Patents — Michael DeFazio

Systems and methods for mobile point-of-sale transactions

Type: Utility Patent
Patent No.: US 11,410,151 B2
Date of Patent: Aug 9 , 2022
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, Luke James Sartori, Daanish Maan, Peter Nitsch, Gregory Moore, Silvana Zaldivar

Method and system for tap transaction attempt detection

Type: Utility Patent
Patent No.: US 2022/0129881 A1
Date of Patent: Apr 28 , 2022
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio

Point-of-sale device

Type: Design Patent
Patent No.: US D957,514 S
Date of Patent: Jul 12 , 2022
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, Jonathan Kim, Andrew Ferrier, David Gervis Waddell, Silvana Zaldivar

Point-of-sale device docking station

Type: Design Patent
Patent No.: US D951,340 S
Date of Patent: May 10 , 2022
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, Jonathan Kim, Andrew Ferrier, David Gervis Waddell, Silvana Zaldivar

Smart redundant pairing of a card reader

Type: Utility Patent
Patent No.: US 10,878,405 B2
Date of Patent: Dec. 29 , 2020
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, David Grant Seal, Daanish Bilal Maan, David Gervis Waddell

Tap & Chip Reader

Type: Design Patent
Patent No.: US D923,623 S
Date of Patent: Jun 29 , 2021
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, David Gervis Waddell, Darrin Henein

POS devices as beacons for customer location identification

Type: Utility Patent
Patent No.: US 12,579,551 B2
Date of Patent: Mar 17, 2026
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, Charles Anderson, Luke James Sartori, Silvana Zaldivar

Point-of-sale device casing

Type: Design Patent
Patent No.: US D1,115,742 S
Date of Patent: Mar 3, 2026
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, Jonathan Kim, Andrew Ferrier, Dave Waddell, Silvana Zaldivar

Apparatus and method for facilitating NFC transactions within payment slot

Type: Utility Patent
Patent No.: US 12,548,003 B2
Date of Patent: Feb 10, 2026
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, David Waddell

Point-of-sale device casing

Type: Design Patent
Patent No.: US D1,110,999 S
Date of Patent: Feb 3, 2026
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, Jonathan Kim, Andrew Ferrier, Dave Waddell, Silvana Zaldivar

Mobile fulfillment container apparatus, systems, and related methods

Type: Utility Patent
Patent No.: US 12,528,400 B2
Date of Patent: Jan 20, 2026
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, Daanish Maan, Jonathan Kim, Andrew Ferrier, David Waddell, Silvana Zaldivar

Computer tablet stand

Type: Design Patent
Patent No.: US D1,105,087 S
Date of Patent: Dec 9, 2025
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, David Waddell, Silvana Zaldivar

System and method for pairing devices to establish device groups

Type: Utility Patent
Patent No.: US 12,423,668 B2
Date of Patent: Sep 23, 2025
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, Andrew Ferrier, Daanish Maan, James Lepp, Hettige Ray Perera Jayatunga, Neil Leonard Padgett

Magnetically mountable cable hub

Type: Utility Patent
Patent No.: US 12,414,244 B2
Date of Patent: Sep 9, 2025
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, Jonathan Kim, Andrew Ferrier, David Waddell, Silvana Zaldivar

System and method for alarms for point-of-sale terminal

Type: Utility Patent
Patent No.: US 12,394,292 B2
Date of Patent: Aug 19, 2025
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, David G. Seal, Daanish Maan

Universal mobile device mount

Type: Utility Patent
Patent No.: US 12,341,307 B2
Date of Patent: Jun 24, 2025
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, Andrew Ferrier, Colin Roberts, Silvana Zaldivar, Jonathan Kim, David Waddell

System and method for providing proximity-based indicators

Type: Utility Patent Application
Patent No.: US 2025/0045724 A1
Date of Patent: Feb 6, 2025
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, Theresa Jia Ying Zeng

Computer tablet caddy

Type: Design Patent
Patent No.: US D1,057,726 S
Date of Patent: Jan 14, 2025
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, Andrew Ferrier, Colin Roberts, Silvana Zaldivar, Jonathan Kim, David Waddell

Method and system for customer responsive point of sale device

Type: Utility Patent
Patent No.: US 11,983,689 B2
Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, Daanish Maan

Method and system for RFID interrogation

Type: Utility Patent Application
Patent No.: US 2023/0401395 A1
Date of Patent: Dec 14, 2023
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, Daanish Maan

Tablet computer

Type: Design Patent
Patent No.: US D1,001,123 S
Date of Patent: Oct 10, 2023
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, Jonathan Kim, Andrew Ferrier, Dave Waddell, Silvana Zaldivar

Point of sale device

Type: Design Patent
Patent No.: US D999,278 S
Date of Patent: Sep 19, 2023
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, Jonathan Kim, Andrew Ferrier, David Gervis Waddell, Silvana Zaldivar

Point of sale device

Type: Design Patent
Patent No.: US D999,279 S
Date of Patent: Sep 19, 2023
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, Jonathan Kim, Andrew Ferrier, David Gervis Waddell, Silvana Zaldivar

Method and system for active NFC payment device management

Type: Utility Patent
Patent No.: US 11,568,386 B2
Date of Patent: Jan 31, 2023
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, John Jong-Suk Lee, Neil Leonard Padgett

Computing devices and mounts attachable by magnetic coupling

Type: Utility Patent Application
Patent No.: US 2022/0357778 A1
Date of Patent: Nov 10, 2022
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, David Waddell

Case for a phone and card reader

Type: Design Patent
Patent No.: US D969,120 S
Date of Patent: Nov 8, 2022
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, Silvana Zaldivar, Darrin Henein, David Gervis Waddell

Card reader

Type: Design Patent
Patent No.: US D893,482 S
Date of Patent: Aug 18, 2020
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, David Gervis Waddell, Darrin Henein

Danby refrigerator can holder

Type: Utility Patent
Patent No.: US 10,183,795 B2
Date of Patent: Nov 30 , 2017
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, Shauna Gamble, Gregory Allan Thomas Hall, Steven Henry Fyke, Brent Wayne Thomas

Face mask scent pod

Type: Utility Patent
Patent No.: US 2020/0261684 A1
Date of Patent: Aug 20 , 2020
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, Steven Henry Fyke, Jason Tyler Griffin, Richard Devin Szasz, Peter Lionel Whitby, Shannon Moore, Paul Kalbfleisch

Automatically relocating picture-in-picture window in video calls

Type: Utility Patent
Patent No.: US 9,392.217 B2
Date of Patent: Jul. 12, 2016
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, Donald Somerset McCulloch McKenzie

Face mask shell

Type: Design Patent
Patent No.: US D848,075 S
Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, Richard Devin Szasz, Steven Henry Fyke

BlackBerry Passport

Type: Design Patent
Patent No.: USD722,308 S
Date of Patent: Feb 10, 2015
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, Joseph Michael Hofer, Jason Tyler Griffin, Di Tao, Brian Dennis Paschke, Jamaal Peele, Ingve Holmlung, Kwok Ching Leung

Activation of a device with a capacitive keyboard

Type: Utility Patent
Patent No.: EP2919445A1
Date of Patent: Sept 16 , 2015
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, Donald Somerset Mckenzie, Joseph Michael Hofer

Tablet Stand Base Attachment

Type: Design Patent
Patent No.: US D934,264 S
Date of Patent: Oct 26 , 2021
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, David Gervis Waddell, Darrin Henein, Colin Roberts, Scott Gales, Mark Boycott

Method and apparatus for modifying a scheduling database

Type: Utility Patent
Patent No.: US 8,396,902 B2
Date of Patent: Mar 12, 2013
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, Steven Henry Fyke, Jerome Pasquero

Apparatus and method for invoking a function based on a gesture input

Type: Utility Patent
Patent No.: US 8,627,220 B2
Date of Patent: Jan 7, 2014
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, Steven Henry Fyke, Jerome Pasquero

Blackberry Priv hardcase

Type: Design Patent
Patent No.: US 10,248,781 B2
Date of Patent: Apr 2 , 2019
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, Christopher Duy-Liem Dang, Cortez Corley, Joshua John Lavallee, Alison Phillips, Patrick Kroetsch

Method of passcode unlock using force detection

Type: Utility Patent
Patent No.: US 10,248,781 B2
Date of Patent: Apr 2 , 2019
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, Ryan Gerard Ebbers

Articulating Tablet Stand

Type: Design Patent
Patent No.: US D912,064 S
Date of Patent: Mar 2 , 2021
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, David Gervis Waddell, Darrin Henein, Colin Roberts, Scott Gales

Blackberry Oyster all-touch

Type: Design Patent
Patent No.: US D808,952 S
Date of Patent: Jan 30, 2018
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, Joseph Michael Hofer, Brian Dennis Paschke

Blackberry Keyone

Type: Design Patent
Patent No.: US D808,952 S
Date of Patent: Jan 30, 2018
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, Younghwan Kim, Charles Curtiss Hunt, Di Tao, Alison Phillips

Electronic device

Type: Design Patent
Patent No.: US D814,459 S
Date of Patent: Apr 3, 2018
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, Younghwan Kim, Charles Curtiss Hunt, Scott Paul Wenger, Alison Phillips, Di Tao

Blackberry Passport Hardcase

Type: Design Patent
Patent No.: US D748,634 S
Date of Patent: Feb 2, 2016
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, Joseph Michael Hofer, Joshua John Lavallee, Alison Phillips

Blackberry Priv

Type: Design Patent
Patent No.: US D774.487 S
Date of Patent: Dec 20, 2016
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, Cortez Corley, Alison Phillips, Brian Dennis Paschke, Joseph Michael Hofer

Electronic device

Type: Design Patent
Patent No.: US D774,486 S
Date of Patent: Dec 20, 2016
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, Cortez Corley, Alison Phillips, Brian Dennis Paschke, Joseph Michael Hofer

Handheld electronic device bi-fold case

Type: Design Patent
Patent No.: US D762.205 S
Date of Patent: Jul. 26, 2016
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, Christopher Duy-Liem Dang, Cortez Corley, Joshua John Lavallee, Alison Phillips

Portable electronic device including touch-sensitive display and method of providing access to an application

Type: Utility Patent
Patent No.: US 10,101,877 B2
Date of Patent: Oct 16 , 2018
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, Tomasz Debicki, Shannon Tyler Moore

Method of providing tactile feedback and apparatus

Type: Utility Patent
Patent No.: US 10,162,419 B2
Date of Patent: Dec 25 , 2018
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, Jerome Pasquero, David Ryan Walker, Jason Tyler Griffin

Face mask for filtering air and air monitoring system

Type: Utility Patent
Patent No.: US 11,241,594 B2
Date of Patent: Feb 8 , 2022
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, Richard Devin Szasz, Brandon James Leonard, Peter Lionel Whitby, Steven Henry Fyke, Jason Tyler Griffin

Electronic device and method of controlling display of information

Type: Utility Patent
Patent No.: US 9,348,320 B1
Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, Steven Henry Fyke, Donald Somerset McCulloch McKenzie

Dock for Tap & Chip Reader

Type: Design Patent
Patent No.: US D916,089 S
Date of Patent: Apr 13, 2021
Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, David Gervis Waddell, Darrin Henein