Retail customer and product purchase divider with interactive retail transaction functions

• US 20020196204A1
• Filed: 06/26/2001
• Published: 12/26/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Steven Michael Matthew Senn
• Original Assignee: Steven Michael Matthew Senn
• Inventors: Matthew Senn, Steven Michael
• Application Number:
  US09/888,554
• Publication Number:
  US 20020196204A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/30
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 2009/041 Accessories for check-out counters, e.g. dividers
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 9/046 Arrangement of recording means in or on check-out counters record carriers or readers per se G06K
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/387 Payment using discounts or coupons relating to marketing G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 1/0036 Checkout procedures
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 1/01 Details for indicating displaying information in general G09F, G09G
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/04 Electronic labels

Abstract

Supermarket customer and product purchase checkout divider with one or more electronic interactive retail transaction functions including a point of purchase system comprising of hardware components and program menu tasks including interactive audio or video displayed on an interactive menu driven touch screen display offering a method for dispensing and redeeming electronic manufacturers coupons, receiving or imputing information or data, donating to charities, and incorporating a bar code scanning device, checkout functions, card reading device, weight product scale and checkout placement system that exchanges data with a divider system management computer by a wireless method that interacts with outside communications and stores data base and register computer to complete a transaction and customer receipt.

Claims

1. An electronic retail product purchase and transaction divider comprising:

an exterior housing acting as a physical retail product purchase divider containing electronic data input component and visual display component coupled to generate, send and receive retail transaction data through a wireless method to or from a point of purchase system.

2. An electronic retail product purchase and transaction divider according to claim 1;

wherein a data entry component exchanging input data with a retail point of purchase system containing product and price data and forwarding completed transaction data to a point of purchase register; and

a) a display showing input data, processed data and means of selection of data input.

3. An electronic retail product purchase and transaction divider according to claim 1;

wherein wireless data exchange is executed upon data entry containing an attached device identification to a point of purchase register and accepts data to receive when identifying the device identification

a) an electronic identification number sent with data exchange to and from external communication devices attached to and defining transaction data.