JP3787235B2 - Membership card issuance system - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a membership card issuance system that can issue membership cards to an unspecified number of customers immediately after application.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent years, retailers for general consumers have been improving services and streamlining paperwork in order to compete for customers, and one of them is to issue a card on the spot when applying for a membership card, A system that can immediately receive discounts and other services is built and put into practice.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, because there is not enough time, conventionally, when a membership card is issued, the applicant receives an entry on the application form with the card attached to the specified part, and then removes the card from the application form. The card was simply handed to the card and issued, and the name of the customer who became a member could not be handed over to the card. If you issue a card with your name, you have to mail it at a later date. In addition, it is difficult to rewrite the items once entered on the card. For example, when adding points according to the purchase price of a member, use a paper card that can be updated with a stamp. Or, there was a disadvantage that it was necessary to issue a point card different from the membership card.
[0004]
An object of the present invention is to provide a membership card issuing system using a membership card application form in which such inconveniences are eliminated.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve this object, the membership card issuing system according to claim 1 of the present application has machine-readable identification information and a thermoreversible display unit on each surface, and this thermoreversible display. The Department holds the membership card that has a privilege information display section that displays the benefits to members and a name display section that displays the name of the card applicant, as well as member information such as the name and telephone number of the card applicant. A member card application entry section that describes the information, and an identification information display section that displays machine-readable identification information having the same content as the machine-readable identification information unique to each card attached to the membership card a system for issuing a membership card using card application form, reads the identification information attached to the membership card membership card reading / printing entry device having a thermal printer bets To the identification information, leave temporarily registered and the privilege information printed filled in the thermal printer privilege information display unit in a database file in association with the control unit, at an appropriate time after issuing cards, membership cards The identification information displayed on the identification information display part of the application form and the member information such as the card applicant's name entered in the membership card application entry part are input from the input part, and this input information is used as identification information in the control part. Based on the privilege information of the registered database file based on the registration, the registration is made in the database file, and when the next membership card is presented, the membership card identification information is read by the membership card reading / printing device and controlled. The name of the registered card applicant linked to this identification information is called from the database file and the name display is When special information is updated, the special information display is heated to erase the old information, and new special information is printed on the special information display using a thermal printer. The privilege information is read by a member card reading / printing entry device and is registered in a database file in association with the control unit.
[0006]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Here, FIG. 1 is a plan view of a membership card application form according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line XX of FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the card issuing device, and FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents of a member information database file.
[0007]
First, the structure of the membership card application form will be described based on FIG. 1 and FIG. The member card application form 1 is a copy paper piece 6 having a card holding paper piece 4 in which the member card 2 is detachably bonded with an adhesive 3 and an application item copy entry section 5 as a copy entry section in which the application items are copied and written by writing. Are connected to each other via a folding portion 7 made of a push line, a perforation, or the like, and a copy paper piece 9 having a filing hole 8 on one side of substantially the same size on the copy paper piece 6. , And are bound together with the adhesive 10 so as to be separable along the folding part 7.
[0008]
On the surface of the member card 2, a member code 11 of bar code display, which is machine reading information unique to each member card 2, is printed in advance, and a name display unit 12 that prints the name of the member who is an applicant, The privilege information display part 13 which prints the point information which is privilege information to a member is provided. The name display unit 12 and the privilege information display unit 13 constitute a thermoreversible display unit. This thermoreversible display can be used to enter desired items by performing thermal printing with the thermal head of a thermal printer, and can be erased by applying a temperature higher than a predetermined temperature. But you can repeatedly fill and erase.
[0009]
Then, on the portion of the card holding paper piece 4 that does not overlap with the membership card 2, an explanatory note 17 describing the description of privilege information or the like is printed. The point information, which is privilege information, is a numerical value added according to the purchase amount of the product, and it is possible to obtain a discount or a prize at the time of purchasing the product according to this numerical value.
[0010]
On the other hand, an application item entry unit 14 as a member card application entry unit for writing application items is provided on the surface of the copy paper piece 9 and is the same as the member code 11 which is machine reading information unique to each member card 2. An identification information display unit 16 for printing the member code 15 which is a bar code display is provided. In the present embodiment, the member code 15 is printed on the identification information display unit 16 in advance. Further, the entry items in the application item entry unit 14 are copied and entered in the application item copy entry unit 5, and the configuration of both entry units 14 and 5 is the same.
[0011]
The adhesives 3 and 10 that are separably bonded as described above have weak adhesive strength, and may cause cohesive failure and interface peeling of the adhesive layer, or may be adhesives with strong adhesive strength, What is necessary is just to comprise by providing the ink film by printing ink, the resin film by peelable resin, etc. in the adhesion surface of a to-be-adhered body so that an interface adhesive force may become weak in the interface with any one adherend to adhere. Is.
[0012]
Further, since the copy paper piece 6 is connected and integrated with the card holding paper piece 4 via the folding portion 7, it is carbonless in which a developer is applied to the entire surface so as to be copied to the application item copy entry portion 5. A copy lower leaf paper may be used, or a general developer may be used to partially apply the developer only to the application item copy entry portion 5 of the copy paper piece 6.
[0013]
Further, the copy paper piece 9 may be a carbonless top copy paper coated with a microcapsule containing a coloring agent on the entire back surface so that it can be copied and entered in the application item copy entry section 5 of the copy paper piece 6. You may apply | coat the microcapsule which encloses a coloring agent only to the said application item copy entry part 5 part using paper.
[0014]
In addition, as a copying method, a physical copying method in which carbon is transferred by copying through a back carbon method or a separate carbon paper may be adopted without using a chemical coloring method. Is.
[0015]
Next, an apparatus used for issuing a membership card will be described with reference to FIG. A member card reading / printing device 21 having a bar code reader for reading the member code 11 of the member card 2 and a thermal printer for printing desired information on the name display unit 12 and the privilege information display unit 13 is controlled. It is controlled by a program stored in the memory of the unit 22 in advance. The input unit 23 is composed of a keyboard or the like, and inputs necessary information. The input information is sent to the control unit 22. The display unit 24 is composed of a CRT display device or a liquid crystal display device, and displays information read by the member card reading / printing device 21 and information input from the input unit 23 based on the control of the control unit 22. . Member information data constructed from these various types of information sent to the control unit 22 is registered in the member information database file 25.
[0016]
Next, a membership card issuing system using the membership card application form 1 configured as described above will be described. First, the applicant reads the explanation 17 written on the card holding paper piece 4 and agrees, and then fills in the necessary items in the application item entry section 14 of the copy paper piece 9. This entry is copied and entered in the application item copy entry section 5 of the copy paper piece 6 (see FIG. 3).
[0017]
When the applicant hands over the member card application form 1 filled with necessary items together with the merchandise purchased by the customer to the store clerk, the store clerk separates the copy paper piece 9 from the copy paper piece 6 and keeps it as a copy, while holding the member card 2 The member code 11 is read from the card holding piece 4 through the member card reading / printing device 21. Further, the number of points corresponding to the purchase price of the product is input from the input unit 23, the number of points is printed on the privilege information display unit 13 of the member card 2 and a card is issued, and the card holding paper piece 4 and the copy paper piece 6 and hand it to the applicant.
[0018]
The membership card 2 can identify the card user by mechanically reading the member code 11 displayed as a bar code, which is machine reading information unique to each card, and the name display unit 12 displays the name of the card user. By displaying, the card user can be identified visually.
[0019]
At the time of issuance of the card, the member code 11 and the number of points as privilege information are provisionally registered, but the name data of the card user is not registered in the member information database file 25, and the name display unit 12 displays the name. Is not displayed. The card user's name is input from the input unit 23 together with other description contents using the copy sheet 9 filed using the hole 8 as an input original at a later date, while the member code 15 of the copy sheet piece 9 is mechanically read. The registered membership card 2 is then associated and registered in the member information database file 25.
[0020]
Then, when the card user comes to the store next time and presents the member card 2, the member card 2 is loaded on the member card reading / printing device 21 and the member code 11 is mechanically read to search the member information database file 25. In addition, the name corresponding to the member code 15 identical to the member code 11 is printed on the name display unit 12, and the number of points according to the purchased product is added to the number of points already entered in the privilege information display unit 13. cure. The rewriting of the point number of the privilege information display unit 13 is performed according to the point number of the purchased product every time the card user presents the membership card 2.
[0021]
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and the member code 11 and the member code 15 may be displayed as numbers instead of barcodes, and the member code 11 and the member code 15 need to be displayed in the same form. Alternatively, the member code 11 may be displayed as a bar code, while the member code 15 may be displayed as a number having the same content, or conversely, the member code 11 may be displayed as a number, while the member code 15 may be displayed as the same. You may display with the barcode of contents. Further, the member code 11 attached to the member card 2 may be magnetically readable. Further, the member code 15 may not be printed in advance on the identification information display unit 16 and may be handwritten by the store clerk when the card is issued. Furthermore, it goes without saying that the benefits are not limited to discounts on merchandise based on the number of points or gifts of prizes.
[0022]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the membership card issuance system described in claim 1 of the present invention, it is possible to immediately issue a membership card in accordance with the presentation of the membership card application form and use the identification information. The issued membership card and the name of the membership card holder can be linked at a later date, and the name of the membership card holder can be printed on the membership card, and the privilege information displayed on the membership card can be easily rewritten. Play.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a plan view of a membership card application form.
2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line XX in FIG.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which a copy sheet is cut off after a necessary item is filled in a membership card application form.
FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a member card issuing device.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents of a member information database file.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Member Card Application Form 2 Member Card 3,10 Adhesive 4 Card Holding Paper Piece 5 Application Copy Copying Section 6 Copy Paper Strip 7 Folding Section 9 Record Paper Strip 11,15 Member Code 12 Name Display Section 13 Bonus Information Display Section 14 Application Information Filling Unit 16 Identification information display unit 21 Member card reading / printing device 22 Control unit 23 Input unit 24 Display unit 25 Member information database file

Claims (1)

Each card has a unique machine-readable identification information and a thermoreversible display on each card. This thermoreversible display displays the privilege information display for displaying benefits to members and the name of the card applicant. A member card having a name display part to be held in a removable manner, and a member card application entry part for writing member information such as the name and telephone number of the card applicant, and a card specific to each card attached to the member card A system that issues a membership card using a membership card application form that has a machine-readable identification information and an identification information display section that displays machine-readable identification information of the same content, and the identification attached to the membership card with read by membership card reading / printing entry device having a thermal printer information, identification information and the privilege information that is printed filled in the thermal printer bonus information display part Are temporarily registered in the database file in association with the control unit, and at an appropriate time after the card is issued, the identification information displayed on the identification information display unit of the member card application form and the member card application entry unit are entered. The member information such as the name of the card applicant is entered from the input unit, and the control unit associates this input information with the privilege information of the registered database file based on the identification information and stores it in the database file. When registering and presenting the next member card, the member card reading / printing device reads the member card identification information, and the control unit associates the name of the registered card applicant with the database file. Call out and fill in the name display with a thermal printer and if the privilege information has been updated, heat the privilege information display. After clearing the old information, and printing filled in a thermal printer new privilege information to privilege information display unit, reading the privilege information entered by membership card reading / printing entry device, registered in a database file in association with the control unit A membership card issuance system characterized by:

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