Patents Assigned to Vista U.S.A.
  • Compact protocol and solution for substantially offline messaging between portable consumer device and base device
    Patent number: 7703668
    Abstract: A method for providing messaging between a portable device and base device is provided. The method included communicating one or more message codes maintained in the portable device to the base device. The base device then composes a message for a user of the portable device using a dictionary of message codes. The message codes have corresponding message values, which are used to generate the message for the one or more message codes. The generated message is then provided to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Vista U.S.A.
    Inventors: Patrick Gauthier, Ayman Hammad, Roger Merckling