Appeal No. 96-0241
Application No. 07/617,740
there is a failure on the communication line between the POS
terminal and the accumulating device. When such a failure is
detected, the business transaction data from that POS terminal is
recorded at the POS terminal and, at the end of the day, the
medium upon which the business transaction data was recorded is
brought into the accumulating device where the data is read,
accumulated and placed into a storage device.
Independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A business transaction data accumulating system
comprising:
a plurality of business transaction data entry means for
entering of data about business transactions, and for outputting
said entered data;
a business transaction data accumulating means for
accumulating the business transaction data entered through any of
said business transaction data entry means; and
a communication line for connecting said plurality of
business transaction data entry means to said business
transaction data accumulating means and for transmitting said
entered data to said business transaction data accumulating
means, wherein
each of said business transaction data entry means includes
a failure detecting means for detecting any failure that
occurs at least on said communication line prior to said business
transaction data entry means outputting said data, and
a recording means for recording, on a recording medium, the
business transaction data entered through said business
transaction data entry means upon detection of any failure by
said failure detecting means.
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