Patents by Inventor Shaobo Dou

Shaobo Dou 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).

  • Configuring point-of-sale (POS) applications to communicate with peripheral devices in a POS system
    Patent number: 10410481
    Abstract: A Point-of-Sale (POS) terminal in a retail environment is communicatively connected to one or more POS peripheral devices. Each POS peripheral device is associated with a configuration file that defines configuration settings for the POS peripheral device and environmental context information for the POS terminal and the POS controller. The configuration files are prioritized according to various criteria, and used to re-configure POS applications executing on the POS to operate optimally with the particular POS peripheral device. Additionally, the prioritized configuration files control the POS applications to update the configuration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Tong Yu, Yongan Wang, Xianhua Liu, Shaobo Dou
  • Configuring Point-of-Sale (POS) Applications to Communicate with Peripheral Devices in a POS System
    Publication number: 20180276956
    Abstract: A Point-of-Sale (POS) terminal in a retail environment is communicatively connected to one or more POS peripheral devices. Each POS peripheral device is associated with a configuration file that defines configuration settings for the POS peripheral device and environmental context information for the POS terminal and the POS controller. The configuration files are prioritized according to various criteria, and used to re-configure POS applications executing on the POS to operate optimally with the particular POS peripheral device. Additionally, the prioritized configuration files control the POS applications to update the configuration information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Tong Yu, Yongan Wang, Xianhua Liu, Shaobo Dou
  • Configuring point-of-sale (POS) applications based on a priority level in order to communicate with peripheral devices in a POS system
    Patent number: 9990812
    Abstract: A Point-of-Sale (POS) terminal in a retail environment is communicatively connected to one or more POS peripheral devices. Each POS peripheral device is associated with a configuration file that defines configuration settings for the POS peripheral device and environmental context information for the POS terminal and the POS controller. The configuration files are prioritized according to various criteria, and used to re-configure POS applications executing on the POS to operate optimally with the particular POS peripheral device. Additionally, the prioritized configuration files control the POS applications to update the configuration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Tong Yu, Yongan Wang, Xianhua Lu, Shaobo Dou
  • Configuring point-of-sale (POS) applications based on a priority level in order to communicate with peripheral devices in a POS system
    Patent number: 9928697
    Abstract: A Point-of-Sale (POS) terminal in a retail environment is communicatively connected to one or more POS peripheral devices. Each POS peripheral device is associated with a configuration file that defines configuration settings for the POS peripheral device and environmental context information for the POS terminal and the POS controller. The configuration files are prioritized according to various criteria, and used to re-configure POS applications executing on the POS to operate optimally with the particular POS peripheral device. Additionally, the prioritized configuration files control the POS applications to update the configuration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Tong Yu, Yongan Wang, Xianhua Liu, Shaobo Dou
  • Configuring Point-of-Sale (POS) Applications to Communicate with Peripheral Devices in a POS System
    Publication number: 20180005494
    Abstract: A Point-of-Sale (POS) terminal in a retail environment is communicatively connected to one or more POS peripheral devices. Each POS peripheral device is associated with a configuration file that defines configuration settings for the POS peripheral device and environmental context information for the POS terminal and the POS controller. The configuration files are prioritized according to various criteria, and used to re-configure POS applications executing on the POS to operate optimally with the particular POS peripheral device. Additionally, the prioritized configuration files control the POS applications to update the configuration information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Tong Yu, Yongan Wang, Xianhua Lu, Shaobo Dou
  • Configuring Point-of-Sale (POS) Applications to Communicate with Peripheral Devices in a POS System
    Publication number: 20160292660
    Abstract: A Point-of-Sale (POS) terminal in a retail environment is communicatively connected to one or more POS peripheral devices. Each POS peripheral device is associated with a configuration file that defines configuration settings for the POS peripheral device and environmental context information for the POS terminal and the POS controller. The configuration files are prioritized according to various criteria, and used to re-configure POS applications executing on the POS to operate optimally with the particular POS peripheral device. Additionally, the prioritized configuration files control the POS applications to update the configuration information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Tong Yu, Yongan Wang, Xianhua Liu, Shaobo Dou