Patents by Inventor Robert Rutherford

Robert Rutherford 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).

  • Patent number: 11488125
    Abstract: The AUTOMOBILE MOBILE-INTERACTION PLATFORM APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“AMIP”) The AMIP transforms cloud-based wallet and automobile settings into transaction and automobile outputs. In some embodiments, a user may request to connect an electronic wallet account to an automobile interface. Once the user's credentials have been authenticated, the automobile interface may request and receive from a remote server automobile-related and payment-method-related settings. The automobile interface may then configure its settings according to the received information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION
    Inventors: Ayman Hammad, Julian Hua, Robert Rutherford
  • Patent number: 10685379
    Abstract: The WEARABLE INTELLIGENT VISION DEVICE APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“WIVD”) transform mobile device location coordinate information transmissions, real-time reality visual capturing, mixed gesture capturing, bio-sensor data via WIVD components into real-time behavior-sensitive product purchase related information, shopping purchase transaction notifications, and electronic receipts. In one implementation, the WIVD may provide a personal device in the form of a pair of eyeglasses, wherein the wearer of the eyeglasses may obtain various augmented reality views. The WIVD determines a user prior behavior pattern from the accessed user profile, and obtains user real-time in-store behavior data from the user mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION
    Inventors: Thomas Purves, Julian Hua, Robert Rutherford
  • Patent number: 10645175
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system and method is provided to intercept an approval routing at a check-out and before the submission over the legacy routing system and before the starting of associated timers. Data identifying a customer account is routed over a different system for additional functions. Upon completion of the routing over the different system, the customer account data is submitted to the merchant POS to start the legacy approval routing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Cameros Bay Capital, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Carlson, Gary Bender, Robert Rutherford, Patrick Stan
  • Patent number: 10503469
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide for secure voice authentication through a communication device or access device. Certain embodiments allow for providing a word string to a communication device or authentication device. The communication or authentication device plays a supplemental signal that is unique to a transaction. The communication device or authentication device concurrently records an audio segment originating from the user and the supplemental signal. The audio segment is an attempt by the user to vocally reproduce the word string. The communication device or authentication device sends the concurrently recorded audio segment and supplemental signal, to a computer, where the computer authenticates the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Robert Rutherford, Julian Hua
  • Publication number: 20190266582
    Abstract: The AUTOMOBILE MOBILE-INTERACTION PLATFORM APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“AMIP”) The AMIP transforms cloud-based wallet and automobile settings into transaction and automobile outputs. In some embodiments, a user may request to connect an electronic wallet account to an automobile interface. Once the user's credentials have been authenticated, the automobile interface may request and receive from a remote server automobile-related and payment-method-related settings. The automobile interface may then configure its settings according to the received information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Ayman Hammad, Julian Hua, Robert Rutherford
  • Publication number: 20190244248
    Abstract: The WEARABLE INTELLIGENT VISION DEVICE APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“WIVD”) transform mobile device location coordinate information transmissions, real-time reality visual capturing, mixed gesture capturing, bio-sensor data via WIVD components into real-time behavior-sensitive product purchase related information, shopping purchase transaction notifications, and electronic receipts. In one implementation, the WIVD may provide a personal device in the form of a pair of eyeglasses, wherein the wearer of the eyeglasses may obtain various augmented reality views. The WIVD determines a user prior behavior pattern from the accessed user profile, and obtains user real-time in-store behavior data from the user mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas Purves, Julian Hua, Robert Rutherford
  • Patent number: 10325248
    Abstract: The AUTOMOBILE MOBILE-INTERACTION PLATFORM APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“AMIP”) The AMIP transforms cloud-based wallet and automobile settings into transaction and automobile outputs. In some embodiments, a user may request to connect an electronic wallet account to an automobile interface. Once the user's credentials have been authenticated, the automobile interface may request and receive from a remote server automobile-related and payment-method-related settings. The automobile interface may then configure its settings according to the received information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION
    Inventors: Ayman Hammad, Julian Hua, Robert Rutherford
  • Patent number: 10223710
    Abstract: The WEARABLE INTELLIGENT VISION DEVICE APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“WIVD”) transform mobile device location coordinate information transmissions, real-time reality visual capturing, mixed gesture capturing, bio-sensor data via WIVD components into real-time behavior-sensitive product purchase related information, shopping purchase transaction notifications, and electronic receipts. In one implementation, the WIVD may provide a personal device in the form of a pair of eyeglasses, wherein the wearer of the eyeglasses may obtain various augmented reality views. The WIVD determines a user prior behavior pattern from the accessed user profile, and obtains user real-time in-store behavior data from the user mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION
    Inventors: Thomas Purves, Julian Hua, Robert Rutherford
  • Publication number: 20180288166
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system and method is provided to intercept an approval routing at a check-out and before the submission over the legacy routing system and before the starting of associated timers. Data identifying a customer account is routed over a different system for additional functions. Upon completion of the routing over the different system, the customer account data is submitted to the merchant POS to start the legacy approval routing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Mark CARLSON, Gary BENDER, Robert RUTHERFORD, Patrick STAN
  • Publication number: 20180113675
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide for secure voice authentication through a communication device or access device. Certain embodiments allow for providing a word string to a communication device or authentication device. The communication or authentication device plays a supplemental signal that is unique to a transaction. The communication device or authentication device concurrently records an audio segment originating from the user and the supplemental signal. The audio segment is an attempt by the user to vocally reproduce the word string. The communication device or authentication device sends the concurrently recorded audio segment and supplemental signal, to a computer, where the computer authenticates the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: ROBERT RUTHERFORD, JULIAN HUA
  • Patent number: 9898723
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide for secure voice authentication through a communication device or access device. Certain embodiments allow for providing a word string to a communication device or authentication device. The communication or authentication device plays a supplemental signal that is unique to a transaction. The communication device or authentication device concurrently records an audio segment originating from the user and the supplemental signal. The audio segment is an attempt by the user to vocally reproduce the word string. The communication device or authentication device sends the concurrently recorded audio segment and supplemental signal, to a computer, where the computer authenticates the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Robert Rutherford, Julian Hua
  • Publication number: 20150095190
    Abstract: The AUTOMOBILE MOBILE-INTERACTION PLATFORM APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“AMIP”) The AMIP transforms cloud-based wallet and automobile settings into transaction and automobile outputs. In some embodiments, a user may request to connect an electronic wallet account to an automobile interface. Once the user's credentials have been authenticated, the automobile interface may request and receive from a remote server automobile-related and payment-method-related settings. The automobile interface may then configure its settings according to the received information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Ayman Hammad, Julian Hua, Robert Rutherford
  • Publication number: 20150092420
    Abstract: An optical system comprising a non-specular ceramic reflector surrounding one or more electrode-less bulbs containing a fill that forms a light-emitting plasma when excited with radio frequency, to be used in a fixture for illuminating subjects, for the purpose of high output lighting, such as lighting for image capture, horticulture, stadium, port, roadway, construction and area lighting. This ceramic reflector generates a uniform lambertian reflection specifically evening out the light emission from the electrode-less bulb producing a uniform beam of light with a spread between about 1 to about 300 degrees. This ceramic reflector greatly increases the amount of light falling on a given subject in comparison to the fixture without said reflector system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Jonathan Edward Miller, Robert Rutherford, Jaime Emmanuelli
  • Publication number: 20150073907
    Abstract: The WEARABLE INTELLIGENT VISION DEVICE APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“WIVD”) transform mobile device location coordinate information transmissions, real-time reality visual capturing, mixed gesture capturing, bio-sensor data via WIVD components into real-time behavior-sensitive product purchase related information, shopping purchase transaction notifications, and electronic receipts. In one implementation, the WIVD may provide a personal device in the form of a pair of eyeglasses, wherein the wearer of the eyeglasses may obtain various augmented reality views. The WIVD determines a user prior behavior pattern from the accessed user profile, and obtains user real-time in-store behavior data from the user mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Purves, Julian Hua, Robert Rutherford
  • Publication number: 20150032603
    Abstract: The CERTIFICATE-AUTHENTICATED, TAG-INITIATED DORMANT TRANSACTION APPLICATION APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“DPA”) transforms NFC, virtual wallet, and authentication inputs into application launch instructions and transaction information outputs. In some implementations, this may be achieved via obtaining an indication that a user device is in proximity to an NFC tag, where the NFC tag is associated with a merchant. Based on the indication, contents of the NFC tag are obtained. The contents include an authentication certificate for the merchant. The NFC tag is authenticated using the authentication certificate, where the authenticating of the NFC tag generates an authentication result indicating a validity of the NFC tag. An application launch instruction is provided to the user device based on the authentication result. The application launch instruction is processed at the user device to open an application associated with the merchant on the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION
    Inventor: Robert Rutherford
  • Publication number: 20150012426
    Abstract: The Multi Disparate Gesture Actions And Transactions Apparatuses, Methods And Systems (“MDGAAT”) transform gesture, video, and audio inputs via MDGAAT components into action, augmented reality, and transaction outputs. receiving from a wallet user multiple gesture actions within a specified temporal quantum; determining composite constituent gestures, gesture manipulated objects, and user account information from the received multiple gesture actions; determining via a processor a composite gesture action associated with the determined composite constituent gestures and gesture manipulated objects; and executing via a processor the composite gesture action to perform a transaction with a user account specified by the user account information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION
    Inventors: Thomas Purves, Julian Hua, Robert Rutherford
  • Publication number: 20150006390
    Abstract: Steganographic techniques are used to embed financial information or authentication information within an image, audio, or video file using a quantization table and/or other filter. The file is then transmitted over an insecure network, such as a GSM cell phone network, and a server extracts the information from the image, audio, or video using the same quantization table and/or filter. Multiple sets of information, such as telephone numbers and/or payment account numbers, are extracted from the same image by those entities possessing the appropriate keys. The filters and tables used to embed financial information can be updated periodically or according to events. A video of images, some with embedded information, some with ‘dummy’ data, can be used to hide information over insecure networks for payment transactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Selim Aissi, Taeho Kgil, Ajit Gaddam, Robert Rutherford
  • Patent number: 8776466
    Abstract: The present invention provides a lath furring strip having a height not exceeding 0.365 inches which has improved waterproofing capabilities by incorporating the lath furring strip into other architectural structures such as reveals, expansion joints and window flange coverings. By integrating these structures with a lath furring strip having water proofing features, there is increased water proofing of the entire architectural structure. One or more moisture barriers can easily be applied to the wall or furring strips that prevents seepage of moisture from the stucco on the lath to a wall or framing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Inventor: Robert Rutherford
  • Publication number: 20140172430
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide for secure voice authentication through a communication device or access device. Certain embodiments allow for providing a word string to a communication device or authentication device. The communication or authentication device plays a supplemental signal that is unique to a transaction. The communication device or authentication device concurrently records an audio segment originating from the user and the supplemental signal. The audio segment is an attempt by the user to vocally reproduce the word string. The communication device or authentication device sends the concurrently recorded audio segment and supplemental signal, to a computer, where the computer authenticates the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Inventors: Robert RUTHERFORD, Julian HUA
  • Publication number: 20140144100
    Abstract: The present invention provides a lath furring strip having a height not exceeding 0.365 inches which has improved waterproofing capabilities by incorporating the lath furring strip into other architectural structures such as reveals, expansion joints and window flange coverings. By integrating these structures with a lath furring strip having water proofing features, there is increased water proofing of the entire architectural structure. One or more moisture barriers can easily be applied to the wall or furring strips that prevents seepage of moisture from the stucco on the lath to a wall or framing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Inventor: Robert Rutherford