating objects which can be used in multiple implementations to generate scores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: ZestFinance, Inc.
    Inventors: John W. L. Merrill, John J. Beahan
  • Patent number: 10430453
    Abstract: A selected target location is used as a basis for selecting an alternate target location for distribution of content. The alternate target location is selected based on historical information about user activity involving the selected target location and may include an analysis of time records associated with locations included in the historical data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Robert F. Day, John W. L. Merrill, Joerg Heilig
  • Publication number: 20190197042
    Abstract: Systems and methods for converting a data item provided by an external data provider system into a data type specified by a data processing system for a data field of the data item. A data processing system stores a coercion rule for each data field of a first data set provided by the data provider system. Each stored coercion rule identifies at least one data type for the corresponding data field. Responsive to a second data set provided by the data provider system, the data processing system coerces each data item of the second data set into at least one data type specified by the stored coercion rule for the data field of the data item to generate at least one converted data item of the second data set. The data processing system generates information from at least one converted data item, and provides the information to a consuming system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: John W.L. Merrill, John J. Beahan
  • Publication number: 20190121788
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to data assembly and analytics, as can be used in the personal finance and banking field, and more particularly to the field of lending and credit notification methods and systems. Preferred embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for creating objects which can be used in multiple implementations to generate scores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: John W.L. Merrill, John J. Beahan
  • Patent number: 10261959
    Abstract: Systems and methods for converting a data item provided by an external data provider system into a data type specified by a data processing system for a data field of the data item. A data processing system stores a coercion rule for each data field of a first data set provided by the data provider system. Each stored coercion rule identifies at least one data type for the corresponding data field. Responsive to a second data set provided by the data provider system, the data processing system coerces each data item of the second data set into at least one data type specified by the stored coercion rule for the data field of the data item to generate at least one converted data item of the second data set. The data processing system generates information from at least one converted data item, and provides the information to a consuming system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: ZestFinance, Inc.
    Inventors: John W. L. Merrill, John J. Beahan
  • Publication number: 20180365765
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to the personal finance and banking field, and more particularly to the field of lending and credit notification methods and systems. Preferred embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for automatically generating high quality adverse action notifications based on identifying variations between a declined borrower's profile and that of approved applicants, both with simple and sophisticated credit scoring systems, using specific algorithms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: John W.L. Merrill, Shawn M. Budde, John Candido, Lingyun Gu, Farshad Kheiri, James P. McGuire, Douglas C. Merrill, Manoj Pinnamaneni, Marick Sinay
  • Patent number: 10127240
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to data assembly and analytics, as can be used in the personal finance and banking field, and more particularly to the field of lending and credit notification methods and systems. Preferred embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for creating objects which can be used in multiple implementations to generate scores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: ZestFinance, Inc.
    Inventors: John W. L. Merrill, John J. Beahan, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20180260891
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to the personal finance and banking field, and more particularly to the field of credit scoring methods and systems. Preferred embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for building and validating a credit scoring function based on a creditor's target information from non-traditional sources using specific algorithms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Douglas C. Merrill, John W.L. Merrill, Shawn M. Budde, Lingyun Gu, James P. McGuire
  • Publication number: 20170300544
    Abstract: Systems and methods for converting a data item provided by an external data provider system into a data type specified by a data processing system for a data field of the data item. A data processing system stores a coercion rule for each data field of a first data set provided by the data provider system. Each stored coercion rule identifies at least one data type for the corresponding data field. Responsive to a second data set provided by the data provider system, the data processing system coerces each data item of the second data set into at least one data type specified by the stored coercion rule for the data field of the data item to generate at least one converted data item of the second data set. The data processing system generates information from at least one converted data item, and provides the information to a consuming system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: John W.L. Merrill, John J. Beahan
  • Patent number: 9720953
    Abstract: Systems and methods for converting a data item provided by an external data provider system into a data type specified by a data processing system for a data field of the data item. A data processing system stores a coercion rule for each data field of a first data set provided by the data provider system. Each stored coercion rule identifies at least one data type for the corresponding data field. Responsive to a second data set provided by the data provider system, the data processing system coerces each data item of the second data set into at least one data type specified by the stored coercion rule for the data field of the data item to generate at least one converted data item of the second data set. The data processing system generates information from at least one converted data item, and provides the information to a consuming system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: ZestFinance, Inc.
    Inventors: John W. L. Merrill, John J. Beahan, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20170004169
    Abstract: Systems and methods for converting a data item provided by an external data provider system into a data type specified by a data processing system for a data field of the data item. A data processing system stores a coercion rule for each data field of a first data set provided by the data provider system. Each stored coercion rule identifies at least one data type for the corresponding data field. Responsive to a second data set provided by the data provider system, the data processing system coerces each data item of the second data set into at least one data type specified by the stored coercion rule for the data field of the data item to generate at least one converted data item of the second data set. The data processing system generates information from at least one converted data item, and provides the information to a consuming system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: John W.L. Merrill, John J. Beahan, JR.
  • Publication number: 20160225076
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to the personal finance and banking field, and more particularly to the field of credit scoring methods and systems. Preferred embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for building and validating a credit scoring function based on a creditor's target information from non-traditional sources using specific algorithms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Douglas C. Merrill, John W.L. Merrill, Shawn M. Budde, Lingyun Gu, James P. McGuire, Manoj Pinnamaneni
  • Publication number: 20160155193
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to the personal finance and banking field, and more particularly to the field of lending and credit notification methods and systems. Preferred embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for automatically generating high quality adverse action notifications based on identifying variations between a declined borrower's profile and that of approved applicants, both with simple and sophisticated credit scoring systems, using specific algorithms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: John W.L. Merrill, Shawn M. Budde, John Candido, Lingyun Gu, Farshad Kheiri, James P. McGuire, Douglas C. Merrill, Manoj Pinnamaneni, Marick Sinay
  • Publication number: 20160110353
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to data assembly and analytics, as can be used in the personal finance and banking field, and more particularly to the field of lending and credit notification methods and systems. Preferred embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for creating objects which can be used in multiple implementations to generate scores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: John W.L. Merrill, John J. Beahan, JR.
  • Patent number: 8954577
    Abstract: A method performed by one or more processing devices includes receiving data indicative of amounts of users in population segments that access a resource; applying an expectation-maximization algorithm to the data received; generating, based on applying, estimates of weights indicative of an accuracy of the amounts of users; wherein the expectation-maximization algorithm is applied and the estimates are generated until the estimates reach an asymptotic approximation of the weights; adjusting the amounts of the users in accordance with the estimates of the weights; and generating, based on the amounts of the users adjusted, an estimate of a composition of a population of users that access the resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: John W. L. Merrill
  • Publication number: 20150019405
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to the personal finance and banking field, and more particularly to the field of credit scoring methods and systems. Preferred embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for building and validating a credit scoring function based on a creditor's target information from non-traditional sources using specific algorithms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: ZESTFINANCE, INC.
    Inventors: Douglas C. Merrill, John W.L. Merrill, Shawn M. Budde, Lingyun Gu, James P. McGuire