Patents by Inventor Helen Buchanan-Miller

Helen Buchanan-Miller 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).

  • Method using bill and coin images on a touch screen for processing payment for merchandise items
    Patent number: 5297030
    Abstract: In a merchandise checkout system including an electronic cash register having a touch screen panel and a cash till including a plurality of compartments for storing a particular bill or coin denomination, there is disclosed a method for checking out purchased merchandise items including the steps of displaying on the touch screen panel a receipt listing the items purchased together with the amount due, displaying on the panel a plurality of bill denominations which may be submitted by the customer for the purchase of the merchandise items and displaying on the touch screen panel a representation of the cash till together with the particular bill and coin denominations and the number of such denominations which are to be dispensed as the change due the customer in response to the submission of the particular bill denomination by the customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1994
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Ali M. Vassigh, Mark A. Hastings, Michael T. Inderrieden, Helen Buchanan-Miller, David M. Rubini