Patents by Inventor Paul Ronald DeKoster

Paul Ronald DeKoster 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: 9595035
    Abstract: In general terms, embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and apparatuses for providing a service for exceeding account thresholds via a transaction machine. For example, in some embodiments, a method is provided that includes: (a) receiving transaction information associated with a transaction, where the transaction involves an account, a transaction machine, and a holder of the account; (b) determining, based at least partially on the transaction information, that the account will incur an exceeded threshold as a result of the transaction; (c) prompting, via the transaction machine, the holder to consent to the exceeded threshold; (d) receiving the holder's consent to the exceeded threshold; and (e) authorizing the transaction based at least partially on the receiving the holder's consent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Tamara S. Kingston, John Franklin Tuders, Ross Matthew Feldman, Marc Lance Warshawsky, Erik Stephen Ross, Elbert Lee Whitler, Mark D. Zanzot, Ketil Bjugan, Scott Mastbrook, William Sydney Ivey, Mark Allan Nelson, Brenda Lisbeth Smyth, Doris Maria Garrett, Jonathan H. Tucker, Catherine Stokes Pullen, Paul Ronald DeKoster
  • Patent number: 9595036
    Abstract: In general terms, embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and apparatuses for providing a service for exceeding account thresholds via a mobile device. For example, in some embodiments, a method is provided that includes: (a) receiving transaction information associated with a transaction, where the transaction involves an account, a transaction machine, and a holder of the account; (b) determining, based at least partially on the transaction information, that the account will incur an excess threshold amount as a result of the transaction; (c) prompting the holder to consent to the excess threshold amount via the mobile device, where the holder is associated with the mobile device; (d) receiving the holder's consent to the excess threshold amount; and (e) authorizing the transaction based at least partially on the receiving the holder's consent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Tamara S. Kingston, John Franklin Tuders, Ross Matthew Feldman, Marc Lance Warshawsky, Erik Stephen Ross, Elbert Lee Whitler, Mark D. Zanzot, Ketil Bjugan, Scott Mastbrook, William Sydney Ivey, Mark Allan Nelson, Brenda Lisbeth Smyth, Doris Maria Garrett, Jonathan H. Tucker, Catherine Stokes Pullen, Paul Ronald DeKoster
  • Patent number: 9508076
    Abstract: In general terms, embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and apparatuses for providing a service for account with unavailable funds or credit using a passcode for the account with unavailable funds or credit For example, in some embodiments, a method is provided that includes: (a) receiving transaction information associated with a transaction, where the transaction involves an account; (b) determining, based at least partially on the transaction information, that the account will exceed available funds or credit as a result of the transaction; (c) receiving a passcode for the account with unavailable funds or credit associated with the account; and (d) authorizing the transaction based at least partially on the receiving the passcode for the account with unavailable funds or credit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Tamara S. Kingston, Willard Andrew Barr, Doris Maria Garrett, Mark Allan Nelson, Jonathan H. Tucker, John Franklin Tuders, Elbert Lee Whitler, Paul Ronald DeKoster
  • Patent number: 9047639
    Abstract: In general terms, embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and apparatuses for providing a service participation acknowledgment mechanism at a transaction machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: John Harden Quintiliani, Brian Thomas Borders, Lomney Ann Bryan, Paul Ronald DeKoster, Doris Maria Garrett, Katherine Elizabeth Sutton, Tamara S. Kingston, John Franklin Tuders, Erik Stephen Ross
  • Patent number: 9047640
    Abstract: In general terms, embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and apparatuses for providing an account exceeding available funds or credit service involving an account exceeding available funds or credit magnetic stripe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Tamara S. Kingston, Willard Andrew Barr, Doris Maria Garrett, Mark Allan Nelson, Jonathan H. Tucker, John Franklin Tuders, Elbert Lee Whitler, Paul Ronald DeKoster
  • Publication number: 20120066127
    Abstract: In general terms, embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and apparatuses for providing an overage service subject to one or more predetermined conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tamara S. Kingston, John Franklin Tuders, Ross Matthew Feldman, Marc Lance Warshawsky, Erik Stephen Ross, Elbert Lee Whitler, Mark D. Zanzot, Ketil Bjugan, Scott Mastbrook, William Sydney Ivey, Mark Allan Nelson, Brenda Lisbeth Smyth, Doris Maria Garrett, Jonathan H. Tucker, Catherine Stokes Pullen, Paul Ronald DeKoster
  • Publication number: 20120066077
    Abstract: In general terms, embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and apparatuses for providing an overage service via a mobile device. For example, in some embodiments, a method is provided that includes: (a) receiving transaction information associated with a transaction, where the transaction involves an account, a transaction machine, and a holder of the account; (b) determining, based at least partially on the transaction information, that the account will incur an overage as a result of the transaction; (c) prompting the holder to consent to the overage via the mobile device, where the holder is associated with the mobile device; (d) receiving the holder's consent to the overage; and (e) authorizing the transaction based at least partially on the receiving the holder's consent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tamara S. Kingston, John Franklin Tuders, Ross Matthew Feldman, Marc Lance Warshawsky, Erik Stephen Ross, Elbert Lee Whitler, Mark D. Zanzot, Ketil Bjugan, Scott Mastbrook, William Sydney Ivey, Mark Allan Nelson, Brenda Lisbeth Smyth, Doris Maria Garrett, Jonathan H. Tucker, Catherine Stokes Pullen, Paul Ronald DeKoster
  • Publication number: 20120066126
    Abstract: In general terms, embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and apparatuses for providing an overage service via a transaction machine. For example, in some embodiments, a method is provided that includes: (a) receiving transaction information associated with a transaction, where the transaction involves an account, a transaction machine, and a holder of the account; (b) determining, based at least partially on the transaction information, that the account will incur an overage as a result of the transaction; (c) prompting, via the transaction machine, the holder to consent to the overage; (d) receiving the holder's consent to the overage; and (e) authorizing the transaction based at least partially on the receiving the holder's consent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tamara S. Kingston, John Franklin Tuders, Ross Matthew Feldman, Marc Lance Warshawsky, Erik Stephen Ross, Elbert Lee Whitler, Mark D. Zanzot, Ketil Bjugan, Scott Mastbrook, William Sydney Ivey, Mark Allan Nelson, Brenda Lisbeth Smyth, Doris Maria Garrett, Jonathan H. Tucker, Catherine Stokes Pullen, Paul Ronald DeKoster