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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2004
Food product scale and related in-store random weight item transaction system with rfid capabilities
Robert J. Schuller, Troy, OH (US);
Robert J. Weisz, Thornhill, CA;
Nigel G. Mills, Kettering, OH (US);
Mark E. Eberhardt, Jr., Troy, OH (US);
Robert J. Schuller, Troy, OH (US);
Robert J. Weisz, Thornhill, CA;
Nigel G. Mills, Kettering, OH (US);
Mark E. Eberhardt, Jr., Troy, OH (US);
Premark FEG L.L.C., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A random weight item transaction system include a scale with label RIFD tag functionality, service person RFID tag functionality and customer RFID tag functionality. A slicer in proximity to the scale may include service person and bulk food product RFID functionalities. The scale may make weigh transaction data available to a computerized checkout system via a communications link or via writing the information to the label RFID tag.