Inventor · Suwanee, GA, US

James Morrison

29Patents
16h-index
12Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 29, 1997 → Sep 2, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6522772B1 Self-service checkout terminal having a biometric sensing device for verifying identity of a user and associated method Physics 352 Expired
US8126479B2 Mobile alerting network Electricity 91 Active
US6112857A Hand-held scanner device having a smart card associated therewith and associated method Physics 67 Expired
US6032128A Method and apparatus for detecting item placement and item removal during operation of a self-service checkout terminal Physics 61 Expired
US6382357B1 Retail system for allowing a customer to perform a retail transaction and associated method Physics 56 Expired
US8126480B2 Mobile alerting network Electricity 46 Active
US6056087A Method and apparatus for providing security to a self-service checkout terminal Physics 44 Expired
US7416117B1 Method and apparatus for determining if a user walks away from a self-service checkout terminal during operation thereof Physics 40 Expired
US6990463B2 Self-checkout system Physics 34 Expired
US6105866A Method and apparatus for reducing shrinkage during operation of a self-service checkout terminal Physics 33 Expired
US8301112B2 Mobile alerting network Electricity 33 Active
US8099113B2 Passive traffic alert and communication system Electricity 29 Active
US7978184B2 Interactive window display Physics 27 Active
US8423048B2 Mobile alerting network Electricity 25 Active
US6363355B1 Method and apparatus for operating a self-service checkout system having a number of retail terminals associated therewith Physics 22 Expired
US6390363B1 Apparatus and method for operating convertible checkout system which has a customer side and a personnel side Human Necessities 19 Expired
US8594707B2 Mobile alerting network Electricity 13 Active
US10353543B2 Method and system for presenting and operating a skill-based activity Physics 12 Active
US8306503B2 Mobile alerting network Electricity 6 Active
US8360320B2 Apparatus, system and method for a hybrid optical code scanner Physics 5 Active
US8290814B2 Self-checkout system having minimal footprint Physics 3 Active
US7720710B2 Self-service system and method including shared components Physics 3 Active
US11157147B2 Method and system for presenting and operating a skill-based activity Physics 3 Active
US8306555B2 Passive traffic alert and communication system Electricity 2 Active
US11042264B2 Method and system for presenting and operating a skill-based activity Physics 1 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.