Receipt data processing device and method for processing receipt data
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiromasa SUZUKI
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Abstract
A receipt data processing device includes a data generating section, an output section, and a converting section. The data generating section is configured to generate receipt data of a first data format including information about an item purchased by a customer. The output section is configured to output the receipt data to at least one of a printing device and an external device that is different from the printing device. The converting section is configured to convert a data format of the receipt data from the first data format to a second data format that is different from the first data format when the receipt data is output to the external device.
Claims9
An electronic receipt system comprising:
- an electronic receipt management server;
- and
- a point of sale (POS) terminal communicably connected to the electronic receipt management server, the POS terminal comprising:
- a code scanner configured to read code symbols including product code symbols and customer code symbols;
- a communication interface;
- a receipt printer;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- determine whether a code obtained by the code scanner is a product code or a customer code;
- add the product code to receipt data in a non-structured data format upon determining that the obtained code is the product code;
- add the customer code to the receipt data in the non-structured data format upon determining that the obtained code is the customer code;
- determine whether or not the receipt data in the non-structured data format includes a customer code;
- convert the receipt data in the non-structured data format into receipt data in a structured data format upon determining that the receipt data in the non-structured data format includes a customer code;
- control the communication interface to transmit the receipt data in the structured data format, so that the receipt data in the structured data format is delivered to the electronic receipt management server, wherein the electronic receipt management server transmits the delivered receipt data in the structured data format to an address associated with the customer code included in the receipt data in the structured data format;
- and
- control the receipt printer to print a receipt upon determining that the receipt data in the non-structured data format includes no customer code.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.