Information processing apparatus, information processing method, non-transitory computer readable medium storing program, electronic receipt system, and terminal device

An information processing method comprising:

• a receiving step of receiving, from a store terminal, information on merchandise purchased by a customer in a computer;
• a storing step of storing at least one of a weight and a volume of the merchandise purchased by the customer associated with the customer in the computer;
• and
• a controlling step of causing information including at least one of the weight and the volume of the merchandise purchased by the customer to be displayed in a terminal device as output information in response to a request from the terminal device in the computer, wherein
• in the controlling step, a plurality of regions are displayed simultaneously in one screen of the terminal device as the output information,
• each region of the plurality of regions includes information on the merchandise purchased by the customer and a total value of at least one of the weight and the volume of the merchandise included in each region of the plurality of regions, and
• in the controlling step, the information on the merchandise purchased by the customer is displayed in any one of each region of the plurality of regions in the form of a predetermined icon, and the predetermined icon can be moved between the plurality of regions.

An electronic receipt system comprising:

• the terminal device;
• a POS (Point of Sales) device installed at a store;
• and
• an electronic receipt center comprising:
• hardware, including a processor and a memory;
• a receiving unit that is implemented at least by the hardware and that receives, from a store terminal, information on merchandise purchased by a customer;
• a storing unit that is implemented at least by the hardware and that stores at least one of a weight and a volume of the merchandise associated with the customer;
• and
• a controlling unit that is implemented at least by the hardware and that causes information including at least one of the weight and the volume of the merchandise purchased by the customer to be displayed in a terminal device as output information in response to a request from the terminal device,
• the controlling unit causes a plurality of regions to be displayed in the terminal device as the output information,
• each region of the plurality of regions includes information on the merchandise purchased by the customer and a total value of at least one of the weight and the volume of the merchandise included in each region of the plurality of regions, and
• the information on the merchandise purchased by the customer is displayed in any one of each region of the plurality of regions in the form of a predetermined icon, and the predetermined icon can be moved between the plurality of regions, wherein
• the POS device generates, as a digitized electronic receipt, receipt information on purchased merchandise purchased by a customer at the store and transmits the electronic receipt to the electronic receipt center,
• the electronic receipt center stores the received electronic receipt and, upon receiving a transmission request for the electronic receipt from the terminal device of the customer, transmits the stored electronic receipt for the customer to the terminal device that has made the request,
• when generating the electronic receipt, the POS device acquires information indicating a weight or a volume of the purchased merchandise purchased by the customer and generates the electronic receipt in a format in which the information indicating the weight or the volume of the purchased merchandise is further added, and
• upon receiving the electronic receipt for the customer from the electronic receipt center, the terminal device provides a screen display of the information indicating the weight or the volume of the purchased merchandise included in the electronic receipt.