JP3050822U - Product purchase slip issuing device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] Retailers dealing with a variety of products rich in variety, especially to improve the efficiency of ordering and paying for products from customers to convenience stores, and at the same time, the efficiency of voucher issuance that retailers must bear Improve. SOLUTION: This is a device for issuing a product purchase slip including a customer terminal device connectable via a communication line, a store terminal device, and a management device, wherein the store terminal device is connected to the store terminal device from the customer terminal device. Of the product purchase request data requested to the customer, at least the slip creation data necessary for purchasing the product is transferred to the management device, and the management device purchases the product based on the slip creation data transferred from the store terminal device. Payment slip data in a predetermined format including data necessary for the payment, and individually sends the slip data to the customer terminal device.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a voucher issuing system for purchasing goods using a computer terminal and an apparatus applied to the system.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 In various merchandise transactions based on the trust of customers, especially in various mail-order business using computer terminals, ordered products are provided to customers on the assumption that payment will be made at a later date. Products can be received in the form of, for example, home delivery or a direct receipt system via a convenience store.In either case, there is a product request from a customer to a store, which is subject to payment at a later date. The sales method of passing the desired product in some way is adopted. In this case, the store or dealer must provide the customer with the necessary payment slip to receive the payment from the customer. The customer checks the payment details on the payment slip and pays the money to the bank or post office.

By the way, with the liberalization of finance, it has become possible for retail stores, especially convenience stores, to receive the payment of goods. Convenience stores are located not only in downtown areas but also in suburban residential areas, especially in urban areas such as Tokyo and Osaka, and, unlike banks and post offices, can be used late at night. It is extremely convenient in that the opportunities are overwhelmingly expanded. Many of the reasons for nonpayment that payments cannot be made by the due date are due to lack of payment opportunities due to work hours and living rhythm, and it is expected that unpaid accidents will be significantly reduced by expanding payment opportunities. ing.

[0004] Along with such an increase in payment opportunities, the present inventors have proposed a new slip issuing system using a computer terminal device (Japanese Patent Application No. 9-241970). As shown in FIG. 3, this system device is configured such that, based on requests from terminal devices 70 of various stores / sellers, the server device 80 of the management institution performs a predetermined number of copies on the terminal device 70 side. In particular, a server device 80 on a network and a terminal device 70 that can be connected to the network are required to authenticate a payment slip via a communication network. And a data processing device that issues certificates.

The terminal device 70 receives an ID transmitting unit 72 for transmitting self-identification data for performing data exchange with the server device 80 to the server device 80 and an ID confirmation signal from the server device 80. An authentication requesting unit 75 for requesting the server device 80 to print the payment slip, a slip issuing unit 77 for printing a payment slip of a predetermined form based on the authentication signal received from the server device 80, and And a counter 79 for counting the number of slips being printed, and the number of prints counted by the counter 79 exceeds the number of prints of the slip obtained from the authentication requesting unit 75 to the server 80. In some cases, an issuance stop unit 71 for stopping printing of a slip on the terminal device 70 is provided.

[0006] The server device 80 checks and confirms the self-identification data sent from the terminal device 70, and transmits an identification result to the terminal device. When the authentication data receiving unit 83 that receives the authentication request from the device and the print permission data transmitted from the terminal device 70 to the authentication data receiving unit 83 do not exceed the preset thresholds for the amount and the number of sheets, An authentication data issuing unit 85 that sends an authentication signal to the terminal device 70.

Note that at least one of the server device 80 and the terminal device 70 is provided with a slip creating means 90 for creating a payment slip of a predetermined form (disposed on the terminal device 70 side in the device illustrated in FIG. 3).

[0008] In this device, in response to a slip issuance request requested from the terminal device 70 of various business entities, the server 80 of the management institution forms a predetermined number of payment slips within a predetermined amount limit by a required number of payment slips. Issuance is permitted, and this enables various business entities to issue vouchers quickly for various orders of customers, while using payment vouchers in a unified format. In the past, delays in shipping products and responding were delays in issuing slips, so by issuing slips quickly, customers can enjoy benefits such as being able to receive products early.

[0009]

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

 By the way, such a conventional slip issuance system is based on the premise that a store directly receiving an order from a customer is authenticated to issue a slip via a cash management organization. However, focusing on stores where customers actually pay (for example, convenience stores), convenience stores are mainly responsible for receiving payments, and are concerned with products that they can handle (or have in the future). It will be difficult to handle payments, or rather, use complicated system routes.

[0010] The details are as follows. Taking a certain product, for example, kerosene as an example, conventionally, a kerosene distributor receives an order directly from a customer, receives permission to issue a voucher from a management organization, transfers the voucher data to the customer, and then the customer The payment method will be paid to a convenience store. However, if convenience stores can receive kerosene orders directly from customers, this type of product distribution is inevitably circumvented, and the benefits for convenience stores that perform payment collection services will be too thin. Difficulty occurs. The liberalization of distribution has enabled small retailers, including convenience stores, to handle various types of products, such as non-display products such as travel tickets, concert tickets, air tickets, and various fuels. It is required that the form of payment is changed to a more free form. In other words, convenience stores receive orders from customers widely, regardless of whether they are products that can be sold directly or not, and receive payments directly from customers, while expanding the variety of products handled by convenience stores. This makes it possible to supply orders from customers more reliably and promptly at their own risk.

[0011] However, if each store issues a payment slip independently to a customer, it becomes difficult to develop, introduce, and operate the system.

[0012] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to reduce the burden of issuing a slip at a retail business that adopts various types of store contents, for example, a convenience store, and to improve the efficiency of ordering goods at each store.

[0013]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 To achieve the above object, the slip issuing device according to the present invention is based on a technical premise that a device for issuing a product purchase slip including a customer terminal device, a store terminal device, and a management device that can be connected via a communication line. As described above, the store terminal device transfers at least slip creation data required for product purchase to the management device, out of the product purchase request data requested from the customer terminal device to the store terminal device, The management device creates payment voucher data in a predetermined format including data necessary for purchasing the product based on the voucher creation data transferred from the store terminal device, and individually sends the voucher data to the customer terminal device. To send to.

Further, on the premise of a device for issuing a product purchase slip including a customer terminal device connectable via a communication line, a store terminal device, and a management device, the customer terminal device has at least its own terminal. An ID data sending unit that sends registration data including device identification data and address data to any store terminal device, and sends desired product data including the product brand and number of products to be purchased to the store terminal device. And a store data storage unit for storing the ID data and the desired product data transmitted from the individual customer terminal device, and a purchase data storage unit for storing the ID data and the desired product data. At least, the slip data including the identification data of the customer terminal device, the product brand, the number, and the total price are sent to the management device. A voucher creation unit for creating payment voucher data in a predetermined format based on the voucher data sent from the store terminal device; and A voucher issuing unit that sends out the voucher data to each customer terminal device based on the identification data, and a voucher data storage that stores the payment voucher data.

[0015]

【Example】

 Hereinafter, an operation and an example of an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 shows a configuration of the first invention. This figure shows the minimum system configuration required to achieve the object of the present invention in each of the computer devices (10, 11, 12) of customers, stores, and administrative institutions connected via a communication line. Shown. The communication uses a network line (public telephone line or dedicated line) such as the Internet or a LAN.

The customer transmits the product order data 20 to his / her terminal device 11 via his / her own terminal device 10. This order form is a technology that has been established in the line utilization business via the Internet. In the normal case, the data contents to be transmitted from the customer terminal device 10 to the store terminal device 11 include, for example, the customer's address, name, desired product, and number. Requires at least data to identify the customer's terminal device, such as an address and a telephone number. The customer's name and address are not necessarily required as long as the customer terminal can be identified. This is because customers may go directly to stores to receive ordered products. That is, a configuration may be employed in which so-called customer ID data such as name and address is requested from the shop terminal device 11 as necessary.

On the other hand, the shop terminal device 11 transfers, to the management device 12, the slip creation data 21 necessary for purchasing a product, out of the product order data 20 sent from the customer terminal device. The data to be transferred are, first, data for specifying the customer's terminal device 10 (for example, an address or a telephone number on a line) and data for specifying a product and a price. This is because, if there is at least these data, the computer device (12) of the management organization can create a slip of a predetermined form and send the slip data 22 to the terminal device 10 of the customer.

The management device (server) 12 creates payment slip data 22 in a predetermined format including necessary data for product purchase based on the slip creation data 21 transferred from the store terminal device 11, 22 are individually sent to the customer terminal device 10. Of course, it is desirable that the management device 12 has various functions for accumulating data assets, such as creation of statistical data. It is desirable that the management device 12 be provided with a server device for receiving access from a plurality of mail-order companies. Here, the server device means a computer device capable of centrally processing a plurality of terminals connected simultaneously on a line.

With this system configuration, each store can receive a product order directly from a customer. On the other hand, the customer prints out the slip data 22 sent through the management organization, and goes to the store to pay the price. Can pay. When a product is received at a store, it is only necessary to pay for the product at that store, but if the payment can be made at any location, only the price at one of the stores (or a financial institution such as a post office) may be used. You can also pay.

Further, unlike the conventional slip issuing system, the slip data 22 can be sent directly to the customer via the management device 12 only for the order from the customer, so that the processing steps of the slip creation are significantly different. This can be simplified, and the slip data 22 can be transferred almost instantaneously to the customer who has ordered the product. From the customer's point of view, payment slips can be received with a time lag within a few seconds from the product request, and the payment slips can be easily created without the need for complicated confirmation of whether or not the slip data has arrived unlike the conventional system. Will be able to receive it.

FIG. 2 shows an apparatus configuration according to the second invention, which includes more specific and auxiliary means for realizing the first invention.

First, the customer terminal device 10 transmits at least an ID data transmitting unit 30 for transmitting registration data including identification data and address data of the terminal device 10 of the customer terminal device 10 to an arbitrary store terminal device 11; And a desired product data transmitting unit 40 for transmitting desired product data including the product brand and the number of products desired to the store terminal device. The identification data of the terminal device 10 includes the address and telephone number on the line described above. It can be a domain name. Although the address data is essentially unnecessary for creating a slip, it is necessary to prevent accidents such as false product orders. Preferably, such data is registered in the terminal device 11 of the store. If there is no registration, there is a possibility to stop the subsequent slip creation process.

The store terminal device 11 includes a purchase data storage unit 31 that stores the ID data and the desired product data transmitted from the individual customer terminal device 10, and at least one of the ID data and the desired product data. A slip data sending unit 41 for sending slip data including the identification data of the customer terminal device, the product brand, the number, and the total price to the management device 12 is provided.

The purchase data storage unit 31 is a means for recording fact data necessary for product management at each store, and purchases and arranges products based on order data from customers recorded here. (Arrangement of air tickets, hotels, theaters, etc.) or store asset data such as sales performance management for each customer. For customers who have not confirmed the receipt of goods or payment results even after the lapse of the specified number of days, take reminding measures such as contacting reconfirmation based on the records.

The management device 12 includes a voucher creating unit 32 that creates payment voucher data in a predetermined format based on the voucher data sent from the terminal device 11 of the store, and the created voucher data is used as identification data of the customer terminal device. A voucher issuing unit 42 for sending to each customer terminal corresponding to the voucher, and a voucher data storage unit 52 for storing the generated voucher voucher data.

The slip creating unit 32 achieves the object if there is at least a function of writing the desired product (including the attached data such as date and time, location, seat, etc. in the case of a ticket) and the amount of money on the slip data. . Preferably, the name of the customer or the identification data of the terminal device of the customer is written in the slip data, so as to reliably prevent the product from being mixed up. The form of the slip to be created is arbitrary, but in order to simplify the payment processing at the store, the minimum required data such as the amount, product, customer ID, etc. is in a format that can be read by an optical reader device, and the customer's printer It is desirable to use a printable format using a device, for example, a barcode method.

The slip data storage unit 52 records and tabulates slip issuance results requested by a number of chain stores, and constructs data assets on which various statistical methods are based. Although this means is a system part which is not related to the customer, it is an absolutely necessary means for operating the management device 12. If there is no data storage for issuing slips, it will be difficult to objectively grasp the operating entity and performance of the management device 12, and it will also be difficult to process data such as actual trends at each store and statistics for each product area. Because it becomes.

[0028]

[Effect of the invention]

 As described above, according to the voucher issuing system and apparatus according to the present invention, it is possible to improve the efficiency of the ordering and payment of goods from customers in retail business, which handles a wide variety of products, particularly convenience stores. At the same time, by improving the efficiency of voucher issuance that retail stores must bear, it is possible to dramatically improve the efficiency of product orders at each store.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the principle of a slip issuing system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a specific example of a slip issuing system according to the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a conventional slip issuing system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Customer terminal device 11 Store terminal device 12 Management device (server) 20 Merchandise order data 21 Chit creation data 22 Chit data 30 ID data transmission part 31 Purchase data storage part 32 Chit creation part 40 Desired merchandise data transmission part 41 Chit data Sending unit 42 Slip issuing unit 52 Slip data storage unit

Claims (2)

[Utility model registration claims] 1. An apparatus for issuing a product purchase slip comprising a customer terminal device connectable via a communication line, a store terminal device, and a management device, wherein the store terminal device is connected to the store terminal from the customer terminal device. At least, of the product purchase request data requested for the terminal device, at least the slip creation data necessary for purchasing the product is transferred to the management device, and the management device, based on the slip creation data transferred from the store terminal device, An apparatus for issuing a product purchase slip, wherein payment slip data in a predetermined format including necessary data for product purchase is created, and the slip data is individually transmitted to the customer terminal device. 2. The product purchase slip issuing device according to claim 1, further comprising a customer terminal device connectable via a communication line, a store terminal device, and a management device, wherein the customer terminal device comprises at least: An ID data transmitting unit for transmitting registration data including identification data and address data of its own terminal device to an arbitrary store terminal device; and transmitting desired product data including a product brand and quantity desired to be purchased to the store terminal device. And a purchase data storage unit for storing the ID data and the desired product data transmitted from the individual customer terminal devices; and a store for storing the ID data and the desired product data. Among the product data, at least the identification data of the customer terminal device, the product brand, the number,
A voucher data transmitting unit for transmitting voucher data including the total amount to the management device, wherein the management device generates a voucher data in a predetermined format based on the voucher data transmitted from the store terminal device. A voucher issuing unit that sends out the created payment voucher data to each corresponding customer terminal device based on the identification data of the customer terminal device, and a voucher data storage unit that stores the payment voucher data. Issuing device for product purchase slips.