Patents by Inventor Benjamin Blake Macy

Benjamin Blake Macy 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).

  • Mitigating near-field-communication (NFC) antenna interference
    Patent number: 12039517
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems and techniques for enabling a communication device to communicate wirelessly with a near-field-communication (NFC)-enabled payment terminal while avoiding interference between the NFC-enabled payment terminal and other NFC payment instruments. In some instances, the communication device may receive, via a non-NFC communication protocol, a payment token from an identification device and may send, over NFC, the payment token to the NFC-enabled payment terminal for satisfying the cost of a transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Blake Macy, Sora Kim, Kaustuva Acharya, Jacob Francis Garstki
  • Mitigating near-field-communication (NFC) antenna interference
    Patent number: 11625707
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems and techniques for enabling a communication device to communicate wirelessly with a near-field-communication (NFC)-enabled payment terminal while avoiding interference between the NFC-enabled payment terminal and other NFC payment instruments. In some instances, the communication device may receive, via a non-NFC communication protocol, a payment token from an identification device and may send, over NFC, the payment token to the NFC-enabled payment terminal for satisfying the cost of a transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Blake Macy, Sora Kim, Kaustuva Acharya, Jacob Francis Garstki