Patents by Inventor Bruce Albert Urquhart

Bruce Albert Urquhart 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).

  • Smart card transaction system and encoder-dispenser
    Patent number: 6129275
    Abstract: The disclosed apparatus is a stand alone integrated smart card circuit chip card vending machine. It accepts bills in $1, $5, $10, $20 and $50 denominations and/or credit cards and issues stored value smart cards for the value requested. It can also telephone a center to validate credit card transactions or send diagnostic and statistical reports. This invention has the capability to read and write to a card while it is in the dispenser stack, therefore the card has no value while in the dispenser and is not released until payment is received, that is, the cards are encoded in real time before they are issued.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2000
    Assignee: The Eastern Company
    Inventors: Bruce Albert Urquhart, Keith William Evans