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Product-selling-data processing apparatus having function for administering sales of article sold by the bundle and its method

  • US 5,521,364 A
  • Filed: 05/26/1994
  • Issued: 05/28/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/13/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A product-selling-data processing system which performs a bundle-of-selling in which a predetermined number of units of a given type of article, each having a unit price, are sold together at a price lower than the sum of the unit prices of said predetermined number of the given type of article, said system comprising:

  • a file processor and a terminal connecting with said file processor;

    the file processor including;

    memory means for storing a first article information comprising an article name data and a unit price data corresponding to a first article code and a second article information comprising an article name data and a bundle-of-selling price data corresponding to a second article code modified based on the first article code;

    the terminal including;

    communication means for transmitting/receiving data to/from the file processor;

    display means for displaying the data received from the file processor;

    print means for printing the data received from the file processor on a receipt paper;

    optical reading means for inputting the first article code;

    bundle-of-selling designating means for designating the execution of the bundle-of-selling and quantity of bundle-of-selling articles before inputting the first article codes by the optical reading means;

    first transmitting means for transmitting the first article code input by the optical reading means to the file processor through the communication means to obtain the first article information from the file processor;

    second transmitting means for transmitting the second article code based on the inputted first article code to the file processor through the communication means to obtain the second article information from the file processor;

    selecting means for selecting one of the first transmitting means based on that the bundle-of-selling designating means has not been operated when the first article codes have been input by the optical reading means and the second transmitting means based on that the bundle-of-selling designating means has been operated when the first article codes have been input by the optical reading means; and

    outputting means for outputting the first article information received from the file processor as a response to the first transmitting means and the second article information received from the file processor as a response to the second transmitting means, to the display means and print means.

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