Patent ID: 9734111
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06Q,G07G

Claim:
1. A POS terminal comprising: a connection section configured to connect with an I/O card; a card information storage section configured to previously store a model number list in which a model number and hardware information of supportable I/O cards are recorded; a card information acquisition section configured to acquire, when an I/O card connected with a general-purpose component is connected with the connection section, a model number and hardware information of the I/O card, the general-purpose component selected from the group consisting of a display, a drawer device, a keyboard, a printer, a speech output device, a code scanner, or a communication interface; and a card information comparison determination section configured to determine whether or not the model number of the I/O card that is connected is recorded in the model number list, and if the model number of the I/O card is recorded in the model number list, to determine that the I/O card is supportable.