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US 5,053,957 AGranted
Electronic cash register having discount prices selected by customer level
AssigneeOmron Tateisi Electronics Co.
InventorYasuo Suzuki
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Abstract
An electronic cash register includes a means for storing information having respective discount prices corresponding to customer discount levels (customer levels), a code input means for entering codes of goods to be purchased, a memory for storing unit prices for each customer level of those goods subject to customer level discounts, and a reading means for reading a unit price of goods by reviewing the stored unit prices for the goods code entered by the code input means. If a key designating a customer level is depressed, the unit price of the goods designated by the subsequently entered goods designation codes for the entered customer level is read out from the memory and registered for every entry of the goods code.
Claims15
An electronic cash register comprising:
- means for storing respective unit prices for each of a plurality of customer levels for at least one predetermined purchasable item or service which is subject to differing customer level discounts;
- said storing means also storing a respective unit price for at least one predetermined item or service which is not subject to said customer level discounts;
- said plurality of customer levels being identified by respective customer level codes;
- means for entering a customer level code and an item or service code;
- means responsive to an entered customer level code and an entered item or service code for selecting from said storing means a unit price of an item or service corresponding to said entered customer level code and item or service code;
- and,
- means for using said selected unit price in a registration operation;
- said storing means comprising a first storage area having a first storage level for storing regular prices for each of a plurality of items or services, and a second storage area for storing, in accordance with customer levels, respective discount prices associated with each of the customer levels for each of a plurality of items or services subject to customer level discounts, said storing means also storing an indication of whether a particular item or service is subject to customer level discounts;
- said selecting means including means for examining said storing means and discriminating among items or services which are subject to customer level discounts and those which are not by said stored indication for an entered item or service code.
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An electronic cash register comprising:
- means for storing respective unit prices for each of a plurality of customer levels for at least one predetermined purchasable item or service which is subject to differing customer level discounts;
- said storing means also storing a respective unit price for at least one predetermined item or service which is not subject to said customer level discounts;
- said plurality of customer levels being identified by respective customer level codes;
- means for entering a customer level code and an item or service code;
- means responsive to an entered customer level code and an entered item or service code for selecting from said storing means a unit price of an item or service corresponding to said entered customer level code and item or service code;
- and
- means for using said selected unit price in a registration operation, wherein said selecting means includes means responsive to an entered customer level code for selecting a series of unit prices based on a subsequently entered series of item or service codes without requiring another entry of said customer level code for each item or service in said series.
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An electronic cash register comprising:
- means for storing respective unit prices for each of a plurality of customer levels for at least one predetermined purchasable item or service which is subject to differing customer level discounts;
- said storing means also storing a respective unit price for at least one predetermined item or service which is not subject to said customer level discounts;
- said plurality of customer levels being identified by respective customer level codes;
- means for entering a customer level code and an item or service code;
- means responsive to an entered customer level code and an entered item or service code for selecting from said storing means a unit price of an item or service corresponding to said entered customer level code and item or service code;
- and
- means for using said selected unit price in a registration operation;
- said storing means comprising a first storage area having a first storage level for storing regular prices for each of a plurality of items or services, and a second storage area for storing, in accordance with customer levels, respective discount prices associated with each of the customer levels for each of a plurality of items or services subject to customer level discounts, said storing means also storing an indication of whether a particular item or service is subject to customer level discounts, wherein said indication is provided by the lack of storage in said second storage area of unit prices for those items or services which are not subject to customer level discounts;
- said selecting means including means for examining said storing means and discriminating among items or services which are subject to customer level discounts and those which are not by said stored indication for an entered item or service code.
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An electronic cash register comprising:
- means for storing respective unit prices for each of a plurality of customer levels for at least one predetermined purchasable item or service which is subject to differing customer level discounts;
- said storing means also storing a respective unit price for at least one predetermined item or service which is not subject to said customer level discounts;
- said plurality of customer levels being identified by respective customer level codes;
- means for entering a customer level code and an item or service code;
- said entering means including a card reader for reading a customer level from a card;
- means responsive to an entered customer level code and an entered item or service code for selecting from said storing means a unit price of an item or service corresponding to said entered customer level code and item or service code;
- and
- means for using said selected unit price in a registration operation.
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An electronic cash register comprising:
- means for storing respective unit prices for each of a plurality of customer levels for at least one predetermined purchasable item or service which is subject to differing customer level discounts;
- said plurality of customer levels being identified by respective customer level codes;
- means for entering a customer level code and an item or service code;
- means responsive to an entered customer level code and an entered item or service code for selecting from said storing means a series of unit prices of items or services corresponding to said entered customer level code and a subsequently entered series of item or service codes without requiring another entry of said entered customer level code for each item or service in said series subject to the same entered customer level code;
- means for using said selected unit prices in a registration operation;
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- temporary change data entry means for entering temporary change data, and means responsive to an entered temporary change data and to a subsequently entered customer level code for causing said selecting means to thereafter select unit prices in accordance with said subsequently entered customer level code and item or service codes entered after entry of said subsequently entered customer level code.
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An electronic cash register comprising:
- means for storing respective unit prices for each of a plurality of customer levels for at least one predetermined purchasable item or service which is subject to differing customer level discounts;
- said plurality of customer levels being identified by respective customer level codes;
- means for entering a customer level code and an item or service code, said entering means including a card reader for reading a customer level from a card;
- means responsive to an entered customer level code and an entered item or service code for selecting from said storing means a series of unit prices of items or services corresponding to said entered customer level code and a subsequently entered series of item or service codes without requiring another entry of said entered customer level code for each item or service in said series subject to the same entered customer level code;
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- means for using said selected unit prices in a registration operation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.