POS system, method of billing for advertisements printed on receipts, and computer-readable medium storing the method
First Claim
1. A POS system comprising:
- advertising information input control means for receiving advertising information;
billing amount calculating means for calculating a billing amount based on the advertising information received by said advertising information input control means;
payment confirming means for detecting if payment of said billing amount has been completed;
advertising information storing control means for storing said advertising information; and
advertising information sending means for sending said advertising information to a printing device.
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Abstract
Advertising information input control module of a POS system receives advertising information, and a billing amount calculating module calculates a billing amount based on advertising information received by input control module. A payment confirming module confirms payment of the billing amount calculated by the billing amount calculating module, and an advertising information storing control module stores the advertising information in a storing device. A check-out information input control module receives input of customer check-out information, and an advertising information retrieving module retrieves the advertising information stored in the storing device. A printing data generating module synthesizes or combines check-out information with the advertising information so as to generate printing data, which is output at a printing device, and printed as a receipt with an ad.
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27 Claims
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1. A POS system comprising:
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advertising information input control means for receiving advertising information;
billing amount calculating means for calculating a billing amount based on the advertising information received by said advertising information input control means;
payment confirming means for detecting if payment of said billing amount has been completed;
advertising information storing control means for storing said advertising information; and
advertising information sending means for sending said advertising information to a printing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A POS system comprising:
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an advertising information input controller that receives advertising information;
a billing amount calculator that calculates a billing amount based on the advertising information received by said advertising information input controller;
a payment confirming unit that detects if payment of said billing amount has been completed;
an advertising information storing controller that stores said advertising information; and
an advertising information sending unit that sends said advertising information to a printing device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A POS system comprising:
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an information input terminal;
a server;
and a cash register;
wherein said information input terminal includes;
a display that displays an input menu and a confirmation menu;
an input device that receives advertising information and a confirmation input;
a terminal CPU that transmits said advertising information to said server;
wherein said server includes;
an input terminal side interface that receives said advertising information from said information input terminal, and that transmits an ID to said information input terminal;
a non-volatile storing device that stores said advertising information;
wherein said information input terminal further includes;
a printer that prints said advertising information and a barcode that represents said ID;
wherein said cash register includes;
a barcode reader that reads said barcode that is printed by said printer;
a register CPU that transmits said ID to said server, wherein said server further includes;
a calculating module that calculates a billing amount;
a server CPU that transmits said billing amount to said cash register;
wherein said cash register further includes;
a display that displays said billing amount;
a billing amount payment confirming module that confirms a payment;
said register CPU being responsive to said billing amount payment confirming module confirming a payment for transmitting to said server that said advertising information is to be registered.
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27. An advertising method comprising the steps of:
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receiving customer data;
transmitting said customer data to a server;
finding customer target group data in said server corresponding to said customer data;
receiving advertising information from said server; and
printing a receipt containing said advertising information data.
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