Stephen M. Curry
28Patents
18h-index
26Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Dec 9, 1988 → Dec 13, 2007
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6105013A | Method, apparatus, system and firmware for secure transactions | Electricity | 439 | Expired |
| US5940510A | Transfer of valuable information between a secure module and another module | Physics | 205 | Expired |
| US5748740A | Method, apparatus, system and firmware for secure transactions | Electricity | 173 | Expired |
| US6237095A | Apparatus for transfer of secure information between a data carrying module and an electronic device | Electricity | 146 | Expired |
| US6272637A | Systems and methods for protecting access to encrypted information | Physics | 146 | Expired |
| US5949880A | Transfer of valuable information between a secure module and another module | Physics | 144 | Expired |
| US5805702A | Method, apparatus, and system for transferring units of value | Electricity | 121 | Expired |
| US5850450A | Method and apparatus for encryption key creation | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 100 | Expired |
| US5998858A | Microcircuit with memory that is protected by both hardware and software | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 81 | Expired |
| US6217213A | Temperature sensing systems and methods | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 56 | Expired |
| US5206905A | Password protected device using incorrect passwords as seed values for pseudo-random number generator for outputting random data to thwart unauthorized accesses | Electricity | 49 | Expired |
| US6112275A | Method of communicating over a single wire bus between a host device and a module device which measures thermal accumulation over time | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 48 | Expired |
| US5619066A | Memory for an electronic token | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 47 | Expired |
| US5761697A | Identifiable modules on a serial bus system and corresponding identification methods | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 37 | Expired |
| US5045675A | Serial port interface to low-voltage low-power data module | Physics | 35 | Expired |
| US5864872A | Single wire communication system | Physics | 33 | Expired |
| US6108751A | Single wire data communication method | Physics | 29 | Expired |
| US5604343A | Secure storage of monetary equivalent data systems and processes | Physics | 28 | Expired |
| US5517015A | Communication module | Electricity | 16 | Expired |
| US5587955A | Electronic token | Physics | 16 | Expired |
| US5506991A | Printer port adapter with overlaid one-wire interface for electronic key | Electricity | 15 | Expired |
| US5978927A | Method and system for measuring a maximum and minimum response time of a plurality of devices on a data bus and adapting the timing of read and write time slots | Physics | 15 | Expired |
| US5760385A | Transaction system and method | Physics | 12 | Expired |
| US5212774A | Two processor communications system with processor controlled modem | Physics | 10 | Expired |
| US5974504A | Metal token having units of value stored therein using a single wire communication method | Physics | 9 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.