JPH02245893A - Pos device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To effectively collect customer management data for sales promotion with a prepaid card by providing the prepaid card with customer identification data, and the limited balance on a storage area in a POS device respectively. CONSTITUTION:The customer identification data 9 and the used balance 10 are set respectively in fixed data 7 and a user area in the prepaid card. Then, the prepaid card is read out by using a card reader/writer 2, and the used balance and the paid total amount are compared, and if (used balance) > (paid total amount), (used balance) - (paid total amount) is made the used balance, and if (used balance) <= (paid total amount), the used balance is made 0. Next, the used balance and the limited balance are compared, and if (used balance) <=(limited balance), a log including the customer identification data is generated and written in a filing device 3, and finally, the used balance is written in the prepaid card. The log outputted to the filing device 3 is sent to a high-order station through a transmission line 4. Thus, the customer management data for sales promotion by the prepaid card can be effectively collected.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention reads a prepaid card in which customer identification data is stored using a prepaid card reader/writer.
The present invention relates to a PO8 device that creates a log containing customer identification data.

[Conventional technology]

Conventional prepaid cards store the usage balance at the time of purchase of the prepaid card, and the payment is completed by subtracting the usage amount at the time of use of the prepaid card from the usage balance.

Note that related devices of this type include, for example,
There is Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 165990/1983.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The above-mentioned conventional technology does not take account of usage by specific customers, and there are problems with specific customer management.

An object of the present invention is to effectively collect customer management data for sales promotion using prepaid cards.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above objective, customer identification data is provided in the prepaid card and a balance limit is provided in the storage area within the PoS device.

[For production]

The balance limit set in the storage area within the POS device is used for comparison with the usage balance in the prepaid card. If the usage balance is smaller than the balance limit, a log containing customer identification data set in the prepaid card is output to the file device.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

Figure 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration.
A card reader/writer 2 and a file device 3 are connected to the PO8 device 1, and the PO8 device 1 is connected to an upper station through a transmission line 4.

FIG. 2 shows the magnetic data format within a prepaid card. Magnetic card data 5 is system manufacturer code 6
It consists of fixed data 7 and user area 8. Customer identification data 9 is set in the fixed data 7, and usage balance 10 is set in the user area.

FIG. 3 shows prepaid card processing in payment. n
The prepaid card is read using the card reader/writer 2 at l. The usage balance and the total payment amount are compared in n2, and if the usage balance > the total payment amount, the usage balance - the total payment amount is set as the usage balance in n3, and if the usage balance ≦ the total payment amount, the usage balance is set to O in n4.

Next, in n5, the usage balance and the balance limit are compared, and if the usage balance is ≦ the balance limit, a log including customer identification data is created and written to the file device 3 in n6.

Finally, use nl to write the balance to your prepaid card.

The log output to the file device is sent to the upper station through the transmission line 4.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, since a log that matches the usage cycle of the prepaid card is output, it is possible to effectively collect customer management data for sales promotion using the prepaid card.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 is a configuration diagram of a POS device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
The diagram is a diagram of the magnetic data format in a prepaid card.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart of prepaid card processing in payment. Explanation of symbols 1...PO8 device, 2...Card reader/writer, 5
...Magnetic data format. 1st Abuse 3rd Court”

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a POS device that has a prepaid card reader/writer and a file output device, customer identification data is stored in the prepaid card, a balance limit is stored in the POS storage device, and the usage balance of the prepaid card payer after the sale is A POS device that outputs a log containing customer identification data to a file output device when the balance becomes less than a limit amount.