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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120024635 | BILL RECEIVING APPARATUS AND SELF-CHECKOUT APPARATUS In one embodiment, a bill receiving apparatus includes a housing, a passage forming member, and a conveying unit. The passage forming member forms a bill passage including a vertically-long slit-like opening and a bottom surface formed as a slope, a part of which falls ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20110259672 | POINT-OF-SALE TERMINAL A POS terminal comprises a controller, a main display, a sub-display, and a multimedia display. The controller comprises a casing including a top plate. The main display is disposed on the top plate. The sub-display is disposed on the top plate, and the display panel of... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110231331 | Providing An Enhanced Shopping Experience Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for enhancing a shopping experience that include: determining, by a self-checkout terminal, that a shopper invoked a help event; selecting, by the self-checkout terminal in dependence upon the help event, a shopper assistan... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110231273 | SECONDARY MARKETPLACE FOR DIGITAL MEDIA CONTENT A secondary marketplace can provide potential consumers with a plurality of previously sold digital media content items. Each of the previously sold digital media content items can include a utilization right and a transfer right. A user selection of one of the digital ... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110155805 | Coupon device A device includes first, second, and third components. The first component scans a coupon. The coupon is moved from the first component to the second component after the first component scans the coupon and the coupon has been validated. The second component holds the c... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20100262504 | POS TERMINAL A POS terminal includes a display unit including a display, a connecting mechanism configured to pivotably connect the display unit and a base unit, a detecting unit configured to detect a position of the pivoted display unit in plural predetermined positions, and a con... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100191603 | TRANSACTION STATION WITH ENHANCED USER INTERFACE A transaction station with an enhanced user interface. The transaction station includes a housing, a plurality of peripherals in the housing, a touch screen extending substantially across the housing including a display for displaying information and a touch overlay for... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100049616 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCALE-BASED PRICE AND INVENTORY MANAGEMENT OF PERISHABLE GOODS A system and method for controlling the inventory of perishable goods. An advanced weighing scale serves as a portal to the output of a perishable goods inventory management software application and a perishable goods price optimization software application that receive... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20090229624 | Hair Brush Systems Hairbrushes having removable handles, kits, methods of use, and methods of sale are provided. The hairbrushes attach to the handles with a rod-and-socket quick-release system that provides a single-button quick-release coupler between a hair brush and a hair brush handl... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090210309 | INTEGRATED INTERFACE APPARATUS FOR POINT-OF-SALE SYSTEM An example integrated interface apparatus for a point-of-sale system, an example point-of-sale system including the integrated interface apparatus, an example method and a computer-readable storage medium for performing a point-of-sale transaction have been disclosed. T... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090094128 | Multi-device supervisor support for self-checkout systems A customer self-checkout system includes one or more checkout stations and multiple supervisor terminals. The supervisor terminals provide support to, and control over, the self- checkout system and checkout stations. A controller is used to coordinate communications am... | 04/09/2009 |
| 20090090583 | MULTI-ITEM SCANNING SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF ITEMS FOR PURCHASE IN A RETAIL ENVIRONMENT A system and method for scanning items for purchase in a retail environment is provided that has the ability to scan multiple items within its scan field of view simultaneously or nearly simultaneously in a multi-scanning type of configuration. In addition to the simult... | 04/09/2009 |
| 20080190702 | Shopping separator device, with dispensing function Shopping separator device, intended to be used at a cash till, in order to separate articles which form the shopping of a queue of purchasers and are arranged on an optionally movable surface associated with the till, comprising an elongated housing defining internally ... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20070051561 | Item accumulation area divider for a checkout counter The present invention provides a checkout system which comprises an item accumulation (bagging) area which is partitioned into two or more sections using a flexible divider. The flexible divider extends from the entry zone of the accumulation area to a point on the boun... | 03/08/2007 |
| 20050167202 | Linear motion ad and partition panel A mechanical device and system to expedite the check-out process, comprising a rail mounted vertically suspended partition panel 1, to separate orders at the check-out counter and a medium for advertising various products and services on said panel. 08/04/2005 | |
| 20050006176 | Self checkout system with automated transportation conveyor A system and method for transporting items along a conveyor for a checkout system may include starting a conveyor in a transporting direction upon an item being placed in proximity to a start sensor, transporting the item beyond the start sensor and stopping the conveyo... | 01/13/2005 |
