Retail system for allowing a customer to perform a retail transaction and associated method
US6382357B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 14, 1998 |
| Grant date | May 7, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 14, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07G1/0054
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of operating a retail system so as to allow a customer to perform a retail transaction, with the retail system having a hand-held scanner device and a self-service checkout terminal, includes the step of storing a first number of records corresponding to a number of items in a scanner memory device of the hand-held scanner device when the customer scans the number of items with the hand-held scanner device. The method also includes the step of transferring the first number of records from the scanner memory device to a terminal memory device of the self-service checkout terminal and generating a transfer-complete control signal in response thereto. The method further includes the step of determining if the retail transaction of the customer is to be audited in response to generation of the transfer-complete control signal and generating an audit-required control signal in response thereto. Moreover, the method includes the step of operating the self-service checkout terminal so as to allow the customer to enter the number of items into the self-service checkout terminal in response to generation of the audit-required control signal. A retail system is also disclosed.
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