Patents by Inventor Charles E. Frasier

Charles E. Frasier 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).

  • Apparatus and method of providing a dual mode card and reader
    Patent number: 6557754
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is a method and apparatus of providing a card and/or reader that recognizes a communication mode of a corresponding reader and/or card. The card reader comprises a memory and a card interface circuit to detect a mode of a card. A processor coupled to the card interface circuit and the memory, communicates with the card in the detected mode if the detected mode matches a communication mode of the processor. The card comprises a memory and a reader interface circuit to detect a mode of a reader. A processor coupled to the reader interface circuit and the memory, communicates with the reader in the detected mode if the detected mode matches a communication mode of the processor. Another aspect of the present invention is a method and apparatus of providing a card and/or reader that is operable in two communication modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Litronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Gray, Lee Gudmundsen, Charles E. Frasier
  • Apparatus and method of providing a dual mode card and reader
    Publication number: 20010000405
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is a method and apparatus of providing a card and/or reader that recognizes a communication mode of a corresponding reader and/or card. The card reader comprises a memory and a card interface circuit to detect a mode of a card. A processor coupled to the card interface circuit and the memory, communicates with the card in the detected mode if the detected mode matches a communication mode of the processor. The card comprises a memory and a reader interface circuit to detect a mode of a reader. A processor coupled to the reader interface circuit and the memory, communicates with the reader in the detected mode if the detected mode matches a communication mode of the processor. Another aspect of the present invention is a method and apparatus of providing a card and/or reader that is operable in two communication modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2000
    Publication date: April 26, 2001
    Inventors: Robert J. Gray, Lee Gudmundsen, Charles E. Frasier
  • Apparatus and method of providing a dual mode card and reader
    Patent number: 6168077
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is a method and apparatus of providing a card and/or reader that recognizes a communication mode of a corresponding reader and/or card. The card reader comprises a memory and a card interface circuit to detect a mode of a card. A processor coupled to the card interface circuit and the memory, communicates with the card in the detected mode if the detected mode matches a communication mode of the processor. The card comprises a memory and a reader interface circuit to detect a mode of a reader. A processor coupled to the reader interface circuit and the memory, communicates with the reader in the detected mode if the detected mode matches a communication mode of the processor. Another aspect of the present invention is a method and apparatus of providing a card and/or reader that is operable in two communication modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Assignee: Litronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Gray, Lee Gudmundsen, Charles E. Frasier