Patents by Inventor John Homewood

John Homewood 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 providing security in a voting machine
    Patent number: 7422151
    Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods for ensuring security for a voting machine. The voting machine can include a display screen upon which numerous election choices are displayed for selection by a voter. A detachable printer can also be provided that is adapted to be securely attached to the voting machine and that prints the choices selected among the election choices to a print medium to generate a printed audit trail. A summary of the election choices visible on the display screen can be simultaneously compared with the printed audit trail by the voter poised in a voting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Sequoia Voting Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: John Homewood, Tom Keeling, Paul Terwilliger, Marc Latour
  • Systems and methods for providing security in a voting machine
    Publication number: 20070012767
    Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods for ensuring security for a voting machine. The voting machine can include a display screen upon which numerous election choices are displayed for selection by a voter. A detachable printer can also be provided that is adapted to be securely attached to the voting machine and that prints the choices selected among the election choices to a print medium to generate a printed audit trail. A summary of the election choices visible on the display screen can be simultaneously compared with the printed audit trail by the voter poised in a voting position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Applicant: Sequoia VotingSystems Inc.
    Inventors: John Homewood, Thomas Keeling, Paul Terwilliger, Marc Latour