IPOS transaction terminal

US7407095B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Symbol Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Li Liu · Shandong, CN
• Gamaethige Francis Robert Sulak Soysa · San Jose, US
• James C. Lungaro · San Jose, US
• Llavanya Fernando · San Jose, US
• Simon Lee · Webster, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 31, 2000
• Grant date: Aug 5, 2008
• Expiry date: Feb 13, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F7/1033
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus and methods for translation processing. The apparatus may be a transaction system including a keypad, a circuit for interacting with the transaction customer and a link communicatively connecting the keypad and the customer-interaction circuit. The cashier may interact with the keypad, while the customer (and not the cashier) may interact with the customer-interaction circuit. The link may communicate a dollar amount for the transaction between the keypad and the customer-interaction circuit. Accessories for the keypad may include a display. Accessories for the customer-interaction circuit may include a smart-card reader, a magnetic-strip reader, a check reader, a receipt printer and a biometric-information circuit. The customer-interaction circuit may include a port for connection to a remote service provider. That port may be the only remote-access port in the transaction system. The customer-interaction circuit may include a virtual PIN pad, and the circuit itself may be a programmed to capture a personal identification number by means of that virtual PIN pad. The customer-interaction circuit may include virtual paper, and the circuit itself may be programmed to captur…