Patents by Inventor Anthony R. Barkume

Anthony R. Barkume has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Wireless telephone for acquiring data encoded in bar code indicia
    Patent number: 6687345
    Abstract: A system for transferring data between a centrally located site and a portable communications terminal via a telephone network, the site having associated therewith a look up table containing-plurality of data records correlating to items disposed at a retail establishment, wherein each of the items has associated therewith a bar code encoded with the indicia unique to each item, with each of the bar coded indicia corresponding to a particular record in the table, the data containing at least a portion of said record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome Swartz, Ron Goldman, Thomas Roslak, Gary Serbin, Anthony R. Barkume, Miklos Stern, Jay P. White
  • Cellular telephone for acquiring data encoded in bar code indicia
    Patent number: 6687346
    Abstract: A system for transferring data between a centrally located site and a portable communications terminal via a telephone network, the site having associated therewith a look up table containing- plurality of data records correlating to items disposed at a retail establishment, wherein each of the items has associated therewith a bar code encoded with the indicia unique to each item, with each of the bar coded indicia corresponding to a particular record in the table, the data containing at least a portion of said record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome Swartz, Ron Goldman, Thomas Roslak, Gary Serbin, Anthony R. Barkume, Miklos Stern, Jay P. White
  • Self-service checkout system utilizing portable communications terminal
    Patent number: 6243447
    Abstract: A system for transferring data between a centrally located site and a portable communications terminal via a telephone network, the site having associated therewith a look up table containing plurality of data records correlating to items disposed at a retail establishment, wherein each of the items has associated therewith a bar code encoded with the indicia unique to each item, with each of the bar coded indicia corresponding to a particular record in the table, the data containing at least a portion of said record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome Swartz, Ron Goldman, Thomas Roslak, Gary Serbin, Anthony R. Barkume, Miklos Stern, Jay P. White
  • Self-service checkout system utilizing portable self-checkout communications terminal
    Patent number: 5923735
    Abstract: A system for transferring data between a centrally located site and a portable communications terminal via a telephone network, the site having associated therewith a look up table containing plurality of data records correlating to items disposed at a retail establishment, wherein each of the items has associated therewith a bar code encoded with the indicia unique to each item, with each of the bar coded indicia corresponding to a particular record in the table, the data containing at least a portion of said record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome Swartz, Ron Goldman, Thomas Roslak, Gary Serbin, Anthony R. Barkume, Miklos Stern, Jay P. White