Patents by Inventor Eldon Harmon

Eldon Harmon 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).

  • Patent number: 11144807
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a product includes a card having a front face, a back face and a payment-enabling mechanism, where the front face is opposite to the back face. Account information is disposed on the front face, the back face, or both, in a tactile writing system, as well as one or more card identification texture strips. The one or more card identification texture strips each comprise at least one region having a texture pattern different from a base texture of the card, where the texture pattern comprises a roughness texture pattern, and where the texture pattern is unique to an issuer of the card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventor: Eldon Harmon
  • Publication number: 20210110227
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a product includes a card having a front face, a back face and a payment-enabling mechanism, where the front face is opposite to the back face. Account information is disposed on the front face, the back face, or both, in a tactile writing system, as well as one or more card identification texture strips. The one or more card identification texture strips each comprise at least one region having a texture pattern different from a base texture of the card, where the texture pattern comprises a roughness texture pattern, and where the texture pattern is unique to an issuer of the card.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventor: Eldon Harmon
  • Patent number: 10839656
    Abstract: Systems and methods of message transmission via physical vibrations include, in some embodiments, determining an account activity-related vibration pattern from a set of account activity-related vibration patterns, based on at least one balance-related change in at least one account associated with a user. Generating a vibration encoding based on the account activity-related vibration pattern, where the vibration encoding is configured to be utilized by a vibration motor of at least one computing device, and transmitting the vibration encoding to the computing device associated to cause a vibration motor of the computing device to vibrate in accordance with the account activity-related vibration pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventor: Eldon Harmon