JP3881838B2 - Purchase information management system - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a purchase information management system for managing purchase information when shopping at a supermarket or a vending machine.
[0002]
[Prior art]
For example, when shopping at a supermarket, go to the cash register, ask the store clerk to calculate the total amount of shopping at the register, pay the total amount to the store clerk, and the store clerk at the register with the receipt that contains the purchase information Issue it and give it to the customer. The receipt at this time is generally made of paper.
[0003]
On the other hand, in recent years, electronic transactions using personal computers and mobile phones have become popular. Recently, household accounts are generally managed by software on a personal computer.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, it is inefficient to input purchase information into a personal computer while looking at a receipt made of paper delivered at a supermarket, and there is also a problem in terms of saving paper resources. In addition, when a product is purchased with a vending machine, there is no issue of a receipt, so the purchase amount is forgotten and there is a problem that the management of the household account book becomes inaccurate.
[0005]
The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a purchase information management system that can efficiently and accurately manage purchase information and is useful for resource saving.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The purchase information management system of the present invention has a connection device for connecting to a mobile phone by wire or wirelessly, and purchase information related to customer purchases from the connection device to the mobile phone at the time of checkout processing or product sales. a register or an automatic vending machine transmits to, a wired connection or wireless connection device of the register or vending machine, said register or automatically said purchase information stored receiving the purchase information transmitted from the connection device A mobile phone that transmits the purchase information to a data server automatically via a base station and an Internet network upon receiving a coincidence determination signal from the register or vending machine, and the mobile phone A data server that receives and stores purchase information sent from the Internet, and is connected to this data server via the Internet Characterized in that it comprises a personal computer to view the purchase information stored in the data server.
[0007]
In such purchase information management system, de Tasaba is preferably editing and storing the purchase information received. Furthermore, it is preferable that the personal computer can download and edit purchase information stored in the data server in addition to browsing.
[0008]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Next, an embodiment of a purchase information management system according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a purchase information management system of the present invention. This purchase information management system includes a register 10, a mobile telephone 20, a data server 30, and a personal computer 40.
[0009]
The register 10 is a register placed in a supermarket or the like, and has a bar code reading unit, a key input unit 10a, a calculation unit, a storage unit (both not shown), a display unit 10b, a receipt issuing unit 10c, etc. The total amount of products purchased by customers can be calculated by reading a barcode attached to the product, change can be calculated, and a receipt can be issued. Further, the register 10 has a connection device 11 for connecting to the mobile telephone 20 by wire or wireless, and purchase information relating to the purchase of the customer (in the checkout process for calculating the total price of the product purchased by the customer) The date of purchase, purchased product name, unit price, number of items, total by product, consumption tax, grand total, deposit amount, change amount, etc., which are the same as or similar to the information described in the receipt) are transmitted from the connection device 11. . The connection device 11 is an external connection terminal when connected to the mobile phone 20 by wire, and is a power-saving wireless device when connected to the mobile phone wirelessly. A power-saving wireless device is a system that performs short-distance two-way wireless communication between a master and a slave. The frequency band does not require a special license and can be used in common all over the world. ). As shown in FIG. 2, the power-saving wireless device has a protocol 11a of the power-saving wireless device as software, and has a baseband unit 11b and an RF unit 11c as hardware. The connection device 11 can also receive information from the mobile telephone 20 side.
[0010]
The mobile telephone 20 is a single mobile telephone or a mobile telephone incorporated in a personal digital assistant (PDA). The mobile telephone 20 is connected to the connection device 11 of the register 10 by wire or wirelessly and is transmitted from the register 10. Purchase information can be received and information can be transmitted to the register 10. Here, if the mobile telephone 20 is connected to the register 10 by wire connects the external connection terminal (not shown) of the mobile telephone 2 0 connection device 11 of the register 10 with the code (external connection terminal). On the other hand, when the mobile telephone 20 is connected to the register 10 wirelessly, the mobile telephone 20 has the same power-saving radio as the power-saving radio apparatus of the register 10 in addition to the mobile telephone circuit 21 as shown in FIG. A device 22 is provided. The power-saving wireless device 22 includes a power-saving wireless device protocol 22a as software and a baseband unit 22b and an RF unit 22c as hardware. On the other hand, the mobile phone circuit 21 has a mobile phone communication protocol (PDC, 3GPP, etc.) 21a as software, and has a baseband unit 21b and an RF unit 21c as hardware. Reference numeral 23 denotes a man-machine interface (MMI) such as a key operation unit or an LCD display unit, which is connected to the mobile telephone circuit 21 and the power saving radio apparatus 22.
[0011]
Further, the mobile telephone 20 can transmit the purchase information received from the register 10 to the data server 30 on the internet via the base station 50 and the internet network by storing the address of the data server 30 on the internet. . The data server 30 includes editing software, and edits and stores the received purchase information in a household account book format.
[0012]
The personal computer 40 is a personal computer placed at home, and the personal computer 40 accesses the data server 30 via the Internet network, whereby purchase information stored in the data server 30 is stored in the household account book of the personal computer 40 at home. Can be viewed with software. Further, the personal computer 40 can download the purchase information in the data server 30 and can edit the purchase information in the data server 30.
[0013]
The management of purchase information by the above system will be described with reference to the sequence of FIG. When the customer purchases a product (step S1), the customer goes to the cash register with the product. Then, the store clerk uses the register 10 to calculate the amount of the product purchased by the customer (step S2). The customer pays money corresponding to the calculated amount (step S3).
At this time, money can also be paid using a credit card. Then, the store clerk inputs the deposit amount into the register 10 or sets a credit card in the register 10, and then operates the register 10 to calculate change and issue a receipt (step S4).
[0014]
At this time, the purchase information related to the purchase of the customer is transmitted from the register 10 to the mobile telephone 20 owned by the customer by wire or wirelessly (step S5). Is connected to the register 10). Then, on the mobile telephone 20, purchase information is simply displayed on the MMI 23 (LCD display unit) in FIG. 3 (step S6). The customer can check the contents of the purchase information by looking at it (step S7). The purchase information transmitted to the mobile telephone 20 is stored in the mobile telephone 20 and is returned from the mobile telephone 20 to the register 10 (step S8). Then, the register 10 determines whether or not the purchase information transmitted to the mobile telephone 20 matches the purchase information returned (received) from the mobile telephone 20 (step S9). Repeats information retransmission, reception, and match determination.
[0015]
On the other hand, if the register 10 determines that the transmitted purchase information matches the returned purchase information and the mobile telephone 20 has correctly received the purchase information, an OK signal is transmitted from the register 10 to the mobile telephone 20 ( Step S10). Then, the mobile telephone 20 automatically transmits the stored purchase information to the data server 30 on the Internet via the base station 50 and the Internet network based on the stored address (Step S11). The data server 30 receives the transmitted purchase information, edits it with editing software, and stores the purchase information in a household account book format. Thereafter, the customer can browse the purchase information stored in the data server 30 with the personal computer 40 at home by accessing the data server 30 via the Internet connection using the personal computer 40 at home after returning home. Further, the purchase information stored in the data server 30 can be downloaded to the personal computer 40 at home, or the purchase information in the data server 30 can be edited by the personal computer 40 at home.
[0016]
As described above, according to the above system, for example, when shopping at a supermarket, purchase information is automatically transmitted from the register 10 to the data server 30 on the Internet via the customer-owned mobile telephone 20, and the household account book. The data is stored in the data server 30 in a format, and the customer can browse the purchase information in the data server 30 with the personal computer 40 at home after returning home. Therefore, it is not necessary to input purchase information to a personal computer while looking at a receipt made of paper delivered at a supermarket, and the purchase information can be managed efficiently. In the above description, a receipt is issued. However, it is also possible to save paper by omitting the receipt.
[0017]
Although the above embodiment is a case where shopping is performed at a supermarket and the checkout process is performed at the register 10, purchase information is also obtained from the vending machine when the merchandise is purchased with the vending machine. , And further transmitted from the mobile telephone 20 to the data server 30 for storage. In this way, even if no receipt is issued by the vending machine, the purchase information can be accurately described in the household account book (data server 30), and the purchase information can be managed accurately.
[0018]
【The invention's effect】
As described above in detail, according to the purchase information management system of the present invention, purchase information can be managed efficiently and accurately, and also useful for resource saving.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a purchase information management system according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a circuit configuration of a power-saving wireless device provided in a register as one aspect according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of a mobile telephone used as an aspect in the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram showing an operation according to the embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
10 register 11 connection device 20 mobile telephone 30 data server 40 personal computer 50 base station

Claims (3)

A register having a connection device for connecting to a mobile phone by wire or wirelessly, and transmitting purchase information regarding purchase of a customer from the connection device to the mobile phone at the time of a settlement process using cash or a credit card or a product sale Or with vending machines,
The register or the connection device of the vending machine is wired or wirelessly connected, receives purchase information transmitted from the connection device, stores the purchase information, and transmits the purchase information to the register or vending machine. A mobile telephone that automatically transmits the purchase information to a data server via a base station and an Internet network upon receiving a match determination signal from a vending machine ;
A data server for receiving and storing purchase information transmitted from the mobile telephone;
A purchase information management system comprising: a personal computer connected to the data server via an Internet network and browsing purchase information stored in the data server.   The purchase information management system according to claim 1, wherein the data server edits and stores the received purchase information.   The purchase information management system according to claim 1, wherein the personal computer can download and edit purchase information stored in the data server in addition to browsing.

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