Appeal No. 1999-0890
Application 07/575,096
(specification, page 13, lines 33-35). Circuitry couples the
point of sale terminal to the digitizer, display, printer, card
reader and storage medium (figure 5).
Independent claim 17 is reproduced as follows:
17. A method for processing customer charge transactions in
an establishment using apparatus which includes a cashier-
operated point of sale (POS) terminal, a printer and a customer-
operated write input device having a touch-sensitive display
screen and a card reader, comprising the following steps:
(a) initiating the start of a transaction by the cashier;
(b) entering data concerning items of the transaction
including a last item into the POS terminal by the cashier;
(c) indicating entry of the last item of the transaction by
the cashier;
(d) entering customer account data by the cashier;
(e) displaying a business form which includes transaction
item data and customer account data on the touch-sensitive
display screen of the write input device;
(f) signing a signature by the customer on the touch-
sensitive display screen of the business form displayed there;
(g) communicating combined business form and signature
information to a storage medium for later retrieval; and
(h) printing at least a portion of the business form
displayed.
The Examiner relies on the following reference:
Dunkley et al (Dunkley) 4,752,965 Jun. 21, 1988
Johnston et al (Johnston) 4,814,760 Mar. 21, 1989
Iggulden et al (Iggulden) 4,918,723 Apr. 17, 1990
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