| 5890136 |
Quick stop mass retail system |
| Mar-30-1999 |
A quick-stop mass retail system for ordering and purchasing articles from a remote location for pickup at an article pickup area at an automated store, comprising an interactive system for communicating... |
| 5887176 |
Method and system for remote monitoring and tracking of inventory |
| Mar-23-1999 |
The invention encompasses a system that utilizes radio frequency circuitry in combination with microprocessor devices and specially designed software to provide an improved structure and operation for... |
| 5878401 |
Sales and inventory method and apparatus |
| Mar-2-1999 |
An apparatus that displays alternative items for items that are out of stock in a store or the like. A request for an item is entered into a sales computer. The computer determines from a database whether... |
| 5870716 |
Home terminal and shopping system |
| Feb-9-1999 |
A shopping system includes store terminals for registering purchase and sale of items, a store processor for collectively managing the store terminals, electronic shelf labels capable of setting classification,... |
| 5870715 |
Logistics network for processing of mailed articles and method for controlling this network |
| Feb-9-1999 |
A logistical network has nodes and edges, or transport links, which permit mailed articles that are being set from a sender to a receiver to be transferred, processed, and forwarded in a sequence which... |
| 5850187 |
Integrated electronic tag reader and wireless communication link |
| Dec-15-1998 |
A method and apparatus for object identification which includes a portable electronic tag reader having a transceiver capable both of reading identification information from electronic tags and transmitting... |
| 5819232 |
Method and apparatus for inventory control of a manufacturing or distribution process |
| Oct-6-1998 |
A method and apparatus, using a computer model, to control a manufacturing or distribution process, which determines a demand forecast by using an optimized historical weighting factor, determines an upper... |
| 5812986 |
RF light directed inventory system |
| Sep-22-1998 |
An RF light directed inventory system includes a host computer, a host RF transmitter/receiver, at least one RF processor panel, and a plurality of light directed modules. The host computer receives a... |
| 5794213 |
Method and apparatus for reforming grouped items |
| Aug-11-1998 |
Articles such as garments to be cleaned are associated in a group (e.g., one customer's order). After processing together with articles from other groups, the articles are to be reassembled in their original... |
| 5777884 |
Article inventory tracking and control system |
| Jul-7-1998 |
An article inventory tracking and control system tracks and controls removal of articles from a secured facility. Exemplary facilities in which the system may be useful include libraries, rental stores... |
| 5765143 |
Method and system for inventory management |
| Jun-9-1998 |
A computer system and computer-implemented method for controlling inventory of vendors at one level of a part distribution chain. The system includes a computer programmed with software for generating... |
| 5729696 |
Transaction data recovery system and method |
| Mar-17-1998 |
A transaction data recovery system and method which provide backups for the primary price look-up (PLU) data file and the primary electronic price label (EPL) data file. The transaction system includes... |
| 5712989 |
Just-in-time requisition and inventory management system |
| Jan-27-1998 |
In accordance with the present invention, a requisition and inventory management system is provided which employs both a host computer and a local computer which can be linked to permit two-way data communications... |
| 5701423 |
Method for mapping, translating, and dynamically reconciling data between disparate computer platforms |
| Dec-23-1997 |
Traditionally, it has been difficult to share data among diverse computer applications and platforms because of underlying differences in data formats. Although the meaning or purpose of the data may be... |
| 5666493 |
System for managing customer orders and method of implementation |
| Sep-9-1997 |
The system of this invention manages customer orders using vendor supplied software systems interfaced on a real-time basis to touch the data in each system on a real time basis. In effect, there is horizontal... |
| 5659482 |
Liquid dispenser control system interfaced to a cash register |
| Aug-19-1997 |
A microprocessor based dispenser control system for controlling the dispensing process in a liquid pump and storing information on the type and number of times the liquid has been dispensed is disclosed.... |
| 5654508 |
Method of determining a store's physical inventory |
| Aug-5-1997 |
New physical principles are used to determine the number of inventory goods on a store's display shelves. One principle involves transmitting waves (mechanical, sound or ultrasound) thru an unknown number... |
| 5646616 |
Picking system |
| Jul-8-1997 |
To display picking information on a liquid crystal display unit, ID tags are disposed at the entrance and the exits of paths between racks, and the current position of a picking cart is recognized by way... |
| 5630072 |
Relia process: integrated relational object unit identification and location addressing processes |
| May-13-1997 |
Automatic processes for relational identification and recording of object units and their locations, in conjunction with traditional Hierarchy Coded Location Addressing, to directly support tracking, configuration... |
| 5630071 |
POS system having self scanner and display for issuing total number of purchased commodities after each fixed interval of time |
| May-13-1997 |
A POS (Point Of Sales) system which employs a purchased commodity accommodating and transporting apparatus having a self scanning function is improved in that a total amount of money for commodities loaded... |
| 5602730 |
Restaurant management system |
| Feb-11-1997 |
A restaurant management system (10) is provided. The restaurant management system (10) includes an inventory system (64). Also included are a supplier (54) and a user (52). Orders are sent from the user... |
| 5592375 |
Computer-assisted system for interactively brokering goods or services between buyers and sellers |
| Jan-7-1997 |
A computer-implemented system for brokering transactions between sellers and a buyer of goods or services, including a database, a seller interface, and a buyer's interface. The database contains information,... |
| 5510979 |
Data processing system and method for retail stores |
| Apr-23-1996 |
A computer system for entering, processing and recording sales of items is provided, which is especially suitable for use in retail sales, particularly quick service restaurants. The system includes a... |
| 5497314 |
Automated apparatus and method for object recognition at checkout counters |
| Mar-5-1996 |
An automated check-out system for retail stores, such as supermarkets, employing digitized video signals and other means to determine and differentiate individual products, and thereby register the data... |
| 5490078 |
Article file control system |
| Feb-6-1996 |
An article file control system includes a host computer for controlling a master article file (which includes article data of various department articles including data items of article codes and unit... |
| 5490060 |
Passive data collection system for market research data |
| Feb-6-1996 |
A passive data monitor and collection apparatus, and associated method, for obtaining market research data from an automated checkout system of a retail establishment. The apparatus positively monitors... |
| 5467474 |
Display system with section addressability |
| Nov-14-1995 |
In a system for displaying prices in a retail store, improved system architecture and stored programs are disclosed to permit improved accuracy in confirming the physical location of display devices called... |
| 5442344 |
Data acquisition system having selective communication capability |
| Aug-15-1995 |
A data acquisition system having selective communication capability to enable the data acquisition system to communicate with other data acquisition systems. The probe of the present invention initiates... |
| 5337253 |
Vending machine data processing system |
| Aug-9-1994 |
A method and an apparatus for providing a manifest and a sales report for route distributors selling newspapers is disclosed. It particularly cooperates with newspaper vending racks which capture data... |
| 5126935 |
POS system including use of expiration dates in commodity codes |
| Jun-30-1992 |
A POS terminal device which performs the function of a cash register upon input of a commodity code, with date and hour data included in the commodity code being checked at the time of data input and a... |
| 5088586 |
Automatic renting apparatus |
| Feb-18-1992 |
An automatic renting apparatus is for automatically renting rental articles and restoring returned rental articles. The automatic renting apparatus stores information concerning rental articles that have... |
| 5060185 |
File backup system |
| Oct-22-1991 |
A file backup system for POS data includes a master terminal and a backup terminal along with a master file and a backup file, all of which are coupled to a plurality of satellite terminals. A file controller... |
| 5057677 |
Transaction monitoring and security control system for the sale and distribution of articles |
| Oct-15-1991 |
The system includes containers for storing articles to be distributed, and a computer-controlled locking system for controlling access to the articles. The initial inventory of articles stored in the container... |
| 4949258 |
Transaction processor which derives a commodity code from an article code and stores sales of data of both |
| Aug-14-1990 |
To register unit commodity codes and further article codes (subdivided commodity codes) without increasing the capacity of a unit commodity management file provided for each transaction processing system... |
| 4879650 |
POS register system with combined optical scanner and weighing machine |
| Nov-7-1989 |
A point-of-sale register system includes an electronic cash register connected to a central inventory control unit to serve as a terminal device of a point-of-sale system: an optical scanner, which is... |
| 4859838 |
POS terminal device |
| Aug-22-1989 |
To improve reliability of a POS (point of sales) terminal device, an internal memory umit is further provided in addition to two external memory units having PLU (price look-up) files. Therefore, even... |
| 4833608 |
Electronic cash register which records the time when the quantity of an item in stock falls to a predetermined number |
| May-23-1989 |
An electronic cash register (ECR) comprises a memory for storing the stocked quantity of a commodity item, the transaction time, and the sale amount with respect to each commodity item; a clock for producing... |
| 4787037 |
ECR with data memory structure for transmitting sales data and re-stock data to an external unit |
| Nov-22-1988 |
An electrical cash register is disclosed, which is provided with a numerical data memory in which sales data input from a keyboard are successively accumulated, and also in which commodity data for different... |
| 4771383 |
Sales data processing apparatus |
| Sep-13-1988 |
A sales data processing apparatus has a stock data memory for storing stock data indicating the stock of each item. When sales of a certain item are registered, a value corresponding to a registered number... |
| 4649481 |
Electronic cash register with means to store and correlate data on a customer by customer basis |
| Mar-10-1987 |
An electronic cash register of the invention can provide a correlation between sales of items or commodities. The electronic cash register has a PLU code data memory. The PLU code data memory stores PLU... |
| 4611286 |
Cash accounting system |
| Sep-9-1986 |
A cash accounting system which includes a cash register for registering transactions of money and a cash dispenser coupled with the cash register for dispensing an amount of money required to be paid out... |
| 4503503 |
Transaction processing apparatus for storing and/or calculating costs, sales, deductions, number of sales, cost multiplier, and profit, in a departmentalized format |
| Mar-5-1985 |
A transaction processing apparatus comprises a memory having a sales information storing region defined for each of a plurality of commodity departments, a cost multiplier rate information storing region... |
| 4237483 |
Surveillance system |
| Dec-2-1980 |
This surveillance system employs a closed circuit television camera or cameras used in conjunction with an electronic cash register or registers employed at one or more point of sale stations. Combined... |
| 4075696 |
Data control device for selectively providing data to a processing system |
| Feb-21-1978 |
A data control device for use in recording sales transactions in regard to one or more different items which are subject to various classifications. The device includes data input registers, each of which... |
