Method and system for self checkout
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorDimitris Gibault
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a self check-out system which uses contact free tags embedded in a receptacle, e.g., a plate, glass, etc. The system relates the tag to a service area and uses that relationship to associate the receptacle with a charge to be made to a customer.
Claims18
A method of providing a self checkout facility for an establishment, comprising:
- reading information in a tag embedded in a receptacle;
- associating, in a database, the tag information with a serving area from which the receptacle was taken;
- determining a charge for a content of the receptacle from the database association;
- and
- charging a customer for the content.
A system for providing a self checkout facility for an establishment, comprising:
- a system for reading information in a tag embedded in a receptacle;
- a system for associating, in a database, the tag information with a serving area from which the receptacle was taken;
- a system for determining a charge for a content of the receptacle from the database association;
- and
- a system for charging a customer for the content.
A computer program comprising program code for performing the steps of:
- reading information in a tag embedded in a receptacle;
- associating, in a database, the tag information with a serving area from which the receptacle was taken;
- determining a charge for a content of the receptacle from the database association;
- and
- charging a customer for the content.
A receptacle including a tag embedded therein, wherein the tag can be read by a contact-free reader and the tag can be associated with a serving area to determine a cost to be charged to a customer.
A tag adapted to be embedded in a receptacle, wherein the tag can be read by contact-free reading means and such that a customer can be charged for a product contained in the receptacle by association with a serving area to determine a cost to be charged to a customer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.