Communication terminal device

• US 20070272741A1
• Filed: 05/24/2007
• Published: 11/29/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oki Data Corporation (OKI Electric Industry Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Oki Data Corporation (OKI Electric Industry Company Limited)
• Inventors: Hirano, Yuji
• Granted Patent: US 7,845,550 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/380
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce

Abstract

A communication terminal device is connected to an information processing apparatus that controls history information of a medium in which identification information is stored. The communication terminal device includes a reading unit for reading the identification information stored in the medium; a communication unit for transmitting the identification information thus read to the information processing apparatus and receiving the history information corresponding to the identification information from the information processing apparatus; a display unit for displaying the history information; a history selection unit for selecting specific history information from the history information; a format storage unit for storing a plurality of print formats; a format selection unit for selecting a specific print format from the print formats; and a printing unit for merging the specific history information thus selected with the specific print format thus selected to be printed.

Claims

1. A communication terminal device to be connected to an information processing apparatus that controls history information of a medium in which identification information is stored, comprising:

a reading unit for reading the identification information from the medium;

a communication unit for transmitting the identification information to the information processing apparatus and receiving the history information corresponding to the identification information from the information processing apparatus;

a display unit for displaying the history information;

a history selection unit for selecting specific history information from the history information;

a format storage unit for storing a plurality of print formats;

a format selection unit for selecting a specific print format from the print formats; and

a printing unit for merging the specific history information with the specific print format to be printed.

2. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein said history selection unit is adopted to collectively select the history information having a specific attribution.

3. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein said reading unit is adopted to read the identification information from the medium having an electronic money transaction function.

4. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein said format storage unit is adopted to store the print formats including a history detail and a receipt.

5. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising an amount calculation unit for calculating a total amount with respect to the history information.

6. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising an image data conversion unit for creating image data.

7. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising an attribution selection unit for selecting an attribution with respect to the history information.