Patents by Inventor William Reid
William Reid 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).
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Patent number: 8346611Abstract: A transaction processor can receive transaction information from a transaction between a customer and a merchant. The transaction information includes an account identifier associated with a financial account of the customer. The processor determines that the account identifier is associated with a fixed price futures contract. The transaction is completed at the current market price. Thereinafter, the processor can determine if the fixed price is lower than the current market price. If the fixed price is lower than the current market price, the process determines the difference in cost for the transaction if the fixed price were used. Then, the processor can create and send a resettlement transaction to the customer's account to reimburse the customer for the difference. As such, the customer receives a simple method for paying for commodities at a set price without having special payment instruments or special accounts.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2009Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: First Data CorporationInventors: William Reid, John Ostrowski
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Publication number: 20120253975Abstract: A method is disclosed. The method includes receiving transaction data relating to a plurality of commercial transactions conducted by a plurality of buyers and sellers conducting commercial transactions using a transaction processing system, and then receiving a request for transaction information relating to the received transaction data from an entity, wherein the transaction information also relates to a commercial transaction between a buyer and a seller. The method further includes providing the transaction information to an entity, wherein the entity thereafter makes a decision about further interacting with the buyer or the seller.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2012Publication date: October 4, 2012Inventors: William Reid, Fredric Maslin, Craig Swackhammer, Marc Belsky
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Patent number: 8175961Abstract: A method is disclosed. The method includes receiving transaction data relating to a plurality of commercial transactions conducted by a plurality of buyers and sellers conducting commercial transactions using a transaction processing system, and then receiving a request for transaction information relating to the received transaction data from an entity, wherein the transaction information also relates to a commercial transaction between a buyer and a seller. The method further includes providing the transaction information to an entity, wherein the entity thereafter makes a decision about further interacting with the buyer or the seller.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2006Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Visa International Service AssociationInventors: William Reid, Fredric Maslin, Craig Swackhammer, Marc Belsky
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Patent number: 8036985Abstract: A method for pre-funding is disclosed. The method includes sending a plurality of pre-fund authorization requests to a buyer financial institution, and then receiving a plurality of responses to the pre-fund authorization requests from the buyer financial institution, where each response either accepts or declines a pre-fund authorization request. A funds transfer request is sent to the buyer financial institution, where the funds transfer request corresponds to a total value of the accepted pre-fund authorization requests. Notification that funds have transferred from the buyer financial institution in response to the funds transfer request is received. Then, the sending of the funds to a supplier financial institution is authorized.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2010Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: Visa International Service AssociationInventors: William Reid, Keiron G. Lynch, Craig Swackhammer, M. Kathrina Novak, L. Ted Martinez, John M. Bryant
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Patent number: 8009829Abstract: A method and system for deploying a suite of advanced cryptographic algorithms that includes: providing a legacy cryptographic interface that is associated with a legacy operating system and a legacy application, and supports a suite of legacy cryptographic algorithms; providing a suite of advanced cryptographic algorithms that includes one or more of an advanced asymmetric key algorithm, an advanced symmetric key algorithm, and/or an advanced hash function; providing an advanced cryptographic interface that is independent of the legacy operating system and the legacy application, backwards compatible with the legacy cryptographic interface, and capable of supporting the suite of advanced cryptographic algorithms; and transparently and automatically substituting the suite of advanced cryptographic algorithms for the legacy cryptographic algorithms through the invocation of the advanced cryptographic interface at the time of an initial performance of encrypting, hashing, digitally signing the hash of, decryptiType: GrantFiled: October 25, 2007Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: Spyrus, Inc.Inventors: Robert R. Jueneman, Duane J. Linsenbardt, John N. Young, William Reid Carlisle
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Publication number: 20110120871Abstract: To form a layer separating two volumes of aqueous solution, there is used an apparatus comprising elements defining a chamber, the elements including a body of non-conductive material having formed therein at least one recess opening into the chamber, the recess containing an electrode. A pre-treatment coating of a hydrophobic fluid is applied to the body across the recess. Aqueous solution, having amphiphilic molecules added thereto, is flowed across the body to cover the recess so that aqueous solution is introduced into the recess from the chamber and a layer of the amphiphilic molecules forms across the recess separating a volume of aqueous solution introduced into the recess from the remaining volume of aqueous solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2008Publication date: May 26, 2011Inventors: Stuart William Reid, Terence Alan Reid, James Anthony Clarke, Steven Paul White, Gurdial Singh Sanghera
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Publication number: 20100268611Abstract: A transaction processor can receive transaction information from a transaction between a customer and a merchant. The transaction information includes an account identifier associated with a financial account of the customer. The processor determines that the account identifier is associated with a fixed price futures contract. The transaction is completed at the current market price. Thereinafter, the processor can determine if the fixed price is lower than the current market price. If the fixed price is lower than the current market price, the process determines the difference in cost for the transaction if the fixed price were used. Then, the processor can create and send a resettlement transaction to the customer's account to reimburse the customer for the difference. As such, the customer receives a simple method for paying for commodities at a set price without having special payment instruments or special accounts.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2009Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: First Data CorporationInventors: William Reid, John Ostrowski
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Publication number: 20100205092Abstract: A method for pre-funding is disclosed. The method includes sending a plurality of pre-fund authorization requests to a buyer financial institution, and then receiving a plurality of responses to the pre-fund authorization requests from the buyer financial institution, where each response either accepts or declines a pre-fund authorization request. A funds transfer request is sent to the buyer financial institution, where the funds transfer request corresponds to a total value of the accepted pre-fund authorization requests. Notification that funds have transferred from the buyer financial institution in response to the funds transfer request is received. Then, the sending of the funds to a supplier financial institution is authorized.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2010Publication date: August 12, 2010Applicant: Visa InternationalInventors: William Reid, Keiron G. Lynch, Craig Swackhammer, M. Kathrina Novak, L. Ted Martinez, John M. Bryant
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Patent number: 7711639Abstract: A method for pre-funding is disclosed. The method includes sending a plurality of pre-fund authorization requests to a buyer financial institution, and then receiving a plurality of responses to the pre-fund authorization requests from the buyer financial institution, where each response either accepts or declines a pre-fund authorization request. A funds transfer request is sent to the buyer financial institution, where the funds transfer request corresponds to a total value of the accepted pre-fund authorization requests. Notification that funds have transferred from the buyer financial institution in response to the funds transfer request is received. Then, the sending of the funds to a supplier financial institution is authorized.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2005Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Assignee: Visa InternationalInventors: William Reid, Keiron G. Lynch, Craig Swackhammer, M. Kathrina Novak, L. Ted Martinez, John M. Bryant
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Publication number: 20090167288Abstract: To form a layer separating two volumes of aqueous solution, there is used an apparatus comprising elements defining a chamber, the elements including a body of non-conductive material having formed therein at least one recess opening into the chamber, the recess containing an electrode. A pre-treatment coating of a hydrophobic fluid is applied to the body across the recess. Aqueous solution, having amphiphilic molecules added thereto, is flowed across the body to cover the recess so that aqueous solution is introduced into the recess from the chamber and a layer of the amphiphilic molecules forms across the recess separating a volume of aqueous solution introduced into the recess from the remaining volume of aqueous solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2008Publication date: July 2, 2009Inventors: Stuart William Reid, Terence Alan Reid, James Anthony Clarke, Steven Paul White, Gurdial Singh Sanghera
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Publication number: 20090106075Abstract: One embodiment of the invention is directed to automatically extending a task in a project schedule. If certain information items associated with a task are not specified, the scheduled completion time for a task may be automatically extended under the assumption that if these information items are unknown, the task will take longer to complete than originally planned. The project schedule, incorporating the automatically extended tasks, may then be displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2008Publication date: April 23, 2009Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Robert Oikawa, William Reid, Mark Short
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Publication number: 20080263363Abstract: A portable encryption device with logon access controlled by an encryption key, with an on board cryptographic processor for reconstituting the encryption key from a plurality of secrets generated by a secret sharing algorithm, optionally shrouded with external secrets using an invertible transform resistant to quantum computing attacks. Another embodiment provides file decryption controlled by a file encryption key, with the on board cryptographic processor reconstituting the file encryption key from a version of the file encryption key which has been shrouded with a network authorization code. A method for encryption of a plaintext file by hashing, compressing, and encrypting the plaintext file, hashing the ciphertext, hashing the plaintext hash and the ciphertext hash, and sealing the ciphertext together with the resulting hash. A portable encryption device for performing the method is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2008Publication date: October 23, 2008Applicant: SPYRUS, INC.Inventors: Robert R. Jueneman, Duane J. Linsenbardt, John N. Young, William Reid Carlisle, Burton George Tregub
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Patent number: 7439191Abstract: A method of silicon layer deposition using a cyclical deposition process. The cyclical deposition process comprises alternately adsorbing a silicon-containing precursor and a reducing gas on a substrate structure. Thin film transistors, such as for example a bottom-gate transistor or a top-gate transistor, including one or more silicon layers may, be formed using such cyclical deposition techniques.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2002Date of Patent: October 21, 2008Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Kam Law, Quanyuan Shang, William Reid Harshbarger, Dan Maydan
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Publication number: 20080130895Abstract: A method and system for deploying a suite of advanced cryptographic algorithms that includes: providing a legacy cryptographic interface that is associated with a legacy operating system and a legacy application, and supports a suite of legacy cryptographic algorithms; providing a suite of advanced cryptographic algorithms that includes one or more of an advanced asymmetric key algorithm, an advanced symmetric key algorithm, and/or an advanced hash function; providing an advanced cryptographic interface that is independent of the legacy operating system and the legacy application, backwards compatible with the legacy cryptographic interface, and capable of supporting the suite of advanced cryptographic algorithms; and transparently and automatically substituting the suite of advanced cryptographic algorithms for the legacy cryptographic algorithms through the invocation of the advanced cryptographic interface at the time of an initial performance of encrypting, hashing, digitally signing the hash of, decryptiType: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2007Publication date: June 5, 2008Applicant: SPYRUS, INC.Inventors: Robert R. JUENEMAN, Duane J. LINSENBARDT, John N. YOUNG, William Reid CARLISLE
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Publication number: 20080120218Abstract: A method is disclosed. The method includes receiving transaction data relating to a plurality of commercial transactions conducted by a plurality of buyers and sellers conducting commercial transactions using a transaction processing system, and then receiving a request for transaction information relating to the received transaction data from an entity, wherein the transaction information also relates to a commercial transaction between a buyer and a seller. The method further includes providing the transaction information to an entity, wherein the entity thereafter makes a decision about further interacting with the buyer or the seller.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2006Publication date: May 22, 2008Inventors: William Reid, Fredric Maslin, Craig Swackhammer, Marc Belsky
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Publication number: 20070267533Abstract: A toilet roll dispensing device having a body with a specified shape and size resembling a toilet tank and adapted to being mounted to a location associated with a vertically extending surface. A lowermost and extending support is associated with the body. A second upper and selectively displaceable support extends in substantially parallel fashion relative to the lowermost support. A widthwise hinge extends between the upper support and the body and permits the upper support to rotate upwardly against the body. The first and second supports each exhibit an opposing face upon which is defined an annular embossment, a core associated with a toilet roll seating with the annular embossments in heightwise extending and rotatable fashion and in order to provide the supports with an appearance resembling a toilet base and lid.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2006Publication date: November 22, 2007Inventor: William Reid
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Publication number: 20070221225Abstract: An altitude simulation system is disclosed for simulating an altitude within an enclosure or mask, wherein various improvements are provided, including: (a) a more effective use hypoxpic air generated by the system via recirculating techniques and improvements in air leakage, (b) improvements in determining when a simulated altitude is reached, (c) improvements in controlling hypoxic air generators so that peak electrical power loads are reduced and there are enhanced failsafe features for protecting the health of users, (d) using a pulse oximetry device for measuring oxygen saturation in a user's blood to thereby vary the oxygen content in the air provided to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2007Publication date: September 27, 2007Inventors: Larry Kutt, Shaun Wallace, William Reid, Bennett Scharf, Frank Caruso, Tom Damian, Doug Ogden
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Publication number: 20060188651Abstract: A method of controlling the pressure of a casing annulus in a subterranean well that includes injecting into the casing annulus a composition including a base fluid and a polymer coated colloidal solid material. The polymer coated colloidal solid material includes: a solid particle having an weight average particle diameter (d50) of less than two microns, and a polymeric dispersing agent coated onto the surface of the solid particle during the cominution (i.e. grinding) process utilized to make the colloidal particles. The polymeric dispersing agent may be a water soluble polymer having a molecular weight of at least 2000 Daltons. The solid particulate material may be selected from materials having of specific gravity of at least 2.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2005Publication date: August 24, 2006Inventors: Andrew Bradbury, Christopher Sawdon, Sonny Clary, William Reid, Tom Heinz
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Publication number: 20060155644Abstract: A method for pre-funding is disclosed. The method includes sending a plurality of pre-fund authorization requests to a buyer financial institution, and then receiving a plurality of responses to the pre-fund authorization requests from the buyer financial institution, where each response either accepts or declines a pre-fund authorization request. A funds transfer request is sent to the buyer financial institution, where the funds transfer request corresponds to a total value of the accepted pre-fund authorization requests. Notification that funds have transferred from the buyer financial institution in response to the funds transfer request is received. Then, the sending of the funds to a supplier financial institution is authorized.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2005Publication date: July 13, 2006Applicant: Visa InternationalInventors: William Reid, Keiron Lynch, Craig Swackhammer, M. Novak, L. Martinez, John Bryant
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Publication number: 20060112371Abstract: One embodiment of the invention is directed to automatically extending a task in a project schedule. If certain information items associated with a task are not specified, the scheduled completion time for a task may be automatically extended under the assumption that if these information items are unknown, the task will take longer to complete than originally planned. The project schedule, incorporating the automatically extended tasks, may then be displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2005Publication date: May 25, 2006Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Robert Oikawa, William Reid, Mark Short