IP Library Granted Patent US 8,903,741
Granted Patent B2
US 8,903,741 · App. 12/924,971 · Granted Dec 2, 2014

Dynamic credit score alteration

Inventors: G. Christopher Imrey (Newport Beach, CA); William J. House, III (Corona del Mar, CA)
Assignee: Apollo Enterprise Solutions, Ltd.
G06Q40/02G06Q40/00G06Q4/025
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Patent No.
US 8,903,741
App. No.
12/924,971
Granted
Dec 2, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for providing credit score information for a user to the user is provided. The method comprises offering the user an option to obtain information related to a credit score via a computer networking arrangement. The method further determines credit score information once the option is selected by the user, and providing the credit score information determined to the user via the computer networking arrangement.

Claims (39)

1. A method of resolving a debt, comprising:

providing an estimate of a specific amount a user's credit score will increase if the debt is resolved;

causing a server to provide the user with the estimate of the amount the user's credit score will increase when the debt is resolved and at least one offer to settle the debt selectable by the user to resolve the debt; and

when the user selects at least one offer establishing resolution of the debt, causing the server to provide a positive resolution indication to a credit bureau to facilitate the credit bureau raising the user's credit score.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising enabling the user to select whether the user wishes to receive user credit score information separate from an ability to select at least one offer establishing settlement of the debt.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the causing the server to contact further comprises:

providing user information to the credit bureau;

providing information regarding a potential debt resolution to the credit bureau; and

receiving, at the server, an estimate of an increase in user credit score if the debt is resolved in a manner as provided to the credit bureau.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the estimate of the specific numerical amount the user's credit score will increase is provided from the server to the user for display at the user computing device at the same time as the at least one offer.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the estimate of the specific numerical amount the user's credit score will increase comprises an anticipated change in credit score over an existing credit score.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising causing the server to contact the credit bureau to obtain the user's current credit score, and computing an estimated increase in the user's current credit score estimated by an entity other than the credit bureau, said computing occurring after causing the server to contact the credit bureau.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising contacting the credit bureau over a communication network connecting the user computing device with the server and wherein said contacting the credit bureau is initiated by said server.

8. A method for settling a debt executed using a server comprising:

from the server, providing a user with an estimate of a specific numerical amount the user's credit score will increase when the debt is resolved and at least one offer to settle the debt; and

when the user selects at least one offer establishing settlement of the debt, causing the server to provide a positive resolution indication to a credit bureau to facilitate the credit bureau increasing the user's credit score.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising the server contacting the credit bureau with information pertaining to the debt contemplated to be settled and obtaining information related to an amount the user's credit score may increase if the debt is settled.

10. The method of claim 8 , further comprising enabling the user to purchase the user's credit score information.

11. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

initially contacting a credit bureau to obtain the user's credit score; and

determining an improvement to the user's credit score separate from and without further contacting the credit bureau.

12. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

providing user information to the credit bureau; and

providing information regarding a potential debt resolution to the credit bureau.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the specific numerical amount the user's credit score will increase when the debt is resolved-comprises an improved credit score.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the specific numerical amount the user's credit score will increase when the debt is resolved comprises an anticipated change in credit score over an existing credit score.

15. The method of claim 8 , further comprising enabling the user to select whether the user wishes to receive user credit score information separate from an ability to select at least one offer establishing settlement of the debt.

16. The method of claim 8 , wherein said providing is performed by the server.

17. A method for settling a debt, comprising:

causing a server to offer a user an option to obtain information related to a credit score as part of a debt resolution transaction of a preexisting debt owed by the user to a third party;

determining an estimate of user credit score increase when the debt is resolved based on the user credit score information obtained at the server;

providing the user, via the user computing device, with the estimate of user credit score increase when the debt is resolved and at least one offer to settle the debt; and

when the user selects at least one offer establishing settlement of the debt using the user computing device, causing the server to provide a positive resolution indication to the credit bureau.

18. The method of claim 17 , further comprising contacting the credit bureau with information pertaining to the transaction contemplated to be settled and obtaining credit bureau credit score information.

19. The method of claim 17 , further comprising enabling the user to select whether the user wishes to receive user credit score information separate from an ability to select at least one offer establishing settlement of the debt.

20. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:

providing user information to the credit bureau;

providing information regarding a potential the resolution to the credit bureau; and

receiving an estimate of an increase in user credit score if the debt is resolved in a manner as provided to the credit bureau.

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 8, 2022
From: KONOWIECKI, JOSEPH
To: MIRITZ, INC.
Reel/Frame 059541/0463 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2021
From: APOLLO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS, INC.
To: APOLLO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 055259/0957 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2021
From: APOLLO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS, LTD.
To: KONOWIECKI, JOSEPH S
Reel/Frame 055259/0989 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 29, 2020
From: APOLLO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS, INC.
To: APOLLO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 054765/0926 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 29, 2020
From: APOLLO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS, LTD.
To: KONOWIECKI, JOSEPH S.
Reel/Frame 054766/0076 →
MERGER Recorded Jul 5, 2011
From: APOLLO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS, LLC
To: APOLLO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 026619/0145 →
Continuity (6)
Continuation 11372767 · Mar 9, 2006
Continuation In Part 11256406 · Oct 19, 2005
Continuation In Part 11256405 · Oct 19, 2005
Continuation In Part 11256404 · Oct 19, 2005
Provisional Application 60620131 · Oct 19, 2004
Related Publication 20110035305A1 · Feb 10, 2011