Patent ID: 6108638
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: G06Q,G07G

Abstract:
A point-of-sales system comprising:a processing unit operated by a store clerk, including a first input unit for registering products by reading codes on products, and a processing means for processing corresponding product data; anda plurality of second input units, connected to said processing unit and to be operated by customers, registering products by reading codes on products and supplying corresponding product data to said processing unit,wherein said processing unit processes the product data received from the second input units or read from the first input unit, separately for each of the second input units and for each transaction, based on the corresponding product data for each of the products registered by the corresponding second input unit, and supplies the processed product data to the corresponding second input unit,wherein each of the input units and the processing unit includes a rear side, andwherein the rear sides of the second input units and the rear side of the processing unit are adjoined directly, so that a customer operating one of the second input units and the store clerk operating said processing unit are facing each other across the processing unit and the second input unit.