Abstract: A playing card apparatus that has a deck of a multiplicity of different keyword cards, each card representing a predetermined term and associated definitions thereof, and with each card displaying indicia thereon including a base term, certain definitions of which are to be selected by a player. The card also includes a plurality of definition terms and means for highlighting only the correct definition or definitions of the plurality of definition terms. Also included are a set of response cards, each response card having indicia thereon corresponding to one of the definition terms, a timer for setting a time period for a player to submit answers via selection of one or more response cards by the player and a score card to be filled in by the dealer with the scoring based upon correct and incorrect answers by the player.

Abstract: An item processing kiosk is located in or near a pickup area and (i) displays selections allowing a customer to choose whether the customer is picking up or dropping off an item (ii) in response to the customer selecting one of the displayed selections, displays a request for the customer to enter a customer and item identification, and (iii) in response to the customer entering the customer and item identification, electronically transmits a message to a remote stock room terminal. The message designates whether an it is to be picked up or dropped off. The message is arranged to cause the stock room terminal to identify the customer and the item. A stock room attendant picks up the item from, or delivers the item to, the customer, as appropriate.

Abstract: A register system for facilitating point of sale transactions of any of a plurality of products, each of the products having a bar code encoded product identification associated therewith, is disclosed. The register system comprises a central computer for storing data representing a sales price for each of the products, a plurality of distributed point of sale registers coupled to the central computer, a bar code reader, operatively associated with each of the registers, for scanning the bar code encoded product identification from the products. Each register is responsive to the scanned product identification and communicates with the central computer for transferring to the register associated with the bar code reader the sales price for the selected one of the products. The register system includes a bidirectional card reader for reading data stored as a plurality of sequential multi-bit characters on a magnetic stripe on a card.