IPOS transaction terminal

US7866553B2 · kind B2 · 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: Jun 13, 2008
• Grant date: Jan 11, 2011
• Expiry date: Sep 11, 2028

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 transaction processing. The apparatus may be a transaction terminal 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 check reader, a display or a receipt printer. Accessories for the customer-interaction circuit may include a smart-card reader, a magnetic-strip reader and biometric readers. 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 terminal. The customer-interaction circuit may include a virtual keypad, and the circuit itself maybe programmed to capture a personal identifier number by means of that virtual keypad. The customer-interaction circuit may include virtual paper, and the circuit itself may be programmed to capture a signature by …