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US 2010/0228864 A1Published application
Serial device management system
AssigneeHypercom Corporation
InventorMohammad Arif
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Abstract
The serial device management system is a new and innovative method of aiding the deployment and troubleshooting of POS terminals serially connected to IP enabled devices. Various messages and other data may be sent through a pipe from the IP enabled device to a serially connected POS terminal. This will allow the POS terminal to behave as if it has a direct IP connection.
Claims3
A method of interacting with a payment device, the method comprising:
- connecting the payment device to an internet protocol (IP) enabled device via a network connection;
- locating an IP enabled service on the IP enabled device, wherein the IP enabled service is designed for IP connectivity;
- communicating from the IP enabled service to the payment device, via the network connection, wherein the network connection is a serial network connection;
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- wherein the communicating from the IP enabled service to the serial connected payment device is via a serial-to-IP proxy.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.