Patent ID: 7516888

Claim:
A method for detecting a transaction outcome, the method comprising: obtaining video data associated with a transaction area; obtaining transaction data concerning at least one transaction that occurs at the transaction area; correlating the video data associated with the transaction area to the transaction data to identify specific video data captured during occurrence of that at least one transaction at the transaction area, wherein correlating the video data includes: performing a video extraction process that produces a condensed video clip by extracting from the video data corresponding segments of video associated with a time range of the transaction specified in the transaction data; and based on a transaction classification indicated by the transaction data, processing the video data to identify appropriate visual indicators within the video data that correspond to the transaction classification, wherein processing the video data includes: comparing the correlated video data to expected transaction video characteristics to determine if the correlated video data substantially matches the expected transaction video characteristics, and if the correlated video data does not substantially match the expected transaction video characteristics, indicating a transaction outcome having a first value, wherein comparing the correlated video data includes: searching frames of the condensed video clip for at least one frame containing expected transaction video characteristics to determine if they substantially match.