Patents Assigned to VeriFone, Inc.
  • TAMPER SECURE CIRCUITRY ESPECIALLY FOR POINT OF SALE TERMINAL
    Publication number: 20120106113
    Abstract: Tamper secure circuitry including a first printed circuit board having mounted thereon circuit components and a slotted anti-tamper grid containing printed circuit board mounted onto the first printed circuit board defining at least one slot and arranged to overlie at least some of the circuit components, which are located in a volume defined by the at least one slot and the first printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: VERIFONE, INC.
    Inventor: Ehud KIRMAYER
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A SECURE TRANSACTION MODULE
    Publication number: 20120084211
    Abstract: A secure electronic payment transaction system includes a Secure Transaction Module (STM) and a host device. The STM includes hardware and software components that meet the security requirements of the payment card industry and provide secure payment transactions utilizing banking cards. The host device includes a communication modem for connecting to financial institutions via a network connection. The STM connects to the host device via an interface and communicates with the financial institutions via the host device's communication modem. The STM is self-sufficient and can be connected to any host device over any interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: VERIFONE, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew PETROV, Scott GOLDTHWAITE, William GRAYLIN
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOBILE PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS
    Publication number: 20120072350
    Abstract: A system processes a request by a customer to pay a transaction amount, using the customer's account, for a transaction between the customer and a merchant, to provide a payment to an account of the merchant. The transaction incorporates use of a mobile wireless device operated by the customer to provide identification information of the customer's account to an authentication server. A payment server coupled to the authentication server and the merchant passes merchant communications to the authentication server. The authentication server receives the transaction amount from the merchant and receives customer account information from the customer's wireless mobile device, and processes the transaction and account information and, if authenticated, routes the payment transaction to the payment server for payment to the merchant's account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: VeriFone, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott GOLDTHWAITE, William GRAYLIN
  • CARD READER HAVING IMPROVED ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE FUNCTIONALITY
    Publication number: 20120043382
    Abstract: A smart card reader including a smart card reading assembly including a plurality of smart card chip communication contacts and a static electricity discharge element assembled with the smart card reading assembly, the static electricity discharge element including a plurality of static electricity discharge contacts contacting multiple diverse surfaces of a smart card for discharge of static electricity thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: VERIFONE, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel HONG, Spencer Ting, Nang Hui Chan, Eng Joo Yap, Amihay Avital, Ehud Kirmayer
  • SECURE DATA ENTRY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20120025983
    Abstract: A secure data entry device including a housing, tamper sensitive circuitry located within the housing and tampering alarm indication circuitry arranged to provide an alarm indication in response to attempted access to the tamper sensitive circuitry, the tampering alarm indication circuitry including at least one conductor, a signal generator operative to transmit a signal along the at least one conductor and a signal analyzer operative to receive the signal transmitted along the at least one conductor and to sense tampering with the at least one conductor, the signal analyzer being operative to sense the tampering by sensing changes in at least one of a rise time and a fall time of the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: VERIFONE, INC.
    Inventors: Yuval BEN-ZION, Ofer ITSHAKEY
  • APPARATUS AND MTHOD FOR ENCRYPTING DATA IN A MAGNETIC STRIPE READER
    Publication number: 20120006893
    Abstract: A magnetic stripe reader assembly for a point of sale terminal is provided. The magnetic stripe reader reads the account data from a card and may encrypt it within the magnetic head. An encrypted representation of the account data may be provided to a host processor in the terminal for carrying out a financial transaction, such as a payment for goods or services. The account data is typically recorded on the magnetic stripe on the card in a magnetic flux pattern that is sensed and then converted to an analog signal. Such sensing and conversion and other processing of the account data to produce the encrypted representation of the account data typically involves one or more parameters, and may include at least one parameter that is adjustable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: VERIFONE, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Graham HODGES, Gavin Roy HOWARD
  • FLUID INGRESS RESISTANT MAGNETIC STRIPE READER ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20110290881
    Abstract: A magnetic stripe reader assembly for a point of sale terminal is provided. In some embodiments, the magnetic stripe reader assembly includes a holder configured to retain a magnetic head within the terminal and restrict access to electronic components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: VeriFone, Inc.
    Inventors: Christian E. SHULZ, Mehran Mirkazemi-Movd
  • SECURE POINT OF SALE TERMINAL
    Publication number: 20110279279
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: VERIFONE, INC.
    Inventors: Mehran Mirkazemi-Moud, John Henry Barrowman, Christian Eric Schulz, Arnon Aviv, Amihay Avital, Sergey Meron, Dave Faoro
  • PAYMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODOLOGIES
    Publication number: 20110231270
    Abstract: A transaction system including at least two transaction communicators, at least one of which is a mobile communicator, at least one of the at least two transaction communicators having sequential visually sensible indicia generation functionality operative to generate a time sequence of indicia which provides at least transaction data and at least one of the at least two transaction communicators having sequential visually sensible indicia receiving functionality and transaction data extraction functionality capable of extracting at least the transaction data from the time sequence of particular indicia, whereby a time sequence of indicia which provides at least transaction data is transmitted from one of the at least two transaction communicators to another of the at least two transaction communicators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: VERIFONE, INC.
    Inventors: Robert DYKES, Dan Loomis
  • POINT OF SALE TERMINAL HAVING ENHANCED SECURITY
    Publication number: 20110215938
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: Verifone, INC.
    Inventors: Richard H. H. NEO, Mehran Mirkazemi-Moud, John Barrowman, Christian Eric Schulz
  • ANTI-TAMPER PROTECTED ENCLOSURE
    Publication number: 20110122563
    Abstract: A device for containing sensitive data including a housing, an anti-tamper protected enclosure located within the housing and being adapted to contain the sensitive data, anti-tamper protection circuitry located within the anti-tamper protected enclosure and at least one ball grid array arranged within the housing and mounted on an outer surface of the anti-tamper protected enclosure and electrically coupled to the anti-tamper protection circuitry for protecting against unauthorized access to the interior of the anti-tamper protected enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: VERIFONE, INC.
    Inventors: Steve Hsu, Daniel Hong, Kenji Chao, Douglas Manchester
  • Anti-tamper protected enclosure
    Patent number: 7898413
    Abstract: A device for containing sensitive data including a housing, an anti-tamper protected enclosure located within the housing and being adapted to contain the sensitive data, anti-tamper protection circuitry located within the anti-tamper protected enclosure and at least one ball grid array arranged within the housing and mounted on an outer surface of the anti-tamper protected enclosure and electrically coupled to the anti-tamper protection circuitry for protecting against unauthorized access to the interior of the anti-tamper protected enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Verifone, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Hsu, Daniel Hong, Kenji Chao, Douglas Manchester
  • Electromagnetic field induced MSR swipes detection
    Patent number: 7886976
    Abstract: A payment terminal including a magnetic card reader, a decoder receiving analog signals from the magnetic card reader and providing a digital data output to utilization circuitry and data integrity assurance circuitry operative to eliminate spurious data due to Electromagnetic Field (EMF) interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Verifone, Inc.
    Inventors: Winston Can Wain Leong, Kevin Richard Starinieri, Paul A. Serotta, Michael Pedigo
  • Enhanced security magnetic card reader especially useful in point of sale devices
    Patent number: 7878397
    Abstract: A magnetic card reader including a magnetic head, located in a non-secured region, at least one signal path including at least first and second electrical conductors extending from the magnetic head in the non-secured region to a secured region, circuitry located within the secured region and receiving at least one signal output along at least one signal path, the circuitry located within the secured region including functionality ensuring that a voltage difference along the at least first and second electrical conductors is virtually zero, thereby obviating illicit information retrieval via tapping of the at least first and second conductors and analysis of voltage differences therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Verifone, Inc.
    Inventors: Mehran Mirkazemi-Moud, Jack Richard Grenfell, Arnon Aviv
  • RETROFIT DATA COMMUNICATION AT FILLING STATIONS
    Publication number: 20110022223
    Abstract: A retrofit filling station communication system including a fuel dispensing island locatable communications adaptor assembly and a remote communications adaptor and legacy controller assembly including at least POS functionality, arranged to be coupled to existing underground wiring and to facilitate legacy and non-legacy communication at least associated with the POS functionality over the existing underground wiring with the fuel dispensing island locatable communications adaptor assembly and to facilitate legacy communication with pump control electronics via a legacy communications protocol employed by the pump control electronics prior to retrofit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: VERIFONE, INC.
    Inventors: William S. JOHNSON, JR., Daniel T. ROSS, Paul Wayne JANNARONE, Randy Duane RICHARDSON
  • Point of sale terminal
    Patent number: D638465
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Verifone, Inc.
    Inventor: Ziv Goldin
  • Point of sale terminal
    Patent number: D642609
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Verifone, Inc.
    Inventor: Ziv Goldin
  • Card reader for mobile phone
    Patent number: D653664
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Verifone, Inc.
    Inventors: David Turnbull, Stanley Kuo, Dan Loomis
  • Car top display
    Patent number: D657421
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: VeriFone, Inc.
    Inventor: Simon Yan
  • Car top display
    Patent number: D657422
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: VeriFone, Inc.
    Inventor: Simon Yan