Point-of-sales terminal
AssigneeNEC Infrontia Corporation
InventorMasakazu Ito
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Abstract
A point-of-sales terminal notifies a purchaser of a usable coupon(s) according to purchased commodities. A memory unit (13) memorizes coupon data sets related to item codes. A processing unit (14) searches the memory unit according to input item codes which are input from a touch panel (11) or an input operation unit (12) and which correspond to the purchased commodities. If a usable coupon data set(s) is found, the processing unit displays it on the touch panel as a search result. When the usable coupon data set is selected by touching the touch panel, the processing unit adopts discount amount or rate represented by the selected coupon data set to sales calculation.
Claims14
A point-of-sales terminal comprising:
- a memory unit for memorizing a coupon data set including a related item code;
- an input unit for inputting an input item code;
- a searching unit connected to said memory unit and said input unit for searching said memory unit according to said input item code and said related item code to obtain a searching result;
- and
- a display unit connected to said searching unit for displaying said searching result supplied from said searching unit.
A point-of-sales system comprising:
- a host computer;
- and
- a terminal connected to said host computer,
- wherein said terminal comprises:
- a memory unit for memorizing a coupon data set including a related item code;
- an input unit for inputting an input item code;
- a searching unit connected to said memory unit and said input unit for searching said memory unit according to said input item code and said related item code to obtain a searching result;
- and
- a display unit connected to said searching unit for displaying a searching result supplied from said searching unit.
A computer program for causing a computer to execute an operation comprising the steps of:
- receiving an input item code;
- searching a memory unit according to said input item code to retrieve a coupon data set related to said input item code to obtain a searching result;
- and
- displaying said searching result.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.