Patents by Inventor Alex Chapman

Alex Chapman 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).

  • Publication number: 20240425018
    Abstract: A ground-engaging support structure for rotating a vehicle-carrying platform supported thereby such that a vehicle driven onto the platform is rotatable about a rotational axis extending substantially perpendicularly to the ground, the structure including: a base for carrying and rotating the vehicle-carrying platform; and one or more ground-engaging mechanisms adjustably secured to and extending outwardly from the base for facilitating load distribution of the platform and vehicle thereon such that the support structure is operable on uneven or sloped ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: THE AUSTRALIAN TURNTABLE COMPANY PTY LTD
    Inventors: Paul CHAPMAN, Ben CHAPMAN, Todd CHAPMAN, Alex CHAPMAN
  • Patent number: 11798374
    Abstract: A bonus game server including game-logic circuitry that monitors a plurality of bonus ticket balances associated with a plurality of players and a bonus jackpot associated with a bonus tournament game, transmits, in response to an amount of the bonus jackpot exceeding an eligibility threshold, participation requests to player devices of eligible players for the bonus tournament game, initiates a participation timer, enters, in response to at least one of the eligible players accepting the participation request, the accepting eligible player into the bonus tournament game, generates, using a random number generator and in response to the participation timer reaching a concluding threshold, one or more random numbers to determine at least one outcome of the bonus tournament game, and awards a bonus game prize from the bonus jackpot to a winning player of the participating players identified at least partially by the determined outcome of the bonus tournament game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: LNW Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Oliver Andrews, Alex Chapman, Adam Fox, Thomas Wood
  • Publication number: 20210090404
    Abstract: A bonus game server including game-logic circuitry that monitors a plurality of bonus ticket balances associated with a plurality of players and a bonus jackpot associated with a bonus tournament game, transmits, in response to an amount of the bonus jackpot exceeding an eligibility threshold, participation requests to player devices of eligible players for the bonus tournament game, initiates a participation timer, enters, in response to at least one of the eligible players accepting the participation request, the accepting eligible player into the bonus tournament game, generates, using a random number generator and in response to the participation timer reaching a concluding threshold, one or more random numbers to determine at least one outcome of the bonus tournament game, and awards a bonus game prize from the bonus jackpot to a winning player of the participating players identified at least partially by the determined outcome of the bonus tournament game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Oliver ANDREWS, Alex CHAPMAN, Adam FOX, Thomas WOOD
  • Patent number: 9495371
    Abstract: Architecture that provides a unified interface to access resources in different formats and in disparate resource locations for a process (e.g., consuming application). The unified interface is extensible such that users can add additional components to the unified interface to provide access to new resources and new resource references. The interface provides the capability to create a single comprehensive index of all available resources regardless of the resource format. Format-specific indexers are provided for the resources to find, enumerate, and process the resources into a structure suitable for processing by an indexing component into the index. A user can introduce new format-specific indexers for new resources and new resource references for processing by the indexing component into the index. The unified interface now provides access to the new resources and new resources references as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Erik Fortune, Rylan Hawkins, Peter G. Constable, Ashish Gupta, Tim Wegner, Alex Chapman
  • Publication number: 20140366151
    Abstract: A data-processing system, such as a payment processing system, including a tokenizer, such as a card encryption and storage system (CES) employing a tokenization feature. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a first-computer-implemented method for preventing the transmission of confidential information between a first computer and a second computer in communication with the first computer. The method includes the steps of: (a) the first computer receiving information for performing a transaction, the information including confidential information manually entered by a user; (b) the first computer sending the confidential information to a third computer; (c) the first computer receiving, from the third computer, a token having no algorithmic relationship to the confidential information; and (d) the first computer sending to the second computer (i) the information for performing the transaction, except for the confidential information, and (ii) the token.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: PRINCETON PAYMENT SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin M. McGuire, Rush Taggart, John Alex Chapman
  • Patent number: 8763142
    Abstract: A payment processing system for accepting manually-entered payment-card numbers. Rather than entering a payment-card account number into an application module, the card number is instead captured and stored within a tokenizer prior to being sent to the application module. The tokenizer then returns a random token to the calling application as a pointer to the original payment-card number. The token has no algorithmic relationship with the original payment-card number, so that the payment-card number cannot be derived based on the token itself. Since the token is not considered cardholder data, the token may be used in an application module without the module or its connected hardware from being subject to regulatory standards compliance. Some embodiments involve browser-based schemes, and some embodiments involve PIN-entry device-based schemes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Princeton Payment Solutions
    Inventors: Kevin M. McGuire, Rush Taggart, John Alex Chapman
  • Publication number: 20120166513
    Abstract: Architecture that provides a unified interface to access resources in different formats and in disparate resource locations for a process (e.g., consuming application). The unified interface is extensible such that users can add additional components to the unified interface to provide access to new resources and new resource references. The interface provides the capability to create a single comprehensive index of all available resources regardless of the resource format. Format-specific indexers are provided for the resources to find, enumerate, and process the resources into a structure suitable for processing by an indexing component into the index. A user can introduce new format-specific indexers for new resources and new resource references for processing by the indexing component into the index. The unified interface now provides access to the new resources and new resources references as well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Erik Fortune, Rylan Hawkins, Peter G. Constable, Ashish Gupta, Tim Wegner, Alex Chapman
  • Publication number: 20110307710
    Abstract: A payment processing system for accepting manually-entered payment-card numbers. Rather than entering a payment-card account number into an application module, the card number is instead captured and stored within a tokenizer prior to being sent to the application module. The tokenizer then returns a random token to the calling application as a pointer to the original payment-card number. The token has no algorithmic relationship with the original payment-card number, so that the payment-card number cannot be derived based on the token itself. Since the token is not considered cardholder data, the token may be used in an application module without the module or its connected hardware from being subject to regulatory standards compliance. Some embodiments involve browser-based schemes, and some embodiments involve PIN-entry device-based schemes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: PRINCETON PAYMENT SOLUTIONS
    Inventors: Kevin M. McGuire, Rush Taggart, John Alex Chapman
  • Patent number: 7739234
    Abstract: Techniques are presented for synchronizing data store tables. Elements of first tables are linked together to form dependent chains. The dependencies are not housed with the elements in the first tables; rather, the dependencies are housed in multiple second tables. Each second table maps one of the elements from one of the first tables to another of the elements in another of the first tables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Teradata US, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Figge, Michael Chaves, Dennis Tackett, Sean Pritchard, Anish Shah, Jeffrey Canna, Harold Lee, Alex Chapman, Anil Peres-da-Silva