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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 02, 1999
Robert L. Snyder, Suwanee, GA (US);
Kurt J. Lippert, Snellville, GA (US);
NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Abstract
A method of operating a retail terminal having a signal transmitter associated therewith includes the step of detecting an intervention-needed activity and generating an intervention-needed control signal in response thereto. The method also includes the step of operating the signal transmitter so as to transmit a personnel-request signal in response to generation of the intervention-needed control signal. The method further includes the step of receiving the personnel-request signal with a signal receiver associated with an audible message generating device. Moreover, the method includes the step of generating an audible message that is communicated to retail personnel with the audible message generating device in response to receipt of the personnel-request signal. A retail terminal is also disclosed.