Patent ID: 7512546
Filing Date: 2009-03-31
Classification: G06F,G06Q,G07G

Abstract:
1. A store system comprising: a store controller including software for communication from a first operator to a second operator, for communication from said second operator to said first operator, and for executing sales and sales management tasks; a display for displaying a screen for the execution of a task specified by said software; first input means for inputting data to said store controller in accordance with an instruction displayed on the screen produced on said display; and second input means for inputting memo information to said store controller, wherein said memo information is handwritten memo information, wherein said handwritten memo information is inputted directly to said store controller without key stroke, wherein said store controller further includes: first software for requesting said first operator to select key information to be appended to said memo information as a search key when said first operator inputs said memo information via said second input means, and for storing said memo information, together with said appended key information and an employee code of said first operator, in a storage device within said system; and second software for automatically searching said storage device with said key information as a search key when said second operator inputs data which corresponds to said key information, via said first input means, according to said instruction displayed on said screen during the execution of said task, and for displaying searched memo information on said display, wherein said key information includes at least one code selected from among an employee code of a destination employee of said memo information, a task code, and a product code, wherein said first and second operators operate in staggered shifts in a store.