POS system, commodity sales managing apparatus, and purchase history browsing terminal

A POS (point-of-sale) system comprising:

• a POS terminal (20) to obtain sales information about one or more commodities, which are sold to a customer, at a point of sale;
• and
• a commodity sales managing apparatus (10), communicably connected to said POS terminal (20), to manage the sales information received from said POS terminal (20);
• wherein
• said POS terminal (20) has an identification information obtaining section (21) to obtain identification information, which is used for identification of the customer, at the point of sale so that the identification information is sent to said commodity sales managing apparatus (10) along with the sales information, and
• said commodity sales managing apparatus (10) has
• a purchase history data creating section (13) to create purchase history data by converting the sales information, received from said POS terminal (20), into predetermined format data,
• a storage (12) to store the purchase history data associated with the identification information,
• a sending section (11) to send the purchase history data stored in said storage (12) to the customer identified by the identification information, and
• a digital signature applying section (28) to apply a digital signature to the purchase history data that is to be sent to the customer by said sending section (11).

A POS (point-of-sale) system comprising:

• a POS terminal (20) to obtain sales information about one or more commodities, which are sold to a customer, at a point of sale;
• and
• a commodity sales managing apparatus (10), communicably connected to said POS terminal (20), to manage the sales information received from said POS terminal (20);
• wherein
• said POS terminal (20) has an identification information obtaining section (21) to obtain identification information, which is used for identification of the customer, at the point of sale so that the identification information is sent to said commodity sales managing apparatus (10) along with the sales information,
• said commodity sales managing apparatus (10) has
• a purchase history data creating section (13) to create purchase history data by converting the sales information, received from said POS terminal (20), into predetermined format data, and
• a storage (12) to store the purchase history data associated with the identification information, and
• said POS system further comprises a browsing terminal (70, 72) including
• an assigning section (70b, 70c, 72b) to assign the identification information, and
• a display (70a, 72a) to display the purchase history data associated with the identification information assigned by said assigning section (70b, 70c, 72b), which data is stored in said storage (12).

A POS (point-of-sale) system comprising:

• a POS terminal (20) to obtain sales information about one or more commodities, which are sold to a customer, at a point of sale;
• and
• a commodity sales managing apparatus (10), communicably connected to said POS terminal (20), to manage the sales information received from said POS terminal (20);
• wherein
• said POS terminal (20) has an identification information obtaining section (21) to obtain identification information, which is used for identification of the customer, at the point of sale so that the identification information is sent to said commodity sales managing apparatus (10) along with the sales information, and
• said commodity sales managing apparatus (10) has
• a purchase history data creating section (13) to create purchase history data by converting the sales information, received from said POS terminal (20), into predetermined format data,
• a storage (12) to store the purchase history data associated with the identification information,
• a providing section (10) to provide the purchase history data stored in said storage (12) responsive to a browse request that assigns the identification information so that the purchase history data associated with the identification information is browsed, and
• a receipt issuing section (10) to issue, based on the purchase history data, a receipt for one or more purchased commodities designated with reference to the purchase history data provided by said providing section (10), which receipt is in the form of electronic data.

A commodity sales managing apparatus, communicably connected to a POS terminal (20) to obtain sales information about one or more commodities which are sold to a customer at a point of sale, for managing the sales information received from the POS terminal (20), said apparatus comprising:

• a purchase history data creating section (13) to create purchase history data by converting the sales information, received from the POS terminal (20), into predetermined format data;
• a storage (12) to store the purchase history data associated with identification information, which is received from the POS terminal (20) and which is used for identification of the customer;
• and
• a sending section (11) to send, on an appointed day, the purchase history data concerning a predetermined time period to the customer identified by the identification information, which data is stored in said storage (12).

A commodity sales managing apparatus, communicably connected to a POS terminal (20) to obtain sales information about one or more commodities which are sold to a customer at a point of sale, to manage the sales information received from the POS terminal (20), said apparatus comprising:

• a purchase history data creating section (13) to create purchase history data by converting the sales information, received from the POS terminal (20), into predetermined format data;
• a storage (12) to store the purchase history data associated with identification information, which is received from the POS terminal (20) and which is used for identification of the customer;
• a sending section (11) to send the purchase history data stored in said storage (12) to the customer identified by the identification information;
• and
• a digital signature applying section (28) to apply a digital signature to the purchase history data that is to be sent to the customer by said sending section (11).

A commodity sales managing apparatus, communicably connected to a POS terminal (20) to obtain sales information about one or more commodities which are sold to a customer at a point of sale, to manage the sales information received from the POS terminal (20), said apparatus comprising:

• a purchase history data creating section (13) to create purchase history data by converting the sales information, received from the POS terminal (20), into predetermined format data;
• a storage (12) to store the purchase history data associated with identification information, which is received from the POS terminal (20) and which is used for identification of the customer;
• a providing section (10) to provide the purchase history data stored in said storage (12) responsive to a browse request that assigns the identification information so that the purchase history data associated with the identification information is browsed;
• and
• a receipt issuing section (10) to issue, based on the purchase history data, a receipt for one or more purchased commodities designated with reference to the purchase history data provided by said providing section (10), which receipt is in the form of electronic data.

A purchase history data browsing terminal provided in a POS (point-of-sale) system comprising a POS terminal (20) to obtain sales information about one or more commodities, which are sold to a customer, at a point of sale;

• and a commodity sales managing apparatus (10), communicably connected to said POS terminal (20), to manage the sales information received from said POS terminal (20), wherein said POS terminal (20) has an identification information obtaining section (21) to obtain identification information, which is used for identification of the customer, at the point of sale so that the identification information is sent to said commodity sales managing apparatus (10) along with the sales information, and said commodity sales managing apparatus (10) has a purchase history data creating section (13) to create purchase history data by converting the sales information, received from said POS terminal (20), into predetermined format data, and a storage (12) to store the purchase history data associated with the identification information, said purchase history data browsing terminal comprising:
• an assigning section (70b, 70c, 72b) to assign the identification information;
• and
• a display (70a, 72a) to display the purchase history data associated with the identification information assigned by said assigning section (70b, 70c, 72b), which data is stored in said storage (12).