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Method for more efficiently managing complex payloads in a point of sale system

US7889384B2 · kind B2 · utility

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16Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Gerald H. Armentrout · Raleigh, US
Phuc Ky Do · Morrisville, US
Bobby Hargett, Jr. · Raleigh, US
E. Michael Maximilien · San Jose, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 3, 2004
Grant date	Feb 15, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 17, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06Q20/20
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for managing complex payload using on a point of sale (POS) printer is described. The complex payload includes a plurality of commands. The method includes organizing at least a portion of the commands into a single entity. The single entity corresponds to more than one command, though need not contain all of the commands. The method also includes providing a payload identifier corresponding to the single entity. The payload identifier indicates a correspondence between the commands for the single entity and the single entity.

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