| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce personnel expenses involved in order reception and processing for customer's payment, to shorten time from an order to merchandise delivery and in addition, to accurately perform the payment processing. <P>SOLUTION: A portable terminal 1 is a terminal with which a customer places order for merchandise and requests the payment processing in a store using a short range radio communication function, which is later described, for example, a portable telephone, a PDA, etc. The store 2 receives the merchandise order and customer's payment processing request from the portable terminal 1 using a short range radio communication function, and is, for example, a lunchroom, a restaurant, etc. If described in detail, the store 2 comprises an eating and drinking place with a plurality of tables 3 and a plurality of chairs 4 arranged, a kitchen for cooking food and drink, and a place for the payment processing of an amount of eating and drinking by the customer. The store 2 uses first, second and third fixed terminals 5, 6 and 7, the plurality of first fixed terminals 5 are arranged at the center of the top of the plurality of tables 3, the second fixed terminal 6 is arranged in the kitchen, and the third fixed terminal 7 is arranged at the cashier's place for the payment by the customer. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO |
