POS Generating Receipt with Annotation Data
First Claim
1. A method of annotating a customer receipt, performed by a processing circuit at a Point of Sale (POS) terminal, the method comprising:
- obtaining a tally of items selected by a customer for purchase;
displaying a list of items tallied;
accepting a command to associate annotation data with one or more of the items;
obtaining annotation data from the customer or a sales associate;
associating the annotation data with a receipt itemizing the items tallied; and
outputting the annotation data along with the receipt.
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Abstract
A Point of Sale (POS) terminal is operative to obtain annotation data from a customer or sales associate, and to associate the annotation data with an item in a list of the customer'"'"'s purchases. The annotation data may comprise graphic annotations input by the customer or a sales associate on a touch screen display of the POS terminal. The graphic annotation is overlaid on an image of a receipt, such that it is associated with the proper items, prior to printing, e-mailing, or otherwise transferring the receipt to the customer. The annotation data may comprise text extracted from the graphic annotation and associated with an item. The annotation data may comprise a prepared graphic, audio, or media file selected by the sales associate at the POS terminal; the file is rendered when the customer displays the receipt image file received by wireless transmission or email.
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40 Claims
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1. A method of annotating a customer receipt, performed by a processing circuit at a Point of Sale (POS) terminal, the method comprising:
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obtaining a tally of items selected by a customer for purchase; displaying a list of items tallied; accepting a command to associate annotation data with one or more of the items; obtaining annotation data from the customer or a sales associate; associating the annotation data with a receipt itemizing the items tallied; and outputting the annotation data along with the receipt. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A Point of Sale (POS) terminal, comprising:
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an identifying circuit operative to uniquely identify items selected by a customer for purchase; a user interface operative comprising a touch screen display; and a processor circuit operatively connected to the identification circuit and the user interface, the processor circuit operative to obtain from the identifying circuit a tally of items selected by a customer for purchase; display, on the user interface, a list of items tallied; accept a command from the user interface to associate annotation data with one or more of the items; obtain annotation data from the customer or a sales associate; associate the annotation data with a receipt itemizing the items tallied; and output the annotation data along with the receipt. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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