Patents by Inventor Michael Dow

Michael Dow 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: 20230196322
    Abstract: It is desirable for a merchant to not store customer PCI (Payment Card Industry) data in the merchant’s system, because this would reduce cost and risk to the merchant. But the merchant still wants access to the customer primary account number (PAN) and other PCI data elements for customer authentication, customer relationship management, etc. Therefore, this specification discloses systems and methods that allow a pPOS (personal Point of Sale) device to create a mirror of the original transaction and provide that to the merchant. Then the merchant would still have access to the customer PAN and other PCI data elements, but there are no PCI or payment data in the mirror transaction, so cost and risk are reduced for the merchant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Todd Raymond Nuzum, Michael Dow
  • Patent number: 11620623
    Abstract: It is desirable for a merchant to not store customer PCI (Payment Card Industry) data in the merchant's system, because this would reduce cost and risk to the merchant. But the merchant still wants access to the customer primary account number (PAN) and other PCI data elements for customer authentication, customer relationship management, etc. Therefore, this specification discloses systems and methods that allow a pPOS (personal Point of Sale) device to create a mirror of the original transaction and provide that to the merchant. Then the merchant would still have access to the customer PAN and other PCI data elements, but there are no PCI or payment data in the mirror transaction, so cost and risk are reduced for the merchant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Todd Raymond Nuzum, Michael Dow
  • Patent number: 11514418
    Abstract: Within EMV payment specification, use of an unattended terminal to accept a payment is allowed. Creating a device that has both EMV level 1 (L1) and level 2 (L2) payment components combined with a virtual merchant creates a “card present” transaction for an on-line or e-commerce merchant. This device can be called a personal Point of Sale (pPOS). This specification discloses pPOS devices and methods that can provide for card present e-commerce transactions with a payment kernel that is local and/or remote to a pPOS device. In some embodiments, a pPOS device can include only a secure microcontroller function (MCF) and a secure element, wherein a payment kernel configured to process payment is local, remote, or split between local and remote to the device. In some embodiments, a pPOS device can further include a reader, a sensor switch, and/or a user interface function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Todd Raymond Nuzum, Melissa Hunter, Derek Alan Snell, Patrick Ryan Comiskey, Suresh Palliparambil, Michael Dow
  • Patent number: 10679201
    Abstract: Within the EMV payment specification, the use of an unattended terminal to accept a payment is allowed. Creating a device that has both the EMV level 1 (L1) and level 2 (L2) payment components combined with a virtual merchant creates a “card present” transaction for an on-line or e-commerce merchant. This device can be called a personal Point of Sale (pPOS). This specification discloses personal Point of Sale (pPOS) devices and methods that can provide for card present e-commerce transactions. In some embodiments, a pPOS device can include only a secure microcontroller function (MCF), a payment kernel, a secure element, and an interface to an external system with an EMV level 3 (L3) payment application. In some embodiments, a pPOS device can further include a reader. In some embodiments, a pPOS device can still further include a sensor switch and/or a user interface function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Todd Raymond Nuzum, Melissa A. Hunter, Derek Alan Snell, Suresh Palliparambil, Patrick Ryan Comiskey, Michael Dow
  • Publication number: 20190370769
    Abstract: It is desirable for a merchant to not store customer PCI (Payment Card Industry) data in the merchant's system, because this would reduce cost and risk to the merchant. But the merchant still wants access to the customer primary account number (PAN) and other PCI data elements for customer authentication, customer relationship management, etc. Therefore, this specification discloses systems and methods that allow a pPOS (personal Point of Sale) device to create a mirror of the original transaction and provide that to the merchant. Then the merchant would still have access to the customer PAN and other PCI data elements, but there are no PCI or payment data in the mirror transaction, so cost and risk are reduced for the merchant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Todd Raymond Nuzum, Michael Dow
  • Publication number: 20190114606
    Abstract: Today, merchant Point of Sale (POS) systems can be certified by the merchant acquirers for Level 3 with a certified EMV Level 1 contact and contactless reader. The EMV Level 2 payment kernel is configured to meet the merchant's requirements based on the rules the merchant sets in the payment kernel. These rules and parameters are static. The present specification discloses a personal POS (pPOS) device and method, where different merchants can use the same customer pPOS hardware by changing the configuration of the payment kernel to their rules prior to processing the payment. Therefore, the present specification discloses devices and methods that can process payment transactions using a payment kernel that is dynamically configurable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Todd Raymond Nuzum, Michael Dow, Eric Michael Ocasio
  • Publication number: 20180365679
    Abstract: Within EMV payment specification, use of an unattended terminal to accept a payment is allowed. Creating a device that has both EMV level 1 (L1) and level 2 (L2) payment components combined with a virtual merchant creates a “card present” transaction for an on-line or e-commerce merchant. This device can be called a personal Point of Sale (pPOS). This specification discloses “card present” payments from a customer's vehicle with a pPOS device in or on the vehicle. This allows for “card present” payments from a customer's vehicle for drive by or drive through payments. The specification further discloses systems and methods to authenticate the merchant or an unattended terminal of a merchant to pPOS in the customer's vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Todd Raymond Nuzum, Michael Dow, Curtis Hillier
  • Publication number: 20180268390
    Abstract: Within EMV payment specification, use of an unattended terminal to accept a payment is allowed. Creating a device that has both EMV level 1 (L1) and level 2 (L2) payment components combined with a virtual merchant creates a “card present” transaction for an on-line or e-commerce merchant. This device can be called a personal Point of Sale (pPOS). This specification discloses pPOS devices and methods that can provide for card present e-commerce transactions with a payment kernel that is local and/or remote to a pPOS device. In some embodiments, a pPOS device can include only a secure microcontroller function (MCF) and a secure element, wherein a payment kernel configured to process payment is local, remote, or split between local and remote to the device. In some embodiments, a pPOS device can further include a reader, a sensor switch, and/or a user interface function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Todd Raymond Nuzum, Melissa Hunter, Derek Alan Snell, Patrick Ryan Comiskey, Suresh Palliparambil, Michael Dow
  • Publication number: 20180130040
    Abstract: Within the EMV payment specification, the use of an unattended terminal to accept a payment is allowed. Creating a device that has both the EMV level 1 (L1) and level 2 (L2) payment components combined with a virtual merchant creates a “card present” transaction for an on-line or e-commerce merchant. This device can be called a personal Point of Sale (pPOS). This specification discloses personal Point of Sale (pPOS) devices and methods that can provide for card present e-commerce transactions. In some embodiments, a pPOS device can include only a secure microcontroller function (MCF), a payment kernel, a secure element, and an interface to an external system with an EMV level 3 (L3) payment application. In some embodiments, a pPOS device can further include a reader. In some embodiments, a pPOS device can still further include a sensor switch and/or a user interface function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Todd Raymond Nuzum, Melissa A. Hunter, Derek Alan Snell, Suresh Palliparambil, Patrick Ryan Comiskey, Michael Dow