Patents by Inventor Vittorio Roberto De Finis

Vittorio Roberto De Finis 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).

  • Application monitoring
    Patent number: 8499071
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for monitoring an application executing on a self-service terminal. The method comprises: registering with a services manager (such as an XFS or J/XFS manager) to receive event reports indicative of a change of state being sent to the application; accessing an operating system function to deduce a current status of the application; and communicating a status of the application to the remote management system, without communicating with the application, to enable the remote management system to manage the self-service terminal more effectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Stefano Cipollone, Vittorio Roberto De Finis
  • APPLICATION MONITORING
    Publication number: 20100281155
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for monitoring an application executing on a self-service terminal. The method comprises: registering with a services manager (such as an XFS or J/XFS manager) to receive event reports indicative of a change of state being sent to the application; accessing an operating system function to deduce a current status of the application; and communicating a status of the application to the remote management system, without communicating with the application, to enable the remote management system to manage the self-service terminal more effectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2009
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: Stefano Cipollone, Vittorio Roberto De Finis