Shopping cart system with automatic shopping item total calculator
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1. A shopping cart system comprising:
- a shopping cart including a receptacle to hold shopping items, said shopping cart having a shopping cart identity, said shopping items bearing coded data tags identifying a shopping item identity and a plurality of locations on the shopping item;
a scanning device mounted to the shopping receptacle and configured to;
scan a user identity card bearing coded data tags identifying a user identity; and
scan the data tags of the shopping items to determine the identity of the shopping items; and
a computer system configured to;
associate the user identity with the shopping cart identity at the start of a shopping session;
calculate the total cost of the scanned shopping items using the determined identity of the shopping items; and
dissociate the user identity from the shopping cart identity at the end of the shopping session,wherein said scanning device is an optical scanning device configured for reading the coded data tags of both the user identity card and the product items.
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Abstract
A shopping cart system includes a shopping cart. The shopping cart includes a receptacle to hold shopping items bearing coded data tags. A scanning device is mounted to the shopping receptacle and is configured to scan the data tags of the shopping items to thereby determine the identity of the shopping items. A computer system is configured to calculate the total cost of the scanned shopping items using the determined identity of the shopping items.
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1. A shopping cart system comprising:
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a shopping cart including a receptacle to hold shopping items, said shopping cart having a shopping cart identity, said shopping items bearing coded data tags identifying a shopping item identity and a plurality of locations on the shopping item; a scanning device mounted to the shopping receptacle and configured to; scan a user identity card bearing coded data tags identifying a user identity; and scan the data tags of the shopping items to determine the identity of the shopping items; and a computer system configured to; associate the user identity with the shopping cart identity at the start of a shopping session; calculate the total cost of the scanned shopping items using the determined identity of the shopping items; and dissociate the user identity from the shopping cart identity at the end of the shopping session, wherein said scanning device is an optical scanning device configured for reading the coded data tags of both the user identity card and the product items. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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