Patents by Inventor Alexander NIKLAN

Alexander NIKLAN 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).

  • AUTHENTICATION DEVICE AND PAYMENT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20090177586
    Abstract: The payment system according to the present invention comprises an electronic payment device (2) and an authentication device (1) connected (3) together; the payment device (1) comprises a bank card reader (27); the authentication device (1) comprises a fingerprint reader (16) and is adapted to make fingerprint comparisons. When the payment device (2) carries out a payment, in addition to the usual operations, it reads user identification information from a bank card (5) associated to the bank card reader (27) and it authenticates the identity of the user carrying this bank card by means of the authentication device (1) connected thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Inventor: Alexander NIKLAN