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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2015
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyuki Yokoyama, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Customers are able to obtain information printed on a receipt without greatly changing the configuration of devices such as POS registers that process product sales. In an information management system, a printerprints a receipt based on transaction information related to a product sale; a receipt databasestores transaction information relationally to a unique ID; an member service serverregisters unique IDsin the receipt database; an NFC readerreads the unique IDs; and a control unitdetermines if a unique IDis registered in the receipt database, prints transaction information and access information for accessing the member registration serverif the unique IDis not registered, and sends the unique IDand the transaction information to the member service serverif the unique IDis registered.