Patents by Inventor Christopher Michael Benson

Christopher Michael Benson 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for improved display of visual data for point of sale terminals
    Patent number: 7116283
    Abstract: Improved techniques for transmission and display of video data are described. A point of sale terminal includes a processor, memory and software executed by the processor to create frames of data and to analyze the frames of data to create differential data defining differences between preceding and succeeding frames of data. The differential data can be applied to the preceding frames to construct the succeeding frames. At least one frame is transmitted to an external video interface using an external connection such as a universal serial bus port. Differential data is also transmitted to the external video interface. The differential data is applied to the frame which has been transmitted in order to create succeeding frames. The frames of video data are displayed using a display connected to the video interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Benson, Daniel Frederick White
  • Methods and apparatus for improved display of visual data for point of sale terminals
    Publication number: 20040021615
    Abstract: Improved techniques for transmission and display of video data are described. A point of sale terminal includes a processor, memory and software executed by the processor to create frames of data and to analyze the frames of data to create differential data defining differences between preceding and succeeding frames of data. The differential data can be applied to the preceding frames to construct the succeeding frames. At least one frame is transmitted to an external video interface using an external connection such as a universal serial bus port. Differential data is also transmitted to the external video interface. The differential data is applied to the frame which has been transmitted in order to create succeeding frames. The frames of video data are displayed using a display connected to the video interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2002
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Applicant: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Benson, Daniel Frederick White