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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2023
Applicant:
Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Inventor:
Johanna E. Hinkle, South Bend, IN (US);
Assignee:
TOSHIBA GLOBAL COMMERCE SOLUTIONS, INC., Durham, NC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G06Q 20/18 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/18 (2013.01); G06Q 20/206 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques to reconfigure self-checkout kiosks based on attendant availability. A first transaction is processed based on an indication of current availability, at a first point in time, of one or more attendants for a physical area associated with a self-checkout kiosk. After processing the first transaction, an indication of current availability, at a second point in time, of the one or more attendants is determined. A second transaction is processed based on the indication of current availability, at the second point in time, of the one or more attendants.