| 摘要 |
A system is described that processes transactions as sales and non-monetary transfers. Processing occurs in a cycle where at a single prompt, a transaction is identified as a sale or a non-monetary transfer. A good that is the subject of the transaction is also identified. The good, and either a sales price or cost price, depending on whether the transaction is a sale or a non-monetary transfer, respectively, is displayed. A record of the transaction, including whether the transaction is a sale or a non-monetary transfer and the sales price or cost price, respectively, is created and stored. An inventory count record is adjusted to reflect an adjustment to inventory based on the occurrence of the transaction. The system that processes transactions as sales and non-monetary transfers may include multiple devices in a server/client architecture or may include a single device. A corresponding method and storage medium are also described. |
| 主权项 |
1. A system, comprising:
a server device, including a server processor cooperatively operable with a server memory, a server input, and a server display; and a point-of-transaction (POT) client device including a client processor cooperatively operable with a client memory, a client input, and a client display, the POT client device being connected over a network with the server device, wherein the server device and POT client device implement a transaction cycle that includes:
the POT client device accepting through the client input, at a prompt from a single screen in the client display at a single and particular point in time, an identification of a transaction as a sale or as a non-monetary transfer;the POT client device accepting through the client input, an identification of a good that is a subject of the transaction, the good to be delivered out of an inventory of a first entity to a second entity upon completion of processing of the transaction;the server device communicating a sales price of the good, stored in the server memory, to the POT client device when the transaction is identified as a sale, the POT client device then displaying on the client display a first indication of the good along with the sales price of the good;the server device communicating a cost price of the good, stored in the server memory, reflecting a cost of the first entity to obtain the good for the inventory, to the POT client device when the transaction is identified as a non-monetary transfer, the POT client device then displaying on the client display a second indication of the good along with the cost price of the good;the server device creating and storing in the server memory a record of the transaction including whether the transaction is the sale or the non-monetary transfer of the good; and the sales price or the cost price, respectively; andthe server device adjusting an inventory count record, being representative of the number of units of the good on hand in the inventory and stored in the server memory, based on an occurrence of the transaction; and after the POT client device displays the first indication or the second indication, and prior to the server device creating and storing the record and adjusting the inventory count record, the POT client device and the server device further implement a settlement cycle including:
the POT client device accepting at the client input an identification of a manner of payment of the sales price when the transaction has been identified as a sale; andthe POT client device accepting at the client input an identification of an entity to whom the cost price can be attributed when the transaction has been identified as a non-monetary transfer;the POT client device communicating to the server device either the manner of payment or the identification of the entity to whom the cost price will be attributed; andthe server device further including the manner of payment or the identification of the entity in the record of the transaction. |
