US 12,217,222 B2
Electronic receipt issuing apparatus, electronic receipt issuing method and non-transitory storage medium
Keiji Hasegawa, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/416,603
Filed by NEC Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Oct. 30, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/042561
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 21, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/137142, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-247636 (JP), filed on Dec. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0058594 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/04 (2012.01); G06Q 20/14 (2012.01); G06Q 20/18 (2012.01); G06Q 20/40 (2012.01)
CPC G06Q 20/047 (2020.05) [G06Q 20/14 (2013.01); G06Q 20/18 (2013.01); G06Q 20/40145 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic receipt issuing apparatus comprising:
at least one memory configured to store one or more instructions; and
at least one processor configured to execute the one or more instructions to:
acquire settlement user identification information that is input to a first settlement apparatus by a user and identifies the user as part of a predetermined settlement service, the acquired settlement user identification information including biometric information of the user;
acquire first settlement information indicating a settlement content in the first settlement apparatus of a first settlement, the first settlement information including information that identifies the first settlement apparatus and a settlement date and time of the first settlement, the first settlement apparatus performing an action responsive to success of the first settlement, the action including one or more of dispensing an item and controlling an external device;
acquire second settlement information indicating a settlement content of a second settlement, the first settlement information including information that identifies a second settlement apparatus;
decide whether the acquired settlement user identification information is registered in user registration information in which the settlement user identification information is registered in association with electronic receipt service-user identification information that identifies the user as part of an electronic receipt issuing service, the electronic receipt service-user identification information determined by biometric authentication using the biometric information of the user;
decide whether the first settlement apparatus and the second settlement apparatus belong to a same group by retrieving from a database table a first group identifier of the first settlement apparatus that is stored in the database table in association with a first settlement apparatus identifier of the first settlement apparatus included in the first settlement information, by retrieving from the table a second group identifier of the second settlement apparatus that is stored in the table in association with a second settlement apparatus identifier of the second settlement apparatus included in the second settlement information, and by determining whether the first and second group identifiers are identical; and
issue one electronic receipt including the settlement content of the first settlement and the settlement content of the second settlement responsive to the decision indicating the acquired settlement user identification information is registered in association with the electronic receipt service-user identification information determined by the biometric authentication and responsive to determining that the settlement content indicated by the first settlement information and the settlement content indicated by the second settlement information satisfy a predetermined condition, wherein
the predetermined condition is that the first settlement apparatus and the second settlement apparatus belong to the same group, and
the one electronic receipt is sent for both the first settlement and the second settlement in lieu of individual receipts for the first and second settlements.