Patents by Inventor Oliver T. Althoff

Oliver T. Althoff 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).

  • Checkout system for on-line, card present equivalent interchanges
    Publication number: 20030018587
    Abstract: The present invention includes methods for providing merchant's with verified information about a user during a remote electronic transaction; methods for carrying out a verified, remote electronic transaction over a network by providing verified user information to a merchant's server, which information is necessary to complete the verified transaction; and systems enabling a user to complete a verified, remote electronic transactions over a network with a merchant, wherein the verified transactions include providing the merchant's server with verified user information. Moreover, the present invention provides methods and systems for conducting verified, remote electronic transactions using a single access code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2001
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Inventors: Oliver T. Althoff, Thomas S. Johnston, Michael J. Abbott