Patent ID: 7523049
Filing Date: 2009-04-21
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A POS (point of sales) apparatus adapted for settling the accounts for a commodity sold to a customer and for printing the results on a receipt to be handed to the customer at the place and time of sale, said POS apparatus comprising: database constructing means for classifying a commodity with a high level of relation to a commodity sold to the customer and for preparing a database measuring a level of relation for commodities purchased by said customer at the same time; and processing means for retrieving from said prepared database at the place and time of said sale a related commodity with a high level of relation to a commodity sold to the customer by using, as a key word, the above commodity sold to the customer, the processing means automatically updating the database concurrently with the accounting each time a customer buys a commodity at the same time as another commodity; and means for printing information of the related commodity on the receipt.