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US 2022/0067686 A1Published application
Transaction processing system, transaction processing device, and information processing method
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTatsuya KANEKO
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Abstract
A checkout system includes a mobile point-of-sale (POS) apparatus and a server. The mobile POS apparatus includes a beacon receiver, an operation panel, a wireless communication interface, and a processor configured to control the wireless communication interface to transmit a first signal indicating a particular user operation has been performed on the operation panel and a second signal indicating that the beacon receiver is receiving a beacon signal. The server is configured to perform a checkout operation upon receiving the first signal, while the second signal is also being received.
Claims12
A checkout system, comprising:
- a mobile point-of-sale (POS) apparatus including:
- a beacon receiver;
- an operation panel;
- a wireless communication interface;
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- a processor configured to control the wireless communication interface to transmit a first signal indicating a particular user operation has been performed on the operation panel and a second signal indicating that the beacon receiver is receiving a beacon signal that is receivable by the beacon receiver when the beacon receiver is within a predetermined range corresponding to a checkout area;
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- a server communicably connectable to the mobile POS apparatus, the server configured to perform a checkout operation upon receiving the first signal while the second signal is being received, the checkout operation including determining whether or not a checkout at the mobile POS apparatus is allowed based on transaction data associated with the mobile POS apparatus and enabling the checkout at the mobile POS apparatus when determining that the checkout at the mobile POS apparatus is allowed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.