Patents by Inventor Tammy Lynn Hawkins

Tammy Lynn Hawkins 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: 11182796
    Abstract: An method to detect anomalies in financial transactions which may be used to assess a risk of fraud is provided. The method comprises providing a computer-implemented approval log which stores a primary account number and one or more transaction attributes from a plurality of approved financial transactions associated with the primary account number. A computer-implemented approval anomaly detector is also provided to assess the plurality of approval events. These anomalies are then made available to one or more parties associated with the payment interchange network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Tammy Lynn Hawkins, Peter Groarke
  • Publication number: 20200151729
    Abstract: An method to detect anomalies in financial transactions which may be used to assess a risk of fraud is provided. The method comprises providing a computer-implemented approval log which stores a primary account number and one or more transaction attributes from a plurality of approved financial transactions associated with the primary account number. A computer-implemented approval anomaly detector is also provided to assess the plurality of approval events. These anomalies are then made available to one or more parties associated with the payment interchange network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Tammy Lynn Hawkins, Peter Groarke
  • Publication number: 20160232524
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing payment network transactions to a group account associated with a group are disclosed. One example system includes a memory including a data structure. The data structure includes transaction data representing multiple payment network transactions to the group account. Each of the multiple transactions is identified, in the transaction data, to one of multiple members of the group. The system includes a processor coupled to the memory and configured to cause a member interface to be displayed at a computing device associated with a first member of the group. The member interface includes a first indicator associated with the first member and representative of transactions identified to the first member, and the member interface includes a second indicator associated with a second member of the group and representative of one or more transactions identified to the second member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Robert Shawn Barrale, John Patrick Goodwin, Jean Higgins, Marlowe Felipe Valdeabella, Kate Andrea Fischer, Elaine Keating, Jeremiah-Richard Tim Bright, Carolyn Ann Esposito, Susanne Manning, Tammy Lynn Hawkins, Robert Campion, Joseph Walter Parker, Michael Anthony Cronin