Patents by Inventor Ruth Rosenberg

Ruth Rosenberg 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).

  • Patent number: 8386389
    Abstract: Service delivery systems and methods are described. In one aspect, a service delivery system includes a set of tokens, a database, multiple terminals, and a service manager. Each of the tokens includes a respective token identifier. The database stores personal user profiles each of which is associated with a respective token identifier. The terminals are distributed about a selected locale. Each terminal has a reader that is operable to read token identifiers from tokens and a controller that is operable to transmit read token identifiers and context data identifying one or more conditions under which a token identifier is read through a network connection each time a token identifier is read. The service manager is connected to each of the terminals through a respective network connection and to the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Wesley Chan, Ruth Rosenberg, Venkatesh Gururaja Rao, Glenn Clifford Steiner, James E. Patterson, Philippe Debaty, Shane Konsalla, Grady Gordon Cooper, Megan Grey Taylor, Staci Hartman
  • Publication number: 20040203638
    Abstract: Service delivery systems and methods are described. In one aspect, a service delivery system includes a set of tokens, a database, multiple terminals, and a service manager. Each of the tokens includes a respective token identifier. The database stores personal user profiles each of which is associated with a respective token identifier. The terminals are distributed about a selected locale. Each terminal has a reader that is operable to read token identifiers from tokens and a controller that is operable to transmit read token identifiers and context data identifying one or more conditions under which a token identifier is read through a network connection each time a token identifier is read. The service manager is connected to each of the terminals through a respective network connection and to the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2002
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Inventors: Wesley Chan, Ruth Rosenberg, Venkatesh Gururaja Rao, Glenn Clifford Steiner, James E. Patterson, Philippe Debaty, Shane Konsalla, Staci Hartman, Grady Gordon Cooper, Megan Grey Taylor, Staci Hartman
  • Patent number: 6594647
    Abstract: An infrastructure for a real time bank-centric universal payment system (2) in which a central processing system (CPU) defines an electronic commerce trust system (1) formed from a plurality of financial service provider members (4) subscribing to a common standard having applicability throught the infrastructure. The central processing unit is operatively interconnected to the correspondent processing units of financial service provider members (4) that in turn are operatively interconnected through access mechanisms to a network of customers (3) and goods and services providers (5) who are account subscribers with the financial service provider member (4) and subject to the common standard of the system. The CPU provides non-revocable real time debit and credit transactions and effects net settlement between and among members through a central exchange monetary system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignees: Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: William Randle, Richard Ercole, Terry L. Geer, David L. James, Jodie M. Fredelake, Dennis Roman, Fabio Fontana, Rick Bartlett, Ruth Rosenberg, Robert W. Murphy, Tuong T. Tran, Paul Lampru
  • Patent number: 5974146
    Abstract: An infrastructure for a real time bank-centric universal payment system in which a central processing unit (CPU) defines an electronic commerce trust system formed from a plurality of financial service provider members subscribing to a common standard having applicability throughout the infrastructure. The central processing unit is operatively interconnected to the correspondent processing units of financial service provider members that in turn are operatively interconnected through access mechanisms to a network of customers and goods and services providers who are account subscribers with the financial service provider member and subject to the common standard of the system. The CPU provides non-revocable real time debit and credit transactions and effects provider net settlement between and among members through a central exchange monetary system. Features of the infrastructure include an ECTS hot file, bill presentment and payment options and provider designed services that enhance brand identity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignees: Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, Hewlett-Packard Company, Verifone, Inc.
    Inventors: William Randle, Richard Ercole, Terry L. Geer, David L. James, Jodie M. Fredelake, Dennis Roman, Fabio Fontana, Rick Bartlett, Ruth Rosenberg, Robert W. Murphy, Tuong T. Tran, Paul Lampru
  • Patent number: 4648851
    Abstract: A stuffed animal having an inner body covered by a loosely connected enlarged outer skin permitting adjustment of the folds therein for changing the appearance and/or expression of the stuffed animal by external manipulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1987
    Assignee: Dena Smith-Migatz
    Inventor: Ruth Rosenberg