Patents by Inventor Jan Swart

Jan Swart 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).

  • Testing protocols for extended functionality cards
    Patent number: 8292164
    Abstract: Testing is performed upon a transaction payment card having a substrate with opposing surfaces, battery powered circuit, and having memory in contact with the substrate to store data that includes an identifier for an account upon which a transaction can be conducted. An electronic component, in contact with the substrate, is powered by the battery powered circuit. In the testing, an electrical measurement is made of the battery powered circuit at each of different times when the card is exposed to an environmental condition. An output of the electrical measurements is made. The environmental condition can be temperature, current pulse applied at different states of charge of the one or more batteries, an acceleration, deceleration, or vibration for a period of time applied to card, a vacuum condition applied to the card, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Visa U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Mustafa Top, Edward Kurtek, Samantha Phillips, Jan Swart, Ashish Arora
  • TESTING PROTOCOLS FOR EXTENDED FUNCTIONALITY CARDS
    Publication number: 20100065637
    Abstract: Testing is performed upon a transaction payment card having a substrate with opposing surfaces, battery powered circuit, and having memory in contact with the substrate to store data that includes an identifier for an account upon which a transaction can be conducted. An electronic component, in contact with the substrate, is powered by the battery powered circuit. In the testing, an electrical measurement is made of the battery powered circuit at each of different times when the card is exposed to an environmental condition. An output of the electrical measurements is made. The environmental condition can be temperature, current pulse applied at different states of charge of the one or more batteries, an acceleration, deceleration, or vibration for a period of time applied to card, a vacuum condition applied to the card, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Mustafa Top, Edward Kurtek, Samantha Phillips, Jan Swart, Ashish Arora