Information output control apparatus and point-of-sale system

• US 10,332,092 B2
• Filed: 05/12/2017
• Issued: 06/25/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Tsuchida, Sunao, Oishi, Sadatoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Savusdiphol, Paultep
• Application Number:
  US15/593,666
• Publication Number:
  US 20170249618A1
• Time in Patent Office: 774 Days
• Field of Search: 235383, 235375
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06028 using bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1404 Methods for optical code recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1413 1D bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/20 Point-of-sale [POS] network systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/208 Input by product or record sensing, e.g. weighing or scanner processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/209 Specified transaction journal output feature, e.g. printed receipt or voice output
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 1/0018 Constructional details, e.g. of drawer, printing means, input means
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 1/0081 the reader being a portable scanner or data reader G07G1/009 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/001 specially adapted for transmission via digital wireline networks H04N1/00098 takes precedence

Abstract

An information processing system includes a code reader, an information processing apparatus configured to receive codes read by the code reader, and a first printer in communication with the information processing apparatus. Upon receiving a first code which indicates printing information and a second code which indicates a target printer, the information processing apparatus selects the target printer indicated by the second code, and transmits the printing information indicated by the first code to the target printer. The first printer receives from the information processing apparatus the printing information and prints the printing information, when the first printer is indicated by the second code as the target printer.

Claims

1. An information processing system comprising:

a plurality of information processing apparatuses configured to receive codes read by a code reader; and

a plurality of printers connected to the plurality of information processing apparatuses, wherein

upon receiving a first code, which indicates printing information, and a second code, which indicates a target printer in the plurality of printers, each information processing apparatus selects the target printer indicated by the second code and transmits the printing information indicated by the first code to the target printer, and

a total number of printers in the plurality of printers is fewer than a total number of information processing apparatuses in the plurality of information processing apparatuses.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein

the code reader is a barcode scanner configured to wirelessly transmit the codes to the plurality of information processing apparatuses.

3. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein

each information processing apparatus is further configured to execute a checkout processing based on identification information corresponding to the first code and generate the printing information based on the checkout processing.

4. The information processing system according to claim 3, wherein

the target printer is configured to print a sales receipt according to the checkout processing.

5. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein

each of the plurality of information processing apparatuses comprises a code reader.

6. The information processing system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a code reader configured to wirelessly communicate with each of the plurality of information processing apparatuses for transmitting codes read by the code reader.