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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2005
Applicants:
Brett B. Stewart, Austin, TX (US);
Charles O. Golson, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Brett B. Stewart, Austin, TX (US);
Charles O. Golson, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Acumera, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/00 (2006.01); H04J 3/16 (2006.01); H04J 3/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A multiservice merchant gateway (MMG) allows point of sale terminals and other devices to be interfaced with a wide area network, thereby improving speed and service to terminal owners and users, allowing for more efficient systems on merchant premises, and also allowing the merchant to provide and/or utilize various additional features and services. Support infrastructure for configuring MMGs, managing MMGs, and providing related services are also disclosed.