Patents by Inventor Randal Scott HOWELL

Randal Scott HOWELL 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: 20240061947
    Abstract: A method includes storing a test database of tests and corresponding test rules, storing a user information database, storing a profile database, and storing a threshold database including thresholds corresponding to test scores and similarity scores. The method includes, in response to receiving interaction parameters of an interaction performed by a user, identifying a set of tests based on the interaction parameters. The method includes, for each of the set of tests: calculating a score using user data of the user, corresponding test rules, and the interaction parameters; adjusting the score based on the user's profile; obtaining a threshold corresponding to the identified test; and, in response to the score exceeding the threshold, categorizing the interaction within a first category. The method also includes generating and transmitting an alert in response to the interaction being categorized within the first category.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: TD Ameritrade IP Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Randal Scott HOWELL, Eric John HAINS, Justin Wayne WEBSTER
  • Patent number: 11809585
    Abstract: A method includes storing a test database of tests and corresponding test rules, storing a user information database, storing a profile database, and storing a threshold database including thresholds corresponding to test scores and similarity scores. The method includes, in response to receiving interaction parameters of an interaction performed by a user, identifying a set of tests based on the interaction parameters. The method includes, for each of the set of tests: calculating a score using user data of the user, corresponding test rules, and the interaction parameters; adjusting the score based on the user's profile; obtaining a threshold corresponding to the identified test; and, in response to the score exceeding the threshold, categorizing the interaction within a first category. The method also includes generating and transmitting an alert in response to the interaction being categorized within the first category.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: TD Ameritrade IP Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Randal Scott Howell, Eric John Hains, Justin Wayne Webster
  • Publication number: 20230081022
    Abstract: A method includes storing a test database of tests and corresponding test rules, storing a user information database, storing a profile database, and storing a threshold database including thresholds corresponding to test scores and similarity scores. The method includes, in response to receiving interaction parameters of an interaction performed by a user, identifying a set of tests based on the interaction parameters. The method includes, for each of the set of tests: calculating a score using user data of the user, corresponding test rules, and the interaction parameters; adjusting the score based on the user's profile; obtaining a threshold corresponding to the identified test; and, in response to the score exceeding the threshold, categorizing the interaction within a first category. The method also includes generating and transmitting an alert in response to the interaction being categorized within the first category.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: TD Ameritrade IP Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Randal Scott HOWELL, Eric John HAINS, Justin Wayne WEBSTER
  • Patent number: 11514179
    Abstract: A method includes storing a test database of tests and corresponding test rules, storing a user information database, storing a profile database, and storing a threshold database including thresholds corresponding to test scores and similarity scores. The method includes, in response to receiving interaction parameters of an interaction performed by a user, identifying a set of tests based on the interaction parameters. The method includes, for each of the set of tests: calculating a score using user data of the user, corresponding test rules, and the interaction parameters; adjusting the score based on the user's profile; obtaining a threshold corresponding to the identified test; and, in response to the score exceeding the threshold, categorizing the interaction within a first category. The method also includes generating and transmitting an alert in response to the interaction being categorized within the first category.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: TD Ameritrade IP Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Randal Scott Howell, Eric John Hains, Justin Wayne Webster
  • Publication number: 20210097191
    Abstract: A method includes storing a test database of tests and corresponding test rules, storing a user information database, storing a profile database, and storing a threshold database including thresholds corresponding to test scores and similarity scores. The method includes, in response to receiving interaction parameters of an interaction performed by a user, identifying a set of tests based on the interaction parameters. The method includes, for each of the set of tests: calculating a score using user data of the user, corresponding test rules, and the interaction parameters; adjusting the score based on the user's profile; obtaining a threshold corresponding to the identified test; and, in response to the score exceeding the threshold, categorizing the interaction within a first category. The method also includes generating and transmitting an alert in response to the interaction being categorized within the first category.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Randal Scott HOWELL, Eric John HAINS, Justin Wayne WEBSTER
  • Publication number: 20210097415
    Abstract: A system includes at least one processor and a memory. The memory stores an account database and a scenario database. Each scenario includes a set of rules to apply to account parameters to determine adjusted account parameters. The memory stores instructions that, upon execution, cause the at least one processor to, in response to receiving a request including a first scenario of the set of scenarios, identify a first set of rules from the scenario database corresponding to the first scenario. The instructions cause the processor to obtain first account parameters of the first account and adjust the first account parameters based on the first set of rules. The instructions cause the processor to calculate a set of outcome metrics of the first account based on the adjusted account parameters and plot the set of outcome metrics based on a plot type included in the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Randal Scott HOWELL, Nicholas THEODORAKOS