JP4485920B2 - Point management device, point management system, and point management program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention manages the points (basic points) given by the headquarters that supervises a set of a plurality of stores and the points (private store points) given by each individual store in the headquarters for points having a value equivalent to money. The present invention relates to a point management device and a point management system. The present invention also relates to a point management program installed in such a point management apparatus.

  Point systems are used in various stores. This system is a system for giving a registered customer a point corresponding to the purchase price of a product or service purchased by the person. The given points have a value equivalent to money at the store, and can be used as all or part of the purchase price at the next purchase of goods or services, for example.

  In order to support such a point system, when merchandise sales data processing is performed, for example, predetermined data is read from a point card possessed by a registered customer, points are given according to the purchase price, or money for the point is calculated from the purchase price. A merchandise sales data processing apparatus such as a POS terminal that can perform a process such as subtraction has been put into practical use (see Patent Documents 1 and 2).

  On the other hand, when a plurality of stores gather, a shopping street and a shopping center are formed. In such a shopping street or shopping center, for example, a partnership is established with each store (in the present specification, such a store is referred to as a private store). For this reason, an original point system may be adopted also in a shopping street and a shopping center. As an example, such a point system is a system in which when a registered customer makes a purchase at a private store, points corresponding to the purchase price of goods or services purchased by the person are given as points of a shopping street or a shopping center. is there. Some merchandise sales data processing apparatuses such as POS terminals installed in individual exhibitions can support a point system adopted by such shopping centers and shopping centers.

JP 2001-290995 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 08-110935

  The point system of a shopping street or shopping center and the point system of each individual store are not linked, and management and operation are required independently. For this reason, even in a merchandise sales data processing device such as a POS terminal that supports the point system, if both point systems are supported, it is necessary to separately introduce both point system support programs. The processes executed based on the above are also processed separately and in parallel. For this reason, there is a problem that both point systems cannot be supported by a single product sales data processing apparatus, or even if they can be supported, it is difficult to introduce a program for that purpose.

  Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-151561 discloses a technique that allows a plurality of types of point systems with different point granting conditions to be managed and operated by a single product sales data processing apparatus. In Patent Document 2, the first membership number and the second membership number are stored in one membership card, and the first membership service and the second membership number are automatically used separately. A technique that enables processing of the second card business is disclosed. However, the techniques described in Patent Documents 1 and 2 do not provide a solution to the above problem.

  An object of the present invention is to centrally manage a point system of a shopping street or a shopping center and a point system of each individual store.

The point management device of the present invention includes a basic point that is given by a headquarters (for example, a shopping street, a shopping center, etc.) according to the purchase price of goods or services purchased by the person for a registered customer and the basic point. Separately from the individual stores in the headquarters (for example, stores affiliated with shopping streets and shopping centers, stores belonging to shopping streets and shopping centers, and associations with multiple stores to form shopping streets and shopping centers. The point management file that stores the individual store points, which are points given by the store, etc.) for each registered customer can be accessed, and data is transmitted via the network to the product sales data processing device installed in each individual store. Can be sent and received via the network together with the registered customer specific information from the merchandise sales data processing device. In response to the request, the basic point and the individual store point (or only the individual store point) of the registered customer are searched from the point management file, and the request is sent to the merchandise sales data processing apparatus via the network. In response to the sales data (or basic point data and the individual store point data) transmitted from the product sales data processing device via the network together with the registered customer specific information. The basic points and the individual store points of registered customers are updated separately and independently .

The point management system according to the present invention includes a server operated by a headquarters (for example, a shopping street, a shopping center, etc.) and an individual store in the headquarters (for example, a store, a shopping street, or a shopping center affiliated with a shopping street or a shopping center) Merchandise sales data processing apparatus installed in a store to which the merchant belongs, a shop that forms an association with a plurality of shops, and a shopping center or shopping center), and a network that connects the merchandise sales data processing apparatus and the server; Are provided. The server is a basic point that is given by the headquarters according to the purchase price of goods or services purchased by the person for a registered customer, and a point that the individual store gives separately from the basic point. The point management file that stores the individual store points for each registered customer can be accessed, data can be transmitted to and received from the product sales data processing device installed in each individual store via the network, and the product sales In response to a request transmitted via the network together with the registered customer specific information from the data processing device, the basic point and the individual store point (or only the individual store point) of the registered customer are retrieved from the point management file. To the requesting merchandise sales data processing device, and from the merchandise sales data processing device, the registered customer's Sales data transmitted over the network with the constant information (or base point data and the individual stores point data) in accordance with, independently of the base point and the individual stores points of the registered customer in the point management file to update to. The merchandise sales data processing device acquires specific information of a registered customer during the processing of merchandise sales data being executed, and means for transmitting / receiving data to / from the server via the network. During data processing, the acquired registered customer specific information is transmitted to the server via the network, and the registration customer's basic point and the individual store point (or only the individual store point) are requested to be transmitted. The received basic points and the individual store points can be used separately and independently during the product sales data processing being executed, and the sales data (or the product sales data processing The generated basic point data and the individual store point data) via the network To send to the over server.

According to the present invention, the basic points and the individual store points stored in the point management file for each registered customer can be independently updated along with the merchandise sales data processing at the individual stores. And the point system of each shopping center and the point system of each individual store can be centrally managed.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. This embodiment shows an application example to a point management system constructed between a shopping center 101 and a tenant 201 installed in the shopping center 101. Accordingly, the shopping center 101 is a “head office” and the tenant 201 is a “personal store”. The relationship between the shopping center 101 and the tenant 201 may be any type, such as an alliance or a belonging relationship. In this embodiment, an example of a system in which the shopping center 101 is provided as the “headquarters” and the tenant 201 is provided as the “individual store” will be described. However, the embodiment is not limited to this form. For example, the “headquarters” may be a shopping street or other organization. In addition, “individual stores” are stores that are affiliated with shopping streets and shopping centers, stores that belong to shopping streets and shopping centers, stores that have formed a union with multiple stores and built shopping streets and shopping centers, etc. Also good.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an entire point management system showing an embodiment of the present invention. The shopping center 101 is provided with a server 102 as a point management device. This server 102 functions as a tenant credit server. A POS terminal 202 as a product sales data processing apparatus installed in each tenant 201 is connected to the server 102 via a network 301. The server 102 can access data stored in the storage device 103. The storage device 103 is configured by a large-capacity HDD as an example, and a point management file 104 is stored in the storage device 103. The point management file 104 stores, for each registered customer, basic points that are points given by the shopping center 101 to registered customers and individual store points that are points given by the tenant 201 to registered customers.

  In FIG. 1, “customer A”, “customer B”,... Are registered customers. These registered customers are registered in the point management file 104 as data. The basic points are stored in the point management file 104 in association with each registered customer. In the example shown in FIG. 1, the basic points stored in association with the registered customer “customer A” are 1000 points, and the basic points stored in association with the registered customer “customer B” are 0 points. Individual store points are stored in the point management file 104 in association with each registered customer. In the example shown in FIG. 1, the individual store points of tenant 1 stored in association with the registered customer “customer A” are 3000 points, the individual store points of tenant 2 are 500 points,... Is 2000 points, the store point of Tenant 1 stored in association with “Customer B” who is a registered customer is 100 points, the store point of Tenant 2 is 0 points,... 0 points.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the server 102. The server 102 includes a CPU 105 that executes various arithmetic processes to centrally control each unit, a ROM 106 that stores various fixed data in a fixed manner, and a RAM 107 that stores various variable data in a rewritable manner. An input device 108 such as a keyboard and a mouse (not shown), a display device 109, an HDD 110, and a communication interface 111 are also connected to the CPU 105. A point management program 112 is installed in the HDD 110. The contents of this point management program 112 will be described later. The communication interface 111 enables communication with the POS terminal 202, which is an external device, via the network 301 (means for transmitting / receiving data to / from the POS terminal 202 via the network 301).

  The storage device 103 described above is also connected to the CPU 105. As a result, the CPU 105 enables the server 102 to access the point management file 104 (means and function for accessing the point management file 104).

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the POS terminal (product sales data processing apparatus). The POS terminal 202 includes a CPU 203 that executes various arithmetic processes and centrally controls each unit, a ROM 204 that stores various fixed data in a fixed manner, and a RAM 205 that stores various variable data in a rewritable manner. A keyboard 206, bar code scanner 207, operator display 208, customer display 209, card reader / writer 210, receipt journal printer 211, HDD 212, and communication interface 213 are also connected to the CPU 203. A point use program 214 is installed in the HDD 212. The contents of the point use program 214 will be described later. The communication interface 213 enables communication with the server 102 which is an external device via the network 301 (means for transmitting / receiving data to / from the server 102 via the network 301).

  The point management program 112 installed in the HDD 110 of the server 102 is moved to the RAM 107 and used when the server 102 is activated, for example. Similarly, the point use program 214 installed in the HDD 212 of the POS terminal 202 is transferred to the RAM 205 and used when the POS terminal 202 is activated, for example. Hereinafter, a point management process executed by the server 102 in accordance with the point management program 112 and a point use process executed by the POS terminal 202 in accordance with the point use program 214 will be described. In this description, FIG. 4 to FIG. 7 show examples of the state transition of the point management file 104, FIG. 8 shows a flow of point use processing in the POS terminal 202, and FIG. 9 to FIG. An example of a screen transition on the display 208 for an object is shown.

  FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the entire point management system showing the current state of “customer A” basic points and individual store points recorded in the point management file 104 by taking “customer A” as an example. As in the example shown in FIG. 1, the basic points stored in association with “Customer A” are 1000 points, and the individual store points of Tenant 1 stored in association with “Customer A” are 3000 points. , Tenant 2 has 500 points, and tenant n has 2000 points.

  FIG. 5 shows an example of the case where “Customer A” purchases an individual store point target product and an individual store point non-target product at “Tenant 1”, and the basics of “Customer A” recorded in the point management file 104 It is a schematic diagram of the whole point management system which shows the state transition of a point and an individual store point. In this example, “Customer A” purchases a 10,000 yen individual store point target product and a 5,000 yen individual store point non-target product at “Tenant 1”. In the point management file 104, from the state illustrated in FIG. 4, the basic points stored in association with “Customer A” increase by 150 points to 1150 points, and the tenant stored in association with “Customer A”. The number of individual store points increased by 100 points to 3100 points. In the present embodiment, the point is structured such that 1 point is awarded every time 100 yen is purchased. Also, when using individual store points, 1 point can be used as 1 yen.

  FIG. 6 shows an example in which “customer A” purchases a non-store point target product at “tenant 1” and allocates the retained points to a part of the purchase price. It is a schematic diagram of the whole point management system which shows the state transition of the basic point of a customer A ", and an individual store point. One example of this is the “Store A” that can be used at “Tenant 1” that was held before “Shopping A” after “Customer A” purchased a non-target item of ¥ 10,000 at “Tenant 1”. This is an example in which a certain 3000 points are used for payment. Accordingly, “Customer A” has used 3,000 yen as a point, and the purchase price of 10,000 yen is 7,000 yen. Therefore, in the point management file 104, from the state illustrated in FIG. 4, the basic points stored in association with “Customer A” increase by 70 points to 1070 points, and are stored in association with “Customer A”. Tenant 1's individual store points are reduced by 3000 points to 0 points.

  FIG. 7 shows an example of the case where “Customer A” purchases an individual store point target product at “Tenant 1” and allocates the retained points to a part of the purchase price. It is a schematic diagram of the whole point management system which shows the state transition of the basic point of A ", and an individual store point. One example of this is a single store point that can be used at “tenant 1” that was held before shopping after “customer A” purchased a 10,000 yen store target product at “tenant 1”. This is an example of using 3000 points for payment. Accordingly, “Customer A” has used 3,000 yen as a point, and the purchase price of 10,000 yen is 7,000 yen. Therefore, in the point management file 104, from the state illustrated in FIG. 4, the basic points stored in association with “Customer A” increase by 70 points to 1070 points, and are stored in association with “Customer A”. The number of private store points of Tenant 1 has increased by 70 points to 70 points after a decrease of 3000 points.

  As described above, as shown in FIGS. 4 to 7, the point management system according to the present embodiment can use various points.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the flow of the point use processing of “customer A” at the POS terminal 202 installed in “tenant 1”. In the POS terminal 202, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 8, when the input of the shopping product using the barcode scanner 207 or the like is started from the registration screen initial display (screen 1) in step S101, the registration of the shopping product is performed. (Tentative registration) is made (step S102). Accordingly, the display screen of the operator display 208 becomes a post-product registration screen (screen 2) (step S103). This processing is executed by the processing of the CPU 203 according to a product sales data processing program (not shown) installed in the HDD 212 of the POS terminal 202.

  FIG. 9 is an example of an initial screen (screen 1 in step S101 in FIG. 8) of the operator display 208 during the product registration process. This initial screen example includes a date display column 401 that displays the current date and time, a mode display column 402 that displays the current mode state, a detail display column 403 that displays the details of the registered product, and an elapsed amount that displays the elapsed amount information. A column 404, an amount display column 405 for displaying the charged amount, an operation instruction column 406 for instructing an operation to be executed, and the like are included.

  FIG. 10 is a post-product registration screen (screen 2 in step S103 in FIG. 8). The example shown in FIG. 10 shows an example in which a charged amount of 10,000 yen is generated. It can be seen that a charged amount of 10,000 yen has been generated by displaying the elapsed amount in the elapsed amount column 404 and displaying the amount charged at that time in the amount display column 405.

  The flowchart of FIG. 8 shows a flow in which a point card input declaration is made following step S103 (step S104). The point card input declaration is executed by key input on the keyboard 206 as an example. In the POS terminal 202, when the point input declaration is made, the point use program 214 is executed. By executing the point use program 214, first, the screen display of the operator display 208 becomes a point card input screen (screen 3) (step S105).

  FIG. 11 shows an example in which the point card input screen (screen 3 in step S105) is displayed on the operator display 208. On the point card input screen, a point registration pop-up 407 is displayed. This pop-up 407 displays an instruction “Please draw card”. This instruction indicates that the card for the member should be read by the card reader / writer 210 of the POS terminal 202. The member card is a card issued to registered customers registered in the point management file 104. As an example, this card is constituted by a magnetic card that magnetically records registered customer specific information, for example, an ID number.

  Therefore, in the POS terminal 202, the registered customer specific information recorded on the member card can be acquired by reading the card for the member by the card reader / writer 210 as shown in step S106 in FIG. (Means and functions for acquiring specific information of registered customers when processing merchandise sales data being executed). If the point use program 214 acquires the specific information of the registered customer at the POS terminal 202, the point use program 214 transmits the acquired specific information of the registered customer to the server 102 via the network 301, and the basic point and the individual store point of the registered customer. (Means and functions for requesting transmission of basic points and individual store points of registered customers).

  As another embodiment, when the point use program 214 acquires specific information of a registered customer at the POS terminal 202, the point use program 214 transmits the acquired specific information of the registered customer to the server 102 via the network 301. It is also possible to request transmission of only individual store points (means and function for requesting transmission of registered customer's individual store points).

  In the server 102, the point management program 112 is always running. When the point management program 112 receives a request for transmitting registered customer basic points and individual store points (or a request for transmitting only individual store points) transmitted from the POS terminal 202, the point management file 112 responds to the request with a point management file. The basic point and the individual store point (or only the individual store point) of the registered customer are searched from 104 and returned to the requesting POS terminal 202 (the registered customer point is searched and returned to the requesting POS terminal 202) Means, function).

  The point use program 214 of the POS terminal 202 that has requested transmission of the basic points and individual store points (or only individual store points) of the registered customer, the basic points and individual store points (or individual points) of the registered customer from the server 102. When the reception of the store point only) is determined, the received basic point and the individual store point (or only the individual store point) are made usable (means and function for making the received point usable). As an example, the process of making the received points usable is a process of displaying the received basic points and individual store points (or only the individual store points) on the POS terminal 202, for example, on the operator display 208 (notifying). As another example, it is executed by a process of making the individual store point usable as a part of money. Such processing is described in detail below.

  When the point use program 214 of the POS terminal 202 determines reception of the basic points and individual store points (or only individual store points) of the registered customer from the server 102, the screen display of the operator display 208 can be used. The store point display (screen 4) is set (step S107). The available individual store point display is a display of available individual store points displayed on the operator display 208. Although not shown in the flowchart of FIG. 8, for a basic point, when a certain point is reached, a process of issuing a point exchange ticket is executed as an example. The point exchange ticket may be printed and issued by, for example, the receipt journal printer 211, or may be printed and issued by a separate printer (not shown).

  At this time, as another embodiment, basic points may also be displayed on the operator display 208. In this way, the individual store point alone or the display of the individual store point and the basic point on the operator display 208 itself enables the received basic point and individual store point to be used. As an example, a usage mode in which a gift certificate is issued in a unit of a certain number of points is considered as a usage mode of basic points. In this case, for example, a point exchange ticket prepared in advance is handed over.

  FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the available individual store point display (screen 4 in step S107 in FIG. 8). As illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 4, the number of individual store points of “tenant 1” of “customer A” currently recorded in the point management file 104 is 3000 points. Therefore, a point display column 408 appears in FIG. 12, and 300 points are displayed in this point display column 408 as available points.

  The point use program 214 of the POS terminal 202 waits for the determination as to whether or not to use the individual store points as shown in step S108 of FIG. At this time, if a subtotal discount operation is performed at the POS terminal 202 by, for example, input using the keyboard 206, it is determined that the individual store point is used (Y in step S108), and the portion corresponding to the individual store point input by the subtotal discount operation is determined. Discount processing is executed (step S109). For example, if a discount process for 2000 points is executed for a purchase amount of 10,000 yen, 10,000 yen to 2,000 yen is discounted. Therefore, the point use program 214 of the POS terminal 202 shifts the display screen of the operator display 208 to the post-store point use screen (screen 5) in step S110.

  FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a screen after using individual store points (screen 5 at step S110 in FIG. 8). In the example described above, 2000 points of discount processing has been executed for the purchase amount of 10,000 yen. Therefore, in the operator display 208, the amount of subtotal discount is -2,000 in the elapsed amount column 404. Yen is displayed, and the amount displayed in the amount display column 405 for displaying the amount charged is 8,000 yen. Then, “Customer A” had 3000 individual store points in “Tenant 1” and used 2000 points, so the remaining points are 1000 points. Therefore, the available points displayed in the point display column 408 are updated to 1000 points.

  The point use program 214 of the POS terminal 202 causes the balance payment process to be executed as shown in step S111 in FIG. At this time, if it is determined in step S108 that the individual store point is not used, the processes in steps S109 and S110 are skipped. The balance payment process is performed, for example, by pressing a “deposit / current calculation key” (not shown) using the keyboard 206. Thereby, the point use program 214 of the POS terminal 202 shifts the display screen of the operator display 208 to the registration end screen (screen 6) in step S112.

  FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a registration end screen (screen 6 at step S112 in FIG. 8). On the registration end screen, the elapsed money amount column 404 is deleted, and the transaction details are displayed in the detail display column 403.

  Here, although not shown in the flowchart of FIG. 8, the point use program 214 of the POS terminal 202, for example, after the process of step S111, together with the corresponding registered customer specific information, sales data (or the merchandise sales data process) The generated basic point data and individual store point data) are transmitted to the server 102 via the network 301 (means for transmitting sales data (or basic point data and individual store point data) to the server 102 via the network 301, function). Then, the point management program 112 of the server 102 determines the basic points and individual store points of the registered customer in the point management file 104 in accordance with the received sales data (or basic point data and final individual store point data). Update (means and function to update basic points and individual store points of registered customers). At this time, for individual store points, necessity of updating individual store points may be determined for each product. Such a process for determining whether or not to update individual store points may be executed on the POS terminal 202 side or on the server 102 side. When the determination process of necessity of individual store points is executed on the server 102 side, as an example, a product type file (not shown) that defines the necessity of updating individual store points for each product is stored in the storage device 103, for example. The server 102 refers to the product type file and determines whether or not to update the individual store points according to the product included in the received sales data. When the determination process of whether or not individual store points need to be updated is executed on the POS terminal 202 side, a product type file (not shown) that defines whether or not individual store points need to be updated is provided in the HDD 212, for example. Whether or not to update individual store points is determined according to the product registered for sales. Then, when the sales data is transmitted to the server 102, identification information indicating whether or not the individual store points should be updated is accompanied. The server 102 can determine whether or not it is necessary to update the individual store points by referring to the identification information.

1 is a block diagram of an entire point management system showing an embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram of a server (point management device). It is a block diagram of a POS terminal (product sales data processing device). It is a schematic diagram of the entire point management system showing the current state of basic points and individual store points of “customer A” recorded in the point management file, taking “customer A” as an example. Taking “Customer A” as “Tenant 1” and purchasing a single store point target product and a non-store point target product as an example, the basic points and single store points of “Customer A” recorded in the point management file It is a schematic diagram of the whole point management system which shows the state transition. The basics of “Customer A” recorded in the point management file, taking as an example the case where “Customer A” purchases a non-store point product at “Tenant 1” and uses the retained points as part of the purchase price. It is a schematic diagram of the whole point management system which shows the state transition of a point and an individual store point. The basic point of “Customer A” recorded in the point management file is an example of the case where “Customer A” purchases an individual store point product at “Tenant 1” and uses the retained points as part of the purchase price. It is a schematic diagram of the whole point management system which shows the state transition of a store point. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the point utilization process in a POS terminal (product sales data processing apparatus). It is a schematic diagram of the screen 1 displayed in step S101 in the flowchart shown in FIG. It is a schematic diagram of the screen 2 displayed at step S103 in the flowchart shown in FIG. It is a schematic diagram of the screen 3 displayed at step S105 in the flowchart shown in FIG. It is a schematic diagram of the screen 4 displayed in step S107 in the flowchart shown in FIG. It is a schematic diagram of the screen 5 displayed in step S110 in the flowchart shown in FIG. It is a schematic diagram of the screen 6 displayed at step S112 in the flowchart shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

101: head office (shopping center), 102: server, 104: point management file, 201: individual store (tenant), 202: merchandise sales data processing device (POS terminal), 301: network

Claims (19)

Basic points that are given by the headquarters according to the purchase price of goods or services purchased by the person to the registered customer and points that are given by the individual stores in the headquarters separately from the basic points Means for accessing a point management file for storing individual store points for each registered customer;
Means for transmitting / receiving data via a network to / from a product sales data processing device installed in each individual store;
In response to a request transmitted from the product sales data processing device together with the registered customer specific information via the network, the individual store points of the registered customer are searched from the point management file and the product sales data of the request source Means for returning to the processing device via the network;
The basic point and the individual store point of the registered customer in the point management file are updated independently according to the sales data transmitted through the network together with the registered customer specific information from the merchandise sales data processing device. Means,
A point management device comprising: Basic points that are given by the headquarters according to the purchase price of goods or services purchased by the person to the registered customer and points that are given by the individual stores in the headquarters separately from the basic points Means for accessing a point management file for storing individual store points for each registered customer;
Means for transmitting / receiving data via a network to / from a product sales data processing device installed in each individual store;
In response to a request transmitted from the merchandise sales data processing apparatus via the network together with the specific information of the registered customer, the basic point and the individual store point of the registered customer are searched from the point management file and the request source Means for sending a reply to the merchandise sales data processing device via the network;
The basic point and the individual store point of the registered customer in the point management file are updated independently according to the sales data transmitted through the network together with the registered customer specific information from the merchandise sales data processing device. Means,
A point management device comprising: Basic points that are given by the headquarters according to the purchase price of goods or services purchased by the person to the registered customer and points that are given by the individual stores in the headquarters separately from the basic points Means for accessing a point management file for storing individual store points for each registered customer;
Means for transmitting / receiving data via a network to / from a product sales data processing device installed in each individual store;
In response to a request transmitted from the product sales data processing device together with the registered customer specific information via the network, the individual store points of the registered customer are searched from the point management file and the product sales data of the request source Means for returning to the processing device via the network;
The basic points and the individual store points of the registered customer in the point management file according to the basic point data and the individual store point data transmitted through the network together with the registered customer specific information from the commodity sales data processing device. And a means for independently updating the point management device. Basic points that are given by the headquarters according to the purchase price of goods or services purchased by the person to the registered customer and points that are given by the individual stores in the headquarters separately from the basic points Means for accessing a point management file for storing individual store points for each registered customer;
Means for transmitting / receiving data via a network to / from a product sales data processing device installed in each individual store;
In response to a request transmitted from the merchandise sales data processing apparatus via the network together with the specific information of the registered customer, the basic point and the individual store point of the registered customer are searched from the point management file and the request source Means for sending a reply to the merchandise sales data processing device via the network;
The basic points and the individual store points of the registered customer in the point management file according to the basic point data and the individual store point data transmitted through the network together with the registered customer specific information from the commodity sales data processing device. And a means for independently updating the point management device.   The product type file that defines the necessity of updating the individual store points for each product is referred to, and whether or not the individual store points are updated is determined according to the products included in the received sales data. 3. The point management device according to 3 or 4.   The presence / absence of update of the individual store point is determined according to identification information as to whether or not the individual store point accompanying the sales data from the product sales data processing device should be updated. 4. The point management device according to 4. A server operated by the headquarters,
A merchandise sales data processing device installed in a private store in the headquarters;
A network connecting the product sales data processing device and the server;
Comprising
The server
Basic points that are given by the headquarters according to the purchase price of goods or services purchased by the person to the registered customer and points that are given by the individual stores in the headquarters separately from the basic points Means for accessing a point management file for storing individual store points for each registered customer;
Means for transmitting and receiving data to and from the product sales data processing apparatus installed in each individual store via the network;
In response to a request transmitted from the product sales data processing device together with the registered customer specific information via the network, the individual store points of the registered customer are searched from the point management file and the product sales data of the request source Means for returning to the processing device;
The basic point and the individual store point of the registered customer in the point management file are updated independently according to the sales data transmitted through the network together with the registered customer specific information from the merchandise sales data processing device. Means,
Comprising
The merchandise sales data processing device includes:
Means for transmitting and receiving data to and from the server via the network;
A means for acquiring specific information of registered customers in the processing of product sales data being executed;
Means for transmitting the acquired registered customer specific information to the server via the network and requesting transmission of the registered customer's individual store points during the merchandise sales data processing being executed;
Means for enabling use of the received individual store points when processing the product sales data being executed;
Means for transmitting the sales data to the server via the network in the merchandise sales data processing being executed;
Comprising
Point management system. A server operated by the headquarters,
A merchandise sales data processing device installed in a private store in the headquarters;
A network connecting the product sales data processing device and the server;
Comprising
The server
Basic points that are given by the headquarters according to the purchase price of goods or services purchased by the person to the registered customer and points that are given by the individual stores in the headquarters separately from the basic points Means for accessing a point management file for storing individual store points for each registered customer;
Means for transmitting and receiving data to and from the product sales data processing apparatus installed in each individual store via the network;
In response to a request transmitted from the merchandise sales data processing apparatus via the network together with the specific information of the registered customer, the basic point and the individual store point of the registered customer are searched from the point management file and the request source Means for replying to the merchandise sales data processing device;
The basic point and the individual store point of the registered customer in the point management file are updated independently according to the sales data transmitted through the network together with the registered customer specific information from the merchandise sales data processing device. Means,
Comprising
The merchandise sales data processing device includes:
Means for transmitting and receiving data to and from the server via the network;
A means for acquiring specific information of registered customers in the processing of product sales data being executed;
Means for transmitting the acquired registered customer specific information to the server via the network, and requesting transmission of the basic points and the individual store points of the registered customers during the product sales data processing being executed;
Means for enabling the received basic point and the individual store point to be used separately and independently during the merchandise sales data processing in progress;
Means for transmitting the sales data to the server via the network when the product sales data is being processed;
Comprising
Point management system. A server operated by the headquarters,
A merchandise sales data processing device installed in a private store in the headquarters;
A network connecting the product sales data processing device and the server;
Comprising
The server
Basic points that are given by the headquarters according to the purchase price of goods or services purchased by the person to the registered customer and points that are given by the individual stores in the headquarters separately from the basic points Means for accessing a point management file for storing individual store points for each registered customer;
Means for transmitting and receiving data to and from the product sales data processing apparatus installed in each individual store via the network;
In response to a request transmitted from the product sales data processing device together with the registered customer specific information via the network, the individual store points of the registered customer are searched from the point management file and the product sales data of the request source Means for returning to the processing device;
The basic points and the individual store points of the registered customer in the point management file according to the basic point data and the individual store point data transmitted through the network together with the registered customer specific information from the commodity sales data processing device. Means for independently updating
The merchandise sales data processing device includes:
Means for transmitting and receiving data to and from the server via the network;
A means for acquiring specific information of registered customers in the processing of product sales data being executed;
Means for transmitting the acquired registered customer specific information to the server via the network and requesting transmission of the registered customer's individual store points during the merchandise sales data processing being executed;
Means for enabling use of the received individual store points when processing the product sales data being executed;
Means for transmitting the basic point data and individual store point data generated by the product sales data processing to the server via the network in the product sales data processing being executed;
Comprising
Point management system. A server operated by the headquarters,
A merchandise sales data processing device installed in a private store in the headquarters;
A network connecting the product sales data processing device and the server;
Comprising
The server
Basic points that are given by the headquarters according to the purchase price of goods or services purchased by the person to the registered customer and points that are given by the individual stores in the headquarters separately from the basic points Means for accessing a point management file for storing individual store points for each registered customer;
Means for transmitting and receiving data to and from the product sales data processing apparatus installed in each individual store via the network;
In response to a request transmitted from the merchandise sales data processing apparatus via the network together with the specific information of the registered customer, the basic point and the individual store point of the registered customer are searched from the point management file and the request source Means for replying to the merchandise sales data processing device;
The basic points and the individual store points of the registered customer in the point management file according to the basic point data and the individual store point data transmitted through the network together with the registered customer specific information from the commodity sales data processing device. Means for independently updating
The merchandise sales data processing device includes:
Means for transmitting and receiving data to and from the server via the network;
A means for acquiring specific information of registered customers in the processing of product sales data being executed;
Means for transmitting the acquired registered customer specific information to the server via the network, and requesting transmission of the basic points and the individual store points of the registered customers during the product sales data processing being executed;
Means for enabling the received basic points and the individual store points to be used separately and independently during the product sales data processing being executed;
Means for transmitting the basic point data and individual store point data generated by the product sales data processing to the server via the network in the product sales data processing being executed;
Comprising
Point management system.   The server refers to a product type file that defines whether or not the individual store points need to be updated for each product, and determines whether or not to update the individual store points according to the products included in the received sales data. Item 7. The point management system according to claim 8, 8, 9 or 10. The merchandise sales data processing device is accompanied by identification information indicating whether or not the individual store points need to be updated in the sales data,
The server determines whether to update the individual store point according to the identification information.
The point management system according to claim 7, 8, 9 or 10. The point management system according to claim 8 or 10, wherein the merchandise sales data processing device makes the basic point usable by notifying the basic point. The point management system according to claim 7, 8, 9, or 10, wherein the merchandise sales data processing device makes the individual store point usable by notifying the individual store point. The said merchandise sales data processing apparatus makes the said individual store point usable by subtracting the money corresponding to the said individual store point from the sales amount in the merchandise sales data processing being performed. The point management system described. Basic points that are given by the headquarters according to the purchase price of goods or services purchased by the person to the registered customer and points that are given by the individual stores in the headquarters separately from the basic points Means for accessing a point management file for storing individual store points for each registered customer;
Means for transmitting and receiving data to and from the product sales data processing device installed in each individual store via a network;
Installed in a computer included in the point management device comprising:
In response to a request transmitted from the product sales data processing device together with the registered customer specific information via the network, the individual store points of the registered customer are searched from the point management file and the product sales data of the request source A function of sending a reply to the processing device via the network;
The basic point and the individual store point of the registered customer in the point management file are updated independently according to the sales data transmitted through the network together with the registered customer specific information from the merchandise sales data processing device. Function and
Point management program to execute Basic points that are given by the headquarters according to the purchase price of goods or services purchased by the person to the registered customer and points that are given by the individual stores in the headquarters separately from the basic points Means for accessing a point management file for storing individual store points for each registered customer;
Means for transmitting / receiving data via a network to / from a product sales data processing device installed in each individual store;
Installed in a computer included in the point management device comprising:
In response to a request transmitted from the merchandise sales data processing apparatus via the network together with the specific information of the registered customer, the basic point and the individual store point of the registered customer are searched from the point management file and the request source A function of sending a reply to the product sales data processing device via the network;
The basic point and the individual store point of the registered customer in the point management file are updated independently according to the sales data transmitted through the network together with the registered customer specific information from the merchandise sales data processing device. Function and
Point management program that runs Basic points that are given by the headquarters according to the purchase price of goods or services purchased by the person to the registered customer and points that are given by the individual stores in the headquarters separately from the basic points Means for accessing a point management file for storing individual store points for each registered customer;
Means for transmitting and receiving data to and from the product sales data processing device installed in each individual store via a network;
Installed in a computer included in the point management device comprising:
In response to a request transmitted from the product sales data processing device together with the registered customer specific information via the network, the individual store points of the registered customer are searched from the point management file and the product sales data of the request source A function of sending a reply to the processing device via the network;
The basic points and the individual store points of the registered customer in the point management file according to the basic point data and the individual store point data transmitted through the network together with the registered customer specific information from the commodity sales data processing device. separate independently updating the function, the point management program to be executed. Basic points that are given by the headquarters according to the purchase price of goods or services purchased by the person to the registered customer and points that are given by the individual stores in the headquarters separately from the basic points Means for accessing a point management file for storing individual store points for each registered customer;
Means for transmitting / receiving data via a network to / from a product sales data processing device installed in each individual store;
Installed in a computer included in the point management device comprising:
In response to a request transmitted from the merchandise sales data processing apparatus via the network together with the specific information of the registered customer, the basic point and the individual store point of the registered customer are searched from the point management file and the request source A function of sending a reply to the product sales data processing device via the network;
The basic points and the individual store points of the registered customer in the point management file according to the basic point data and the individual store point data transmitted through the network together with the registered customer specific information from the commodity sales data processing device. separate independently updating the function, the point management program to be executed.

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