Patent ID: 7707110
Filing Date: 2010-04-27
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for conducting a transaction involving the purchase of products at a POS terminal by a purchaser, wherein different products are subject to different payment treatments, the method comprising: obtaining product information for each product being purchased at the POS terminal; providing the product information from the POS terminal to a database system, wherein the database system relates payment treatment information to the product information of each product; using the product information to retrieve payment treatment information for the product at the database system, so that in response to receiving the product information, payment treatment information is provided by the database system to the POS terminal; and purchasing the product based on its payment treatment; wherein the POS terminal includes a display device, and wherein the payment treatment information is displayed at the display device; wherein plural products have product information obtained at the POS terminal as part of a single transaction, wherein the product information and payment treatment information are separated and displayed on one screen at the display device according to payment treatment for the plural products having different payment treatments, and wherein the purchaser selects the payment treatment based on the payment treatment information displayed at the POS terminal.