DR. WILLIAM LEE THOMAS, MD
Marriage and Family Therapists at Carolina Commons Dr, Fort Mill, SC

2012032, Dec 20, 2012

Aug 26, 2011

13/218607

Howard O. Weinstein - Boston MA, US
William E. Thomas - Charlotte NC, US
Daniel M. Whipple - Charlotte NC, US
Christopher Hope - Charlotte NC, US
Savit A. Pirl - Bolingbrook IL, US

Bank of America - Charlotte NC

G06Q 40/00, G06F 17/30

705 40

Apparatus and methods for improving online bill payment processes are provided. Online bill payment typically involves a paying party (“payor”), an intermediary (such as a bank, a billpay service or a billpay network) and a payee. In some embodiments, the apparatus and methods may provide optional file attachments that may be communicated from a payor (initiator) to a payee (recipient). Such attachments might include a signed contract for products or services, a payment stub with descriptive details of the payment, a photo of an item being purchased, or any other document that the payor wishes to send in connection with the payment transaction. The field(s) associated with the attachment may be searchable. Such fields may be searchable by a characteristic of the attachment. Characteristics may include content of the attachment of an electronic format of the attachment.

2002006, Jun 6, 2002

Dec 6, 2001

10/010416

Thomas Wilson - Mooresville NC, US
William Thomas - Tega Cay SC, US

B66B001/34

187/391000, 187/396000

An apparatus and method for delivering advertising messages to occupants of an elevator cab includes a network mainframe server located remotely from the elevator cab. The apparatus further includes an individual processing unit (IPU) located at the elevator cab and in communication with the network mainframe server over a telephone line configured for transmitting a digital data signal. The IPU includes a central processing unit (CPU) and a monitor electrically connected to the CPU. In a particular embodiment, the IPU further includes an infrared camera for detecting the number of occupants in the elevator cab when an advertising message is displayed. The network mainframe server transmits the advertising messages to the CPU of the IPU over the telephone line. The advertising messages are stored on the CPU and displayed to the occupants of the elevator cab on the monitor of the IPU.

2010012, May 20, 2010

Nov 14, 2008

12/271833

Jason P. Blackhurst - Charlotte NC, US
Anthony B. Calderone - Charlotte NC, US
William E. Thomas - Charlotte NC, US

Bank of America Corporation - Charlotte NC

G06Q 40/00

705 35

Aspects of the disclosure relate to enhancing the transfer of funds involving particular payee-payors. Users sometimes desire to remotely transfer funds from their account (i.e., payor account) to a payee, but are ambivalent as to the delivery mechanism their financial institution uses to perform the transfer. Systems and methods are disclosed that relate to using a routing engine to assist in transferring funds in an enhanced manner.

2011023, Sep 29, 2011

May 20, 2011

13/112748

Gregory Lee Booth - Alpharetta GA, US
Amanda Jane Holcomb - Charlotte NC, US
Jason P. Blackhurst - Charlotte NC, US
Anthony B. Calderone - Charlotte NC, US
William E. Thomas - Charlotte NC, US

BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION - Charlotte NC

G06Q 40/00

705 39

Systems, apparatuses, and methods are illustrated for enhancing the transfer of funds. Aspects of the disclosure relate to enhancing the transfer of funds using a plurality of factors/controls, such as speed, quality, cost, priority, and/or volume. The volume controls may be configured with minimum and maximum values and configured to override other factors (e.g., cost, quality, etc.) Systems and methods are disclosed to assist in selecting delivery mechanism to transfer funds in an enhanced manner.

2012032, Dec 20, 2012

Aug 26, 2011

13/218613

Howard O. Weinstein - Boston MA, US
William E. Thomas - Charlotte NC, US
Daniel M. Whipple - Charlotte NC, US
Christopher Hope - Charlotte NC, US
Savit A. Pirl - Bolingbrook IL, US

Bank of America - Charlotte NC

G06Q 40/00

705 39

Apparatus and methods for communicating a notification of a status of a payment are provided. The payment may be an electronic payment. The apparatus and methods may involve receiving an electronic request from a payor to transmit a payment to a payee. The status of a payment may include steps that have been completed, have not been completed, and/or are currently in progress in a process of fulfilling the payor's request. Status may include an estimate of time remaining until the fulfillment process is completed. The electronic request may include a notification preference. A notification preference may include a destination for receiving the notification. A method of communicating a notification may include any suitable paper or electronic communication method. The notification may be automatically stored in a database for future reference.