Patents by Inventor James C. Bullard, Jr.

James C. Bullard, Jr. 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 providing secured electronic transactions
    Patent number: 8364953
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a secured electronic communication in a network that includes a verification station, a registration station, and a authentication station. At the registration station, a request for a digital certificate is received from a user. The registration station instructs the verification station to forward to the user a message associated with the request. The message is compared against the user at the authentication station to determine whether the message properly identifies the user. A first signal indicating the result of the comparison is sent to the verification station. If the first signal indicates that the message properly identifies the user, a second signal is sent to the registration station. Based on the second signal, the registration system then generates a digital certificate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: United States Postal Service
    Inventor: James C. Bullard, Jr.
  • System and method for providing secured electronic transactions
    Publication number: 20090119512
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a secured electronic communication in a network that includes a verification station, a registration station, and a authentication station. At the registration station, a request for a digital certificate is received from a user. The registration station instructs the verification station to forward to the user a message associated with the request. The message is compared against the user at the authentication station to determine whether the message properly identifies the user. A first signal indicating the result of the comparison is sent to the verification station. If the first signal indicates that the message properly identifies the user, a second signal is sent to the registration station. Based on the second signal, the registration system then generates a digital certificate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventor: James C. Bullard, JR.