ECE 477 Senior Design Team 7 Patent Liability Ben Horst Katie Taller Matt Klass Jacob Wyant

Potential Infringements ● US 7,324,960 B2 (Filed Oct. 15, 2001) – POS System ● “A POS system including at least one store server and a plurality of POS terminals.” ● “Each POS terminal includes means for transmitting transaction data to the store server as a transaction occurs at the POS terminal…” ● “…means for executing a transaction cancel instruction received from the store server to cancel a transaction that occurred at the POS terminal…”

Potential Infringements ● US 7,344,069 (Filed Jul. 7, 2000) – POS System ● “A POS system comprising a host unit and a plurality of POS terminal units connected thereto via a predetermined communication line for data transfer/receipt between each POS terminal unit and the host unit is disclosed.” ● “…sales data such as sales items, quantities and dates, which are inputted from a terminal unit installed in each shop, are sent out to the host unit. The host unit receives and sums up these sales data, and executes the most efficient stock management.”

Potential Infringements ● US 5,689,101 (Filed Jul. 31, 1995) – POS System ● “The invention provides a POS system which employs a purchased commodity accommodating and transporting apparatus…” ● “A two-dimensional bar code printing section is provided on the purchased commodity accommodating and transporting apparatus and prints commodity code information from a commodity code reading section as a two-dimensional bar code.”

POSitron ● POSitron will have a different format than any present patented system ● Client kiosk will only relay information from database ● Database will control all major informatics tasks ● Microcontroller at inventory management system will perform and handle all inventory decisions specific to its setup ● Will only utilize presently given information on product containers

POSitron ● All stock and inventory information will be dealt with on the host and all inventory numerical decisions will be performed solely by the host ● Performing the function significantly differently – stock management being performed on the client micro ● Rely on information already located on the container