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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2001
Applicant:
Timothy E. Mason, Buford, GA (US);
Inventor:
Timothy E. Mason, Buford, GA (US);
Assignee:
NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system determines the physical configuration of a convertible checkout station and configures the software to operate the station in correspondence with the determined configuration. The system comprises a physical configuration actuator that responds to a checkout station physical configuration and a physical configuration signal generator responsive to the actuator to generate a signal identifying the physical configuration of the checkout station. The signal may be provided to a processor that controls operation of the station and the processor uses the signal to configure software for the station.