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7617155 |
Billing system, mobile terminal, and billing method
To provide a billing system capable of simplifying user's operation and quickly performing a billing process even in the case where there exist a plurality of terminals for billing. A billing...
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7613631 |
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...
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7611052 |
Beverage dispensing system and method
A beverage dispensing system includes serving spouts in fluid connection with inlet pipes locatable within beverage receptacles. The serving spouts have receptacle identifiers and are associated...
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7597254 |
Scale with automatic identification of specials and other price and product changes
A scale is configured to automatically identify changes to product information and may communicate certain information to customers based upon such changes.
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7575152 |
Temporary value card method and system
A method for using a temporary value card is provided. A first value is determined base upon a selection of goods or services from a provider. The temporary value card is sold at a POS. The first...
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7562816 |
Integrating touch, taste, and/or scent with a visual interface of an automated system for an enhanced user experience
The present invention includes a method for providing a robust user experience with an automated system that includes sensory output, such as touch, taste, and/or smell as well as visual output....
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7540417 |
Apparatus for processing electronic tag information, POS terminal, and program for processing electronic tag information
To output a proper statement of sale even if electronic tags are attached to both of a set product and individual products contained in the set product. A database managed in a unified way...
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7533810 |
Game presentation in a retail establishment
A game presentation such as a virtual slot machine is displayed by a display device associated with a point of sale (POS) terminal. The game presentation includes images of products for which...
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7530490 |
Systems and methods to perform credit valuation adjustment analyses
Pursuant to some embodiments, a method includes: identifying information associated with an existing credit position involving a first party and counterparties; identifying information associated...
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7527198 |
Operation monitoring and enhanced host communications in systems employing electronic article surveillance and RFID tags
A system and method for monitoring operation and performance of electronic tags such as article surveillance (EAS) tags or radio frequency identification (RFID) tags such as by monitoring and...
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7520429 |
Systems and methods for an electronic programmable merchandise tag
Systems and methods are disclosed pertaining to a programmable display tag that displays consumer information, such as pricing information. The tag is typically portable microcomputer controlled...
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7503477 |
Method for offering location-based targeted discounts without requirement for location sensing
In a method and system for providing location-based targeted information without requiring location sensing, items are scanned while the customer shops. The sequences in which items are scanned are...
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7492283 |
Systems and methods for communication of parking information
A parking system comprises an Internet-accessible Web server storing substantially real-time parking data associated with occupancy of a plurality of parking spaces and a plurality of detectors at...
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7481367 |
Assignment of markdown profiles for automated control of pricing
The present invention discloses a method, program product and system for controlling pricing using a markdown profile, where the method of the present invention includes: selecting a markdown...
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7475807 |
Method and apparatus for processing checks
A check processing system and method comprising utilizes an image scanner that produces an electronic image of a check upon scanning of the check. The system and method receive the electronic image...
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7438227 |
System and method to determine the prices and order quantities that maximize a retailer's total profit
The present invention provides a system and method for determining the prices and order quantities that maximize a retailer's expected profit by using a multi-dimensional distribution of the...
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7438218 |
Systems and methods for pharmacy reimbursement claim resubmission
Systems, and methods for reimbursing prescription fulfillment that includes identifying a drug associated with a claim submitted by a pharmacy for reimbursement by a payer (e.g., insurance carrier)...
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7424968 |
Method and apparatus for public street parking using RF and RFID technology
Method and apparatus for monitoring and regulating public street parking using RF and RFID technology including: tracking expired parking tickets and illegally parked vehicles and identifying...
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7416119 |
Methods and apparatus for automatically determining and deducting weight of containers for products
Systems and techniques for recognizing and distinguishing between different containers in which products to be sold by weight may be placed before purchase. A point of sale terminal includes...
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7392952 |
Gift card assembly
A gift card system includes a gift card imprinted with indicia identifying the issuer, an adhesively coated security label permanently adhered to the card and imprinted on one surface with the...
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7383990 |
Organizational settings for a price planning workbench
A method for defining a price planning schedule according to one or more organization settings. The method includes receiving a default organization setting for at least one article, receiving a...
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7311250 |
RFID weight-based security method with container compensation
An RFID weight-based security method with container compensation which compares total weights. The security method includes receiving item identification information from RFID labels affixed to...
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7278569 |
Combination refrigerator
A dual side-by-side refrigerator having a courtesy section and a paid-vend section both cooled by a single cooling unit. A frontal door or double-hung doors are mounted at the front of the cabinet...
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7275688 |
Price information presentation system, price information presentation control device, price information presentation method, and computer-readable storage medium recording price information presentation control program thereon
A price information presentation system that easily notifies a shopping customer that his/her buying price is lower than one when buying at another store to improve the satisfaction level of the...
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7267262 |
Method and apparatus confirming return and/or pick-up valuable items
An RFID tag associated with an item (e.g., by being affixed thereto) eligible for return to a supplier is scanned to obtain item identification information. Thereafter, a notification message...
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7261239 |
Questionnaire network for mobile handsets and a trading system for contracts on user commitments to answer questionnaires
A questionnaire network makes it possible to create, disseminate, conduct questionnaires or surveys on mobile handsets and to collect results for processing and storage. The questionnaire network...
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7249112 |
System and method for assigning a funding source for a radio frequency identification device
A transponder-reader payment system includes a RFID reader for interrogating a transponder, and a fob including a transponder which is associated with fob data file funded by one or more funding...
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7243842 |
Computer-based value-bearing item customization security
The exemplary embodiment of the present invention will provide computer systems and methods for protecting the security of processing for customization of computer-based value-bearing items, such...
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7237711 |
Apparatus configured for illuminating paper-based forms of payment and cash register comprising same
An illumination device comprises a housing, a light source, a light transmissive support plate and a sensor. The light source is mounted within a cavity of the housing. The light transmissive...
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7191933 |
Automatic fare paying device for vehicles and method
A compact fare paying device has a housing for receiving a monetary member and at least one verifier unit in the housing for determining the authenticity of the monetary member. A storage device...
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7185809 |
RF point of purchase apparatus and method of using same
The present invention provides a checkout device that includes a purchasable item having an RFID tag affixed thereto and a scanner for detecting the RFID tag. A dispenser proximate to the scanner...
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7184989 |
Staged transactions systems and methods
Systems and methods for accepting payments for goods and services provided by a merchant. In one embodiment, a method for accepting payments from a consumer for a good or service provided by a...
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7178722 |
Virtual shopping environment
A shopping environment process includes determining when a shopper is in proximity to an item by detecting a wireless transmission from a shopper device associated with the shopper. A purchase...
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7165052 |
Payment service method and system
A payment service method and system involve a payment service provider, a customer/payor and a client/payee. The customer/payor enrolls in the service and is provided the unique identifier which...
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7159769 |
Store complex checkout apparatus, transaction processing method and program
A POS device functioning as a store complex checkout apparatus reads an information storage medium storing at least a product provision store code and a product code attached to products of the and...
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7131573 |
Merchandise sales data processing apparatus
A merchandise sales processing apparatus communicates with a money changer machine for automatically dispensing cash, acquires a sales figure in a transaction, acquires a differential amount in the...
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7124939 |
Method and apparatus for creating a bar code
A process and article of manufacture for ordering items. Descriptive item information is provided to a consumer on a mass media storage device. The consumer reviews the item information and selects...
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7118026 |
Apparatus, method, and system for positively identifying an item
A system, such as a checkout station, for positively identifying items includes a reader that reads coded information affixed to an item. The system further includes a capture module, such as a...
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7118024 |
Electronic data management system
A user inserts a magnetic card to a magnetic card reader, and inputs his/her electronic signature and dealing data through an input device. The input dealing data are recorded on an electronic...
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7117183 |
Airline ticket payment and reservation system and methods
A method for accepting payments from a consumer for a travel ticket from a travel company comprises receiving at a point of sale device a transaction request that includes a transaction identifier...
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7114656 |
Fixed self-checkout station with cradle for communicating with portable self-scanning units
A retail checkout system includes a customer-operated portable terminal with a data reader, such as a barcode scanner, and a customer-operated self-checkout station with an automated...
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7107249 |
Electronic identifier payment systems and methods
Systems and methods for accepting payments for goods and services provided by a consumer provider. The methods can include associating consumers and consumer providers with a payment provider. The...
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7104448 |
Docking station for writing to electronically writable display
A docking station for reading and writing an electronically writable return reminder tag located on a surface of a rental item, the rental item or the return reminder tag having locating features...
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7103577 |
Systems and methods for staging transactions, payments and collections
The present invention relates to systems and methods for staging transactions and facilitating payments by consumers to a lender or merchant to consummate a financial transaction and/or to maintain...
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7096205 |
Systems and methods for enrolling consumers in goods and services
Systems and methods for enrolling consumers in goods and services offered by a consumer provider are disclosed herein. Various of the methods include providing an enrollment system and displaying...
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7092916 |
Electronic identifier payment system and methods
A payment service method and system involve a payment service provider, a customer/payor and a consumer provider/payee. The customer/payor enrolls in the service and is provided a unique identifier...
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7085739 |
Method and system for facilitating, coordinating and managing a competitive marketplace
A system and method for facilitating, coordinating and managing the operation of a competitive marketplace via the Internet. The system and method collect bids for market services from a plurality...
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7063251 |
Point card, point card processing apparatus, and point card system
A point card system according to the present invention includes a customer ID recording area 20 , a service point recording area 24 , an information recording area 22 , and a browse flag...
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6946974 |
Web-based systems and methods for internet communication of substantially real-time parking data
A parking system includes an internet-accessible Web server storing substantially real-time parking data associated with occupancy of a plurality of parking spaces. The parking data can be rendered...
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6886745 |
Electronic label system for displaying prices in a sale outlet
An electronic label system for displaying prices in stores comprises a central station and a plurality of distributed electronic labels. The central station provides pricing information to the...
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