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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2022
Applicant:
Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Holdings Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Brad M. Johnson, Raleigh, NC (US);
Robert Andrew Myers, Cary, NC (US);
Scott Graham, Oxford, NC (US);
William Laird Dungan, Cary, NC (US);
Timothy W. Crockett, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G08B 5/36 (2006.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/208 (2013.01); G08B 5/36 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
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.