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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1998
Dusty L. Lutz, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Brian P. Cooper, Suwanee, GA (US);
Jackie L. Huffman, Alpharetta, GA (US);
NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Abstract
A method of operating a retail terminal includes the step of determining if a user of the retail terminal operates an input device so as to enter a first character, a second character, and a third character associated with a first item name and generating a character-entered control signal in response thereto. The method also includes the step of displaying a first menu having a first plurality of item names containing each of the first character, the second character, and the third character in response to generation of the character-entered control signal. Moreover, the method includes the step of determining if the user operates the input device so as to select the first item name from the first plurality of item names listed on the first menu. A retail terminal is also disclosed.