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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2022
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Xin Liu, Izunokuni Shizuoka, JP;
Shigeki Nimiya, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuharu Tozawa, Tagata Shizuoka, JP;
Hajime Takei, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshitaka Sakamoto, Soka Saitama, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A POS system for managing information from POS terminals, includes a first terminal in a first store and generating first information in a first format including data fields each storing data related to an item purchased in a transaction, a second terminal in a second store and generating second information in a second format including data fields each storing data related to an item purchased in a transaction, a store server configured to manage the first and second information, and a management server configured to acquire the first and second information from the store server, when the items indicated in the first and second information are identical, modify the first and second information such that each information includes the same data fields, aggregate the data in the corresponding fields of the first and second information, and transmit the aggregated data to the store server or an external device.