Hybrid industrial networked computer system
US7984195B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 9, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jul 19, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 6, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/0238
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A Point-of-Sale networked computing system includes a workstation with a first Personal Computer (PC)-based controller, a workstation with a second industrial PC-based controller having different performance characteristics than the first controller, and an Ethernet network coupling the workstations. The Ethernet network may include home-run or star Ethernet topology, and the controllers may be TCP/IP addressable. The computing system may be used in a restaurant, kitchen, shop, or department store. The computing system may also include a bump bar keyboard or keypad and a monitor coupled to the controllers Another Point-of-Sale networked computing system includes at least two workstations, each of which includes an industrial non-PC-based controller, and an Ethernet network coupling the workstations. Yet Another Point-of-Sale networked computing system includes a workstation with an industrial PC-based controller, a workstation with an industrial non-PC-based controller, and an Ethernet network coupling the workstations.
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