US Patent Application 18222956. STORE SYSTEM, STORE APPARATUS, CHECKOUT METHOD, AND PROGRAM simplified abstract
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STORE SYSTEM, STORE APPARATUS, CHECKOUT METHOD, AND PROGRAM
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STORE SYSTEM, STORE APPARATUS, CHECKOUT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18222956 titled 'STORE SYSTEM, STORE APPARATUS, CHECKOUT METHOD, AND PROGRAM
Simplified Explanation
The patent application describes a store system that includes various components and processes to enhance the shopping experience. Here are the key points:
- The store system has a reading apparatus that can scan and read products as they pass through a gate.
- There is a person determination information acquisition apparatus that collects information about the person who passes through the gate, helping to identify them as person P.
- If there is a coupon available for any product scanned by the reading apparatus, a coupon notification unit sends a notification to a terminal associated with the person's information.
- A checkout unit handles the payment and checkout process for the scanned products. It also applies any coupons that the person has indicated they want to use, based on coupon use information acquired from the terminal.
- An electronic receipt transmission unit sends an electronic receipt to the terminal after the checkout process and coupon application are completed.
Overall, this store system aims to streamline the shopping process by automatically notifying customers of applicable coupons and providing electronic receipts for convenience.
Original Abstract Submitted
A store system () includes: a reading apparatus () that reads a product that passes through a gate (); a person determination information acquisition apparatus () that acquires person determination information that determines a person P who passes through the gate (); a coupon notification unit () that transmits, when a coupon applicable to any product read by the reading apparatus () is present, notification information that provides notification of the applicable coupon, to a terminal () associated with the person determination information; a checkout unit () that performs checkout processing of a product read by the reading apparatus (), and application processing of a coupon based on coupon use information that is acquired from the terminal () and indicates a coupon to be used by the person P; and an electronic receipt transmission unit () that transmits an electronic receipt to the terminal () in response to execution of the checkout processing and the application processing of a coupon.
