Patents by Inventor Mehran Mirkazemi-Moud
Mehran Mirkazemi-Moud 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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Publication number: 20230281402Abstract: A key entry device including a housing, a keypad array disposed within the housing and including a plurality of keys, a key contact array disposed within the housing below the keypad array and including a plurality of contact pairs, a dome array underlying the keypad array and the key contact array and including a plurality of domes, and a protrusion array underlying the dome array and including a plurality of protrusions, whereby depression of one of the plurality of keys of the keypad array causes a corresponding one of the domes of the dome array to be displaced downwardly and to be deformed by pushing engagement with a corresponding one of the protrusions of the protrusion array into contact with at least one of the contact pairs of the key contact array.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Applicant: VeriFone, Inc.Inventors: Igal YANKO, Mehran MIRKAZEMI-MOUD, Donald JONES
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Patent number: 11681881Abstract: A key entry device including a housing, a keypad array disposed within the housing and including a plurality of keys, a key contact array disposed within the housing below the keypad array and including a plurality of contact pairs, a dome array underlying the keypad array and the key contact array and including a plurality of domes, and a protrusion array underlying the dome array and including a plurality of protrusions, whereby depression of one of the plurality of keys of the keypad array causes a corresponding one of the domes of the dome array to be displaced downwardly and to be deformed by pushing engagement with a corresponding one of the protrusions of the protrusion array into contact with at least one of the contact pairs of the key contact array.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2021Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: VeriFone, Inc.Inventors: Igal Yanko, Mehran Mirkazemi-Moud, Donald James Jones
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Publication number: 20210326540Abstract: A key entry device including a housing, a keypad array disposed within the housing and including a plurality of keys, a key contact array disposed within the housing below the keypad array and including a plurality of contact pairs, a dome array underlying the keypad array and the key contact array and including a plurality of domes, and a protrusion array underlying the dome array and including a plurality of protrusions, whereby depression of one of the plurality of keys of the keypad array causes a corresponding one of the domes of the dome array to be displaced downwardly and to be deformed by pushing engagement with a corresponding one of the protrusions of the protrusion array into contact with at least one of the contact pairs of the key contact array.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2021Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventors: Igal YANKO, Mehran MIRKAZEMI-MOUD, Donald James JONES
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Patent number: 11048889Abstract: A key entry device including a housing, a keypad array disposed within the housing and including a plurality of keys, a key contact array disposed within the housing below the keypad array and including a plurality of contact pairs, a dome array underlying the keypad array and the key contact array and including a plurality of domes, and a protrusion array underlying the dome array and including a plurality of protrusions, whereby depression of one of the plurality of keys of the keypad array causes a corresponding one of the domes of the dome array to be displaced downwardly and to be deformed by pushing engagement with a corresponding one of the protrusions of the protrusion array into contact with at least one of the contact pairs of the key contact array.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2020Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: VeriFone, Inc.Inventors: Igal Yanko, Mehran Mirkazemi-Moud, Donald James Jones
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Publication number: 20200334422Abstract: A key entry device including a housing, a keypad array disposed within the housing and including a plurality of keys, a key contact array disposed within the housing below the keypad array and including a plurality of contact pairs, a dome array underlying the keypad array and the key contact array and including a plurality of domes, and a protrusion array underlying the dome array and including a plurality of protrusions, whereby depression of one of the plurality of keys of the keypad array causes a corresponding one of the domes of the dome array to be displaced downwardly and to be deformed by pushing engagement with a corresponding one of the protrusions of the protrusion array into contact with at least one of the contact pairs of the key contact array.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2020Publication date: October 22, 2020Inventors: Igal YANKO, Mehran MIRKAZEMI-MOUD, Donald James JONES
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Patent number: 10719670Abstract: A key entry device including a housing, a keypad array disposed within the housing and including a plurality of keys, a key contact array disposed within the housing below the keypad array and including a plurality of contact pairs, a dome array underlying the keypad array and the key contact array and including a plurality of domes, and a protrusion array underlying the dome array and including a plurality of protrusions, whereby depression of one of the plurality of keys of the keypad array causes a corresponding one of the domes of the dome array to be displaced downwardly and to be deformed by pushing engagement with a corresponding one of the protrusions of the protrusion array into contact with at least one of the contact pairs of the key contact array.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2016Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: VeriFone, Inc.Inventors: Igal Yanko, Mehran Mirkazemi-Moud, Donald James Jones
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Publication number: 20180254155Abstract: A key entry device including a housing, a keypad array disposed within the housing and including a plurality of keys, a key contact array disposed within the housing below the keypad array and including a plurality of contact pairs, a dome array underlying the keypad array and the key contact array and including a plurality of domes, and a protrusion array underlying the dome array and including a plurality of protrusions, whereby depression of one of the plurality of keys of the keypad array causes a corresponding one of the domes of the dome array to be displaced downwardly and to be deformed by pushing engagement with a corresponding one of the protrusions of the protrusion array into contact with at least one of the contact pairs of the key contact array.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2016Publication date: September 6, 2018Inventors: Igal Yanko, Mehran Mirkazemi-Moud, Donald James Jones
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Patent number: 9275528Abstract: A data entry device including a housing formed of at least two portions, data entry circuitry located within the housing, at least one case-open switch assembly operative to sense when the housing is opened and tamper indication circuitry operative to receive an input from the at least one case-open switch assembly and to provide an output indication of possible tampering with the data entry circuitry located within the housing. The at least one case-open switch assembly includes an arrangement of electrical contacts arranged on a base surface and a resiliently deformable conductive element, which defines a short circuit between at least some of the arrangement of electrical contacts only when the housing is closed.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2015Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: VERIFONE, INC.Inventors: Richard H. H. Neo, Mehran Mirkazemi-Moud, John Henry Barrowman, Christian Eric Schulz
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Patent number: 9250709Abstract: A data entry device including a housing formed of at least two portions, data entry circuitry located within the housing, at least one case-open switch assembly operative to sense when the housing is opened and tamper indication circuitry operative to receive an input from the at least one case-open switch assembly and to provide an output indication of possible tampering with the data entry circuitry located within the housing, the at least one case-open switch assembly including an arrangement of electrical contacts including at least first, second and third contacts and a displaceable conductive element, the tamper indication circuitry and the third contact together being operative such that when the third contact is short circuited to at least one of the first contact, the second contact and another contact, an output indication of possible tampering is provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2015Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: VERIFONE, INC.Inventors: Mehran Mirkazemi-Moud, John Barrowman, Christian Eric Schulz, Arnon Aviv, Amihay Avital, Sergey Meron, Dave Faoro
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Publication number: 20150185864Abstract: A data entry device including a housing including a top housing portion including key apertures, a plurality of data entry keys mounted in the housing to have data entry key depression travel paths in the housing, the plurality of data entry keys being associated with a substrate, which is disposed below the top housing portion and anti-tampering electrical conductors arranged between the top housing portion and the substrate thereby to prevent unauthorized access to the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2015Publication date: July 2, 2015Applicant: VERIFONE, INC.Inventors: Christian Eric SCHULZ, Arnon AVIV, Amihay AVITAL, Sergey MERON, Mehran MIRKAZEMI-MOUD, Dave FAORO
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Publication number: 20150161861Abstract: A data entry device including a housing formed of at least two portions, data entry circuitry located within the housing, at least one case-open switch assembly operative to sense when the housing is opened and tamper indication circuitry operative to receive an input from the at least one case-open switch assembly and to provide an output indication of possible tampering with the data entry circuitry located within the housing. The at least one case-open switch assembly includes an arrangement of electrical contacts arranged on a base surface and a resiliently deformable conductive element, which defines a short circuit between at least some of the arrangement of electrical contacts only when the housing is closed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2015Publication date: June 11, 2015Applicant: VERIFONE, INC.Inventors: Richard H. H. NEO, Mehran MIRKAZEMI-MOUD, John Henry BARROWMAN, Christian Eric SCHULZ
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Patent number: 9032222Abstract: A data entry device including a housing formed of at least two portions, data entry circuitry located within the housing, at least one case-open switch assembly operative to sense when the housing is opened and tamper indication circuitry operative to receive an input from the at least one case-open switch assembly and to provide an output indication of possible tampering with the data entry circuitry located within the housing, the at least one case-open switch assembly including an arrangement of electrical contacts including at least first, second and third contacts and a displaceable conductive element, the tamper indication circuitry and the third contact together being operative such that when the third contact is short circuited to at least one of the first contact, the second contact and another contact, an output indication of possible tampering is provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2013Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Verifone, Inc.Inventors: Mehran Mirkazemi-Moud, John Henry Barrowman, Christian Eric Schulz, Arnon Aviv, Amihav Avital, Sergey Meron, Dave Faoro
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Publication number: 20150128297Abstract: A data entry device including a housing formed of at least two portions, data entry circuitry located within the housing, at least one case-open switch assembly operative to sense when the housing is opened and tamper indication circuitry operative to receive an input from the at least one case-open switch assembly and to provide an output indication of possible tampering with the data entry circuitry located within the housing, the at least one case-open switch assembly including an arrangement of electrical contacts including at least first, second and third contacts and a displaceable conductive element, the tamper indication circuitry and the third contact together being operative such that when the third contact is short circuited to at least one of the first contact, the second contact and another contact, an output indication of possible tampering is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2015Publication date: May 7, 2015Inventors: Mehran MIRKAZEMI-MOUD, John BARROWMAN, Christian Eric SCHULZ, Arnon AVIV, Amihay AVITAL, Sergey MERON, Dave FAORO
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Patent number: 9013336Abstract: A data entry device including a housing including a top housing portion including key apertures, a plurality of data entry keys mounted in the housing to have data entry key depression travel paths in the housing, the plurality of data entry keys being associated with a substrate, which is disposed below the top housing portion and anti-tampering electrical conductors arranged between the top housing portion and the substrate thereby to prevent unauthorized access to the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2009Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Verifone, Inc.Inventors: Christian Eric Schulz, Arnon Aviv, Amihay Avital, Sergey Meron, Mehran Mirkazemi-Moud, Dave Faoro
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Patent number: 8988233Abstract: A data entry device including a housing formed of at least two portions, data entry circuitry located within the housing, at least one case-open switch assembly operative to sense when the housing is opened and tamper indication circuitry operative to receive an input from the at least one case-open switch assembly and to provide an output indication of possible tampering with the data entry circuitry located within the housing. The at least one case-open switch assembly includes an arrangement of electrical contacts arranged on a base surface and a resiliently deformable conductive element, which defines a short circuit between at least some of the arrangement of electrical contacts only when the housing is closed.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2014Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Verifone, Inc.Inventors: Richard H. H. Neo, Mehran Mirkazemi-Moud, John Henry Barrowman, Christian Eric Schulz
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Publication number: 20140240137Abstract: A data entry device including a housing formed of at least two portions, data entry circuitry located within the housing, at least one case-open switch assembly operative to sense when the housing is opened and tamper indication circuitry operative to receive an input from the at least one case-open switch assembly and to provide an output indication of possible tampering with the data entry circuitry located within the housing. The at least one case-open switch assembly includes an arrangement of electrical contacts arranged on a base surface and a resiliently deformable conductive element, which defines a short circuit between at least some of the arrangement of electrical contacts only when the housing is closed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: VERIFONE, INC.Inventors: Richard H. H. NEO, Mehran MIRKAZEMI-MOUD, John Henry BARROWMAN, Christian Eric SCHULZ
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Patent number: 8799086Abstract: A payment facilitating system for use with a mobile communicator and a point of sale (POS) terminal, the system including a Near Field Communication (NFC) financial transaction communication link between the mobile communicator and the POS terminal, the NFC financial transaction communication link being operative to communicate NFC data for use in a financial transaction, a non-NFC financial transaction communication link between the mobile communicator and the POS terminal, the non-NFC financial transaction communication link being operative to communicate non-NFC data for use in the financial transaction, and a transaction effector operative to complete the financial transaction using both the NFC data communicated directly between the mobile communicator and the POS terminal over the NFC financial transaction communication link and the non-NFC data communicated directly between the mobile communicator and the POS terminal over the non-NFC financial transaction communication link.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2011Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Verifone, Inc.Inventors: David Paul Talach, Mehran Mirkazemi-Moud, Christopher Hugh Delgado
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Patent number: 8760292Abstract: A data entry device including a housing formed of at least two portions, data entry circuitry located within the housing, at least one case-open switch assembly operative to sense when the housing is opened and tamper indication circuitry operative to receive an input from the at least one case-open switch assembly and to provide an output indication of possible tampering with the data entry circuitry located within the housing. The at least one case-open switch assembly includes an arrangement of electrical contacts arranged on a base surface and a resiliently deformable conductive element, which defines a short circuit between at least some of the arrangement of electrical contacts only when the housing is closed.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2012Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Verifone, Inc.Inventors: Richard H. H. Neo, Mehran Mirkazemi-Moud, John Henry Barrowman, Christian Eric Schulz
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Publication number: 20140091930Abstract: A data entry device including a housing formed of at least two portions, data entry circuitry located within the housing, at least one case-open switch assembly operative to sense when the housing is opened and tamper indication circuitry operative to receive an input from the at least one case-open switch assembly and to provide an output indication of possible tampering with the data entry circuitry located within the housing, the at least one case-open switch assembly including an arrangement of electrical contacts including at least first, second and third contacts and a displaceable conductive element, the tamper indication circuitry and the third contact together being operative such that when the third contact is short circuited to at least one of the first contact, the second contact and another contact, an output indication of possible tampering is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2013Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicant: VERIFONE, INC.Inventors: Mehran MIRKAZEMI-MOUD, John Henry BARROWMAN, Christian Eric SCHULZ, Arnon AVIV, Amihav AVITAL, Sergey MERON, Dave FAORO
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Patent number: 8595514Abstract: A data entry device including a housing formed of at least two portions, data entry circuitry located within the housing, at least one case-open switch assembly operative to sense when the housing is opened and tamper indication circuitry operative to receive an input from the at least one case-open switch assembly and to provide an output indication of possible tampering with the data entry circuitry located within the housing, the at least one case-open switch assembly including an arrangement of electrical contacts including at least first, second and third contacts and a displaceable conductive element, the tamper indication circuitry and the third contact together being operative such that when the third contact is short circuited to at least one of the first contact, the second contact and another contact, an output indication of possible tampering is provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2009Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Verifone, Inc.Inventors: Mehran Mirkazemi-Moud, John Henry Barrowman, Christian Eric Schulz, Arnon Aviv, Amihay Avital, Sergey Meron, Dave Faoro