Patents by Inventor Jill E. Maitland

Jill E. Maitland 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).

  • Method And System For Controlling The Functionality Of A Transaction Device
    Publication number: 20090172678
    Abstract: A method and system of controlling the functionality of a transaction device, the method includes providing a computing device for accessing an account corresponding to the transaction device. The computing device generates a list of a plurality of transaction functions associated with the transaction device. The method includes providing an option to disable and enable one or more of the transaction functions in response to a user input. In response to the user input disabling one of the transaction functions, an instruction is generated preventing the transaction device from being used for the disabled transaction function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Frederick F. Branca, JR., Simon Blythe, Sahra S. English, Jill E. Maitland, David A. Roberts, Julie M. Kramer, Alexander Antunovic, Jean-Paul Rans