Patents by Inventor Thomas Joseph Mullen

Thomas Joseph Mullen 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 to provide real time transaction validation and billing via a communications network
    Patent number: 8249960
    Abstract: A system and method for providing real-time validation to a content provider of a customer's request transmitted via a communications system for delivery of content by the content provider to the customer via a communications system. A request for validation of the customer from the content provider, the request including data identifying the customer, is dealt with by determining from the identifying data whether the customer is a subscriber and then immediately requesting acknowledgement by the customer of the customer's request for the delivery of the content. Upon receipt of an acknowledgement from the customer a validation of the customer's request is sent to the content provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Wmode Inc.
    Inventors: Dave M. L. Cooper, Dennis Woronuk, Robert S. Woodward, Kevin G. Zeeb, Thomas Joseph Mullen