Patents Assigned to VeriFone, Inc.
  • Patent number: 9141953
    Abstract: A system for facilitating secure transactions between a purchaser and a vendor is provided. The system might include a purchaser token data capture device for reading token data into the system, an encryption module for encrypting the token data and a network based vendor input form for communicating the encrypted token data to the vendor. The system might further include a purchaser terminal for routing the encrypted token data to a transaction processing network or a vendor for providing payment and confirmation to the vendor of an authorized token.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: VeriFone, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick K. Hazel, Scott Yale, Clay von Mueller
  • Patent number: 9123042
    Abstract: Systems and methods for performing token transactions are provided. In one embodiment, the invention provides for processing token transactions, including receiving an encrypted password for a debit card transaction, wherein the password was secured using encrypted debit-card information, decrypting the password using encrypted debit-card information for the debit card, recreating the password using actual debit-card information for the debit card, and forwarding the recreated password for subsequent transaction processing. The invention is suitable for implementation with other types of tokens in addition to debit-card tokens as well. The invention can be implemented in a scenario where the password includes a PIN block that is created by combining a clear or encrypted PIN for the token with token information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: VeriFone, Inc.
    Inventors: Clay von Mueller, Scott R. Yale, Paul Catinella
  • Patent number: 9032222
    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: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Verifone, Inc.
    Inventors: Mehran Mirkazemi-Moud, John Henry Barrowman, Christian Eric Schulz, Arnon Aviv, Amihav Avital, Sergey Meron, Dave Faoro
  • Patent number: 9020427
    Abstract: A point of sale device including an LCD display, a contactless payment antenna arranged in propinquity to the LCD display, LCD control circuitry and contactless communication circuitry associated with the contactless payment antenna, the LCD control circuitry and the contactless communication circuitry operating at least partially in time coordination with each other in order to prevent interference therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Verifone, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Schmid, Jack Richard Grenfell, Marinel Rivera, Mehran Mirkazemi, Scott McKibben, Christopher Delgado, Ephraim Chrolovich
  • Patent number: 9013336
    Abstract: A data entry device including a housing including a top housing portion including key apertures, a plurality of data entry keys mounted in the housing to have data entry key depression travel paths in the housing, the plurality of data entry keys being associated with a substrate, which is disposed below the top housing portion and anti-tampering electrical conductors arranged between the top housing portion and the substrate thereby to prevent unauthorized access to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Verifone, Inc.
    Inventors: Christian Eric Schulz, Arnon Aviv, Amihay Avital, Sergey Meron, Mehran Mirkazemi-Moud, Dave Faoro
  • Patent number: 8988233
    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: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Verifone, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard H. H. Neo, Mehran Mirkazemi-Moud, John Henry Barrowman, Christian Eric Schulz
  • Patent number: 8954750
    Abstract: A secure PIN entry device including a PIN entry assembly operative to receive a PIN from a user, a PIN entry prompter operative when actuated to prompt a user to enter a PIN via the PIN entry assembly, a PIN entry prompt security check enabled controller operative to prevent operation of the PIN entry prompter unless a predetermined security check has been successfully completed and security check functionality operative to check at least part of the PIN entry device for the presence of an unauthorized PIN eavesdropping element thereat and to provide an output to the PIN entry prompt security check enabled controller indicating whether the predetermined security check has been successfully completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Verifone, Inc.
    Inventors: John Henry Barrowman, Douglas L. Manchester
  • Publication number: 20140355386
    Abstract: Implementations are provided for wirelessly transmitting and receiving data through sonic communication. A transmit device having a sonic transducer transmits a sonic carrier signal through the air with a digital representation of the data with a modulation protocol using sonic transmission frequencies in accordance with present invention. The sonic transducer operates to transmit the one or more sonic carrier signals carrying the modulated data over the air with sufficient gain to carry the signal to a receiver device where the data is demodulated using at least one sonic transducer of a receive device. The receive device may be configured to perform the demodulation of the data at one or more sonic transmission frequencies and in accordance with a sonic modulation protocol to provide a binary representation of the data. Ambient noise captured by the receiver device is processed along with the data transmitted over the sonic carrier signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Verifone, Inc.
    Inventor: Brett Paulson
  • Publication number: 20140344580
    Abstract: Systems and methods for performing a secure transaction provided. In one embodiment, the method includes: reading data on a command token, reading data on a token; encrypting the token data with a key; encrypting an authentication data with a clear text token data; and transmitting the encrypted authentication data with the encrypted token data to a remote device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: VeriFone, Inc.
    Inventors: CLAY VON MUELLER, Mihir Bellare, Scott R. Yale, Patrick K. Hazel, Paul Elbridge Catinella
  • Patent number: 8884757
    Abstract: An anti-tampering protection assembly for sensing tampering with at least one conductor, the anti-tampering protection assembly including unpredictably varying signal generating circuitry, connected to the at least one conductor, for providing unpredictably varying signals on the at least conductor and tampering sensing circuitry for sensing tampering with the at least one conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Verifone, Inc.
    Inventors: Efi Sasson, Yuval Ben-Zion, Ofer Itshakey
  • Patent number: 8844818
    Abstract: A magnetic stripe reader including a magnetic reader head providing at least one data output, an F2F decoder receiving the at least one data output and providing a decoded data output, a microprocessor receiving and processing the decoded data output and power saving circuitry operative to control the operation of the F2F decoder and the microprocessor thereby to maintain the F2F decoder and the microprocessor in a power-saving sleep mode other than during magnetic stripe reading by the magnetic reader head and a selected time duration thereafter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Verifone, Inc.
    Inventors: John Liu, Kyle Chang, TeeHuang Chou
  • Patent number: 8850097
    Abstract: USB apparatus suitable for interconnection with a USB host having a D? bus coupled to ground via a pull-down resistance, the USB apparatus including a microcontroller having a first port and a second port, the first port being coupled via a resistance to a voltage source and a switch, operated by the microcontroller via the second port, selectably interconnecting the first port and the bus of the USB host.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Verifone, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuan Fuat Chin, Kian Tiong Yeo, Song Gee Lim
  • Patent number: 8833669
    Abstract: RFID transmission circuitry including a transmission module producing a pulsed output, a first threshold circuit providing a pulsed output including only pulses whose amplitude exceeds a first threshold level, a second threshold circuit providing a pulsed output including only pulses whose amplitude exceeds a second threshold level, which is less than the first threshold level, a gate circuit operative to provide a logic output in response to each clock input, the logic output being responsive to the presence or absence of a signal input pulse thereat, a power amplifier receiving the pulsed output of the transmission module and the logic output from the gate circuit as a gain control input and providing an amplified output responsive to the gain control input and an antenna which is driven by an input derived from the amplified output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Verifone, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuan Fuat Chin, Choy Fong Poan
  • Patent number: 8799086
    Abstract: A payment facilitating system for use with a mobile communicator and a point of sale (POS) terminal, the system including a Near Field Communication (NFC) financial transaction communication link between the mobile communicator and the POS terminal, the NFC financial transaction communication link being operative to communicate NFC data for use in a financial transaction, a non-NFC financial transaction communication link between the mobile communicator and the POS terminal, the non-NFC financial transaction communication link being operative to communicate non-NFC data for use in the financial transaction, and a transaction effector operative to complete the financial transaction using both the NFC data communicated directly between the mobile communicator and the POS terminal over the NFC financial transaction communication link and the non-NFC data communicated directly between the mobile communicator and the POS terminal over the non-NFC financial transaction communication link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Verifone, Inc.
    Inventors: David Paul Talach, Mehran Mirkazemi-Moud, Christopher Hugh Delgado
  • Patent number: 8775805
    Abstract: Systems and methods for performing a secure transaction provided. In one embodiment, the method for encrypting data is provided, comprising: selecting clear text data; selecting a symbol set corresponding to the clear text data; encrypting the clear text data using a key, the encrypting comprising the operations of: defining a first portion and a second portion of the clear text data, encrypting the second portion using the key to generate an encryption mask, and encrypting the clear text data by applying the encryption mask to the first portion using a modulus operation while preserving the second portion as unencrypted, thereby resulting in encrypted data comprising an encrypted first portion and an unencrypted second portion; and wherein the encrypted data has the same format as the clear text data, has the same length as the clear text data, and uses the symbol set of the clear text data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: VeriFone, Inc.
    Inventors: Clay Werner von Mueller, Scott R. Yale, Patrick K. Hazel, Paul Catinella
  • Patent number: 8769275
    Abstract: Systems and methods for performing settlement of token access transactions are provided. In one embodiment, the invention provides for batch processing bank card transactions, including receiving transaction records for a plurality of bank card transactions, wherein at least some of the transaction records include encrypted token information; determining whether the transaction records contain encrypted token information; decrypting the encrypted token information for a transaction record that is determined to have encrypted token information; and providing clear text token information obtained by decrypting the encrypted token information for a transaction record for transaction settlement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: VeriFone, Inc.
    Inventors: Clay Werner von Mueller, Scott R. Yale, Patrick K. Hazel, Paul Catinella
  • Patent number: 8769279
    Abstract: Systems and methods for performing a secure transaction provided. In one embodiment, the method includes: reading data on a command token, reading data on a token; encrypting the token data with a key; encrypting an authentication data with a clear text token data; and transmitting the encrypted authentication data with the encrypted token data to a remote device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: VeriFone, Inc.
    Inventors: Clay von Mueller, Mihir Bellare, Scott R. Yale, Patrick K. Hazel, Paul Elbridge Catinella
  • Patent number: 8760292
    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: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Verifone, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard H. H. Neo, Mehran Mirkazemi-Moud, John Henry Barrowman, Christian Eric Schulz
  • Patent number: 8710987
    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: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Verifone, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuval Ben-Zion, Ofer Itshakey
  • Patent number: D704265
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Verifone, Inc.
    Inventor: Kin Shun Yan