Patent ID: 8799020
Filing Date: 2014-08-05
Classification: G06Q,G07G,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method for printing, at a retail computer of a retail store that includes a pharmacy section having a pharmacy and a retail section distinct from the pharmacy section, information relating to a pharmacy prescription ordered at a pharmacy computer of the pharmacy, the retail computer being coupled to a point of sale printer that prints receipts for retail transactions being paid for at the retail computer and the pharmacy computer being coupled to a pharmacy printer that prints pharmacy information for prescriptions being filled at the pharmacy, the method comprising: receiving, at a pharmacy computer for processing prescription orders for filling prescriptions at the pharmacy of the retail store, a prescription order; determining, at the pharmacy computer, information to be provided based on the prescription order; generating, at the pharmacy computer using the pharmacy printer, a first print that encodes data comprising an identifier associated with the information to be provided; reading, at a retail computer for checking out retail transactions to be paid for at the retail computer, the data from the first print; determining, at the retail computer, the identifier based on the data read from the first print; querying, at the retail computer, a database stored at a memory of the retail computer using the identifier, wherein the database pre-stores a plurality of information to be provided in in association with corresponding identifiers, the plurality of information to be provided including the information to be provided and the corresponding identifiers including the identifier; obtaining, at the retail computer, (i) the information to be provided based on the querying, and (ii) an identification of at least one retail item to be purchased at the retail computer based on a retail transaction occurring at the retail computer in association with the prescription order; and generating, at the retail computer using a point of sale printer at a point of sale for printing receipt information related to payment for the retail transaction at the retail computer, a second print that comprises the information to be provided and a receipt for purchase of the at least one retail item.