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US 5,397,882 AGranted
Method for spot checking a client in a self-service store
AssigneeAhold Retail Services AG
InventorRonald J. Van Solt
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AssigneeAhold Retail Services AG
InventorRonald J. Van Solt
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A customer pass or card registered in the client's name is issued to each client who wishes to make use of the self-registration system. A check parameter, such as an integer, is assigned to the customer pass, and is either recorded in the customer pass or stored in the memory of a computer. After the client has registered the selected articles using a portable scanning device, the scanner is coupled to a readout station and at the same time the identity of the client and the associated check parameter are determined. With the aid of an automatic device, such as a random number generator, it is determined whether a spot check should take place. The store arrangement includes shelves 3, typical cash desks 4, and a check selection station 22 where a client wishing to make use of the self-registration system presents the customer pass. Station 22 determines whether the client must be spot checked. If a spot check is needed, the client is directed to a check cash desk 24 where a storeworker registers the articles in the normal manner. If no spot check is needed, the client can go directly to the readout station 6 where the portable scanner is read out automatically.
A method for checking articles registered with a scanner by a client himself in a self-service store, wherein a customer pass registered in the client's name is issued to each client who wishes to make use of the self-registration system;
A method for checking articles selected by a store client and with respect to which certain article information on the articles is registered in a scanner by a client in a self-service store, wherein a customer pass is issued to each client who will make use of a self-registration system in selecting articles in the store and registering the article information regarding the articles, each customer pass including first client information identifying the client to whom the customer pass is issued, the registration system including information processing equipment for processing the first client information contained on said customer pass and the article information registered in the scanner, and one of the processing equipment and the customer pass including a check parameter, the parameter including second client information relating to whether the client's use of the self-registration system is to be checked for accuracy after the client has registered the selected articles in the scanner;
A self-service article selection and registration system for checking articles selected by a store client and with respect to which certain article information on the articles is registered in a scanner by the client, the system comprising:
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