Patents by Inventor John Paul Homewood

John Paul 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).

  • Apparatus and method for providing security in a voting machine
    Publication number: 20080210746
    Abstract: The invention provides an exemplary apparatus and method 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. The voting machine may be provided with an auxiliary input device for use by voters with a physical impairment or handicap. Also, one or more detachable printers can also be provided and adapted to be securely attached to the voting machine and configured to print 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: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: Sequoia Voting Systems Inc.
    Inventors: John Paul Homewood, Thomas E. Keeling, Paul David Terwilliger, Marc R. Latour
  • Systems and methods for providing security in a voting machine
    Patent number: 7111782
    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: March 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Inventors: John Paul Homewood, Thomas E. Keeling, Paul David Terwilliger, Marc R. Latour
  • Systems and methods for providing security in a voting machine
    Publication number: 20040238632
    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: March 30, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Applicant: De La Rue PLC
    Inventors: John Paul Homewood, Thomas E. Keeling, Paul David Terwilliger, Marc R. Latour