EP0565253A2
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Apparatus and method for processing payment for a merchandise item
Assignee: NCR International Inc
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Filing: 1993-03-18
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2013-03-18
Abstract
Abstract The invention provides for a merchandise checkout apparatus such as electronic cash register (20) having a touch screen panel (22) and a cash till (26) including a plurality of compartments for storing respective bill and coin denominations, wherein the touch sensitive display screen (22) is arranged to display a receipt (40) listing the merchandise items purchased together with the amount due, a plurality (66,68) of bill denominations which may be submitted by a customer for the purchase of said merchandise items and a representation of said cash till (26) together with the particular bill and coin denominations in the respective compartments of said cash till (26) and the number of such denominations which are to be dispensed as the change to said customer. A method of processing payment with such apparatus is also disclosed.
Inventors
- 👤 Ali M. Vassigh
- 👤 Mark A. Hastings
- 👤 Michael T. Inderrieden
- 👤 Helen Buchanan-Miller
- 👤 David M. Rubini
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 05:33
CPC Classifications
G; G07; G07G; G07G1/00; G07G1/12; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/01; G06F3/048; G06F3/0487; G06F3/0488; G06Q; G06Q20/00; G06Q20/08; G06Q20/20; G07G1/01
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
99 words
Apparatus (20) for processing the payment for at least one purchased merchandise item comprising display means (24,62) for displaying the amount due for the purchase of said at least one item, characterized in that said display means (24,62) is arranged to display a plurality of payment amounts that may be tendered by the customer as payment for said at least one item having regard to the amount due, and in that there are provided means (36) arranged to calculate the amount of change in response to the selection of one of the displayed amounts corresponding to the amount tendered.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
99 words
Apparatus (20) for processing the payment for at least one purchased merchandise item comprising display means (24,62) for displaying the amount due for the purchase of said at least one item, characterized in that said display means (24,62) is arranged to display a plurality of payment amounts that may be tendered by the customer as payment for said at least one item having regard to the amount due, and in that there are provided means (36) arranged to calculate the amount of change in response to the selection of one of the displayed amounts corresponding to the amount tendered.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that said display means (24,62) is a touch sensitive screen (22).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
Apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that said display means (26,62) is arranged to display a receipt representation including a listing of said at least one item.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
Apparatus according to claim 3, characterized by means for superimposing a first designated area (44,48) on said receipt representation which when touched will move said at least one item in the receipt representation.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
45 words
Apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized by means (90,98,100) for displaying a representation of each of the bill and coin denominations together with the number of such denominations which comprises any change due the customer having regard to the amount tendered.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
41 words
Apparatus according to claim 5, characterized in that said means (90,98,100) for displaying the bill and coin denominations is arranged to display a representation of a cash till of the apparatus with the bill and coin denominations represented in respective compartments.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
42 words
Apparatus according to claim 5 or 6, characterized in that said means (90,98,100) for displaying the bills and coin denominations includes means (100) for displaying the images of only those bill and coin denominations which are available for distribution as change due.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
35 words
Apparatus according to claim 7, characterized in that said means for displaying the bill and coin denominations includes means for dividing each of the available currency denominations into the change due to generate said number.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
122 words
A method of processing the payment for at least one purchased merchandise item comprising displaying the amount due for the purchase of said at least one item, characterized by the steps of storing a listing of all the currency denominations available for said payment, dividing said amount due by each currency denomination, adding one to the quotient whenever a remainder is generated as a result of the division, multiplying said denominations by the respective quotient plus one values obtained for each denomination, displaying the products obtained by the multiplication as possible payment amounts that may be tendered by a customer and calculating the amount of change due in response to selection of one of said displayed amounts corresponding to the amount tendered.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
122 words
A method of processing the payment for at least one purchased merchandise item comprising displaying the amount due for the purchase of said at least one item, characterized by the steps of storing a listing of all the currency denominations available for said payment, dividing said amount due by each currency denomination, adding one to the quotient whenever a remainder is generated as a result of the division, multiplying said denominations by the respective quotient plus one values obtained for each denomination, displaying the products obtained by the multiplication as possible payment amounts that may be tendered by a customer and calculating the amount of change due in response to selection of one of said displayed amounts corresponding to the amount tendered.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
33 words
A method according to claim 9, characterized by the steps of displaying the amount due as the amount that may be tendered by the customer when said quotient is generated without a remainder.
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