EP0267614A2 - Einrichtung zur Verwaltung von Verkaufsstellenterminalgruppen - Google Patents

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EP0267614A2
EP0267614A2 EP87116727A EP87116727A EP0267614A2 EP 0267614 A2 EP0267614 A2 EP 0267614A2 EP 87116727 A EP87116727 A EP 87116727A EP 87116727 A EP87116727 A EP 87116727A EP 0267614 A2 EP0267614 A2 EP 0267614A2
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Toshifumi Omron Tateisi Electronics Co. Tanaka
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  • the present invention relates to a POS (point-of-sales) terminal group management device, and more specifically to a POS terminal group management device connected to both a plurality of POS terminal devices for registering data related to commodities (inclusive of services) and a sales management device for managing sales in stores.
  • POS point-of-sales
  • POS terminal devices are equipped in a large store such as supermarket. These POS terminal devices are connected to a sales management device for managing sales via a POS terminal group management device. On the basis of setting messages from the sales management device, information indicative of an range of data to be collected in checking sales situation or in exactly calculating sales is determined. On the basis of the determined range, sales data of each POS terminal device are collected and transmitted to the sales management device.
  • a mamory unit of the POS terminal are kept sorted, while after the sales are exactly calculated, data stored in a memory unit of the POS terminal are cleared.
  • POS terminal group management device which can collect necessary data from POS terminal devices and transmit collected data to a sale management device.
  • a POS teminal group management device of the present invention is connected to both a plurality of POS terminal devices for registering data related to commodities and totalizing the registered data and a sales management device for managing sales, and comprises (a) storing means for previously storing totalization pattern information indicative of collection ranges of collected and totalized data for each POS terminal device; (b) commanding means for commanding the POS terminal device to transmit totalized data, and (c) control means for requesting transmission of necessary totalized data in accordance with totalization pattern information stored in said storing means in response to a command from said commanding means for each POS terminal device, and controlling transmission of the totalized data to said sales management device whenver the totalized data are transmitted from said POS terminal devices.
  • the POS terminal group management device when transmission of totalized data is commanded, the POS terminal group management device requires necessary data transmission in accordance with totalization pattern information stored for each POS terminal device.
  • the collected data are transmitted to the sales management device from the POS terminal group management device. Therefore, it is possible to eliminate unnecessary data transmission, to quickly obtain processed results of sales information, and to allow operators of the POS terminal devices and the sales management device to go home earlier.
  • Fig. 1 shows a transaction processing system including an embodiment of the POS terminal group management device (referred to as a cluster controller, hereinafter) of the present invention.
  • a cluster controller hereinafter
  • a plurality of electronic cash registers (referred to as ECRs) 12 corresponding to the POS terminal devices and a store controller 13 corresponding to the sales management device are connected to this cluster controller 11.
  • the ECR 12 registers data related to commodities (e.g. a sum of money, the number of commodities, etc.) for commodity sales registration processing.
  • the store controller 13 implements sales management.
  • Fig. 2 shows flows of telegraphic messages transmitted every day between the cluster controller and the store controller.
  • Figs. 3a to 3d show messages transmitted from the store controller to the cluster controller, in which Fig. 3a shows a reset command message; Fig. 3b shows a check time setting message; Fig. 3c shows a totalization pattern setting message; and Fig. 3d shows a start command message.
  • Figs. 4a to 4c show messages transmitted from the cluster controller to the store controller, in which Fig. 4a shows a checked data message; Fig. 4b shows an exact calculated data message; and Fig. 4c shows an end notice message.
  • the totalization includes check and calculation.
  • the check processing is a totalization processing with regard to the registered data in the memory of the ECR in which the registered data in the memory of the ECR are kept stored, whereas the calculation processing is the totalization processing in which the registered data in the memory of the ECR are cleared.
  • a reset command message 10 commands the cluster controller 11 to be reset.
  • the check time setting message 20 is a message for determining a check time and an end time at each ECR 12 is connected to the cluster controller 11.
  • the totalization pattern setting message 30 is a message for determining a range of totalized data collection for each ECR 12. Here, if a code indicative of check pattern or exact calculation pattern is "1”, only the terminal reports are collected. If "2", the terminal reports and reports for each person in charge (referred to as person-in-charge reports) are collected.
  • the start command message 40 is a message to start the transmission of checked data or calculated data.
  • the cluster controller 11 transmits the checked data message 50 transmitted from the ECR 12 to the store controller 13.
  • the checked data message 50 is composed of a code indicative of the kind of message (e.g. "1"), a number data indicative of an ECR from which the message is transmitted, and a code "X" indicative of the kind of totalized data. If "X" is 1, this indicates a terminal report, if 2, this indicates a person-in-charge report; if 3, this indicates a section report, if 4, this indicates a PLU report.
  • the cluster controller 11 transmits a calculated data message 60 transmitted from any ECR 12 to the store controller 13 from the time Ti when the start command message 40 is received to the end time Te when the business ends.
  • the calculation data message 60 is composed of a code (e.g. "2") indicative of the kind of message, a number indicative of an ECR from which the message is transmitted, a code "X" indicative of the kind of totalized data, and a totalized data.
  • the codes indicative of the kind of totalized data are the same as in the checked data message.
  • the cluster controller 11 transmits an end notice message 70 to the store controller 13 at end time Te.
  • Figs. 5a to 5c show messages transmitted between the ECRs and the cluster controller, in which Fig. 5a shows a message transmitted when a totalized data is requested; Fig. 5b shows a message transmitted to check whether an exact calculation is completed or ended; and Fig. 5c shows a message transmitted to instruct to release an exact calculation.
  • the cluster controller 11 requests totalized data to ECR 12.
  • a code "Y" indicative of the kind of totalized data is included in the command 80 given from the cluster controller 11 to the ECR 12 and a response 90 returned from the ECR 12 to the cluster controller 11 in response to the command 80. If “Y” is “1”, this indicates a terminal report; if “2”, this indicates a person-in-charge report; if "3”, this indicates a section report; if "4", this indicates a PLU report.
  • the cluster controller 11 checks whether ECR 12 has already implemented exact calculation. At this moment, when a command 100 is given from the cluster controller 11 to the ECR 12, ECR 12 returns a response 110 to the cluster controller 11.
  • This response 110 includes a code "Z” which discriminates whether exact calculation is completed or not. If “Z” is “0”, this indicates that exact calculation is not yet completed; if "1”, this indicates that exact calculation has been completed.
  • the cluster controller 11 gives a command 120 to the ECR 12.
  • the ECR 12 clears all registered data and totalized data in the memory for exact calculation release, outputting a response 130 to the cluster controller 11.
  • Fig. 6 is a schematic block diagram of an electrical construction of the cluster controller shown in Fig. 1.
  • the cluster controller 11 is provided with a CPU 14, to which a ROM 15, a RAM 16, a store controller transmitter section 17, an ECR transmitter section 18, and a timer circuit 19.
  • a ROM 15 an operation program for the CPU 14 based upon a flowchart shown in Figs. 9a and 9b (described later) is stored.
  • a check time table as shown in Fig. 7 and a totalization pattern table as shown in Fig. 8 (both described later) are stored.
  • the store controller transmitter section 17 intermediates data transmisstion between the CPU 14 and the store controller 13, and the ECR transmitter section 18 intermediates data transmission between the CPU 14 and the ECR 12.
  • the timer circuit 19 indicates the current time.
  • Fig. 7 shows a check time table stored in the RAM 16 shown in Fig. 6, and Fig. 8 shows a totalization pattern table stored in the RAM 16 shown in Fig. 6.
  • the contents of the check time setting message 20 shown in Fig. 3b are stored in this check time table.
  • the contents of the totalization pattern setting message 30 are shown in Fig. 3c are stored in this totalization pattern table.
  • FIGs. 9a and 9b are flowcharts for assistance in explaining the operation of an embodiment of the present invention. With reference to Figs. 1 to 9b, the operation of the embodiment will be described in detail hereinbelow.
  • the CPU 14 discriminates whether the store controller 13 transmits a message. If a message from the store controller 13 is received, the CPU 14 disciminates whether the received message is a reset command message 10. When this reset command is received, the cluster controller 11 stops transmitting a totalized data to the store controller 13.
  • the CPU 14 discriminates whether the message is a check time setting message 20 or not. If a check time setting message 20, the CPU 14 stores a check time data and an end time data included in the message in the check time table shown in Fig. 7.
  • the CPU discriminates whether the message is the totalization pattern setting message 30 or not. If a totalization pattern setting message 30, a totalization pattern of each ECR is stored in the totalization pattern table shown in Fig. 8.
  • the CPU 14 discriminates whether the message is a start command message 40 or not. If a start command message 40, the CPU 14 discriminates whether the current time is an end time on the basis of an end time data stored in the check time table and the current time data given from the timer circuit 19. If the current time is an end time, an end notice message 70 is transmitted to the store controller 13, returning to the initial conditions.
  • the CPU discriminates whether the current time is a check time or not. If any one of check times Tl to Tn, a command 80 is applied to all the ECRs 12 connected to the cluster controller 11. For instance, when the check pattern of the ECR 12 includes a terminal report and a person-in-charge report, since Y is 1 and 2, a command "11" indicative of terminal report transmission and a command "12" indicative of person-in-charge report transmission are transmitted. Therefore, a response 90 including a terminal report and a response 90 including a person-in-charge report are transmitted from the ECR 12 to the cluster controller 11. When the cluster controller 11 receives a response 90 including a totalized data from the ECR 12, a checked data message 50 is edited and then transmitted to the store controller 13. The above operation is effected to all the ECR 12.
  • the CPU checks for each ECR12 whether exact calculation has been completed or not; that is, the cluster controller 11 gives a command 100 to each ECR 2. And, when a response 110 including a code indicative of exact calculation completion is given from the ECR 12, a command 80 indicative of totalized data in given. When a response 90 is given from the ECR 12, an exact calculation data message 60 is edited and transmitted to the store controller 13. Therefore, a command 120 is given to the ECR 12 to release the exact calculation of the ECR, so that a reponse 130 is returned from the ECR 12.
  • the above-mentioned operation is made for all the ECRs 12 in which exact calculation has been completed. After the checking operation and the exact calculation operation have been implemented for all the ECRs, control returns to a routine for discriminating whether the current time reaches an end time.
  • the POS terminal group management device of the present invention since the transmission of necessary totalized data is requested in accordance with totalization pattern information stored for each POS terminal device whenever the transmission of totalized data is commanded and further the totalized data are transmitted to the sales management device when the totalized data are transmitted from the POS terminal device, it is possible to eliminate the transmission of useless data and therefore to quickly obtain sales information processing results, thus allowing operators of the POS terminal devices and the sales management device to go home earlier without working extrahours or overtime.

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EP1318489A2 (de) * 2001-12-06 2003-06-11 Ncr International Inc. Gruppierung von Verkaufstellenendgeräten
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