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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2003
Applicant:
Michael Persky, New Canaan, CT (US);
Inventor:
Michael Persky, New Canaan, CT (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A self-checkout system is presented which may include at least two self checkout stations and a single self-payment module for effecting payments and/or completing transactions conducted on each of the at least two self-checkout systems. The self-payment module may determine which of the two self-checkout stations utilizes the self-payment module upon both self-checkout stations being used at the same time.