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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185439 | Patronage incentive saving system and method for retail businesses A method of doing business in a retail environment employs a patronage incentive system incorporating a rounding up saving software program which provides a customer making a purchase at a point-of-sale terminal of participating retailers with an option to round up ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180682 | System and method for generating a view of and interacting with a purchase history A system for generating a view of a purchase history, includes an electronic receipt generator for generating an electronic receipt including information regarding a purchase by a customer, a storage device for storing the electronic receipt, and a display screen ge... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8121899 | Method and apparatus for managing subscriptions A subscription system allows a customer to establish a subscription to a product with one or more retailers (e.g., by establishing the subscription through a controller or central system). In one embodiment, a subscription may be established after receiving informat... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8112313 | System and method for broadcasting a charge tone during an electronic transaction A system and method of broadcasting a tone during an electronic transaction. The system includes a point of sale (POS) unit for receiving credit card information utilized for an electronic transaction, an authorization system for authorizing the electronic transacti... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8103548 | Intelligent transaction router and process for handling multi-product point of sale transactions A transaction router and corresponding process that enables the point-of-sale activation (POSA) of POSA type devices, such as POSA pre-paid gift cards, debit cards, telephone cards and cellular replenishment cards, while utilizing a standard credit card swipe termin... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103520 | Method and apparatus for selecting a supplemental product to offer for sale during a transaction According to some embodiments, a supplemental product or service may be offered to a user during a transaction, either in addition to products and/or services the user is purchasing, or as a replacement to one or more of the products and/or services that the user is... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8065353 | Customer search utility A customer search terminal system may be configured to accept customer product searches and identify corresponding products and product information. A method for determining the efficacy of the customer search terminal may include receiving customer usage informatio... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8055541 | Object transaction method and system A transaction method and system. The system comprises a computing apparatus, a plurality of transceivers connected to the computing apparatus, and a plurality of transponder devices. Each transponder device comprising a customer data segment associated with a differ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8041593 | Method of providing personalized souvenirs A method for providing a personalized souvenir is disclosed. The method may include the steps of contacting a souvenir retailer, preparing artwork, selecting names for personalization of the souvenirs, providing a rack to the souvenir retailer for displaying the sou... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8036906 | Method and system for merchandise retail management and portable terminal An object of the invention is to reduce necessary costs in a merchandise retail store, and to reduce customer inconvenience and waiting time. A customer entering a merchandise retail store borrows a RFID portable terminal at the store entrance. The customer selects ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8032415 | Immediate recognition of financial transactions Immediate recognition of deposits and other transactions may be provided by a financial institution for transactions conducted at a remote location. The financial institution may receive transaction data from a device at the remote location and immediately acknowled... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8015066 | POS system, POS server, local terminal, method of dealing management, and recording medium To provide the POS server which can respond immediately against request from local terminals, the POS server 100 according to this invention, which controls dealings of products at a plurality of stores, includes a plurality of control apparatuses 210 ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8005718 | Ink cartridge vending machine A vending machine capable of refilling used ink cartridges as well as dispensing filled ink cartridges is closed. The vending machine includes at least one cartridge receptacle for receiving an ink cartridge, a user interface, a display unit, a nozzle health check m... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7962364 | Multimedia communications/collaboration hub A chassis houses a marking engine, a scanner, and various input and output ports allowing devices to connect to the hub for data transfer, sharing, and collaboration. The preferred configuration includes two towers with a display and a work surface supported therebe... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7962365 | Using detailed process information at a point of sale Techniques for using transactional and visual event information to facilitate loss prevention are provided. The techniques include obtaining video of one or more visual events at a point of sale environment and one or more transaction log entries that correspond to ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7962366 | Automatic product price payment counter Disclosed herein is an automatic product price payment counter including an input device, an output device, and a control device. The input device inputs information about one or more products to be purchased by detecting a barcode attached thereon. The output devic... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7958008 | Providing customized media at physical point of sale A method of providing to a customer customized media at a physical point of sale (PPOS) of a good/service includes the steps of (a) receiving an identifier from the customer at the PPOS, (b) retrieving a media profile that is maintained in a database in association ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7953634 | Direct currency conversion This invention concerns direct currency conversion, that is automatic currency conversion at point of payment for card transactions. In particular it concerns a method for operating equipment associated with a financial transaction. The method includes the steps of:... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7953633 | Touchless and touch optimized processing of retail and other commerce transactions A computer implemented method for reducing input performed in a commerce based application is provided. The method includes receiving a sequence of input values from an input device and associating the sequence of input values with an object in the application based... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7941341 | Sales force automation system and method A sales force automation system and method of facilitating a sales process which integrates computerized intelligent automated salesperson support for multiple phases of the sales process. Various subsystems may be provided to facilitate the sales process which may ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7925536 | Intelligent video verification of point of sale (POS) transactions Non video data regarding a point of sale (POS) transaction is received. POS primitives are generated based on the received non video POS data. Video data regarding a corresponding POS transaction is received. Video primitives are generated based on the received vide... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925535 | System and method for securing RF transactions using a radio frequency identification device including a random number generator A system and method for securing a Radio Frequency (RF) transaction using a RF identification device (RFID) transaction device is provided. The method includes a RFID transaction device including a random number generator for generating a random number. The random n... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7904338 | Display device and funds transaction device including the display device A display device is disclosed which may be used in a mobile telephone or other article which is intended to make secure transactions such as financial transactions, as well as other personal transactions such as telephone calls. The device includes a display (24 | 03/08/2011 |
| 7904339 | Extensible framework for supporting different modes of payments A method and system for providing an extensible framework for a POS application is provided. A POS application may be extended using a payment format add-in, a workflow add-in, a financial services provider add-in, or a combination of add-ins. A payment format add-i... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7899708 | Method of transacting objects A method of transacting objects is provided. Each object comprises an identifier identifying an object identity. The method comprises, in a computer system, the steps of: (a) receiving transaction data from a data reader, the transaction data identifying the object ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7890370 | Using alerts to bring attention to in-store information A method is provided that uses alerts to bring in-store information that is of interest to the attention of team members working in a retail store. To send an alert to a team member logged in to a device data, data from a source is evaluated against business rules. ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7877292 | Merchandise sales data processing apparatus A receipt issuance facility included in a receipt printer incorporated in a merchandise sales data processing apparatus is utilized in order to print a role assigned to a key together with a frame matched with the size of the key. ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7873539 | Sales slip processor using sales slip processing method, and storage medium used for sales slip processing method In response to inputting order, a sales slip processor issues a sales slip with a slip code and a table code of a table at which the order is accepted, and stores order data in a sales holding file. In order to balance or rewrite sales slips, an operator inputs a sa... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7870027 | System for notifying a user when a limit is approaching A credit facility for controlling financial transactions is arranged with the ability of users to establish self-imposed limits on a category by category basis. The processing system provides messages and other information to the user, both on-demand and at the poin... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7856379 | Pre-sale data broadcast system and method A method for promoting the sale of a substitute product at the point of sale (POS). At least one POS terminal communicates with a POS server which in turn communicates with various manufacturer servers to transmit information therebetween. Upon the presentation of a... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7835942 | System for payment data exchange and payment terminal device used therein Disclosed is a system for payment data exchange comprising a payment terminal device (10) for coupling to a point of sale device and to a mobile phone (14), an authorization center (1) for coupling to a mobile voice network (5) and to a f... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7831475 | Remote ordering system A remote ordering system is provided using an electronic menu having a series of input devices corresponding to various menu items aligned with the input devices, and a wireless transmitter to send selected menu items to a receiving device for processing. A display ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7827063 | Point of sale systems and methods A point of sale device includes a point of sale functional component, such as, for example, a display, an input device, a printer, scales, a card reader, or other. An interface is connected to the component, through a standard port of the component. The interface in... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7818210 | Method for playing Keno with increased player interest A novel Keno game is disclosed in which additional bonus numbers are randomly chosen and displayed in addition to twenty numbers randomly picked for game play. When there are a first predetermined number of matches between the additional bonus numbers and the random... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7805334 | Method and system for processing retail data A system for communicating retail data from a point of sale system to a data warehouse independent of a merchandising system. The system includes an inbound data interface configured to receive the retail data from the point of sale system, an inbound processing eng... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7801762 | Method and system for processing supplementary product sales at a point-of-sale terminal A point-of-sale terminal determines an upsell to offer in exchange for a round-up amount in connection with a purchase. In one embodiment, the point-of-sale terminal preferably maintains a database of at least one upsell price and a corresponding upsell to offer a c... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7797192 | Point-of-sale electronic receipt generation Systems, methods and program products for automatically generating authenticated electronic receipts at a point-of-sale terminal for both merchants and customers. These electronic receipts can then be used in place of paper receipts for expense accounting, for tax p... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7783515 | Itemized receipt tracking system Embodiments of the present invention are directed to apparatuses, systems, methods, and computer program products for: (1) receiving transaction data from a transaction involving a consumer, where the transaction data comprises product-level information; (2) storing... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7774232 | Wireless distribution of content files A point of sale terminal that can be used to sell commodities such as gasoline, is also used to wirelessly distribute content files, such as MP3 and video files. The content files are addressed to a particular wireless playback receiving device. Wireless distributio... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7761331 | Ink cartridge vending machine A vending machine capable of refilling used ink cartridges as well as dispensing filled ink cartridges is closed. The vending machine includes at least one cartridge receptacle for receiving an ink cartridge, a user interface, a display unit, a nozzle health check m... | 07/20/2010 |
