Patents by Inventor Scott Low Colston

Scott Low Colston 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: 20230216440
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for protecting an escrow clutch of a self-service terminal. The systems and methods may include actuating a motor of the self-service terminal to cause an escrow clutch of the self-service terminal to spin at a rate. As the clutch spins, a determination as to when a clutch slippage exceeds a preset slippage rate may be made. When the clutch slippage exceeds the preset slippage rate, the motor may be actuated to cause the escrow clutch to spin at a second rate. The second rate may less than the first rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Michael McLeod Rennie, Scott Low Colston
  • Patent number: 11652436
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for protecting an escrow clutch of a self-service terminal. The systems and methods may include actuating a motor of the self-service terminal to cause an escrow clutch of the self-service terminal to spin at a rate. As the clutch spins, a determination as to when a clutch slippage exceeds a preset slippage rate may be made. When the clutch slippage exceeds the preset slippage rate, the motor may be actuated to cause the escrow clutch to spin at a second rate. The second rate may less than the first rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Michael McLeod Rennie, Scott Low Colston
  • Patent number: 11075751
    Abstract: A modular valuable media recycling device is presented. The valuable media recycling device includes a media infeed module, a validator module, an escrow module, a plurality of media feeder/stacking modules, and a plurality of cassette modules. When a module handles a valuable media item along a media transport path, the module's identifier and security information are passed as a message to a next module that is to handle the media item in a processing path for the media item. Each module independently validates the authenticity of the message received from a previous module. The number of media feeder/stacking modules and cassette modules are scalable based on the transaction terminal that the modular valuable media recycling device is integrated into.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander William Whytock, Scott Low Colston, Ross Johnston, Craig Scott Nicol, Anthony James Storey
  • Patent number: 10916085
    Abstract: A modular valuable media recycling device is presented. The valuable media recycling device includes a media infeed module, a validator module, an escrow module, a plurality of media feeder/stacking modules, and a plurality of cassette modules. When a module handles a valuable media item along a media transport path, the module's identifier and security information are passed as a message to a next module that is to handle the media item in a processing path for the media item. Each module independently validates the authenticity of the message received from a previous module. The number of media feeder/stacking modules and cassette modules are scalable based on the transaction terminal that the modular valuable media recycling device is integrated into.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander William Whytock, Scott Low Colston, Ross Johnston, Craig Scott Nicol, Anthony James Storey
  • Patent number: 10803711
    Abstract: A modular valuable media recycling device is presented. The valuable media recycling device includes a media infeed module, a validator module, an escrow module, a plurality of media feeder/stacking modules, and a plurality of cassette modules. When a module handles a valuable media item along a media transport path, the module's identifier and security information are passed as a message to a next module that is to handle the media item in a processing path for the media item. Each module independently validates the authenticity of the message received from a previous module. The number of media feeder/stacking modules and cassette modules are scalable based on the transaction terminal that the modular valuable media recycling device is integrated into.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander William Whytock, Scott Low Colston, Ross Johnston, Craig Scott Nicol, Anthony James Storey
  • Patent number: 10586416
    Abstract: An escrow module of a valuable media depository is configured to self-adjust the position of an escrow drum relative to an escrow pinch. The media is maintained within the pinch as the escrow module takes in media items and returns media items by the self-adjusting positions of the escrow drum. As the drum fills up with media items, the drum is moved away from the escrow pinch while maintaining a consistent media path and providing consistent performance regardless of the number of media items being processed in a transaction to and from the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Michael McLeod Rennie, Scott Low Colston
  • Publication number: 20200076346
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for protecting an escrow clutch of a self-service terminal. The systems and methods may include actuating a motor of the self-service terminal to cause an escrow clutch of the self-service terminal to spin at a rate. As the clutch spins, a determination as to when a clutch slippage exceeds a preset slippage rate may be made. When the clutch slippage exceeds the preset slippage rate, the motor may be actuated to cause the escrow clutch to spin at a second rate. The second rate may less than the first rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Michael McLeod Rennie, Scott Low Colston
  • Publication number: 20190333345
    Abstract: A modular valuable media recycling device is presented. The valuable media recycling device includes a media infeed module, a validator module, an escrow module, a plurality of media feeder/stacking modules, and a plurality of cassette modules. When a module handles a valuable media item along a media transport path, the module's identifier and security information are passed as a message to a next module that is to handle the media item in a processing path for the media item. Each module independently validates the authenticity of the message received from a previous module. The number of media feeder/stacking modules and cassette modules are scalable based on the transaction terminal that the modular valuable media recycling device is integrated into.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Alexander William Whytock, Scott Low Colston, Ross Johnston, Craig Scott Nicol, Anthony James Storey
  • Publication number: 20190333308
    Abstract: A modular valuable media recycling device is presented. The valuable media recycling device includes a media infeed module, a validator module, an escrow module, a plurality of media feeder/stacking modules, and a plurality of cassette modules. When a module handles a valuable media item along a media transport path, the module's identifier and security information are passed as a message to a next module that is to handle the media item in a processing path for the media item. Each module independently validates the authenticity of the message received from a previous module. The number of media feeder/stacking modules and cassette modules are scalable based on the transaction terminal that the modular valuable media recycling device is integrated into.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Alexander William Whytock, Scott Low Colston, Ross Johnston, Craig Scott Nicol, Anthony James Storey
  • Publication number: 20190334712
    Abstract: A modular valuable media recycling device is presented. The valuable media recycling device includes a media infeed module, a validator module, an escrow module, a plurality of media feeder/stacking modules, and a plurality of cassette modules. When a module handles a valuable media item along a media transport path, the module's identifier and security information are passed as a message to a next module that is to handle the media item in a processing path for the media item. Each module independently validates the authenticity of the message received from a previous module. The number of media feeder/stacking modules and cassette modules are scalable based on the transaction terminal that the modular valuable media recycling device is integrated into.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Alexander William Whytock, Scott Low Colston, Ross Johnston, Craig Scott Nicol, Anthony James Storey
  • Publication number: 20190164375
    Abstract: An escrow module of a valuable media depository is configured to self-adjust the position of an escrow drum relative to an escrow pinch. The media is maintained within the pinch as the escrow module takes in media items and returns media items by the self-adjusting positions of the escrow drum. As the drum fills up with media items, the drum is moved away from the escrow pinch while maintaining a consistent media path and providing consistent performance regardless of the number of media items being processed in a transaction to and from the drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Michael McLeod Rennie, Scott Low Colston