Patents by Inventor Thomas J. Hansen

Thomas J. Hansen 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).

  • Wireless point of sale transaction
    Patent number: 7587196
    Abstract: A transaction request by a first customer device is processed by a transaction system. The transaction request is approved by transmitting a data signal from the first customer device to the transaction system via a wireless communications link. Respective wireless communications links are established between the transaction system and a number of customer devices corresponding to respective customers. The first customer device is identified among the number of customer devices having established respective wireless communications links as being a customer device carried by a selected customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventor: Thomas J. Hansen
  • Wireless point of sale transaction
    Publication number: 20040243517
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of processing a transaction request by a first customer device (T1) and a transaction system (100), the transaction request being approved by transmitting a data signal from the first customer device the transaction system via a wireless communications link (105).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventor: Thomas J. Hansen