Patent ID: 7654453
Filing Date: 2010-02-02
Classification: G06Q,G07G

Abstract:
1. A merchandise registration processing system which comprises a plurality of information terminal devices which are so arranged as to correspond to various displayed merchandises respectively and each of which has a display unit that displays information related to the corresponding merchandise, and a communication unit that receives information to be displayed on the display unit, a server device which has terminal display control means for editing information to be displayed on the display units of the respective information terminal devices for the respective information terminal devices, and transmitting edited information to the corresponding information terminal devices, and a settlement device that performs settlement processing of a commercial transaction, the information terminal devices, server device, and settlement device being connected by a communication network, the system wherein, each of the information terminal devices comprises user recognition means for obtaining, from a user who holds out an arm to a merchandise corresponding to the information terminal device, user identification information for identifying the user in a noncontact manner, input receiving means for, under a condition that the user identification information is obtained by the user recognition means, receiving a registration input of a merchandise corresponding to the information terminal device, and registration merchandise information transmission means for, when there is a registration input of a merchandise received by the input receiving means, transmitting registration merchandise information including merchandise identification information for identifying the merchandise and the user identification information obtained by the user identification recognition means from the communication unit to the server device through the communication network, the server device comprises information reception means for receiving information transmitted from the respective information terminal devices through the communication network, a transaction information storage unit that has a transaction information storage area for the respective user identification information, registration merchandise information processing means for, every time the registration merchandise information is received by the information reception means, adding the merchandise identification information included in the registration merchandise information to the transaction information storage area for the respective user identification information included in the registration merchandise information of the transaction information storage unit, and commercial transaction information transfer means for transferring the merchandise identification information stored for the respective user identification information in the transaction information storage unit to the settlement device, and the settlement device comprises input means for the user identification information, and settlement processing means for performing the settlement processing of the commercial transaction with the user identified by the user identification information input through the input means based on the merchandise identification information transferred from the server device.