Patents by Inventor Stephen Ranzini

Stephen Ranzini 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: 20060277144
    Abstract: A system and method for allowing simplified electronic transfer of funds in files subject to sender-defined access constraints. In one aspect of the system and method, a digital currency file is transmitted as an attachment to an electronic message. The sender of the digital currency file defines the level of security associated with the file, i.e., what the recipient must provide to access the funds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Applicants: JOVE CORPORATION, NATIONAL CENTER FOR MANUFACTURING SCIENCES
    Inventors: Stephen Ranzini, John Sheridan
  • Publication number: 20050131811
    Abstract: Systems and methods employable, for example, in the handling of various electronically-dispatched messages, fiber-optic or light based messages, wireless based messages, and/or the like. According to various such systems and methods, in the case where a dispatched message is, for instance, found to be inadequate, undesirable, and/or not wanted or the like in some way, an entity receiving the message and/or one or more entities associated with the recipient entity may, for example, come to possess all or some of funds required by network rules, database rules, file based rules, message based rules, in memory based rules, computer program based rules and/or the like to be made available for possession by the sender (either directly or indirectly) of the message in association with the message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2004
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Inventors: Stephen Ranzini, Chris Weideman