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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2021
Applicant:
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Jun Uchimura, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuyo Kazo, Tokyo, JP;
Shinji Funai, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Sugegaya, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G06Q 30/0283 (2023.01); G07G 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/208 (2013.01); G06Q 20/202 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0283 (2013.01); G07G 1/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a purchase management system using a self-checkout register, pieces of information, which are respectively registered by individual terminal devices, are shared among a plurality of customers. A terminal device capable of acquiring item identification information of each item to be purchased first acquires a cooperation ID. Next, the terminal device shares the information in real time with a cooperative terminal device that is another terminal device and includes the same cooperation ID.