Patents by Inventor Kent Biggs

Kent Biggs 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: 8522021
    Abstract: A method including transferring a device ID through a first communication channel between a device and a transaction device, configuring the device to send secured information in response to receiving a transaction request and sending user information to a service provider through a second communication channel in response to receiving a request to authenticate the secured information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Lee Hinkle, Kent Biggs, Michael Provencher
  • Publication number: 20110298584
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to a method for opening a cash safe secured with a circuit. For example, the method may comprise receiving a key by a circuit connected to a locking mechanism for securing a cash safe closed and retrieving, by the circuit, a stored key. The method may further comprise comparing, by the circuit, the received key to the stored key, determining, by the circuit, whether to release the cash safe based on the comparison, and sending, by the circuit, a signal to release the locking mechanism securing the cash safe closed if determined to release the cash safe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Inventors: Kent Biggs, Michael A. Provencher, Stephen J. Higham
  • Publication number: 20110271106
    Abstract: A method including transferring a device ID through a first communication channel between a device and a transaction device, configuring the device to send secured information in response to receiving a transaction request and sending user information to a service provider through a second communication channel in response to receiving a request to authenticate the secured information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventors: Lee Hinkle, Kent Biggs, Michael Provencher
  • Patent number: 7127531
    Abstract: A preferred embodiment of the invention enables I/O port POST codes to be accessed via a universal serial bus (“USB”) port of the computer system: BIOS writes an I/O port POST code to a USB port. A device coupled to the USB port reads the I/O port POST code and presents the code on a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, I.P.
    Inventors: Kent Biggs, Juan Ignacio Martinez, Scott Mark Wiginton
  • Publication number: 20050245293
    Abstract: A computer keyboard includes a keypad having upper, middle and lower rows, each row having at least three keys. The keypad is capable of operating in a PC mode and a telephone mode. In a PC/numeric submode, keys in the upper row correspond to the numbers 7-9 and keys in the lower row correspond to the numbers 1-3. In a PC/cursor-control submode, at least one key in each row corresponds to a cursor control command. In the telephone mode, keys in the upper row correspond to the numbers 1-3 and keys in the lower row correspond to the numbers 7-9.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Inventors: Mike Provencher, Kent Biggs
  • Publication number: 20050172038
    Abstract: A preferred embodiment of the invention enables I/O port POST codes to be accessed via a universal serial bus (“USB”) port of the computer system: BIOS writes an I/O port POST code to a USB port. A device coupled to the USB port reads the I/O port POST code and presents the code on a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventors: Kent Biggs, Juan Martinez, Scott Wiginton