Patents by Inventor Marleke Smets

Marleke Smets 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).

  • Systems and methods for enabling financial savings
    Patent number: 8380623
    Abstract: A computer-assisted method for facilitating financial savings. The method includes accepting a funds transfer request by the user of an amount of funds between a funding account and at least one receiving account and accepting, from a user, a designation of an intended purpose of use of the amount of funds and a date of intended use of the amount of funds. The method also includes transferring the amount of funds from the funding account to the at least one receiving account and generating, for display on a graphical banking interface, a graphical representation of the designation of the intended purpose of use of the amount of funds. The method further includes transferring the amount of funds from the at least one receiving account to the funding account on the date of intended use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael S. Ley, Bryan L. Maokrell, Christine Johns, Jennifer Marie Levin, Marleke Smets, Chui-Ling Michelle Moy, David Wisely Vondle