Patents by Inventor Darren Foulds

Darren Foulds 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: 20160005011
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an application, method and system whereby a consumer uses a payment application 110 operated on an electronic device 100 to purchase a product from a merchant. The application 110 is configured to receive a graphical representation 120 of data that comprises an identification code, extract from the graphical representation 120 of data the identification code, transmit the identification code to a server 130 that can then obtain a transaction amount for the product and return it to the application 110 so that the application 110 can execute a payment transaction between a bank account of the consumer to the merchant for the transaction amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Richard Ian Cohen, Daniel Allen, David Alexander Fulton, Darren Foulds, Ian Sayers
  • Publication number: 20150371227
    Abstract: Method and system of registering a user of a mobile device comprising: obtaining data identifying a user. Obtaining account data. Retrieving data uniquely identifying a mobile device. Authenticating the user with the mobile device. Validating the user with the account using the data identifying the user and the account data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: Barclays Bank PLC
    Inventors: Darren Foulds, Philip John Sowter, Simon Bartlett, Jeremy Goldstone, Dermot John Dwyer, Ian Sayers, Conall O'Brien, Jim Winters
  • Publication number: 20150371201
    Abstract: A method, application and system for transmitting electronic payment information, comprising the steps of receiving electronic payment information from a first party to a payment; receiving graphical content from the first party; combining the graphical content and the electronic payment information; and transmitting the combined graphical content and the electronic payment information to a second party to the payment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Benjamin Edward READ, Darren FOULDS
  • Publication number: 20150112862
    Abstract: A user is registered for an electronic peer-to-peer payment system by authenticating the user at an automated teller machine (ATM), receiving the user's mobile number and addressing a verification code to the user's mobile number, which the user must enter in order to be registered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: BARCLAYS BANK PLC
    Inventors: Shaygan Kheradpir, Darren Foulds, Ian Sayers, Sean Gilchrist, Philip Sowter, Andrew Whaley, George French, Jeremy Goldstone, Simon Bartlett, Jenny Murray, Trish Stockton, Suzanne Young
  • Publication number: 20140122344
    Abstract: A portable electronic device having a memory storing application software for initiating a payment transaction with a remote system, a data interface for coupling the device to a host computer, a contactless interface for receiving payment token data from a contactless payment token, and a cellular network interface for communication of data over a cellular network. The application software is executed from the device when the device is connected to the host computer and configures the portable electronic device to initiate a payment transaction by receiving payment token data via the contactless interface means and transmitting said payment token data to the remote system via the mobile network interface means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: BARCLAYS BANK PLC
    Inventors: Darren Foulds, Steven Bradley, Andrew Crichton, George French, Arthur Leung, Michael Naggar, Ashutosh Sureka