Patents by Inventor Brian T. Leary

Brian T. Leary 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).

  • Use of electronic devices for money transfer
    Patent number: 7613654
    Abstract: A system for dispensing funds. The system includes a non-dedicated printer adapted to print indicia of a monetary value, and a postal security device coupled to the franking machine. The postal security device includes an accounting register indicative of a value of monetary funds stored in the postal security device. The system also includes a money transfer system coupled to the franking machine and adapted to allow a user to transfer funds from the postal security device to the money transfer system and vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Neopost Technologies
    Inventors: Urs Bernhard Jenny, Richard H. Rosen, Robert G. Schwartz, Brian T. Leary
  • Technique for effective management of resource consumption
    Patent number: 7120610
    Abstract: In an arrangement for accounting for consumption of a resource, e.g., utilization of a postal service or utilities, a data center (503, 803) periodically communicates with multiple franking systems (100, 505-1, 505-2, 505-n) dispensing postage for the postal service utilization. The data center (503, 803) receives transaction records (301, 303, 305, 307, 309), where a transaction record (301, 303, 305, 307, 309) is associated with each transaction performed by the franking system (100, 505-1, 505-2, 505-n) in each period. Each record (301, 303, 305, 307, 309) includes at least the postage dispensed (305) in the associated franking transaction, and an ascending register value (307) indicating the cumulative postage dispensed. Using the received records (301, 303, 305, 307, 309), the data center (503, 803) assesses the charges during the period and causes assessed charges to be charged to an account associated with the franking system (100, 505-1, 505-2, 505-n).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Ascom Hasler Mailing Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: George M. Brookner, Alex L. Yip, Brian T. Leary
  • Use of electronic devices for money transfer
    Publication number: 20040088252
    Abstract: A system for dispensing funds. The system includes a non-dedicated printer adapted to print indicia of a monetary value, and a postal security device coupled to the franking machine. The postal security device includes an accounting register indicative of a value of monetary funds stored in the postal security device. The system also includes a money transfer system coupled to the franking machine and adapted to allow a user to transfer funds from the postal security device to the money transfer system and vice versa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2003
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventors: Urs Bernhard Jenny, Richard H. Rosen, Robert G. Schwartz, Brian T. Leary