| 6654709 |
Automatic remote monitoring system for setting a near-end value |
| Nov-25-2003 |
A remote monitoring system includes an object apparatus and a monitoring apparatus monitoring a current state of the object apparatus over a communications network. The object apparatus includes a state... |
| 6651885 |
Multi-function transaction processing system |
| Nov-25-2003 |
A multi-function transaction processing system including a transaction terminal having a data entry facility and a transaction processor, the transaction processor being communicatively associated with... |
| 6647372 |
Method and apparatus for using prior activities to improve the probability of completing transactions for a customer in a retail environment |
| Nov-11-2003 |
Apparatus, and a corresponding method, present to a customer various forms of information (product, brand . . . ) during periods where the customer is idle. A signal indicating the start or impending start... |
| 6643626 |
Sales point business method and apparatus |
| Nov-4-2003 |
A preferred embodiment of the business method includes providing a sales point, with the sales point being configured to display merchandise. The sales point is remotely monitored to ensure use by an authorized... |
| 6636835 |
Wireless maitre d' system for restaurants |
| Oct-21-2003 |
A wireless maitre d' system and method for providing interactive two-way communication between patrons and restaurant service personnel who have direct interaction with the patrons during restaurant encounters.... |
| 6611811 |
Method and system for accumulating marginal discounts and applying an associated incentive upon achieving threshold |
| Aug-26-2003 |
A method for customer promotion includes sequentially processing each of a plurality of items in a customer order. The price of each item is accumulated after processing. A marginal discount associated... |
| 6609104 |
Method and system for accumulating marginal discounts and applying an associated incentive |
| Aug-19-2003 |
A method for customer promotion includes sequentially processing each of a plurality of items in a customer order. A marginal discount associated with each item is determined. All unapplied marginal discounts... |
| 6606842 |
Apparatus for dispensing change |
| Aug-19-2003 |
The apparatus for packing cash in a change pack based on input change data of the present invention comprises: a contractor register for registering a contractor; a store register for registering a store... |
| 6604679 |
Payment management method and system using an IC card |
| Aug-12-2003 |
A payment management method and system for performing suitable payment management, wherein a user of a credit IC card can store a transaction history in the IC card, collate the transaction history with... |
| 6601036 |
System and method for dynamic assembly of packages in retail environments |
| Jul-29-2003 |
A system and method for managing the sale of a group of products at a single price based on sales performance data of the products is presented. The method and apparatus include offering a plurality of... |
| 6598024 |
Method and system for processing supplementary product sales at a point-of-sale terminal |
| Jul-22-2003 |
A POS terminal determines an upsell to offer in exchange for the change due to a customer in connection with a purchase. The point-of-sale terminal preferably maintains a database of at least one upsell... |
| 6594646 |
Method and apparatus for selling digital contents, processing program thereof and recording medium for the program |
| Jul-15-2003 |
The present invention relates to a digital contents selling system for selling digital contents. Identification information of digital contents selected by a customer is received. Personal digital contents... |
| 6584309 |
Vending machine purchase via cellular telephone |
| Jun-24-2003 |
There is disclosed a system and method for purchasing a product from an automatic vending machine by means of a consumer's cellular telephone. The consumer requests a product available from the vending... |
| 6576280 |
Systems for customizing pet food |
| Jun-10-2003 |
Methods for customizing pet food for an individual pet are described. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of obtaining user input through an electronic user interface, processing the input... |
| 6571218 |
Remote approval system and methods for use in network of retail checkout terminals |
| May-27-2003 |
In a system for processing store interventions in a network of self-checkout terminals, self-checkout terminals monitor the self-checkout activities performed to determine whether an issue has arisen requiring... |
| 6567787 |
Method and apparatus for determining whether a verbal message was spoken during a transaction at a point-of-sale terminal |
| May-20-2003 |
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... |
| 6554187 |
Method of detecting and managing RFID labels on items brought into a store by a customer |
| Apr-29-2003 |
A method of detecting an item in a store which determines whether the item is from a different store. The method includes the steps of interrogating an RFID label on an item in the store, and comparing... |
| 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,... |
| 6550683 |
Hand held portable device with multiple functions |
| Apr-22-2003 |
A hand held portable device is provided that includes a signature pad for receiving a customer's signature and a carbon copy receipt printer that can print out a receipt with customer information, product... |
| 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... |
| 6542874 |
Method and apparatus for selling subscriptions to periodicals in a retail environment |
| Apr-1-2003 |
A retail subscription system receives one or more subscription cards indicating that subscriptions to periodicals were sold. The retail subscription system verifies the subscriptions by reference to its... |
| 6542872 |
Brand positioning within electronic personal devices |
| Apr-1-2003 |
A method and apparatus for providing payment information stored upon an electronic personal device during a transaction is disclosed. A plurality of brand identifiers having payment information associated... |
| 6536664 |
Method for exchanging information between a cash register and a payment-processing device |
| Mar-25-2003 |
A system for the processing of payment and a signal-processing device having a first data port for communication with a case register (10). The signal-processing device (50) also includes a second data... |
| 6535857 |
Method for distributing a periodical |
| Mar-18-2003 |
The present invention is directed to a method for distributing early issues of a periodical subscription to a consumer. Broadly, the method involves a redirection of periodicals from a retail point of... |
| 6529879 |
Electronic cash register enabling to select recommendation commodities to a customer |
| Mar-4-2003 |
An electronic cash register for registering sales of commodities sold to a customer is stored with a list of predetermined commodities to be recommended to customers. The predetermined commodities are... |
| 6519572 |
Method and system for collecting and processing marketing data |
| Feb-11-2003 |
A system and method for the collection of marketing data simultaneously captures at a point-of-sale all financial and non-financial data pertaining to a specific consumer transaction. An electronic invoice... |
| 6516302 |
Method and system for accumulating marginal discounts and applying an associated incentive upon achieving one of a plurality of thresholds |
| Feb-4-2003 |
A method for customer promotion includes sequentially receiving signals indicative of respective bar codes of a plurality of items in a customer order. The price of each item is accumulated. A marginal... |
| 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... |
| 6507352 |
Apparatus and method for displaying a menu with an interactive retail terminal |
| Jan-14-2003 |
A method of performing a retail transaction with a retail terminal having (i) a display monitor which includes a touch screen, (ii) a scanner, and (iii) a card reader. The method includes the step of displaying... |
| 6507279 |
Complete integrated self-checkout system and method |
| Jan-14-2003 |
An integrated self-checkout system and method incorporates access control, electronic article surveillance (EAS), and radio frequency identification (RFID) subsystems, and allows marketing advertisements... |
| 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. |
| 6502219 |
Communication device and method for electronic price label systems |
| Dec-31-2002 |
A communication device and method for electronic price label (EPL) systems which use EPL components. The device includes a microcontroller, a first EPL circuit enabled by the microcontroller which sends... |
| 6488207 |
Bar code reader, scaling device and scaling method |
| Dec-3-2002 |
A bar code reader includes bar code processing units (10, 11) for generating a bright/dark pattern forming a bar code (40) by optically scanning a bar code forming surface of an object (4), converting... |
| 6477506 |
Terminal apparatus, information service center, transmitting system, and transmitting method |
| Nov-5-2002 |
A transmitting system in which a data once downloaded in a memory of a terminal apparatus from an information service center is returned to the information service center while the returned data is deleted... |
| 6470322 |
Method and apparatus for selling subscriptions to periodicals in a retail environment |
| Oct-22-2002 |
A system comprises a point-of-sale (POS) terminal, a POS controller, a retail subscription system. The POS terminal allows a cashier to enter subscription sales data into the POS controller. The POS controller... |
| 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... |
| 6456980 |
Transaction systems and methods sending product identification signals to two processors in each register station |
| Sep-24-2002 |
A store system for a commercial system with multiple products. The store system includes multiple register stations. Each register station includes a bar code reader that generates a first signal identifying... |
| 6450407 |
Chip card rebate system |
| Sep-17-2002 |
A method and system for providing advertisement information, including advertising as well as sales promotions, on chip cards that additionally involves an electronic money rebate to the consumer, and... |
| 6443843 |
System to provide game play for products |
| Sep-3-2002 |
A method for providing a product is described in which a selection of a product is received from a customer, a fee to play a game is received, an outcome of the game is determined, the product is provided... |
| 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... |
| 6442530 |
Computer-based system and method for mapping and conveying product location |
| Aug-27-2002 |
In a system for conveying product location information to a retail customer, a retail customer enters a request for the location of a selected retail item into a retail self-service terminal, which is... |
| 6434530 |
Interactive shopping system with mobile apparatus |
| Aug-13-2002 |
An interactive system adapted for use in a shopping venue, comprises: an interactive and intelligent source of information, for example supplemental information related to articles available for selection... |
| 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... |
| 6418414 |
Method and apparatus for entering an item name into a self-service checkout terminal |
| Jul-9-2002 |
A method of operating a retail terminal includes the step of determining if a user of the retail terminal operates an input device so as to enter a first character, a second character, and a third character... |
| 6415263 |
System and methods for determining and displaying product pricing |
| Jul-2-2002 |
A system for determining and displaying product pricing for an item comprises a price checker object for gathering and assembling pricing information associated with the item. A store price object coupled... |
| 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... |
| 6405182 |
System for dispensing prepaid debit cards through point-of-sale terminals |
| Jun-11-2002 |
Point-of-Sale machines that allow individuals to obtain from participating merchants, "over-the-counter", prepaid debit cards. The amount of the line of credit is determined from the amount prepaid and... |
