1. A point-of-sale terminal comprising:
a processor; and
a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
receiving, from a wireless communication device associated with a first customer, a request for a first bill associated with the first customer, the request comprising an identifier that identifies a location of the wireless communication device at a premises associated with the point-of-sale terminal, wherein the location is one of a plurality of unique locations at the premises and wherein the identifier is received by the wireless communication device from a wireless tag associated with the location at the premises,
responding to the request by sending the first bill to the wireless communication device, wherein the first bill is unpaid,
providing, to the wireless communication device, an option to link a second bill associated with a second customer to the first bill associated with the first customer to create a collective bill,
in response to a selection of the option by the first customer, providing, to the wireless communication device, a list of other bills for linking with the first bill associated with the first customer to create the collective bill, the list of other bills comprising the second bill associated with the second customer,
monitoring a current location of the wireless communication device based on positioning information associated with the wireless communication device while the first bill is unpaid,
comparing the positioning information with a geofence having coordinates encompassing the premises,
determining that the current location of the wireless communication device is outside the geofence, and
in response to determining that the current location of the wireless communication device is outside the geofence, providing an alert to a staff member to notify the staff member that the first customer has left the premises without paying the first bill.
2. The point-of-sale terminal of claim 1, wherein responding to the request further includes alerting the staff member of the request for the first bill.
3. The point-of-sale terminal of claim 1, wherein the request is received in accordance with a network address that identifies the point-of-sale terminal, wherein the network address that identifies the point-of-sale terminal is received from the wireless tag associated with the location at the premises associated with the point-of-sale terminal.
4. The point-of-sale terminal of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:
requesting the wireless communication device for an approval to access the positioning information associated with the wireless communication device, wherein the approval, from the wireless communication device, to access the positioning information associated with the wireless communication device is required in order to generate the first bill; and
generating the first bill in response to receiving, from the wireless communication device, the approval for the point-of-sale terminal to access the positioning information associated with the wireless communication device.
5. A method comprising:
receiving, at a point-of-sale terminal comprising a processor, from a wireless communication device associated with a first customer, a request for a first bill associated with the first customer, the request comprising an identifier that identifies a location of the wireless communication device at a premises associated with the point-of-sale terminal, wherein the location is one of a plurality of unique locations at the premises and wherein the identifier is received by the wireless communication device from a wireless tag associated with the location at the premises;
responding, by the point-of-sale terminal, to the request by sending the first bill to the wireless communication device, wherein the first bill is unpaid;
providing, by the point-of-sale terminal to the wireless communication device, an option to link a second bill associated with a second customer to the first bill associated with the first customer to create a collective bill;
in response to a selection of the option by the first customer, providing, by the point-of-sale terminal to the wireless communication device, a list of other bills for linking with the first bill associated with the first customer to create the collective bill, the list of other bills comprising the second bill associated with the second customer;
monitoring, by the point-of-sale terminal, a current location of the wireless communication device based on positioning information associated with the wireless communication device while the first bill is unpaid;
comparing the positioning information with a geofence having coordinates encompassing the premises;
determining, by the point-of-sale terminal, that the current location of the wireless communication device is outside the geofence; and
in response to determining that the current location of the wireless communication device is outside the geofence, providing, by the point-of-sale terminal, an alert to a staff member to notify the staff member that the first customer has left the premises without paying the first bill.
6. The method of claim 5, further comprising sending a menu to the wireless communication device of the first customer.
7. The method of claim 6, further comprising receiving an order for an item on the menu, and wherein the first bill comprises a price for the item.
8. The method of claim 7, further comprising alerting the staff member associated with the premises of the order for the item and the location of the first customer at the premises.
9. The method of claim 5, further comprising receiving, from the wireless communication device, information associated with a payment of the first bill.
10. The method of claim 9, further comprising alerting the staff member of the payment of the first bill.
11. The method of claim 5, further comprising:
requesting, by the point-of-sale terminal, the wireless communication device for an approval to access the positioning information associated with the wireless communication device, wherein the approval, from the wireless communication device, to access the positioning information associated with the wireless communication device is required in order to generate the first bill; and
generating, by the point-of-sale terminal, the first bill in response to receiving, from the wireless communication device, the approval for the point-of-sale terminal to access the positioning information associated with the wireless communication device.
12. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a point-of-sale terminal, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
receiving, from a wireless communication device associated with a first customer, a request for a first bill, the request comprising an identifier that identifies a location of the wireless communication device at a premises associated with the point-of-sale terminal, wherein the location is one of a plurality of unique locations at the premises and wherein the identifier is received by the wireless communication device from a wireless tag associated with the location at the premises;
responding to the request by sending the first bill to the wireless communication device, wherein the first bill is unpaid;
providing, to the wireless communication device, an option to link a second bill associated with a second customer to the first bill associated with the first customer to create a collective bill;
in response to a selection of the option by the first customer, providing, to the wireless communication device, a list of other bills for linking with the first bill associated with the first customer to create the collective bill, the list of other bills comprising the second bill associated with the second customer;
monitoring a current location of the wireless communication device based on positioning information associated with the wireless communication device while the first bill is unpaid;
comparing the positioning information with a geofence having coordinates encompassing the premises;
determining that the current location of the wireless communication device is outside the geofence; and
in response to determining that the current location of the wireless communication device is outside the geofence, providing an alert to a staff member to notify the staff member that the first customer has left the premises without paying the first bill.
13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise providing a menu to the wireless communication device.
14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise receiving an order for an item on the menu.
15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise receiving, from the wireless communication device, a request for the staff member.
16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving, from the wireless communication device, information associated with a payment of the first bill; and
alerting the staff member of the payment of the first bill.
17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise:
requesting the wireless communication device for an approval to access the positioning information associated with the wireless communication device, wherein the approval, from the wireless communication device, to access to the positioning information associated with the wireless communication device is required in order to generate the first bill; and
generating the first bill in response to receiving, from the wireless communication device, the approval for the point-of-sale terminal to access the positioning information associated with the wireless communication device.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A recording apparatus comprising:
an adhesive belt that has adhesion to peelably affix a recording medium;
a liquid ejection unit configured to eject a liquid forming an image from a nozzle array onto the recording medium supported by the adhesive belt; and
a peeling liquid adhesion unit configured to adhere a peeling liquid onto the recording medium.
2. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the peeling liquid adhesion unit is configured to eject the peeling liquid from the nozzle array.
3. The recording apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising
a control unit configured to control operations of the liquid ejection unit and the peeling liquid adhesion unit,
the control unit being configured to control such that a total liquid volume that combines a volume of liquid ejected per unit area of the recording medium from the liquid ejection unit and a peeling liquid ejection volume from the peeling liquid adhesion unit becomes a predetermined volume.
4. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the peeling liquid adhesion unit is configured to adhere the peeling liquid onto the recording medium after the recording medium has been supported by the adhesive belt.
5. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the peeling liquid adheres to a part outside of a liquid ejection region.
6. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the peeling liquid adheres to at least a side edge of the recording medium.
7. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the peeling liquid includes water and a surfactant.
8. (canceled)