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Data Processing: Financial, Business Practice, Management, Or Cost/price Determination > Automated Electrical Financial Or Business Practice Or Management Arrangement > Including Point Of Sale Terminal Or Electronic Cash Register Including Point Of Sale Terminal Or Electronic Cash RegisterIncluding Point Of Sale Terminal Or Electronic Cash Register patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.11/23/06 - 20060265285 - System and method for managing sales completion on mobile devices The present invention categorizes incomplete sales events into categories and analyses them to determine if a standard set of steps of “corrective steps” can be taken to “resolve” these unsuccessful sales attempts. In one embodiment, a sales completion client categorizes incomplete sales events into a set of predefined categories and ... 09/28/06 - 20060218044 - Method and apparatus for recording identities of selected items Embodiments of the invention describe a device, system and method for selectively recording an entry corresponding to an identity of a selected item. Some exemplary embodiments of the invention include a portable selection device able to select data associated with identifiable items. The portable selection device may include a selection ... 09/21/06 - 20060212356 - System and method for integrated order and channel management Order management comprises receiving, over a data network, one or more orders for associated products from one or more customers for storage in a data store and selecting a given order from a given customer to a merchant from among the received one or more orders. Status codes are set ... 09/14/06 - 20060206384 - Game medium renting machine management server and game medium renting machine management system A game medium renting machine management system comprises a plurality of game medium renting machines that rent a game medium when money is inserted, a remote control unit capable of communicating with each of the game medium renting machines and a management server connected via a network to each of ... 08/24/06 - 20060190338 - Sales planning support system, sales planning support method, and computer product A managing computer adds a bulk-sales negotiation ID to a bulk-sales negotiation to distinguish the bulk sales negotiation from a normal sales negotiation. An amount of scheduled shipment and completed shipment for the bulk sales negotiation is managed by a bulk-sales-negotiation managing unit based on the bulk-sales negotiation ID. The ... 08/17/06 - 20060184422 - Method and apparatus for accessing transaction data in a travel settlement system using a graphical user interface A computer-implemented method of processing transaction data relating to settlement of travel transactions that utilizes a graphical user interface is described. A user of a travel-agency computer system enters data corresponding to a financial transaction relating to travel using the graphical user interface, and the travel-agency computer system communicates corresponding ... 08/10/06 - 20060178935 - Apparatus and method for providing point of purchase products The present invention provides various apparatuses and methods that allow point of purchase products to be automatically dispensed. In an embodiment, the present invention operates with a self-scanning checkout and enables products to be dispensed with other retail items that a consumer collects and brings to the point of purchase. ... 06/29/06 - 20060143088 - Retail distribution of otc automatic external defibrillators A method of distributing over-the-counter automatic external defibrillators is provided which strikes a balance between the desire to facilitate widespread OTC AED distribution without recording purchaser contact information at the point of sale and the desire to be able to contact OTC AED purchasers in the event of the need ... 06/22/06 - 20060136301 - Transaction processing system and method The present invention generally relates to a transaction processing system and method for the processing of transactions for goods or services offered in a first currency when physical currency tokens are tendered in a second currency in respect of at least part payment for the goods or services. ... 05/25/06 - 20060111982 - Sales slip processing method, sales slip processor using sales slip processing method, and storage medium used for sales slip processing method and processor In response to inputting order, a sales slip processor issues a sales slip with a slip code and a table code of a table at which the order is accepted, and stores order data in a sales holding file. In order to balance or rewrite sales slips, an operator inputs ... 05/04/06 - 20060095330 - Merchandise sales data processing apparatus A receipt issuance facility included in a receipt printer incorporated in a merchandise sales data processing apparatus is utilized in order to print a role assigned to a key together with a frame matched with the size of the key. ... 04/20/06 - 20060085268 - Access to product supplemental information, in a store The method of assisting customers in a store, that includes providing one or more customer accessible terminals (CATS) in a store; providing supplemental information concerning a product in the store, the information being accessible by use of the terminal to scan a code associated with the product; providing an indicator ... 02/23/06 - 20060041481 - Multi-package delivery methods The present invention involves methods for the delivery of a plurality of parcels shipped by one or more shippers to a location via a carrier. Methods are disclosed for aggregating parcels shipped by one or more shippers for a single delivery to the location, thereby reducing the need for multiple ... 02/16/06 - 20060036501 - Change-based transactions for an electronic kiosk A variety of products and services can be integrated into and offered for purchase by an electronic kiosk. An electronic kiosk can accept funds for an initial transaction and the can apply any resulting amount of change from the initial transaction to a second transaction. The transactions can involve products ... 02/16/06 - 20060036500 - Cardless sales method and system A cardless sales method and system for purchasing a commodity by transmitting card issuing information stored in a mobile communication terminal to a sales processing device and capable of promptly authenticating card information by the sales processing device alone and safely handling the card information. Card authentication information (35) issued ... 02/09/06 - 20060031122 - Determining the configuration of a data processing system existing at the time a transaction was processed The invention provides a method, system and computer program product for determining the configuration of a data processing system at the time a transaction was processed. A transaction is received from a client device and tracked through the data processing network. Each processing node within the data processing network is ... 02/02/06 - 20060026073 - Methods and systems for managing card programs and processing card transactions Methods and systems are provided for processing Card transactions. The Cards and Card Programs are configured on a Host System by a Client and transactions are received at a Host System. Issuers of Cards and their Program Groups are configured on the Host System. Acquirers of Card transactions and their ... 02/02/06 - 20060026072 - Safe stock amount calculation method, safe stock amount calculation device, order making moment calculation method , order making moment calculation device , and order making amount calculation method A safety stock amount calculation method includes step S8 for calculating a probability Pb that a delivery time for a certain commodity required by a customer is shorter than its lead time L, step S9 for calculating an average value LL of a difference between the lead time L and ... 01/12/06 - 20060010038 - Custom food A method of offering customizable food comprising providing a base item; providing an array of additives compatible for combining with the base item, wherein addition of at least one additive from said array of additives to said base item alters a characteristic of the base item; and allowing a user ... 12/22/05 - 20050283403 - Point of sale systems with interchangeable interface modules and open status of multiple cash drawers A cash drawer includes a housing, a drawer slidably mounted in the housing, and an interface module for communicating with a point of sale (POS) system in a selected communications protocol, such as printer driven, standard serial, multi-serial or USB. The module may be conveniently replaced to adapt the cash ... 12/22/05 - 20050283402 - System and method of facilitating remote interventions in a self-checkout system A system and method of facilitating remote interventions in a self-checkout system which allows an attendant to wander among self-checkout stations. The system includes a communicator for communicating the interventions to an attendant and for communicating a response to the intervention from the attendant to the self-checkout system. ... 12/15/05 - 20050278221 - Transaction accounting auditing approach and system therefor Accounting data is classified to facilitate transaction processing and management. According to an example embodiment, data based rules are implemented for classifying transaction-related data into accounting categories. Accounting information is processed as a function of the data based rules and accordingly automatically classified. This processing involves, for example, the identification ... 12/15/05 - 20050278220 - Automated transaction processing system and approach Transaction processing is facilitated using an approach for automatically grouping transaction-based documents as a function of matching data in the documents. In one example embodiment of the present invention, data from selected attribute fields in transaction-based documents is parsed as the documents are received at a transaction processor. When data ... 12/08/05 - 20050273391 - Method and system for more efficiently managing complex payloads in a point of sale system A method and system for managing complex payload using on a point of sale (POS) printer is described. The complex payload includes a plurality of commands. The method and system include organizing at least a portion of the commands into a single entity. The single entity corresponds to more than ... 11/24/05 - 20050261971 - Method and apparatus for receiving an order for goods and drive-through system with the apparatus This invention is intended to instruct a kitchen of orders taken at random in sequence of customers, and to rearrange the orders in order to cook in sequence of the customers. A piece of commodity name information 21, a piece of unit price information 22, and a piece of position ... 11/24/05 - 20050261970 - Method for providing wireless services A method and system for providing distributed network access point installation and management. A network provider installs and/or operates a plurality of access points at locations of a retail entity. Each access point may provide services such as Internet access, and/or content such as audio, video, text, and/or graphics, among ... 11/24/05 - 20050261969 - Layered architecture for pos (point-of sale) systems Aspects for providing a multi-platform POS (point-of-sale) device driver architecture are described. The aspects include binding an API layer and a transport layer of a POS system with a driver stack, the driver stack supporting multiple platforms, multiple connectivities, and multiple APIs of the POS system. ... 11/24/05 - 20050261968 - System and method for conducting transactions with different forms of payment A system and method for the purchase of products, where some products may eligible for special forms of payment, such as payment from a medical savings account (MSA). A POS terminal is used to obtain a product ID (from a product bar code) and an MSA account ID from an ... 11/24/05 - 20050261967 - Tax refund system The present invention relates generally to the field of computers and in particular to methods and systems for processing tax refunds. Existing VAT refund systems are either expensive or overly cumbersome with paperwork. The present invention provides a solution to these problems by providing a tax claim system comprising a ... 11/03/05 - 20050246233 - Method of selling and activating consumer products and services A business method for products and services. The business model provides for retail purchase of a product or service. The product or service is then transported from the retail point of purchase to a professional. The professional then activates the product or service for the consumer. ... 11/03/05 - 20050246232 - Method of enhancing the data storage security of cash-free transactions in vending machines A vending machine has a nonvolatile data storage device for storing transactions with customers. The customers may use a number of cashless options to make purchases from the vending machine, including magnetic credit or debit cards, or universal vending cards. The transactions are stored on the storage device and later ... 10/27/05 - 20050240481 - Automatic notification of irregular activity A computer-implemented method includes receiving item data at a network-based transaction facility, the item data related to an item categorized in at least a first category of a plurality of categories of the network-based transaction facility and including an item price-based value associated with the item. A category-specific threshold price-based ... 10/27/05 - 20050240480 - Display method for pos system A display system for POS system for executing POS processes based on data of goods dealt with in a shop to be displayed in a display view. Data set for each shop is produced as desired and displayed in predetermined places of the view. ... 10/27/05 - 20050240479 - Processing method for pos system A specific process execution system for a POS system for executing goods sales process, a predetermined item report process and a predetermined item registration process is disclosed. Peculiar function numbers are assigned to functions, respectively, for executing specific processes at predetermined timings, the peculiar function numbers and the functions being ... 10/13/05 - 20050228720 - Payment terminal device for payment data exchange Disclosed is a terminal device (10) for payment data exchange comprising interfaces for coupling to a point of sale devices (26), to a mobile phone (14), and to a payment centre (1). The payment data exchange is performed on two different ways. In a first way from the payment terminal ... 09/22/05 - 20050209925 - Operation display method for pos system An initial display view on display at log-in time is set up on the basis of the work kind, which is in-charge-person for operating a terminal is in charge of, the authority level bestowed to the in-charge-person and work start/end time data of work start and end times. More specifically, ... 09/22/05 - 20050209924 - Operation process item setting system for pos system An operation process item setting system for POS system includes a check table with table-type-stored set-up therein of POS system operation process items and items indicative of whether the respective operation processes are necessary. Designation as to whether the operation process of an operation process item stored in the check ... 09/15/05 - 20050203803 - Pos terminal, method of correcting a quantity, and computer-readable storage medium recording therein a program for causing a computer to correct a quantity A point-of-sale (POS) terminal includes a commodity information input part for inputting commodity information on commodities; a quantity input part for inputting a quantity for the commodities; and a storage part for storing the quantity and the commodity information, as item information. The POS terminal further includes a calculation part ... 08/18/05 - 20050182682 - Point of sale system A comprehensive point of sale system for use in the field of moving equipment rental is disclosed. The point of sale system preferably includes a rental feature, a return feature, a reservation feature, a transfer feature, a reversal feature and a reporting feature. By using the point of sale system, ... 08/11/05 - 20050177434 - Method for marketing and organization of creative content over an online medium A system for organizing and marketing creative content over an online medium. The system organizes content into “content cards”: electronic representations of collectable cards. Cards are distributed through a configurable distribution system which takes factors such as the user's personal preferences and the aggregate popularity of cards into account. The ... 08/11/05 - 20050177433 - Drive-in restaurant credit-card transaction system A method for conducting credit card transactions at a business having a plurality of remote customer interfaces includes the steps of electronically transmitting a customer's order from one of the plurality of remote customer interfaces to a transaction hub, entering the customer's order into the transaction hub, transmitting payment information ... 08/11/05 - 20050177432 - Parking system and method A parking system, and a method of operating a parking system, are disclosed. The parking system includes a central information location including at least one database, at least one client communicatively connected to the central location, and a plurality of alerters, wherein each alerter includes send and receive capabilities. The ... 07/21/05 - 20050160006 - Model and process of assimilating, transmitting and disseminating an internet based comparative shopping tool for local grocery stores A grocery shopper uses a web browser and connects to the invention's web site to comparatively grocery shop local supermarkets. The shopper chooses the area in which they wish to shop or compare grocery prices. The shopper may browse the chosen store to see the inventory and prices, or the ... 06/09/05 - 20050125296 - Systems and methods for obtaining biometric information at a point of sale Systems and methods are described for using a point-of-sale device to obtain biometric information from an individual presenting a second-party check in association with a proposed check-cashing transaction. In various embodiments, a biometric sample is obtained from the check presenter and is compared to stored biometric data in order to ... 06/09/05 - 20050125295 - Systems and methods for obtaining payor information at a point of sale Systems and methods are described for using a point-of-sale device to obtain information about a payor of a second-party check or other negotiable instrument presented for a proposed check-cashing transaction. In various embodiments, a keyboard, touchscreen, voice input system or other input system is used to enter information about a ... 06/09/05 - 20050125294 - Method for paying invoices For an organization having a central station and a plurality of distributed outlets, each of the outlets having a cashier's terminal, each of the cashier's terminals coupled to a respective point-of-sale (POS) controller, a method of permitting a billee to pay an invoice issued by a biller is disclosed. ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |