JP2004157920A - Pos system and control method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device and method for selling merchandise to a special person at a courtesy price, for outputting specific information when purchasing, and for accurately grasping a purchase age in order to much more accurately analyze sales results in an environment where it is not possible to inquire for member's information to a data center through real time communication, or an environment where it is not possible to store all information in each store since the number of members is large, and an environment where it is not possible to set any equipment for reading an external storage medium such as an IC card or a magnetic card. <P>SOLUTION: A member's card is recorded with a member's number obtained by converting the sex or birth date of the member under the consideration of security, and the reading of the member's card converted into a bar code by encrypting the sex and birth date of the member as member's information is carried out by a scanner 105. Then, the reading of the code of merchandise is carried out by the scanner 105, and when the member is the target of courtesy based on the sex and birth date of the member and the courtesy information of merchandise stored in a PLU master file 111, the courtesy information stored in the PLU master file 111 is outputted. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a POS system, and more particularly, to an apparatus, a method, and a computer program suitable for being applied to a member system using member information in a local environment.
[0002]
[Prior art]
As a POS system, a system has been known which is capable of responding to a specific product such as age restriction by acquiring from an external storage medium such as a magnetic card or an IC card or an identification card in order to acquire age information. (For example, see Patent Document 1).
[0003]
Patent Document 1 discloses an input unit that inputs a product code for specifying a product, a PLU file that holds a relationship between the product code and product information related to the product, and a storage unit that stores the input product. In a POS system including a memory, a control unit that controls the operation of the device, and an output unit that outputs a status of a measure in response to a command from the control unit, the PLU file includes an age limit of a person who purchases a product. When the product code is input from the input means, the control unit refers to the PLU file to determine whether the product is an age-restricted product, and determines whether the product is an age-restricted product. In the case of, by outputting to the output means indicating that the product is an age-restricted product, the employee or customer can monitor the output means when handling the age-restricted product, and POS system has been proposed to be able to easily determine that the age restriction products. In this POS system, when purchasing using a member card, the member card is input to a card reader / writer to perform a product registration process. From the information in the PLU file, if the product is an age-restricted product, The product is compared with the age read from the card, and if the purchaser is not subject to age restrictions, normal product registration processing is performed.
[0004]
A merchandise sales management terminal device capable of appropriately selecting and providing an optimal privilege service for each customer from a variety of preset privilege services corresponding to each customer for each period or time; and A system is known (for example, Patent Document 2).
[0005]
In this conventional system, an input device for inputting a product code or the like of a product purchased by a customer, a display device for displaying product information, a printing device for issuing a receipt, and a device corresponding to the product code. Storage means for storing various privilege service information files provided to the purchaser, together with a PLU file for storing data such as price, etc. The central data processing device prints out privilege service information selected from various privilege information data or extracted by predetermined data processing, based on preset conditions, for each purchased specific product. It is configured. In this conventional system, in the case of a commodity discount coupon service provided with a winning ticket, a purchase customer who meets predetermined conditions such as a designated purchase maker, a designated commodity, a purchaser's 20s, 40s, gender, etc. Then, based on the purchase price, the discount coupon for the set product and the service information in the service information file are combined and edited for a printable receipt, and a receipt with a discount coupon for the specified product is printed. In this system, the person in charge (person in charge) subjectively determines the age of the customer and inputs it to the POS system, so that the specific age cannot be accurately grasped and it is difficult to display accurate information.
[0006]
Also, a barcode gate facility capable of performing a contactless ticket gate authentication is known (for example, Patent Document 3). This gate facility does not refer to personal data.
[0007]
Further, in a credit card sales system, a system for preventing leakage of a credit card number is known (for example, Patent Document 4).
[0008]
Further, as a POS system, a method and a system for automatically distributing sales promotion contents based on POS sales data to a content display terminal of each store are known (for example, Patent Document 5).
[0009]
Further, the district code of the district in which the customer resides is set in the member master, the point magnification is set for each district code in the district master file, the member card is read at the POS terminal, and the store computer corresponds to the district code corresponding to the member code. There is known a merchandise sales registration data processing device configured to acquire a code from a member master file, acquire a point magnification corresponding to a district code, and respond to a POS terminal (for example, Patent Document 6).
[0010]
Further, there is known a product sales data processing device which is capable of automatically giving a privilege point larger than a normal privilege point to a purchase on a specific day or a specific period such as a birthday (for example, Patent Document 1). 7). In this device, the member card brought by the member when shopping at the store functions as personal information storage means for storing the customer's membership number, the customer's accumulated bonus points, and the customer's birthday information, and includes an ID mark, Data such as a business code, a personal identification code, a company code, a cumulative point, the latest update date, name, birthday date, the number of times of use of the card, the latest write register number, and the preferential level number are written.
[0011]
Furthermore, the individual is identified by the individual determination means using the POS and the card recorded for each individual, personal attributes and individual purchase information are collected for each individual customer, and stored in the personal information storage means. Retrieval of individual attribute and individual purchase information according to a specific condition set by the store, a person who meets the specific condition is stored in advance in the condition corresponding person storage means, and a customer who has visited the cash register is referred to as this customer. The card is identified by the personal identification means, and it is determined whether the customer is a customer different from the preset sales promotion and customer service, and the customer is different from the preset sales promotion and customer service. When it is determined that the customer is not a customer, a configuration is known in which sales promotion is provided on a display unit provided in the POS terminal as a work instruction to a cashier, and characters and numerals corresponding to the contents stored in the customer service work instruction storage are displayed. It is (for example, Patent Document 8).
[0012]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-7-272121 (page 3, FIG. 1)
[Patent Document 2]
JP-A-2001-357457 (4th and 7th pages, FIG. 1, FIG. 16)
[Patent Document 3]
Registered Utility Model No. 3047309 (Page 2, FIG. 1)
[Patent Document 4]
JP 2001-325547 A (Page 2-3, FIG. 1)
[Patent Document 5]
JP-A-2002-92455 (page 7, FIG. 1)
[Patent Document 6]
JP-A-2002-269638 (Page 3, FIG. 1)
[Patent Document 7]
JP-A-5-298557 (page 3, FIG. 2)
[Patent Document 8]
Japanese Patent No. 2756261 (page 2-3, FIG. 2)
[0013]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, the conventional POS system has the following problems.
[0014]
For example, in the conventional POS system described in Patent Document 1 or the like, in order to acquire member information other than presentation of an external storage medium such as a magnetic card or an IC card or identification card, the member information is collectively used as a master file. It is necessary to inquire the managed data center (host computer) for member information by real-time communication, or to store information of all members in a store controller or the like of each store.
[0015]
In the POS system, realization of real-time communication requires the construction of a data center and the construction of a communication environment, which requires additional investment.
[0016]
In a store with a large number of members, holding information of all members requires a large-capacity storage medium, which leads to deterioration of response.
[0017]
In the POS system, a device for reading an external storage medium such as a magnetic card or an IC card is required to acquire the member information.
[0018]
A general POS system does not always include a card reader for reading an external storage medium such as a magnetic card or an IC card.
[0019]
In the systems described in Patent Documents 1 and 4 to 8, the additional card investment function requires additional investment.
[0020]
When checking the age of the customer at a cash register or the like, if the customer does not use an external storage medium such as a magnetic card or IC card, an identification card or date of birth is described. I had to show my membership card.
[0021]
If the customer presents his / her ID to the cashier, the customer will be shown information other than the customer's date of birth, which raises a security problem.
[0022]
Also, in the case of a system using a member card in which the name, date of birth, etc. of the customer is described, if the member card is lost, personal information will be leaked, which also raises a security problem. .
[0023]
In this way, the customer's personal information is checked by presenting an external storage medium or identification card in an environment where the member information cannot be inquired in real time by the data center that collectively manages the member information, In an environment where all information cannot be held in each store due to a large number (such an environment is referred to as a “local environment” in this specification), besides the presentation of an external storage medium or an identification card, etc. This is because there is no means for acquiring member information.
[0024]
Then, in a local environment, in order to output specific information for a specific age, if there is no identification card or the like, the person in charge (person in charge) subjectively determines the age of the customer and inputs it to the POS system. Therefore, the specific age cannot be accurately grasped, and it is difficult to display accurate information. That is, in the POS system, there is no means for accurately grasping the age in a local environment.
[0025]
Also, in a local environment, using the analysis of sales performance by grasping the accurate purchase age and outputting the same to the sales data file, when no identification card or the like is presented, the employee subjectively Since the age of the child is determined and input to the POS system, the specific age cannot be accurately grasped, and it is difficult to perform an accurate analysis.
[0026]
Accordingly, a main object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus, a system, a method, and a computer program suitable for being applied to a membership system using a membership card in a local environment.
[0027]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
An apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention that achieves the above object includes input means for reading a product code, and storage means for storing preferential treatment information on the product in association with the product code. As a result, as a member information, the member's gender and date of birth are encrypted and coded, and a member card is read, and the input means reads a product code, and the member's gender and date of birth are read. Means for outputting the preferential treatment information stored in the storage means when the member is determined to be a preferential treatment target based on the day information and the preferential treatment information of the product.
[0028]
In the present invention, the input means comprises a scanner for reading a bar code, and the member information is bar code printed on the member card.
[0029]
In the present invention, the member card is coded into a three-digit number including the gender of the member and the date of the birthday. According to the present invention, preferably, in the membership card, one of the male or female, based on the date of the birthday, has 366 patterns based on the date of the birthday, in consideration of the date and leap year as the date and the gender of the member. Is uniquely set to the three-digit number, and the other of the male or female is uniquely set to the three-digit 366 different numbers (range) different from the 366 numbers based on the date of the birthday. Is coded.
[0030]
According to a system according to another aspect of the present invention, input means for inputting a product code for specifying a product, a PLU master file for holding a relationship between the product code and the product, and storing the input information. A memory for controlling the operation of the apparatus, an output unit that indicates a state of the treatment in accordance with an instruction from the control unit, an output data file that holds information to be displayed on the output unit, and sales data. In the POS system having a sales data file to be output and retained, the PLU master file retains information on a product to be sold at a preferential price and information on the gender and / or birthday of the product, and The member information is read by the input unit from the member card in which the gender and the date of birth are encoded and coded, and the member information read from the member card is read. The gender and date of birth of the member are compared with information on the gender and / or birthday of the product to be sold at the preferential price stored in the PLU master file. And means for controlling the preferential price to be output to the output means.
[0031]
According to another aspect of the present invention, the output data file stores images, messages, and voice information for each specific predetermined age, birthday, and gender, and is read from the membership card by the input means. The member's gender and date of birth are determined to correspond to the specific gender, age and birthday stored in the output data file.If so, the member outputs the output when purchasing the product. The means includes means for outputting any one of the image, message, and audio information.
[0032]
According to still another aspect of the present invention, a means for acquiring the purchase age of a product based on the member's gender and date of birth read from the membership card by the input means and outputting the acquired purchase age to the sales data file. Have.
[0033]
In the present invention, in the store, the POS device cannot inquire the member information in real time to the host computer center connected to the database for collectively managing the member information, or the store computer of each store has If the member information cannot be held or a card reader device for reading an external recording medium such as an IC card or a magnetic card is not installed, preferential sales can be performed by the POS device.
[0034]
In the present invention, in the store, the POS device cannot inquire the member information in real time to the host computer center connected to the database for collectively managing the member information, or the store computer of each store has If the member information cannot be held, or if a card reader device that reads an external recording medium such as an IC card or a magnetic card is not installed, any of the image, message, and voice information can be stored in the POS device. Is output.
[0035]
According to a method according to still another aspect of the present invention, a member card having a bar code obtained by encrypting member gender and date of birth as member information by input means of a POS device for reading a product code. Reading is performed, and the code of the commodity is read into the memory by the input unit of the POS device;
The control unit of the POS device refers to the storage unit in which the preferential treatment information of the commodity is stored in advance in association with the commodity code, and based on the preferential treatment information of the commodity and the gender and date of birth of the read member, Performing a control to output preferential treatment information of the product to an output unit when the member is determined to be a preferential treatment target.
[0036]
According to a program according to still another aspect of the present invention, input means for inputting a product code for specifying a product, a PLU master file for holding a relationship between the product code and the product, and storing the input information A control unit for controlling the operation of the apparatus, an output unit for indicating a state of the treatment in accordance with an instruction from the control unit, an output data file for holding information to be displayed on the output unit, and sales data. And a sales data file that outputs and retains a POS device that retains, in the PLU master file, a product to be sold at a preferential price and gender and / or date of birth as a target of the product. The member information read by the input means from the member card in which the gender and the date of birth of the member are encrypted and coded is stored in a memory, The PLU master file is searched from the product code read by the means, and the member's gender and birth date information stored in the memory read from the member card and stored in the PLU master file. Processing for checking the gender and / or date of birth of a product to be sold at a preferential price and controlling the preferential price to be output to the output means for a customer of a predetermined gender, age, and birthday. Is executed by the computer.
[0037]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
An embodiment of the present invention will be described. According to the present invention, an input unit (105) for inputting a product code for specifying a product, a PLU master file (111) for holding a relation between the product code and the product, and a device for storing the input information. A memory (103), a control unit (102) for controlling the operation of the apparatus, output means (106, 107, 108, 110) for indicating a state of the treatment according to a command of the control unit (102); In a POS system provided with an output data file (112) for holding information to be displayed and a sales data file (113) for outputting and holding sales data, the member card records encrypted gender and date of birth information Then, the information of the membership card is read by the input means (105) and stored in the memory, and the PLU master file (111) indicates whether the product is sold at a special price. Alternatively, the control unit (102) stores the PLU master file (111) when the merchandise code and the member information are input from the input means (105). By referring to the merchandise, it is determined whether or not the merchandise is a merchandise price merchandise, and whether the sex or birthday held in the memory (103) is eligible for the magnificent price. By outputting the price to the output means, the member can be automatically sold at a preferential price.
[0038]
Further, in the present invention, the output data file (112) is provided with information such as a message and an image for each specific gender, age and birthday, and the control unit (102) receives the member information from the input means. Then, the gender and birthday held in the memory (103) and the specific gender, age and birthday held in the output data file (112) are compared. By outputting the specific information, it is possible to automatically output the information to a specific member during a sales operation.
[0039]
Further, in the present invention, when the member information is input from the input means (105), the control unit (102) determines the gender and the birthday held in the memory (103) by the accurate purchase age of a general POS system. By grasping and outputting to the sales data file (113), information analysis based on accurate information is enabled.
[0040]
According to the present invention, the membership card is coded as a three-digit number including the member's gender and birthday date. That is, according to the present invention, the member card preferably includes one of the male and female based on the date of the birthday, taking into account the date and leap year as the sex and birthday of the member. Is uniquely set to a three-digit number (e.g., 001-366), and the other of the male or female is based on the date of the birthday and has a different three-digit number (range) from the 366 numbers. (For example, 367 to 732) is uniquely set and coded.
[0041]
In the embodiment of the present invention, the above processing in the control unit (102) is preferably realized by a program executed by a computer constituting the POS terminal device.
[0042]
【Example】
Embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of one embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, a POS device 100 of this embodiment includes a scanner 105 for reading a barcode on the operator side, a receipt output unit 106, an operator side monitor 107, and an input key 108, and Includes a customer side monitor 109 and a speaker 110. The POS device 100 further includes a control unit 102 that controls the entire POS device, a memory 103 that stores a program for the control unit 102 to control the POS device 100, various master files, and the like, and a timer 104. . The memory 103 includes a PLU (Price Look Up) master file 111 for storing the association between the product code and the product, an output data file 112 for storing information to be displayed on a monitor or the like, and sales data for storing sales data. The file 113 is stored. The POS device 100 may include a cash register and a store controller (store computer).
[0043]
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the member number 118 in one embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 2, a general-purpose area 114 is an area for assigning a unique number to each member. The year area 115 is an area for storing the last two digits of the year of birth (AD). The gender and date area 116 is an area for storing birthday (month / day) and gender information in three digits. As an example of a method of converting the date of birth (month and date) and gender information into three digits, the date is converted into 366 days in consideration of leap years.
[0044]
In the case of a man, 001 is born on January 1 and 366 is born on December 31, and in the case of a woman, 367 is born on January 1 and 732 is born on December 31.
[0045]
When gender and date of birth are represented by numbers (digits), usually seven digits are required, one digit for gender and six digits for date of birth (two digits for year, two digits for month, two digits for day). . On the other hand, according to the present embodiment, the gender and the date of birth can be represented by a total of five digits.
[0046]
Further, according to the present embodiment, in the gender and date area 116, the birth of a female on January 1 is represented by 367, and it is difficult to notice at a glance that it indicates a birthday, so that safety is improved. I do.
[0047]
In FIG. 2, a number (check digit) calculated by check digit calculation when a bar code is created is recorded in a CD check area 117. The CD check area 117 is not necessarily used, but using a check improves security.
[0048]
As described above, the information in the general-purpose area 114, the year area 115, the gender and date area 116, and the CD check area 117 is converted into a bar code that can be read by the POS device 100 and printed on the membership card.
[0049]
That is, when the customer becomes a member and creates a membership card, based on the customer's date of birth and gender information, the age area in FIG. The date and gender are stored as three-digit numbers, and a bar code is printed on the membership card. Further, a CD check area 117 is printed.
[0050]
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a data configuration of the PLU master file 111 in one embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 3, a product name 120, a product price 121, a gender 122 to which the product is to be specially sold, and a special sale are associated with a product code 119 for specifying the product by comparing with a value read from the scanner 105. Information on the start and end dates 123 and 124 of the target birth date and the preferential price 125 is stored.
[0051]
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a data configuration of the output data file 112 according to one embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the output data file 112 includes a gender 127 for which information is to be output, a start date 127 of a date of birth for which information is to be output, an end date 128 for a date of birth to which information is to be output, It consists of information files 130 such as images and sounds.
[0052]
FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the member system according to one embodiment of the present invention. In a local environment, sales are performed at a special price to customers of a specific gender, age or birthday. It is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the member system. Hereinafter, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 5 and FIGS. 1 and 3.
[0053]
The operator scans the membership card on which the membership card in which the membership information is bar-coded is printed by the scanner 105 of the POS terminal (step 501).
[0054]
The number read by the scanner 105 is sent to the control unit 102, and the membership number is converted into gender and date of birth information using a program stored in the memory 103 until the product registration in the memory 103 is completed. A flag is set to indicate that the user is in the membership state (step 502).
[0055]
Thereafter, the operator scans the barcode added to the product with the scanner 105 (step 503), and the control unit 102 searches the PLU master file 111 from the product code read by the scanner 105, and A comparison is made with the product code 119 of 111 to find out whether there is a corresponding product.
[0056]
When the found product is any of the special treatment target gender 122 and the special treatment target birth date start date 123 and the end date 124 (see FIG. 3) in the PLU master file 111, the control unit 102 determines that the special product is the special treatment target. A determination is made (step 504). The preferential treatment conditions include the preferential treatment gender 122, preferential treatment birth start date 123, and preferential treatment birth end date 124 in the PLU master file 111 (see FIG. 3). (Step 505).
[0057]
As a result of the comparison, if the product is a preferential treatment, the preferential price 125 in the PLU master file 111 is set as the price of the product (step 506), and displayed on the operator monitor 107 and the customer monitor 109 for sale.
[0058]
FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the member system according to one embodiment of the present invention. When a customer of a specific gender, age or birthday purchases a product, a specific message, image, message, It is the flowchart which showed an example of the process of the member system in the local environment which outputs information, such as a voice. In the present embodiment, the processing of outputting information such as a specific message, image, message, and voice to the output means may be performed simultaneously with the above-described sales processing at the preferential price. Hereinafter, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 6 and FIGS.
[0059]
The member card on which the member bar code is printed is scanned by the scanner 105 (step 601).
[0060]
The number read by the scanner 105 is sent to the control unit 102, and the membership number is converted into gender and date of birth information using a program stored in the memory 103, and the membership status is maintained until product registration in the memory 103 is completed. Is set (step 602).
[0061]
The information output target gender 127 and the information output target birth date start date 128 and end date 129 (see FIG. 4) in the output data file 112 are compared with the gender and birth date held in the memory 103 (step 603) If it is the information output target, the corresponding data is extracted from the information file 130 such as the image and the sound in the output data file 112, and the information is output from the customer side monitor 109 and the speaker 110 (step 604).
[0062]
As described above, information is output until the end of merchandise registration because the member status flag is kept held until the end of merchandise registration (step 605). Further, the output of information may be controlled by time control, such as an event of occurrence of a timeout in the timer 104, using the timer 104 instead of the member status flag.
[0063]
Normally, in the POS system, sales data is stored in the sales data file 113 at the end of sales.
[0064]
In the present embodiment, when registered as a member, accurate purchase data can be accumulated by writing the converted gender and date of birth from the member number.
[0065]
Although the present invention has been described with reference to the above-described embodiment, the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment, but may be any person skilled in the art within the scope of the claims set forth in the claims. Needless to say, various changes and modifications that can be made are included.
[0066]
That is, in the above-described embodiment, the present invention has been described in connection with an example in which the present invention is applied to a POS system. However, it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to POS only. For example, by using a portable information terminal such as a personal computer or a PDA (Personal Digital Assistance) equipped with a barcode hand scanner, for example, when using a facility such as a gymnasium, a public hall, a library, a sports gym, an amusement park, etc. For a user of gender, age, or birthday, information such as a specific image, message, or sound can be output to the output unit.
[0067]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to sell at a preferential price to customers of a specific gender, age or birthday in a local environment.
[0068]
Further, according to the present invention, in a local environment, to a customer of a specific gender, age or birthday, specific information such as a specific image, message or voice is output to an output unit at the time of purchase, or the customer's accurate It is possible to automatically analyze sales performance using date of birth and gender.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a POS device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a member number area according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data configuration of a PLU master file according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a data configuration of an output data file according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a preferential treatment sales process according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a specific information output process according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
100 POS device
102 control unit
103 memory
104 timer
105 Scanner
106 Receipt output unit
107 Operator side monitor
108 Input key
109 Customer monitor
110 speaker
111 PLU master file
112 Output data file
113 Sales Data File
114 General-purpose area
115 years domain
116 Gender and Japanese territory
117 CD check area
118 Member number area
119 Product Code
120 Product Name
121 Price
122 Gender preference
123 Date of birth start date
124 End of birth date
125 Preferred price
126 PLU master file
127 Information output target gender
128 Information output target birth date Start date
129 Information output target birth end date
130 Information files such as images and sounds
131 Output data file

Claims (29)

Input means for reading the product code;
Storage means for storing the special treatment information on the product in association with the product code,
With
By means of the input means, as a member information, while reading the member card that is encoded and encoded the member's gender and date of birth information, the product code is read by the input means,
Means for outputting the preferential treatment information stored in the storage means when it is determined that the member is a preferential treatment target based on the gender and date of birth information of the member and preferential treatment information of the product. A terminal device characterized by the above-mentioned. The input means comprises a scanner that reads a barcode,
The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein member information is bar code printed on the member card. 3. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the member card is coded as a three-digit number including a member's gender and a birthday date. 4. 3. The member card according to claim 1, wherein a total of five digits are coded, two digits for a member's birth year and three digits for a member's gender and birthday date. 4. Terminal device. In the membership card, one of the male or female is uniquely set to 366 three-digit numbers based on the date of the birthday, taking into account the date and leap year of the member's gender and birthday. And the other of the male or female is uniquely set and coded to a three-digit number of 366 different three-digit numbers based on the date of the birthday. The terminal device according to claim 3. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the terminal device is a POS terminal device. Input means for inputting a product code for identifying the product,
A PLU master file that holds the association between the product code and the product,
A memory for storing the input information;
A control unit for controlling the operation of the device;
Output means for indicating a state of the treatment in response to a command from the control unit;
An output data file holding information to be output to the output unit,
A sales data file that outputs and holds sales data,
In a POS system having
In the PLU master file, the merchandise to be sold at a special price, and the sex and / or date of birth of a member to be a special target of the product are stored,
The member information is read from the member card by the input means,
At least a value obtained by encrypting the member's gender and date of birth information is coded in the member card,
Based on the gender and birth date information of the member read from the member card and the gender and / or birth date information of the product to be sold at a preferential price stored in the master file, A POS system comprising: means for controlling a member of a gender, an age group, and a birthday to output a preferential price to the output means. The output data file stores a predetermined specific age, birthday, image for each gender, message and voice information,
Whether the gender and birth date information of the member read by the input means from the member card corresponds to the specific gender, age, and birthday stored and held in the output data file. 7. The method according to claim 6, further comprising the step of outputting at least one of the image, the message, and the voice information to the output unit when the member purchases a product. POS system. Means for acquiring a purchase age of a product based on gender and date of birth of the member read from the member card by the input means and outputting the acquired purchase age to the sales data file. Item 7. The POS system according to Item 7. In the store, if the POS system can connect to a host computer center that connects to a database that collectively manages the member information and make inquiries about the member information in real time,
If all the member information cannot be stored in the POS system of the store, or
8. The POS system according to claim 7, wherein even when a card reader device for reading an IC card or a magnetic card is not installed in the POS system, the preferential sales can be performed by the POS system alone. In the store, if the POS system can connect to a host computer center that connects to a database that collectively manages the member information and make inquiries about the member information in real time,
If all the member information cannot be stored in the POS system of the store, or
Even when a card reader for reading an external recording medium such as an IC card or a magnetic card is not installed in the POS system,
9. The POS system according to claim 8, wherein the POS system outputs any one of the image, the message, and the voice information. The input means for reading the product code reads the member card in which the member's gender and date of birth information as member information are encrypted and bar-coded, and the input means reads the product code into the memory. The steps to be read;
The control unit of the terminal device refers to the storage unit in which the preferential treatment information of the commodity is stored in advance in association with the commodity code, and based on the preferential treatment information of the commodity and the gender and date of birth of the read member, Performing a control to output preferential treatment information of the product to an output unit when the member is determined to be a preferential treatment target;
A method for controlling a terminal device, comprising: The input means comprises a scanner that reads a barcode,
The control method for a terminal device according to claim 12, wherein the member card has member information printed thereon in a bar code. 14. The terminal device control method according to claim 12, wherein the membership card is coded as a three-digit number including the gender of the member and the date of the birthday. 14. The member card according to claim 12, wherein a total of five digits are coded, two digits for the member's birth year and three digits for the member's gender and birthday. A method for controlling a terminal device. In the membership card, one of the male or female is uniquely set to 366 three-digit numbers based on the date of the birthday, taking into account the date and leap year of the member's gender and birthday. And the other of the male or female is uniquely set and coded to a three-digit number of 366 different three-digit numbers based on the date of the birthday. The control method for a terminal device according to claim 14. 13. The control method for a terminal device according to claim 12, wherein the terminal device is a POS terminal device. Storing in advance in a PLU master file that holds the association between the product code and the product, the gender and / or date of birth information of the product to be sold at the preferential price and the member to be treated as the preferential treatment of the product;
Reading the member information from the member card obtained by encrypting and encoding the member's gender and date of birth with the input means of the POS device;
Inputting a product code for specifying a product by the input unit of the POS device;
The control unit of the POS device searches the PLU master file from the product code read by the input means, and stores the member's gender and date of birth information read from the member card and the PLU master file. The gender and / or date of birth information of the product sold at the preferential price is compared, and the preferential price is output to the output means for a customer of a predetermined gender, age, and birthday. Controlling;
A method for controlling a POS device, comprising: Storing, in an output data file for storing information to be output to the output means of the POS device, an image, a message, and voice information for each specific predetermined age, birthday, and gender;
It is determined whether the gender and date of birth information of the member read from the member card correspond to a specific gender, age, or birthday stored in the output data file. Is a step of outputting any one of the image, the message, and the audio information to the output unit when purchasing the product.
19. The method of controlling a POS device according to claim 18, comprising: 19. The method according to claim 18, further comprising a step of acquiring a purchase age of the product based on the member's gender and date of birth read from the member card by the input means, and outputting the acquired product age to a sales data file of the product. The control method of the POS device described in the above. At the store, whether the POS device can connect to a host computer center that connects to a database that collectively manages member information and inquire member information in real time,
The POS device at the store cannot hold all member information, or
19. The POS according to claim 18, wherein even when a card reader device for reading an external recording medium such as an IC card or a magnetic card is not installed in the POS device, the preferential sale can be performed by the POS device alone. How to control the device. In a store, whether the POS device can connect to a host computer center that connects to a database that collectively manages member information and inquire about member information in real time,
The POS device at the store cannot hold all member information, or
Even when a card reader for reading an external recording medium such as an IC card or a magnetic card is not installed in the POS device,
20. The control method for a POS device according to claim 19, wherein any one of the image, the message, and the voice information is output by the POS device. Input means for inputting a product code for identifying the product,
A PLU master file that holds the association between the product code and the product,
A memory for storing the input information;
A control unit for controlling the operation of the device;
Output means for indicating a state of the treatment in response to a command from the control unit;
An output data file holding information to be output to the output unit,
A sales data file that outputs and holds sales data,
Has,
In the computer constituting the POS device which holds the product to be sold at the preferential price and the gender and / or date of birth as the object of the product in the PLU master file,
The member information read by the input means is stored in a memory from a member card obtained by encrypting the member's sex and date of birth, and the PLU master file is searched from the product code read by the input means, The member's gender and date of birth information read from the member card and held in the memory, and the gender and / or date of birth to be sold at the preferential price stored in the PLU master file A program for causing the computer to execute a process of comparing day information and controlling a customer of a predetermined sex, age, and birthday to output a preferential price to the output unit. 24. The program according to claim 23, wherein the output data file stores a predetermined image, message, and voice information for each specific age, birthday, and gender, and is read from the membership card by the input unit. The member's gender and date of birth are determined to correspond to the specific gender, age and birthday stored in the output data file.If so, the member outputs the output when purchasing the product. A program causing the computer to execute a process of outputting any one of the image, the message, and the voice information. 24. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 23, wherein the computer acquires a purchase age of a product based on a gender and a date of birth of the member read from the member card by the input unit and outputs the acquired purchase age to the sales data file. Program to be executed. A method for creating member information using a computer and recording it on a membership card,
A method for creating a membership card, comprising: encoding a member's gender and date of birth together into a three-digit number and recording it. 27. The member card according to claim 26, wherein the member card is encoded with a total of five digits, two digits for the member's birth year and three digits for the member's gender and birthday. How to make. In the membership card, one of male or female is uniquely set to 366 three-digit numbers based on the birthday date, taking into account the date and leap year as the gender and birthday of the member. And the other of the male or female is uniquely set and coded to a three-digit number of 366 different three-digit numbers based on the date of the birthday. The method for creating a membership card according to claim 26. Considering the date and leap year as the member's gender and birthday, one of the male or female is uniquely set to 366 three-digit numbers based on the birthday date, and the male or female The other is a member card characterized by being uniquely set and coded to a three-digit number of 366 different three-digit numbers based on the birthday date.

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