Patents by Inventor Andrew Yue Hang Ng

Andrew Yue Hang Ng 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).

  • POS hardware abstraction
    Patent number: 8806508
    Abstract: A framework for point of sale system is discussed. The framework includes an application program stored on a tangible computer medium. When executed by a computing device, the application is capable of communicating using a first protocol. The framework further includes a first point of sale hardware device externally located from the computing device and configured to communicate with the computing device using a second protocol and a device abstraction layer capable of communicating with the application program using the first protocol and the first point of sale hardware device using the second protocol to pass information between the application program and the first point of sale hardware device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Yue Hang Ng, Sylvester M. La Blanc
  • POS HARDWARE ABSTRACTION
    Publication number: 20120254897
    Abstract: A framework for point of sale system is discussed. The framework includes an application program stored on a tangible computer medium. When executed by a computing device, the application is capable of communicating using a first protocol. The framework further includes a first point of sale hardware device externally located from the computing device and configured to communicate with the computing device using a second protocol and a device abstraction layer capable of communicating with the application program using the first protocol and the first point of sale hardware device using the second protocol to pass information between the application program and the first point of sale hardware device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Andrew Yue Hang Ng, Sylvester M. La Blanc
  • POS hardware abstraction
    Patent number: 8225333
    Abstract: A framework for point of sale system is discussed. The framework includes an application program stored on a tangible computer medium. When executed by a computing device, the application is capable of communicating using a first protocol. The framework further includes a first point of sale hardware device externally located from the computing device and configured to communicate with the computing device using a second protocol and a device abstraction layer capable of communicating with the application program using the first protocol and the first point of sale hardware device using the second protocol to pass information between the application program and the first point of sale hardware device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Yue Hang Ng, Sylvester M. La Blanc
  • POS hardware abstraction
    Publication number: 20090037940
    Abstract: A framework for point of sale system is discussed. The framework includes an application program stored on a tangible computer medium. When executed by a computing device, the application is capable of communicating using a first protocol. The framework further includes a first point of sale hardware device externally located from the computing device and configured to communicate with the computing device using a second protocol and a device abstraction layer capable of communicating with the application program using the first protocol and the first point of sale hardware device using the second protocol to pass information between the application program and the first point of sale hardware device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Yue Hang Ng, Sylvester M. La Blanc