Commodity management system, information processing apparatus and terminal device for managing commodity

A method of managing commodity information on a terminal device, the method comprising the steps of:

• receiving, in the terminal device, extended receipt information including a commodity identification data that identifies a commodity subject to a transaction and a classification data for classifying the commodity, wherein the commodity identification data is converted from receipt information generated for printing details of the transaction on a sheet and is received in a different data format than the receipt information, and the classification data is not included in or converted from the receipt information;
• storing, in a memory of the terminal device, the extended receipt information, a commodity image data representing the commodity, and at least one of a plurality of screen data each representing a different possible virtual management location of the commodity;
• determining a specific virtual management location of the commodity from the different possible virtual management locations based on the classification data;
• storing, in the memory, the determined specific virtual management location of the commodity in association with the extended receipt information;
• and
• displaying, on a display screen of the terminal device, the commodity image included in a screen based on the screen data corresponding to the determined specific virtual management location of the commodity.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions causing a terminal device to perform a method of managing commodity information, the method comprising the steps of:

• receiving, in the terminal device, extended receipt information including a commodity identification data that identifies a commodity subject to a transaction and a classification data for classifying the commodity, wherein the commodity identification data is converted from receipt information generated for printing details of the transaction on a sheet and is received in a different data format than the receipt information, and the classification data is not included in or converted from the receipt information;
• storing, in a memory of the terminal device, the extended receipt information, a commodity image data representing the commodity, and at least one of a plurality of screen data each representing a different possible virtual management location of the commodity;
• determining a specific virtual management location of the commodity from the different possible virtual management locations based on the classification data;
• storing, in the memory, the determined specific virtual management location of the commodity in association with the extended receipt information;
• and
• displaying, on a display screen of the terminal device, the commodity image included in a screen based on the screen data corresponding to the determined specific virtual management location of the commodity.