Patents by Inventor Thomas J. Mathai

Thomas J. Mathai 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).

  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ONLINE COMMERCE
    Publication number: 20090106119
    Abstract: The invention provides a secure online payment method and system. In an embodiment of the invention, a transaction system facilitates online purchase of merchant items by customers and to have those purchased items billed, i.e., debited, to a telephone account. Particularly, the system comprises a number of customer web access devices, a TCP/IP communications network, a number of merchant computers, a centralized payment server, and a number of telecommunication company (TELCO) networks. Communications are bridged between the TCP/IP network and the number of TELCO networks implementing, for example a common channel signaling (CCS) based protocol, such as signaling system 7 (SS7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: Thomas J. Mathai, Kenneth Margon
  • System and method for online commerce
    Publication number: 20040243477
    Abstract: The invention provides a secure online payment method and system. In an embodiment of the invention, a transaction system facilitates online purchase of merchant items by customers and to have those purchased items billed, i.e., debited, to a telephone account. Particularly, the system comprises a number of customer web access devices, a TCP/IP communications network, a number of merchant computers, a centralized payment server, and a number of telecommunication company (TELCO) networks. Communications are bridged between the TCP/IP network and the number of TELCO networks implementing, for example a common channel signaling (CCS) based protocol, such as signaling system 7 (SS7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Thomas J. Mathai, Kenneth Margon