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

Claim 5:
6. 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 one or more graphical user interfaces on a portable device, the one or more graphical user interfaces providing a merchandise scanning area, a search button, a payment button, a list of merchandise to be purchased, and search results;
scan an identifier of an item of merchandise within the merchandise scanning area using a sensor of the portable device;
register the item of merchandise as merchandise to be purchased;
display the item in the list of merchandise to be purchased;
receive a search input regarding a respective item of merchandise following selection of the search button;
display the search results based on the search input, the search results providing at least one of (i) guidance to the respective item within the store or (ii) an ability to reserve the respective item if the respective item is out of stock;
receive a request to reserve the respective item as a reserved item from a user;
perform settlement of the list of merchandise to be purchased following 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.