Patents by Inventor Alexander Olson

Alexander Olson 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).

  • Offline mobile phone payments
    Patent number: 10373161
    Abstract: A method for performing vending transactions includes generating a token upon request by a wireless appliance is provided. The method includes placing the token in a remote server; placing the token in the wireless appliance; providing the token from the wireless appliance to a point-of-sale (POS) terminal; authenticating the token with the remote server; validating the token to perform the vending transaction; and deleting the token from the remote server when the vending transaction is complete. A method for using a wireless appliance in vending transactions is provided. A method for using a remote server configured to connect to a wireless appliance and a POS terminal in vending transactions is provided. A system to perform vending transactions using an internet connection as above is provided. The system may include a remote server including a private account; the remote server configured to communicate with a POS terminal and a wireless appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventors: Prashanth Ranganathan, Alexander Olson, Tobias Speckbacher
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF NUCLEIC ACID MUTATIONS
    Publication number: 20190185913
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and compositions for detecting a mutation in a target gene in a sample of blood or a fraction thereof, including in certain examples, a fraction that includes circulating tumor DNA. The methods can include a tiling PCR reaction, for example a one-sided multiplex tiling reaction. Virtually any type of mutation can be detected with the methods and compositions. In certain embodiments, gene fusions are detected. Improved PCR methods, especially for performing nested multiplex PCR reactions are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: Natera, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernhard ZIMMERMANN, Joshua BABIARZ, Raheleh SALARI, Tudor Pompiliu CONSTANTIN, Onur SAKARYA, Dennis PROSEN, Alexander OLSON, Scott DASHNER, Nikolay SERGEEV, Matthew Micah HILL
  • OFFLINE MOBILE PHONE PAYMENTS
    Publication number: 20130173474
    Abstract: A method for performing vending transactions includes generating a token upon request by a wireless appliance is provided. The method includes placing the token in a remote server; placing the token in the wireless appliance; providing the token from the wireless appliance to a point-of-sale (POS) terminal; authenticating the token with the remote server; validating the token to perform the vending transaction; and deleting the token from the remote server when the vending transaction is complete. A method for using a wireless appliance in vending transactions is provided. A method for using a remote server configured to connect to a wireless appliance and a POS terminal in vending transactions is provided. A system to perform vending transactions using an internet connection as above is provided. The system may include a remote server including a private account; the remote server configured to communicate with a POS terminal and a wireless appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: EBAY, INC.
    Inventors: Prashanth Ranganathan, Alexander Olson, Tobias Speckbacher