Abstract: According to an embodiment, a check-out system includes a plurality of the payment apparatuses in communication with each other and with a registration apparatus. A payment processor processes a payment in accordance with received payment information and a customer input. A storage unit stores received payment information when the payment apparatus is available to process payment. A transmission unit of a payment apparatus transmits received payment information to another payment apparatus of the plurality of payment apparatuses when the payment apparatus is unavailable to currently process the received payment information.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a check-out system includes a plurality of the payment apparatuses in communication with each other and with a registration apparatus. A payment processor processes a payment in accordance with received payment information and a customer input. A storage unit stores received payment information when the payment apparatus is available to process payment. A transmission unit of a payment apparatus transmits received payment information to another payment apparatus of the plurality of payment apparatuses when the payment apparatus is unavailable to currently process the received payment information.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a check-out system includes a plurality of the payment apparatuses in communication with each other and with a registration apparatus. A payment processor processes a payment in accordance with received payment information and a customer input. A storage unit stores received payment information when the payment apparatus is available to process payment. A transmission unit of a payment apparatus transmits received payment information to another payment apparatus of the plurality of payment apparatuses when the payment apparatus is unavailable to currently process the received payment information.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a check-out system includes a plurality of the payment apparatuses in communication with each other and with a registration apparatus. A payment processor processes a payment in accordance with received payment information and a customer input. A storage unit stores received payment information when the payment apparatus is available to process payment. A transmission unit of a payment apparatus transmits received payment information to another payment apparatus of the plurality of payment apparatuses when the payment apparatus is unavailable to currently process the received payment information.

Abstract: A commodity sales data processing apparatus comprises a commodity sales module configured to execute a commodity sales processing relating to payment of a validation commodity of which a PIN (Personal Identification Number) code is validated at the time the payment is confirmed; a sending module configured to send identification information capable of identifying the validation commodity after the payment is confirmed in the commodity sales module; a receiving module configured to receive validation commodity information read by an information processing apparatus that sends the PIN code to a server of a company that provides a sales item in order to receive the sales item indicated by the validation commodity identified by the identification information sent from the sending module; and a writing module configured to write the validation commodity information received by the receiving module in an IC (Integrated Circuit) tag on the validation commodity.

Abstract: A check-out system described herein includes a plurality of payment apparatus in communication with each other and with a registration apparatus. The registration apparatus includes a registration input apparatus and a registration processor. Each payment apparatus includes a storage unit that stores payment information for a transaction received from the registration apparatus, an input apparatus that receives an instruction from an operator to start payment processing, and a payment processor. The payment processor responds to an instruction received in the input apparatus by processing a payment in accordance with the payment information stored in the storage unit, and sends a delete instruction to each of the other payment apparatus in the system to delete the payment information from the respective storage units. The payment information stored in the storage unit is deleted when a delete command is received from one of the other payment apparatus of the system.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a check-out system includes a plurality of the payment apparatuses in communication with each other and with a registration apparatus. A payment processor processes a payment in accordance with received payment information and a customer input. A storage unit stores received payment information when the payment apparatus is available to process payment. A transmission unit of a payment apparatus transmits received payment information to another payment apparatus of the plurality of payment apparatuses when the payment apparatus is unavailable to currently process the received payment information.

Abstract: A commodity data registration apparatus, connected with a checkout apparatus which executes settlement processing of one transaction of the commodity by operations of a customer through network, comprises a specification information determination module for determining specification information for specifying an input commodity; a calculation module for calculating a total amount of one transaction according to sales data based on the specified information; a cash voucher amount input module for inputting a cash voucher amount of one or multiple cash vouchers; a determination module for determining whether or not the input cash voucher amount is greater than the total amount; a change amount calculation module for calculating change amount according to the cash voucher amount and the total amount if the cash voucher amount is greater than the total amount; and a sending module for sending transaction data containing the change amount, the sales data and the total amount to the checkout apparatus.

Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment, a commodity data registration apparatus comprises a communication control module configured to control communication with a checkout apparatus connected through a network, an information input module configured to input identification information for identifying various commodities, a specification module configured to specify a commodity based on the identification information upon input of the identification information, a registration module configured to register sales data of the specified commodity indicating the content of one transaction of the commodity, a calculation module configured to calculate a total amount of the one transaction based on the registered sales data if the closing of the one transaction is declared, and a sending module configured to send a checkout data including the registered sales data and the calculated total amount to the checkout apparatus through the communication control module.