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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2018
Applicant:
Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Holdings Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Jeffrey J. Smith, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2012.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); G06Q 50/26 (2012.01); G07G 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0613 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0281 (2013.01); G06Q 30/06 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0607 (2013.01); G06Q 50/265 (2013.01); G07G 1/0036 (2013.01);
Abstract
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.