Patents by Inventor Myles G. Megdal

Myles G. Megdal 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: 20080228635
    Abstract: Share of Wallet (“SOW”) is a modeling approach that utilizes various data sources to provide scores that describe a consumers spending capability, tradeline history including balance transfers, and balance information. Share of wallet scores can be used as a parameter for determining whether or not to accept and/or guarantee a check. The share of wallet can be used to calculate a risk value of a customer. For example, the scores can weight one or more factors related to the check writer and differentiate between a low-risk customer and a high-risk customer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Myles G. Megdal, Adam T. Kornegay, Angela Granger
  • Publication number: 20080228556
    Abstract: Share of Wallet (“SoW”) is a modeling approach that utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a consumer's spending capability, tradeline history including balance transfers, and balance information. These outputs can be appended to data profiles of customers and prospects and can be utilized to support decisions involving prospecting, new applicant evaluation, and customer management across the lifecycle. In addition to credit card companies, SoW outputs may be useful to companies issuing, for example: private label cards, life insurance, on-line brokerages, mutual funds, car sales/leases, hospitals, and home equity lines of credit or loans. “Best customer” models can correlate SoW outputs with various customer groups. A SoW score focusing on a consumer's spending capacity can be used in the same manner as a credit bureau score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Myles G. Megdal, Adam T. Kornegay, Angela Granger
  • Publication number: 20080228538
    Abstract: Commercial size of spending wallet (“CSoSW”) is the total business spend of a business including cash but excluding bartered items. Commercial share of wallet (“CSoW”) is the portion of the spending wallet that is captured by a particular financial company. A modeling approach utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a company's spend capacity. Online marketplaces that allow small businesses to advertise their services can use this CSoW/CSoSW modeling approach to provide a rating that gives an indication of the business prospects of the vendors listed on their sites. Further, such marketplaces can combine this information with their own internal analytics to provide a single holistic rating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Myles G. Megdal, Adam T. Kornegay, Angela Granger, Helen McMillan, Peter Bolin
  • Publication number: 20080221970
    Abstract: Share of Wallet (“SOW”) is a modeling approach that utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a consumers spending capability, tradeline history including balance transfers, and balance information. These outputs can be appended to data profiles of customers and prospects and can be utilized to support decisions involving prospecting, new applicant evaluation, and customer management across the lifecycle. “Best customer” models can correlate SOW outputs with various customer groups for targeted marketing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Myles G. Megdal, Adam T. Kornegay, Angela Granger
  • Publication number: 20080222016
    Abstract: Commercial size of spending wallet (“CSoSW”) is the total business spend of a business including cash but excluding bartered items. Commercial share of wallet (“CSoW”) is the portion of the spending wallet that is captured by a particular financial company. A modeling approach utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a company's spend capacity. Managers of investment vehicles, such as mutual fund managers, can use CSoW/CSoSW as one of the parameters to be considered when picking stocks to buy, sell, or short. Investment managers can also use CSoW/CSoSW to predict which stocks in their portfolio are likely to suffer a price fall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Myles G. Megdal, Adam T. Kornegay, Angela Granger, Helen McMillan, Peter Bolin
  • Publication number: 20080221934
    Abstract: Commercial size of spending wallet (“CSoSW”) is the total business spend of a business including cash but excluding bartered items. Commercial share of wallet (“CSoW”) is the portion of the spending wallet that is captured by a particular financial company. A modeling approach utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a company's spend capacity. Insurance companies can use CSoW/CSoSW to determine risk levels of clients and identify prospective clients. CSoW/CSoSW can also be used to determine pricing structures for clients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Myles G. Megdal, Adam T. Kornegay, Angela Granger, Helen McMillan, Peter Bolin
  • Publication number: 20080222027
    Abstract: Share of Wallet (“SOW”) is a modeling approach that utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a consumers spending capability, tradeline history including balance transfers, and balance information. These outputs can be appended to data profiles of customers and prospects and can be utilized to support decisions involving prospecting, new applicant evaluation, and customer management across the lifecycle. The outputs can be used as attributes to consider in developing a credit bureau scorecard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Myles G. Megdal, Adam T. Kornegay, Angela Granger
  • Publication number: 20080221972
    Abstract: Share of Wallet (“SOW”) is a modeling approach that utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a consumers spending capability, tradeline history including balance transfers, and balance information. These outputs can be appended to data profiles of customers and prospects and can be utilized to support decisions involving prospecting, new applicant evaluation, and customer management across the lifecycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Myles G. Megdal, Adam T. Kornegay, Angela Granger
  • Publication number: 20080222015
    Abstract: Share of Wallet (“SOW”) is a modeling approach that utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a consumers spending capability, tradeline history including balance transfers, and balance information. These outputs can be appended to data profiles of customers and prospects and can be utilized to support decisions involving prospecting, new applicant evaluation, and customer management across the lifecycle. A SOW score focusing on a consumer's spending capability can be used in the same manner as a credit bureau score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Myles G. Megdal, Adam T. Kornegay, Angela Granger
  • Publication number: 20080221990
    Abstract: The spend capacity of a consumer typically increases as the number of consumers in the household increases, since the consumer can draw on the spending power of other consumers in the household. The size of wallet of the household is thus a better indicator of the consumer's spend capacity than an individual size of wallet. All consumers in a given household can be aggregated based on, for example, their address of record. Duplicate tradelines within each household are removed from consideration in a size of wallet estimate. A spend capacity is then estimated for each tradeline using calculations derived from a consumer behavior model. The spend capacities for all tradelines in the household are combined to determine a household size of wallet. Each consumer in the household is then tagged with the household size of wallet, rather than their individual size of wallet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Myles G. Megdal, Adam T. Kornegay, Angela Granger, Christopher Shakespeare
  • Publication number: 20080221973
    Abstract: Commercial size of spending wallet (“CSoSW”) is the total business spend of a business including cash but excluding bartered items. Commercial share of wallet (“CSoW”) is the portion of the spending wallet that is captured by a particular financial company. A modeling approach utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a company's spend capacity. A mutual fund rating company can use this CSoW/CSoSW modeling approach to predict the performance of funds that invest in a particular industry or sector. In addition, since mutual funds often provide guidelines for selecting stocks, rating companies can use this modeling approach to predict the performance of companies in a fund's portfolio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Myles G. Megdal, Adam T. Kornegay, Angela Granger, Helen McMillan, Peter Bolin
  • Publication number: 20080221947
    Abstract: Commercial size of spending wallet (“CSoSW”) is the total business spend of a business including cash but excluding bartered items. Commercial share of wallet (“CSoW”) is the portion of the spending wallet that is captured by a particular financial company. A modeling approach utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a company's spend capacity. Banks and lenders can use CSoW/CSoSW to determine who to lend to and who to deny credit to, as well as for pricing loans and other products in a dynamic way. Banks and lenders can also determine which customers should be retained, as well as identify loans which are likely to default.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Myles G. Megdal, Adam T. Kornegay, Angela Granger, Helen McMillan, Peter Bolin
  • Publication number: 20080221971
    Abstract: Commercial size of spending wallet (“CSoSW”) is the total business spend of a business including cash but excluding bartered items. Commercial share of wallet (“CSoW”) is the portion of the spending wallet that is captured by a particular financial company. A modeling approach utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a company's spend capacity. Research analysts can use CSoW/CSoSW to provide a comprehensive and robust indication of the business prospects of a rated company.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Myles G. Megdal, Adam T. Kornegay, Angela Granger, Helen McMillan, Peter Bolin
  • Publication number: 20080033852
    Abstract: Time series consumer spending data, point-in-time balance information and consumer panel information provide input to a model for consumer spend behavior on plastic instruments or other financial accounts, from which approximations of spending ability and share of wallet may be reliably identified and utilized to promote additional consumer spending.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2005
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Inventors: Myles G. Megdal, Adam T. Kornegay, Angela Granger