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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110266092 | Checkstand and Method A checkstand for a retail store provides systems and methods for point of sale transactions in which a cashier scans items and places the scanned items directly into bags contained on a rotating carousel with multiple bag racks spaced around the carousel, and a deck abo... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20100076855 | POINT OF SALE SYSTEM WITH ITEM IMAGE CAPTURE AND DEFERRED INVOICING CAPABILITY A novel and useful mechanism and method for processing transactions on a point of sale system comprising of a conveyor system which continuously moves when one ore more items or items are resting on the conveyor system, and a sensing system to capture the information ne... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100044157 | Convertible point-of-sale checkout terminal A convertible checkout terminal includes a housing having a window and a data capture device for capturing through the window data associated with products to be checked out at the terminal, a customer interface supported by the housing for enabling a customer to intera... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20090261164 | MOBILE TERMINAL, REGISTER DEVICE, AND COMMODITY SALE PROCESSING SYSTEM A mobile terminal is provided. A scanner unit reads code information attached to a commodity. A RAM stores the code information read by the scanner unit as commodity-for-purchase information. The scanner unit, to confirm whether the commodity-for-purchase information st... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090248531 | Automatic payment calculator unit for purchasing goods The present invention relates to an automatic payment calculator unit, which enables a purchaser in a large shop to calculate a price of articles and pay for the price in person so that the shop may be operated without an accounting clerk.... | 10/01/2009 |
| 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 |
| 20090090584 | PROVIDING ITEM BAGGING ADVISEMENTS TO BAGGERS The present invention discloses a solution for providing item bagging advisements to individuals bagging purchased items during a check-out situation. The solution can include a self-checkout system and/or a human assisted checkout system capable of providing bagging as... | 04/09/2009 |
| 20090051501 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF USING RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TAGS Method and system of using radio frequency identification tags. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods comprising receiving an item for purchase, reading RFID tag on the item to identify the item at checkout, and writing data to the RFID tag indicativ... | 02/26/2009 |
| 20080302607 | CHECK STAND WITH A TWO BELTED INPUT AND A SLIDABLE SCANNER This invention provides a high-volume check stand with a front transport that has two belted input conveyors so that a customer can load one belt while the cashier is checking out products purchased by a second customer on the second belt. This two belt module has a flu... | 12/11/2008 |
| 20080217108 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A DRIVE-THRU PRODUCT DELIVERY VERIFIER A system for improving the efficiency of drive-through delivery systems is provided. The system can provide complete error tracking and feedback; however, partial or no error tracking and/or feedback can be provided if desired. Errors in order fulfillment can be reduced... | 09/11/2008 |
| 20070007078 | Self-checkout system with plurality of capacity-detecting loading stations A system and method for scanning goods and loading the goods into receptacles by a user includes a scanner and a plurality of loading stations. The scanner scans the goods, and the scanned goods are placed on the loading stations. Each loading station separately obtains... | 01/11/2007 |
| 20060185936 | Self-checkout system A self-checkout system includes a shopping basket table including a weighing scale, an accounting unit including a scanner to read data of an article and which executes a transaction based on read data of the article, and a collecting base that includes another weighing... | 08/24/2006 |
| 20060185935 | Self-checkout system A self-checkout system includes a shopping basket table having a weighing scale, an accounting unit including a scanner to read data of an article and which executes a transaction based on the read data of the article, and a collecting base having another weighing scale... | 08/24/2006 |
| 20060011418 | Coin hopper with large coin capability A coin dispensing apparatus dispenses coins by squeezing them substantially chordally between first and second elements. The second element is carried on the underside of a disc-like portion of a rotor which rotates about or with a central shaft. The disc-like portion h... | 01/19/2006 |
