Patents by Inventor Alex Sutton

Alex Sutton 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).

  • Encoding data in multiple formats
    Patent number: 9582798
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for modulating card information between a card reader and a user device. One of the methods includes receiving, from a read head of the card reader, card information associated with a card. The card information is encoded in a first format to be sent to the user device at a first data rate. The card information is encoded in a second format to be sent to the user device at a second data rate lower than the first data rate. The card information is sent to the user device encoded in the first format and the second format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Square, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Templeton, Daniel Jeffrey Post, Dominique Gilbert Toppani, Alex Sutton
  • ENCODING DATA IN MULTIPLE FORMATS
    Publication number: 20160267470
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for modulating card information between a card reader and a user device. One of the methods includes receiving, from a read head of the card reader, card information associated with a card. The card information is encoded in a first format to be sent to the user device at a first data rate. The card information is encoded in a second format to be sent to the user device at a second data rate lower than the first data rate. The card information is sent to the user device encoded in the first format and the second format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas Templeton, Daniel Jeffrey Post, Dominique Gilbert Toppani, Alex Sutton
  • Encoding data in multiple formats
    Patent number: 9361614
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for modulating card information between a card reader and a user device. One of the methods includes receiving, from a read head of the card reader, card information associated with a card. The card information is encoded in a first format to be sent to the user device at a first data rate. The card information is encoded in a second format to be sent to the user device at a second data rate lower than the first data rate. The card information is sent to the user device encoded in the first format and the second format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Square, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Templeton, Daniel Jeffrey Post, Dominique Gilbert Toppani, Alex Sutton
  • ENCODING DATA IN MULTIPLE FORMATS
    Publication number: 20150206132
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for modulating card information between a card reader and a user device. One of the methods includes receiving, from a read head of the card reader, card information associated with a card. The card information is encoded in a first format to be sent to the user device at a first data rate. The card information is encoded in a second format to be sent to the user device at a second data rate lower than the first data rate. The card information is sent to the user device encoded in the first format and the second format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Templeton, Daniel Jeffrey Post, Dominique Gilbert Toppani, Alex Sutton
  • Encoding data in multiple formats
    Patent number: 9016569
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for modulating card information between a card reader and a user device. One of the methods includes receiving, from a read head of the card reader, card information associated with a card. The card information is encoded in a first format to be sent to the user device at a first data rate. The card information is encoded in a second format to be sent to the user device at a second data rate lower than the first data rate. The card information is sent to the user device encoded in the first format and the second format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Square, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Templeton, Daniel Jeffrey Post, Dominique Gilbert Toppani, Alex Sutton
  • ENCODING DATA IN MULTIPLE FORMATS
    Publication number: 20150041542
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for modulating card information between a card reader and a user device. One of the methods includes receiving, from a read head of the card reader, card information associated with a card. The card information is encoded in a first format to be sent to the user device at a first data rate. The card information is encoded in a second format to be sent to the user device at a second data rate lower than the first data rate. The card information is sent to the user device encoded in the first format and the second format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Templeton, Daniel Jeffrey Post, Dominique Gilbert Toppani, Alex Sutton
  • Encoding data in multiple formats
    Patent number: 8794517
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for modulating card information between a card reader and a user device. One of the methods includes receiving, from a read head of the card reader, card information associated with a card. The card information is encoded in a first format to be sent to the user device at a first data rate. The card information is encoded in a second format to be sent to the user device at a second data rate lower than the first data rate. The card information is sent to the user device encoded in the first format and the second format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Square, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Templeton, Daniel Jeffrey Post, Dominique Toppani, Alex Sutton
  • Pet scale
    Patent number: D955247
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: SOCIÉTÉ DES PRODUITS NESTLÉ S.A.
    Inventors: William Joseph Vespa, William Broun, Mark Donavon, Kristin Slater, Ragen Trudelle-Schwarz McGowan, James Collins, Gregg Robert Draudt, Alex Sutton, Roberto Vargas