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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8109437 | System for self checkout The present invention relates to a self check-out system which uses contact free tags embedded in a receptacle, e.g., a plate, glass, etc. The system relates the tag to a service area and uses that relationship to associate the receptacle with a charge to be made to... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8109438 | Game presentation in a retail establishment According to one embodiment, a game presentation such as a virtual slot machine may be displayed by a display device associated with a point of sale (POS) terminal. ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8104680 | Method and apparatus for auditing transaction activity in retail and other environments using visual recognition A system detects a transaction outcome by obtaining video data associated with a transaction area and by obtaining transaction data concerning at least one transaction that occurs at the transaction area. The system correlates the video data associated with the tran... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8096470 | Upboard customer relationship management system A system for tracking sales activity and enhancing customer relationships comprising at least one processor, data storage connected to the processor, at least one input device connected to the data storage and processor, a clock means for generating a time record, a... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8083141 | Systems and methods for transactions with a headless automated teller machine or point of sale device Systems and methods for performing a transaction with a headless point-of-sale or automated teller machine (ATM) device are disclosed. A card having a display and radio frequency (RF) communications module may be authenticated with a headless point-of-sale device us... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8083140 | System and method of over-the-air provisioning A system for over-the-air provisioning is disclosed. The system comprises a processor and an over-the-air server application. The over-the-air server application, when executed by the processor, is configured to begin an over-the-air provisioning session, to request... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8074882 | Targeted video advertising A computer-implemented method of providing targeted video promotional material includes transmitting a promotional item for display on a video terminal, determining whether the promotional item was skipped, and updating a profile corresponding to the promotional ite... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8074881 | Merchandise checkout system When an error occurs in decoding of coded data such as a barcode, the error in the decoding of the coded data is analyzed based on an image acquisition status of the coded data in image data acquired by image acquisition performed by an image acquisition section. Th... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078492 | Providing consumers with incentives for healthy eating habits A method, system, and program for providing consumer healthy habits incentives are provided. A consumable item, consumed by an individual, is detected. A health factor is detected for the consumable item. An electronic incentive is selected for the individual accord... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8070062 | Method and system for detecting the presence of a customer proximate to a wireless display tag A multiuse system for use with Wireless Display Tags (WDTs) includes, in one or more exemplary arrangements, techniques for automatically maintaining synchronicity between pricing data for a product and advertising, marketing or promotional data associated with that... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8061600 | Wireless display tag A low-profile Wireless Display Tag (WDT) fits within the confines of a retail store display shelf-edge C-channel. The WDT may also be used to tag high-value retail item units where it can simultaneously function as a price tag, and an anti-theft device. The inventio... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8061603 | Controlling shopper checkout throughput The present invention provides a solution for controlling checkout throughput. Specifically, under the present invention a set of attributes of an item will be obtained. An analysis of the set of attributes will then be performed to determine whether an inconsistenc... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8061602 | Systems and methods for price searching on a mobile device Price searching on a mobile device is provided. A system for obtaining pricing information comprises at least one subsystem that electronically reads a price and product data of a product using a mobile device, at least one subsystem that searches for other availabl... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8061601 | Methods and apparatus for establishing and maintaining electronic shelf label information Systems and techniques for linking electronic shelf labels to and unlinking electronic shelf labels from a system. When a printed overlay for an electronic shelf label is prepared, a radiofrequency identification (RFID) tag is affixed as part of the overlay. The RFI... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8052053 | Apparatus and methods for enforcing purchase agreements Systems, apparatus, articles of manufacture and methods are provided for establishing (e.g., online) a buyer price for a first plurality of products. In one embodiment, the buyer price is lower than a retail price of the first plurality of products. A second plurali... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8038060 | ID image providing device Techniques for providing an ID image on a print medium are disclosed. Commodity information on a commodity settled in a store is received from a store terminal installed at the store. ID images, defining ID information in a frequency domain and accompanied by attrib... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8033460 | System and method for obtaining product information through a cellular telephone A mobile communication device scans a barcode of a product and comprises a scanner, a processing module, and a receiving module. The scanner scans the barcode. The processing module is in communication with the scanner, and sends a coded information received from th... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8033461 | Item checkout device and weigh plate with improved electromagnetic field performance A item checkout device and weigh plate with improved electromagnetic field performance. The item checkout device includes a housing, an electromagnetic field generator in the housing, a barcode reader in the housing, a scale assembly in the housing, and the weigh pl... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8028905 | System and method for tracking individuals via remote transmitters attached to personal items In accordance with an embodiment, a system and method for verifying presence at a vendor location is defined. Preferably, an identification tag is coupled to a device, and the identification tag is operable to transmit a unique user identifier representing the user ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8025224 | Method and apparatus for coupon management and redemption The present invention provides a system for the electronic management and redemption of coupons. The system includes an integrated coupon card comprising a microprocessor, a random access memory means, a scanner, and a communications port. The coupon card is capable... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8025225 | Merchandise registration processing system When obtaining an ID code from a user who holds out an arm to a corresponding merchandise in a noncontact manner, respective information terminal devices accept a registration input of the corresponding merchandise. When accepting the registration input of the corre... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8020765 | Method of printing, distributing and placing price information A method of printing price information tags and signs includes providing a digital press, a data management system with computer hardware connected for internet access, a database of stored/archived information, and a supply of sheets having a suitable stiffness and... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8020766 | Verification of portable consumer devices Embodiments of the invention are directed to methods, systems, and computer program products pertaining to obtaining, providing, and using dynamic card verification values for portable consumer devices, such as credit cards and debit cards. An exemplary method compr... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8011579 | Combined data reader and electronic article surveillance (EAS) system An integrated data reader and electronic article surveillance (EAS) system, and methods of operation. In one configuration, a data reader such as a bar code scanner is equipped with an EAS deactivation module disposed behind the scanner surface preferably downstream... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8011580 | Terminal including imaging assembly A terminal includes a housing, a touch screen, and an imaging assembly. The imaging assembly in one embodiment is disposed in the housing so that an imaging axis extends externally from the housing. The imaging assembly can be utilized for capture of images disposed... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8006900 | Price guarantee tracking service Price guarantee tracking services are an automated method for acquiring price guarantee terms and conditions from retailers and subsequently viewing them. A system for tracking a price guarantee includes a processor; memory operably connected to the processor; a fin... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8006901 | 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 informatio... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8002181 | RFID promotional compliance A method using radio frequency identification (RFID) tags for managing a promotional merchandise display at locational spots in a store includes providing a locational spot in the store with a locational RFID tag uniquely identifying the locational spot, providing t... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8002180 | Portal system for a controlled space Systems, devices, and methods are provided for monitoring and tracking an item in a controlled space. In one embodiment, a portal system that monitors the controlled space includes a radio frequency tag that is attached to inventory and a portal device, which includ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7997485 | Content presentation based on user preferences Architecture is provided that facilitates user-controlled access to user profile information. A user is allowed to selectively expose (or mask) portions of his/her profile to third parties. Additionally, advertisers and/or content providers can offer incentives or e... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7997486 | System, method, and apparatus of RFID point of sale An RFID Point-of-Sale system for completing a sale transaction to a customer of a plurality of items associated with a plurality of unique RFID tags at a store includes an arrangement of a plurality of RFID tag scanners for detecting the plurality of unique RFID tag... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7997487 | Automatic price display control by emulation of electronic cash register price lookup A system and method for distribution of product price and/or sales data in a retail establishment. Product price and/or sales data is stored locally, either in a central computer or master electronic cash register (ECR) or remotely at a master computer. The product ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7988045 | Portable device-based shopping checkout The present invention provides portable-device based store checkout. Specifically, a portable device is configured for store checkout. When the shopper obtains an item, he/she scans its barcode and captures its image using the portable device. The identity of the it... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7984853 | Reducing internal theft at a point of sale A method, procedure and operational function of the business for inhibiting internal theft of items without inventory identifiers are provided. In one aspect, the method comprises receiving an item for sale at a POS terminal, wherein the item is missing an inventory... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7980466 | Point-of-sale promotions A method and system to publish a promotion at a point-of-sale are provided. For example, a preliminary selection associated with a purchase from a user may be received. A promotion may be published to the user at a point-of-sale associated with the purchase after th... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7975916 | Securing payment data The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture or arrangement that can limit access to sensitive information by means of encryption. In particular, data obtained from a payment instrument at, e.g., a Point-Of-Sale (POS) location can be encrypted at an early s... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7975917 | Providing directed content to anonymous customers A method includes electronically identifying a first item that a customer intends to purchase while the customer is shopping and electronically providing content to the customer in response to the identifying to entice the customer to purchase a second, different it... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7971787 | Commodity-vending system and weight-scale apparatus When a customer picks up a commodity at a store aisles and operates a tag device, a PLU code of the commodity is transmitted from the tag device to a weight-scale apparatus. The terminal device is provided corresponding to each commodity. The weight-scale apparatus ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7967201 | Method and system to improve product recalls A method and system is provided to deter purchases of recalled products. An inventory control system is provided with an identification code corresponding to a recalled product. The identification code of the recalled product is identified when it is scanned or othe... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7963440 | Payment method, a related user terminal, a related vendor terminal, a related delivery-company terminal and a related retailer terminal The present invention relates to a payment method. A user terminal sends a request for ordering a good to a vendor-terminal. The vendor-terminal sends a shipping order, to a delivery company-terminal of a deliverer. The user-terminal confirms the acceptance of the o... | 06/21/2011 |
