Patent ID: 8365993

Claim:
A self scanning system comprising: a portable terminal operable by a user and configured to read and store codes of products; a cash register configured to accept payments, said payments based on stored data in the portable terminal, wherein the cash register includes a connector capable of connecting to a scanner; and a cash register cradle in which the portable terminal is set when performing payment, and that connects the portable terminal to the connector of the cash register enabling communication between the portable terminal and the cash register via the cash register cradle and the connector of the cash register, the portable terminal comprising: a code reading section that reads the codes that are provided to products; a storage section that stores the codes which have been read by the code reading section; and a communication section that, when the portable terminal is connected to the cash register cradle when the single user finishes shopping and makes a payment, transmits product purchase information which includes the codes stored in the storage section to the cash register via the cash register cradle, wherein the storage section further stores previously-set product information which relates the codes with prices of the products, and previously-set price zone information, and the portable terminal further comprises: a control section that determines the price zones, to which the products provided with the codes which have been read by the code reading section belong, based on the codes which have been read by the code reading section and stored in the storage section, the product information, and the price zone information, and calculates numbers of the products which belong to the price zones for the individual price zones; and a display section that displays the numbers of the products which have been calculated by the control section for each price zone per user at the time of payment at the cash register.