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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7364070 | System and method for real-time remote shopping A method for real-time remote shopping using a real-time remote shopping system includes the steps of (a) obtaining the commodity information from a hand-held terminal and registering the information on a customer, (b) sending the shopping request information includ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7331471 | System and method for modular sorting stations System and method for modular sorting stations. A sorting station may be subdivided into two or more modular bins. A modular bin may be partitioned into compartments. Each compartment may be configured to receive one order including one or more items. Modular bins m... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7283650 | Method and system for printing of automatically captured facial images augmented with promotional content The present invention is a system and method for printing facial images of people, captured automatically from a sequence of images, onto coupons or any promotional printed material, such as postcards, stamps, promotional brochures, or tickets for movies or shows. T... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7257552 | Consumer products distribution system A real-time transaction processing Consumer Products Distribution System (PDMS) reduces distribution costs, facilitates the distribution of products to consumers and makes online shopping practical. The PDMS integrates Collaborative Inventory Sharing, Order Aggregat... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7246706 | Sorting using modular stations System and method for modular sorting stations. A sorting station may be subdivided into two or more modular bins. A modular bin may be partitioned into compartments. Each compartment may be configured to receive one order including one or more items. Modular bins m... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7158948 | Method and apparatus for encoding transactions for goods and services using an e-receipt A method and apparatus for encoding transactions for goods and services using an e-receipt is provided. A consumer and a merchant conduct a commercial transaction using a distributed data processing system. An electronic receipt is recorded on a removable storage me... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7124940 | Burden free shopping A shopping method comprises the steps of displaying a line of merchandise within a retail establishment; training sales assistants to operate portable sales checkout devices and to match the line of merchandise with shoppers' needs; recording purchases and simultane... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7110855 | Order processing system using pick and pass process and method of processing orders using the system A method of processing orders in a warehouse. The method includes the steps of: providing a first pick module in a first pick zone with a plurality of stored items and a first picking station; providing a second pick module in a second pick zone with a second plural... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7063263 | Consumer interactive shopping system The present invention relates generally to a consumer interactive shopping and marketing system. The system includes a portable data terminal for communicating information over a communication network. The present system has aspects that may be used within a shoppin... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7035814 | Method for delivering a product to a register according to a tracked location of a mobile device A method for providing sales support includes issuing a customer a mobile device and a corresponding identification, wherein the mobile device issues an electronic service request including a customer purchase order for a product having a product identifier, receivi... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7031801 | Continuous item picking in a distribution center using coordinated item picking periods A facility for scheduling the picking of a plurality of items specified for an item shipment is described. When a first-picked item of the plurality is picked, the facility selects a first period of time of a target length during which the first-picked item is expec... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6965871 | Method and apparatus to enable consumer replenishment shopping by expiration date A method produces a shopping list consisting of one or more items, wherein at least one item in the shopping list is a perishable item. The method operates in an e-commerce site and includes the steps of: storing one or more consumer shopping lists of respective con... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6963851 | Method and apparatus to enable consumer replenishment shopping by useful life A method for producing a shopping list consisting of one or more items, wherein at least one item in the shopping list is a consumable item. The method on an e-commerce site comprising the storing data representing an inventory of items for sale at the e-commerce si... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6916447 | Apparatus and method for transferring small volumes of substances The present invention provides a method and apparatus for dispensing small volumes of selected substances, such as biological reagents or samples, onto substrates. According to one general embodiment, a plurality of spaced, tandemly-arranged substrates are advanced,... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6554187 | Method of detecting and managing RFID labels on items brought into a store by a customer A method of detecting an item in a store which determines whether the item is from a different store. The method includes the steps of interrogating an RFID label on an item in the store, and comparing RFID label information in the RFID label with store R... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6491219 | Modular price indicator A modular indicator of a price or of any information relating to an article on display comprising a plurality of units which can be fixed each to the following other along a longitudinal axis of composition for the modular indicator, wherein each unit in ... | 12/10/2002 |
| 5979757 | Method and system for presenting item information using a portable data terminal The present invention relates to an improved portable shopping system. The system is provided with improved data presentation system for presenting customer desired data on a portable terminal. The portable terminal includes audio as well as video present... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5934413 | Method and a device for order picking A system for picking an order for articles of the same type contained in store keeping units comprises removing respective store keeping units at a receiving station from large units wherein the store keeping units are assembled, each large unit containin... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5902984 | Merchandise dispensing by exchange of subsequently validated card symbols for article A system for the sale of consumer goods, where the purchase of an article, from a board (1) containing symbols of merchandise, collects symbols of articles (2) in the form of optically, magnetically or electronically readable cards (2). The card is prepro... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5898383 | Self-service shopping system including an electronic price label system A self-service shopping system which uses an electronic price label (EPL) associated with an item to send a signal to a transaction processing system to record the selection of a product by a customer. An item selector card associated with a customer sele... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5595264 | System and method for automated shopping A system and method of automated shopping, including a portable bar code scanner for scanning bar code indicia information on items selected to be purchased, securing the scanner in a holder for limited access, and releasing the portable bar code scanner ... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5478183 | Article selector and method An article selecting and collecting apparatus having a plurality of vertically spaced elongated ramps with a continuous conveyor and articulated selector slidingly attached to a rail adjacent each conveyor. The articulated selector slides along the rail t... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5183142 | Automated cashier system An automated cashier system provides for microprocessor-controlled product display, order acceptance, payment and change generation. Both cash and credit card payments are accepted. The system is preferably mounted in a cabinet having upper and lower sect... | 02/02/1993 |
| 4874281 | Method of making up batches of small items, and an installation implementing the method The installation comprises a delivery conveyor (4) for delivering unit items in buckets (5). A station (3) injects unit items onto the delivery conveyor. A sorting conveyor (6) carries packs (8) corresponding to respective batches to be made up. The sorti... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4579213 | Apparatus for an automated vending machine for arbitrarily priced articles Arbitrarily and individually priced articles can be automatically vended from a machine in which the articles are stored without restriction, limitation, or categorization to their individualized prices. The vended articles are compactly stored in a plura... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4542808 | Order filling system An order filling apparatus includes an elongated belt conveyor having a bin-on switch and a bin-off switch at opposite ends thereof. A plurality of item dispensers are positioned along the conveyor, and each dispenser is loaded with a single type of item.... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4458802 | Renting of articles and machine thereof A method of renting an article to a patron by the patron presenting a hire token to a renting machine for recognition and energizing of an article selection circuit; the article selection circuit being energized until stopped by the patron when a desired ... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4346453 | Item display order picking system A semi-automatic picking system having pick modules associated with individual compartments of storage bays includes a switch, for manually decrementing or incrementing the module to indicate the number picked. One or more orders may be picked at the same... | 08/24/1982 |
| 3964577 | Automated handling system for bank deposit boxes In a system for the automatic programmed handling of coded safety deposit boxes and other objects having book receiving members and stored in a storage room having rows of shelves, the improvement which comprises stacking means movable along said shelves ... | 06/22/1976 |
