Patent ID: 9659286
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06Q,G07G

Claim:
1. A system comprising: a first checkout having a computer-implemented full checkout module, a computer-implemented scan-only checkout module and a first scanner; said computer-implemented full checkout module being configured to permit a first employee to execute a first sales transaction at the first checkout; said computer-implemented scan-only checkout module being configured to allow the first employee to add one or more products to a second sales transaction occurring at the first checkout at substantially the same time that the first employee utilizes the full checkout module to execute the first sales transaction at the first checkout; said computer-implemented full checkout module being configured to add one or more products to the first sales transaction and receive payment for the first sales transaction and said computer-implemented scan-only checkout module being configured to add one or more products to the second sales transaction but not receive payment for the second sales transaction, said computer-implemented full checkout module and said computer-implemented scan-only checkout module being configured to use said first scanner of said first checkout to add one or more products to a corresponding transaction, said first checkout being configured such that said computer-implemented scan-only checkout module can only use said first scanner to add one or more products to the second sales transaction when said first scanner is released by said computer-implemented full checkout module and said first scanner being automatically released by said computer-implemented full checkout module for use by said computer-implemented scan-only checkout module upon a total portion of said first checkout being activated to total an amount owing for the first sales transaction; a checkout display being configured to present a scan-only graphical user interface while the computer-implemented scan-only checkout module adds the products to the second transaction, wherein the scan-only graphical user interface is associated with the computer-implemented scan-only checkout module and presents information associated with the products added to the second transaction; and, said first checkout having a transaction device configured to receive payment during the first transaction while the computer-implemented full checkout module executes the first transaction.