PORTABLE TERMINAL AND ITS PROGRAMS, SETTLEMENT APPARATUS, AND MERCHANDISING INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS

• US 20150332241A1
• Filed: 07/24/2015
• Published: 11/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: WATANABE, Naoki
• Granted Patent: US 10,068,214 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/047 using payment protocols involving electronic receipts
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/20 Point-of-sale [POS] network systems
• 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 20/209 Specified transaction journal output feature, e.g. printed receipt or voice output
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/32 using wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3221 Access to banking information through M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 5/00 Receipt-giving machines cash registers giving receipts G07G1/00

Abstract

On receiving simplified settlement data generated form settlement data and ID data for downloading electronic-receipt data from an electronic-receipt server, both from a settlement-processing apparatus, a portable terminal records the simplified settlement data in association with the ID data. The display unit of the portable terminal displays the simplified settlement data thus recorded. The portable terminal downloads electronic-receipt data from the electronic-receipt server by using the ID data recorded in association with the simplified settlement data, when the input unit is operated, thereby commanding that the electronic receipt related to the simplified settlement data displayed by the display unit should be downloaded. The electronic-receipt data is recorded in the electronic-receipt recording unit. The display unit displays the electronic receipt on the basis the electronic-receipt data recorded in the electronic-receipt recording unit.

Claims

1. A system for transmitting an electronic receipt including transaction information regarding a sale of goods and settlement data to a purchaser'"'"'s portable terminal, the system comprising:

an electronic receipt server remote to the portable terminal, the electronic receipt server configured to record the electronic receipt;

a communications unit of the portable terminal configured to perform communication with the electronic receipt server by way of the Internet;

a settlement processing apparatus including a point of sale terminal configured to process the sale of goods;

a receiver of the portable terminal configured to receive simplified settlement data and ID data from the settlement processing apparatus, wherein the simplified settlement data is derived from the settlement data, the simplified settlement data including at least a shop name where the sale took place and a settlement day, and wherein the ID data is for generating an address indicating a region of the electronic receipt server in which the electronic receipt is recorded;

an information recording unit of the portable terminal configured to record the simplified settlement data in association with the ID data received by the receiver at the time the receiver received the simplified settlement data;

a display unit and a simplified data display control unit of the portable terminal, the simplified data display control unit configured to display on the display unit the simplified settlement data recorded in the information recording unit;

an input unit of the portable terminal configured to generate a download command for downloading the electronic receipt related to the simplified settlement data displayed by the display unit;

a download processing unit of the portable terminal configured to download to the portable terminal the electronic receipt from the electronic receipt server when the download command is generated by the input unit, the download processing unit configured to generate the address indicating the region of the electronic receipt server in which the electronic receipt is recorded from the ID data recorded in the information recording unit in association with the simplified settlement data;

an electronic receipt recording unit of the portable terminal configured to record the electronic receipt downloaded from the electronic receipt server; and

an electronic receipt display control unit of the portable terminal configured to cause the display unit to display the electronic receipt based on the electronic receipt data recorded in the electronic receipt recording unit.

2. The portable terminal according to claim 1, further comprising:

a simplified-settlement-data recording unit which records the simplified settlement data corresponding to any electronic receipt recorded in at least the electronic-receipt recording unit, in association with the electronic receipt;

a simplified-list display control unit which causes the display unit to display a list of the simplified settlement data items recorded in the simplified-settlement-data recording unit; and

a selected-receipt display control unit which causes the display unit to display any electronic receipt corresponding to any simplified settlement data, when the input unit is operated, thereby selecting the simplified settlement data from the list displayed by the display unit.

3. The portable terminal according to claim 2, further comprising:

an extracting unit which extracts access data for accessing a merchandise-information site preset for any merchandise, when the input unit is operated, thereby selecting the merchandise from the electronic receipt display by the display unit;

an acquisition unit which acquires related information preset for the merchandise from the merchandise-information site, by accessing the merchandise-information site via the communications unit in accordance with the access data extracted by the extracting unit; and

a related-information display control unit which causes the display unit to display the related information acquired by the acquisition unit.

4. The portable terminal according to claim 2, further comprising:

an extracting unit which extracts access data for accessing a merchandise-purchase site preset for any merchandise, when the input unit is operated, thereby selecting the merchandise from the electronic receipt display by the display unit;

an acquisition unit which acquires a list of merchandise recommended to be purchased, from the merchandise-purchase site, by accessing the merchandise-information site via the communications unit in accordance with the access data extracted by the extracting unit;

a purchase-list display control unit which causes the display unit to display the list of merchandise, acquired by the acquisition unit; and

an order notifying unit which notifies any merchandise, as ordered one, to the merchandise-purchase site when the input unit is operated, thereby selecting the merchandise from the list displayed by the display unit.

5. The portable terminal according to claim 4, wherein the list of merchandise contains the merchandise selected, and any one of items of merchandise related to the merchandise, which remains not purchased for more days than a preset number of days after the merchandise has been purchased.

6. The portable terminal according to claim 4, wherein the display unit displays a menu for the merchandise selected, and the acquisition unit accesses the merchandise-information site via the communications unit and acquires the list of merchandise recommended to be purchased from the merchandise-purchase site, when the input unit is operated, thereby ordering the merchandise in the menu.

7. A settlement apparatus for performing settlement on transactions, comprising:

a receipt-generating unit which generates electronic receipts, each showing settlement data;

a first communications unit which communicates, via a network, with an electronic-receipt server that records the electronic receipts;

a second communications unit which communicates with a portable terminal capable of displaying the electronic receipts;

an information-generating unit which generates simplified settlement data comprising at least a name of a shop and a settlement day from the settlement data generated when a transaction is settled, and which generates ID data for generating an address indicating a region in which the electronic receipt of the electronic-receipt server is recorded;

a data-transmitting unit which transmits the simplified settlement data and the ID data, both generated by the information-generating unit, to the portable terminal via the second communications unit; and

a receipt-transmitting unit which transmits the data of the electronic receipt generated by the receipt-generating unit, together with the ID data generated by the information-generating unit, to the electronic-receipt server via the first communications unit.

8. The settlement apparatus according to claim 7, wherein any electronic receipt generated by the receipt-generating unit contains access data for a merchandise-information site preset for merchandise recorded in the electronic receipt, in addition to the name and price of the merchandise.

9. The settlement apparatus according to claim 7, wherein any electronic receipt generated by the receipt-generating unit contains access data for a merchandise-purchase site preset for merchandise recorded in the electronic receipt, in addition to the name and price of the merchandise.