JP3771448B2 - Coupon issuing device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a coupon issuing device used in a POS (Point Of Sales) system capable of issuing and using coupons.
[0002]
[Prior art]
As a coupon issuing device used in a conventional POS system, a product for which a coupon is issued is set in a storage unit in advance, and when a product purchased by a shopper is registered at a POS terminal, the registered product is a coupon issuance target. When it is determined whether or not a product for which a coupon is to be issued has been registered, a predetermined coupon is printed and issued using a receipt printer of a POS terminal. In this case, the coupon ticket is for discounting or discounting when the product to be issued or the product of the department to which the product belongs is purchased from the next time.
[0003]
By using such a coupon issuing device in a store, a customer who bought a coupon at a store and received a coupon is more likely to come to the store again to use the coupon. Expect sales promotion effects.
[0004]
By the way, there is a member special treatment system as another method aiming at the establishment of customers in retail stores. This system is a system that offers products at a lower price than ordinary customers to customers who have a membership contract with the store, so-called members, or calculates points according to the purchase price each time a member purchases a product However, it is a system that grants some kind of privilege when points accumulate.
[0005]
Recently, there has been a demand for introducing a service for issuing coupons only to members in order to further differentiate between members and general customers at retail stores that have introduced a member benefit system.
[0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the coupon issuing device used in the conventional POS system, a coupon is issued to a customer who has purchased a coupon target product. In some cases, it was difficult to differentiate between members and ordinary customers using coupons.
[0007]
Therefore, it was the fact that different types of coupons were collected and mailed to each member or distributed at the store to differentiate, and it took time and money to create coupons and mail them. . In addition, since all types of coupons are distributed to each member at the same time, many coupons are discarded without being used.
[0008]
The present invention has been made based on such circumstances, and the purpose of the present invention is to allow each member to issue a coupon of the type necessary for the member without trouble, and to provide a coupon service. The present invention is intended to provide a coupon issuing device that can efficiently implement the above.
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The invention according to claim 1 of the present application is a coupon issuing device capable of issuing a plurality of types of coupons, corresponding to the member identification information of the membership card distributed to each member. Type code , For the member Should be issued coupon Everything is A member file stored together with a flag indicating whether it has not been issued or issued, an input means for inputting member identification information of the member card, and when the member identification information of the member card is input by this input means, the member file is searched. A coupon issue determination means for determining whether a coupon has not been issued or has been issued from a flag corresponding to the member identification information, and if the issue determination means determines that a coupon has not been issued, the member file is set corresponding to the member identification information Type code coupon all And a coupon issue control means for not issuing a coupon when it is determined that the coupon has been issued.
With this configuration, when the member identification information of the member card is input via the input means, the member file is searched with the member identification information. When the flag corresponding to the member identification information indicates that the coupon has not been issued, the coupon of the type code set corresponding to the member identification information all Is issued. On the other hand, when the flag corresponding to the member identification information indicates that the coupon has been issued, no coupon is issued. Therefore, when the type of coupon to be issued to each member is set for each member in the member file, the type of coupon to be issued is issued to each member only once.
[0010]
The invention described in claim 2 of the present application is the same as that of claim 1 described above, and further includes a product registration unit for registering products purchased by each member, and each member based on product data registered in the product registration unit. Determine the type of coupon to be issued to the member based on the sales amount accumulated by the member-based sales accumulation unit for each member that accumulates the sales amount of products purchased by the member. Issued coupon setting means for setting in the member file.
With such a configuration, the type of coupon to be issued set for each member is determined based on the accumulated sales amount of the products purchased by the member at the store. Therefore, for example, differentiation can be achieved by issuing more coupons to members with higher sales.
[0011]
The invention according to claim 3 of the present application is the invention according to claim 2, wherein the product registration unit includes a registration function of a coupon used by each member when purchasing the product, and is registered by the product registration unit. For each member based on the coupon data used, and the used coupon management means for managing the type of coupon used by the member, and the issued coupon setting means for the sales amount accumulated by the member-specific sales accumulating means for each member and the used coupon Based on the type of coupon used managed by the management means, the type of coupon to be issued to the member is determined and set in the member file.
With such a configuration, the types of coupons to be issued for each member are the cumulative sales amount of products purchased by the member at the store and the coupon types used by the member at the store. To be determined. Therefore, for example, it is possible to differentiate such that more types of coupons that are frequently used by members are issued to members with higher sales.
[0012]
The invention according to claim 4 of the present application is the coupon issuing device according to claim 1, wherein the member file is issued to the member corresponding to the member identification information of the member card distributed to each member. The type code and the number of issued cards are stored together with a flag indicating whether the coupon has not been issued or has been issued to the member, and the coupon issuance control means is determined to be unissued by the coupon issuance judgment means. A means for issuing coupons of the type code set corresponding to the member identification information in the file for each issued number, updating the flag to issued, and not issuing a coupon when it is determined that the coupon has been issued It is what.
With this configuration, when the member identification information of the member card is input via the input means, the member file is searched with the member identification information. When the flag corresponding to the member identification information indicates that the coupon has not been issued, coupons of the type code set corresponding to the member identification information are issued for the number of issued cards. On the other hand, when the flag corresponding to the member identification information indicates that the coupon has been issued, no coupon is issued. Accordingly, when the type of coupon to be issued to each member and the number of issued coupons are set for each member in the member file, each type of coupon to be issued is issued for each member for the number of issued tickets. publish.
[0013]
The invention according to claim 5 of the present application is the same as that of claim 4 above, and further includes a product registration unit for registering products purchased by each member, and each member based on the product data registered by the product registration unit. For each member based on the total sales amount by member that accumulates the sales amount of the product purchased by the member by the classification code that classifies each product, and the sales amount by classification code that is accumulated by the member-specific sales cumulative unit for each member An issuance coupon setting means is provided for determining the type of coupon to be issued and the number of issued coupons and setting them in the member file.
[0014]
With such a configuration, the type of coupon to be issued and the number of issued coupons set for each member are determined based on the accumulated sales amount of the products purchased by the member at the store. Therefore, for example, differentiation can be achieved by issuing more coupons to members with higher sales.
[0015]
The invention according to claim 6 of the present application is the invention according to claim 5, wherein the product registration unit includes a function of registering a coupon used by each member when purchasing the product, and is registered by the product registration unit. For each member based on the coupon data used, and the used coupon management means for managing the type and number of coupons used by the member for each member, and the issued coupon setting means for each member by the cumulative sales means for each member This is a means for determining the type of coupon to be issued to the member based on the sales amount and the type and number of coupons managed by the used coupon management means and setting it in the member file.
With such a configuration, the type of coupons to be issued and the number of issued coupons set for each member are determined by the accumulated amount of the product purchased by the member at the store and the coupon used by the member at the store. It is determined based on the type and the number of sheets. Therefore, for example, it is possible to differentiate such that more types of coupons that are frequently used by members are issued to members with higher sales.
[0016]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
In addition, this embodiment introduces a member preferential treatment system that provides products to members at a lower price than ordinary customers, and discounts or discounts for products belonging to a product category designated in advance only for members. This is a case where the present invention is applied to a POS system of a store that differentiates between members and general customers by issuing a plurality of types of coupons 60 (see FIG. 14) to be sold.
[0017]
FIG. 1 is an overall view of a POS system according to the present embodiment. A plurality of POS terminals 1 each having a product registration unit for registering products purchased by each shopper, and a file processor 2 for centrally managing each POS terminal 1. Are connected by a LAN (Local Area Network) 3 to construct a POS system. Each POS terminal 1 is provided with a card reader 5 for reading card data of a member card 4 distributed to each member. Incidentally, as shown in FIG. 2, the member card 4 is a card in which a store code of a card issuing store, a member number as member identification information for identifying a member who owns the card, and the like are recorded. It was created using a card.
[0018]
The file processor 2 connects each POS terminal 1 via the LAN 3 and connects a higher-level model such as a host computer via a public line or a dedicated line. The member file 6, the single product file 7 and the coupon file 8 are stored and managed, respectively.
[0019]
As shown in FIG. 3, the member file 6 is a data file for storing and managing member data such as a member's name, address, and telephone number corresponding to the member number as member identification information for identifying each member. is there. In particular, the number of coupons issued, that is, the number of coupons that can be used can be stored for each coupon type code that specifies the type of coupon 60. In addition, the sales amount can be accumulated for each link department code for classifying each product. Further, a coupon flag for identifying whether the coupon 60 has not been issued (0) or issued (1) is stored for the member with the membership number.
[0020]
As shown in FIG. 4, the single product file 7 corresponds to the single product code for identifying each product, and the product name, normal unit price (price per unit purchased by non-members), and unit price (number of units purchased by members). This is a data file for storing and managing single item data such as (price per hit). In particular, a link department code that is a product category to which the product belongs and a coupon type code that specifies a coupon 60 that can be used when purchasing the product are stored. When the coupon type code is “0”, it indicates that the product is a non-coupon target product for which there is no coupon 60 that can be used at the time of purchase.
[0021]
As shown in FIG. 5, the coupon file 8 corresponds to a coupon type code that specifies the type of various coupons 60, and a coupon number assigned and set so as not to overlap for the same type of coupon, and the coupon 60 1 to N (N ≧ 2 positive number) lines of message data and value discount classification data (1: discount, 2) for classifying whether the coupon 60 is a value quotation coupon or a discount coupon : Discount) and discount rate or discount rate rate. Further, in particular, the amount data range is stored for each link department code (multiple setting is possible) of the product discounted or discounted by the coupon 60 and the number of issued cards from 1 to K (a positive number of K ≧ 2). It has become. In the figure, “n” indicates that data is not set.
[0022]
FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of the POS terminal 1. The POS terminal 1 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 101 as a control unit main body. Further, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 102 in which fixed data such as a program executed by the CPU 101 is stored in advance, and a RAM (Random Access Memory) in which variable data such as data processed by the CPU 101 and data processed by the CPU 101 are stored. 103, a clock unit 104 that measures the current date and time, a LAN controller 105 that controls data communication through the LAN 3, and a first display controller that controls the screen display of the front display 106 provided for the cashier 107 and a second display controller 109 for controlling the screen display of a customer display 108 provided for a shopper, a keyboard interface 110, a scanner interface 111, a printer interface 112, a card reader interface 113, and a drawer interface 11 And an interface for each input and output devices and the like. The CPU 101, the ROM 102, the RAM 103, the clock unit 104, the LAN controller 105, the first and second display controllers 107 and 109, and the input / output device interfaces 110 to 114 are connected to a bus line 115 such as an address bus and a data bus. Connected with.
[0023]
Connected to the keyboard interface 110 is a keyboard POS terminal-dedicated keyboard 116 on which product registration work keys such as numeric keys, PLU (Price Look Up) keys, subtotal keys, and deposit / cash keys are arranged. The scanner interface 111 is connected to a scanner 117 that can optically read a barcode of a single item code attached to each product, a coupon barcode 63 printed on the coupon 60, and the like. The printer interface 112 is connected to a printer 118 that can print on a receipt sheet and issue it as a receipt. The card reader 5 is connected to the card reader interface 113. A drawer 119 for receiving cash or the like is connected to the drawer interface 114.
[0024]
Here, the keyboard 116 and the scanner 117 function as a product registration unit for registering products purchased by each member. And this product registration part contains the registration function of the coupon which each member used when purchasing goods.
[0025]
FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of the file processor 2. The file processor 2 also includes a CPU 201 as a control unit main body. In addition, a ROM 202 that stores in advance fixed data such as a program executed by the CPU 201, a RAM 203 that stores variable data such as data processed by the CPU 201 and data processed by the CPU 201, and a clock unit that measures the current date and time 204, in addition to the LAN controller 205 that controls data communication performed via the LAN 3, an FDD controller 207 that controls driving of an FDD (Floppy Disk Drive) device 206, and an HDD that controls driving of an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) device 208 A controller 209 and a MODEM (modulator-demodulator) 210 that manages data communication with a host device are provided. The CPU 201 is connected to the ROM 202, RAM 203, clock unit 204, LAN controller 205, FDD controller 207, HDD controller 209, and MODEM 210 via a bus line 211 such as an address bus or a data bus.
[0026]
In the HDD device 208, the data files of the member file 6, the single product file 7 and the coupon file 8 are stored and stored.
[0027]
In the RAM 203, as shown in FIG. 8, the start date and end date of the sales management period, which is a period for accumulating the sales amount by link department of each member, and the coupon issue period, which is a period for issuing a coupon to each member, are stored. A coupon schedule table 9 is formed that stores the start date and end date and the start date and end date of the coupon use period, which is the effective use period of the coupon issued to each member, in an updatable manner. When necessary, the data of the coupon schedule table 9 is updated by downloading from a higher model. In addition, an area for storing an issue flag F1 set to “1” during the coupon issue period and a use flag F2 set to “1” during the coupon use period is also formed.
[0028]
Thus, the CPU 201 of the file processor 2 refers to the coupon schedule table 9 and performs the process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 9 when the time measured by the clock unit 204 reaches a preset opening business start time. The opening of the procedure is to start.
[0029]
First, the CPU 201 determines whether or not the current date counted by the clock unit 204 as ST (step) 1 is within the sales management period (start date to end date) set in the coupon schedule table 9. If the current date is within the sales management period, it is determined in ST2 whether the current date is the start date of the sales management period. In the case of the start date, the total sales amount data by link department code of all member data registered in the member file 6 as ST3 is cleared to “0”. If the current date is other than the start date of the sales management period in ST2, the process of ST3 is not performed.
[0030]
On the other hand, if the current date is outside the sales management period in ST1, it is determined in ST4 whether the day before the current date is the end date of the sales management period. In the case of the end date, a coupon ticket issuing number setting process, which will be described later, is executed as ST5. If the day before the current date is other than the end date of the sales management period in ST4, the process of ST5 is not performed.
[0031]
Next, the CPU 201 determines whether or not the current date is within the coupon issue period (start date to end date) set in the coupon schedule table 9 as ST6. If the current date is within the coupon issue period, it is determined in ST7 whether the current date is the start date of the coupon issue period. In the case of the start date, the issue flag F1 is set to “1” as ST8. If the current date is other than the start date of the coupon issue period at ST8, the process at ST8 is not performed.
[0032]
On the other hand, if the current date is outside the coupon issue period in ST5, it is determined in ST9 whether the day before the current date is the end date of the coupon issue period. In the case of the end date, the issue flag F1 is reset to “0” in ST10. If the day before the current date is other than the end date of the coupon issue period at ST9, the process at ST10 is not performed.
[0033]
Next, the CPU 201 determines whether or not the current date is within the coupon use period (start date to end date) set in the coupon schedule table 9 as ST11. If the current date is within the coupon usage period, it is determined in ST12 whether the current date is the start date of the coupon usage period. In the case of the start date, the use flag F2 is set to “1” as ST13. If the current date is other than the start date of the coupon use period in ST12, the process of ST13 is not performed.
[0034]
On the other hand, if the current date is outside the coupon usage period in ST10, it is determined in ST14 whether the day before the current date is the end date of the coupon usage period. In the case of the end date, the use flag F2 is reset to “0” in ST15. If the day before the current date is other than the end date of the coupon use period in ST14, the process of ST15 is not performed.
Thereafter, the CPU 201 enters another process that has been conventionally performed as a store opening operation.
[0035]
FIG. 10 is a flowchart specifically showing the above-described coupon ticket issuing number setting process. That is, when the CPU 201 determines that the day before the current day is the end date of the sales management period in the process of ST4 of the store opening business, the CPU 201 starts the process shown in the flowchart of FIG. a is reset to "0". Next, if the first counter a is incremented by “1” as ST22, records corresponding to the first counter a from the member file 6 (hereinafter referred to as a-th member information) are recorded as ST23. Read.
[0036]
If the a-th member information can be read from the member file 6 as ST24, the second counter b is reset to “0” as ST25. Next, if the second counter b is counted up by “1” in ST26, records in the order corresponding to the second counter b from the coupon file 8 (hereinafter referred to as b-th coupon information) are recorded in ST27. Read.
[0037]
Here, if the b-th coupon information can be read from the coupon file 8 as ST28, all the link department codes targeted for the coupon are acquired from the b-th coupon information as ST29. Next, in ST30, all the sales amounts accumulated for each coupon department link department code acquired in ST29 are extracted from the a-th member information, and the total amount is calculated. Next, as ST31, the number of issued sheets P having the total sales amount calculated in ST30 from the b-th coupon information as the amount data range is acquired. ST 32 To obtain the usable number Q for the coupon type code of the b-th coupon information from the a-th member information. In ST33, the usable number Q is subtracted from the issued number P to calculate a new usable number R for the coupon type code. At this time, if the result of subtracting the usable number Q from the issued number P is negative, the new usable number R is set to zero. Thereafter, if the available number for the coupon type code of the b-th coupon information in the a-th member information is rewritten and updated to the new available number R calculated in ST33 as ST34, the process returns to ST26, and the second The counter b is further incremented by “1”.
[0038]
In this way, each coupon information registered in the coupon file 8 is read in order, and each time the processing of ST29 to ST34 is executed for the a-th member information, the usable number for the corresponding coupon type code is updated. If the b-th coupon information cannot be read from the coupon file 8 in ST28, the process returns to ST22, the first counter a is incremented by “1”, and the a-th member information is retrieved from the member file 6. Read. And the process after ST25 is repeated with respect to this a-th member information. That is, each coupon information registered in the coupon file 8 is read again in order from the top, and each time the processing of ST29 to ST34 is executed for the a-th member information, the usable number for the corresponding coupon type code is determined. Update.
[0039]
In this way, the usable number for each coupon type code of each member information registered in the member file 6 is sequentially updated. If the a-th member information cannot be read from the member file 6 in ST24, the coupon ticket issuing number setting process is terminated.
[0040]
On the other hand, the CPU 101 of each POS terminal 1 recognizes that the card data of the valid member card 6 has been read, particularly when the store code of the card data read by the card reader 5 is a store code set in advance as a valid code. Thus, the member registration work shown in the flowchart of FIG. 11 is started.
[0041]
First, the CPU 101 creates an inquiry message having the layout shown in FIG. 13A from the card data (store code, member number, etc.) read from the member card 6 by the card reader 5 in ST1, and this inquiry message is transmitted to the LAN 3 as shown in FIG. To the file processor 2. Note that “FF” in the message layout shown in FIG. 13A is a code indicating the inquiry message, “FPID” is the communication address of the file processor 2 that is the message transmission destination, and “TMID” is the message. This is the communication address of the POS terminal 1 that is the sentence transmission source.
[0042]
As a result, the CPU 201 of the file processor 2 searches the member file 6 with the member number in the member information inquiry message, reads out the corresponding member information, and stores each flag data of the issue flag F1 and the use flag F2 stored in the RAM 203. At the same time, a member information response message having the layout shown in FIG. Then, the member information response message is transmitted to the inquiring POS terminal 1 via the LAN 3. Note that “FF” in the message layout shown in FIG. 13B is a code indicating the member information response message, “TMID” is the communication address of the POS terminal 1 that is the message transmission destination, and “FPID”. Is a communication address of the file processor 2 which is a message transmission source.
[0043]
Therefore, the CPU 101 of the POS terminal 1 that has received this member information response message stores the member information, issuance flag F1 and use flag F2 included in the response message in the member processing memory of the RAM 103, and then as ST2 The coupon flag in the member information stored in the member processing memory is checked to determine whether the coupon 60 has not been issued or has been issued to this member. When the coupon flag is reset to “0” and it is determined that the coupon 60 has not been issued, the member name is acquired from the member information as ST3, and the front display 106 and the customer display 108 are obtained. To display. On the other hand, if the coupon flag is set to “1” and it is determined that the coupon 60 has been issued, the number of usable coupons for each coupon type code is acquired from the member information together with the member name as ST3. These are displayed on the front display 106 and the customer display 108.
[0044]
Next, the purchase merchandise registration process specifically shown in FIG. 12 is executed as ST5. This process is repeated until a closing key (for example, a deposit / current total key) for declaring the end of registration of a product purchased by one member is input as ST6.
[0045]
First, it waits for the barcode to be scanned by the scanner 117 as ST21. If the barcode is scanned, it is determined in ST22 whether the barcode is a coupon barcode 63 printed on the coupon 60 or not. The coupon bar code 63 is a bar code of a numeric string in which the coupon type code is the most significant digit and the coupon number is connected thereafter.
[0046]
When the barcode scanned in ST22 is a coupon barcode, the use flag F2 stored in the member processing memory is checked as ST23. Here, if the use flag F2 is reset to “0”, it is currently outside the coupon use period and the coupon 60 cannot be used, so the process returns to ST21 and waits for the next barcode data to be scanned. . On the other hand, if the usage flag F2 is set to “1”, it is currently within the coupon usage period, so out of the usable number by coupon type code in the member information stored in the member processing memory as ST24 Then, it is checked whether or not the usable number of coupon type codes which are the most significant digits of the scanned coupon barcode is larger than “0”. If the available number is “0”, the coupon 60 cannot be used, so the process returns to ST21 and waits for the next barcode data to be scanned. On the other hand, when the usable number is larger than “0”, the scanned coupon barcode code (coupon type code + coupon number) is temporarily stored in the work area W 1 of the RAM 103. Thereafter, the process returns to ST21 and waits for the next barcode data to be scanned.
[0047]
On the other hand, if the barcode scanned in ST22 is not a coupon barcode but a single product code attached to each product as ST26, a single product information inquiry message including the single product code is created as ST27, This inquiry message is transmitted to the file processor 2 via the LAN 3. Thereby, when the CPU 201 of the file processor 2 receives the single item information inquiry message, it searches the single item file 7 with the single item code in the message, reads out the corresponding single item information, and returns it to the POS terminal 1 as the inquiry source. The CPU 101 of the POS terminal 1 that has received the single item information checks in ST28 whether the coupon type code in the single item information is “0”, that is, whether it is a coupon target product. If the coupon type code in the single product information is “0” and the product is not a coupon target product, the unit price in the single product information is set as the selling price of the registered product, and the process proceeds to ST34.
[0048]
On the other hand, when the coupon type code in the single item information is not “0” but the coupon target product, the coupon type code in the single item information is the highest digit of the coupon code in the work area W1 as ST29. It is determined whether or not it matches a certain coupon type code. Here, if they do not match (including the case where the data in the work area W1 is “0”), since the product is registered without using the coupon 60, the process proceeds to ST34 with the unit price in the single product information as the sales price of the registered product. .
[0049]
On the other hand, if the coupon type code in the single item information matches the coupon type code in the work area W1 in ST29, the coupon type code in the single item information is set as ST30 because the product is registered using the coupon 60. A coupon information inquiry message is created, and the inquiry message is transmitted to the file processor 2 via the LAN 3. As a result, when the CPU 201 of the file processor 2 receives the coupon information inquiry message, it searches the coupon file 8 with the coupon type code in the message, reads the corresponding coupon information, and returns it to the POS terminal 1 as the inquiry source. The CPU 101 of the POS terminal 1 that has received this coupon information determines whether or not the coupon number of the coupon information matches the coupon number excluding the most significant digit of the coupon code in the work area W1 in ST31. If they do not match, an expired or counterfeit coupon that cannot be used has been used, and the process proceeds to ST34.
[0050]
If the coupon numbers match in ST31, the available number corresponding to the corresponding coupon type code in the member information stored in the member processing memory as ST32 is decremented by one. In ST33, the discount amount is obtained from the value discount category data and the rate in the coupon information. Specifically, when the discount discount category data is “1: discount”, the rate data is used as the discount. When the value discount category data is “2: Discount amount”, the rate (%) of the member unit price in the single product information is used as the discount amount. If the discount amount is obtained in this way, the sales price of the registered product is calculated by subtracting the discount amount from the member unit price in the single item information, and the process proceeds to ST34.
[0051]
In ST34, single item sales registration processing is executed. This process is a process of registering the single item code, the selling price, and the selling point in the single item information in the transaction memory of the RAM 103 as transaction data. Also included is a process of summing the sales price for one transaction using a transaction total, and a process of displaying the product name, the sales price, etc. on the front display 106 and the customer display 108.
[0052]
After that, among the sales amount data by link department code in the member information stored in the member processing memory as ST35, the sales amount data of the same department code as the link department code in the single product information is added to the sales price of the registered product. Update to the amount you made. If the data in the work area W1 is cleared to “0” in ST36, the current purchase product registration process is terminated.
[0053]
Returning to the description of FIG. When the input of the tightening key is detected in ST6, the registered tightening process is executed as ST7. In this process, for example, when the deposit amount is input by the deposit / cash key, the change amount is calculated by subtracting the total amount in the transaction total from the deposit amount, and the front indicator 106 and the customer indicator This is a process of displaying the data at 108 and opening the drawer 119. Next, in ST8, the printer 118 is driven to print and issue a receipt.
[0054]
Thereafter, the issue flag F1 stored in the member processing memory is checked as ST9. If the issuance flag F1 is reset to “0”, it is currently outside the coupon issuance period, and the process proceeds to ST13. On the other hand, if the issuance flag F1 is set to “1”, it is a coupon issuance period now, so the coupon flag in the member information stored in the member processing memory is checked as ST10. If the coupon flag is “1”, that is, if the coupon has been issued to the member, the process proceeds to ST13.
[0055]
On the other hand, when the coupon flag is “0”, that is, when the coupon has not been issued to the member, the coupon issuing process is executed as ST11. Specifically, the usable number for each coupon type code in the member information stored in the member processing memory is checked. Then, every time a coupon type code whose usable number is “1” or more is acquired, a coupon information inquiry message including the coupon type code is created, and this inquiry message is transmitted to the file processor 2 via the LAN 3. . As a result, the CPU 201 of the file processor 2 searches the coupon file 8 with the coupon type code in the coupon information inquiry message, reads the corresponding coupon information, and returns it to the POS terminal 1 as the inquiry source. Upon receiving this coupon information, the CPU 101 of the POS terminal 1 controls the driving of the printer 118, and as shown in FIG. 14, the message data 61 in the coupon information and the member information stored in the member processing memory. The coupon 60 printed with the member number and member name 62 therein and the coupon barcode 63 composed of the coupon type code and the coupon number in the coupon information is issued for the usable number.
[0056]
In this way, when the CPU 101 prints and issues coupons of coupon type codes whose coupon-usable number of coupons is “1” or more for each usable number of copies, the CPU 101 stores in the member information stored in the member processing memory as ST12. The coupon flag is updated from “0” indicating unissued to “1” indicating issued. Thereafter, the process proceeds to ST13.
[0057]
In ST13, the member information stored in the member processing memory is transferred to the file processor 2 via the LAN 3. Thereby, the CPU 201 of the file processor 2 overwrites and updates the member information of the same member number in the member file 6 with the member information received from the POS terminal 1. Then, after the update, an update completion response is returned to the POS terminal 1 that is the member information transmission source. Therefore, the CPU 101 of the POS terminal 1 that has received this update completion response clears the member processing memory, and this membership registration The business is to be terminated.
[0058]
As described above, in the present embodiment, the file processor 2 that centrally manages each POS terminal 1 is provided with the member file 6, the single product file 7, and the coupon file 8. The member file 6 is identified by the type code of the coupon to be issued to the member and the type code corresponding to the member number which is the member identification information of the member card distributed to each member. The number of coupons that can be used, that is, the number of issued coupons, is set and registered together with a coupon flag indicating whether the coupon has not been issued or has been issued. Further, the sales amount of the product purchased by the member is accumulated for each link department code for classifying each product by the member file 6. In the single product file 7, a link department code, which is a classification to which the product belongs, corresponding to a single product code unique to each product, and a type code of a coupon for which the product is discounted or discounted are registered in advance. The coupon file 8 includes a coupon number assigned so as not to overlap among coupons of the same type corresponding to coupon type codes for identifying various coupons, print data required for creating the coupon, value discount classification code, rate The link department code to which the coupon target product belongs is set and registered. In addition, a sales amount range necessary for issuing coupons corresponding to the number of issued tickets from 1 to K (K ≧ 2) is also set and registered.
[0059]
Further, a coupon schedule table 9 is formed in the RAM 203 of the file processor 2, and the start date and end date of the coupon service sales management period, coupon issue period, and coupon use period are set in this table 9. It has become.
[0060]
Now, in the file processor 2, the store opening operation is automatically performed at a predetermined time before the store opening every business day. In this store opening operation, if the current date matches the start date of the sales management period set in the coupon schedule table 9, the accumulated sales amount data by link department code of all member data registered in the member file 6 Is cleared to "0" (ST3 in FIG. 9).
[0061]
On the other hand, if a member purchases a product at a store during business hours, presents the member card 4 and offers to pay the price, the cashier operating the POS terminal 1 receives the card data of the member card 4 received from the member. Read by the card reader 5. Then, member file data corresponding to the member number in the card data is read from the file processor 2 to the POS terminal 1. Then, the coupon flag is checked. At this time, if the coupon flag indicates not issued (0), the name of the member is displayed on the front display 106 and the customer display 108, so the cashier registers the product purchased by the member. . Then, the sales price of the registered product is added to the sales amount data corresponding to the link department code to which the registered product of the member file data belongs (ST35 in FIG. 12). Thus, each time the product is registered, the sales price of the product is added to the sales amount data by link department code corresponding to the member file data of the customer. When the registration of the product purchased by the member is completed, the cashier presses the closing key. Then, the receipt of the current transaction is printed and issued by the printer 118. Further, the member file data in which the sales amount data by link department code is added and updated by the product registration is overwritten on the member file 6 of the file processor 2 (ST13 in FIG. 11).
[0062]
Each time a product purchased by a member is registered at each POS terminal 1, the above processing is repeated. Therefore, since the accumulated sales amount data by link department code of each member data registered in the member file 6 is cleared at the opening of the sales management period start date, the member file 6 has a sales management period for each member. The sales amount of the product purchased by the member is accumulated.
[0063]
Here, the card reader 5 of each POS terminal 1 functions as an input means for inputting the member identification information (member number) of the member card 4. Further, the CPU 101 of the POS terminal 1 that executes the process of ST35 of the purchased product registration process shown in FIG. 12 and the process of ST13 of the member registration work process shown in FIG. 11 and the member file 6 that the file processor 2 has are as follows. Cumulative sales for each member that accumulates the sales amount of the product purchased by the member for each member based on the product data registered by the product registration unit (keyboard 116, scanner 117) by classification code (link department code) for classifying each product. Configure the means.
[0064]
Thereafter, it is assumed that the current date matches the day after the end date of the sales management period set in the coupon schedule table 9. Then, the coupon issuance number setting process is executed in the opening business on that day (ST5 in FIG. 9).
[0065]
For example, “01” and “03” are set as the coupon target department codes in the coupon file data of the coupon type code “1”, and “1 to 999” as the amount range of the issued number 1 is the issued number 2 It is assumed that “1000 to 9999” is set as the amount range. In this case, “0” is determined as the usable number data of the coupon type code “1” for the member whose total sales amount of the products belonging to the link department codes “01” and “03” is 0 yen, and the same department “1” is determined as the usable number data of coupon type code “1” for members whose total sales amount of the code is 1 to 999 yen, and the total sales amount of the same department code is 1000 to 9999 yen. On the other hand, “2” is determined as the usable number data of the coupon type code “1”. Similarly, “02” and “03” are set as the coupon target department code in the coupon file data of the coupon type code “2”, and “1000 to 9999” as the amount range of the issued number 1 is the issued number 2 If “10000 to 99999” is set as the amount range for each of the members, the coupon type code “0” is given to a member whose total sales amount of products belonging to the link department codes “02” and “03” is less than 1000 yen. “0” is determined as the usable number data of “2”, and “1” is determined as the usable number data of the coupon type code “2” for the member whose total sales amount of the same department code is 1000 to 9999 yen. The coupon type code “2” can be used for members whose total sales amount of the same department code is 10,000 to 99999 yen. "2" is determined as.
[0066]
Here, the CPU 201 of the file processor 2 that executes the processing of ST5 of the store opening operation processing shown in FIG. 9, more specifically, the processing of ST21 to ST34 of the coupon ticket issuing number setting processing shown in FIG. Based on the sales amount by classification code (sales amount by link department code) accumulated by the cumulative means (CPU 101 of the POS terminal 1, member file 6), the type of coupon to be issued to the member and the number of issued coupons are determined. And issue coupon setting means for setting in the member file 6.
[0067]
Thereafter, it is assumed that the current date matches the start date of the coupon issue period set in the coupon schedule table 9. Then, the issue flag F1 is set in the RAM 203 of the file processor 2 in the opening operation on that day.
[0068]
In this state, in the POS terminal 1, when a member registers a product to be purchased and inputs a closing key, the coupon flag in the member file data of the member is checked (ST10 in FIG. 11). When the coupon flag is “0”, that is, indicates that it has not been issued, the number of usable pieces by coupon type code of the member file data is checked. Then, the coupon 60 corresponding to the type code whose usable number is 1 or more is automatically printed and issued by the printer 118 for the usable number (ST11 in FIG. 11), and the coupon flag of the member file data is not issued. It is updated from “0” to issued “1” (ST12 and ST13 in FIG. 11).
[0069]
For example, for a member whose usable number for coupon type code “1” is “2” and whose usable number for coupon type code “2” is “1”, the coupon identified by coupon type code “1” is used. Two coupons 60 and one coupon 60 identified by the coupon type code “2” are issued. In addition, a coupon identified by the coupon type code “1” is given to a member whose available number for the coupon type code “1” is “3” and the available number for the coupon type code “2” is “0”. Three pieces of 60 are issued, and the coupon 60 identified by the coupon type code “2” is not issued.
[0070]
As shown in FIG. 14, the coupon 60 includes a coupon bar having the corresponding coupon type code as the most significant digit and the coupon number set in the coupon file 8 corresponding to the coupon type code as the lower digit. A code 63 is printed and issued.
[0071]
Here, the CPU 101 of the POS terminal 1 that executes the processes of ST10, ST11, and ST12 of the member registration service shown in FIG. 11 receives the member identification information (member number) of the member card 4 by the input means (card reader 5). Then, a coupon issue determination means for searching the member file 6 to determine whether the coupon has not been issued or not issued from the coupon flag, and when the issue determination means determines that the coupon has not been issued, the member identification information ( Coupon issue control means for issuing coupons of the type code set corresponding to (membership number) for each issued number, updating the flag to issued, and not issuing a coupon when it is determined that the coupon has been issued And configure.
[0072]
Thereafter, if the current date matches the day after the end date of the coupon issue period set in the coupon schedule table 9, the issue flag F1 is reset. Then, even if registration of a product purchased by a member who has not issued a coupon is executed at the POS terminal 1, no coupon is issued.
[0073]
Thereafter, it is assumed that the current date matches the start date of the coupon use period set in the coupon schedule table 9. Then, the use flag F2 is set in the RAM 203 of the file processor 2 in the opening operation on that day.
[0074]
In this state, when the card data of the member card 4 is read by the card reader 5 at the POS terminal 1, the type of coupon issued to the member within the immediately preceding coupon issuing period, along with the name of the member, and its The issued number is displayed on the front display 106 and the customer display 108.
[0075]
Here, when the member presents the coupon 60 and offers to purchase a product that can be discounted or discounted with the coupon 60, the cashier first scans the coupon barcode 63 of the coupon 60 with the scanner 117, and then the product. Scan and register a single barcode. Then, the sales price of the registered product is the rate of the coupon 60 only when the number of usable coupon type codes in the member file data of the member is 1 or more and the registered product is a target product of the coupon 60. Discount or discount processing is performed (ST33 in FIG. 12). Then, “1” is subtracted from the number of usable coupon type codes in the member file data of the member (ST32 in FIG. 12).
[0076]
If the number of usable coupon type codes is 0, the sales price of the registered product is not discounted or discounted at the coupon 60 rate.
[0077]
Thus, every time the coupon 60 is used and the target product is discounted or discounted, the usable number corresponding to the corresponding coupon type code in the customer's member file data is decremented by one. When the registration of the product purchased by the member is completed, the cashier presses the closing key. Then, the receipt of the current transaction is printed and issued by the printer 118. In addition, the member file data in which the amount of usable data corresponding to the coupon type code of the used coupon 60 is subtracted and updated at the same time as the sales amount data for each link department code is added and updated by the product registration is updated. 6 is overwritten (ST13 in FIG. 11).
[0078]
The above processing is repeated each time the member purchases a product purchased using the coupon 60 at each POS terminal 1. Therefore, the number of pieces of usable data by coupon type code of each member data registered in the member file 6 is set with the number of issued coupons of the same coupon type code at the opening of the coupon issue period start date. Then, for each member, the number of coupons used by the member during the coupon use period is counted by type. When the coupon use period ends, the coupon 60 having a usable number of 1 or more is a coupon 60 that was issued to the customer but was not used.
[0079]
Here, the CPU 101 of the POS terminal 1 that executes the process of ST32 of the purchased product registration process shown in FIG. 12 and the process of ST13 of the member registration work process shown in FIG. 11 and the member file 6 that the file processor 2 has are as follows. Based on the coupon data registered by the merchandise registration unit (scanner 117), a used coupon management means for managing the type and number of coupons 60 used by the member for each member is configured.
[0080]
After that, the sales management period in the next coupon service is entered again, and when the opening date is the next day after the end date, the coupon issuance number setting process is executed. At this time, the same type code calculated according to the sales amount is given to members who have available coupons for the coupon type code, that is, members who have coupons issued but not used in the previous coupon service. The number of issued coupons is set by subtracting the remaining number.
[0081]
For example, in the case of a member whose coupon type code “1” usable number data is “1” and coupon type code “2” is usable number data “0”, the coupon type codes “1” and “2” Assuming that the number of usable sheets determined from the total sales amount of the coupon target department code for each coupon 60 is “2”, the usable number data of the coupon type code “1” is “1”. The usable number data of the code “2” is “2”.
[0082]
As described above, according to the present embodiment, the type of coupon (coupon type code) to be issued to each member and the number of issued cards (available number) are set in the member file 6 of the file processor 2 for each member. Then, at the POS terminal 1, the coupon 60 of the type to be issued is issued for each member only once, so that the coupon 60 of the type that the member needs is issued to each member. It can be issued without any hassle. Accordingly, the coupon service can be efficiently implemented.
[0083]
Further, the type of coupon to be issued and the number of issued coupons set for each member are determined based on the accumulated sales amount of the products purchased by the member at the store. Therefore, for example, differentiation can be achieved by issuing more coupons to members with higher sales. In addition, the number of issued cards is determined by subtracting the amount not used in the previous coupon service. In other words, a large number of coupons of the same type are issued to members who often use the same type of coupons. Therefore, for example, it is possible to differentiate such that more types of coupons that are frequently used by members are issued to members with higher sales.
[0084]
In the above-described embodiment, the type of coupon to be issued and the number of issued coupons (available number) are determined according to the sales amount by department of each product, but only the type of coupon to be issued is determined, The present invention can also be applied to embodiments in which the number of issued sheets is a constant value.
[0085]
In the embodiment, the file processor 2 and the POS terminal 1 constructing the POS system constitute the coupon issuing device of the present invention. However, the member file 6, the single item file 7 and the coupon file 8 are stored in the POS terminal 1. By providing, the coupon issuing device of the present invention can be configured by a single POS terminal. Further, the POS terminal 1 and the coupon issuing apparatus of the present invention may be configured separately, and the two may be connected so as to be communicable by wire or wirelessly.
Of course, various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.
[0086]
【The invention's effect】
As described above in detail, according to the invention described in claim 1 of the present application, a coupon of the type necessary for the member can be issued to each member without trouble, and the coupon service is efficiently implemented. It is possible to provide a coupon issuing device that can
[0087]
According to the invention described in claim 2 of the present application, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 1 above, differentiation such as issuing more types of coupons to members with higher sales is achieved. There is an effect that can.
[0088]
In addition, the claims of the present application 3 According to the invention described above, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 1 above, it is possible to achieve differentiation such as issuing coupons of a type often used by the member to members with a large sales. There is an effect that can be done.
[0089]
In addition, according to the invention described in claim 4 of the present application, it is possible to issue a required number of coupons to each member without the need for trouble, and to efficiently implement the coupon service. Can provide a coupon issuing device.
[0090]
Further, according to the invention described in claim 5 of the present application, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 4 above, it is discriminated that a required number of coupons of a larger number are issued to members with higher sales. There is an effect that can be realized.
[0091]
Further, according to the invention described in claim 6 of the present application, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 4 above, the required number of types of coupons that the member often uses is issued to the member with high sales. There is an effect that can be differentiated.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a POS system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a view showing a data layout of a membership card used in the embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a view showing a data layout of a member file used in the embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a data layout of a single product file used in the embodiment.
FIG. 5 is a view showing a data layout of a coupon file used in the embodiment.
FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of a POS terminal according to the embodiment.
FIG. 7 is an exemplary block diagram showing the main configuration of the file processor according to the embodiment;
FIG. 8 is an exemplary view showing main memory areas formed in the RAM of the file processor in the embodiment.
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the main part of the store opening process executed by the CPU of the file processor in the embodiment;
10 is a flowchart specifically showing a coupon ticket issuing number setting process in FIG. 9;
FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a main part of member registration work processing executed by the CPU of the POS terminal in the embodiment;
12 is a flowchart specifically showing a purchased product registration process in FIG. 11;
FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a data layout of main messages exchanged between the POS terminal and the file processor in the embodiment.
FIG. 14 is a plan view showing an example of a coupon printed and issued from a POS terminal in the embodiment.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 ... POS terminal
2 ... File processor
3… Membership card
5 ... Card reader
6 ... Member file
7 ... Single item file
8 ... Coupon file
9 ... Coupon schedule table
60 ... Coupon
101, 201 ... CPU

Claims (6)

In the coupon issuing device that can issue multiple types of coupons,
Corresponding to the member identification information of the membership card distributed to each member, the type code of the coupon to be issued to that member, indicating whether all coupons to be issued to that member have not been issued or have been issued A member file to remember with the flag,
Input means for inputting member identification information of the member card;
When the member identification information of the member card is input by this input means, a coupon issue determination means for searching the member file and determining whether a coupon is not issued or issued from a flag corresponding to the member identification information;
If it is determined that the coupon is not issued by the issue determination means, the coupon file is issued with all the coupons of the type code set corresponding to the member identification information and the flag is updated to issued. Coupon issue control means that does not issue coupons when it is determined,
A coupon issuing device characterized by comprising: A product registration department for registering products purchased by each member;
A member-by-member sales accumulating means for accumulating the sales amount of products purchased by each member based on the product data registered in the product registration unit;
Issuing coupon setting means for determining the type of coupon to be issued to the member based on the sales amount accumulated by the member-based sales accumulating means for each member and setting in the member file;
The coupon issuing device according to claim 1, further comprising: The Product Registration Department includes a coupon registration function that each member used to purchase products.
For each member based on the coupon data registered in the product registration unit, the coupon management means for managing the type of coupon used by the member,
The issued coupon setting means determines the type of coupon to be issued to the member on the basis of the sales amount accumulated by the member-specific sales accumulating means for each member and the used coupon type managed by the used coupon managing means. 3. The coupon issuing device according to claim 2, wherein the coupon issuing device determines and sets the member file. In the coupon issuing device that can issue multiple types of coupons,
Flag indicating whether the coupon type code to be issued to the member corresponding to the member identification information of the membership card distributed to each member and the number of issued coupons are not issued or issued to the member A member file to remember with,
Input means for inputting member identification information of the member card;
When the member identification information of the member card is input by this input means, a coupon issue determination means for searching the member file and determining whether a coupon is not issued or issued from a flag corresponding to the member identification information;
If it is determined that the coupon has not been issued by the issue determination means, the coupon is issued for each issued number of coupons of the type code set corresponding to the member identification information in the member file, and the flag is updated to issued, A coupon issue control means for not issuing a coupon when it is determined that a coupon has been issued;
A coupon issuing device characterized by comprising: A product registration department for registering products purchased by each member;
A member-by-member sales accumulating means for accumulating the sales amount of the product purchased by the member for each member based on the product data registered in the product registration unit for each classification code for classifying each product,
Issuing coupon setting means for determining the type of coupon to be issued to the member based on the sales amount by classification code accumulated by the member-specific sales accumulating means for each member and setting the number of issued coupons in the member file;
The coupon issuing device according to claim 4, further comprising: The Product Registration Department includes a coupon registration function that each member used to purchase products.
For each member based on the coupon data registered in the product registration unit, a coupon management means for managing the type and number of coupons used by the member is provided.
The issued coupon setting means issues to each member based on the sales amount by classification code accumulated by the member-specific sales accumulating means for each member and the type and number of used coupons managed by the used coupon managing means. 6. The coupon issuing device according to claim 5, wherein said coupon issuing device is a means for determining a type of a coupon to be set and setting it in a member file.

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