Patents by Inventor Sridhar Gudihala

Sridhar Gudihala 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).

  • Methods, systems and computer readable media for storing and redeeming electronic certificates using a wireless smart card
    Patent number: 8740073
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for storing and redeeming an electronic certificate on a wireless smart card are disclosed. According to one aspect, the method includes storing tag data on a wireless smart card that is inductively powered when brought into the proximity of an electromagnetic field and is unpowered when outside of the proximity of the field. Tag data is received from a wireless smart card at a wireless smart device reader during an electronic transaction, wherein the card is powered by an electromagnetic field generated by the device reader. The method also includes sending, from the wireless smart device reader, transaction data, which includes at least the tag data and a vendor identifier, to a back-end server. At the wireless smart device reader, an electronic certificate is received from the server, the electronic certificate being obtained by the server using the tag data and the vendor identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Mastercard International Incorporated
    Inventors: Roshan Vijayshankar, Ming-Li Liu, Sridhar Gudihala
  • METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR STORING AND REDEEMING ELECTRONIC CERTIFICATES USING A WIRELESS SMART CARD
    Publication number: 20100030636
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for storing and redeeming an electronic certificate on a wireless smart card are disclosed. According to one aspect, the method includes storing tag data on a wireless smart card that is inductively powered when brought into the proximity of an electromagnetic field and is unpowered when outside of the proximity of the field. Tag data is received from a wireless smart card at a wireless smart device reader during an electronic transaction, wherein the card is powered by an electromagnetic field generated by the device reader. The method also includes sending, from the wireless smart device reader, transaction data, which includes at least the tag data and a vendor identifier, to a back-end server. At the wireless smart device reader, an electronic certificate is received from the server, the electronic certificate being obtained by the server using the tag data and the vendor identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Roshan Vijayshankar, Ming-Li Liu, Sridhar Gudihala