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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2023
Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Susan W. Brosnan, Raleigh, NC (US);
Jessica Snead, Cary, NC (US);
Patricia Hogan, Raleigh, NC (US);
Daniel Robert Goins, Wake Forest, NC (US);
TOSHIBA GLOBAL COMMERCE SOLUTIONS, INC., Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
A method implemented by a Point of Sale (PoS) system. The method includes performing one or more PoS tasks in a retail environment. In addition, the method includes detecting that the transaction management system will be occupied with performing one or more PoS tasks for more than a threshold amount of time. The method further includes initiating an in-store event within the retail environment and generating a graphical notification interface and transmitting the graphical notification interface to at least one wireless device associated with a shopper in the retail environment. The graphical notification interface includes graphical elements depicting the in-store event.