Mark Wallis

US Patent:

52568636, Oct 26, 1993

Filed:

Nov 5, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/788288

Inventors:

William L. Ferguson - Walnut Creek CA
Mark H. Wallis - Long Beach CA

Assignee:

Comark Technologies, Inc. - Elk Grove Village IL

International Classification:

G06K 1500
G07G 112

US Classification:

235383

Abstract:

The present invention relates to a system for automating data acquisition and processing at a checkstand point-of-sale in a retail outlet. Preferred embodiments include a first local area network of POS terminals for initiating merchandise purchase transactions. All of the purchase transactions in the first local area network are passively monitored to acquire primary purchase data. A second local area network of lane terminal devices inputs secondary data, including discount coupon information, check information and bank card information to a universal system controller. The universal system controller mirrors the primary information, processes the primary and the secondary information, and generates output information to the POS terminals of the first local area network via the lane terminal devices of the second local area network, the output information including coupon verification data, coupon amount data, check verification data and bank card verification data.

US Patent:

20200004982, Jan 2, 2020

Filed:

Sep 12, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/569529

Inventors:

- Westford MA, US
Satish Agrawal - San Jose CA, US
Mark Wallis - Woodland Hills CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 21/62
H04W 12/06
G06F 21/12
G06F 21/44

Abstract:

Systems and methods which enable an authentication procedure to be used within the standard network security architecture to authenticate third party applications that are forbidden access to a particular secret key are disclosed. Third party smartphone applications that are unable to use SIM-based authentication due to being forbidden access to a SIM-based key are provided an alternate secret key for use in an EAP-AKA or EAP-SIM type procedure according to embodiments. An authentication server or other backend authentication infrastructure of embodiments requests authentication vectors from a backend system sharing the alternative secret key. Accordingly, the backend authentication platform of embodiments is adapted to know or detect that an application is using an alternative secret key (e.g., a secret key other than the SIM-based secret key) and to perform the appropriate procedure for the key type.

US Patent:

20170323116, Nov 9, 2017

Filed:

May 2, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/584271

Inventors:

- Westford MA, US
Satish Agrawal - San Jose CA, US
Mark Wallis - Woodland Hills CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 21/62
G06F 21/12
G06F 21/44
H04W 12/06
H04L 9/08
H04W 88/02
G06F 21/00
H04L 29/06
G06F 21/53
H04W 12/08
H04L 29/06

Abstract:

Systems and methods which enable an authentication procedure to be used within the standard network security architecture to authenticate third party applications that are forbidden access to a particular secret key are disclosed. Third party smartphone applications that are unable to use SIM-based authentication due to being forbidden access to a SIM-based key are provided an alternate secret key for use in an EAP-AKA or EAP-SIM type procedure according to embodiments. An authentication server or other backend authentication infrastructure of embodiments requests authentication vectors from a backend system sharing the alternative secret key. Accordingly, the backend authentication platform of embodiments is adapted to know or detect that an application is using an alternative secret key (e.g., a secret key other than the SIM-based secret key) and to perform the appropriate procedure for the key type.