Abrégé

Disclosed herein are systems and methods for identifying contents of a shipping container that holds a set of unidentified inventory items. To characterize the identity of the unidentified inventory items, one or more scans may be performed on shipping container to obtain container information, which can include a physical attribute of the shipping container, a physical attribute of an item in the shipping, or logistics information relating to the shipping container. Using the container information and stored inventory data, an identity of the unidentified inventory can be characterized, and a confidence value may be determined.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 10/08 - Logistique, p.ex. entreposage, chargement ou distribution; Gestion d’inventaires ou de stocks

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides techniques to selectively provide user interventions. A transaction is initiated for a user device, and data describing a user of the user device during the transaction is collected. A preferred level of intervention for the transaction is determined based on the collected data. Interventions are selectively provided to the user device during the transaction based on the preferred level of intervention.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 20/40 - Autorisation, p.ex. identification du payeur ou du bénéficiaire, vérification des références du client ou du magasin; Examen et approbation des payeurs, p.ex. contrôle des lignes de crédit ou des listes négatives
• H04W 4/02 - Services utilisant des informations de localisation
• G06Q 20/32 - Architectures, schémas ou protocoles de paiement caractérisés par l'emploi de dispositifs spécifiques utilisant des dispositifs sans fil
• G06V 40/10 - Corps d’êtres humains ou d’animaux, p.ex. occupants de véhicules automobiles ou piétons; Parties du corps, p.ex. mains

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides techniques for graphics translation. A subset of a plurality of natural language image descriptions for an image of a product is received. A set of shared natural language descriptors is identified in the subset of the plurality of natural language image descriptions. The set of shared natural language descriptors is aggregated, and a description for the first image is generated based on the aggregated set of shared natural language image descriptions.

Classes IPC  ?

• G10L 13/027 - Synthétiseurs de parole à partir de concepts; Génération de phrases naturelles à partir de concepts automatisés

Abrégé

Techniques are provided for localized currency exchange and payment. In one embodiment, the techniques involve a sales system that determines a cost of an item for purchase, displays a foreign currency payment option, receives a selection of a first foreign currency, retrieves a first exchange rate corresponding to the first foreign currency, receives a first foreign currency amount comprising at least one of notes or coins, converts the first foreign currency amount to a first local currency amount based on the first exchange rate, and displays a difference amount between the first local currency amount and the cost of the item.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 20/38 - Architectures, schémas ou protocoles de paiement - leurs détails
• G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente

Abrégé

A digital image analysis is performed on one or more images of a user interacting with an item in a retail store. Based on a result of the digital image analysis, a computer determines whether the user has effectively removed the item from availability for purchase by others. If so, the computer automatically initiates an electronic transaction debiting a financial account of the user for a cost of the item prior to the user checking out of the store. If not, the computer delays initiating the electronic transaction until the user checks out of the retail store.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 30/06 - Transactions d’achat, de vente ou de crédit-bail
• G06Q 20/26 - Schémas de débit, c. à d. de "paiement immédiat"

Abrégé

A Projected Capacitive (PCAP) display including multiple arrays of conductive electrodes performs a dual function. In a first function, the PCAP display uses the conductive electrode arrays to generate an electrostatic field and determines the presence and position of a conductive object based on small changes it detects in the capacitance of that electrostatic field. In a second function, the PCAP display uses the same conductive electrode arrays to generate a magnetic field. As a user swipes the card across the surface of the PCAP display, it causes small changes in the generated magnetic field. The PCAP display retrieves the data magnetically encoded onto the magnetic stripe card based on the changes it detects in the magnetic field.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
• G06K 7/08 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture de supports d'enregistrement avec des moyens de perception des modifications d'un champ électrostatique ou magnétique, p.ex. par perception des modifications de la capacité entre des électrodes
• G06F 3/044 - Numériseurs, p.ex. pour des écrans ou des pavés tactiles, caractérisés par les moyens de transduction par des moyens capacitifs
• G06F 3/041 - Numériseurs, p.ex. pour des écrans ou des pavés tactiles, caractérisés par les moyens de transduction

Abrégé

A non-volatile multi-bit storage device that includes a phase change material doped with n-type or p-type semiconductor impurities, a first set of electrodes ohmically coupled to the phase change material, a second set of electrodes configured to apply an electric field across the phase change material. To program the non-volatile multi-bit storage device, an electrical field is applied to the phase change material as crystal annealing cool down is performed. Application of the electric field during the crystal annealing cool down forms a rectified current path through the phase change material.

Classes IPC  ?

• H01L 45/00 - Dispositifs à l'état solide spécialement adaptés pour le redressement, l'amplification, la production d'oscillations ou la commutation, sans barrière de potentiel ni barrière de surface, p.ex. triodes diélectriques; Dispositifs à effet Ovshinsky; Procédés ou appareils spécialement adaptés à la fabrication ou au traitement de ces dispositifs ou de leurs parties constitutives
• H01L 27/24 - Dispositifs consistant en une pluralité de composants semi-conducteurs ou d'autres composants à l'état solide formés dans ou sur un substrat commun comprenant des composants à l'état solide pour le redressement, l'amplification ou la commutation, sans barrière de potentiel ni barrière de surface
• G11C 13/00 - Mémoires numériques caractérisées par l'utilisation d'éléments d'emmagasinage non couverts par les groupes , ou

Abrégé

A method of assigning products to shoppers can be provided by determining that a plurality of shoppers are collaborating with one another to purchase a plurality of products included on a shared shopping list, receiving shopper characteristics for the plurality of shoppers, receiving respective parameters for the plurality of products included on the shared shopping list, assigning respective sub-lists of the plurality of products for picking by respective ones of the shoppers at a retail shopping location based on the shopper characteristics for the respective ones of the shoppers and the respective parameters for the plurality of products included on the shared shopping list, and providing the respective sub-lists of the plurality of products to the plurality of shoppers. Related systems are also disclosed.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 30/0601 - Commerce électronique [e-commerce]

Abrégé

Computer vision grouping recognition is provided by receiving training images that include unpackaged items; identifying, by a computer vision model, a candidate identities for unpackaged items in a given training image; receiving, from a human user, a selected identity for the unpackaged item as feedback for the candidate identity; constructing a confusion matrix tallying matches and mismatches between candidate identities and the selected identities as analyzed across the training images for each unpackaged item; identifying at least one product category that includes at least a first unpackaged item and a second unpackaged item that the confusion matrix indicates as being misidentified for each other by the computer vision model; and reconfiguring the computer vision model to identify the product category instead of the first unpackaged item or the second unpackaged item when analyzing a given image including one or more of the first unpackaged item or the second unpackaged item.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
• G06F 18/214 - Génération de motifs d'entraînement; Procédés de Bootstrapping, p.ex. ”bagging” ou ”boosting”

Abrégé

A system allows users to dynamically manipulate an orchestration flow to eliminate deprecated functionality and/or to include new or modified functionality. The system provides multiple layers configured to combine the functionality provided by a graphical user interface (GUI) with fixed software code associated with the orchestration flow. With the system, users can quickly and easily configure and/or re-configure various Point-Of-Sale (POS) devices to execute the functions of the modified orchestration flow.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente

Abrégé

A system and method for identifying different types of produce at checkout based on an odor emitted by the produce is provided herein. An olfactometer is used to detect chemical compounds contributing to an odor of the produce at checkout. Based on the detected odor, an odor profile is constructed and compared to one or more baseline odor profiles stored in memory. Based on the comparison results, a freshness date for the produce is determined provided to a device associated with the shopper. So informed, the shopper is aware of how long the produce will be considered fresh. Additionally, one or more reminder messages may be sent to a device associated with the shopper reminding them of the freshness date for the produce they purchased.

Classes IPC  ?

• G01N 33/02 - Nourriture
• G01N 33/00 - Recherche ou analyse des matériaux par des méthodes spécifiques non couvertes par les groupes
• G07G 1/00 - Caisses enregistreuses
• G07G 1/01 - Caisses enregistreuses - Détails pour l'affichage

Abrégé

The present disclosure describes a directional radio frequency identification (RFID) system, which provides directional RFID tag scanning using RFID enclosures and moveable radio signal blocking components. The RFID systems herein also prevent unwanted RFID tag activation and focuses RFID readers on specific scan areas. The directional RFID systems may be implemented in any type of system that utilizes RFID tag reading, such as a point of sale systems and other related systems, which utilize RFID scanning.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 20/32 - Architectures, schémas ou protocoles de paiement caractérisés par l'emploi de dispositifs spécifiques utilisant des dispositifs sans fil
• G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
• G06Q 30/04 - Facturation
• G06K 7/10 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture de supports d'enregistrement par radiation corpusculaire

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides a system and method for identifying items. The method includes scanning a first item using a first barcode scanner and a second barcode scanner and determining, based on signals from the first barcode scanner and the second barcode scanner, a first two-dimensional light grid indicating where the first item broke beams of the first barcode scanner and the second barcode scanner. The method also includes predicting, using a machine learning model and based on the first two-dimensional light grid, a first category for the first item, receiving, from a camera, an image of the first item, and comparing the image of the first item to a first set of images assigned to the first category to determine an identity of the first item.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
• G06K 7/14 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture de supports d'enregistrement par radiation corpusculaire utilisant la lumière sans sélection des longueurs d'onde, p.ex. lecture de la lumière blanche réfléchie
• G06K 7/10 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture de supports d'enregistrement par radiation corpusculaire
• G06V 10/74 - Appariement de motifs d’image ou de vidéo; Mesures de proximité dans les espaces de caractéristiques

Abrégé

Techniques for generating a window of effectiveness are provided. A region of effectiveness for a scanner at a checkout kiosk is provided, wherein the region of effectiveness defines a volume where successful scans occur. It is determined that a first path of an item is outside the region of effectiveness. Feedback to change a path of the item to be within the region of effectiveness during a rescan of the item is outputted, using the checkout kiosk.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
• G06Q 20/18 - Architectures de paiement impliquant des terminaux en libre-service, des distributeurs automatiques, des bornes ou des terminaux multimédia

Abrégé

Techniques for auditing purchases are provided. An item for purchase is scanned to determine a first identity of the item. The scanned item is added to a transaction. A first image of the scanned item is captured using a first camera. A second identity of the scanned item from the first image is determined using a trained machine learning (ML) model. Responsive to determining the first and second identities of the item do not match, an audit of the transaction is performed.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 10/06 - Ressources, gestion de tâches, des ressources humaines ou de projets; Planification d’entreprise ou d’organisation; Modélisation d’entreprise ou d’organisation
• G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
• G06V 10/764 - Dispositions pour la reconnaissance ou la compréhension d’images ou de vidéos utilisant la reconnaissance de formes ou l’apprentissage automatique utilisant la classification, p.ex. des objets vidéo

Abrégé

A method of synchronizing data across an enterprise system including enterprise servers on an enterprise level and including store locations at a store level including edge devices operatively coupled to the enterprise servers can be provided by providing a changeplan that specifies updated data for microservice data operating within the enterprise system on an endpoint that utilizes the microservice in a microservice architecture to perform operations at a store location, executing the changeplan to initiate an export from an enterprise server that operates the microservice at the enterprise level to create an updated state for the microservice data on the endpoint, replicating the updated state for the microservice data at the enterprise server to provide an export updated state for the microservice data on the endpoint, storing the export updated state for the microservice data in an export table at the enterprise level, transmitting a message on a durable message bus from the enterprise level to the store level, initiating an import process at a store server responsive to receiving the message on the durable message bus and retrieving the export updated state for the microservice data from the export table.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06F 16/27 - Réplication, distribution ou synchronisation de données entre bases de données ou dans un système de bases de données distribuées; Architectures de systèmes de bases de données distribuées à cet effet
• H04L 67/1095 - Réplication ou mise en miroir des données, p.ex. l’ordonnancement ou le transport pour la synchronisation des données entre les nœuds du réseau
• G06Q 10/10 - Bureautique; Gestion du temps

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides a system and method for adjusting display brightness. The method includes determining a color of a bezel surrounding a display and automatically adjusting a brightness of the display based on the color of the bezel.

Classes IPC  ?

• G09G 5/10 - Circuits d'intensité

Abrégé

Embodiments herein describe a deployment strategy where a vendor deployment system sends to each customer site the same binary that defines all the microservices offered by the vendor deployment system. That is, the vendor deployment system can build one binary image of its platform (which has all the microservices) that is deployed to every customer site. The vendor also provides a deployment descriptor that is used during runtime to activate the microservices intended for use at the customer site. In this manner, the vendor deployment system can generate a customized deployment without having to build a new binary by manipulating the data or flags in the deployment descriptor.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06F 8/61 - Installation
• G06F 9/455 - Dispositions pour exécuter des programmes spécifiques Émulation; Interprétation; Simulation de logiciel, p.ex. virtualisation ou émulation des moteurs d’exécution d’applications ou de systèmes d’exploitation

Abrégé

A self-checkout system can include a plurality of telescoped bagging arm segments moveably coupled together in an order according to respective diameters of the plurality of telescoped bagging arm segments. A scanning system can be configured to provide a characteristic of an item purchased by a user of the self-checkout system and a processor circuit can be operatively coupled to the plurality of telescoped bagging arm segments and to the scanning system, where the processor circuit can be configured to move the plurality of telescoped bagging arm segments relative to one another based on the characteristic of the item to be placed in a bag in use with the self-checkout system.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
• B25J 18/02 - Bras extensibles

Abrégé

Techniques of self-checkout alerts based on packaging detection. A given bag type of a bag selected at a self-checkout kiosk is identified out of a bag types available from a bag dispenser associated with the self-checkout kiosk, the bag being an empty bag. A weight range of the empty bag is identified based on the given bag type. An allowed weight range of a combination of the empty bag and a desired item is determined based on the weight range of the empty bag, a weight of the desired item as measured by a terminal scale, and at least one of a measurement tolerance of the terminal scale and a measurement tolerance of a platform scale. A loss prevention alert is generated, and a transaction at the self-checkout kiosk is paused, upon determining that the allowed weight range is exceeded.

Classes IPC  ?

• G07G 1/00 - Caisses enregistreuses
• G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
• G06Q 20/18 - Architectures de paiement impliquant des terminaux en libre-service, des distributeurs automatiques, des bornes ou des terminaux multimédia

Abrégé

Techniques for self-checkout alert reduction based on packaging detection. A deflection in a first bag reservoir associated with a self-checkout kiosk is determined. The first bag reservoir is positioned adjacent to a packing area and includes a first type of bags. The self-checkout kiosk includes a terminal scale and further includes a platform scale in the packing area. That an empty bag is retrieved from the first bag reservoir is determined based on the deflection in the first bag reservoir. A bag type and a weight range are identified for the empty bag. An allowed weight range of a combination of the empty bag and a desired item is then determined. Presence of the empty bag on the platform scale is prevented from causing a loss prevention alert to be generated when the desired item has been placed in the empty bag on the platform scale.

Classes IPC  ?

• G07G 1/00 - Caisses enregistreuses
• G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
• G06Q 20/18 - Architectures de paiement impliquant des terminaux en libre-service, des distributeurs automatiques, des bornes ou des terminaux multimédia

Abrégé

Aspects described herein include a method (and associated system and computer program product) comprises receiving an amount of a transaction from a point of sale (POS) terminal, and receiving, at a payment terminal, one or more user inputs comprising payment presentation information for the transaction. The method further comprises communicating the payment presentation information to a payment processing service to complete processing of the transaction. The method further comprises determining that the payment presentation information is not received at the payment processing service, and in response, encrypting the payment presentation information and transmitting the encrypted payment presentation information from the payment terminal to an external device.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 20/38 - Architectures, schémas ou protocoles de paiement - leurs détails
• G06Q 20/32 - Architectures, schémas ou protocoles de paiement caractérisés par l'emploi de dispositifs spécifiques utilisant des dispositifs sans fil
• G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente

Abrégé

A method includes receiving a first image of an item captured by a first camera when the item is purchased and linking the first image to a transaction component corresponding to the purchase of the item. The method also includes determining that the first image is linked to the transaction component and, in response to a request from a user device to display the item and in response to determining that the first image is linked to the transaction component, communicating the first image to the user device.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
• G06N 20/00 - Apprentissage automatique
• G06Q 30/06 - Transactions d’achat, de vente ou de crédit-bail

Abrégé

This disclosure describes an automated process for training an ML model used by a computer vision system in a point of sale (POS) system to recognize a new item. Instead of relying on a manual process performed by a data scientist, the automated process can use images of a new (i.e., unknown) item captured at one or more POS systems to then retrain the ML model to recognize the new item. That is, the images of the item are used to retrain the ML model and to test the accuracy of the updated ML model. If the updated ML model can confidently identify the new item, the updated ML model is then used by the computer vision system to identify items at the POS system.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06K 9/62 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la reconnaissance utilisant des moyens électroniques
• G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente

Abrégé

Computer vision grouping recognition is provided by receiving training images that include unpackaged items; identifying, by a computer vision model, a candidate identities for unpackaged items in a given training image; receiving, from a human user, a selected identity for the unpackaged item as feedback for the candidate identity; constructing a confusion matrix tallying matches and mismatches between candidate identities and the selected identities as analyzed across the training images for each unpackaged item; identifying at least one product category that includes at least a first unpackaged item and a second unpackaged item that the confusion matrix indicates as being misidentified for each other by the computer vision model; and reconfiguring the computer vision model to identify the product category instead of the first unpackaged item or the second unpackaged item when analyzing a given image including one or more of the first unpackaged item or the second unpackaged item.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
• G06F 18/214 - Génération de motifs d'entraînement; Procédés de Bootstrapping, p.ex. ”bagging” ou ”boosting”

Abrégé

Techniques for training an item recognition machine learning (ML) model are disclosed. An image of a first item for purchase is received. The image is captured by a point of sale (POS) system. A purchaser selection of a second item for purchase is also received. The purchaser makes the selection at the POS system. It is determined that the first item for purchase matches the second item for purchase, and in response training data is generated for an image recognition ML model, based on the image and the determination that the first item for purchase matches the second item for purchase. The ML model is trained using the training data, and the trained ML model is configured to recognize items for purchase in a plurality of images captured by a plurality of POS systems.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
• G06Q 30/06 - Transactions d’achat, de vente ou de crédit-bail
• G06N 20/00 - Apprentissage automatique

Abrégé

Embodiments herein describe providing feedback to a shopper at a POS system using a computer vision system. Many items at a store may lack barcodes or other identifying marks such as produce. The shopper may have to perform an action to identify the item to the POS system. The computer vision system can double check the identify provided by the shopper to reduce mistakes and deter nefarious actors. If the computer vision system cannot independently confirm that the item being purchased matched the identity provided by the shopper, the POS system can display a graphical user interface (GUI) that includes an image of the item captured by the computer vision system along with identification data of the item identified by the shopper. This gives the shopper a chance to correct any mistakes.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
• G06Q 30/0601 - Commerce électronique [e-commerce]
• G06N 20/00 - Apprentissage automatique

Abrégé

Techniques for automatic recognition of items for point of sale (POS) systems are disclosed. A request to identify a first item for purchase is received. The request includes a first image captured at a POS system. The first image is analyzed using a machine learning model configured for image recognition, and in response a first product code is determined for the first item. This includes identifying the first product code as a primary product code from among a plurality of product codes, identifying a second item relating to the first item, where the second item is visually similar to the first item, and determining a second product code for the second item. The first product code, and the second product code, are transmitted to the POS system. The POS system is configured to present the first item and the second item as options for purchase using a user interface.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
• G06N 20/00 - Apprentissage automatique

Abrégé

Techniques for configuring a point of sale (POS) system may include using an optical sensing module to read an identifier associated with a POS component and associating the POS component with a zone that is monitored by the optical sensing module, where the zone includes the POS system. In response to optically sensing the identifier, the system may automatically configure the component to function within the POS system.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
• G06K 7/10 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture de supports d'enregistrement par radiation corpusculaire

Abrégé

A computing device provides shoppers with a frictionless commerce experience. The computing device determines, tracks, and stores certain physical characteristics and/or attributes of the products selected by a shopper for purchase. The device analyzes these attributes with respect to the shopper's particular purchasing habits and uses the results of that analysis to recommend products to the shopper. Additionally, the computing device may modify the sales price of the product, or augment the shopper's order with the same or similar products, based on the results of the analysis.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 30/02 - Marketing; Estimation ou détermination des prix; Collecte de fonds
• G06T 7/90 - Détermination de caractéristiques de couleur

Abrégé

A method and system are provided for validating a promotional token redeemed at a Point-of-Sale (PoS) terminal, can include receiving, at the Point of Sale (PoS) terminal located at a physical retail location, a promotional token ID from a mobile device associated with a customer. The promotional token ID can be configured to uniquely identify a promotional token to promote a consumer packaged good (CPG) distributed on a social media platform. A CPG is entered at the PoS terminal to determine a CPG ID configured to uniquely identify the CPG. Next, a validation request is generated. The validation request comprises the promotional token ID and the CPG ID. The validation request is then transferred to a server having access to a private blockchain ledger. Upon completion, the PoS terminal will receive, from the server, the redemption status for the promotional token ID based on information stored in the private blockchain ledger responsive to the validation request.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 20/38 - Architectures, schémas ou protocoles de paiement - leurs détails
• G06Q 20/32 - Architectures, schémas ou protocoles de paiement caractérisés par l'emploi de dispositifs spécifiques utilisant des dispositifs sans fil
• H04L 9/32 - Dispositions pour les communications secrètes ou protégées; Protocoles réseaux de sécurité comprenant des moyens pour vérifier l'identité ou l'autorisation d'un utilisateur du système
• G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
• G06Q 30/02 - Marketing; Estimation ou détermination des prix; Collecte de fonds

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides techniques for graphics translation. A plurality of natural language image descriptions is collected for an image of a product. An overall description for the image is generated using one or more models, based on the plurality of natural language image descriptions, by: identifying a set of shared descriptors used in at least a subset of the plurality of natural language image descriptions, and aggregating the set of shared descriptors to form the overall description. A first request to provide a description of the first image is received, and the overall description is returned in response to the first request, where the overall description is output using one or more text-to-speech techniques.

Classes IPC  ?

• G10L 13/027 - Synthétiseurs de parole à partir de concepts; Génération de phrases naturelles à partir de concepts automatisés
• G06T 11/00 - Génération d'images bidimensionnelles [2D]
• G06N 5/04 - Modèles d’inférence ou de raisonnement
• G06Q 10/10 - Bureautique; Gestion du temps
• G06F 21/44 - Authentification de programme ou de dispositif
• G06V 10/10 - Acquisition d’images
• G06F 18/2415 - Techniques de classification relatives au modèle de classification, p.ex. approches paramétriques ou non paramétriques basées sur des modèles paramétriques ou probabilistes, p.ex. basées sur un rapport de vraisemblance ou un taux de faux positifs par rapport à un taux de faux négatifs
• G06Q 30/0601 - Commerce électronique [e-commerce]
• G06Q 10/101 - Création collaborative, p.ex. développement conjoint de produits ou de services

Abrégé

Radio frequency identification discontinuity correction is provided by calculating a phase-time slope for a Radio Frequency Identifier (RFID) signal received from an RFID tag; estimating, based on the phase-time slope, a predicted phase reading for the RFID signal at a given time; and in response to detecting a phase discontinuity based on a difference between the predicted phase reading and an actual phase reading for the given time, adjusting a calculated distance to the RFID tag. The calculated distance may indicate that the RFID tag is inside of or outside of a designated zone, and that a motion of the RFID tag indicates travel towards or away from the designated zone, which may be used to add or remove an item associated with the RFID tag to an ongoing item list.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06K 7/10 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture de supports d'enregistrement par radiation corpusculaire

Abrégé

A method of operating a Point-of-Sale terminal can include operating a root web application in a Uniform Resource Locator browser on the Point-of-Sale terminal, wherein the root web application is configured to provide respective communication channels between a plurality of web applications each running in a respective iFrame within the root web application, receiving, at a user intervention web application configured to render a user input box with a first graphical arrangement of elements in an iFrame on a display of the POS terminal, requests for user input from the plurality of web applications, and rendering, using the user intervention web application, a user input box for each of the requests for the user input from the plurality of web applications, wherein each user input box rendered with the first graphical arrangement of elements.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06F 3/0481 - Techniques d’interaction fondées sur les interfaces utilisateur graphiques [GUI] fondées sur des propriétés spécifiques de l’objet d’interaction affiché ou sur un environnement basé sur les métaphores, p.ex. interaction avec des éléments du bureau telles les fenêtres ou les icônes, ou avec l’aide d’un curseur changeant de comport
• G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides techniques for curating search results. A first request to look up an identifier for an item is received from a first user, and first tracking information corresponding to movements of the first user in a physical space is retrieved. At least one item associated with the first user while moving in the physical space is identified from the first tracking information. A first identifier of the at least one item is determined, and the first identifier is provide to the first user.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 30/00 - Commerce
• G06Q 30/0601 - Commerce électronique [e-commerce]

Abrégé

A method of assigning products to shoppers can be provided by determining that a plurality of shoppers are collaborating with one another to purchase a plurality of products included on a shared shopping list, receiving shopper characteristics for the plurality of shoppers, receiving respective parameters for the plurality of products included on the shared shopping list, assigning respective sub-lists of the plurality of products for picking by respective ones of the shoppers at a retail shopping location based on the shopper characteristics for the respective ones of the shoppers and the respective parameters for the plurality of products included on the shared shopping list, and providing the respective sub-lists of the plurality of products to the plurality of shoppers. Related systems are also disclosed.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 30/00 - Commerce
• G06Q 30/0601 - Commerce électronique [e-commerce]

Abrégé

Aspects described herein include an apparatus for retaining a bag, and a related checkout system. The apparatus comprises a base portion that is positionable, by a user, at any of a plurality of positions along a surface. The base portion comprises one or more attachment members operable by the user to removably attach the base portion to the surface at a selected position of the plurality of positions. The apparatus further comprises a support portion projecting upwardly from the base portion, and one or more arms projecting outwardly from the support portion. The one or more arms are dimensioned to receive one or more handles of the bag.

Classes IPC  ?

• A47F 9/04 - Comptoirs de vérification, p.ex. pour magasins à libre-service
• F16B 1/00 - Dispositifs pour assembler des éléments structuraux ou parties de machines ou bien pour empêcher tout mouvement relatif entre eux

Abrégé

A method includes receiving, from a user, an unscheduled order to be fulfilled when a corresponding unplanned event is predicted to occur. The unscheduled order includes a plurality of items. The method also includes applying a machine learning model to an information feed to predict that the unplanned event will occur and, in response to determining that the unplanned event will occur, communicating the plurality of items to a store to purchase the plurality of items for the user.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 30/02 - Marketing; Estimation ou détermination des prix; Collecte de fonds
• G06Q 30/06 - Transactions d’achat, de vente ou de crédit-bail
• G06N 20/00 - Apprentissage automatique

Abrégé

A self-checkout (SCO) terminal in a retail store controls banks of lights to communicate context information to a customer in order to better inform them about various events. The context information may be related to a predetermined event, such as a self-checkout process or an emergency event, and is enhanced using the personal preferences of the customer using the SCO terminal.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
• G08B 5/36 - Systèmes de signalisation optique, p.ex. systèmes d'appel de personnes, indication à distance de l'occupation de sièges utilisant une transmission électromécanique utilisant des sources de lumière visible

Abrégé

Aspects described herein include a computer-implemented method (and associated system and computer program product) for a self-checkout transaction by a user in an environment. The method includes receiving an assistance request to receive assistance from an associate. The assistance request is associated with one or more items that are available for selection in the environment. The method further includes displaying a wait time for the assistance request, and receiving, prior to elapse of the wait time, a user input indicating that the user declines to wait for the assistance. The method further includes generating, responsive to the user input, one or more control signals to operate one or more devices to specify a location within the environment. The method further includes displaying instructions that prompt the user to place the one or more items in the specified location.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 30/02 - Marketing; Estimation ou détermination des prix; Collecte de fonds
• G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente

Abrégé

A stand for an electronic point-of-sale terminal can include a moveable arm including a mounting plate at an upper end thereof and a moveable hinge at a lower end thereof, the moveable arm configured to move from a forward cantilevered position to a rearward cantilevered position over a check-out area associated with an electronic point-of-sale terminal, the mounting plate configured to moveably couple the moveable arm to an electronic display of the electronic point-of-sale terminal, the moveable hinge configured to rotate responsive to movement of the moveable arm, a base plate configured to maintain the electronic point-of-sale terminal in an upright position when the electronic display is moved between the forward cantilevered position and the rearward cantilevered position, and a moveable counterweight inside the base plate, and moveably coupled to the moveable hinge, to move from a first counterweight position inside the base plate when the moveable arm is in the forward cantilevered position to a second counterweight position inside the base plate when the moveable arm is in the rearward cantilevered position.

Classes IPC  ?

• G07G 1/00 - Caisses enregistreuses
• G07G 1/12 - Caisses enregistreuses à commande électronique

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides techniques for monitoring transaction data. A first symbol is a symbol is assigned, at a first point in time, to a user device, where, when a user of the user device inputs an item, the user device outputs the symbol. The symbol is then detected, via one or more image capture devices, at one or more moments in time, and a number of times that the symbol was detected is determined. At a second point in time subsequent to the first point in time, a number of items associated with the user is determined. An audit of the uses is initiated based on determining that a difference between the number of times and the number of items exceeds a threshold maximum difference.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 30/00 - Commerce
• G06Q 30/0601 - Commerce électronique [e-commerce]
• G06Q 20/18 - Architectures de paiement impliquant des terminaux en libre-service, des distributeurs automatiques, des bornes ou des terminaux multimédia

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides techniques to selectively provide user interventions. A transaction is initiated for a user device, and data describing a user of the user device during the transaction is collected. A preferred level of intervention for the transaction is determined based on the collected data. Interventions are selectively provided to the user device during the transaction based on the preferred level of intervention.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 20/40 - Autorisation, p.ex. identification du payeur ou du bénéficiaire, vérification des références du client ou du magasin; Examen et approbation des payeurs, p.ex. contrôle des lignes de crédit ou des listes négatives
• H04W 4/02 - Services utilisant des informations de localisation
• G06Q 20/32 - Architectures, schémas ou protocoles de paiement caractérisés par l'emploi de dispositifs spécifiques utilisant des dispositifs sans fil
• G06V 40/10 - Corps d’êtres humains ou d’animaux, p.ex. occupants de véhicules automobiles ou piétons; Parties du corps, p.ex. mains

Abrégé

Thermal printing systems are described. The thermal printing systems and methods described provide efficient, compact, and fast thermal printing by providing preheating components that generate a priming thermal energy which preheats thermal paper in the printing system. The priming thermal energy decreases the amount of energy needed to activate the thermal paper during printing. The system and methods also include an optical print head which activates thermal paper using optical energy, which provides for multiple different types of efficient component configuration and increased speed of printing.

Classes IPC  ?

• B41J 11/00 - Dispositifs ou agencements pour supporter ou manipuler un matériau de copie en feuilles ou en bandes
• B41J 2/44 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective caractérisés par le procédé d'impression ou de marquage pour lequel ils sont conçus caractérisés par l'irradiation sélective d'un matériau d'impression ou de transfert d'impression utilisant une seule source de rayonnement, p.ex. faisceaux lumineux ou disposition d'obturateurs
• B41J 2/455 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective caractérisés par le procédé d'impression ou de marquage pour lequel ils sont conçus caractérisés par l'irradiation sélective d'un matériau d'impression ou de transfert d'impression utilisant des ensembles de sources de rayonnement utilisant des ensembles de lasers
• B41J 2/475 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective caractérisés par le procédé d'impression ou de marquage pour lequel ils sont conçus caractérisés par l'irradiation sélective d'un matériau d'impression ou de transfert d'impression pour chauffer sélectivement
• B41J 2/45 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective caractérisés par le procédé d'impression ou de marquage pour lequel ils sont conçus caractérisés par l'irradiation sélective d'un matériau d'impression ou de transfert d'impression utilisant des ensembles de sources de rayonnement utilisant des ensembles de diodes émettrices de lumière

Abrégé

Aspects described herein include a system, method, and computer program product for electronic completion of a transaction. The system comprises a first display device, a second display device that is at least partly overlapped by the first display device, and a touch input device. The system further comprises one or more computer processors configured to display one or more graphical elements using the first display device, and display, responsive to a first input signaling that the transaction is to be electronically completed, one or more user interface (UI) elements using the second display device. The one or more UI elements are viewable through an optically transmissive portion of the first display device. The one or more computer processors are further configured to receive, using the touch input device, at least a second input while the one or more UI elements are displayed.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
• G06F 3/14 - Sortie numérique vers un dispositif de visualisation
• G07G 1/01 - Caisses enregistreuses - Détails pour l'affichage
• G06F 3/0488 - Techniques d’interaction fondées sur les interfaces utilisateur graphiques [GUI] utilisant des caractéristiques spécifiques fournies par le périphérique d’entrée, p.ex. des fonctions commandées par la rotation d’une souris à deux capteurs, ou par la nature du périphérique d’entrée, p.ex. des gestes en fonction de la pression exer utilisant un écran tactile ou une tablette numérique, p.ex. entrée de commandes par des tracés gestuels

Abrégé

An apparatus is disclosed for retaining a collapsible tote. The apparatus comprises a base, a projecting member having a first end attached to the base, and an engagement member attached to the projecting member at a second end opposite the first end. The engagement member defines one or more slots extending into the engagement member from a top surface. At each slot of the one or more slots, portions of the engagement member that define the slot are configured to, responsive to receiving a respective portion of a handle of the collapsible tote into the slot, apply a force to retain the respective portion of the handle.

Classes IPC  ?

• A47F 9/04 - Comptoirs de vérification, p.ex. pour magasins à libre-service
• A47F 5/08 - Stands d'étalage, systèmes de suspension ou rayonnages caractérisés par leurs particularités de structure fixés aux murs, plafonds ou similaires; Dispositifs d'étalage en consoles murales
• A47F 13/08 - Instruments à main, p.ex. mains d'épicier, puisoirs, supports pour sacs en papier
• B65B 67/12 - Supports de sacs, c. à d. bâtis ou châssis avec dispositifs pour tenir les sacs en position ouverte afin de faciliter l'ensachage des objets ou matériaux

Abrégé

A method includes supporting, by a support, a bag containing one or more items of an order and detecting, by a sensor coupled to an end of the support, a weight of the bag and the one or more items when the bag is suspended on the support such that the weight of the bag and the one or more items is exerted on the support. The method also includes comparing, by a hardware processor, the detected weight to an expected weight of the order and communicating, by the hardware processor, an alert when the expected weight is unequal to the detected weight.

Classes IPC  ?

• G01G 19/52 - Appareils de pesée combinés avec d'autres objets, p.ex. avec de l'ameublement
• G01G 19/62 - Appareils de pesée indiquant qu'un poids déterminé n'est pas atteint ou qu'il est dépassé
• G01G 23/32 - Dispositifs indicateurs, p.ex. pour indication à distance; Dispositifs enregistreurs; Echelles, p.ex. graduées indiquant le poids par des moyens de projection optique
• G01G 19/08 - Appareils ou méthodes de pesée adaptés à des fins particulières non prévues dans les groupes pour incorporation dans des véhicules
• G07G 3/00 - Indicateurs d'alarme, p.ex. sonneries
• G08B 13/14 - Déclenchement mécanique par l'enlèvement ou les essais de déplacement d'articles portatifs
• G06Q 30/018 - Certification d’entreprises ou de produits
• G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
• G06K 19/07 - Supports d'enregistrement avec des marques conductrices, des circuits imprimés ou des éléments de circuit à semi-conducteurs, p.ex. cartes d'identité ou cartes de crédit avec des puces à circuit intégré
• G06K 7/10 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture de supports d'enregistrement par radiation corpusculaire

Abrégé

The disclosure provides a method of generating business rules for a retail system. Particularly, a computing device receives rule data from a user interface. The rule data comprises retail context information associated with a retail business operating the retail system. A business rule template is then generated based on the retail context information included in the rule data, and validated based on the retail context information and on sample business data. Validation may occur by conditionally performing one or more Point of Sale (POS) functions on the sample business data according to the retail context information. If valid, the business rule template is activated for use in the retail system.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 10/00 - Administration; Gestion
• G06Q 10/06 - Ressources, gestion de tâches, des ressources humaines ou de projets; Planification d’entreprise ou d’organisation; Modélisation d’entreprise ou d’organisation
• G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente

Abrégé

A method includes scanning, by a checkout station, a plurality of items and determining, by the checkout station, a total price for the plurality of items. Each item of the plurality of items is coupled to a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag that identifies that item. The method also includes detecting, by an RFID scanner of a centralized payment station, one or more of the RFID tags of the plurality of items moving within a threshold distance of the centralized payment station and retrieving, by a hardware processor of the centralized payment station and based on the detected one or more RFID tags, the total price. The method further includes processing, by the hardware processor, a payment in satisfaction of the total price.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
• G06Q 20/38 - Architectures, schémas ou protocoles de paiement - leurs détails
• G08B 13/24 - Déclenchement électrique par une interférence avec la distribution d'un champ électromagnétique
• G06Q 20/40 - Autorisation, p.ex. identification du payeur ou du bénéficiaire, vérification des références du client ou du magasin; Examen et approbation des payeurs, p.ex. contrôle des lignes de crédit ou des listes négatives
• G06Q 20/42 - Confirmation, p.ex. contrôle ou autorisation de paiement par le débiteur légal

Abrégé

A method of synchronizing data across an enterprise system including enterprise servers on an enterprise level and including store locations at a store level including edge devices operatively coupled to the enterprise servers can be provided by providing a changeplan that specifies updated data for microservice data operating within the enterprise system on an endpoint that utilizes the microservice in a microservice architecture to perform operations at a store location, executing the changeplan to initiate an export from an enterprise server that operates the microservice at the enterprise level to create an updated state for the microservice data on the endpoint, replicating the updated state for the microservice data at the enterprise server to provide an export updated state for the microservice data on the endpoint, storing the export updated state for the microservice data in an export table at the enterprise level, transmitting a message on a durable message bus from the enterprise level to the store level, initiating an import process at a store server responsive to receiving the message on the durable message bus and retrieving the export updated state for the microservice data from the export table.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06F 16/27 - Réplication, distribution ou synchronisation de données entre bases de données ou dans un système de bases de données distribuées; Architectures de systèmes de bases de données distribuées à cet effet
• H04L 67/1095 - Réplication ou mise en miroir des données, p.ex. l’ordonnancement ou le transport pour la synchronisation des données entre les nœuds du réseau
• G06Q 10/10 - Bureautique; Gestion du temps

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides techniques for data curation and image evaluation. A first image is captured, and a first indication of a first item is received. A first identifier of the first item is then identified based on the first indication. Further, based on the first indication, it is determined that the first image depicts the first item. The first image is labeled with the first identifier, and a machine learning (ML) model of an ML system is trained based on the labeled first image.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06K 9/62 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la reconnaissance utilisant des moyens électroniques
• G06K 9/00 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture ou la reconnaissance de caractères imprimés ou écrits ou pour la reconnaissance de formes, p.ex. d'empreintes digitales

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides for radio frequency identification in self-checkout via a first product pathway; a single Radio Frequency Identifier (RFID) antenna, having a first scanning zone aligned with the first product pathway; wherein the first product pathway is configured to: position a first set of objects within the first scanning zone at a first position relative to the single RFID antenna at a first time; and position the first set of object within the first scanning zone at a second position relative to the single RFID, different than the first position, at a second time; and wherein the single RFID antenna is configured to: receive, at the first time, a first set of identifier signals associated with at least some of the first set of objects; and receive, at the second time, a second set of identifier signals associated with at least some of the first set of objects.

Classes IPC  ?

• G07G 1/00 - Caisses enregistreuses
• A47F 9/04 - Comptoirs de vérification, p.ex. pour magasins à libre-service
• B65G 15/02 - Transporteurs comportant des surfaces porteuses de charges sans fin, c. à d. des tapis roulants ou autres systèmes équivalents, auxquelles l'effort de traction est transmis par des moyens différents des éléments d'entraînement sans fin de même config pour le transport selon un arc de cercle
• G06K 7/10 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture de supports d'enregistrement par radiation corpusculaire

Abrégé

Method, computer program product, and system for augmenting a voice call with a user interface to provide a user visual access to a guided solution. The user interface is generated based on information such as a spoken language string received from a user using a user device with a display. The user interface including user interface elements for the guided solution is provided to the user via the display of the user device such that the user proceeds through the guided solution using the user interface during the voice call.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04M 3/51 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur
• G06F 9/451 - Dispositions d’exécution pour interfaces utilisateur
• G10L 15/26 - Systèmes de synthèse de texte à partir de la parole
• G06F 3/16 - Entrée acoustique; Sortie acoustique
• G06F 3/048 - Techniques d’interaction fondées sur les interfaces utilisateur graphiques [GUI]
• G06T 19/00 - Transformation de modèles ou d'images tridimensionnels [3D] pour infographie

Abrégé

A computing device is associated with a retail store. As a customer scans his/her items for purchase, images of a bag containing the items are captured and sent to the computing device to be digitally processed. Based on the processing, the computing device identifies the item(s) the customer intends to purchase, and determines whether there are any other items in the container that are different from the first item. If so, the computing device outputs a signal indicating the presence of the second item in the container.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 10/08 - Logistique, p.ex. entreposage, chargement ou distribution; Gestion d’inventaires ou de stocks
• G06Q 20/18 - Architectures de paiement impliquant des terminaux en libre-service, des distributeurs automatiques, des bornes ou des terminaux multimédia
• G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
• G06V 20/52 - Activités de surveillance ou de suivi, p.ex. pour la reconnaissance d’objets suspects
• G06V 10/74 - Appariement de motifs d’image ou de vidéo; Mesures de proximité dans les espaces de caractéristiques
• G08B 13/196 - Déclenchement influencé par la chaleur, la lumière, ou les radiations de longueur d'onde plus courte; Déclenchement par introduction de sources de chaleur, de lumière, ou de radiations de longueur d'onde plus courte utilisant des systèmes détecteurs de radiations passifs utilisant des systèmes de balayage et de comparaison d'image utilisant des caméras de télévision
• G06Q 10/087 - Gestion d’inventaires ou de stocks, p.ex. exécution des commandes, approvisionnement ou régularisation par rapport aux commandes
• G06F 18/22 - Critères d'appariement, p.ex. mesures de proximité

Abrégé

A network node associated with a retail store.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 20/32 - Architectures, schémas ou protocoles de paiement caractérisés par l'emploi de dispositifs spécifiques utilisant des dispositifs sans fil
• G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente

Abrégé

A self-checkout system can include a re-configurable self-checkout bagging station that further includes a bagging station module that can be configured to mate with a stand-alone bagging station module, where the stand-alone bagging station module configured to couple to first and second interfaces of a self-checkout system terminal, respectively. A wedge shaped bagging station extension module surface can be configured to couple to the bagging station module in a left-oriented oblique self-checkout system configuration in a first position of the wedge shaped bagging station extension module surface and can be re-configurable from the first position to a second position of the wedge shaped bagging station extension module surface to couple to the bagging station module in a right-oriented oblique self-checkout system configuration.

Classes IPC  ?

• A47F 10/02 - Meubles ou installations spécialement adaptés à des systèmes de service particuliers, non prévus ailleurs pour des systèmes de type libre-service, p.ex. pour des supermarchés

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides for multifunction system (MFS) control via associating a user with a MFS; outputting an initial audio cue based on an initial status of the MFS via an assistive computing device; receiving command inputs; transmitting the command inputs to the MFS; receiving an updated status from the MFS based on the command inputs; and outputting updated audio cues via the assistive computing device based on the updated status and/or via in response to receiving an association request, identifying a user profile; interfacing with an assistive computing device (having a microphone and a speaker) associated with the user profile; receiving an utterance captured by the microphone; locally processing the utterance according to a natural language processor to identify an action intent; performing the action intent via an MFS; and transmitting, for output via the speaker, a status of the MFS performing the action intent.

Classes IPC  ?

• G10L 15/30 - Reconnaissance distribuée, p.ex. dans les systèmes client-serveur, pour les applications en téléphonie mobile ou réseaux
• H04N 1/00 - Balayage, transmission ou reproduction de documents ou similaires, p.ex. transmission de fac-similés; Leurs détails
• G10L 15/18 - Classement ou recherche de la parole utilisant une modélisation du langage naturel
• G10L 15/22 - Procédures utilisées pendant le processus de reconnaissance de la parole, p.ex. dialogue homme-machine 

Abrégé

Networked devices in a communications network share a common firmware key. Using the common firmware key, one networked device can encrypt configuration data it uses to operate in the network for distribution to other networked devices of the same or similar type. The networked devices that receive the encrypted configuration data then use the common firmware key to decrypt the encrypted configuration data, and using the decrypted configuration data, self-configure to operate on the network. This allows for the secure distribution of configuration data, as well as the self-configuration of networked devices without exposing the sensitive data needed for such configuration to a human.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04L 9/08 - Répartition de clés
• H04L 67/00 - Dispositions ou protocoles de réseau pour la prise en charge de services ou d'applications réseau
• G06F 21/60 - Protection de données

Abrégé

A network node associated with a retail store maintains personalized purchasing information identifying one or more products purchased by a customer. Each product is associated with one or more preference tags identifying a respective product category for the product, and indicating the customer's preference for products in that product category. Based on this information, the network node recommends products for the customer to purchase, and indicates those recommendations by controlling the customer's wireless device to visually indicate the location of the recommended products in the store.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 30/00 - Commerce
• G06Q 30/06 - Transactions d’achat, de vente ou de crédit-bail

Abrégé

A network node associated with a retail store receives digital images from customers who have initiated a customer transaction at a first location. The digital images are unique and are associated with the transaction. The transaction is then temporarily suspended. To resume the transaction, the customer provides information describing features of the previously provided digital image. The network node uses this information to locate the corresponding digital image, and thus, the corresponding suspended transaction, and to authenticate the customer to resume the transaction. Provided the customer is authenticated, the node resumes the suspended transaction.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
• G06Q 20/40 - Autorisation, p.ex. identification du payeur ou du bénéficiaire, vérification des références du client ou du magasin; Examen et approbation des payeurs, p.ex. contrôle des lignes de crédit ou des listes négatives
• G06Q 30/0601 - Commerce électronique [e-commerce]
• G06V 20/30 - RECONNAISSANCE OU COMPRÉHENSION D’IMAGES OU DE VIDÉOS Éléments spécifiques à la scène dans les albums, les collections ou les contenus partagés, p.ex. des photos ou des vidéos issus des réseaux sociaux
• G06V 40/10 - Corps d’êtres humains ou d’animaux, p.ex. occupants de véhicules automobiles ou piétons; Parties du corps, p.ex. mains
• G06V 40/70 - Biométrique multimodale, p.ex. combinaison d’informations de modalités biométriques distinctes
• G06V 30/18 - Extraction d’éléments ou de caractéristiques de l’image
• G06V 30/19 - Reconnaissance utilisant des moyens électroniques
• G06V 10/44 - Extraction de caractéristiques locales par analyse des parties du motif, p.ex. par détection d’arêtes, de contours, de boucles, d’angles, de barres ou d’intersections; Analyse de connectivité, p.ex. de composantes connectées
• G06V 20/52 - Activités de surveillance ou de suivi, p.ex. pour la reconnaissance d’objets suspects
• G06V 30/10 - Reconnaissance de caractères

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides techniques for composition enablement for extensibility of a system. The techniques include delivering an interface to a first downstream provider, where the interface includes a bean implementation format. Then performing at least one of: (i) receiving a provider level (POL) selection from the first downstream provider, where the POL selection corresponds to a POL stored in an extender, and delivering a first bean implementation to the first downstream provider based on the POL, and (ii) receiving a constructed bean implementation from the downstream provider, determining a POL of the downstream provider, and storing the constructed bean implementation in the extender at the determined POL.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06F 9/44 - Dispositions pour exécuter des programmes spécifiques
• G06F 8/36 - Réutilisation de logiciel

Abrégé

A Point of Sale (POS) terminal in a semi-integrated payment system generates an IP address for a peripheral device, such as a Personal Identity Number (PIN) pad, for example, that is communicatively connected to the POS terminal. The POS terminal also generates an IP Configuration message that includes the generated IP address and sends the message to the peripheral device. This configures the peripheral device to securely communicate user data with one or more POS nodes in a POS network while bypassing the POS terminal.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 20/40 - Autorisation, p.ex. identification du payeur ou du bénéficiaire, vérification des références du client ou du magasin; Examen et approbation des payeurs, p.ex. contrôle des lignes de crédit ou des listes négatives
• G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
• H04L 61/5014 - Adresses de protocole Internet [IP] en utilisant le protocole de configuration dynamique de l'hôte [DHCP] ou le protocole d'amorçage [BOOTP]
• H04L 61/5092 - Allocation d'adresse par auto-allocation, p.ex. en choisissant des adresses au hasard et en testant si elles sont déjà utilisées
• G06Q 20/32 - Architectures, schémas ou protocoles de paiement caractérisés par l'emploi de dispositifs spécifiques utilisant des dispositifs sans fil

Abrégé

Pay stations in a retail store initiate customer transactions for customers. When a first pay station is unable to complete a customer transaction, it hands the transaction off to a second pay station that is able to complete the transaction. During hand off, the first pay station determines a first set of biometric and contextual data associated with the customers and sends that information to the second pay station. The second pay station then determines, independently, a second set of biometric and contextual data associated with the customers and compares it against the first set. Depending on the results of the comparison, customers are either granted or denied access at the second pay station to complete the transaction. Additionally, all biometric and contextual data are permanently destroyed without being saved to memory.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
• G06Q 20/40 - Autorisation, p.ex. identification du payeur ou du bénéficiaire, vérification des références du client ou du magasin; Examen et approbation des payeurs, p.ex. contrôle des lignes de crédit ou des listes négatives

Abrégé

A self-checkout (SCO) terminal in a retail store controls banks of lights to communicate context information to a customer in order to better inform them about various events. The context information may be related to a predetermined event, such as a self-checkout process or an emergency event, and is enhanced using the personal preferences of the customer using the SCO terminal.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
• G08B 5/36 - Systèmes de signalisation optique, p.ex. systèmes d'appel de personnes, indication à distance de l'occupation de sièges utilisant une transmission électromécanique utilisant des sources de lumière visible
• H04L 67/12 - Protocoles spécialement adaptés aux environnements propriétaires ou de mise en réseau pour un usage spécial, p.ex. les réseaux médicaux, les réseaux de capteurs, les réseaux dans les véhicules ou les réseaux de mesure à distance

Abrégé

A system that includes a plurality of serially connected light emitting diodes (LEDs), a latch circuit, and a controller including logic is disclosed. A first plurality of bits is transmitted from the controller to a first LED of the plurality of serially connected LEDs. The plurality of serially connected LEDs includes the first LED, coupled to the controller, and a last LED coupled to the latch circuit. The controller determines that the latch circuit is set. The latch circuit is set based on an output of the last LED after the transmitting the first plurality of bits. The number of active LEDs in the plurality of serially connected LEDs is identified, based on determining that the latch circuit is set.

Classes IPC  ?

• H05B 45/20 - Commande de la couleur de la lumière
• H05B 45/40 - Circuits pour faire fonctionner des diodes électroluminescentes [LED] - Détails des circuits de charge à LED
• H05B 47/165 - Commande de la source lumineuse en suivant une séquence programmée pré-assignée; Commande logique [LC]
• H05B 45/54 - Circuits pour faire fonctionner des diodes électroluminescentes [LED] sensibles à la vie des LED; Circuits de protection dans un ensemble sériel de LED

Abrégé

Techniques for configuration management are provided. A plurality of configurations is received, where each of the plurality of configurations corresponds to a respective service and is associated with a first plan. The plurality of configurations is stored, in association with the first plan, without implementing the plurality of configurations. Upon receiving approval of the first plan, the first plan is implemented by, for each respective configuration of the plurality of configurations: identifying a respective corresponding service for the respective configuration and modifying a configuration of the respective corresponding service based on the respective configuration. Upon completing implementation of the first plan, each of the plurality of configurations is labeled with a production identifier.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06F 15/16 - Associations de plusieurs calculateurs numériques comportant chacun au moins une unité arithmétique, une unité programme et un registre, p.ex. pour le traitement simultané de plusieurs programmes
• H04L 12/24 - Dispositions pour la maintenance ou la gestion
• H04L 29/08 - Procédure de commande de la transmission, p.ex. procédure de commande du niveau de la liaison

Abrégé

A method, computer program product, and system to perform a sale transaction are provided. The method includes identifying each item of a plurality of items, based on at least one image of the plurality of items, determining a cost for each item, optionally identifying a person based on an image of the person, adding each of the items and each of the costs to a sale transaction, and charging the person for the sale transaction.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 30/06 - Transactions d’achat, de vente ou de crédit-bail
• G07G 1/00 - Caisses enregistreuses
• G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
• G06Q 10/08 - Logistique, p.ex. entreposage, chargement ou distribution; Gestion d’inventaires ou de stocks
• G06T 7/66 - Analyse des attributs géométriques des moments d'image ou du centre de gravité
• G01B 11/00 - Dispositions pour la mesure caractérisées par l'utilisation de techniques optiques
• G01G 19/414 - Appareils ou méthodes de pesée adaptés à des fins particulières non prévues dans les groupes avec dispositions pour indiquer, enregistrer ou calculer un prix ou d'autres quantités dépendant du poids utilisant des moyens de calcul électromécaniques ou électroniques utilisant uniquement des moyens de calcul électroniques
• G01S 19/13 - Récepteurs
• G06F 1/16 - TRAITEMENT ÉLECTRIQUE DE DONNÉES NUMÉRIQUES - Détails non couverts par les groupes et - Détails ou dispositions de structure
• G06F 3/01 - Dispositions d'entrée ou dispositions d'entrée et de sortie combinées pour l'interaction entre l'utilisateur et le calculateur
• G06K 9/00 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture ou la reconnaissance de caractères imprimés ou écrits ou pour la reconnaissance de formes, p.ex. d'empreintes digitales
• G06K 9/62 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la reconnaissance utilisant des moyens électroniques
• G06Q 20/18 - Architectures de paiement impliquant des terminaux en libre-service, des distributeurs automatiques, des bornes ou des terminaux multimédia
• G06Q 30/00 - Commerce
• G06Q 30/02 - Marketing; Estimation ou détermination des prix; Collecte de fonds
• G06T 11/60 - Edition de figures et de texte; Combinaison de figures ou de texte
• H04N 5/225 - Caméras de télévision
• H04N 5/232 - Dispositifs pour la commande des caméras de télévision, p.ex. commande à distance
• H04N 7/18 - Systèmes de télévision en circuit fermé [CCTV], c. à d. systèmes dans lesquels le signal vidéo n'est pas diffusé
• G06V 10/10 - Acquisition d’images
• G06V 10/40 - Extraction de caractéristiques d’images ou de vidéos
• G06V 10/147 - Caractéristiques optiques de l’appareil qui effectue l’acquisition ou des dispositifs d’éclairage - Détails de capteurs, p.ex. lentilles de capteurs
• G06V 20/00 - RECONNAISSANCE OU COMPRÉHENSION D’IMAGES OU DE VIDÉOS Éléments spécifiques à la scène
• G06V 20/80 - Reconnaissance des objets d’image caractérisés par des motifs aléatoires uniques
• G06V 40/10 - Corps d’êtres humains ou d’animaux, p.ex. occupants de véhicules automobiles ou piétons; Parties du corps, p.ex. mains
• G06V 40/16 - Visages humains, p.ex. parties du visage, croquis ou expressions
• G06Q 20/32 - Architectures, schémas ou protocoles de paiement caractérisés par l'emploi de dispositifs spécifiques utilisant des dispositifs sans fil
• G01G 19/40 - Appareils ou méthodes de pesée adaptés à des fins particulières non prévues dans les groupes avec dispositions pour indiquer, enregistrer ou calculer un prix ou d'autres quantités dépendant du poids
• G01B 11/02 - Dispositions pour la mesure caractérisées par l'utilisation de techniques optiques pour mesurer la longueur, la largeur ou l'épaisseur
• G06V 20/68 - Aliments, p.ex. fruits ou légumes

Abrégé

A control server associated with a retail store places or assigns people that are determined to be socially interrelated into corresponding groups. When a group member becomes separated from the group, an image of that person is analyzed and used to identify his/her group. Once identified, the control server generates a notification indicating the current locations in the retail store of both the group and the person who became separated, and indicates a route the person can take through the store to reunite with the group.

Classes IPC  ?

• G08B 21/02 - Alarmes pour assurer la sécurité des personnes
• G06K 9/00 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture ou la reconnaissance de caractères imprimés ou écrits ou pour la reconnaissance de formes, p.ex. d'empreintes digitales
• G06F 3/0482 - Interaction avec des listes d’éléments sélectionnables, p.ex. des menus
• H04W 4/21 - Signalisation de services; Signalisation de données auxiliaires, c. à d. transmission de données par un canal non destiné au trafic pour applications de réseaux sociaux
• H04W 4/029 - Services de gestion ou de suivi basés sur la localisation
• H04W 4/024 - Services d’orientation

Abrégé

Techniques for configuring a point of sale (POS) system may include using an optical sensing module to read an identifier associated with a POS component and associating the POS component with a zone that is monitored by the optical sensing module, where the zone includes the POS system. In response to optically sensing the identifier, the system may automatically configure the component to function within the POS system.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
• G06K 7/10 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture de supports d'enregistrement par radiation corpusculaire

Abrégé

A self-checkout (SCO) station for a retail store has a reconfigurable bagging section that receives items scanned by a user. The SCO station determines whether the user does or does not require the SCO station to operate in a mode that complies with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). If so, the SCO station automatically reconfigures the bagging section to ensure that the user is able to reach all items in the bagging section.

Classes IPC  ?

• G07G 1/00 - Caisses enregistreuses
• G05B 15/02 - Systèmes commandés par un calculateur électriques
• G07G 1/12 - Caisses enregistreuses à commande électronique

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides improved packaging detection at self-checkout kiosks by identifying a given bag type for a bag selected at a self-checkout kiosk out of a plurality of bag types available from a bag dispenser associated with the self-checkout kiosk; identifying a weight range for the given bag type; in response to determining that the bag has been moved to a packing area of the self-checkout kiosk, comparing a first weight in the packing area from before the bag was moved to the packing area with a second weight in the packing area that includes the bag; and in response to a difference between the first weight and the second weight falling outside of the weight range, generating a loss prevention alert and pausing a transaction at the self-checkout kiosk.

Classes IPC  ?

• G07G 1/00 - Caisses enregistreuses
• G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
• G06Q 20/18 - Architectures de paiement impliquant des terminaux en libre-service, des distributeurs automatiques, des bornes ou des terminaux multimédia

Abrégé

A non-transitory computer-readable medium whose contents, when executed by a computing system, can cause the computing system to perform operations for an audited shopping system that include receiving scanned product information identifying a current product and an associated weight of the current product. An indication can be determined to place the current product in a selected bag among a plurality of bags. The associated weight of the current product can be added to a previous calculated weight of products in the selected bag to provide a current calculated weight of products in the selected bag and then all previous operations can be repeated until receiving an indication that shopping is done to provide a plurality of products that are distributed among the plurality of bags, wherein each bag has a respective calculated weight of all products in the bag and indicating a selected one of the plurality of bags as an audited bag for weighing.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
• G01G 19/414 - Appareils ou méthodes de pesée adaptés à des fins particulières non prévues dans les groupes avec dispositions pour indiquer, enregistrer ou calculer un prix ou d'autres quantités dépendant du poids utilisant des moyens de calcul électromécaniques ou électroniques utilisant uniquement des moyens de calcul électroniques
• A47F 9/04 - Comptoirs de vérification, p.ex. pour magasins à libre-service

Abrégé

A point of sale (POS) system that prevents return fraud is described. The POS system detects radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags associated with an item at a time of purchase and when the item is returned. If there is no discrepancy between the detected RFID tags, then the item can be quickly returned without further inspections. If there is a discrepancy, a quick identification of missing parts and the return condition is determined based on missing RFID tags.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 30/00 - Commerce
• G06F 16/22 - Indexation; Structures de données à cet effet; Structures de stockage
• G06K 7/10 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture de supports d'enregistrement par radiation corpusculaire
• G06Q 20/40 - Autorisation, p.ex. identification du payeur ou du bénéficiaire, vérification des références du client ou du magasin; Examen et approbation des payeurs, p.ex. contrôle des lignes de crédit ou des listes négatives
• G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente

Abrégé

Customers are identified as they enter a store and linked to one or more items previously ordered on-line. A route through the store to retrieve the ordered items is generated and sent to the customer's mobile device for display. The customer's movements are tracked as he/she goes through the store to retrieve products, and the location of the customer determined whenever he/she selects a product from the shelves. Based on whether the locations of the customer when he/she selected the products matches the predefined locations of the items ordered on-line, the customer is directed to go to one of an audit station or checkout lane, or alternatively, to bypass both audit station and the checkout lane and exit the store. In the latter case, the customer's account is automatically charged for the total cost of the ordered items.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 30/06 - Transactions d’achat, de vente ou de crédit-bail
• H04W 4/35 - Services spécialement adaptés à des environnements, à des situations ou à des fins spécifiques pour la gestion de biens ou de marchandises
• H04W 4/024 - Services d’orientation

Abrégé

Embodiments herein describe a reverse auction application which can collect and display bids for a product or service to a user. The reverse auction application can also gather information about the user such as user preferences, brand loyalty, user characteristics, and the like. This information is provided to suppliers when requesting bids. The suppliers can use this information to then generate customized bids for the user. That is, unlike typical reverse auctions where bidders only compete over price, the bidders can use the user information provided by the reverse auction application to add incentives, offer combination orders, or offer additional services in their bids, as well as determine an optimum price.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 30/00 - Commerce
• G06Q 30/02 - Marketing; Estimation ou détermination des prix; Collecte de fonds
• G06Q 30/08 - Ventes aux enchères

Abrégé

A price verification system for efficient verification of a transaction price when the price is disputed or missing is described. The price verification system uses current images of the item location within a retail environment to determine a shelf price for the item. The shelf price is compared to the price registered a point of sale terminal and displayed to the customer in order to determine if a price adjustment is needed.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
• G06K 9/00 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture ou la reconnaissance de caractères imprimés ou écrits ou pour la reconnaissance de formes, p.ex. d'empreintes digitales
• G07G 1/00 - Caisses enregistreuses
• G07G 1/01 - Caisses enregistreuses - Détails pour l'affichage
• G06F 16/51 - Indexation; Structures de données à cet effet; Structures de stockage

Abrégé

Systems and methods for managing and facilitating combined purchase of items by multiple customers are disclosed. According to an aspect, a method includes receiving, from a computing device, notification by a first user to purchase one or more items. The method also includes determining whether to match the first user with a second user for combined purchase of the one or more items. Further, the method includes associating the first user with the second user for combined purchase of the one or more items in response to determining that the first user matches the second user.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 30/06 - Transactions d’achat, de vente ou de crédit-bail
• G06F 9/54 - Communication interprogramme
• G06Q 30/02 - Marketing; Estimation ou détermination des prix; Collecte de fonds

Abrégé

A self-checkout system can include a plurality of telescoped bagging arm segments moveably coupled together in an order according to respective diameters of the plurality of telescoped bagging arm segments. A scanning system can be configured to provide a characteristic of an item purchased by a user of the self-checkout system and a processor circuit can be operatively coupled to the plurality of telescoped bagging arm segments and to the scanning system, where the processor circuit can be configured to move the plurality of telescoped bagging arm segments relative to one another based on the characteristic of the item to be placed in a bag in use with the self-checkout system.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 20/00 - Architectures, schémas ou protocoles de paiement
• G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
• B25J 18/02 - Bras extensibles

Abrégé

Method, computer program product, and system to prioritize the execution of processing task requests in a task request queue, where the processing task requests are related to an environment. The method includes adding processing task requests to a task request queue in response to the detection of predefined actions in an environment. The method also includes adding additional processing task requests or adjusting a priority level of not yet completed task requests in the task request queue, in response to detecting subsequent predefined actions in the environment.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06F 9/48 - Lancement de programmes; Commutation de programmes, p.ex. par interruption
• G06Q 30/0601 - Commerce électronique [e-commerce]
• G06N 3/08 - Méthodes d'apprentissage

Abrégé

Systems and methods for managing the processing of information acquired by sensors within an environment are disclosed herein. According to an aspect, a system includes multiple sensors configured to acquire information about an environment. The system may also include computing devices that are each operatively connected to a respective one of the sensors. Further, each computing device may be configured to determine an object and/or action within the environment based on the acquired information. The system may include a processing manager configured to determine whether a first computing device among the plurality of computing devices does not have predetermined resource availability for determining the object and/or action. The processing manager may control the first computing device to communicate the information to a second computing device for determining the one of the object and action in response to determining that the first computing device does not have the predetermined resource availability.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04L 29/08 - Procédure de commande de la transmission, p.ex. procédure de commande du niveau de la liaison
• G06Q 30/06 - Transactions d’achat, de vente ou de crédit-bail

Abrégé

Method, computer program product, and system to provide efficient processing of image data representing an environment comprising a plurality of items available for selection by one or more persons are described. The method includes receiving image data from a plurality of visual sensors, segmenting the image data into a plurality of image segments and classifying the data into predefined image categories. The method also includes identifying an image processing task having a predefined association with the first image category and executing the identified image processing task.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 30/00 - Commerce
• G06K 9/62 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la reconnaissance utilisant des moyens électroniques
• G06Q 30/06 - Transactions d’achat, de vente ou de crédit-bail
• G06F 16/51 - Indexation; Structures de données à cet effet; Structures de stockage
• G06V 10/10 - Acquisition d’images
• G06V 10/96 - Gestion de tâches de reconnaissance d’images ou de vidéos
• G06V 40/16 - Visages humains, p.ex. parties du visage, croquis ou expressions

Abrégé

Method and apparatus for performing security checks at a self-checkout kiosk in a retail store. The customers can create lists of items for purchase as they shop. When a customer is ready to pay, his list can be divided into sub-lists. Each sub-list can include items that require the same type of security check. The customer can then be provided with the sub-lists and an instruction for each sub-list that explains how the customer should arrange the items on the sub-list for a security check. After the customer has properly arranged the items on a sub-list, the relevant security check can be performed.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
• G06Q 30/06 - Transactions d’achat, de vente ou de crédit-bail
• G07G 1/00 - Caisses enregistreuses
• G07G 3/00 - Indicateurs d'alarme, p.ex. sonneries
• G07G 1/01 - Caisses enregistreuses - Détails pour l'affichage

Abrégé

A method, computer program product, and system are disclosed for facilitating access by a first person to a secure region that is at least partly defined by an access control device. The method acquires, using at least one visual sensor, first image information including the first person and the access control device. The method identifies the first person using image analysis performed on the first image information. The method further identifies a first behavior of the first person relative to the access control device. Upon determining the first behavior corresponds to a predefined visual access behavior indicating that the first person is in the process of manually operating the access control device, and that the security level of the first person satisfies a predetermined threshold security level associated with the access control device, the method permits the first person to physically access the secure region.

Classes IPC  ?

• G07C 9/00 - Enregistrement de l’entrée ou de la sortie d'une entité isolée
• G06K 9/00 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture ou la reconnaissance de caractères imprimés ou écrits ou pour la reconnaissance de formes, p.ex. d'empreintes digitales
• G06K 9/62 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la reconnaissance utilisant des moyens électroniques

Abrégé

Patrons at a restaurant or bar can pay at their table using credit cards, without involving the restaurant or bar cashier and/or wait staff. Patrons are assisted using this system in dividing the bill by displaying the amount due (including tax) and allowing each patron to enter the amount they wish to pay. When the initial bill is presented, a balance due will be displayed and the indication will be provided that the bill has yet to be paid in full. As each transaction is entered, a running total will be displayed indicating the remaining balance due. When the running total reaches zero, the bill is paid in full, and an indication will be provided, such as by illuminating a green indicator light or by displaying a balance due of $0.00.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 50/12 - Hôtellerie ou restauration
• G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
• G06Q 20/10 - Architectures de paiement spécialement adaptées aux systèmes de banque à domicile
• G06Q 40/00 - Finance; Assurance; Stratégies fiscales; Traitement des impôts sur les sociétés ou sur le revenu

Abrégé

A Point-of-Sale (POS) terminal in a retail environment is communicatively connected to one or more POS peripheral devices. Each POS peripheral device is associated with a configuration file that defines configuration settings for the POS peripheral device and environmental context information for the POS terminal and the POS controller. The configuration files are prioritized according to various criteria, and used to re-configure POS applications executing on the POS to operate optimally with the particular POS peripheral device. Additionally, the prioritized configuration files control the POS applications to update the configuration information.

Classes IPC  ?

• G07G 1/12 - Caisses enregistreuses à commande électronique
• G07G 1/00 - Caisses enregistreuses
• G06F 13/42 - Protocole de transfert pour bus, p.ex. liaison; Synchronisation
• G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente

Abrégé

A method, computer program product, and system are disclosed for facilitating access by a first person to a secure region within an environment having a plurality of items, wherein the secure region is at least partly defined by an access control device. The method acquires, using at least one visual sensor disposed within the environment, first image information including the first person and the access control device. The method identifies the first person using image analysis performed on the first image information. Further, the method identifies, using image analysis a first behavior of the first person relative to the access control device. Upon determining the first behavior corresponds to a predefined visual access behavior, and the security level of the first person satisfies a predetermined threshold security level associated with the access control device, deactivating a security element to permit the first person to physically access the secure region.

Classes IPC  ?

• G05B 21/00 - Systèmes impliquant l'échantillonnage de la variable commandée
• G07C 9/00 - Enregistrement de l’entrée ou de la sortie d'une entité isolée
• G06K 9/00 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture ou la reconnaissance de caractères imprimés ou écrits ou pour la reconnaissance de formes, p.ex. d'empreintes digitales
• G06K 9/62 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la reconnaissance utilisant des moyens électroniques

Abrégé

Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for enhancing a shopping experience that include: determining, by a self-checkout terminal, that a shopper invoked a help event; selecting, by the self-checkout terminal in dependence upon the help event, a shopper assistant to assist the shopper; and providing, by the self-checkout terminal to the shopper, distinguishing information identifying the shopper assistant.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 30/00 - Commerce
• G06Q 30/06 - Transactions d’achat, de vente ou de crédit-bail
• G06Q 30/02 - Marketing; Estimation ou détermination des prix; Collecte de fonds
• G06Q 50/26 - Services gouvernementaux ou services publics
• G07G 1/00 - Caisses enregistreuses

Abrégé

System and methods for performing a full cut and a partial cut of paper are disclosed herein. According to an aspect, a system comprises a paper cutter system comprising a motor operable to move in either a first direction or a second direction. The paper cutter system also comprises a movable blade. The paper cutter system also comprises a cutter mechanism configured to move the blade to perform a full cut of paper when the motor moves in the first direction and move the blade to perform a partial cut of paper when the motor moves in the second direction.

Classes IPC  ?

• B26D 1/06 - Coupe d'une pièce caractérisée par la nature ou par le mouvement de l'élément coupant; Appareils ou machines à cet effet; Eléments coupants à cet effet comportant un élément qui ne suit pas le mouvement de la pièce ayant un élément coupant se déplaçant linéairement l'élément coupant étant animé d'un mouvement de va-et-vient
• B41J 11/70 - Utilisation de dispositifs coupants coupant perpendiculairement à la direction de l'avance du papier
• B26D 5/16 - Moyens pour actionner l'outil de coupe afin d'effectuer la coupe au moyen de cames
• B26D 3/12 - Fente des portions du pourtour de la pièce, c. à d. formation d'entailles sans enlèvement de matière, pour former un certain angle, p.ex. un angle droit, avec le bord de la pièce
• B26D 5/00 - Dispositions pour manœuvrer et commander les machines ou les dispositifs de coupe, découpage, poinçonnage, perforation ou séparation autrement que par coupe

Abrégé

A method, computer program product, and system are disclosed for managing a return transaction within an environment having a plurality of purchasable item. The method acquires, using at least one visual sensor disposed within the environment, first image information including a first person and including a first item associated with the first person. The method identifies the first person using image analysis performed on the first image information. Further, the method determines, using image analysis performed on the first image information and based on one or more predetermined criteria, that the first item is eligible to be returned by the first person within the return transaction. Upon completion of one or more predefined return tasks specified for the first item within the return transaction, the method updates a first data structure representing an inventory of the environment to reflect the returned first item.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 30/00 - Commerce
• G06K 9/00 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture ou la reconnaissance de caractères imprimés ou écrits ou pour la reconnaissance de formes, p.ex. d'empreintes digitales
• G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
• G06Q 20/40 - Autorisation, p.ex. identification du payeur ou du bénéficiaire, vérification des références du client ou du magasin; Examen et approbation des payeurs, p.ex. contrôle des lignes de crédit ou des listes négatives
• G07G 1/00 - Caisses enregistreuses
• G07F 7/06 - Mécanismes actionnés par des objets autres que des pièces de monnaie pour déclencher ou actionner des appareils de vente, de location, de distribution de pièces de monnaie ou de papier-monnaie, ou de remboursement par des récipients consignés, p.ex. des bouteilles
• G06K 9/62 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la reconnaissance utilisant des moyens électroniques
• G06Q 20/10 - Architectures de paiement spécialement adaptées aux systèmes de banque à domicile
• G06Q 20/24 - Schémas de crédit, c. à d. de "paiement différé"
• G06Q 10/08 - Logistique, p.ex. entreposage, chargement ou distribution; Gestion d’inventaires ou de stocks

Abrégé

Method, computer program product, and system to provide an extended vision within an environment having a plurality of items, where the extended vision is based on a field of view of a person determined using a first visual sensor, and is further based on at least a second visual sensor disposed within the environment. Image information from the first and second visual sensors is associated to produce combined image information. Selected portions of the combined image information are displayed based on input provided through a user interface.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06K 9/00 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture ou la reconnaissance de caractères imprimés ou écrits ou pour la reconnaissance de formes, p.ex. d'empreintes digitales
• G07G 1/00 - Caisses enregistreuses
• G01G 19/414 - Appareils ou méthodes de pesée adaptés à des fins particulières non prévues dans les groupes avec dispositions pour indiquer, enregistrer ou calculer un prix ou d'autres quantités dépendant du poids utilisant des moyens de calcul électromécaniques ou électroniques utilisant uniquement des moyens de calcul électroniques
• G06Q 20/18 - Architectures de paiement impliquant des terminaux en libre-service, des distributeurs automatiques, des bornes ou des terminaux multimédia
• G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
• G06Q 10/08 - Logistique, p.ex. entreposage, chargement ou distribution; Gestion d’inventaires ou de stocks
• G06T 7/66 - Analyse des attributs géométriques des moments d'image ou du centre de gravité
• G06K 9/20 - Obtention de l'image
• G06Q 30/06 - Transactions d’achat, de vente ou de crédit-bail
• G01S 19/13 - Récepteurs
• G06Q 20/32 - Architectures, schémas ou protocoles de paiement caractérisés par l'emploi de dispositifs spécifiques utilisant des dispositifs sans fil
• G06Q 30/00 - Commerce
• H04N 5/225 - Caméras de télévision
• H04N 7/18 - Systèmes de télévision en circuit fermé [CCTV], c. à d. systèmes dans lesquels le signal vidéo n'est pas diffusé
• G06Q 30/02 - Marketing; Estimation ou détermination des prix; Collecte de fonds
• G06K 9/62 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la reconnaissance utilisant des moyens électroniques
• G06K 9/78 - Combinaison de l'obtention de l'image et de fonctions de reconnaissance
• G06F 1/16 - TRAITEMENT ÉLECTRIQUE DE DONNÉES NUMÉRIQUES - Détails non couverts par les groupes et - Détails ou dispositions de structure
• G06F 3/01 - Dispositions d'entrée ou dispositions d'entrée et de sortie combinées pour l'interaction entre l'utilisateur et le calculateur
• G06K 9/46 - Extraction d'éléments ou de caractéristiques de l'image
• G06T 11/60 - Edition de figures et de texte; Combinaison de figures ou de texte
• H04N 5/232 - Dispositifs pour la commande des caméras de télévision, p.ex. commande à distance
• G01B 11/00 - Dispositions pour la mesure caractérisées par l'utilisation de techniques optiques
• G01G 19/40 - Appareils ou méthodes de pesée adaptés à des fins particulières non prévues dans les groupes avec dispositions pour indiquer, enregistrer ou calculer un prix ou d'autres quantités dépendant du poids
• G01B 11/02 - Dispositions pour la mesure caractérisées par l'utilisation de techniques optiques pour mesurer la longueur, la largeur ou l'épaisseur

Abrégé

Systems and methods for implementing a user mode virtual serial communications port emulator are disclosed herein. According to an aspect, a method for a virtual serial communications port emulator includes using at least one processor and memory for creating a virtual serial communication port (VCP) driver in a user mode of an operating system. The method further includes emulating a physical serial communication port using the VCP driver. In addition, the method includes converting outgoing data from an application executed on the at least one processor and memory via the VCP driver into a format complying with a protocol associated with a VCP device server. The method also includes converting incoming data from the VCP device server complying with the protocol into a second format understood by the application, wherein the VCP driver is communicated with using an unpublished universally unique identifier (UUID).

Classes IPC  ?

• G06F 13/00 - Interconnexion ou transfert d'information ou d'autres signaux entre mémoires, dispositifs d'entrée/sortie ou unités de traitement
• G06F 13/38 - Transfert d'informations, p.ex. sur un bus
• G06F 13/36 - Gestion de demandes d'interconnexion ou de transfert pour l'accès au bus ou au système à bus communs
• G06F 13/16 - Gestion de demandes d'interconnexion ou de transfert pour l'accès au bus de mémoire
• G06F 13/42 - Protocole de transfert pour bus, p.ex. liaison; Synchronisation
• G06F 13/10 - Commande par programme pour dispositifs périphériques

Abrégé

A Point-of-Sale (POS) terminal in a retail environment is communicatively connected to one or more POS peripheral devices. Each POS peripheral device is associated with a configuration file that defines configuration settings for the POS peripheral device and environmental context information for the POS terminal and the POS controller. The configuration files are prioritized according to various criteria, and used to re-configure POS applications executing on the POS to operate optimally with the particular POS peripheral device. Additionally, the prioritized configuration files control the POS applications to update the configuration information.

Classes IPC  ?

• G07G 1/12 - Caisses enregistreuses à commande électronique
• G07G 1/00 - Caisses enregistreuses
• G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente
• G06F 13/42 - Protocole de transfert pour bus, p.ex. liaison; Synchronisation

Abrégé

A computing device selects an in-store shopper to fulfill an order placed by a remote buyer. In particular, the computing device receives a message via a communications network. This message comprises a purchase order identifying an item offered for sale at a retail store. The computing device identifies a plurality of people physically located at the retail store and selects, from the plurality of people, a shopper to retrieve the item from the retail store and deliver the item to a delivery location. In particular, selecting the shopper is based on a purchase price and corresponding procurement cost of the item. The computing device transmits an order fulfillment request to a communications device associated with the shopper. The order fulfillment request identifies the item.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 30/00 - Commerce
• G06Q 30/06 - Transactions d’achat, de vente ou de crédit-bail
• G06Q 20/24 - Schémas de crédit, c. à d. de "paiement différé"
• G06Q 30/02 - Marketing; Estimation ou détermination des prix; Collecte de fonds
• H04L 12/58 - Systèmes de commutation de messages
• G06Q 10/06 - Ressources, gestion de tâches, des ressources humaines ou de projets; Planification d’entreprise ou d’organisation; Modélisation d’entreprise ou d’organisation
• G06Q 10/08 - Logistique, p.ex. entreposage, chargement ou distribution; Gestion d’inventaires ou de stocks

Abrégé

A method, computer program product, and system are disclosed for compiling a virtual transaction for a person within an environment having a plurality of items. The method includes acquiring, using at least one visual sensor, first image information including a person. The method further includes identifying the at least one person from the first image information by classifying the person into a class. The method also includes acquiring second image information including the person and an item. The method further includes identifying a behavior of the person relative to the item, and updating, based on the identified behavior, the virtual transaction.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 30/06 - Transactions d’achat, de vente ou de crédit-bail

Abrégé

A computing device obtains information associated with creating a plurality of database triggers. The computing device processes this information to determine a list of foreign keys that directly link a plurality of database tables. At least two of these database tables, however, are not directly linked. Therefore, the computing device uses the list of foreign keys to generate an indirect table path that indirectly links these two database tables through one or more intermediary tables. So linked, the computing device can automatically generate the source code for creating the plurality of database triggers to verify the integrity of the data stored in all of the plurality of database tables.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06F 16/00 - Recherche d’informations; Structures de bases de données à cet effet; Structures de systèmes de fichiers à cet effet
• G06F 16/23 - Mise à jour
• G06F 16/22 - Indexation; Structures de données à cet effet; Structures de stockage
• G06F 16/901 - Indexation; Structures de données à cet effet; Structures de stockage

Abrégé

According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a method is implemented by a server in a server cluster. A request received from a client includes a session identifier (ID) identifying a session between the client and the server, and a correlation ID that is linked to the request. If the correlation ID is not included in an individual server-specific session microcache for the session, the request is processed to determine a response, the response is added to the session microcache, and the response and an indication of the correlation ID are sent to the client. If the correlation ID and a response to the request are stored in the session microcache, the response and an indication of the correlation ID are re-sent to the client. The session ID and session microcache are transferred to another of the plurality of servers in the server cluster to continue the session.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04L 29/06 - Commande de la communication; Traitement de la communication caractérisés par un protocole
• H04L 29/08 - Procédure de commande de la transmission, p.ex. procédure de commande du niveau de la liaison

Abrégé

Systems and methods for implementing retail processes based on machine-readable images and user gestures are disclosed. According to an aspect, a method includes capturing one or more images including a machine-readable image and a user gesture. The method also includes identifying the machine-readable image as being associated with a product. Further, the method includes determining whether the user gesture interacts with the machine-readable image in accordance with a predetermined gesture. The method also includes implementing a predetermined retail process in association with the product in response to determining that the user gesture interacts with the machine-readable image in accordance with the predetermined gesture.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 30/06 - Transactions d’achat, de vente ou de crédit-bail
• G06F 3/01 - Dispositions d'entrée ou dispositions d'entrée et de sortie combinées pour l'interaction entre l'utilisateur et le calculateur
• G06Q 10/08 - Logistique, p.ex. entreposage, chargement ou distribution; Gestion d’inventaires ou de stocks
• G06F 3/03 - Dispositions pour convertir sous forme codée la position ou le déplacement d'un élément
• G06F 3/0482 - Interaction avec des listes d’éléments sélectionnables, p.ex. des menus
• G06F 3/0488 - Techniques d’interaction fondées sur les interfaces utilisateur graphiques [GUI] utilisant des caractéristiques spécifiques fournies par le périphérique d’entrée, p.ex. des fonctions commandées par la rotation d’une souris à deux capteurs, ou par la nature du périphérique d’entrée, p.ex. des gestes en fonction de la pression exer utilisant un écran tactile ou une tablette numérique, p.ex. entrée de commandes par des tracés gestuels
• G02B 27/01 - Dispositifs d'affichage "tête haute"
• G06K 9/00 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture ou la reconnaissance de caractères imprimés ou écrits ou pour la reconnaissance de formes, p.ex. d'empreintes digitales

Abrégé

A Point-of-Sale (POS) terminal in a retail environment is communicatively connected to one or more POS peripheral devices. Each POS peripheral device is associated with a configuration file that defines configuration settings for the POS peripheral device and environmental context information for the POS terminal and the POS controller. The configuration files are prioritized according to various criteria, and used to re-configure POS applications executing on the POS to operate optimally with the particular POS peripheral device. Additionally, the prioritized configuration files control the POS applications to update the configuration information.

Classes IPC  ?

• G07G 1/12 - Caisses enregistreuses à commande électronique
• G07G 1/00 - Caisses enregistreuses
• G06F 13/42 - Protocole de transfert pour bus, p.ex. liaison; Synchronisation
• G06Q 20/20 - Systèmes de réseaux présents sur les points de vente

Abrégé

An application program installed in a hand held computing device such as a tablet computer presents a graphical user interface (GUI) on a touch screen display and receives touch input signals from the touch screen display. When an unintentional touch event is detected, the application switches from an active mode to a configuration mode. In the configuration mode, graphical tools are displayed on the touch screen display to enable a user to define or adjust the active zone of the touch screen display so as to exclude the area of the touch screen display touched by the hand that is grasping the hand held device. Interactive elements in the GUI are then rearranged so that the interactive elements are within the newly defined active zone.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06F 3/041 - Numériseurs, p.ex. pour des écrans ou des pavés tactiles, caractérisés par les moyens de transduction
• G06F 3/0488 - Techniques d’interaction fondées sur les interfaces utilisateur graphiques [GUI] utilisant des caractéristiques spécifiques fournies par le périphérique d’entrée, p.ex. des fonctions commandées par la rotation d’une souris à deux capteurs, ou par la nature du périphérique d’entrée, p.ex. des gestes en fonction de la pression exer utilisant un écran tactile ou une tablette numérique, p.ex. entrée de commandes par des tracés gestuels