Patents Issued in April 18, 2023
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Patent number: 11631052Abstract: An ad hoc supply chain collaborative computing environment management method includes selecting a collaboration model from amongst several models and establishing the environment in accordance with the selected model including defining a knowledge graph, a set of expected events to be received in an event log, and one or more predictive functions operating upon the different events in the event log to produce predictive values. The method also includes, registering actors in a supply chain as authenticated publishers or subscribers to the event log of different events published by different authenticated computing systems of the actors, authenticating different ones of the registered different actors prior the different actors publishing events to the event log, triggering predictive functions for newly published ones of the events in order to produce predictive values and providing read-only access to different states of the entities of the knowledge graph to authenticated subscribers.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2018Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: CLMS UK LIMITEDInventors: Panayotis Katsoulakos, Ioannis Zorgios, Ioanna Fergadiotou, Patrick J. O'Sullivan, Vassileios Karakostas, Antonios Mygiakis
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Patent number: 11631053Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to acquire a schedule of one or more users registered in a workflow system and notify a user who has a possibility of making a request that a specific user who processes the request plans to be absent if a plan of absence of the specific user is detected.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventor: Shiori Arai
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Patent number: 11631054Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for assisting time tracking using activity indicators. An activity indicator for a user is received by a computing device. The current status and the current schedule of the user are obtained. A determination can then be made that the current status of the user is incorrect based at least in part on a comparison between the activity indicator and the current schedule of the user. In response, the current status of the user can be corrected.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2018Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Niraj Dhebar, Charles Filson, Matthew Feist, Senthil Anand Balakrishnan
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Patent number: 11631055Abstract: A method, computer system, and computer program product are provided for managing time record events. Time record events are collected for a number of users. Each time record event includes a geolocation of one of a number of users. The time record events and geolocations for each of the number of users are models via machine learning. A current geolocation for a given user is identified. A suggested event is predicted based on the current geolocation and a current time. The suggested event is pushed to the user.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: ADP, INC.Inventors: Wagner Peres, Guilherme Gomes, Stefan Zanona, Roberto Silveira
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Patent number: 11631056Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to creating an electronic calendar event. A set of event properties from message contents and participants of an electronic message thread is identified. An electronic calendar event comprising event attributes based on the set of event properties is created.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2018Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Bernadette Alexia Carter, Filippo Gioachin, Josiah Tullis
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Patent number: 11631057Abstract: An embodiment provides a method, including: communicating with a server to obtain a set of event data, said set of event data comprising timestamped event data; automatically determining, using a processor and without additional user input, a delta between said set of event data and a predetermined scheduling milestone, the delta resulting in an event gap; identifying, using a processor, one or more display elements impacted by the event gap; and updating, using the processor, the one or more display elements according to the delta; said updating comprising adjusting a visual characteristic of a display graphic in a schedule view to visually indicate the event gap. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: TELETRACKING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Steve Spear, Toni D. Morrison, Corey Paracca, Ann M. Della Porta
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Systems and methods for scheduling appraisals using automatic appraiser selection based on geography
Patent number: 11631058Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems and non-transitory computer-readable medium for scheduling real estate appraisals using an automatic appraisal inspection performer selection process based on geography.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2022Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: APPRAISERS NOW LTD.Inventor: Marty Haldane -
Patent number: 11631059Abstract: A maintenance management system is disclosed. The system includes a processing device, a plurality of components in communication with the processing device, each component having a location associated with the component and one or more sensors for capturing usage data associated with the component, and user devices in communication with the processing device. Usage data of components is communicated to the processing device. The processing device determines from the usage data whether any of the components requires maintenance. The location of each respective component requiring maintenance is communicated to at least one of the one or more user devices from the processing device.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2018Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: CAROMA INDUSTRIES LIMITEDInventor: Stephen John Cummings
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Patent number: 11631060Abstract: There are provided methods and systems for making or repairing a specified part. For example, there is provided a method for creating an optimized manufacturing process to make or repair the specified part. The method includes receiving data from a plurality of sources, the data including as-designed, as-manufactured, as-simulated, and as-tested data relative to one or more parts similar to the specified part. The method includes updating, in real time, a surrogate model corresponding with a physics-based model of the specified part, wherein the surrogate model forms a digital twin of the specified part. The method includes further updating the surrogate model with a model of manufactured variance associated with at least one of inspection and in-operation data of a similar part. The method includes executing, based on the digital twin, the optimized manufacturing process to either repair or make the specified part.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Stephen Jonathan Davis, Jonathan Mark Dunsdon
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Patent number: 11631061Abstract: A distributed ledger operated by a group of network participants according to a set of consensus rules stores vehicle condition data and generated vehicle condition reports, The vehicle condition data may be received directly from a vehicle or an associated mobile device and the vehicle condition report may be accessed by an authorized user.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: BlueOwl, LLCInventors: Callum Brook, Theobolt N. Leung
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Patent number: 11631062Abstract: A voucher verification auxiliary method is provided, including: when a user device is approaching a voucher verification auxiliary device, generating an encryption key for the user device to encrypt voucher data with the encryption key to generate first encrypted data; reading and decrypting the first encrypted data to obtain the voucher data; encrypting the voucher data to generate and transmit second encrypted data to a verification center; decrypting the second encrypted data to obtain the voucher data, generating a verification result after verifying the voucher data, encrypting the verification result to become third encrypted data, and transmitting the third encrypted data back to the voucher verification auxiliary device; decrypting the third encrypted data to obtain the verification result; transmitting the verification result to a voucher receiving terminal. A voucher verification auxiliary device and a voucher verification auxiliary system are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2019Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Yi-Yuan Chen, Kun-Hsien Lin, Yi-Chang Wang, Yao-Tai Tseng
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Patent number: 11631063Abstract: A system and a method for creating a holistic, flexible, scalable, confidential, low-latency, high-volume, immutable distributed ledger for the financial services and other industries. The system allows a scalable blockchain solution with respect to accessible memory requirements of distributed ledgers or distributed databases with confidentiality in the shared records as well as accommodating low-latency, high-capacity transaction capabilities. The method includes a fundamental, generic, logical representation of financial services life-cycles transactions in terms of variable sets of four simple, sequential components. The optimal process generates a self-validating, variable n-dimensional, multi-hash-linked, interdependent distributed ledger that allows the individual network participants to recreate the ledger without having to refer to or confirm with other network participants.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: L4S Corp.Inventor: Paul F. Dowding
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Patent number: 11631064Abstract: A crowdfunding method may be executed by one or more processors of a crowdfunding system based on a blockchain for creating a game operating on a distributed network composed of a plurality of nodes. The method comprises performing a crowdfunding service on the distributed network according to a configured smart contract. The smart contract comprises generating an initial block including data records related to game production plan information, sharing at least one transaction record related to electronic transactions of coins with the plurality of nodes, generating at least one new block including data records related to at least one transaction record, and updating a blockchain stored in at least one of the plurality of nodes so as to add the new block to the blockchain through communication with the distributed network.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2019Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: NHN CORPORATIONInventors: Soo Kyoung Seol, Heetae Lyu, Junghwa Baek, Kiho Na, HeeJae Myeong, Min Tae Kim, SeungJae Lee
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Patent number: 11631065Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method of tracking telemetry data at a financial computing system is presented. The system and method includes receiving an electronic message that includes a payment transaction originating from a payment terminal, and associating a unique transaction identifier to the payment transaction. Telemetry data for the payment transaction is received from payment processing applications through a telemetry interface and aggregated into a data store. The aggregated telemetry data associated with the unique identifier is presented on a user interface by the financial computing system.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2014Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Worldpay, LLCInventor: Jackson Andrew Unrau
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Patent number: 11631066Abstract: A digital derivative is a cryptographic- and blockchain-based financial product that governs capital investments in blockchain mining infrastructure. The digital derivative resembles a bond financial product that utilizes blockchain protocols for principal, interest, and payment aspects. A secured hashrate is delivered by the issuer for the lifetime of the digital derivative. Income is generated in the cryptocurrency being mined, and the issuer may elect (prior to issuance) to repay the principal in the mined cryptocurrency. A cryptographic variable interest rate is calculated in the mined cryptocurrency based on the secured hashrate and a protocol-reported network difficulty.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2019Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Inventors: Michael Maloney, Jonathan Mohan
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Patent number: 11631067Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to artificial intelligence (AI)-based processing of account transfers between different accounts associated with a client. In particular, various aspects of this disclosure relate to triggering transfers based on data associated with electronic transfers (e.g., between accounts associated with different users) and/or information associated with card-based transactions. Additional aspects of the disclosure relate to using internet of things (IOT) modules to determine predicted consumption associated with utilities, and at least triggering account transfers based on the predicted consumption.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Bank of America CorporationInventors: Robertson Walters Greenbacker, Heather Roseann Dolan, Justin duPont
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Patent number: 11631068Abstract: Image processing techniques can be used to determine whether a person has installed an unauthorized device on or in a kiosk. For example, an image processing server can determine whether a person's hand(s) are engaging in abnormal behavior by obtaining recorded images of the person's hand(s) that extend towards the kiosk to perform an action, and by comparing the information in the recorded images with a set of previously known information about other persons' hands that are similarly extended towards the kiosk.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)Inventors: Emily Kathleen Krebs, Stacy Callaway Huggar, Jeffrey Neal Pollack, Yevgeniy Viatcheslavovich Khmelev, Mark Anthony Lopez, Ryan Thomas Russell
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Patent number: 11631069Abstract: Transaction account holders are able to attach additional data to a transaction in concert with the transaction being initiated, prior to the merchant posting the transaction. Transaction account holders do not have to wait and/or opt for an external service provider to assist with the compiling and/or attaching of data at a later point in time (e.g., after the merchant posts the transaction). Transaction account holders may upload and access electronic receipts associated with a transaction authorization almost immediately after the sale and/or authorization of the transaction.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.Inventors: David Alan Dillard, Ravikanth Erramilli, David Ibrahim, Barbara Lynn Shcolnik-Bateman, Shashidhar Karkada Srinivasa
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Patent number: 11631070Abstract: Described are a system, method, and computer program product for processing a transaction as a push payment transaction. The method may include receiving, with a payment gateway processor, a transaction request from a merchant system. The transaction request may include transaction data associated with a payment device of a user, the payment device being associated with an issuer system. The method may also include generating, with the payment gateway processor, an authentication request based on the transaction data. The method may further include communicating, with the payment gateway processor, the authentication request to the issuer system. The method may further include, in response to the issuer system authenticating the authentication request, generating a push payment request including an account identifier associated with the merchant system, and communicating the push payment request to the issuer system.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Visa International Service AssociationInventors: Sandeep Tharoor, Malayamkumarath Sreedharan Manikandan
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Patent number: 11631071Abstract: A method includes determining a fuel amount; providing navigation directions; determining a vehicle arrival; transmitting a fuel purchase request; controlling a tank cover; receiving fuel; detecting that a tank is full; and transmitting a stop fueling request. A computer system includes a processor configured to: determine a fuel amount; provide navigation directions; determine a vehicle arrival; transmit a fuel purchase request; cause a pump to provide fuel; control a tank cover; detect that a tank is full; and transmit a stop fueling request. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing thereon a set of instructions that, when executed on a processor, causes the processor to: determine a fuel amount; provide navigation directions; determine a vehicle arrival; transmit a fuel purchase request; cause a pump to provide fuel; control a tank cover; detect that fuel tank is full; and transmit a stop fueling request.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2022Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANYInventors: Kristopher Keith Gaudin, Leo Nelson Chan, Justin Davis
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Patent number: 11631072Abstract: A prepaid electronic funds transferring system, components, and method is provided for users that do not have checking or savings accounts. A user has a digital currency store such as, for example, in a non-checking non-savings prepaid account associated with a secure unified prepaid banking card and/or smartphone app. Interest may be provided by an issuer on funds in the digital currency store. Debit and credit transactions may be processed. NFC and UWB geo-locating can be used to find lost cards and/or the mobile device on which the app is loaded. Electronic transactions may be received and performed without requiring a recipient to download an app. Secure semiconductors may facilitate wireless and non-wireless communications with ATMs and POS machines. QR codes may identify accounts, constitute private/public encryption keys, or other relevant info. A cold storage or hot storage system may be implemented for the digital currency store.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Bank of America CorporationInventors: Rosemary Hill, Linda Haddad, Susan Moss, Kathleen D. Schaumburg, Nancy T. Carrier
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Patent number: 11631073Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for providing recommendations for splitting bills. The approaches disclosed include the ability to obtain information about a bill to be split (such as a photo of the bill), and then use several machine learning models to determine the ‘who,’ ‘what,’ and ‘where’ of the underlying transaction. In particular, machine learning models described herein are used to perform facial recognition of a ‘selfie’ taken when a transaction was made against social media accounts to determine participants of the transaction. The machine learning models may also identify expected pricing from data about a merchant associated with the transaction, and expected amounts for each participant based on the expected pricing.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Capital One Services, LLCInventors: Angelina Wu, Lin Ni Lisa Cheng
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Patent number: 11631074Abstract: In various embodiments, a system, method, and computer readable medium (collectively, the “System”) for authenticating a mobile device configured to initiate payments is provided. The System may be configured to perform operations and/or steps comprising receiving, by the processor and in a secure environment, a secret element. The secret element may be transmitted to the processor (e.g., the issuer system) via a payment terminal. The System may further comprise comparing, by the processor and in the secured environment, the secret element to an issuer element. The issuer element may be linked with a flag that is associated with the transaction account. Moreover, the issuer element may be a data module that corresponds to be is not equal to the secret element. The System may also comprise authorizing, by the processor, a transaction initiated by the mobile device in response to the comparing being a satisfactory comparison.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2018Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.Inventor: Alan Clark
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Patent number: 11631075Abstract: A multiple authentication and payment system and method using an embedded subscriber identification module (eSIM) are provided, in which one or more users integrate SIMs through software and perform SIM authentication and payment without physically changing SIMs when an eSIM is installed within a vehicle. The method includes detecting whether each smart device carried by at least one passenger contains a pre-registered eSIM and monitoring whether electronic payment occurs. When electronic payment occurs, a payment cost is determined for each passenger with respect to a payment cost of the electronic payment based on information regarding the pre-registered eSIM, and payment is performed according to the determined payment cost for each passenger.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2019Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Hyuk Joo Nam
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Patent number: 11631076Abstract: A method for provisioning a payment account to a mobile wallet on a mobile device includes receiving, by a provider computing system, an encrypted network return address of the mobile wallet that uniquely identifies a network address of the mobile wallet when the encrypted network return address is decrypted from an initiating device, receiving, by the provider computing system, an encryption key configured to decrypt the encrypted network return address, wherein the encryption key is not provided to the initiating device, decrypting, by the provider computing system, the encrypted network return address using the encryption key, and provisioning, by the provider computing system, a payment token associated with the payment account to the mobile wallet based on the decrypted network return address received from the initiating device by transmitting the payment token to the mobile device without going through the initiating device.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventors: Peter Ho, Ashish B. Kurani, Brian M. Pearce, Steven E. Puffer
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Patent number: 11631077Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for utilizing one or more decentralized applications to allow entities to interface with a blockchain for the purposes of conducting a resource transfer. Typically, the blockchain is a permissioned blockchain which may be accessed only by the entities involved in the resource transfer. The decentralized applications may communicate with the legacy systems within each entity through an application programming interface (API) such that the data stored on the legacy systems may be governed by the blockchain. This ensures the authenticity of the data stored on the legacy systems while preventing the possibility of disparate versions of data being created over time.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2017Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: HashLynx Inc.Inventors: Paul Zappier, Nicholas Paul Zappier
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Patent number: 11631078Abstract: A computer-implemented method for anonymizing online transaction details may include performing a process to generate an identifier (ID) and reference address for a user, and receiving a request for transaction processing from an e-commerce server. The request may include first data including: information associated with a purchase of a product to be delivered to the user; the identifier; and the reference address. The method may further include: in response to the request, determining whether the ID and reference address are included in the request, and if so, obtaining the accurate address and shipping rate rules; applying, based on the first data and the accurate address, the shipping rate rules to determine accurate shipping rate cost information associated with delivering the product to the accurate address; performing an anonymizing process on the accurate information to obtain anonymous shipping rate information, and transmitting the anonymous shipping rate information to the e-commerce server.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Capital One Services, LLCInventors: Kyle Johnson, Michael Mossoba, Abdelkader Benkreira, Robert Perry, Austen Novis, Max Miracolo, Natasha Mitchko
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Patent number: 11631079Abstract: A settlement system with higher security which replaces a settlement system using credit cards is provided. The settlement system has a user terminal, a settlement device, and a settlement terminal. First, a user ID, a password, and amount information identifying an amount are inputted in the settlement system (S912), and sent to the settlement device (S913). The settlement device performs credit determination (S922), generates temporary permission information if credit is possible (S923), and sends the temporary permission information to the user terminal (S924). The user terminal generates a one-time password (S915). The one-time password is inputted to the settlement terminal (S931). If the one-time password sent from the settlement terminal to the settlement device is identical to the one-time password created in the settlement device (S926), the settlement device allows a user's payment (S927).Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2016Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: NTI, INC.Inventor: Takatoshi Nakamura
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Patent number: 11631080Abstract: Disclosed is a cross-chain communication method. In this method, a first edge node of a first blockchain receives a first transaction request and validates the first transaction request; on condition that the first transaction request passes the validation, the first edge node will send the first transaction request to a notary node group; the notary node group determines at least one target notary node according to a preset criterion; the at least one target notary node validates the first edge node and a second edge node of a second blockchain corresponding to the first transaction request; and on condition that both the first edge node and the second edge node pass the validation, the first edge node will set up a cross-chain communication with the second edge node depending on the first transaction request to complete a cross-chain transaction. A cross-chain communication device and a storage medium are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsInventors: Hui Yang, Shuai Dong, Qiuyan Yao, Bowen Bao, Chao Li, Zhengjie Sun, Jie Zhang
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Patent number: 11631081Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed for context-based verification flows for digital identity verification. A context-based verification system provides flexible identification procedures for various enterprises that adapted to the enterprises' services, the enterprises' customers, and these customers' needs. For example, the context-based verification system determines a first and second verification flows associated with a first enterprise and a third verification flow associated with a second enterprise. These verification flows include context parameters and verification parameters. The context-based verification system determines context parameters of a request, or “request context parameters,” when a user requests to interact with the first enterprise and determines a verification flow associated with context parameters that substantially match these request context parameters.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Inventors: William J. Dawson, V, Thomas Abbott, Trevor Thompson, Jonathan R. Todd, Karl McGuinness
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Patent number: 11631082Abstract: This application relates to apparatus and methods for identifying fraudulent payment transfers. In some examples, a computing device determines payment transfer initiation features, and payment transfer reception features, based on previous payment transfer data. The computing device may train a machine learning fraud detection model with the payment transfer initiation features, and may train a machine learning fraud detection model with the payment transfer reception features. Once trained, the computing device may employ the machine learning fraud detection models to identify fraudulent payment transfers. For example, the computing device may determine whether a payment transfer is fraudulent when the payment transfer is initiated. Assuming the payment transfer is allowed, the computing device may determine whether the payment transfer is fraudulent when the payment is being received.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2019Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: Linhong Kang, Arthi Vijayakumar, YiYi Zeng, Zhiping Tang, Uday Akella, Mayra Rocio Harmon, Charlie Berry, Nathan Olds, John Fields, Kristin Danielle Piper
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Patent number: 11631083Abstract: A common point of purchase (CPP) system for identifying a common point of purchases involved in fraudulent or unauthorized payment transactions is provided. The CPP system includes a common point of purchase (CPP) computing device that is configured to receive transaction data, store the transaction data in a database, and perform a look up within the database. The CPP computing device is also configured to build a merchant table, receive a card list, and compare a plurality of flagged account identifiers in the card list to account identifiers in the merchant table. The CPP computing device is further configured to retrieve a unique merchant identifier and/or a merchant name identifier associated with the merchant table account identifiers matched with the flagged account identifiers, aggregate the unique merchant identifier using the merchant name identifier, and determine a first number of the flagged account identifiers associated with the merchant name identifier.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATEDInventors: Joshua A. Allbright, Christopher John Merz
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Patent number: 11631084Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for blocking charges from a merchant to a payment account of a user. An exemplary system may include one or more memory devices storing instructions and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to perform various operations. The operations may include receiving, from the user, a dispute request to dispute a charge to the payment account applied by the merchant. In response to the dispute request, the operations may include determining whether to block subsequent charges applied by the merchant to the payment account, based on a history of charging activities of the merchant. Responsive to a determination to block subsequent charges, the operations may include adding the merchant to a block-charge list associated with the payment account.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2019Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Capital One Services, LLCInventors: Jeffrey Samitt, Zeel Maharshi Jha, Colleen Kerr, Henry Feer Joyce, Joshua M. Wilbur, John William Schmidt, Krystle Voss, Riken Shah
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Patent number: 11631085Abstract: A method is disclosed. One embodiment of the invention is directed to a method. The method comprises: prompting, by an access device, a user to enter an access code; receiving, by the access device, the access code from the user; transmitting, by the access device, the access code to a validation computer, which validates the access code; receiving, by the access device, an access identifier or access token from the validation computer in response to validating the access code; transmitting, by the access device, an authorization request message including the access identifier or the access token to an authorizing computer; and receiving, by the access device, an authorization response message from the authorizing computer.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2019Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Visa International Service AssociationInventors: Penny Jurss, Rowena McCallister, Bradford Crouch, Suresh Kalakrishnan
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Patent number: 11631086Abstract: The present disclosure provides computing systems and techniques for validating a decision model against a cannon of regulation. A server can deconstruct a decision model into a number of branching decisions and also generate a Markov chain comprising a number of sequences from a cannon of regulation. The server can compare the branching decisions to the sequences and can validate the decision model with the cannon of regulation based on the comparison.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Capital One Services, LLCInventors: Jeremy Edward Goodsitt, Austin Grant Walters, Fardin Abdi Taghi Abad, Vincent Pham, Anh Truong, Reza Farivar, Kate Key
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Patent number: 11631087Abstract: A system and method for automatically reconfiguring a user interface based on a product lifecycle that changes a visual appearance of a product image in the user interface to reflect its age or ownership duration is described. In one embodiment, a method includes determining one or more products owned by a user and an ownership period associated with an age or ownership duration of each product. The ownership period is compared to a product lifecycle for the product and, based on the comparison, one or more temporal effects are overlaid onto a base product image for the product. The one or more temporal effects change a visual appearance of the base product image in a user interface on a user device in communication with the unified product application to reflect the age or ownership duration of the product.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2022Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Christopher Tarchala, Hanna Gee, Megan Colleen Sundquist
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Patent number: 11631088Abstract: Disclosed herein is a shipping container that includes numerous multi-factor authentication (MFA) tie ins to provide added security to the container. In some embodiments, the shipping container is associated with a mobile user profiles within a mobile application. A retailer makes a sale, then, using a mobile application, associates the container with the destination address and the MFA details associated with the buyer's mobile application account. Once the container is loaded up, the container will not open again except for the buyer using the buyer's MFA authentication credentials.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Ship AssureInventor: John Hovig Dolmayan
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Patent number: 11631089Abstract: A system providing self-service access to locked merchandise comprising: (a) providing a fixture that restricts access to the locked merchandise, wherein the fixture can automatically lock or unlock, allowing or restricting access to the locked merchandise; (b) providing a means of uniquely identifying an individual attempting to access the merchandise; (c) measuring a set of behaviors of the individual during any time the fixture is an open mode; (d) assessing whether the set of behaviors of the individual are suspicious or not relative to a set of suspicious event thresholds; (e) storing the individual and their set of behaviors as accessible records in at least one database; and (f) providing an algorithm which determines future access privileges of the individual to the enclosure based on a set of variables.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2022Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Indyme Solutions, LLCInventors: Joseph Budano, Steven Deal
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Patent number: 11631090Abstract: Example computer executable instructions for determining a consumer's offer eligibility using a predicate logic tree against sets of input data are provided. In particular, the disclosed examples recite a rewards engine capable of determining a consumer's offer eligibility using a predicate logic tree against sets of input data. The rewards engine applies rules that are relevant to a particular deal offered by a retail establishment to the consumer's records to determine the consumer's offer eligibility. In some examples, the rewards engine sorts or partially sorts some or all of the consumer's records to determine the consumer's offer eligibility.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: TRANSFORM SR BRANDS LLCInventor: Espen Zachrisen
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Patent number: 11631091Abstract: Computer-implemented systems and methods for determining the value of display space in a retail store are provided. These values of display space are determined based on measured traffic densities in the retail store. Traffic density is used as a metric for real-world customer activity and customer patterns in the retail store. To determine traffic density, measurements are obtained from one or more sensors in the retail store, where the measurements include spatial information pertaining to a region of the retail store. Traffic density can provide a quantitative, accurate and unbiased metric with which to determine a value associated with displaying products in a region of the retail store.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: SHOPIFY INC.Inventor: Brent Marshall
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Patent number: 11631092Abstract: Methods and apparatus relating to the generation, management and use of taxonomies are described. Over time statistics are collected based on the user interaction and the effectiveness of the taxonomy determined with respect to one or more groups of users. Decisions are automatically made when a new e.g., custom, taxonomy is to be generated for a set of users. Over time multiple custom taxonomies are generated for different user groups with each group of users being provided access to items through the taxonomy which provides the best results for the group. Generated taxonomies are compared and merged or combined when similar to avoid the generation and maintenance of a large number of similar taxonomies.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: SHOPIFY INC.Inventors: Julia Starostenko, Rafael Seemann Ramos
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Patent number: 11631093Abstract: Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to a flexible behavioral chain (“FBC”) framework for permission-based enterprise-focused blockchain applications. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a chain framework module (“CFM”) executed by a FBC system can receive a new block request to add a new block to an FBC. The new block request can be created by a trigger management module (“TMM”) executed by the FBC system in response to a trigger, such as a customer touchpoint, a customer engagement, a subscribed event, and/or a virtual event. In response to the new block request, the CFM can generate the new block. A customer value score derivation module (“CVSDM”) executed by the FBC system can determine a customer value score (“CVS”) for a customer. The CFM can incorporate the CVS into the new block. The CFM can connect the new block to the FBC.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: James W. Fan, Dan Celenti, Alireza Hooshiari
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Patent number: 11631094Abstract: Methods, system, and apparatus for pre-computing data metrics. A method can include receiving, by one or more computers, (i) data from a user including a plurality of data metrics, and (ii) historical data associated with the user; generating, by the one or more computers and based at least on the historical data associated with the user, a forecast for the user using an artificial neural network, the forecast indicating a prediction of future user behaviors; determining, by the one or more computers and based at least on the forecast for the user, a subset of data metrics, from among the plurality of data metrics, that are likely to be used by the user; performing, by the one or more computers, one or more automatic data operations on the subset of data metrics; and providing, by the one or more computers, the processed subset of data metrics for output.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2016Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: IQVIA Inc.Inventor: Mir Tariq
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Patent number: 11631095Abstract: An information processing method which is performed by an information processing apparatus for forecasting demand for a service provided by a mobile vehicle, comprises a classification step of classifying a plurality of unit regions included in a first area into a plurality of categories, respectively, by using a first classification model; a first building step of building a first demand forecasting model by determining a first set of parameters to be applied to each of the plurality of categories based on the classified categories and track record data in the first area; a second building step of building a second classification model by using classification criteria possessed by the first classification model, and building a second demand forecasting model by using the first set of parameters; and a forecasting step of performing demand forecasting in a second area by using the second classification model and the second demand forecasting model.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daiki Kaneichi, Takahiro Shiga
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Patent number: 11631096Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for providing inventory ingestion and pricing system. An embodiment operates by receiving, from a mobile device, an image including an object for sale. It is determined that an electronic marketplace includes one or more images of pre-identified objects that have sold. The object from the image is identified based on a comparison of the received image with the images of the one or more of the pre-identified objects from the electronic marketplace. From the electronic marketplace, the price for each of a subset of the one or more of the pre-identified objects that have sold is determined. A sale price for the object for sale is generated based on the determined prices. The sale price for the object for sale is provided to the mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2019Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: MERCARI, INC.Inventors: Shida Schubert, John Lagerling
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Patent number: 11631097Abstract: A method of displaying a symbol representative of changes in price during a time period, the method including receiving a first intra-time open price, a first intra-time high price, a first intra-time low price, and a first intra-time close price corresponding to a first intra-time period in the time period, receiving a second intra-time open price, a second intra-time high price, a second intra-time low price, and a second intra-time close price corresponding to a second intra-time period in the time period wherein the second intra-time period occurred after the first intra-time period, determining whether the second intra-time high price is higher than the first intra-time high price and whether the second intra-time low price is higher than the first intra-time low price, in response to the determining that the second intra-time high price is higher than the first intra-time high price and that the second intra-time low price is higher than the first intra-time low price, incrementing a higher-high-higher-Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Inventor: Eric Schneider
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Patent number: 11631098Abstract: A control apparatus includes a controller configured to identify a position of a vehicle presenting an advertisement to outside of the vehicle, and determine whether to apply a discount to a usage fee for the vehicle according to the identified position.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daiki Kubo, Taiki Yamashita, Eduard Vandersmitte
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Patent number: 11631099Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 20, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATIONInventors: Charles Jason Burrell, Justin Riley duPont, Michael Robert Hasslinger, John Allen Sellers, Tony England, Christina Ann Lillie
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Patent number: 11631100Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method for providing an information & communication technology (ICT)-based driver-specific evaluation analysis and compensation platform for two-wheeled vehicle driving. Particularly, the present disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method for providing a platform which creates mid-traveling driving information about a driver identified on the basis of biometrics, and which evaluates the driver on the basis of the driving information and then pays compensation to the driver according to evaluation results.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2022Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: GREENRIDEAINTOP CORP.Inventor: Tae Hwan Yeo
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Patent number: 11631101Abstract: Various examples are directed to computer-implemented systems and methods for providing a unique market offer code and validation. A method includes generating an offer customized for an intended recipient, and sending the offer electronically to the intended recipient. The method further includes receiving a user selection of the offer, and displaying a landing web page on a graphical user interface (GUI) of a user device. A user selection of an action button on the landing web page is received, and a validation web page is displayed on the GUI, the validation web page including prompts for input of user information. The user information is evaluated to determine authenticity of the offer and to confirm identity of the user as the intended recipient. Upon determining that the user is approved for the offer, access is provided to the user to further information regarding the product.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventors: Michael James Lyon, Matthew Paul Anderson