Ncr Corporation

International Business Machines Corporation

Janet L Fath

Alex Sobolev

Ralph Barletta

Toya Waits

Rick Rusak

Jacqueline Voellinger

Eileen Hunter

Kate M Ferriter

Michael S Miller

Diego J Castano

Joe Wahome, Jr

A point-of-sale system which uses speech entry to identify and tally items without bar code labels, such as produce items. The system includes a microphone, a scale, and a terminal. The terminal uses the microphone to record words from a checker identifying a produce item during a transaction and prompts an operator to identify the produce item by speaking into the microphone when the produce item is placed upon the scale. The terminal also identifies a price for the item and enters the price into the transaction when the produce item is removed from the scale.

Point-of-sale system having speech entry and item recognition support

The invention concerns a graphical user interface for a bank's customer database. The interface allows a user to choose from several pre-defined operations upon the database, and eliminates the need for the user to use a command-line format to execute the operations. The invention allows the user to divide the database into demographic segments, and to perform computations upon the segments, as well as to export results of the computations to files, and to other programs.

Method and apparatus for recording results of marketing activity in a

Interface and associated bank customer database

A method and apparatus are disclosed for permitting the selective suspension and resumption of computer based manufacturing processes which include a plurality of manufacturing operations. A plurality of sequentially ordered textual instructions are displayed, each corresponding to a particular one of said plurality of manufacturing operations. The particular one of said plurality of manufacturing operations under current execution is determined and its corresponding textual instruction is graphically designated such that upon suspension of the manufacturing process prior to completion thereof the operation in question may be rapidly and accurately determined upon resumption of the process. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a graphic image of the product being manufactured is also displayed, including a plurality of reference numerals which correspond to the plurality of sequentially ordered textual instructions. The reference numeral within the graphic image which corresponds to the textual instruction under current execution is also preferably graphically designated so that the manufacturing technician may accurately resume the process.

Method and apparatus for selective suspension and resumption of computer

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Atlanta, GA, United States of America

Janet L Fath