ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,249, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to CUST2MATE LTD. (Tel Aviv, Israel).
"System and methods for payment verification before exit" was invented by Bentsur Joseph (Tel Aviv, Israel) and Amnon Peleg (Tel Aviv, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and methods for shopping checkout includes shopping carts, on which are affixed one or more shopping cart identification (ID) tags; a checkout counter that includes a payment register and a checkout processor, and a store exit that includes an exit ID tag reader, an exit processor, and an alert device. The checkout processor is configured to receive payment approvals from the payment...