Patents by Inventor Keith A. Saunders
Keith A. Saunders 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).
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Publication number: 20150073888Abstract: A system and method allows a consumer to purchase goods and services from merchants and redeem offers made by a merchant with a digital transaction on a smart phone. The merchant receives and enters the consumer's telephone number into an application. The consumer's telephone number is sent to a server, which checks for electronic coupons and loyalty points. Accounting for the value of any coupon/accumulated loyalty points, the merchant enters the payment amount into the application. which. in turn sends it back to the server. The server then sends the payment amount, any coupon details and the merchant's name to the consumer's phone. The consumer can choose to accept or decline the sale with or without using the coupon/loyalty points. A PIN number confirms the sale, which transmits to the server and then to the merchant. A digital sales receipt is sent to the merchant and consumer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicant: PXT Payments, Inc.Inventors: John Regan, Michael Irvine, Keith Saunders, Craig Henkels, Rivka Tadjer
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Publication number: 20150073887Abstract: A system and method allows a consumer to purchase goods and services from merchants and redeem offers made by a merchant with a digital transaction on a smart phone. The merchant receives and enters the consumer's telephone number into an application. The consumer's telephone number is sent to a server, which checks for electronic coupons and loyalty points. Accounting for the value of any coupon/accumulated loyalty points, the merchant enters the payment amount into the application. which. in turn sends it back to the server. The server then sends the payment amount, any coupon details and the merchant's name to the consumer's phone. The consumer can choose to accept or decline the sale with or without using the coupon/loyalty points. A PIN number confirms the sale, which transmits to the server and then to the merchant. A digital sales receipt is sent to the merchant and consumer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicant: PXT Payments, Inc.Inventors: John Regan, Michael Irvine, Keith Saunders, Craig Henkels, Rivka Tadjer
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Publication number: 20120245986Abstract: A system and method allows a consumer to purchase goods and services from merchants and redeem offers made by a merchant with a digital transaction on a smart phone. The merchant receives and enters the consumer's telephone number into an application. The consumer's telephone number is sent to a server, which checks for electronic coupons and loyalty points. Accounting for the value of any coupon/accumulated loyalty points, the merchant enters the payment amount into the application. which. in turn sends it back to the server. The server then sends the payment amount, any coupon details and the merchant's name to the consumer's phone. The consumer can choose to accept or decline the sale with or without using the coupon/loyalty points. A PIN number confirms the sale, which transmits to the server and then to the merchant. A digital sales receipt is sent to the merchant and consumer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2012Publication date: September 27, 2012Applicant: PXT Payments IncInventors: John Regan, Michael Irvine, Keith Saunders, Craig Henkels
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Publication number: 20120174263Abstract: The invention provides methods of producing “empty” RNA virus capsids (e.g. from Cowpea mosaic virus) by assembly of viral small (S) and large (L) coat proteins in such a way that encapsidation of native viral RNA is avoided. Aspects of the invention employ in planta expression of capsid components from DNA vectors encoding the S and L proteins or S-L polyproteins including them. Such capsids have utility for the encapsidation or presentation of foreign proteins or desired payloads.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2010Publication date: July 5, 2012Applicant: PLANT BIOSCIENCE LIMITEDInventors: Keith Saunders, George Peter Lomonossoff, Frank Sainsbury
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Patent number: 6608135Abstract: Polymer compositions including an olefinic polymer, a polar polymer and a compatibilizer are disclosed. The compatibilizer can be a block or graft copolymer including polymer portions that are compatible with the olefinic polymer and polymer portions that are compatible with the polar polymer.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2000Date of Patent: August 19, 2003Assignee: Teknor Apex CompanyInventors: Raman Patel, Dan Mallin, Keith Saunders, Patrick Tiberio, John Andries
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Patent number: 6209099Abstract: The present invention concerns a secure data processing method and system in which the user or operator of the system can trust that all of the software and hardware components of the system have been authenticated. The invention provides a data processing system in which there is a central processor unit, memory and a security circuit in the form of an application specific integrated circuit. The security circuit has a cryptographic engine and a cryptographic key store. The cryptographic engine operates on the contents of the cryptographic key store to generate a digital signature. Means are provided to generate a digital signature from a software or hardware component to be checked for authenticity and to compare the digital signature from the component with the generated digital signature. An indication of the authenticity of the component is generated as a result of the comparison.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 1997Date of Patent: March 27, 2001Assignee: NCR CorporationInventor: Keith A. Saunders
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Patent number: 6202924Abstract: An unattended system, such as a self-service terminal or an automated teller machine, includes a memory unit which stores a number of application programs, and a register unit which stores a number of signatures associated with the application programs. The system further includes a processing unit which obtains a signature associated with a particular application program, compares the signature with the signatures stored in the register unit, and authenticates the application program only when the signature matches at least one of the signatures stored in the register unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 1999Date of Patent: March 20, 2001Assignee: NCR CorporationInventor: Keith A. Saunders
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Patent number: 6034176Abstract: Polymer compositions including an olefinic polymer, a polar polymer and a compatibilizer are disclosed. The compatilizer can be a block or graft copolymer including polymer portions that are compatible with the olefinic polymer and polymer portions that are compatible with the polar polymer.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 1998Date of Patent: March 7, 2000Assignee: Teknor Apex CompanyInventors: Raman Patel, Dan Mallin, Keith Saunders, Patrick Tiberio, John Andries
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Patent number: 5917421Abstract: An unattended system, such as a self-service terminal or an automated teller machine, includes a memory unit which stores a number of application programs, and a register unit which stores a number of signatures associated with the application programs. The system further includes a processing unit which obtains a signature associated with a particular application program, compares the signature with the signatures stored in the register unit, and authenticates the application program only when the signature matches at least one of the signatures stored in the register unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 1996Date of Patent: June 29, 1999Assignee: NCR CorporationInventor: Keith A. Saunders