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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 30, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
IE&E Industries, Inc., Ferndale, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ; G06G / ; G06G / ; G07G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364401 ; 364405 ; 364479 ;
Abstract
A system for printing consumer selected items includes a central computer, a display of various types of consumer items, a keyboard interfaced with the central computer to allow a consumer to select one of the displayed items, a printer enabling an item to be printed in response to the consumer selection, and a sensor interfaced with the central computer to sense the presence of a consumer in the vicinity of the system. The system further includes a memory which stores the types and amounts of consumer items ordered and further records the operation of the sensor to determine how often the consumer is in the vicinity of the system.