Patents by Inventor Roy A. Garver

Roy A. Garver has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Fixed self-checkout station with cradle for communicating with portable self-scanning units
    Publication number: 20070080219
    Abstract: A retail checkout system includes a customer-operated portable terminal with a data reader, such as a barcode scanner, and a customer-operated self-checkout station with an automated payment-accepting subsystem. Customers use the portable terminal to identify and log products that are selected as they move through a store. Item identification data is then transferred to the self-checkout station, where the customer pays for the selected products using the automated payment-accepting subsystem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Inventor: Roy Garver
  • Fixed self-checkout station with cradle for communicating with portable self-scanning units
    Publication number: 20070080230
    Abstract: A retail checkout system includes a customer-operated portable terminal with a data reader, such as a barcode scanner, and a customer-operated self-checkout station with an automated payment-accepting subsystem. Customers use the portable terminal to identify and log products that are selected as they move through a store. Item identification data is then transferred to the self-checkout station, where the customer pays for the selected products using the automated payment-accepting subsystem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Inventor: Roy Garver
  • Fixed self-checkout station with cradle for communicating with portable self-scanning units
    Publication number: 20070069016
    Abstract: A retail checkout system includes a customer-operated portable terminal with a data reader, such as a barcode scanner, and a customer-operated self-checkout station with an automated payment-accepting subsystem. Customers use the portable terminal to identify and log products that are selected as they move through a store. Item identification data is then transferred to the self-checkout station, where the customer pays for the selected products using the automated payment-accepting subsystem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Inventor: Roy Garver
  • Fixed self-checkout station with cradle for communicating with portable self-scanning units
    Publication number: 20070051801
    Abstract: A retail checkout system includes a customer-operated portable terminal with a data reader, such as a barcode scanner, and a customer-operated self-checkout station with an automated payment-accepting subsystem. Customers use the portable terminal to identify and log products that are selected as they move through a store. Item identification data is then transferred to the self-checkout station, where the customer pays for the selected products using the automated payment-accepting subsystem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Inventor: Roy Garver
  • Fixed self-checkout station with cradle for communicating with portable self-scanning units
    Patent number: 7114656
    Abstract: A retail checkout system includes a customer-operated portable terminal with a data reader, such as a barcode scanner, and a customer-operated self-checkout station with an automated payment-accepting subsystem. Customers use the portable terminal to identify and log products that are selected as they move through a store. Item identification data is then transferred to the self-checkout station, where the customer pays for the selected products using the automated payment-accepting subsystem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: ECR Software Corporation
    Inventor: Roy A. Garver