Patents by Inventor Timothy Edward Mason

Timothy Edward Mason 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).

  • Publication number: 20230140194
    Abstract: Objects associated with a self-checkout area are identified and tracked through transaction data comprised of transaction details, device statuses, transaction interrupts/events, and video feeds during transactions on Self-Service Terminals (SSTs). Selective objects and selective transaction data are correlated together in a group for each transaction. Actions required of an attendant who is managing the transactions are identified for each group. An Augmented Reality (AR) interface is provided on an attendant-operated device that visually and uniquely identifies the actions, each group requiring a given action, and each object of each group that is to be the subject of the given action. In an embodiment, remote verification, audit, and override actions are processed through gestures made by the attendant and detected by the AR interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Aleah Jean Kadry, Gina Torcivia Bennett, Jaier Gordon, Yoshiki Kakehi, Kelli Lee, Timothy Edward Mason, Kip Oliver Morgan, Mike Zheng
  • Patent number: 8622299
    Abstract: A device, method and system is provided for determining if an optical code is presented to an optical code scanner in either a printed form or on the display of an electronic device. Certain presentation characteristics of an optical code are different depending on whether the optical code is presented in printed form or on the display of an electronic device. The changes in the presentation characteristics require changes to certain parameters of the optical code scanner for the optical code to be read.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: John Crooks, Timothy Edward Mason, Michael A. Kleppinger
  • Publication number: 20120136733
    Abstract: A consumer registers a credit card at a point-of-sale device for additional security. The point-of-sale device does not require the additional security for processing credit card transactions. Subsequently, when the consumer presents the credit card at the point-of-sale device for a particular credit card transaction, the additional security is provided by the consumer and verified before the credit card and the particular credit card transaction is permitted to be sent to a card processor associated with the credit card.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: NCR Corporation
    Inventor: Timothy Edward Mason