Patents by Inventor Scott M. Straub
Scott M. Straub 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).
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Patent number: 10762561Abstract: Certain embodiments of the disclosed technology include systems and methods for increasing efficiency in the detection of identity-based fraud indicators associated with a loan application. A method is provided that includes receiving applicant data associated with a loan application having a plurality of applicants. The application data includes at least a name, a social security number, and a street address for each of the plurality of applicants. The method includes querying one or more databases with the applicant data; receiving a plurality of independent information in response to the querying; determining a validity indication of the applicant data; creating disambiguated applicant records; determining relationships among the disambiguated applicant records; scoring at least one parameter of the applicant data; determining one or more indicators of fraud based on the scoring; and outputting, for display, one or more indicators of fraud.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2018Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: LexisNexis Risk Solutions FL Inc.Inventors: Scott M. Straub, Samantha Gwinn, Cindy Loizzo, Alex Woo Song, Marlene L. Thorogood, Cheri Gay Nevin, Eric Piner
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Patent number: 10217163Abstract: Certain embodiments of the disclosed technology include systems and methods for increasing efficiency in the detection of identity-based fraud indicators. A method is provided that includes: receiving entity-supplied information comprising at least a name, a social security number (SSN), and a street address associated with a request for a payment or a benefit; querying one or more databases with the entity-supplied information; receiving a plurality of information in response to the querying; determining a validity indication of the entity supplied information; creating disambiguated entity records; determining relationships among the disambiguated records; scoring, based at least in part on determining the relationships among the disambiguated entity records, at least one parameter of the entity-supplied information; determining one or more indicators of fraud based on the scoring; and outputting, for display, one or more indicators of fraud.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2018Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: LexisNexis Risk Solutions FL Inc.Inventors: Scott M. Straub, Andrew John Bucholz, Marlene L. Thorogood, Lea Smith, Jennifer Paganacci, Monty Faidley, Steve Lappenbusch
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Publication number: 20180349993Abstract: Certain embodiments of the disclosed technology include systems and methods for increasing efficiency in the detection of identity-based fraud indicators. A method is provided that includes: receiving entity-supplied information comprising at least a name, a social security number (SSN), and a street address associated with a request for a payment or a benefit; querying one or more databases with the entity-supplied information; receiving a plurality of information in response to the querying; determining a validity indication of the entity supplied information; creating disambiguated entity records; determining relationships among the disambiguated records; scoring, based at least in part on determining the relationships among the disambiguated entity records, at least one parameter of the entity-supplied information; determining one or more indicators of fraud based on the scoring; and outputting, for display, one or more indicators of fraud.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Scott M. Straub, Andrew John Bucholz, Marlene L. Thorogood, Lea Smith, Jennifer Paganacci, Monty Faidley, Steve Lappenbusch
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Publication number: 20180322572Abstract: Certain embodiments of the disclosed technology include systems and methods for increasing efficiency in the detection of identity-based fraud indicators associated with a loan application. A method is provided that includes receiving applicant data associated with a loan application having a plurality of applicants. The application data includes at least a name, a social security number, and a street address for each of the plurality of applicants. The method includes querying one or more databases with the applicant data; receiving a plurality of independent information in response to the querying; determining a validity indication of the applicant data; creating disambiguated applicant records; determining relationships among the disambiguated applicant records; scoring at least one parameter of the applicant data; determining one or more indicators of fraud based on the scoring; and outputting, for display, one or more indicators of fraud.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Scott M. Straub, Samantha Gwinn, Cindy Loizzo, Alex Woo Song, Marlene L. Thorogood, Cheri Gay Nevin, Eric Piner
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Patent number: 10089686Abstract: Certain embodiments of the disclosed technology include systems and methods for increasing efficiency in the detection of identity-based fraud indicators. A method is provided that includes: receiving entity-supplied information comprising at least a name, a social security number (SSN), and a street address associated with a request for a payment or a benefit; querying one or more databases with the entity-supplied information; receiving a plurality of information in response to the querying; determining a validity indication of the entity supplied information; creating disambiguated entity records; determining relationships among the disambiguated records; scoring, based at least in part on determining the relationships among the disambiguated entity records, at least one parameter of the entity-supplied information; determining one or more indicators of fraud based on the scoring; and outputting, for display, one or more indicators of fraud.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2015Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: LexisNexis Risk Solutions FL Inc.Inventors: Scott M. Straub, Andrew John Bucholz, Marlene L. Thorogood, Lea Smith, Jennifer Paganacci, Monty Faidley, Steve Lappenbusch
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Patent number: 10043213Abstract: Certain embodiments of the disclosed technology include systems and methods for increasing efficiency in the detection of identity-based fraud indicators associated with a loan application. A method is provided that includes receiving applicant data associated with a loan application having a plurality of applicants. The application data includes at least a name, a social security number, and a street address for each of the plurality of applicants. The method includes querying one or more databases with the applicant data; receiving a plurality of independent information in response to the querying; determining a validity indication of the applicant data; creating disambiguated applicant records; determining relationships among the disambiguated applicant records; scoring at least one parameter of the applicant data; determining one or more indicators of fraud based on the scoring; and outputting, for display, one or more indicators of fraud.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2015Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: LexisNexis Risk Solutions FL Inc.Inventors: Scott M. Straub, Samantha Gwinn, Cindy Loizzo, Alex Woo Song, Marlene Thorogood, Cheri Gay Nevin, Eric Piner
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Publication number: 20160086262Abstract: Certain embodiments of the disclosed technology include systems and methods for increasing efficiency in the detection of identity-based fraud indicators. A method is provided that includes: receiving entity-supplied information comprising at least a name, a social security number (SSN), and a street address associated with a request for a payment or a benefit; querying one or more databases with the entity-supplied information; receiving a plurality of information in response to the querying; determining a validity indication of the entity supplied information; creating disambiguated entity records; determining relationships among the disambiguated records; scoring, based at least in part on determining the relationships among the disambiguated entity records, at least one parameter of the entity-supplied information; determining one or more indicators of fraud based on the scoring; and outputting, for display, one or more indicators of fraud.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2015Publication date: March 24, 2016Inventors: Scott M. Straub, Andrew John Bucholz, Marlene Thorogood, Lea Smith, Jennifer Paganacci, Monty Faidley, Steve Lappenbusch
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Publication number: 20160071208Abstract: Certain embodiments of the disclosed technology include systems and methods for increasing efficiency in the detection of identity-based fraud indicators associated with a loan application. A method is provided that includes receiving applicant data associated with a loan application having a plurality of applicants. The application data includes at least a name, a social security number, and a street address for each of the plurality of applicants. The method includes querying one or more databases with the applicant data; receiving a plurality of independent information in response to the querying; determining a validity indication of the applicant data; creating disambiguated applicant records; determining relationships among the disambiguated applicant records; scoring at least one parameter of the applicant data; determining one or more indicators of fraud based on the scoring; and outputting, for display, one or more indicators of fraud.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2015Publication date: March 10, 2016Inventors: Scott M. Straub, Samantha Gwinn, Cindy Loizzo, Alex Woo Song, Marlene Thorogood, Cheri Gay Nevin, Eric Piner
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Publication number: 20150199784Abstract: Certain embodiments of the disclosed technology may include systems and methods for detecting fraud. A method is provided that includes: receiving entity-supplied information comprising at least a name, a social security number (SSN), and a street address associated with a request for a payment or a benefit; querying one or more databases with the entity-supplied information; receiving a plurality of information in response to the querying; determining a validity indication of the entity supplied information; disambiguating the entity-supplied information responsive to the determined validity indication; scoring, based at least in part on a comparison of the disambiguated entity-supplied information with at least a portion of the plurality of independent information, one or more parameters; determining one or more indicators of fraud based on the scoring; and outputting, for display, one or more indicators of fraud.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2015Publication date: July 16, 2015Inventors: Scott M. Straub, Andrew John Bucholz, Marlene Thorogood, Lea Smith, Jennifer Paganacci, Monty Faidley, Steve Lappenbusch
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Publication number: 20140358822Abstract: Certain embodiments of the disclosed technology may include systems and methods for detecting property capital gains. According to an example embodiment of the disclosed technology, a method is provided that includes receiving property transaction information comprising previous owner identification (ID) and property ID associated with a property. The method includes querying one or more databases with the property transaction information, receiving independent data in response to the querying, producing transformed data based at least in part on the independent data and the property transaction information, determining potential property capital gains for the property based at least in part on one or more of the property transaction information, the independent data, and the transformed data, and outputting data identifying the determined potential property capital gains associated with the property.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2013Publication date: December 4, 2014Inventors: Scott M. Straub, Andrew John Bucholz, Dermot C. O'Mahony, Alexandre Lvoff, Lawrence Benson
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Publication number: 20140149304Abstract: Certain embodiments of the disclosed technology may include systems and methods for detecting fraud. According to an implementation of the disclosed technology, a method is provided that includes: receiving entity-supplied information including at least a name, a social security number, and a mailing address associated with a request for a payment or a benefit from a government agency; querying one or more public or private databases with the entity-supplied information; receiving a plurality of independent information in response to the querying; determining, based at least in part on a comparison of the entity-supplied information with at least a portion of the plurality of independent information, indicators of fraud; and outputting, for display, zero or more indicators of fraud.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2014Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: LexisNexis Risk Solutions FL Inc.Inventors: Andrew John Bucholz, Scott M. Straub, Monty Faidley, Johannes Philippus de Villiers Prichard, Jesse CBD Shaw, Dermot O'Mahony, David Yeschek, Jennifer Paganacci, Marlene Thorogood, Mark Loizzo
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Patent number: 8682755Abstract: Certain embodiments of the disclosed technology may include systems and methods for detecting tax refund fraud. According to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosed technology, a method is provided for detecting tax refund fraud. The method includes receiving entity-supplied information. In an exemplary embodiment, the entity-supplied information includes at least a name, social security number, and mailing address. The method further includes querying one or more databases with the entity-supplied information and receiving a plurality of independent information in response to the querying. The method can include determining, based at least in part on a comparison of the entity-supplied information with the plurality of independent information, zero or more indicators of fraud. The method can include outputting the zero or more indicators of fraud.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2012Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: LexisNexis Risk Solutions FL Inc.Inventors: Andrew John Bucholz, Scott M. Straub, Monty Faidley, Johannes Philippus de Villiers Prichard, Jesse C B D Shaw, Dermot C. O'Mahony, David Yeschek, Jennifer Paganacci, Marlene Thorogood, Mark Loizzo