Patents by Inventor David O. Knowlton

David O. Knowlton 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).

  • Point of sale client integration platform
    Patent number: 11049085
    Abstract: A point of sale client integration platform is provided. The point of sale client integration platform includes a point of sale client application and a commerce client module that, in combination, provide a device agnostic payment transaction operation. The commerce client module includes communication interfaces, each of which corresponds to a particular communication protocol. The commerce client module receives a payment request from the point of sale client application and directly communicates, via one of the communication protocols, an authorization and capture request with respect to the payment request to a payment gateway. Through the same communication protocol, the commerce client module receives an authorization and capture response from the payment gateway. The commerce client module also drives a POS device to execute the device agnostic payment transaction operation in accordance with the payment request and the authorization and capture response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: FREEDOMPAY, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen M. Oberholtzer, David O. Knowlton, Christopher R. Kronenthal, John T. Styslinger
  • POINT OF SALE CLIENT INTEGRATION PLATFORM
    Publication number: 20200250644
    Abstract: A point of sale client integration platform is provided. The point of sale client integration platform includes a point of sale client application and a commerce client module that, in combination, provide a device agnostic payment transaction operation. The commerce client module includes communication interfaces, each of which corresponds to a particular communication protocol. The commerce client module receives a payment request from the point of sale client application and directly communicates, via one of the communication protocols, an authorization and capture request with respect to the payment request to a payment gateway. Through the same communication protocol, the commerce client module receives an authorization and capture response from the payment gateway. The commerce client module also drives a POS device to execute the device agnostic payment transaction operation in accordance with the payment request and the authorization and capture response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Stephen M. Oberholtzer, David O. Knowlton, Christopher R. Kronenthal, John T. Styslinger