IP Library Granted Patent US 12,026,689
Granted Patent B2
US 12,026,689 · App. 18/089,315 · Granted Jul 2, 2024

Accounting system, terminal, and information processing method

Inventors: Kouji Yagiura (Kanagawa, JP); Tomoya Nakagawasai (Kanagawa, JP); Hiroyasu Hasegawa (Kanagawa, JP); Terukazu Kaneko (Kanagawa, JP); Mitsuki Fujisaki (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
G06Q20/18G06Q20/202
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Patent No.
US 12,026,689
App. No.
18/089,315
Granted
Jul 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An accounting system according to the present disclosure includes a terminal that is placed on a table used by a customer, a connection apparatus that is connected to the terminal at the time of accounting, and a server that communicates with the terminal and the connection apparatus via a network. The terminal receives an order for a product from the customer and then transmits table identification information by which the table can be identified and product information regarding the product to the server, the server stores the table identification information and the product information in association with each other as accounting information, and the terminal acquires, when it is connected to the connection apparatus, the accounting information associated with the table identification information from the server and performs accounting processing.

Claims (22)

1. An accounting system comprising:

a terminal that is placed on a table used by a customer;

a cradle type connection apparatus that is connected to the terminal at the time of accounting by placing the terminal on the connection apparatus; and

a server that communicates with the terminal and the connection apparatus via a network, wherein

the terminal receives an order for a product from the customer and then transmits table identification information by which the table can be identified and product information regarding the product to the server,

the server stores the table identification information and the product information in association with each other as accounting information, and

when the terminal is placed on the connection apparatus and connected to the connection apparatus, the terminal automatically starts an application for accounting and acquires the accounting information associated with the table identification information from the server and then performs accounting processing.

2. The accounting system according to claim 1 , wherein

the connection apparatus is connected to an accounting apparatus that performs the accounting processing, and

the terminal performs the accounting processing using the accounting apparatus.

3. The accounting system according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal is a tablet terminal.

4. The accounting system according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal and the connection apparatus are connected to each other via a Universal Serial Bus (USB).

5. The accounting system according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal performs the accounting processing using an accounting method selected from a plurality of accounting methods.

6. A terminal, wherein

the terminal receives, in a table used by a customer, an order for a product from the customer and then transmits table identification information by which the table can be identified and product information regarding the product to a server via a network, and

when the terminal is placed on a cradle type connection apparatus and connected to a connection apparatus at the time of accounting, the terminal automatically starts an application for accounting and acquires accounting information in which the table identification information and the product information are associated with each other from the server and then conducts accounting processing.

7. The terminal according to claim 6 , wherein

the connection apparatus is connected to an accounting apparatus that performs the accounting processing, and

the terminal performs the accounting processing using the accounting apparatus.

8. An information processing method, wherein

a terminal receives, in a table used by a customer, an order for a product from the customer and then transmits table identification information by which the table can be identified and product information regarding the product to a server via a network, and

when the terminal is placed on a cradle type connection apparatus and connected to a connection apparatus at the time of accounting, the terminal automatically starts an application for accounting and acquires accounting information in which the table identification information and the product information are associated with each other from the server and then conducts accounting processing.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 17, 2025
From: NEC PLATFORMS, LTD
To: STEERETAIL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 073594/0253 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 27, 2022
From: YAGIURA, KOUJI; NAKAGAWASAI, TOMOYA; HASEGAWA, HIROYASU; KANEKO, TERUKAZU; FUJISAKI, MITSUKI
To: NEC PLATFORMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 062214/0185 →