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Apparatus and method for operating a checkout system having an RF transmitter for communicating to a number of wireless personal pagers

  • US 6,502,749 B1
  • Filed: 11/02/1999
  • Issued: 01/07/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/02/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of operating a retail terminal having a signal transmitter associated therewith, comprising the steps of:

  • detecting an intervention-needed activity and generating an intervention-needed control signal in response thereto;

    operating said signal transmitter so as to transmit a personnel-request signal in response to generation of said intervention-needed control signal; and

    receiving said personnel-request signal with a portable communication device associated with retail personnel.

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