Patents by Inventor Karen Joan Cunningham

Karen Joan Cunningham 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).

  • Depositing items of value
    Patent number: 7757939
    Abstract: A method of depositing items of value, the method comprising 1) receiving a temper evident and coded container holding the items of value, the code relating to the content of the container; 2) verifying that the package has been received in an acceptable manner, and, if it has, 3) either incrementing an account with the value of the items of value in the container by reference to the code and without opening the container, or, if the account has previously been incremented, leaving the account unchanged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Talaris Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Philip Michael William Ireland, Alexander Charles Harold James, Karen Joan Cunningham, Pietro Armanini, Simon George Calverley
  • Depositing items of value
    Patent number: 7677443
    Abstract: A method of depositing items of value, the method comprising 1) receiving a tamper evident and coded container holding the items of value, the code relating to the content of the container; 2) verifying that the package has been received in an acceptable manner, and, if it has, 3) either incrementing an account with the value of the items of value in the container by reference to the code and without opening the container, or, if the account has previously been incremented, leaving the account unchanged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: De La Rue International Limited
    Inventors: Philip Michael William Ireland, Alexander Charles Harold James, Karen Joan Cunningham, Pietro Armanini, Simon George Calverley
  • Depositing items of value
    Publication number: 20090121010
    Abstract: A method of depositing items of value, the method comprising 1) receiving a tamper evident and coded container holding the items of value, the code relating to the content of the container; 2) verifying that the package has been received in an acceptable manner, and, if it has, 3) either incrementing an account with the value of the items of value in the container by reference to the code and without opening the container, or, if the account has previously been incremented, leaving the account unchanged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: De La Rue International Limited
    Inventors: Philip Michael William Ireland, Alexander Charles Harold James, Karen Joan Cunningham, Pietro Armanini, Simon George Calverley
  • Depositing items of value
    Publication number: 20080135608
    Abstract: A method of depositing items of value, the method comprising 1) receiving a tamper evident and coded container holding the items of value, the code relating to the content of the container; 2) verifying that the package has been received in an acceptable manner, and, if it has, 3) either incrementing an account with the value of the items of value in the container by reference to the code and without opening the container, or, if the account has previously been incremented, leaving the account unchanged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: De La Rue International Limited
    Inventors: Philip Michael William Ireland, Alexander Charles Harold James, Karen Joan Cunningham, Pietro Armanini, Simon George Calverley
  • Depositing items of value
    Patent number: 7347358
    Abstract: A method of depositing items of value, the method comprising 1) receiving a tamper evident and coded container holding the items of value, the code relating to the content of the container; 2) verifying that the package has been received in an acceptable manner, and, if it has, 3) either incrementing an account with the value of the items of value in the container by reference to the code and without opening the container, or, if the account has previously been incremented, leaving the account unchanged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: De La Rue International, Ltd.
    Inventors: Philip Michael William Ireland, Alexander Charles Harold James, Karen Joan Cunningham, Pietro Armanini, Simon George Calverley