Patents Examined by Daniel Walsh
  • Barcode device
    Patent number: 8733658
    Abstract: Bar codes used for various applications. A bar code can be used for biometrics, or for computer data entry. A special bar code is described that has additional information, but can be read by other readers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Cutting Edge Codes LLC
    Inventor: Scott C. Harris
  • Barcode device
    Patent number: 8733657
    Abstract: Bar codes used for various applications. A bar code can be used for biometrics, or for computer data entry. A special bar code is described that has additional information, but can be read by other readers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Cutting Edge Codes LLC
    Inventor: Scott C. Harris
  • Test device for magnetic stripe decoder chip
    Patent number: 8727215
    Abstract: A test device for a magnetic stripe decoder chip includes a signal generator, a chip slot, a signal conversion circuit and a control unit. The signal generator sequentially outputs a plurality of test waveform signals. The signal conversion circuit includes at least one transformer, the transformer is used for converting the test waveform signals into a plurality of false track signals, and correspondingly outputting the false track signals to one of track signal receiving ends of the magnetic stripe decoder chip. The control unit receives at least one decoding string generated respectively by decoding the false track signals through the magnetic stripe decoder chip, and compares the at least one decoding string with a test string represented by the basic track signal, thereby determining a decoding function of the magnetic stripe decoder chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Uniform Industrial Corp.
    Inventor: Tung-Jung Hsu
  • Tube verifier
    Patent number: 8720772
    Abstract: There is provided a tube connector for connecting between a fluid sampling tube and a fluid analyzer, the tube connector includes an end face adapted to identify the tube connector, said end face comprising a reflecting surface having one or more reflective regions adapted to reflect light at a predetermined range of wavelengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Oridion Medical 1987 Ltd.
    Inventors: Joshua Lewis Colman, Zion Botesazan, Gal Itzhak
  • System for dispensing wristbands with unique indicia
    Patent number: 8714452
    Abstract: A locker system includes one or more banks of electronic lockers. Each locker has a door lock that releasably retains the door in the closed position. The locker system also includes at least one barcode scanner selectively unlocks the door of at least one of the lockers. A locker manager is coupled to each of the electronic lockers via an electronic network. The locker manager stores a list of unique barcodes that are each associated with a locker rental plan including at least one locker account. Each locker account includes an activation indication, a use indication, a locker type indication, and a duration. The unique barcodes are printed or otherwise included on wristbands, which may be scanned at the barcode scanner to gain access to one or more of the lockers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Smarte Carte, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Louis Amdahl, Kong Meng Vang, Matthew Charles Burk
  • Method for producing a finishing layer containing a window for a portable data storage medium and said finishing layer
    Patent number: 8708222
    Abstract: A method for producing a finishing layer containing a window (104) for a portable data storage medium, in particular a chip card, and the use of the method for producing a data storage medium. A transparent plastic-based support layer (28) is used and an opaque color layer (30) is applied on the support layer in a screen printing process, wherein the color layer (30) has a recess (32) having the dimensions of the window (104). A first layer (40) of a transparent primer is then screen printed onto the color layer and a design color layer (50) is then applied in an offset printing process onto the first layer. A second layer (60) of a transparent primer is applied in an offset printing process on top of the design color layer (50) and a transparent finish (70) is finally applied onto the second layer (60).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Giesecke & Devirent GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Huber, Klaus Kohl, Fabik Roman, Christina Schellenberger, Manuela Schropf
  • Mobile communication device and data verification system comprising smart card having double chips
    Patent number: 8684264
    Abstract: A mobile communication device and a data verification system applying a smart card having double chips are applicable to data verification processing when the mobile communication device drives the smart chip to perform transaction with a front end access device. The mobile communication device includes a wireless communication unit, a processing unit and a smart chip. When the processing unit receives a transaction request sent by the front end access device or the processing unit executes a transaction procedure, the processing unit performs data verification processing during transaction through the smart chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Abancast Limited
    Inventors: Joshua Yu, Pao-Chieh An, Chih-Hung Kuo, Meng-Tsung Liu
  • Method of and apparatus for multiplying raster scanning lines by modulating a multi-cavity laser diode
    Patent number: 8678285
    Abstract: A method of and apparatus for generating a multiple raster-type scanning pattern by modulating a multi-cavity laser diode in such a way that it sequentially generates different laser beams synchronously during different laser scanning cycles, while the output laser beams are directed incident upon a rotating polygonal laser scanning element. The system does not require additional moving parts beyond the rotating polygon scanning element so as to reduce complexity and simplify construction of the laser scanning mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Metrologic Instruments, Inc.
    Inventor: Sean Philip Kearney
  • Money transfer system and method
    Patent number: 8672220
    Abstract: A money transfer system using a money transfer instrument purchased at a retail location. The system includes a POS terminal for entering a UPC code carried on the instrument. The POS terminal issues a PIN in response to the UPC code, with the PIN printed on a receipt. The customer may enter the PIN on the instrument. The customer later uses the PIN to obtain a money transfer control number (MTCN) associated with a record of the transfer transaction from a money transfer host.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: The Western Union Company
    Inventors: Assaad G. Hanna, Kurt L. Hansen, Dean A. Seifert
  • Text message payment
    Patent number: 8662384
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of effectuating an electronic on-line payment includes receiving at a computer server system a text message from a payor containing a payment request representing a payment amount sent by a payor device operating independently of the computer server system, determining a payment amount associated with the text message and debiting a payor account for an amount corresponding to the amount of the payment request, and crediting an account of a payee that is independent of the computer server system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Ramy Dodin
  • System and method for monitoring a validator
    Patent number: 8651378
    Abstract: A system for monitoring a validator that assesses a token includes an input device for receiving messages from a machine including a validator. The messages contain data indicative of validator events such as an assessment of a token resulting in acceptance of the token and an assessment of a token resulting in rejection of the token. The system further includes a processor for deriving timing information for the validator events and for comparing the data and timing information with predetermined criteria. Personnel alerts are raised when predetermined criteria are satisfied, and maintenance of validators may be scheduled in dependence upon criteria related to assessments of tokens resulting in rejection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Ebet LTD.
    Inventors: Tony Toohey, David Jack
  • Near field communication device, authentication system using the same and authentication method thereof
    Patent number: 8651376
    Abstract: A near field communication (NFC) device, an authentication system using the NFC device and an authentication method thereof are provided. The NFC device includes a RFID tag, a loop antenna, a flexible fabric packaging material and an EMI shielding material. The device can be easily adhered to objects including most handsets for mobile phone services. By adopting the authentication system and the authentication method, the device can be paired with a typical mobile phone and used to authenticate the user, thereby enabling mobile payment and mobile banking activities using mobile phones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Inventor: Minsky Luo
  • Protective cover of mobile electronic product
    Patent number: 8646698
    Abstract: A protective cover of a mobile electronic product capable of adding a backup battery to the exterior of the mobile electronic product, and the mobile electronic product is connected to the backup battery. In the protective cover of the mobile electronic product, a RFID module is installed for applying the mobile electronic product in a non-contact access identification device or a secured transaction device. The backup battery can supply electric power to the mobile electronic product to overcome the difficulty of accessing backup power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Tennrich International Corp.
    Inventors: Shih-Hui Chen, Chin-Tien Lin, Hua-Chi Cheng
  • Transaction product with electrical circuit
    Patent number: 8640963
    Abstract: A transaction product includes an electrical circuit, a housing, and an account identifier. The electrical circuit includes a plurality of lights The housing substantially encloses the electrical circuit including the plurality of lights. The housing defines a plurality of light cavities separated from one another and substantially enclosed within the housing, and each of the plurality of lights is positioned in a different one of the plurality of light cavities. The account identifier is coupled to the housing and links the transaction product to a financial account having an associated monetary value available toward a price of a purchase, wherein the account identifier is machine readable. Other products, cards, assemblies and methods of using such cards, products and assemblies are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Greta Schumann, Timothy Schumann, Timothy P. Clegg, Primoz Samardzija
  • Reservation-based preauthorization payment system
    Patent number: 8622292
    Abstract: A method and system for allowing the setting of reservations and the pre-authorization of credit to purchase a desired service for which a reservation is made. A customer accesses a reservation system that is integrated with a credit authorization system. The customer may make a reservation and substantially simultaneously become pre-authorized to pay for services to be provided at the reservation by one of any number of credit providers. Pre-authorized credit and reservation information is then supplied to the service provider in advance of services being provided, expediting the overall transaction time and allowing for a secure and cardless transaction procedure. The reservation and preauthorization information are typically stored upon the reservation system and then passed to the point-of-sale systems, but other types of input/output storage devices could be used to perform this function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Jeffrey Bart Katz
    Inventor: Jeffrey Bart Katz
  • Printed dynamic optical illusion images
    Patent number: 8616461
    Abstract: A printed dynamic optical illusion printed on a printing device using a plurality of colorants, wherein one or more of the colorants are appearance mutable colorants having spectral characteristics that can be controllably switched between a first colorant state and a second colorant state by application of an appropriate external stimulus, and wherein one or more mutable portions of the optical illusion image are printed using at least one appearance mutable colorant. The mutable portions are controllable such that when they are in a first appearance state the printed optical illusion image has a first illusion state, and when they are in a second appearance state the printed optical illusion image has a second illusion state, thereby changing the optical illusion image from the first illusion state to the second illusion state so as to affect the perception of an optical illusion by a human observer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Andrew F. Kurtz, Paul James Kane
  • Method for providing dynamic optical illusion images
    Patent number: 8616460
    Abstract: A method for providing a printed optical illusion image having first and second illusion states, comprising: receiving a specification of an optical illusion image having one or more mutable portions; and printing the optical illusion image on a printing device using a plurality of colorants, wherein one or more of the colorants are appearance mutable colorants having spectral characteristics can be switched between a first colorant state and a second colorant state by application of an appropriate external stimulus. The printed optical illusion image can be switched between the first and second illusion states by applying the appropriate external stimulus to controllably switch the one or more appearance mutable colorants between their first and second colorant states, thereby switching the mutable portions of the printed optical illusion image between corresponding first and second appearance states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Andrew F. Kurtz, Paul James Kane
  • Contrast spot scanning for a storage library
    Patent number: 8613386
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for using topographic and/or contrast spot scanning to facilitate various types of functionality in context of a data storage library. A robotic mechanism includes a hand assembly that has one or more integrated spot scanners. The hand assembly is configured to travel in at least two directions and to rotate, thereby locating and/or pointing the spot scanner in desired locations throughout the data storage library. By sweeping the spot scanner across a scan window, contrast and/or topographic data can be acquired and decoded to generate a profile of a region. The profile can be interpreted to facilitate functions, such as calibration of robot location with respect to media cartridges, targeting, proximity detection, empty cell detection, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Jon Mark Holdman, Daniel James Plutt, Timothy Craig Otswald
  • Automated banking machine that operates responsive to data bearing records
    Patent number: 8608058
    Abstract: A banking system controlled responsive to data bearing records includes a card reader that can read identifying data from user cards. The system can authorize operation of an automated banking machine responsive to the read data. The system can provide an electronic transaction receipt to the machine user. A bank computer is operable to submit the receipt to a system address of record with the bank. The address can correspond to an e-mail address, phone number, or other address associated with an account involved in the transaction. The receipt can also include an image associated with the transaction. The system can also operate to image a check deposited at the machine, and then electronically send the image to the check maker, the payee, and/or a clearinghouse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Diebold Self-Service Systems, division of Diebold, Incorporated
    Inventors: Jay Paul Drummond, Mark D. Smith, Michael A. Meffie, Daniel D. Wasil
  • Banking transaction machine that operates responsive to data bearing records
    Patent number: 8608060
    Abstract: A cash dispensing banking machine that operates responsive to data bearing records includes a card reader that reads identifying data from a user card. The machine dispenses cash from a cash dispenser for a financial account without causing the card reader device to read data from a card corresponding to the financial account, when a determination indicates that a voice of the user corresponds to a particular recognized user stored in a data store in correlated relation with the financial account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Diebold, Incorporated
    Inventors: Nalarajan Ramachandran, Roy Mleziva, Jeffrey A. Hill, Mark Owens, Mark D. Smith, Sean Haney, Andrew Junkins, Matthew Force, H. Thomas Graef, Elizabeth M Herrera, Robert G. Miller