Patents by Inventor Maureen Needham

Maureen Needham 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: 10289968
    Abstract: Methods, devices, systems, and non-transitory process-readable storage media for utilizing information related to tracking devices to support repossession and improve financing account management. In some embodiments, a server processor is configured to obtain repossession agent information corresponding to a plurality of repossession agents (e.g., GPS coordinates of tracking devices in vehicles of repossession agents), obtain account information corresponding to a plurality of accounts in-default (e.g., GPS coordinates of tracking devices in vehicles of in-default accounts, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: DriveTime Automotive Group, Inc.
    Inventors: John Patrick Gersitz, Tamar Lynn Gade, Mark Graff Sauder, Maureen Needham, Jodi Cook
  • Patent number: 9639899
    Abstract: Methods, devices, systems, and non-transitory process-readable storage media for utilizing information related to tracking devices to support repossession and improve financing account management. In some embodiments, a server processor is configured to obtain account information corresponding to a borrower account, wherein the account information may include location information of a borrower tracking device within a vehicle associated with the borrower account, generate a message based at least in part on the obtained account information, and transmit the generated message to a borrower device associated with the borrower account. The message may be one or more of an email, a short-message service (SMS) text message, a telephonic call, or a push notification via an application. The borrower device associated with the borrower account may be one or more of a mobile device, a land-line telephone, and the borrower tracking device within the vehicle associated with the borrower account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: DRIVETIME AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: John Patrick Gersitz, Tamar Lynn Gade, Mark Graff Sauder, Maureen Needham, Jodi Cook