Patents by Inventor Laura Marie Fontana

Laura Marie Fontana 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: 11922406
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for locking-in currency exchanges. One method includes providing, by a graphical user interface (GUI) of a wallet application, a customer request, wherein the customer request is a request for a currency transfer between a customer account of the customer to a recipient account of a recipient, wherein the customer account is associated with a first type of currency and the recipient account is associated with a second type of currency, presenting, by the GUI of the wallet application, a locked-in exchange rate for a time limit and data corresponding to the exchange rate and the time limit, exchanging, by the wallet application, an amount of the first type of currency for an amount of the second type of currency based on the exchange rate, and receiving, by the GUI of the wallet application, an indication of a transferred amount for a currency transfer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Sayali Bhos, Harmit Singh Dhanoa, Laura Marie Fontana, Marc Le Boeuf, Matthew Shepherd, Nikolai Stroke, Duc M. Trinh, Daniel G. Vogt
  • Patent number: 11893553
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media of exchanging digital assets using a public key cryptography framework. One method includes storing a plurality of digital assets on an internal ledger, and receiving a signed exchange request signed by a private key of a public and private key pair associated with a digital asset on the internal ledger, wherein the signed exchange request includes a destination address of an inter-provider ledger. The method further includes providing, to the inter-provider ledger, a public key of the public and private key pair based on interfacing with the destination address of the inter-provider ledger via a first API, and determining, from the inter-provider ledger, the signed exchange request was verified. The method further includes updating the internal ledger by removing the public and private key pair, and updating a central ledger by interfacing with a central address of the central ledger via a second API.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Ashish B. Kurani, Michael Knorr, Erik F. Nelson, Matthew Mullin Shepherd, Laura Marie Fontana
  • Patent number: 11875419
    Abstract: A system for collecting property status information from a property for a virtual appraisal receives the property status information from a plurality of devices positioned about the property, stores the property status information in a database, and assesses the property status information to create the virtual appraisal for the property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Laura Marie Fontana, Yvette Hatton, Margaret S. Honeycutt, Kristine Ing Kushner, Adnan Khan, Kimberly MacInnis, Jann McCully, Darius A. Miranda, David Newman, Oleg Pravdin, John T. Wright
  • Patent number: 11861575
    Abstract: An automated teller machine (ATM) allows a user with accounts at both a first institution and a second institution to use an ATM of the first institution to physically place cash or a check into the ATM of the first institution for deposit into an account at the second institution. In some cases, a failed attempt message may indicate a funds transfer failed due to a network connectivity issue, an inactive payee account, or an expired payee account number. In case of a network connectivity issue, the funds transfer may be reinitiated. In case of an inactive payee account or expired payee account number, funds may be transferred to the first account instead of the second account. The ATM may display an indication of the failed attempt and a confirmation of a transfer to the first account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Laura Marie Fontana, Margot Lockwood-Stein, Michael R. Thomas
  • Publication number: 20230316391
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media utilized for revoking access to a financial account held by a customer of a financial institution. One method includes determining, by at least one processing circuit, an access level based on information stored in an account database and an adverse event experienced by a customer. The method further includes authorizing, by the at least one processing circuit, a designee of the customer comprising the access level for at least one future payment request. The method further includes transmitting, by the at least one processing circuit, an alert message corresponding to the authorization of the designee for the access level. The method further includes in response to receiving an input from a user device, withdrawing, by the at least one processing circuit, the access level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Wayne Barakat, Maria M. Benjamin, Ha M. Duong, Laura Marie Fontana, Brian Hanafee, Marion M. Hsieh, Caroline Machado, Walter Schenk
  • Patent number: 11704729
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media utilized for determining access to a financial account held by a customer of a financial institution. One method includes establishing a communication session with a sensor device, wherein the financial institution computing system continuously receives sensor data over the communication session and receiving, from a point-of-sale (POS) terminal, a payment request. The method further includes retrieving, from the user device via an application programming interface (API), device data including at least application data and receiving, from the sensor device, the sensor data including at least one of geolocation data or biometric data of the sensor device. The method further includes determining the customer experienced an adverse event based on the sensor data and the device data and determining automatically an access level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Wayne Barakat, Maria M. Benjamin, Ha M. Duong, Laura Marie Fontana, Brian Hanafee, Marion M. Hsieh, Caroline Machado, Walter Schenk
  • Publication number: 20230206224
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for locking-in currency exchanges. One method includes providing, by a graphical user interface (GUI) of a wallet application, a customer request, wherein the customer request is a request for a currency transfer between a customer account of the customer to a recipient account of a recipient, wherein the customer account is associated with a first type of currency and the recipient account is associated with a second type of currency, presenting, by the GUI of the wallet application, a locked-in exchange rate for a time limit and data corresponding to the exchange rate and the time limit, exchanging, by the wallet application, an amount of the first type of currency for an amount of the second type of currency based on the exchange rate, and receiving, by the GUI of the wallet application, an indication of a transferred amount for a currency transfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Sayali Bhos, Harmit Singh Dhanoa, Laura Marie Fontana, Marc Le Boeuf, Matthew Shepherd, Nikolai Stroke, Duc M. Trinh, Daniel G. Vogt
  • Patent number: 11599876
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media utilized receiving a customer request via a graphical user interface (GUI) of a wallet application, extracting transfer information from the customer request based on a smart contract and identifying the transfer information in predefined fields, determining the customer account is associated with a first type of currency and the recipient account is associated with a second type of currency, automatically determining and locking-in an exchange rate, transmitting data corresponding to the exchange rate to the GUI, exchanging an amount of the first type of currency for an amount of the second type of currency based on the exchange rate, transferring an amount for the currency transfer from the wallet application to the recipient account via an omnibus account based on executing a smart contract on a distributed ledger, and transmitting a confirmation of the currency transfer to the GUI of the wallet application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Sayali Bhos, Harmit Singh Dhanoa, Laura Marie Fontana, Marc Le Boeuf, Matthew Shepherd, Nikolai Stroke, Duc M. Trinh, Daniel G. Vogt
  • Patent number: 11526875
    Abstract: A system and method for preventing the double-spending of digital currency that transfers between multiple DLT networks. The system and method includes creating, based on a unit of fiat currency, a first digital currency of a first type on a first DLT network and a second digital currency of a second type on a second DLT network. Each of the first digital currency and the second digital currency simultaneously represent a value associated with the unit of fiat currency. The system and method includes detecting a transaction request to transfer the first digital currency from the first DLT network to the second DLT network. The system and method include locking, responsive to detecting the transaction request, the first digital currency onto the first DLT network to prevent a transfer of the first digital currency from the first DLT network to another DLT network responsive to a subsequent transaction request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank N.A.
    Inventors: Abhijit Shetti, Laura Marie Fontana, Rameshchandra B. Ketharaju, Andrew J. Garner, IV, Nikolai Stroke, Duc Trinh, Mabel Oza, Todd Biggs
  • Patent number: 11416848
    Abstract: A system and method for preventing the double-spending of digital currency that transfers between multiple distributed ledger technology (DLT) networks. The system and method includes receiving an authorization to monitor transaction requests associated with a first DLT network. The system and method includes detecting a transaction request to transfer the first digital currency from the first DLT network to the second DLT network. The first digital currency is created on the first DLT network based on a unit of fiat currency. The system and method include transferring, responsive to detecting the transaction request, the first digital currency from the first DLT network to the second DLT network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Abhijit Shetti, Laura Marie Fontana, Rameshchandra B. BhaskarKetharaju, Andrew J. Garner, IV, Nikolai Stroke, Duc Trinh, Mabel Oza, Todd Biggs
  • Patent number: 11403607
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses using a financial institution computing system associated with a first financial institution includes a processing circuit including a processor and memory, the memory structured to store instructions that are executable by the processor and cause the processing circuit to receive a user identification associated with a user. The user holds a first account at the first financial institution and a second account at a second financial institution, where the first financial institution is different than the second financial institution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Laura Marie Fontana, Margot Lockwood-Stein, Michael R. Thomas
  • Patent number: 11188957
    Abstract: A method for performing payment transactions includes obtaining payor or payee information for a social media payment transaction and using the payor or payee information in a funds payment transaction on another system. Other systems, apparatuses, and methods are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Philip Sprague, Laura Marie Fontana, Daniel A. Porter
  • Patent number: 11182776
    Abstract: Systems and methods relating to currency exchange and currency transfer are provided. A computer-implemented method includes receiving, by a provider computing system associated with an accounts provider, a customer request via a mobile wallet application on a mobile device associated with a customer. The customer request includes a currency transfer request from a mobile wallet held by the customer to a recipient. The method further includes identifying the recipient from the customer request and a partner accounts provider associated with the recipient, communicating with the partner accounts provider regarding the currency transfer, transferring an amount for the currency transfer from the mobile wallet to the partner accounts provider via an omnibus account held by the accounts provider on a distributed ledger, and transmitting a confirmation of the currency transfer to the customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Sayali Bhos, Harmit Singh Dhanoa, Laura Marie Fontana, Marc Le Boeuf, Matthew Shepherd, Nikolai Stroke, Duc M. Trinh, Daniel G. Vogt
  • Patent number: 11050738
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to authenticating a user at an electronic computing device. Information is received from a defined zone of an environment surrounding the user. A level of authentication is calculated for the user based on the information from the defined zone of the environment. When the level of authentication is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold, the user is authenticated at the electronic computing device to perform a requested activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Wayne Barakat, Sotirios K. Barkas, Michael Chang, Laura Marie Fontana, Julio Jiron, Beth S. Moss, Traci Nguyen, Paul Vittimberga
  • Patent number: 11037231
    Abstract: Examples described herein relate to apparatus and methods for determining access to a financial account held by a customer of a financial institution, including, but not limited to, determining, by a processor of a financial institution computing system, an adverse event that causes death or incapacitation to the customer based on an adverse event message received from a user device associated with the customer, and in response to determining the adverse event, granting, by the processor, the access to the financial account held by the customer to a designee.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Wayne Barakat, Maria M. Benjamin, Ha M. Duong, Laura Marie Fontana, Brian Hanafee, Marion M. Hsieh, Caroline Machado, Walter Schenk
  • Patent number: 11023984
    Abstract: A system for collecting property status information from a property for a virtual appraisal receives the property status information from a plurality of devices positioned about the property, stores the property status information in a database, and assesses the property status information to create the virtual appraisal for the property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Laura Marie Fontana, Yvette Hatton, Margaret S. Honeycutt, Kristine Ing Kushner, Adnan Khan, Kimberly MacInnis, Jann McCully, Darius A. Miranda, David Newman, Oleg Pravdin, John T. Wright
  • Patent number: 10505924
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to authenticating a user at an electronic computing device. Information is received from a defined zone of an environment surrounding the user. A level of authentication is calculated for the user based on the information from the defined zone of the environment. When the level of authentication is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold, the user is authenticated at the electronic computing device to perform a requested activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Wayne Barakat, Sotirios K. Barkas, Michael Chang, Laura Marie Fontana, Julio Jiron, Beth S. Moss, Traci Nguyen, Paul Vittimberga