Patents by Inventor Thomas P. Akana

Thomas P. Akana 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).

  • Patent number: 9607293
    Abstract: A method and system are described that facilitate efficient and secured management of a mobile payment account by an electronic wallet on a user portable electronic device, the electronic wallet for conducting payment transactions with a merchant point of sale terminal over a contactless communications link. In an aspect, the electronic wallet provides for the real-time addition of one or more users authorized to use the mobile payment account associated with the electronic wallet from their own respective portable devices, in a secure and efficient manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: BARCLAYS BANK PLC
    Inventors: Glenn Curtiss McMillen, David A. Crake, Thomas P. Akana, Loren Barton, Christine Ann Schuetz, Garry Lloyd, Eric Crozier
  • Patent number: 8538883
    Abstract: A method and system are described for tracking a process of provisioning, by a middleware server to a portable device in a mobile payment system, electronic wallet data for authorizing a payment transaction. In an embodiment, a user request for a payment account product is transmitted by the portable device to the middleware server. In response, the middleware server initiates a provisioning process for the requested payment account product, including storing status data indicative of an initiated state of the provisioning process. The middleware server then transmits a digital document to the portable device, including information that must be viewed by the user, and updates the status data indicative of a transmitted state of the digital document. In response to receiving an indication that the digital document has been viewed, the middleware server updates the stored status data indicative of a digital document viewed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Barclays Bank PLC
    Inventors: Amy Sobocinski Romagnoli, Mike Starck, Thomas P. Akana, Loren Barton, Patrick Mesa, Leslie Moore
  • Patent number: 8306916
    Abstract: A method and system are described for tracking a process of provisioning, by a middleware server to a portable device in a mobile payment system, electronic wallet data for authorizing a payment transaction. In an embodiment, a user request for a payment account product is transmitted by the portable device to the middleware server. In response, the middleware server initiates a provisioning process for the requested payment account product, including storing status data indicative of an initiated state of the provisioning process. The middleware server then transmits a digital document to the portable device, including information that must be viewed by the user, and updates the status data indicative of a transmitted state of the digital document. In response to receiving an indication that the digital document has been viewed, the middleware server updates the stored status data indicative of a digital document viewed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Barclays Bank PLC
    Inventors: Amy Sobocinski Romagnoli, Mike Starck, Thomas P. Akana, Loren Barton, Patrick Mesa, Leslie Moore
  • Publication number: 20120136786
    Abstract: A method and system are described for tracking a process of provisioning, by a middleware server to a portable device in a mobile payment system, electronic wallet data for authorizing a payment transaction. In an embodiment, a user request for a payment account product is transmitted by the portable device to the middleware server. In response, the middleware server initiates a provisioning process for the requested payment account product, including storing status data indicative of an initiated state of the provisioning process. The middleware server then transmits a digital document to the portable device, including information that must be viewed by the user, and updates the status data indicative of a transmitted state of the digital document. In response to receiving an indication that the digital document has been viewed, the middleware server updates the stored status data indicative of a digital document viewed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: Amy Sobocinski Romagnoli, Mike Starck, Thomas P. Akana, Loren Barton, Patrick Mesa, Leslie Moore
  • Publication number: 20120136732
    Abstract: A method and system are described that facilitate efficient and secured management of a mobile payment account by an electronic wallet on a user portable electronic device, the electronic wallet for conducting payment transactions with a merchant point of sale terminal over a contactless communications link. In an aspect, the electronic wallet provides for the real-time addition of one or more users authorized to use the mobile payment account associated with the electronic wallet from their own respective portable devices, in a secure and efficient manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: Glenn Curtiss McMillen, David A. Crake, Thomas P. Akana, Loren Barton, Christine Ann Schuetz, Garry Lloyd, Eric Crozier