Point of purchase (PoP) terminal
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1. A portable or wearable Point of Purchase terminal for use by a buyer, comprising:
- a personal space for containing payment, payment contained by said personal space, an identifier, for identifying at least one of;
an identifying feature of a seller, an evidentiary aspect of a seller'"'"'s establishment said identifier operable in conjunction with providing said payment to said seller, said Point of Purchase terminal including a processor and a housing having a visual display, where said visual display is responsive to an output of said processor.
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Abstract
A wearable or carryable means typically for being owned, operated, and controlled by an individual buyer allows a purchase to be directed, at least in some parameters, by the buyer. The seller may be a representative of a large organization. The apparatus enables collegial identification of officials representing a seller organization. The invention provides an incidentalist identificational procedure, so that legitimate officials are not offered by a buyer using the invention when the buyer might otherwise be perceived as disrespectful by demanding identification from the seller. The apparatus also allows the buyer to select and control the advertisements displayed to the buyer, rather than leaving this matter up to the sole discretion of the seller.
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28 Claims
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1. A portable or wearable Point of Purchase terminal for use by a buyer, comprising:
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a personal space for containing payment, payment contained by said personal space, an identifier, for identifying at least one of;
an identifying feature of a seller, an evidentiary aspect of a seller'"'"'s establishment said identifier operable in conjunction with providing said payment to said seller, said Point of Purchase terminal including a processor and a housing having a visual display, where said visual display is responsive to an output of said processor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 15)
a visual attention broker, a stabilizer and destabilizer, a dynamic range expander and compressor. -
9. The Point of Purchase terminal described in claim 1 where said personal space may be rendered unopenable by said buyer, said personal space remaining openable by said seller.
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10. The Point of Purchase terminal described in claim 9 where said identifier is activated when said seller opens said personal space.
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12. The Point of Purchase terminal described in claim 1 where at least some components of said Point of Purchase terminal are tethered to said buyer by a security tether.
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15. A system including the Point of Purchase terminal described in claim 1 where said system further includes a computer or processor.
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8. A Point of Purchase terminal for use by a buyer, comprising
a personal space for containing payment, payment contained by said personal space, an identifier, for identifying at least one of: -
an identifying feature of a seller, an evidentiary aspect of a seller'"'"'s establishment, said identifier operable in conjunction with providing said payment to said seller, said Point of Purchase terminal further including a wrist worn housing having a visual display, a processor or computer, and a camera, where said visual display is responsive to an output of said processor or computer, and said processor or computer is responsive to an output of said camera.
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11. A Point of Purchase terminal for use by a buyer, comprising
a personal space for containing payment, payment contained by said personal space, an identifier, for identifying at least one of: -
an identifying feature of a seller, an evidentiary aspect of a seller'"'"'s establishment, said identifier operable in conjunction with providing said payment to said seller, where said payment includes a buyer anonymity protector. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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13. A Point of Purchase terminal for use by a buyer, comprising
a personal space for containing payment, payment contained by said personal space, an identifier, for identifying at least one of: -
an identifying feature of a seller, an evidentiary aspect of a seller'"'"'s establishment, said identifier operable in conjunction with providing said payment to said seller, at least some components of said Point of Purchase terminal being tethered to said buyer by a security tether, where said tether is a wireless chemical tether.
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16. A Point of Purchase terminal for use by a buyer, comprising
a personal space for containing payment, payment contained by said personal space, an identifier, for identifying at least one of: -
an identifying feature of a seller, an evidentiary aspect of a seller'"'"'s establishment, said identifier operable in conjunction with providing said payment to said seller, where said identifier includes a card reader to read the identity of a seller, as alleged by a seller bearing an identity card.
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17. A Point of Purchase terminal for use by a buyer, comprising
a personal space for containing payment, payment contained by said personal space, an identifier, for identifying at least one of: -
an identifying feature of a seller, an evidentiary aspect of a seller'"'"'s establishment, said identifier operable in conjunction with providing said payment to said seller, where said identifier includes a reader to read a seller'"'"'s vendor'"'"'s permit, said vendor'"'"'s permit embodied in an electronic device carried by, worn by, or implanted in said seller.
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18. A Point of Purchase system comprising:
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a container for payment, payment contained in said container, a lock for said container which cannot be opened by an owner of said container, during certain times in at least one mode of operation of said Point of Purchase system, a processor or computer, an identifier for acquiring at least a portion of an evidentiary trail from a seller or seller'"'"'s establishment, an operational concealing system for concealing whether said lock is responsive to an input from said identifier, or whether said lock is unlocked voluntarily by said buyer. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A buyer-controlled purchasing system for preventing the theft of visual attention or mental visual processing resources, said purchasing system including a reality mediator and a visual filter, and at least one of
a visual attention broker, a stabilizer and destabilizer, a dynamic range expander and compressor.
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25. A portable or wearable Point of Purchase terminal for use by a buyer, comprising:
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a personal space for containing payment, payment contained by said personal space, an identifier, for identifying at least one of;
an identifying feature of a seller, an evidentiary aspect of a seller'"'"'s establishment, said identifier operable in conjunction with providing said payment to said seller, said Point of Purchase terminal including a processor and a housing having a visual display, where said visual display is responsive to an output of said processor.
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26. A portable or wearable Point of Purchase terminal for use by a buyer, comprising:
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a personal space for containing payment, an identifier, for identifying at least one of;
an identifying feature of a seller, an evidentiary aspect of a seller'"'"'s establishment, said identifier operable in conjunction with providing said payment to said seller, and Point of Purchase terminal including a processor, a camera, and a housing having a visual display, where said visual display is responsive to an output of said processor, and said processor is responsive to an output of said camera.
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27. A portable or wearable Point of Purchase terminal for use by a buyer, comprising:
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a personal space for containing payment, a body-worn computer, a body-worn camera for identifying at least one of;
an identifying feature of a seller, an evidentiary aspect of a seller'"'"'s establishment, a body-worn information display, said camera operable in conjunction with providing said payment to said seller, where said visual display is responsive to an output of said processor, and said processor is responsive to an output of said camera.
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28. A portable or wearable Point of Purchase terminal for use by a buyer, comprising:
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a personal space for containing payment, payment contained by said personal space, an identifier, for identifying at least one of;
an identifying feature of a seller, an evidentiary aspect of a seller'"'"'s establishment, said identifier operable in conjunction with providing said payment to said seller.
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Current AssigneeW. Stephen G. Mann
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Original AssigneeW. Stephen G. Mann
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InventorsMann, W. Stephen G.
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Primary Examiner(s)Frech, Karl D.
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Assistant Examiner(s)Sanders, Allyson
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Application NumberUS09/480,929Time in Patent Office984 DaysField of Search235/380, 235/382, 709/206US Class Current235/380CPC Class CodesG07C 9/257 electronically G07C9/26 tak...G07F 7/08 by coded identity card or c...G07F 7/12 Card verificationH04N 23/741 by increasing the dynamic r...
