Checkout apparatus and method
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKazuo SHIKANO
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a checkout apparatus includes a communication interface that can be connected to a store server. A control unit in the checkout apparatus is configured to acquire commodity information for a commodity being registered for purchase in a transaction with a customer, receive customer identification information identifying the customer, acquire pre-registered coupon information indicating a coupon registered by the customer based on the received customer identification information, and execute privilege processing based on the pre-registered coupon information and the acquired commodity information. The control unit then executes checkout processing for the transaction based on the commodity information and the privilege processing.
Claims20
A checkout apparatus, comprising:
- a communication interface connectable to a store server;
- and
- a control unit configured to:
- acquire commodity information for a commodity being registered for purchase in a transaction with a customer;
- receive customer identification information identifying the customer;
- acquire pre-registered coupon information indicating a coupon registered by the customer based on the received customer identification information;
- execute privilege processing based on the pre-registered coupon information and the acquired commodity information;
- and
- execute checkout processing for the transaction based on the commodity information and the executed privilege processing.
A checkout system, comprising:
- a plurality of checkout apparatuses;
- a store server connected to the plurality of checkout apparatus;
- and
- a coupon server connected to the store server, wherein
- each checkout apparatus includes:
- a communication interface connected to the store server;
- and
- a control unit configured to:
- acquire commodity information for a commodity being registered for purchase in a transaction with a customer;
- receive customer identification information identifying the customer;
- acquire pre-registered coupon information indicating a coupon registered by the customer based on the received customer identification information;
- execute privilege processing based on the pre-registered coupon information and the acquired commodity information;
- and
- execute checkout processing for the transaction based on the commodity information and the executed privilege processing.
A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing program instructions which when executed by a checkout apparatus cause the checkout apparatus to perform a method comprising:
- acquiring commodity information for a commodity being registered for purchase in a transaction with a customer;
- receiving customer identification information identifying the customer;
- acquiring pre-registered coupon information indicating a coupon registered by the customer based on the received customer identification information;
- performing privilege processing based on the pre-registered coupon information and the acquired commodity information;
- and
- performing checkout processing for the transaction based on the commodity information and the result of the privilege processing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.