Patents by Inventor Kevin Horgan
Kevin Horgan 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).
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Patent number: 11954687Abstract: A method includes monitoring patterns of commands provided by a self-service terminal controller, identifying potential fraud in the monitored patterns of commands, and suspending operation of a dispenser of the self-service terminal responsive to the identification of potential fraud.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: NCR Voyix CorporationInventors: Kevin Horgan, Gordon David Chisholm, Campbell Benn
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Patent number: 11715079Abstract: A memory device is interfaced to a SST; an identifier and, optionally, an invalid identifier list are received from the device. The invalid identifier list is updated to the SST when the invalid identifier list is a more recent version of a SST invalid identifier list. The identifier is invalidated when the identifier is matched in the invalid identifier list or when an expiration date associated with the identifier has expired. When the identifier is invalid, access to administrative features of the SST is denied; and when the identifier is valid access to the administrative features is granted.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2019Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: NCR CorporationInventors: Michael James Neilan, Kevin Horgan
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Publication number: 20220215395Abstract: A method includes monitoring patterns of commands provided by a self-service terminal controller, identifying potential fraud in the monitored patterns of commands, and suspending operation of a dispenser of the self-service terminal responsive to the identification of potential fraud.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2022Publication date: July 7, 2022Inventors: Kevin Horgan, Gordon David Chisholm, Campbell Benn
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Patent number: 11308499Abstract: A method includes monitoring patterns of commands provided by a self-service terminal controller, identifying potential fraud in the monitored patterns of commands, and suspending operation of a dispenser of the self-service terminal responsive to the identification of potential fraud.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2019Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: NCR CorporationInventors: Kevin Horgan, Gordon D. Chisholm, Campbell Benn
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Patent number: 10681036Abstract: Various embodiments include composite security interconnect devices and methods. One method embodiment that may be performed by a composite security interconnect device, also referred to herein as a security controller, includes decrypting a first encrypted input received from a peripheral device with a first encryption key to obtain clear text. The first encryption key may be an encryption key established between the security controller and the peripheral device. The method further includes encrypting the clear text with a second encryption key to obtain second encrypted input, the second encryption key being a key of an encryption key pair established with a transaction processing host.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2014Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: NCR CorporationInventors: Kevin Horgan, Gordon Chisholm, Graeme Mitchell, Alexander William Whytock, David Sleeman, Colin Sinclair
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Patent number: 10659094Abstract: A microwave radiometer with reduced volume, mass, phase noise, and power requirements and increased harmonic rejection, includes a fixed number of frequency banks configured to provide signals within separate, non-overlapping local oscillation frequency bands, a detection circuit configured to detect one or more microwave RF signals, and an RF downconverter configured to mix the signals within the separate, non-overlapping local oscillation frequency bands with the one or more microwave RF signals to provide a continuous range of down converted frequencies.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2019Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASAInventors: Joseph Knuble, Jeffrey Piepmeier, Kevin Horgan, Jared Lucey
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Publication number: 20200111101Abstract: A method includes monitoring patterns of commands provided by a self-service terminal controller, identifying potential fraud in the monitored patterns of commands, and suspending operation of a dispenser of the self-service terminal responsive to the identification of potential fraud.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2019Publication date: April 9, 2020Inventors: Kevin Horgan, Gordon D. Chisholm, Campbell Benn
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Patent number: 10515367Abstract: A method includes monitoring patterns of commands provided by a self-service terminal controller, identifying potential fraud in the monitored patterns of commands, and suspending operation of a dispenser of the self-service terminal responsive to the identification of potential fraud.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2014Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: NCR CorporationInventors: Kevin Horgan, Gordon D. Chisholm, Campbell Benn
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Publication number: 20190325412Abstract: A memory device is interfaced to a SST; an identifier and, optionally, an invalid identifier list are received from the device. The invalid identifier list is updated to the SST when the invalid identifier list is a more recent version of a SST invalid identifier list. The identifier is invalidated when the identifier is matched in the invalid identifier list or when an expiration date associated with the identifier has expired. When the identifier is invalid, access to administrative features of the SST is denied; and when the identifier is valid access to the administrative features is granted.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2019Publication date: October 24, 2019Inventors: Michael James Neilan, Kevin Horgan
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Patent number: 10395226Abstract: A memory device is interfaced to a SST; an identifier and, optionally, an invalid identifier list are received from the device. The invalid identifier list is updated to the SST when the invalid identifier list is a more recent version of a SST invalid identifier list. The identifier is invalidated when the identifier is matched in the invalid identifier list or when an expiration date associated with the identifier has expired. When the identifier is invalid, access to administrative features of the SST is denied; and when the identifier is valid access to the administrative features is granted.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2014Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: NCR CorporationInventors: Michael James Neilan, Kevin Horgan
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Patent number: 10133869Abstract: A Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) of a device is modified to: obtain a first value from a medium interfaced to the device, produce a second value from boot data resident on the medium, compare the first value to the second value, and boot from the boot data of the medium when the first value is equal to the second value.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2017Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: NCR CorporationInventors: Gordon Chisholm, Kevin Horgan, Campbell Benn
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Patent number: 9964994Abstract: Methods and a system for a mobile device conduit of a transaction device are provided. A connection from a mobile device to a transaction device is made. Information is gathered from the transaction device and/or supplied to the transaction device from and/or to the mobile device. In an embodiment, the transaction device is used to remote a display of the mobile device to the transaction device.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2013Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: NCR CorporationInventors: Kevin Horgan, Gordon David Chisholm
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Publication number: 20170177876Abstract: A Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) of a device is modified to: obtain a first value from a medium interfaced to the device, produce a second value from boot data resident on the medium, compare the first value to the second value, and boot from the boot data of the medium when the first value is equal to the second value.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2017Publication date: June 22, 2017Inventors: Gordon Chisholm, Kevin Horgan, Campbell Benn
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Patent number: 9672361Abstract: A Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) of a device is modified to: obtain a first value from a medium interfaced to the device, produce a second value from boot data resident on the medium, compare the first value to the second value, and boot from the boot data of the medium when the first value is equal to the second value.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2014Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: NCR CorporationInventors: Gordon Chisholm, Kevin Horgan, Campbell Benn
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Patent number: 9552246Abstract: A portable memory device is interfaced to a SST and authenticated; a system application on the SST writes diagnostic data to the device. The portable memory device is subsequently interfaced to an enterprise system and the diagnostic data is pulled to the enterprise system for analysis. In an embodiment, the enterprise system pushes informational data regarding maintenance and support to the portable device when the portable device is subsequently interfaced to the SST; the informational data is pushed to the SST for presentation and viewing by a service engineer.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2014Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: NCR CorporationInventor: Kevin Horgan
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Publication number: 20160359836Abstract: Various embodiments include composite security interconnect devices and methods. One method embodiment that may be performed by a composite security interconnect device, also referred to herein as a security controller, includes decrypting a first encrypted input received from a peripheral device with a first encryption key to obtain clear text. The first encryption key may be an encryption key established between the security controller and the peripheral device. The method further includes encrypting the clear text with a second encryption key to obtain second encrypted input, the second encryption key being a key of an encryption key pair established with a transaction processing host.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2014Publication date: December 8, 2016Applicant: NCR CorporationInventors: Kevin Horgan, Gordon Chisholm, Gaeme Mitchell, Alexander William Whytock, David Sleeman, Colin Sinclair
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Publication number: 20150317168Abstract: A Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) of a device is modified to: obtain a first value from a medium interfaced to the device, produce a second value from boot data resident on the medium, compare the first value to the second value, and boot from the boot data of the medium when the first value is equal to the second value.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2014Publication date: November 5, 2015Applicant: NCR CorporationInventors: Gordon Chisholm, Kevin Horgan, Campbell Benn
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Publication number: 20150278818Abstract: A method includes monitoring patterns of commands provided by a self-service terminal controller, identifying potential fraud in the monitored patterns of commands, and suspending operation of a dispenser of the self-service terminal responsive to the identification of potential fraud.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2014Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: NCR CorporationInventors: Kevin Horgan, Gordon D. Chisholm, Campbell Benn
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Publication number: 20150220900Abstract: A memory device is interfaced to a SST; an identifier and, optionally, an invalid identifier list are received from the device. The invalid identifier list is updated to the SST when the invalid identifier list is a more recent version of a SST invalid identifier list. The identifier is invalidated when the identifier is matched in the invalid identifier list or when an expiration date associated with the identifier has expired. When the identifier is invalid, access to administrative features of the SST is denied; and when the identifier is valid access to the administrative features is granted.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2014Publication date: August 6, 2015Applicant: NCR CorporationInventors: Michael James Neilan, Kevin Horgan
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Publication number: 20150220381Abstract: A portable memory device is interfaced to a SST and authenticated; a system application on the SST writes diagnostic data to the device. The portable memory device is subsequently interfaced to an enterprise system and the diagnostic data is pulled to the enterprise system for analysis. In an embodiment, the enterprise system pushes informational data regarding maintenance and support to the portable device when the portable device is subsequently interfaced to the SST; the informational data is pushed to the SST for presentation and viewing by a service engineer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2014Publication date: August 6, 2015Applicant: NCR CorporationInventor: Kevin Horgan