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Customer checkout system

  • US 20040059614A1
  • Filed: 08/29/2002
  • Published: 03/25/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2002
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for enabling an electronic communication between a commercial establishment and a customer of the commercial establishment, the method comprising:

  • monitoring at least one checkout line of the establishment with respect to a number of customers in a virtual queue waiting to checkout and for an estimated time spent checking each customer out;

    receiving, from a network access device used by a customer of the commercial establishment, an indication that the customer is intending to checkout; and

    notifying the customer when the customer can approach a checkout station for checkout taking into consideration a time to travel to the checkout line from the customer'"'"'s location and information determined from monitoring the checkout line, thereby minimizing a checkout wait time while the customer is physically present at the checkout line.

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