Transaction processing system including a networked produce recognition system

US6260023A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• NCR Corporation · US

Inventors

• Daniel B. Seevers · Duluth, US
• Stephen J. Ames · Trumansburg, US
• Jeffrey P. Treptau · Lakeville, US
• Donald A. Collins, Jr. · Ithaca, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 14, 1999
• Grant date: Jul 10, 2001
• Expiry date: Jun 14, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07G1/0054
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A transaction processing system which includes a produce recognition server for identifying produce items. The produce recognition system further includes a checkout system including a transaction processing terminal, a bar code reader which sends item identification information associated with bar-coded items and with the produce items to the transaction processing terminal, a produce data collector coupled to the bar code reader, and a computer coupled between the bar code reader and the produce recognition server for relaying produce data to the produce recognition server and produce identification information to the bar code reader.