| 6557032 |
Data processing system using active tokens and method for controlling such a system |
| Apr-29-2003 |
A distributed data processing system such as a retail store customer transaction network using smart cards provides an object oriented processing environment at each transaction terminal to enable smart... |
| 6553348 |
Sales management apparatus |
| Apr-22-2003 |
In a sales management apparatus, control programs necessary for operating in different modes are stored in respective mode keys and any desirable control program is loaded by using a corresponding mode... |
| 6553349 |
System and method of applying price changes in an electronic price label system |
| Apr-22-2003 |
A system and method of applying price changes which minimizes price look-up file access attempts by using a separate file for daily price change information, including a new price, a date, a start time,... |
| 6546441 |
Point-of-sale system |
| Apr-8-2003 |
A point-of-sale system is disclosed which is freely configurable with a plurality of peripheral input devices. The system includes a general purpose computer having a communications port for receiving... |
| 6546373 |
System and method for recovering refundable taxes |
| Apr-8-2003 |
A system for recovering refundable taxes such as value-added taxes (VAT) uses a transaction card, such as a credit or debit or electronic cash card, to record purchases made by a traveler that are subject... |
| 6535119 |
System and method of managing failure of an electronic shelf label to respond to a message |
| Mar-18-2003 |
A system and method of managing failure of an electronic shelf label to respond to a message which conserves system bandwidth. The system includes an electronic shelf label which fails to respond to a... |
| 6513016 |
Automated synchronous product pricing and advertising system |
| Jan-28-2003 |
An automated product pricing system including a physical store system, a virtual store system, and a control system. The physical and virtual store systems are capable of transmitting sales data indicative... |
| 6505178 |
Automatic teller machine with secure variable storage for internet applications |
| Jan-7-2003 |
A memory controller component (10, 30, 40) for an Internet application such as a bank, airline or supermarket web site is disclosed. The component is instantiated from a web page in the application and... |
| 6505170 |
Distributed device management system |
| Jan-7-2003 |
A distributed device management system. The system includes a set of distributed devices, such as point-of-sale devices. The devices are managed by a remote host. |
| 6490567 |
System and method for distributed content electronic commerce |
| Dec-3-2002 |
Distributed electronic commerce is conducted over a network by substantially separating transaction functionality from merchant content. Electronic commerce transaction functionality is provided by a commerce... |
| 6487540 |
Methods and systems for electronic receipt transmission and management |
| Nov-26-2002 |
Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems, methods and apparatus for the generation, transmission, storage and manipulation of electronic receipts which communicate itemized purchase transaction... |
| 6484146 |
System for offering targeted discounts to customers and collecting purchasing behavior data |
| Nov-19-2002 |
A system for presenting customized special offers to customers, the special offers including targeted offers to a customer selected from a plurality of customers, and for collecting purchasing behavior... |
| 6469617 |
Method of restoring information for display by an electronic price label |
| Oct-22-2002 |
A method of restoring display information to an electronic price label which stores temporarily removed display information and sends it to the electronic price label following a temporary period. The... |
| 6467684 |
Pre-paid card system for purchasing products or services |
| Oct-22-2002 |
A pre-paid card system is provided for paying for purchases over an electronic or computer network, such as the Internet. The system includes a plurality of cards each having a unique identity number associated... |
| 6442549 |
Method, product, and apparatus for processing reusable information |
| Aug-27-2002 |
In a communication network having at least one communication link connecting a provider and a client, wherein the provider is in communication with a registrar storing one or more identifiers such as potentially... |
| 6442531 |
Method of changing an electronic price label display sequence |
| Aug-27-2002 |
An electronic price label (EPL) display sequence change method which conserves system bandwidth. The method determines a number of pieces of information which are currently stored within a memory in an... |
| 6427138 |
Methods and apparatus for providing an electronic price label countdown timer |
| Jul-30-2002 |
Techniques for informing customers of impending price changes of items in a retail establishment are described. An EPL computer reads an EPL data file to determine when an upcoming price change for an... |
| 6414958 |
Four-port secure ethernet VLAN switch supporting SNMP and RMON |
| Jul-2-2002 |
A multi-port switch is provided having an Ethernet switching section for connecting and switching among network devices and includes at least three ports, a network management module operating according... |
| 6411937 |
Terminal for communication in an urban environment |
| Jun-25-2002 |
A communications terminal for communicating in an urban environment. The communications terminal includes a parking meter with a printer and a payment device. The terminal also is provided with a CPU,... |
| 6408279 |
Method and apparatus for operating a self-service checkout terminal and a remote supervisor terminal of a retail system |
| Jun-18-2002 |
A method of operating a retail system which has (i) a self-service checkout terminal, and (ii) a remote supervisor terminal includes the step of generating an intervention-needed control signal with the... |
| 6401076 |
Wide area inventory control system |
| Jun-4-2002 |
An inventory control system in which local units having inventories continually and serially transmit data only in a local area to users having portable receivers which store and display when requested... |
| 6401074 |
Retail transaction promotion system |
| Jun-4-2002 |
An augmented point of sale system that displays, and that may broadcast, during a retail transaction, promotional information to a customer selected on the basis of the context of the transaction. An existing... |
| 6363358 |
Integrated hangtag production system |
| Mar-26-2002 |
An integrated hangtag production system with an order analysis program for receiving an electronic order file from a customer and outputting an analyzed customer data file in which the order analysis program... |
| 6363354 |
Maintenance system, and recording medium recording thereon a maintenance program, for a plurality of price look-up tables |
| Mar-26-2002 |
A POS server apparatus stores, in response to entry of PLU data, data consisting of a combination of revision history information on those PLU data and revised data into a master PLU history management... |
| 6356794 |
Item dispensing system network |
| Mar-12-2002 |
An item dispensing system having an item dispenser, a controller and a fault store for storing fault thresholds and faults. A true state of a fault is stored in the fault store in response to an operating... |
| 6351688 |
Item dispensing system |
| Feb-26-2002 |
An item dispensing system has a plurality of item dispensers at different retail locations. The item dispensers have processors for collecting data relating to the items dispensed. A host computer in electrical... |
| 6327570 |
Personal business service system and method |
| Dec-4-2001 |
A system and method of computerizing companies with customized individual addressable electronic direct marketing, self-service automation, and customer care support. The system contains a private network... |
| 6311165 |
Transaction processing systems |
| Oct-30-2001 |
A banking, retail or other transaction network can comprise a number of terminals, for example an ATM, where each terminal comprises a plurality of peripheral devices such as a user interface, card reader,... |
| 6302326 |
Financial transaction processing system and method |
| Oct-16-2001 |
A financial transaction processing system (10) enables processing transactions from various types of card activated terminal devices (12) which communicate using a variety of electronic message formats.... |
| 6292786 |
Method and system for generating incentives based on substantially real-time product purchase information |
| Sep-18-2001 |
A method for use in marketing includes receiving at a remote location through the Internet, substantially real-time product purchase information from a retail store in conjunction with an identification... |
| 6282516 |
Process, system and computer readable medium for in-store printing of discount coupons and/or other purchasing incentives in various departments within a retail store |
| Aug-28-2001 |
A system, process and computer readable medium for distributing purchasing incentives throughout departments of a retail store including an incentive processor including a network controller and a database... |
| 6269342 |
Programmable shelf tag system |
| Jul-31-2001 |
An electronic pricing and display system using programmable electronic shelf tags. Programmable electronic shelf tags are used in connection with apparatus for programming the electronic shelf tags. Pricing... |
| 6208976 |
Order management system with automatic menu updating |
| Mar-27-2001 |
An order management system enables a customer to use a terminal device to order food, but can respond rapidly to changes and additions to the menu. When this system starts up, it transmits an operating... |
| 6205363 |
Printer and control method for obtaining printer status |
| Mar-20-2001 |
A printing apparatus comprises a real-time command interpreter that functions even when the printing apparatus is off-line, and interprets control commands simultaneously with receiving data. The printing... |
| 6199049 |
Verifiable electronic journal for a point of sale device and methods for using the same |
| Mar-6-2001 |
A point of sale device having a verifiable electronic journal system which maintains an electronic journal file in lieu of using a journal print station. Transaction information is first stored in a non-volatile... |
| 6195645 |
Data communication system |
| Feb-27-2001 |
In a system having a plurality of apparatuses connected via a communication line, one apparatus serving as a master unit performs processing on data stored in the other apparatus or apparatuses. The apparatus... |
| 6112191 |
Method and system to create and distribute excess funds from consumer spending transactions |
| Aug-29-2000 |
An improved system for consumer payors to save and donate whenever they use cash at a point of sale terminal, write a check, use an ATM machine, or use a credit or debit card. The POS system is a network... |
| 6108638 |
Data processing system and data processing method using same |
| Aug-22-2000 |
A data processing system and a data processing method using data processing system which comprises a plurality of input units for registering selected products, and a processing unit connected to the plurality... |
| 6105864 |
Terminal device and terminal system |
| Aug-22-2000 |
A terminal device and a terminal system which are adapted for electronic money, excellent in operability and easy in the management of the electronic money. The terminal device used in combination with... |
| 6098049 |
Electronic price label system including groups of electronic price labels and method of managing the groups |
| Aug-1-2000 |
An electronic price label (EPL) system including groups of electronic price labels and method of managing the groups which facilitate group definition, assignment of EPLs to groups, assignment of items... |
| 6092052 |
Method of maximizing statistical data throughput at remotely located electronic donation processing devices, and electronic device for managing statistical information |
| Jul-18-2000 |
The invention provides a method of capturing monetary donations or monetary gifts made by donors or gift givers at points in time and space in which said donors or gift givers are optimally motivated to... |
| 6088682 |
Funds distribution system connected with point of sale transactions |
| Jul-11-2000 |
An automated way for sales establishments to extend point of sale (POS) cash transactions to allow consumers to save change or transfer discretionary funds into saving or donating accounts managed by a... |
| 6078888 |
Cryptography security for remote dispenser transactions |
| Jun-20-2000 |
The invention relates to providing secure transactions with a tag and POS device associated with a host network authorization system. In doing so, the tag is adapted to bi-directionally communicate with... |
| 6076071 |
Automated synchronous product pricing and advertising system |
| Jun-13-2000 |
An automated product pricing system including a physical store system, a virtual store system, and a control system. The physical and virtual store systems are capable of transmitting sales data indicative... |
| 6075618 |
Terminal printer connected to a plurality of host devices |
| Jun-13-2000 |
A terminal printer can simultaneously receive print data from a plurality of host devices. The terminal printer has one reception buffer memory to which reception buffers are allocated on the basis of... |
| 6067527 |
Point of sale system, method of operation thereof and programming for control thereof |
| May-23-2000 |
The present invention is a point of sale system, method of operation and a control program for use within a point of sale system. The point of sale system includes at least one operator console controlled... |
| 6055504 |
Method and system for accommodating electronic commerce in a communication network capacity market |
| Apr-25-2000 |
A method for accommodating electronic commerce in a communication network capacity market. The method includes the steps of identifying a plurality of players in the communication network capacity market,... |
| 6049780 |
Electronic register |
| Apr-11-2000 |
A register terminal is connected through a communications link to a kitchen video controller. The register terminal receives setting data for display control functions, and picture formats for the kitchen... |
| 6047263 |
Method of displaying information by an electronic price label |
| Apr-4-2000 |
A method of displaying information associated with a special promotion by an electronic price label (EPL) which saves bandwidth at a start time of the special promotion. The method includes the steps of... |
| 6044360 |
Third party credit card |
| Mar-28-2000 |
A system for allocating funds in pre-established customer accounts including: a controller processor programmed: (a) to process data, (b) to create for each customer a customer account file, and (c) to... |
