JP2012141757A - Commodity sales data processor, commodity sales data processing system and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide environment capable of reducing the number of issued receipts.SOLUTION: A commodity sales data processor of an embodiment includes information acquisition means, benefit giving means, and issuance control means. The information acquisition means acquires receipt issuance necessity information showing whether a receipt with printed information on a transaction needs to be issued. The benefit giving means gives a customer in the transaction a benefit if the receipt issuance necessity information shows that issuance of the receipt is unnecessary. The issuance control means makes a printer issue the receipt if the receipt issuance necessity information shows that issuance of the receipt is necessary, and does not make the printer issue the receipt if the receipt issuance necessity information shows that issuance of the receipt is unnecessary.

Description

  Embodiments described herein relate generally to a merchandise sales data processing apparatus, a merchandise sales data processing system, and a program.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is known a POS terminal capable of setting whether to issue a receipt on which information related to one transaction is printed according to a customer's request. In such a POS terminal, it is possible to set a mode in which a receipt is not issued. Therefore, resource saving and cost reduction can be achieved by not issuing a receipt.

  In stores where such POS terminals are introduced, if customers who do not wish to issue receipts increase, resource savings and cost reductions can be achieved. Therefore, there is a demand for customers not wishing to issue receipts. is there.

  The merchandise sales data processing apparatus of the embodiment includes information acquisition means, privilege granting means, and issue control means. The information acquisition means acquires receipt issuance necessity information indicating whether or not a receipt on which information relating to one transaction is printed is necessary. The privilege granting unit grants a privilege to the customer of the one transaction when the receipt issue necessity information is information indicating that the receipt is not required to be issued. When the receipt issuance necessity information is information indicating that it is necessary to issue the receipt, the issuance control unit causes the receipt to be issued by a printer, and the receipt issuance necessity information does not require the receipt to be issued. If it is information indicating that the receipt is not, the receipt is not issued to the printer.

  The product sales data processing system according to the embodiment includes a product sales data processing device, a server, an information acquisition unit, a privilege grant unit, and an issue control unit, and the information acquisition unit, the privilege grant unit, and the issue The control means is provided in the product sales data processing apparatus or the server, and one or more means of the information acquisition means, the privilege granting means, and the issue control means are provided in the server. The commodity sales data processing apparatus has an input device for inputting information and a display for displaying information. The server can communicate with the merchandise sales data processing apparatus via a communication network. The information acquisition means uses the input device to acquire receipt issuance necessity information indicating whether or not a receipt on which information relating to one transaction is printed is issued. When the receipt issuing necessity information is information indicating that it is not necessary to issue the receipt, the privilege granting unit grants a privilege to the customer of the one transaction and displays the information indicating the privilege for the customer. Display on the instrument. When the receipt issuance necessity information is information indicating that it is necessary to issue the receipt, the issuance control unit causes the receipt to be issued by a printer, and the receipt issuance necessity information does not require the receipt to be issued. If it is information indicating that the receipt is not, the receipt is not issued to the printer.

  The program according to the embodiment causes a computer to function as information acquisition means, privilege provision means, and issue control means. The information acquisition means acquires receipt issue necessity information indicating whether or not a receipt is issued in one transaction. The privilege granting unit grants a privilege to the customer of the one transaction when the receipt issue necessity information is information indicating that the receipt is not required to be issued. When the receipt issuance necessity information is information indicating that it is necessary to issue the receipt, the issuance control unit causes the receipt to be issued by a printer, and the receipt issuance necessity information does not require the receipt to be issued. If it is information indicating that the receipt is not, the receipt is not issued to the printer.

  The program according to the embodiment includes a computer provided in a server communicable via a communication network with a product sales data processing apparatus having an input device for inputting information and a display for displaying information, an information acquisition unit, and a privilege granting unit And the issue control means, and as the means other than the means for causing the computer of the server to function among the information acquisition means, the privilege grant means, and the issue control means. The computer of the server is caused to function as program transmission means for transmitting a program for causing the computer of the product sales data processing apparatus to function to the product sales data processing apparatus. The information acquisition means uses the input device to acquire receipt issuance necessity information indicating whether or not a receipt on which information relating to one transaction is printed is issued. When the receipt issuing necessity information is information indicating that it is not necessary to issue the receipt, the privilege granting unit grants a privilege to the customer of the one transaction and displays the information indicating the privilege for the customer. Display on the instrument. When the receipt issuance necessity information is information indicating that it is necessary to issue the receipt, the issuance control unit causes the receipt to be issued by a printer, and the receipt issuance necessity information does not require the receipt to be issued. If it is information indicating that the receipt is not, the receipt is not issued to the printer.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a product sales data processing system according to the first embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of the POS terminal according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the POS terminal according to the first embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of the store server according to the first embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data configuration of member information stored in the member information storage unit according to the first embodiment. FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of accounting processing performed by the CPU of the POS terminal according to the first embodiment. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a privilege selection screen displayed by the POS terminal according to the first embodiment. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a privilege notification screen displayed by the POS terminal according to the first embodiment. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a privilege notification screen displayed by the POS terminal according to the first embodiment. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the flow of accounting processing performed by the CPU of the POS terminal according to the second embodiment. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a reception screen displayed by the POS terminal according to the second embodiment. FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a merchandise sales data processing system according to the third embodiment.

  Hereinafter, a product sales data processing device, a product sales data processing system, and a program according to embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

(First embodiment)
As shown in FIG. 1, a merchandise sales data processing system 1 as a point system according to the present embodiment includes a store system 2. The store system 2 is connected to other devices (for example, a POS (Point Of Sales) headquarters system (not shown)) via a communication network 4 such as a public network or the Internet VPN (Virtual Private Network). . The store system 2 issues a point card in which a unique member number (customer identification information) is recorded on a recording medium such as a magnetic tape to each customer contracted as a member. It is introduced into a store that implements a point service system in which predetermined service points (hereinafter referred to as points) corresponding to the amount (sales amount) are given to customers.

  The store system 2 includes a store server 21 and a POS terminal 22 as a product sales data processing device. The store server 21 and the POS terminal 22 are connected via a communication network 23 such as a LAN (Local Area Network). Both the store server 21 and the POS terminal 22 are configured as computers.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the POS terminal 22 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 24a, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 24b, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 24c, a clock unit 24d, and an I / O (Input / Output) port 24e. A network interface 24f, a keyboard controller 24g, a touch panel controller 24h, a display controller 24i, a printer controller 24j, a scanner controller 24k, a card reader / writer controller 24m, and a hard disk drive controller 24n. As shown in FIG. 2, these are connected via a bus line 24o such as an address bus or a data bus.

  The CPU 24a controls each unit of the POS terminal 22 by executing various computer-readable programs stored in the ROM 24b. The ROM 24b stores various programs executed by the CPU 24a and various data. The RAM 24c temporarily stores data and programs when the CPU 24a executes various programs. In the present embodiment, the CPU 24a follows the program stored in the ROM 24b, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, as the information acquisition unit 41, the sales registration unit 42, the settlement unit 43, the privilege grant unit 44, and the issue control unit 45. Operate.

  The clock unit 24d keeps the current date and time. The network interface 24f controls data communication with other devices connected through the communication networks 23, 4 and the like. The I / O port 24e inputs a mode selection signal from the mode switch 25a and outputs a drive signal to a drawer opening device 25b that automatically opens a drawer (not shown). The keyboard controller 24g captures a key signal corresponding to the operation key from the keyboard 25c and notifies the CPU 24a of the key signal. Under the control of the CPU 24a, the touch panel controller 24h controls the drive of the customer display 25e to display various information including characters corresponding to display data supplied from the CPU 24a in color, and for customer use. A signal from the touch panel 25d laminated on the screen of the display 25e is captured and notified to the CPU 24a. Under the control of the CPU 24a, the display controller 24i controls the driving of the operator display 25f to display various information including characters corresponding to display data supplied from the CPU 24a in color. Under the control of the CPU 24a, the printer controller 24j controls the drive of the receipt / journal printer 25g to cause the receipt / journal printer 25g to print the transaction contents on the receipt paper based on the print data supplied from the CPU 24a. In addition to issuing a receipt 100, printing on journal paper is performed in parallel. The scanner controller 24k takes in the data signal read by the scanner 25h and inputs it to the CPU 24a. The hard disk drive controller 24n controls writing and reading of data with respect to the hard disk drive 25j based on an instruction signal from the CPU 24a.

  The card reader / writer controller 24m receives an instruction signal from the CPU 24a and outputs a drive signal to the card reader / writer 25i for the magnetic card. The card reader / writer 25i operates as a card reader or a card writer based on the received drive signal, reads / writes data from / to a magnetic card such as a point card, and transmits the read data to the CPU 24a. The card reader / writer 25i corresponds to an input device for inputting information.

  The hard disk drive 25j includes a product information storage unit 25k that stores product information indicating various types of product information. The product information stored in the product information storage unit 25k includes, for each product, a product code that is product identification information, a product name, a unit price, product information, point information (such as privilege points set for the product), and the like. Yes. The product information stored in the product information storage unit 25k is a copy of the product information stored in the product information storage unit 28a of the hard disk drive 28 of the store server 21 described later.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the store server 21 includes a CPU 26a, ROM 26b, RAM 26c, clock unit 26d, network interface 26e, keyboard controller 26f, display controller 26g, printer controller 26h, and hard disk drive controller 26i. As shown in FIG. 4, these are connected via a bus line 26j such as an address bus or a data bus.

  The CPU 26a controls the store server 21 by executing various computer-readable programs stored in the ROM 26b. The ROM 26b stores various programs executed by the CPU 26a and various data. The RAM 26c temporarily stores data and programs when the CPU 26a executes various programs.

  The clock unit 26d measures the current date and time. The network interface 26e controls data communication with other devices connected through the communication networks 23, 4 and the like. The keyboard controller 26f takes in a key signal corresponding to the operation key from the keyboard 27a and notifies the CPU 26a of it. The display controller 26g controls the drive of the display 27b to display characters corresponding to the display data provided from the CPU 26a in color. The printer controller 26h controls the drive of the printer 27c to print on the paper based on the print data supplied from the CPU 26a. The hard disk drive controller 26i controls writing and reading of data with respect to the hard disk drive 28 based on an instruction signal from the CPU 26a.

  The hard disk drive 28 includes a product information storage unit 28a that stores product information indicating various types of product information and a member information storage unit 28b that stores member information. These data stored in the hard disk drive 28 are managed by the store server 21. That is, the POS terminal 22 and an external device such as the head office server can receive these data by the operation of the store server 21 (CPU 26a).

  The product information stored in the product information storage unit 28a includes a product code, a product name, a unit price, product information, point information (such as privilege points set for the product), and the like.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the member information stored in the member information storage unit 28b includes, for each member, a member number that is customer identification information, a point number that is the number of points held by the member, and a receipt issue requirement. It includes receipt issue necessity information indicating no, privilege selection information, and the like. As the receipt issue necessity information, for example, “0” is stored when receipt is required, and “1” is stored when receipt is not required. The privilege selection information indicates a privilege that the store gives to customers who do not need to issue a receipt. In the present embodiment, the privilege is a predetermined number of points or a product discount. The product discount is a discount of a predetermined amount, a discount by a predetermined discount rate, or the like. These benefits are selected either by selecting in advance at the time of member registration or by selecting at the time of payment. The privilege selection information is indicated by, for example, “0” when the preselected privilege is given a predetermined point, and is indicated by, for example, “1” when the preselected privilege is a discount. The selection is indicated by “2”, for example. Note that the setting of selecting a privilege at the time of accounting is also made at the time of member registration or the like.

  Next, the accounting process performed by the CPU 24a of the POS terminal 22 will be mainly described for the process performed by the merchandise sales data processing system 1.

  The CPU 24a of the POP terminal 22 operates as the information acquisition unit 41, the sales registration unit 42, the settlement unit 43, the privilege grant unit 44, and the issue control unit 45 as described above by following the program.

  The information acquisition unit 41 uses a card reader / writer 25i as an input device to acquire receipt issuance necessity information indicating whether or not a receipt 100 on which information related to one transaction is printed is necessary. Specifically, the information acquisition means 41 inquires and acquires the member information of the member corresponding to the member number input from the card reader / writer 25i from the store server 21. The member information includes receipt issue necessity information.

  The sales registration means 42 performs sales registration of the product for which the input of the product code has been accepted.

  The settlement unit 43 performs settlement for one transaction, that is, settlement of the product registered for sale by the sales registration unit 42.

  When the receipt issuance necessity information is information indicating that the receipt 100 is not required to be issued, the privilege granting unit 44 grants a privilege to a customer of one transaction. The privilege granting means 44 can accept a selection from among a plurality of types of privileges in one transaction, and can grant the privilege for which the selection has been received to a customer of one transaction. Moreover, the privilege provision means 44 can grant the privilege previously selected before one transaction out of multiple types of privilege to the customer of one transaction. Moreover, the privilege provision means 44 displays the information which shows a privilege on the display 25e for customers which is an alarm device. The privilege granting unit 44 does not grant the privilege when the receipt issuance necessity information is information indicating that the receipt 100 needs to be issued.

  When the receipt issue necessity information is information indicating that the receipt 100 is required to be issued, the issue control unit 45 causes the receipt / journal printer 25g, which is a printer, to issue the receipt 100, and the receipt issue necessity information indicates the receipt issue necessity information. In the case of information indicating that it is not necessary to issue 100, the receipt 100 is not issued to the receipt / journal printer 25g by not instructing the receipt / journal printer 25g to perform a printing operation.

  Next, the flow of the accounting process will be described along the flowchart shown in FIG.

  The CPU 24a of the POS terminal 22 waits for an input of a product code from the scanner 25h or the like or an input of a member number from the card reader / writer 25i (No in step S1, No in step S3, No in step S5).

  When the CPU 24a of the POS terminal 22 receives an input of a product code from the scanner 25h or the like (Yes in step S1), the CPU 24a operates as the sales registration unit 42 and registers the sale of the product (step S2). Specifically, the CPU 24a reads the price or product name corresponding to the product code input from the scanner 25h or the like from the product information storage unit 25k, and generates sales data for the product based on the read price or product name. Is stored in a storage unit such as the RAM 24c. The sales data includes a product code, a product price, a product name, and the like. Moreover, CPU24a displays the price etc. among the merchandise information of goods on the display devices 25e and 25f. Furthermore, the CPU 24a calculates the total amount of the products that have been registered for sale so far, stores them in the RAM 24c, and displays them on the display devices 25e and 25f.

  In addition, when the CPU 24a of the POS terminal 22 receives the input of the member number from the card reader / writer 25i (Yes in step S3), the CPU 24a operates as the information acquisition unit 41 and the member corresponding to the member number that has received the input. The member information is inquired and acquired from the store server 21 (step S4). Thereby, CPU24a acquires a member's receipt issue necessity information, privilege selection information, etc. The CPU 24a stores the acquired member information in a storage unit such as the RAM 24c.

  When the CPU 24a of the POS terminal 22 determines that a predetermined tightening key such as a subtotal key has been pressed and a tightening declaration has been made (Yes in step S5), the CPU 24a executes the processes in and after step S6.

  In step S <b> 6, the CPU 24 a of the POS terminal 22 operates as the issue control unit 45 and determines whether or not the receipt 100 needs to be issued. Specifically, the CPU 24a determines that the receipt 100 needs to be issued when the member number is not input. Further, the CPU 24a determines that the receipt 100 needs to be issued even when the receipt issuance necessity information in the member information acquired in step S4 is set to “0” (issue of the receipt 100 is necessary). On the other hand, if the receipt issuance necessity information in the member information acquired in step S4 is set to “1” (no issue of the receipt 100), the CPU 24a does not need to issue the receipt 100. to decide.

  When the CPU 24a of the POS terminal 22 determines that it is necessary to issue the receipt 100 (Yes in Step S6), the CPU 24a operates as the settlement means 43 and executes a normal closing process (Step S7). Specifically, the CPU 24a receives an input of a deposit amount from the keyboard 25c. Next, when the deposit amount is equal to or greater than the total amount of the product calculated in step S3, the CPU 24a calculates a change amount and includes the total amount, the deposit amount and the change amount of the product in the sales data. To complete the settlement. At this time, the CPU 24a displays the deposit amount and the change amount on the display units 25e and 25f. If the deposit amount is less than the total amount of the merchandise calculated in step S2, the CPU 24a waits for the deposit amount from the keyboard 25c again because the deposit amount is insufficient. Although an example of payment by cash has been described here, the invention is not limited to this, and payment may be payment by electronic money or a credit card.

  In addition, when the customer is a member during the tightening process, the CPU 24a performs a normal point process. For example, the CPU 24a calculates the number of points according to the total price of the merchandise, for example, and associates the calculated number of points with the member number received in step S3 to generate point grant data. Then, the CPU 24a transmits a point update command including the generated point grant data to the store server 21. The store server 21 that has received this update command adds the number of points included in the update command to the number of points stored in the member information storage unit 28b corresponding to the member number included in the update command, and the member information storage unit The information of 28b is updated.

  Subsequently, the CPU 24a of the POS terminal 22 operates as the issue control means 45 to issue the receipt 100 to the receipt / journal printer 25g (step S8). The receipt 100 is printed with information about one transaction, such as the product name, the price of the product, the total amount, the deposit amount, and the change amount.

  On the other hand, when the CPU 24a of the POS terminal 22 determines that it is not necessary to issue the receipt 100 (No in step S6), the CPU 24a determines whether or not the privilege has been selected (step S9). Specifically, the CPU 24a confirms the privilege selection information in the member information acquired in step S4, and determines whether or not the privilege has been selected. When the privilege selection information is set to “0” (giving a predetermined number of points) or “1” (privilege is discounted product), the CPU 24a determines that the privilege is selected. (Yes of step S9), it progresses to step S10 and a tightening process is performed. On the other hand, when “2” (select privilege at the time of accounting) is set as the privilege selection information, it is determined that the privilege is not selected (No in step S9), and the processes of steps S11 and S12 are performed. Thereafter, a tightening process is performed in step S10.

  In step S11, the CPU 24a displays a privilege selection screen 50 shown in FIG. 7 on the display 25e. The privilege selection screen 50 displays a display 50a for prompting selection of a privilege ("Please select a privilege" in the drawing), a point button 50b, and a discount button 50c. The point button 50b and the discount button 50c can be touched on the touch panel 25d.

  And CPU24a waits for a privilege to be selected by the touch panel 25d according to a customer's touch operation (No of step S12). When the point button 50b is touch-designated by the touch panel 25d in response to the customer's touch operation, the CPU 24a determines that point grant has been selected as a privilege (Yes in step S12). On the other hand, when the discount button 50c is touch-designated by the touch panel 25d in response to the customer's touch operation, the CPU 24a determines that the product discount has been selected as a privilege (Yes in step S12).

  In step S <b> 10, the CPU 24 a of the POS terminal 22 operates as the privilege grant unit 44 and the settlement unit 43 to give the selected privilege and perform a tightening process. When the selected privilege is grant of points, the CPU 24a calculates, for example, the number of points according to the total price of the product, and a predetermined number of points (for example, 1 point) as a privilege without receipt issuance to the calculated number of points. The point addition data is generated by associating the point number obtained by adding to the member number received in step S3. Then, the CPU 24a transmits a point update command including the generated point grant data to the store server 21. The store server 21 that has received this update command adds the number of points included in the update command to the number of points stored in the member information storage unit 28b corresponding to the member number included in the update command, and the member information storage unit The information of 28b is updated. Then, the CPU 24a executes a tightening process similar to that in step S7.

  On the other hand, when the selected privilege is a discount on the product, the CPU 24a updates the total price by performing a predetermined discount from the total price of the product calculated in step S3, and stores the sales in the storage unit such as the RAM 24c. Update the data. As described above, the discount is a discount of a predetermined amount, a discount by a predetermined discount rate, or the like. The CPU 24a, which has updated the total amount in this way, performs the same process as the tightening process in step S7. That is, the CPU 24a receives an input of the deposit amount from the keyboard 25c, and calculates the change amount when the deposit amount is equal to or more than the total amount of the updated product, and sells the total amount of the product, the deposit amount and the change amount. Update sales data to include in data and complete payment. At this time, the CPU 24a also executes the normal point process described above.

  In this way, when the privilege is given and the tightening process is performed in step S10, the CPU 24a of the POS terminal 22 operates as the privilege granting unit 44, and displays information regarding the given privilege on the display device 25e that is a notification device. It is displayed (step S13). For example, the CPU 24a displays the privilege notification screens 51 and 52 shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 on the customer display 25e. As information related to the granted privilege, the privilege notification screen 51 displays “A point has been granted as a receipt non-issued privilege”, and the privilege notification screen 52 is “A discount without a receipt issued ○ Yen discounted” Is displayed.

  When the CPU 24a operating as the issue control unit 45 performs the tightening process with a privilege, the process is terminated without causing the receipt / journal printer 25g to issue the receipt 100.

  As described above, in this embodiment, when the receipt issuance necessity information acquired by the information acquisition unit 41 is information indicating that the receipt 100 is not required to be issued in one transaction, Grant benefits to trading customers. Therefore, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to motivate the customer not to issue the receipt 100, and further resource saving and cost reduction can be achieved as compared with the conventional technique. That is, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to provide an environment in which the number of issued receipts can be reduced.

(Second Embodiment)
In the present embodiment, a part of the accounting process performed by the CPU 24a of the POS terminal 22 is different from the first embodiment.

  The accounting process of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In the present embodiment, when the CPU 24a of the POS terminal 22 performs the processes in steps S1 and S2 as in the first embodiment, the process skips steps S3 and 4 in the first embodiment and proceeds to step S5. When the CPU 24a determines that a predetermined tightening key such as a subtotal key has been pressed and a tightening declaration has been made (Yes in step S5), the CPU 24a operates as the information acquisition unit 41 and receives a reception screen as shown in FIG. 53 is displayed on the customer display 25e (step S21).

  The acceptance screen 53 is a screen for accepting designation of whether or not the receipt 100 is to be issued by the touch panel 25d arranged in a stack on the customer display 25e. As shown in FIG. 11, a receipt issue necessity button 53a and a receipt issue are displayed. An unnecessary button 53b is displayed. The receipt issuance necessary button 53a and the receipt issuance unnecessary button 53b can be touched on the touch panel 25d.

  Then, the CPU 24a waits for the buttons 53a and 53b to be touch-designated by the touch panel 25d in accordance with the customer's touch operation (No in step S22). When the touch panel 25d designates the receipt issuance necessity button 53a according to the touch operation of the customer, the CPU 24a determines that the receipt issuance necessity information indicating that the receipt 100 should be issued is input by the touch panel 25d ( Yes in step S6). On the other hand, when the touch panel 25d touches and designates the receipt issue unnecessary button 53b according to the touch operation of the customer, the CPU 24a determines that the receipt issue necessity information indicating that the receipt 100 is not required is input by the touch panel 25d. (No in step S6). That is, in the present embodiment, the touch panel 25d corresponds to an input device, and the information acquisition unit 41 acquires receipt issue necessity information using the touch panel 25d.

  Thereafter, the CPU performs steps S7 to S13 in the same manner as in the first embodiment, depending on whether or not the receipt 100 is issued.

  In the present embodiment described above, as in the first embodiment, when the receipt issue necessity information acquired by the information acquisition unit 41 is information indicating that the receipt 100 is not required to be issued, the privilege granting unit 44 A privilege is given to a customer of one transaction. Therefore, the present embodiment can provide an environment in which the number of issued receipts can be reduced, as in the first embodiment.

(Third embodiment)
As shown in FIG. 12, the merchandise sales data processing system 1A according to the present embodiment includes a server 3 and a store system 2 that are communicably connected to each other via a wired or wireless communication network (for example, the Internet) 4 or the like. Etc. Therefore, the server 3 can communicate with the POS terminal 22 via the communication network 4.

  In this merchandise sales data processing system 1A, one or a plurality of servers 3 can provide a predetermined service. In this merchandise sales data processing system 1A, a service can be provided, for example, in the form of SaaS (Software as a Service).

  The server 3 includes a computer including a CPU, a RAM, and a ROM, and a communication interface. In the server 3, the CPU executes various processes in accordance with programs stored in the ROM. In addition, the CPU executes communication with the POS terminal 22 using the communication interface.

  In the present embodiment, any one of the product information storage units 25k and 28a, the member information storage unit 28b, the information acquisition unit 41, the sales registration unit 42, the settlement unit 43, the privilege grant unit 44, and the issue control unit 45 is One of the servers 3 is provided. Specifically, in the present embodiment, the information acquisition unit 41, the privilege grant unit 44, and the issue control unit 45 are provided in the POS terminal 22 or the server 3, and the information acquisition unit 41, the privilege grant unit 44, and the issue control unit 45 One or two means out of 45 are provided in the server 3.

  In the present embodiment, the CPU of the computer included in the server 3 operates as the program transmission unit 61 by following a program stored in the own machine. FIG. 12 shows an example in which one server 3 includes the program transmission unit 61, but another server 3 may include the program transmission unit 61.

  The program transmission means 61 is a program for causing the computer of the POS terminal 22 to function as means other than the means (means for causing the computer of the server 3 to function) of the server 3 among the information acquisition means 41, the privilege granting means 44 and the issue control means 45 Is transmitted to the POS terminal 22.

  In such a merchandise sales data processing system 1A, one or more servers 3 perform at least a part of the accounting processing executed by the CPU 24a of the POS terminal 22 described in the first embodiment.

  In the present embodiment described above, as in the first embodiment, when the receipt issue necessity information acquired by the information acquisition unit 41 is information indicating that the receipt 100 is not required to be issued, the privilege granting unit 44 A privilege is given to a customer of one transaction. Therefore, even in the present embodiment, an environment that can reduce the number of issued receipts 100 can be provided, as in the first embodiment.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various other embodiments can be adopted without departing from the gist of the present invention. For example, receipt issue necessity information may be stored in a member card. In this case, the information acquisition means 41 can acquire the receipt issue necessity information by reading the member card information via the card reader / writer 25i.

  Moreover, as a notification part which alert | reports the information regarding the provided privilege, the speaker etc. which alert | report the information regarding the provided privilege by audio | voice may be sufficient.

  In addition, the customer who gives a privilege when no receipt is issued is not limited to a customer registered as a member in advance, and may be a general customer who has not registered as a member. In this case, for example, at the time of accounting, the store clerk asks the customer whether the receipt is necessary, and if the receipt is unnecessary, the store clerk presses a predetermined key of the scheduled keyboard 25c, for example, It is only necessary to give a privilege such as discount to the customer.

  The programs executed in the POS terminal 22, the store server 21, and the server 3 are files in an installable or executable format, such as CD-ROM, flexible disk (FD), CD-R, DVD (Digital Versatile Disk). ) Or the like may be recorded and provided on a computer-readable recording medium.

  The program executed by the POS terminal 22, the store server 21, and the server 3 may be stored on a computer connected to a network such as the Internet and provided by being downloaded via the network.

  As described above, according to each of the above embodiments, it is possible to provide an environment in which the number of receipts issued can be reduced.

1, 1A ... Product sales data processing system 22 ... POS terminal (product sales data processing device)
25e: Display 25g: Receipt / journal printer (printer)
41 ... Information acquisition means 44 ... Bonus grant means 45 ... Issuance control means 100 ... Receipt

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Claims (7)

Information acquisition means for acquiring receipt issuance necessity information indicating the necessity of issuance of a receipt on which information relating to one transaction is printed;
When the receipt issuance necessity information is information indicating that it is not necessary to issue the receipt, privilege granting means for granting a privilege to the customer of the one transaction;
If the receipt issuance necessity information is information indicating that the receipt should be issued, the receipt is issued to the printer, and the receipt issuance necessity information indicates that the receipt is not required. Issuance control means for preventing the printer from issuing the receipt;
A product sales data processing apparatus comprising:   The merchandise sales data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the privilege granting unit displays information indicating the privilege on a customer display.   The said information acquisition means displays the acceptance screen which receives designation | designated of the necessity of issuing of the said receipt by the touchscreen laminated | stacked on the said display for customers on the said display for customers. Product sales data processing equipment.   The merchandise sales data processing according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the privilege granting unit grants a privilege selected in advance of the one transaction from a plurality of types of privileges to a customer of the one transaction. apparatus. A merchandise sales data processing apparatus having an input device for inputting information and a display for displaying information;
A server capable of communicating with the commodity sales data processing device via a communication network;
Information acquisition means for acquiring receipt issuance necessity information indicating necessity of issuance of a receipt on which information related to one transaction is printed using the input device;
When the receipt issuance necessity information is information indicating that it is not necessary to issue the receipt, a privilege is granted that gives a privilege to the customer of the one transaction and displays the information indicating the privilege on a customer display. Means,
If the receipt issuance necessity information is information indicating that the receipt should be issued, the receipt is issued to the printer, and the receipt issuance necessity information indicates that the receipt is not required. Issuance control means for preventing the printer from issuing the receipt;
With
The information acquisition means, the privilege granting means, and the issue control means are provided in the product sales data processing device or the server, and one or more of the information acquisition means, the privilege grant means, and the issue control means A merchandise sales data processing system having means provided in the server. Computer
Information acquisition means for acquiring receipt issue necessity information indicating whether or not a receipt is issued in one transaction;
When the receipt issuance necessity information is information indicating that it is not necessary to issue the receipt, privilege granting means for granting a privilege to the customer of the one transaction;
If the receipt issuance necessity information is information indicating that the receipt should be issued, the receipt is issued to the printer, and the receipt issuance necessity information indicates that the receipt is not required. Issuance control means for preventing the printer from issuing the receipt;
Program to function as. A computer provided in a server capable of communicating via a communication network to a commodity sales data processing apparatus having an input device for inputting information and a display for displaying information;
Information acquisition means for acquiring receipt issuance necessity information indicating necessity of issuance of a receipt on which information related to one transaction is printed using the input device;
When the receipt issuance necessity information is information indicating that it is not necessary to issue the receipt, a privilege is granted that gives a privilege to the customer of the one transaction and displays the information indicating the privilege on a customer display. Means,
If the receipt issuance necessity information is information indicating that the receipt should be issued, the receipt is issued to the printer, and the receipt issuance necessity information indicates that the receipt is not required. Issuance control means for preventing the printer from issuing the receipt;
And function as one or two of
A program that causes the computer of the product sales data processing apparatus to function as a means other than the means that causes the computer of the server to function among the information acquisition means, the privilege granting means, and the issue control means is transmitted to the product sales data processing apparatus. A program for causing a computer of the server to function as a program transmission means for performing

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