Patent ID: 11893621
Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A merchandise sales processing system for a store, the merchandise sales processing system comprising:
one or more processors and one or more memory devices configured to store instructions thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
display a shopping graphical user interface on a portable device, the shopping graphical user interface including a merchandise scanning button, a search button, and a payment button;
display a merchandise registration graphical user interface on the portable device in response to selection of the merchandise scanning button;
while displaying the merchandise registration graphical user interface, scan an item of merchandise using a sensor of the portable device;
register the item of merchandise as merchandise to be purchased;
display the shopping graphical user interface on the portable device including a list of the merchandise to be purchased;
display a search graphical user interface in response to selection of the search button;
receive a search input regarding a respective item of merchandise via the search graphical user interface;
display a results graphical user interface on the portable device that provides a user with an option (i) to request guidance to the respective item of merchandise within the store if the respective item is in stock or (ii) to request to reserve the respective item of merchandise if the respective item of merchandise is out of stock;
receive a request to reserve the respective item as a reserved item via the results graphical user interface;
perform settlement of the list of the merchandise to be purchased in response to selection of the payment button; and
provide a notification to the user in response to the reserved item coming in stock and becoming available for pickup from the store.