JP2006195647A - Commodity sales data processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a system which reduces the burden of manpower on a store side as much as possible and in which the store contributes part of sales according to a customer's will. <P>SOLUTION: It is determined, based on information read from a storage medium which each customer has, whether a transaction is made to a customer who is set to contribute part of a transaction to a prescribed contribution destination. If it is determined that the transaction is made to the customer who is set to give a contribution, the contribution is computed from the transaction, and then the contribution is accumulated in a memory. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a merchandise sales data processing apparatus such as a POS (Point Of Sales) terminal that enables a donation to a group that conducts social contribution activities or a local school.

As a conventional product sales data processing apparatus of this type, a button is provided that is operated when a customer approves the donation to a predetermined donation destination. When the button is operated, the fraction of the transaction amount with the customer is calculated. There was one that rounded up and charged, and processed the rounded up amount as a donation amount (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2001-93048 A

  However, with this type of conventional merchandise sales data processing device, it is the customer who makes the donation, and even if the store donates a part of the sales separately, the customer is responsible for the donation. There was a risk that it would be viewed as a natural push. Therefore, there is a need for a system that strongly appeals to customers that the store side contributes a part of sales and contributes to society, and can inform customers that if the sales increase, they can donate as much. It was.

  As an example, a receipt collection box for each donation destination has recently been set up near the accounting office, and customers who wish to donate to the desired donation can receive a purchase receipt on the day in the receipt collection box corresponding to that donation destination. Ask for it. Later, a system has been implemented in which the transaction amount printed on the receipt put in the receipt collection box is totaled for each donation destination, and a part of the total amount is donated to the corresponding donation destination.

  However, this system has a problem in that the transaction amount of the receipt put in the receipt collection box has to be calculated manually, which causes a heavy human burden on the store side.

  The present invention has been made based on such circumstances, and the purpose of the present invention is a product that can donate a part of the sales on the store side with the intention of the customer while suppressing the human burden on the store side as much as possible. A sales data processing apparatus is to be provided.

  The present invention is a merchandise sales data processing apparatus that processes sales data of products purchased by a customer, calculates a transaction amount with the customer, processes payment data from the customer for the transaction amount, and settles a commercial transaction. And a medium information reading means for reading information of a storage medium possessed by each customer, and a transaction amount or a part of the amount based on the transaction amount based on information read from the storage medium by the medium information reading means. If it is determined that the transaction is between a donation determination unit that determines whether or not the transaction is with a customer set to donate to the donor, and a customer set to donate by the donation determination unit, the transaction amount or the amount based on the transaction amount is determined. A donation amount calculation means for calculating the donation amount and a donation amount accumulation means for accumulating the donation amount calculated by the donation amount calculation means are provided.

  According to the present invention in which such measures are taken, it is possible to realize a system in which a part of sales at the store side is donated by the customer's intention while suppressing the human burden on the store side as much as possible.

The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
This embodiment is a case where the present invention is applied to a POS terminal used in a retail store where a point service system for giving a privilege point corresponding to the purchase price to a shopper is introduced.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of a POS terminal. This POS terminal has a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 1 mounted on its main body. Also, ROM (Read Only Memory) 2, RAM (Random Access Memory) 3, clock unit 4, communication interface 5, scanner interface 6, drawer interface 7, keyboard controller 8, display controller 9, touch panel controller 10, printer controller 11, A card reader controller 12 and the like are mounted. The CPU 1, ROM 2, RAM 3, clock unit 4, interfaces 5 to 7 and controllers 8 to 12 are connected by a bus line 13 such as an address bus and a data bus to constitute a control unit of the POS terminal. Yes.

  The clock unit 4 measures the current date and time. The communication interface 5 controls data transmission / reception via a communication line such as a LAN (Local Area Network), and a store server or the like, which is a computer for managing store operations, is connected to the communication line. The scanner interface 6 captures code data read by the scanner, and the scanner can read a barcode or a two-dimensional data code attached to each product. The drawer interface 7 transmits and receives data to and from the drawer, and the drawer may have an automatic change function.

  The keyboard controller 8 takes in key signals corresponding to operation keys from the keyboard 14, and the keyboard 14 has numeric keys, multiplication keys, clear keys, subtotal keys, deposit / current total keys, discount keys, discount keys. Various keys such as a cancel key and a responsible person key are arranged. The deposit / current total key functions as a closing key for declaring the closing of registration of one commercial transaction.

  The display controller 9 controls the screen display of the display 15, and the display 15 gives the sales clerk (casher) who is the operator of the POS terminal the name, price, total amount of one commercial transaction, and change amount It is a front display which displays etc.

  The touch panel controller 10 displays a screen on a display with a touch panel (hereinafter abbreviated as a touch panel) 16 and captures touch input data from a touch operation position on the screen. The touch panel 16 is registered for sale to a shopper. This is a customer display that displays the product name, price, total amount of one transaction, change amount, etc.

  The printer controller 11 controls the printing operation of the printer 17, and the printer 17 is a receipt printer that can print the detailed data of one commercial transaction on a receipt sheet and issue a purchase receipt.

  The card reader controller 12 captures the card data read by the card reader 18, and the card reader 18 can read the data recorded on the point card 19 issued to the customer who becomes a point member. Yes, constituting medium information reading means. The point card 19 uses a magnetic card, a rewrite card, a contact type IC card, a non-contact type wireless IC card or the like as a medium, and the storage unit has the point card 19 as shown in FIG. A customer code 21 for specifying a customer, a point 22, and donation determination information 23 indicating whether or not the donation is possible are stored. The points 22 are accumulated points acquired by the customer who owns the card 19. The donation determination information 23 is information for identifying whether or not the customer who owns the card 19 will donate a part of the store sales generated by the purchase of the product to a specific donation destination.

  In the retail store of this embodiment, the customer who becomes a point member whether or not to participate in a system for donating a part of store sales generated by the customer's product purchases to an organization that contributes to society or a local school, etc. Contact And for the customer who communicated the intention to participate, the donation determination information 23 of the point card 19 owned by the customer is set to the information that can be donated, and to the customer who communicated the intention not to participate, the customer The donation determination information 23 of the point card 19 owned by is set to information that is not allowed to be donated. The donation determination information 23 can be changed as appropriate after becoming a point member.

  In the POS terminal having such a configuration, various memory areas having a data structure shown in FIG. 3 are formed in the RAM 3 in order to realize the above-described donation system. That is, a donation destination setting memory 31 that accumulates a donation destination information record including each item data of a donation destination code, a donation destination name, a donation rate, and an expiration date, and a donation destination selection memory 32 that stores a selection flag for each donation destination code. Transaction work memory 33 for temporarily storing transaction amount A, customer code B, donation destination name C, donation rate D and donation amount E generated in one commercial transaction, total donation amount by donation destination code, and sales date and time , A donation destination-specific donation information memory 34 for storing donation details data including a customer code and a donation amount is formed.

  The donation destination code is a code for identifying a social contribution organization or school approved by the store as a donation destination for donating a part of the sales. The donation name is the name of the organization or school of the donation identified by the corresponding donation code, and the donation rate is the ratio of sales donated to the donation (donation rate). The day is the final deadline for donating to the recipient. Here, the donation destination setting memory 31 constitutes a donation ratio setting means.

  In this POS terminal, for example, the CPU 1 executes data processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. 4 for a commercial transaction with one shopper by a registration business program stored in the ROM 2.

  First, the CPU 1 waits for registration of a product sold as one commercial transaction as ST (step) 1. Then, every time the code of the product purchased by the customer, the number of sales points, the sales amount, etc. are input by the operation input of the scanner or the keyboard 14, the CPU 1 determines that there is product registration, and the normal product sales data registration process as ST2 Execute. The transaction amount A is calculated by the merchandise sales data registration process and stored in the transaction work memory 33.

  Next, the CPU 1 waits for the declaration of registration closing of one commercial transaction as ST3. When registration closing is declared by an operation input such as a deposit / cash key, the CPU 1 determines whether or not the card data of the point card 19 which is a customer card is read by the card reader 18 in ST4. Here, when it is determined that the card data of the point card 19 is not read, the CPU 1 executes a normal settlement process in which the payment data from the customer for the transaction amount A is processed in ST5 to settle the commercial transaction.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the card data of the point card 19 is read, the CPU 1 stores the customer code 21 in the card data in the transaction work memory 33 as ST6. After that, the CPU 1 determines whether donation is permitted or not possible from the donation determination information 23 in the card data as ST7 (donation determination means).

  Here, if the donation determination information 23 is information indicating that donation is not possible, it is a business transaction with a customer who does not participate in a system for donating a part of store sales caused by the purchase of the product to a specific donation destination. The CPU 1 executes settlement processing including normal point processing as ST8. By this settlement processing, the current point for the transaction amount A is calculated, and the point 22 of the point card 19 is updated.

  On the other hand, if the donation determination information 23 is information indicating that donation is possible, since it is a commercial transaction with the customer participating in the above-described donation system, the CPU 1 sets each donation destination setting memory 31 as ST9. A list screen of donation destinations is created and displayed on the touch panel 16 via the touch panel controller 10 (donation destination selection means).

  An example of the donation destination list screen is shown in FIG. The donation destination list screen 50 includes a plurality of touch buttons 51 each displaying the name of each donation destination, one touch button 52 indicating no donation, and a total amount corresponding to the transaction amount A. Display column 53 is provided.

  Therefore, the CPU 1 waits for the touch button 51 or the touch button 52 to be touched in ST10. When the CPU 1 detects that the touch button 52 indicating that the donation is not made is touched by a signal from the touch panel 16 input to the touch panel controller 10, the CPU 1 performs the normal point process described above. Execute settlement process including.

  On the other hand, when it is detected that any one of the plurality of touch buttons 51 is selected, the CPU 1 corresponds to the donation destination name assigned to the operated touch button 51 as ST11. Recognize the donation code. Then, the selection flag corresponding to the donation destination code in the donation destination selection memory 32 is set to a value (for example, 1) indicating a selection state, and the selection flags corresponding to other donation destination codes are set to a value (for example, a non-selection state). Set to 0). In ST12, the donation destination name C and the donation rate D corresponding to the donation destination code are acquired from the donation destination setting memory 31. Then, the donation name C and the donation rate D are written in the transaction work memory 33.

  Next, the CPU 1 calculates a donation amount E by multiplying the transaction amount A stored in the transaction work memory 33 as ST13 by the donation rate D (donation amount calculation means). Then, this donation amount E is written in the transaction work memory 33. After that, the CPU 1 creates a donation destination confirmation screen as ST14 and displays it on the touch panel 16.

  An example of the donation destination confirmation screen is shown in FIG. On this donation destination confirmation screen 60, information 61 of the donation destination name C and the donation rate D stored in the transaction work memory 33, and an OK button operated by the customer who confirmed the information 61 himself / herself when accepting the donation are displayed. 62, a cancel button 63 that is operated by the customer when the customer does not approve the donation, and a display column 64 for the total amount corresponding to the transaction amount A are provided.

  Therefore, the CPU 1 waits for the touch operation of the OK button 62 or the cancel button 63 in ST15. Here, when it is detected that the cancel button 63 is touched by a signal from the touch panel 16 input to the touch panel controller 10, the CPU 1 returns to the donation destination list screen display process of ST9. As a result, the screen of the touch panel 16 returns to the donation destination list screen 50, so that the customer can select another donation destination or not to donate.

  On the other hand, when it is detected that the OK button 62 is touched, the CPU 1 executes a donation information update process of the corresponding donation destination as ST16. That is, the donation destination selection memory 32 is searched, and the donation destination code having a value indicating that the selection flag indicates the selection state is acquired. Then, the donation amount E in the transaction work memory 33 is added to the donation total amount data for the donation information memory 34 by donation destination code (donation amount accumulating means). Further, donation details data consisting of the current date and time (sales date and time) counted by the clock unit 4 and the customer code B and donation amount E in the transaction work memory 33 is added (donation details report storage means).

  Thereafter, the CPU 1 executes settlement processing including point processing as ST16. In this settlement process, the CPU 1 controls the drive of the printer 17 to purchase a donation information message 71 including a donation name C and a donation amount E in the transaction work memory 33 as shown in FIG. A receipt 70 is issued.

  In the issue example of the purchase receipt 70 shown in FIG. 7, the print information 72 is a sales date and a cash register number, and the print information 73 is the product name, unit price, number of sales points and sales amount of the purchased product, and the total amount of one commercial transaction. The transaction details data of the amount and the change amount, and the print information 74 is the transaction number, the name of the person in charge, and the sales time.

  As described above, in this embodiment, whether or not a point member decides whether or not to participate in a system for donating a part of store sales generated by customers' product purchases to organizations that carry out social contribution activities or local schools. A customer chooses arbitrarily. And the donation determination information 23 issues the point card 19 of donation permission information with respect to the customer who participates in the system.

  A store clerk operating a POS terminal, a so-called cashier, operates a scanner or keyboard 14 when a customer comes to check for purchased products, and registers the products purchased by the customer one by one. When the registration is completed, the registration key is declared by pressing the closing key. At this time, when the customer presents the point card 19, the card reader 18 reads the card data of the point card 19.

  Now, it is assumed that the donation determination information stored in the point card 19 presented by the customer is donation permission information. In this case, since the transaction is with a customer who participates in the above-described donation system, a donation destination list screen 50 as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the touch panel 16 which is a customer display.

  With this donation destination list screen 50, the customer can confirm the name of an organization or school registered as a donation destination. Therefore, the customer determines the name of the donation recipient who wants to donate from the information on the screen 50, and touches the touch button 51 on which the donation recipient name is written. Then, for example, a donation destination confirmation screen 60 having the contents shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the touch panel 16. On this donation destination confirmation screen 60, the customer can confirm the donation amount “1 yen” to the donation destination name “CCC” he / she desires.

  The customer touches the OK button 62 when requesting a donation of this donation amount from the store side. Then, the current donation amount “1 yen” is added to the total donation amount data in the donation information memory 34 provided for the donation destination code “333333” corresponding to the donation destination name “CCC”. In addition, donation details data including the sales date and time, the customer code of the customer, and the donation amount “1 yen” are added to the donation information memory 34. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 7, a purchase receipt 70 on which a donation information message 71 is printed is issued.

  If the customer does not wish to donate this time, the customer touches the touch button 52 on the donation destination list screen 50 indicating “donate”. Then, any donation destination donation information memory 34 is not updated, and a normal purchase receipt on which the donation information message 71 is not printed is issued.

  Further, when the donation determination information stored in the point card 19 presented by the customer is donation-impossible information, a normal purchase receipt is issued without displaying the donation destination list screen 50.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the donation amount-by-donation information memory 34 formed in the RAM 3 of the POS terminal allows the donation amount generated by the purchase of each customer's product to be automatically donated by each customer. They are sorted by destination and totaled. Accordingly, the total donation amount for each donation stored in the donation information memory 34 for each donation destination of all the POS terminals installed in the store in the store is totaled for each donation destination in the store server, and is printed or displayed. By this, the store side can easily grasp the donation amount to each donation destination.

  In this case, the cashier who operates each POS terminal determines whether the customer who participates in the donation system wishes to donate this time, regardless of whether the customer is a point member participating in the donation system. Regardless, since it can be handled by the same operation as that for a normal point member, the burden on the cashier does not increase. Further, unlike the conventional case, there is no hassle of manually calculating the transaction amount of the receipt put in the receipt collection box, and it is possible to suppress the load on the store clerk as much as possible.

  Also, according to the present embodiment, by changing the donation rate for each donation destination code set in the donation destination setting memory 31, the donation rate for the transaction amount can be easily set and changed for each donation destination. can do.

  In the present embodiment, the donation-specific donation information memory 34 formed in the RAM 3 of the POS terminal uses the donation-specific donation information memory 34 to provide the customer code of the customer who offered to donate part of the transaction amount and the donation details data including the donation amount. Is memorized for each recipient. Therefore, by giving this donation details data to the corresponding donation recipients, for example, the donation recipients can inform customers of information on various events hosted by the donation recipients, so that thanks for donations can be communicated. It becomes.

  In this way, the store side can make a strong social contribution to the customer, and the customer can donate a larger amount as the transaction amount is higher when purchasing the product at the store, so regular shopping at the store As a result, customers can be expected to increase their sales and sales.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment as it is, and can be embodied by modifying the constituent elements without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, the case where a part of the transaction amount is donated is shown. However, the points calculated based on the transaction amount are converted into, for example, 1 point, and a part of the points is donated. You may do it. In this case, the data processing for the commercial transaction with one shopper executed by the CPU 1 is shown in the flowchart of FIG. The same parts as those in FIG. 4 are denoted by the same reference numerals.

  That is, when a part of points is donated, the current point P is calculated from the transaction amount A as ST21 before determining the donation determination information of ST7. Then, in the donation amount calculation process after the processing of ST12, the donation amount E is calculated by multiplying the point P by the donation rate D as ST22. By doing so, it is possible to easily implement a system in which a point calculated based on the transaction amount is converted into one yen and a part of the point is donated. In ST22, by multiplying the point P by n and then multiplying by the donation rate D, it is possible to easily cope with a system in which 1 point is converted into n yen and donated.

  In the above embodiment, the customer card is the point card 19, and the point card 19 stores the point 22 and the donation determination information 23 together with the customer code 21, but it corresponds to the customer code 21 of each point member. Then, a customer data file for storing the points 22 and the donation determination information 23 may be provided in a store server, for example, and only the customer code 21 may be stored in the point card 19.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the case where the customer selects a desired donation destination from a plurality of donation destinations has been shown, but the cancel button 63 is operated in ST15 even when there is only one donation destination. In this case, the present invention can be applied by improving the process so as to proceed to the settlement process of ST8.

  In addition, it goes without saying that the present invention can be applied to stores that do not introduce a point service system by using a card other than a point card, for example, a credit card of a store issue type, as a medium for storing the donation determination information 23. is there.

  In addition, various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of constituent elements disclosed in the embodiment. For example, some components may be deleted from all the components shown in the embodiment. Furthermore, the constituent elements over different embodiments may be combined.

The block diagram which shows the principal part structure of the POS terminal which is one embodiment of this invention. The schematic diagram which shows an example of the data structure memorize | stored in a point card in the same embodiment. The schematic diagram which shows the main memory areas formed in RAM of a POS terminal in the embodiment. The flowchart which shows the data processing procedure of 1 business transaction which CPU of a POS terminal performs in the embodiment. The top view which shows an example of the donation destination list screen displayed on the touch panel of a POS terminal in the embodiment. The top view which shows an example of the donation destination confirmation screen displayed on the touch panel of a POS terminal in the embodiment. The top view which shows an example of the purchase receipt printed and issued from the printer of the POS terminal in the embodiment. The flowchart which shows the data processing procedure of 1 commercial transaction which CPU of the POS terminal performs in other embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

  1 ... CPU, 2 ... ROM, 3 ... RAM, 4 ... clock unit, 5 ... communication interface, 14 ... keyboard, 15 ... display for operator, 16 ... display with touch panel, 17 ... printer, 18 ... card reader, 19 ... point Card 31 ... Donation destination setting memory 32 ... Donation destination selection memory 33 ... Transaction work memory 34 ... Donation information memory by donation destination 50 ... Donation destination list screen 60 ... Donation destination confirmation screen 70 ... With donation information Purchase receipt.

Claims (8)

In the product sales data processing apparatus that processes the sales data of the product purchased by the customer, calculates the transaction amount with the customer, processes the payment data from the customer for the transaction amount, and settles the commercial transaction.
A medium information reading means for reading information of a storage medium possessed by each customer;
A donation that determines whether the transaction amount or a part of the amount based on the transaction amount is a commercial transaction with a customer set to donate to a predetermined donation destination based on information read from the storage medium by the medium information reading unit Judgment means,
A donation amount calculating means for calculating a donation amount based on the transaction amount or an amount based on the transaction amount, if it is determined that the transaction is made with a customer set to donate by the donation determination means;
A donation amount accumulating means for accumulating the donation amount calculated by the donation amount calculation means;
A product sales data processing apparatus characterized by comprising: A donation ratio setting means for setting a donation ratio for the transaction amount or an amount based on the transaction amount;
2. The merchandise sales data according to claim 1, wherein the donation amount calculation means calculates a donation amount from the transaction amount or an amount based on the transaction amount and a donation ratio set by the donation ratio setting means. Processing equipment. It further includes a donation destination selection means for allowing a customer to select a donation destination from among a plurality of donations,
2. The merchandise sales data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the donation amount accumulating unit accumulates the donation amount for each donation destination selected by the donation destination selection unit. It further includes a donation destination selection means for allowing a customer to select a donation destination from among a plurality of donations,
The donation ratio setting means sets a donation ratio for each of the plurality of donations,
The donation amount calculation means calculates a donation amount from the transaction amount or an amount based on the transaction amount and a donation ratio set by the donation ratio setting means corresponding to the donation destination selected by the donation destination selection means. Calculate
3. The merchandise sales data processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the donation amount accumulating unit accumulates the donation amount for each donation destination selected by the donation destination selection unit. The information read from the storage medium by the medium information reading means includes information that can identify a customer who owns the storage medium,
When it is determined that the transaction is with a customer who is set to donate by the donation determination unit, the customer specification information is stored by storing the customer identification information read from the storage medium and the donation amount calculated by the donation amount calculation unit. 5. The merchandise sales data processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means.   6. The merchandise sales data processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for issuing a purchase receipt on which information of a donation destination is printed for a commercial transaction with the customer set to donate. . In the product sales data processing apparatus that processes the sales data of the product purchased by the customer, calculates the transaction amount with the customer, processes the payment data from the customer for the transaction amount, and settles the commercial transaction.
Donation destination selection means for selecting a donation destination from among a plurality of donations,
A donation amount calculation means for calculating a donation amount from the transaction amount or an amount based on the transaction amount;
A donation amount accumulating means for accumulating the donation amount calculated by the donation amount calculation means for each donation destination selected by the donation destination selection means;
A product sales data processing apparatus characterized by comprising: Further equipped with a touch panel display as a customer display,
The donation destination selecting means displays a plurality of touch button screens each assigned with a plurality of donation destinations on the display with a touch panel, and regards the donation destination assigned to the touch operated touch button as being selected by the customer. The merchandise sales data processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the merchandise sales data processing apparatus is a button that selects not to donate one of the touch buttons.

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