Patents in subclass Registers/Mechanized Store
Parent class: Registers
| Number | Patent title | Issue Date |
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| 07407089 | System and method for determining packaging preference There is disclosed a method and system for determining packaging preference of a customer by identifying the customer using a customer identifier, and retrieving available packaging preference information using the customer identifier. In... |
08/05/2008 |
| 07407095 | IPOS transaction terminal Apparatus and methods for translation processing. The apparatus may be a transaction system including a keypad, a circuit for interacting with the transaction customer and a link communicatively connecting the keypad and the... |
08/05/2008 |
| 07407096 | System and method for training and monitoring data reader operators A scanner or other data reader is equipped with means for determining characteristics of an operator's scanning technique. In a preferred configuration, the scanner is integrated with a weigh scale for obtaining a dynamic weight of an... |
08/05/2008 |
| 07409370 | Secured and selective runtime auditing services using a trusted computing device In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a control logic to selectively audit transactions between the apparatus and a separate entity based on a type for the transactions. The apparatus also includes an encryption logic to encrypt an... |
08/05/2008 |
| 07401734 | Real world showroom A method of retrieving product information and ordering products is disclosed. A consumer observes a product in its real world usage context and scans an RFID tag embedded in the product. A mobile terminal is used to transmit the RFID tag... |
07/22/2008 |
| 07401735 | Commodity purchasing management system and method An automated commodity customer delivery driven method/system to manage commodity sales by acquiring a chance of purchase of a selecting customer as well as another new customer for a relevant commodity by assuring availability of the... |
07/22/2008 |
| 07403909 | Systems and methods for asynchronous processing of electronic shelf label communication responses An electronic price label (ESL) system for performing asynchronous ESL transactions. An event notification technique allows a communication base station (CBS) manager to directly notify an ESL manager when responses from an ESL are... |
07/22/2008 |
| 07398921 | User-specific dispensing system The invention provides a system to physically dispense an item on-site from a dispenser whereby the item to be dispensed is selected by the system based on user-specific or item-specific information. In an embodiment, the system selects... |
07/15/2008 |
| 07398922 | POS terminal apparatus A POS terminal apparatus is adapted to be connected to an external device. With an application running in the POS terminal apparatus, a device manager determines whether the external device is capable of counting a first value indicating... |
07/15/2008 |
| 07398923 | System to detect false purchases with a consumer service device A method, system and computer program product for detecting false purchases is disclosed. The method includes detecting a motion across a product identifier in a self-service terminal and monitoring for a product identifier. In response... |
07/15/2008 |
| 07400253 | Harvesting ambient radio frequency electromagnetic energy for powering wireless electronic devices, sensors and sensor networks and applications thereof A system and device for harvesting various frequencies and polarizations of ambient radio frequency (RF) electromagnetic (EM) energy for making a passive sensor (tag) into an autonomous passive sensor (tag) adapted to collect and store... |
07/15/2008 |
| 07395958 | Conducting monetary transactions with minimal coin transfer When a monetary transaction is made between a merchant and a customer, some or all of the change owed to the customer will be transferred to a data storage card carried by the customer. Instead of receiving the change in the form of... |
07/08/2008 |
| 07395961 | System, method, and apparatus for communicating information between a mobile communications device and a bar code scanner A system, method, and apparatus for communicating information encoded in a bar code format between a mobile communications device and a bar code scanner. Transmission information data is encoded into a bar code format. A signal is... |
07/08/2008 |
| 07392945 | Portable scanner for enabling automatic commerce transactions A method for initiating and completing a commercial transaction to acquire an article of commerce (2502). The article of commerce (2502) has associated therewith a machine resolvable code (MRC) (2504). The MRC (2504) has encoded therein... |
07/01/2008 |
| 07392948 | Electronic product identifier system An electronic product identifier system is provided for use with a product storage area adapted to store more than one type of product. The electronic product identifier system has a display adapted to present product information for more... |
07/01/2008 |
| 07389915 | Financial management system A financial management system includes a client terminal having a financial management application and a graphical user interface. The graphical user interface is configured to display transaction data, enable user modification of the... |
06/24/2008 |
| 07389918 | Automatic electronic article surveillance for self-checkout A self checkout system/terminal includes an electronic article surveillance (EAS) system. The EAS system includes an EAS detector and an EAS deactivator. EAS tag detection is associated with a purchase transaction event, such as scanning... |
06/24/2008 |
| 07389919 | Products and processes for promoting multiple transactions at a retail establishment Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for promoting multiple transactions at a retail establishment are provided. According to an aspect of the invention, products and processes are disclosed for receiving, via a point-of-sale... |
06/24/2008 |
| 07389934 | On-demand point-of-sale scanner access Associating and/or disassociating a mobile point-of-sale scanner device with a particular shopper. Shoppers may be identified, for example, using biometrics or by scanning a loyalty card. As an example of using biometrics, the shopper's... |
06/24/2008 |
| 07387241 | Self-service checkout The invention relates to the reliable and rapid registration of articles, which are provided with a barcode and/or an RFID tag, at a self-service checkout. This is made possible by installing a barcode reader and an RFID reader in the... |
06/17/2008 |
| 07387250 | System and method for on the spot purchasing by scanning barcodes from screens with a mobile device The present invention enables users to instantly purchase desired items with their mobile device (e.g., cell phone/PDA) while viewing services such as the Home Shopping Network, QVC, etc. on television or the Internet (using a PC). When... |
06/17/2008 |
| 07388492 | Pallet recycling system, radio tag, pallet, and management method and program A pallet recycling system for managing a pallet to support pallet recycling, comprising: a managing section connected to a network that manages a pallet distribution; a radio tag given to the pallet that records and transmits a pallet... |
06/17/2008 |
| 07388495 | Integrated electronic article surveillance (EAS) and point of sale (POS) system and method A system and method for integrating point of sale (POS) data with electronic article surveillance (EAS) data, comprising a general-purpose computer for receiving and processing POS and EAS data is disclosed. The system and method... |
06/17/2008 |
| 07383986 | Integrated clam shell PC platform A POS platform includes a substantially closed housing adapted to be seated on top of an associated cash drawer, with a first opening that is sized to receive the PC. The housing also has at least one second opening for permitting passage... |
06/10/2008 |
| 07383990 | Organizational settings for a price planning workbench A method for defining a price planning schedule according to one or more organization settings. The method includes receiving a default organization setting for at least one article, receiving a pricing level for the default organization... |
06/10/2008 |
| 07380706 | Gun identification kit A firearm identification kit is provided including a data storage media bearing ballistics information and other indicia that may be useful in matching a fired spent cartridge case or bullet to the firearm that fired it. |
06/03/2008 |
| 07380711 | Self-check system and method for protecting digital media A system and method for renting or purchasing products, preferably digital media. The system comprises a self-check station and unique locking apparatus for the media. The method includes a procedure to both rent and return the media... |
06/03/2008 |
| 07380712 | Method and system for interacting with a product item A method of interacting with a product item. The product item comprises a product contained in a package, the package having an interface surface containing information relating to the product, the interface surface having disposed... |
06/03/2008 |
| 07381909 | Shelving system for use with load cell A shelving system for use with a load cell has a frame, to which the load cell is mounted, and a rack residing within the frame and having a load cell proximity surface supported on the load cell by a pivotal contact element. The rack is... |
06/03/2008 |
| 07383204 | System and method providing customer incentive to purchase non-fuel products and services A system and computer-implemented method of providing an incentive for a customer to purchase non-fuel products or services at a store that sells the products or services and fuel. The system detects that the customer purchased a number... |
06/03/2008 |
| 07377427 | Method, apparatus and POS system for processing credit card transactions associated with POS sales A method apparatus and POS system for processing credit card transactions associated with POS sales to inhibit illegal credit card use. The method involves reading magnetic stripe information including the credit card number from the... |
05/27/2008 |
| 07374083 | Method of selling and activating consumer products and services A business method for products and services. The business model provides for retail purchase of a product or service. The product or service is then transported from the retail point of purchase to a professional. The professional then... |
05/20/2008 |
| 07374085 | Product purchase system, product purchase method, a storage medium for storing a program for executing the product purchasing method, and a server used therefor A product purchase system using a network comprises a server 2 connected to a network 1, a database 5 included in the server 2 for storing order sheet data for each user, means connected to the network 1 for updating the order sheet data... |
05/20/2008 |
| 07374086 | Protection of items within stores Methods, systems, and computer programs are described for detecting items within stores that are not intended for sale, so as to prevent a sale or re-sale of those items. The items are marked with identifiers, such as smart tags. Each of... |
05/20/2008 |
| 07374092 | Combined data reader and electronic article surveillance (EAS) system An integrated data reader and electronic article surveillance (EAS) system, and methods of operation. In one configuration, a data reader such as a bar code scanner is equipped with an EAS deactivation module disposed behind the scanner... |
05/20/2008 |
| 07374096 | Advertising compliance monitoring system An advertising compliance monitoring system is provided that includes a backscatter tag affixed to a sign or marketing material or shopper ID card, the tag communicating with a backscatter reader. The tag includes a memory for storing tag... |
05/20/2008 |
| 07375294 | Scales comprising a camera In order to provide scales, comprising a weighed-product receiving region and a terminal positioned at a vertical spacing from the weighed-product receiving region, that are easy to operate, it is proposed that at least one camera with a... |
05/20/2008 |
| 07370793 | Universal prepaid telecommunication services card, and methods and systems for using same In a relationship in which a universal prepaid telecommunication services card issuer is different than a telecommunication services provider, a method and system for implementing a universal prepaid telecommunication services card... |
05/13/2008 |
| 07370803 | Remote crane bar code system In general terms, the present invention provides a method of automatically scanning an inventory field to allow the selection of a desired item for retrieval. A camera is positioned in the crane trolley located above the field. The camera... |
05/13/2008 |
| 07370805 | Transaction card comprising two magnetic stripes An apparatus and method for activating and using a transaction card comprising two storage media is provided. A composite transaction card comprises a transaction portion detachably coupled to an activation portion. The transaction... |
05/13/2008 |
| 07367494 | Automatic integrated sensing and access control An access control system for sensing exposure to items of interest for a person associated with a unique identifier of a fare card or ticket is disclosed. The access control system includes the unique identifier, an exposure detector and... |
05/06/2008 |
| 07367498 | POS terminal and system including the same by which a transaction log can be revised and registered as a new transaction A terminal apparatus and a transaction information management system consisting of the terminal apparatus and a management apparatus that can revise transaction information, which is stored in the management apparatus, connected to a... |
05/06/2008 |
| 07367499 | Scanner with vertical plate force detection and compensation Described is a multi-optic scanner that can detect and/or measure weight placed on its vertical plate. In one embodiment, a portion of the vertical plate is positioned under a portion of a horizontal plate so that a force exerted on the... |
05/06/2008 |
| 07367500 | Method and apparatus for coupon management and redemption The present invention provides a system for the electronic management and redemption of coupons. The system incudes an integrated coupon card comprising a microprocessor, a random access memory means, a scanner, and a communications port.... |
05/06/2008 |
| 07367501 | Method, system and portable consumer device using wildcard values A portable consumer device is disclosed. The portable consumer device includes a body and a computer readable medium coupled to the body. The computer readable medium comprises a data string including one or more wildcard values. The data... |
05/06/2008 |
| 07364070 | System and method for real-time remote shopping A method for real-time remote shopping using a real-time remote shopping system includes the steps of (a) obtaining the commodity information from a hand-held terminal and registering the information on a customer, (b) sending the... |
04/29/2008 |
| 07364071 | System and method for managing wireless point-of-sale transactions A system that enables a wireless point-of-sale transaction. In one embodiment the system comprises an account module, an account selection module, a display, an input interface, and a wireless transmitter. The account module stores... |
04/29/2008 |
| 07364072 | Apparatus and method for security An item-package assembly comprising an item bearing an electronically-readable unique item identifier, said unique item identifier including information pertaining to the item's manufacturer or purveyor, and uniquely identifying the item... |
04/29/2008 |
| 07364086 | Dynamic discount card tied to price curves and group discounts The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture for interacting with a multiple criteria buying and/or selling system to conduct business electronically. In particular, the architecture can include a dynamic discount card that... |
04/29/2008 |
| 07360693 | System and method for a card benefit program providing benefits to program members based on program performance The present invention comprises an apparatus and method for a card payment instrument providing that a share of program profits above a pre-designated level is returned to participating recipients at pre-designated intervals such as... |
04/22/2008 |