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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8108700 | Power supply identification using a modified power good signal Method, system and apparatus enabling a computing system to automatically identify the capabilities of a power supply coupled to the computing system. The power supply includes a controller that sends an identification code to a computing system prior to sending a p... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7870408 | Universal serial bus wakeup circuit A circuit is attached in parallel to a universal serial bus interface of a data processing system. A capacitor in the circuit is charged by receiving power from a power pin of the universal serial bus interface while the data processing system is not in a reduced po... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7840846 | Point of sale system boot failure detection A computer implemented method and computer program product for detecting and communicating boot failures in a client device. A Dynamic Host Control Protocol server is configured to monitor Dynamic Host Control Protocol communications from one or more client devices,... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7828211 | Electronic inventory tracking system Systems and methods are disclosed for tracking items in a shopping cart using radio frequency identification. In one embodiment, a first set of items is positioned in a first item zone alongside an aisle. An electronic tag reader is capable of remotely reading ident... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7677440 | Point of sale terminal network implementation for transmitting data indicative of terminal changes upon switching of open close state of cash drawer Tracking at the local point of sale terminal level, changes in data associated with each terminal, such as a changed printer or POS register supporting a particular POS terminal, the identified cash drawer for the terminal, the particular changeable removable cash t... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7295132 | Self-locating devices via highly directional RFID tags in controlled location A monitored area is provided multiple RFID tags placed at defined coordinates/locations throughout the extended area. These RFID tags respond to receipt of a RF signal by transmitting/broadcasting their unique identifier (ID) within the specific area in which the ta... | 11/13/2007 |
| 6993650 | Authentications integrated into a boot code image A method, computer program product and system for storing or updating authentications, e.g., passwords, in a boot code image, i.e., binary executable boot code, stored within a Read Only Memory (ROM), e.g., flash ROM, of a terminal from a remote central site. An aut... | 01/31/2006 |
