×

Retail system for allowing a customer to perform a retail transaction and associated method

  • US 6,382,357 B1
  • Filed: 12/14/1998
  • Issued: 05/07/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/14/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A method of operating a retail system so as to allow a customer to perform a retail transaction, said retail system having (i) a hand-held scanner device, and (ii) a self-service checkout terminal, comprising the steps of:

  • storing a first number of records corresponding to a number of items in a scanner memory device of said hand-held scanner device when said customer scans said number of items with said hand-held scanner device;

    transferring said first number of records from said scanner memory device to a terminal memory device of said self-service checkout terminal and generating a transfer-complete control signal in response thereto;

    determining whether said retail transaction of said customer is to be audited or not be audited in response to generation of said transfer-complete control signal;

    generating an audit-required control signal if said retail transaction of said customer is to be audited; and

    operating said self-service checkout terminal so as to allow said customer to enter said number of items into said self-service checkout terminal in response to generation of said audit-required control signal.

View all claims
  • 6 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×