Registers – Systems controlled by data bearing records – Mechanized store
Patent
1995-12-29
1999-01-12
Hajec, Donald T.
Registers
Systems controlled by data bearing records
Mechanized store
235375, 235462, 235494, 34082535, G06K 1500, G06K 710, H04Q 900
Patent
active
058594140
ABSTRACT:
A customer information terminal for use in a retail grocery store includes a housing defining an interior region, electronic circuitry including a microprocessor supported within the housing interior region, and a display screen supported by the housing and electrically coupled to the electronic circuitry. The customer information terminal further includes a dataform reader module supported by the housing and electrically coupled to the electronic circuitry for reading a dataform having encoded data relating to at least one of the following; an item offered for sale in the retail grocery store, a coupon for an item offered for sale in the retail grocery store, a customer identification number of a customer of the retail grocery store, and a recipe utilizing one or more items offered for sale in the retail grocery store. Also provided is a radio module supported by the housing and including a transmitter system and a receiver system electrically coupled to the electronic circuitry for transmitting at least a portion of decoded data from the read dataform to a remote device and receiving from the remote device additional data related to the decoded data wherein at least a portion of the additional data is displayed on the display screen. The CI terminal further includes a user interface module supported by the housing for inputting a command whereby the radio module is utilized to obtain supplemental data from the remote device, the supplemental data relating to at least one of the decoded data and the additional data and wherein at least a portion of the supplemental data is displayed on the display screen. A method for using the CI terminal of the present invention is also disclosed.
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Grimes Douglas Michael
Shah Nainesh P.
Aironet Wireless Communications, Inc.
Hajec Donald T.
Rodriguez Douglas X.
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