JP2014063534A - Terminal device and system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it possible to allocate discount service such as a coupon ticket to an appropriate commodity surely and quickly.SOLUTION: A terminal device comprises: a discount service request receiving section which receives discount service information, in which a commodity to which discount service is applicable and a discount amount by the discount service are previously determined in a corresponding manner, and a request of the discount service; an allocated commodity determination section which determines a commodity to which the discount service is allocated out of the commodities, to which the discount service is applicable, from the registered purchased commodities such that a discount amount by the discount service becomes the maximum based on the discount amount by the discount service that the discount service request receiving section received and the price of the commodity in the purchased commodities to which the discount service is applicable; and a display section which displays a display name of a commodity determined by the allocated commodity determination section and a display name of a discount service allocated to the commodity in a corresponding manner.

Description

  The present invention relates to a terminal device and a system.

A coffee coupon or the like that frees a predetermined amount of drink at a cafe or the like is used at the time of accounting, and the following method is adopted as a settlement processing method for the coupon or the like.
1. Among the products in which the used coupons are registered in one transaction, the coupons are automatically assigned to the products in the order of the registered products, and discount processing is performed.
2. An operator assigns coupons to be used to products by manual operation.
3. Processing is performed by subtracting the discount amount by the coupon from the total amount of one transaction without assigning the coupon to the product (for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2001-256571 A

However, in the case of 1 above, if the product registered at the beginning is, for example, a product that is less than or equal to the discount amount of the coupon, the customer can only receive a discount up to the price of the product, and the customer can benefit from the coupon There was a problem of not being able to fully enjoy.
In the case of 2 above, it is difficult for the operator to determine which product the coupon can be allocated at the time of accounting, and it takes time for the accounting process, or allocation of the coupon to the product is difficult. There was a problem of making mistakes.
Further, in the case of the above 3, there is a problem that it is not possible to grasp from which product the discount processing has been performed, and it is not possible to sufficiently calculate the burden of the discount cost and the total of the marketing survey.
As described above, conventionally, there has been a problem that a discount service such as a coupon cannot be allocated to an appropriate product reliably and promptly.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a terminal device and a system that can allocate a discount service such as a coupon ticket to an appropriate product reliably and quickly. .

  (1) The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems, and one aspect thereof is a terminal device that registers purchased products and allocates a discount service to any of the registered purchased products. A discount service information preliminarily determined corresponding to a product applicable to the discount service and a discount amount by the discount service, a discount service request reception unit for receiving the request for the discount service, and the discount service request reception unit Among the registered purchased products so that the discount amount by the discount service is maximized based on the discount amount received by the discount service and the price of the applicable product of the discount service in the purchased product, An allocated product determination unit that determines a product to which the discount service is allocated from among products applicable to the discount service, and the allocated product determination unit determines And display name of item, the terminal apparatus characterized by comprising a display unit for displaying in association with a display name of the discount service assigned to the product.

  (2) Further, according to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a terminal device that registers a purchased product and allocates a discount service to any one of the registered purchased products. Discount service information determined in correspondence with a discount rate by a discount service, a discount service request receiving unit that receives a request for the discount service, a discount rate by a discount service received by the discount service request receiving unit, and the purchased product Among the products to which the discount service is applicable among the registered purchased products so that the discount amount by the discount service is maximized based on the price of the product to which the discount service is applicable. An assigned product determining unit for determining a product to which a discount service is allocated, a display name of the product determined by the allocated product determining unit, and an allocation assigned to the product A display unit that displays a display name of the service in association with each other, and the allocated product determination unit preferentially applies the discounted product to which the discount service is applicable and the product price is equal to or greater than the discount amount. It is a terminal device characterized by being a product to which a service is assigned.

  (3) Further, according to one aspect of the present invention, the display unit is a display of the product determined by the allocated product determination unit, and the discount allocated to the product immediately after the display including the display name of the product It is a display of a service, and a display including a display name of the discount service is displayed.

  (4) According to another aspect of the present invention, a purchased product is registered, and a discount service is assigned to any one of the registered purchased products. Discount service information determined corresponding to the discount amount by the service, a discount service request receiving unit that receives the discount service request, a discount amount by the discount service received by the discount service request receiving unit, and the purchased product Among the products that are applicable to the discount service among the registered purchased products so that the discount amount by the discount service is maximized based on the price of the product applicable to the discount service. An assigned product determining unit for determining a product to which the service is assigned, a display name of the product determined by the assigned product determining unit, and an assigned name assigned to the product; Services and display name, and a display unit for displaying in association with a system characterized in that it comprises.

  According to the present invention, the terminal device assigns the discount service based on the amount information of the accepted discount service and the price of the product to which the discount service can be applied so that the discount amount by the discount service is maximized. Therefore, a discount service such as a coupon can be allocated to an appropriate product reliably and promptly.

It is the external appearance front perspective view and side view of the POS terminal device which concern on embodiment of this invention. It is an electric block diagram which shows the electric circuit structure incorporated in the POS terminal device which concerns on this embodiment. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the structure of the POS terminal device which concerns on this embodiment. It is the schematic which shows an example of the data structure of the goods file by this embodiment. It is the schematic which shows an example of the data structure of the coupon file by this embodiment. It is the schematic which shows an example of the memory map of RAM by this embodiment. It is the schematic which shows an example of the data structure of the registration data area by this embodiment. It is the schematic which shows an example of the data structure of the coupon data area by this embodiment. It is the schematic which shows an example of the data structure of the purchase performance file by this embodiment. It is the schematic which shows an example of the screen of the liquid crystal touch panel by this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the POS terminal device by this embodiment. It is explanatory drawing explaining allocation of the discount service by this embodiment. It is another explanatory drawing explaining allocation of the discount service by this embodiment. It is another explanatory drawing explaining allocation of the discount service by this embodiment.

<Appearance of POS terminal device 1>
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an external front perspective view and a side view of a POS terminal device 1 (settlement device) according to an embodiment of the present invention. The POS terminal device 1 includes a liquid crystal touch panel 11, input keys 12, a receipt issuing unit 13, and a customer side display unit 14.

  The liquid crystal touch panel 11 has a touch key which is a transparent contact switch on the surface, and performs mode switching, setting, operation such as registration, and display. The input key 12 is a mechanical key, and includes a numeric keypad, a registration function key, a subtotal key, a current total key, and the like. The receipt issuing port 13 has a function of issuing and discharging a receipt, and there are a receipt and a journal printer at the back. The customer side display unit 14 is a 7-segment display, and displays the product name and price to the customer.

In the present embodiment, as a discount service, a coupon ticket in which a product applicable to the discount service and a discount amount by the discount service (amount information by the discount service) are predetermined is distributed to the customer. When the customer presents the coupon when ordering the purchased product, the operator (clerk) inputs the coupon information from the liquid crystal touch panel 11 of the POS terminal device 1. The POS terminal device 1 specifies a product for which the coupon is used from among the registered purchased products, and calculates a total amount obtained by discounting a discount corresponding to the information of the input coupon from the price of the product. Perform a settlement process such as calculating.
In addition, it is assumed that a discount service using a coupon ticket can be assigned once for each product. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and by considering the amount of the purchased product after applying the discount obtained by discounting the discount amount from the price of the purchased product as the price of the purchased product again, the discount service can be provided for one product. You may apply also about the case where it can allocate twice or more.

<About the hardware configuration of the POS terminal device 1>
FIG. 2 is an electric block diagram showing an electric circuit configuration built in the POS terminal device 1 according to the present embodiment. The electrical circuit built in the POS terminal device 1 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 21, a HDD (Hard Disk drive) 22, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 23, a liquid crystal touch panel 11, A customer-side display 14, an input key 12, a buzzer 24, a printing unit 25, a drawer 26, and a clock unit 27 are provided.

  The CPU 21 performs control and arithmetic processing of the entire POS terminal device 1. The hard disk 22 stores various file data such as an execution program of the CPU 21, a product file, a coupon file, and a purchase record file. The RAM 23 is used as a work area for the CPU 21 to perform control and calculation, and has an area for storing a flag file. The program stored in the hard disk 22 is written into the RAM 23 when the POS terminal device 1 is started up along with various file data such as product files. Thereby, drive control of each part by CPU21 is attained. The printing unit 25 is a journal printer and prints a receipt.

<Regarding Functional Configuration of POS Terminal Device 1>
FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the POS terminal device 1 according to the present embodiment.
The POS terminal device 1 includes a purchased product registration receiving unit 101, a purchased product storage unit 102, a discount service request receiving unit 103, a received discount service storage unit 104, a discount service information storage unit 105, a product information storage unit 106, and an assigned product determination unit. 107, a settlement processing unit 108, a purchase record information storage unit 109, and a discount information totaling unit 110.

The purchased product registration receiving unit 101 receives an input of the purchased product by causing the operator to operate the liquid crystal touch panel 11 or the input key 12.
The purchased product registration receiving unit 101 corresponds to a registration data area of the RAM 23, and is a transaction number for identifying a series of transactions from when an order from a customer is received until payment is completed, and the purchased product received by the transaction of the transaction number. The product number and quantity are stored in the purchased product storage unit 102 (see FIG. 7).

  The discount service request accepting unit 103 corresponds to a coupon 1 key and a coupon 2 key displayed on the liquid crystal touch panel 11 and accepts an input of a discount service using a coupon ticket. The reception discount service storage unit 104 corresponds to the coupon data area of the RAM 23, and stores a coupon number for identifying the type of coupon ticket received in one transaction, and the number of receptions (see FIG. 8).

The discount service information storage unit 105 corresponds to the HDD 22 and stores a coupon file (FIG. 5). The coupon file stores the department number indicating the department to which the product to which the discount service by the coupon ticket belongs and the discount amount by the coupon ticket are associated with the coupon number. In the case of FIG. 5, the department “0001” indicates the department to which the drink product belongs, and both coupons 1 and 2 are products of the department “0001”.
The product information storage unit 106 corresponds to the HDD 22 and stores a product file (FIG. 4). The product file stores the department number indicating the department to which the product belongs, the product name of the product, and the price of the product in association with the product number for identifying the product.

The assigned product determination unit 107 corresponds to the CPU 21, and the department number of the discount service information stored in the received discount service storage unit 104 and the department number of the purchased product stored in the purchased product storage unit 102 are the same department number. Select the item number of the purchased item. The assigned product determination unit 107 performs a discount service on the purchased product with the selected product number based on the discount amount stored in the discount service information storage unit 105 and the price of the product stored in the purchased product storage unit 102. Determine the product to be allocated.
Details of a method for determining a product to which a discount service is assigned performed by the allocated product determination unit 107 will be described later.
The assigned product determining unit 107 includes information on the product file stored in the product information storage unit 106 and information on the product information stored in the product information storage unit 106 in the information (FIG. 7) in which the coupon number is associated with the product number of the product to which the discount service is assigned. The settlement information corresponding to the stored coupon file information is output to the settlement processing unit 108.

The settlement processing unit 108 corresponds to the CPU 21, and for the product with the product number of the settlement information input from the allocated product determination unit 107, an amount obtained by discounting the discount amount of the coupon number associated with the product from the price of the product. Calculate and perform settlement processing such as calculating the total price of the purchased product. That is, a discount process based on a discount amount by a discount service allocated to the product is performed on the price of the product determined by the allocated product determination unit 107 and the settlement process is performed.
When the checkout process is completed, the checkout processing unit 108 reads the transaction date and time that is the time when the checkout process is completed from the time measuring unit 27, generates information on the purchase record file (FIG. 9), and purchases the generated purchase record file. The result information storage unit 109 stores the result.

  The discount information totaling unit 110 totals the total number of coupons used or discounted by the coupon for each coupon number or each product number.

<Information stored in the POS terminal device 1>
Hereinafter, information stored in the POS terminal device 1 will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of the data structure of the product file according to the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, the product file has items of a product number, a department number, a product name, and a price.

The product number indicates a number for identifying the product. The department number indicates a department to which a predetermined product belongs. For example, the department number “0001” is the drink (beverage) department, and the department number “0002” is the food (food) department.
The product name indicates the name of the product, and the price indicates the price of the product.

  For example, this figure shows that the product with the product number “11118” belongs to the drink department with the department number “0001” and has the product name “AAA coffee” and the price “300” yen. The other rows are as illustrated.

  FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of a coupon file according to the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, the coupon file has items of coupon number, department number, and discount amount.

A coupon number shows the number which identifies the kind of coupon. The department number indicates the department to which the product to which the discount service using the coupon ticket of the coupon number belongs, and the discount amount indicates the amount discounted by the discount service of the coupon ticket of the coupon number.
For example, this figure shows that a coupon ticket with coupon number “1” discounts a discount amount “200” yen for a product belonging to the drink department with department number “0001”.
A plurality of department numbers may be set for one coupon number.

  FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a memory map of the RAM 23 according to the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, the memory map includes a work area, a registration data area, coupon data, and the like. The work area is an area for performing calculation or the like by providing a flag register or the like. Hereinafter, the data structure of a registration data area and a coupon data area is demonstrated using FIG. 7, FIG.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the data structure of the registration data area according to the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, the data in the registration data area stores data during the transaction, and has items of transaction number, product number, number of pieces, and coupon number.
The transaction number is a number that identifies a series of transactions from receipt of an order from a customer until payment is completed. This transaction number is paid out for each transaction. For example, when the current key indicating the completion of the transaction is pressed with the input key 12 and the calculation of the total price of the purchased product is completed, the POS terminal device 1 clears the data in the registered data area and sets the transaction number to “ Counts up by 1 ”. Then, when the input of a new purchased product is started, the POS terminal device 1 reads the counted transaction number. When one transaction ends, the transaction number is incremented by “1”, and the other product number, number, and coupon number are cleared.

The product number is the product number of the purchased product received by the purchased product registration receiving unit 101, and the number indicates the number of purchases of the purchased product.
The coupon number indicates the coupon number of the discount service assigned by the assigned product determination unit 107 to the product with the product number.

  For example, in this figure, in the transaction with the transaction number “0001”, the product with the product number “11117” has been purchased with the number “1”, and the assigned product determination unit 107 applies the coupon number “1” to the product. Indicates that a discount service has been allocated.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of a coupon data area according to the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, the data in the coupon data area has items of a coupon key number and the number of times pressed during one transaction.
The coupon number indicates a number identifying the type of coupon received by the discount service request receiving unit 103. The number of times indicates the number of times the discount service of the coupon number received by the discount service request receiving unit 103 is applied.
For example, this figure shows that the discount service of coupon number “1” has been accepted to be applied “1” times.

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of a purchase record file according to the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, the purchase record file has items of transaction number, transaction date and time, product number, number, coupon 1, coupon 2, deposit amount, total amount, and change amount.
The transaction number, the product number, and the number are the same items as the data in the registration data area. The transaction date and time indicates the time when the settlement process is completed. Coupon 1 and coupon 2 indicate the number of times the discount services of coupon numbers “1” and “2” are allocated, respectively.
The deposit amount indicates the amount entered by the operator using the input key 12 or the like with respect to the total amount of purchased products from the customer. The total price indicates the total price after applying discounts for purchased products registered in the transaction with the transaction number. The change amount indicates the change amount obtained by subtracting the total amount from the deposit amount. As for these contents, the contents of the registered data area are transferred to the purchase record file for each transaction number every time one transaction ends.

For example, in this figure, in the transaction with the transaction number “0001”, the product number “11117” (product name “ABC juice”) and the product number “11118” (product name “AAA coffee”) are purchased one by one. Indicates that This figure also shows that in the transaction with the transaction number “0001”, the coupon ticket with the coupon number “1” was accepted once and the discount service with the coupon number “1” was assigned to the product number “11118”. Indicates. This figure also shows that in the transaction with the transaction number “0001”, the total amount is “250” yen, and the change amount is “0” yen with respect to the deposit “250” yen.
In this way, since which coupon is used for which product number is stored, it is possible to add up the number of coupons used for each type of coupon or each product number based on these pieces of information. .

  The product file, the coupon file, and the purchase record file are stored in the HDD 22, and the data in the registration data area and the coupon data area are stored in the RAM 23.

<About the screen of the POS terminal device 1>
FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of the screen of the liquid crystal touch panel 11 according to the present embodiment. This figure shows that the screen is composed of a purchase data display area 801 and a preset key area 802.

In this figure, in the purchase data display area 801, the product name, price (unit price), number, and amount of registered purchase products are displayed. For example, this figure shows that the product name “ABC juice” has a unit price “150” yen, accepts registration of the number “1”, and the subtotal amount of the product is “150” yen.
Further, in this drawing, “coupon 1” and “− ¥ 200” are displayed in the purchase data display area 801. This display is displayed after the subtotal key is pressed.
In this display, coupon 1 with coupon number “1” is allocated to the item name “AAA coffee” displayed immediately before, and a discount amount “200” is discounted from the subtotal amount of the allocated item name “AAA coffee”. It shows that. That is, this figure shows that the product name “AAA Coffee” is registered with “1” for the unit price “300” yen, and the discount amount “200” yen for coupon 1 is discounted, so the subtotal amount is “100” yen. Indicates.
In this figure, the total “250” yen indicates the total amount of subtotal for each product.

  In this figure, touch keys are displayed in a preset key area 802. When the operator touches the area indicated by the touch key, the POS terminal device 1 senses information on the touched screen position and inputs a key number corresponding to the touched area. The touch key display name, display color, display area, and key number information corresponding to the display area are stored in the key file and stored in advance in the HDD 22, and the product number corresponding to the key number is stored. The product is read out.

  For example, this figure shows that when the operator touches an area 8021 surrounded by a square with the display name “AAA Coffee”, a corresponding key number (for example, key number “9”) is input. When there is this input, the POS terminal device 1 uses the product number associated with the key number “9” (in this embodiment, the product number “11118” having the same product name as the display name) as the purchased product in the RAM 23. (See FIG. 7).

Further, for example, this figure shows that when the operator touches an area 8022 surrounded by a square with the display name “coupon 1”, the corresponding key number “26” is input. When there is this input, the POS terminal device 1 accepts the coupon number associated with the key number “26” (in this embodiment, the coupon number “1” corresponding to the display name) as a received discount service. Register in the coupon data area of the RAM 23 (see FIG. 8).
In addition, the registration of the coupon number increases the number of times the coupon number discount service is applied once for each touch of the touch key.

<Operation of POS terminal device 1>
FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the operation of the POS terminal device 1 according to the present embodiment. The details of the method for determining a product to which a discount service assigned by the assigned product determination unit 107 is performed will be described with reference to FIG.

(Step S <b> 101) The POS terminal device 1 receives from the liquid crystal touch panel 11 the input of the coupon number of the coupon to which the discount is applied and the number of times the discount service is applied. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S102.
(Step S <b> 102) The POS terminal device 1 accepts registration of purchased products from the liquid crystal touch panel 11. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S103. Note that step S101 and step S102 may be reversed.
(Step S103) When the operator presses the subtotal key, the POS terminal apparatus 1 starts calculating the payment amount, and proceeds to step S104.

<Determination method of products to be assigned discount services>
The assigned product determination unit 107 of the POS terminal device 1 determines the product to which the discount service is assigned by the operations from step S104 to step S108.

(Step S104) The assigned product determination unit 107 provides a discount service for a discount service (hereinafter referred to as an unallocated coupon) to which the coupon ticket discount service (hereinafter referred to as a coupon) input in Step S101 is not assigned. Whether or not there is a purchased product to which the discount service is not assigned (hereinafter referred to as a purchased product to be discounted).
Specifically, the assigned product determination unit 107 determines whether or not the coupon is a purchased product to which the coupon can be applied depending on whether or not the department number of the unallocated coupon and the department number of the purchased product have the same department number. judge.

  If it is determined in step S104 that there is a purchased product to be discounted (Yes), the process proceeds to step S105. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S104 that there is no purchased product to be discounted (No), the process proceeds to step S109.

(Step S105) The assigned product determination unit 107 selects a coupon having the highest discount amount from among the unallocated coupons. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S106.

(Step S106) The assigned product determination unit 107 determines whether or not there is a purchased product to be discounted at a price equal to or greater than the discount amount of the coupon selected in Step S105.
If it is determined in step S106 that there is a purchased product to be discounted at a price equal to or greater than the coupon discount amount (Yes), the process proceeds to step S107. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S106 that there is no purchased product to be discounted at a price equal to or greater than the coupon discount amount (No), the process proceeds to step S108.

(Step S107) The assigned product determination unit 107 assigns the coupon selected in Step S105 to the product with the lowest price among the purchased products that are discounted at a price equal to or greater than the discount amount of the coupon. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S104.
(Step S108) The allocated product determination unit 107 allocates the coupon selected in Step S105 to the purchased product with the highest price among the purchased products to be discounted. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S104. That is, if there is no product applicable to the discount service whose price is equal to or greater than the discount amount, the assigned product determination unit 107 sets the product applicable to the discount service with the highest price as the product to which the discount service is assigned.

(Step S109) The POS terminal device 1 determines whether there is an unallocated coupon.
If it is determined in step S109 that there is an unallocated coupon (Yes), the process proceeds to step S110. On the other hand, when it is determined in step S109 that there is no unallocated coupon (No), the process proceeds to step S111.

(Step S110) The POS terminal device 1 displays an unallocated coupon on the liquid crystal touch panel 11. In other words, if the coupon key is pressed to use the coupon but the purchased product cannot be used, for example, it is a coupon that can be used for the drink category, but the product in the drink category is registered in the purchased product. If not, an unallocated coupon is displayed on the liquid crystal touch panel 11. Then, it progresses to step S111.
(Step S111) The POS terminal device 1 calculates the amount of the purchased product based on the service provided by the coupon assigned in step S107 or step S108. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S112.

(Step S112) The POS terminal device 1 calculates the total amount of the purchased product amount calculated in Step S112 and displays it on the liquid crystal touch panel 11 and the customer side display 14. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S113.
(Step S113) When the operator inputs the deposit amount with respect to the total amount of merchandise purchased from the customer from the input key 12, the POS terminal device 1 calculates a change amount obtained by subtracting the total amount from the deposit amount, and the liquid crystal touch panel 11 and the customer-side display 14. Further, the POS terminal device 1 outputs a receipt from the receipt issuing unit 13.

<Specific examples of products to which discount services are assigned>
Hereinafter, a specific example of a product to which a discount service is assigned will be described.

(Specific example 1)
FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram illustrating allocation of discount services according to the present embodiment. In this figure, Table S1 shows that purchased products are registered in the order of product numbers “11117” and “11118”. Table C1 indicates that a coupon with coupon number “1” (hereinafter referred to as coupon 1) has been input.
In this case, as shown in this figure, the coupon 1 is allocated to the purchased product of the product number “11118” which is a price (“300” yen) of the discount amount “200” yen or more of the coupon number “1”.
Hereinafter, description will be made with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  The coupon with the coupon number “1” is input (S101), and the purchased products are registered in the order of the product numbers “11117” and “11118” (S102).

The department number to which the coupon 1 can be applied is “0001” (FIG. 5), and the department numbers of the departments to which the product numbers “11117” and “11118” belong are “0001” and are the same. Therefore, in step 104, it is determined that there are purchased products (product numbers “11117” and “11118”) that are to be discounted.
Next, coupon 1 is selected in S105. Next, in step S106, it is determined that there is a purchased product with a product number “11118” (FIG. 4) having a price of “300” yen as a purchased product with a discount amount of “200” yen (FIG. 5) or more. In step S107, the coupon 1 is allocated to the purchased product having the product number “11118”. Next, assuming that there is no unallocated coupon in step S104, the processing from S109 is performed.

In this case, for the purchased product with the product number “11118”, the discount amount “200” yen is discounted from the price “300” yen, and the total amount combined with the price “150 yen” of the purchased product with the product number “11117” is “250” yen.
Assuming that discount services are applied in the order of registration, a discount service with a discount amount of “200” is allocated to the purchased product with the product number “11117”, and the purchased product with the product number “11117” has a price of “150” yen. Be discounted. In this case, the total price combined with the price “300 yen” of the purchased product with the product number “11118” is “300” yen, and the total price is “50” yen compared with the case where the allocation method of this embodiment is applied. It will be high.
As described above, the POS terminal device 1 preferentially allocates a discount service to purchased products that are greater than or equal to the discount amount of the coupon. Therefore, all discount amounts can be discounted from the price of the purchased product, and the discount service can be surely and quickly performed. , Can be assigned to the appropriate product.

(Specific example 2)
FIG. 13 is another explanatory diagram illustrating allocation of discount services according to the present embodiment. In this figure, table S2 shows that purchased products are registered in the order of product numbers “11117”, “11118”, and “11111”. Table C1 shows that coupon 1 has been input.
In this case, as shown in this figure, among the purchased products with the product numbers “11118” and “11111” which are the discount amount “200” yen or more of the coupon number “1”, the product number “11111” which is the lower price. Coupon 1 is allocated to the purchased product.
Hereinafter, description will be made with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

Coupon 1 is input (S101), and the purchased products are registered in the order of product numbers “11117”, “11118”, and “11111” (S102).
In this case, in step S107 in the above specific example 1, the purchased item has a discount amount of “200” yen or more, and the price “200” yen is lower than the price “300” yen of the product number “11118”. Coupon 1 is allocated to the purchased product having the product number “11111”.

(Specific example 3)
FIG. 14 is another explanatory diagram illustrating allocation of discount services according to the present embodiment. In this figure, table S3 indicates that purchased products are registered in the order of product numbers “11118,“ 11117 ”,“ 11111 ”,“ 11115 ”. Table C2 indicates that coupon 1 is input, and then a discount service of coupon number “2” (hereinafter referred to as coupon 2) is input.
In this case, the discount 2 is allocated to the purchased product from the coupon 2 with a large discount amount. First, as shown in this figure, the purchase of the product number “11118” having a discount amount “300” yen or more of the coupon number “2”. Coupon 2 is allocated to the product. Next, as shown in this figure, among the purchased products with the product numbers “11111” and “11115” which are the discount amount “200” yen or more of the coupon number “1”, the product number “11111” which is the lower price. Coupon 1 is allocated to the purchased product.
Hereinafter, description will be made with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  Coupon 1 is input, and then a discount service with coupon number “2” (hereinafter referred to as coupon 2) is input (S101). It is registered (S102).

In this case, in step 104, it is determined that there are purchased products (product numbers “11118”, “11117”, “11111”) to be discounted. Next, in step S105, the coupon 2 having the highest discount amount of “300” yen (FIG. 5) is selected. Next, in step S106, it is determined that there is a purchased product with a product number “11118” (FIG. 4) having a price of “300” yen as a purchased product with a price of the discount amount “300” or more, and step S107. The coupon 2 is allocated to the purchased product having the product number “11118”.
Next, in step S104, it is determined that there are purchased products (product numbers “11117” and “11111”) to be discounted. Next, in step S105, the coupon 1 having the highest discount amount of “200” yen (FIG. 5) is selected from the remaining unallocated coupons (in this example, only coupon 1). Next, in step S106, it is determined that there is a purchased product with a product number “11111” (FIG. 4) having a price of “200” yen as a purchased product with a price of the discount amount “200” yen or more, and step S107. The coupon 1 is assigned to the purchased product with the product number “11111”.

In this case, the products with the product numbers “11118” and “11111” are all discounted, and the total price of the purchased products is “400” yen.
Assuming that discount services are applied in the order of registration, discount services with discount amounts of “200” yen and “300” yen are allocated to purchased products with product numbers “11118” and “11117”, respectively. In this case, the purchased products with the product numbers “11117” and “11118” are discounted at a price of “200” yen and “150” yen, respectively, and the total price of the purchased products is “600” yen. Compared to the case where the allocation method is applied, the total amount becomes “200” yen higher.
In this case, the assigned product determination unit 107 determines the product to which the discount service is assigned so that the level relationship of the discount amount matches the level relationship of the price of the product to which the discount service of the discount amount is assigned. .

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the POS terminal device 1 allows the discount amount by the discount service to be maximized based on the amount information by the accepted discount service and the price of the product to which the discount service is applicable. The product to which the discount service is assigned is determined. Thereby, discount services, such as a coupon ticket, can be allocated to appropriate goods reliably and rapidly.

  In addition, according to the present embodiment, the POS terminal device 1 sets a product to which a discount service is preferentially assigned to a product applicable to a discount service whose product price is equal to or greater than the discount amount. As a result, the entire discount amount can be discounted from the product, and the discount service can be assigned to an appropriate product that maximizes the discount by the discount service.

  Also, according to the present embodiment, the POS terminal device 1 applies the discount service to the product with the highest price among the applicable products when there is no applicable product for the discount service whose product price is equal to or greater than the discount amount. Assign. As a result, the entire amount of the price can be discounted, and the discount service can be assigned to an appropriate product that maximizes the discount by the discount service.

In the above embodiment, the case has been described where the amount information by the discount service is a discount amount, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the amount information by the discount service may be a discount rate. In this case, the assigned product determination unit 107 determines the products to which the discount services are assigned in descending order of the discount rate in the order of the purchased products to be discounted in descending order of price.
For example, when there is a discount service for coupon 1 and coupon 2 and each discount rate of “10%” and “20%” is allocated once, coupon 2 is assigned the highest price. Allocation is made to the purchased product to be discounted, and coupon 1 is allocated to the purchased product to be discounted at the second highest price.
In addition, when the amount information by the discount service is a discount amount, the assigned product determination unit 107 may determine the product to which the discount service with the higher discount rate is assigned in the order of the purchase product to be discounted in order of the price. Good.

In the above embodiment, when the purchased product is a target for assigning a discount other than the discount service according to the present embodiment (hereinafter referred to as other discount), the allocated product determining unit 107 uses the discount service for the purchased product. It may not be determined as a product to be allocated. Specifically, the POS terminal device 1 stores in advance the product number and the presence / absence of other discounts in association with each other. For example, in step S104 in FIG. When the information indicates that there is a discount, it is determined that the product is not a purchased product to be discounted.
As a result, the POS terminal device 1 can prioritize discounts other than the discount service and apply them to purchased products.

Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the case where there were two types of coupons was demonstrated, this invention is not restricted to this, Two or more types may be sufficient. Moreover, the touch key corresponding to the input of a coupon number may also be two or more types.
In the above embodiment, the case has been described where the department number indicating the department to which the product to which the discount service can be applied in FIG. 5 belongs is the department number “0001” (drink department), but the present invention is not limited to this. Coupons applicable to other department numbers, for example, department number “0002” (food department) may be provided. Also, discount services with different department numbers, for example, discount services applicable to department number “0001” and discount services applicable to department number “0002” can be applied in one transaction. Good.
In addition, the product for which the discount service is received may be specified as an individual product instead of a department. Further, a group of products for which a discount service is received may be set as a group separately from the department, and the group may be used as discount service information.

(A1) One aspect of the present invention is a settlement apparatus that registers a purchased product, assigns a discount service to any one of the registered purchased products, and performs a settlement process. The discount service can be applied in advance. Discount service information defined by corresponding a product and a discount amount by the discount service, a discount service request reception unit for receiving a request for the discount service, a discount amount by a discount service received by the discount service request reception unit, Among the registered purchased products, the discount service can be applied so that the discount amount of the discount service is maximized based on the price of the discounted product that can be applied to the discount service. The assigned product determining unit that determines the product to which the discount service is allocated, and the price of the product determined by the allocated product determining unit are allocated to the product. A settlement processing unit that performs discount processing based on a discount amount by the discount service and performs the settlement process, a display name of the product determined by the allocated product determination unit, a display name of the discount service allocated to the product, , And a display unit for displaying the product, and the allocated product determination unit is a product that preferentially allocates the discount service to a product applicable to the discount service whose product price is equal to or greater than the discount amount. It is a payment apparatus characterized by doing.
According to the above configuration, the settlement apparatus maximizes the discount amount by the discount service based on the amount information by the discount service received by the discount service request reception unit and the price of the product applicable to the discount service. As described above, since the product to which the discount service is assigned is determined, the discount service such as a coupon can be assigned to an appropriate product reliably and quickly. The amount information according to the present invention includes both a discount amount for subtracting a certain amount of money or a discount for subtracting a certain amount of money.
According to the above configuration, since the settlement apparatus uses a discount service that is applicable to a discount service for which the product price is equal to or greater than the discount amount, the discount service can be discounted from the product. Discount services can be assigned to the appropriate products with the maximum discount.
(A2) Further, according to one aspect of the present invention, the display unit is a display of the product determined by the allocated product determination unit, and the discount allocated to the product immediately after the display including the display name of the product It is a payment apparatus characterized by displaying a display of a service including a display name of the discount service.
(A3) Further, according to one aspect of the present invention, the amount information is a discount amount, and the allocated product determination unit is applicable to the discount service in which a product price is equal to or more than the discount amount among the purchased products. When there is no special product, the discounting device to which the discount service can be applied having the highest price is a product to which the discount service is assigned.
According to the above configuration, even if there is no product to which a discount service with a product price equal to or greater than the discount amount is available, the settlement apparatus uses the product with the highest price as the product to which the discount service is assigned. A discount service can be allocated for the product with the highest price among purchased products.
(A4) Further, according to one aspect of the present invention, the amount information is a discount amount, and the discount service request reception unit receives a plurality of discount service requests with different discount amounts, and the allocated product determination unit If a plurality of products with different discount prices applicable to the discounted product are registered among the purchased products, the level relationship of the discount amount matches the level relationship of the price of the product to which the discount service of the discount amount is allocated. As described above, the settlement apparatus is characterized by determining a product to which the discount service is assigned.
According to the above configuration, if there are multiple discount services with different discount amounts, and multiple products with different discount prices are registered, the discount service with the higher discount amount is assigned to the higher price product. Therefore, discount services with a low discount amount are allocated to products with low prices, so that the discount service for each discount amount can be maximized.
(A5) Further, one aspect of the present invention is a settlement apparatus that registers a purchased product, assigns a discount service to any of the registered purchased products, and performs a settlement process, and applies a discount service in advance. Discount service information defined by corresponding possible products and discounts by the discount service, a discount service request reception unit for receiving a request for the discount service, and a discount amount by a discount service received by the discount service request reception unit And the discount service applicable product among the registered purchased products so that the discount amount by the discount service is maximized based on the price of the product applicable to the discount service in the purchased product. An assigned product determining unit that determines a product to which the discount service is allocated, and the product price determined by the allocated product determining unit A settlement processing unit that performs a settlement process based on a discount amount by the allocated discount service and performs the settlement process, and the allocated product determination unit is applicable to the discount service in which a product price is equal to or greater than the discount amount If the discount service is preferentially allocated to the discount service, and there are a plurality of the discounted products that have a product price equal to or greater than the discount amount among the purchased products, the discount service with the lowest price Is a product to which the discount service is assigned.
(A6) In addition, according to one aspect of the present invention, the allocated product determination unit may be configured such that when a product to which the discount service is applicable among the purchased products is a target for assigning a discount other than the discount service, The settlement apparatus is characterized in that an applicable product is not determined as a product to which the discount service is assigned.
According to the above configuration, the payment apparatus can apply discounts other than the discount service to the purchased product with priority.
(A7) Further, according to one aspect of the present invention, a discount information totaling unit that totals information related to discounts performed by the allocated product determination unit for each type of discount service or for each product applicable to the discount service It is a payment apparatus characterized by comprising.
According to the above configuration, the settlement apparatus aggregates information on discounts performed by the discount application unit for each type of discount service or for each discountable product, so it can grasp which product the discount was applied to, It is possible to sufficiently calculate the share of discount costs and to aggregate marketing surveys.
(A8) Further, one aspect of the present invention is a settlement system for registering a purchased product, assigning a discount service to any of the registered purchased products, and performing a settlement process, and applying a discount service in advance Discount service information defined by corresponding possible products and discounts by the discount service, a discount service request reception unit for receiving a request for the discount service, and a discount amount by a discount service received by the discount service request reception unit And the discount service applicable product among the registered purchased products so that the discount amount by the discount service is maximized based on the price of the product applicable to the discount service in the purchased product. An assigned product determination unit for determining a product to which the discount service is allocated, and a price of the product determined by the allocated product determination unit, A settlement processing unit that performs discount processing based on a discount amount by the discount service allocated to a product and performs the settlement processing; a display name of the product determined by the allocated product determination unit; and a discount service allocated to the product A display unit that displays the display name in association with each other, and the allocated product determination unit preferentially applies the discount service to products applicable to the discount service whose product price is equal to or greater than the discount amount. This is a checkout system characterized in that it is a product to be allocated.
(A9) Moreover, one aspect of the present invention is a settlement system that registers a purchased product, assigns a discount service to any of the registered purchased products, and performs a settlement process, and applies a discount service in advance. Discount service information defined by corresponding possible products and discounts by the discount service, a discount service request reception unit for receiving a request for the discount service, and a discount amount by a discount service received by the discount service request reception unit And the discount service applicable product among the registered purchased products so that the discount amount by the discount service is maximized based on the price of the product applicable to the discount service in the purchased product. An assigned product determination unit for determining a product to which the discount service is allocated, and a price of the product determined by the allocated product determination unit, A settlement processing unit that performs a settlement process based on a discount amount by the discount service allocated to a product and performs the settlement process, and the allocated product determination unit includes: The applicable product is a product to which the discount service is preferentially assigned, and among the purchased products, when there are a plurality of products applicable to the discount service whose product price is equal to or more than the discount amount, the lowest price A settlement system characterized in that a product to which a discount service can be applied is a product to which the discount service is assigned.

  As described above, the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to the above, and various design changes and the like can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. It is possible to

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A terminal device for registering purchased products and allocating a discount service to any of the registered purchased products,
Discount service information in which products for which a discount service is applicable and the discount amount of the discount service are determined in advance;
A discount service request receiving unit for receiving the request for the discount service;
The registration so that the discount amount by the discount service is maximized based on the discount amount by the discount service received by the discount service request reception unit and the price of the applicable product of the discount service in the purchased product. Among the purchased products, an allocated product determination unit that determines a product to which the discount service is allocated from among the products applicable to the discount service;
A display unit that displays the table of the products determined by the allocated product determination unit-+ and the display name of the discount service allocated to the product in association with each other;
A terminal device comprising: A terminal device for registering purchased products and allocating a discount service to any of the registered purchased products,
Discount service information in which products for which a discount service is applicable and the discount rate of the discount service are determined in advance;
A discount service request receiving unit for receiving the request for the discount service;
The registration so that the discount amount by the discount service is maximized based on the discount rate by the discount service received by the discount service request reception unit and the price of the applicable product of the discount service in the purchased product Among the purchased products, an allocated product determination unit that determines a product to which the discount service is allocated from among the products applicable to the discount service;
A display unit that displays the display name of the product determined by the allocated product determination unit and the display name of the discount service assigned to the product in association with each other;
With
The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the assigned product determination unit preferentially assigns a product to which the discount service is applicable that has a product price equal to or greater than the discount amount to the discount service. The display unit is a display of the product determined by the allocated product determination unit and is a display of the discount service assigned to the product immediately after the display including the display name of the product, and the display name of the discount service The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein a display including the display is displayed. A system for registering purchased products and allocating a discount service to any of the registered purchased products,
Discount service information in which products for which a discount service is applicable and the discount amount of the discount service are determined in advance;
A discount service request receiving unit for receiving the request for the discount service;
The registration so that the discount amount by the discount service is maximized based on the discount amount by the discount service received by the discount service request reception unit and the price of the applicable product of the discount service in the purchased product. Among the purchased products, an allocated product determination unit that determines a product to which the discount service is allocated from among the products applicable to the discount service;
A display unit that displays the display name of the product determined by the allocated product determination unit and the display name of the discount service assigned to the product in association with each other;
A system comprising:

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