Patent ID: 9569763
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: G06Q

Claim:
1. A data reading system to obtain, from multiple data readers at a retail establishment having checkout and pre-checkout locations, transaction data identifying items of merchandise associated with transactions of multiple customers, the data reading system comprising: a point of sale system of the retail establishment, the point of sale system having an interface dedicated for use with a single data reader coupled to the interface at the checkout location, the point of sale system configured to receive the transaction data through the interface and ascertain from which of the multiple data readers the transaction data originated; a first data reader of the multiple data readers, the first data reader acting as the single data reader configured to use the interface of the point of sale system, the first data reader including: a second data reader of the multiple data readers, the second data reader comprising a hand-held device configured to communicate, while the first and second data readers are communicatively coupled directly to each other at the retail establishment, only with the first data reader, the second data reader including: wherein the first controller is configured to: