Patents by Inventor Timothy J. Johnstone

Timothy J. Johnstone 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).

  • Method and system for providing an interface for supporting multiple formats for on-line banking services
    Patent number: 6029147
    Abstract: In association with a computer system, a method and system for providing an interface for establishing connections with financial institution to utilize on-line services. An application program sends a request to a branding server to look up information related to a particular financial institution. The branding server executes the request and, if the branding server contains information relating to the method of connection with identified financial institution, the branding server sends the information to the application program. The application program then loads an appropriate driver corresponding to the method of connection as determined by the branding server. If the method of connection is open financial connectivity (OFC), then the application loads a flexible driver (the OFC driver) which causes the application program to request the business rules of the particular financial institution from the financial institution's server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Peter H. Horadan, Richard A. Vaughan, Vivian Sewelson, Timothy J. Johnstone