Generating an alert based on absence of a given person in a transaction

A computer program product comprising a computer readable non-transitory medium having computer readable program code for generating an alert based on absence of a given person in a transaction, said computer program product including:

• computer readable program code for monitoring, via video from a camera, a transaction at an enterprise retail checkout;
• computer readable program code for relating the video of the transaction to a corresponding portion of a transaction log to match a description of the transaction in question with the video of the transaction, wherein the transaction log includes a description of checkout events at the enterprise retail checkout and one or more specific people required by enterprise policy to be present in the transaction;
• computer readable program code for comparing the video of the transaction and the description of the transaction from the corresponding portion of the transaction log to detect if the one or more specific people required by the enterprise policy in the description of the transaction is present in the video;
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• computer readable program code for generating an alert if the one or more specific people required to be present by the enterprise policy are not present in the video of the transaction.

A system for generating an alert based on absence of a given person in a transaction, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to said memory and operative to:
• monitor, via video from a camera, a transaction at an enterprise retail checkout;
• relate the video of the transaction to a corresponding portion of a transaction log to match a description of the transaction in question with the video of the transaction, wherein the transaction log includes a description of checkout events at the enterprise retail checkout and one or more specific people required by enterprise policy to be present in the transaction;
• compare the video of the transaction and the description of the transaction from the corresponding portion of the transaction log to detect if the one or more specific people required by the enterprise policy in the description of the transaction is present in the video;
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• generate an alert if the one or more specific people required to be present by the enterprise policy are not present in the video of the transaction.

An apparatus for generating an alert based on absence of a given person in a transaction, said apparatus comprising:

• means for monitoring, via video from a camera, a transaction at an enterprise retail checkout;
• means for relating the video of the transaction to a corresponding portion of a transaction log to match a description of the transaction in question with the video of the transaction, wherein the transaction log includes a description of checkout events at the enterprise retail checkout and one or more specific people required by enterprise policy to be present in the transaction;
• means for comparing the video of the transaction and the description of the transaction from the corresponding portion of the transaction log to detect if the one or more specific people required by the enterprise policy in the description of the transaction is present in the video;
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• means for generating an alert if the one or more specific people required to be present by the enterprise policy are not present in the video of the transaction.