Portable scanner for enabling automatic commerce transactions
First Claim
1. A method for initiating and completing a commercial transaction with a retail processing system to allow a user to acquire and own an article of commerce having associated therewith a machine resolvable code (MRC), the MRC having encoded therein information relating to the article of commerce, the user having unique identification information associated with the user, comprising the steps of:
- recognizing the MRC with an input device;
storing a representation of at least a portion of the MRC containing at least a representation of the encoded information from the MRC in a temporary buffer;
associating with the step of recognizing, the unique identification information associated with the user that allows the retail processing system to uniquely identify the user; and
after the step of recognizing and storing the representation of the at least a portion of the MRC in the temporary buffer;
transferring to the retail processing system the stored representation of the MRC, and the unique identification information associated with the step of recognizing; and
in response to the step of recognizing, the step of transferring to and the retail processing system receiving the representation of the MRC and the transferred unique identification information, transferring ownership of the article of commerce from an entity other than the user to the user to complete the transaction.
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Abstract
A method for initiating and completing a commercial transaction is disclosed that allows a user to acquire and own an article of commerce having associated therewith a machine resolvable code (MRC), the MRC having encoded therein information relating to the article of commerce, the user having unique identification information associated with the user. The MRC is first recognized and a representation of at least a portion of the MRC containing at least a representation of the encoded information from the MRC is stored in a temporary buffer. The unique identification information is then associated with the user that allows a retail processing system to uniquely identify the user. The stored representation of the MRC and the unique identification information is transferred to the retail processing system and then ownership of the article of commerce is transferred from an entity other than the user to the user to complete the transaction.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for initiating and completing a commercial transaction with a retail processing system to allow a user to acquire and own an article of commerce having associated therewith a machine resolvable code (MRC), the MRC having encoded therein information relating to the article of commerce, the user having unique identification information associated with the user, comprising the steps of:
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recognizing the MRC with an input device; storing a representation of at least a portion of the MRC containing at least a representation of the encoded information from the MRC in a temporary buffer; associating with the step of recognizing, the unique identification information associated with the user that allows the retail processing system to uniquely identify the user; and after the step of recognizing and storing the representation of the at least a portion of the MRC in the temporary buffer; transferring to the retail processing system the stored representation of the MRC, and the unique identification information associated with the step of recognizing; and in response to the step of recognizing, the step of transferring to and the retail processing system receiving the representation of the MRC and the transferred unique identification information, transferring ownership of the article of commerce from an entity other than the user to the user to complete the transaction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for initiating and completing a commercial transaction to allow a user to acquire and own an article of commerce, the user having unique identification information associated therewith, comprising:
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a machine resolvable code (MRC) associated with the article of commerce, said MRC having encoded therein information relating to the article of commerce; an input device for recognizing at least a portion of the MRC which said input device by recognizing at least a portion of the MRC initiates a commercial transaction; a temporary buffer for storing said recognized at least a portion of the MRC; an identification device for associating the unique identification information associated with the user with the recognizing operation of said input device; a retail processing system operable to receive said at least a portion of the MRC, and also receive said unique identification information, after said least a portion of the MRC is recognized and stored; means for transferring from said input device said least a portion of the MRC and from said identification device said unique identification information to said retail processing system after the recognizing of said least a portion of the MRC by said input device; and wherein, in response to said retail processing system receiving from said input device said encoded least a portion of the MRC and said transferred unique identification information, ownership of the article of commerce is transferred from an entity other than the user to the user to complete said commercial transaction, such that the operation of recognizing performed by said input device is operable to cause transfer of said least a portion of the MRC and said unique identification information to said retail processing system and said retail processing system completing said commercial transaction. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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