G - Physics – 07 – G
Patent
G - Physics
07
G
354/233, 352/53.
G07G 1/14 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1327406
POINT OF SALE REGISTER SYSTEM Abstract of the Disclosure 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 means associated with the 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 regis- ters, each of the bar code readers including means for scanning the bar code encoded product identification from the products and means responsive to the scanned product identification and the stored data for any selected one of the products 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 bidi- rectional card reader for reading data stored as a plurality of sequential multi-bit characters on a magnetic stripe on a card. The register system further includes a processor having a single I/O port and a circuit for permitting the processor to communicate with a plurality of serial I/O ports.
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Fernandes Anthony J.
Smead William P.
Finlayson & Singlehurst
Sears Roebuck And Co.
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