Printing system, apparatus and method for automatically printing records of electronic transactions

• US 20070299729A1
• Filed: 06/19/2007
• Published: 12/27/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Yuki Uchida
• Original Assignee: Yuki Uchida
• Inventors: Uchida, Yuki
• Application Number:
  US11/820,601
• Publication Number:
  US 20070299729A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/24
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/209 Specified transaction journal output feature, e.g. printed receipt or voice output
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/382 insuring higher security of transaction
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 5/00 Receipt-giving machines cash registers giving receipts G07G1/00

Abstract

A method and system for automatically printing a hard copy of transaction information relating to a transaction conducted electronically between a user-side and a supplier side. A control apparatus performs an operation of identifying a selected aspect of information regarding the electronic transaction to thereby generate a print apparatus which is sent to a printing apparatus which prints transaction information in response to said print request. In addition, a printer for use with the method and system is provided.

Claims

1-10. -10. (canceled)

11. A system for automatically printing, without a need for user action, a hard copy of transaction information relating to a transaction conducted electronically between a user-side and a supplier-side comprising:

a controller configured to automatically identify, without reliance on any user action, a selected aspect of information regarding said electronic transaction to thereby generate a print request;

a communication circuit coupled with said controller for communicating the print request; and

a printer coupled with said controller for printing information regarding said electronic transaction in response to said print request.

12. The system for automatically printing of claim 11 further comprising:

a storage apparatus coupled with said controller and configured to store the information regarding said electronic transaction.

13. The system for automatically printing of claim 11 wherein said controller comprises:

a notification unit configured to notify of communication between the user-side and the supplier-side;

a monitoring circuit configured to monitor the communication;

a recognizing circuit configured to automatically recognize, without reliance on user action, a selected aspect of information regarding the electronic transaction;

a print request generator configured to generate, when said selected aspect of information is recognized, a print request to be sent to the printer.

15. The system for automatically printing of claim 11, wherein said controller configured to automatically identify is at the user-side.

24. The system of claim 11, wherein said controller monitors electronic communication conducted between said user-side and said supplier-side via the Internet, to identify automatically said selected aspect of information regarding said electronic transaction.

25. The system of claim 11, wherein said controller monitors electronic communication conducted between said user-side and said supplier-side via the Internet, and generates, without a need for user action specifying, said print request.

26. The system of claim 11, wherein said selected aspect of information regarding the electronic transaction includes invoice information.

27. The system of claim 11, wherein said selected aspect of information regarding the electronic transaction includes a confirmation number.

28. The system of claim 27, wherein said information printed by said printer in response to the print request includes said confirmation number.

29. The system of claim 11, wherein said selected aspect of information regarding the electronic transaction includes a password.

30. The system of claim 11, wherein said selected aspect of information regarding the electronic transaction is set by a standard.

31. The system of claim 11, wherein said selected aspect of information regarding the electronic transaction is set by contract.

32. The system of claim 11, wherein said selected aspect of information regarding the electronic transaction includes a print command from the supplier-side to the user-side.

33. The system of claim 11, wherein said selected aspect of information regarding the electronic transaction is communicated by the supplier-side to the user-side via the Internet.

34. The system of claim 11, wherein said print request is automatically generated by said controller and communicated by said communication circuit to said printer, without a need for user action specifying said print request.

14. (canceled)

16. A system for automatically printing a hard copy of transaction information relating to a transaction conducted electronically between a user-side and a supplier-side comprising:

a controller configured to automatically identify, without reliance on user action, a selected aspect of information regarding said electronic transaction to thereby generate a print request;

a communication circuit coupled with said controller for communicating the print request via a local area network;

a printer coupled with said controller for printing information regarding said electronic transaction in response to said print request.

17. The system for automatically printing of claim 16 further comprising:

a storage apparatus couple with said controller and configured to store the information regarding said electronic transaction.

18. The system for automatically printing of claim 16 wherein said controller comprises:

a notification unit configured to notify of communication between a user-side and the supplier-side;

a monitoring circuit configured to monitor the communication;

a recognizing circuit configured to recognize, at the user-side, without reliance on user action, a selected aspect of information regarding the electronic transaction;

a print request generator configured to generate, when said selected aspect of information is recognized, a print request to be sent to the printer via the local area network.

19. (canceled)

20. A printer for automatically printing, without a need for user action, a hard copy of transaction information relating to a transaction conducted electronically between a user-side and a supplier-side comprising:

a receiver for receiving instructions from a controller, wherein said controller automatically identifies, without reliance on user action, a selected aspect of information regarding said electronic transaction, to thereby generate a print request to be sent to the printer; and

printing means to print information regarding said electronic transaction in response to the print request.

21. The printer apparatus of claim 20 wherein said controller comprises:

a notification unit configured to notify of communication between the user-side and the supplier side;

a monitoring circuit configured to monitor the communication;

a recognizing circuit configured to recognize, at the user-side, without reliance on user action, a selected aspect of information regarding said electronic transaction;

a print request generator configured to generate, when said selected aspect of information is recognized, a print request to be sent to the printer.

22-23. -23. (canceled)