Patents by Inventor Stephen Sobel

Stephen Sobel 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).

  • Systems, methods, and devices for improved transactions at a point of sale
    Patent number: 9672518
    Abstract: Techniques for improved Point of Sale (PoS) transactions are disclosed. The techniques include a PoS terminal that receives biometric data from a consumer, determines an encryption key based on the biometric data, and transmits the encryption key to a mobile device associated with the consumer to cause the mobile device to decrypt a consumer key and transmit an indication of a successful decryption. The PoS terminal further receives the indication of the successful decryption from the mobile device, and retrieves consumer account information responsive to receiving the indication of the successful decryption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Whirl, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Sobel, Stephen Sobel, Jay Cady
  • SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR IMPROVED TRANSACTIONS AT A POINT OF SALE
    Publication number: 20150088755
    Abstract: Techniques for improved Point of Sale (PoS) transactions are disclosed. The techniques include a PoS terminal that receives biometric data from a consumer, determines an encryption key based on the biometric data, and transmits the encryption key to a mobile device associated with the consumer to cause the mobile device to decrypt a consumer key and transmit an indication of a successful decryption. The PoS terminal further receives the indication of the successful decryption from the mobile device, and retrieves consumer account information responsive to receiving the indication of the successful decryption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Kenneth Sobel, Stephen Sobel, Jay Cady