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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 13, 1998
Manabu Hashimoto, Nara, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
In a sales management apparatus, control programs necessary for operating in different modes are stored in respective mode keys and any desirable control program is loaded by using a corresponding mode key to realize saving in memory capacity of the apparatus. A sales management apparatus having a memory for writing and reading a control program, a mode key having a memory for storing a control program, means for registering a person in charge according to data provided from the mode key and means for transmitting the control program from the mode key, which can switch a control program to another, e.g., registering, setting, checking or exact calculation program by replacing a mode-key by another.