JP2003085652A - Merchandise sales data processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a merchandise sales data processing system enabling both customers and cashiers to easily handle a card for imparting privileges for respective merchandise counters. SOLUTION: Each terminal is formed so as to clarify admission card information read from an admission card presented by the customer and the merchandise counter and to be able to inquire of a host equipment. The host equipment is formed so as to be executable a privilege imparting processing by utilizing transaction data of this time relating to the merchandise counter of the customer handled in the terminal and privilege imparting data in the case of being inquired and discriminating that the customer owns the admission card for the merchandise counter. The host equipment is formed so as to be reflectable the imparted privilege of this time corresponding to the admission card for the merchandise counter and the terminal can output which one of the admission cards owned by the customer the privilege of this time is imparted to.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a merchandise sales data processing system in which a plurality of terminals having a merchandise registration function and an accounting processing function are connected to a host machine having a collective management function of each terminal so that data communication is possible. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, a plurality of terminals (for example, electronic cash registers) 10AP, 10BP, ..., 10YP, 1 having a commodity registration function and an accounting processing function shown in FIG.
0ZP and each terminal 10AP, 10BP, ..., 10YP, 1
In a store 100A that has introduced a product sales data processing system in which a higher-level machine (for example, a store controller) 20P having a collective management function of 0ZP is connected via a data communication line 1 so that data communication is possible, as a part of customer service. , Some are formed so that a privilege (for example, service point) according to the transaction data (for example, sales amount) this time can be given.

That is, each of the product counters U01, U02,
..., Unn, U99, customers who purchase various products are terminals 10AP, 10BP, ..., 10YP, 10ZP.
The accounting process is performed by any one of the terminals, generally, a vacant terminal (for example, 10AP). At this time, the customer submits a membership card (called a membership card, a point card, etc.). When the cashier can confirm that the customer is a member of the store while reading the card information from the card received from the customer using the card reader, the cashier can enjoy the privilege (service) corresponding to the transaction data (sales amount) this time. Points) are calculated and given to the customer. The granted privilege (current point) is, for example, accumulated (added) to the points up to now, stored in the point card, and stored in a file in the host device 20P.

Members can receive services (for example, discounts, acquisition of novelties, etc.) according to the number of granted service points.

[0005] By the way, in the store (100), regardless of the product section (for example, Unn) of all the product sections U01, U02, ... In addition to the above, if you also become a special member of a specific product section (for example, U01), that is, if you join the membership, you can only classify products (all products or designated products) purchased at the product section (U01). In some cases, a system may be adopted in which the membership benefits of are added in a weighted manner.

[0006] In rare cases, not all product sections or all products are targeted for assignment, but specific product sections (for example, U01, U).
02) If the member (customer) becomes a special member of (U01, U0)
There may be a case where the membership privilege is constructed only for the products (all products or designated products) purchased in 2). In other words, this is a case where the privilege-giving system for each product floor is adopted.

[0007]

By the way, in the conventional system adopting the merchandise section-specific privilege granting system, the customer A is shown in FIG.
In the case of shopping at the store 100A shown in (1) and at an arbitrary merchandise section (for example, U01) to which the user is enrolled, and trying to receive accounting at an arbitrary terminal (for example, 10AP),
Customer A has multiple enrollment cards (for example, product section U
Membership card for 01, Membership card for product section U02,
The membership card for the product section (U01) must be selected from the membership cards for the product section U03, ...) and submitted to the cashier.

Therefore, in actual operation, the store 10
Since the customer A must bring (possess) all of the membership cards he / she owns (the membership card of the product section U01, the membership card of the product section U02, the membership card of the product section U03, ...) when going to OA for shopping. It has been pointed out that the handling of privilege-giving cards by product floor is very troublesome.
Furthermore, if the membership card for the product section is forgotten, there is a problem that the privilege at the product section cannot be enjoyed.

On the other hand, for the cashier side, the customer A
If it is not confirmed whether the membership card submitted by is issued to the enrollee (customer A) from the merchandise section selling the registered merchandise, that is, the merchandise to be accounted for If not and different, it is necessary to carefully explain that fact, receive a new enrollment card, and perform the same work, so the work efficiency is reduced. further,
When one transaction includes products with different product sales floors, it is necessary to distinguish a plurality of types of membership cards, which makes the input of correspondence between the products and the membership card complicated and further reduces the work efficiency.

An object of the present invention is to provide a merchandise sales data processing system in which both the customer and the cashier can easily handle the privilege giving cards according to the merchandise department.

[0011]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a commodity in which a plurality of terminals having a commodity registration function and an accounting processing function and a host machine having a collective management function of each terminal are connected so as to be capable of data communication. In the sales data processing system, the membership card information read from the customer-submitted membership card by each terminal and the product sales floor where the product subject to the accounting processing is sold are made clear, and the customer joins the host machine for the product sales floor. It is possible to inquire whether or not to own a card, and when the host machine receives an inquiry from the terminal, it is possible to determine whether or not the customer has an admission card for the product section. If it is determined that each of the terminals or the host machine has the membership card for the product section in the host machine, the current transaction date of the customer handled at the terminal is formed. And the privilege granting process is formed so as to be able to be executed by using the privilege granting data stored in advance corresponding to the product floor. Product sales data processing that is formed so that it can be reflected in correspondence with the membership card and that the terminal can output to which membership card of the customer-owned membership card this time the privilege is given System.

In this invention, each terminal (for example, an electronic cash register) uses, for example, a customer-submitted membership card (a privilege-giving card for each sales section) received by a cashier from a customer during the accounting process after the product registration process. By calling the leader, the membership card information read from the membership card and the product sales floor where the products subject to accounting in the transaction are sold are clarified, and the customer owns the membership card for the product sales floor in the host machine. Inquire whether or not.

[0013] "Clarify the merchandise floor selling the merchandise to be accounted for" means whether or not the customer is a member who is a privileged member of the merchandise floor selling the merchandise and has the membership card. This means clarifying the merchandise floor required to determine whether or not it is. Specifically, for example, it can be clarified by including the product sales floor name, the product sales floor number, the target product name, the product, etc. in the message and inquiring the higher-level machine.

When the host machine receives an inquiry from the terminal, the customer owns the membership card issued from the product section by referring to, for example, the point performance card for each membership card and the member master file. Or not.

For example, in the host machine (or terminal), when it is determined that the customer owns an enrollment card issued from the product section in the host machine, the information regarding the product of the customer handled by the terminal is displayed. The privilege granting process (point granting process) is executed by using the transaction data this time and the privilege granting data (for example, service point granting data) corresponding to the product section that is stored in advance.

Then, the higher-level machine reflects the current privilege (service point) granted by executing the privilege granting process in association with the membership card issued to the customer from the product section (for example, the points up to that point). This time, the points are accumulated and the accumulated value is stored). On the other hand, the terminal outputs (for example, receipt printing) to which enrollment card of the customer-owned enrollment card, the present privilege that has been granted by the higher-level device is granted.

Therefore, the customer does not need to bring all of the membership cards that can be used at each product counter in the store, which is convenient, and the cashier needs to check the consistency of the multiple membership cards with the product counter each time. As a result, the business efficiency can be improved, and both the customer and the cashier can easily handle the privilege-giving card for each product section, and the privilege-giving process can be performed quickly and accurately.

Further, according to the invention of claim 2, when it is determined that the higher-level machine owns the membership card for the merchandise sales floor, it is possible to respond to the terminal that the membership card is present and the terminal is the customer's current time. The transaction data is formed so that it can be transmitted to the higher-level machine, and the higher-level machine receives the current transaction data of the customer received from the terminal and the privilege-giving data stored in advance corresponding to the product floor, and the privilege-giving process is performed. Can be executed and the current privilege granted by this execution can be reflected so as to correspond to the membership card for the product section, and the terminal can be used for any membership card in the customer's membership card It is a product sales data processing system formed so that it can be printed out on a receipt as to whether or not it is added.

In this invention, when the host machine receives an inquiry from the terminal, the host machine determines whether or not the customer owns the membership card issued from the merchandise store while referring to the member master file, for example. However, if it is determined that the customer owns the membership card for issuing the product sales floor, the customer is replied to the terminal that the membership card is present.

Upon receipt of this response, the terminal transmits the current transaction data relating to the product of the customer to the host machine. Then, the higher-level machine executes the privilege granting process by using the current transaction data received from the terminal and the privilege granting data (for example, point granting data) corresponding to the product store that is stored in advance.

Then, the higher-level machine reflects the current privilege granted by executing the privilege granting process in association with the membership card issued to the customer from the product section concerned (for example, a point performance file for each membership card in the own machine). Accumulated points this time to the points that have been stored in
The accumulated value is stored), and at least the presently awarded points are notified (transmitted) to the terminal. Thus, the terminal prints out on the receipt issued to the customer which membership card of the customer-owned membership card to which the privilege has been granted this time.

Therefore, in addition to being able to achieve the same effect as the case of the invention of claim 1, the privilege granted to each product section by the processing in the higher-level machine is collectively applied to each membership card in the higher-level machine. In addition to being able to manage, the customer can immediately and accurately know which membership card (product section or product) the privilege has been granted. Moreover, since it is not necessary to individually give the privilege within the terminal, the load on each terminal can be reduced. The customer can save the privilege award in the form of a receipt.

Further, in the invention of claim 3, the current transaction data is the current transaction amount for each product, and the privilege is given to each product as the number of points corresponding to the current transaction amount for each product at the product sales floor. The product sales data processing system is defined as a service point for each product.

In this invention, service points (privileges) are given as points corresponding to the current transaction amount for each product at the product sales floor.
In addition to the same operational effects as in the case of each invention, the privilege granting process for each product can be performed more uniformly, accurately and quickly with each enrollment card and each product section.

Further, the invention of claim 4 is a product sales data processing system in which the membership card is formed so as to be issued for each product sold at a product sales floor.

In this invention, since the enrollment card is issued for each product sold at the product sales floor, it is possible to obtain the same effects as those of the inventions of claims 1 to 3. Further, it is possible to promote the sales expansion of representative products in each product section, and it is easy to operate the general products that are not subject to the privilege grant.

[0027]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In this product sales data processing system, the basic configuration (10, 20) is a conventional example (FIG. 9 ... 10P, 2).
0P), but as shown in FIGS. 1 to 8, the membership card information read from the customer-submitted membership card by each terminal 10 and the product (for example, wine) that is the object of accounting processing in the transaction. Is formed so that it is possible to inquire whether the customer owns a membership card for the product section by clarifying the product section (for example, alcoholic beverages ... U01) that sells the product. If it is determined that the terminal 10) owns the membership card for the product section in the higher-level machine 20, the current transaction data related to the product section of the customer handled by the terminal 10 and the previously stored relevant data. It is formed so that the privilege granting process can be executed using the privilege granting data corresponding to the product floor,
The higher-ranking machine 20 is formed so as to be able to reflect the present privilege granted by executing the privilege granting process in association with the membership card for the product section, and the terminal 10 assigns this privilege to which membership card of the customer-owned membership card. It is formed so that it can be output whether or not it is given to the other.

In FIG. 1, the product sales data processing system includes a host computer (store controller SC) 20 having a product master file and the like (not shown) arranged in a store (for example, 100A), a product local file, and the like ( Multiple terminals (not shown) (electronic cash register)
10 is connected via a data communication network (LAN1), and each terminal 10 can use the product data stored in either the product local file or the product master file in its own device to register the product and perform accounting processing. It is made possible.

First, the host device 20 is the CPU 2 shown in FIG.
1, ROM22, RA backed up by battery
M (cache) 23, keyboard (KB) 26, display (IND) 27, HDD (hard disk device) 2
9, an FDD (flexible disk device) 28 and an interface (I / F) for the line network (1), and a collective management function for each terminal 10 (10A to 10N),
It has a point (privilege) grant function.

A member master file 29 is stored in the HDD 29.
Data point table 29PT by KM and product section
And a point record file 29PJ for each enrollment card is provided.

As shown in FIG. 2, the member master file 29KM contains information for managing members (customers) [for example, customer N].
o. (Use phone number), name, address, date of birth, gender, etc.]. For example, customer number. Is "048
XXX5251 ", the name is" Taro Yamada ", the address is" S Prefecture S City ... ", and the date of birth is" 1965/02/2 ".
The gender is "1 ... male". Gender "2"
Is a "woman".

In this embodiment, for the convenience of search, the member master file 29KM contains the customer number. Corresponding to (use phone number), membership card information owned by the customer is also stored.

The enrollment card information is the product section [for example, U01 ... liquor ... Card code (card number) is 0
1] is information for identifying an enrollment card that proves that you have enrolled as a condition for receiving the privilege. In this embodiment, the enrollment card No. Is stored as For example,
Customer No. The customer (Taro Yamada) whose is (048XXX5251) is a card code (01000001) issued from the product section (U01 ... liquor and U02 ... childcare product).
And 020000002).

[Table 2] Point-giving data table for each product floor
As shown in FIG. 3, 9PT is a privilege (in this embodiment,
This is a means for storing the point-giving data (point unit amount) for each product floor for each product floor U (or a specific product to be sold in the product floor) to which service points are given.

For example, for an enrollment card with a point card code "01" issued at a product section U01 that sells "alcoholic beverages" and the point card name is "Wine Club", the sales amount (in this transaction data, It is stored as data that gives 1 point for every "200 yen" regardless of the size of a certain transaction amount this time.

Similarly, the point card code issued in the product section U02 "Child care products ... child care products / children's clothing" is "0.
For the enrollment card that is "2" and the point card name is "Petit Circle", it is data that gives 1 point for every "100 yen" regardless of the amount of sales (the current transaction amount, which is the current transaction data). is there.

It should be noted that, in the point-giving data table 29PT for each product section, the point valid period "for example, 1
2 (months) ", a receipt print message" For example, the wine festival is held every 25th of the month, members get a normal 5% discount ", and the like are stored.

Point record file 29P for each enrollment card
As shown in FIG. 4, J is a point record for each enrollment card “For example, current point (44), accumulated points up to the previous day (75), point validity period (2002/08), and others (for example, new accumulated points) Is a means for storing ".

In this embodiment, the membership card No. (For example, 01000001), the name of the product section “for example, alcohol” and the customer number. "For example, phone number 04
8XXX5251 "is stored correspondingly.

That is, the privilege in this embodiment is
Service points (the number of points) corresponding to the current transaction amount (current transaction data) for the product section (or all target products to be sold at the product section or specific products) are provided.

The FDD 28 and the flexible disk (FD) are used to install the programs shown in FIGS. 7 and 8. Of course, the program of FIG. 6 may also be installed using this FDD 28 and formed so as to be downloadable to each terminal 10.

A terminal consisting of an electronic cash register (T
M) 10 is the RAM (cache) 1 backed up by the CPU 11, ROM 12, and battery shown in FIG.
3, HDD 19, scanner (SCN) 14, keyboard (KB) 15, display (IND) 16, printer (PRT) 17 for receipt printing, interface (I /
F) and a drawer (DRW) 18 with an automatic opening device, and has a product sales data processing function (product registration function, accounting processing function, etc.).

Reference numeral 40 denotes a card reader / writer that reads the membership card information stored in the membership card and writes and stores the processed membership card information in the membership card.

Since each terminal 10 is arranged in the store (100A), product registration and registration can be performed for any customer who visits each store and for any product sold at any product section. Can perform accounting processing.

Here, in a certain product section (liquor), a product [for example, wine (Bordeaux '86) ... 3980 yen ×
1 and (Burgo New '83) ... 4980 yen × 1] and a product (A stroller ... 21800 yen × 1) at the product counter (child care product) is purchased by a customer A at a certain terminal (eg, 10A). Moreover, product registration (ST10 in FIG. 5) is performed by the cashier. When this product registration is completed, the closing operation (YES in ST11) is performed, and the accounting process (ST12) is executed.

At this time, the cashier receives the enrollment card [enrollment card No. But (010000
01) or (02000002). ] To the card reader / writer 40 and read. If no membership card is submitted (NO in ST13 ... N), issue receipt (S
Proceed to T20). This is the case when points are not awarded because the member is not considered or the membership card is forgotten. ST
Even if NO is determined in 16, the process immediately proceeds to receipt receipt (ST20).

Now, the membership card is read (S
YES in T13 ... Y) and the product that sells the product for which the inquiry means (CPU 11, ROM 12) of the terminal 10A reads the membership card information read from the membership card and the accounting processing target (product registration completed) in the transaction. The identification code of the sales floor [commercial sales floor name (liquor and / or childcare product) or point card name (win club and / or petite circle) may be used, but in this embodiment, the point code (0
1 and / or 02)] in the message, it becomes clear that the customer A has issued the membership card (010000) issued from the product section (liquor) to the higher-level machine (SC) 20.
Membership card issued by any one of 01 ~ 01NNNNNNN and the product section (child care item) (020
Any one of 00001-02NNNNNN
Inquires whether or not one owns (ST1)
4).

That is, in this embodiment, it is the first to check whether or not the admission card exists from the admission card information.
In the step (ST31 of FIG. 7), if it is confirmed that the membership card exists, the second step (ST33) in which the customer who owns the membership card is checked is performed, and as the third step (ST35), the customer A sells the product. In order to determine whether or not the membership cards issued by U01 and U02 are owned, the membership card information and the merchandise floor where the merchandise is sold are clarified.

The above-mentioned "reading membership card No. (010
"00001 or 020000002)" means, for example, an enrollment card (card No. 01000001) issued by the customer A at the product section (liquor) U01 at the terminal 10A.
Also, it means any one of the enrollment cards submitted to the cashier by selecting from the enrollment cards (card No. 020000002) issued at the merchandise section (child care products) U02. In other words, it is not necessary to submit two or more cards even when shopping at a plurality of product sales floors.

Dramatically, the customer A owns the product section U01 (liquor) issuance admission card (card No. 01000001) and the product section U on any terminal 10A.
02 (child care) issuance enrollment card (card No. 0200
It also means that if you submit any one of 0002) to the cashier, you can receive benefits.

When the host computer 20 receives an inquiry from the terminal (TM) 10 (YES in ST30 of FIG. 7), the enrollment card-based point record file 2 of FIG. 4 is used in this embodiment.
While searching for 9PJ (ST31), it is determined whether or not the customer A possesses an enrollment card issued from the product section U01, U02 (liquor and childcare product) (ST32).
Then YES to ST35).

Specifically, the enrollment card ownership determining means (C
PU21, ROM22) retrieves the point record file 29PJ for each enrollment card in FIG. 4 (ST31) and reads the enrollment card No. (01000001 or 020,000
02) corresponding to the customer No. (Telephone number 048XXX5
251 or 048YYY7748) (ST3
3) Then, the member master file 29KM shown in FIG. 2 is searched (ST34), and the membership card (01) issued by the product section U01 (liquor) by the customer A and the product section U0.
It is determined whether or not the membership card (02) issued by 2 (child care product) is owned (ST35).

In FIG. 2, the customer number (No.) is (04
Customer A (Taro Yamada) of 8XXX5251) is an admission card (No. 010000) issued by the product section U01 (liquor).
01) and the membership card (No. 020000002) issued by the merchandise section U02 (child care product) are determined to be owned (ST
YES in step 35).

Then, the response means (CPU 21, ROM 2
2) responds to the terminal 10A to the effect that there is (possessed) the membership card issue membership card (ST36). When it is determined that there is no membership card (NO in ST35), the fact that there is no membership card for issuing the product section is returned to the terminal 10A (ST37).

The membership card ownership determining means (21, 2)
2) is the point record file 29 for each enrollment card in Figure 4
Even if the PJ is searched (ST31), the reading membership card No.
Customer No. corresponding to (01000001 or 020000002). Even when (048XXX5251) cannot be obtained (NO in ST32) and the determination is not possible, the response means (21, 22) responds to the terminal 10A that there is no product sales floor membership card (ST37).

On the terminal 10A side, which is the inquiry source,
No. 0, the customer A has an enrollment card (No. 10) issued from the product section (liquor and childcare products) U01, U02.
01000001 and No. When the determination result indicating that the customer A is owned (YES in ST15 and YES in ST16 in FIG. 5), the transaction data transmission control means (CPU 11, ROM 12) this time of the customer A handled by the terminal 10A. The transaction data (including the sales amount which is the transaction amount this time .... It may be only the sales amount which is the transaction amount this time) is transmitted to the host device 20 (ST17).

Then, this is received (Y in ST38 of FIG. 8).
The point giving process (privilege giving process) means (CPU 21, ROM 22) on the side of the higher-level machine 20 that has performed ES) is the terminal 1
All the current transaction data received from 0A and the point-giving data (privilege-giving data) corresponding to the product section (alcoholic beverages and childcare items) stored in advance in the point-giving data table 29PT for each product section shown in FIG. 3 are used. The point granting process (privilege granting process) (S
T39 to ST44).

That is, for example, referring to FIG. 6, the sales amount (current transaction amount ... subtotal) which is all data of the current transaction is, for example, "30760 yen", and the breakdown is "30760 yen" in the merchandise section U01 (liquor). 8960 yen = 3980 yen + 4980 yen
"21 yen" and the subtotal at the product section U02 (child care product) is "21"
If it is "800 yen", it is processed as follows.

The point giving processing means (21, 22)
The products sold at the product sales floor U01 (alcoholic beverages) that employs the product sales floor benefit grant system are extracted while referring to the product sales floor point allocation data table 29PT (ST39). In this case, wine [(Bordeaux '86) ... 3980 yen x
1 and (Burgo New '83) ... 4980 yen × 1] are extracted (ST40). In addition, the extracted products [Wine (Bordeaux '86), (Bourgo New'83)]
It is a point-giving target product (YES in ST41).

Therefore, the point unit amount of money in the product section U01 (liquor) is 200 yen which is set and stored in the point-granting data table 29PT for each product section in FIG. 3, and the subtotal of the target product is 8960 yen (= 3980 yen). +4
Since this is 980 yen), the points (number of points) given this time are 44 points (= 8960/200 ... Rounded down).

After that, the membership card-based reflection means (CPU
21, ROM22), the points (4) for this time, which are granted by the execution of the point (privilege) granting process (ST42).
4 points) The membership card (enrollment card No. 01000) issued to the customer A from the product section (liquor).
It is reflected (ST44) in correspondence with 001).

In this embodiment, the currently awarded points (44 points) are stored in the currently awarded points column corresponding to the card (No. 01000001) stored in the enrollment card point achievement file 29PJ in the own machine (20).
Memorize The accumulated points up to that point are, for example, 75 points.

After closing on the day, the cumulative points in the "cumulative points up to the previous day" column are the current points (44 points)
And the new accumulated value (119 points) accumulated up to the accumulated points (75 points) up to the previous day is updated and stored.

In the case of an operation in which only specific products out of the products sold at the product section U01 (for example, alcoholic beverages) are to be given the privilege, extraction is performed for each product (ST39, ST41).
The answer is YES and the point giving process (ST42) and the result reflection (ST43) are performed.

When the processing at the product section U01 (liquor) is completed, the process proceeds to the next product section U02 (child care product) (NO in ST44). The point unit amount of money in the product section U02 (child care product) is 100 yen that is set and stored in the point-giving data table 29PT for each product section in FIG. 3, and the subtotal of the target product (A stroller) is 21,800 yen. , The points awarded this time (number of points) are 21
8 points (= 21800/100).

In this case as well, the reflection means for each enrollment card (2
1, 22) is the execution of the point (privilege) granting process (ST
42) the points (218 points) given this time from the product section U02 (child care product) to the customer A.
Membership card issued to
0002) to reflect (ST43).

In this embodiment, the currently awarded points (218 points) are stored in the currently awarded points column corresponding to the card (No. 020000002) stored in the membership card-based point achievement file 29PJ in the own machine (20). Remember. The accumulated points up to that point are, for example, 2
It is 01 points.

After closing on the day, the accumulated points in the "accumulated points until the previous day" column are updated to new accumulated values (419 points) accumulated at the present points (218 points) and the accumulated points until the previous day (201 points). Remembered.

The processing for all the product counters U01 and U02 (or the privilege-giving products in each product counter) is completed (ST
If YES at 44, the presently-granted point (privilege) notification means (CPU 21, ROM 22) causes the presently-granted points (liquor ... 44 points, child care ... 218 points) for at least each of the product sections (U01, U02) to be the terminal. 10A is notified (transmitted) (ST45). In this case, each membership card No. (01000001, 02000
002) is also notified. Just in case. In this embodiment, the points up to then (75 points for alcoholic beverages, 201 points for childcare items) are also notified.

Thus, on the side of the terminal 10A, the presently granted points (44 points and 218 points) received from the host machine 20 (YES in ST18 of FIG. 5) are customer-owned membership cards (No. 01000001, 02000).
The membership card in 002) is printed out on the receipt (issued to the customer) while driving the printer 17 (ST20).

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, the point card name is "WINN CLUB" and the card No. It is clarified by printing out on the receipt 50 that the "current point 44" has been given to the enrollment card having "01000001".

In connection with this, the message "The wine festival is being held on the 25th of every month, members get 5% off the usual rate",
The “total points 75 up to the previous day” and the “point expiration date 2002/08” are also printed out.

Similarly, the point card name is "Petit Circle" and the card No. The fact that “this time point 218” has been given to the admission card with “020000002” is printed out on the receipt 50 to clarify.

In connection with this, the message “500 points will be presented by introducing new members!”, “Total points 201 up to the previous day” and “Point expiration date 2002” will be given.
"/ 08" is also printed out.

Therefore, the customer A can use all the membership cards (eg, 0100000) that can be used at the product counters U01, U02, ..., Unn, U99 in the store 100A.
It is convenient because it is not necessary to bring (own) 1,02000002, 03000001, ...), and the cashier does not need to check the consistency of the multiple enrollment cards with the product counter each time, which improves the work efficiency. Both the customer A and the cashier can easily handle the privilege-giving card (enrollment card) for each product floor, and the privilege granting process can be performed quickly and accurately.

Moreover, the privilege (service point) given to each product section (U01, U02, etc.) by the processing in the higher-level machine 20 can be collectively managed in the higher-level machine 20 for each enrollment card, and the customer can obtain the privilege ( The fact that service points are given and which membership card (business)
It is possible to immediately and accurately know whether or not the privilege has been granted. Further, since it is not necessary to individually provide the privilege in the terminal 10, the load on each terminal 10 can be reduced.

Further, the current transaction data is the current transaction amount (sales amount) for each product, and the privilege is the service point (number of points) for each product corresponding to the current transaction amount (sales amount) for each product in the product section. Since it is granted, the privilege granting process at each membership card and at each product floor can be performed more uniformly, accurately and quickly.

Furthermore, even if any of the terminals (10A) out of the plurality of terminals 10 installed in the same store 100A can use the membership card issued at any product section, the privilege can be enjoyed. The sex can be further expanded.

Further, since the membership card is issued for each product sold at the product sales floor, it is possible to promote the sales expansion of typical products at each product sales floor, and to operate all general products not subject to privilege. It's easy.

In the above embodiment, the case where the higher-level machine 20 is constructed so as to perform the privilege (service point) giving process has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. That is, a copy of the member master file 29KM and the point (privilege) grant data table 29PT described above may be downloaded to each terminal 10 and the terminal (10) may be configured to perform privilege (service point) grant processing.

Further, each terminal 10 may be provided with an enrollment card-based point performance file (equivalent to 29PJ) so that the enrollment card-based point performance can be managed within the terminal 10 (only within the terminal 10). . Further, the point (privilege) result may be written and stored in the membership card.

[0083]

According to the invention of claim 1, the membership card information read by each terminal and the merchandise floor selling the merchandise to be accounted for are clarified, and the customer enters the merchandise floor enrollment card in the host machine. It is formed so that it can be inquired whether or not to own, and when the host machine receives an inquiry, it is formed to be able to determine whether or not the customer owns the membership card for the product section, and the host machine (or , Each terminal) is determined to own the membership card for the product floor in the higher-level machine, the privilege granting process is performed by using the current transaction data of the customer handled by the terminal and the privilege grant data corresponding to the product floor. It is formed so that this time's privilege that can be executed and reflected can be reflected by corresponding to the membership card for the product sales floor, and the terminal is granted the privilege this time to which membership card in the customer's membership card Since it is a product sales data processing system that can output whether it is a product, it is convenient and convenient for customers because it does not need to bring all the membership cards that can be used at each product store in the store. Since it is not necessary to check the consistency of the multiple enrollment cards with the product sales floor each time, business efficiency can be improved, and both the customer and the cashier can easily handle the product sales floor benefit award cards, and the award processing can be done quickly. And it can be done accurately.

Further, according to the invention of claim 2, when it is determined that the host machine has the membership card for the merchandise store, it is possible to respond to the terminal that the membership card is present and the customer who received from the terminal. It is possible to execute the privilege granting process by using the current transaction data and the privilege granting data corresponding to the product floor, and to be able to reflect the granted current privilege in correspondence with the membership card for the product floor and the terminal. Has the same effect as the case of the invention of claim 1, since it is formed so as to be able to print out on the receipt which enrollment card of the customer-owned enrollment card to which the privilege is given this time. In addition to being able to manage the benefits granted to each product floor by processing in the higher-level machine, the higher-level machine can collectively manage the benefits for each enrollment card and It is possible to know about the card (product sales area or product) of privilege granting has been made to immediately and accurately. Moreover, since it is not necessary to individually give the privilege within the terminal, the load on each terminal can be reduced. The customer can save the privilege award in the form of a receipt.

According to the invention of claim 3, the current transaction data is the current transaction amount for each product, and the privilege is given for each product as the number of points corresponding to the current transaction amount for each product at the product sales floor. Since it is a service point for each product, the same effect as in the case of each invention of claim 1 and claim 2 can be obtained, and in addition, it is a privilege for each product at each membership card and at each product sales floor. The application process can be performed more uniformly, accurately and quickly.

Further, according to the invention of claim 4, since the enrollment card is formed so as to be issued for each product sold in the product section, the same as in the case of each of the inventions of claims 1 to 3 In addition to being able to exert various effects, it is possible to further promote the sales expansion of representative products in each product sales floor, and it is easy to operate all general products that are not subject to privilege grant.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall block diagram for explaining an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is likewise a diagram for explaining a member master file in a higher-level machine.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a point-giving data table for each merchandise store in the upper-level machine.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a point performance file for each enrollment card in the higher-level device.

FIG. 5 is likewise a flowchart for explaining the operation on the terminal side.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining a print example of a receipt printed out on the terminal side.

FIG. 7 is likewise a flowchart (1) for explaining the operation on the higher-level machine side.

FIG. 8 is likewise a flowchart (2) for explaining the operation on the higher-level machine side.

FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 LAN 10 terminals (product sales data processing system) 14 Scanner 15 keyboard 16 indicator 19 HDD 20 High-end machine (product sales data processing system) 26 keyboard 27 Display 29 HDD 29KM Member Master File 29PT points data table for each sales floor 29PJ enrollment card point result file 40 card reader / writer

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁷ Identification code FI theme code (reference) G06F 17/60 118 G06F 17/60 118 324 324 510 510 510 G06K 17/00 G06K 17/00 R 19/00 G07G 1/14 G07G 1/14 G06K 19/00 U

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A commodity sales data processing system comprising a plurality of terminals having a commodity registration function and an accounting processing function, and a host machine having a collective management function for each terminal, which is communicably connected to each other. The membership card information read from the customer-submitted membership card and the product floor where the products subject to the accounting process are sold can be clarified, and it is possible to inquire whether the customer owns the membership card for the product floor. It is formed to be able to determine whether or not the customer owns a membership card for the product section when the upper-level device receives an inquiry from the terminal, and each of the terminals or the upper-level device , If it is determined that the host machine has the membership card for the product section, the current transaction data of the customer handled at the terminal and the previously stored transaction It is formed so that the privilege granting process can be executed using the privilege granting data corresponding to the sales floor, and the current privilege granted by the higher-level machine executing the privilege granting process can be reflected in association with the membership card for the product floor. The product sales data processing system, wherein the terminal is formed so as to be able to output to which enrollment card of the customer-owned enrollment card this time the privilege has been granted. 2. When it is determined that the host machine owns an enrollment card for a product sales floor, it can respond to the terminal that there is an enrollment card and the terminal sends the current transaction data of the customer to the host machine. It is possible to execute the privilege granting process by using the privilege granting data corresponding to the customer's current transaction data and the customer's current transaction data received from the terminal by the higher-level machine, and by this execution. It is formed so that the granted this time privilege can be reflected in correspondence with the membership card for the relevant product section, and which terminal has the privilege granted this time to which membership card of the customer-owned membership card The product sales data processing system according to claim 1, wherein the receipt is printed and output. 3. The service point for each product, wherein the current transaction data is the current transaction amount for each product, and the privilege is given to each product as the number of points corresponding to the current transaction amount for each product at the product sales floor. The product sales data processing system according to claim 1 or 2, which is provided. 4. The product sales data processing system according to claim 1, wherein the membership card is formed so that it can be issued for each product sold at a product sales floor.