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7580856 Systems and methods for distributing targeted incentives to financial institution customers  
An incentive distribution system is used in distributing, tracking and redeeming product incentives offered by manufacturers and distributors of consumer goods through a financial institution. A...
7578440 Check-out counter systems and methods  
A check-out counter system includes a scanner, a bagging station, and a deck area. The bagging station is positioned adjacent the scanner and includes a first and a second support shelf. The first...
7578442 Method of and apparatus for identifying consumer products in a retail environment when bar code symbols on the products are not readable or have been removed from packaging  
A method of and system for identifying a consumer product in a retail store environment when a bar code symbol on a product is not readable or has been removed from the product's packaging. The...
7575169 Digital image capturing and processing system for producing and projecting a plurality of coextensive area-type illumination and imaging zones into a 3D imaging volume and controlling illumination control parameters in said system using the detected motion of objects present therewithin  
An automatic digital image capturing and processing system for use in point of sale (POS) environments, comprising a plurality of coextensive area-type illumination and imaging stations, an object...
7575159 Point of sale integrator  
A point of sale terminal is disclosed. The point of sale terminal includes a terminal housing with a controller portion and a cash drawer portion, a sliding sled coupled to the terminal housing...
7575163 Interactive management of storefront purchases  
Briefly described, one embodiment of the system, among others, includes a media server configured to transfer storefront interface data to a client device, where the storefront interface data...
7575161 Systems and methods for pre-scanning merchandise in customer's shopping cart while customer is waiting in checkout line  
Systems and methods for pre-scanning retail merchandise. A mobile scanning station includes a frame, and a pair of arms mounted to the frame, positioned to hold an open bag for receiving...
7575162 Self-checkout system and method  
An improved self-checkout system and method which reduces transaction time. The self-checkout system includes a carrier for carrying a selected product, the carrier being coupled to a weighing...
7571862 RFID tag that provides a flat print area and a pinch roller that enables the same  
A radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag includes a face stock and an RFID device. The face stock has a printable side and an inlay side, with the RFID device mounted to the inlay side. A layer...
7570167 RFID ionosphere  
A method, system, and apparatus are disclosed wherein an RFID transponder response signal is coupled with a data file as an identifier. The RFID transponder response signal is used in its raw, or a...
7568627 Restocking of open shelving with a hand held device  
A carousel used in a restocking system is comprised of a drive track. A plurality of bins are arranged into rows, with the rows being driven by said drive track. A drive mechanism, e.g. an electric...
7568626 Automatic POS-based digital image capturing and processing system employing a plurality of area-type illumination and imaging zones intersecting within the 3D imaging volume of the system  
An automatic digital image capturing and processing system for use in a POS environment, comprising a system having a horizontal housing section, installable within a countertop surface at the POS...
7568618 Automated food service and billing system and method  
An automated food dispensing and billing system has an array of food enclosures, each for dispensing food to a customer. In response to the detection of a signal from a customer authorization...
7566007 Physical distribution management system and method for customized products  
A physical distribution system comprises a tag writer device provided in a manufacturing facility for manufacturing common products to be supplied to a plurality of destinations, that writes...
7566004 Method and apparatus for extending the range of a product authentication device  
A method of identifying or authenticating a product by providing an analog identification indicium including a randomized pattern of identification features on a first part of the product wherein...
7566000 Method and system for providing a flexible product purchase account for members of a healthcare organization  
A method and system for facilitating a redemption of benefits for a customer with the use of a benefit card is provided that includes associating an identification code with the customer, the...
7567219 Merchandise management system and information storage medium  
A merchandise management system comprises a shelf tag provided in an exhibit position of a product, and a portable reader/writer for changing a display content on the shelf tag. The shelf tag...
7562817 System and method for training and monitoring data reader operators  
A scanner or other data reader is equipped with means for determining characteristics of an operator's scanning technique. In a preferred configuration, the scanner is integrated with a weigh scale...
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....
7561046 Radio tag reading apparatus  
A reader antenna is connected to an interrogator. Conductors are arranged at two places at the opposed marginal edge portions of a radiation plane of the reader antenna along a radiation direction...
7559467 Item checkout apparatus including integrated complimentary antennas  
An item checkout apparatus with integrated complimentary antennas which concentrates magnetic fields from both antennas in a volume. The item checkout apparatus includes a sensor for sensing a...
7559483 Smart supplies, components and capital equipment  
The present invention relates to capital equipment units, such as systems for providing medical treatment, that are associated with smart supplies. The smart supplies are tagged with data carriers...
7559474 Automatic omnidirectional bar code symbol reading system employing linear-type and area-type bar code symbol reading stations within the system housing  
An automatic omni-directional bar code symbol reading system for use in a POS environment. The system comprises a system housing having a horizontal housing section with a first light transmission...
7559466 Item authentication  
A system for authenticating items includes: a processing unit for generating indicia for imprints to be applied to items and authenticating imprints applied to items, each indicium including a...
7556199 Digital image capturing and processing system employing a plurality of coplanar illuminating and imaging stations projecting a complex of coplanar illumination and imaging planes into a 3D imaging volume so as to support pass-through and presentation modes of digital imaging at a point of sale (POS) environment  
An digital image capturing and processing system comprising a plurality of coplanar illumination and imaging stations projecting a complex of coplanar illumination and imaging planes into a 3D...
7549579 Advertising compliance monitoring system  
An advertising compliance monitoring system is provided that includes a backscatter tag affixed to a sign or marketing material or shopper ID card, the tag communicating with a backscatter reader....
7551088 Electronic vehicle tag  
The present invention consists of an electronic vehicle tag (EVT), which is preferably 12×6 inches. It consists of an encasement mountable by 4 screws to a motor vehicle. The front face is...
7549586 Optical measurement system and sample optical property management method  
An optical measurement system which manages whether an optical property of a sample falls within a predetermined management range. The optical measurement system has a measuring device for...
7543743 Method and system for determining inventory health with respect to a disposition channel  
A method and system for determining inventory health with respect to a disposition channel. A method may include specifying a target inventory level of an inventory item; determining a rate of...
7542922 Online purchasing system supporting sellers with affordability screening  
An online system uses, in various embodiments of the invention, credit report information, loan affordability screening and credit approval and management functionality to facilitate the purchase...
7540418 Point of sale transaction system  
A point of sale document transaction system (“POSDTS”) provides a wholly contained system for authenticating users and payment methods for the authorization and charging of document output via...
7540419 Personal index of items in physical proximity to a user  
A dynamic index may list physical items in the changing vicinity of a user or a generator of the index. The vicinity may be within the same space as the user or the generator, such as a store, a...
7540414 System and method of managing a ticket order  
A system for managing the production of retail tickets in accordance with a ticket order includes a ticketing services bureau that receives the ticket order and a print center that prints tickets...
7540406 Method and system for illustrating sound and text  
A system for displaying audio content with text including a book holder and a book. The book holder identifies which book of a plurality is placed in the holder by detecting magnetic indicators in...
7540423 Methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing presence detection using a scanner  
A method, system, and computer program product for implementing presence detection is provided. The method includes a first mode of a tri-modal application that monitors a field-of-view via a...
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...
7537158 Method for determining product compatibility  
A method for identifying product compatibility comprises retrieving product information for a plurality of products, the plurality of products, storing the product information for the plurality of...
7539628 Online purchasing system supporting buyer affordability screening  
An online system uses, in various embodiments of the invention, credit report information, loan affordability screening and credit approval and management functionality to facilitate the purchase...
7537168 Promotional assembly  
A promotional sheet assembly assembleable from components of a single material web processed in a multi-station press is provided. The assembly includes opposing surfaces bearing printed...
7535337 Systems and methods for monitoring open stock merchandising  
In accordance with the teachings described herein, systems and methods are described for monitoring the open stock merchandising. A product label may be used that includes an electronic...
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...
7527191 System for selling, buying, lending, and renting virtual region and method thereof  
A device presents selling information about a virtual region of a selling object in a virtual world. An accepting device accepts a message that represents that a buyer will buy the virtual region...
7527197 Commodity sales registration processing system and commodity information registering apparatus  
Tag information which has been previously read but is not currently read is retrieved every time tag information is collectively read by a wireless tag reading device. When corresponding tag...
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...
7520430 Multiservice merchant gateway  
A multiservice merchant gateway (MMG) allows point of sale terminals and other devices to be interfaced with a wide area network, thereby improving speed and service to terminal owners and users,...
7516889 Systems and methods for package sortation and delivery using radio frequency identification technology  
A disclosed method comprises scanning a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag on a package to generate scanned data, and generating a handling instruction for the package based on the scanned...
7519549 Inventory sales system and method  
A computer system which permits inventory information to be used in connection with a technology enabled selling (TES) system to facilitate a sale is disclosed. The inventory information may be...
7516888 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...
7513424 Digital system and method for home entertainment  
A digital system for home entertainment includes a multi-function DVD Receiver and a remote large capacity digital library of multi-national materials. The system also includes a high speed...
7513412 Apparatus with cartridges for the preparation of drinks, with activation following the reading of an optical code carried by the cartridge  
In an apparatus for the preparation of a plurality of drinks from cartridges that are provided with an optical code on one of its faces identifying the cartridge itself and the corresponding drink,...