POS PRINTING TRIGGERED BY PHARMACY PRESCRIPTION ORDERS
First Claim
1. A computer implemented method for printing at a POS, comprising:
- determining in a PM CS of a pharmacy of a retail store a payloadID associate with a prescription order for a prescription ordered from said pharmacy;
filling, in said pharmacy, said prescription, to provide a filled prescription;
first printing, using a PM CS printer in said pharmacy, a first print that encodes first information associated with said filled prescription;
attaching or physically associating with hardware or adhesive said first print with said filled prescription;
during a purchase transaction in which said prescription is being purchased at a POS terminal of a POS CS of said retail store, reading said first print to determine said first information associated with said filled prescription;
during said purchase transaction, using data lines for retrieving second information associated with said first information; and
during said purchase transaction, second printing, using a printer at a POS of said POS CS, a second print including said information in human understandable form.
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Abstract
The invention provides a computer implemented system and method for printing at a POS, comprising:
determining in a PM CS of a pharmacy of a retail store a payloadID to association with a prescription order for a prescription ordered from said pharmacy;
filling, in said pharmacy, said prescription, to provide a filled prescription;
first printing, using a PM CS printer in said pharmacy, a first print that encodes first information associated with said filled prescription;
attaching or physically associating with hardware or adhesive said first print with said filled prescription;
during a purchase transaction in which said prescription is being purchased at a POS terminal of a POS CS of said retail store, reading said first print to determine said first information associated with said filled prescription;
during said purchase transaction, using data lines for retrieving second information associated with said first information; and
during said purchase transaction, second printing, using a printer at a POS of said POS CS, a second print including said second information in human understandable form.
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Citations
26 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method for printing at a POS, comprising:
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determining in a PM CS of a pharmacy of a retail store a payloadID associate with a prescription order for a prescription ordered from said pharmacy; filling, in said pharmacy, said prescription, to provide a filled prescription; first printing, using a PM CS printer in said pharmacy, a first print that encodes first information associated with said filled prescription; attaching or physically associating with hardware or adhesive said first print with said filled prescription; during a purchase transaction in which said prescription is being purchased at a POS terminal of a POS CS of said retail store, reading said first print to determine said first information associated with said filled prescription; during said purchase transaction, using data lines for retrieving second information associated with said first information; and during said purchase transaction, second printing, using a printer at a POS of said POS CS, a second print including said information in human understandable form. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer network system for printing at a POS, comprising:
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a PM CS, for determining in a pharmacy of a retail store a payloadID to association with a prescription order for a prescription ordered from said pharmacy; prescription drugs within said pharmacy from which said prescription order can be filled to provide a filled prescription; a PM CS printer, in said pharmacy, for printing a first print that encodes first information associated with said filled prescription; hardware or adhesive for attaching or physically associating said first print with said filled prescription; a scanner for reading, during a purchase transaction in which said prescription is being purchased at a POS terminal of a POS CS of said retail store, said first print to determine said first information associated with said filled prescription; data lines for retrieving, during said purchase transaction, second information associated with said first information; and a printer at a POS of said POS CS for second printing, during said purchase transaction, a second print including said second information in human understandable form. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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15. The system of claim 15 wherein:
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said first information includes a payloadID and said second information comprises a payload associated with said payloadID in memory of said POS CS; said data lines connect said POS CS to memory of said POS CS; and said second print contains said payload. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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