CN112559396A

CN112559396A - Method for shared use of cashier peripherals

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Publication number: CN112559396A
Application number: CN201910915290.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 金宏明
Original assignee: Yingli Dufu Information System Shanghai Co ltd
Current assignee: Aisino Dudley information systems (Shanghai) Co.,Ltd.
Priority date: 2019-09-26
Filing date: 2019-09-26
Publication date: 2021-03-26

Abstract

Traditional retail enterprises are generally equipped with at least one cash register above a POS (point of sale) in a sales place, each cash register is labeled with a scanning gun, a printer, a card swiping machine, a cash box and the like, and even more than dozens of sets of same equipment are needed in a large sales place scene, so that all the same functions can be finished in each cash register channel. However, with the continuous evolution of technology and new retail, merchants have few peripherals but must be equipped with related equipment such as card readers, cash boxes and the like, but the utilization rate of the peripherals is greatly reduced, and in fact, the peripherals cause great waste. Aiming at the problems, the invention provides a method for sharing the cash register peripheral, which is applicable to retail scenes of different scales. According to the method, all peripherals are packaged into standard equipment, standard interfaces are exposed, the calling difficulty is simplified, most importantly, by sharing the peripherals, the purchasing and maintenance cost is reduced, the service level is not reduced, meanwhile, the space can be further released, and the cash can be more easily moved.

Description

Method for shared use of cashier peripherals

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of internet new retail, in particular to a method for sharing and using a cashier peripheral of a new retail intelligent store.

Background

With the development of technology, some new operating systems appear on the market and gradually become mainstream, such as Android. Android has become one of the mainstream operating systems on hardware devices, especially mobile devices, because it is free, small, and has low requirements for hardware. More and more Android body shadows are seen on a large self-service terminal. However, in the traditional retail field, software products are still concentrated on the Windows environment platform, which obviously does not meet the current market demand. It becomes important to support new software platforms, and in particular to be able to support mobile platforms, to accommodate today's market environment. Conventional retailers, in order to maintain a consistent experience across all customers, have to be provided with a large number of peripherals that vary in function and software. However, with the continuous evolution of technology and new retail, the shopping and payment habits of people are changed, and the direct expression is that people rarely swipe cards and cash is rarely used during shopping, but in order to ensure that all customers can enjoy the required services, the merchant still needs to be equipped with related equipment such as a card swiping machine, a cash box and the like, but the utilization rate is greatly reduced, and in fact, the waste is very large. In addition, most people are used to operate mobile devices, but some devices such as cashboxes and printers cannot be changed in terms of portability, and how to utilize the devices is a current dilemma.

Disclosure of Invention

Aiming at the problems, the invention provides a method for sharing and using a cashier peripheral. The method encapsulates all peripherals into standard equipment, exposes standard interfaces, performs centralized management, simplifies the calling difficulty, and most importantly, by sharing the peripherals, the method reduces the purchase and maintenance cost, does not reduce the service level, and can release space further to make the cash collection easier.

The invention relates to a method for sharing and using cashier peripherals of retail stores, wherein all peripherals are packaged into standard equipment, standard interfaces are exposed, and calling difficulty is simplified. All interfaces are functions which are necessary to be used in the cash register business, the interfaces which cannot be used are not exposed, all the concrete steps of hardware operation are finished by service, and the access end calls the functions as required. The user side is not concerned with the start and stop of the equipment and other management operations which are not related to own services.

The method is characterized in that an independent server is deployed to access all peripheral equipment, illegal requests are shielded through a safe and controllable authorization mechanism, and the aim of sharing access is achieved by coordinating and calling the sequence.

The method is characterized in that whether the access requests of other access terminals are received or not is distinguished through an exclusive mode and a non-exclusive mode. The access rights of the peripheral are granted both manually and automatically.

The method is characterized in that the control right of the equipment is automatically released after a certain time after the use is finished, and the manual control process is that the two accessing parties finish the switching of the control right by applying for one confirmation through handshake information.

The method is characterized in that when the state of the peripheral changes, the peripheral is notified to a concerned party, namely an information subscriber, through event push of a long connection.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following characteristics:

all devices are managed in a centralized manner, a specific server is not relied on, the storage positions of the devices are not limited by space, the requirements on the servers of the devices are not high, the energy consumption is not high, and a general data box can meet the conditions as long as enough abundant peripheral interfaces such as USB, COM, LPT interfaces and the like are provided;

access is subject to security control, with a coordination mechanism to coordinate conflicts of simultaneous invocation of multiple parties. And adopting a plurality of control modes, such as exclusive, sharing, control application and the like.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a method for sharing use of a cash register peripheral provided by the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a many-to-many n: m mode in a complex scenario.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a coordinated shared access conflict provided by the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an EFT apparatus docking provided by the present invention.

Detailed Description

The invention aims to provide a method for centralized management and shared use of cash register peripherals of a new retail intelligent store to reduce the number of devices and improve the use rate.

In order to enhance the understanding of the present invention, the present invention will be further described in detail with reference to the following examples, which are provided for illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 1, in the simplest case, the mobile client may connect directly to any device server available in its WIFI network without the need for a device remote management service back office. The connection is initiated by the client. The connection information is set by realizing the code scanning entry of the prepared two-dimensional code or through a setting interface of the client.

If the device remote management service background exists, all the mobile client and the local device service are connected to the device remote management service background. The local device server can identify the mobile client, for example, via an NFC tag attached to the tablet and an integrated card reader connected in the local device service, and notify the device management server that the client applies for immediate connection to the local device server. The device remote management service backend, upon receiving the request and checking for authorization approval, notifies the client to connect to a local device server that previously sent a notification to the remote backend.

As shown in fig. 2, in the most complex case, multiple clients can access multiple devices provided by local device services, and a many-to-many usage pattern is implemented. The device access conflict is realized by a negotiation mechanism of the service side master control, and the specific connection and negotiation mechanism is shown in fig. 3.

As shown in fig. 3, the mobile terminal 1 initiates a connection and applies for monopolizing all or specified devices, and starts to use after the occupation is successful. At this time, the mobile terminal 2 initiates a connection and applies for occupation of the device, the mobile terminal 1 can choose to reject the device after receiving the request, and then continue to occupy the device, or choose to accept the device, and then release the control right of the device by itself, the mobile terminal 2 obtains the control right, and if the mobile terminal 1 does not respond within the specified time, the control right can also be released to other requesters.

As shown in fig. 4, a generic cashier peripheral may encapsulate a unified behavior and interface based on some industry standard interfaces such as OPOS and JAVAPOS. Besides a common cash register, the most complex and the highest security requirement is the support of a card swiping payment device, and the integration characteristics of the EFT device are as follows:

following a message-centric approach, a client communicating with the EFT device must prepare and digest the original EFT message;

the EFT implementation in the device server handles only the communication. It receives raw EFT messages from the client and forwards them to the EFT device and vice versa.

The EFT implementation in the device server must follow the following communication pattern:

-an initial request: a request initially sent by the client to initiate an EFT transaction;

-the device requests: the EFT device may request that the user provide additional input, or wish to send data to other peripheral devices, such as a cash register display or printer, which must have been forwarded to the client;

-the device responds: the client responds to the device request by sending a device response containing information whether the interaction with the user or the peripheral device was successful;

-a final response: the final response of the EFT, indicating that the transaction is complete, contains the overall outcome information and is forwarded to the client.

Claims

1. A method for sharing and using cashier peripherals is characterized in that all cashier peripherals are simplified and packaged into standard cashier equipment, standard interfaces are exposed, calling difficulty is simplified, access terminals apply for authorization coordination of service sides through service master control, and peripheral event notification is used for realizing peripheral sharing.

2. The method for the shared use of the cashier peripherals according to claim 1, wherein the cashier peripherals are simply packaged into standard cashier equipment for all cashier peripherals, standard interfaces are exposed, and calling difficulty is simplified.

3. The method for the shared use of the cashier's peripheral equipment according to claim 1, wherein the access terminal initiates application for authorization coordination at the service side through service master control, and is characterized in that an independent server is deployed to access all peripheral equipment, illegal requests are shielded through a safe and controllable authorization mechanism, and the purpose of shared access is achieved through coordination and calling of the sequence.

4. The method for the shared use of the cashier peripheral according to claim 3, wherein the coordination calling sequence achieves the purpose of shared access, and is characterized in that whether to receive access requests of other access terminals is distinguished through an exclusive mode and a non-exclusive mode, and the access authority of the peripheral is authorized in a manual and automatic mode.

5. The method for the shared use of the cashier peripheral according to claim 4, wherein the access right of the peripheral is authorized in a manual and automatic manner, and the method is characterized in that the device control right is automatically released after a certain time elapses after the use is completed, and the manual control process is a process in which the access parties complete the switching of the control right by applying for a confirmation through handshake information.

6. The method for shared use of the cashier peripheral according to claim 1, wherein the peripheral event notification is used to implement peripheral sharing, and is characterized in that when the peripheral changes its state, the peripheral is notified to the interested party, also called the information subscriber, through a long-connection event push.