Patents by Inventor Maura L. Griffin

Maura L. Griffin 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: 8260693
    Abstract: Visual cues for identifying financial accounts. A distinctive visual cue, such as a specific color, is applied to an account from among a plurality of accounts, such as associated joint and individual checking accounts. The designation can be applied to statements, and optionally also checks, check/ATM cards, and other materials can be identified at a glance. Additionally confidential flag can be applied to an account as part of the designation, to provide extra notice to both personnel and various systems that an individual account is confidential within the associated accounts. A system for assigning distinctive visual cues to accounts can include a customer or account information database for storing plurality of possible distinctive visual cues, and one or more fulfillment subsystems for providing bank statements, checks, deposit slips, check cards, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Maura L. Griffin, Lee A. Streu, Caroline B. Stott, Brent B. Allen, Colleen M. Buckles, Gerald V. Yuille, Tamara S. Kingston, Deborah M. Winick
  • Publication number: 20110246355
    Abstract: In general terms, embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and apparatuses for providing over limit protection and/or for determining authorization decisions for over limit transactions. For example, some embodiments of the present invention are configured to: (a) receive a request to authorize a transaction involving a credit account, (b) determine that the credit account will incur an overage as a result of the transaction, and (c) authorize the transaction based at least partially on a determination that the credit account has over limit protection through a source account. As another example, other embodiments of the present invention are additionally or alternatively configured to: (a) determine that a credit account has incurred, or will incur, an overage as a result of a transaction, and (b) transfer funds from a source account to the credit account in an amount sufficient to offset the overage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maura L. Griffin, Harry Guiton Lomax
  • Publication number: 20100217706
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and/or computer program products for bill payment management includes determining a periodic payment amount for a customer based on at least one bill of the customer. The periodic payments are periodically charged to the customer by an entity and the entity pays the bill(s) from an account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maura L. Griffin, Faith A. Tucker, Carrie Anne Williams
  • Publication number: 20080301015
    Abstract: Visual cues for identifying financial accounts. A distinctive visual cue, such as a specific color, is applied to an account from among a plurality of accounts, such as associated joint and individual checking accounts. The designation can be applied to statements, and optionally also checks, check/ATM cards, and other materials can be identified at a glance. Additionally confidential flag can be applied to an account as part of the designation, to provide extra notice to both personnel and various systems that an individual account is confidential within the associated accounts. A system for assigning distinctive visual cues to accounts can include a customer or account information database for storing plurality of possible distinctive visual cues, and one or more fulfillment subsystems for providing bank statements, checks, deposit slips, check cards, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2006
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maura L. Griffin, Lee A. Streu, Caroline B. Stott, Brent B. Allen, Colleen M. Buckles, Gerald V. Yuille, Tamara S. Kingston, Deborah M. Winick