Patents by Inventor Kenneth Kay-Yih Hwang

Kenneth Kay-Yih Hwang 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).

  • Postal system intranet and commerce processing for on-line value bearing system
    Patent number: 7233929
    Abstract: An on-line system for printing a value bearing item (VBI) that includes a client subsystem for interfacing with a user, a cryptographic device remote from the client subsystem for authenticating a plurality of users, and a server subsystem capable of communicating with the client subsystem and having code for providing customer support to a user, for administering a user VBI meter, for providing payment administration support to a user, providing accounts receivable support to a user, meter refund and withdrawal processing support to a user, providing misprint processing support to a user, and providing payment processing and billing functions. A method implementing these features is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: Stamps.Com
    Inventors: Piers Christian Lingle, Keith Shoji Kiyohara, Kenneth Kay-Yih Hwang, Girish Venkat