Patents by Inventor Stephen Diamond

Stephen Diamond 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: 9286606
    Abstract: A wireless mobile communications apparatus reads removable cards and can communicate an account corresponding to the removable card in order to conduct a wireless transaction with a merchant on the account with the wireless mobile communications apparatus. A total currency amount for the transaction, and remaining balance in the account after the transaction, can be displayed on a display screen of the wireless mobile communications apparatus. The removable card can be a gift card bearing a magnetic strip having an identifier for the account encoded thereto that will be read when inserted into the wireless mobile communications apparatus which can be a cellular telephone or Web enabled portable device. The magnetic strip gift card can be substantially composed of paper so as to be intended for disposable after use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: VISA U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Diamond
  • Publication number: 20150112859
    Abstract: A wireless mobile communications apparatus reads removable cards and can communicate an account corresponding to the removable card in order to conduct a wireless transaction with a merchant on the account with the wireless mobile communications apparatus. A total currency amount for the transaction, and remaining balance in the account after the transaction, can be displayed on a display screen of the wireless mobile communications apparatus. The removable card can be a gift card bearing a magnetic strip having an identifier for the account encoded thereto that will be read when inserted into the wireless mobile communications apparatus which can be a cellular telephone or Web enabled portable device. The magnetic strip gift card can be substantially composed of paper so as to be intended for disposable after use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventor: Stephen Diamond
  • Patent number: 8919658
    Abstract: A wireless mobile communications apparatus reads removable cards and can communicate an account corresponding to the removable card in order to conduct a wireless transaction with a merchant on the account with the wireless mobile communications apparatus. A total currency amount for the transaction, and remaining balance in the account after the transaction, can be displayed on a display screen of the wireless mobile communications apparatus. The removable card can be a gift card bearing a magnetic strip having an identifier for the account encoded thereto that will be read when inserted into the wireless mobile communications apparatus which can be a cellular telephone or Web enabled portable device. The magnetic strip gift card can be substantially composed of paper so as to be intended for disposable after use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Visa U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Diamond
  • Patent number: 8657203
    Abstract: A wireless mobile communications apparatus reads removable cards and can communicate an account corresponding to the removable card in order to conduct a wireless transaction with a merchant on the account with the wireless mobile communications apparatus. A total currency amount for the transaction, and remaining balance in the account after the transaction, can be displayed on a display screen of the wireless mobile communications apparatus. The removable card can be a gift card bearing a magnetic strip having an identifier for the account encoded thereto that will be read when inserted into the wireless mobile communications apparatus which can be a cellular telephone or Web enabled portable device. The magnetic strip gift card can be substantially composed of paper so as to be intended for disposable after use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Visa U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Diamond
  • Publication number: 20140048598
    Abstract: A wireless mobile communications apparatus reads removable cards and can communicate an account corresponding to the removable card in order to conduct a wireless transaction with a merchant on the account with the wireless mobile communications apparatus. A total currency amount for the transaction, and remaining balance in the account after the transaction, can be displayed on a display screen of the wireless mobile communications apparatus. The removable card can be a gift card bearing a magnetic strip having an identifier for the account encoded thereto that will be read when inserted into the wireless mobile communications apparatus which can be a cellular telephone or Web enabled portable device. The magnetic strip gift card can be substantially composed of paper so as to be intended for disposable after use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: VISA U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Diamond
  • Patent number: 8596547
    Abstract: A wireless mobile communications apparatus reads removable cards and can communicate an account corresponding to the removable card in order to conduct a wireless transaction with a merchant on the account with the wireless mobile communications apparatus. A total currency amount for the transaction, and remaining balance in the account after the transaction, can be displayed on a display screen of the wireless mobile communications apparatus. The removable card can be a gift card bearing a magnetic strip having an identifier for the account encoded thereto that will be read when inserted into the wireless mobile communications apparatus which can be a cellular telephone or Web enabled portable device. The magnetic strip gift card can be substantially composed of paper so as to be intended for disposable after use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Visa U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Diamond
  • Patent number: 8480001
    Abstract: A wireless mobile communications apparatus reads removable cards and can communicate an account corresponding to the removable card in order to conduct a wireless transaction with a merchant on the account with the wireless mobile communications apparatus. A total currency amount for the transaction, and remaining balance in the account after the transaction, can be displayed on a display screen of the wireless mobile communications apparatus. The removable card can be a gift card bearing a magnetic strip having an identifier for the account encoded thereto that will be read when inserted into the wireless mobile communications apparatus which can be a cellular telephone or Web enabled portable device. The magnetic strip gift card can be substantially composed of paper so as to be intended for disposable after use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Visa U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Diamond
  • Patent number: 8453940
    Abstract: A wireless mobile communications apparatus reads removable cards and can communicate an account corresponding to the removable card in order to conduct a wireless transaction with a merchant on the account with the wireless mobile communications apparatus. A total currency amount for the transaction, and remaining balance in the account after the transaction, can be displayed on a display screen of the wireless mobile communications apparatus. The removable card can be a gift card bearing a magnetic strip having an identifier for the account encoded thereto that will be read when inserted into the wireless mobile communications apparatus which can be a cellular telephone or Web enabled portable device. The magnetic strip gift card can be substantially composed of paper so as to be intended for disposable after use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Visa U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Diamond
  • Publication number: 20130066782
    Abstract: A wireless mobile communications apparatus reads removable cards and can communicate an account corresponding to the removable card in order to conduct a wireless transaction with a merchant on the account with the wireless mobile communications apparatus. A total currency amount for the transaction, and remaining balance in the account after the transaction, can be displayed on a display screen of the wireless mobile communications apparatus. The removable card can be a gift card bearing a magnetic strip having an identifier for the account encoded thereto that will be read when inserted into the wireless mobile communications apparatus which can be a cellular telephone or Web enabled portable device. The magnetic strip gift card can be substantially composed of paper so as to be intended for disposable after use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventor: Stephen Diamond
  • Publication number: 20120118949
    Abstract: A wireless mobile communications apparatus reads removable cards and can communicate an account corresponding to the removable card in order to conduct a wireless transaction with a merchant on the account with the wireless mobile communications apparatus. A total currency amount for the transaction, and remaining balance in the account after the transaction, can be displayed on a display screen of the wireless mobile communications apparatus. The removable card can be a gift card bearing a magnetic strip having an identifier for the account encoded thereto that will be read when inserted into the wireless mobile communications apparatus which can be a cellular telephone or Web enabled portable device. The magnetic strip gift card can be substantially composed of paper so as to be intended for disposable after use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventor: Stephen Diamond
  • Publication number: 20120123939
    Abstract: A wireless mobile communications apparatus reads removable cards and can communicate an account corresponding to the removable card in order to conduct a wireless transaction with a merchant on the account with the wireless mobile communications apparatus. A total currency amount for the transaction, and remaining balance in the account after the transaction, can be displayed on a display screen of the wireless mobile communications apparatus. The removable card can be a gift card bearing a magnetic strip having an identifier for the account encoded thereto that will be read when inserted into the wireless mobile communications apparatus which can be a cellular telephone or Web enabled portable device. The magnetic strip gift card can be substantially composed of paper so as to be intended for disposable after use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventor: Stephen Diamond
  • Publication number: 20120118953
    Abstract: A wireless mobile communications apparatus reads removable cards and can communicate an account corresponding to the removable card in order to conduct a wireless transaction with a merchant on the account with the wireless mobile communications apparatus. A total currency amount for the transaction, and remaining balance in the account after the transaction, can be displayed on a display screen of the wireless mobile communications apparatus. The removable card can be a gift card bearing a magnetic strip having an identifier for the account encoded thereto that will be read when inserted into the wireless mobile communications apparatus which can be a cellular telephone or Web enabled portable device. The magnetic strip gift card can be substantially composed of paper so as to be intended for disposable after use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventor: Stephen Diamond
  • Patent number: 8127999
    Abstract: A wireless mobile communications apparatus reads removable cards and can communicate an account corresponding to the removable card in order to conduct a wireless transaction with a merchant on the account with the wireless mobile communications apparatus. A total currency amount for the transaction, and remaining balance in the account after the transaction, can be displayed on a display screen of the wireless mobile communications apparatus. The removable card can be a gift card bearing a magnetic strip having an identifier for the account encoded thereto that will be read when inserted into the wireless mobile communications apparatus which can be a cellular telephone or Web enabled portable device. The magnetic strip gift card can be substantially composed of paper so as to be intended for disposable after use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Visa U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Diamond
  • Publication number: 20100054955
    Abstract: A rotary blade, such as a turbine blade for a gas turbine engine, has an aerofoil portion with a tip partly shrouded by winglets. A gutter extends across the radially outer face of the tip to leave upstands. Cooling air feed galleries are drilled into each upstand, from the trailing edge, toward the upper end of a cooling air feed void, which is spaced from the trailing edge. Cooling passages are drilled from the winglet edges to the gallery. Cooling air supplied through the void passes along the gallery, through the passages and leaves the blade at the cooling holes. This allows cooling to be provided near the trailing edge of the tip without requiring the geometry around the trailing edge to be thickened to accommodate a cooling air void.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE, PLC
    Inventors: Caner H. Helvaci, Roderick M. Townes, Stephen Diamond
  • Publication number: 20100051689
    Abstract: A wireless mobile communications apparatus reads removable cards and can communicate an account corresponding to the removable card in order to conduct a wireless transaction with a merchant on the account with the wireless mobile communications apparatus. A total currency amount for the transaction, and remaining balance in the account after the transaction, can be displayed on a display screen of the wireless mobile communications apparatus. The removable card can be a gift card bearing a magnetic strip having an identifier for the account encoded thereto that will be read when inserted into the wireless mobile communications apparatus which can be a cellular telephone or Web enabled portable device. The magnetic strip gift card can be substantially composed of paper so as to be intended for disposable after use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventor: Stephen Diamond
  • Patent number: 3991710
    Abstract: A coating system for efficient electrical precipitation of powder to articles. Articles are conveyed through a coating chamber where they are coated with a powder. Electrogasdynamic guns direct a cloud of charged particles into the coating chamber. Dilution air moves the cloud through the chamber with the articles. As the cloud moves with the articles, the charged particles precipitate to the articles. An exhaust section draws off the dilution air as the coated articles leave the chamber. Electrically conductive articles may be grounded through the conveyor system to provide a discharge path from the charged particles. For nonconducting or hard to ground articles, a precharge section places on the articles an initial charge of opposite polarity from the charged particles. A powder feed using a cylinder and piston arrangement to contain fluidized powder supplies a uniform powder suspension to the guns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1973
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1976
    Assignee: Energy Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Meredith C. Gourdine, Stephen Diamond, Donald Porter