Order taking apparatus, order taking method, storage medium, and program
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1. An order taking apparatus for receiving orders for articles from a plurality of order making terminals, comprising:
- information processing means for setting order taking conditions for a date of delivery and changing said order taking conditions in accordance with order statuses from said plurality of order making terminals; and
communicating means for communicating information with said order making terminals.
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Abstract
On designated dates from customers for sales of articles, a collecting request of used items for recycling, or the like through the Internet, and a service is added and the designated dates from the customers are concentrated on a specific date, thereby enabling trucks for delivery or collection for recycling to be efficiently used.
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1. An order taking apparatus for receiving orders for articles from a plurality of order making terminals, comprising:
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information processing means for setting order taking conditions for a date of delivery and changing said order taking conditions in accordance with order statuses from said plurality of order making terminals; and
communicating means for communicating information with said order making terminals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An order taking apparatus for receiving orders for articles from a plurality of order making terminals, comprising:
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storage means for storing order taking conditions regarding the orders for the articles;
communicating means for communicating information with said order making terminals through a predetermined communication line; and
information processing means for changing the order taking conditions stored in said storage means in accordance with order statuses received from said plurality of order making terminals by said communicating means, wherein said order taking conditions correspond to allocation dates of vehicles responsive to the orders for said articles. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An order taking apparatus which can perform a bidirectional communication with a terminal apparatus through a predetermined communication line, comprising:
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communicating means for transmitting collecting request conditions for allocation dates of vehicles for collecting expendable supplies for recycling which are used for an image forming apparatus to said terminal apparatus; and
information processing means for computing said collecting request conditions in accordance with request information of said expendable supplies which is requested from said terminal apparatus through said predetermined communication line. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An order taking method of receiving orders for articles from a plurality of order making terminals, comprising the steps of:
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setting order taking conditions for a date of delivery;
changing said order taking conditions in accordance with order statuses from said plurality of order making terminals; and
communicating information regarding order taking with said order making terminals. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. An order taking method of receiving orders for articles from a plurality of order making terminals, comprising:
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a storing step of storing order taking conditions regarding the orders for the articles;
a communicating step of providing the order taking conditions stored in said storing step to said order making terminals; and
a processing step of changing the order taking conditions stored in said storing step in accordance with statuses of the orders received from said plurality of order making terminals in said communicating step, wherein said order taking conditions correspond to dates of allocation of vehicles responsive to the orders for said articles. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. An order taking method which is executed by a bidirectional communication with a terminal apparatus through a predetermined communication line, comprising:
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a communicating step of transmitting collecting request conditions for allocation dates of vehicles for collecting expendable supplies for recycling which are used for an image forming apparatus to said terminal apparatus; and
a processing step of computing said collecting request conditions in accordance with request information of said expendable supplies which is requested from said terminal apparatus through said predetermined communication line. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A computer-readable storage medium which stores a program that is executed in an order taking apparatus for receiving orders for articles from a plurality of order making terminals, wherein said program comprises the steps of:
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setting order taking conditions for a date of delivery;
changing said order taking conditions in accordance with order statuses from said plurality of order making terminals; and
communicating information regarding order taking with said order making terminals.
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36. A computer-readable storage medium which stores a program that is executed in an order taking apparatus for receiving orders for articles from a plurality of order making terminals, wherein said program comprises:
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a storing step of storing order taking conditions regarding the orders for the articles;
a communicating step of providing the order taking conditions stored in said storing step to said order making terminals; and
a processing step of changing the order taking conditions in accordance with statuses of the orders received from said plurality of order making terminals in said communicating step, and said order taking conditions correspond to allocation dates of vehicles responsive to the orders for said articles.
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37. A computer-readable storage medium which stores a program that is executed in an order taking apparatus which can perform a bidirectional communication with a terminal apparatus through a predetermined communication line, wherein said program comprises:
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a communicating step of transmitting collecting request conditions for allocation dates of vehicles for collecting expendable supplies for recycling which are used for an image forming apparatus to said terminal apparatus; and
a processing step of computing said collecting request conditions in accordance with request information of said expendable supplies which is requested from said terminal apparatus through said predetermined communication line.
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38. An order taking program that is executed in an order taking apparatus for receiving orders for articles from a plurality of order making terminals, comprising the steps of:
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setting order taking conditions for a date of delivery;
changing said order taking conditions in accordance with order statuses from said plurality of order making terminals; and
communicating information regarding order taking with said order making terminals.
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39. An order taking program that is executed in an order taking apparatus for receiving orders for articles from a plurality of order making terminals, comprising:
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a storing step of storing order taking conditions regarding the orders for the articles;
a communicating step of providing the order taking conditions stored in said storing step to said order making terminals; and
a processing step of changing the order taking conditions stored in said storing step in accordance with statuses of the orders received from said plurality of order making terminals in said communicating step, wherein said order taking conditions correspond to allocation dates of vehicles responsive to the orders for said articles.
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40. An order taking program that is executed in an order taking apparatus which receives orders of articles from a plurality of order making terminals, comprising:
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a communicating step of transmitting collecting request conditions for allocation dates of vehicles for collecting expendable supplies for recycling which are used for an image forming apparatus to said order making terminal; and
a processing step of computing said collecting request conditions in accordance with request information of said expendable supplies which is requested from said order making terminal through a predetermined communication line.
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