Patent ID: 7334727

Claim:
A store management system that executes store operations, comprising: a communication apparatus disposed in a store and connected with at least one store terminal by way of a line inside the store; and a server connected with the communication apparatus by way of a line outside the store; wherein: the communication apparatus judges an operation type of each operation request sent from the store terminal, and when the operation type is a first operation, which will not be processed by the server, the communication apparatus processes the operation request, when the operation type is a second operation, which will be processed by the server, the communication apparatus transmits the operation request to the server so that the server processes the operation request, the first operation includes at least a price look up (PLU) operation, and the second operation includes at least a settlement operation or an ordering operation, the communication apparatus creates and accumulates process control information to manage the process status of each operation request with respect to all the operation requests from the store terminal, and the communication apparatus manages charges imposed for, all the operating requests from the store terminal.