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Sales system, sales management terminal and program for selling goods aboard train

  • US 20040173674A1
  • Filed: 02/25/2004
  • Published: 09/09/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A sales system comprising user mobile terminals, each owned by a train passenger, for storing an in-train merchandise purchase program;

  • salesperson terminals each borne by a salesperson in the train;

    a merchandise management terminal connected to said user mobile terminals and said salesperson terminals via a network in the train; and

    a merchandise management server to which said merchandise management terminal is connected via the Internet;

    wherein;

    said merchandise management terminal has;

    means, upon receiving ordering information entered from said user mobile terminal in accordance with said in-train merchandise purchase program, for discerning the payment method and, for transferring said ordering information to said salesperson terminal if the payment method is cash payment; and

    means, for requesting said merchandise management server to give authentication if the payment method is any other method than cash payment and, for transferring said ordering information to said salesperson terminal if authentication is given; and

    said merchandise management server has means for settling account with the passenger requiring any non-cash payment method when notified by said salesperson terminal of the completion of a sale via said merchandise management terminal.

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