Point of sale terminal having prompting display
First Claim
1. In a point of sale device for ordering a number of items having a computer electronically interconnected to a keyboard, a memory device and a display device such that actuation of said keyboard causes the retrieval from memory of stored information and the display of the information on the display device comprising:
- key members organized into a first and second hierarchy;
said first hierarchy known as item keys wherein each key is uniquely identified with a single unit;
said second hierarchy known as category keys wherein each key is uniquely identified with a group of single units;
each of said item keys depicting a single unit for being ordered;
each of said category keys depicting a group of single units which can be individually ordered;
the item ordered by the actuation of an item key is constant with respect to the actuation of a category key;
the keyboard containing enough category key members to display substantially all of the units which can be ordered at the device;
actuation of an item key member causes said point of sale device to order a unit;
actuation of a category key member causes said display to show a group of units for sale and the code necessary to order any unit in the group displayed.
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Abstract
A point of sale terminal includes a computer, a keyboard, and a key-controlled prompting display for eliminating a need for the attendant to memorize sales information. The keyboard has a set of first item keys each of which corresponds to a different first item. The prompting display lists a large number of second items. The keyboard includes a set of category-representing keys each of which corresponds to a different category of second items available for sale. A selected category of items is displayed when the attendant actuates a category key. The display shows prompting indicia associated with each item. The keyboard includes a set of keys having indicia associated with the indicia displayed by the prompting display.
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33 Claims
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1. In a point of sale device for ordering a number of items having a computer electronically interconnected to a keyboard, a memory device and a display device such that actuation of said keyboard causes the retrieval from memory of stored information and the display of the information on the display device comprising:
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key members organized into a first and second hierarchy;
said first hierarchy known as item keys wherein each key is uniquely identified with a single unit;
said second hierarchy known as category keys wherein each key is uniquely identified with a group of single units;each of said item keys depicting a single unit for being ordered; each of said category keys depicting a group of single units which can be individually ordered; the item ordered by the actuation of an item key is constant with respect to the actuation of a category key; the keyboard containing enough category key members to display substantially all of the units which can be ordered at the device; actuation of an item key member causes said point of sale device to order a unit; actuation of a category key member causes said display to show a group of units for sale and the code necessary to order any unit in the group displayed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. In a keyboard device for use with a point of sale device for ordering a number of items having a computer electronically interconnected to the keyboard, a memory device and a display device such that actuation of said keyboard causes the retrieval from memory of stored information and the display of the information on the display device comprising in combination:
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key members organized into item keys and category keys, each of said item keys depicting a single unit for being ordered;
each of said category keys depicting a group of single units which units can be individually ordered;a housing means for said keyboard device; actuation of an item key member causes said point of sale device to order a unit; actuation of a category key member causes said display to show a group of units for sale and the code necessary to order any unit of the group displayed; the items displayed by the actuation of a given category key are constant regardless of the actuation of any other key; the items ordered by the actuation of an item key are constant with respect to the actuation of any other key; key means for entering into said computer the information displayed upon actuation of a category key member; the items ordered by the actuation of an item key are invariant with respect to the actuation of a category key. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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