Patents by Inventor Robert L. Oaks

Robert L. Oaks 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: 20240123736
    Abstract: An example method comprising requesting authorization to reprocess a replaceable supply component using first data stored in memory of the replaceable supply component and an interface, the first data including original manufacturing data for the replaceable supply component. The method further comprises, in response to the request, receiving second data using the interface, and appending the original manufacturing data stored in the memory with the second data to designate the replaceable supply component as reprocessed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Steven T CASTLE, Paul L JERAN, Jefferson P WARD, Alex Michael OAKS, Jesse Otto SUTHERLAND, III, Robert TAYLOR
  • Publication number: 20100094671
    Abstract: This document describes tools for providing PIN-less debit (PLD) processing for a client, such as a merchant. In some embodiments, the tools intercept a request from a client to process a payment transaction for a consumer. If PLD processing is available for the transaction, the tools provide an indication to the client that PLD processing is an available option for processing the payment transaction. If the tools receive an indication that the consumer has opted to process the payment as a PLD transaction, the tools negotiate with a payment processor for fulfillment of the payment transaction. The tools are configured to handle one or more of the certification and compliance procedures required to process PLD transactions with a payment processor, thus allowing the client to process PLD transactions without having a direct payment processing relationship with a payment processor that offers PLD transaction processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: PE Systems
    Inventors: Robert L. Oaks, Peter M. Hamel, James D. Richards