Easy check-out with enhanced security

US7133843B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Uwe Hansmann · Altdorf, DE
• Lothar Merk · Weilmünster, DE
• Thomas Stober · Herrenberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 21, 2000
• Grant date: Nov 7, 2006
• Expiry date: Aug 19, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G08B13/2485
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

This invention is a contactless label chipcard including payment and identification information and a check-out system including a contactless reader for reading and updating payment information stored in that label chipcard. The contactless label chipcard is attached to a product, and the system further includes a device for reading and initiating updating of the payment status resident on the chipcard. The device includes the contactless reader for reading information stored in the contactless label chipcard, and a component for generating an invoice based on the information received from the contactless label chipcard. Further, the device includes a component for checking payment of the invoice and a component for initiating update of the payment status. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided.