Patents by Inventor Craig A. Baxter

Craig A. Baxter 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).

  • Methods and systems for negotiable-instrument fraud prevention
    Patent number: 7072868
    Abstract: An authentication value is provided in a magnetic-ink field of a negotiable instrument. The authentication value is derived from application of an encryption algorithm defined by a secure key. The authentication value may be used to authenticate the instrument through reapplication of the encryption algorithm and comparing the result with the authentication value. The instrument is authenticated if there is a match between the two.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: First Data Corporation
    Inventors: Craig A. Baxter, John Charles Ciaccia, Rodney J. Esch
  • Methods and systems for negotiable-instrument fraud prevention
    Publication number: 20040167860
    Abstract: An authentication value is provided in a magnetic-ink field of a negotiable instrument. The authentication value is derived from application of an encryption algorithm defined by a secure key. The authentication value may be used to authenticate the instrument through reapplication of the encryption algorithm and comparing the result with the authentication value. The instrument is authenticated if there is a match between the two.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2003
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Applicant: First Data Corporation
    Inventors: Craig A. Baxter, John Charles Ciaccia, Rodney J. Esch
  • Failover mechanism for computer/telephony integration monitoring server
    Patent number: 6137862
    Abstract: A monitoring system includes multiple redundant processes for gathering and archiving information. The processes are well adapted for use within a call center which has multiple agents for processing inbound/outbound calls. The information concerns the calling activity of the agents. One of the processes is designated as a primary process for providing archived information to clients. The other processes are redundant secondary processes which assume the role of the primary process upon failure of the primary process. Once a failed process is reinitiated, a data synchronization mechanism is used to reconcile data to ensure that each of the processes has current and up-to-date information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: MCI Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Wesley J. Atkinson, Craig A. Baxter, Gopi K. Shankar, Liqun Wang