Patents by Inventor Shirley J. Provinse

Shirley J. Provinse 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: 7756784
    Abstract: An account reconciliation system having a particular usefulness in the reconciliation of centrally billed accounts and more specifically, in the reconciliation of centrally billed accounts in the travel industry is provided. The system and methods of the present invention expand on the traditional match/non-match techniques and provide complete transaction management for every item on a client's account. In another sense, reconciliation is redefined to include each and every transaction on an account regardless of it's reconciliation status, i.e., matched, unresolved, pending, etc. Consequently, the present invention reconciles the client's account to the account balance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Shirley J. Provinse
  • Patent number: 7698216
    Abstract: An account reconciliation system having a particular usefulness in the reconciliation of centrally billed accounts and more specifically, in the reconciliation of centrally billed accounts in the travel industry is provided. The system and methods of the present invention expand on the traditional match/non-match techniques and provide complete transaction management for every item on a client's account. In another sense, reconciliation is redefined to include each and every transaction on an account regardless of it's reconciliation status, i.e., matched, unresolved, pending, etc. Consequently, the present invention reconciles the client's account to the account balance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Shirley J. Provinse
  • Patent number: 7693788
    Abstract: An account reconciliation system having a particular usefulness in the reconciliation of centrally billed accounts and more specifically, in the reconciliation of centrally billed accounts in the travel industry is provided. The system and methods of the present invention expand on the traditional match/non-match techniques and provide complete transaction management for every item on a client's account. In another sense, reconciliation is redefined to include each and every transaction on an account regardless of it's reconciliation status, i.e., matched, unresolved, pending, etc. Consequently, the present invention reconciles the client's account to the account balance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Shirley J. Provinse
  • Patent number: 7693787
    Abstract: An account reconciliation system having a particular usefulness in the reconciliation of centrally billed accounts and more specifically, in the reconciliation of centrally billed accounts in the travel industry is provided. The system and methods of the present invention expand on the traditional match/non-match techniques and provide complete transaction management for every item on a client's account. In another sense, reconciliation is redefined to include each and every transaction on an account regardless of its reconciliation status, i.e., matched, unresolved, pending, etc. Consequently, the present invention reconciles the client's account to the account balance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Shirley J. Provinse