Patents by Inventor Michael J. Matsko

Michael J. Matsko 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 and apparatus for tracking retail performance metrics during a transaction at a point of sale station
    Patent number: 7093748
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of and apparatus for associating a retail performance metric with individual entries within a transaction and/or time type categories. The retail performance metric is determined by recording the time the system waited for and received an input. The retail performance metric type is determined as a function of the input received by the system. A retail performance metric is recorded as a function of the time the system waited for and received an input and includes a reference to the specific event causing the RPM and/or the time type category of the input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Matsko, Katherine R. Lehman
  • Method and apparatus for storing retail performance metrics
    Patent number: 6970810
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of and apparatus for storing a retail performance metric. The retail performance metric is determined by recording the time the system waited for and received an input. The retail performance metric type is determined as a function of the input received by the system. A retail performance metric is recorded as a function of the time the system waited for an input and the retail performance metric type and is recorded separately from the specific event causing the RPM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventor: Michael J. Matsko
  • Method and apparatus for storing retail performance metrics
    Patent number: 6929177
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of and apparatus for storing a retail performance metric. The retail performance metric is determined by recording the time the system waited for and received an input. The retail performance metric type is determined as a function of the input received by the system. A retail performance metric is recorded as a function of the time the system waited for an input and the retail performance metric type and is recorded separately from the specific event causing the RPM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventor: Michael J. Matsko
  • Promotion apparatus and method
    Patent number: 6907400
    Abstract: A promotion apparatus and method which builds customer loyalty. The promotion apparatus includes a computer, including a display for displaying information to a shopper and a recognition device for identifying the shopper and recording customer choices. The computer executes a game, identifies the shopper, establishes a first game situation for the shopper, generates a number of first results, generates a number of second results using the first game situation and the first results as inputs, generates a second game situation using the second results as input, and determines whether to issue an award to the shopper using the second results as input and only if the first game situation is a previous game situation from a previous play by the shopper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Matsko, Lew P. Nycz
  • Method and apparatus for determining the retail performance metric of entry identification time
    Patent number: 6792394
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for determining a retail performance metric of entry identification time. The retail performance metric is determined by recording the time the system waited for and received an input. The retail performance metric type is determined as a function of the input received by the system. The retail performance metric of entry identification time is recorded as a function of the time the system waited for and received an input. The retail performance metric type is also recorded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Matsko, Katherine R. Lehman