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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2020
Applicant:
Target Brands, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventor:
Christopher Mark Brakob, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Assignee:
Target Brands, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0201 (2013.01); G06K 7/10435 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes obtaining an RFID, an associated barcode and an exit time for an RFID tag that was detected by an RFID sensor as exiting a building. A transaction database is accessed to determine if a product with a matching barcode was purchased before the exit time when a product with a matching barcode was not purchased before the exit time, marking the RFID as bypassing purchase.