Attendant terminal and transaction management system

An attendant terminal, comprising:

• a display screen for displaying information to an attendant monitoring retail transactions;
• a scanner for reading barcodes displayed on a mobile terminal of a customer;
• a communication interface connectable to a transaction management apparatus;
• and
• a control unit configured to:
• cause a first screen to be displayed on the display screen, the first screen listing present transaction statuses for a plurality of customer transactions managed by the transaction management apparatus;
• receive a first-type designation or a second-type designation of a specific transaction in the plurality of customer transactions;
• and
• cause a second screen to be displayed on the display screen after the receiving of either the first-type designation or the second-type designation, the second screen displaying transaction information of the specific transaction corresponding to the received first-type or second-type designation and permitting confirmation of an attendant checking operation for the specific transaction when the first-type designation is received and not permitting confirmation of the attendant checking operation when the second-type designation is received.

A retail transaction management system, comprising:

• a transaction management server configured to receive registration of commodities in a plurality of customer transactions at a store;
• an attendant terminal for a store attendant to monitor retail transactions at the store and perform attendant checking operations prior to settlement of customer transactions;
• a payment register at which a customer can settle a customer transaction after an attendant checking operation is performed for the customer transaction, wherein
• the attendant terminal includes:
• a communication interface connected to transaction management server;
• and
• a control unit configured to:
• cause a first screen to be displayed on a display screen, the first screen listing present transaction statuses for the plurality of customer transactions;
• receive a first-type designation or a second-type designation of a specific transaction in the plurality of customer transactions;
• and
• cause a second screen to be displayed on the display screen after the receiving of either the first-type designation or the second-type designation, the second screen displaying transaction information of the specific transaction corresponding to the received first-type or second-type designation and permitting confirmation of the attendant checking operation for the specific transaction when the first-type designation is received and not permitting confirmation of the attendant checking operation when the second-type designation is received.