Epos (electronic point of sale) based ereceipt production, transmission and retrieval system adopting biometric card authentication

摘要

Electronic point of sale (EPOS) electronic receipt production includes sending an electronic receipt to an electronic device of the user. The transmission may be direct using a transmitter within an EPOS terminal and a short-range wireless communication protocol such as Bluetooth (RTM) or near-field communications. Otherwise the electronic receipt can be delivered to a mobile telephone of the user using SMS messaging or can be delivered to an email account of the user. The EPOS terminal may have touch screen 7 and voice command 8 inputs and have coin 11 and bank note 12 inputs as well as a card reader 14. The EPOS terminal preferably has a network connection. A biometric scanner 9 can be provided in the EPOS terminal so that the identity of a user can be confirmed. The EPOS terminal is preferably a self-service checkout unit. Software may also be provided on the mobile telephone of the user to store the electronic receipts received from the EPOS terminal.