Patents by Inventor L. Edward Shaw

L. Edward Shaw 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: 8745073
    Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses and/or computer program products are directed to a nationwide send process of outgoing returns. A plurality of outgoing return files are collected. The plurality of outgoing return files are organized by endpoint destination and distributed on a predetermined schedule to the endpoint destinations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Martin T. Mulligan, L. Edward Shaw, Patricia Anne Sullivan Fleming, Thelma Yvonne Ashe, Gerald M. Vye, Gilbert M. O'Sullivan
  • Patent number: 8504448
    Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses and/or computer program products are directed to outgoing returns processing. The outgoing returns processing includes receiving outgoing returns data files, where the outgoing returns data files may be of a plurality of different file formats and received from a plurality of different channels. The outgoing returns processing further includes converting the outgoing returns data files to a platform file format and retrieving image files based on the outgoing returns data files. The outgoing returns are then settled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: L. Edward Shaw, Patricia Anne Sullivan Fleming, Martin T. Mulligan, Marcus Eugene McGinnis, Karl R. Johnson, Thomas D. Thibault
  • Patent number: 8249396
    Abstract: A system and methods for handling financial document returns and processing exceptions are disclosed. Embodiments of the invention provide a returns and exceptions platform to image-enable check returns and exceptions within a financial institution. This capability can be in part enabled by a system that provides both for decisioning based on images, and dispatching or exporting images and data in a plurality of formats from the system into which they are first loaded, so that paper items need not be referenced again. The plurality of formats for export can include X9.37i files, external and internal cash letters, and image replacement documents. The image-based processes of the invention can be implemented by a plurality of application servers and a plurality of database servers interconnected by a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Bethany M. Axtell, Patricia A. S. Fleming, Douglas P. McKinley, Sharon M. Morris, Martin Mulligan, Leslie M. Overholser, L. Edward Shaw, Gerald M. Vye, Brian K. Walter
  • Publication number: 20110099094
    Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses and/or computer program products are directed to outgoing returns processing. The outgoing returns processing includes receiving outgoing returns data files, where the outgoing returns data files may be of a plurality of different file formats and received from a plurality of different channels. The outgoing returns processing further includes converting the outgoing returns data files to a platform file format and retrieving image files based on the outgoing returns data files. The outgoing returns are then settled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: L. Edward Shaw, Patricia Anne Sullivan Fleming, Martin T. Mulligan, Marcus Eugene McGinnis, Karl R. Johnson, Thomas D. Thibault
  • Publication number: 20110099198
    Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses and/or computer program products are directed to a nationwide send process of outgoing returns. A plurality of outgoing return files are collected. The plurality of outgoing return files are organized by endpoint destination and distributed on a predetermined schedule to the endpoint destinations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Martin T. Mulligan, L. Edward Shaw, Patricia Anne Sullivan Fleming, Thelma Yvonne Ashe, Gerald M. Vye, Gilbert M. O'Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20080069481
    Abstract: A system and methods for handling financial document returns and processing exceptions are disclosed. Embodiments of the invention provide a returns and exceptions platform to image enable check returns and exceptions within a financial institution. This capability can be in part enabled by a system that provides both for decisioning based on images, and dispatching or exporting images and data in a plurality of formats from the system into which they are first loaded, so that paper items need not be referenced again. The plurality of formats for export can include X9.37i files, external and internal cash letters, and image replacement documents. The image-based processes of the invention can be implemented by a plurality of application servers and a plurality of database servers interconnected by a network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2006
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Bethany M. Axtell, Patricia A.S. Fleming, Douglas P. McKinley, Sharon M. Morris, Martin Mulligan, Leslie M. Overholser, L. Edward Shaw, Gerald M. Vye, Brian K. Walter