JP2006072799A - Money reception system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a money reception system capable of pressing an unpaid payer without using manpower. <P>SOLUTION: This money reception system 10 has: a plurality of money reception machines 13; a management machine 14 connected to the money reception machines 13, managing proceeds; and a communication means 28 connecting the management machine 14 and each the payer side. The management machine 14 has: a payer information storage means 31 storing at least communication means information in each the payer; a money reception state decision means 34 deciding whether the proceeds are already paid or not in each the payer; and a pressing means pressing a pressing target payer decided by the money reception state decision means 34 that the proceeds are not paid to pay money by the communication means 28 on the basis of the communication means information stored in the payer information storage means 31. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a deposit system for depositing sales of these cash registers in a common area having a plurality of deposit machines in a department store or the like having a large number of cash registers.

In a department store or the like having a large number of cash registers, there is a technique related to a deposit system that processes the sales proceeds of these cash registers in a common area having a plurality of deposit machines (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In this deposit system, each depositor monitors whether or not the deposit of sales has been completed, and the unpaid depositor who has not received the deposit is displayed in a non-payers list that is displayed or printed in a lump. By informing the management side, it is possible to prompt the deposit to the non-payment recipient.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-120485

  By the way, in the above system, when the non-payment recipient is confirmed, the management side calls the non-payment depositor by extension telephone etc. according to the non-payment list displayed or printed in a lump. There was a problem that it was necessary to urge the deposit, and that manpower was necessary.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a deposit system capable of prompting an unpaid depositor without manpower.

  In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is characterized in that a plurality of depositing machines, a managing machine connected to these depositing machines to manage sales, and a connection between the managing machine and each depositor side. In the depositing system, the management machine includes a depositor information storage unit that stores at least contact unit information for each depositor, and a deposit status determination unit that determines whether the sales have been deposited for each depositor. Prompting means for prompting the deposit by the contact means based on the contact means information stored in the depositor information storage means for the prompting recipient who has determined that the payment status judging means has not received the sales. It is characterized by having.

  The invention according to claim 2 is the invention according to claim 1, wherein the contact means is an extension telephone line system that connects the management machine and a telephone for each creditor, and the creditor information storage means is A telephone number for each telephone is stored as contact means information, and the prompting means is a telephone sending means for making a call to the phone on the recipient's reminder side based on the telephone number, and for calling by the telephone sending means It is characterized by comprising voice message transmission means for sending a voice message prompting the receipt of sales money to the telephone on the prompting depositor side after confirming the reception of the telephone on the prompting depositor side.

  The invention according to claim 3 is the invention according to claim 2, wherein the management machine further has a plan to deposit money based on an operation of the telephone on the prompt payer side after sending the voice message by the voice message sending means. It is characterized by providing an answer judging means for judging an answer of whether or not.

  The invention according to claim 4 is the invention according to claim 1, wherein the contact means is a POS communication system linking the management machine and each POS register, and the depositor information storage means is the contact means information. The POS code for each POS cash register is stored, and the prompting means includes message sending means for sending a message prompting the deposit of the sales proceeds to the POS cash register on the prompt depositor side based on the POS code. The POS cash register is provided with message display means for receiving and displaying a message from the message sending means.

  The invention according to claim 5 is the invention according to claim 4, wherein the management machine further determines whether or not there is a deposit plan based on an operation of a POS cash register on the side of the demanding depositor after the message is transmitted by the message transmitting means. It is characterized by providing an answer judging means for judging such an answer.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, the management machine monitors a sales amount for each POS cash register and stores a sales amount storage unit for each POS cash register. A deposit amount storage means for storing the deposit amount to the deposit machine, and the deposit status determination means determines whether the sales amount of the sale amount storage means and the deposit amount of the deposit amount storage means for each POS cash register. It is characterized in that a deposit difference is calculated, and it is determined whether or not the sales have been deposited based on a comparison between the unpaid difference and a reference determination difference as a reference.

  The invention according to claim 7 is characterized in that, in the invention according to claim 6, the deposit status determination means can arbitrarily set the prompt determination reference difference for each POS register.

  The invention according to claim 8 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the deposit status determination means includes a deposit acceptance start time by the deposit machine, a deposit acceptance end time by the deposit machine, and the deposit. The payment reminding start time before the reception end time is stored, and it is characterized in that it is determined whether or not the sales have been paid for each creditor at the time after the deposit reminding start time.

  The invention according to claim 9 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the deposit status determination means includes a deposit acceptance start time by the deposit machine, a deposit acceptance end time by the deposit machine, and the deposit. The deposit prompt start time before the reception end time is stored, and the latest deposit time actually deposited by the deposit machine is stored for each depositor, and the latest after the deposit prompt start time is stored. The deposit time is read out, and when a predetermined time has elapsed between the latest deposit time and the current time, it is determined that the deposit has not been made. It is characterized in that it is determined that payment has been completed when a predetermined time has not passed.

  The invention according to claim 10 is characterized in that, in the invention according to claim 9, the predetermined time can be arbitrarily set for each creditor.

  The invention according to claim 11 is characterized in that, in the invention according to any one of claims 8 to 10, the deposit prompting start time can be arbitrarily set for each depositor.

  According to the first aspect of the invention, when the depositing state judging means of the management machine judges whether or not the sales have been received for each creditor, the prompting means is given to the prompting recipient who has judged that the sales has not been received. Prompts the deposit by the contact means based on the contact means information stored in the depositor information storage means. Accordingly, it is possible to automatically determine and automatically prompt a non-paid reminder target depositor. Therefore, it is possible to prompt the non-paid depositor without manpower.

  According to the invention of claim 2, the telephone calling means of the prompting means sends the telephone number of the prompting creditor who has determined that the sales have not been received based on the telephone number stored in the creditor information storage means. The voice message sending means of the prompting means plays a voice message prompting the receipt of the sales amount after confirming the reception of the telephone of the target payer for the outgoing call by the telephone sending means. Thereby, it can prompt using an existing extension system etc., and can reduce cost.

  According to the invention of claim 3, the answer determination means of the management machine determines an answer as to whether or not there is a payment plan based on the operation of the telephone on the prompt payer side after the voice message is sent by the voice message sending means. Therefore, for example, when receiving an answer that there is a deposit plan, it is possible to delay the closing of the deposit, assuming that there is a deposit process before the final deposit time, and on the other hand, when receiving an answer that there is no deposit plan, It is possible to proceed with the closing operation of the deposit without waiting until

  According to the invention of claim 4, the message sending means of the prompting means is based on the POS code stored in the depositor information storage means for the POS cash register of the target payee who has determined that the sales have not been received. When a message prompting the receipt of sales is sent to the POS cash register on the side of the demanding recipient, the message display means provided in the POS cash register on the side of the demanding recipient receives the message from the message sending means. indicate. Thereby, it can prompt using an existing POS communication system and can reduce cost.

  According to the fifth aspect of the invention, the response determination unit of the management machine determines whether or not there is a payment plan based on the operation of the POS cash register on the side of the demanding depositor after the message transmission by the message transmission unit. Therefore, for example, when receiving an answer that there is a deposit plan, it is possible to delay the closing of the deposit, assuming that there is a deposit process before the final deposit time. It is possible to proceed with the deposit tightening process without waiting.

  According to the invention of claim 6, the deposit amount judgment means automatically recognizes the sales amount automatically recognized by the sales amount storage means and the receipt amount storage means for each POS cash register. The amount of the non-payment difference is calculated based on the comparison between the non-payment difference and the standard reminder judgment difference. When the amount of money has not been reached, it is automatically determined that payment has been made and unnecessary payment prompts can be refrained.

  According to the invention of claim 7, since the payment status determination means can arbitrarily set the prompt determination standard difference for each POS cash register, appropriate prompt determination criteria as appropriate based on the standard sales amount for each creditor You can set the difference.

  According to the invention according to claim 8, in order to determine whether or not the sales have been received for each depositor at the time after the payment prompt start time before the deposit acceptance end time by the deposit machine, the prompt is made at an appropriate time. This can be done based on the judgment.

  According to the invention according to claim 9, at the time after the deposit reminder start time before the deposit acceptance end time, the latest deposit time actually deposited by the deposit machine is read for each depositor, and the latest deposit time If a predetermined time has elapsed between the current payment time and the current time, it is estimated that the time has elapsed since the latest payment time, and that unpaid sales have occurred to the extent that payment is required. If it is automatically judged as deposit and prompts the deposit, but the predetermined time has not passed between the latest deposit time and the current time, the time has not elapsed since the latest deposit time. It is estimated that unpaid sales have not occurred to the extent that payment is required, and it is automatically determined that payment has been made and unnecessary payment prompts can be avoided.

  According to the invention of claim 10, since a predetermined time compared with the elapsed time from the latest payment time can be arbitrarily set for each creditor, the standard time of occurrence of sales for each creditor, etc. It is possible to set an appropriate predetermined time appropriately based on the above, and to match the business mode for each creditor.

  According to the eleventh aspect of the present invention, since the deposit prompting time can be arbitrarily set for each depositor, the deposit prompting time can be matched to the business mode for each depositor. For example, in a store form that has a restaurant district that delays the end time of business compared to general stores, it is possible to set the payment prompting time according to the business hours, and it is possible to decentralize the payment work .

  A deposit system according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

  A deposit system 10 according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 is a system for depositing the sales of these POS registers 11 in a common deposit room in a department store or a shopping center having a large number of POS registers 11, A plurality of depositing machines 13 installed in the depositing machine 13 and a management machine 14 shared with these depositing machines 13 for managing sales proceeds and the like. Each POS register 11 is connected to a store controller 15 to construct a general POS system. The store controller 15 manages the sales amount of each POS cash register 11 and transfers information to and from the management machine 14. Each POS register 11 displays a message from the management device 14 by using a part of the display unit 18, and inputs or stores an answer to the message by operating the operation unit 19. And can generate an alarm.

  The management machine 14 includes a control unit 21, an operation unit 22 that outputs input information to the control unit 21 when an operation input is made, and a state display device 23 that is controlled by the control unit 21 and performs display. .

  The depositing machine 13 receives individual identification information of each POS register 11 as depositor information when depositing, and stores deposit amount information such as a deposit amount in association with the depositor information by accepting the deposit thereafter. However, the management machine 14 inputs these depositor information and deposit amount information from the respective depositing machines 13 to the control unit 21, and the management machine 14 receives the individual information of the POS cash register 11 from these information. It is designed to manage the deposit status. That is, it manages whether or not each POS register 11 has made a deposit to the depositing machine 13, the time at which the deposit was performed, the deposit amount, and the like. Each depositing machine 13 is only required to be able to deposit at least coins and banknotes, and can be configured with a depositing / dispensing machine that can also dispense coins and banknotes, and can also dispense deposited coins and banknotes. It can also be configured with a simple reflux type depositing and dispensing machine.

  The management machine 14 is provided with a modem 27. The modem 27 can communicate with and communicate with a telephone 30 on the depositor side allocated and attached to each POS register 11 by an extension telephone line system (contact means) 28. It is connected. That is, the control unit 21 of the management machine 14 and each depositor side are connected by an extension telephone line system 28 that connects the control unit 21 of the management machine 14 and the telephone 30 for each depositor. In addition, in order to identify and communicate each telephone 30 to the control unit 21 of the management machine 14, an individual telephone number (contact means information) for each telephone (for each depositor) is stored in a depositor information storage unit (payer information). Storage means) 31 in advance.

  Further, the management device 14 is communicably connected to the POS cash register 11 on each depositor side via the POS communication system 32 including the store controller 15. That is, the management machine 14 and each depositor side are also connected by the POS communication system 32 including the store controller 14 that connects the management machine 14 and each POS register 11. Further, in the control unit 21 of the management machine 14, an individual POS code for each POS register 11 is stored in advance in the depositor information storage unit 31 in order to identify and communicate with each POS register 11.

  In the first embodiment, the control unit 21 of the management machine 14 includes a payment state determination unit (payment state determination unit) 34 that deposits the sales proceeds to the deposit system 10 for each depositor, that is, for each POS register 11. The prompting unit (reminding means) 35 stores the phone number, that is, the reminder target POS register for the reminder subject to the reminder who has judged that the sales have not been paid, that is, the reminder target POS register 11. The extension telephone line system 28 prompts for payment based on the telephone number of the telephone 30 assigned to the telephone 11.

  In other words, the prompting unit 35 of the control unit 21 includes a modem 27 connected to the telephone 30 assigned to the prompting depositor side, that is, the telephone 30 assigned to the prompting POS register 11 by the telephone sending unit (telephone sending means) 36 based on the telephone number. The voice message sending unit (voice message sending means) 38 confirms the receipt of the telephone 30 on the prompt payer side for this call (after the so-called line is connected), A preset and stored voice message prompting the deposit is sent to the phone 30 on the prompting depositor side.

  In addition, the control unit 21 determines that the response determination unit (response determination unit) 39 is a push button operation signal after the voice message is transmitted from the telephone 30 on the prompting depositor side, that is, the telephone 30 assigned to the prompting POS register 11. Is received and stored, and an answer as to whether or not there is a payment plan is determined based on this signal.

  Here, in the deposit system 10, the deposit acceptance start time at which deposit can be accepted by the deposit machine 12 and the deposit acceptance end time at which all deposit acceptance is terminated in order to perform subsequent tightening operations are all the depositors. These items are determined in advance and are stored in the deposit status determination unit 34 of the control unit 21 of the management machine 14.

  Then, for each depositor, that is, for each POS cash register 11, the sales proceeds are deposited into the depositing machine 13 between the deposit acceptance start time and the deposit acceptance end time as necessary.

  Further, the depositing state determining unit 34 of the control unit 21 sets the final time at which the depositing operation to the depositing machine 13 should be performed before the deposit acceptance end time, and stores this as the deposit prompting start time. Here, since the business hours may be different for each depositor, that is, for each POS cash register 11, the deposit prompt start time can be arbitrarily set for each depositor, that is, for each POS cash register 11, and the deposit prompt start time is the deposit. It is set and stored individually for each person, that is, for each POS register 11. The deposit status determination unit 34 determines whether or not the sales have been deposited for each depositor at the time after the deposit prompt start time, specifically, at the deposit prompt time, and based on this determination, the deposit prompt is performed. Determine whether to do it.

  At this time, the control unit 21 monitors and stores the sales amount for each POS register 11 in the sales amount storage unit (sales amount storage unit) 41, and stores it in the POS register in the deposit amount storage unit (payment amount storage unit) 42. The deposit amount to the deposit machine 13 is stored every 11 and the deposit status determination unit 34 determines the difference between the stored sales amount and the deposit amount for each POS cash register 11 according to the setting. Is calculated, based on the comparison between the unpaid difference and the reference reminder determination reference difference, whether or not the sales has been received is determined, and whether or not the deposit is prompted is determined based on this determination. In other words, if the unpaid difference is greater than or equal to the reminder judgment standard difference, the unpaid difference has reached the amount required to be deposited, and it is determined that the deposit has not been received. If it is smaller, the unpaid difference is a small amount that does not reach the amount required for depositing, and it is judged that the deposit has been made, so that unnecessary deposit prompting is refrained. Here, the prompt determination reference difference can be arbitrarily set for each depositor, that is, for each POS register 11.

  Further, the control unit 21 stores the latest deposit time when the deposit amount storage unit 42 actually deposits the money by the depositing machine 13 for each POS cash register 11, that is, for each depositor. The state determination unit 34 reads the latest deposit time at the time after the above-mentioned deposit prompt start time, specifically, at the deposit prompt start time, and a predetermined determination between the latest deposit time and the current time When the time (predetermined time) has passed, it is judged as non-payment and prompts for payment. On the other hand, if the judgment time has not passed between the latest payment time and the current time, it is judged unnecessary. It is designed to refrain from prompting for deposit. In other words, if the predetermined judgment time has not elapsed between the latest payment time and the current time, the time has not passed since the latest payment time and the amount of unpaid sales needs to be received Since it can be estimated that no payment has occurred, it is automatically judged that the payment has been made, and an unnecessary payment prompt is refrained. Here, this determination time can be arbitrarily set for each depositor, that is, for each POS register 11.

  In the deposit system 10 of the first embodiment, in the time period from the deposit acceptance start time to the deposit reminder start time, sales will occur for each POS register 11, and the depositor receives the proceeds from the POS register 11 as a deposit machine. When it is determined that it is better to deposit the money, the part of the sales proceeds is taken out from the POS cash register 11 and goes to the deposit room to deposit the money into the depositing machine 12.

  Here, the control unit 21 of the management machine 14 is shown in FIG. 2 for each depositor, that is, for each POS cash register 11 (for example, if one POS cash register 11 is provided for the shop, it may be for each shop). Memorized information. That is, a POS name that is individual information for each POS register 11 (for example, a store name may be used if one POS register 11 is provided for a store), and a POS code that is individual information (for example, one for each store). (If a POS register 11 is provided, a store code may be used), a telephone number that is individual information, a transmission record that is the time when a payment reminder is transmitted that is individual information, and a record that there is a payment schedule that is individual information , Sales amount as individual information, deposit amount into deposit machine 13 as individual information, reminder judgment reference difference as individual information, deposited flag / unpaid flag as individual information, deposit as common information for all POS cash registers Reception start time, payment acceptance end time that is common information, payment reminder start time that is individual information, latest payment time that is individual information, and determination time (predetermined time) that is individual information, Shin is about what you need is stored while appropriately updated.

  When a depositor deposits the sales proceeds of the POS cash register 11 in charge into the depositing machine 13, the control unit 21 stores the POS name (or store name) and POS code input at the time of deposit in the deposit amount storage unit 42. (Or a store code) is stored, and the latest deposit time for the POS cash register 11, the deposit amount of the day at the present time, and the like are stored. Although not shown in the drawing, the deposit amount storage unit 42 stores deposit history information in addition to the management information, and stores the time each deposit, the deposit amount at each time, and the total amount.

  For example, when a depositor deposits sales from the POS register 11 in charge to the depositing machine 13, as shown in FIG. 2, “XXX register” as the POS name input at the time of deposit and “POS register” as the POS code. 123 ”is stored in the deposit amount storage unit 42. Further, it is stored in the deposit amount storage unit 42 that the latest deposit time for the POS register 11 is “18:43” and the deposit amount on that day is “73900 yen”.

  Then, the control unit 21 determines whether or not the current time is the deposit prompt start time set in the POS register 11 in the deposit status determination unit 34, and when it is the deposit prompt start time, the prompt determination criterion It is determined whether or not a difference is set, and when the prompt determination reference difference is set, for this POS cash register 11, the non-payment that is the difference between the sales amount at that time and the deposit amount to the deposit machine 13 Calculate the difference, and based on the comparison between this unpaid difference and its standard reminder judgment difference, if the unpaid difference is greater than or equal to the reminder judgment difference, the sales have not been credited, that is, not yet received On the other hand, the non-payment flag is set, and if the non-payment difference is smaller than the prompt determination reference difference, the sales are judged to have been received and the payment-completed flag is set. If the sales proceeds are determined to be unpaid, the prompting section 35 reads the telephone number stored in the depositor information storage section 42 for the POS cash register 11, and the telephone calling section 36 calls the telephone number. Make a call. Then, a ringing tone is generated on the telephone 30 attached to the POS register 11. On the other hand, if it is determined that the sales have been received, the call is not transmitted.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 2, for the POS cash register 11, when the deposit prompt start time is set to “20:40”, the control unit 21 determines that the prompt determination reference difference amount is If it is determined whether or not the prompt judgment reference difference is set, for the POS cash register 11, the sales amount at that time is “1005627 yen” and the deposit to the deposit machine 13 at that time. The non-payment difference “26667 yen” calculated from the amount “73900 yen” is compared with the prompt determination criterion difference “5000”. In this case, since the non-payment difference is equal to or greater than the prompt determination reference difference, it is determined that the sales have not been received and the non-payment flag is set. When the control unit 21 determines that the sales proceeds are not yet received, it reads “0842”, which is the extension telephone number stored for the POS cash register 11, and uses the modem 27 by this telephone number to use the extension telephone line system. Calling is performed via 28, and this call time is stored. Then, a ringing tone is generated in the telephone 30 having the number “0842” attached to the POS register 11.

  When the person in charge of the POS cash register 11 (recipient for prompting) picks up the handset of the telephone 30, the prompting unit 35 first receives the name of the POS cash register (or store name) for confirmation by the voice message sending unit 38. ) Is sent as a voice message, and then a preset and stored voice message prompting the receipt of sales is sent to the telephone 30, that is, the telephone 30 on the prompt payer side. Further, the voice message transmitting unit 38 sends a voice message instructing the telephone 30 to reply by a corresponding push button operation as to whether or not there is a plan to deposit money by the deposit acceptance end time. For example, if there is a plan to deposit money, a “1” push button is operated on the telephone 30, and if there is no plan to deposit, a voice message instructing the telephone 30 to perform a push button operation is sent.

  Then, the demanding depositor answers the telephone 30 with a push button operation, and the control unit 21 receives and stores the push button operation signal, and the control unit 21 receives the push button operation signal. Based on this, it is determined whether or not there is a payment plan. That is, when a push button operation indicating that there is a deposit schedule is performed, it is determined that there is a deposit schedule. On the other hand, when a push button operation indicating that there is no deposit schedule is performed, it is determined that there is no deposit schedule.

  When an answer indicating that there is a deposit plan is made, the deposit status determination unit 34 of the control unit 21 waits for a deposit operation until the deposit acceptance end time. In other words, the depositing machine 13 is allowed to accept deposits and waits without tightening the deposit amount for the POS cash register 11. Then, as soon as there is a deposit for this POS register 11, a deposited flag indicating that the POS register 11 has been deposited is set. On the other hand, when a reply indicating no payment is made, the payment status determination unit 34 does not wait for the payment operation until the payment acceptance end time, and sets the payment completion flag for the POS register 11 at that time. When the payment completion flag is set for all the POS registers 11, the payment state determination unit 34 outputs a signal indicating that the closing operation is possible and sets all the payment machines 13 to not accept the payment. .

  In addition, even if the POS cash register 11 has not received the payment completion flag, when the payment acceptance end time is reached, the payment status determination unit 34 outputs a signal indicating that the closing operation is possible, and all the payments are received. The machine 13 is set to a state where no deposit is accepted.

  On the other hand, when the current time is the deposit prompt start time set in the POS cash register 11, if the prompt determination reference difference is not set, the deposit status determination unit 34 of the control unit 21 When the latest payment time for the POS register 11 is read, the elapsed time from the current time is calculated, and a predetermined determination time has elapsed from the latest payment time to the current time, Is not paid, i.e., it is judged as not paid, and the non-paid flag is set. On the other hand, if the judgment time has not elapsed between the latest payment time and the current time, it is judged as paid and the paid flag is set. To do. When the deposit status determination unit 34 determines that the sales proceeds are not yet received, the prompting unit 35 reads the telephone number stored for the POS cash register 11 from the depositor information storage unit 31, and thereafter the prompting described above. As in the case of non-payment determination based on the comparison with the judgment reference difference, the telephone 30 attached to the POS cash register 11 receives a voice message prompting the receipt of sales by the telephone transmission unit 36 and the voice message transmission unit 38. When a voice message prompting an input as to whether or not the deposit is scheduled to be received by the deposit acceptance end time is played, and in response to this, the deposit status determination unit 34 performs an operation indicating that the deposit is scheduled On the other hand, if it is determined that there is a deposit schedule, and if an operation indicating no deposit schedule is performed, it is determined that there is no deposit schedule. Then, when an answer indicating that there is a deposit plan is made, the deposit status determination unit 34 waits for a deposit operation until the deposit acceptance end time.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 2, for this POS cash register 11, when the deposit reminder start time is reached, the latest deposit time “18:43” is read, and the current time when the deposit reminder start time is reached from this time. The elapsed time “1 hour 57 minutes” until “20:40” is calculated. Then, the elapsed time “1 hour 57 minutes” from the latest deposit time is compared with a preset determination time “30 minutes” which is a criterion for determining whether or not the deposit has been made. Then, since the elapsed time from the latest payment time exceeds the determination time, it is determined that the sales have not been received and the non-payment flag is set. When the control unit 21 determines that the sales proceeds are not yet received, the control unit 21 reads the extension telephone number stored for the POS cash register 11, and thereafter, at the time of non-payment determination based on the comparison with the above-mentioned prompt determination reference difference. In the same way as above, we will prompt you for payment.

  According to the first embodiment described above, when the deposit status determination unit 34 of the management device 14 determines whether or not sales have been received for each depositor, that is, for each POS cash register 11, it is determined that the sales have not been received. Based on the telephone number stored in the depositor information storage unit 31, the prompting unit 35 prompts the requested depositee by the extension telephone line system 28. Accordingly, it is possible to automatically determine and automatically prompt a non-paid reminder target depositor. Therefore, it is possible to prompt the non-paid depositor without manpower.

  Further, the telephone call unit 36 of the prompting unit 35 sets the telephone number stored in the depositor information storage unit 31 to the telephone 30 of the prompting target POS cash register 11 that has determined that the sales have not been received. The voice message sending unit 38 of the prompting unit 35 sends a voice message prompting the receipt of the sales amount after confirming the reception of the telephone 30 of the prompting target depositor for the outgoing call by the telephone sending unit 36. To the telephone 30. Thereby, it can prompt using an existing extension system and can reduce cost.

  Further, the answer determination unit 39 determines whether or not there is a payment plan based on the operation of the telephone 30 on the urged target depositor side, that is, the POS target POS register 11 side after the voice message is transmitted by the voice message transmitting unit 38. Therefore, it is possible to delay the closing of the deposit as if there is a deposit process by the time of the final deposit when receiving an answer that there is a plan to deposit, while waiting for the final deposit time when receiving an answer that there is no plan to deposit And tightening the deposit.

  In addition, the difference between the sales amount automatically recognized by the sales amount storage unit 41 for each POS cash register 11 and the deposit amount automatically recognized by the payment amount storage unit 42 for each POS cash register 11. A certain amount of non-payment difference is calculated, and it is judged whether or not the sales proceeds have been received based on the comparison between this non-payment difference and the standard reminder judgment standard difference. When the amount of money has not been reached, it is automatically determined that payment has been made, and unnecessary payment prompts can be refrained. Even if the POS cash register 11 of the store is not connected to the management machine 14, it is not possible to compare with the reminder judgment reference difference, but the extension telephone line system 28 automatically sets the phone 30 for each store. You can prompt by voice message.

  Furthermore, since the deposit status determination unit 34 can arbitrarily set the prompt determination reference difference for each POS register 11, an appropriate prompt determination reference difference can be set as appropriate based on the standard sales amount for each depositor.

  In addition, in order to determine whether or not sales have been received for each depositor, that is, for each POS cash register 11, at the time after the payment reminder start time before the deposit acceptance end time by the deposit machine 13, prompting is performed at an appropriate time. This can be done based on judgment.

  Furthermore, at the time after the deposit prompting time before the deposit acceptance end time, the latest deposit time actually deposited by the deposit machine 13 is read for each depositor, that is, for each POS cash register 11, and from the latest deposit time If a predetermined judgment time has elapsed before the current time, it is estimated that time has elapsed since the latest payment time and that the amount of unpaid sales has been generated to the extent that payment is required. If the predetermined judgment time has not elapsed between the latest payment time and the current time, the time has not elapsed since the latest payment time. It is estimated that the sales amount of the deposit has not occurred to the extent that the deposit is necessary, and it is automatically judged that the deposit has been made, and an unnecessary deposit prompting can be avoided.

  In addition, since the judgment time compared with the elapsed time from the latest payment time can be arbitrarily set for each depositor, that is, for each POS cash register 11, it is based on the standard sales generation time for each depositor. Therefore, it is possible to set an appropriate determination time to suit the business mode for each creditor.

  Furthermore, since the deposit prompt start time can be arbitrarily set for each depositor, that is, for each POS cash register 11, the deposit prompt start time can be matched to the business mode for each depositor. For example, in a store form that has a restaurant district that delays the end time of business compared to general stores, it is possible to set the payment prompting time according to the business hours, and it is possible to decentralize the payment work .

  The deposit system according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described below mainly with reference to FIG. 3 with a focus on differences from the first embodiment. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the part similar to 1st Embodiment, and the description is abbreviate | omitted.

  In the second embodiment, the depositing status determination unit 34 of the control unit 21 of the management machine 14 stores the sales proceeds in the depositor information storage unit 31 for the prompting depositor, that is, the prompting POS cash register 11. The point that the POS communication system (contact means) 32 prompts for payment based on the stored POS code is different from the first embodiment.

  As described above, the management machine 14 and each depositor side, that is, each POS cash register 11 side are also connected by the POS communication system 32 including the store controller 14 that connects the management machine 14 and each POS cash register 11. The POS code (contact means information) for each POS register 11 (for each depositor) is stored in advance in the depositor information storage unit 31 in order to identify and communicate with each POS register 11 in the control unit 15. .

  And in 2nd Embodiment, while the control part 21 of the management machine 14 judges whether the money_receiving | payment was paid to the money_receiving | payment system for every depositor, ie, each POS cash register 11, by the payment status judgment part 34, The prompting unit 35 (prompting means) prompts the deposit by the POS communication system 32 based on the stored POS code to the prompting depositor who has determined that the sales have not been deposited, that is, the prompting POS register 11.

  In other words, the prompting unit 35 of the second embodiment is a message sending unit (message sending means) that sends a preset and stored message that prompts the POS cash register 11 on the side of the demanding depositor to receive the sales based on the POS code. ) 45, and each POS register 11 can be displayed when the display unit (message display unit) 18 receives a message from the message transmission unit 45. Therefore, when the message sending unit 45 sends a message prompting the receipt of sales to the POS register 11 on the prompting depositor side, the POS register 11 on the prompting depositor side displays this message on the display unit 18.

  In addition, the answer determination unit 39 of the second embodiment receives and stores a key operation signal to the operation unit 19 of the POS register 11 after sending a message to the POS register 11 on the urging target depositor side. Based on the signal, it is determined whether or not there is a deposit plan.

  In the deposit system 10 of the second embodiment, the deposit status determination unit 34 determines whether or not the current time is the deposit prompt start time set for each POS cash register 11, and becomes the deposit prompt start time. If there is a POS cash register 11, the POS cash register 11 is compared with the unpaid difference and the prompting judgment reference difference, or by comparing the elapsed time from the latest payment time with the judgment time, as in the first embodiment. When the sales proceeds are determined to be received and it is determined that the sales are not yet received, the prompting unit 35 uses the POS code stored in the depositor information storage unit 31 for the POS cash register 11. The message stored in the POS register 11 is read and sent to the POS register 11 by a message transmitter 45. To be displayed on. Further, the message sending unit 45 causes the display unit 18 of the POS cash register 11 to display a message instructing to reply by a corresponding key operation whether or not there is a plan to deposit money by the deposit acceptance end time. For example, if there is a plan to deposit money, a button is operated to operate “1” of the operation unit 19, and if there is no plan to deposit money, a message instructing to operate the button “9” of the operation unit 19 is sent.

  Then, the demanding depositor answers the operation unit 19 with a predetermined key operation after sending the message, and the control unit 21 receives and stores the key operation signal in the response determination unit 39. At the same time, it is determined whether or not there is a payment plan based on this signal. In other words, when a key operation indicating that there is a deposit schedule is performed, it is determined that there is a deposit schedule. On the other hand, when a key operation indicating that there is no deposit schedule is performed, it is determined that there is no deposit schedule. The subsequent steps are the same as in the first embodiment.

  According to the second embodiment described above, the message sending unit 45 of the prompting unit 35 stores in the depositor information storage unit 31 for the POS cash register 11 of the target depositor who has determined that the sales have not been received. When a message prompting the receipt of sales proceeds based on the received POS code, the display unit 18 provided in the POS cash register 11 on the prompt depositor side receives and displays the message from the message sending unit 45. To do. Thereby, it can prompt using the existing POS communication system 32 and can reduce cost.

  In addition, since the answer determination unit 39 of the management machine 14 determines an answer as to whether or not there is a payment plan based on the operation of the POS cash register 11 on the prompt depositor side after the message transmission by the message transmission unit 45, for example, When you receive an answer that you are planning to deposit, you can delay the closing of the deposit as if there is a deposit process by the time of the final deposit, while on the other hand, if you receive an answer that there is no plan to deposit, without waiting until the final deposit time, The work of tightening the deposit can be advanced.

It is a block diagram which shows the money_receiving | payment system of 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a graph which shows the information which the control part of the money_receiving | payment system of 1st Embodiment of this invention memorize | stores for every POS cash register. It is a block diagram which shows the money_receiving | payment system of 2nd Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Deposit system 11 POS cash register 13 Deposit machine 14 Management machine 18 Display part 19 Operation part 28 Extension telephone line system (contact means)
30 Telephone 31 Depositor information storage unit (payer information storage means)
32 POS communication system (contact means)
34 Deposit Status Judgment Unit (Payment Status Judgment Means)
35 Reminder (Reminder)
36 Telephone calling part (phone calling means)
38 Voice message sending part (voice message sending means)
39 Answer determination section
41 Sales storage (sales storage means)
42 Deposit amount storage unit (Payment amount storage means)
45 Message sending part (message sending means)

Claims (11)

In a depositing system having a plurality of depositing machines, a managing machine connected to these depositing machines to manage sales, and a means for connecting the managing machine and each depositor side,
The management machine is
A depositor information storage means for storing at least contact means information for each depositor;
A deposit status judging means for judging whether or not sales have been made for each depositor,
Prompting means for prompting the deposit by the contact means based on the contact means information stored in the depositor information storage means for the prompting depositor who has determined that the deposit status judging means has not received the sales. A deposit system characterized by that. The contact means is an extension telephone line system that connects the management machine and a telephone for each depositor,
The depositor information storage means stores a telephone number for each telephone as the contact means information,
The prompting means is a telephone sending means for making a call to the phone of the target depositor side based on the telephone number, and the receipt of the sales after confirming the reception of the telephone of the target payer side for the outgoing call by the telephone call means. 2. The deposit system according to claim 1, further comprising voice message transmission means for sending a voice message to be urged to a telephone on the urged depositor side.   The management machine further includes an answer determination unit that determines an answer as to whether or not there is a payment plan based on an operation of a telephone on the prompt payer side after sending a voice message by the voice message sending unit. The deposit system according to claim 2. The contact means is a POS communication system that connects the management machine and each POS register,
The depositor information storage means stores a POS code for each POS cash register as the contact means information,
The prompting means comprises message sending means for sending a message prompting the deposit of sales to the POS cash register on the prompt depositor side based on the POS code,
2. The deposit system according to claim 1, wherein each POS cash register is provided with message display means for receiving and displaying a message from the message sending means.   The management machine further includes an answer determining unit that determines an answer as to whether or not there is a deposit plan based on an operation of a POS cash register on the side of the demanding depositor after the message is transmitted by the message transmitting unit. The payment system according to claim 4. The management machine has a sales amount storage means for monitoring and storing the sales amount for each POS cash register, and a deposit amount storage means for storing the deposit amount to the deposit machine for each POS cash register,
The payment status determination means calculates a non-payment difference between the sales amount of the sales money storage means and the payment amount of the payment amount storage means for each POS cash register, and calculates a difference between the non-payment difference and a reference prompt determination reference difference 6. The deposit system according to claim 1, wherein it is determined whether or not the sales have been deposited based on the comparison.   The deposit system according to claim 6, wherein the deposit status determination means can arbitrarily set the prompt determination reference difference for each POS register.   The deposit status determination means stores a deposit acceptance start time by the deposit machine, a deposit acceptance end time by the deposit machine, and a deposit prompt start time before the deposit acceptance end time, and a time point after the deposit prompt start time. 8. The deposit system according to claim 1, wherein it is determined whether or not sales have been deposited for each depositor.   The deposit status determination means stores a deposit acceptance start time by the deposit machine, a deposit acceptance end time by the deposit machine, and a deposit prompt start time before the deposit acceptance end time, and the deposit machine for each depositor. Stores the latest deposit time actually deposited by, reads the latest deposit time at a time after the deposit reminder start time, and is predetermined between the latest deposit time and the current time. The payment is judged to have been made when a predetermined time has not elapsed between the latest payment time and the current time, while it is determined that the payment has not been made when the time has elapsed. The deposit system according to any one of 1 to 8.   10. The deposit system according to claim 9, wherein the predetermined time can be arbitrarily set for each depositor. The deposit system according to any one of claims 8 to 10, wherein the deposit prompt start time can be arbitrarily set for each depositor.

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