Processing Separate Items Via A Single Retailer Action
AssigneeHallmark Cards, Incorporated
InventorSusan L. Fowler
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Abstract
A method, system, and medium are provided for processing multiple items for retail sale via a single retailer action. Upon scanning a machine-readable marking that is associated with multiple items provided by various vendors, a marking identifier associated with the machine-readable marking is recognized. The marking identifier corresponds with each price of the multiple items. Each price of the multiple items is presented to a consumer for payment that can be disbursed to the appropriate vendors.
Claims20
A computerized method for processing multiple items via a single retailer action, the method comprising:
- scanning a machine-readable marking that is associated with a first item provided by a first vendor and a second item provided by a second vendor;
- recognizing a marking identifier associated with the machine-readable marking, the marking identifier corresponding with a price of the first item and a price of the second item;
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- presenting the price of the first item and the price of the second item to a consumer for payment of the first item and the second item.
One or more computer-readable media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon for processing multiple items via a single retailer action, the method comprising:
- receiving a marking identifier that identifies a multi-item product including a first item associated with a first vendor and a second item associated with a second vendor;
- using the marking identifier to reference a first item price for the first item and a second item price for the second item;
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- communicating the first item price for the first item and the second item price for the second item to a point of sale for payment of the multi-item product.
A multi-item product comprising:
- a gift card coupled with a greeting card, one of the gift card and the greeting card having a first machine-readable marking associated with both a price of the greeting card provided by a first vendor and a price of the gift card provided by a second vendor,
- wherein a consumer incurs a first charge corresponding with the price of the greeting card and a second charge corresponding with the price of the gift upon a single scan of the first machine-readable marking.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.