Patents by Inventor CLAY Werner von MUELLER

CLAY Werner von MUELLER 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).

  • Publication number: 20180072384
    Abstract: An electronic controller for a bilge pump providing the functions of monitoring liquid level in a boat bilge, and controlling the operation of the bilge pump, and monitoring the bilge pump operation, including bilge temperature, the bilge pump current and voltage, and maintaining a log of the collected data and providing the data to a remote device. In addition, the pump controller dynamically adjusts the bilge pumps operation based on commands received from a remote device and the logged data. In addition, the system monitors for hazardous materials within the bilge fluid preventing discharge within protected water ways.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventor: Clay Werner von Mueller
  • Patent number: 8775805
    Abstract: Systems and methods for performing a secure transaction provided. In one embodiment, the method for encrypting data is provided, comprising: selecting clear text data; selecting a symbol set corresponding to the clear text data; encrypting the clear text data using a key, the encrypting comprising the operations of: defining a first portion and a second portion of the clear text data, encrypting the second portion using the key to generate an encryption mask, and encrypting the clear text data by applying the encryption mask to the first portion using a modulus operation while preserving the second portion as unencrypted, thereby resulting in encrypted data comprising an encrypted first portion and an unencrypted second portion; and wherein the encrypted data has the same format as the clear text data, has the same length as the clear text data, and uses the symbol set of the clear text data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: VeriFone, Inc.
    Inventors: Clay Werner von Mueller, Scott R. Yale, Patrick K. Hazel, Paul Catinella
  • Patent number: 8769275
    Abstract: Systems and methods for performing settlement of token access transactions are provided. In one embodiment, the invention provides for batch processing bank card transactions, including receiving transaction records for a plurality of bank card transactions, wherein at least some of the transaction records include encrypted token information; determining whether the transaction records contain encrypted token information; decrypting the encrypted token information for a transaction record that is determined to have encrypted token information; and providing clear text token information obtained by decrypting the encrypted token information for a transaction record for transaction settlement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: VeriFone, Inc.
    Inventors: Clay Werner von Mueller, Scott R. Yale, Patrick K. Hazel, Paul Catinella
  • Publication number: 20110211689
    Abstract: Systems and methods for performing a secure transaction provided. In one embodiment, the method for encrypting data is provided, comprising: selecting clear text data; selecting a symbol set corresponding to the clear text data; encrypting the clear text data using a key, the encrypting comprising the operations of: defining a first portion and a second portion of the clear text data, encrypting the second portion using the key to generate an encryption mask, and encrypting the clear text data by applying the encryption mask to the first portion using a modulus operation while preserving the second portion as unencrypted, thereby resulting in encrypted data comprising an encrypted first portion and an unencrypted second portion; and wherein the encrypted data has the same format as the clear text data, has the same length as the clear text data, and uses the symbol set of the clear text data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventors: CLAY Werner von MUELLER, SCOTT R. YALE, PATRICK K. HAZEL, PAUL CATINELLA