Patents by Inventor Michael Besack

Michael Besack 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).

  • Distributed-service architecture at the point of sale or service
    Patent number: 7133939
    Abstract: Points of sale or service. According to various embodiment, a point of sale or service includes a register, a peripheral and a protocol converter. The protocol converter communicatively couples the register and the peripheral. The register may communicate with the protocol converter using a first protocol while the peripheral communicates with protocol converter using a second protocol. The register and the protocol converter may communicate using TCP/IP. A second peripheral may communicate with the register using the first protocol and without the aid of the protocol converter. The point of sale or service may further include a processor communicatively coupled to the protocol converter, for accessing the first peripheral.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Apurva M. Desai, Yujian L. Wang, Michael Besack, Radha Narayanan