JP2012048276A - Commodity data processing device and its program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To use an identifier of an electronic money storage medium for point management.SOLUTION: The commodity data processing device has commodity total sum acquisition means for acquiring a commodity total sum from a price and a quantity of a commodity which a client purchases through inputting the commodity information, point calculation means for calculating points corresponding to the total sum acquired by the commodity total sum acquisition means, reading means for reading at least the electronic money identifier from an electronic money storage medium, point acquisition means for acquiring the points corresponding to the identifier read by the reading means from storage part storing the electronic money identifier and the points owned by the client in association with each other, and updating means for updating the storage part by adding the points calculated by the point calculation means to the points acquired by the point acquisition means.

Description

  Embodiments described herein relate generally to a commodity data processing apparatus such as a POS terminal.

  For example, points are awarded by using a specific user card at a chain store, a rental video store, a retail store, or the like.

JP 2002-74515 A

  However, it is inconvenient because a user manages a plurality of point cards for each store.

  Therefore, in order to solve the above-described problems, the following measures are taken in the embodiment of the present invention. Product acquisition means for inputting the product information and acquiring the total price from the price and number of products purchased by the customer, point calculation means for calculating points according to the price acquired by the product acquisition means, and electronic money storage Reading means for reading at least an electronic money identifier from a medium; and a point acquisition means for acquiring a point corresponding to the identifier read by the reading means from a storage unit that stores the electronic money identifier and a point possessed by a customer in association with each other And an update means for updating the storage unit by adding the points calculated by the point calculation means to the points acquired by the point acquisition means.

The block diagram of the POS terminal of one Embodiment of this invention Explanatory drawing which shows the structure of the point file of one Embodiment of this invention Explanatory drawing which shows the structure of the point definition file of one Embodiment of this invention Flowchart of product data processing according to an embodiment of the present invention

  An example of an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, a POS terminal will be described as an example of the product data processing apparatus.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a POS terminal 50 used in this embodiment. The POS terminal 50 is provided with a CPU 1 as an arithmetic device / control device. The CPU 1 includes a ROM 3 (Read Only Memory), a RAM 4 (Random Access Memory), an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) controller 5, a keyboard controller 7, and a customer display controller via a bus line 2 such as an address bus and a data bus. 9. A store display controller 11, a non-contact terminal R / W (READER / WRITER) controller 13, a printer controller 15, and an I / O (Input / Output) port 17 are connected. The HDD 6, the keyboard 8, the customer display 10, the store display 12, the non-contact terminal R / W 14, and the printer 16 are connected to each of the controllers described above. Further, a mode switch and a drawer (not shown) are connected to the I / O port 17.

  The ROM 3 stores a program that is read by the CPU 1 to operate the CPU 1 as various functions and fixed data that is a target of data processing by the program. Various memory areas such as a work area serving as a work area for data processing by a program are dynamically formed in the RAM 4.

  The HDD controller 5 reads data and programs stored in a predetermined area of the HDD 6 in response to a command from the CPU 1 and the like, and sends the read data and programs to the bus line 2. Data and programs received from the bus line 2 are stored in a predetermined area of the HDD 6, and read / write control of data etc. to the HDD 6 is performed.

  The keyboard controller 7 processes an input signal from the keyboard 8 and sends a key code corresponding to the operated key to the bus line 2. The keyboard 8 connected to the keyboard controller 7 is provided with a numeric keypad, PLU key, subtotal key, deposit / current total key, and the like.

  The customer display controller 9 controls a customer display 10 that displays transaction results to the customer, and receives information based on data received from the bus line 2 in response to a command from the CPU 1 or the like. Display on the screen of the display 10. Similarly, the store display controller 11 controls the screen display of the store display 12 that displays transaction results and the like on the cashier.

  The contactless terminal R / W controller 13 sends data received from a contactless electronic money terminal (not shown) to the bus line 2 in response to a command from the CPU 1 or the like, and the bus Control of transmission of data received from the line 2 to a non-contact electronic money terminal (not shown) via the non-contact terminal R / W 14 is performed. The non-contact terminal R / W controller 13 and the non-contact terminal R / W 22 correspond to a reading unit. Note that the non-contact electronic money terminal may be a non-contact IC card, a mobile phone equipped with a non-contact IC card function, or the like.

  The printer controller 15 controls a printer 16 including a printing unit that prints predetermined information on a sheet and a cutter that cuts the sheet on which the predetermined information is printed. The printer 16 controlled by the printer controller 15 sequentially draws out the end of the long paper stored in a roll shape when printing, and uses it as printing paper. The printing is performed in order from the end of the print. The information printed by the printing unit is based on data received from the bus line 2 in response to a command from the CPU 1 or the like.

  The I / O port 17 outputs predetermined data to the bus line based on a signal input from a connected mode switch, or starts up a connected drawer according to a command from the CPU 1 Output a signal. The mode switch is a changeover switch for switching to one of various business modes in the electronic cash register such as “registration”, “inspection”, “settlement”, etc., and performs a switching operation using a key. .

  The HDD 6 stores a point file 20, a PLU file, and a point definition file 21.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the point file 20 stores points corresponding to the identifiers of the electronic money. Specifically, it consists of an IDm area 2001 which is an area for storing a unique ID number allocated to an electronic money storage medium such as IDm, and a point area 2002 for storing points corresponding thereto.

  Although the PLU file is not shown, the product name, unit price, etc. are stored in correspondence with the PLU code.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the point definition file 21 stores a point grant definition to be given to a customer. In the embodiment of the present invention, points corresponding to the total purchase amount are given.

  Thus, in the POS terminal 50 having the hardware configuration and the file configuration as described above, when the “registration” job is selected as the operation mode, the CPU 1 is based on a preset program. The data processing shown in FIG. 4 is executed.

  First, as S (step) 1, IDm stored in the non-contact electronic money terminal is input through the non-contact R / W 14.

  When the IDm is input, the IDm area 2001 of the point file 20 is searched and the corresponding point area 2002 is acquired (S2).

  When the PLU key is pressed, the corresponding PLU code is input. Then, a PLU code is searched from the PLU file. When the corresponding PLU code is found, the corresponding product name and unit price are acquired and stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 4 (S3).

  Subsequently, the number of purchases is input using the numeric keypad and stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 4 as the number of purchases of the product input in S3 (S4).

  Then, it is determined whether or not the subtotal key has been pressed (S5). If it is determined that the subtotal key is not pressed (No in S5), the process returns to S3 again, and the PLU code is input. On the other hand, if it is determined that the subtotal key has been pressed (Yes in S5), the purchase amount of the product purchased by the customer from the purchase information of the product input from S3 to S4 stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 4 Calculate the sum of. Then, the total amount is displayed on the customer display 10 and the store display 12 (S6).

  Subsequently, the money amount information stored in the non-contact electronic money terminal is read through the non-contact R / W 14 and a settlement process is performed (S7).

  Then, a point corresponding to the total amount of purchase is obtained from the point definition file 21. And it adds to the point area 2002 of the said point file 20 corresponding to IDm input in said S1, and memorize | stores (S8).

  Subsequently, the details of the purchased product are printed from the printer 16 (S9), and the process is terminated.

  As described above, since IDm is used as the membership number in the present embodiment, the customer does not need to make a point card for each store.

  In this embodiment, the point file is stored in the POS terminal. However, the point file may be stored in an external server and accessed as necessary.

  In the present embodiment, the points are 10% of the purchase amount, but this can be freely changed depending on the store operation mode.

Although several embodiments of the present invention have been described, these embodiments are presented by way of example and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These novel embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalents thereof.

20 Point file 21 Point definition file 50 POS terminal

Claims (4)

Product acquisition means for inputting the product information and acquiring the total amount from the amount and the number of products purchased by the customer;
Point calculation means for calculating points according to the amount of money acquired by the product acquisition means;
Reading means for reading at least an identifier of electronic money from the electronic money storage medium;
Point acquisition means for acquiring points corresponding to the identifier read by the reading means from a storage unit that stores the electronic money identifier and the points possessed by the customer in association with each other;
Updating means for adding the points calculated by the point calculating means to the points acquired by the point acquiring means and updating the storage unit;
A product data processing apparatus comprising: The reading means also reads the amount stored in the electronic money storage medium,
Payment means for performing payment processing from the amount of the electronic money storage medium read by the reading means;
The merchandise data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the updating unit is performed after completion of settlement by the settlement unit. On the computer,
A product acquisition function that inputs the product information and acquires the total price of products purchased by the customer from the price and number of products purchased by the customer,
A point calculation function for calculating points according to the amount of money acquired by the product acquisition function;
A reading function for reading at least an electronic money identifier from an electronic money storage medium;
A point acquisition function for acquiring a point corresponding to the identifier read by the reading function from a storage unit that stores the electronic money identifier and the points possessed by the customer in association with each other;
An update function for adding the points calculated by the point calculation function to the points acquired by the point acquisition function, and updating the storage unit;
A product data processing apparatus program for realizing the above. The reading function also reads the amount stored in the electronic money storage medium,
A payment function for performing payment processing from the amount of the electronic money storage medium read by the reading function;
4. The product data processing apparatus program according to claim 3, wherein the update function is performed after completion of the settlement by the settlement function.

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