JP2000149143A - Gift coupon issuing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system capable of eliminating the non-matching between a register adjusting amount and an actual gift coupon issuing amount in a gift coupon issuing site. SOLUTION: This gift coupon issuing system for issuing a gift coupon linking with a register device 12 is provided with a gift coupon issuing device 13 consisting of a hopper part for placing the gift coupons, a feeder part 132 for feeding the gift coupons based on an issuing instruction and a stacker part 135 for paying out the issued gift coupon, and with a controller 11 for controlling them. The controller 11 judges the necessary number of gift coupons, and feeds and pays out the necessary number of gift coupons by operating the feeder part 132 based on the gift coupon sales amount establishment and issuing instruction of the register device 12. When plural necessary gift coupon types exist, plural hopper parts 131, feeder parts 132 and stacker parts are provided, thereby deciding the necessary issuing numbers of the types of the gift coupons.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for issuing a gift certificate or a gift certificate, and more particularly, to a gift certificate or a gift certificate in a counter for registering a gift certificate at a counter for selling the gift certificate. It is intended to prevent inconsistency between the settlement amount and the issued number by issuing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A gift certificate is a prepaid voucher and is given a value equivalent to cash when issued. Therefore, from the time a printed gift certificate is accepted until it is issued and collected. Strict inventory control is required in each department. Despite the recognition of such obligations in the handling of gift certificates, the actual issue amount and the settlement amount in the register may not match due to congestion or busyness at the gift certificate issuance site. There is a need for a solution.

Here, a gift certificate will be described. Gift certificates and the like can usually be sorted as follows according to the state of the ticket. Stock coupon A gift coupon that is stored in the warehouse of each store. Uncollected ticket A gift certificate sold (issued) at each store and not used. Collected ticket A gift certificate used at each store. Scrap ticket A gift certificate that is unused at each store due to soiling or loss. Miscellaneous ticket An uncollected ticket that has passed the miscellaneous accounting date. The miscellaneous billing date is determined according to a certain standard, and anything exceeding the basic date is regarded as a miscellaneous ticket. Miscellaneous ticket A ticket that has been collected after the miscellaneous accounting date has passed. In the above state, the issuance of a gift certificate means that the stock certificate is sold to the customer in exchange for cash, and specifically, the gift certificate is given to the customer with an expiration date or issue date, Data means that the issued ticket management number is registered in the file. The state during the period from the issuance of the gift certificate to the exchange of the product for collection is referred to as an uncollected ticket, and the gift certificate issued and used is
Gift certificates that are not exchanged for products and are not collected even after a predetermined period (reference date) has elapsed from the date of issuance are called miscellaneous tickets.

As described above, since gift certificates have various states, it is unclear in accounting unless the number and the amount of money are accurately grasped for each section. Inconsistency with the register settlement amount at the gift certificate issuing site also poses a problem. In addition, these vouchers correspond to prepaid vouchers as described above, and the issue amount, collection amount, and number of uncollected vouchers must be aggregated and reported to the Ministry of Finance at the end of the fiscal year (Act on Prepaid Voucher Regulations) . For this reason, each store that issues gift certificates usually manages each process from the receipt of the gift certificate to collection. In addition, files for managing the stock management and issuance of gift certificates are provided and managed in each system and the headquarters system. In the following and in the claims,
Prepaid vouchers, such as gift certificates, gift certificates, gift certificates with premiums, etc. that need to be reported to a public organization are collectively referred to as “gift certificates”, but do not exclude gift certificates.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention has been made to eliminate a discrepancy between the actual amount of payment and the actual amount of the cash register at the spot where the gift certificate is issued.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a gift certificate issuing system for issuing a gift certificate in conjunction with a register device. A gift certificate issuing device including a hopper unit for placing gift certificates, a feeder unit for feeding gift certificates in accordance with the issuance instruction, and a stacker unit for dispensing issued gift certificates, and a control device for controlling them. The control device determines the required number of gift certificates in accordance with the determination of the gift certificate sales amount and the issuance instruction of the register device, and operates the feeder section to feed and pay out the required number of gift certificates. Gift certificate issuing system. With this gift certificate issuing system, there is no inconsistency between the gift certificate issue amount and the register settlement amount.

[0007] The invention of claim 2 of the gift certificate issuing system of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems is a gift certificate issuing system for issuing gift certificates in conjunction with a register device. A plurality of hopper parts to be placed on each,
A gift voucher issuing device comprising a feeder unit for feeding a predetermined gift voucher according to the issuance instruction, a stacker unit for paying out the issued gift voucher, and a control device for controlling them; In accordance with the ticket sales amount determination and the issuance instruction, the control device determines the type of required gift certificate and the number of each, and activates the feeder unit to sequentially feed and pay out the required number of required gift certificates. And a gift certificate issuing system. With this gift certificate issuing system, there is no inconsistency between the gift certificate issue amount and the register settlement amount.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a gift certificate issuing system according to the first and second aspects of the present invention, in which a gift certificate is fed to a stacker unit. A reading device for reading the ticket management number of the gift certificate in the step of issuing the gift certificate is provided. In the gift certificate issuing system according to the first and second aspects, the gift certificate is fed and the stacker section is provided. 6. A printing unit for printing an expiration date or a date of issuance on a gift certificate during a process of paying out the gift certificate, wherein
The present invention is characterized in that, in the gift certificate issuing system according to the first and second aspects, the register device is provided with a gift certificate inventory management file and an issuance record management file. With such a gift certificate issuing system, it is possible to appropriately manage data such as a ticket management number, an expiration date, and an issue date.

[0009]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing a gift certificate issuing system according to the present invention. The gift certificate issuing system 1 of the present invention includes a control device 11, a register device 12, and a gift certificate issuing device 13. The gift certificate issuing device 13 includes a hopper 131, a feeder 132, and a gift certificate supply unit.
It comprises a printing device 133, a ticket number reading device 134 for a gift certificate, a stacker section 135, and the like. Control device 1
Reference numeral 1 has a function of controlling the entire system and a function of storing and outputting gift certificate issuance contents. These stored contents may be, for example, a gift certificate inventory management file or a gift certificate issuance result management file. Control device 1
Although a general computer device or the like can be used for the device 1, the register device 12 or the gift certificate issuing device 13 may have a function of a control device. In FIG. 1, it is illustrated between the register device and the gift certificate issuing device in order to clarify the existence of the control device. Further, although a personal computer device is shown in the figure, it is only necessary to have a control function, and there is no particular need for a display or the like. The register device 12 is a device in which when a customer places an order for a gift certificate, a clerk registers the payment and instructs the issuance of a gift certificate.
What is necessary is just to have the function of a register device.

The hopper unit 131 of the gift certificate issuing device 13 is a device for placing and supplying a gift certificate on which a gift certificate face value, a gift certificate number, an issuing store name, etc. are printed.
For example, hoppers of several ticket types, such as a 500 yen ticket, a 1000 yen ticket, and a 10,000 yen ticket, may be provided. Although FIG. 1 shows that two kinds of bills are supplied, various kinds of bills can be supplied in various ways. The feeder unit 132 feeds and supplies a necessary gift certificate in accordance with a gift certificate issuing instruction. The printing device 133 is
This is a device for printing the expiration date, issuance date and the like on a gift certificate, and an impact printer or an ink jet printer is employed. The reader 134 is a device for reading a ticket number for management attached to a gift certificate to be issued, and an OCR reader or a barcode reader is used.

The gift certificate issuing system 1 of the present invention has the following features:
In accordance with the sales amount input, determination and issuance instruction of the register, the feeder unit 132 of the stacker device on which a necessary gift certificate is placed is activated according to the sales amount, feeds the gift certificate, prints out the printing device 133, It is to convey to the ticket number reader 134 of the ticket. Note that "confirmation" refers to an operation that there is no mistake in the designation of the ticket type, number of sheets, and the like of the gift certificate. After "input", if it is before confirmation, the input content can be changed. The ticket number of the gift certificate is read by the reading device 134 and stored in the storage unit of the control device. The printing device 133 performs printing when an expiration date or an issuance date is added to the gift certificate, and the issuance date is also stored in the storage unit of the control device. The issued gift certificate is paid out to the stacker unit 135. Further, the data of the gift certificate issuance content (ticket type, issue amount, ticket number, etc.) for one day is stored in the storage unit of the control device 11, and the content can be output from the register device 12. Such a gift certificate becomes effective as a cash voucher on the issue date when it is sold to the customer as described above.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the processing flow from gift certificate ordering to gift certificate issuing. As shown in FIG. 2, when the sales amount of the gift certificate is input to the register device 12 (S1) and confirmed (S2), the number of tickets is converted into the number of issued tickets according to the sales amount (S3). In response, a gift certificate issuance instruction is issued to the gift certificate issuing device 13 via the control device 11, and the issuing process (S4) is performed. The issuance process is to print the expiration date, the issuance date, or the issuance store, as described above, and is performed by the printing device 133. Data means that the issued ticket management number is registered in the file. The ticket number, which is the management number of the issued gift certificate, is read by the reader 134 (S5). This completes the issuance of the gift certificate (S6), but the data such as the ticket number and confirmation data of the end are sent to the register device via the control device, and the end of the issuance is confirmed (S7). When the end of issuance is confirmed, the contents are registered in the gift certificate inventory management file 121 and the issuance result management file 122, and further transmitted to the headquarters system (S8). In the above, a warning signal is issued when the deposit amount of the register is a fractional amount that is not included in the gift certificate type or when the ticket type is insufficient.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a gift certificate. 3A shows the face side, and FIG. 3B shows the back side. As shown in FIG. 3, the gift certificate 2 is provided with a series of ticket management numbers 21 that do not overlap for each ticket type. This ticket management number can be a bar code number, an OCR code number, or the like. When issuing on either side of the ticket,
The expiration date 22, issue store 23, or issue date may be displayed. Also, when the gift certificate is collected at the store,
In general, a seal box 24 or a cutout line 25 at a corner is provided in order to clarify the distinction from an uncollected gift certificate.

[0014]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A specific example of issuing a gift certificate using the gift certificate issuing system of the present invention will be described below. First,
A customer visits a voucher counter of a store A of a store to purchase a voucher, and the customer purchases a voucher for a total of 12,500 yen, for example, 10 1000 yen tickets and 5 500 yen tickets. You want to In this case, the store clerk firstly issues a gift certificate (in this case, a 1,000 yen ticket and a 500 yen ticket) with a predetermined face value printed on the hopper of the gift certificate issuing device 13.
Set a yen ticket). This can be done by setting the approximate required number on the business day. When the clerk receives the amount of the gift certificate from the customer and inputs the amount into the register device (S1), the control device converts the sales amount into the number of issued gift certificates. As described above, in the case of deposit of 12,500 yen, various combinations are calculated, such as 12 1000 yen tickets and 1 500 yen ticket. It is necessary to consider the type of request and to set up an appropriate conversion program. The clerk confirms the content of the issuance and inputs “confirmed” (S
2).

When the number of issued cards is determined, the register device issues an instruction to issue the gift certificate issuing device 13 via the control device 11 (S3). With this, 1000 yen ticket 10 from the hopper
And five 500 yen tickets are fed. These gift certificates are usually printed in advance in a predetermined design and format by a printing company and the face value of the gift certificate is also printed,
The face value may be printed. The ticket management numbers are unified and are not duplicated, and are registered as unissued stock tickets in the above-mentioned headquarters management system.

The gift certificate supplied from the feed unit is printed with the expiration date by the printing device 133 (S4), and the respective ticket management numbers are read by the reading device 134 (S5). Sent. When the register device confirms the end of the issuance (S7), the inventory management file 121 and the issuance result management file 12
Register in 2. These numerical values are output sequentially or collectively for each business day. The data is transmitted to the headquarters system (S8). The clerk passes the issued gift certificate to the customer. This allows the store clerk to
The register settlement amount and the issued amount can always be matched without recording the issued ticket management number or issued amount or inputting it to a special management device. Based on the transmitted data, the headquarters system can track and manage the progress of the subsequent collection of gift certificates and the like.

[0017]

In the gift certificate issuing system of the present invention, the gift certificate is issued by the gift certificate issuing device in conjunction with the register device for performing the settlement process of the gift certificate sale. No matching occurs. Accordingly, it is possible to manage the issuance of the gift certificate without error without any special trouble.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing a gift certificate issuing system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a processing flow from a gift certificate order to a gift certificate issuance.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a gift certificate.

[Explanation of symbols]

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 gift certificate issuing system 2 gift certificate 11 control device 121 inventory management file 12 register device 122 issue record management file 13 gift certificate issuing device 21 ticket management number 131 hopper unit 22 expiration date 132 feeder unit 23 issuing store name 133 printing device 24 stamping Column 134 Reader 25 Cutting line 135 Stacker section

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A gift certificate issuing system for issuing a gift certificate in conjunction with a register device, comprising: a hopper section for placing a gift certificate; a feeder section for feeding a gift certificate in accordance with an issue instruction; It has a gift certificate issuing device consisting of a stacker unit for paying out tickets and a control device for controlling them, and the control device determines the required number of gift certificates in accordance with the determination of the gift certificate sales amount and issuing instruction of the register device. And issuing the required number of gift certificates by operating the feeder unit and paying out the required number of gift certificates. 2. A gift certificate issuing system for issuing a gift certificate in conjunction with a register device, wherein a plurality of hopper units for placing a plurality of types of gift certificates, respectively, and a predetermined gift certificate are fed in accordance with an issue instruction. Each feeder section,
A gift certificate issuing device comprising a stacker unit for paying out issued gift certificates, and a control device for controlling the same, and the control device is required in accordance with the determination of the gift certificate sales amount and the issuing instruction of the register device. A gift certificate issuing system comprising: determining a ticket type and the number of each ticket; and operating the feeder unit to sequentially feed and pay out the required number of required gift certificates. 3. The gift certificate issuing system according to claim 1, further comprising a reading device for reading a ticket management number of the gift certificate in a step of feeding the gift certificate to pay it out to the stacker unit. 4. The product according to claim 1, further comprising a printing unit that prints an expiration date or an issue date on the gift certificate in a process of feeding the gift certificate and paying the gift certificate to the stacker unit. Ticket issuing system. 5. The gift certificate issuing system according to claim 1, wherein the register device is provided with a gift certificate inventory management file and an issuance record management file.