POINT-OF-SALE TERMINAL CONFIGURED GENERATE A RECEIPT WITH A SECURITY WATERMARK

• Main Author: SUGIYAMA, Koichi
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 27.09.2018
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; PHYSICS; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

A point-of-sale (POS) terminal is configured to generate a security watermark for receipts to protect against counterfeit receipts. The POS terminal includes a code reader, a printer, and a processor configured to register items to be purchased by a user based on codes read by the code reader and associate the registered items with a user code if one of the codes read by the code reader is the user code. Upon completion of a purchase transaction for the registered items, the processor causes the printer to print a paper receipt without a security watermark if none of the codes read by the code reader is the user code and generates an electronic receipt with a security watermark if one of the codes read by the code reader is the user code.