Patents by Inventor Ken Jenkins

Ken Jenkins 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).

  • Point-of-sale (POS) systems that use a peripheral device for point-of-sale applications and methods of operating the same
    Publication number: 20030135418
    Abstract: A point-of-sale (POS) system includes a POS host terminal that includes a first POS management module that is configured to facilitate a POS transaction. A peripheral device, which may be for example, a smart card/debit card reader with an optional signature capture, is communicatively coupled to the POS host terminal and includes a second POS management module that is configured to facilitate the POS transaction with the POS host terminal being under the control of the peripheral device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Inventors: Swetank Shekhar, Barry Henderson, Ken Jenkins