JP3722212B2 - Product sales data processing system - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a merchandise sales data processing system in which a plurality of terminals having a merchandise registration function and an accounting process function and a host machine having a collective management function of each terminal are connected so as to be capable of data communication.
[0002]
[Prior art]
For example, a plurality of terminals (for example, an electronic cash register) having a product registration function and an accounting processing function shown in FIG. 7 and a host machine (for example, a store controller) having a collective management function for each terminal 10AP, 10BP,..., 10YP, 10ZP ) In stores 100A and the like that have introduced a merchandise sales data processing system that is connected to 20P via a data communication line 1 so that data communication is possible, as a part of customer service, this transaction data (for example, sales amount) There is what is formed so that a privilege (for example, service point) can be given.
[0003]
That is, the customer submits a membership card (referred to as a membership card or a point card) before and after the accounting process at each terminal 10AP, 10BP,..., 10YP, 10ZP. If the cashier can confirm that the customer is a member while reading the card information from the card received from the customer using a card reader, the benefit (service point) corresponding to the transaction data (sales amount) this time Is calculated and given to the customer. The granted current points are accumulated (added) to the points so far, stored in the point card, and stored in a file in the host device 20P.
[0004]
A member can receive a service (for example, discount, acquisition of novelty, etc.) according to the number of service points given.
[0005]
Accordingly, when there are a plurality of tenants 101A, 101B,..., 101Y, 101Z that have opened in the store 100A in FIG. 7, the businesses of each tenant are separate corporations (A company, B company,..., Y company, Z ) Is overwhelmingly common. In addition, each business operator (Company A, Company B,..., Company Y, Company Z) opens a store in each other local store (for example, 100B, 100C,...).
[0006]
Then, each business operator (Company A, Company B,..., Company Y, Company Z) has their own tenant (101A, 101B,..., 101Y, in any store (100A, 100B, 100C,...)). 101Z), a card (for example, one of A001 to A999) unique to the company (for example, company A ... tenant 101A) is issued to each customer (member) in order to grant a privilege to the customer (member). are doing.
[0007]
Thus, even when the customer A purchases a product at a business in the store 100A (A company's tenant 101A), even when the customer A purchases a product at the same business in the other store 100B (A's tenant 101A). If the card (for example, A001) issued by the business operator (company A) is used in the terminal 10AP belonging to the business operator (tenant 101A of company A), it is possible to enjoy the benefits in accordance with the same grant standard. It is.
[0008]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, in the conventional system, when the customer A makes a purchase at the store 100A shown in FIG. 7 and a tenant of another company (for example, a tenant 101A of company A, 101B of company B, 101Z of company Z), A plurality of customers A owns the customer A when receiving each accounting process for the purchased product at each of the terminals 10AP, 10BP, 10ZP belonging to each of the companies A, B, Z (tenants 101A, 101B, 101Z). Cards issued by each of the companies (for example, A001 card issued by company A, B001 card issued by company B, C001 card issued by company C, ..., Y001 card issued by company Y, Z001 card issued by company Z) Cards (A001 card, B001 card, Z001 card) must be selected and submitted.
[0009]
Therefore, in practice, when going to the store 100A for shopping, the customer A has all the cards possessed (A001 card issued by A company, B001 card issued by B company, C001 card issued by C company, ..., Y company) Each of the terminals 10AP, 10BP, which must be brought (possessed) and belongs to the company A, B, Z (tenants 101A, 101B, 101Z) It is pointed out that handling of a card for granting a privilege is very troublesome because a card issued by the business operator (A001 card, B001 card, Z001 card) must be selected and submitted at 10ZP. Furthermore, there is a problem that if the forgotten business card is forgotten, the privilege at the store cannot be enjoyed.
[0010]
On the other hand, for the cashier side, it is necessary to check whether the card submitted by the customer is issued by the operator to which the terminal in charge belongs, and if it is different, carefully explain that fact. Business efficiency is reduced because new cards must be received and the same work must be done.
[0011]
An object of the present invention is to provide a merchandise sales data processing system in which both a customer and a cashier can easily handle a privilege-giving card.
[0012]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The invention of claim 1 is a merchandise sales data processing system in which a plurality of terminals having a merchandise registration function and an accounting process function and a host machine having a collective management function of each terminal are connected so that data communication is possible. It is formed so that the card information read from the customer-submitted card by the terminal and the operator to which the terminal belongs can be clarified so that the customer can inquire whether the customer owns the card issued by the affiliated operator And when the host device receives an inquiry from the terminal, the customer can determine whether or not the customer owns the card issued by the affiliated company. If the customer determines that the customer owns the card issued by the affiliated business operator in the higher-level machine, the customer's current transaction data handled in the terminal and stored in advance The privilege granting process corresponding to the affiliated company that has been assigned is formed so that the privilege granting process can be executed, and the higher-level machine is granted the present privilege granted by executing the privilege granting process from the affiliated company to the customer. A product that is formed so that it can be reflected corresponding to the issued card, and that the terminal can output to which card in the customer-owned card the benefit is given this time. It is a sales data processing system.
[0013]
In such an invention, each terminal (for example, electronic cash register), for example, in the accounting process after the product registration process, by placing the customer submission card (for example, membership card) received from the customer by the cashier, for example, on the card reader, The card information read from the card and the business to which the terminal belongs are clarified, and an inquiry is made as to whether or not the customer owns the card issued by the business to which the customer belongs to the host device.
[0014]
“Clarifying the operator to which the terminal belongs” means that the card issuer (accounting entity: operator) that can be used in the terminal is clarified. Specifically, for example, it can be clarified by inquiring a higher-level machine by including a business name, business number, tenant name, terminal number, etc. in the message.
[0015]
When receiving a query from the terminal, the host device refers to, for example, the card-specific point result file or member master file, and determines whether or not the customer owns the card issued by the affiliated company. Determine.
[0016]
In the terminal (or host machine) that is the source of the inquiry, if it is determined that the customer owns the card issued by the affiliated business operator in the host machine, the current transaction data of the customer handled by the terminal and A privilege granting process (point granting process) is executed using privilege granting data (for example, service point granting data) corresponding to the affiliated company stored in advance.
[0017]
Then, the higher-level machine reflects the current privilege (service point) granted by executing the privilege granting process in association with the card issued by the affiliated business operator to the customer (for example, the current point is reflected on the previous points) Accumulate and store the accumulated value). On the other hand, the terminal outputs (for example, receipt printing) to which card in the customer-owned card the benefit is given this time.
[0018]
Therefore, it is convenient because the customer does not need to bring all the cards that can be used in the store, and the cashier does not need to check the consistency of multiple cards each time, so the operational efficiency can be improved, and the customer and The cashier can easily handle the card for granting the privilege, and the privilege granting process can be performed quickly and accurately.
[0019]
Further, the invention of claim 2 is capable of responding to the terminal that the card is present when the host device determines that the customer owns the card, and that the terminal has the card from the host device. Is received so that the current transaction data of the customer can be transmitted to the higher-level machine, and the higher-level machine corresponds to the current transaction data of the customer received from the terminal and the affiliated business operator stored in advance. The privilege granting process can be executed using the privilege grant data to be performed and the current privilege granted by this execution can be reflected corresponding to the card issued to the customer from the affiliated company and the terminal A merchandise sales data processing system that can be printed out on a receipt to which card in the customer-owned card is granted this time. .
[0020]
In such an invention, when receiving an inquiry from the terminal, the host device determines whether or not the customer owns the card issued by the affiliated company while referring to the member master file, for example, and When it is determined that the customer owns the affiliated company issued card, the customer responds to the terminal that the card is present.
[0021]
The terminal that has received this response transmits the current transaction data of the customer to the host machine. Then, the host machine executes the privilege granting process using the current transaction data received from the terminal and the privilege granting data (for example, point granting data) corresponding to the affiliated business operator stored in advance.
[0022]
And the present privilege granted by executing the privilege granting process is reflected in correspondence with the card issued to the customer from the affiliated company (for example, up to that point stored in the card-specific point results file The accumulated points are accumulated in points and the accumulated value is stored), and at least the presently granted points are notified (transmitted) to the terminal. Thus, the terminal prints out on a receipt issued to the customer which card in the customer-owned card has been granted this privilege.
[0023]
Accordingly, in addition to being able to achieve the same operational effects as in the case of the invention of claim 1, the privilege given to each terminal by the processing in the host machine can be collectively managed for each card in the host machine and the customer can It is possible to immediately and accurately know which card (operator) has been granted the privilege. And since it is not necessary to give privilege separately within a terminal, the load of each terminal can be reduced.
[0024]
The invention of claim 3 is a merchandise sales data processing system in which the current transaction data is a current transaction amount and the benefit is a service point given as a score corresponding to the current transaction amount for each terminal. is there.
[0025]
In this invention, since service points (privileges) are given as points corresponding to the current transaction amount for each terminal, the same operational effects as those of the inventions of claims 1 and 2 can be obtained. Furthermore, the privilege granting process for each card can be performed more uniformly, accurately and quickly.
[0026]
The invention of claim 4 is a merchandise sales data processing system in which each terminal belongs to any one of a plurality of businesses located in the same store.
[0027]
In this invention, each terminal belongs to any one of a plurality of businesses located in the same store, that is, a terminal installed in the same store is dedicated to one business. However, since other business card can be used, in addition to the effects similar to those of the inventions of claims 1 to 3, the utility can be further expanded.
[0028]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
[0029]
As shown in FIG. 1, the product sales data processing system has the same basic configuration (10, 20) as that of the conventional example (FIGS. 7... 10P, 20P). As shown, the card information read by each terminal 10 from the customer-submitted card and the business operator (tenant) to which the terminal 10 belongs are clarified, and the customer owns the card issued by the business operator belonging to the host device 20. It is formed so that it can be inquired whether or not there is, and when the host device 20 receives an inquiry, it is formed so that it can be determined whether or not the customer owns the card issued by the affiliated company. (Or each terminal 10) stored in advance and the current transaction data of the customer handled by the terminal 10 when it is determined that the customer owns the card issued by the affiliated business operator in the host machine The benefit grant process corresponding to the affiliated company is formed so that the privilege grant process can be executed, and the upper-level machine 20 is issued from the affiliated company to the customer for the current benefit granted by executing the privilege grant process. The terminal 10 is formed so that it can be reflected, and the terminal 10 is configured to be able to output to which card of the customer-owned card the benefit is given.
[0030]
In FIG. 1, a product sales data processing system includes a host device (store controller SC) 20 having a product master file or the like (not shown), and a plurality of terminals (electronic cash registers) 10 having product local files or the like (not shown). Can be registered using the product data stored in either the product local file or the product master file in the device itself and can be processed. Is formed.
[0031]
First, the host computer 20 includes a CPU 21, a ROM 22, a battery-backed RAM (cache) 23, a keyboard (KB) 26, a display (IND) 27, an HDD (hard disk device) 29, and an FDD (flexible disk). Device) 28 and an interface (I / F) for the network 1, and has a collective management function, a point (privilege) grant function, etc. for each terminal 10 (10A to 10N).
[0032]
The HDD 29 is provided with a member master file 29KM, a point assignment data table 29PT, and a card-based point result file 29PJ.
[0033]
As shown in FIG. 2, the member master file 29KM includes information for managing a member (customer) [customer no. (Phone number is used), name, address, etc.] in this embodiment, for the convenience of search, customer No. Corresponding to (using a telephone number), the card information possessed by the customer can also be stored.
[0034]
This card information includes a card No. for identifying a card for membership certification (membership) of an issuer (for example, Company A, Company B, Company C,..., Company N). Is remembered as For example, customer no. The customer (Taro Yamada) who is (03333335555) is the card of the number (A001) issued by the business entity (Company A), the card of the number (B777) issued by Company B, and the Company N I own the card with the issued number (N123).
[0035]
As shown in FIG. 3, the point granting data table 29PT has point granting data for each business operator (for example, Company A ... issuer ... tenant ... card No.) for granting a privilege (in this embodiment, service points). It is means for storing as (point unit amount).
[0036]
For example, a card No. issued by a business operator (Company A: Issuer) is used. If the card is from (A001) to (A999), 1 point will be given for each (250 yen) if the sales amount (current transaction data, which is current transaction data) is up to 5000 yen (~ 5000 yen) To do. Similarly, if the sales amount (current transaction data) is an amount up to 10000 yen (-10,000 yen) (200 yen), and if it is 10001 yen or more (10001 yen-), 1 (150 yen) It is data that shall be given points.
[0037]
As shown in FIG. 4, the card-specific point result file 29PJ is means for storing card-specific point results [for example, current points, accumulated points, and others (for example, points until the previous time, usable expiration date)]. In this embodiment, the card No. (E.g., A001) includes the issuer (tenant ... business operator ... company A) and the customer number. (For example, telephone number 0333335555) is stored in correspondence.
[0038]
That is, the privilege in this embodiment is given as a score corresponding to the current transaction amount (current transaction data), that is, as a service point. In this sense, each card also serves as a point card.
[0039]
The FDD 28 and the flexible disk (FD) are used for installing the program shown in FIG. Of course, the program shown in FIG. 5 may be installed using the FDD 28 and downloaded to each terminal 10.
[0040]
A terminal (TM) 10 including an electronic cash register includes a CPU 11, a ROM 12, a battery-backed RAM (cache) 13, an HDD 19, a scanner (SCN) 14, a keyboard (KB) 15, a display (IND) shown in FIG. ) 16, a receipt printing printer (PRT) 17, an interface (I / F) and a drawer (DRW) 18 with an automatic opening device, and has a product sales data processing function (product registration function, accounting processing function, etc.) .
[0041]
A card reader / writer 40 reads card information stored in the card from the card and writes and stores the processed card information in the card.
[0042]
Each terminal 10 has a plurality of businesses located in the same store (for example, 100A, 100B, 100C,...) [For example, A company, B company,..., Y company, Z company (tenants 101A, 101B,. , 101Z)] belonging to any one of the companies (tenants). It does not belong to two or more operators (tenants). In other words, each tenant (for example, a specialty store) has a dedicated cash register (10) used when accounting for products sold by the tenant.
[0043]
When a customer A purchases a product A in a tenant (for example, 101A of company A), product registration (ST10 in FIG. 5) is performed at the terminal (for example, 10A) and by the cashier. Other products (N, M, O) are also registered, and when the product registration for all products (A, N, M, O) is completed, a closing operation (YES in ST11) is performed, and the accounting process ( ST12) is executed.
[0044]
At this time, the cashier reads the card received from the customer by placing it on the card reader / writer 40. If no card is submitted (NO in ST13 ... N), the process proceeds to receipt issuance (ST20). It is a case where points are not given because the member is not regarded as a member or the card is forgotten. Even if NO is determined in ST16, the process immediately proceeds to receipt issuance (ST20).
[0045]
When the card is read (YES in ST13: Y), the inquiry means (CPU 11, ROM 12) reads the card information read from the card and the identification code of the business to which the terminal 10A belongs [for example, company A, The tenant name 101A, the business name, the business number, and the terminal number may be used, but in this embodiment, the number is determined so that the issuing entity (business) is understood (for example, A001 of A001 is the business name). (Indicates Company A.) Read card No. (A001, B777 or N123)] is clearly included in the message, and the card (A001 to A999) issued by the customer A to the host machine (SC) 20 from the affiliated company (Company A). Is inquired as to whether or not one is owned (ST14).
[0046]
That is, in this embodiment, the first step of checking whether or not the card exists from the card information (ST31 in FIG. 6), and the second step of checking the customer who owns the card if it can be confirmed that the card exists. After (ST33), in order to determine whether or not the customer possesses a card issued by the business operator (a card that can be used in a terminal in a tenant as the business operator) as a third stage (ST35). To be clear.
[0047]
The above-mentioned “reading card No. (A001, B777 or N123)” means that, for example, in the terminal 10A, the customer A issues an A company issued card (No. A001), a B company issued card (No. B777), and an N company issued card ( No. N123) means any one of the cards selected and submitted to the cashier. If the customer A submits any of the Company A issued card (No. A001), Company B issued card (No. B777), and Company N issued card (No. N123) at the terminal 10A, the privilege is provided. It also means being able to receive it.
[0048]
When the host device 20 receives an inquiry from the terminal (TM) 10 (YES in ST30 in FIG. 6), in this embodiment, the host device 20 refers to the card point result file 29PJ in FIG. It is determined whether or not customer A owns a card issued by the affiliated company (company A) (YES in ST32 to ST35).
[0049]
Specifically, the card possession determining means (CPU 21, ROM 22) refers to the card-specific point result file 29PJ in FIG. Customer No. corresponding to (A001, B777 or N123). (Phone number 0333335555, 0333335555 or 0333335555) is acquired (ST33) and the member master file 29KM by issuer shown in FIG. 2 is searched (ST34), and the customer A opens the inquiry source (tenant 101A opened) It is determined whether or not there is a card issued by the company A, which is a business operator (ST35).
[0050]
In FIG. 2, customer A (Taro Yamada) whose customer number (No.) is (03333335555) is determined to have a card with the card number (No.) issued by Company A (A001) (YES in ST35). The
[0051]
Then, the response means (CPU 21, ROM 22) responds to the terminal 10A that the inquiry source card is present (ST36). If it is determined that there is no card (NO in ST35), the terminal 10A is responded that there is no inquiry source card (ST37).
[0052]
Note that even if the card possession discrimination means (21, 22) searches the point result file 29PJ for each card in FIG. Customer No. corresponding to (for example, D567). Can not be obtained (NO in ST32), the response means (21, 22) also responds to the terminal 10A that there is no inquiry source card (ST37).
[0053]
On the terminal 10A side that is the inquiry source, when the higher-level machine 20 receives a determination result that the customer A owns the card issued by the affiliated company (company A) (YES in ST15 in FIG. 5). This transaction data transmission control means (CPU 11, ROM 12) handles the current transaction data of the customer A handled by the terminal 10A (including the sales amount that is the current transaction amount) .... the sales amount that is the current transaction amount. Is transmitted to the host device 20 (ST17).
[0054]
When this is received (YES in ST38 in FIG. 6), the point grant processing (privilege grant processing) means (CPU 21, ROM 22) on the host device 20 side receives the current transaction data received from the terminal 10A and the points shown in FIG. Using the point grant data (privilege grant data) corresponding to the affiliated company (company A) stored in advance in the grant data table 29PT, point grant processing (privilege grant processing) is executed (ST39, ST40). .
[0055]
For example, if the sales amount (current transaction amount), which is the current transaction data, is “8000 yen”, for example, the point unit amount is 200 yen, so the current granted points (points) are 40 points (= 8000/200). It is.
[0056]
Thereafter, the card-by-card reflection means (CPU 21, ROM 22) issues the current grant point (privilege) granted by the execution of the point (privilege) grant process (ST40) from the affiliated company (Company A) to the customer A. Reflected in association with the card (card No. is A001).
[0057]
In this embodiment, a new accumulated value (40 points) obtained by accumulating the currently granted points (40 points) to the accumulated points (eg, 50 points) stored so far in the card-by-card point result file 29PJ in the own device (20). 90 points) is reflected and updated (stored).
[0058]
Further, the current grant point (privilege) notifying means (CPU 21, ROM 22) notifies (transmits) at least the current grant point (40 points) to the terminal 10A (ST42). In this case, the card No. Also notify (A001). Just in case.
[0059]
Thus, on the terminal 10A side, which card (A001) in the customer-owned card (A001, B777, N123) the current grant point (40 points) received from the higher-level device 20 (YES in ST18 in FIG. 5) corresponds to The printer 17 prints out the receipt (issued to the customer) while driving the printer 17 (ST20).
[0060]
Therefore, the customer A does not have to bring (possess) all the cards (A001, B777, N123) that can be used in the store 100A, so it is convenient and the cashier also confirms the consistency of the plurality of cards each time. Since there is no need, the business efficiency can be improved, and both the customer A and the cashier can easily handle the card for granting the privilege, and the privilege granting process can be performed quickly and accurately.
[0061]
Moreover, the privilege (service points) given to each terminal 10 by the processing in the host device 20 can be collectively managed for each card in the host device 20, and the fact that the customer is given the privilege (service points) and which It is possible to know instantly and accurately whether a privilege has been granted for a card (operator). Moreover, since it is not necessary to give privilege separately within the terminal 10, the load of each terminal 10 can be reduced.
[0062]
In addition, since the current transaction data is the current transaction amount (sales amount) and the benefits are given as points corresponding to the current transaction amount (sales amount) for each terminal 10 (10A to 10Z), The privilege grant process can be made more uniform, accurate and quick.
[0063]
Furthermore, even if the terminal 10 (10A) installed in the tenant 101A opened in the same store 100A is dedicated to one operator (Company A), another operator (for example, Company B or Company N) Since the benefits can also be enjoyed using other cards issued from, the usability can be further expanded.
[0064]
In addition, although the above embodiment demonstrated the case where it constructed | assembled so that a privilege (service point) provision might be performed in the high-order machine 20, the present invention is not limited to this. In other words, a copy of the above-described member master file 29KM and the point (privilege) grant data table 29PT may be downloaded to each terminal 10 so that each terminal 10 grants a privilege (service point).
[0065]
A point-by-card result file (corresponding to 29PJ) related to the card of the business to which the terminal 10 belongs is provided in the terminal 10, and the point-by-card result for each terminal card is managed in the terminal 10 (only in the terminal 10). You may be able to do it. Furthermore, you may make it write and memorize | store a point (privilege) performance on a card | curd.
[0066]
【The invention's effect】
According to the invention of claim 1, each terminal can inquire whether the card information and the operator to which the terminal belongs and whether or not the higher-level machine owns the card, and the higher-level machine owns the card related to the inquiry. If each terminal or host device is determined that the customer owns the card issued by the affiliated company, the current transaction data handled by the terminal and the provision of benefits corresponding to the affiliated company It is formed so that privilege grant processing can be performed using data, and this privilege that the higher-level machine is granted can be reflected corresponding to the card issued to the customer from the affiliated company, and the terminal is privileged this time Is a merchandise sales data processing system that can output to which card in the customer-owned card the card can be used in the store. It is convenient because it is not necessary to bring everything together, and it is not necessary for the cashier to check the consistency of multiple cards each time, so work efficiency can be improved, and the customer and cashier can easily handle the card for granting benefits. Therefore, the privilege grant process can be performed quickly and accurately.
[0067]
Further, according to the invention of claim 2, when the host device determines that the customer owns the carrier issued card, the card presence can be responded to the terminal, and the terminal receives the card presence The current privilege is formed so that the current transaction data can be transmitted to the host device, and the privilege granting process can be executed and granted using the current transaction data received by the host device and the privilege grant data corresponding to the affiliated company. In response to the card issued to the customer by the affiliated company, the receipt indicates which card in the customer-owned card is granted the benefit this time. Since it is formed so that it can be printed out, in addition to being able to achieve the same effects as in the case of the invention of claim 1, the benefits given to each terminal by further processing in the host machine can be increased. It is possible simultaneously managed for each card in the machine the customer can know which card whether (operator) privilege granting for is made to immediately and accurately, can be recorded held via a receipt. And since it is not necessary to give privilege separately within a terminal, the load of each terminal can be reduced.
[0068]
Further, according to the invention of claim 3, since the current transaction data is the current transaction amount and the benefit is a service point given as a score corresponding to the current transaction amount for each terminal, In addition to being able to achieve the same effects as in the inventions of Item 2, the privilege granting process for each card can be performed more uniformly, accurately and quickly.
[0069]
Furthermore, according to the invention of claim 4, since each terminal belongs to any one of a plurality of businesses located in the same store, the terminals installed in the same store etc. Even if it is exclusive for one business operator, the card for other business operators can be used. Therefore, in addition to being able to produce the same effects as those of the inventions of claims 1 to 3, the utility can be further expanded.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an overall block diagram for explaining an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is also a diagram for explaining a member master file in the host machine.
FIG. 3 is also a diagram for explaining a point assignment data table in the host machine.
FIG. 4 is also a diagram for explaining a card-based point result file in the host machine.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the operation on the terminal side in the same manner.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation on the host machine side in the same manner.
FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining a conventional example.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 LAN
10 terminal (product sales data processing system)
14 Scanner
15 keyboard
16 Display
19 HDD
20 Host machine (product sales data processing system)
26 keyboard
27 Display
29 HDD
Member master file by 29KM distributor (operator)
29PT Point grant data table by distributor (operator)
29PJ card point results file
40 Card reader / writer

Claims (4)

In a merchandise sales data processing system in which a plurality of terminals having a merchandise registration function and an accounting process function and a host machine having a collective management function of each terminal are connected so that data communication is possible.
It is possible to inquire whether or not the customer owns the card issued by the affiliated company to the higher-level machine by clarifying the card information read from the customer-submitted card by each terminal and the operator to which the terminal belongs. It is formed so that it can be determined whether or not the customer owns the card issued by the affiliated company when the host machine receives an inquiry from the terminal,
When each terminal or the host machine determines that the customer owns the card issued by the affiliated company in the host machine, the current transaction data of the customer handled by the terminal and the previously stored data It is formed so that privilege grant processing can be executed using privilege grant data corresponding to the affiliated company,
The host device is formed so that the current privilege granted by executing the privilege grant process can be reflected in correspondence with the card issued to the customer from the affiliated company, and the terminal has the customer's current card A merchandise sales data processing system configured to be able to output which card is given to which card. When the host device determines that the customer owns the card, it can respond to the terminal that the card is present, and when the terminal receives a card presence from the host device, the customer's current time The transaction data is formed so that it can be transmitted to the host device, and the host device uses the present transaction data of the customer received from the terminal and the privilege grant data corresponding to the affiliated business operator stored in advance. It is possible to execute the granting process and the present privilege granted by this execution can be reflected in correspondence with the card issued to the customer by the affiliated company, and the terminal is assigned to which card in the customer-owned card The merchandise sales data processing system according to claim 1, wherein the merchandise sales data processing system is configured to be able to print out on a receipt whether or not a privilege has been granted this time. The product sales data processing system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the current transaction data is a current transaction amount, and the privilege is a service point given as a score corresponding to the current transaction amount for each terminal. The product sales data according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein each terminal belongs to any one of a plurality of businesses located in the same store. Processing system.

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