# US 2016/0260076 A1 · Commodity information processing apparatus and system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2016/0260076 A1 - Document ID: US20160260076A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/057,860 - Filed: 2016-03-01 - Published: 2016-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2015-03-02 - Assignees: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Katsuhito MOCHIZUKI; Mahina NAKAMURA; Yumiko OKUMA; Yasutsugu SASAKI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20160260076A1 ## CPC - G06Q 20/209: {Specified transaction journal output feature, e.g. printed receipt or voice output} - G06K 7/1417: {2D bar codes} - G07G 1/12: electronically operated - G07G 5/00: Receipt-giving machines - H04N 1/00103: {specially adapted for radio transmission, e.g. via satellites (H04N1/00098 takes precedence)} - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS - G07G: REGISTERING THE RECEIPT OF CASH, VALUABLES, OR TOKENS - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A point of sale apparatus includes a scanner for scanning a code on a commodity, a communication interface, and a processor. The apparatus retrieves commodity data based on the scanned code, the commodity data including a name and a price of the commodity. The processor generates a first receipt information based at least on the retrieved commodity data. The first receipt information is transmitted to a printer for printing a paper receipt that includes the name and price of the commodity. The processor converts the first receipt information to a second receipt information having a different format from the first receipt information. The apparatus retrieves classification data corresponding to the commodity based on the second receipt information, the classification data including data not included in the first receipt information. A storage unit stores the classification data in correspondence with the second receipt information. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A point of sale apparatus comprising: a scanner configured to scan a code on a commodity; a communication interface; and a processor configured to control the scanner and communication interface to: retrieve commodity data based on the scanned code, the commodity data including a name and a price of the commodity, generate a first receipt information based at least on the retrieved commodity data, transmit the first receipt information to a printer for printing a paper receipt that includes the name and price of the commodity, convert the first receipt information to a second receipt information having a different format from the first receipt information, retrieve classification data corresponding to the commodity based on the second receipt information, the classification data including data not included in the first receipt information, and transmit, to a storage unit, the classification data in correspondence with the second receipt information. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The point of sale apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: an interface configured to receive a user identification ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The point of sale apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to: determine whether the user identification is received, and if the user identification is received, transmit, to the storage unit, the user identification in correspondence with the classification information. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The point of sale apparatus according to claim 3, wherein, if the user identification is not received, the controller does not convert the first receipt information to the second receipt information. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The point of sale apparatus according to claim 4, wherein, if the user identification is received, the controller controls the interface to transmit the second receipt information to an external device via a network. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The point of sale apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the controller determines whether the user identification is received by determining whether the user identification is included in the first receipt information. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The point of sale apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the commodity data is retrieved from a first server and the classification data is retrieved from a second server different from the first server. ### Claim 8 A method of processing commodity information in a point of sale apparatus that includes a scanner, a communication interface, a printer, and a processor, the method comprising the steps of: scanning a code on a commodity with the scanner; retrieving, through the communication interface, commodity data based on the scanned code, the commodity data including a name and a price of the commodity; generating, with the processor, a first receipt information based at least on the retrieved commodity data; printing, with the printer, a paper receipt that includes the name and price of the commodity; converting, with the processor, the first receipt information to a second receipt information having a different format from the first receipt information; retrieving, through the communication interface, classification data corresponding to the commodity based on the second receipt information, the classification data including data not included in the first receipt information; and transmitting, to a storage unit, the classification data in correspondence with the second receipt information. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method according to claim 8, wherein the point of sale apparatus further includes an interface for receiving a user identification, the method further comprising the steps of: determining whether the user identification is received; and if the user identification is received, transmitting, to the storage unit, the user identification in correspondence with the classification information. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, the method further comprising the step of: if the user identification is received, transmitting, with the communication interface, the second receipt information to the storage device over a network. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, wherein whether the user identification is received is determined by determining whether the user identification is included in the first receipt information. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The method according to claim 8, wherein the commodity data is retrieved from a first server and the classification data is retrieved from a second server different from the first server. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method according to claim 12, wherein the storage unit in which the classification data is caused to be stored in correspondence with the second receipt information is in the second server. ### Claim 14 A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions causing a point of sale apparatus that includes a scanner, a communication interface, a printer, and a processor to perform a method of processing commodity information, the method comprising the steps of: scanning a code on a commodity with the scanner; retrieving, through the communication interface, commodity data based on the scanned code, the commodity data including a name and a price of the commodity; generating, with the processor, a first receipt information based at least on the retrieved commodity data; printing, with the printer, a paper receipt that includes the name and price of the commodity; converting, with the processor, the first receipt information to a second receipt information having a different format from the first receipt information; retrieving, through the communication interface, classification data corresponding to the commodity based on the second receipt information, the classification data including data not included in the first receipt information; and transmitting, to a storage unit, the classification data in correspondence with the second receipt information. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 14, wherein the point of sale apparatus further includes an interface for receiving a user identification, the method further comprising the steps of: determining whether the user identification is received; and if the user identification is received, transmitting, to the storage unit, the user identification in correspondence with the classification information. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 15, the method further comprising the step of: if the user identification is received, transmitting, through the communication interface, the second receipt information to the storage unit over a network. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 15, wherein, if the user identification is not received, the instructions cause the processor to not convert the first receipt information to the second receipt information. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 15, wherein whether the user identification is received is determined by determining whether the user identification is included in the first receipt information. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 14, wherein the commodity data is retrieved from a first server and the classification data is retrieved from a second server different from the first server. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The method according to claim 18, wherein the storage unit in which the classification data is caused to be stored in correspondence with the second receipt information is in the second server.