US PATENT SUBCLASS 705 / 16
.~ Including point of sale terminal or electronic cash register

Current as of: June, 1999
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705 /   HD   DATA PROCESSING: FINANCIAL, BUSINESS PRACTICE, MANAGEMENT, OR COST/PRICE DETERMINATION

1  DF  AUTOMATED ELECTRICAL FINANCIAL OR BUSINESS PRACTICE OR MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENT {13}
16.~ Including point of sale terminal or electronic cash register {9}
17  DF  .~.~> Having interface for record bearing medium or carrier for electronic funds transfer or payment credit
18  DF  .~.~> Having security or user identification provision (password entry, etc.)
19  DF  .~.~> Tax processing
20  DF  .~.~> Price look-up processing (e.g., updating)
21  DF  .~.~> Interconnection or interaction of plural electronic cash registers (ECRs) or to host computer (e.g., network detail, transfer of information from host to ECR or from ECR to ECR, etc.)
22  DF  .~.~> Inventory monitoring
23  DF  .~.~> Input by product or record sensing (weighing, scanner processing)
24  DF  .~.~> Specified transaction journal output feature (e.g., printed receipt, voice output, etc.)
25  DF  .~.~> Specified keyboard feature

DEFINITION

Classification: 705/16

Including point of sale terminal or electronic cash register:

(under subclass 1) Subject matter drawn to a computerized arrangement for including a mechanism for effecting a transaction and determining the amount of a sale which may also be a terminal in a system.

(1) Note. The mechanism for effecting a transaction may include a mechanism for handling cash, or debiting an account or prepaid card.

(2) Note. The sale may include a plurality of goods at different prices.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

14, for an automated cash register system having an incentive or promotional feature (e.g., coupon dispensing).

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

186, Merchandising, for a general checkout arrangement. 235, Registers,

7+, for a mechanical cash register; subclasses 2+ for a mechanical cash register with a recorder.

377, Electrical Pulse Counters, Pulse Dividers, or Shift Registers: Circuits and Systems,

14, for an electrical register for registering counts for different monetary amounts.

902, Electronic Funds Transfer, subcollection 22 for a cross-reference art collection of disclosures of a point of sale terminal absent significant claimed data processing.

463, Amusement Devices: Games,

1+, when there is a recitation (according to the (3) Note of the Class 705 Class Definition) of a method or apparatus for moving or processing information specified as game or contest information, especially subclasses 16+, where game or contest information relates to a chance-type game (i.e., one that involves an award or prize based upon the occurrence of a chance happening or event; e.g., lottery, keno, slot machine, etc.). However, in order for the specified information to be considered significant for placement in Class 463, there must be significant game processing. For example, the mere printing of a selected lottery number is not significant unless there is also included an element of a game for Class 463 (e.g., a determination of whether the number is a winning number, such as by lot matching, a determination of an award or prize value associated with a number, etc.]. A "coupon" or price adjustment given to a patron based upon an item purchased or another predetermined or nonrandom criteria is not considered to be a chance event or happening appropriate for Class 463.