Patents by Inventor John Wetherill

John Wetherill 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 trusted transaction approval
    Publication number: 20030101134
    Abstract: A method for transaction approval includes submitting a transaction approval request from a transaction site to a clearing agency; submitting a user authorization request from the clearing agency to a user device; receiving a response to the user authorization request; and sending a response to the transaction approval request from the clearing agency to the transaction site. Another method for transaction approval includes submitting a transaction approval request from a transaction site to a clearing agency; determining whether a trusted transaction is elected; submitting a user authorization request from the clearing agency to a user device, if a trusted transaction is determined to be elected; receiving a response to the user authorization request from the user device, if the user authentification request was submitted; and sending a response to the transaction approval request from the clearing agency to the transaction site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2001
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Inventors: James C. Liu, Thierry P. Violleau, Bill M. Day, John Wetherill