Patents by Inventor William Hull Forster, Jr.

William Hull Forster, Jr. 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).

  • Method and system for using intelligent agents for financial transactions, services, accounting, and advice
    Patent number: 5920848
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of computerized intelligent agents to facilitate the integration of networked performance of financial transactions with computerized methods of financial accounting. Incorporated into this combined financial transaction/financial accounting system are intelligent agents that automatically analyze the system information to provide users with financial advice. This invention permits the automated performance on-line of a wide variety of financial transactions and integrates these transactions with computerized financial accounting. All of this information is collated and analyzed automatically by intelligent agents, which generate user-specific financial reports, profiles, and advice, and under appropriate conditions take action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1999
    Assignee: Citibank, N.A.
    Inventors: Daniel Schutzer, William Hull Forster, Jr., Huanrui Hu, Wenke Lee, Salvatore J. Stolfo, Wei Fan