JP2008134740A - Store computer - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To grant sales promotion privileges to transactions performed, within a period starting from when change to predetermined weather is recognized, until prior to a predetermined time period. <P>SOLUTION: When weather change, such as, rainfall is recognized, a record consisting of each item, including a customer ID, sales promotion information, and a process completion flag (flag for indicating whether privilege relating to the sales promotion is already granted), responding to transaction performed within a predetermined time period, before the weather change is recognized, is registered into a sales promotion granting table. The sales promotion privilege, responding to the sales promotion information included in the record, is granted to the transaction if the record including the customer ID of a customer who performs transaction that exists in the sales promotion granting table, when the transaction is performed within the time period. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a store computer, and more particularly to a store computer that supports sales promotion by giving a privilege to a customer.

  Conventionally, there is one that changes sales promotion information such as a discount rate in accordance with the current weather obtained from a weather forecast or the like and a forecasted weather in the future to obtain a sales promotion effect (for example, Patent Documents) 1).

JP 2004-272463 A

  However, in the conventional method, when a promotional privilege is given to a person who has made a transaction at a specific weather, it was performed during a period from when it was recognized that the weather actually changed until a predetermined time ago. There was a problem that it was not possible to give a promotional privilege to a transaction.

  An object of the present invention is to be able to give a sales promotion privilege to a transaction performed during a period up to a predetermined time before the weather change is recognized.

  The store computer of the present invention is a store computer having an information processing unit that executes processing corresponding to a sales promotion business for a customer, and the information processing unit is a customer who has performed at least the transaction in response to the generated transaction. Transaction table registration means for registering transaction data in which the customer identification information for identifying the date and time when the transaction occurred is registered in a transaction table, and the information processing unit is output from a device that senses the weather. A weather change recognizing means for recognizing a change in weather based on the weather information and a predetermined time from the time when the change in weather is recognized by the information processing unit from the transaction data recorded in the transaction table. Extracting what was done in the time zone up to the time before, and reference table registration means for registering in the reference table, and the information processing unit, when a transaction occurs, Search means for searching transaction data corresponding to a customer who has made a transaction from the reference table, and when the transaction data corresponding to the customer who has made the transaction is acquired from the reference table, And a sales promotion privilege granting unit that executes a process of granting a predetermined sales promotion privilege to the customer.

  According to the present invention, since a privilege according to the transaction can be given to a customer who has made a transaction within a predetermined period before the change in weather is recognized, the sales promotion effect can be further enhanced. And sales can be increased.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of an embodiment of a POS system (Point Of Sales system) to which a store computer of the present invention is applied. As shown in the figure, the present embodiment is composed of a headquarter system 100 installed in the chain headquarters, a store system 200 installed in each store constituting the chain, and the headquarter system 100 and the store system 200. Are connected by a VPN (Virtual Private Network) via the Internet 400.

  The store system 200 includes a plurality of POS terminals 210-1 to 210-N (N is an arbitrary natural number), a store computer 230, a router 240, etc., and each POS terminal 210 (hereinafter, each POS terminal 210- When it is not necessary to distinguish 1 to 210-N, the store computer 230 and the router 240 are simply connected to each other via a LAN (Local Area Network) 250. The store computer 230 can communicate with the headquarter system 100 via the Internet 400 via the router 240.

  In addition, the weather observation device 300 is connected to the LAN 250 via the interface 270. The meteorological observation device 300 includes a rain observation device that observes rainfall, a snow observation device that observes snowfall, a wind speed observation device that observes wind speed, a temperature observation device that observes temperature, and the like. It is connected to the store computer 230 via the LAN 250 via the H.270.

  The rainfall observation device measures the rainfall and outputs the rainfall measured at regular intervals as weather information. Alternatively, a threshold value of rainfall can be set in advance, and when the measured rainfall amount changes from a state smaller than the threshold value to a threshold value or more, and when it changes from a state above the threshold value to a state smaller than the threshold value, for example, “ Data indicating "start of rainfall", "end of rain", or measured rainfall is output as weather change information.

  Similarly, the snowfall observation device measures the amount of snowfall and outputs the amount of snowfall measured at regular time intervals as weather information. Alternatively, a threshold value of the snowfall amount can be set in advance, and when the measured snowfall amount changes from a state smaller than the threshold value to a threshold value or more, and when the measured snowfall amount changes from a state greater than the threshold value to a state smaller than the threshold value, Data indicating “start of snowfall”, “end of snowfall”, or measured snowfall amount is output as weather change information.

  Similarly, the wind speed observation device measures the wind speed and outputs the wind speed measured at regular intervals as weather information. Alternatively, when a wind speed threshold value can be set in advance and the measured wind speed changes from a state smaller than the threshold value to a threshold value or more, or when the measured wind speed changes from a state above the threshold value to a state smaller than the threshold value, for example, “wind generation ", Data indicating" wind extinction "or measured wind speed is output as weather change information.

  Similarly, the temperature observation device measures the temperature and outputs the temperature measured at regular intervals as weather information. Alternatively, a temperature threshold value can be set in advance, and when the measured temperature changes from a state lower than the threshold value to a threshold value or more, and when the measured temperature value changes from a state higher than the threshold value to a state lower than the threshold value, for example, ”,“ Temperature drop ”, or measured temperature is output as weather change information.

  Weather information or weather change information output from each device is supplied to the store computer 230 via the LAN 250 via the interface 270.

  The headquarter system 100 includes a database server 110, an information system server 120, a network server 130, a router 140, and the like connected to each other via a LAN 150.

  As will be described later, the database server 110 includes a product master table, a sales table, a customer information table, a sales promotion grant table, and the like. The information system server 120 performs various types of information processing. The database server 110 and the information system server 120 can communicate with the store computer 230 of the store system 200 via the Internet 400 via the network server 130 and the router 140, respectively. The network server 130 executes a firewall function, a VPN function, and the like.

  A customer card 10 is issued to a customer who has registered as a member. The customer card 10 is printed with a bar code corresponding to customer information including customer ID, name and date of birth, which is customer identification information for identifying the customer, or a strip-shaped magnetic recording unit The customer information is magnetically recorded. Here, it is assumed that a bar code corresponding to customer information is printed and read by a bar code scanner 218 of the POS terminal 210 described later.

  Hereinafter, each system will be described in detail. First, the store system 200 will be described. Each POS terminal 210 constituting the store system 200 is disposed at a settlement place in the store and is used by the cashier to perform sales data processing including sales registration processing. The electrical system of the POS terminal 210 is configured as shown in FIG.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the electrical system of the POS terminal 210. As shown in FIG. 2, the POS terminal 210 has a POS control unit 212 including a CPU (Central Processing Unit) (not shown), a ROM (Read Only Memory) storing a control program, a RAM (Random Access Memory), and the like. The communication interface (I / F) 211 connected via the bus 220 is configured to be able to execute online communication with the store computer 230 via the LAN 250.

  The POS control unit 212 includes a keyboard 214, a cashier display 215 and a customer display 216, a printer 217, a barcode scanner 218, and a hard disk drive device via a bus 220 and an I / O device control unit 213. (HDD) 219 are connected to each other.

  The printer 217 is a receipt / journal printer built in the main body of the POS terminal 210. The printer 217 issues a receipt for each transaction and prints on journal paper in parallel with the sales registration process. Yes.

  The hard disk drive (HDD) 219 stores a product master table, a sales table, a sales promotion grant table, and the like in addition to a control program for operating the CPU of the POS control unit 212. The product master table includes a product code and a plurality of records including data corresponding to each item such as a product name and a unit price corresponding to the product code. In addition, data indicating that the product is a sale product or the like can be stored in association with the sale item code of the sale product or the like.

  The sales table is composed of records composed of data corresponding to items such as daily sales data in each POS terminal 210. The promotion grant table is composed of records consisting of data corresponding to items such as information on benefits such as points and discounts to be given to each customer, and a processed flag indicating whether or not the privilege has been granted to the customer. Has been.

  The POS control unit 212 is configured to execute various processes to be described later when the CPU operates according to a control program stored in a hard disk drive (HDD) 219.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the electrical system of the store computer 230 that configures the store system 200. A store computer 230 constituting the store system 200 has control of the entire store system 200. As shown in FIG. 3, the store computer 230 includes a control unit 232 including a CPU, ROM, RAM, and the like (not shown), and a plurality of units are connected via a LAN 250 from a communication interface 231 connected via a bus 236. Online communication with each other POS terminal 210 is possible. Further, a keyboard 234, a display 235, a printer 237, and a hard disk drive device (HDD) 239 are connected to the control unit 232 via a bus 236 and an I / O device control unit 233.

  The hard disk drive (HDD) 239 includes a product master table, a store sales table, a transaction table, a sales promotion grant table, a weather information table, a customer information table, a sales promotion campaign data table, as well as a control program for operating the CPU of the control unit 232. Etc. are stored. The product master table includes a product code and a record including data of each item such as a product name and a unit price (sale price) associated with the product code. This merchandise master table is kept identical to the merchandise master table stored in the hard disk drive (HDD) 219 of the POS terminal 210.

  The store sales table is composed of a record including items for storing store sales data obtained by aggregating sales data of each POS terminal 210 transmitted from each POS terminal 210 via the LAN 250, and items indicating dates. Has been.

  The transaction table is composed of records including data corresponding to items such as a customer ID, a purchased product ID, a purchase date and time, and a purchase store ID. The sales promotion granting table is composed of records including customer ID, sales promotion information to be given (points, discount amount, etc.), and data corresponding to each item such as a processed flag.

  The weather information table is composed of records composed of data corresponding to items such as the date and time when the weather changes and weather change information (for example, the start of rain, the end of rain, etc.).

  The customer information table stores data corresponding to each item such as a customer ID for identifying each customer, the customer's name, the date of purchase of the customer, the date and time when the product was purchased, the purchased product, and the purchase price. It is constituted by a record and is kept identical to a customer information table of the database server 110 described later.

  The sales promotion campaign data table is composed of records composed of data corresponding to each item such as sales promotion application conditions, corresponding sales promotion information, and a validity flag in which data indicating whether the sales promotion information is valid is set.

  The control unit 232 executes various processes as the CPU operates according to a control program stored in a hard disk drive (HDD) 239.

  Next, the head office system 100 will be described in detail. As described above, the head office system 100 includes the database server 110, the information server 120, the network server 130, and the router 140 that are connected to each other via the LAN 150. The database server 110, the information system server 120, and the network server 130 have the same configuration as that of a general computer, respectively, and a control program for operating the CPU and stored data are different.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the electrical system of the database server 110. The database server 110 includes a control unit 112 configured by a CPU, ROM, RAM, and the like (not shown). From the communication interface 111 connected via the bus 116, the database server 110 via the LAN 150, the network server 130, and the router 140 stores Communication with the store computer 230 of the system 200 is possible. Further, a keyboard 114, a display device 115, a printer 117, and a hard disk drive device (HDD) 119 are connected to the control unit 112 via a bus 116 and an I / O device control unit 113.

  The hard disk drive (HDD) 119 stores a product master table, a sales table, a customer information table, a sales promotion grant table, and the like in addition to a control program for operating the CPU of the control unit 112. The customer information table stores data corresponding to each item such as a customer ID for identifying each customer, the customer's name, the date of purchase of the customer, the date and time when the product was purchased, the purchased product, and the purchase price. It is composed of records.

  The promotion grant table is composed of records consisting of data corresponding to items such as information on benefits such as points and discounts to be given to each customer, and a processed flag indicating whether or not the privilege has been granted to the customer. Thus, the sameness as the sales promotion grant table stored in the hard disk drive (HDD) 239 of the store computer 230 is maintained.

  Although not shown, the information system server 120 and the network server 130 have a control unit configured by a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like, like the database server 110. The information system server 120 is configured to be able to perform online communication with each server via the LAN 150 from a communication interface connected via a bus. The information system server 120 is connected to the Internet 400 via the router 140 and the network server 130. In addition, a keyboard, a display, a printer, and the like are connected to the control unit via a bus and an I / O device control unit.

  The information system server 120 aggregates the store sales data transmitted from each store via the Internet 400, stores the sales of each store for each day, performs analysis, etc., and performs various other processes. It has become.

  FIG. 5 shows an example of a sales promotion campaign table stored in the store computer 230. The sales promotion campaign table illustrated in FIG. 5 corresponds to a record in which the sales promotion application condition is “rainfall”, the corresponding sales promotion information is “discount”, the valid flag is “1 (valid)”, and the sales promotion application condition is “snowfall”. Sales promotion information is “discount”, and a valid flag is “0 (invalid)”.

  FIG. 6 shows an example of a transaction table stored in the store computer 230. The transaction table illustrated in FIG. 6 includes a record in which the customer ID is “03021”, the purchase product ID is “04000875”, the purchase date and time is “200660911032”, the purchase store ID is “0034”, and the customer ID is “03021”. The record includes a product ID “04000912”, a purchase date and time “200660911032”, and a purchase store ID “0034”.

  FIG. 7 shows an example of a sales promotion grant table stored in the store computer 230. In the sales promotion grant table illustrated in FIG. 7, the customer ID is “03021”, the sales promotion information that has not been granted is “discount”, the value of the processed flag is “0 (unprocessed)”, and the customer ID is “03532”. ”, Records with unassigned sales promotion information“ discount ”, and processed flag value“ 0 (unprocessed) ”.

  FIG. 8 shows an example of a weather information table stored in the store computer 230. The weather information table illustrated in FIG. 8 includes a record with a change date and time of “20060101051”, a weather change information of “start of rain”, a change date and time of “200660911425”, and a record of weather change information of “end of rain”. Has been.

  FIG. 9 stores information indicating the change in weather as weather information (for example, data indicating “start of rainfall”, “start of snow”, etc., or observation data such as rainfall and snowfall) from the weather observation device 300. When transmitting to the computer 230, it is a flowchart which shows the procedure in which the store computer 230 updates the sales promotion provision table according to the change of the weather. In other words, in this example, the weather observation device 300 senses a change in weather from the amount of rainfall or the amount of snowfall, and outputs information indicating the weather change (weather change information).

  First, in step S1, the control unit 232 of the store computer 230 determines whether or not the store system 200 is executing a business process and the store is open. If it is determined that the business is not in operation, this processing is terminated. On the other hand, if it is determined that it is in business, the process proceeds to step S2.

  In step S <b> 2, it is determined whether the weather change information transmitted from the weather observation device 300 via the LAN 250 is received via the communication I / F 231. In this example, the meteorological observation device 300 detects a change in weather, and when the change in the weather is detected, the weather change information is supplied to the store computer 230 via the LAN 250 via the I / F 270. The weather change information includes, for example, data indicating a change in weather (for example, “start of rain”, “end of rain”, etc.) and the date and time when the change in the weather is detected (for example, 20060101051 (September 1, 2006, 10:51). Min)) etc.

  As a result of the determination in step S2, if it is determined that the weather change information has not been received, the process proceeds to step S3, and after waiting for a predetermined time, the process returns to step S1, and the processes after step S1 are repeatedly executed. Is done. On the other hand, if it is determined that the weather change information has been received, the process proceeds to step S4.

  In step S4, validity / invalidity is set for each piece of sales promotion information in the sales promotion campaign data table. That is, the value of the valid flag corresponding to the sales promotion information is set to 1 (valid) or 0 (invalid) depending on whether the sales promotion application condition is satisfied.

  In step S5, the sales promotion information is transmitted to the POS terminal 210. The sales promotion information is, for example, information indicating that the sales promotion privilege “discount” is currently valid due to rain, and is a specific discount amount. When the sales promotion privilege is “point grant”, it is the number of points.

  Next, in step S6, the time until the weather change is recognized is acquired. The time until the weather change is recognized is set in the hard disk drive (HDD) 239 in advance.

  Next, in step S7, transaction data corresponding to the transaction made in the period from the time when the weather change is recognized to the previous time is acquired from the transaction table. The transaction data acquired here has been performed within a predetermined period before recognizing the weather change, and the sales promotion privilege has not yet been given to the transaction data. As shown in the flowchart of FIG. 9, this process can be performed every time the weather change information is received, or can be performed every day at a predetermined time at night. Moreover, items such as a processed flag can be provided in each record of the transaction data so that the transaction data once processed is not processed again.

  Next, in step S8, the transaction data acquired in step S7 is reflected in the sales promotion grant table. That is, the sales promotion information (type of sales promotion privilege, etc.) set in advance corresponding to the type of weather change (rainfall, snowfall, etc.) is acquired from the sales promotion campaign data table, processed with the customer ID and the acquired sales promotion information. A record including a flag value is stored in the sales promotion grant table. At this time, for example, when the purchase amount exceeds a certain amount, it can be targeted for a sales promotion privilege. Then, it returns to step S1 and the process after step S1 is repeatedly performed.

  FIG. 10 illustrates a case where the store computer 230 transmits the current weather information (for example, the amount of rainfall, the amount of snowfall, etc.) as weather information to the store computer 230 from the weather observation device 300 according to the change in weather. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure which updates.

  Steps S11 and S13 in the flowchart shown in FIG. 10 correspond to steps S1 and S3 in the flowchart shown in FIG. 9, respectively. Steps S16 to S20 in the flowchart shown in FIG. 10 are shown in FIG. Corresponding to steps S4 to S8 in the flowchart, the process in step S2 in the flowchart shown in FIG. 9 is changed to the process in step S12 in the flowchart shown in FIG. 10, and the processes in steps S14 and S15 are newly added. Has been. Therefore, only the changed step S12 and the newly added steps S14 and S15 will be described, and the description of the other steps will be omitted.

  In step S12, the control unit 232 of the store computer 230 determines whether or not weather information transmitted from the weather observation device 300, for example, observation data such as rainfall and snowfall, has been received. That is, in this example, the meteorological observation device 300 transmits the observed observation data such as the amount of rainfall and the amount of snowfall as it is without determining the change in the weather. As a result of the determination, if it is determined that the weather information has not been received, the process proceeds to step S13. On the other hand, if it is determined that the weather information has been received, the process proceeds to step S14.

  In step S14, it is determined whether the weather has changed. For example, when the rainfall changes from 0.0 mm (millimeters) to 1.0 mm, it is determined that the weather has changed. In this case, it is determined that the rain has started. Conversely, when the rainfall changes from 1.0 mm or more to 0.0 mm, it is determined that the weather has changed. In this case, it is determined that the rain has ended. If it is determined in step S14 that the weather has not changed, the process ends. On the other hand, if it is determined that the weather has changed, the process proceeds to step S15.

  In step S15, for each record in the sales promotion campaign data table, it is determined whether it is necessary to set valid (value 1) / invalid (value 0) for the valid flag. As a result, when it is determined that the valid / invalid setting is not necessary, the present process is terminated. On the other hand, if it is determined that the valid / invalid setting is necessary, the process proceeds to step S16.

  Here, for each record in the sales promotion campaign data table, the setting of valid (value 1) is necessary. For example, with regard to the amount of rainfall, a rainfall amount of 1.0 mm is used as a reference value for determining the start of rainfall. This is the case when the set reference value is stored in the hard disk drive device (HDD) 239 and the rainfall has changed from less than 1.0 mm to more than 1.0 mm. In this case, an effective setting is required. It becomes.

  When the process is executed according to the flowchart shown in FIG. 10, the time when the weather change is recognized is the time when the change in weather is recognized in step S <b> 14 by the control unit 232 of the store computer 230.

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a procedure in which the store computer 230 updates the sales promotion grant table and the transaction table in response to the transaction data sent from the POS terminal 210 in real time.

  First, in step S31, the control unit 232 of the store computer 230 waits for reception of transaction data sent from the POS terminal 210 via the LAN 250. If transaction data is received, it will progress to Step S32 and it will be judged whether the sales promotion information corresponding to the received transaction data exists in a sales promotion grant table. That is, since the received transaction data includes the customer ID of the customer who performed the transaction, the purchase product ID, the purchase date and time, and the purchase store ID, a record including the customer ID included in the transaction data is stored in the promotion grant table. It is determined whether or not it exists.

  As a result, if it is determined that the sales promotion information corresponding to the customer ID of the customer who has made the transaction does not exist in the sales promotion grant table, the process proceeds to step S35. On the other hand, when it determines with the sales promotion information corresponding to customer ID of the customer who performed the transaction existing in the sales promotion grant table, it progresses to step S33.

  Next, in step S33, it is determined whether or not the sales promotion information corresponding to the customer ID of the customer who made the transaction has been processed. Here, the processed sales promotion information is a record whose processed flag value is 1 in the sales promotion grant table. Unprocessed sales promotion information is a record with a processed flag of 0 in the sales promotion grant table. Therefore, in this example, it is determined whether or not the value of the processed flag corresponding to the customer ID that performed the transaction is 1.

  As a result, when it is determined that the sales promotion information corresponding to the customer ID of the customer who made the transaction has been processed (the sales promotion privilege (discount or point grant) corresponding to the sales promotion information has been executed), this processing is performed. finish. On the other hand, if it is determined that the sales promotion information corresponding to the customer ID of the customer who made the transaction has not been processed, the process proceeds to step S34.

  In step S34, the value 1 (processed) is set in the processed flag of the record corresponding to the transaction in the sales promotion grant table. Next, in step S35, a new record corresponding to the transaction data received in step S31 is added to the transaction table, and the transaction table is updated.

  FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the POS terminal 210. First, in step S41, it is determined whether or not the key input by operating the keyboard 214 is an instruction to input the card number (corresponding to the customer ID) of the customer card 10. As a result, when it is determined that the input key is an instruction to input a card number, the process proceeds to step S42. On the other hand, if it is determined that the input key does not instruct the input of the card number, the process proceeds to step S46.

  In step S42, the input of the card number is declared, and the input key is assumed to correspond to each number constituting the card number. Next, in step S43, it is determined whether or not all the card numbers have been input. As a result, if it is determined that not all of the card numbers have been entered yet, the process proceeds to step S45, where a predetermined error message (for example, “Card number has already been entered has been completed) is displayed on the cashier display 215. Is displayed. Then, it returns to step S41 and the process after step S41 is repeatedly performed.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that all of the card numbers have not yet been input, the process proceeds to step S44, and the numbers that have not been input for each number constituting the card number are input. Then, it returns to step S41 and the process after step S41 is repeatedly performed.

  In step S46, it is determined whether or not the input key is a key indicating single item input. As a result, if it is determined that the key is not a single item input key, the process proceeds to step S51. On the other hand, if it is determined that the key indicates single item input, the process proceeds to step S47. In step S 47, the single product code input by operating the keyboard 214 is stored in a memory such as a RAM constituting the POS control unit 212.

  Next, in step S48, it is determined whether or not a card number has been input. As a result, when it is determined that the card number has not been input, the process returns to step S41, and the processes after step S41 are repeatedly executed. On the other hand, if it is determined that the card number has been input, the process proceeds to step S49, and whether or not the input card number (customer ID) is the target of the sales promotion process, that is, corresponds to the input card number. It is determined whether there is a sales promotion privilege to be present. The sales promotion privilege here is a normal sales promotion privilege that can be granted in real time.

  As a result, when it is determined that there is no sales promotion privilege corresponding to the input card number, the process returns to step S41, and the processes after step S41 are repeatedly executed. On the other hand, when it is determined that there is a sales promotion privilege corresponding to the input card number, the process proceeds to step S50, and the corresponding sales promotion privilege is given to the input card number. Then, it returns to step S41 and the process after step S41 is repeatedly performed.

  In step S51, it is determined whether or not the input key is a subtotal key. As a result, if it is determined that the input key is not a subtotal key, the process proceeds to step S60. On the other hand, if it is determined that the input key is a subtotal key, the process proceeds to step S52.

  In step S52, a subtotal amount is input from the keyboard 214. Thereafter, in step S53, a deposit key is input from the keyboard 214, and in step S54, a deposit amount is input. Thereafter, in step S55, a record including the input card number is searched from the sales promotion grant table.

  Next, in step S56, among records including the input card number retrieved and acquired, the record including unprocessed privilege information, in this example, the value 0 (unprocessed) is set in the processed flag. It is determined whether or not there is something. As a result, when it is determined that there is no information including unprocessed privilege information, the process proceeds to step S58. On the other hand, when it is determined that there is information including unprocessed privilege information, the process proceeds to step S57, and a promotional privilege corresponding to the previous unprocessed sales promotion information is given to the input card number. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S58.

  In step S58, the transaction is concluded, and the transaction data is transmitted to the store computer 230 as transaction data in real time. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S59.

  In step S59, it is determined whether or not the registration work has been completed. As a result, when it is determined that the registration work has not been completed yet, the process returns to step S41, and the processes after step S41 are repeatedly executed. On the other hand, when it is determined that the registration work has been completed, this processing is terminated.

  In step S60, it is determined whether or not a key for instructing a transition to another business has been input. As a result, if it is determined that the key for instructing the transition to another task has not been input, the process proceeds to step S63. On the other hand, if it is determined that the key for instructing the transition to another task has been input, the process proceeds to step S61.

  In step S61, a key corresponding to another task on the keyboard 214 is pressed, and in step S62, the process transitions to another task corresponding to the input key.

  On the other hand, in step S63, a meaningless key that does not correspond to any processing on the keyboard 214 is pressed, and in step S64, an error message (for example, “a meaningless key is pressed” appears on the cashier display 215). Etc. ") is displayed. Then, it returns to step S41 and the process after step S41 is repeatedly performed.

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a form output process in the store computer 230 of the store system or the database server 110 of the headquarter system 100. Hereinafter, the process of the printer 237 of the store computer 230 will be described, and the description of the process of the printer 117 of the database server 110 will be omitted.

  First, in step S71, it is determined whether a print button (not shown) of the printer 237 is pressed and a form output is instructed. Alternatively, it is determined whether or not a command for instructing to output a form is input from the keyboard 234. As a result, if it is determined that the print button or the like has not been pressed and the form output has not been instructed, the process of step S71 is repeatedly executed. On the other hand, if it is determined that the print button or the like is pressed and the form output is instructed, the process proceeds to step S72.

  In step S72, the sales promotion information for the corresponding day (for example, the current day) is extracted from the sales promotion grant table. In step S73, the extracted sales promotion information is output as a form.

  FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure in which the store computer 230 transmits update information of the sales promotion grant table to the headquarter system 100. First, in step S81, an updated record is extracted from the sales promotion grant table. Next, in step S82, a sales promotion giving information file including the extracted records is created.

  Next, in step S83, the sales promotion grant information file is transmitted to the database server 110 of the headquarter system 100 via the Internet 400. Next, in step S84, a transmission result such as a reception notification transmitted from the database server 110 is acquired as a transmission result, and the process ends.

  FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of processing in which the database server 110 of the headquarter system 100 updates the sales promotion grant table. First, in step S91, the sales promotion grant information file transmitted from the store computer 230 via the Internet 400 is received by the control unit 112 of the database server 110 via the router 140 and the LAN 150. Next, in step S92, the sales promotion grant table is updated based on the received sales promotion grant information file.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to give a sales promotion privilege to a transaction performed in a period up to a predetermined time before the time when the weather changes. In addition, since the weather observation device 300 or the store computer 230 determines the change in the weather according to a predetermined standard, the standard for recognizing the weather change is made constant to suppress the recognition error and the artificial determination error. be able to.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the start and end of rainfall are recognized as a change in weather has been described. However, various other weather conditions such as the start and end of snowfall, a change in temperature, and a change in wind speed are described. The present invention can also be applied when recognizing a change in the above.

  It goes without saying that the configuration and operation of the above-described embodiment are examples, and can be changed as appropriate without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of one Embodiment of the POS system to which the store computer of this invention is applied. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the electrical equipment type | system | group of a POS terminal. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the electrical equipment system of the store computer which comprises a store system. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the electrical equipment system of a database server. It is a figure which shows the example of the sales promotion campaign table memorize | stored in the store computer. It is a figure which shows the example of the transaction table memorize | stored in the store computer. It is a figure which shows the example of the sales promotion provision table memorize | stored in the store computer. It is a figure which shows the example of the weather information table memorize | stored in the store computer. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure in which a store computer updates the sales promotion provision table according to the change of a weather. It is a flowchart which shows the other procedure in which a store computer updates the sales promotion provision table according to the change of a weather. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure which a store computer updates the sales promotion provision table and a transaction table corresponding to the transaction data sent in real time from a POS terminal. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of a POS terminal. It is a flow chart which shows form output processing in a store computer of a store system, or a database server of a head office system. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure which a store computer transmits the update information of a sales promotion provision table to a headquarters system. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence which updates the sales promotion provision table of the database server of a headquarters system.

Explanation of symbols

  212 ... POS control unit, 232 ... control unit (transaction table registration means, weather change recognition means, reference table registration means, search means), S35 ... transaction table registration means, S14 ... weather change recognition means, S8, S20 ... reference table Registration means, S32 ... Search means, S34, S50 ... Promotional privilege grant means

Claims (7)

In a store computer having an information processing unit that executes processing corresponding to a sales promotion for a customer,
The information processing unit registers, in the transaction table, transaction data in which customer identification information for identifying at least the customer who has performed the transaction and the date and time when the transaction has occurred are associated with the generated transaction. Transaction table registration means to
The information processing unit is configured to recognize a change in weather based on weather information output from a device that senses the weather;
The information processing unit extracts from the transaction data recorded in the transaction table what was performed in a time period from the time when the weather change was recognized to a predetermined time ago and registered in the reference table A reference table registration means for
The information processing unit, when a transaction occurs, search means for searching transaction data corresponding to the customer who has performed the transaction from the reference table;
When the transaction data corresponding to the customer who performed the transaction is acquired from the reference table, the information processing unit executes a process for providing a predetermined promotional privilege to the customer;
A store computer comprising: The store computer according to claim 1, wherein the weather information is information indicating current weather. The store computer according to claim 1, wherein the weather information is information indicating that the weather has changed. The store computer according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the weather change recognizing unit recognizes the start of rainfall based on the weather information. The store computer according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the weather change recognizing means recognizes the start of snowfall based on the weather information. The store computer according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the weather change recognition means recognizes a change in temperature based on the weather information. The store computer according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the weather change recognition unit recognizes a change in wind speed based on the weather information.

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