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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:
Dec. 16, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2006
Applicant:
Dimitris Gibault, Cagnes sur mer, FR;
Inventor:
Dimitris Gibault, Cagnes sur mer, FR;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Amronk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a self check-out method which uses contact free tags embedded in a receptacle, e.g., a plate, glass, etc. The method relates the tag to a service area and uses that relationship to associate the receptacle with a charge to be made to a customer.