Patents by Inventor Mark C. Dolphin

Mark C. Dolphin 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: 8700527
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for transmitting, via an intermediary system, a payment request from a payment requestor to a customer. In some embodiments, a method includes: (a) receiving, at an intermediary computing device, the payment request from a source system, wherein the payment request includes a payment amount and an alias associated with a payment recipient, (b) in response to receiving the payment request, determining, via a computing device processor, whether the payment recipient is a registered payment recipient based on the alias, and (c) in response to determining the payment recipient is a registered payment recipient based on the alias, communicating, via the intermediary computing device, the payment request to the payment recipient based on the payment recipient being the registered payment recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Mark C. Dolphin, David M. Grigg, Michael W. Upton, Darrell F. Stanfield, Darrell Johnsrud
  • Publication number: 20130018785
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for transmitting, via an intermediary system, a payment request from a payment requestor to a customer. In some embodiments, a method includes: (a) receiving, at an intermediary computing device, the payment request from a source system, wherein the payment request includes a payment amount and an alias associated with a payment recipient, (b) in response to receiving the payment request, determining, via a computing device processor, whether the payment recipient is a registered payment recipient based on the alias, and (c) in response to determining the payment recipient is a registered payment recipient based on the alias, communicating, via the intermediary computing device, the payment request to the payment recipient based on the payment recipient being the registered payment recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 1, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark C. Dolphin, David M. Grigg, Michael W. Upton, Darrell F. Stanfield, Darrell Johnsrud
  • Publication number: 20110208783
    Abstract: User identifiers associated with a plurality of enterprises may be integrated. A request is received to link a plurality of user identifiers associated with a plurality of enterprises. A first user identifier associated with a first enterprise is received, and a second user identifier associated with a second enterprise is received. The first user identifier and a first enterprise identifier are stored in a first data structure of a memory. The second user identifier and a second enterprise identifier are stored in a second data structure of the memory. A first account identifier associated with the first user identifier is determined by a processor. A second account identifier associated with the second user identifier is determined by the processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Mark C. Dolphin, William B. Caemmerer, Lisa R. Handalian, Rodney W. Bass, Jeffrey D. Hindle, Shyamapad Hazra, Susan M. Hartman, Joseph N. Paolantonio, Christopher T. Hart, Bradley P. Vigrass, Holly J. Warren, Christine M. Watts, Chris Purvis, Scott M. Blandford