Patents by Inventor Frederick Johannes LUTZ

Frederick Johannes LUTZ 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).

  • System and method for monitoring third party access to a restricted item
    Patent number: 9595034
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring third party access to a restricted item is provided. Key data is embedded in the restricted item, the key data being associated with a store of value and usable to conduct a transaction against the store of value. A record of the transaction becomes visible in a transaction ledger. The transaction ledger is monitored to determine whether a transaction against the store of value has occurred, and the restricted item is designated as accessed by a third party in the event that a transaction against the store of value has occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Gert-Jan Van Rooyen, Frederick Johannes Lutz, Herman Arnold Engelbrecht
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING THIRD PARTY ACCESS TO A RESTRICTED ITEM
    Publication number: 20150120567
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring third party access to a restricted item is provided. Key data is embedded in the restricted item, the key data being associated with a store of value and usable to conduct a transaction against the store of value. A record of the transaction becomes visible in a transaction ledger. The transaction ledger is monitored to determine whether a transaction against the store of value has occurred, and the restricted item is designated as accessed by a third party in the event that a transaction against the store of value has occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Stellenbosch University
    Inventors: Gert-Jan VAN ROOYEN, Frederick Johannes LUTZ, Herman Arnold ENGELBRECHT