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A pillow assembly having a supporting assembly and a retractable umbrella assembly that is easily transportable and allows a user to support his/her head while covering their face from sunlight.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120130833 | Electronically maintained community escrow Coin types of coins with which a user is permitted to pay for a transaction are divided into first and second groups. The coin types of the second group are of lower value than those of the first group. A difference in which a total amount of the transaction is a minuen... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120084164 | ACCUMULATION ALERTS Systems and methods for defining, observing and detecting transactions that initiate an alert message to be sent to one or more users are disclosed. Aggregate threshold, number of transactions and proximity to reward types of alert messages and alert criteria can be def... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120054049 | TRACKING CHAIN-OF-COMMERCE DATA THROUGH POINT-OF-SALE TRANSACTIONS Some embodiments include a method for processing information about products in a stream of commerce. The method can include recording unique identifiers in association with products; receiving, from a manufacturer of the products over a communications network, manufactu... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120054050 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR INTEGRATING DIVERSE POINT OF SALE SYSTEMS The present invention provides a system, method and computer program for integrating point of sale systems by providing a common data model. A system of the invention may include one or more point of sale agents linkable to one or more diverse point of sale systems. The... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120047036 | TRANSACTION SYSTEM WHICH COMBINES VEHICLE BATTERY CHARGING WITH OTHER SERVICES A transaction system which combines vehicle battery charging with other services. The transaction system includes a vehicle battery charging system, a display, an input device, a payment peripheral, and a self-service computer for displaying choices for a battery chargi... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120016759 | POINT OF SALE DATA COLLECTION A point of sale (POS) data collection system includes a POS data collector that is implemented as a hardware device and/or in software. The collector may be installed at the point of sale in retail stores, for example, between a barcode scanner and the POS application r... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20110276419 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PAYMENT BETWEEN A HAND HELD` DEVICE AND A MERCHANT DEVICE A system which has a hand held device with an application program. The hand held device allows a merchant device to locate the hand held device. The merchant device has an application program wherein the merchant device allows the merchant device to locate the hand held... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110276385 | Mobile Shopping Decision Agent A mobile shopping decision agent application is disclosed. A wireless-enabled (e.g., WiFi) device that uses three or more routers to locate the exact position (e.g., aisle number, shelf, etc. in a store) of a user operating the wireless-enabled device to provide the use... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110276421 | Method, Device, and System for Carrying Point of Sale Data Service over Internet Protocol Network A method, device, and system for carrying a Point of Sale (POS) data service over an IP network are disclosed. A method for carrying a POS data service over an IP network includes receiving, by a home gateway, a number dialed by a user at a POS. When determining that th... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110238514 | Transaction Completion Based on Geolocation Arrival Techniques for providing friction-free transactions using geolocation and user identifiers are described herein. These techniques may ascertain a user's location based on a location of a mobile device. A transaction between the user and a merchant may be completed with ... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110231271 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING ARTICLES OF CLOTHING AND THE LIKE A method and an apparatus for presenting clothing products and/or the like at sales points (20) of a commercial network, comprising steps of predisposing a plurality of electronic terminals (21) in the various sales points (20), remotely connecting ... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110231272 | Retail mobile point-of-sale (POS) software application and retail middleware software application A portable electronic device includes a memory and processor. The memory stores instructions, which are part of a retail mobile software purchase software application. The instructions, which when executed by the processor cause the portable electronic device to first t... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110225059 | POS SALES TRANSACTION SAFETY NET A method for monitoring a register is provided which comprises (a) providing a register having associated therewith (i) an electronic journal which resides on a hosting server separate from the register, and which receives digitally transmitted records of all transactio... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110225058 | MESSAGING INCLUDING VALUE ACCOUNT CONVERSION A system, method, and computer-readable storage medium configured to facilitate, for example, point-of-sale check approval in real-time. The system converts a demand type payment transaction into a payment card transaction. A cardholder database contains a cardholder re... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110208603 | CUSTOMER ONBOARDING Financial institutions are continuously seeking effective ways “to onboard” customers. As used herein, “to onboard” or “onboarding” refers to a financial institution building its relationship with a customer just after that customer signs up for, or otherwis... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110202417 | INTEGRATED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING MOBILE COMMERCE TRANSACTIONS USING ACTIVE POSTERS AND CONTACTLESS IDENTITY MODULES A method, integrated system and Active Poster for processing mobile touch transactions. The integration consists of an RFID or other near field communication enabled device which may be standalone, affixed to, or part of a mobile or hand held portable wireless communica... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110184821 | PAYMENT DEVICE TRIGGERED MODIFIED TRANSACTION SESSION AT POINT OF SALE Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for providing a modified transaction process or session for a consumer at a point of sale of a vendor when triggered by a consumer's transaction or payment device. The transaction device either stores consumer... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110184822 | POINT OF SALE NETWORK ROUTER Systems and methods are provided for routing data. A device is provided that includes a first data port configured to be coupled to a printer port of a point of sale system, a second data port configured to be coupled to a remote system, an optional third data port conf... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110178887 | System and Method for Separation of Software Purchase from Fulfillment A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for separating the purchase of digital assets from their fulfillment. Information associated with the purchase of a system and digital assets to be processed by the system is received, including the system's u... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110178886 | System and Method for Manufacturing and Personalizing Computing Devices A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for separating the installation of an operating system from the fulfillment, installation, and entitlement of other digital assets. Information associated with the purchase of a system and digital assets to be... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110173081 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING POINT-OF-SALE CUSTOMER IDENTIFICATION System and method for automatically providing tailored customer services at a point-of-sale location. An identity of a customer approaching the point-of-sale location is automatically determined using an auto-identifying technology. Stored customer activity data corresp... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110153438 | PAYMENT TERMINAL MESSAGING A payment terminal and a host computer system are configured to provide human-readable messaging capability with a person at an external location outside of a financial infrastructure. A payment terminal at a point of sale may be used to cause human-readable message con... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110153442 | Apparatus and method of establishing credit on a cash register or printer A method and system is provided for establishing credit on a cash register or printer. A currency amount is established on a cash register or printer in order to pay for a product or service using a cellular telephone, or other personal wireless communication device. Th... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110153441 | Systems and Methods for Authorizing Use of Validly Sold Merchandise The invention is generally directed to a method of managing the activation and use of a specific merchandise, facilitated between at least a retailer that sells the specific merchandise, a customer that purchases the specific merchandise, and a central processor that au... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110145080 | Anonymous Pharmacy Order Processing In an illustrative implementation, an anonymous pharmacy order processing system includes means for protecting downstream systems from exposure to confidential identity information, thereby protecting a customer's privacy. In a preferred embodiment, a pharmacy system ca... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110145081 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING ENHANCED DATA FOR CO-BRAND PAYMENT CARD TRANSACTIONS A method and system for processing a financial transaction using an enhanced payment card through a multi-party payment card interchange network are provided. An authorization request message generated at a point of sale (POS) device associated with a merchant is receiv... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110137803 | SECURE ELECTRONIC RECEIPT SYSTEMS AND METHODS The present disclosure relates to secure electronic receipt systems and methods. The present invention removes the need for paper-based receipts while preserving security through use of a digital signature on each electronic receipt verifying the transaction and other d... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110125598 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING ELECTRONIC RECEIPTS OF SALES TRANSACTIONS USING MOBILE DEVICES A system and method for managing electronic receipts of sales transactions utilizes a receipt capture device that generates receipt data using information from a point-of-sales (POS) terminal and a mobile device that receives the receipt data from the receipt capture de... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110119142 | SYSTEM AND/OR METHOD FOR HANDLING RECALLED PRODUCT PURCHASES AND/OR RETURN/WARRANTY REQUESTS Certain exemplary embodiments described herein relate to the field of electronic registration (ER) of purchased products and, more particularly, to improved electronic registration techniques purchase-side and/or return-side handling of recalled items. Certain exemplary... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110112898 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING INFORMATION TO A CUSTOMER AT A POINT-OF-SALE VIA A WIRELESS LINK WITHIN A RETAIL STORE A method and method for providing a customer of a retailer with information during checkout may include pairing with a mobile device during checkout of a customer at a POS system. Prior to communicating data to the mobile device, permission may be received from the cust... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110106638 | CASH MANAGEMENT OPTIMIZATION FOR PAYMENT PROCESSING Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for cash management optimization method for payment processing. In an embodiment of the invention, a cash management optimization method for payment processing can include receivi... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110099079 | Secure Mobile-Based Financial Transactions Devices, systems and methods are disclosed which relate to securing payments from a mobile communications device. In exemplary embodiments, a mobile communications device communicates with a payment server via a point-of-sale device to conduct a transaction. The mobile ... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110078034 | Apparatus and method for point of sale terminal fraud detection A system, apparatus, method and computer programming for monitoring security of a payment terminal is described. There is provided monitoring of one or more security parameters associated with the payment terminal; detecting any violation of any one of the security para... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110078031 | SECURE TRANSACTIONS USING A POINT OF SALE DEVICE Systems and methods are provided for secure transactions according to one or more embodiments. According to an embodiment, a method for providing secure transactions comprises initiating a transaction via a point of sale device having a one time password generator. The ... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110078033 | Methods and Apparatus for Produce Identification Systems and techniques for produce identification for transaction processing. A produce item to be entered into a transaction is identified using time resolved reflectance spectroscopy. A produce item is injected with laser light over a selected range of wavelengths, an... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110071914 | Method and Apparatus for Secure Transaction Management Methods and apparatuses for secure transaction management are provided. An example method may include verifying that a mobile terminal identifier is registered with an account, generating an authorization code, and verifying that the received authorization code matches ... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110071892 | CONTROL SYSTEM ARRANGEMENTS AND METHODS FOR DISPARATE NETWORK SYSTEMS Electronic transaction data sets are processed for a multitude of disparate transactions using a plurality of autonomous payment networks. Consistent with one example system, a software-programmed computer type system receives and processes point-of-sale transaction dat... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110066514 | System and/or method for handling returns involving products tied to post-paid subscriptions/services The exemplary embodiments described herein relate to the field of electronic registration (ER) of purchased products and, more particularly, to an improved electronic registration system that enables unique item-level tracking from an initial point-of-sale (POS) transac... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110066505 | Secure Alert System and Method A method for receiving transaction data for a transaction, accessing a database comprising alert preference data, and generating a secure alert message using the transaction data and alert preference data using a notification server coupled to the database. The secure a... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110054677 | SELF-SERVICE TERMINAL MANAGEMENT A self-service terminal comprises at least one customer transaction module, a terminal controller, a management component, and a network connection coupled to the terminal controller. The customer transaction module is operable to (i) implement a function associated wit... | 03/03/2011 |
