Images of an unknown item picked from a store are tracked, the unknown item is identified during checkout and associated with a specific item having a specific item description. The images and the specific item description are obtained by a machine-learning item detector and processed during a machine-learning training session to subsequently identify the item when subsequent item images are taken for the item for subsequent transactions at the store.

In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to delivering merchandise items using a conveyor apparatus. Some of these embodiments include systems for delivering merchandise items comprising: a conveyor apparatus having unique conveyor locations for deposit of a merchandise item, the conveyor apparatus extending between a first controlled access point and a second, different controlled access point; a first input interface configured to enter identifying information regarding the merchandise item and to associate it with a corresponding unique conveyor location in the conveyor apparatus where the merchandise item is deposited; a second input interface configured to enter customer identification information; and a controller configured to receive information from the first input interface and the second input interface and to activate the conveyor apparatus to move the corresponding unique location of the merchandise item to the second controlled access point.

In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to delivering merchandise items using a conveyor apparatus. Some of these embodiments include systems for delivering merchandise items comprising: a conveyor apparatus having unique conveyor locations for deposit of a merchandise item, the conveyor apparatus extending between a first controlled access point and a second, different controlled access point; a first input interface configured to enter identifying information regarding the merchandise item and to associate it with a corresponding unique conveyor location in the conveyor apparatus where the merchandise item is deposited; a second input interface configured to enter customer identification information; and a controller configured to receive information from the first input interface and the second input interface and to activate the conveyor apparatus to move the corresponding unique location of the merchandise item to the second controlled access point.

In a system in which a server and a client to which a device is connected communicate, the server can execute processes based on the result of checking device operation. The POS terminal of a network system has a device control function for controlling the device, and a diagnostic function for checking operation of the device. To check the operation of the device connected to the client, a maintenance server sends a control command instructing starting the diagnostic function to the POS terminal. The POS terminal stops the device control function if the device control function is executing, starts the diagnostic function, checks operation of the device with the diagnostic function, and returns the result of the checked operation to the maintenance server.

In a system in which a server and a client to which a device is connected communicate, the server can execute processes based on the result of checking device operation. The POS terminal of a network system has a device control function for controlling the device, and a diagnostic function for checking operation of the device. To check the operation of the device connected to the client, a maintenance server sends a control command instructing starting the diagnostic function to the POS terminal. The POS terminal stops the device control function if the device control function is executing, starts the diagnostic function, checks operation of the device with the diagnostic function, and returns the result of the checked operation to the maintenance server.

In an approach, a processor receives a notification of entry into a store from smart contact lenses. The approach customer identification data at store entry to a program in the store server and receiving from smart contact lenses, a set of gaze data associated a customer looking at a locked product on a store shelf. The approach sending a request to unlock the product and the gaze data associated with the customer looking at the locked product to the program in the store server and receiving an indication that the locked product is unlocked. The approach includes receiving a customer identification upon the customer's store exit from smart contact lenses. The approach receiving from the program in the store server, a bill for the unlocked product.

According to one embodiment, there are provided an estimation unit that estimates the number of customers to be processed during a predetermined period in the present or future as the number of expected customers based on the number of past customers recorded as a history; a storage unit that stores processing capability indicating the number of customers who may be processed per unit time in a cash register form in association with the cash register form realizable in a cash register installed in a store; a derivation unit that derives a form and the number of cash registers capable of processing the number of expected customers based on the processing capability of each cash register form stored in the storage unit; and an output unit that outputs instruction information for instructing as many derived cash register forms of cash registers as the derived number of cash registers to be operated.

Disclosed is an updated browser having an API for communicating payment data between the browser and a site or an application and a software module for processing payments of purchases and to reduce the number of user interactions needed for a purchasing process. The method includes receiving, via the user interface, an interaction by a user with an object associated with a site, the interaction indicating a user intent to make a purchase, receiving, based on the interaction and via an application programming interface, a request from the site or application for payment data in connection with the purchase and transmitting, to the site or the application and via the application programming interface, the payment data, wherein the payment data confirms the purchase or can be used to process or deliver a product associated with the purchase.

A scalable tracking system includes a camera subsystem, a weight subsystem, and a central server. The camera subsystem includes cameras that capture video of a space, camera clients that determine local coordinates of people in the captured videos, and a camera server that determines the physical positions of people in the space based on the determined local coordinates. The weight subsystem determines when items were removed from shelves. The central server determines which person in the space removed the items based on the physical positions of the people in the space and the determination of when items were removed.

Point of sale (POS) data systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided. A POS data system (100) can include a plurality of coupled POS devices (110) each including a processor and a data storage device (120). The data storage device can include logic (130) which, when executed by the processor provides point of sale functionality; data storage (140) accessible to at least one of the remaining coupled POS devices; and logic to allocate at least a portion of the data generated by a first POS device on at least one of the remaining coupled POS devices.