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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2008
A. Ferdinand Gomes, Novi, MI (US);
Philip Stoll, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ameya Vasani, Johnson City, NY (US);
A. Ferdinand Gomes, Novi, MI (US);
Philip Stoll, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ameya Vasani, Johnson City, NY (US);
Burroughs Payment Systems, Inc., Plymouth, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for controlling feature upgrades on a plurality of payment system devices, onsite, in a distributed network, involves a web service at each of the plurality of payment system devices. An upgrade utility program communicates with the web service at each of the plurality of payment system devices, and presents a list of available payment system devices to the user. The list of available payment system devices identifies each device by location. A group of payment system devices is selected for receiving feature upgrades, and for each payment system device in the selected group, at least one feature upgrade is selected. A request file is created that contains information indicative of the payment system devices selected for receiving feature upgrades and indicative of the at least one feature upgrade for each selected payment system device.