Patents by Inventor Alif M. Khawand

Alif M. Khawand 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).

  • Payment brand announcement at a wireless payment point of sale device
    Patent number: 7240832
    Abstract: A point of sale device (102) establishes a short range secure radio link (105) with a wireless payment device (104) to complete a transaction. The point of sale device transmits the transaction information to the wireless payment device (304) so the a user of the wireless payment device can approve the transaction (306). Upon approving the transaction, the wireless payment device transmits payment information to the point of sale device (308). The point of sale device uses the payment information to contact the appropriate payment source (110) to record the transaction. Upon the payment source confirming the transaction, the brand of the financial institution, card associations, and affinity groups acting as the payment source is announced so as to be observable by those in the vicinity of the point of sale device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Mauricio A. Bendeck, Alif M. Khawand, Georg A. Mussenden