Receipt data processing device and method for processing receipt data

• US 9,779,589 B2
• Filed: 04/09/2014
• Issued: 10/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Suzuki, Hiromasa
• Primary Examiner(s): Payer, Paul F
• Application Number:
  US14/249,253
• Publication Number:
  US 20140307272A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,273 Days
• Field of Search: 358 113- 118
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 5/00 Receipt-giving machines cash registers giving receipts G07G1/00

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a receipt data processing device includes an obtaining section, a data generating section, and an output section. The obtaining section is configured to obtain customer code of a customer who purchased an item. The data generating section configured to generate receipt data including information about the purchased item, and include the customer code in the receipt data when the customer code is obtained. The output section is configured to output the receipt data to a certain destination based on whether or not the receipt data includes the customer code.

Claims

1. A receipt data processing device comprising:

a scanner configured to scan a customer code of a customer who is involved in a purchase transaction; and

a control unit configured to generate receipt data that includes the customer code when the customer code is obtained by the scanner and receipt data that does not include the customer code when the customer code is not obtained by the scanner, determine a destination of the generated receipt data based on determination of whether or not the customer code is included in the receipt data, convert a data format of the generated receipt data from a non-structured data format to a structured data format upon determining that the customer code is included in the generated receipt data and not upon determining that the customer code is not included in the generated receipt data, and output the generated receipt data to the determined destination.

2. The receipt data processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the control unit determines the destination to be a printing device when the customer code is not included in the generated receipt data.

3. The receipt data processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the control unit determines the destination to be a server when the customer code is included in the generated receipt data.

4. The receipt data processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the control unit determines the destination to be a printing device and a server when the customer code is included in the generated receipt data.

5. A method for processing receipt data, comprising:

carrying out a scanning process by which a customer code of a customer who is involved in a purchase transaction is obtainable;

generating receipt data that includes the customer code when the customer code is obtained by the scanning process and receipt data that does not include the customer code when the customer code is not obtained by the scanning process;

determining a destination of the generated receipt data based on determination of whether or not the customer code is included in the generated receipt data;

converting a data format of the generated receipt data from a non-structured data format to a structured data format upon determining that the customer code is included in the generated receipt data and not upon determining that the customer code is not included in the generated receipt data; and

outputting the generated receipt data to the determined destination.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein

the destination of the receipt data is determined to be a printing device when the customer code is not included in the generated receipt data.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein

the destination of the receipt data is determined to be a server when the customer code is included in the generated receipt data.

8. The method according to claim 5, wherein

the destination of the receipt data is determined to be a printing device and a server when the customer code is included in the generated receipt data.

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising a program that is executable in a computer system to cause the computer system to perform a method for processing receipt data, the method comprising:

carrying out a scanning process by which a customer code of a customer who is involved in a purchase transaction is obtainable;

generating receipt data that includes the customer code when the customer code is obtained by the scanning process and receipt data that does not include the customer code when the customer code is not obtained by the scanning process;

determining a destination of the generated receipt data based on determination of whether or not the customer code is included in the generated receipt data;

converting a data format of the generated receipt data from a non-structured data format to a structured data format upon determining that the customer code is included in the generated receipt data and not upon determining that the customer code is not included in the generated receipt data; and

outputting the generated receipt data to the determined destination.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 9, wherein

the destination of the receipt data is determined to be a printing device when the customer code is not included in the generated receipt data.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 9, wherein

the destination of the receipt data is determined to be a server when the customer code is included in the generated receipt data.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 9, wherein

the destination of the receipt data is determined to be a printing device and a server when the customer code is included in the generated receipt data.