Patent ID: 8600817
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: event rules identifying pieces of point-of-sale data that are of interest, wherein the point-of-sale data is generated from a plurality of point-of-sale applications running on a plurality of different point-of-sale registers; at least one event generator configured to compare the point-of-sale data to the event rules and to generate an event when a piece of the point-of-sale data satisfies one of the event rules, wherein source information is associated with the generated event including: a processor that compares the source information of the generated event against source information in open events to determine whether the generated event is a duplicate event, wherein open events include previously generated events that have not yet been closed; wherein the generated event is a duplicate event when at least two pieces of source information of the generated event match at least two pieces of source information in an open event; an electronic task handler configured to: