System for preventing unauthorized access to products in retail system
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1. A computer-implemented system for preventing unauthorized access to products in a retail system, comprising:
- an order-processing system for receiving a purchase order from a customer, and a tracking system for tracking a product ordered by the customer to prevent unauthorized access to the product.
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Abstract
A novel system for preventing unauthorized access to products is provided in a retail system in order to prevent exposure of the products to contamination caused by bioterrorism. The system for preventing unauthorized access comprises an order-processing system for receiving a purchase order from a customer, and a tracking system for tracking the ordered product until the product is received by the customer. In particular, the system for preventing unauthorized access is suitable for preventing exposure of food products handled in a retail system to contamination by unwanted or dangerous substances.
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1. A computer-implemented system for preventing unauthorized access to products in a retail system, comprising:
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an order-processing system for receiving a purchase order from a customer, and a tracking system for tracking a product ordered by the customer to prevent unauthorized access to the product. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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37. A facility for selling goods, comprising:
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a plurality of purchase obtaining points for enabling customers to purchase required products, a plurality of monitoring devices for monitoring operations in connection with handling the products, at least one of the monitoring devices being assigned to a purchase obtaining point of the plurality of the purchase obtaining points, and a computer system for recording data for tracking products purchased at each of the purchase obtaining points, the computer system including a mechanism for creating association between the data recorded at a particular purchase obtaining point and video information recorded by a monitoring device assigned to that purchase obtaining point.
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49. A computer-implemented method of selling goods comprising the steps of:
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enabling a customer to order a product in advance, forming a package including the ordered product, and tracking the package until the product is received by the customer to prevent unauthorized access to the product.
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55. A computer-implemented method of selling goods comprising the steps of:
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providing multiple purchase pick-up points for enabling customers to receive the goods, recording information identifying the goods to be received by the customers, monitoring the purchase pick-up points to record video data, and providing association between the recorded information on a product received at a purchase pick-up point, and the video data relating to that purchase pick-up point. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57)
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