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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2007
Jim Henderson, St Andrews, GB;
Mel Walter, Wildwood, MO (US);
Martin R. Smith, Dundee, GB;
Wolf D. Rossmann, Glamis, GB;
Paul Nielsen, St. Andrews, GB;
Jim Henderson, St Andrews, GB;
Mel Walter, Wildwood, MO (US);
Martin R. Smith, Dundee, GB;
Wolf D. Rossmann, Glamis, GB;
Paul Nielsen, St. Andrews, GB;
NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Abstract
A module (), a terminal () including the module, and a system () including the terminal (), are described. The module may be a printer module () comprising a print engine (), a microcontroller (), and a wireless receiver (), such as a wireless modem, so that the module () is operable to receive data from a remote server () and to print the received data. The module () also includes a coupler (or) for directing data received from the wireless modem () to the microcontroller () and for directing data from the terminal () to the microcontroller (). A method of printing tickets at a terminal () and a method of retro-fitting a self-service terminal () are also described.