Appeal No. 2007-0673
Application No. 09/847,794
Invention
The invention is directed to a system to motivate cashiers and provide
them with ongoing feedback as to their level of performance. See page 1 of
Appellant’s specification. Claim 1 is representative of the invention and is
reproduced below:
1. A point of sale (POS) terminal for providing feedback to a
cashier operating the POS terminal, the POS terminal comprising:
a display for displaying information to the cashier operating the
POS terminal, the display displaying a performance goal screen at the
start of a work session to indicate to the cashier a performance goal
for the work session, the work session beginning at the time the
cashier logs onto the POS terminal and ending at the time the cashier
logs off the POS terminal; and
the POS terminal operating to measure the cashier's
performance of tasks during the work session, the tasks comprising
the number of items scanned per unit time, the display displaying at
the end of the work session a performance report screen including the
cashier's measured performance and the performance goal to provide
performance feedback directly to the cashier.
References
The references relied upon by the Examiner are:
Nashner US 5,980,429 Nov. 09, 1999
Berkson US 6,049,779 Apr. 11, 2000
Latimer US 6,857,567 Feb. 22, 2005
(effectively filed Oct. 17, 2000)
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