Patents by Inventor Douglas L. Manchester
Douglas L. Manchester 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).
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Patent number: 9792803Abstract: A secure PIN entry device including a PIN entry assembly operative to receive a PIN from a user, a PIN entry prompter operative when actuated to prompt a user to enter a PIN via the PIN entry assembly, a PIN entry prompt security check enabled controller operative to prevent operation of the PIN entry prompter unless a predetermined security check has been successfully completed and security check functionality operative to check at least part of the PIN entry device for the presence of an unauthorized PIN eavesdropping element thereat and to provide an output to the PIN entry prompt security check enabled controller indicating whether the predetermined security check has been successfully completed.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2014Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: VeriFone, Inc.Inventors: John Henry Barrowman, Douglas L. Manchester
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Publication number: 20150116115Abstract: A secure PIN entry device including a PIN entry assembly operative to receive a PIN from a user, a PIN entry prompter operative when actuated to prompt a user to enter a PIN via the PIN entry assembly, a PIN entry prompt security check enabled controller operative to prevent operation of the PIN entry prompter unless a predetermined security check has been successfully completed and security check functionality operative to check at least part of the PIN entry device for the presence of an unauthorized PIN eavesdropping element thereat and to provide an output to the PIN entry prompt security check enabled controller indicating whether the predetermined security check has been successfully completed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2014Publication date: April 30, 2015Applicant: VERIFONE, INC.Inventors: John Henry BARROWMAN, Douglas L. MANCHESTER
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Patent number: 8954750Abstract: A secure PIN entry device including a PIN entry assembly operative to receive a PIN from a user, a PIN entry prompter operative when actuated to prompt a user to enter a PIN via the PIN entry assembly, a PIN entry prompt security check enabled controller operative to prevent operation of the PIN entry prompter unless a predetermined security check has been successfully completed and security check functionality operative to check at least part of the PIN entry device for the presence of an unauthorized PIN eavesdropping element thereat and to provide an output to the PIN entry prompt security check enabled controller indicating whether the predetermined security check has been successfully completed.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2013Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Verifone, Inc.Inventors: John Henry Barrowman, Douglas L. Manchester
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Publication number: 20140082756Abstract: A secure PIN entry device including a PIN entry assembly operative to receive a PIN from a user, a PIN entry prompter operative when actuated to prompt a user to enter a PIN via the PIN entry assembly, a PIN entry prompt security check enabled controller operative to prevent operation of the PIN entry prompter unless a predetermined security check has been successfully completed and security check functionality operative to check at least part of the PIN entry device for the presence of an unauthorized PIN eavesdropping element thereat and to provide an output to the PIN entry prompt security check enabled controller indicating whether the predetermined security check has been successfully completed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: VERIFONE, INC.Inventors: John Henry BARROWMAN, Douglas L. MANCHESTER
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Patent number: 8621235Abstract: A secure PIN entry device including a PIN entry assembly operative to receive a PIN from a user, a PIN entry prompter operative when actuated to prompt a user to enter a PIN via the PIN entry assembly, a PIN entry prompt security check enabled controller operative to prevent operation of the PIN entry prompter unless a predetermined security check has been successfully completed and security check functionality operative to check at least part of the PIN entry device for the presence of an unauthorized PIN eavesdropping element thereat and to provide an output to the PIN entry prompt security check enabled controller indicating whether the predetermined security check has been successfully completed.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2011Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Verifone, Inc.Inventors: John Henry Barrowman, Douglas L. Manchester
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Publication number: 20120180140Abstract: A secure PIN entry device including a PIN entry assembly operative to receive a PIN from a user, a PIN entry prompter operative when actuated to prompt a user to enter a PIN via the PIN entry assembly, a PIN entry prompt security check enabled controller operative to prevent operation of the PIN entry prompter unless a predetermined security check has been successfully completed and security check functionality operative to check at least part of the PIN entry device for the presence of an unauthorized PIN eavesdropping element thereat and to provide an output to the PIN entry prompt security check enabled controller indicating whether the predetermined security check has been successfully completed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2011Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicant: VERIFONE, INC.Inventors: John Henry Barrowman, Douglas L. Manchester
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Patent number: 6588660Abstract: A method in a contactless smartcard includes providing a contactless smartcard having an operating frequency higher than a specified transmission frequency of contactless smartcards; bringing the contactless smartcard within a detection range of a smartcard reader; activating the contactless smartcard by applying human body capacitance to the contactless smartcard; and deactivating the contactless smartcard by removing the human body capacitance from the contactless smartcard. When thus operated, the contactless smartcard of the present invention is secured against unknown, unintended, and unauthorized interrogations.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2000Date of Patent: July 8, 2003Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Timothy W. Buescher, Douglas L. Manchester
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Patent number: D272355Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 1981Date of Patent: January 24, 1984Assignee: Halcyon, Inc.Inventors: Vasant H. Acharya, Douglas L. Manchester, Gilbert S. Hunt