Patents by Inventor Vernon Collin

Vernon Collin 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: 6763094
    Abstract: A vending machine, meter or gaming machine crediting method and a device for implementing the method is disclosed. A creditable machine such as a vending machine, gaming machine or payment meter such as a parking meter generally requires the deposition of cash or the use of a magnetic or electronic payment card in order to be enabled. The use of cash or card readers implies security and other problems. The payment system of the present invention provides the creditable machine with a telephone interface device able to telecommunicate with a remote pay center by wire or preferably wireless telephony. To enable the creditable machine, a user communicates data to the pay center by means of a mobile cell phone or other wireless communicator. The pay center is able to check a user's account and other transaction details and issue instruction to the creditable machine to enable the requested transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Air Pay Limited
    Inventors: Edward Conn, Jay Pritchard, Vernon Collin