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Retail information collection

  • US 7,699,223 B2
  • Filed: 08/16/2007
  • Issued: 04/20/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2007
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for retail information collection, comprising:

  • a card reader; and

    a Y-cable having an input port and two output ports;

    the input port being connected to a barcode scanner, one output port being connected to the card reader, and the other output port being connected to an electronic cash register;

    the Y-cable being adapted to route a barcode data from the barcode scanner simultaneously to the card reader and to the electronic cash register;

    the card reader having loaded onto it a software comprising a retail information collection application;

    the application being adapted to process received retail information data relating to a customer transaction, including one or more barcode data and one or more financial data, and transmit sanitized retail information data over a network;

    wherein the retail information data is based on the barcode data; and

    wherein the application comprises;

    a product list compiler process for compiling a product list indicative of the received retail information data relating to the customer transaction;

    an sanitization process for removing selected one or more financial data of the received retail information data to provide a sanitized retail information data that is transmittable over the network; and

    a timer process for identifying completion of a retail transaction and automated deployment of the sanitized retail information data after the completion of a retail transaction.

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