JP2006039619A - Commodity sales data processor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a delicate service without loss in a store such that the business form is differed between day and night, while enhancing the use rate of a card. <P>SOLUTION: When a card presented by a customer at the time of settlement is a card issued from a specified card issuing source, a discount amount is calculated according to a discount rate set to the present time zone by an automatic discount table T, and the calculated discount amount is subtracted from a sales processed amount. According to this, a delicate service can be provided without loss in a store such that the business form is differed between day and night, while enhancing the use rate of the card. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a merchandise sales data processing apparatus of a POS (Point of Sales) terminal used in restaurants and the like whose menu contents change according to time zones.

  Patent Document 1 describes a merchandise sales data processing system in which value discount (discount or discount) processing can be executed as customer service.

  In recent years, a POS (Point of Sales) terminal having an automatic discount function for automatically discounting when a specific payment card is used has been proposed. According to this POS terminal, when a specific settlement card is used, a discount for a subtotal amount is performed.

JP 2002-109643 A

  By the way, among restaurants, there are shops that operate as a coffee shop during the day and continue to operate by switching to a menu centered on alcohol at night. As described above, in the store where the menu contents change depending on the time zone, the discount method is changed every business hour in conjunction with the business hours zone.

  However, a POS terminal having an automatic discount function that automatically discounts when a specific payment card is used does not have an automatic discount function that automatically discounts when a specific payment card is used. However, since it is discounted uniformly in all time zones without being linked to business hours, discounts are made even when it is not necessary to give discounts, causing losses.

  It is an object of the present invention to increase the card usage rate and provide a detailed service without loss at a store where the business form is different day and night.

  The present invention provides a merchandise sales data processing apparatus that performs payment for an amount of sales processed by a card that can be settled, including information on an issuer, and a discount in the case where payment is made using the card issued by a specific card issuer. A table in which rates are set for each time zone, means for acquiring issuer information indicating the issuer of the card stored in the card at the time of the sales process, and the acquired issuer information Means for determining whether or not the card presented by is issued from a specific card issuer, and the card presented by the customer is determined to be issued from a specific card issuer In the case, the means for acquiring the discount rate set for the current time zone with reference to the table, and the amount of the sales processed by the acquired discount rate And means for calculating the discount amount, and means for subtracting the calculated the discount from the amount obtained by the sales processing, the.

  Therefore, if the card presented by the customer at the time of payment is a card issued by a specific card issuer, the discount amount is calculated according to the discount rate set for the current time zone in the table. The discounted amount is subtracted from the sales processed amount.

  The present invention relates to a product sales data processing apparatus that performs payment for an amount of sales processed by a card that includes payment information and can be settled, and a value in the case where payment is performed using the card issued from a specific card issuer. With a table in which discounts are set for each time zone, means for acquiring issuer information indicating the issuer of the card stored in the card at the time of the sales process, and the acquired issuer information, the customer Means for determining whether or not the card presented by is issued from a specific card issuer, and the card presented by the customer is determined to be issued from a specific card issuer In this case, referring to the table, the means for acquiring the discount amount set in the current time zone, and subtracting the acquired discount amount from the sales processed amount It includes a stage, a.

  Therefore, if the card presented by the customer at the time of payment is a card issued by a specific card issuer, the discount amount set for the current time zone in the table is subtracted from the sales processed amount .

  According to the present invention, when the card presented by the customer at the time of payment is a card issued from a specific card issuer, a discount is performed at a discount rate set according to the time zone, In addition to increasing the card usage rate, it is possible to provide finely tuned services without loss at stores where the business forms differ between day and night.

  According to the present invention, when the card presented by the customer at the time of payment is a card issued from a specific card issuer, a discount is performed with a discount amount set according to the time zone, In addition to increasing the card usage rate, it is possible to provide finely tuned services without loss at stores where the business forms differ between day and night.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The merchandise sales data processing apparatus according to the present embodiment is applied to a POS (Point of Sales) terminal used in a restaurant or the like whose menu contents change depending on time zones.

  Here, FIG. 1 is an external perspective view schematically showing the POS terminal 1, and FIG. 2 is a rear view thereof. The POS terminal 1 is disposed at a checkout location of a store and is used by a cashier for sales processing, and has a configuration as shown in FIG. In the POS terminal 1, a keyboard 3 is provided on the upper surface side of the main body 2, and a drawer 4 is provided on the lower side of the main body 2 so that it can be pulled out. A display 5 is provided on the back side of the main body 2. Further, the POS terminal 1 is also connected with a scanner 6 which is a code reading device for optically reading product codes and the like.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a customer-side display 7, for example, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) is provided on the back surface of the POS terminal 1 on the customer side. In addition, an RFID (Radio Frequency-Identification) tag reader 8 that is a wireless communication device is provided on the back of the POS terminal 1. The RFID tag reader 8 reads information recorded on an RFID tag 20 which is a wireless tag built in the IC card C as shown in FIG. The RFID tag reader 8 has an “electromagnetic induction type” wireless communication function corresponding to a short communication distance (about 0 to 1 meter), and can read information in the RFID tag 20 with an electromagnetic wave of 13.56 MHz. it can.

  The information stored in the RFID tag 20 built in the IC card C includes currency value (value), card number, etc., which are electronic money. As shown in FIG. 4, the card number is, for example, 16 digits, and the upper 8 digits are the value issuer number A and the card issuer number B. The 4-digit value issuer number A is a number that identifies the issuer of the currency value (value). The 4-digit card issuer number B is a number that identifies the issuer of the IC card C. That is, the IC card C is issued by a plurality of issuers of currency values and IC card C issuers.

  Next, the keyboard 3 will be described. Here, FIG. 5 is a plan view showing an arrangement of various keys of the keyboard 3. As shown in FIG. 5, the keyboard 3 is a numeric key 3a for inputting a product code, an amount, etc., and a closing / declaring means, and a deposit / cash key 3b for declaring the closing with cash in sales processing, Various types such as a subtotal key 3c for declaring calculation of the total sales amount, a PLU key 3d for designating various products, an electronic money key 3e for declaring electronic commerce settlement by electronic money deposited in the IC card C, etc. It has an external structure in which the keys are arranged for each block. The keys other than 3a to 3e are keys provided in the conventional POS terminal and ECR, and are not related to the functions unique to the POS terminal 1 of the present embodiment, and thus description thereof is omitted.

  Such an electrical system of the POS terminal 1 is configured as shown in FIG. The POS terminal 1 includes a POS control unit 9 including a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and a ROM (Read Only Memory) that stores a control program, and a RAM (Random Access) to which various buffers such as a sales buffer and a print buffer are allocated. And a communication I / F 12 connected via the bus 11, and configured to be able to execute online communication with a host computer (not shown). Yes.

  The POS control unit 9 is connected to the printer 14 and HDD (Hard (Hard)) together with the keyboard 3, display 5, scanner 6, customer display 7, and RFID tag reader 8 via the bus 11 and the I / O device control unit 13. Disk Drive) 15 is connected.

  The printer 14 is a receipt / journal printer built in the main body 2 of the POS terminal 1, and issues a receipt for each transaction in accordance with sales processing, and simultaneously prints on journal paper.

  In the HDD 15, in addition to a program for operating the CPU of the POS control unit 9, a PLU file F1 that stores product names, unit prices, departments, product codes, etc. in association with the PLU key 3d, a sales file F2 that stores sales data, An automatic discount table T and the like are stored. The PLU file F1, the sales file F2, and the automatic discount table T stored in the HDD 15 are expanded and used in the memory unit 10 when the POS terminal 1 is activated.

  The automatic discount table T is a table that determines a discount rate for each time zone when a customer desires an electronic commerce settlement using electronic money deposited in the IC card C issued by the company. As shown in FIG. 7, the automatic discount table T sets a discount rate in the time zone in association with the discount time zone.

  Next, a function that the program stored in the HDD 15 causes the CPU of the POS control unit 9 to execute will be described. Note that description of processing that is the same as processing conventionally performed is omitted. Here, sales processing by the IC card C, which is a characteristic function of the POS terminal 1 of the present embodiment, will be described.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the flow of sales processing by the IC card C. As shown in FIG. 8, first, the apparatus waits for an input of a product by operating the PLU key 3d of the keyboard 3 and an input of a quantity by the numeric keys 3a of the keyboard 3 (step S1). If it is determined that a product has been input by operating the PLU key 3d and a quantity has been input by the numeric key 3a (Y in step S1), sales data processing is executed (step S2). In this sales data processing, sales data based on the product name, unit price, etc. obtained by searching the PLU file F1 expanded in the RAM based on the operated PLU key 3d is registered in the sales buffer of the memory unit 10, The transaction information such as the unit price is displayed on the display 5 or the customer side display 7.

  The processes in steps S1 and S2 are repeated until the electronic money key 3e on the keyboard 3 is operated (Y in step S3).

  If it is determined that the electronic money key 3e of the keyboard 3 is operated and the tightening is declared (Y in step S3), a subtotal amount is calculated (step S4), and the IC card C owned by the customer is brought close to the RFID tag reader 8. The card number stored in the RFID tag 20 of the IC card C owned by the customer is acquired (for example, placed on the RFID tag reader 8) (step S5).

  Next, based on the acquired card number, it is determined whether or not the IC card C owned by the customer is a discount card (step S6). In the present embodiment, it is assumed that discount processing, which will be described later, is performed when electronic commerce settlement is performed with an IC card C issued by the company. The discount process may be executed when electronic commerce settlement is performed with an IC card C issued by a partner company. Further, whether or not the IC card C owned by the customer is a discounted card is determined based on the value issuer number and the card issuer number of the upper 8 digits. In determining whether or not the IC card C owned by the customer is a discount card, at least one of the upper 8 digits is set to “*” and any number from 0 to 9 is set. You may make it handle. In other words, the matching check is not performed on the digit designated by “*”. This also allows wildcard designation.

  When it is determined that the IC card C owned by the customer is a discount card (Y in step S6), the process proceeds to step S7, and discount processing is executed. In the discount process according to the present embodiment, when the current time corresponds to the discount time zone set in the automatic discount table T, the discount rate in the time zone set in the automatic discount table T is set in step S4. A discount amount is calculated by multiplying the calculated subtotal amount, and the calculated discount amount is subtracted from the subtotal amount. After executing the discount process, the process proceeds to step S8.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that the IC card C owned by the customer is not a discount card (N in step S6), the process directly proceeds to step S8.

  In the subsequent step S8, the RFID value of the IC card C owned by the customer is stored in the currency value (value), which is electronic money corresponding to the subtotal amount (or the subtotal amount after discount if the discount process is executed in step S7). Payment processing is executed by subtracting from the 20 currency values.

  Finally, post-processing is executed (step S9). In this post-processing, print data composed of the sales data stored in the sales buffer, the discount amount calculated in step S7, the subtotal amount, etc. is generated and stored in the print buffer. This print data is printed by the printer 14 and issued as a receipt. In the post-processing, the drawer 4 is opened. Further, the sales data stored in the sales buffer is stored in the sales file F2.

  Specifically, the card user issued by Company A can perform processing such as a 10% discount at night, although there is no discount during daytime business. In this way, by changing the discount rate every business hours only for specific card users, the card usage rate is increased, and detailed services are provided in stores where the business form differs between day and night can do.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, when the IC card C presented by the customer at the time of settlement is a card issued from a specific card issuer, the automatic discount table T displays the current time zone. A discount amount is calculated according to the set discount rate, and the calculated discount amount is subtracted from the sales processed amount. As a result, it is possible to increase the card usage rate and provide finely tuned services without loss at stores where the business forms differ day and night.

  In this embodiment, the IC card C is applied as a card that includes issuer information and can be settled. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a credit card, a prepaid card, or the like can be applied.

  In the present embodiment, the discount target amount is a subtotal amount, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the amount to be discounted may be an amount totaled for each department or a product unit price by designating a product code. In addition, as a discount method, when the current time corresponds to the discount time zone set in the automatic discount table T, regardless of the discount target amount, the discount method is set in the time zone set in the automatic discount table T. The discount amount may be discounted.

1 is an external perspective view schematically showing a POS terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is an external perspective view schematically showing an IC card. It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of a card number. It is a top view which shows the arrangement | sequence of the various keys of a keyboard. It is a block diagram which shows the electrical equipment type | system | group of a POS terminal. It is explanatory drawing which shows the data structure of an automatic discount table. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the sales process by an IC card.

Explanation of symbols

1 ... merchandise sales data processing device, C ... card, T ... table

Claims (6)

In a merchandise sales data processing device that performs payment for the amount of sales processed with a card that includes payment information and can be settled,
A table in which a discount rate is set for each time zone when payment is made with the card issued by a specific card issuer;
Means for obtaining issuer information indicating an issuer of the card stored in the card during the sales process;
Means for determining whether or not the card presented by the customer is issued from a specific card issuer according to the obtained issuer information;
When it is determined that the card presented by the customer is issued from a specific card issuer, means for obtaining the discount rate set in the current time zone with reference to the table;
Means for calculating a discount amount from the sales processed amount according to the acquired discount rate;
Means for subtracting the calculated discount amount from the sales processed amount;
A product sales data processing device comprising: In a merchandise sales data processing device that performs payment for the amount of sales processed with a card that includes payment information and can be settled,
A table in which a discount amount is set for each time zone when making a payment with the card issued from a specific card issuer;
Means for obtaining issuer information indicating an issuer of the card stored in the card during the sales process;
Means for determining whether or not the card presented by the customer is issued from a specific card issuer according to the obtained issuer information;
When it is determined that the card presented by the customer is issued from a specific card issuer, means for obtaining the discount set for the current time zone with reference to the table;
Means for subtracting the acquired discount amount from the sales processed amount;
A product sales data processing device comprising: In the table, the discount rate for each time zone can be set for each department.
The merchandise sales data processing apparatus according to claim 1. In the table, the discount rate for each time zone can be set for each single item.
The merchandise sales data processing apparatus according to claim 1. The table can set the discount amount by time zone for each department,
The merchandise sales data processing apparatus according to claim 2. In the table, the discount amount by time zone can be set for each single item.
The merchandise sales data processing apparatus according to claim 2.

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