Fixed amount sales system

• US 20040193498A1
• Filed: 08/04/2003
• Published: 09/30/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Platforms, Ltd. (NEC Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NEC Infrontia Corporation (NEC Corporation)
• Inventors: Fujimoto, Masanori
• Granted Patent: US 8,117,070 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/16
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/04 Payment circuits
• 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 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 13/025 wherein the volume is determined during delivery

Abstract

A fixed amount sales system adopted in a gasoline stand or the like for preventing operation efficiency reduction which is the case due to independent payments of fuel supply charge and option item amount is disclosed. In the fixed amount sales system, in which the amount of gasoline corresponding to balance amount as a difference of the money amounts of items desired to be bought by a customer among option items (or TRA items) from a preliminarily selected fixed amount is sold by weighing, thus making the giving and taking of small amounts of money and changes between the customer and the shop unnecessary. The fixed amount of money adoption items as selected by the customer, are displayed on a menu 22 in the POS terminal 20for selection by a touch operation of electronic buttons or the like.

Claims

1. A fixed amount sales system comprising a POS terminal for selling items present in a shop by weighing at a fixed amount as desired by a customer, wherein:

the items corresponding to a balance amount as a difference of an amount of option items to be brought by the customer among the option items present in the shop from the fixed amount.

2. The fixed amount sales system according to claim 1, wherein in the POS terminal a plurality of fixed amounts are displayed for selection by the customer.

4. The fixed amount sales system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a plurality of option items can be selected within the selected fixed amount.

5. The fixed amount sales system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the POS terminal issue an option item ticket for the option items selected by the customer together with a sales receipt.

6. The fixed amount sales system according to claim 5 to 1, wherein the option item ticket has a print of a bar code.

7. The fixed amount sales system according to claim 1 or 6, wherein the shop is a gasoline stand.

3. The fixed amount sales system according to claim one 1 or 2, wherein option items which can be bought in the selected fixed amount are displayed on a display unit in the POS terminal.