Patents by Inventor Thomas N. Spitzer

Thomas N. Spitzer 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).

  • Electronic transaction card with contactless interface
    Patent number: 8136732
    Abstract: An electronic transaction card communicates with an add-on slot of an intelligent electronic device. The add-on slot may be a memory card slot. The intelligent electronic device may be a mobile phone or other device with or without network connectivity. The electronic transaction card may have magnetic field producing circuitry compatible with magnetic card readers, smartcard circuitry, other point-of-sale interfaces, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Tyfone, Inc.
    Inventors: Siva G. Narendra, Prabhakar Tadepalli, Thomas N. Spitzer
  • Add-on card with smartcard circuitry powered by a mobile device
    Patent number: 8091786
    Abstract: An electronic transaction card communicates with an add-on slot of an intelligent electronic device. The add-on slot may be a memory card slot. The intelligent electronic device may be a mobile phone or other device with or without network connectivity. The electronic transaction card may have magnetic field producing circuitry compatible with magnetic card readers, smartcard circuitry, other point-of-sale interfaces, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Tyfone, Inc.
    Inventors: Siva G. Narendra, Prabhakar Tadepalli, Thomas N. Spitzer
  • Provisioning an add-on apparatus with smartcard circuity for enabling transactions
    Patent number: 8083145
    Abstract: An electronic transaction card communicates with an add-on slot of an intelligent electronic device. The add-on slot may be a memory card slot. The intelligent electronic device may be a mobile phone or other device with or without network connectivity. The electronic transaction card may have magnetic field producing circuitry compatible with magnetic card readers, smartcard circuitry, other point-of-sale interfaces, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Tyfone, Inc.
    Inventors: Siva G. Narendra, Prabhakar Tadepalli, Thomas N. Spitzer
  • MEMORY CARD ADAPTER
    Publication number: 20110272468
    Abstract: An electronic transaction card communicates with an add-on slot of an intelligent electronic device. The add-on slot may be a memory card slot. The intelligent electronic device may be a mobile phone or other device with or without network connectivity. The electronic transaction card may have magnetic field producing circuitry compatible with magnetic card readers, smartcard circuitry, other point-of-sale interfaces, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: TYFONE, INC.
    Inventors: Siva G. Narendra, Thomas N. Spitzer, Prabhakar Tadepalli
  • ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION CARD WITH CONTACTLESS INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20110272469
    Abstract: An electronic transaction card communicates with an add-on slot of an intelligent electronic device. The add-on slot may be a memory card slot. The intelligent electronic device may be a mobile phone or other device with or without network connectivity. The electronic transaction card may have magnetic field producing circuitry compatible with magnetic card readers, smartcard circuitry, other point-of-sale interfaces, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: TYFONE, INC.
    Inventors: Siva G. Narendra, Thomas N. Spitzer, Prabhakar Tadepalli
  • PERFORMING TRANSACTIONS WITH AN ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION CARD
    Publication number: 20110269438
    Abstract: An electronic transaction card communicates with an add-on slot of an intelligent electronic device. The add-on slot may be a memory card slot. The intelligent electronic device may be a mobile phone or other device with or without network connectivity. The electronic transaction card may have magnetic field producing circuitry compatible with magnetic card readers, smartcard circuitry, other point-of-sale interfaces, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: TYFONE, INC.
    Inventors: Siva G. Narendra, Thomas N. Spitzer, Prabhakar Tadepalli
  • MEMORY CARD HAVING ONE OR MORE SECURE ELEMENTS ACCESSED WITH HIDDEN COMMANDS
    Publication number: 20110271044
    Abstract: A memory card compatible token includes one or more secure elements accessed using secure element commands hidden in a memory card access command. A mobile computing device such as a mobile phone accesses the non-memory components by including a hidden command value as part of the memory card access command. Any set or subset of all possible secure element commands may be routed to one or more secure elements based on the hidden command value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: TYFONE, INC.
    Inventors: Siva G. Narendra, Prabhakar Tadepalli, Thomas N. Spitzer
  • PROVISIONING AN ADD-ON APPARATUS WITH SMARTCARD CIRCUITY FOR ENABLING TRANSACTIONS
    Publication number: 20110223972
    Abstract: An electronic transaction card communicates with an add-on slot of an intelligent electronic device. The add-on slot may be a memory card slot. The intelligent electronic device may be a mobile phone or other device with or without network connectivity. The electronic transaction card may have magnetic field producing circuitry compatible with magnetic card readers, smartcard circuitry, other point-of-sale interfaces, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: Tyfone, Inc.
    Inventors: Siva G. Narendra, Thomas N. Spitzer, Prabhakar Tadepalli
  • ADD-ON CARD WITH SMARTCARD CIRCUITRY POWERED BY A MOBILE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110220726
    Abstract: An electronic transaction card communicates with an add-on slot of an intelligent electronic device. The add-on slot may be a memory card slot. The intelligent electronic device may be a mobile phone or other device with or without network connectivity. The electronic transaction card may have magnetic field producing circuitry compatible with magnetic card readers, smartcard circuitry, other point-of-sale interfaces, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: Tyfone, Inc.
    Inventors: Siva G. Narendra, Thomas N. Spitzer, Prabhakar Tadepalli
  • Secure messaging
    Patent number: 7991158
    Abstract: Secure authentication and messaging for mobile online transactions are performed by a secure messaging platform. The secure messaging platform may include a token coupled to a mobile device, or a mobile device alone. The token enables secure access, and client and server protocols enable secure transactions using text/SMS messaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Tyfone, Inc.
    Inventors: Siva G. Narendra, Prabhakar Tadepalli, Thomas N. Spitzer, Asoke Talukder
  • Provisioning electronic transaction card in mobile device
    Patent number: 7954717
    Abstract: An electronic transaction card communicates with an add-on slot of an intelligent electronic device. The add-on slot may be a memory card slot. The intelligent electronic device may be a mobile phone or other device with or without network connectivity. The electronic transaction card may have magnetic field producing circuitry compatible with magnetic card readers, smartcard circuitry, other point-of-sale interfaces, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Tyfone, Inc.
    Inventors: Siva G. Narendra, Prabhakar Tadepalli, Thomas N. Spitzer
  • Electronic transaction card powered by mobile device
    Patent number: 7954716
    Abstract: An electronic transaction card communicates with an add-on slot of an intelligent electronic device. The add-on slot may be a memory card slot. The intelligent electronic device may be a mobile phone or other device with or without network connectivity. The electronic transaction card may have magnetic field producing circuitry compatible with magnetic card readers, smartcard circuitry, other point-of-sale interfaces, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Tyfone, Inc.
    Inventors: Siva G. Narendra, Prabhakar Tadepalli, Thomas N. Spitzer
  • Mobile device with transaction card in add-on slot
    Patent number: 7954715
    Abstract: An electronic transaction card communicates with an add-on slot of an intelligent electronic device. The add-on slot may be a memory card slot. The intelligent electronic device may be a mobile phone or other device with or without network connectivity. The electronic transaction card may have magnetic field producing circuitry compatible with magnetic card readers, smartcard circuitry, other point-of-sale interfaces, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Tyfone, Inc.
    Inventors: Siva G. Narendra, Thomas N. Spitzer, Prabhakar Tadepalli
  • MEMORY CARD COMPATIBLE FINANCIAL TRANSACTION CARD
    Publication number: 20110073663
    Abstract: An electronic transaction card communicates with an add-on slot of an intelligent electronic device. The add-on slot may be a memory card slot. The intelligent electronic device may be a mobile phone or other device with or without network connectivity. The electronic transaction card may have magnetic field producing circuitry compatible with magnetic card readers, smartcard circuitry, other point-of-sale interfaces, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: TYFONE, INC.
    Inventors: Siva G. Narendra, Thomas N. Spitzer, Prabhakar Tadepalli
  • ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION CARD POWERED BY MOBILE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110073665
    Abstract: An electronic transaction card communicates with an add-on slot of an intelligent electronic device. The add-on slot may be a memory card slot. The intelligent electronic device may be a mobile phone or other device with or without network connectivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: TYFONE, INC.
    Inventors: Siva G. Narendra, Thomas N. Spitzer, Prabhakar Tadepalli
  • PROVISIONING ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION CARD IN MOBILE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110077052
    Abstract: An electronic transaction card communicates with an add-on slot of an intelligent electronic device. The add-on slot may be a memory card slot. The intelligent electronic device may be a mobile phone or other device with or without network connectivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: TYFONE, INC.
    Inventors: Siva G. Narendra, Thomas N. Spitzer, Prabhakar Tadepalli
  • MOBILE DEVICE WITH TRANSACTION CARD IN ADD-ON SLOT
    Publication number: 20110053644
    Abstract: An electronic transaction card communicates with an add-on slot of an intelligent electronic device. The add-on slot may be a memory card slot. The intelligent electronic device may be a mobile phone or other device with or without network connectivity. The electronic transaction card may have magnetic field producing circuitry compatible with magnetic card readers, smartcard circuitry, other point-of-sale interfaces, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: TYFONE, INC.
    Inventors: Siva G. Narendra, Thomas N. Spitzer, Prabhakar Tadepalli
  • Mobile phone with electronic transaction card
    Patent number: 7828214
    Abstract: An electronic transaction card communicates with an add-on slot of an intelligent electronic device. The add-on slot may be a memory card slot. The intelligent electronic device may be a mobile phone or other device with or without network connectivity. The electronic transaction card may have magnetic field producing circuitry compatible with magnetic card readers, smartcard circuitry, other point-of-sale interfaces, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Tyfone, Inc.
    Inventors: Siva G. Narendra, Prabhakar Tadepalli, Thomas N. Spitzer
  • Asymmetric cryptography with user authentication
    Patent number: 7805615
    Abstract: A device uses a user authentication factor to generate a decryption key for use in asymmetric cryptography. An encryption key is generated from the decryption key using a one-way function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Tyfone, Inc.
    Inventors: Siva G. Narendra, Prabhakar Tadepalli, Thomas N. Spitzer
  • ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION CARD
    Publication number: 20090298540
    Abstract: An electronic transaction card communicates with an add-on slot of an intelligent electronic device. The add-on slot may be a memory card slot. The intelligent electronic device may be a mobile phone or other device with or without network connectivity. The electronic transaction card may have magnetic field producing circuitry compatible with magnetic card readers, smartcard circuitry, other point-of-sale interfaces, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: TYFONE, INC.
    Inventors: Siva G. Narendra, Thomas N. Spitzer, Prabhakar Tadepalli