Patents by Inventor Zoe Tierney

Zoe Tierney 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: 11876907
    Abstract: Techniques are described for managing authentication tokens associated with a secure account maintained by a business or organization. In one example, this disclosure describes a method that includes storing interaction information associated with an account maintained by an organization, wherein the interaction information includes information about authentication tokens used during a plurality of prior authentication procedures performed for the account, receiving, over a network, a request to authenticate a user to access the account, determining, based on the stored interaction information, an authentication token to be used to authenticate the user, wherein the authentication token is different than a prior authentication token used during the plurality of prior authentication procedures performed for the account, presenting a prompt for the authentication token; and determining, based on information received in response to the prompt, whether the user is authorized to access the account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Joseph Benjamin Agnew, Christopher Robin Sharpe, Daniel S. Sumner, Douglas Innocenti, Joel Gardner, Kevin Potter, Michael J. Martindale, Raymond Creed Lowers, Wesley Donald Duncan, Zoe Tierney, Wendy Davidson
  • Patent number: 11356259
    Abstract: Techniques are described for managing authentication tokens associated with a secure account maintained by a business or organization. In one example, this disclosure describes a method that includes storing interaction information associated with an account maintained by an organization, wherein the interaction information includes information about authentication tokens used during a plurality of prior authentication procedures performed for the account, receiving, over a network, a request to authenticate a user to access the account, determining, based on the stored interaction information, an authentication token to be used to authenticate the user, wherein the authentication token is different than a prior authentication token used during the plurality of prior authentication procedures performed for the account, presenting a prompt for the authentication token; and determining, based on information received in response to the prompt, whether the user is authorized to access the account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Joseph Benjamin Agnew, Christopher Robin Sharpe, Daniel S. Sumner, Douglas Innocenti, Joel Gardner, Kevin Potter, Michael J. Martindale, Raymond Creed Lowers, Wesley Donald Duncan, Zoe Tierney, Wendy Davidson
  • Patent number: 11233897
    Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for authenticating a person that seeks to engage in a voice call session with a call center agent, an interactive voice response system, or other system. In one example, this disclosure describes a method that includes storing information associating an authorized device with an account; receiving, over a network and from a device operated by a user, authentication credentials for the user; determining, based on the authentication credentials, that the user is authorized to access the account; receiving, over the network and from the device operated by the user, a request to engage in a voice conversation; responsive to receiving the request, accessing the phone number associated with the authorized device; and initiating a voice call session by placing a call, over the network, to the phone number associated with the authorized device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Joel Gardner, Christopher Robin Sharpe, Daniel S. Sumner, Douglas Innocenti, Joseph Benjamin Agnew, Kevin Potter, Michael J. Martindale, Raymond Creed Lowers, Wesley Donald Duncan, Zoe Tierney
  • Publication number: 20200380610
    Abstract: A system includes a server system that includes a processor and instructions stored in non-transitory machine-readable media. The instructions are configured to cause the server system to receive authentication information from a client device. The authentication information relates to a financial account of a user. The instructions are also configured to cause the server system to authenticate the user so as to associate the client device with the financial account of the user. The system also includes a financial notification circuit located on the client device. The financial notification circuit is configured to determine a location of the client device. The financial notification circuit is also configured to provide a notification on the client device alerting the client to not spend money at the location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Gilberto Lopez, Leslie Rae Witt, Brittany Y. Harris, Zoe Tierney, Mark McCormick, Karen Yu, Urmila Raghavan, Michele Armosino, Gregory K. Morishige, Jonathan Velline
  • Patent number: 10666793
    Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for authenticating a person that seeks to engage in a voice call session with a call center agent, an interactive voice response system, or other system. In one example, this disclosure describes a method that includes storing information associating an authorized device with an account; receiving, over a network and from a device operated by a user, authentication credentials for the user; determining, based on the authentication credentials, that the user is authorized to access the account; receiving, over the network and from the device operated by the user, a request to engage in a voice conversation; responsive to receiving the request, accessing the phone number associated with the authorized device; and initiating a voice call session by placing a call, over the network, to the phone number associated with the authorized device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Joel Gardner, Christopher Robin Sharpe, Daniel S. Sumner, Douglas Innocenti, Joseph Benjamin Agnew, Kevin Potter, Michael J. Martindale, Raymond Creed Lowers, Wesley Donald Duncan, Zoe Tierney