Patents by Inventor James Harrison Bullard

James Harrison Bullard 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).

  • Systems and methods for touchless alternate payment provider selection at kiosks or payment terminals using mobile electronic devices
    Patent number: 11416842
    Abstract: Systems and methods for touchless alternate payment provider selection at kiosks or payment terminals using mobile electronic devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, at a cloud-based information processing apparatus comprising at least one computer processor, a method for touchless alternate payment provider selection at a payment terminal using a mobile electronic device may include: (1) receiving, from a mobile electronic device and at a uniform resource locator, a communication comprising an identifier for a kiosk or a payment terminal; (2) retrieving an alternate payment provider selection menu; (3) communicating the alternate payment provider selection menu to the mobile electronic device; (4) receiving an alternate payment provider selection from the mobile electronic device; and (5) communicating the alternate payment provider selection to the kiosk or the payment terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: VERIFONE, INC.
    Inventors: Jeremy Belostock, James Harrison Bullard, Timothy O'Loughlin
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TOUCHLESS ALTERNATE PAYMENT PROVIDER SELECTION AT KIOSKS OR PAYMENT TERMINALS USING MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICES
    Publication number: 20220036333
    Abstract: Systems and methods for touchless alternate payment provider selection at kiosks of payment terminals using mobile electronic devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, at a cloud-based information processing apparatus comprising at least one computer processor, a method for touchless alternate payment provider selection at a payment terminal using a mobile electronic device may include: (1) receiving, from a mobile electronic device and at a uniform resource locator, a communication comprising an identifier for a kiosk or a payment terminal; (2) retrieving an alternate payment provider selection menu; (3) communicating the alternate payment provider selection menu to the mobile electronic device; (4) receiving an alternate payment provider selection from the mobile electronic device; and (5) communicating the alternate payment provider selection to the kiosk or the payment terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: VeriFone, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy BELOSTOCK, James Harrison BULLARD, Timothy O'LOUGHLIN
  • System and apparatus for transaction data format and function verification
    Patent number: 8762236
    Abstract: A system for processing transaction data is provided. The system includes a transaction data format system receiving transaction data and generating transaction data format error data, such as when the transaction data is not in compliance with a transaction data format. The system also includes a transaction data rules system receiving the transaction data and generating transaction rule error data, such as when the transaction data is in the proper format but nevertheless violates a rule of one or more financial processing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Paymentech, LLC
    Inventors: John Earl Shirey, James Harrison Bullard, Joseph Stumpf Dollard