Patents by Inventor Matthew G. Vanhouten

Matthew G. Vanhouten 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).

  • Publication number: 20230353675
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and machine-readable mediums which provide for customer chatbots that detect a customer handoff condition and in response, transferring the customer to a communication session with a live agent. The handoff condition may comprise an inability to understand the customer, an inability to answer the customer's question, expressions of frustration or anger on the part of the customer, a customer's express request to be transferred, or the like. The live agent may receive a complete history of the conversation with the chatbot so that the customer does not have to repeat him or herself to the live agent. The chatbot chat session may be linked to a social networking account of the customer and may take place in association with a social networking profile page of the company.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Kristin H. Deegan, Matthew G. Vanhouten, Uma Meyyappan, Jennifer Toby Whateley, Balinder Singh Mangat, Upul D. Hanwella, Kimarie Pike Matthews, Maria J. Latorre, Scott Edward Pitchford
  • Patent number: 11736612
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and machine-readable mediums which provide for customer chatbots that detect a customer handoff condition and in response, transferring the customer to a communication session with a live agent. The handoff condition may comprise an inability to understand the customer, an inability to answer the customer's question, expressions of frustration or anger on the part of the customer, a customer's express request to be transferred, or the like. The live agent may receive a complete history of the conversation with the chatbot so that the customer does not have to repeat him or herself to the live agent. The chatbot chat session may be linked to a social networking account of the customer and may take place in association with a social networking profile page of the company.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Kristin H. Deegan, Matthew G. Vanhouten, Uma Meyyappan, Jennifer Toby Whateley, Balinder Singh Mangat, Upul D. Hanwella, Kimarie Pike Matthews, Maria J. Latorre, Scott Edward Pitchford
  • Patent number: 11431850
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and machine-readable mediums which provide for customer chatbots that detect a customer handoff condition and in response, transferring the customer to a communication session with a live agent. The handoff condition may comprise an inability to understand the customer, an inability to answer the customer's question, expressions of frustration or anger on the part of the customer, a customer's express request to be transferred, or the like. The live agent may receive a complete history of the conversation with the chatbot so that the customer does not have to repeat him or herself to the live agent. The chatbot chat session may be linked to a social networking account of the customer and may take place in association with a social networking profile page of the company.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Kristin H. Deegan, Matthew G. Vanhouten, Uma Meyyappan, Jennifer Toby Whateley, Balinder Singh Mangat, Upul D. Hanwella, Kimarie Pike Matthews, Maria J. Latorre, Scott Edward Pitchford
  • Publication number: 20220172209
    Abstract: Transactions between account-based endpoints are performed in a two-step process that first qualifies the recipient's validity and then performs the actionable transfer. The qualification step, unlike a payment pre-qualification, validates the recipient account validity while collecting information required for filling out a transaction data set. The information may include anti-money laundering and know-your-customer information as well as specific account details needed for on-boarding. A recipient payouts service provider may be assigned a tokenized bank identification number for use in routing the transfer through existing financial processing networks. Data constructs, minimum required information, and format checks may be facilitated by initiator-side and recipient-side application program interfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Matthew G. Vanhouten, Sunil Joshi, Vanitchand Shah, Greg Loomis, Daniel Mottice, Vikram Modi, William Sheley, Dong Xiao
  • Patent number: 11005997
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and machine-readable mediums which provide for customer chatbots that detect a customer handoff condition and in response, transferring the customer to a communication session with a live agent. The handoff condition may comprise an inability to understand the customer, an inability to answer the customer's question, expressions of frustration or anger on the part of the customer, a customer's express request to be transferred, or the like. The live agent may receive a complete history of the conversation with the chatbot so that the customer does not have to repeat him or herself to the live agent. The chatbot chat session may be linked to a social networking account of the customer and may take place in association with a social networking profile page of the company.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Kristin H. Deegan, Matthew G. Vanhouten, Uma Meyyappan, Jennifer Toby Whateley, Balinder Singh Mangat, Upul D. Hanwella, Kimarie Pike Matthews, Maria J. Latorre, Scott Edward Pitchford