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Electronic cash register

US4562341A · kind A · utility

86Cited by
2References
13Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 15, 1984
Grant dateDec 31, 1985
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Expiry dateFeb 15, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07G1/14
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An electronic cash register comprising a keyboard having keys for cash registration, a card reader for reading the data recorded in a card, a communication control unit for communicating with a center provided with a customer file having stored therein information as to customers, a device for converting data relating to the credit standing of the customer and forwarded from the center to visible information, a memory for storing data as to cash registration and data as to credit inquiries, and a control unit for processing cash registration, controlling transmission of the data read from the card to the center to be made in response to a communicaiton starting instruction and controlling conversion of the data received from the center to visible information.

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