Patents by Inventor Phillip Ireland

Phillip Ireland 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).

  • Depositing items of value
    Publication number: 20050086140
    Abstract: A method of depositing items of value, the method comprising 1) receiving (30) a tamperevident and coded container holding the items of value, the code relating to the content of the container; 2) verifying (32) that the package has been received in an acceptable manner, and, if it has (36), 3) either incrementing (38) an account with the value of the items of value in the container by reference to the code and without opening the container, or, if the account has previously been incremented, leaving the account unchanged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Applicant: DE LA RUE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Phillip Ireland, Alexander James, Karen Cunningham, Pietro Armanini, Simon Calverley