Patents by Inventor Robert McInally

Robert McInally 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).

  • Self-service terminal
    Patent number: 7225973
    Abstract: A self-service terminal (10) comprising a user interface (14) including a display (30) is described. The display has a display area (80) for presenting financial information to a user (12). The terminal (10), which may be an ATM, comprises: a sensor (16) for sensing people in the vicinity of the terminal (10), and means (74) for confining transaction information to a sub-portion (84) of the display area in response to the sensor (16) sensing people in the vicinity of the terminal (10). A method of improving privacy on a self-service terminal is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Robert McInally, Sean P. McCarthy
  • Self-service terminal
    Publication number: 20050006459
    Abstract: A self-service terminal (10) comprising a user interface (14) including a display (30) is described. The display has a display area (80) for presenting financial information to a user (12). The terminal (10), which may be an ATM, comprises: a sensor (16) for sensing people in the vicinity of the terminal (10), and means (74) for confining transaction information to a sub-portion (84) of the display area in response to the sensor (16) sensing people in the vicinity of the terminal (10). A method of improving privacy on a self-service terminal is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2004
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Robert McInally, Sean McCarthy