Patents by Inventor Ian J. Keen

Ian J. Keen 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).

  • COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES COMPRISING NEAR FIELD RF COMMUNICATORS
    Publication number: 20090312011
    Abstract: A communications device has a near field RF communicator (15) having a coupler (17) to couple with a coupler of a near field RF communicator or NFC communicator in near field range to enable communication of data between the communicators by modulation of a magnetic field, and a modulator (43) to modulate an RF signal in accordance with data to be communicated by the near field RF communicator. The device also has at least one secure element (31) separate from the near field RF communicator (15) to provide secure data storage for transaction data representing or relating to a transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: Innovision Research & Technology PLC
    Inventors: Heikki Huomo, Ian J. Keen, Marc A. Borrett, Kevin Lamacraft