Patents by Inventor BENEDICT I. KAVANAGH

BENEDICT I. KAVANAGH 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).

  • NETWORK TRANSACTION SYSTEM FOR MINIMIZING SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS ON CLIENT COMPUTERS
    Publication number: 20010042051
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for conducting a transaction over a network is disclosed. The method may include the steps of: using a consumer client to interact with a merchant system; sending a first request from the merchant system to a transaction manager; sending a first response from the transaction manager to the merchant system; relocating the consumer client to the transaction manager; using the consumer client to interact with the transaction manager; relocating the consumer client back to the merchant system; sending a second request from the merchant system to the transaction manager; and sending a second response from the transaction manager to the merchant system. The apparatus may include a transaction manager for use in conducting a transaction over a network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 1998
    Publication date: November 15, 2001
    Inventors: JEREMEY L. BARRETT, JOHN A. SWEET, BENEDICT I. KAVANAGH