Sales data processing apparatus and method
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorNaoto KAKINOKI
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Abstract
According to one or more embodiments, a sales data processing apparatus comprises a processor that registers merchandise which is a sales target and generates transaction registration information having commodity information of the registered merchandise and transaction event information. The processor further detects a failure in the sales data processing apparatus and determines whether the transaction registration information can be transmitted via a network. The processor outputs a code symbol corresponding to the transaction registration information if the transaction registration information cannot be transmitted via the network after the failure has been detected.
Claims20
A sales data processing apparatus, comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- register merchandise in a sales transaction;
- generate transaction registration information for the sales transaction, the transaction registration information being associated with a transaction identification code and including commodity information of the registered merchandise and transaction event information;
- transmit the transaction registration information to a management server as generated;
- detect a failure of the sales data processing apparatus;
- determine whether the generated transaction registration information can be transmitted via a network;
- and
- output a code symbol encoding at least the transaction identification code of the sales transaction if the generated transaction registration information cannot be transmitted via the network after the failure has been detected.
A checkout system, comprising:
- a management server;
- a first sales data processing apparatus having a network connection to the management server and comprising a first processor configured to:
- register merchandise in a sales transaction,
- generate transaction registration information for the sales transaction, the transaction registration information being associated with a transaction identification code and including commodity information of the registered merchandise and transaction event information,
- transmit the transaction registration information via the network connection to the management server as generated,
- detect a failure of the first sales data processing apparatus,
- determine whether the generated transaction registration information can be transmitted via the network connection, and
- output a code symbol encoding at least the transaction identification code of the sales transaction if the generated transaction registration information cannot be transmitted via the network connection after the failure has been detected;
- and
- a second sales data processing apparatus having a network connection to the management server and comprising a second processor and code reading device configured to read the code symbol, the second processor being configured to obtain the transaction registration information for the sales transaction by reading the code symbol output by the first sales data processing apparatus.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program causing a sales data processing apparatus to perform a process comprising:
- registering merchandise in a sales transaction;
- generating transaction registration information for the sales transaction, the transaction registration information being associated with a transaction identification code and including commodity information of the registered merchandise and transaction event information;
- transmitting the transaction registration information to a management server as generated;
- detecting a failure of the sales data processing apparatus;
- determining whether the generated transaction registration information can be transmitted via a network;
- and
- outputting a code symbol encoding at least the transaction identification code of the sales transaction if the generated transaction registration information cannot be transmitted via the network after the failure has been detected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.