Patents by Inventor Makoto Saruya

Makoto Saruya 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: 6223169
    Abstract: An electronic transaction processing system for transferring a monetary value between a payer and a receiver includes a first memory apparatus storing a payer's digital cash, a second memory apparatus storing a receiver's digital cash, and a third memory apparatus storing temporarily the payer's digital cash transferred from the first memory apparatus. A transaction is processed by transferring the digital cash transferred from the first memory apparatus to the second memory apparatus via the third memory apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Mori, Makoto Saruya
  • Patent number: 6138907
    Abstract: An electronic transaction processing system performing a deposit and/or a withdrawal of digital cash between a customer and a banking facility includes a customer money card storing digital cash of the customer, a bank money card storing digital cash of the banking facility and an escrow card storing transaction information with respect to a transaction with digital cash between the customer and the banking facility. A transaction is processed by renewing digital cash stored in the customer money card and in the bank money card in response to the amount of the transaction, and transaction processing is performed after storing each balance information of digital cash stored in the customer money card and in the bank money card and the amount of the transaction in the escrow card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Mori, Makoto Saruya