Garrett K Russell

US Patent:

6375078, Apr 23, 2002

Filed:

Jan 13, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/229867

Inventors:

Garrett Russell - Newark DE
Carl Harry Knowles - Morristown NJ

Assignee:

Metrologic Instruments, Inc. - Blackwood NJ

International Classification:

G06K 710

US Classification:

23547201, 23546201, 235375

Abstract:

A universal transaction machine (UTM) is disclosed, wherein a code symbol reader is integrated with a Java-enabled Internet terminal to enable the reading of a code symbol (e. g. magstripe or bar code) encoded with information related to a predetermined Uniform Resource Locator (URL). The predetermined URL specifies the location of a HTML-encoded document stored in an HTTP server and contains one or more transaction-enabling Java-Applets. When the URL-encoded symbol is read using the code symbol reader and provided to the Java-enabled browser program, the corresponding HTTP document is automatically accessed and displayed at the terminal. Preferably, the transaction-enabling Java-Applets are executed in order to produce a graphical user interface on the display screen of the terminal, thereby enabling the user to carry out data read and entry operations related to the prespecified information-related transaction. The transaction-enabling Internet terminal can be in the form of an Internet kiosk installed in a public location, in the manner as conventional ATMs. By virtue of the present invention, the universal transaction machine can be easily deployed for use by the mass population so that they can easily conduct various types of information-related transactions, including electronic-commerce, over the Internet.

US Patent:

6386453, May 14, 2002

Filed:

Feb 9, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/308806

Inventors:

Garrett Russell - Newark DE
Carl Harry Knowles - Moorestown NJ

Assignee:

Metrologic Instruments, Inc. - Blackwood NJ

International Classification:

G06K 710

US Classification:

23546201, 23546271, 235375

Abstract:

A novel transaction method and system, wherein a transaction Java-Applet is embedded within an HTML-encoded document stored in an HTTP server at predetermined URL. When a code symbol ( ) encoded with the URL is read using a code symbol reader ( A) interfaced with a Java-enabled Internet terminal, the corresponding HTML document is automatically accessed and displayed at the terminal, and the transaction Java-Applet initiated for execution so that the customer, consumer or client desiring the transaction can simply and conveniently conduct the information-related transaction over the Internet. The transaction-enabling Internet terminal ( ) can be in the form of an Internet kiosk installed in a public location, in the manner as conventional ATMs.

US Patent:

6412699, Jul 2, 2002

Filed:

Jan 13, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/229820

Inventors:

Garrett Russell - Newark DE
Carl Harry Knowles - Morristown NJ

Assignee:

Metrologic Instruments, Inc. - Blackwood NJ

International Classification:

G06K 710

US Classification:

23547201, 235375, 23546201

Abstract:

A code symbol driven system and method are disclosed for producing graphical user interfaces which enable prespecified information-related transactions over the Internet. In the illustrative embodiment, the code symbol reader is integrated with a Java-enabled Internet terminal. The code symbol reader is used to read a code symbol (e. g. , magstripe or bar code) encoded with information related to or specifying a predetermined Uniform Resource Locator (URL). The predetermined URL specifies the location of a HTML-encoded document that is stored in an HTTP server and contains one or more transaction-enabling Java-Applets. When the code symbol is read using the code symbol reader, and data representative of the URL is provided to a Java-enabled browser program, the corresponding HTTP document is automatically accessed and displayed at the terminal. The transaction-enabling Java-Applet embedded therein is executed in order to produce a graphical user interface on the display screen of the terminal, thereby enabling the user to carry out data entry and display operations related to the prespecified information-related transaction. The transaction-enabling Internet terminal of the present invention can be in the form of an Internet kiosk installed in a public location, in the manner as conventional ATMs.

US Patent:

6568595, May 27, 2003

Filed:

Aug 19, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/136646

Inventors:

Garrett Russell - Newark DE
Carl Harry Knowles - Morristown NJ

Assignee:

Metrologic Instruments, Inc. - Blackwood NJ

International Classification:

G06N 710

US Classification:

23546201, 235375

Abstract:

A novel electronic-commerce enabling method and system are disclosed, wherein an electronic-commerce enabling Java-Applet is embedded within an HTML-encoded document stored in an HTTP server at predetermined URL. When a code symbol (e. g. , magstripe or bar code) encoded with the URL is read using a code symbol reader interfaced with a Java-enabled Internet terminal, the corresponding HTTP document is automatically accessed and displayed at the terminal, and the electronic-commerce enabling Java-Applet initiated for execution so that the customer, consumer or client desiring to conduct an electronic-commerce transaction can simply and conveniently conduct electronic-commerce over the Internet. The electronic-commerce enabling Internet terminal can be in the form of an Internet kiosk installed in a public location, in the manner as conventional ATMs. By virtue of the present invention, universal transaction machine (UTMs) can be easily deployed for use by the mass population so that they can easily conduct various types of electronic-commerce over the Internet.

US Patent:

6988662, Jan 24, 2006

Filed:

Apr 21, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/420544

Inventors:

Garrett Russell - Wilmington DE, US
C. Harry Knowles - Moorestown NJ, US

Assignee:

Metrologic Instruments, Inc. - Blackwood NJ

International Classification:

G06K 7/10

US Classification:

23546215, 23546201

Abstract:

A novel transaction-enabling method and system are disclosed, wherein a transaction-enabling Java-Applet is embedded within an HTML-encoded document stored in an HTTP server at predetermined URL. When a code symbol (e. g. , magstripe or bar code) encoded with the URL is read using a code symbol reader interfaced with a Java-enabled Internet terminal, the corresponding HTTP document is automatically accessed and displayed at the terminal, and the transaction-enabling Java-Applet initiated for execution so that the customer, consumer or client desiring the transaction can simply and conveniently conduct the information-related transaction over the Internet. The transaction-enabling Internet terminal can be in the form of an Internet kiosk installed in a public location, in the manner as conventional ATMs. By virtue of the present invention, universal transaction machine (UTMs) can be easily deployed for use by the mass population so that they can easily conduct various types of transaction over the Internet.

US Patent:

7097105, Aug 29, 2006

Filed:

Oct 11, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/684273

Inventors:

Garrett Russell - Wilmington DE, US
Mark C. Schmidt - Williamstown NJ, US
Mikhail Veksland - Marlton NJ, US
William Martin - Clementon NJ, US
Patrick Giordano - Blackwood NJ, US
Shane Edmonds - Clementon NJ, US
Kevin DiPlacido - Sewell NJ, US
Shawn Defoney - Haddon Heights NJ, US
Stephen Colavito - Brookhaven PA, US
Donald Hudrick - Sicklerville NJ, US
James Osborn - Woodbury NJ, US
Thomas Amundsen - Turnersville NJ, US
Benjamin Hejl - Deptford NJ, US

Assignee:

Metrologic Instruments, Inc. - Blackwood NJ

International Classification:

G06K 7/10
G06K 9/22

US Classification:

23546245, 23546233, 23546248

Abstract:

A multi-mode laser-based bar code symbol reading device having a hand-supportable housing with a light transmission aperture, wherethrough visible light can exit and enter the hand-supportable housing. A laser scanning engine, disposed within the hand-supportable housing, is controlled to selectively operate in either an omni-directional reading mode or a uni-directional bar code reading mode. In the omni-directional bar code reading mode, the laser scanning engine projects pattern through the light transmission aperture, an omni-directional laser scanning pattern producing multiple laser scanning lines with substantially uniform spatial and temporal intensity characteristics at any given scanning plane parallel to the light transmission aperture within the working distance of the system, and detects and decodes bar code symbols on objects passing through the omni-directional scanning pattern, and produces symbol character data representative of decoded bar code symbols. In the uni-directional bar code reading mode, the laser scanning engine projects through the light transmission aperture, a visible stroboscopically-pulsed omni-directional laser scanning pattern, against a single laser scanning line having substantially uniform spatial and temporal intensity characteristics at any given scanning plane parallel to the light transmission aperture within the working distance of the system, and detects and decodes bar code symbols on objects passing through the single laser scanning line, and produces symbol character data representative of decoded bar code symbols. A manually-actuatable data transmission switch, integrated with said hand-supportable housing, produces an activation signal in response to the manual-actuation of the data transmission switch.

US Patent:

7341191, Mar 11, 2008

Filed:

Jan 23, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/337820

Inventors:

Garrett Russell - Wilmington DE, US
C. Harry Knowles - Moorestown NJ, US

Assignee:

Metrologic Instruments, Inc. - Blackwood NJ

International Classification:

G06K 7/10

US Classification:

23546201, 23546225

Abstract:

A novel transaction-enabling method and system are disclosed, wherein a transaction-enabling Java-Applet is embedded within an HTML-encoded document stored in an HTTP server at predetermined URL. When a code symbol (e. g. , magstripe or bar code) encoded with the URL is read using a code symbol reader interfaced with a Java-enabled Internet terminal, the corresponding HTTP document is automatically accessed and displayed at the terminal, and the transaction-enabling Java-Applet initiated for execution so that the customer, consumer or client desiring the transaction can simply and conveniently conduct the information-related transaction over the Internet. The transaction-enabling Internet terminal can be in the form of an Internet kiosk installed in a public location, in the manner as conventional ATMs. By virtue of the present invention, universal transaction machine (UTMs) can be easily deployed for use by the mass population so that they can easily conduct various types of transaction over the Internet.

US Patent:

7431215, Oct 7, 2008

Filed:

Aug 15, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/505489

Inventors:

Garrett Russell - Wilmington DE, US
Mark C. Schmidt - Williamstown NJ, US
Mikhail Veksland - Marlton NJ, US
William Martin - Clementon NJ, US
Patrick Giordano - Blackwood NJ, US
Shane Edmonds - Clementon NJ, US
Kevin DiPlacido - Sewell NJ, US
Shawn Defoney - Haddon Heights NJ, US
Stephen Colavito - Brookhaven PA, US
Donald Hudrick - Sicklerville NJ, US
James Osborn - Woodbury NJ, US
Thomas Amundsen - Turnersville NJ, US
Benjamin Hejl - Deptford NJ, US

Assignee:

Metrologic Instruments, Inc. - Blackwood NJ

International Classification:

G06K 7/10
G06K 9/22

US Classification:

23546245, 23546233, 23546248

Abstract:

An automatically-activated bar code reading system including: a visible laser light source, scanning element and a plurality of stationary mirrors. When arranged in a first configuration, the visible laser light source, scanning element and plurality of stationary mirrors cooperate to produce a visible omni-directional laser scanning pattern with multiple laser scanning lines having substantially uniform spatial and temporal intensity characteristics at a given scanning plane parallel to a scanning window within a working distance of the system. When the visible laser light source, the scanning element and the plurality of stationary mirrors are arranged in a second configuration, these components cooperate to produce a visible omni-directional laser scanning pattern having temporally varying intensity characteristics, against a single visible laser scanning line having substantially uniform spatial and temporal intensity characteristics, at a given scanning plane parallel to the scanning window within the working distance of the system.