Patents by Inventor Matthew Hood

Matthew Hood 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).

  • Publication number: 20240021317
    Abstract: A computing system includes a communication system configured to obtain sensor data indicative of performance, by an individual, of an activity indicative of a health status of the individual. The computing system further includes a health status system configured to generate a value indicative of the performance of the activity indicative of the health status of the individual based on the sensor data and compare the value of the performance of the activity indicative of the health status of the individual to a reference value of performance of the activity indicative of the health status of the individual. The computing system can further include an action signal genera tor configured to generate an action signal based on the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventor: Brian Matthew Hood
  • Publication number: 20070265964
    Abstract: A transponder-reader payment system includes a fob including a transponder, and a RFID reader for interrogating the transponder. The system may further include a personalization system for populating onto the fob and RFID reader identifying information and security and authentication keys which may be used during mutual authentication of the fob and the reader and for completing a transaction. In exemplary operation, the fob and RFID reader may be personalized, the fob may be presented to the RFID reader for interrogation, the fob and reader may engage in mutual authentication, and fob identifying information may be provided to the reader for transaction completion. In another exemplary embodiment, operation of the transponder-reader payment system may be controlled by an activation circuit. Further, the fob may be responsive to multiple interrogation signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2007
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Berardi, Michal Bliman, David Bonalle, Jennifer Elwood, Matthew Hood, Susan Isenberg, Alexandra Mayers, Peter Saunders, Kathryn Scheding, Sejal Shah, John Williamson
  • Publication number: 20050165695
    Abstract: A transponder-reader payment system includes a RFID reader for interrogating a transponder, and a fob including a transponder which is associated with fob data file funded by one or more funding sources. In exemplary operation, the fob identifying information may be presented to the RFID reader for completion of a transaction request. The transaction request may be provided to a fob issuer system which may process the transaction request in accordance with a funding protocol wherein the transaction request is satisfied according to a fob issuer predefined funding criteria relative to the multiple funding sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2002
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventors: Michael Berardi, Michal Bliman, David Bonalle, Jennifer Elwood, Matthew Hood, Susan Isenberg, Alexandra Mayers, Trevor Perry, Peter Saunders, Kathryn Scheding, Sejal Shah, Kristin VonWald, John Williamson
  • Publication number: 20050160003
    Abstract: A system and method for providing incentives at a merchant location for using a RF identification (RFID) transaction device for transaction completion is provided. An RFID transaction device account number includes a marker for identifying that the transaction is being completed using an RFID transaction device. A merchant system recognizes the marker and provides incentives to the RFID device user accordingly. In one embodiment, the incentives are provided to an RFID device user in real-time. Alternatively, the merchant system may provide the incentives to the customer at a later time. Further still, incentives may be provided to the user based on a prior transaction history, user profile, or any other data related to the user, user account, merchant, product or service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2005
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Applicant: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Berardi, Michal Bliman, David Bonalle, Jennifer Elwood, Matthew Hood, Susan Isenberg, Trevor Perry, Peter Saunders, Kristin VonWald