Patents by Inventor Michael Vigue

Michael Vigue 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: 9406053
    Abstract: A system and method is presented for assembling information contained within a financial instrument for subsequent verification of the financial instrument, wherein the financial instrument includes an identifier corresponding to a payee of the financial instrument. An imaging device, such as, for example, a mobile phone or the like, is used to obtain an image of the financial instrument prior to the financial instrument being transferred to the payee. Information is extracted from the image of the financial instrument, and the information is transferred to a storage area that is separate and remote from the imaging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Bottomline Technologies (DE) Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Vigue, Sean Mallean, Jessica Cheney
  • Publication number: 20140241609
    Abstract: A system and method is presented for assembling information contained within a financial instrument for subsequent verification of the financial instrument, wherein the financial instrument includes an identifier corresponding to a payee of the financial instrument. An imaging device, such as, for example, a mobile phone or the like, is used to obtain an image of the financial instrument prior to the financial instrument being transferred to the payee. Information is extracted from the image of the financial instrument, and the information is transferred to a storage area that is separate and remote from the imaging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: BOTTOMLINE TECHNOLOGIES (DE) INC.
    Inventors: Michael Vigue, Sean Mallean, Jessica Cheney
  • Publication number: 20040095378
    Abstract: A method includes (a) electronically enabling people who belong to an enterprise to define a goal that is related to managing a relationship with a customer of the enterprise; (b) providing a graphical user interface that enables the people to cooperate to make complex decisions that will advance the achievement of the goal; and (c) providing features in the interface that enable the people to make the complex decisions in a manner that inherently and continually improves their ability to make subsequent complex decisions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventors: Michael Vigue, Jane Blankenship, Kerry Johnson, Catherine Lang, Shail Chotai
  • Publication number: 20040081951
    Abstract: A method includes. (a) electronically enabling people who belong to an enterprise to define a goal that is related to managing a relationship with a customer of the enterprise; (b) providing a graphical user interface that enables the people to cooperate to make complex decisions that will advance the achievement of the goal; and (c) providing features in the interface that enable the people to make the complex decisions in a manner that inherently and continually improves their ability to make subsequent complex decisions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2003
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Inventors: Michael Vigue, Jane Blankenship, Kerry Johnson, Catherine Lang, Shail Chotai