Patents by Inventor Daniel A. DiCenzo

Daniel A. DiCenzo 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).

  • Interface circuit for connecting peripheral equipment to a computer terminal
    Patent number: 4680732
    Abstract: An electronic interface controller for coupling peripheral equipment, such as a keyboard, printer, or magnetic stripe reader, through a financial terminal to a financial computer system. The interface controller selects the peripheral equipment to be utilized, prescribes the operating mode, and establishes the timing and synchronization of the data transfer. Among its features the invention also includes a unique implementation of D-type flip-flops, with logic feedback, to create synchronous binary counters of selectable modulos.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1987
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventor: Daniel A. DiCenzo