Patents by Inventor Tony England

Tony England 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: 20220308946
    Abstract: Configuring resource transfer event messages to include, not only the user data required to affect the resource transfer (e.g., resource repository identifier and the like), but other user data related to the resource transfer event, such as user preference data. The resource transfer event messages are communicated to resource storage entities that subsequently store user records that associate users with the resource transfer events and the additional user data. In this regard, a security benefit is realized, in that, resource storage entities can leverage the additional data to investigate potential nefarious actions. Moreover, by including the additional user information in resource transfer event messages communicated to resource storage entities, the volume of resource transfer event messages or other network-based messages is lessened thereby limiting network traffic and making the overall process more efficient and effective.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robertson Walters Greenbacker, Tony England
  • Patent number: 11436067
    Abstract: Configuring resource transfer event messages to include, not only the user data required to affect the resource transfer (e.g., resource repository identifier and the like), but other user data related to the resource transfer event, such as user preference data. The resource transfer event messages are communicated to resource storage entities that subsequently store user records that associate users with the resource transfer events and the additional user data. In this regard, a security benefit is realized, in that, resource storage entities can leverage the additional data to investigate potential nefarious actions. Moreover, by including the additional user information in resource transfer event messages communicated to resource storage entities, the volume of resource transfer event messages or other network-based messages is lessened thereby limiting network traffic and making the overall process more efficient and effective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robertson Walters Greenbacker, Tony England
  • Patent number: 11354634
    Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for layered digital resource distribution in an electronic network environment. The present invention is configured to electronically receive computing instructions from a computing device associated with a first entity comprising a first request to execute a resource transfer with a second entity; determine a primary digital resource associated with the first entity; generate a first digital resource specifically to execute the resource transfer with the second entity, wherein the first digital resource is associated with the primary digital resource, wherein the first digital resource is electronically linked to the primary digital resource; initiate the execution of the first request of the resource transfer with the second entity using the first digital resource; and store the first digital resource in a digital repository associated with the primary digital resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tony England, Steven Michael Twombly, Kristin Hodge Wallace
  • Patent number: 11336587
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods, and computer program products for generation and management of controlled-use resources which allow the sender of an electronic resource transfer to limit the ways in which the recipient may use the received resources. This invention allows the sender to maintain control over the products or services purchased with transferred resources, as well as personalize a transfer for a recipient by selecting a favorite merchant or spending category of the recipient. The invention may also benefit a plurality of merchants and other third party entities which may obtain new customers as a result of said customers receiving controlled-use resources designated for said merchants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robertson Walters Greenbacker, Brian Wallace Borneman, Justin Riley duPont, Tony England, Timothy Stephen Nurse, Stephen Philip Selfridge
  • Publication number: 20220150878
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, apparatus, methods and/or the like for generating a resource distribution hub using for fully electronic resource distribution by using mobile device application designed to interface with an embedded Near-Field Communication (NFC) tag in a resource distribution instrument that stores instructions for processing the resource distribution authorization information. The holder (i.e., resource provider) of the resource distribution instrument can use the resource distribution instrument to communicate to a mobile communication device having an NFC reader to read the instructions and process a resource distribution according to the parameters of the mobile device application. As such, the holder (i.e., resource provider) of the resource distribution request can process the resource distribution without having to issue a credentials, aliases, pin codes, and the like conventionally used to authorizes the distribution of resources to the resource requester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Patrick Thomas McConnell, William Bradley Burks, Daniel James Doherty, Justin Riley duPont, Thomas Elliott, Tony England, Matthew Murphy, Nickolas Patrick Parker, Stephen Philip Selfridge, Steven Michael Twombly, James J. Williams
  • Publication number: 20220076265
    Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for an authentication framework for real-time document processing. The present invention is configured to receive, via an image capturing device associated with a point-of-sale system of a merchant, a digital image of a payment instrument; extract, using optical character recognition, payment instrument data from the payment instrument; receive one or more authentication credentials from the user to endorse the payment instrument; determine an authentication level of the user based on at least receiving the one or more authentication credentials from the user; determine whether the authentication level of the user meets an authentication requirement level associated with the processing of the payment instrument; and process, in real-time, the payment instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Tony England, Stephen Philip Selfridge
  • Publication number: 20220068094
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods, and computer program products for resource dispensing at a computer terminal using pre-stage capabilities for a completely contactless experience for physical resource distribution. The system identifying one or more tokens within a user application at a pre-stage event, where the user is able to pre-stage a resource dispensing at a computer terminal in the future. The system may review the token selected for confidence and transmit a resource distribution request amount and a security token tied to the identified user application. Upon contactless communication with a computer terminal, the system extracts the resource distribution request information and security token. The system may confirm the resource distribution request information and security token received at pre-stage with a user current token selection and authorize the pre-staged resource distribution at the computer terminal without additional authentication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tony England, Harold Joseph Kennedy, Robert L. Wright, JR.
  • Publication number: 20220058906
    Abstract: Contactless dispensing of objects from object-dispensing machines. A digital token is wirelessly communicated to the machine via short-range wireless communication, such as Near Field Communication (NFC) or the like. In response, a push notification is communicated to the user's wireless device, which includes an activatable link for launching a mobile application. In response to launching the mobile application and authenticating the user, the mobile application provides object-dispensing machine-like user interfaces that are configured to allow the user to input object requesting parameters and submit a request for objects to be dispensed from the object-dispensing machine. The request is communicated to the object-dispensing machines (or corresponding backend processing systems) and, once the request is verified, the object-dispensing machine dispenses the requested objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Srinivas Dundigalla, Mohan Rao Balan, Pavan Kumar Chayanam, Varsha Devadas, Tony England, Hari Gopalkrishnan, Brandon Kozlowski, Kurt A. Loth, Navdeep Mahajan, Carl Parziale, Rupal V. Shah, Manoj Shankar, David Smiddy, Cory Scott Turco, Robert L. Wright, JR., Xianhong Zhang, Pavan Singaraju
  • Publication number: 20220038891
    Abstract: In general, apparatuses, methods and computer program products for construction and detection of spatial movements in a virtual reality (VR) space for performance of electronic activities are disclosed. A VR composite credential authentication device is provided that is configured is structured for capturing, customizing and transforming one or more VR composite credentials of a user and authenticating electronic activities based on at least the VR composite credentials. The VR composite credentials of the user are captured using one or more VR spatial sensor devices which are configured for capture and imaging of VR spatial movement and position credentials. The captured credentials are analyzed to determine an associated electronic activity. The electronic activity is initiated, automatically, in response to the successful validation of the captured credentials. Moreover, the invention allows for setting-up an infinitely customizable library of registered VR composite credentials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Justin Riley duPont, Heather Roseann Dolan, Michael Donohue, Tony England, Lindsay Higgins, Malathi Jivan, Christina Ann Lillie
  • Patent number: 11238483
    Abstract: A merchant point-of-sale (“POS”) system architecture is provided. The POS system architecture may include a POS terminal including a POS receiver, a virtual display and a transmitter, and a transaction processing network including a network receiver and processor. The network receiver may be configured to receive a payment authorization request. The virtual display may be configured to display selectable options. The options may be displayed prior to processing the payment authorization request. The selectable options may include a first and second option. The first option may be to apply a merchant-funded rewards program network to the payment authorization request. The second option may be to continue to apply the default issuer funded rewards program network to the payment authorization request. When the first option is selected, a processor may be configured to terminate the issuer funded reward program network and activate the merchant-funded rewards program network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Churchill Monaco, Tony England, Matthew D. Murphy, David C. Tyrie
  • Publication number: 20220027865
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for an auxiliary hub for passive resource conversion and collection. The system generations and provides a centralized hub for passive resource conversion. The passive resources may be linked from a third party to the hub for direct extraction of the passive resource to the hub. Furthermore, the system may translate the passive resource into active resource via a modification ratio based on the type of passive resource and passive resource provider. The user may then be able to utilize this centralized auxiliary hub for completion or partial completion of resource distributions. The invention further provides a graphical user interface that integrates the centralized auxiliary hub with user mobile applications, on-line applications, and the like allowing for partial selection from the hub and other resource sources for distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Justin Riley DuPont, Charles Jason Burrell, Tony England, Catherine Goss, Michael Robert Hasslinger, Christina Ann Lillie, John Allen Sellers, Vincent Butler, John Livaditis, Karen Lea MacQueen, Ana Maxim
  • Patent number: 11234235
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, apparatus, methods and/or the like for generating a resource distribution hub using for fully electronic resource distribution by using mobile device application designed to interface with an embedded Near-Field Communication (NFC) tag in a resource distribution instrument that stores instructions for processing the resource distribution authorization information. The holder (i.e., resource provider) of the resource distribution instrument can use the resource distribution instrument to communicate to a mobile communication device having an NFC reader to read the instructions and process a resource distribution according to the parameters of the mobile device application. As such, the holder (i.e., resource provider) of the resource distribution request can process the resource distribution without having to issue a credentials, aliases, pin codes, and the like conventionally used to authorizes the distribution of resources to the resource requester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Patrick Thomas McConnell, William Bradley Burks, Daniel James Doherty, Justin Riley duPont, Thomas Elliott, Tony England, Matthew Murphy, Nickolas Patrick Parker, Stephen Philip Selfridge, Steven Michael Twombly, James J. Williams
  • Patent number: 11232454
    Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for an authentication framework for real-time document processing. The present invention is configured to receive, via an image capturing device associated with a point-of-sale system of a merchant, a digital image of a payment instrument; extract, using optical character recognition, payment instrument data from the payment instrument; receive one or more authentication credentials from the user to endorse the payment instrument; determine an authentication level of the user based on at least receiving the one or more authentication credentials from the user; determine whether the authentication level of the user meets an authentication requirement level associated with the processing of the payment instrument; and process, in real-time, the payment instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tony England, Stephen Philip Selfridge
  • Publication number: 20220020006
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for passive resource instant translation. The invention receives input from a user via a communicable linkage between the user and the user's passive resource collection account. Passive resources are instantly translated to resources ready for use according to a passive resource to active resource translation ratio. The converted passive resources are stored in a converted passive resource account. The invention may then identify a user request for transfer of active resources and prompt the user to select a resource account to fulfill the user request. The invention may then release active resources based on user request and input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Jason Burrell, Justin Riley duPont, Michael Robert Hasslinger, John Allen Sellers, Tony England, Christina Ann Lillie
  • Publication number: 20220019483
    Abstract: Real-time interaction processing may allow for the exchange of resources and/or supplemental resources. The flexibility of the real-time resource exchange network allows supplemental resources to be transferred between resources pools of a single entity or between resource pools of different entities, either within a single organization or located at different organizations. The type of supplemental resources and number of supplemental resources may be converted based on the types of resource pools from which and to which the supplemental resources are being transferred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Justin Riley duPont, Charles Jason Burrell, Tony England, Michael Robert Hasslinger, Christina Ann Lillie, John Allen Sellers
  • Publication number: 20220019484
    Abstract: Real-time interaction processing may allow for the exchange of resources and/or supplemental resources. The flexibility of the real-time resource exchange network allows supplemental resources to be transferred between resources pools of a single entity or between resource pools of different entities, either within a single organization or located at different organizations. The real-time interaction processing further allows for the creation and use of a collective resource pool to which multiple entities are allowed to contribute resources and/or supplemental resources. Each of the entities contributing resources or supplemental resources to the collective resource pool have transparency into the entities contributing to the collective resource pool, the supplemental resources and/or other resources contributed, and confirmation that the actual interaction for which the collective resource pool is being utilized was completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Justin Riley duPont, Charles Jason Burrell, Tony England, Michael Robert Hasslinger, Christina Ann Lillie, John Allen Sellers
  • Publication number: 20220020046
    Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for recurring auxiliary resource distribution. The present invention may be configured to detect a trigger event associated with a plurality of sources, where the plurality of sources includes a standard source and an auxiliary source, and where the plurality of sources is associated with a user. The present invention may be configured to transform, using a resource transformation engine and based on the trigger event, a first amount of auxiliary resources in the auxiliary source to a second amount of standard resources, deduct the first amount of auxiliary resources from a first balance of the auxiliary source, and add the second amount of standard resources to a second balance of the standard source. The present invention may be configured to perform a resource distribution using the second amount of standard resources from the standard source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Jason Burrell, Justin Riley duPont, Michael Robert Hasslinger, John Allen Sellers, Tony England, Christina Ann Lillie
  • Patent number: 11196737
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for secondary authentication via contactless distribution of dynamic resources. When an event request associated with a user is received, a prompt for event information is transmitted to a computing device. Based on the event information that is received, a determination is made that the event request requires a secondary authentication in the form of a near field communication (“NFC”) interaction between an NFC chip associated with the user and a secondary authentication device. The NFC chip associated with the user may additionally be associated with a dynamic resource value element. Once the NFC interaction is detected, a dynamic resource value is extracted and compared to an expected dynamic resource value. If the values match, then the user is authenticated for the requested event at the secondary authentication level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Patrick Thomas McConnell, William Bradley Burks, Daniel James Doherty, Justin Riley duPont, Thomas Elliott, Tony England, Matthew Murphy, Nickolas Patrick Parker, Stephen Philip Selfridge, Steven Michael Twombly, James J. Williams
  • Patent number: 11107353
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for transferring one or more resources associated with an interaction via an automobile. The system is typically configured for receiving an input from a user, via one or components of an automobile, to identify one or more third party entities associated with an interaction, identifying, via the one or more components, a current location and a destination of the user, identifying the one or more third party entities between the current location and the destination, applying logic to select a third party entity from the one or more third party entities, establishing a communication link with a third party entity device associated with the third party entity, and initiating transfer of resources to the remote device to complete the interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark Allan Nelson, Karen Lea MacQueen, Stephen Philip Selfridge, Ashish B. Tajpuria, Tony England
  • Patent number: D946594
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Justin Riley duPont, Charles Jason Burrell, Tony England, Michael Robert Hasslinger, Christina Ann Lillie, John Allen Sellers