Purchase of an item bearing a unique identification code is verified by (a) ascertaining the
identification code of an item to be purchased;(b) acquiring data representative of color …

Embodiments of the present invention include a system, method, and article for securing
purchased items, the system includes: an enclosure for holding items selected by a user, a …

A method and system for assisting in shopping at a physical store (104) is described. The
method includes receiving image data of the inside of a shopping cart (108) and processing …

A system for detecting and rewarding the use of a shopping cart in a supermarket. All
shopping carts are provided with an optically identifiable individual identification and, at the …

Data describing advertisements displayed within a shopping cart is used within a store
computer, System along with data from a process, Such as barcode Scanning, identifying …

The packaging of essentially every product on the marketis provided with some sort of
machine-readable indicium. Such an indicium may be a bar code, a (non-bar) pattern code …

(57) ABSTRACT A method of tracking and collating items being added to and removed from
a shopping receptacle comprises receiving a cue that an item is in motion, upon Such cue …

(60) Provisional application No. 60/663,147, filed on Mar. and are used to determine
whether particular shopping carts 18, 2005, provisional application No. 60/663,327, are …

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] Various types of payment facilities are known
for allowing shoppers to record the items they have selected at a store and to make a …

(57) ABSTRACT A method for using electronic product identification devices to track the
location and movement of plastic handbaskets in a food store or other retail store, to Sound …