Claims
- 1. A system for a prospective customer in a retail store to secure a position in a service queue from locations in the store remote from the queue, said system comprising:
- a queuing number dispenser for generating successive electronic queuing number signals corresponding to positions in a service queue in response to a queue number request signal,
- a shopping cart movable by a prospective customer about the retail store,
- means on said cart and operable by said prospective customer for generating an electronic queue number request signal from substantially any location in the store,
- electronic communications means providing electronic communication between said cart and said queuing number dispenser,
- means for applying said electronic queue number request signal by way of said electronic communications means to said queuing number dispenser,
- means for selectively addressing the cart from which a respective electronic queue request signal originated and applying the electronic queuing number signal currently generated by said queuing number dispenser to said cart by way of said electronic communications means, and
- indicator means at said cart for indicating to said prospective customer the position in the queue corresponding to said applied electronic queuing number signal.
- 2. A system recording to claim 1 further including means for indicating to said prospective customer the queuing number corresponding to the customer in said service queue being currently served.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 99,288, filed Sep. 21, 1987 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,973,952.
PCT Information
Filing Document |
Filing Date |
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102e Date |
371c Date |
PCT/US88/03259 |
9/21/1988 |
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7/13/1989 |
7/13/1989 |
Publishing Document |
Publishing Date |
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Kind |
WO89/02628 |
3/23/1989 |
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US Referenced Citations (1)
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Name |
Date |
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4973952 |
Malec et al. |
Nov 1990 |
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Foreign Referenced Citations (1)
Number |
Date |
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0170194 |
Feb 1986 |
DEX |
Continuation in Parts (1)
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Parent |
99288 |
Jan 1987 |
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