POS system
First Claim
1. A point-of-sales system including at least one controller provided at a management center in a store and a plurality of point-of-sales terminals, each sales counter in said store provided with one of said point-of-sales terminals, said controller and each of said point-of-sales terminals being connected by a closed circuit in said store,said controller comprising:
- a price look-up file including a price look-up table and a sum table for storing article data, and a master file for storing fixed article data for a first time interval and a temporary file for temporarily storing article data for a second time interval shorter than the first time interval, all of the article data having an article code assigned thereto; and
each of said point of sales terminals including means for generating a price look-up inquiry signal having a particular article code designated by any of said point-of sales terminals, said price look-up table and said sum table being searched simultaneously by said price look-up inquiry signal for all data having the particular article code assigned thereto.
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Abstract
In a POS system including at least one controller and a plurality of POS terminals, the controller includes a price look-up file formed by a price look-up table and a sum table. When the price look-up table is searched by a price look-up inquiry signal, the sum table is correspondingly accessed by an address information from the price look-up table and the sum table.
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12 Claims
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1. A point-of-sales system including at least one controller provided at a management center in a store and a plurality of point-of-sales terminals, each sales counter in said store provided with one of said point-of-sales terminals, said controller and each of said point-of-sales terminals being connected by a closed circuit in said store,
said controller comprising: -
a price look-up file including a price look-up table and a sum table for storing article data, and a master file for storing fixed article data for a first time interval and a temporary file for temporarily storing article data for a second time interval shorter than the first time interval, all of the article data having an article code assigned thereto; and each of said point of sales terminals including means for generating a price look-up inquiry signal having a particular article code designated by any of said point-of sales terminals, said price look-up table and said sum table being searched simultaneously by said price look-up inquiry signal for all data having the particular article code assigned thereto. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A sales system comprising:
a controller including; memory file including; a price look-up table and a sum table, each capable of storing data having an address designation assigned thereto; a master file for storing article data; and a temporary file for temporarily storing article data; means for receiving data; and processing means for searching the contents of the price look-up table and the sum table; and a plurality of terminals, each terminal including means for transmitting a price inquiry signal including an address designation to said controller, said processing means simultaneously searching the contents of the price look-up table and the contents of the sum table for data assigned with the address designation of the price inquiry signal when said controller receives the price inquiry signal. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A point-of-sales system including at least one controller provided at a management center in a store and a plurality of point-of-sales terminals, each sales counter in said store provided with one of said point-of-sales terminals, said controller and each of said point-of-sales terminals being connected by a closed circuit in said store,
said controller comprising: -
a price look-up file including a price look-up table and a sum table for storing article data, all of the article data having an article code assigned thereto; and each of said point of sales terminals including means for generating a price look-up inquiry signal having at least an item length, an item identification, a signal identification code, an article code, a unit price, an article name, an attribute and a particular article code designated by any of said point-of-sales terminals, said price look-up table and said sum table being simultaneously searched by said price look-up inquiry signal for all data having the particular article code assigned thereto.
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12. A point-of-sales system including at least one controller provided at a management center in a store and a plurality of point-of-sales terminals, each sales counter in said store provided with one of said point-of-sales terminals, said controller and each of said point-of-sales terminals being connected by a closed circuit in said store,
said controller comprising: -
a price look-up file including a price look-up table and a sum table for storing article data; first means for compiling data corresponding to an inspection request signal from all point-of-sales terminals; and second means for transmitting said compiled data to a point-of-sales terminal generating an inspection request signal, all of the article data having an article code assigned thereto; and each of said point of sales terminals including means for generating a price look-up inquiry signal having a particular article code designated by said point-of sales terminal generating the inspection request signal, said price look-up table and a sum table being searched simultaneously by said price look-up inquiry signal for all data having the particular article code assigned thereto.
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