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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185620 | Scalable systems management abstraction framework A system and method for scalable systems management where a plurality of devices in a system is managed with a systems management infrastructure. An abstraction layer software application is implemented overlaying the systems management infrastructure for managing t... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185472 | Enrollment into an online banking system A method and system employed to enroll a customer into an online banking system. In one example, a customer may submit enrollment information and may request a customer identification name and passcode. In response, an online banking profile may be created and logge... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185471 | Integrated payment receiving and processing system Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for integrating a mail receiving process with a payment processing system. Embodiments of the invention include a capture device configured to: (1) receive a plurality of payment-related mail items compris... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185460 | Electronic financial translation system architecture Aspects of the invention include methods and systems for an electronic financial transaction system with a translation system architecture. Aspects of the invention provide translation methods such that the front-end functions (e.g., authentication, presentation, co... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185430 | Supplier stratification Provided is a method and system of assigning a level of risk presented to an enterprise by a supplier of goods or services. In at least some embodiments, a tier level and/or a composite supplier risk index (CSRI) is calculated for the supplier based on answers provi... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184894 | Electronic reassociation Apparatus and methods for providing electronic reassociation of data transmissions of checks and backup information. A method according to the invention may include scanning each check received by a lockbox service and scanning backup information related to correspo... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184893 | Enhanced note processing Techniques and systems are disclosed to perform, in some examples, the steps of receiving a note or an image of a note, imaging at least a portion of the note, determining a value of at least one field indicated by a predetermined identifier of the note through char... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181858 | Information banking A method for conducting a financial transaction can be used by a person using a mobile device to conduct the transaction. The mobile device receives information related to the person that can be used for authentication purposes, such as a PIN or biometric data. The ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181856 | Cash handling device having alert system A cash recycler or other currency handling device includes a cash handling device alert system. Upon occurrence of one or more triggering events, a notification will be sent to one or more responsible entities. The responsible entity may be specified by a user. In a... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181854 | Cash handling device having integrated wireless modem A cash recycler or other currency handling device includes an integrated wireless modem. The wireless modem may be located within a housing of the cash recycler. The wireless modem may connect to a network via a network service provider account held by a retail stor... | 05/22/2012 |
| D660311 | Display screen of a communications device with graphical user interface | 05/22/2012 |
| 8177132 | RFID tracking for currency transfers and transportation Methods and devices provide for a cash handling device to dispense funds for a transfer into a container. RFID indicia may be generated as a receipt and imprinted directly on the container. Alternatively, RFID indicia may be printed and affixed to the container in t... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175971 | Lifetime guaranteed income rider Apparatus and methods for providing to a bank customer a guaranteed retirement distribution based on a retail bank product. An electronic processing module may be used to identify a value of an asset in a retail banking product and calculate a guaranteed distributio... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175970 | Cash to card recycling An end-to-end currency handling and management system and method include a recycler system configured to receive currency, deposit the currency into a desired account and make the currency immediately available. The currency may, in one or more examples, belong to a... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175942 | Systems and methods for enhancing compliance with the federal reserve custodial inventory (CI) procedures Systems, methods and consumer-readable media for enhancing compliance with the Federal Reserve Custodial Inventory procedures are provided. The system may include an inventory management system for retrieving cash balance inventory information and an information man... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175105 | Pushing documents to wireless data devices A system pushes documents to one or more wireless data devices. The system receives a push request from a user to push a specified document to one or more identified wireless data devices. The system then constructs a wireless gateway server request for each identif... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172067 | Cancel transaction and return of same funds The present invention supports processing a transaction by a cash handling device. With one aspect, a cash recycling device includes a plate that covers a stacking cassette in order to prevent a deposited note from entering the stacking cassette before the transacti... | 05/08/2012 |
| D659157 | Display screen of a communications device with graphical user interface | 05/08/2012 |
| D659156 | Display screen of a communications device with graphical user interface | 05/08/2012 |
| 8165933 | Systems, methods, and computer program products for performing item level transaction processing The present invention provides systems, methods, and computer program products for performing validation and clearance at a transaction item level for transaction received in a batch format. Each transaction of the batch is stored separately in a storage system, suc... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165272 | Automated dial tone verification and reporting An automated system and associated methods that can be used to meet government compliance regulations are provided for testing and tracking the administration of Calling Line Identification (CLID) and Calling Party Name Identification (CPNID) information on various ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164451 | Cash handling facility management Cash handling facilities, such as cash vaults, receive and process large quantities of cash. The cash handling facility may have a plurality of custody points at which the amount of cash being processed is verified, counted, stored, or otherwise processed. Cash hand... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161330 | Self-service terminal remote diagnostics A method for determining for determining a root cause of each of a plurality of operational faults is provided. The method includes receiving electronic notification of the plurality of operational faults. The method may also include analyzing the plurality of opera... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8161325 | Recommendation of relevant information to support problem diagnosis The disclosure generally relates to knowledge retrieval using a knowledgebase storing general and/or expert knowledge. In particular, the disclosure relates to using complex retrieval techniques to implement an enhanced troubleshooting system that provides relevant ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157078 | Cash handling device having environmental condition monitoring system A cash recycler or other currency handling device includes an environmental condition monitoring system including a plurality of sensors configured to monitor environmental conditions inside the housing of the cash recycler. In some arrangements, the temperature and... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156324 | Secured online financial transaction text chat Systems, methods, and computer program products are defined that provide for secure online financial transaction text chat. According to present embodiments, the security provided to the text chat stream is less likely to be intercepted by a network attacker during ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8156323 | Secured online financial transaction voice chat Systems, methods, and computer program products are defined that provide for secure online financial transaction voice chat. According to present embodiments, the security provided to the voice chat stream is less likely to be intercepted by a network attacker durin... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150756 | Systems and methods for offering and servicing hedge funds A family of hedge funds, serving as “feeder funds”into underlying single-manager hedge funds, formed to provide smaller investors with the ability to allocate and reallocate assets among alternative strategies, and this basic structure combining interrelated sys... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145573 | Conducting financial transactions A payment device such as a debit card may be issued to an individual such as a minor. The debit card may be associated with spending control parameters to prevent overspending and other financial issues. Control parameters may include a weekly maximum that may be sp... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141772 | System and method of reconciling currency and coin in a cash handling device A cash recycler or other currency handling device includes a system and method for counting and/or reconciling cash, including currency and/or coin, in a cash drawer or till. The cash drawer may be inserted into a cash handling device and the amount of cash in the d... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141134 | Authentication engine for enrollment into a computer environment Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to a system and method for enrolling a user into an authentication system. In some embodiments of the invention, a user completes a first portion of the enrollment or setup process using a first computer environmen... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8136148 | Reusable authentication experience tool A reusable authentication component may be integrated into a web page to communicate with an authentication server and authenticate a user to the web page. The reusable authentication component may implement a complex authentication process, including multiple user ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8135847 | Methods, systems, and software for providing service integration framework A preferred embodiment of the subject invention comprises a system for implementing computer network services and applications, comprising a front-end component comprising one or more applications; a back-end component comprising one or more services; and an abstrac... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8135605 | Application risk and control assessment tool A tool to assess risks associated with software applications, and controls implemented to mitigate these risks, includes a first software component configured to gather information about the risks and controls, and a second software component configured to display t... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131845 | System and method to monitor performance of different domains associated with a computer or network A system to monitor performance may include at least one probe to collect data related to performance of an associated domain. The system may also include at least one base station to receive data from associated ones of the at least one probe. ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131742 | Method and system for processing fraud notifications Methods and systems for processing fraud notifications allow an organization to classify, monitor, and shut down fraudulent websites. A system may receive reports of suspicious network sites via electronic mail, and parse such reports in order to obtain one or more ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131637 | Predictive model for use in providing an equity release financial product A predictive model for use in providing an equity release (reverse mortgage) financial product is disclosed. In at least some embodiments, a plurality of representative loans are created, wherein each loan can be characterized by a borrower type and a mortality tabl... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131635 | Method and system to manage a credit portfolio and to trigger credit actions A method to trigger credit actions may include determining a quantity of triggers flagged for a selected creditor. The method may also include establishing an action plan in response to the quantity of flagged triggers being greater than the predetermined number. In... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130758 | System and method for low latency market data A method for low latency data comprises receiving a data stream comprising data from a data source, receiving the data via one or more queues, where each of the one or more queues is associated with one or more filters adapted to filter the data based at least upon ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130111 | Services portal A user device may be capable of providing a service portal and feedback on the condition of the user device, such as a user device. A condition analysis of the user device may be performed by a user, such as a person or a computing device. A condition analysis may b... | 03/06/2012 |
