Patents by Inventor Thierry Leroux-Demers

Thierry Leroux-Demers 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).

  • 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
  • Multi-device supervisor support for self-checkout systems
    Patent number: 7558742
    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: January 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Fujitsu Transaction Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Iouri Kloubakov, Bruce McVicar, Thierry Leroux-Demers
  • Multi-device supervisor support for self-checkout systems
    Publication number: 20090094128
    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: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Applicant: Fujitsu Transaction Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Iouri Kloubakov, Bruce McVicar, Thierry Leroux-Demers
  • Multi-device supervisor support for self-checkout systems
    Patent number: 7328170
    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. The supervisory terminals may be wireless terminals that can capture self-checkout customer identification information including signatures, fingerprints, images, and other forms of identification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Optimal Robotics Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Jacobs, Iouri Kloubakov, Bruce McVicar, Thierry Leroux-Demers
  • Multi-device supervisor support for self-checkout systems
    Publication number: 20030149630
    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. The supervisory terminals may be wireless terminals that can capture self-checkout customer identification information including signatures, fingerprints, images, and other forms of identification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2003
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Applicant: Optimal Robotics Corp.
    Inventors: Eric Jacobs, Iouri Kloubakov, Bruce McVicar, Thierry Leroux-Demers
  • Multi-device supervisor support for self-checkout systems
    Publication number: 20020103708
    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: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2002
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Inventors: Iouri Kloubakov, Bruce McVicar, Thierry Leroux-Demers