Patent ID: 7340413

Claim:
A transaction terminal apparatus for executing settlement processing that requires a customer's operation for authorizing a customer, using a transaction medium that stores information for settlement, comprising: an acquisition unit acquiring said information from said transaction medium; a control unit proceeding with said settlement processing based on acquired said information and for requesting an operation for entering a signature of a customer for authorizing said customer from said customer at a prescribed stage in said settlement processing, said control unit requesting and receiving said operation for entering said signature of said customer for authorizing said customer, entered by said customer at a time before the settlement processing ends and implementing a credit inquiry upon displaying an operation for authorizing a customer request screen; an entering unit entering said signature of said customer by said customer; and a display unit for displaying the operation for authorizing the customer entered from said entering unit, wherein: said settlement processing includes communicating with a settlement server via a network and receiving a result of a determination whether or not settlement is allowed, from the settlement server.