Patents by Inventor Nicholas J. Hurrell

Nicholas J. Hurrell 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).

  • Patent number: 8011571
    Abstract: A self-service terminal comprises a plurality of devices, each device having a unique device identifier. The terminal also has a fascia including a plurality of apertures, each aperture having a corresponding indicator and being associated with a device in the self-service terminal. The terminal executes a control application for identifying and energizing an indicator corresponding to an aperture to be used by a customer. The terminal also includes a mapping component for allowing an authorized user (i) to display the current mapping of indicators to device identifiers, and (ii) to modify the current mapping to associate an indicator with a different device identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventor: Nicholas J. Hurrell
  • Publication number: 20090200365
    Abstract: A self-service terminal comprises a plurality of devices, each device having a unique device identifier. The terminal also has a fascia including a plurality of apertures, each aperture having a corresponding indicator and being associated with a device in the self-service terminal. The terminal executes a control application for identifying and energising an indicator corresponding to an aperture to be used by a customer. The terminal also includes a mapping component for allowing an authorized user (i) to display the current mapping of indicators to device identifiers, and (ii) to modify the current mapping to associate an indicator with a different device identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Inventor: Nicholas J. Hurrell
  • Publication number: 20090199044
    Abstract: Software running on a processor is operable to control the cycled powering down and powering up of components of a self-service terminal (SST) in order to attempt to rectify a fault within the SST without the need to power down the SST core processor. The software can also control the resetting of universal serial bus (USB) ports associated with the components of the SST in order to try and clear faults associated with a communications link between a component and the SST core processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventor: Nicholas J. Hurrell