US Patent Issued to TOSHIBA GLOBAL COMMERCE SOLUTIONS on Aug. 25 for "Synchronizing shelf input/output systems and transaction systems" (North Carolina, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,718,216, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to TOSHIBA GLOBAL COMMERCE SOLUTIONS INC. (Durham, N.C.).

"Synchronizing shelf input/output systems and transaction systems" was invented by Theodore R. Clark (Allendale, N.J.), Susan W. Brosnan (Raleigh, N.C.), Brian D. Taylor (Durham, N.C.), Kirk Goldman (Cary, N.C.), Manda Miller (Raleigh, N.C.), Kristen M. Chung (Cornelius, N.C.), Pawita Sunthornpong (Chapel Hill, N.C.) and Samuel C Champagne (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method and apparatus for data synchronization are provided. An updated value for a physical item for sale in a space is identified, and the updated value is t...