Patents by Inventor Thiago David Olson

Thiago David Olson 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).

  • Virtual wallet
    Patent number: 9406011
    Abstract: One variation of a method for controlling a reprogrammable payment card includes: at the payment card, establishing a wireless connection with a mobile computing device; receiving, over the wireless connection, a first magnetic sequence command corresponding to a first payment method, a first digital transaction credential corresponding to the first payment method, and a second magnetic sequence command corresponding to a second payment method; initiating a first mode; in the first mode, arming a controller within the payment card to drive a magnetic stripe emulator within the payment card according to the first magnetic sequence command; in the first mode, activating an integrated circuit within the payment card to broadcast the first digital transaction credential; and in the first mode, disabling operation of the magnetic stripe emulator and the integrated circuit in response to failure of a wireless connection with the mobile computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Stratos Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Joseph Bartenstein, Thiago David Olson
  • VIRTUAL WALLET
    Publication number: 20150073983
    Abstract: One variation of a method for controlling a reprogrammable payment card includes: at the payment card, establishing a wireless connection with a mobile computing device; receiving, over the wireless connection, a first magnetic sequence command corresponding to a first payment method, a first digital transaction credential corresponding to the first payment method, and a second magnetic sequence command corresponding to a second payment method; initiating a first mode; in the first mode, arming a controller within the payment card to drive a magnetic stripe emulator within the payment card according to the first magnetic sequence command; in the first mode, activating an integrated circuit within the payment card to broadcast the first digital transaction credential; and in the first mode, disabling operation of the magnetic stripe emulator and the integrated circuit in response to failure of a wireless connection with the mobile computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Christopher Joseph Bartenstein, Thiago David Olson