Patents by Inventor Lothar Merk

Lothar Merk 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).

  • Method of payment by means of an electronic communication device
    Publication number: 20010016835
    Abstract: A method, system and program for payment in a purchasing action performed by means of a cellular standard communication between a customer using said cellular standard communication device and a provider offering goods and/or services, wherein the communication between said customer and said provider is performed via a voice channel of said communication device and transmissions of an electronic bill from said provider to said customer, of a money transfer order from said customer to a payment provider and of a receipt of payment from said payment provider to said customer are performed via a service channel of the cellular standard network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2001
    Publication date: August 23, 2001
    Inventors: Uwe Hansmann, Horst Henn, Lothar Merk, Thomas Stober
  • Method for providing a set of software components
    Publication number: 20010007146
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for providing a set of software components (201, . . . , 206) out of which a software application to be executed by an apparatus (400) comprising processor means and memory means can be partly or entirely assembled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2000
    Publication date: July 5, 2001
    Inventors: Uwe Hansmann, Lothar Merk, Martin S. Nicklous, Thomas Stober