| 6885287 |
Methods and apparatus for automatically locating an electronic shelf label |
| Apr-26-2005 |
An electronic price label (ESL) system with communication error correction is described. In one aspect, the ESL system automatically locates an ESL after the ESL fails to respond to a message. After a... |
| 6883706 |
Point-of-sale bill authentication |
| Apr-26-2005 |
The invention includes systems, methods and program products for providing real-time point-of-sale paper currency, i.e., bill, authentication and recordation. The invention provides a point-of-sale terminal... |
| 6879961 |
Apparatus and system for displaying wares and services including a mannequin and interactive display panel |
| Apr-12-2005 |
The present invention relates to a marketing apparatus that is a combination of a mannequin and an interactive system. The mannequin holds in its "hands" an interactive panel which is hard-wired to a computer... |
| 6871185 |
Method and apparatus for determining whether a verbal message was spoken during a transaction at a point-of-sale terminal |
| Mar-22-2005 |
A point-of-sale terminal initiates a transaction and provides a prompt to be spoken to an operator (e.g. a cashier) of the POS terminal. The prompt indicates a verbal message that is to be spoken by the... |
| 6868391 |
Tele/datacommunications payment method and apparatus |
| Mar-15-2005 |
A tele/datacommunications network has a service node (TSN) (30) which facilitates payment/transfer from a customer account of a customer financial institution (80) to a merchant account of a merchant financial... |
| 6865545 |
Method for providing consumers with offers |
| Mar-8-2005 |
In accordance with the present invention, a method for providing a consumer with a plurality offers to be used to purchase goods is provided. The method comprises the steps of: providing a database containing... |
| 6859786 |
System and method of displaying information by an electronic price label |
| Feb-22-2005 |
A system and method of displaying information by an electronic price label which uses thresholds to minimize the number of messages to an electronic price label. The system includes a record for an item... |
| 6856964 |
System and methods for integrating a self-checkout system into an existing store system |
| Feb-15-2005 |
A self-checkout terminal system includes a self-checkout core application module for controlling a self-checkout terminal, the self-checkout core application module controlling peripheral input and output... |
| 6850555 |
Signalling system |
| Feb-1-2005 |
A signalling system is provided which can be used to update the prices of goods which are electronically displayed on supermarket shelves (1). The signalling system comprises a first signalling device... |
| 6848613 |
System and method for the security of payment transactions |
| Feb-1-2005 |
A method of authorizing a payment transaction is described. The method comprises receiving data relating to a customer's transaction card, and data relating to an original amount of the payment transaction;... |
| 6847816 |
Method for making a payment secure |
| Jan-25-2005 |
A mobile telephone is equipped with a smart-card reader to aid in universal payment by smart card. A security checking circuit of the mobile telephone is provided with a complementary function by which... |
| 6845364 |
Universal shopping center for international operation |
| Jan-18-2005 |
An international transaction system for operation over the internet/intranet provides a pre-transactional calculation of all charges involved in any international transaction. Upon the option of the customer,... |
| 6845363 |
POS terminal, method of controlling the POS terminal, POS system using the POS terminal, and information storage medium |
| Jan-18-2005 |
The POS system has at least one POS terminal (101) and a store controller (121) connected to the POS terminal. The POS terminal has a program storage device (107), a program updating device (106), a program... |
| 6842115 |
System and method for self-checkout of video media in a rental store |
| Jan-11-2005 |
A system enables consumers to perform self-checkout and self-check-in of rental articles, especially rental video media. The system includes a scanner, a payment module, and an article transporter. The... |
| 6829467 |
Apparatus for settling accounts and method of settling accounts |
| Dec-7-2004 |
An account-settling apparatus changes the range of communication between it and a portable device having a radio communication address, from a first range to a second range and vice versa. The first range... |
| 6827260 |
Systems and methods for utilizing a point-of-sale system |
| Dec-7-2004 |
Among other things, the present invention provides a variety of systems and methods for effectuating transactions using a point-of-sale device. The present invention is applicable to a broad range of transaction... |
| 6827261 |
Prepaid card cashing purchasing and token purchasing device |
| Dec-7-2004 |
A cashing device for a prepaid card in a housing which contains a card receiving unit for prepaid cards, a card reading unit to determine the balance on the old prepaid card inserted into the device, a... |
| 6824049 |
Card transaction settlement method in point of sale systems |
| Nov-30-2004 |
A card transaction settlement method in a point of sale (POS) system is described. More particularly, a payment by either the credit or debit card is made after an approval before the card transaction... |
| 6822550 |
Intelligent rolled coin dispenser |
| Nov-23-2004 |
A money dispensing apparatus includes a controller, an electronic communication network and at least one dispensing unit. The money dispensing apparatus may also include a keyboard, a display, and an uninterruptible... |
| 6820062 |
Product information system |
| Nov-16-2004 |
The present invention features a Product Information System (PISYS) which presents advertising and product information to grocery shoppers. The system includes one or more shopping carts with a bar code... |
| 6816083 |
Electronic device with cover including a radio frequency indentification module |
| Nov-9-2004 |
A cover member for an electronic device, the cover member having a secure radio frequency identification (RFID) module within it, an electronic device including such a cover member, and a system including... |
| 6795809 |
Method and apparatus for logging system test data in a POS system |
| Sep-21-2004 |
A system for automatically distributing discount coupons or certificates in a retail store, conditioned on a preselected combination of present and past shopping behavior of a customer whose order is being... |
| 6785845 |
POS terminal test system and method |
| Aug-31-2004 |
A system for testing an application running on a point-of-sale (POS) terminal comprises a host running on a personal computer connected to the POS terminal, and a target running on the POS terminal. The... |
| 6779719 |
Combined system of automatic selling of products and services |
| Aug-24-2004 |
Combined system of automatic selling of products and services, useful to be included in all types of automatic vending machines, that indludes th inclusion in an automatic machine (1), of module (21) that... |
| 6764003 |
Transaction method and selling system |
| Jul-20-2004 |
Proposed is a transaction method between a customer and one of a plurality of service terminals (4) which supply selectable products and/or services, subject to costs, on location, as well as a sales system... |
| 6760706 |
Point of sales systems for vehicles |
| Jul-6-2004 |
A novel point of sales systems for vehicles. The systems are comprised of a housing attachable to the exterior of the vehicle which contains components of the system which are interactive with regard to... |
| 6758393 |
Mobile cashier terminal |
| Jul-6-2004 |
The present specification discloses a mobile cashier terminal adaptable for use with cash or cashless voucher gaming system having a LAN interconnecting cashier terminals, a central voucher-record database... |
| 6748365 |
Method and system for redeeming product marketing rebates |
| Jun-8-2004 |
A system and method for processing product marketing rebate claims submitted by a consumer in satisfaction of a rebate offer, the consumer having purchased designated products in a qualified transaction... |
| 6742123 |
Apparatus and methods for preventing denial of service attacks |
| May-25-2004 |
In one aspect of the invention, the frames of a thread stack that associated with the misbehaving code are popped from the thread stack. Exception handling code is allowed to execute for trusted code by... |
| 6739501 |
Cash drawer controlling apparatus and a method of controlling cash drawers |
| May-25-2004 |
A cash drawer device includes a command receiving and outputting circuit for receiving a plurality of open commands and outputs the open commands, and a simultaneous open inhibiting circuit for inhibiting... |
| 6738749 |
Methods and apparatus for creating and storing secure customer receipts on smart cards |
| May-18-2004 |
A system for creating, storing and retrieving secure transaction receipts. These transaction receipts may be stored on portable electronic media that can be carried by a consumer. Each transaction record... |
| 6736313 |
Card reader module with pin decryption |
| May-18-2004 |
A card reader module includes capabilities for receiving and decrypting an encrypted user PIN to facilitate off-line transaction authorization. In an off-line transaction, a transaction processing system... |
| 6726094 |
Method and apparatus for multiple format image capture for use in retail transactions |
| Apr-27-2004 |
A customer self-service terminal for use in conducting retail transactions. The terminal includes a camera having multi-mode image capability. When a customer wishes to conduct a transaction, the camera... |
| 6725206 |
Cashierless shopping store and components for use therein |
| Apr-20-2004 |
A cashierless shopping store includes a plurality of shopping carts into which selected items to be purchased are placed by shoppers. Each of the shopping carts includes a weight detector to measure the... |
| 6722473 |
Cash dispensing system for merchandise delivery facility |
| Apr-20-2004 |
A system for providing cash to users in a merchandise delivery environment such as a fast food drive-through environment. The system includes a customer request station (212, 262, 288, 300, 322, 378) at... |
| 6718311 |
Variance alerting dispenser system and variance detector apparatus and method |
| Apr-6-2004 |
A method, apparatus and system, the method comprising receiving a request indication representing a request for an item, receiving a provided indication representing providing said item, and signalling... |
| 6701192 |
Wiring hub for a retail terminal |
| Mar-2-2004 |
A wiring hub for a retail terminal system provides an interface between a main terminal of the retail terminal system and a plurality of peripherals associated with the retail terminal system, such as... |
| 6697785 |
System, method and apparatus for coupon processing and booklet |
| Feb-24-2004 |
A coupon manager is provided including a front end, back end and a central processor for facilitating the processing and settlement of coupons. The coupons are received from customers at the front end... |
| 6696920 |
Method of changing an electronic price label display sequence |
| Feb-24-2004 |
A method of changing a display sequence of an electronic price label which uses two commands to add and remove information from a display sequence. The method includes the steps of formulating a change... |
| 6687679 |
Method and apparatus for determining a progressive discount for a customer based on the frequency of the customer's transactions |
| Feb-3-2004 |
A system and method are disclosed for determining and applying a discount to a customer's transaction. The discount is of a progressive nature, wherein the value of a customer's discount increases if the... |
| 6687680 |
Electronic cash register system |
| Feb-3-2004 |
Weight data of articles for sale is stored and a total weight is calculated every order. Measured weight of the prepared articles in a package is compared with the calculated total weight. If the measured... |
| 6684200 |
Cashless vending machine |
| Jan-27-2004 |
The cashless vending machine system of the present invention comprises: a radio-communication terminal having a terminal information storage device for storing a verification key, and a terminal encryption... |
| 6674448 |
Interactive wagering system with controllable graphic displays |
| Jan-6-2004 |
A system is provided in which locally-generated graphics may be displayed on a user's equipment. The user's equipment may be based on a set-top box and television or other user television equipment, a... |
| 6669832 |
Electronic transaction system |
| Dec-30-2003 |
A request for a commodity that each office in an organization needs is sent from a terminal in the office to a general affairs service center in the organization. The request is then sent to a VAN center... |
| 6669086 |
Self service check cashing system and method |
| Dec-30-2003 |
A self service check cashing apparatus, for use by a customer with a check to be cashed. The apparatus utilizes biometric technology for security against fraudulent check cashing. A method for utilizing... |
| 6668245 |
Method of determining reserving order number and final order number of merchandises |
| Dec-23-2003 |
The method of determining a reserving order number and a final order number of a merchandise is performed by the steps of: computing a standard sales number D for each individual day of the week while... |
| 6666768 |
System and method for tracking game of chance proceeds |
| Dec-23-2003 |
A system and method for tracking game of chance proceeds are provided. The invention includes a point of sale computer electronically communicating registered player purchase information to a sponsor computer.... |
| 6662165 |
Electronic price label system promotional information verifier |
| Dec-9-2003 |
An electronic price label (EPL) promotional information verification system which ensures that promotional information for an item obtained from a promotional information file is equal to other promotional... |
| 6661997 |
Drive-through system |
| Dec-9-2003 |
A car detecting unit detects entrance of an incoming car into a drive-through store. A voice processing unit processes a voice signal from a first microphone of a menu board. A base station connected to... |
| 6659346 |
Semi-automated shopping system |
| Dec-9-2003 |
A semi-automated shopping system includes a main cart assembly that has a frame portion. The frame portion provides both horizontal and vertical support for the main cart assembly. The frame portion has... |
