US 5,297,030 A · Method using bill and coin images on a touch screen for processing payment for merchandise items

Abstract

In a merchandise checkout system including an electronic cash register having a touch screen panel and a cash till including a plurality of compartments for storing a particular bill or coin denomination, there is disclosed a method for checking out purchased merchandise items including the steps of displaying on the touch screen panel a receipt listing the items purchased together with the amount due, displaying on the panel a plurality of bill denominations which may be submitted by the customer for the purchase of the merchandise items and displaying on the touch screen panel a representation of the cash till together with the particular bill and coin denominations and the number of such denominations which are to be dispensed as the change due the customer in response to the submission of the particular bill denomination by the customer.

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Dependent claims

A method for operating a business terminal having a touch screen display device for processing the payment of purchased merchandise items comprising the steps of:

entering on aid business terminal a listing of amounts of merchandise purchased by a customer;
totaling said amounts by said terminal to obtain an amount due;
displaying on a display device a receipt representation including a listing of the merchandise items purchased by the customer and the amount due;
and
displaying on the display device a plurality of possible alternative payment amounts that may be submitted by the customer based upon the amount due as payment for the purchase of the merchandise items.

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A method for operating a business terminal having a touch screen display device and a cash till for processing the payment for the purchase of a plurality of merchandise items comprising the steps of:

entering on said business terminal a listing of amounts of merchandise items purchased;
generating an amount due for the purchased merchandise items;
determining by the business terminal and displaying on the display device a plurality of images representing possible currency denominations that may be tendered by the customer for the amount due;
touching the image representing the currency denominations tendered by the customer;
determining by the business terminal of the amount of the change due to the customer from the amount tendered and the denominations which can make up said change due;
and
displaying on the display device the images of the currency denominations which are to be given to the customer as the change due from the currency denominations presented by the customer as payment for the amount due.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method using bill and coin images on a touch screen for processing payment for merchandise items

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Method using bill and coin images on a touch screen for processing payment for merchandise items

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