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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:
Sep. 14, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael J. Matsko, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Katherine R. Lehman, Decatur, GA (US);
Assignee:
NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/740 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/740 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for determining a retail performance metric of entry identification time. The retail performance metric is determined by recording the time the system waited for and received an input. The retail performance metric type is determined as a function of the input received by the system. The retail performance metric of entry identification time is recorded as a function of the time the system waited for and received an input. The retail performance metric type is also recorded.