Toshiba had 220 patents in digitalization during Q4 2023. Toshiba Corp’s patents in Q4 2023 focus on improving retail store transaction processing systems. This includes assigning products to shoppers collaborating on a shared shopping list, providing checkout devices with personalized payment options based on customer type, and enhancing mobile terminals to display flyers, product lists, and shopping notes. Additionally, the patents cover checkout devices with scanners and card readers for efficient commodity transactions, with different screens displayed based on customer membership type. GlobalData’s report on Toshiba gives a 360-degreee view of the company including its patenting strategy. Buy the report here.
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Toshiba grant share with digitalization as a theme is 51% in Q4 2023. Grant share is based on the ratio of number of grants to total number of patents.
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Application: Transaction processing system, transaction processing device, and information processing method (Patent ID: US20230419296A1)
The patent filed by Toshiba Corp. describes a transaction processing system for retail stores that sell deliverable commodities, allowing customers to register items for purchase using a mobile user terminal. The system includes a transaction processing server storing commodity codes associated with deliverable flags, enabling the processor to determine if a registered item is deliverable and prompt the customer to choose delivery or in-store pickup. The system facilitates settlement of the sales transaction based on the customer's selection.
The system further includes components such as a settlement terminal for payment processing, an attendant terminal for notifications, and a checkout unit for processing sales transactions. The processor can acquire delivery destinations, generate handover barcodes, and recommend in-store pickup based on inventory levels. The transaction processing device connects to the communication network, stores commodity codes, and processes customer selections for delivery or pickup, streamlining the sales transaction process. Additionally, the system includes a computer-readable medium storing program instructions for executing the method of determining deliverable commodities, prompting customer selections, and registering choices for settlement.
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