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Dining Table Having Integral Dishwasher
A space-saving dishwasher, which may be installed within a counter top or table, having a dish-carrying rack that is vertically shiftable through the open top of the dishwasher for facilitating loading and unloading of the dishes.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190481 | 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 syste... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8175924 | Presentation instrument display and activation systems and methods A method of validating and activating a purchase card includes providing a purchase card that is removably attached to a card carrier. The purchase card has an account identifier associated therewith and has a card indicium affixed thereto. The purchase card include... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8145515 | On-demand performance reports A method is provided for rendering performance reports on a client device in a retail establishment. A request is received to render a summary performance report on the client device. Shift information for the user is retrieved. At least one summarized performance m... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140395 | Enrollment apparatus, system, and method An apparatus for enrolling a package is disclosed including: a receiving surface for receiving the package; at least one weight sensor in communication with the receiving surface which generates a weight signal indicative of the weight of the package; at least one v... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8103550 | Fault tolerant lottery communications network, device, system and method A versatile and highly reliable lottery communications system employs point-of-sale terminals that can be adapted to a plurality of network technologies and service providers. The point-of-sale terminals are provided with at least two network-agnostic connecting dev... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8090616 | Visual identification information used as confirmation in a wireless communication Techniques for facilitating the exchange of information and transactions between two entities associated with two wireless devices when the devices are in close proximity to each other. A first device uses a first short range wireless capability to detect an identif... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8055543 | Referential interface to enable commercial interaction between entities A system, method and program product is provided for establishment of a referential interface between business entities such as manufacturers and distributors in a computerized marketplace. The interface allows commercial interaction between two potentially geograph... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7996268 | Apparatus and method for an electronic telephone wallet An apparatus and method for providing an electronic wallet device, including a memory device for storing payment identifier information associated with an account holder, a processing device for processing a payment command, wherein the processing device retrieves t... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7979295 | Supporting user interaction with a computer system User interaction with a computer system is supported by maintaining, in a computer system, a model comprising several concepts having properties associated therewith and any relationships existing between the several concepts. A current state of the several concepts... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7962422 | Redirection of deliveries Disclosed are various embodiments for redirecting orders based on delivery site unavailability. A first delivery site that will be unavailable during an unavailability period is identified, and a coincidence between the unavailability period and a pick-up period of ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7925538 | Card with embedded bistable display having short and long term information A transaction card system includes a transaction card with a display tag for displaying short term information, the character display having optical states that are stable without power and viewable from one side of the display tag and an array of electrical contact... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7870028 | 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... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7801764 | Financial transaction approval system and method A method of sale including processing a plurality of purchases to be sold to a consumer, identifying a consumer financial account held by a financial institution, receiving authorization from the financial institution to enable payment for the plurality of purchases... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7778877 | Enhanced network based promotional tracking system A novel communications network tracks and manages Merchant and Affiliate promotional efforts in a seamless, integrated fashion. Operative characteristics include central control over new, Rich Media promotional links, allowing sophisticated promotions employing Java... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7769635 | Weight management system with simple data input A weight management system comprises a cash register (CRS), a user client (UC) and a weight management module (WM), coupled via a wide area network (WAN). A user has a personal card (PC) with a code, the code identifying the user to the cash register and being relat... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7761332 | Card with embedded bistable display having short and long term information A transaction card system includes a transaction cared with a display tag for displaying short term information, the character display having optical states that are stable without power and viewable from one side of the display tag and an array of electrical contac... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7734504 | Method and system for transacting with network traffic A system and method for using targeted network traffic as payment-in-kind in exchange for rights to anything that may be connected to a network, such as network-connected computer hardware and copyrighted software or content on such hardware, is disclosed. The metho... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7711601 | Audio/video automated payment facility A central monitoring station is linked to a plurality of remote terminals, such as payment terminals at a plurality of parking facilities. The central monitoring station and each remote terminal includes a two-way communication system in the form of a video camera a... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7702538 | System and method for transponder-enabled account transactions A transponder-initiated transaction system is electromagnetically coupled to an account transponder device at the point of sale. The account transponder device may be embedded within a watch, key chain or other personal article for convenience or affinity. The trans... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7689459 | Card with embedded bistable display having short and long term information A transaction card system includes a transaction cared with a display tag for displaying short term information, the character display having optical states that are stable without power and viewable from one side of the display tag and an array of electrical contac... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7613632 | System and method for performing automated testing of a merchant message Error-testing of merchant messages to be used with point-of-sale (POS) devices is performed by an automated system that receives a formatted message to be tested from a merchant or an agent of the merchant, performs a computer-implemented evaluation of the message a... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7562031 | Electronic transmission and tracking of deposit information A cash control system for a business establishment having one or more cash registers includes a safe assembly. The safe assembly includes a safe for securing cash and a currency reader coupled to the safe for determining the amount of cash received in the safe. A ce... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7558742 | 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... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7509269 | Referential interface to enable commercial interaction between entities A system, method and program product is provided for establishment of a referential interface between business entities such as manufacturers and distributors in a computerized marketplace. The interface allows commercial interaction between two potentially geograph... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7487109 | Method and apparatus for optimizing a security database for a self-service checkout system A method of optimizing attribute information of a product attribute stored in a product database is provided. The product database includes update information comprising a time that the attribute information has last been updated and correction history information i... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7454366 | Product management system and method A system and method of managing products includes a server which is networked with a plurality of terminals to provide users of the terminals with proper support. When a support event occurs at any terminal, the terminal requests the server, through a requesting sec... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7433848 | System for carrying out a transaction A system is proposed for performing transactions with terminals which fundamentally allow a plurality of different transactions to be performed. The terminals (10, 11) are connected for this purpose via a terminal network (30) with at least one node co... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7412229 | Sales apparatus and method of transmitting and receiving merchandise information by electric field induced in human body The button apparatus is an apparatus provided for, for example, a vending machine and to be touched and pressed with the body of a user who wants to purchase a commodity from the vending machine. By pressing down the button apparatus, the user can purchase a require... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7411503 | System and method for disabling data on radio frequency identification tags The disclosed embodiments of the present invention are used to permanently disable or destruct an RFID so that it is no longer possible to read some or all of the data encoded on the RFID tag. In one method for disabling data on a radio frequency identification (RFI... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409358 | Methods and systems for coordinating a change in status of stored-value cards Methods and systems are provided for coordinating a change in status of a stored-value card for a customer. Transaction information is received at a host system from a point-of-sale terminal. The transaction information includes stored-value-card information identif... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7403907 | Customer checkout accelerator A system and method for accelerating customer sales transactions in a retail store. A customer checkout accelerator provides a customer user interface to initiate a request for a preapproval amount for a sales transaction before reaching the point of sale terminal f... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401051 | Automated teller machine system and method relay center Automated teller machine systems and methods for reducing system development efforts by financial institutions and for providing a financial transaction system that is adapted for using one or more common ATMs. In addition, systems and methods to simplify settlement... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7386471 | Method and system for managing a consumer transaction system with a mobile management device Method and system aspects for providing efficient management interaction in a consumer transaction system are described. The system includes a plurality of point of sale (POS) systems, a central controller system coupled to the plurality of POS systems, and a mobile... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7385479 | Service personnel communication system A data processing system for analyzing customer and employee interactions in a service establishment is disclosed. The data processing system, comprises a plurality of remote customer, employee units and a central unit. The units each include a transceiver to send a... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7376585 | Real-time sales information architecture A sales information architecture detects user interaction with a tagged item and in response displays product information about the item to the user. The architecture can process a sales transaction involving the item and report the sale in real-time to other enterp... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7374100 | Mobile terminal having smart card coupled with RFID tag and method for performing RFID function in such mobile terminal Disclosed is a mobile terminal equipped with a smart card coupled with an RFID tag and a method for performing an RFID function in the mobile terminal. The smart card includes a user information processing section for storing user information and generating a user i... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373590 | Shared electronic ink annotation method and system A system and method in a computer network in which computer users may make handwritten annotations (to publication pages such as a slideshow slide) public to other computer users, as well as to view public annotations from other computer users. Users can selectively... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373160 | Method and device for indicating amounts of data in mobile networks A mobile communication device for use in a packet switched wireless communications network includes a display, which is able to indicate an amount of data remaining from a subscribed amount. This allows the user to see how much data he can send or receive, within a ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7363425 | System and method for securing drive access to media based on medium identification numbers A method for securing access to a data medium comprises recording a unique identification number assigned to each medium in at least a portion of a data library, and commanding at least one selected data transfer element in said library to only accept media having p... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356502 | Internet based payment system An internet based payment validation system links a customer computer to a third party processor computer after the customer, communicating with the a merchant computer over the Internet, indicates a desire to pay for a purchase directly and not with a credit card. ... | 04/08/2008 |
