COMMODITY SALES SYSTEM, HANDY TERMINAL, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE HANDY TERMINAL

• US 20110010256A1
• Filed: 07/08/2010
• Published: 01/13/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Yoshimoto, Seiji
• Application Number:
  US12/832,266
• Publication Number:
  US 20110010256A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/23
• 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

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a handy terminal includes an information detecting unit, a storing unit, and an output unit. The information detecting unit detects commodity information of a commodity purchased by a customer and benefit information indicating content of a benefit provided to the customer. The storing unit stores the commodity information and the benefit information detected by the information detecting unit. The output unit outputs the commodity information and the benefit information stored in the storing unit to a commodity sales data processing apparatus configured to subject the commodity indicated by the commodity information to sales processing.

Claims

1. A handy terminal comprising:

an information detecting unit configured to detect commodity information of a commodity purchased by a customer and benefit information indicating content of a benefit provided to the customer;

a storing unit configured to store the commodity information and the benefit information detected by the information detecting unit; and

an output unit configured to output the commodity information and the benefit information stored in the storing unit to a commodity sales data processing apparatus configured to subject the commodity indicated by the commodity information to sales processing.

2. The handy terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a reading unit configured to read a symbol code and input an identifier represented by the symbol code, wherein

the information detecting unit detects, on the basis of an identifier input when a symbol code attached to a commodity is read by the reading unit, commodity information of the commodity and detects, on the basis of an identifier input when a symbol code attached to a coupon is read by the reading unit, benefit information indicated by the coupon.

3. The handy terminal according to claim 2, further comprising a communication unit configured to communicate with a server apparatus, wherein

the information detecting unit transmits, with the communication unit, the identifier input when the symbol code attached to the commodity is read by the reading unit and the identifier input when the symbol code attached to the coupon is read by the reading unit to the server apparatus and receives, with the communication unit, commodity information and benefit information returned by the server apparatus according to the received identifiers to detect the commodity information and the benefit information.

4. The handy terminal according to claim 2, wherein the output unit outputs the commodity information and the benefit information stored in the storing unit to the commodity sales data processing apparatus when a predetermined symbol code is read by the reading unit and an identifier of the symbol code is input.

5. The handy terminal according to claim 1, further comprising:

a display unit;

a calculating unit configured to calculate a price of a relevant transaction on the basis of the commodity information and the benefit information stored in the storing unit; and

a display control unit configured to display the price calculated by the calculating unit on the display unit.

6. The handy terminal according to claim 5, wherein the display control unit displays, in addition to the price, the commodity information and the benefit information stored in the storing unit on the display unit.

7. The handy terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a storage control unit configured to store, when benefit information same as the benefit information detected by the information detecting unit is not stored in the storing unit, the detected benefit information in the storing unit and discard, when benefit information same as the benefit information detected by the information detecting unit is stored in the storing unit, the detected benefit information.

8. The handy terminal according to claim 1, further comprising:

a condition detecting unit configured to detect a condition for application of content of a benefit indicated by the benefit information detected by the information detecting unit; and

a storage control unit configured to store, when the application condition detected by the condition detecting unit is satisfied, the benefit information detected by the information detecting unit in the storing unit and discard, when the application condition is not satisfied, the benefit information detected by the information detecting unit.

9. A commodity sales system in which a server apparatus, a handy terminal used by a customer himself or herself to register commodity information, and a commodity sales data processing apparatus configured to subject a commodity to sales processing are communication-connected by wire or radio, wherein

the server apparatus includes:

a commodity-information storing unit having stored therein commodity information in association with identifiers of commodities;

a benefit-information storing unit having stored therein benefit information in association with identifiers of benefits provided to customers;

an information specifying unit configured to specify, when an identifier of a commodity is received from the handy terminal, commodity information associated with the identifier from the commodity-information storing unit and specify, when an identifier of a benefit is received from the handy terminal, benefit information associated with the identifier from the benefit information storing unit; and

a return control unit configured to return the commodity information and the benefit information specified by the information specifying unit to the handy terminal,

the handy terminal includes;

a reading unit configured to read symbol codes attached to a commodity and a coupon and input identifiers represented by the symbol codes;

a transmission and reception control unit configured to transmit, to the server apparatus, an identifier input when the symbol code attached to the commodity is read by the reading unit and an identifier input when the symbol code attached to the coupon is read by the reading unit and receive commodity information and benefit information returned from the server apparatus;

a storing unit configured to store the commodity information and the benefit information received by the transmission and reception control unit; and

an output unit configured to output the commodity information and the benefit information stored in the storing unit to the commodity sales data processing apparatus, and

the commodity sales data processing apparatus subjects, on the basis of the commodity information and the benefit information output from the handy terminal, a commodity indicated by the commodity information to the sales processing.

10. A method of controlling a handy terminal including a reading unit configured to read a symbol code and input an identifier represented by the symbol code, the handy terminal being used in a commodity sales system of a self scanning type in which a customer himself or herself performs a registration job for commodity information, the method comprising:

detecting, on the basis of an identifier input when a symbol code attached to a commodity is read by the reading unit, commodity information of the commodity;

detecting, on the basis of an identifier input when a symbol code attached to a coupon is read by the reading unit, benefit information indicated by the coupon;

storing the detected commodity information and benefit information in a predetermined storing unit; and

outputting the commodity information and the benefit information stored in the storing unit to a commodity sales data processing apparatus configured to subject the commodity indicated by the commodity information to sales processing.