Information processing system

• US 20020165803A1
• Filed: 05/01/2001
• Published: 11/07/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 05/01/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation), Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation), Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Ogura, Kazuhiro, Iwase, Akinori, Haraguchi, Tatsuya
• Application Number:
  US09/845,522
• Publication Number:
  US 20020165803A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/28
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/20 Point-of-sale [POS] network systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/322 Aspects of commerce using mobile devices [M-devices]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3221 Access to banking information through M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3227 using secure elements embedded in M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/341 Active cards, i.e. cards including their own processing means, e.g. including an IC or chip
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0207 Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0623 Item investigation
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/0886 the card reader being portable for interacting with a POS or ECR in realizing a payment transaction
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/1008 Active credit-cards provided with means to personalise their use, e.g. with PIN-introduction/comparison system
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 1/0036 Checkout procedures
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 1/0081 the reader being a portable scanner or data reader G07G1/009 takes precedence

Abstract

When a commodity has been purchased, display on a display section of a mobile phone is returned to a commodity purchase screen at a cash register, and “Total” is chosen and determined. When “Total” has been determined, a control section of the mobile phone causes the display section to display a totaling screen. The totaling screen displays a sum price of the purchased commodity, as well as choices of payment methods, “Cash” and “Credit card”, and choices of reception of the commodity, “Take out” and “Delivery”. The cash or credit card is chosen as a method of payment by the mobile phone, and whether the purchased commodity is to be taken out or delivered is chosen.

Claims

1. An information processing system for processing information in a shop, the system comprising a portable device possessed by a user and a host computer for communication with the portable device, the portable device comprising:

input means for inputting commodity information provided near a commodity or on the commodity, when the commodity in the shop is to be purchased;

first memory means for storing the commodity information input by the input means;

second memory means-for prestoring user information;

totaling means for totaling, when a price of one or more commodities based on one or more commodity information items stored in the first memory means is to be processed in the shop and if there is the user information in the second memory means, which corresponds to the commodity information stored in the first memory means, the commodity information stored in the first memory means by adding the user information corresponding to the commodity information; and

transmission means for transmitting the total information totaled by the totaling means to the host computer.

2. An information processing system according to claim 1, wherein when the commodity information is input by the input means, the associated commodity is not carried.

3. An information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the input means is a bar-code scanner for reading a bar-code serving as the commodity information provided near the commodity or on the commodity.

4. An information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the commodity information input by the input means is a commodity code, a price and the number of commodities.

5. An information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the transmission means performs transmission using an IP connection function or Bluetooth.

6. An information processing system for processing information in a shop, the system comprising a portable device possessed by a user and a host computer for communication with the portable device, the host computer comprising:

memory means for storing the number of inventories of each of commodities placed in the shop, and substitute commodity information corresponding to each commodity;

first acquisition means for acquiring, when a commodity inventory inquiry request has been received from the portable device, the number of inventories of the associated commodity by searching the memory means;

first transmission means for transmitting to the portable device the information on the number of inventories of the commodity acquired by the first acquisition means;

second acquisition means for acquiring, when the number of the inventories of the commodity acquired by the first acquisition means is zero, substitute commodity information for the commodity by searching the memory means; and

second transmission means for transmitting to the portable device the information to the effect that the number of the inventories of the commodity acquired by the first acquisition means is zero, and the substitute commodity information of the commodity acquired by the second acquisition means.

7. An information processing system for processing information in a shop, the system comprising a portable device possessed by a user and a host computer for communication with the portable device, the portable device comprising:

request means for requesting information on a predetermined finished article from the host computer in order to make the predetermined finished article;

input means for inputting ingredient information put near an ingredient or on an ingredient placed within the shop, when necessary ingredients for making the finished article are purchased; and

first memory means for storing the ingredient information input by the input means, and the host computer comprises;

memory means for storing a plurality of finished article names and ingredient names of ingredients necessary for making the finished articles;

first acquisition means for acquiring the name of an ingredient necessary for making the finished article by searching the second memory means, when a finished article information request is received from the portable device;

second acquisition means for acquiring the ingredient information stored in the first memory means on the ingredient purchased to make the finished article;

detection means for detecting the name of one or more deficient ingredients for making the finished article by comparing one or more ingredient names acquired from the ingredient information acquired by the second acquisition means and one or more ingredient names acquired by the first acquisition means; and

transmission means for transmitting to the portable device the information on the one or more deficient ingredient names detected by the detection means.

8. An information processing system for processing information in a shop, the system comprising a portable device possessed by a user and a host computer for communication with the portable device, the portable device comprising:

request means for requesting information on a predetermined dish from the host computer in order to make the dish;

input means for inputting ingredient information put near an ingredient or on an ingredient placed within the shop, when necessary ingredients for making the dish are purchased; and

first memory means for storing the ingredient information input by the input means, and the host computer comprises;

second memory means for storing a plurality of dish names and names of ingredients necessary for making each dish;

first acquisition means for acquiring the name of an ingredient necessary for making the dish by searching the second memory means, when a dish information request is received from the portable device;

second acquisition means for acquiring the ingredient information stored in the first memory means on the ingredient purchased to make the dish;

detection means for detecting the name of one or more deficient ingredients for making the dish by comparing one or more ingredient names obtained from the ingredient information acquired by the second acquisition means and one or more ingredient names acquired by the first acquisition means; and

transmission means for transmitting to the portable device the information on the one or more deficient ingredient names detected by the detection means.

9. An information processing system for processing information in a shop, the system comprising a portable device possessed by a user and a host computer for communication with the portable device, the portable device comprising:

input means for inputting commodity information provided near a commodity or on the commodity, when the commodity in the shop is to be purchased;

memory means for storing the commodity information input by the input means;

instruction means for instructing, where necessary, delivery of a commodity indicated in the commodity information stored in the memory means;

designation means for designating a delivery destination of the commodity, the delivery of which has been instructed by the instruction means, from address information prestored in the portable device or address information prestored in the host computer; and

transmission means for transmitting to the host computer one or more commodity information items stored in the memory means, instruction information instructed by the instruction means, and address information designated by the designation means.

10. An information processing system for processing information in a shop, the system comprising a portable device possessed by a user and a host computer for communication with the portable device, the host computer comprising:

memory means for prestoring intra-shop guidance information;

search means for searching the memory means when an intra-shop guidance information request has been received from the portable device; and

transmission means for transmitting to the portable device the intra-shop guidance information searched by the search means.

11. An information processing system for processing information in a shop, the system comprising a portable device possessed by a user and a host computer for communication with the portable device, the host computer being connected to a network, the host computer comprising:

search means for searching for information on a commodity sent from a company which provides the commodity via a network, when a request for information on the commodity in the shop has been received from the portable device; and

transmission means for transmitting to the portable device the information on the commodity searched by the search means.

12. An information processing system according to claim 11, wherein said network is the Internet.

13. An information processing system according to claim 11, wherein said search means searches a home page of a web server of a company that provides the commodity.

14. An information processing system for processing information in a shop, the system comprising a portable device possessed by a user, a host computer for communication with the portable device, and a digital multi-functional peripheral that is variously settable and connected to the host computer, the portable device comprising:

input means for inputting ingredient information put near an ingredient or on an ingredient placed within the shop, when necessary ingredients for making a dish are purchased;

first memory means for storing the ingredient information input by the input means; and

transmission means for transmitting to the host computer total information obtained by totaling the ingredient information stored in the first memory means, when an accounting process for the ingredients purchased in the shop is carried out, and the host computer comprises;

second memory means for storing a plurality of dish names, names of ingredients necessary for making each dish, and a recipe of each dish;

specifying means for searching the second memory means with one or more ingredient names obtainable from the total information, when total information on the ingredients purchased by the portable device is received, and specifying one or more dish names of a dish preparable from one or more ingredients;

search means for searching for recipe information on one or more dishes stored in the memory means, on the basis of one or more dish names specified by the specifying means; and

control means for performing a control to print out the recipe information on one or more dishes searched by the search means through the digital multi-functional peripheral.