JP2014153910A - Money registration device, money registration system and money registration program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a money registration device and a money registration system capable of efficiently managing point balances of multiple shops.SOLUTION: The money registration device includes: a commodity master for storing a price of each commodity; a transaction file for storing the contents of one transaction; a point database for storing points for each identifier uniquely assigned to each customer; a communication section communicating with a portable terminal owned by each customer; and a control section for transmitting a point balance and a shop name to the portable terminal having an input/output part displaying points for each shop.

Description

  Embodiments described herein relate generally to a money registration apparatus, a money registration system, and a money registration program.

  In recent years, a sales promotion method has been common in which a membership card is issued to a member of the company and various preferential services are provided to customers who bring the membership card.

  A conventional cash registering device such as a POS terminal includes a card reader that can read a member card issued by the company, reads an ID from the member card by the card reader, and points the member to the point server based on the ID. And give or use points when clearing one transaction.

  For this reason, customers have to have as many member cards as the number of stores that have become members, and in order to inquire about the point balance, they have to connect to the point server for each store using a communication line such as the Internet using a personal computer.

  For this reason, not only has the number of cards increased, but it also takes time to check the point balance for each store.

JP 2003-272052 A

  Accordingly, there is a need for a cash registering device, a cash registering system, and a cash registering program that can efficiently manage the point balances of a plurality of stores.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, an embodiment of the present invention provides a product master that stores a unit price for each product, a transaction file that stores the contents of one transaction, and a point for each identifier that is uniquely assigned to a customer. A point database to be stored; a communication unit that communicates with a mobile terminal held by a customer; and a control unit that transmits the point and the store name to the mobile terminal having an input / output unit that displays the point for each store name. Provide a cash register device.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a money registration system provided with a money registration apparatus. It is a figure which shows the data structure of ID-DB. It is a figure which shows the data structure of ID file. It is a figure which shows the data structure of a point file. It is a figure which shows the data structure of a goods master and goods master. It is a figure which shows the data structure of a transaction file. It is a figure which shows the data structure of point DB. It is a figure which shows the data structure of a point master. It is a figure which shows the data structure of point management DB. It is a flowchart which shows ID provision operation | movement of an ID provision server. It is a figure which shows the point management operation | movement of a money registration apparatus. It is a figure which shows the example of a point balance list.

  Hereinafter, one embodiment of a money registration device, a money registration system, and a money registration program will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  The cash registering apparatus of the present embodiment includes a product master that stores a unit price for each product, a transaction file that stores the contents of one transaction, a point database that stores points for each identifier uniquely assigned to the customer, A communication unit that communicates with the mobile terminal, and a control unit that transmits the point and the store name to the mobile terminal having an input / output unit that displays the point for each store name.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a money registration system including a money registration apparatus 40 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the cash registration system includes a cash registration device 40 such as a so-called POS terminal installed in a store 3, a store controller 30 installed in the store 3 and connected to the money registration device 40, and a customer A portable terminal 2 such as a mobile phone or a smartphone possessed, an ID assigning server 1 that issues an ID uniquely assigned to a customer, and a headquarter server 5 installed in the headquarters are provided.

  A small cash registration system does not have the headquarter server 5. Further, a smaller cash registration system does not have the headquarter server 5 and the store controller 30.

  The cash registering device 40 includes a control unit 41 having a CPU for performing calculations, an input / output unit 44 for inputting and outputting information such as a touch panel, a keyboard, a card reader, and a scanner, and a storage device 42 such as a ROM, a RAM, and a hard disk drive. The first communication unit 43A and the second communication unit 43B that perform communication.

  The cash registering apparatus 40 may further be connected to a drawer for taking money in and out.

  The storage device 42 stores a product master 42A for storing a unit price for each product code uniquely assigned to a product, a transaction file 42B for storing the contents of one transaction, and a point balance for each ID uniquely assigned to a customer. A point database (hereinafter, the database is referred to as DB) 42C.

  The storage device 42 stores a money registration program. The control unit 41 reads this money registration program from the storage device 42 and executes it.

  The first communication unit 43A communicates with the store controller 30. The first communication unit 43A can use a communication method such as a wired LAN or a wireless LAN.

  The second communication unit 43B communicates with the mobile terminal 2. The second communication unit 43B communicates with the mobile terminal 2 using a communication method using a wireless tag such as a wireless LAN, Bluetooth (registered trademark), NFC, or the like, a barcode, or the like.

  The store controller 30 includes a control unit 31 including a CPU that performs arithmetic operations, an input / output unit 34 that inputs and outputs information such as a touch panel and a keyboard, a storage device 32 such as a ROM, a RAM, and a hard disk drive, and a cash registration device 40. And a communication unit 33 that performs communication via the first communication unit 43A.

  The storage device 32 includes a product master 32A that stores a unit price for each product code uniquely assigned to a product, and a point master 32B that stores a point balance for each ID uniquely assigned to a customer.

  When the money registration system includes the store controller 30, the money registration device 40 inquires of the store controller 30 about a product code that is not stored in the product master 42 </ b> A, and receives product information such as a product name and a unit price related to the product from the store controller 30. And stored in the product master 42A.

  When the money registration system includes the headquarter server 5, the store controller 30 transmits the ID received from the money registration device 40 to the headquarter server 5, receives the ID and the point balance from the headquarter server 5, and receives the received ID and the point balance. Is transmitted to the cash registering apparatus 40.

  The headquarter server 5 communicates with a control unit 51 including a CPU that performs computation, an input / output unit 54 that inputs and outputs information such as a touch panel and a keyboard, a storage device 52 such as a ROM, a RAM, and a hard disk drive, and a store controller 30. And a communication unit 53 that performs communication via the communication unit network 33 and the communication line network 7.

  The storage device 52 includes a point master 52A that stores a point balance for each ID uniquely assigned to a customer.

  The ID assigning server 1 includes a control unit 11 including a CPU that performs calculation, an input / output unit 14 that inputs and outputs information such as a touch panel and a keyboard, a storage device 12 such as a ROM, a RAM, and a hard disk drive, and a portable terminal 2. And a communication unit 13 that performs communication via the second communication unit 23 </ b> B and the communication line 6.

  The storage device 12 stores an ID-DB 12 </ b> A that stores an ID uniquely assigned to a customer, and a point application 12 </ b> B that is a program executed on the mobile terminal 2.

  The portable terminal 2 includes a control unit 21 including a CPU that performs calculation, an input / output unit 24 that inputs and outputs information such as a touch panel and a keyboard, a storage device 22 such as a ROM, a RAM, and a hard disk drive, and an ID assignment server 1. A first communication unit 23A that performs communication and a second communication unit 23B that performs communication with the cash registering apparatus 40 are provided.

  The storage device 22 stores an ID file 22A that stores an ID uniquely assigned to a customer, and a point file 22B that stores a point balance for each store name.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a data configuration of the ID-DB 12A. As shown in FIG. 2, the ID-DB 12A stores an “ID” that is an identifier uniquely assigned to a customer and a “mail address” that indicates the customer's mail address.

  As an example of each data, the ID is “1001234” and the mail address is “abc@cde.com”.

  FIG. 3 shows the data structure of the ID file 22A. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the ID file 22 </ b> A stores “ID” that is an identifier uniquely assigned to a customer.

  An example of ID data is “1001234”.

  FIG. 4 shows the data structure of the point file 22B. As illustrated in FIG. 4, the point file 22 </ b> B stores a “store name” that indicates a store that sells products, and a “point balance” that is a point balance for each customer store.

  In the example of each data, the store name is “A Denki” and the point balance is “13000”.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a data configuration of the product master 42A and the product master 32A. As shown in FIG. 5, each of the product master 42A and the product master 32A is unique to each product, the “department” and “class” to which the product to be sold belongs, the “product name” that is the name of the product, and the product master 42A. The “product code” that is the name assigned to and the “unit price” that is the selling price of the product are stored.

  In the example of each data, the department is “food”, the class is “daily product”, the product name is “M milk”, the product code is “123456”, and the unit price is “198”.

  FIG. 6 shows the data structure of the transaction file 42B. As shown in FIG. 6, the transaction file 42B includes a “department” and a “class” to which the product to be sold belongs, a “product name” that is the name of the product, and a “product code” that is a name uniquely assigned to each product. ”,“ Unit price ”that is the selling price of the product, and“ quantity ”that is the quantity of the sold product.

  In the example of each data, the department is “food”, the class is “daily product”, the product name is “M milk”, the product code is “123456”, the unit price is “198”, and the quantity is “1”.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a data configuration of the point DB 42C. As illustrated in FIG. 7, the point DB 42 </ b> C stores “ID” that is an identifier uniquely assigned to a customer and “point balance” that is a point balance for each store of the customer.

  In the example of each data, the ID is “1001234” and the point balance is “13000”.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a data configuration of the point master 32B. As illustrated in FIG. 8, the point master 32B stores “ID” that is an identifier uniquely assigned to a customer, and “point balance” that is a point balance for each store of the customer.

  In the example of each data, the ID is “1001234” and the point balance is “13000”.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a data configuration of the point management DB 52A. As illustrated in FIG. 9, the point management DB 52 </ b> A stores “ID” that is an identifier uniquely assigned to a customer and “point balance” that is a point balance for each store of the customer.

  In the example of each data, the ID is “1001234” and the point balance is “13000”.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the ID assigning operation of the ID assigning server 1. As shown in FIG. 10, in step 1001, the mobile terminal 2 transmits an ID assignment request to the ID assignment server 1.

  In step 1002, the ID assignment server 1 generates an ID unique to the customer. Specifically, it is generated in such a way that an ID unique to the customer is assigned to the mail address of the customer. The ID assignment server 1 transmits the generated ID to the mobile terminal 2.

  In step 1003, the mobile terminal 2 transmits a point application download request, which is an application program for managing the customer point balance for each store in a list, to the ID assigning server 1.

  In step 1004, the ID assignment server 1 transmits the point application to the mobile terminal 2.

  In step 1005, the mobile terminal 2 installs a point application.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a point management operation in the money registration apparatus 40 of the money registration program. As shown in FIG. 11, in step 1101, the cash registering apparatus 40 scans a product code of a product to be sold. The cash registering apparatus 40 searches the product master 42A based on the scanned product code, and stores the read department, class, product name, unit price, and quantity to be sold in the transaction file 42B.

  In step 1102, the cash registering apparatus 40 determines whether the subtotal button has been pressed. If the cash registering device 40 determines that the subtotal button has been pressed, it proceeds to step 1103, and if it does not determine that the subtotal button has been pressed, it returns to step 1101.

  In step 1103, an ID request for requesting ID transmission is transmitted to the mobile terminal 2 in which the point application is activated.

  In step 1104, the portable terminal 2 reads the ID from the ID file 22 </ b> A and transmits it to the cash registering apparatus 40.

  In step 1105, the cash registering apparatus 40 searches the point DB 42C based on the received ID and reads the point balance.

  The money registration device 40 reads the point balance of the ID from the point master 32B in the case of a money registration system having the store controller 30 and from the point management DB 52A in the case of a money registration system having the store controller 30 and the headquarter server 5. .

  In step 1106, the cash registering apparatus 40 calculates points from the total sales of the sold products, and adds the points to the point balance to obtain a new point balance.

  In step 1107, the cash registering apparatus 40 stores the calculated point balance in the ID of the point DB 42C. The money registration device 40 stores the point balance of the ID in the point master 32B in the case of a money registration system having the store controller 30 and in the point management DB 52A in the money registration system having the store controller 30 and the headquarter server 5. To do.

  In step 1108, the cash registering apparatus 40 transmits the points or point balance to be given to the portable terminal 2 together with the store name.

  In step 1109, the portable terminal 2 receives the store name and the given points or point balance.

  In step 1110, the portable terminal 2 stores the received granted points or point balance in the point balance corresponding to the corresponding store name in the point file 22B.

  In step 1111, the portable terminal 2 reads the store name and the given points or point balance from the point file 22 </ b> B, and displays the list on the input / output unit 24 as a list.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a point balance list. As illustrated in FIG. 12, the mobile terminal 2 displays a point balance as a list on the input / output unit 24 for each store name.

  As described above, the cash registering apparatus 40 according to the present embodiment has a product master 42A for storing the unit price for each product, a transaction file 42B for storing the contents of one transaction, and a point for each identifier uniquely assigned to a customer. Control for transmitting the point DB 42C for storing the point, the second communication unit 43B for communicating with the portable terminal 2 possessed by the customer, and the point and the store name to the portable terminal having the input / output unit 24 for displaying this point for each store name A section.

  Therefore, there is an effect that the point balance of a plurality of stores can be managed efficiently.

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

1: ID assignment server 2: mobile terminal 5: headquarter server 30: store controller 40: money registration device

Claims (6)

A product master that stores the unit price for each product;
A transaction file that stores the contents of one transaction;
A point database that stores points for each unique identifier assigned to the customer;
A communication unit that communicates with a mobile terminal of a customer;
A control unit for transmitting a point and a store name to the portable terminal having an input / output unit for displaying the point for each store name;
A cash registering device. The portable terminal is
The cash registering apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an ID is given from an ID granting server that generates each identifier uniquely assigned to a customer. The portable terminal is
A first communication unit communicating with the ID assigning server;
A second communication unit that communicates with the cash registering device,
The cash registering device
The cash registering apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the store name and the points are transmitted via the second communication unit. A headquarters server comprising a point management database for storing points for each identifier uniquely assigned to a customer;
A store controller connected to the headquarters server;
The customer has a product master that connects to the store controller and stores a unit price for each product, a transaction file that stores the contents of one transaction, a point database that stores a point balance for each identifier uniquely assigned to the customer, and A cash registering device comprising: a communication unit that communicates with a mobile terminal; and a control unit that transmits a point and a store name to the mobile terminal having an input / output unit that displays the point for each store name;
A cash registration system. The portable terminal is
The money registration system according to claim 4, wherein an ID is given from an ID grant server that generates each identifier uniquely assigned to a customer. A control unit that performs arithmetic processing;
A product master that stores the unit price for each product;
A transaction file that stores the contents of one transaction;
A point database that stores points for each unique identifier assigned to the customer;
A communication unit that communicates with a mobile terminal of a customer;
A cash register device comprising:
A money registration program for causing a point and a store name to function as a transmission unit that transmits an input / output unit that displays the point for each store name.

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