Patents by Inventor John E. Christensen

John E. Christensen 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 preparing RF devices for delivery and verifying delivery information
    Patent number: 7104439
    Abstract: RF devices used in financial and other transactions are moved sequentially to stations of a preparation device that prepares the RF devices for delivery to customers. At one station, an RF reader reads an identification code from the RF device and a label reader reads information on a mailing label. The read information is used to verify the mailing information to assure that the RF device is being delivered to the correct recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: First Data Corporation
    Inventors: Sunil Dewan, Fred Casto, John E. Christensen, Jon Andrew Gates, Jay E. Greene, III, Jeff G. Nowlin, Scott J. Smith, Mark T. Tonack, Corey Dean Tunink, Timothy J. Walpus
  • System and method for processing I/O by disabling output for configuration processor when processor clock is inactive and resuming processor after predetermined period of time
    Patent number: 6941389
    Abstract: Systems and methods for accepting and producing various I/O. The systems can include a plurality of input connectors and/or output connectors integral to a board, a circuit to disable the output connectors, and a programmable logic controller modular to the board and electrically coupled to the plurality of input connectors and the plurality of output connectors. The programmable logic controller can be associated with a computer readable medium that incorporates instructions executable by the programmable logic controller to configure one or more of the input and/or output connectors, and/or to at least partially control an output timeout state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: First Data Corporation
    Inventors: John E. Christensen, Jay Greene, Jeff Nowlin, Timothy J. Walpus, Scott J. Smith
  • Systems and methods for processing I/O
    Publication number: 20030188047
    Abstract: Systems and methods for accepting and producing various I/O. The systems can include a plurality of input connectors and/or output connectors integral to a board, a circuit to disable the output connectors, and a programmable logic controller modular to the board and electrically coupled to the plurality of input connectors and the plurality of output connectors. The programmable logic controller can be associated with a computer readable medium that incorporates instructions executable by the programmable logic controller to configure one or more of the input and/or output connectors, and/or to at least partially control an output timeout state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2002
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Applicant: First Data Corporation
    Inventors: John E. Christensen, Jay Greene, Jeff Nowlin, Timothy J. Walpus, Scott J. Smith