patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 1403 days.
Appl. No.: 10/494,253 PCT Filed: Nov. 1, 2001
§ 371 (0)0), (2), (4) Date: Apr. 30, 2004
PCT Pub. No.: WO03/038774 PCT Pub. Date: May 8, 2003
Prior Publication Data US 2004/0267546 A1 Dec. 30, 2004
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G06E 20/00 (2006.01)
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EP Office Action dated Mar. 11, 2011, 5 pages. European Search Report, dated Jun. 4, 2010 (3 pages).
Primary Examiner — Luna Champagne (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — Reising Ethington P.C.
To provide the POS server which can respond immediately against request from local tenninals, the POS server 100 according to this invention, which controls dealings of products at a plurality of stores, includes a plurality of control apparatuses 210 connecting with a plurality of local tenninals 300 provided at a plurality of stores. Each of the plurality of control apparatuses 210 a dealing database 116 storing information of dealings of the products at the local terminals 300, a receiving device 152 receiving the database operating instruction for updating the dealing database 116 with the dealing of the products from the local terminal 300, and a database updating device 162 updating the dealing database 116 according to the received database operating instruction. Each receiving device 152 of the plurality of control apparatuses 210 receives the same database operating instruction which is transmitted to the control apparatuses from the local tenninal 300.
28 Claims, 13 Drawing Sheets
