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

Claim 13:
14. 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 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, wherein a single graphical user interface of the one or more graphical user interfaces facilitates accessing the merchandise scanning area, the search button, the payment button, and the list of merchandise to be purchased;
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, wherein the search results provide 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;
provide a notification to the user in response to the reserved item coming in stock and becoming available for pickup from the store; and
perform settlement of the list of merchandise to be purchased following selection of the payment button.