Patents by Inventor Joseph N. Coco

Joseph N. Coco 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).

  • Patent number: 7739194
    Abstract: A user's ability to spend and/or receive funds for payment accounts maintained in an electronic wallet are limited. These limitations include restrictions on where the user is able to spend the funds in a payment account (e.g., at which merchants the funds can be spent, whether the funds can be withdrawn from an ATM, etc.). These limitations may also include restrictions on what other payment accounts the user can receive funds from and/or transfer funds to, thereby limiting person-to-person fund transfers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Arnold N. Blinn, Joseph N. Coco
  • Patent number: 7698221
    Abstract: A user's ability to spend and/or receive funds for payment accounts maintained in an electronic wallet are limited. These limitations include restrictions on where the user is able to spend the funds in a payment account (e.g., at which merchants the funds can be spent, whether the funds can be withdrawn from an ATM, etc.). These limitations may also include restrictions on what other payment accounts the user can receive funds from and/or transfer funds to, thereby limiting person-to-person fund transfers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Arnold Neil Blinn, Joseph N. Coco
  • Patent number: 7676829
    Abstract: Systems and methods for associating multiple credentials with a single user account in a distributed authentication system. A user can be authenticated to a service by providing any one of the multiple credentials to the authentication system. Thus, a user can provide credentials that are more easily entered or supplied on a given device. All of the credentials are associated with a single user account. The credentials can be associated symmetrically, where the user account is independent of each credential, or asymmetrically, where the user account is stored with a primary credential and the other credentials are secondary credentials that reference the primary credential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Qiang Michael Gui, David Shutt, Joseph N. Coco
  • Publication number: 20080235135
    Abstract: A user's ability to spend and/or receive funds for payment accounts maintained in an electronic wallet are limited. These limitations include restrictions on where the user is able to spend the funds in a payment account (e.g., at which merchants the funds can be spent, whether the funds can be withdrawn from an ATM, etc.). These limitations may also include restrictions on what other payment accounts the user can receive funds from and/or transfer funds to, thereby limiting person-to-person fund transfers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Arnold N. Blinn, Joseph N. Coco
  • Patent number: 7398250
    Abstract: A user's ability to spend and/or receive funds for payment accounts maintained in an electronic wallet are limited. These limitations include restrictions on where the user is able to spend the funds in a payment account (e.g., at which merchants the funds can be spent, whether the funds can be withdrawn from an ATM, etc.). These limitations may also include restrictions on what other payment accounts the user can receive funds from and/or transfer funds to, thereby limiting person-to-person fund transfers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Arnold Neil Blinn, Joseph N. Coco
  • Patent number: 7395242
    Abstract: A user's ability to spend and/or receive funds for payment accounts maintained in an electronic wallet are limited. These limitations include restrictions on where the user is able to spend the funds in a payment account (e.g., at which merchants the funds can be spent, whether the funds can be withdrawn from an ATM, etc.). These limitations may also include restrictions on what other payment accounts the user can receive funds from and/or transfer funds to, thereby limiting person-to-person fund transfers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Arnold Neil Blinn, Joseph N. Coco
  • Patent number: 7337144
    Abstract: A user's ability to spend and/or receive funds for payment accounts maintained in an electronic wallet are limited. These limitations include restrictions on where the user is able to spend the funds in a payment account (e.g., at which merchants the funds can be spent, whether the funds can be withdrawn from an ATM, etc.). These limitations may also include restrictions on what other payment accounts the user can receive funds from and/or transfer funds to, thereby limiting person-to-person fund transfers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Arnold N. Blinn, Joseph N. Coco
  • Patent number: 7155411
    Abstract: An electronic wallet including is made available to a user and is capable of storing a wide variety of different types of accounts (including both payment accounts and traditional credit card accounts). An identification of the different accounts corresponding to a user is displayed to the user and the user is allowed to manipulate these accounts. The electronic wallet also allows the user to combine funds from multiple different accounts into a single account. This combination allows the interface on a merchant server to be designed to accommodate a single account without concern for what types of accounts a user may wish to combine. Furthermore, in accordance with one aspect, when the user is purchasing goods and/or services from a merchant on-line, only those accounts that are useable at the merchant are presented as being available to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Arnold N. Blinn, Joseph N. Coco, Greg A. Marks
  • Publication number: 20040260647
    Abstract: A user's ability to spend and/or receive funds for payment accounts maintained in an electronic wallet are limited. These limitations include restrictions on where the user is able to spend the funds in a payment account (e.g., at which merchants the funds can be spent, whether the funds can be withdrawn from an ATM, etc.). These limitations may also include restrictions on what other payment accounts the user can receive funds from and/or transfer funds to, thereby limiting person-to-person fund transfers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Arnold Neil Blinn, Joseph N. Coco
  • Publication number: 20040254891
    Abstract: A user's ability to spend and/or receive funds for payment accounts maintained in an electronic wallet are limited. These limitations include restrictions on where the user is able to spend the funds in a payment account (e.g., at which merchants the funds can be spent, whether the funds can be withdrawn from an ATM, etc.). These limitations may also include restrictions on what other payment accounts the user can receive funds from and/or transfer funds to, thereby limiting person-to-person fund transfers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2004
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Arnold N. Blinn, Joseph N. Coco
  • Publication number: 20040249753
    Abstract: A user's ability to spend and/or receive funds for payment accounts maintained in an electronic wallet are limited. These limitations include restrictions on where the user is able to spend the funds in a payment account (e.g., at which merchants the funds can be spent, whether the funds can be withdrawn from an ATM, etc.). These limitations may also include restrictions on what other payment accounts the user can receive funds from and/or transfer funds to, thereby limiting person-to-person fund transfers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Arnold Neil Blinn, Joseph N. Coco