POS system and printing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9852413-B2
Application number	US-201314441405-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 11, 2013
Priority date	Nov 19, 2012
Publication date	Dec 26, 2017
Grant date	Dec 26, 2017

Abstract

Terminals connected to a POS terminal can execute appropriate processes using functions of a browser. A POS system 1 has a first tablet terminal 101 that runs a browser; a second tablet terminal 102 that runs a browser; and a POS control device 11 that is communicatively connected to the first tablet terminal 101 and the second tablet terminal 102 , and has a communication unit 20 b that sends data received from the browser running on the first tablet terminal 101 to the browser running on the second tablet terminal 102.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A POS system comprising:
a first terminal having a first controller configured to run a first browser that generates first display data and second display data by a first script, a first interface configured to transmit the second display data, and a first display configured to display the first display data;
a POS server configured to transmit product information corresponding to barcode information to the first terminal when the POS server receives a request corresponding to the barcode information from the first terminal;
a printing device having a communicator configured to connect to the first interface of the first terminal and a device communicator configured to communicate with a barcode scanner; and
a second terminal having a second interface configured to connect to the communicator of the printing device, a second controller configured to run a second browser that processes the second display data received by the second interface, and a second display configured to display the second browser by a second script as a customer display, wherein
the barcode scanner is configured to scan a barcode and transmit a result of scanning to the device communicator,
the device communicator receives the result of scanning, generates the barcode information based on the result of scanning, and outputs the generated barcode information to the communicator,
the communicator receives the barcode information and transmits the barcode information to the first interface,
the first interface receives the barcode information, the first browser generates the first display data including an input field based on the barcode information, the first controller displays the first display data on the first display, the first display data rendering a user interface for a user on the first display, the first interface transmits the second display data to the communicator,
the communicator receives the second display data and transmits the second display data to the second interface,
the second interface receives the second display data,
the second controller displays the second display data on the second display, the second display data being viewable by a customer,
the second display data include data specifying a first display area of a user interface displayed on the second display and information to be displayed in the first display area,
the first interface transmits the request corresponding to the barcode information to the POS server when the first interface receives the barcode information from the communicator,
the first browser generates the first display data based on the barcode information and the product information when the first interface receives the barcode information from the communicator and the product information from the POS server, and
the printing device includes a print mechanism configured to print based on print data in an XML-compliant format transmitted from the first terminal.

2. The POS system described in claim 1 , wherein
the first controller displays the input data from the barcode scanner in the input field on the first display.

3. The POS system described in claim 1 , wherein
the printing device has a print mechanism that prints based on the data transmitted from the first interface.

4. The POS system described in claim 1 , wherein
the communicator is configured to receive third display data and the print data transmitted from the first terminal;
the communicator receives the third display data including an input field and the print data generated by the first terminal based on input data generated by the device communicator and transmits the third display data to the second terminal, and
the print mechanism prints the print data received by the communicator, and
the third display data include data specifying a second display area of a user interface displayed on the second display and information to be displayed in the second display area.

5. The POS system described in claim 1 , wherein the POS server, in response to a request from the first terminal, sends a web page to the first terminal for the first browser, and in response to a request from the second terminal, sends a web page to the second terminal for the second browser.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Takasu Kazuhiro
• Tsutsumi Koichiro

Classifications

• G06Q20/209 Primary

  Specified transaction journal output feature, e.g. printed receipt or voice output · CPC title

• G06Q20/208

  Input by product or record sensing, e.g. weighing or scanner processing · CPC title

• G07G1/0018 Primary

  Constructional details, e.g. of drawer, printing means, input means · CPC title

• G06Q20/202

  Interconnection or interaction of plural electronic cash registers [ECR] or to host computer, e.g. network details, transfer of information from host to ECR or from ECR to ECR · CPC title

• G07G1/14

  Systems including one or more distant stations co-operating with a central processing unit · CPC title