Patents by Inventor Karim Maskatiya

Karim Maskatiya 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: 7827088
    Abstract: Systems and methods for delivering goods and services from a provider to a receiver. The method includes placing an order for goods to the provider and providing the goods to a deliverer. The deliverer delivers the goods to the receiver. The deliverer then obtains at least one piece of data from the receiver at the time of delivery. The at least one piece of data is from a group comprising a credit card number, a debit card number, the information on the magnetic strip of a credit card, the information on the magnetic strip of a debit card, devices that store information that may be read by infra red, magnetic waves and/or radio waves, a check, a money order, a gift certificate, an electronic signature, and a copy of a piece of identification of the receiver. The at least one piece of data is then provided to a processor who handles payment to the provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: USA Payments, Inc.
    Inventors: Karim Maskatiya, Robert P. Cucinotta
  • Publication number: 20050033681
    Abstract: A method of providing money, goods, services or the like to an account-holder based on an account when the daily ATM limit set by a bank has been met, or when a debit or credit card PIN cannot be remembered. The process will enable one to access cash and items of value through either the ATM network or a point-of-sale network to thereby obtain cash or an item of value. If the account-holder has exceeded the ATM network limit, a processor may prompt the account-holder to determine if the account-holder would like to access the account through the point-of-sale network. The money or item of value will be disbursed to the account-holder at a third location, where precautionary security measures may be utilized to ensure that the person receiving the cash is indeed the proper account-holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Robert Cucinotta, Karim Maskatiya
  • Publication number: 20030018565
    Abstract: Systems and methods for delivering goods and services from a provider to a receiver. The method includes placing an order for goods to the provider and providing the goods to a deliverer. The deliverer delivers the goods to the receiver. The deliverer then obtains at least one piece of data from the receiver at the time of delivery. The at least one piece of data is from a group comprising a credit card number, a debit card number, the information on the magnetic strip of a credit card, the information on the magnetic strip of a debit card, devices that store information that may be read by infra red, magnetic waves and/or radio waves, a check, a money order, a gift certificate, an electronic signature, and a copy of a piece of identification of the receiver. The at least one piece of data is then provided to a processor who handles payment to the provider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2001
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Inventors: Karim Maskatiya, Robert P. Cucinotta
  • Patent number: 6081792
    Abstract: A method of providing money, goods, services or the like to an account-holder based on an account when the daily ATM limit set by a bank has been met, or when a debit or credit card PIN cannot be remembered. The process will enable one to access cash and items of value through either the ATM network or a point-of-sale network to thereby obtain cash or an item of value. If the account-holder has exceeded the ATM network limit, a processor may prompt the account-holder to determine if the account-holder would like to access the account through the point-of-sale network. The money or item of value will be disbursed to the account-holder at a third location, where precautionary security measures may be utilized to ensure that the person receiving the cash is indeed the proper account-holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: USA Payment, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert P. Cucinotta, Karim Maskatiya
  • Patent number: 5663546
    Abstract: Cash is given to a person confidentially and anonymously by first receiving an amount of cash from a person and, without identifying the person from whom the cash was received, or to whom it is to be paid out, the amount of cash is identified by a code such as the PAN code. The holder of the cash is part of a network including multiple card readers at remote transaction points, and the identifying code is encoded on a card. When the holder of the card desires a sum of cash not exceeding the amount of cash held by the cash holder, the card is inserted in the card reader at the transaction point, the authenticity of the card is verified, as with a PIN number, and the holder then sends a signal to the card reader at the transaction point authorizing the payout of the requested sum of cash.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1997
    Assignee: USA Processing Inc.
    Inventors: Robert P. Cucinotta, Karim Maskatiya