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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:
Jun. 13, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 17, 1992
Donald M Wolfe, Jr, Coral Springs, FL (US);
John C Allard, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Cuong H Nguyen, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Larry E Axsom, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Jerry D Gabbard, Deerfield Beach, FL (US);
Checkrobot, Inc., Deerfield Beach, FL (US);
Abstract
A system for processing articles selected for purchase and bearing an identification code, comprises a code reader for generating output signals indicative of the article identification codes, a first storage unit for storage, for each of the articles, of a signal indicative of a price for the article correlated with the article identification, a second storage unit selectively operable for temporary storage of a signal indicative of a price for an article selected for purchase correlated with the article identification, and a control unit operable on receipt of the code reader output signals for fetching the price-indicative signal from the first storage unit, selectively operable on failure of the price fetching from the first storage unit for accepting operator input of a price-indicative signal for the article and storing the operator input signal in the second storage unit, and for fetching the price-indicative signal for the article from the second storage unit until such time as a price-indicative signal for the acceptable article is fetchable from the first storage unit.