Credit settlement and ticketing terminal system

Claim 1

A credit settlement and ticketing terminal system comprising a terminal unit for issuing request information and a central unit for performing at least a processing for ticketing a coupon by referring to the issued request information and a file managed by the central unit, such that results of the processing in said central unit are delivered to the terminal unit to at least issue a desired coupon, said central unit comprising: means for performing a reservation processing and the ticketing processing; means for calculating charges for the reservation and ticketing processing, said reservation and ticketing processing means including means for recognizing whether the request information from the terminal unit is credit ticketing request information; and means for settling the charges incurred by selling on credit when the credit ticketing request information is recognized by said recognizing means and for editing the results of a credit settlement and the ticketing data such that the results of credit settlement and the ticketing data are printed out on different sheets, respectively, the results of credit settlement and the ticketing data being delivered as response information to the terminal unit, and said terminal unit comprising: means for inputting reservation item information; means for reading card information from a card for identifyng a reservation applicant; means for inputting code information; means for setting credit key information representative of whether or not the charges for sales should be settled on credit; control means for transmitting as the request information said reservation item information, said card information, said code input information and said credit key information to said central unit upon a transmission starting operation such that said credit key information operates as the credit ticketing request information in said control unit; and printer means for printing out the ticketing data and the results of credit settlement on different sheets, respectively, on the basis of the response information received from said central unit, thereby forming a coupon and a clear-off bill; wherein the ticketing data is printed on a front surface of the coupon, and said terminal unit further comprises means for applying a magnetic record of the results of credit settlement on a rear surface of the coupon, and means for reading and transmitting the contents of the magnetic record as information for cancellation of the credit settlement to said central unit.