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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2024
Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Melford L. Miller, Jr., Apex, NC (US);
Timothy W. Crockett, Raleigh, NC (US);
Scott M. Graham, Oxford, NC (US);
TOSHIBA GLOBAL COMMERCE SOLUTIONS, INC., Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques for associating a camera with a POS system, and providing a user access to a stream of the camera's feed. The present disclosure provides an improvement to technology associated with cameras at POS systems. The improved technology includes using barcodes to communicate with a CMS via a camera's stream. Such communication enables improvement in efficiency and accuracy when assigning cameras to POS systems, and when configuring or performing diagnostics on the camera.