Apparatus for processing electronic tag information, POS...

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2004-12-10

2009-06-02

Koyama, Kumiko C (Department: 2887)

Registers

Systems controlled by data bearing records

Mechanized store

C235S378000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07540417

ABSTRACT:
To output a proper statement of sale even if electronic tags are attached to both of a set product and individual products contained in the set product.A database managed in a unified way comprises a product table having data of product codes and set flags each indicating whether it is a set product or not, and a set product table having data of product codes of the respective set products, and the product code and number of individual products contained in each set product. For each product ID provided, a POS terminal increments a cumulative count “Ni” of the product (S4). When determined that the product ID is of a set product with referring to the product table (S3, S5), the set product table is referred to subtract the number “nj” of individual products contained in the set product from the cumulative count “Nj” thereof (S6, S7). In response to the end of reading (S8, S9), output is information associated with a product identification code whose count is not zero and the count.

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