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  • Multi-device supervisor support for self-checkout systems
    Patent number: 7870028
    Abstract: A customer self-checkout system includes one or more checkout stations and multiple supervisor terminals. The supervisor terminals provide support to, and control over, the self-checkout system and checkout stations. A controller is used to coordinate communications among the checkout stations and supervisor terminals over a wired and/or wireless network interfaces. A user may provide input at supervisory terminal using an interface providing context sensitive prompting to enable control using a simple keyboard interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Fujitsu Frontech North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Iouri Kloubakov, Bruce McVicar, Thierry Leroux-Demers