| 5983197 |
Monitoring method and monitoring system for automatic transaction machine |
| Nov-9-1999 |
Failure information and cash reserve information for each automatic transaction machine 5 are collected at a monitoring center 5. In a dispatch condition table, criteria for making decisions such as a... |
| 5978772 |
Merchandise checkout system |
| Nov-2-1999 |
A merchandise checkout system in which a first scanning device is brought into service at peak times to scan the bar codes of checkout items held by waiting customers in a checkout lane. Each first scanning... |
| 5974393 |
Automatic customer number paging system |
| Oct-26-1999 |
There is disclosed a paging system for customers in a fast service or while-you-wait sales or service facility which is capable of being associated with or integrated with existing forms of point-of-sale... |
| 5970146 |
Data encrypted touchscreen |
| Oct-19-1999 |
A secure touchscreen is provided, comprising a touchscreen and touchscreen controller for receiving inputs, a system controller, an encryption module and two external buses. The controller, system controller... |
| 5969968 |
Remote ordering system for restaurant drive-up lane |
| Oct-19-1999 |
A remote ordering system for a restaurant drive-through lane, consisting of an input device having a keypad, a battery, a first memory, a first processor, and a transmitter; and a drive-up ordering station... |
| 5956698 |
Information broker for printing system |
| Sep-21-1999 |
There is disclosed a method for use in a printing system for producing copies or prints in which billing is developed for a customer of the printing system for the produced copies or prints on a basis... |
| 5953709 |
Automated voucher cash-out system and method |
| Sep-14-1999 |
A voucher cash-out system (20) includes a service terminal (22) for producing a voucher (58) in response to a received service request (50). A processor (24) in communication with the service terminal... |
| 5949045 |
Micro-dynamic simulation of electronic cash transactions |
| Sep-7-1999 |
A technique for representing behavioral patterns indicating fraudulent electronic cash transactions through micro-dynamic simulation of an electronic cash transaction system implementable using smart cards... |
| 5937393 |
Order processing method in a distributed processing system with local validation and dynamic control of the order request through a configuration matrix |
| Aug-10-1999 |
An order processing method for implementation in a distributed computer system is described. An order create request is received from a user at a local station, validated locally and routed to a remote... |
| 5937386 |
Computerized method and system for fulfillment of an itemized food order from a quick-service restaurant menu |
| Aug-10-1999 |
This present invention comprises an apparatus and method for checking the accuracy of a customer's food order when ordering food to go from a quick-service restaurant. This is done by checking the contents... |
| 5933812 |
Portable transaction terminal system |
| Aug-3-1999 |
Portable transaction terminal apparatus adapted for use in eating and drinking establishments. A terminal housing has a generally rectangular shape and a size slightly larger in length and width to corresponding... |
| 5933813 |
Sales promotion data processor system and interactive changeable display particularly useful therein |
| Aug-3-1999 |
A data processor system for promoting sales of products includes price storage devices for storing basic price information; criteria storage devices for storing predetermined criteria to be used in determining... |
| 5926795 |
System and apparatus for dispensing coupons having selectively printed borders around preferred products |
| Jul-20-1999 |
Apparatus and a corresponding method for creating a coupon or other like incentive in response to a transaction. A record pertaining to the details of the transaction is examined to determine whether the... |
| 5926796 |
Method and apparatus for selling subscriptions to periodicals in a retail environment |
| Jul-20-1999 |
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... |
| 5926797 |
Method of assigning electronic price labels to groups of price lookup file items |
| Jul-20-1999 |
A method of assigning electronic price labels (EPLs) to groups of price look-up file items which is based upon the price change frequencies of the items in the groups. The items are divided into a plurality... |
| 5924078 |
Consumer-provided promotional code actuatable point-of-sale discounting system |
| Jul-13-1999 |
A computer-implemented discounting system suitable for use in conjunction with a point-of-sale transaction device. The discounting system includes a memory subsystem for storing information related to... |
| 5924080 |
Computerized discount redemption system |
| Jul-13-1999 |
The method of processing merchandise discounts by providing a computerized membership system is disclosed. At least one provider's computer has a database for the storage and retrieval of information.... |
| 5924079 |
Secured cash register |
| Jul-13-1999 |
A cash register (10) that prevents employee theft of the money contained therein and miscounting of money received from and returned to customers. The cash register broadly includes a keypad (14) for entering... |
| 5918212 |
Electronic price label price synchronization system and method |
| Jun-29-1999 |
An electronic price label (EPL) price synchronization system and method which increase price reliability while conserving system bandwidth. A storage medium contains an audit file containing scheduled... |
| 5918211 |
Method and apparatus for promoting products and influencing consumer purchasing decisions at the point-of-purchase |
| Jun-29-1999 |
A system and method for influencing and potentially altering a consumer's purchase decisions at the point-of-purchase in a retail store using a portable bar code scanner that is in constant wireless communication... |
| 5903877 |
Transaction center for processing customer transaction requests from alternative media sources |
| May-11-1999 |
A transaction center including a transaction processing platform having an automatic call distribution system for queuing customer transaction requests, for choosing an appropriate service agent according... |
| 5903876 |
Method of refunding value added tax |
| May-11-1999 |
A value added tax card to be used in expediting refund of value added tax on purchases. The method of refunding includes establishing computerized personal accounts and associated value added tax cards.... |
| 5901067 |
System for interactively selecting and activating groups of electrically powered devices |
| May-4-1999 |
A system for interactively selecting and activating groups of electrically powered devices such as computer and computer peripheral devices. A preferred system includes computer and computer peripheral... |
| 5897623 |
Interface method for providing information about items on a list for interactive television |
| Apr-27-1999 |
An interface system and method for providing information concerning items available via an interactive system and service is disclosed. In one embodiment of the method of the present invention, the method... |
| 5895457 |
Automated filling station with change dispenser |
| Apr-20-1999 |
The automated filling station system of the present invention allows customers to obtain change in currency at the time of purchase, thereby accommodating cash customers as well as credit customers, and... |
| 5895452 |
Point-of-sale system |
| Apr-20-1999 |
A point-of-sale system freely configurable with a plurality of peripheral input devices. The system includes a general purpose computer with an input port for receiving data. An electronic interface is... |
| 5895453 |
Method and system for the detection, management and prevention of losses in retail and other environments |
| Apr-20-1999 |
Method and system for the detection of suspect sales transactions in a sales environment having point of sale devices and sales locations, having a first processor for gathering record information reflecting... |
| 5893075 |
Interactive system and method for surveying and targeting customers |
| Apr-6-1999 |
An interactive, customer-accessible data processing system embodied in a programmed personal computer that induces customers of a restaurant, store or other business to enter information about themselves... |
| 5890135 |
System and method for displaying product information in a retail system |
| Mar-30-1999 |
A system for displaying, and redeeming electronic discount coupons in a store. The system includes a "smart card", product stations adjacent to selected products in the store, a display kiosk, and a checkout... |
| 5887271 |
System and method for locating products in a retail system |
| Mar-23-1999 |
A system for displaying, and redeeming electronic discount coupons in a store. The system includes a "smart card", a display kiosk, and a checkout station in the checkout area. The customer comes to the... |
| 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,... |
| 5870714 |
EPL scheduled price verification system and method |
| Feb-9-1999 |
A scheduled price verification system and method which ensure that a scheduled price change has been scheduled for an electronic price label (EPL) associated with an item. The system includes a storage... |
| 5869826 |
System and method for conducting coinless transactions |
| Feb-9-1999 |
In a commercial transaction system, a magnetic stripe data card is used to interact with a point of sale (POS) terminal, equipped with a card reader/writer device, a computer system, and a display device,... |
| 5850217 |
Electronic funds transfer authorization system for generating a graphical receipt |
| Dec-15-1998 |
A graphical interface for a credit card authorization terminal. In a first embodiment of the present invention, the data transmission between the credit card authorization terminal and the receipt printer... |
| 5845259 |
Electronic coupon dispensing system |
| Dec-1-1998 |
A cost-effective, in-store coupon dispensing system that increases coupon redemption rates and product turns. The system includes a point of sale system including a terminal having a data reader for reading... |
| 5845256 |
Interactive self-service vending system |
| Dec-1-1998 |
A system for vending insurance policies includes stand-alone, interactive self-service terminals coupled to a central office over a communication link. The terminals are normally off-line, but periodically... |
| 5831861 |
Point-of-sales interface for mechanical pumps |
| Nov-3-1998 |
A mechanical fuel pump control system for controlling mechanical fuel pumps through a PC-based Point-of-Sales system utilizing a mechanical pump controller and a mechanical pump configurator is disclosed.... |
| 5822216 |
Vending machine and computer assembly |
| Oct-13-1998 |
A vending machine for purchasing selected items by a customer. The vending machine includes a dispensing assembly for dispensing an item and a selector assembly connected to the dispensing assembly. A... |
| 5812668 |
System, method and article of manufacture for verifying the operation of a remote transaction clearance system utilizing a multichannel, extensible, flexible architecture |
| Sep-22-1998 |
An architecture for verifying the operation of a remote transaction clearance system is disclosed. A merchant-controlled computer communicates with a test gateway computer over a communications channel.... |
| 5805831 |
Electronic cash register system allocating sale items in designated chit bills or receipt files |
| Sep-8-1998 |
An electronic cash register for registering items of articles on sale in a chit file and performing a transaction settlement processing by computing a total amount of registered items on the basis of data... |
| 5797132 |
Information display system for displaying information such as pricing information on shelves containing retail merchandise |
| Aug-18-1998 |
The invention is directed to an electronic labelling system such as for display pricing information on the edge of shelves in retail supermarkets which system comprises a computer (1), a transceiver (2)... |
| 5797131 |
Electronic price label support method |
| Aug-18-1998 |
An electronic price label (EPL) support method in which support of an EPL system may be provided by a main computer in a store, a host computer coupled to the main computer and other main computers in... |
| 5794234 |
Method and system for providing electronic commerce between incompatible data processing systems |
| Aug-11-1998 |
A system and method that provides the exchange of electronic data interchange (EDI) and electronic fund transfers (EFT) type transactions between trading partners having incompatible accounting database... |
| 5794214 |
Point-of-sale terminal |
| Aug-11-1998 |
A point-of-sale (POS) terminal is provided with a control device for sending control and/or print data to a printing apparatus. The control device includes a general purpose processor controlled by a general... |
| 5794211 |
EPL price verification system and method |
| Aug-11-1998 |
An electronic price label (EPL) price verification system which ensures that a price for an item obtained from a price look-up (PLU) file by a bar code scanner is equal to another price displayed by an... |
| 5774871 |
System and method for creating a food order sales receipt identifying nutritional information of a customized meal |
| Jun-30-1998 |
A food order content receipt that is presented to customers of food preparation establishments to report individualized nutritional information of meal items prepared and served. A method of receiving... |
| 5758326 |
Electronic cash register for transmitting messages between cash registers and/or host computer |
| May-26-1998 |
An electronic cash register is provided with a registration section, a display section, a memory and a control section, thereby making it possible to easily and surely inform a register operator of a message... |
| 5748908 |
Automated, classified expenditure data card recording system |
| May-5-1998 |
This is an expenditure data recording system using a uniquely designed classification binary code (or its equivalent) stored within the point of sale terminal system consisting of a cash register, a credit/debit... |
| 5748485 |
Software vending machine having CD-ROM storage |
| May-5-1998 |
A vending machine for vending computer software comprises, a bill acceptor for receiving money, an optical disk for storing a selection of programs to be vended, a hard disk drive for storing operating... |
| 5745705 |
POS system |
| Apr-28-1998 |
In order to facilitate the maintenance and enable to update a program, data, etc. anytime, a POS system has a plurality of registers for entering orders and processing accounts, and a controller for sales... |
