JP2009251695A - Sales promotion system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve unique and effective sales promotion in a store or the like installed in a facility in which measurement equipment is set. <P>SOLUTION: The information processing part of an electronic tonometer 201(measurement equipment) controls the driving of a reader/writer, and makes a storage medium write the data of a measurement value to be output by measuring the state of the living body of a subject by a measurement part. When acquiring the data of the measurement value output from a reader when processing merchandise sales data, the information processing part of a POS terminal 101 (merchandise sales data processor) decides the success/failure of the improvement of the subject's health conditions based on the measurement value, and executes prescribed privilege processing according to the improvement decision of the health conditions, and notifies the subject that the privilege processing has been executed according to the improvement decision of the health conditions. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a sales promotion system that executes privilege processing in accordance with a measurement result of a measurement device such as an electronic blood pressure monitor that measures the state of a subject's living body.

  Conventionally, in a facility, a store, a retail store, etc., as part of sales promotion, a privilege is granted to a customer who satisfies a predetermined condition (for example, price reduction from a settlement amount). As an example of operations for realizing such sales promotion, for example, when a product purchase of a predetermined amount or more is made in one transaction, points are given to the customer according to the amount (members owned by the customer) It is conceivable to give a privilege to the customer on the condition that this point has reached a predetermined value.

  As an effect of such sales promotion, acquisition of new customers and improvement of customer repeat rate can be considered. And these can be expected to increase sales.

JP 2002-133250 A JP 2007-156839 A

  As described above, since sales can be expected to increase greatly due to sales promotion, sales promotion adapted to the form of the store is desired.

  In particular, a store provided in a facility (sports club, Kurhaus, hospital, etc.) in which a measuring device (for example, an electronic blood pressure monitor, a weight scale, a body fat scale, etc.) that measures the state of the living body of the subject is installed, or A retail tie-up established outside the facility after a business alliance has been concluded with the parent that operates such a facility, and it is hoped that unique and effective sales promotions will be realized. Yes.

  Note that Patent Literature 1 is a literature found by a patent survey conducted from the viewpoint of medical equipment related to a measuring device such as an electronic blood pressure monitor and sales promotion. However, the technique described in Patent Document 1 is to perform a predetermined process for a customer who is a medical person in accordance with the purchase record of the medical device in order to promote sales of the medical device itself. It does not give any suggestion about the realization of sales promotion as described above.

  Patent Document 2 describes a technology that uses data of a device such as an electronic sphygmomanometer, but promotes sales at a store provided in a facility such as a sports club. is not.

  An object of the present invention is to realize an effective sales promotion that is unique to a store or the like provided in a facility where a measuring apparatus is installed.

  The sales promotion system of the present invention reads and writes data to and from a measurement unit that measures the state of a subject's living body and outputs measurement value data, and a storage medium that stores data including measurement values in a rewritable manner. A measuring device including a reader / writer, a reader that reads and outputs measurement value data stored in the storage medium, a product code reading unit that reads and outputs a product code that is attached to the product and identifies the product, and information A product sales data processing device comprising: a notifying unit for notifying; and means for executing product sales data processing for calculating a settlement amount based on a product code output from the product code reading unit; The information processing unit drives and controls the reader / writer to write the measurement value data output from the measurement unit to the storage medium, and When the information processing unit of the sales data processing apparatus acquires the measurement value data output from the reader during the merchandise sales data processing, it determines the success or failure of the improvement of the health condition based on the measurement value, A predetermined privilege process is executed according to the improvement determination, and the information processing unit of the product sales data processing apparatus is caused to notify the notification unit that the privilege process has been executed according to the improvement determination of the health condition. did.

  Another aspect of the sales promotion system according to the present invention is a storage unit that stores data including a measurement unit that measures the state of a living body of a subject and outputs measurement value data, and a unique member ID that identifies the subject. Data communication between a measurement device including a first reader that reads and outputs data from a first communication unit and a first communication unit that enables data communication with the external device, and an external device that includes the measurement device A first higher-level device including a second communication unit that enables data communication, a third communication unit that enables data communication between an external device including the first higher-level device, and a member from the storage medium Output from the second reader that reads and outputs the ID data, a product code reading unit that reads and outputs a product code that is attached to the product and identifies the product, a notification unit that notifies information, and the product code reading unit Product code A merchandise sales data processing device comprising: means for executing merchandise sales data processing for calculating a settlement amount on the basis of the data, and the information processing unit of the measurement device outputs the measurement value data output from the measurement unit. , Along with the member ID data output from the first reader, output to the first host device via the first communication unit, and the information processing unit of the first host device The output member ID and measurement value data are received via the second communication unit, the received member ID data and the measurement value data are associated with each other and stored in the first storage area, and When the information processing unit of the merchandise sales data processing apparatus acquires the member ID data output from the second reader during the merchandise sales data processing, the measurement value data corresponding to the member ID is obtained as the first ID. Memory To determine whether or not the health condition has been improved based on the measured value, execute a predetermined privilege process according to the health condition improvement determination, and the information processing unit of the product sales data processing apparatus The notification unit is informed that the privilege processing has been executed in accordance with the health condition improvement determination.

  In another aspect of the sales promotion system of the present invention, a measurement unit that measures the state of a subject's living body and outputs measurement value data, and a memory that stores data including a unique member ID that identifies the subject. Data between a measurement device including a first reader that reads and outputs data from a medium, and a first communication unit that enables data communication between the external device and an external device that includes the measurement device A first communication device including a second communication unit that enables communication, a third communication unit that enables data communication between an external device including the first host device, and a member from the storage medium Output from the second reader that reads and outputs the ID data, a product code reading unit that reads and outputs a product code that is attached to the product and identifies the product, a notification unit that notifies information, and the product code reading unit Product code A product sales data processing device comprising: means for executing product sales data processing for calculating a settlement amount based on the data of measurement values output from the measurement unit by the information processing unit of the measurement device Together with the member ID data output from the first reader to the first host device via the first communication unit, the information processing unit of the first host device The data of the output member ID and measurement value is received via the second communication unit, the success or failure of the health condition is determined based on the measurement value, and according to the health condition improvement determination, Information on the merchandise sales data processing device is generated by generating privilege information indicating that the predetermined privilege processing is executed, storing the privilege information data in the second storage area in association with the received member ID data. The processing unit sells the product When data of the member ID output from the second reader is acquired at the time of data processing, privilege information data corresponding to the member ID is acquired from the second storage area, and the acquired privilege information is followed. The privilege processing is executed, and the information processing unit of the product sales data processing apparatus is caused to notify the notification unit that the privilege processing has been executed according to the health condition improvement determination.

  In another aspect of the sales promotion system of the present invention, a measurement unit that measures the state of a subject's living body and outputs measurement value data, and a memory that stores data including a unique member ID that identifies the subject. Data between a measurement device including a first reader that reads and outputs data from a medium, and a first communication unit that enables data communication between the external device and an external device that includes the measurement device A first host device including a second communication unit that enables data communication between a second host device that includes a fourth communication unit that enables communication and an external device that includes the second host device. A third communication unit for enabling data communication between the device and an external device including the first host device, a second reader for reading and outputting the member ID data from the storage medium, and a product Read the product code that identifies the product Merchandise sales comprising: a merchandise code reading unit for outputting and outputting; a notifying unit for notifying information; and means for executing a merchandise sales data process for calculating a payment amount based on the merchandise code output from the product code reading unit A data processing device, wherein the information processing unit of the measurement device outputs the measurement value data output from the measurement unit together with the member ID data output from the first reader. The information processing unit of the second host device receives the output member ID and measurement value data via the fourth communication unit via the fourth communication unit. Then, it determines the success or failure of the improvement of the health condition based on the measurement value, generates the privilege information to execute the predetermined privilege processing according to the improvement determination of the health condition, and the data of the privilege information Received member I Are output to the first host device via the fourth communication unit, and the information processing unit of the first host device outputs the output member ID and privilege information data. The information received by the second communication unit is stored in the second storage area in association with the data of the member ID and the data of the privilege information. When the member ID data output from the second reader is acquired in the merchandise sales data processing, the privilege information data corresponding to the member ID is acquired from the second storage area, and the acquired privilege information is stored in the acquired privilege information. The privilege processing is executed, and the information processing unit of the product sales data processing apparatus is caused to notify the notification unit that the privilege processing has been executed in response to the health condition improvement determination.

  According to the present invention, when a health condition improvement determination is made based on a measurement value (for example, an electronic sphygmomanometer) installed in a facility such as a sports club, the device is installed in a store in the facility. When the product sales data processing in the product sales data processing device (POS terminal) is executed, a predetermined privilege process is executed and the customer is notified of this, so that when the customer has another health condition improvement In the hope of a privilege, it can be expected to purchase merchandise by actively selecting a store in which the merchandise sales data processing device is installed. In this way, it is possible to realize an effective sales promotion that is unique to a store or the like provided in the facility where the measuring apparatus is installed.

[First Embodiment]
A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. This embodiment is an example of application to the sales promotion system 11 introduced in a sports club facility.

  FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing a sales promotion system 11. The sports club in which the sales promotion system 11 is introduced is mainly composed of a training area and a shop area provided in the facility. The sports club of the present embodiment is a so-called membership system facility where only members who are assigned a unique member ID are allowed to enter. The member is given a membership card MC1 (see FIG. 2 and the like) as a storage medium to be described later in which data such as a member ID for specifying the member is stored.

  In the training area, a plurality of various training devices such as running machines and bench presses (both not shown) that can be used by members are installed. Further, in the present embodiment, an electronic sphygmomanometer 201 that performs blood pressure measurement is installed as a measuring device separately from the training equipment in a part of the training area. By using the electronic sphygmomanometer 201, the member can know the result of training as a blood pressure value. Such an electronic blood pressure monitor 201 is mounted on a mounting table such as a desk.

  In any of the embodiments, the measuring device that measures the state of the living body of the subject is not limited to the electronic sphygmomanometer 201. For example, an electronic weight scale that measures a body weight value or an electronic that measures body fat percentage. A device such as a body fat scale may be used. Moreover, all of these measuring devices may be installed.

  The shop area is for members who have completed training in the training area or members who are currently training to stop by and purchase products. For this reason, products that contribute to improving health and recovering from fatigue are mainly sold in the shop area. In such a store area, a POS terminal 101 serving as a merchandise sales data processing device is installed on a cashier counter (not shown). In addition, a store controller 301 as a first host device is installed in the backyard of the store area. As an example, the POS terminal 101 and the store controller 301 are connected to each other through a network line 21 that is a wired LAN so that data communication is possible. Therefore, for example, the CPU 152 (see FIG. 7) of the POS terminal 101 can access data to a storage device (such as an HDD 355 described later) included in the store controller 301.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the electronic sphygmomanometer 201 is also connected to the network line 21. For this reason, the electronic sphygmomanometer 201 and the store controller 301 can communicate data via the network line 21.

  First, the electronic sphygmomanometer 201 of the present embodiment installed in the training area will be described.

  FIG. 2 is an external perspective view showing the electronic sphygmomanometer 201. The electronic sphygmomanometer 201 is mainly composed of a housing 202 having a central portion penetrating in a cylindrical shape. A cylindrical cuff unit 204 having a living body compressing air bag 203 (see FIG. 3) is provided in the penetrating portion of the housing 202. The living body compressing air bag 203 is wound around the cuff unit 204 in the circumferential direction. An input device 205 having a button for starting the measurement operation of the electronic sphygmomanometer 201 and a display device 206 for displaying information such as measurement results are provided integrally with the housing 202 at the upper surface position of the housing 202. ing. The display device 206 is an LCD as an example. Further, the electronic sphygmomanometer 201 includes a support base 207 that is positioned on the back side of the housing 202 and supports the elbow and the forearm while the upper arm is inserted into the cuff unit 204 from the front side.

  The electronic sphygmomanometer 201 is connected to a reader / writer for communicating with a resin member card MC1 as an RFID tag and an RFID reader / writer 211 as a first reader. The RFID reader / writer 211 is provided with a card holder 211a for placing the member card MC1 on the front surface of the RFID reader / writer 211. In the member card MC1, as shown by a broken line in FIG. 2, an IC chip MC2 and a tag antenna MC3 of a predetermined standard are connected to each other and embedded. The IC chip MC2 stores various data including a member ID, which will be described later. For example, power is supplied to the member card MC1, which is an RFID tag, by an electromagnetic induction method using a frequency band of 13.56 MHz. That is, in the membership card MC1 arranged at the front surface position of the RFID reader / writer 211, the tag antenna MC3 receives a radio wave output from the antenna (not shown) of the RFID reader / writer 211 to generate power, and the IC chip MC2 Starts. Then, the activated IC chip MC2 can communicate with the RFID reader / writer 211. In such a communicable state, the RFID reader / writer 211 acquires data stored in the IC chip MC2 (reads data from the IC chip MC2) or stores data in the IC chip MC2 (IC chip). Data can be written to MC2. The RFID reader / writer 211 that has acquired data from the IC chip MC2 outputs the data to the CPU 252 (see FIG. 3) of the electronic sphygmomanometer 201.

  The electronic sphygmomanometer 201 also includes a communication interface 271 (see FIG. 3) as a first communication unit for executing data communication with an external device via the network line 21.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the electronic sphygmomanometer 201. The electronic sphygmomanometer 201 includes a CPU 252 as an information processing unit that executes various arithmetic processes and controls each unit. The CPU 252 is bus-connected to a ROM 253 that fixedly stores and saves fixed data such as programs and a RAM 254 that stores variable data in a rewritable manner and is used as a work area. The CPU 252, ROM 253, and RAM 254 constitute a microcomputer 251. The CPU 252 is connected to the input device 205, display device 206, RFID reader / writer 211, and communication interface 271 described above via various input / output circuits (all not shown), and the operation is controlled by the CPU 252. The

  The electronic sphygmomanometer 201 has a living body pressure air system 261 connected to the aforementioned living body pressure air bag 203. The living body compression air system 261 is subjected to operation control by the CPU 252. The living body compression air system 261 includes an air pump 262, an air valve 263, and a pressure sensor 264. The air pump 262 is connected to the CPU 252 via the air pump drive circuit 265. The air valve 263 is connected to the CPU 252 via the air valve drive circuit 266. The pressure sensor 264 is connected to the CPU 252 via the amplifier 267 and the A / D converter 268.

  The air pump 262 pressurizes the inner cavity 203a of the living body compressing air bag 203, is driven by the air pump drive circuit 265 that has received a command from the CPU 252, and measures the pressure of the inner cavity 203a of the living body compressing air bag 203 upon measurement. Compressed gas is sent into the lumen 203a so that the pressure becomes a predetermined pressure.

  The air valve 263 is for maintaining or reducing the pressure of the inner cavity 203a of the living body compressing air bag 203, and its open / closed state is controlled by the air valve driving circuit 266 that receives a command from the CPU 252. During the measurement, the pressure in the lumen 203a of the living body compression air bag 203, which has been in a high pressure state by the air pump 262, is maintained and reduced, and after the measurement is finished, the lumen 203a of the living body compression air bag 203 is brought to atmospheric pressure. Return.

  The pressure sensor 264 is for detecting the pressure of the lumen 203a of the air bag 203 for living body compression, detects the pressure of the lumen 203a of the air bag 203 for living body pressure that changes during the measurement, and uses the detected value as a detection value. A corresponding signal is output to the amplifier 267. The amplifier 267 amplifies the signal output from the pressure sensor 264 and outputs the amplified signal to the A / D converter 268. The A / D converter 268 digitizes the analog signal output from the amplifier 267 and outputs it to the CPU 252.

  Therefore, the living body compressing air bag 203, the lumen 203a, the living body compressing air system 261, the amplifier 267, the A / D converter 268, and the like measure the state of the living body of the subject and output measurement value data. It functions as the unit 201a.

  The CPU 252 controls the living body compression air system 261 based on a command input to the input device 205 and outputs a measurement result to the display device 206, the RAM 254, and the like.

  And in 1st Embodiment, the member who finished training measures his blood pressure value using such an electronic blood pressure meter 201 installed in the training area.

  When measuring the blood pressure value using the electronic sphygmomanometer 201, a member who is a subject inserts the upper arm into the penetrating portion of the housing 202 and places the elbow and forearm on the support base 207. Then, by operating the electronic sphygmomanometer 201, the upper arm is compressed and fixed by the cuff unit 204, and then the arterial pressure pulse wave generated in the artery is detected by inflating / deflating the living body compression air bag 203. Done. In this way, the blood pressure value is measured in the electronic sphygmomanometer 201. Next, a process executed by the CPU 252 of the electronic sphygmomanometer 201 in accordance with a program stored in the ROM 253 when measuring such a blood pressure will be described.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the flow of blood pressure measurement processing executed by the electronic sphygmomanometer 201 in the first embodiment. First, when the subject turns on a power switch (not shown), the electronic sphygmomanometer 201 shifts to a measurable state. If the CPU 252 of the electronic sphygmomanometer 201 determines to shift to the measurable state (Y in step S101), it displays a reading request on the display device 206 (step S102). The read request is information for requesting the subject to perform an operation for causing the RFID reader / writer 211 to read data stored in the IC chip MC2 of the member card MC1, and as an example, “Place the member card in the card holder. "Is a character string. Thus, the member card MC1 is arranged at the front surface position of the RFID reader / writer 211. Then, by the drive control of the CPU 252, the RFID reader / writer 211 performs RFID communication with the member card MC1 placed at the front surface position, acquires data stored in the IC chip MC2, and the electronic sphygmomanometer 201 Output to the CPU 252. Thus, if the CPU 252 of the electronic sphygmomanometer 201 acquires the member ID (Y in step S103), it is assumed that the conditions for performing blood pressure measurement are satisfied, and then starts driving control of the air pump 262 to The pressure in the lumen 203a of the compression air bag 203 is gradually increased (step S104). In the process of gradually increasing the pressure in the lumen 203a, when the pressure in the lumen 203a reaches a predetermined level necessary for blood pressure measurement, the CPU 252 of the electronic sphygmomanometer 201 stops the air pump 262 and then closes it. The air valve 263 is gradually opened to gradually exhaust the air in the living body compression air bag 203, and the pressure in the lumen 203a is gradually reduced (step S105). Next, the CPU 252 of the electronic sphygmomanometer 201 calculates a blood pressure value (maximum blood pressure value, minimum blood pressure value) by a known processing procedure (step S106). More specifically, the CPU 252 of the electronic sphygmomanometer 201 calculates a blood pressure value based on the extracted pulse wave information in the process of gradually reducing the pressure in the lumen 203a. Then, the CPU 252 displays the calculated blood pressure value on the display device 206 (step S107), and further drives and controls the RFID reader / writer 211 so that the calculated blood pressure value data together with the measurement date data is the IC of the member card MC1. The data is stored in the chip MC2 (step S108). For this reason, the electronic sphygmomanometer 201 of this embodiment includes a clock circuit (not shown), and the CPU 252 acquires the current date and time as the measurement date and time from this clock circuit. Thereafter, the CPU 252 of the electronic sphygmomanometer 201 opens the air valve 263 to release the lumen 203a of the living body compression air bag 203 to the atmosphere (step S109).

  Next, the membership card MC1 in which the blood pressure value measured by the electronic sphygmomanometer 201 is stored in the IC chip MC2 will be described.

  FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a data configuration of the IC chip MC2 of the membership card MC1 in the first embodiment. As described above, the IC chip MC2 of the member card MC1 stores data of the member ID (XXXX) assigned to the member and specifying the member. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, in the IC chip MC2, the blood pressure value (XXX / XXmmHg) data measured by the electronic sphygmomanometer 201 is stored in association with the data of the measurement date and time (XXXXXX year XX month XX day). Has been. The IC chip MC2 of the present embodiment stores the latest five blood pressure value data. Therefore, when blood pressure value data is stored in the IC chip MC2 of the membership card MC1 (see step S108 in the flowchart of FIG. 4), if five pieces of blood pressure value data are already stored in the IC chip MC2, the IC chip The oldest blood pressure value data is deleted from MC2. The blood pressure value data that can be stored in the IC chip MC2 is not limited to five, and the IC chip MC2 can store other medical data (weight value data, body fat percentage data, etc.). Also good.

  Furthermore, the IC chip MC2 of the present embodiment also stores privilege flag data. The privilege flag is stored as “0” or “1”. The CPU 152 (see FIG. 7) of the POS terminal 101 interprets the privilege flag “1” as having been granted a privilege and interprets the privilege flag “0” as not having been granted a privilege. That is, although details will be described later, in the merchandise sales data processing (see FIG. 8) executed by the POS terminal 101, a predetermined privilege is determined according to the data contents of the five blood pressure values stored in the IC chip MC2. The privilege information which is information indicating that the processing is executed is generated, and the privilege processing according to the privilege information is performed. And when privilege information is produced | generated, "1" is memorize | stored as a privilege flag as what the privilege was provided to the member customer based on these five blood pressure values. Therefore, “0” is stored as the privilege flag in the default setting.

  As described above, since the privilege flag is information based on the current five blood pressure values, when one is newly stored and the blood pressure value data is updated in step S108 in the flowchart of FIG. The CPU 252 of the electronic sphygmomanometer 201 clears the privilege flag “1” to zero.

  Next, the POS terminal 101 of this embodiment installed in the store area will be described.

  FIG. 6 is an external perspective view showing the POS terminal 101. The POS terminal 101 is placed on the drawer 102 and can control the opening operation of the drawer 103 of the drawer 102. On the upper surface of the POS terminal 101, an operator display 105 and a customer display 107 are erected as display units for displaying information. A touch panel 108 is stacked on the screen of the operator display 105. The touch panel 108 functions as an input unit for causing the operator of the POS terminal 101 to input information according to the display content of the operator display 105. On the left side of the operator display 105, a receipt printer 106 as an informing unit for informing information is arranged. A receipt RT is printed and issued from the receipt printer 106. A keyboard 104 for inputting information to the POS terminal 101 is provided on the front side (lower side) of the operator display 105. The keyboard 104 has, for example, a numeric keypad for inputting numbers with numbers printed on the upper surface, a temporary tightening key with “subtotal” printed on the upper surface, and a tightening key with “deposit / current total” printed on the upper surface. Contains. A card reading groove 110 for reading information from a magnetic card such as a credit card is provided on the right side of the keyboard 104. That is, by sliding the magnetic card along the card reading groove 110, the information stored in the magnetic stripe of the magnetic card is read by the card reader / writer 109 (see FIG. 7) built in the POS terminal 101. .

  As shown in FIG. 6, the POS terminal 101 is connected to a code reader 111 as a product code reading unit that reads a code symbol such as a barcode. The code reader 111 has a reading port 111a, and irradiates a visible light semiconductor laser having a predetermined pattern onto a reading space formed in front of the reading port 111a. In the code reader 111, when an article is positioned in the reading space and the code symbol attached to the article is directed to the reading port 111a, a light receiving element (for example, a CCD) receives reflected light from the code symbol. Then, the code reader 111 decodes the light reception signal of the code symbol based on the output signal of the light receiving element, acquires information described by the code symbol (for example, a product code for specifying a product), and the CPU 152 of the POS terminal 101 ( (See FIG. 7). The product code is printed on the product packaging or the like in the form of a barcode such as JAN.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the POS terminal 101 is also connected with an RFID reader / writer 112 as a reader and a second reader. Since the RFID reader / writer 112 having the card holder 112a is the same as the RFID reader / writer 211 described above, the description thereof is omitted. The POS terminal 101 also includes a communication interface 113 (see FIG. 7) as a third communication unit for executing data communication with an external device via the network line 21.

  FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the POS terminal 101. The POS terminal 101 includes a CPU 152 as an information processing unit that executes various arithmetic processes and controls each unit. The CPU 152 is connected to a ROM 153 that fixedly stores fixed data such as programs, a RAM 154 that stores variable data in a rewritable manner and is used as a work area, and an HDD 155. The CPU 152, ROM 153, and RAM 154 constitute a microcomputer 151.

  The CPU 152 includes the above-described drawer 102, keyboard 104, operator display 105, receipt printer 106, customer display 107, touch panel 108, card reader / writer 109, code reader 111, RFID reader / writer 112, and communication interface 113. All are connected via various input / output circuits (all not shown), and the operation is controlled by the CPU 152.

  The HDD 155 stores programs and various files (none of which are shown). An example of a program stored in the HDD 155 is a product sales data processing program (not shown). An example of a file stored in the HDD 155 is a product data file (not shown) that stores product information (product name, unit price, etc.) in association with the product code. Such programs and various files stored in the HDD 155 are used by copying all or part of them to the RAM 154 when the POS terminal 101 is activated.

  The CPU 152 of the POS terminal 101 according to the present embodiment executes merchandise sales data processing in transactions according to the program. Here, the details of the product sales data processing will be described with reference to FIG. 8. However, generally, the CPU 152 of the POS terminal 101 includes the unit price based on the product code output from the code reader 111. This is a process of acquiring information and calculating a settlement amount.

  Such merchandise sales data processing is started at the POS terminal 101 by a cashier operation when a customer who is a member who owns the membership card MC1 visits the store area and purchases merchandise. At this time, the customer may be measuring his / her blood pressure using the electronic sphygmomanometer 201 installed in the training area immediately before visiting the shop area.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a flow of merchandise sales data processing executed by the POS terminal 101 in the first embodiment. First, when merchandise sales data processing is started by a predetermined operation, the CPU 152 of the POS terminal 101 waits for data acquisition based on reading of the member card MC1 of the RFID reader / writer 112 (step S151). Therefore, the cashier who is an operator of the POS terminal 101 first requests the customer who is a member to place the member card MC1 in the card holder 112a of the RFID reader / writer 112. Thus, the membership card MC1 is arranged at the front surface position of the RFID reader / writer 112. Then, by the drive control of the CPU 152, the RFID reader / writer 112 performs RFID communication with the member card MC1 placed at the front surface position, acquires data stored in the IC chip MC2, and acquires the data stored in the POS terminal 101. It outputs to CPU152.

  If the data output from the RFID reader / writer 112 is acquired (Y in step S151), the CPU 152 of the POS terminal 101 temporarily stores the acquired data in the RAM 154. Here, since the member ID, blood pressure value, and privilege flag are stored as data in the IC chip MC2 of the member card MC1 (see FIG. 5), the CPU 152 of the POS terminal 101 stores the member ID, blood pressure value, And the data of a privilege flag will be acquired.

  First, the CPU 152 of the POS terminal 101 determines whether or not a privilege has been granted based on the privilege flag included in the data acquired in step S151 (step S152). Here, as described above, the CPU 152 of the POS terminal 101 interprets the privilege flag “1” as having been granted a privilege and interprets the privilege flag “0” as not having been granted a privilege.

  Then, if it is determined that the privilege has not been granted due to the privilege flag “0” (Y in step S152), the CPU 152 of the POS terminal 101 is included in the data acquired in step S151. Based on the blood pressure value, it is determined whether or not the health condition has been improved (step S153).

  Here, the determination of whether or not the health condition has been improved will be described. For example, when the maximum blood pressure values (mmHg) in five “blood pressure values” are “140”, “141”, “130”, “131”, and “129” in the order of “measurement date / time”, the health condition (in this case, hypertension) ) Is determined to be improved. On the other hand, when the maximum blood pressure value (mmHg) is “140” “141” “139” “141” “140” in the order of “measurement date and time”, it is not determined that the health condition is improved. In other words, in the present embodiment, when the maximum blood pressure value of 140 mmHg or more is stored and then the maximum blood pressure value of 135 mmHg or less is stored continuously three or more times, it is determined that the health condition (hypertension) is improved. .

  When the stored “blood pressure value” (and “measurement date”) is 5 or less, it is not determined that the health condition has been improved regardless of the stored numerical value.

  When it is determined in step S153 that the health condition has been improved (Y in step S153), the CPU 152 of the POS terminal 101 generates privilege information data that is information indicating that a predetermined privilege process is to be executed (step S154). . Here, the privilege process is a discount process of a predetermined amount (for example, 300 yen) from the settlement amount (see step S159) as an example. The generated privilege information data is temporarily stored in the RAM 154.

  Next, the CPU 152 of the POS terminal 101 drives and controls the RFID reader / writer 112 to execute communication with the member card MC1, and stores a privilege flag “1” indicating that a privilege has been granted in the IC chip MC2 of the member card MC1. (Step S155). Thereby, it is prevented that a privilege is repeatedly given to the customer who is a member based on the data of the same blood pressure value.

  Then, the CPU 152 of the POS terminal 101 waits for acquisition of a product code based on the output of the product code from the code reader 111 that has read the barcode describing the product code (step S156).

  If the CPU 152 of the POS terminal 101 does not read the membership card MC1 by the RFID reader / writer 112 in step S151 and does not acquire data (N in step S151), the CPU 152 in the subsequent steps S152 to S155 The process is skipped and the acquisition of the product code is awaited (step S156).

  If the CPU 152 of the POS terminal 101 determines that the privilege has been granted in step S152 (N in step S152), it skips the subsequent steps S153 to S155 and waits for acquisition of a product code (step S156). ).

  Further, if the health condition is not determined to be improved in step S153 (N in step S153), the CPU 152 of the POS terminal 101 skips the subsequent steps S154 and S155 and waits for the acquisition of the product code. (Step S156).

  When the CPU 152 of the POS terminal 101 acquires the product code output from the code reader 111 (Y in step S156), the product code is temporarily stored in the RAM 154, and product information (unit price, product) corresponding to the product code is stored. Name) is acquired from a product data file (not shown) and temporarily stored in the RAM 154 (step S157). The processes in steps S156 and S157 are repeatedly executed until a temporary tightening declaration is made by pressing the temporary tightening key displayed as “subtotal” on the keyboard 104 (Y in step S158).

  If the CPU 152 of the POS terminal 101 determines a declaration of temporary tightening by pressing the temporary tightening key (Y in step S158), the CPU 152 calculates a settlement amount based on the unit price temporarily stored in the RAM 154, and stores this in the RAM 154. Is temporarily stored (step S159). The settlement amount is basically the same as the total unit price.

  Next, the CPU 152 of the POS terminal 101 determines whether or not there is privilege information stored in the RAM 154 (step S160). When the privilege information data is stored in the RAM 154 and it is determined that the privilege information is present (Y in step S160), the CPU 152 of the POS terminal 101 executes the privilege process according to the privilege information (step S161). ). The privilege process of the present embodiment is a discount process for discounting (for example, 300 yen discount) on the payment amount calculated in step S159. In this case, the CPU 152 of the POS terminal 101 uses the amount obtained by the discount process as a new settlement amount and stores it in the RAM 154.

  On the other hand, when the CPU 152 of the POS terminal 101 determines that no privilege information data is stored in the RAM 154 and there is no privilege information (N in step S160), the privilege processing (see step S161) is not executed. .

  Then, the CPU 152 of the POS terminal 101 waits for a closing declaration by pressing the closing key displayed as “deposit / cash” on the keyboard 104 (step S162), and determines that the closing declaration has been made (in step S162). Y) The drawer 102 is driven and controlled to open the drawer 103 to the drawer 102 (step S163). Next, the CPU 152 of the POS terminal 101 converts the transaction information (unit price, product name, payment amount, etc.) acquired or generated during execution of the product sales data processing and stored in the RAM 154 in this transaction into a letter printer. The transaction information is printed on the receipt paper by driving and controlled as 106, and issued as a receipt RT (see FIG. 9) (step S164). At this time, the CPU 152 of the POS terminal 101 also prints on the receipt RT information indicating that the privilege process has been executed in accordance with the health condition improvement determination. Thereafter, the transaction information stored in the RAM 154 is stored in a journal file (not shown) provided in the HDD 155.

  FIG. 9 is a front view showing the receipt RT. As shown in FIG. 9, in the upper area of the receipt RT, a character string “◯ △ sports club store area” is printed as a logo. Further, in the central area of the receipt RT, the settlement amount calculated in step S159 in the flowchart of FIG. 8 is printed as “subtotal ¥ 3,000”. Further, the content of the privilege process (discount process) executed in step S161 in the flowchart of FIG. 8 is printed as “discount-¥ 300”, and the new settlement amount obtained by executing the privilege process is “total ¥ 2,700 ". In FIG. 9, other transaction information (unit price, product name, etc.) printed on the receipt RT is omitted.

  In the lower region of the receipt RT, information indicating that the privilege process has been executed in accordance with the health condition improvement determination is printed. This fact is printed as text information in FIG. 9 as “300 yen discount service has been implemented because high blood pressure has been improved!”.

  The member customer who sees such a receipt RT can know that the discount has been made in the current purchase of the product due to the improvement of the health condition (improvement of hypertension). Then, according to the first embodiment, when this member customer has another health condition improvement, this member customer wants the privilege and is not in a retail store outside the sports club but in the sports club facility. It is expected to purchase products by actively visiting the shop area. In this way, it is possible to realize unique and effective sales at a store provided in a sports club facility where the electronic blood pressure monitor 201 is installed.

[Second Embodiment]
A second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The same parts as those of the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is also omitted.

  The sales promotion system 11 of the second embodiment has the same system configuration (see FIG. 1) as that of the first embodiment. Therefore, the external appearance and hardware configuration of the electronic blood pressure monitor 201 and the POS terminal 101 are the same as those in the first embodiment (see FIGS. 2, 3, 6, and 7).

  Next, differences between the second embodiment and the first embodiment will be schematically described. The IC chip MC2 of the member card MC1 in the second embodiment stores only the member ID data, and does not store the measurement date, blood pressure value, and privilege flag data as in the first embodiment.

  In the second embodiment, the measurement date / time, blood pressure value, and privilege flag data are stored in the HDD 355 (see FIG. 10) built in the store controller 301 in association with the member ID data. More specifically, it is stored in a measurement data file F1 (see FIG. 13) as a first storage area formed in the HDD 355. Therefore, in the second embodiment, the configuration of the store controller 301 (see FIG. 10), processing (see FIG. 12), and measurement data file F1 (see FIG. 13) will be described below.

  As described above, in the second embodiment, data such as blood pressure values measured by the electronic sphygmomanometer 201 is stored in the store controller 301. Therefore, the processing in the electronic sphygmomanometer 201 is also different from that in the first embodiment. There is a point to do. Therefore, the process of the electronic sphygmomanometer 201 will also be described below (see FIG. 11).

  In the second embodiment, unlike the first embodiment, the CPU 152 of the POS terminal 101 determines the improvement of the health condition based on the data stored in the measurement data file F1. Therefore, processing executed by the POS terminal 101 in the second embodiment will also be described below (see FIG. 14).

  First, the hardware configuration of the store controller 301 will be described.

  FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the store controller 301. The store controller 301 includes a CPU 352 as an information processing unit that executes various arithmetic processes and controls each unit. The CPU 352 is connected via a bus to a ROM 353 that fixedly stores and saves fixed data such as programs, a RAM 354 that stores variable data in a rewritable manner and is used as a work area, and an HDD 355. Various files and programs described later are formed in the HDD 355. The CPU 352, the ROM 353, and the RAM 354 constitute a microcomputer 351. The store controller 301 also includes a communication interface 356 as a second communication unit for executing data communication with an external device via the network line 21, and this communication interface 356 is also bus-connected to the CPU 352. ing. The CPU 352 executes various processes according to the program.

  And also in 2nd Embodiment, the member who finished training measures his blood pressure value using the electronic sphygmomanometer 201 installed in the training area.

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of blood pressure measurement processing executed by the electronic sphygmomanometer 201 according to the second embodiment. The processing of steps S201 to S207 and S209 in the blood pressure measurement processing of the present embodiment is the same as the processing of steps S101 to S107 and S109 in the first embodiment described with reference to FIG. Therefore, explanation is omitted.

  In this embodiment, the CPU 152 of the electronic sphygmomanometer 201 calculates the member ID data acquired in step S201 and the step S206 as processing subsequent to step S207 (display of the blood pressure value on the display device 206). The blood pressure value data is output together with the measurement date and time data via the communication interface 271 as the store controller 301 (step S208).

  FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing executed by the store controller 301 in the second embodiment. If the CPU 352 of the store controller 301 receives the data transmitted from the electronic sphygmomanometer 201 via the communication interface 356 (Y in step S211), the received data is measured by the measurement data file F1 (in the HDD 355). (See FIG. 13) (step S212).

  FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram illustrating a data configuration of the measurement data file F1. The measurement data file F1 has the same data configuration as the IC chip MC2 in the first embodiment described with reference to FIG. That is, the measurement data file F1 stores member ID data, stores the measurement date and blood pressure data in association with each other, and further stores a privilege flag. At this time, the measurement date and time, blood pressure value, and privilege flag are stored in association with the member ID. A plurality of such measurement data files F1 are formed for each member ID.

  In step S212 of the flowchart of FIG. 12, the CPU 352 of the store controller 301 searches for the measurement data file F1 that stores the same member ID as the member ID included in the data received in step S211. Thus, the measurement date and blood pressure value included in the data received in step S211 is stored. At this time, if the measurement data file F1 that stores the same member ID as the member ID included in the received data is not formed, the CPU 352 of the store controller 301 creates a new measurement data file for the received member ID. F1 is formed in the HDD 355. Further, when the measurement date / time and blood pressure value data are stored in the measurement data file F1, if five measurement date / time and blood pressure value data are already stored, the oldest data is deleted. As for the measurement data file F1, as with the IC chip MC2 (see FIG. 5), the memorable measurement date and blood pressure value data is not limited to five, and other medical data (weight) Value data, body fat percentage data, etc.) may be stored. Then, in step S212 of the flowchart of FIG. 12, when one is newly stored and the blood pressure value data is updated, the CPU 352 of the store controller 301 clears the privilege flag “1” to zero. .

  Next, merchandise sales data processing according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. Such product sales data processing is executed in the POS terminal 101 when a customer who is a member who owns the membership card MC1 purchases a product in the store area. At this time, as in the first embodiment, the customer may measure his / her blood pressure using the electronic sphygmomanometer 201 installed in the training area immediately before stopping at the store area.

  FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a flow of merchandise sales data processing executed by the POS terminal 101 in the second embodiment. When the merchandise sales data processing is started by a predetermined operation, the CPU 152 of the POS terminal 101 waits for data acquisition based on the reading of the member card MC1 of the RFID reader / writer 112 (step S251). At this time, the cashier urges the customer who is a member to set the member card MC1 in the card holder 112a. As described above, in this embodiment, since only the member ID data is stored in the IC chip MC2 of the member card MC1, in step S251, the CPU 152 of the POS terminal 101 acquires only the member ID data. It will be. If the member ID data is acquired from the RFID reader / writer 112 (Y in step S251), in this embodiment, the CPU 152 of the POS terminal 101 accesses the HDD 355 of the store controller 301 and acquires the acquired member ID. The measurement data file F1 is searched based on the data, and the measurement date and time, blood pressure value, and privilege flag data corresponding to the member ID are acquired (step S252). The acquired data is stored in the RAM 154.

  Next, the CPU 152 of the POS terminal 101 determines whether or not a privilege has been granted based on the privilege flag included in the data acquired in step S252 (step S253). At this time, if it is determined that the privilege has not been granted because the privilege flag is “0” (Y in step S253), the CPU 152 of the POS terminal 101 determines the measurement date / time and blood pressure included in the data acquired in step S252. Based on the value, it is determined whether or not the health condition has been improved (step S254). The determination as to whether or not the health condition has been improved is performed in the same manner as the processing content described based on FIG. 8 (see step S153). At this time, if it is determined that the health condition is improved (Y in step S254), the CPU 152 of the POS terminal 101 generates privilege information data and stores it in the RAM 154 (step S255), and the HDD 355 of the store controller 301 stores the data. Access is made to store the privilege flag “1” for the measurement data file F1 corresponding to the member ID included in the data acquired in step S251 (step S256). And it waits for acquisition of a goods code (Step S257).

  If the CPU 152 of the POS terminal 101 does not read the membership card MC1 by the RFID reader / writer 112 in step S251 and does not acquire data (N in step S251), the CPU 152 in the subsequent steps S252 to S256. The process is skipped and the acquisition of the product code is waited (step S257).

  If the CPU 152 of the POS terminal 101 determines that the privilege has been granted in step S253 (N in step S253), it skips the subsequent steps S254 to S256 and waits for the acquisition of the product code (step S257). ).

  Furthermore, when the health condition is not determined to be improved in step S254 (N in step S254), the CPU 152 of the POS terminal 101 skips the subsequent steps S255 and S256 and waits for the acquisition of the product code. (Step S257).

  The processes after step S257 (steps S257 to S265) are the same as the processes of the flowchart steps S156 to S164 of FIG. 8 in the first embodiment, and thus the description thereof is omitted.

  Also in the second embodiment, a receipt RT (see FIG. 9) as described in the first embodiment is issued (step S265). In other words, in the issued receipt RT, information indicating that the privilege processing was executed in accordance with the health condition improvement determination (for example, “300 yen discount service was implemented because improvement in hypertension was seen!”) (Character information) is printed.

  Therefore, also in the second embodiment, the member customer who sees the receipt RT can know that the discount has been made in the current purchase of the product due to the improvement of the health condition (improvement of hypertension). Then, according to the second embodiment, if this member customer has another health condition improvement, this member customer wants a privilege and is not in a retail store outside the sports club but in the sports club facility. It is expected to purchase products by actively visiting the shop area. In this way, it is possible to realize unique and effective sales at a store provided in a sports club facility where the electronic blood pressure monitor 201 is installed.

[Third Embodiment]
A third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The same parts as those of the other embodiments are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is also omitted.

  The sales promotion system 11 of the third embodiment has the same system configuration (see FIG. 1) as that of the first embodiment. Therefore, the external appearance and hardware configuration of the electronic blood pressure monitor 201 and the POS terminal 101 are the same as those in the first embodiment (see FIGS. 2, 3, 6, and 7). The hardware configuration of the store controller 301 is the same as that of the second embodiment (see FIG. 10).

  In the third embodiment, as in the second embodiment, the IC chip MC2 of the member card MC1 stores only the member ID data, and the measurement date and time, blood pressure value, The privilege flag data is not stored. The measurement date and time, blood pressure value, and privilege flag data are stored in the measurement data file F1 in association with the member ID data, as in the second embodiment.

  The third embodiment is different from the first and second embodiments in that the CPU 352 of the store controller 301 executes determination of whether or not the health condition is improved (first and second). In this embodiment, the execution subject is the CPU 152 of the POS terminal 101). Therefore, processing in the store controller 301 in the third embodiment will be described below (see FIG. 15).

  If it is determined in this process that the health condition is improved, the privilege information data is generated by the CPU 352 of the store controller 301 as in the other embodiments. 301 is stored and saved. Therefore, in the HDD 355 of the store controller 301, a privilege information file F2 is formed as a second storage area for storing privilege information data together with the member ID (see FIG. 16).

  Furthermore, in the third embodiment, when the POS terminal 101 has acquired the member ID stored in the member card MC1, the privilege information file F2 is searched based on the member ID, and the corresponding privilege is obtained. Information data is acquired. Therefore, processing executed by the POS terminal 101 will also be described (see FIG. 17).

  First, processing executed by the store controller 301 will be described with reference to FIG. As a premise of this process, the member who owns the membership card MC1 should be measuring the blood pressure value using the electronic sphygmomanometer 201. The processing executed by the electronic sphygmomanometer 201 in this measurement is the same as the processing described in the second embodiment (see FIG. 11), and thus description thereof is omitted. That is, the electronic sphygmomanometer 201 acquires member ID data from the member card MC1 and calculates a blood pressure value. Then, the electronic sphygmomanometer 201 outputs the member ID data and the blood pressure value data together with the measurement date / time data via the communication interface 271 as the transmission destination.

  FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing executed by the store controller 301 in the third embodiment. If the CPU 352 of the store controller 301 receives the data (member ID, blood pressure value, measurement date / time) transmitted from the electronic sphygmomanometer 201 via the communication interface 356 (Y in step S311), the received data is converted into the received data. A measurement data file F1 (see FIG. 13) that stores the same member ID as the included member ID is found, and the measurement date and blood pressure value included in the received data is stored in the found measurement data file F1. (Step S312). At this time, if the measurement data file F1 that stores the same member ID as the member ID included in the received data is not formed, the CPU 352 of the store controller 301 creates a new measurement data file for the received member ID. F1 is formed in the HDD 355. Further, when the measurement date / time and blood pressure value data are stored in the measurement data file F1, if five measurement date / time and blood pressure value data are already stored, the oldest data is deleted.

  Next, the CPU 352 of the store controller 301 performs the same processing as the processing executed by the CPU 152 of the POS terminal 101 in steps S253 to S256 in the flowchart of FIG. 14 for the measurement data file F1, in steps S313 to S316. Run as. That is, it is determined whether or not the privilege has been granted based on the privilege flag (step S313). If the privilege has not been granted (Y in step S313), it is determined whether or not the health condition is improved ( If it is determined in step S314 that the health condition has been improved (Y in step S314), privilege information data is generated (step S315), and the privilege flag “1” is stored in the measurement data file F1 (step S314). S316).

  If the CPU 352 of the store controller 301 determines that the privilege has been granted (N in step S313) or if the health condition has not been determined to improve (N in step S314), the process ends.

  Also in the present embodiment, when data of one new blood pressure value is stored and the measurement data file F1 is updated, the CPU 352 of the store controller 301 clears the privilege flag “1” to zero. . Note that the CPU 352 of the store controller 301 performs the processing of steps S313 to S316 repeatedly for each member ID in order to reliably generate privilege information data. Thereby, also in this Embodiment, the significance of the privilege flag which the measurement data file F1 memorize | stores arises.

  In this embodiment, in step S315, the CPU 352 of the store controller 301 stores the generated privilege information data in the privilege information file F2 (see FIG. 16) formed in the HDD 355.

  FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram illustrating a data configuration of the privilege information file F2. As shown in FIG. 16, the privilege information file F2 has a data structure for storing privilege information in association with a member ID. Therefore, in step S315 of the flowchart of FIG. 15, the CPU 352 of the store controller 301 converts the generated privilege information data into the member ID included in the data received from the electronic sphygmomanometer 201 in step S311 (health condition improvement in step S314). The privilege information file F2 is stored in association with the data of the member ID) stored in the measurement data file F1 in which the determined blood pressure value and the like are stored. Thus, the privilege information stored in the privilege information file F2 can be specified by the member ID.

  FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing the flow of merchandise sales data processing executed by the POS terminal 101. When the merchandise sales data processing is started by a predetermined operation, the CPU 152 of the POS terminal 101 waits for data acquisition based on the reading of the member card MC1 of the RFID reader / writer 112 (step S351). Also in this embodiment, since only the member ID data is stored in the IC chip MC2 of the member card MC1, the CPU 152 of the POS terminal 101 acquires only the member ID data in step S351. .

  If the member ID data is acquired (Y in step S351), in this embodiment, the CPU 152 of the POS terminal 101 accesses the HDD 355 of the store controller 301 and benefits information based on the acquired member ID. The file F2 is searched (step S352), and privilege information data corresponding to the member ID is acquired (step S353). If the privilege information data corresponding to the member ID acquired in step S351 is stored in the privilege information file F2 and the privilege information data is acquired (Y in step S353), the CPU 152 of the POS terminal 101 acquires the privilege information data. The privilege information data is stored in the RAM 154 (step S354), and the process waits for the acquisition of the product code output from the code reader 111 (step S355).

  If the CPU 152 of the POS terminal 101 does not read the membership card MC1 by the RFID reader / writer 112 in step S351 and does not acquire data (N in step S351), the CPU 152 continues to steps S352 to S354. The process is skipped and the acquisition of the product code is awaited (step S355).

  Further, when the privilege information data corresponding to the member ID included in the data acquired in step S351 is not stored in the privilege information file F2 and the privilege information data is not acquired (N in step S353). The CPU 152 of the POS terminal 101 waits for the acquisition of the product code without executing the storage of the privilege information data in the RAM 154 (see step S354) (step S355).

  Processes after step S355 (steps S355 to S363) are the same as the processes of the flowchart steps S156 to S164 of FIG. 8 in the first embodiment, and thus description thereof is omitted.

  Also in the third embodiment, a receipt RT (see FIG. 9) as described in the first embodiment is issued (step S363). In other words, in the issued receipt RT, information indicating that the privilege processing was executed in accordance with the health condition improvement determination (for example, “300 yen discount service was implemented because improvement in hypertension was seen!”) (Character information) is printed.

  Therefore, also in the third embodiment, the member customer who sees the receipt RT can know that the discount has been made in the current purchase of the product due to the improvement of the health condition (improvement of hypertension). And according to the third embodiment, if this member customer has another health condition improvement, this member customer wants a privilege and is not in a retail store outside the sports club but in the sports club facility. It is expected to purchase products by actively visiting the shop area. In this way, it is possible to realize unique and effective sales at a store provided in a sports club facility where the electronic blood pressure monitor 201 is installed.

[Fourth Embodiment]
A fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The same parts as those of the other embodiments are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is also omitted.

  Differences between the fourth embodiment and other embodiments will be schematically described. First, in the fourth embodiment, the store controller 301 and the POS terminal 101 are installed in a retail store outside the sports club facility. This will be described in detail with reference to FIG. Note that the appearance and hardware configuration of the POS terminal 101, the electronic sphygmomanometer 201, and the store controller 301 in the fourth embodiment are the same as those in the other embodiments.

  In the fourth embodiment, unlike the first to third embodiments, the electronic sphygmomanometer 201 is not connected to the store controller 301 so that data communication is possible. Is connected to a facility server 401 as a second higher-level device installed in the network so that data communication is possible. Therefore, the sales promotion system 11 of the fourth embodiment has such a facility server 401. The facility server 401 is connected to the store controller 301 so that data communication is possible. This will also be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 18 and 19 shown below.

  In the fourth embodiment, data such as blood pressure values measured by the electronic sphygmomanometer 201 is first transmitted to the facility server 401 (see FIG. 20), and the facility server 401 determines whether the health condition has been improved. As a result, privilege information data is generated (see FIG. 21), and the generated privilege information data is stored in the store controller 301 (see FIG. 22). Therefore, in the fourth embodiment, the measurement data file F1 formed in the HDD 355 of the store controller 301 in the second and third embodiments is formed in the HDD 455 (see FIG. 19) of the facility server 401. Note that the privilege information file F2 is formed in the HDD 355 of the store controller 301, as in the third embodiment.

  FIG. 18 is a system configuration diagram showing the sales promotion system 11 in the fourth embodiment. The sales promotion system 11 of the fourth embodiment is introduced across sports club facilities and retail stores (convenience stores) that are provided in different locations independently of the sports club. . This sports club and this retail store have signed a business alliance.

  The sports club of the present embodiment has only a training area and no shop area. It should be noted that the sports club of the present embodiment also has a membership system as in the other embodiments, and members are given a membership card MC1 in which data of a unique member ID is stored.

  As shown in FIG. 18, in the present embodiment, a POS terminal 101 and a store controller 301 are installed in a retail store. The POS terminal 101 is placed on a register counter (not shown) of the store, and the store controller 301 is installed in the backyard of the store. The POS terminal 101 and the store controller 301 are connected via a network line 21 so that data communication is possible. Moreover, in this Embodiment, the electronic blood pressure meter 201 is installed in the training area of a sports club with other training equipment.

  The sales promotion system 11 of the present embodiment has a facility server 401 in the form of a general server computer installed in an office or the like in a sports club facility. The electronic sphygmomanometer 201 and the facility server 401 are connected via a network line 31 that is a wired LAN as an example so that data communication is possible. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the communication interface 271 of the electronic sphygmomanometer 201 executes data communication via the network line 31. Further, in the present embodiment, the network line 21 and the network line 31 are connected via a wide area network 41 such as the Internet or CAFIS. Therefore, the facility server 401 installed in the sports club and the store controller 301 installed in the retail store are connected via the network line 31, the wide area network 41, and the network line 21 so as to allow data communication. Yes.

  FIG. 19 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the facility server 401. The facility server 401 includes a CPU 452 as an information processing unit that executes various arithmetic processes and controls each unit. The CPU 452 includes a ROM 453 that fixedly stores and saves fixed data such as programs, a RAM 454 that stores variable data in a rewritable manner and is used as a work area, and an HDD 455 that stores programs and various files. It is connected. The CPU 452, the ROM 453, and the RAM 454 constitute a microcomputer 451. The facility server 401 also includes a communication interface 456 as a fourth communication unit for executing data communication with an external device via the network line 31, and this communication interface 456 is also bus-connected to the CPU 452. ing. CPU452 performs various processes according to a program.

  FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing the flow of blood pressure measurement processing executed by the electronic sphygmomanometer 201 in the fourth embodiment. The processing of steps S401 to S407 and step S409 in the blood pressure measurement processing of the present embodiment is the same as the processing of steps S101 to S107 and step S109 in the first embodiment described with reference to FIG. Therefore, explanation is omitted.

  In the present embodiment, the CPU 252 of the electronic sphygmomanometer 201 calculates the member ID data acquired in step S401 and the step S406 as processing subsequent to step S407 (display of the blood pressure value on the display device 206). The blood pressure value data is output together with the measurement date and time data via the communication interface 271 as the facility server 401 (step S408).

  FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing executed by the facility server 401. If the CPU 452 of the facility server 401 receives the data (member ID, blood pressure value, measurement date) transmitted and output from the electronic sphygmomanometer 201 via the communication interface 456 (Y in step S411), the received data is converted into the received data. A measurement data file F1 (see FIG. 13) that stores the same member ID as the included member ID is found, and the measurement date and blood pressure value included in the received data is stored in the found measurement data file F1 (see FIG. 13). Step S412). At this time, if the measurement data file F1 that stores the same member ID as the member ID included in the received data is not formed, the CPU 452 of the facility server 401 creates a new measurement data file for the received member ID. F1 is formed in the HDD 455. Further, when the measurement date / time and blood pressure value data are stored in the measurement data file F1, if five measurement date / time and blood pressure value data are already stored, the oldest data is deleted.

  Next, the CPU 452 of the facility server 401 determines whether or not a privilege has been granted based on the privilege flag for the measurement data file F1 (step S413). It is determined whether or not the health condition has been improved (step S414). If it is determined that the health condition has been improved (Y in step S414), privilege information data is generated (step S415). .

  If the CPU 452 of the facility server 401 determines that the privilege has been granted (N in step S413), or if the health state has not been determined to improve (N in step S414), the process ends.

  Also in the present embodiment, when data of one new blood pressure value is stored and the measurement data file F1 is updated, the CPU 452 of the facility server 401 clears the privilege flag “1” to zero. . Note that the CPU 452 of the facility server 401 periodically repeats the processing of steps S413 to S416 for each member ID in order to reliably generate privilege information data. Thereby, also in this Embodiment, the significance of the privilege flag which the measurement data file F1 memorize | stores arises.

  Then, in the present embodiment, the CPU 452 of the facility server 401 uses the membership information generated in step S415 as the member ID acquired in step S411 (such as the blood pressure value determined to improve the health state in step S414). The store controller 301 is output as a transmission destination via the communication interface 456 together with the data of the stored measurement data file F1 (member ID) (step S416). Thereafter, the CPU 452 of the facility server 401 stores the privilege flag “1” in the measurement data file F1 (step S417), and ends the process.

  FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing executed by the store controller 301 in the fourth embodiment. If the CPU 352 of the store controller 301 receives the data (member ID and privilege information) transmitted from the facility server 401 via the communication interface 356 (Y in step S431), the received member ID data and privilege are received. The information data is stored in association with the privilege information file F2 formed in the HDD 355 (step S432).

  In the fourth embodiment, the sports club member measures the blood pressure value using the electronic sphygmomanometer 201 installed in the training area, and then visits the retail store where the POS terminal 101 is installed. You may stop by for a product purchase with or without knowing the business alliance between the retail store and the sports club. When the product is purchased, product sales data processing is executed at the POS terminal 101. At this time, in the fourth embodiment, the CPU 152 of the POS terminal 101 performs the same process as the process (see FIG. 17) similar to the third embodiment.

  First, in the fourth embodiment, the cashier of the POS terminal 101 asks the customer whether he / she is a member of a sports club, and when the customer replies that he / she is a member, The user is prompted to set the membership card MC1 in the card holder 112a.

  Then, if the CPU 152 of the POS terminal 101 acquires the member ID from the member card MC1 by reading the member card MC1 of the RFID reader / writer 112 (see Y in step S351 of the flowchart of FIG. 17), the HDD 355 of the store controller 301. The privilege information file F2 is searched based on the acquired member ID (see step S352 in the flowchart of FIG. 17), and privilege information data corresponding to the member ID is acquired. If the privilege information data corresponding to the acquired member ID is stored in the privilege information file F2 and the privilege information data is acquired (see Y in step S353 in the flowchart of FIG. 17), the POS terminal 101 The CPU 152 stores the acquired privilege information data in the RAM 154 (see step S354 in the flowchart of FIG. 17), and waits for the acquisition of the product code output from the code reader 111 (see step S355 in the flowchart of FIG. 17). ). The following processing is the same as that in the first embodiment (refer to steps S156 to S164 in the flowchart of FIG. 8), and thus description thereof is omitted.

  Also in the fourth embodiment, a receipt RT (see FIG. 23) is issued by the receipt printer 106 along with the merchandise sales data processing at the POS terminal 101.

  FIG. 23 is a front view showing a receipt RT in the fourth embodiment. Description of the same parts as those of the receipt RT (first to third embodiments) described with reference to FIG. 9 is omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 23, a logo is printed in the upper region of the receipt RT of the fourth embodiment. This logo is different from the logo of the first embodiment (a character string “◯ △ sports club store area”), and is a character string “◯ △ store XX store ○ △ sports club partner store”. This is because the POS terminal 101 that issues the receipt RT is installed in a retail store outside the sports club facility, not in the sports club, and the character string “XX Store XX store” in the logo is Shows the store name.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 23, in the lower region of the receipt RT of the fourth embodiment, information indicating that the privilege process has been executed in accordance with the health condition improvement determination is printed as in the first embodiment. Has been. This fact is printed as character information in FIG. 23 as “300 yen discount service has been implemented because improvement in hypertension was seen!”.

  The member customer who sees such a receipt RT can know that the discount has been made in the current purchase of the product due to the improvement of the health condition (improvement of hypertension). Furthermore, this member customer can know from the logo printed on the receipt RT that the retail store from which the product was purchased is a store affiliated with a sports club that he had visited in advance. And according to 4th Embodiment, when this member customer has another health condition improvement, this member customer wants a privilege and can visit this retail store and purchase goods. Be expected. In this way, unique and effective sales are realized in a retail store that has concluded a business alliance with a sports club in which the electronic blood pressure monitor 201 is installed.

  Furthermore, in the fourth embodiment, the measurement value data measured by the electronic sphygmomanometer 201 is not output outside the facility (sports club) where the electronic sphygmomanometer 201 is set as it is. Therefore, even if the customer dislikes external leakage of personal information such as blood pressure measured by the electronic sphygmomanometer 201 (output to a retail store outside the sports club facility as privilege information data) You can offer promotions by claiming less risk.

It is a system configuration figure showing a sales promotion system. It is an external appearance perspective view which shows an electronic sphygmomanometer. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of an electronic blood pressure monitor. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the blood-pressure measurement process performed with the electronic sphygmomanometer in 1st Embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows the data structure of IC chip of the membership card in 1st Embodiment. It is an external appearance perspective view which shows a POS terminal. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of a POS terminal. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the merchandise sales data process performed with the POS terminal in 1st Embodiment. It is a front view which shows a receipt. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of a store controller. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the blood-pressure measurement process performed with the electronic sphygmomanometer in 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the process performed with the store controller in 2nd Embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows the data structure of a measurement data file. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the merchandise sales data process performed with the POS terminal in 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the process performed with the store controller in 3rd Embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows the data structure of a privilege information file. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the merchandise sales data process performed with a POS terminal. It is a system configuration figure showing a sales promotion system in a 4th embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of a facility server. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the blood-pressure measurement process performed with the electronic sphygmomanometer in 4th Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the process performed with a facility server. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the process performed with the store controller in 4th Embodiment. It is a front view which shows the receipt in 4th Embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Sales promotion system MC1 ... Member card (storage medium), 101 ... POS terminal (product sales data processing device), 106 ... Receipt printer (notification unit), 111 ... Code reader (product code reading unit), 112 ... RFID reader Writer (reader, second reader), 113 ... communication interface (third communication unit), 152 ... CPU (information processing unit of merchandise sales data processing device), 201 ... electronic sphygmomanometer (measuring device), 252 ... CPU (Information processing unit of measurement apparatus), 201a ... measurement unit, 211 ... RFID reader / writer (reader / writer, first reader), 271 ... communication interface (first communication unit), 301 ... store controller (first host) Device), 352... CPU (information processing unit of the first host device), 356... Communication interface (second communication unit), 01 ... Facility server (second host device), 452 ... CPU (information processing unit of second host device), 456 ... Communication interface (fourth communication unit), F1 ... Measurement data file (first storage area) ), F2: privilege information file (second storage area)

Claims (4)

A measuring apparatus comprising: a measurement unit that measures a state of a living body of a subject and outputs measurement value data; and a reader / writer that reads and writes data from and to a storage medium that stores data including the measurement values in a rewritable manner When,
A reader that reads and outputs measurement value data stored in the storage medium, a product code reading unit that reads and outputs a product code that is attached to the product and identifies the product, a notification unit that notifies information, and the product code reading A product sales data processing device comprising: means for executing product sales data processing for calculating a payment amount based on a product code output from the unit;
Means for causing the information processing unit of the measurement apparatus to drive-control the reader / writer and to write measurement value data output from the measurement unit to the storage medium;
When the information processing unit of the merchandise sales data processing apparatus acquires the measurement value data output from the reader during the merchandise sales data processing, it determines the success or failure of the improvement of the health condition based on the measurement value, and the health Means for executing predetermined privilege processing in accordance with the state improvement determination;
Means for notifying the notifying unit that the information processing unit of the product sales data processing apparatus has executed a privilege process in response to an improvement determination of a health condition;
A sales promotion system with A measurement unit that measures the state of the living body of the subject and outputs data of the measurement value; a first reader that reads and outputs data from a storage medium that stores data including a unique member ID that identifies the subject; and an external device A first communication unit that enables data communication with a measuring device, and
A first higher-level device including a second communication unit that enables data communication with an external device including the measurement device;
A third communication unit that enables data communication with external devices including the first host device, a second reader that reads and outputs member ID data from the storage medium, and a product attached to the product A product code reading unit that reads and outputs a product code that specifies a product, a notification unit that notifies information, and a product sales data process that calculates a payment amount based on the product code output from the product code reading unit A merchandise sales data processing device comprising:
The information processing unit of the measurement device outputs the measurement value data output from the measurement unit together with the member ID data output from the first reader via the first communication unit. Means for outputting to the host device;
The information processing unit of the first host device receives the output member ID and measurement value data via the second communication unit, and receives the received member ID data and measurement value data. Means for associating and storing in the first storage area;
When the information processing unit of the product sales data processing apparatus acquires the member ID data output from the second reader during the product sales data processing, the measurement value data corresponding to the member ID is stored in the first data. Means for determining the success or failure of the improvement of the health condition based on the measured value, and executing a predetermined privilege process according to the determination of the improvement of the health condition;
Means for notifying the notifying unit that the information processing unit of the product sales data processing apparatus has executed a privilege process in response to an improvement determination of a health condition;
A sales promotion system with A measurement unit that measures the state of the living body of the subject and outputs data of the measurement value; a first reader that reads and outputs data from a storage medium that stores data including a unique member ID that identifies the subject; and an external device A first communication unit that enables data communication with a measuring device, and
A first higher-level device including a second communication unit that enables data communication with an external device including the measurement device;
A third communication unit that enables data communication with an external device including the first host device, a second reader that reads and outputs member ID data from the storage medium, and a product attached to the product A product code reading unit that reads and outputs a product code that identifies the product, a notification unit that notifies information, and a unit that executes product sales data processing for calculating a settlement amount based on the product code output from the product code reading unit A merchandise sales data processing apparatus comprising:
The information processing unit of the measurement device outputs the measurement value data output from the measurement unit together with the member ID data output from the first reader via the first communication unit. Means for outputting to the host device;
The information processing unit of the first host device receives the output member ID and measurement value data via the second communication unit, and determines whether or not the health condition has been improved based on the measurement value. In accordance with the health condition improvement determination, privilege information for executing predetermined privilege processing is generated, and the privilege information data is associated with the received member ID data in the second storage area Means to memorize,
When the information processing unit of the merchandise sales data processing apparatus acquires the member ID data output from the second reader during the merchandise sales data processing, the privilege information data corresponding to the member ID is stored in the second information. Means for executing the privilege processing according to the acquired privilege information,
Means for notifying the notifying unit that the information processing unit of the product sales data processing apparatus has executed a privilege process in response to an improvement determination of a health condition;
A sales promotion system with A measurement unit that measures the state of the living body of the subject and outputs data of the measurement value; a first reader that reads and outputs data from a storage medium that stores data including a unique member ID that identifies the subject; and an external device A first communication unit that enables data communication with a measuring device, and
A second host device including a fourth communication unit enabling data communication with an external device including the measurement device;
A first host device including a second communication unit that enables data communication with an external device including the second host device;
A third communication unit that enables data communication with an external device including the first host device, a second reader that reads and outputs member ID data from the storage medium, and a product attached to the product A product code reading unit that reads and outputs a product code that identifies the product, a notification unit that notifies information, and a unit that executes product sales data processing for calculating a payment amount based on the product code output from the product code reading unit A merchandise sales data processing apparatus comprising:
The information processing unit of the measurement device outputs the measurement value data output from the measurement unit together with the member ID data output from the first reader via the first communication unit. Means for outputting to the host device;
The information processing unit of the second host device receives the output member ID and measurement value data via the fourth communication unit, and determines whether or not the health condition has been improved based on the measurement value. In accordance with the health condition improvement determination, privilege information indicating that a predetermined privilege process is executed is generated, and the privilege information data is received together with the received member ID data. Means for outputting to the first host device via
The information processing unit of the first host device receives the output member ID and privilege information data via the second communication unit, and obtains the member ID data and privilege information data. Means for storing in the second storage area in association with each other;
When the information processing unit of the merchandise sales data processing apparatus acquires the member ID data output from the second reader during the merchandise sales data processing, the privilege information data corresponding to the member ID is stored in the second information. Means for executing the privilege processing according to the acquired privilege information,
Means for notifying the notifying unit that the information processing unit of the product sales data processing apparatus has executed a privilege process in response to an improvement determination of a health condition;
A sales promotion system with

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