Patents by Inventor Eoghan O'Leary

Eoghan O'Leary 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).

  • Transaction processing
    Patent number: 7231373
    Abstract: A customer inserts a security device (D) into the USB port of his computer (C). When a transaction request confirmation (1) is transmitted to a merchant server (M), the merchant server (M) instructs an account server (AS). The account server (AS) performs customer verification, and payment (either with a local account or remote financial institute server). The account server (AS) communicates directly (3, 5) with the customer computer (C) with an encryption mechanism utilising security data read from the security device (D) and a time stamp. A security key for the security device is updated after each transaction and an embedded hardware key is also used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Zingtech Limited
    Inventors: Samuel Robert Kidd, Murray Kidd, Peter Coppinger, Daniel Mackey, David Tucker, John O'Brien, Eoghan O'Leary
  • Transaction processing
    Publication number: 20060089919
    Abstract: A customer inserts a security device (D) into the USB port of his computer (C). When a transaction request confirmation (1) is transmitted to a merchant server (M), the merchant server (M) instructs an account server (AS). The account server (AS) performs customer verification, and payment (either with a local account or remote financial institute server). The account server (AS) communicates directly (3, 5) with the customer computer (C) with an encryption mechanism utilising security data read from the security device (D) and a time stamp. A security key for the security device is updated after each transaction and an embedded hardware key is also used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2005
    Publication date: April 27, 2006
    Inventors: Samuel Kidd, Murray Kidd, Peter Coppinger, Daniel Mackey, David Tucker, John O'Brien, Eoghan O'Leary