Patents by Inventor Michael Brody

Michael Brody 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).

  • Publication number: 20170323288
    Abstract: A system and method allows users to make purchases by charging or funding a prepaid debit card with their cell phone accounts by simulating a user roaming with their mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Brody, Rodger Desai, Sung Kim
  • Patent number: 9767449
    Abstract: Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment, a home country associated with a current mobile telephone number for a mobile subscriber is identified. Other countries, such as the following are also identified: a country in which the mobile subscriber is using the internet; a country in which the mobile subscriber is roaming, is operating a current mobile telephone associated with the mobile subscriber's mobile provider account or is operating a current mobile telephone having a SIM card associated with the mobile subscriber's mobile account; a country in which a merchant for a transaction is located; and/or a country in which goods in the transaction, if any, are being shipped. The countries are compared and scoring is employed to facilitate identification of a suspicious transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Payfone, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Brody, Rodger Desai, Sung Kim
  • Patent number: 9747596
    Abstract: Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment, a mobile subscriber is registered for authentication. Registering the mobile subscriber, in an embodiment, includes querying the mobile service provider of the mobile subscriber for an international mobile subscriber identifier (IMSI) of the mobile subscriber at the time of registration and creating an authentication database in which a database entry includes at least: a mobile telephone number for the mobile subscriber and the IMSI of the mobile subscriber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Payfone, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Brody, Rodger Desai, Sung Kim
  • Publication number: 20170234746
    Abstract: A method of reading and quantifying pressure points or bumps or a product outline to extract a pattern that, when decoded, uniquely defines a product or class of products by defining the theoretical centers of applied pressure, determining the spatial relationship between more than one center or a product outline to define which pattern belongs to which product, and correlating each pattern with templates of stored patterns to determine what product is represented by each respective pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: T+Ink, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Martin Cohen, Wayne L. Nemeth, Michael A. Brody, Lev M. Barsky
  • Patent number: 9679285
    Abstract: A system and method allows users to make purchases by charging or funding a prepaid debit card with their cell phone accounts by simulating a user roaming with their mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Payfone, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Brody, Rodger Desai, Sung Kim
  • Publication number: 20150371331
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media are provided for improving order feed message stream integrity. Certain embodiments provide a method including sending, by a computing device, a first data message; sending a first stop message; clearing a message stream state; and sending a second data message. The first data message includes data related to an order for a tradeable object, a first sequence number with a value of a predefined initial sequence number, and a first phase number. The second data message includes data related to an order, a second sequence number with a value of the predefined initial sequence number, and a second phase number, wherein the second phase number is different than the first phase number. The message stream state is associated with the order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Erica Joan Grant Bradnick, Leslie Michael Brody, Scott F. Singer
  • Patent number: 9154393
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media are provided for improving order feed message stream integrity. Certain embodiments provide a method including sending, by a computing device, a first data message; sending a first stop message; clearing a message stream state; and sending a second data message. The first data message includes data related to an order for a tradeable object, a first sequence number with a value of a predefined initial sequence number, and a first phase number. The second data message includes data related to an order, a second sequence number with a value of the predefined initial sequence number, and a second phase number, wherein the second phase number is different than the first phase number. The message stream state is associated with the order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.
    Inventors: Erica Joan Grant Bradnick, Leslie Michael Brody, Scott F. Singer
  • Publication number: 20140358785
    Abstract: A system and method allows users to make purchases by charging or funding a prepaid debit card with their cell phone accounts by simulating a user roaming with their mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Payfone, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Brody, Rodger Desai, Sung Kim
  • Publication number: 20140344363
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media are provided for improving order feed message stream integrity. Certain embodiments provide a method including sending, by a computing device, a first data message; sending a first stop message; clearing a message stream state; and sending a second data message. The first data message includes data related to an order for a tradeable object, a first sequence number with a value of a predefined initial sequence number, and a first phase number. The second data message includes data related to an order, a second sequence number with a value of the predefined initial sequence number, and a second phase number, wherein the second phase number is different than the first phase number. The message stream state is associated with the order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: TRADING TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Erica Joan Grant Bradnick, Leslie Michael Brody, Scott F. Singer
  • Publication number: 20140172710
    Abstract: A system and method allows users to make purchases by charging or funding a prepaid debit card with their cell phone accounts by simulating a user roaming with their mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: Payfone, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Brody, Rodger Desai, Sung Kim
  • Publication number: 20140172711
    Abstract: A system and method allows users to make purchases by charging or funding a prepaid debit card with their cell phone accounts by simulating a user roaming with their mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: Payfone, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Brody, Rodger Desai, Sung Kim
  • Patent number: 8745157
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media are provided for improving order feed message stream integrity. Certain embodiments provide a method including sending, by a computing device, a first data message; sending a first stop message; clearing a message stream state; and sending a second data message. The first data message includes data related to an order for a tradeable object, a first sequence number with a value of a predefined initial sequence number, and a first phase number. The second data message includes data related to an order, a second sequence number with a value of the predefined initial sequence number, and a second phase number, wherein the second phase number is different than the first phase number. The message stream state is associated with the order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.
    Inventors: Erica Joan Grant Bradnick, Leslie Michael Brody, Scott F. Singer
  • Patent number: 8606640
    Abstract: A system and method allows users to make purchases by charging or funding a prepaid debit card with their cell phone accounts by simulating a user roaming with their mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Payfone, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Brody, Rodger Desai, Sung Kim
  • Publication number: 20130060887
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media are provided for improving order feed message stream integrity. Certain embodiments provide a method including sending, by a computing device, a first data message; sending a first stop message; clearing a message stream state; and sending a second data message. The first data message includes data related to an order for a tradeable object, a first sequence number with a value of a predefined initial sequence number, and a first phase number. The second data message includes data related to an order, a second sequence number with a value of the predefined initial sequence number, and a second phase number, wherein the second phase number is different than the first phase number. The message stream state is associated with the order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: TRADING TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Erica Joan Grant BRADNICK, Leslie Michael BRODY, Scott F. SINGER
  • Publication number: 20120203667
    Abstract: A system and method charges a customer's cellular account or another account for goods or services ordered from a merchant using USSD and/or other commands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Inventors: Michael Brody, Rodger Desai, Sung Kim
  • Publication number: 20110047045
    Abstract: A system and method allows users to make purchases by charging or funding a prepaid debit card with their cell phone accounts by simulating a user roaming with their mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventors: Michael Brody, Rodger Desai, Sung Kim
  • Publication number: 20050271857
    Abstract: The invention is a therapeutic sports towel that integrates the features of a sports towel and a stretching device into a single device that incorporates the desired properties of the two. The therapeutic sports towel is thus absorbent and convenient to carry on a golf bag or drape over a shoulder, while also having the appropriate resistance and recoil properties for therapeutic stretching. Further, the combination of a towel material with a stretchable material ensures that the therapeutic stretching has a predetermined maximum length, to prevent the overstretching that is commonly associated with therapeutic stretching bands and so forth. Various embodiments of the invention include one or more pockets for holding ice or ice packs, such that the ice or ice packs may be retained in place against sore or pulled muscles by tying or fastening the therapeutic towel appropriately around the body or a body appendage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2005
    Publication date: December 8, 2005
    Inventors: Lee Brody, David Marini, Michael Brody