Patents by Inventor Alberto Belvisi

Alberto Belvisi 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).

  • Method for detecting the presence of a smart card cloning device in an automatic payment and/or withdrawal terminal and respective automatic payment and/or withdrawal terminal
    Patent number: 11263875
    Abstract: It is described a method for detecting the presence of a device for cloning a smart card in an automatic payment and/or withdrawal terminal, comprising the steps of detecting that a smart card has not been at least partially inserted inside a reader of the terminal; simulating the presence of a smart card inside the reader; measuring a current or voltage value generated by the simulation; comparing the measured current or voltage value with respect to a defined threshold value; detecting the presence of the cloning device if, as a function of said comparison, it results that the measured current or voltage value is greater than or equal to the threshold value; and blocking the operation of the automatic payment and/or withdrawal terminal in case of detecting the presence of the cloning device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: MADIC ITALIA S.P.A.
    Inventor: Alberto Belvisi
  • METHOD FOR DETECTING THE PRESENCE OF A SMART CARD CLONING DEVICE IN AN AUTOMATIC PAYMENT AND/OR WITHDRAWAL TERMINAL AND RESPECTIVE AUTOMATIC PAYMENT AND/OR WITHDRAWAL TERMINAL
    Publication number: 20200394878
    Abstract: It is described a method for detecting the presence of a device for cloning a smart card in an automatic payment and/or withdrawal terminal, comprising the steps of detecting that a smart card has not been at least partially inserted inside a reader of the terminal; simulating the presence of a smart card inside the reader; measuring a current or voltage value generated by the simulation; comparing the measured current or voltage value with respect to a defined threshold value; detecting the presence of the cloning device if, as a function of said comparison, it results that the measured current or voltage value is greater than or equal to the threshold value; and blocking the operation of the automatic payment and/or withdrawal terminal in case of detecting the presence of the cloning device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventor: Alberto Belvisi