Sales data processing system, portable electronic terminal, and home delivery receiving method

• US 7,146,325 B2
• Filed: 02/22/2002
• Issued: 12/05/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Makino, Masaaki, Gomi, Yoshiaki, Takeuchi, Masanori, Yamakawa, Masato
• Primary Examiner(s): Weiss, John G.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Webb, Jamisue A.
• Application Number:
  US10/079,592
• Publication Number:
  US 20020116217A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,747 Days
• Field of Search: 705/1, 705/16, 705/17, 705/21
• US Class Current: 705/344
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/083 Shipping
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/202 Interconnection or interaction of plural electronic cash registers [ECR] or to host computer, e.g. network details, transfer of information from host to ECR or from ECR to ECR
• 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

The present invention permits a data related to a destination used in an order reception operation of a goods delivery service to be acquired from an address information stored in an address information file retained in a portable electronic terminal, thus leading to utilization of the address information stored in the address information file as the data related to the destination used in the order reception operation of the goods delivery service. Thereby, a manual input of addresses, etc., in a product sales data processing system can be saved. Accordingly, a store with installation of the sales data processing system will achieve shortening of operation time, improvement of work efficiency, and reduction of mistakes, and a customer who owns the portable electronic terminal will be able to enjoy enhancement of the convenience and serviceability.

Claims

1. A data processing method, comprising:

establishing communications between a point-of-sale (POS) terminal configured to process data corresponding to a goods delivery service and a portable electronic terminal configured to store address data as an address data file provided in a memory of the portable electronic terminal, the address data file configured to hold a plurality of address data, at least one of which identifies a destination address for the goods delivery service;

displaying, on a display of the portable electronic terminal, a plurality of address data corresponding to the address data file;

receiving a selection, by a user of the portable electronic terminal, of one of the plurality of displayed address data as a destination address for the goods delivery service;

transmitting the selected address data from the portable electronic terminal to the POS terminal when the data processing with respect to the goods delivery service is executed while the communications between the POS terminal and the portable electronic terminal is established, the transmitted data identifying the address to which the goods delivery service is requested;

receiving the address data at the POS terminal from the portable electronic terminal when the data processing with respect to the goods delivery service is executed while the communications between the POS terminal and the portable electronic terminal is established; and

generating, at the POS terminal, home delivery transaction data based on the received address data and information input to the POS terminal relating to the goods delivery service.

2. A data processing method according to claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting a program from the POS terminal to the portable electronic terminal, which allows the portable electronic terminal to search and identify the address data in the address data file and transmit the identified address data to the POS terminal, the program configured to be installed in the portable electronic terminal when the data processing with respect to the goods delivery service is executed while the communications between the POS terminal and the portable electronic terminal is established,

wherein the transmitting a program, further comprises;

receiving the program at the portable electronic terminal from the POS terminal; and

transmitting the identified address data from the portable electronic terminal to the POS terminal according to the program.

3. A data processing method according to claim 1, wherein

the establishing communications allows the portable electronic terminal to access the POS terminal while the POS terminal operates a predetermined business menu.

4. A data processing method according to claim 1, wherein

when communications between the POS terminal and the portable electronic terminal is established, the portable electronic terminal is configured to block communication access from other portable electronic terminals.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said portable electronic terminal is a cellular phone.

6. A data processing system, comprising:

a point-of-sale (POS) terminal, comprising;

a transceiver configured to establish communications with a portable electronic terminal configured to store address data as an address data file provided in a memory of the portable electronic terminal, the address data file configured to hold a plurality of address data, at least one of which identifies an address for a goods delivery service;

the transceiver further configured to receive selected address data from the portable electronic terminal when the data processing with respect to the goods delivery service is executed while communications between the POS terminal and the portable electronic terminal is established, the transmitted data identifying the address which the goods delivery service is requested;

generating means for generating home delivery transaction data based on the received address data and information input to the POS terminal relating to the goods delivery service;

the portable electronic terminal, comprising;

a display configured to display the plurality of address data corresponding to the address data file;

an interface configured to receive a selection, by a user of the portable electronic terminal, of one of the plurality of displayed address data as a destination address for the goods delivery service;

a transceiver configured to establish communications between the portable electronic terminal and the POS terminal;

the transceiver of the portable electronic terminal configured to transmit the selected address data to the POS terminal when the data processing corresponding to the goods delivery service is executed.

7. A data processing system according to claim 6, wherein

the transceiver of the portable electronic terminal allows the portable electronic terminal to access to the POS terminal while the POS terminal operates a predetermined business menu.

8. A data processing system according to claim 6, wherein

when communications between the portable electronic terminal and the POS terminal is established, the portable electronic terminal is configured to block communications from other portable electronic terminals.

9. A data processing system according to claim 6, wherein the transceiver of the POS terminal is further configured to transmit a program, which allows the portable electronic terminal to search and identify the address data and the portable electronic terminal is configured to transmit the identified address data to the POS terminal, the program is configured to be installed in the portable electronic terminal when the data processing with respect to the goods delivery service is executed while communications between the POS terminal and the portable electronic terminal is established.

10. The system of claim 6, wherein said portable electronic terminal is a cellular phone.