Patent ID: 11861650
Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 3:
4. A method of controlling a sale data processing device, comprising:
storing, in a member storage memory, input member specification information;
receiving, from a server, member-exclusive commodity information and normal commodity information stored in the memory at a predetermined time;
determining, by a processor, whether or not an acquired sale target is a member-exclusive sale target to be sold only to a member;
executing, by the processor, a settlement process only when the sale target is a member-exclusive sale target and the member specification information is stored in the member storage memory, a member price being set for the member-exclusive sale target, and the normal commodity information being information in which a normal price and the member price are set for the normal commodity;
generating a first message indicating that the sale target is not available for sale when the sale target is a member-exclusive sale target and the member information is not stored in the member storage memory;
generating a second message to prompt input of the member information before generation of the first message;
displaying the first message and the second message on at least one display visible to at least one of a store clerk or a customer; and
generating, responsive to determining that the sale target is a sale target related to a service to be provided to a member, an instruction for starting the service after the settlement process related to the sale target is completed.