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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2016
Applicant:
Hart Intercivic Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Drew E. Tinney, Austin, TX (US);
Steven J. Blachman, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Robert J. Scheibler, Universal City, TX (US);
Ievgen Konovalenko, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Hart InterCivic, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/24 (2006.01); G07C 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0816 (2013.01); G07C 13/02 (2013.01); H04L 41/0681 (2013.01); G06Q 2230/00 (2013.01); H04L 2209/463 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques for configuring and operating a network connected election voting system are provided. Voting devices are network connected to a voting system controller. Alerts are provided when a ballot becomes stranded on a voting device. The stranded ballots may be untransferrable ballots or interrupted ballots. A recovery mechanism is provided to obtain the data for untransferrable ballots. The alerts may be provided at a display on the voting device, controller or both.