David S Berger

US Patent:

6363363, Mar 26, 2002

Filed:

Aug 24, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/382718

Inventors:

Daniel R. Haller - Menlo Park CA
Trong Nguyen - Sunnyvale CA
Kevin T. B. Rowney - San Francisco CA
David A. Berger - San Mateo CA
Glenn A. Kramer - San Francisco CA

Assignee:

VeriFone, Inc. - Santa Clara CA

International Classification:

H04L 1200

US Classification:

705 40, 705 26, 705 27, 705 77, 709203, 709230, 709245, 709250, 709249

Abstract:

An architecture is disclosed allowing a server to communicate bidirectionally with a gateway over a first communication link, over which service requests are initiated by the server. In response to a transaction received from a host legacy system at the gateway, the gateway parses one or more transaction response values from the host message, maps the one or more transaction response values to a canonical response code, and stores the canonical response code in a transaction log. According to a broad aspect of a preferred embodiment of the invention, communication networks that employ transactions between applications must effectively manage transactions that flow over the network. In addition, networking systems must also detect counterfeit transactions, especially, when the networking systems are utilized for financial transactions. An active, on-line database is utilized as a transaction log to track original requests, valid retrys and detect fradulant transactions. The transaction log serves as a memory cache where the received host response is returned to a valid retry transaction should the original response fail to reach a server because of a communications problem.

US Patent:

58504460, Dec 15, 1998

Filed:

Jun 17, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/664825

Inventors:

David A. Berger - San Mateo CA
Jay C. Weber - Menlo Park CA
Vilas I. Madapurmath - Sunnyvale CA

Assignee:

VeriFone, Inc. - Santa Clara CA

International Classification:

H04L 900

US Classification:

380 24

Abstract:

Secure transmission of data is provided between a plurality of computer systems over a public communication system, such as the Internet. Secure transmission of data is provided from a customer computer system to a merchant computer system, and for the further secure transmission of payment information regarding a payment instrument from the merchant computer system to a payment gateway computer system. The payment gateway system evaluates the payment information and returns a level of authorization of credit via a secure transmission to the merchant which is communicated to the customer by the merchant. The merchant can then determine whether to accept the payment instrument tendered or deny credit and require another payment instrument. An architecture that provides support for additional message types that are not SET compliant is provided by a preferred embodiment of the invention. A server communicating bidirectionally with a gateway is disclosed.

US Patent:

60263792, Feb 15, 2000

Filed:

Jun 17, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/664634

Inventors:

Daniel R. Haller - Menlo Park CA
Trong Nguyen - Sunnyvale CA
Kevin T. B. Rowney - San Francisco CA
David A. Berger - San Mateo CA
Glenn A. Kramer - San Francisco CA

Assignee:

VeriFone, Inc. - Santa Clara CA

International Classification:

H04N 1413

US Classification:

705 34

Abstract:

An architecture is disclosed allowing a server to communicate bidirectionally with a gateway over a first communication link, over which service requests are initiated by the server. In response to a transaction received from a host legacy system at the gateway, the gateway parses one or more transaction response values from the host message, maps the one or more transaction response values to a canonical response code, and stores the canonical response code in a transaction log. According to a broad aspect of a preferred embodiment of the invention, communication networks that employ transactions between applications must effectively manage transactions that flow over the network. In addition, networking systems must also detect counterfeit transactions, especially, when the networking systems are utilized for financial transactions. An active, on-line database is utilized as a transaction log to track original requests, valid retrys and detect fradulant transactions.

US Patent:

59434244, Aug 24, 1999

Filed:

Jun 17, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/664772

Inventors:

David A. Berger - San Mateo CA
Jay C. Weber - Menlo Park CA
Glenn A. Kramer - San Francisco CA

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Company - Palo Alto CA

International Classification:

H04L 900

US Classification:

380 25

Abstract:

An architecture for processing a plurality of transactions from a single point of initiation is disclosed. The initiating computer selects a terminal identification token, and associates the token with a transaction request, thereby ensuring the association of the transaction with a unique terminal identification despite being originated by the same terminal. The tokens are obtained from a token table, which contains a row for each token defined to the system. The table includes a column for the token, a column that identifies a system with which the token may be used, and a column that identifies a date and time field indicating when a particular token was selected for use. A null value in the date-time field indicates that the token for that row is not in use. A query operation selects a token with a null date-time value, and a set operation sets the date-time value to the then-current time to mark it in use. At the conclusion of the transaction, a set operation sets the date-time value to null, enabling the token to be reused for another non-concurrent transaction.

US Patent:

61784095, Jan 23, 2001

Filed:

Jun 17, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/672346

Inventors:

Jay C. Weber - Menlo Park CA
David A. Berger - San Mateo CA
Atul Arora - San Jose CA

Assignee:

VeriFone, Inc. - Santa Clara CA

International Classification:

H04L 900
G06F 1760

US Classification:

705 79

Abstract:

A server communicates bidirectionally with a gateway over a first communication link, over which service requests flow to the server for one or more merchants and/or consumers. Service requests are associated with a particular merchant based on storefront visited by a consumer or credentials presented by a merchant. Service requests result in merchant specific transactions that are transmitted to the gateway for further processing on existing host applications.

US Patent:

20150342206, Dec 3, 2015

Filed:

May 30, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/291263

Inventors:

David Berger - Oakland CA, US
Sandra Berger - Oakland CA, US

International Classification:

A23B 4/12
A23B 7/10

Abstract:

A flavor accelerator system to speed imparting flavor into a foodstuff within a container comprising a hollow needle, where the hollow need extends between a tip and an end; a hose attached to the end of the hollow needle, where the hose is attached to a carbon dioxide canister at an opposite end from the hollow needle; and an injection lid on the container, where the injection lid seals the container, and where the injection lid includes an inlet port within the injection lid; and an injection nipple at a top of the injection port, where the injection nipple receives the hollow needle; wherein the hollow needle injects carbon dioxide into the container through the inlet port within the injection lid to accelerate the speed at which the foodstuff is flavored.

US Patent:

20140100981, Apr 10, 2014

Filed:

Oct 10, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/051399

Inventors:

- San Mateo CA, US
David Aki Aoyama - San Francisco CA, US
David Berger - San Mateo CA, US

Assignee:

Nextag, Inc. - San Mateo CA

International Classification:

G06Q 30/06

US Classification:

705 261

Abstract:

A distributed shopping services system includes a host server that is utilized to create and operate one or more silhouette websites. These silhouette websites are located on subdomains of the domains of one or more corresponding merchant websites operated by merchant servers. The host server receives data about each of the merchant websites and stores the data in a merchant database such that based on the data, the host server is able to both ensure the silhouette websites look and feel like the corresponding merchant websites and provide e-commerce functionality for the products of the merchant websites.