Integrated point-of-sale multiple application system
CA 2117440 C · Owner: Curtis, Lydia Anne · Inventors: Carlisle, William Reid; Skibo, Richard John; Curtis, Lydia Anne
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Systems and methods are disclosed wherein a single set of consumer items may be purchased by debiting any of a plurality of accounts stored on a smart card. According to an embodiment disclosed herein a point-of-sale terminal includes aterminal processor an item identification device, a terminal memory and a smart, card reader. The item identification device may include a conventional UPC bar code reader adapted to read UPC bar codes on consumer items. A cost table and a plurality of item tables are electronically stored in terminal memory. The cost table associates each item identifier (UPC bar code) with a corresponding cost. Each item table contains a list of item identifiers and may …
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- Filed August 10, 1994 and granted September 28, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 10, 2014.
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