Patents by Inventor Joseph P. Shuster

Joseph P. Shuster 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).

  • Method and system for enhanced check image privacy
    Patent number: 8126252
    Abstract: A method and system for enhanced check image privacy are disclosed. Embodiments of the present invention provide a way to automatically link the results from quality assurance software to a check image archive to appropriately mark images as unretrievable by customers. Images are interrogated with a data matching algorithm to determine whether a confidence score expressing a likelihood that the image matches associated, stored magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) data is below a pre-set threshold. The image can be then automatically designated in the financial document archive. The image can be displayed to an operator for analysis when the confidence score is above the pre-set threshold and below a pre-set limit, or in cases where the confidence score cannot be determined by the data matching algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: George Miller Abernethy, Matthew A. Calman, Kathryn B. Carmody, Gregory Tyrone Domally, Lowell R. Huff, Clarence E. Lee, II, Joseph P. Shuster, Carol W. Wiles
  • SAFTY DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE INCLUDING A FRONT-END STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20080101680
    Abstract: A method and system for enhanced check image privacy are disclosed. Embodiments of the present invention provide a way to automatically link the results from quality assurance software to a check image archive to appropriately mark images as unretrievable by customers. Images are interrogated with a data matching algorithm to determine whether a confidence score expressing a likelihood that the image matches associated, stored magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) data is below a pre-set threshold. The image can be then automatically designated in the financial document archive. The image can be displayed to an operator for analysis when the confidence score is above the pre-set threshold and below a pre-set limit, or in cases where the confidence score cannot be determined by the data matching algorithm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: George Miller Abernethy, Matthew A. Calman, Kathryn B. Carmody, Gregory Tyrone Domally, Lowell R. Huff, Clarence E. Lee, Joseph P. Shuster, Carol W. Wiles