Patents by Inventor Christopher M. Renton

Christopher M. Renton 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).

  • Beverage holder having a chip unit for performing payment transactions
    Patent number: 10210492
    Abstract: A beverage holder apparatus includes a chip unit attached to a beverage holder and adapted to communicate with a chip unit reader to perform a payment transaction to purchase the beverage. The chip unit stores an account identifier associated with a financial account, and transmits the stored account identifier to the chip unit reader to perform the payment transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: VISA U.S.A. INC.
    Inventors: Zack Fuerstenberg, Ayman Hammad, Brian Triplett, Christopher M. Renton, Michael Stephenson
  • BEVERAGE HOLDER HAVING A CHIP UNIT FOR PERFORMING PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS
    Publication number: 20170004464
    Abstract: A beverage holder apparatus includes a chip unit attached to a beverage holder and adapted to communicate with a chip unit reader to perform a payment transaction to purchase the beverage. The chip unit stores an account identifier associated with a financial account, and transmits the stored account identifier to the chip unit reader to perform the payment transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Zack Fuerstenberg, Ayman Hammad, Brian Triplett, Christopher M. Renton, Michael Stephenson
  • Beverage holder having a chip unit for performing payment transactions
    Patent number: 9471915
    Abstract: A beverage holder apparatus includes a chip unit attached to a beverage holder and adapted to communicate with a chip unit reader to perform a payment transaction to purchase the beverage. The chip unit stores an account identifier associated with a financial account, and transmits the stored account identifier to the chip unit reader to perform the payment transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: VISA U.S.A., Inc.
    Inventors: Zack Fuerstenberg, Ayman Hammad, Brian Triplett, Christopher M. Renton, Michael Stephenson
  • Beverage Holder Having a Chip Unit for Performing Payment Transactions
    Publication number: 20100108755
    Abstract: A beverage holder apparatus includes a chip unit attached to a beverage holder and adapted to communicate with a chip unit reader to perform a payment transaction to purchase the beverage. The chip unit stores an account identifier associated with a financial account, and transmits the stored account identifier to the chip unit reader to perform the payment transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Zack Fuerstenberg, Ayman Hammad, Brian Triplett, Christopher M. Renton, Michael Stephenson