Patent ID: 6525698
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: G06K,G06Q,G07F,G07G,G09G

Abstract:
A method for monitoring sales/inventory that is operable by a single operator to prevent pilferage, the method comprising the steps of:providing a coin-detector at a remote location that generates input data, a display unit that displays output data as an image display solely in a form not directly comprehensible by the operator not skilled in that displayed form, and a portable reader unit that reads the output data; detecting coins and currency substitutes input into the coin detector to generate the input data representative of the coin and currency substitutes; processing the input data and displaying the corresponding output data on the display unit solely in the form not directly comprehensible by the operator not skilled in that displayed form and not displaying any output data in a form that is directly comprehensible by the operator at any time; reading the output data at the remote location by the portable reader unit to calculate a receipt total; and collecting the coin and currency substitutes, wherein the operator does not know a receipt total of the coin and currency substitutes in the input data at the remote location, and the receipt total in the input data is read at a location other than the remote location and compared to the collected coin and currency substitutes and thereby any undetected pilferage of the collected coin and currency substitutes is preverted.