Appeal No. 2001-2286 Application 09/022,193 First, the identification code of the operator is entered, followed by the depression of the OPERATOR key 27. See pages 24 and 25 of the Appellant’s specification. Next, of the plurality of the department shift keys 24, the desired department shift key 24 is depressed. In this way, the special registration process is specified. Then, of the plurality of product keys 26, the key 26 corresponding to the product to be registered is depressed. The PLU file table 40 is searched for the PLU code 46 that matches the PLU code associated with the depressed product key 26, and the corresponding unit price 44a, product name 45a, and product department 47 are read out. At the same time, the amount and quantity are totalized for each PLU code 46. At this time, the value of the product department is changed to the department code stored in one of the areas 35a to 35c of the department shift table 35 corresponding to the depressed department shift key 24. See page 25 of Appellant’s specification. Further, the amount and quantity are totalized in the department file table 39 for each department code 41 specified by readout and changed product department 47. See page 25 of Appellant’s specification. The values of all product departments 47 at this time are changed to the department codes stored in areas 35a to 35c of the department shift table 35 corresponding 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007