JPS63225863A - Salary details inquiry processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enble an inquiring POS terminal equipment to directly receive and output salary details transmitted from a central processing unit, by providing the POS terminal equipment with an employee identification code input means and providing a controller with a identifying means which identifies the salary inquiry processing. CONSTITUTION:A salary details inquiry request message is generated in a control part in accordance with the emplyee identification code, which is inputted from a POS terminal equipment 5 and recognizes an employee, and is sent to a controller 4. The controller 4 identifies the inquiry request of salary details by an identification discrimination processing part 40 which identifies the inquiry processing based on the employee identification code, and this message is transmitted to a central processing unit 1 through a line as it is. The central processing unit 1 generates a response message consisting of salary details data corresponding to the employee identification code and transmits it to the POS terminal equipment 5 through the line. The POS terminal equipment 5 receives this response message to print out it by a printer or display out it on a display device as prescribed. Thus, data is kept secret.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] The present invention is a POS system that inputs an employee identification code from a POS terminal device and queries the central processing unit for salary slips. A code input means and an identification means for identifying salary inquiry processing are provided in the controller, so that the POS terminal device that made the inquiry can directly receive and output the salary statement transmitted from the central processing unit.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a pay statement inquiry processing method in a POS system, in which an employee identification code is input from a POS terminal device and a pay statement is inquired from a central processing unit.

Recently, POS systems have become widespread in the sales industry, in which a POS terminal device is placed in each store, and transaction data generated at each store is collected through a line to a central processing unit and processed at once.

However, although salaries for employees at stores distributed over a wide area could be paid by bank transfer, pay slips were usually sent by mail.

Therefore, it has become desirable to add to the POS system a delivery means for outputting pay slips by inputting an employee identification code, for example, an employee number, into the POS terminal.

[Conventional technology]

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a conventional POS system.

The central processing unit 111 is connected to a communication line via a network control unit (NCU) 3 and a modem device (MODEM) 2, which can automatically send and receive messages, and the line is connected to a controller 4 via the MODEM 2 and NCU 3.

The controller 4 has a transmission/reception control function for the central processing unit 1 and a transmission/reception control function for the POS terminal device 5 connected to the controller 4. 5
has only the line control function for controller 4.

When the POS terminal device 5 and the controller 4 are installed close to each other, such as in the same room, they may be connected by cable.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of a POS terminal device.

As shown in the figure, the POS terminal device 5 has a line control circuit 5 connected to a bus line of a control section 51 which is usually composed of a microprocessor.
2, keyboard 53, printer 54, display 55
, a speaker 56, and an internal memo 1J57.

When the POS system is used for sales transactions, transaction details such as product name, quantity, amount, etc. are entered by the operator from the keyboard 53, and the printer 54 prints the transaction details on journal paper and receipt paper.

The total amount of the transaction is displayed on the display 55, and detailed data of the transaction is sequentially stored in the internal memory 57.

The speaker 56 emits a signal sound to notify the completion of a given process, and notifies the occurrence of an abnormal condition by an alarm signal or the like.

The detailed transaction data stored in the internal memory 57 is once collected by the controller and transmitted via the line according to instructions from the central processing unit 1.

In addition, for inquiry processing such as inventory inquiry performed from these POS terminal devices 5, the transmitted and received data is recorded in the controller 4, and the response is sent from the central processing unit to the controller 4.
is sent to the POS terminal device 5 via the POS terminal device 5.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

In this conventional POS system, a controller intervenes in transmitting and receiving data between the POS terminal device and the central processing unit, the transaction data, inquiry data, etc. are recorded by the controller, and the controller sometimes responds to inquiries.
Data sent and received between the terminal device and the central processing unit was not directly sent and received.

Therefore, data that requires confidentiality, such as pay slips, cannot be sent or received using the POS terminal device.

The present invention was created in view of these points, and by sending an employee identification code such as an employee number from a POS terminal device, the controller transmits pay slip data corresponding to the employee code. The purpose of the present invention is to provide an inquiry processing method in which the POS terminal device directly receives and processes the inquiry without the involvement of the POS terminal.

[Means for solving problems]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the POS terminal device in the POS system is provided with an employee identification code input means, and the controller is provided with an identification means for identifying inquiry processing using the employee R identification code. Only perform line control for this purpose.

[Operation] A pay statement inquiry request message is created in the control unit using the employee identification code input from the r>os terminal device to recognize the employee, and is sent to the controller.

The controller uses the identification means for identifying the inquiry process based on the employee identification code to identify that it is a pay slip inquiry request, and sends the message as it is to the central processing unit via the line.

The central processing unit creates a response message consisting of the pay slip data corresponding to the employee R identification code and sends it via the line.
Send to OS terminal device.

The POS@device receives this response message and performs a predetermined output such as printing with a printer or displaying on a display.

In this manner, the controller handles the pay details separately from other transmitted and received data, thereby making it possible to protect the confidentiality of data transmitted and received between the POS terminal device and the central processing unit.

〔Example〕

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the pay slip inquiry processing method of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart of FIG. 1.

Note that the same reference numerals refer to the same objects throughout the plan.

As shown in FIG. 1, the controller 4 includes an identification processing section 40.
An employee identification code input processing section 50 is added to the POS terminal device 5.

An employee identification code input processing unit 50 added to the POS terminal device 5 is added to the conventional POS terminal device 5 shown in FIG. In addition to being entered as an input, if a magnetic card on which an employee identification code is recorded is read as input, a magnetic card reader is added, and a pay statement request message is created and sent.

The controller 4 sends this pay slip request message to the identification unit 40.
The inquiry request message is distinguished from other inquiry request messages and sent to the central processing unit 1.

The central processing unit 1 creates a response message to the pay statement request message and sends it to the controller 4, and the controller 4 identifies the response message to the pay statement request message and sends the pay statement request message to the POS terminal. Send to device 5.

The POS terminal W5 that has received this response message stores it in the internal memory 57 and then prints it with the printer 54 or
Alternatively, it is displayed on the display 55.

The flowchart in FIG. 2 shows the above-mentioned pay slip inquiry process.

FIG. 3 shows the configuration of the software processing means in the POS terminal device 5. As shown in FIG.

In addition to using the employee number input into the input processing section of the POS terminal device as the identification code for checking pay slips, the identification code can also be an identification code added for checking pay slips, or a PIN code. do.

If necessary, the output method in the POS terminal device 5 is also printed on receipt paper, but is performed using a special method different from the inquiry processing of the same area, which is not printed on journal paper.

The controller 4 also has the function of a POS terminal device 5,
Sometimes referred to as a master POS terminal, other POS terminals are referred to as slave POS terminals.

It goes without saying that the present invention can be applied not only to pay slip inquiry processing, but also to cases where different processing from other inquiry processing is required depending on the identification code.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, since pay slips can be checked using a POS terminal device, it is possible to eliminate the work of sending pay slips to scattered stores, thereby making it possible to significantly reduce costs and improve practical It is extremely useful.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the pay slip inquiry processing method of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a diagram explaining the software configuration of a POS terminal, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a conventional POS system, and FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of a POS terminal device. In the figure, 1 is a central processing unit, 4 is a controller, 5 is a POS terminal device, and 40 is an identification processing unit. l ty+ 70- +? -F Fig. 2 POS and equipment software configuration Fig. 3 Fig. 4 PO5j*Red b! Jari:) It ”i: % Tt'
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Claims (1)

[Claims] A central processing unit (1), a controller (4), and a POS
A terminal device (5), the POS terminal device (5)
transmits and receives data to the central processing unit (1) and transfers the data to the POS terminal (5) via the controller (4) to conduct a transaction, and the central processing unit (1) In a POS system that maintains employee salary information in correspondence with an employee identification code, the POS terminal device (5) is provided with an employee identification code input means (50), and the controller (4) is provided with the employee identification code input means (50). An identification means (40) for identifying inquiry processing using a code is provided, and a controller (40) is provided in the central processing unit (1).
The controller (4) is configured to send salary information for the employee identification code to the controller (4) in response to inquiry processing information from the identification means (4).
40), the salary inquiry processing performed between the POS terminal device (5) and the central processing unit (1) is identified, and only line control for transmission and reception is performed for the salary inquiry processing. Pay slip inquiry processing method.