Patent ID: 6564189
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: G06Q,G07G

Abstract:
A computer implemented method for determining a price of at least a first and a second item of the same type and identified by a common bar code which are purchased as part of a single transaction in which it is desired to charge a different price for the first and second items, the method comprising the steps of:storing a universal price record in a universal price record memory, said universal price record including a table correlating a first price with the first item and a second price with the second item purchased as part of a single transaction, said universal price record including a file format distinct from a file format of a price look-up record; scanning the first item; querying a memory for the price look-up record to determine if the universal price record exists for the first item; reading the first price from the universal price record memory and using the first price for the first item, if the universal price record exists for the first item; reading the first price from the price look-up record, if the universal price record does not exist; scanning the second item; reading the second price from the universal price record memory and using the second price for the second item, if the universal price record exists for the first item; reading the second price from the price look-up record if the universal price record does not exist; and tallying the first price and the second price as part of a retail transaction.