POINT OF SALE SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING STATISTICS AND DIAGNOSTICS AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME - Patent 0880750

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EP 0 880 750 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	02.12.1998 Bulletin 1998/49

(21)	Application number: 97907555.0

(22)	Date of filing: 11.02.1997

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G06Q 20/ 00^{( . )}
G07F 9/ 08^{( . )}

G07F 5/ 18^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1997/001709

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1997/029446 (14.08.1997 Gazette 1997/35)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE ES FR GB IT SE

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Priority:

12.02.1996 US 19960599809

(71)	Applicants:
	SMARTE CARTE, INC. St. Paul, MN 55110-7641 (US) Commstar Eden Prairie, MN 55344 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	SOLBERG, Conrad, R. St. Paul, MN 55116 (US) ROGNEY, Christopher, J. Hugo, MN 55038 (US) ZIMMERMAN, Fredric, C. Deephaven, MN 55391 (US) SEVERSON, Verne, L. Chaska, MN 55318 (US)

(74)	Representative: Petri, Stellan, et al
	Ström & Gulliksson AB Box 41 88 203 13 Malmö 203 13 Malmö (SE)

(54)	POINT OF SALE SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING STATISTICS AND DIAGNOSTICS AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME