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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2006
Seiji Kimura, Shiojiri, JP;
Yasuhiro Nomura, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiji Kimura, Shiojiri, JP;
Yasuhiro Nomura, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A card issuing system that issues a shopping assisting card that provides support in purchasing an item includes a database that stores customer information including a language used by a customer as registered information, item information including items sold at a store as registered information, store information including an item recommended by the store among the items included in the item information as registered information, and format data registered corresponding to a plurality of languages and used for producing the shopping assisting card, a data extracting unit that extracts format data corresponding to the language used by the customer and the item recommended by the store from the database, a data producing unit that produces printing data for the shopping assisting card introducing the item recommended by the store in the language used by the customer based on the format data, and a printer that prints the shopping assisting card based on the printing data.