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7337960 Systems and methods for merchandise automatic checkout  
Systems and methods for automatically checking out items located on a moving conveyor belt for the purpose of increasing the efficiency of a checkout process and revenue at a point-of-sale. The...
7337976 Semiconductor memory  
The object of the present invention is to provide a semiconductor memory which executes executing multiple application programs and duplicating important data from one application program into...
7337949 System for marketing leisure activity services through prepaid tickets  
One-time-use tickets containing a unique identification code that allow for prepayment of entertainment or personal services are distributed and sold. When a ticket is sold, it is activated by the...
7337962 Method to detect false purchases with a consumer service device  
A method, system and computer program product for detecting false purchases is disclosed. The method includes detecting a motion across a product identifier in a self-service terminal and...
7337956 System and method for facilitating the purchase of goods and services  
A system and method for facilitating commercial transactions between a consumer and a supplier of goods at a point of sale and authorized by a credit holder. The credit holder possesses a...
7337959 Parameter election method with balloting method for the selection of parameters in protocols (e.g. tandem free operation TFO)  
The invention relates to a method for defining parameters that are to be used for transmitting data between a first user and at least one second user, or for selecting protocol options or...
7334727 Store management system  
A store management system executes store operations, employing a communication apparatus In the store, connected with at least one store terminal by way of a first line Inside the store and...
7334729 Apparatus, system, and method for optical verification of product information  
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for verifying product information. The apparatus includes an identification module configured to obtain a first set of data associated with a product....
7334728 Method and system for interactively providing product related information on demand and providing personalized transactional benefits at a point of purchase  
The present invention provides a system and method for interactively providing product and related information to a user based upon product identification information, such as a UPC code, and...
7331520 Electronic image acquisition for gaming systems  
Methods and devices are provided for making, storing and retrieving electronic representations of payment documents such as payment tickets used for gaming machines. Some implementations sort...
7331525 Cradle/polygon scanner  
A dual mode cradle, base station having a re-charging mode and a transmitting mode for wireless communication with a remote device and recharging a handheld scanning device is provided. The dual...
7325731 Self-checkout terminal  
A self-checkout terminal is provided which includes a sensor for detecting whether or not a customer is in a position where operation of units of the self-checkout terminal by the customer is...
7325728 Remote diagnosis and repair of vending machine communication failures  
An audit system for a vending machine system is provided. This audit system is configured to retrieve operational data, such as a DEX file, from a vending machine controller in the vending machine...
7325730 Shopping assisting card, card issuing system, card issuing method, card issuing program, and storage medium  
A card issuing system that issues a shopping assisting card that provides support in purchasing an item includes a database that stores customer information including a language used by a customer...
7325729 Enhanced purchase verification for self checkout system  
A method and system for enabling reliable verification of items being purchased using a self checkout system. The self checkout system is equipped with a verification mark dispenser and...
7325726 System and method for detecting fraudulent use of stored value instruments  
The present invention is generally directed to systems and methods for detecting unauthorized or fraudulent use of stored-value instruments. A stored-value instrument can be any instrument...
7325734 Methods and devices for assigning RFID device personality  
Methods and devices are provided for identifying, locating and provisioning individual RFID devices in a network with “personalities” that are appropriate for the roles of the RFID devices....
7322523 Methods and devices for uniquely provisioning RFID devices  
Methods and devices are provided for identifying and provisioning individual RFID devices in a network. According to some implementations of the invention, a combination of EPC code information and...
7322520 Authentication of merchandise units  
A system for authenticating a merchandise unit includes a memory for storing an electronic product code obtained from and identifying the merchandise unit, and a sensor for detecting an attribute...
7322514 Method for identifying and authenticating goods using codes, barcodes and radio frequency identification  
Methods are described for identifying and authenticating goods. A code or checksum based on information or an image relating to a good is derived and associated with a barcode to include on a...
7322519 Transaction card with attached auxiliary portion  
A transaction card assembly may include a transaction card and an auxiliary portion attached to the transaction card. The transaction card and the auxiliary portion may be formed to have a shaped...
7320429 Self-scanning system and purchased-item registering apparatus, purchased-item registering method, and computer product  
A specific-item-information storing unit stores information on a specific item that can be contained in one container together with other item. A specific-item judging unit judges, when the...
7314170 System and method for product imputation relating to sample stores  
Prescriptions are imputed or allocated to a non-reporting sample outlet in a universe of outlets that generally report prescription data to a database. Prescriptions are imputed or allocated based...
7311251 System and method of completing a transaction involving goods tagged with RFID labels  
A system and method of completing a transaction involving goods tagged with radio frequency identification (RFID) labels which uses a portal to read the RFID labels. The system includes a computer...
7313549 Remote materials management system  
A materials management system, and a method of controlling a materials management flow including at least one inventoried item, are disclosed. The materials management system may include a remote...
7311249 System and method for conducting a return transaction for a PIN-activated account  
A system and method for conducting a PIN-enabled stored value account refund transaction is provided. A refund request is received, wherein the refund request is for a stored value account having...
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...
7309001 System to provide specific messages to patients  
An apparatus and method for delivering targeted informational messages includes a computer system for creating a de-identified encrypted PID and de-identified patient transaction data in a retail...
7309006 Settlement terminal  
To prevent skimming of card data used in electronic payment, attention is given to a phenomenon occurring in performing the fraudulent act of attaching a skimmer to a settlement terminal—namely...
7309009 Retail store fly-around product locator  
A method, system, computer program product and service for aiding a shopper in locating a product in a store are presented. The shopper enters an identifier for a desired product into a wireless...
7306146 Merchandise sales data processing apparatus  
By a receipt printer for issuing a receipt obtained by printing sales information generated in association with a merchandise sales data process onto a receipt sheet, a stamp receipt is issued, in...
7303124 Method and system for disposing of discarded items  
An electronic trash disposal unit comprises a control unit which scans and identifies disposed items to store them in an appropriate recycling bin. The unit is connectable to a communication...
7303123 Method of labeling an item for item-level identification  
The invention is a method of validating a label that includes the steps of reading a product-specific code disposed on an item; retrieving a stored verification code corresponding to the...
7296737 Shopping receptacle with in-built scales  
A shopping receptacle for receiving and retaining a product item having an interface surface associated therewith, the interface surface having disposed thereon or therein coded data including a...
7296738 POS terminal, method of correcting a quantity, and computer-readable storage medium recording therein a program for causing a computer to correct a quantity  
A point-of-sale (POS) terminal includes a commodity information input part for inputting commodity information on commodities; a quantity input part for inputting a quantity for the commodities;...
7296745 Store item mark down system and method  
In a store, a method of using a processing unit for marking down a package having an associated package specific price and an associated special package specific price is provided. The method...
7293703 Apparatus and methods for enforcing purchase agreements  
Systems and methods are provided for establishing online a buyer price for a first plurality of products. The buyer price being lower than a retail price of the first plurality of products, the...
7295132 Self-locating devices via highly directional RFID tags in controlled location  
A monitored area is provided multiple RFID tags placed at defined coordinates/locations throughout the extended area. These RFID tags respond to receipt of a RF signal by transmitting/broadcasting...
7293704 Keycard for automating transaction requests  
Systems and methods of using a keycard for automating transaction requests are disclosed. Methods may comprise receiving a request for a product identification number that is associated with a...
7287690 Value holding system, value holding method, value holding program, and transaction system  
A value holding system includes a receiving unit that receives an instruction to add or remove a value relating to a payment, a judging unit that judges whether the instruction is identical to a...
7287695 Method and system for conducting transactions using a payment card with two technologies  
A system for conducting financial transactions is provided wherein payment cards have stored account information including a first portion readable by a first machine-readable technology and a...
7287694 Method and system for context-based automated product identification and verification  
A method and a system for automated verification and status identification (context) of objects using data about the objects captured via computer-enabled sensing elements are provided. The object...
7287001 Electronic product information display system  
The invention discloses a printed label and a display shelf for a business establishment, including a display shelf having a length and at least one area on which at least one product is to be...
7284691 Updating system for electronic tickets  
A method for issuing tickets proceeds by selecting an inactive ticket that includes an identifier. Payment is provided for the ticket, and the identifier and a payment amount is entered into a...
7281654 Order management system  
A disk inscribed with the identification code of a store is distributed to a user. The disk is inserted into the client computer of the user and software, which is for ordering merchandise or the...
7281657 Device for digitizing and processing checks in accordance with the Check 21 Act and for reading and decoding optical codes  
An integrated platform is provided for digitizing checks and other documents, including the processing of the digitized checks in accordance with Check 21 standards and requirements, and for...
7281655 Networked disposal and information distribution apparatus  
The present invention is related to methods and systems for waste disposal and information distribution. A discard information processing apparatus comprises a discard unit including a processor, a...
7278571 Methods and apparatus for communicating condition information associated with an item  
One embodiment of the invention is directed to an apparatus including at least one storage device storing at least one dynamic identifier associated with at least one item, the at least one dynamic...
7275690 System and method of determining unprocessed items  
A system and method of determining unprocessed items which is used to verify an item count based upon the number of radio frequency identification labels that have responded with their label...
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...