Registration settlement apparatus and information processing method for controlling the same

An information processing method for executing an information processing to control a registration settlement apparatus which comprises an acquisition device for acquiring a commodity list from an external device and an input device for inputting designation of a commodity, comprising:

• extracting the commodity list from data acquired by the acquisition device;
• registering a commodity displayed in the commodity list as a purchased commodity if the commodity list is extracted, and registering a designated commodity as a purchased commodity in a distinguishable manner from the commodity registered from the commodity list if the designation is input;
• granting mutually different privileges for purchase of the commodities registered as the purchased commodities depending on whether the commodity registered from the commodity list is contained in the commodities registered as the purchased commodities;
• and
• performing a processing for settling prices of the commodities registered as the purchased commodities.

An order receiving system, comprising:

• a portable information terminal comprising:
• an acquisition module configured to acquire a commodity list from an external device;
• and
• an input module configured to input designation of a commodity;
• and
• a POS terminal comprising:
• a registration module configured to register a commodity displayed in the commodity list as a purchased commodity if the commodity list is acquired by the acquisition module, and to register a designated commodity as a purchased commodity in a distinguishable manner from the commodity registered from the commodity list if the designation is input by the input module;
• a granting module configured to grant mutually different privileges for purchase of the commodities registered as the purchased commodities by the registration module depending on whether the commodity registered from the commodity list is contained in the commodities registered as the purchased commodities;
• and
• a settlement module configured to perform a processing for settling prices of the commodities registered as the purchased commodities by the registration module.