Patents by Inventor William Madden

William Madden 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: 11037147
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a fraud deterrent for retail money transfer or stored value product. In some embodiments, a two dimensional grid of number, letters, characters, and/or symbols can be provided retail packaging or cards that can be used as a second authentication factor in order to redeem funds. In some embodiments, methods and/or systems are also provided that associate control numbers with the grid, create the grid, provide the grid on packaging, and/or use the grid to authenticate a customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: The Western Union Company
    Inventors: William Madden, Chris Cochran, Patty McKernan
  • Publication number: 20140012763
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a fraud deterrent for retail money transfer or stored value product. In some embodiments, a two dimensional grid of number, letters, characters, and/or symbols can be provided retail packaging or cards that can be used as a second authentication factor in order to redeem funds. In some embodiments, methods and/or systems are also provided that associate control numbers with the grid, create the grid, provide the grid on packaging, and/or use the grid to authenticate a customer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: The Western Union Company
    Inventors: William Madden, Chris Cochran, Patty McKernan
  • Patent number: 8122152
    Abstract: Systems and software that enable mapping of a particular network transaction with a specific computer and user in an organization. The network packet may be a live in-transit packet, or a packet that occurred at some time in the past. In a particular implementation, a database currently comprises a collection of records containing fields for username, computer name, IP address of the computer, and logon time. A name resolution is performed by taking an IP address and time as input, and determining from the records in the database what user's computer owned the IP address at that time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Trustwave Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Chittenden, William Madden, Myk Willis
  • Publication number: 20050089048
    Abstract: Systems and software that enable mapping of a particular network transaction with a specific computer and user in an organization. The network packet may be a live in-transit packet, or a packet that occurred at some time in the past. In a particular implementation, a database currently comprises a collection of records containing fields for username, computer name, IP address of the computer, and logon time. A name resolution is performed by taking an IP address and time as input, and determining from the records in the database what user's computer owned the IP address at that time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2004
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Inventors: Bruce Chittenden, William Madden, Myk Willis
  • Publication number: 20050029896
    Abstract: The present invention provides a brush holder assembly for holding carbon brushes against the commutator of a DC motor. The brush holder assembly may include elongated brush receptacles that can accommodate longer carbon brushes, and a double fulcrum design that assists in holding the brushes against the commutator with constant force, or a nearly constant force. In a particular embodiment, the brush holder assembly may be mounted within the motor housing of an off-highway vehicle with a motorized wheel, a locomotive, or an oil rig. For these kinds of applications, the space between the motor housing and the commutator may be particularly narrow and confined, and the double fulcrum design makes it possible to employ brushes with greater lengths of useful carbon and to manually replace them with minimal down time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Jan Stewart, David Minnotte, William Madden, Timothy Bokol