System, method, and apparatus of RFID point of sale

US7997486B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• WAL-MART STORES, INC. · US

Inventors

• Richard B. Ulrich · Bentonville, US
• Nicholaus A. Jones · Fayetteville, US
• Justin C. Lewis · Scotch Plains, US
• Jason Todd · Bentonville, US
• Tim Webb · Rogers, US
• Ryan Cox · Saratoga Springs, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 22, 2008
• Grant date: Aug 16, 2011
• Expiry date: Nov 4, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07G1/009
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An RFID Point-of-Sale system for completing a sale transaction to a customer of a plurality of items associated with a plurality of unique RFID tags at a store includes an arrangement of a plurality of RFID tag scanners for detecting the plurality of unique RFID tags associated with the plurality of items, and a checkout platform including a transaction panel, wherein a list of the plurality of items is displayed on the transaction panel based on a matching of the detected plurality of unique RFID tags with information stored in an inventory database.