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7191951 Price indication label and method of using the same  
The present invention relates to a price indication label comprising an detachable label body which has a price indication region capable of indicating a current price in an advertisement region...
7191941 Systems and methods for determining a need for authorization  
Authorization verification systems and methods are described that determine whether an authorization check is to be performed at a point of sale or other point of control, and, if the authorization...
7194429 Method for managing product information and method for requesting repairs  
In a method for managing product information, warranty information corresponding to a purchased product identification received from a customer-terminal used by a customer is retrieved from a sales...
7185812 Packaging inspection and verification system and method  
A packaging inspection and verification system and method are applied to products to be packaged. An identification device reads type barcodes of the products and labels affixed to packing boxes...
7185807 System and method for tracking a mobile worker  
A system and method of providing employers with an accessible system and convenient method for tracking the work of mobile workers. By obtaining customer biometric data upon the initiation and...
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...
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...
7178726 Method and system for collecting market research data from consumers  
For collecting market research data and promoting business activities in a selected geographic area, user information containing users' profile and preference information is received from a mobile...
7178720 Methods, computer-readable media, and computer program product for intelligent selection of items encoded onto portable machine-playable entertainment media  
Methods, computer-readable media, and computer program products for encoding data representing offered items that are selected for specific respective viewers onto machine-playable storage media,...
7178719 Facilitating user interaction  
A method of facilitating interaction between a user and a computer system using a product item having an interface surface, the interface surface having disposed thereon or therein coded data...
7178727 Remote controlled separable electronic price tag  
An electronic price tag is composed of separable internal and display modules and is adapted for wireless adjustment. The ID module is mounted to the goods at, for example, a point of manufacture...
7175079 Method and system for online purchasing  
Methods and systems are disclosed which relate to online purchasing via interface surfaces printed with information and coded data. The coded data, encoded visibly or invisibly, may be queried by...
7177825 Integrated system for ordering, fulfillment, and delivery of consumer products using a data network  
A technique for effecting electronic commerce using a data network is described. The data network includes a plurality of subsystems which, together, form an integrated system for receiving...
7175080 Memorandum system, portable terminal, computer program, recording medium and memorandum information providing method  
Memorandum information specific to a user is provided at proper timings by using a portable terminal, without accessing an external apparatus and without a necessity of secure and complicated...
7172122 XML system  
An XML system is configured to print bar code labels, tags, tickets, cards, or other media, and/or encode RFID devices embedded in media, based upon an extensible markup language (XML) input data...
7168525 Self-checkout method and apparatus including graphic interface for non-bar coded items  
A self-checkout system includes a graphical user interface for self-checkout of non-bar-coded items. The interface displayes a predetermined image corresponding to a non-bar-coded item, and means...
7168618 Retail store method and system  
Image capture devices attached to a computer processor are located in a retail store. Items of merchandise for sale are tracked from their display position to a shopping container using optical...
7167711 System and method for controlling financial transactions over a wireless network  
A system and method for controlling financial transactions is disclosed. A customer, using a wireless device, identifies a point of sale and the amount of a transaction at that point of sale is...
7167167 Write head for a display tag having a liquid crystal display  
Apparatus for changing the display state of a bistable liquid crystal display on a display tag having a plurality of electrical contact pads connected to a corresponding plurality of electrodes in...
7159770 Shop settlement method, system and program  
In a shop POS register terminal, a settlement request-generating unit generates settlement request information, which includes an amount of settlement. A request barcode is generated from the...
7159771 Information processing terminal with adjustable and foldable support stand  
An information kiosk is disclosed. The information kiosk preferably has a touch-screen LCD display for convenient user interface. The information kiosk has an adjustable support stand for...
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...
7156303 Shopping system and method  
A shopping system and method which reduces resources necessary for completing transactions. The shopping system includes an item recording computer for recording item identification information...
7156305 Apparatus and method for authenticating products  
A computer readable medium including executable instructions to analyze radio frequency (RF) tag information includes executable instruction to access cross-enterprise RF tag information, identify...
7156290 System and method for determining and reporting whether a mail piece has been opened by a recipient  
A system for determining whether a mail piece has been opened including mail pieces that have the ability indicate a previously opened and never opened state, such as with a state change element,...
7156304 POS system, network system, method of generating printing data for POS system, and method of managing sales and advertisement information in network system  
A POS system is made up of: a POS terminal having a printing apparatus for printing on a receipt based on printing data, and a terminal apparatus for obtaining input information inputted by a user...
7155405 System for communicating product and service related information to a user based on direction of movement  
Architecture for presenting m-commerce transaction data to a user. An m-commerce device includes a device reading apparatus adapted to read a dataform. At least one item for purchase has associated...
7152789 Commodity information provision method and apparatus  
A commodity information provision method for detecting a customer in a store who is in trouble and for providing such a customer with information about an appropriate commodity. A position...
7150395 Method of identifying items for checkout  
A method of identifying items for checkout that improves checkout speed. The method includes obtaining first item identification information from RFID labels on grouped first items, obtaining...
7152040 Electronic shelf label  
An electronic shelf label includes a transceiver configured to communicate with a plurality of wireless data tags associated with a plurality of retail products. The transceiver is further...
7147154 Method and system for assisting a shopper in navigating through a store  
A method and system for assisting a shopper in obtaining item(s) desired by the shopper is disclosed. The method and system include allowing the shopper to provide the item(s) to a computer system...
7143937 Systems and methods for utilizing a tracking label in an item delivery system  
Collecting a label in an item delivery system ( 100 ) comprises reading a label on a unit load when the unit load is terminated, defacing the label if the quality of the label meets a predefined...
7143938 Checkout area gate and method of using same  
A device for use in a checkout area of a self-service store has at least one part operable by electromotive and/or electromechanical operation, the operating arrangement of which is controlled by...
7140541 Data processing method for image lift wet signature capture within retail transaction  
A data processing method for the capture of customers' wet signatures in retail store transactions, using a point of sale terminal interfaced with a printer and a 2D imager-based device used to...
7138918 System for sorting waste  
A system for disposing of medical waste is generally configured to sort waste items into a plurality of disposable containers according to applicable rules and regulations governing the handling...
7131584 Apparatus and means for updating a memory display  
A display system includes a light writable display associated with an identification code and arranged to receive an image wise pattern of light to form an image on the display; a display writer...
7131582 Methods and systems for fulfilling a prepaid telecommunication services account  
In a relationship in which a customer has obtained a prepaid telecommunication services credit from a universal prepaid telecommunication services credit issuer ( 202 ), the issuer being a...
7128261 Method and apparatus for generating and dispensing gift cards  
A method and apparatus for generating and dispensing gift cards for an associated merchant. A customer enters a value for the gift card through a customer input pad, and pays for the card by...
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...
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...
7127706 System and method for controlling software configuration in a convertible self-checkout station  
A system determines the physical configuration of a convertible checkout station and configures the software to operate the station in correspondence with the determined configuration. The system...
7126480 Waste sorting network  
A system for disposing of medical waste is generally configured to sort waste items into a plurality of disposable containers according to applicable rules and regulations governing the handling...
7124941 Method and program for reduction of retail sales revenue limitations  
A computer database stores information on inventory product items and associated disposition instructions for unsold product. A field representative at a retail store location processes product...
7123150 Waste container identification system  
A system for disposing of medical waste is generally configured to sort waste items into a plurality of disposable containers according to applicable rules and regulations governing the handling...
7121470 Transaction terminal having elongated finger recess  
A transaction terminal includes a housing, an elongated finger recess defined by the housing, and a finger scanner sensor disposed in the recess. The elongated finger recess may include a length of...
7118034 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...
7118036 Mobile inventory management system  
A mobile inventory management system which reduces cost and inventory time. The mobile inventory system includes a reader in a cart for reading radio frequency identification labels on items, and...
7119689 System and method for sorting medical waste for disposal  
A system for disposing of medical waste is generally configured to sort waste items into a plurality of disposable containers according to applicable rules and regulations governing the handling...
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...
7117068 System and method for library robotics positional accuracy using parallax viewing  
In one aspect and one example, a method for calibrating robotic picker mechanisms in automated storage library systems includes detecting a calibration mark with at least one sensor from a first...