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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5933812 | Portable transaction terminal system Portable transaction terminal apparatus adapted for use in eating and drinking establishments. A terminal housing has a generally rectangular shape and a size slightly larger in length and width to corresponding dimensions of a restaurant guest check. A f... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5917168 | System and method for revaluation of stored tokens in IC cards A terminal for carrying out at a private location a transaction consisting of alteration of a token value stored in an IC card issued to a cardholder via an on-line transaction session with an operatively compatible terminal at a remote location. The priv... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5808283 | Modular point-of-sale transaction apparatus and method of manufacture and assembly A modular point-of-sale transaction apparatus comprising a modular portion having a printer mechanism mounted within a housing thereof and having structure providing a terminal platform for supporting a transaction terminal in a prearranged position forwa... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5780827 | Landing contact mechanism and card latch for smart card reader/writer A reader/writer apparatus for a contact-type smart card and having a frame forming a card slot for receiving a smart card and a landing contact mechanism carried on the frame for making electrical contact with contact pads on the smart card when inserted ... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5577118 | Telephone-terminal combination with plural keyboards A microprocessor-based telephone having a housing, a lower key panel positioned within a top portion of the housing, and an upper key panel hingedly mounted to the housing to swing away and reveal the lower key panel. The lower key panel carries an alphan... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5522087 | System for selectively operating in different modes depending upon receiving signal from a host computer within a time window upon power up A method for operating a local device to permit a host computer to assert control over the local device via a communication port. A control available time window of prearranged duration is set up in the local device in response to a power on start conditi... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5483601 | Apparatus and method for biometric identification using silhouette and displacement images of a portion of a person's hand Biometric measuring apparatus for recognizing a person's identity based on measurements performed on the person's hand. An arrangement for producing and storing a silhouette image of at least a portion of a person's hand is combined with an arrangment for... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5438184 | Method and apparatus for electronic cash transactions A paystation device adapted to be coupled to a transaction terminal for carrying out a transaction between a seller and a buyer using a smart card having a cash token value stored therein and having a current cash token value. A smart card interface accep... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5425080 | Transaction terminal apparatus and method using host dial string control of modem connect protocols A transaction terminal having a modem for communicating transaction data to one of a plurality of available host computers, each of which host computers has an associated modem which implements a prearranged one of a standard modem connect protocol and a ... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5345090 | Manual check reader apparatus with optical imaging Optical reader apparatus for reading data on a data carrier. A housing defines a data carrier slot having an optical data window at a prearranged position. An optical reading means is mounted within the housing for reading data scanned past the optical da... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5335288 | Apparatus and method for biometric identification Biometric measuring apparatus for recognizing a person's identity based on measurements performed on the person's hand. An arrangement for producing and storing a silhouette image of at least a portion of a person's hand is combined with an arrangement fo... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5324922 | Apparatus and method for managing transactions Apparatus for managing a transaction using a transaction terminal having a manual code reading device, such as a barcode reader, for reading a data code printed on a visual medium. A transaction program forming part of the system includes at least one pag... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5307350 | Method for collison avoidance on a character sense, multiple access local area network A method for data communication between a multiplicity of devices coupled to a LAN Bus without data transmission collisions. Each device is assigned a unique device address and a unique transmit time slot based thereon. The method involves responding to e... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5266789 | Card reader apparatus with replacable card guide A point of sale terminal having a reader assembly for reading a data card having data stored on at least one data track thereon. The terminal includes a housing defining a guide slot location for the data carrier and a transducer for detecting data stored... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5256867 | Card reader apparatus A reader assembly for reading a data carrier having at least one data track located at a prearranged data track position thereon. The reader assembly includes a transducer means having at least one data pickup element on a front face thereof. A guide mean... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5225666 | Rotary apparatus for data card scanning Apparatus for selectively reading or writing data on a magnetic data stripe on a data card which is thin and flexible and for selectively returning or capturing the card. The apparatus includes a card guide arrangement comprising a cylindrical card guide ... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5203109 | Apparatus for transplant propagation Apparatus for transplant propagation comprising a unitary lower tray-forming member and a separate unitary upper tray-forming member carried on lower tray-forming member and cooperatively forming a regular array of transplant plug cells for containing a t... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5181510 | Facial vaporizing device A portable facial vaporizing device comprising first and second opposing fabric sections joined together along a bottom edge thereof and at adjacent portions of back and front edges thereof to form an interior pocket adapted to contain a volume of hot wat... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5180905 | Card reader apparatus with replaceable card guide A point of sale terminal having a reader assembly for reading a data carrier having data stored on at least one data track thereon. The terminal includes a housing defining a guide slot location for the data carrier and a transducer for detecting data sto... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5175423 | Rotary data card scanning apparatus Apparatus for reading a data card which comprises a thin, flexible medium having leading and trailing edges and a data stripe formed thereon at a prearranged location and extending transverse to said leading and trailing edges. The apparatus comprises a c... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5173238 | Method for injection molding a transaction terminal case A method for injection molding a transaction terminal case with an integral card slot formed by a knife blade in the female mold section which is supported against twisting during the molding process by a plurality of narrow buttress sections in the male ... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5173597 | Card reader with tapered card slot guide surface A data terminal having a reader assembly for reading a data carrier having at least one data track formed thereon and having a predetermined track width. The terminal housing has a card guide slot with a read head mounted next to the slot. The bottom wall... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5164576 | Card reader apparatus with replacable card guide A point of sale terminal having a reader assembly for reading a data card having data stored on at least one data track thereon. The terminal includes a housing defining a guide slot location for the data carrier and a transducer for detecting data stored... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5136146 | Terminal apparatus with removable memory device Electronic circuit apparatus in the form of a transaction terminal and including a removable circuit component in the form of a portable memory cartridge. The terminal has a housing with a wall defining an opening for inserting the removable circuit compo... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5128524 | Data carrier reader apparatus for selective data track reading A data terminal having a card reader assembly for reading a data card having at least a pair of magnetic stripes formed thereon at adjacent ones of at least three defined magnetic data track locations thereon. The terminal includes a read head having two ... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5094237 | Facial vapor treatment device A portable facial vaporizing device comprising first and second opposing fabric sections joined together along a bottom edge thereof and at adjacent portions of back and front edges thereof to form an interior pocket adapted to contain a volume of hot wat... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5090207 | Ice building, chilled water system and method A chill water system combining a storage vessel 10, a multiplicity of ice encapsulating units 11 contained in the vessel and a chiller system 60. The storage vessel contains a volume or glycol and water solution having a freezing point of about twenty six... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5019696 | System and method for reading data record stripes on data cards A system for reading a data record stripe on a credit card which includes an injection molded case including a card guide slot integrally molded into the case near one side thereof and a read head window integrally formed in one sidewall of the card guide... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4928493 | Ice building, chilled water system and method A chill water system combining a storage vessel 10, a multiplicity of ice encapsulating units 11 contained in the vessel and a chiller system 60. The storage vessel contains a volume of glycol and water solution having a freezing point of about twenty six... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4905676 | Exercise diagnostic system and method A muscle exercise and diagnostic system which includes a lever arm, a mounting arrangement for mounting the lever arm for rotation about a fixed axis, and a connecting arrangement for connecting a selected portion of the human body to the lever arm for ro... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4889108 | Exercise and diagnostic system and method A muscle exercise and diagnostic system which includes a lever arm, a mounting arrangement for mounting the lever arm for rotation about a fixed axis, and a connecting arrangement for connecting a selected portion of the human body to the lever arm for ro... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4788420 | System and method for reading data record stripes on data cards A system for reading a data record stripe on a credit card which includes an injection molded case including a card guide slot integrally molded into the case near one side thereof and a read head window integrally formed in one sidewall of the card guide... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4724521 | Method for operating a local terminal to execute a downloaded application program The present invention provides methods for operating a local terminal which includes a programmable computer so that the terminal executes a pre-arranged application program. More specifically, the present invention provides methods for operating a local ... | 02/09/1988 |
| 4271487 | Static volatile/non-volatile ram cell A volatile/non-volatile RAM cell employing a bistable multivibrator with non-volatile, alterable-threshold capacitors coupled to the output terminals thereof to provide backup data storage in a power-down situation. In one embodiment, the non-volatile cap... | 06/02/1981 |
| 4176003 | Method for enhancing the adhesion of photoresist to polysilicon An adhesion-enhancing technique for preparing the surface of a polycrystalline silicon body to receive organic photoresist. In an exemplary procedure, the polysilicon is placed in an oxygen plasma chamber operating under rf power of about 90 milliwatts pe... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4175291 | Non-volatile random access memory cell A memory cell for a random access memory (RAM) having a volatile portion comprising an addressing transistor and a volatile storage capacitor, and a non-volatile portion comprising a non-volatile transistor and a transfer transistor. Normally the cell ope... | 11/20/1979 |
| 4165923 | Liquid crystal alignment structure The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display cell having an alignment film therein. The present invention also relates to a method of aligning liquid crystal molecules in a selected direction in a liquid crystal display cell. An alignment fil... | 08/28/1979 |
| 4156249 | Solid state tunable capacitor A semiconductor tunable capacitor is described. This tunable capacitor employs a plurality of metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) capacitive segments and each element has a first and a second value of capacitance. The solid state capacitor employs a plura... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4149904 | Method for forming ion-implanted self-aligned gate structure by controlled ion scattering A method of manufacturing a silicon gate MIS device using ion implantation and controlled ion scattering to provide concurrent formation and automatic alignment of the gate structure and adjacent impurity regions. In a preferred embodiment, the process is... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4145233 | Method for making narrow channel FET by masking and ion-implantation A method for making an FET comprising as many as three parallel channels having different threshold voltages. The two outer channels can have very low W/L ratios and resulting low drain-to-source currents. In one embodiment, the FET has a central enhancem... | 03/20/1979 |
