Patents by Inventor Bruce John Rutherford

Bruce John Rutherford 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).

  • Patent number: 11868984
    Abstract: A method for secured receipt and usage of payment credentials using a commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) device includes: storing, in the COTS device, a secure application program and cryptographic keys; establishing, by the program, a secure communication channel with a back-end system inaccessible by any application program or component in the COTS device; exchanging attestation data between the program and the back-end system using the communication channel; receiving payment credentials from a payment card by a near field communication (NFC) interface in the COTS device; transmitting the payment credentials to the program by the NFC interface; enciphering, by the program, the payment credentials; and transmitting, by the program of the COTS device, the enciphered payment credentials to the back-end system using the secure communication channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Alan Mushing, Fernando Lourenco, Bruce John Rutherford
  • Publication number: 20230360021
    Abstract: Provided are a payment card, system and method for storing and reading tokenized payment account information from a payment card. In an exemplary embodiment, a payment card may include a substrate forming a body of the payment card, and an electronic chip attached to or included in the substrate. According to various exemplary embodiments, the electronic chip may include a storage storing tokenized payment account information corresponding to a payment account linked to the payment card. The electronic chip may be read by a payment terminal and may provide the tokenized payment information to the payment terminal during reading.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Bruce John Rutherford, Mark Lulic
  • Patent number: 11748741
    Abstract: Provided are a payment card, system and method for storing and reading tokenized payment account information from a payment card. In an exemplary embodiment, a payment card may include a substrate forming a body of the payment card, and an electronic chip attached to or included in the substrate. According to various exemplary embodiments, the electronic chip may include a storage storing tokenized payment account information corresponding to a payment account linked to the payment card. The electronic chip may be read by a payment terminal and may provide the tokenized payment information to the payment terminal during reading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Bruce John Rutherford, Mark Lulic
  • Publication number: 20220318783
    Abstract: A method for secured receipt and usage of payment credentials using a commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) device includes: storing, in the COTS device, a secure application program and cryptographic keys; establishing, by the program, a secure communication channel with a back-end system inaccessible by any application program or component in the COTS device; exchanging attestation data between the program and the back-end system using the communication channel; receiving payment credentials from a payment card by a near field communication (NFC) interface in the COTS device; transmitting the payment credentials to the program by the NFC interface; enciphering, by the program, the payment credentials; and transmitting, by the program of the COTS device, the enciphered payment credentials to the back-end system using the secure communication channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Alan MUSHING, Fernando LOURENCO, Bruce John RUTHERFORD
  • Patent number: 11392925
    Abstract: A method for secured receipt and usage of payment credentials using a commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) device includes: storing, in the COTS device, a secure application program and cryptographic keys; establishing, by the program, a secure communication channel with a back-end system inaccessible by any application program or component in the COTS device; exchanging attestation data between the program and the back-end system using the communication channel; receiving payment credentials from a payment card by a near field communication (NFC) interface in the COTS device; transmitting the payment credentials to the program by the NFC interface; enciphering, by the program, the payment credentials; and transmitting, by the program of the COTS device, the enciphered payment credentials to the back-end system using the secure communication channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Alan Mushing, Fernando Lourenco, Bruce John Rutherford
  • Patent number: 11244296
    Abstract: A method for authentication facilitated via a trusted execution environment includes: reading payment credentials in a first application program stored in a first memory area of a computing device; transmitting an authentication request to a second application program stored in a trusted execution environment of the computing device separate from the first memory area; displaying a prompt for authentication data based on an instruction supplied by the second application program; receiving authentication data; transmitting the received authentication data to an external computing device; receiving, by the second application program of the computing device, an authentication result from the external computing device; and transmitting, by the second application program of the computing device, the authentication result to the first application program in response to the authentication request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Bruce John Rutherford, Prashant Sharma, David Cutler, Alan Mushing
  • Publication number: 20200356982
    Abstract: Provided are a payment card, system and method for storing and reading tokenized payment account information from a payment card. In an exemplary embodiment, a payment card may include a substrate forming a body of the payment card, and an electronic chip attached to or included in the substrate. According to various exemplary embodiments, the electronic chip may include a storage storing tokenized payment account information corresponding to a payment account linked to the payment card. The electronic chip may be read by a payment terminal and may provide the tokenized payment information to the payment terminal during reading.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Bruce John Rutherford, Mark Lulic
  • Publication number: 20190318342
    Abstract: A method for secured receipt and usage of payment credentials using a commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) device includes: storing, in the COTS device, a secure application program and cryptographic keys; establishing, by the program, a secure communication channel with a back-end system inaccessible by any application program or component in the COTS device; exchanging attestation data between the program and the back-end system using the communication channel; receiving payment credentials from a payment card by a near field communication (NFC) interface in the COTS device; transmitting the payment credentials to the program by the NFC interface; enciphering, by the program, the payment credentials; and transmitting, by the program of the COTS device, the enciphered payment credentials to the back-end system using the secure communication channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Alan Mushing, Fernando Lourenco, Bruce John Rutherford
  • Publication number: 20180211236
    Abstract: A method for authentication facilitated via a trusted execution environment includes: reading payment credentials in a first application program stored in a first memory area of a computing device; transmitting an authentication request to a second application program stored in a trusted execution environment of the computing device separate from the first memory area; displaying a prompt for authentication data based on an instruction supplied by the second application program; receiving authentication data; transmitting the received authentication data to an external computing device; receiving, by the second application program of the computing device, an authentication result from the external computing device; and transmitting, by the second application program of the computing device, the authentication result to the first application program in response to the authentication request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: Mastercard International Incorporated
    Inventors: Bruce John RUTHERFORD, Prashant SHARMA, David CUTLER, Alan MUSHING
  • Publication number: 20160267467
    Abstract: Provided are a payment card, system and method for storing and reading tokenized payment account information from a payment card. In an exemplary embodiment, a payment card may include a substrate forming a body of the payment card, and an electronic chip attached to or included in the substrate. According to various exemplary embodiments, the electronic chip may include a storage storing tokenized payment account information corresponding to a payment account linked to the payment card. The electronic chip may be read by a payment terminal and may provide the tokenized payment information to the payment terminal during reading.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Bruce John Rutherford, Mark Lulic