Patents by Inventor Safwan Shah

Safwan Shah 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).

  • Identity verification and enrollment system for self-service devices
    Patent number: 6758394
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for authorizing a customer to perform transactions with a self-service device. A first set of biometric data regarding the customer is extracted from a verification instrument. A second set of biometric data is extracted directly from at least one feature of the customer. Textual data regarding the customer is extracted from the verification instrument. The first and second sets of biometric data are compared to determine whether they are derived from a single individual. If so, customer identification information is recorded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: Infonox on the Web
    Inventors: Vali Maskatiya, Safwan Shah, Ashim Banerjee
  • Active profiling system for tracking and quantifying customer conversion efficiency
    Publication number: 20030046096
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for compiling a customer profile. A database that includes identification information for customers is maintained. Customers who physically visit a first entity are identified from the information maintained in the database. Some of those customers execute a transaction with the first entity and some of those customers do not execute a transaction with the first entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Inventors: Safwan Shah, Vali Maskatiya, Ashim Banerjee
  • Identity verification and enrollment system for self-service devices
    Publication number: 20030006277
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for authorizing a customer to perform transactions with a self-service device. A first set of biometric data regarding the customer is extracted from a verification instrument. A second set of biometric data is extracted directly from at least one feature of the customer. Textual data regarding the customer is extracted from the verification instrument. The first and second sets of biometric data are compared to determine whether they are derived from a single individual. If so, customer identification information is recorded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2001
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Inventors: Vali Maskatiya, Safwan Shah, Ashim Banerjee
  • Active transaction generation, processing, and routing system
    Publication number: 20020184103
    Abstract: A method and computer system are provided for interfacing between customers and independent service providers. Customer information and transaction data are collected for transactions that may be divided into at least two subsets, with transactions in each subset being initiated with transaction devices associated with a different independent service providers. For each transaction request, a determination is made which of the independent service providers should receive the transaction request, based on the collected customer information, and it is then transmitted to the determined independent service provider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2001
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventors: Safwan Shah, Vali Maskatiya, Rohan Chandran, Narinder Bajwa