JP3903459B2 - How to issue an original receipt - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to your original receipt issuing method.
[0002]
[Prior art]
For example, in retail stores such as supermarkets and convenience stores, a merchandise sales data processing device such as a POS terminal that issues a receipt on which transaction details are printed is installed in the merchandise sales process.
[0003]
The POS terminal issues a receipt printed in a format according to a format predetermined for each store or each chain store.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, it is conceivable to use the receipt by pasting it on a household account book, for example. When pasting on a household account book, an excessively wide pasting space is not required. It is desirable that the receipt is printed with the minimum necessary information.
[0005]
However, in the conventional POS terminal, as described above, since a receipt printed in a form conforming to a predetermined format is issued, it is difficult to issue a receipt according to each customer's request. .
[0006]
An object of the present invention is to obtain a merchandise sales data processing apparatus, a layout information management apparatus, and an original receipt issuing method that can issue a receipt in a form according to a request of each customer.
[0007]
An object of the present invention is to obtain a merchandise sales data processing apparatus, a layout information management apparatus, and an original receipt issuing method that can add a new added value to a receipt.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
[0016]
According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an original receipt issuing method in which layout information relating to a receipt layout and customer information issued in advance to a customer who wishes to issue a receipt are displayed on a display unit of a client computer connected to a server computer via a communication network. to output information to be displayed in order to input the bets, correspondence and said and said layout information based on the information output from the client computer in response to the information displayed on the display unit of the client computer customer information The product information is stored in the layout information file of the server computer and executed by the product sales data processing device based on the product sales information related to the product, and the layout information file is accessed and associated with the specific customer information. Special And to issue a printed receipt in a layout according to the layout information.
[0017]
Therefore, information to be displayed for inputting layout information related to the receipt layout is output to the display unit of the client computer connected to the server computer via the communication network, and the client is displayed according to the information displayed on the display unit of the client computer. Based on the information output from the computer, the layout information and the customer information related to the customer who wishes to issue a receipt in this receipt layout are associated with each other and stored in the layout information file of the server computer. When the product sales process is executed by the product sales data processing apparatus, the layout information file is accessed and printed with the layout according to the specific layout information associated with the specific customer information. Has been receipt is issued.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the original receipt issuing method according to the first aspect, the information to be displayed for inputting the layout information and the customer information is stored on the display unit of the client computer as a mileage receipt design page. Displayed on the screen.
[0018]
According to a third aspect of the invention, in the original receipt issuing method according to claim 2, wherein the My receipt design page, column for inputting service information the customer wishes to print to the receipt has been set.
[0019]
Accordingly, a receipt on which information including service information desired by the customer is printed is issued.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the original receipt issuing method according to the second or third aspect, a layout image column for displaying a layout according to the layout information is set in the Mileage receipt design page.
[0020]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. This embodiment shows an application example to an original receipt issuing system.
[0021]
FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram schematically showing the overall configuration of an original receipt issuing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The original receipt issuing system 1 includes a client PC (Personal Computer) 2 installed in each home, etc., a POS (Point Of Sales) system 3 constituted by each store or each chain store. The client PC 2 and the POS system 3 are connected to the Internet 6 as a communication network via WWW (World Wide Web) servers 4 and 5 of Internet service providers.
[0022]
The POS system 3 includes a POS terminal 13 as one or a plurality of product sales data processing devices installed in each store, a POS server 14 as a layout information management device that manages sales data and the like at each POS terminal, and the like. It is configured.
[0023]
Next, the client PC 2 will be described. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing electrical connection of each unit included in the client PC 2. The client PC 2 is connected to a central processing unit (CPU) that centrally drives and controls each part, a read only memory (ROM) that stores various control programs, and a random access memory (RAM) that functions as a work area for the CPU. The control means 7 which mainly consists of the microcomputer comprised by doing (Microcomputer: Hereafter, it is called a microcomputer) is provided.
[0024]
The control means 7 is connected to a communication control means 8 for controlling data input / output with the Internet 6 and the POS system 3 via the WWW server 4.
[0025]
The control means 7 is connected to a display unit 9 for displaying information, a mouse 10 for inputting information, a keyboard 11 and the like.
[0026]
In addition, the control means 7 is connected to a storage device 12 such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) that stores various programs such as a program that realizes a special function related to operations on the Internet 6 such as a browsing function.
[0027]
Next, the POS server 14 will be described. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing electrical connection of each unit included in the POS server 14. The POS server 14 is a control means 15 mainly composed of a microcomputer constituted by bus-connecting a CPU that centrally drives and controls each unit, a ROM that stores various control programs, a RAM that functions as a work area of the CPU, and the like. It has.
[0028]
The control means 15 is connected to the Internet 6 via the WWW server 5 and communication control means 16 for controlling the input / output of data with each POS terminal 13.
[0029]
The control means 15 is connected to a storage device 17 that stores an HTML (HyperText Markup Language) file, a CGI (Common Gateway Interface) program, and the like, and a storage device 18 that stores a Web server program and the like. These storage devices 17 and 18 are realized by an HDD or the like, for example.
[0030]
Here, the HTML file has a file structure for storing a plurality of hypertexts represented by various screen images (see FIG. 8) described later. The CGI program is an external program that is called via the CGI on the HTML screen.
[0031]
The Web server program transfers an HTML file or executes a CGI program when a request for browsing the Web is received from each client PC 2 via the WWW servers 4 and 5 and the Internet 6. This is a program for outputting information requested for browsing to the client PC.
[0032]
Furthermore, a storage device 19 for storing the My Page database DB shown in FIG. 4 is connected to the control means 15. The My Page database DB has a file structure including a customer information area 100 that stores customer information 100d related to customers and a layout information area 101 that stores layout information 101a related to a receipt layout. Further, the My Page database DB has an incidental information area 102 for storing incidental information 102c which is a detailed matter of the receipt layout specified by the layout information. In the My Page database DB, each layout information and each incidental information are stored in association with each customer information.
[0033]
In the present embodiment, the HTML file, the CGI program, and the Web server program are stored in the independent storage devices 17, 18, and 19, respectively, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the HTML file, the CGI program, and the Web server are stored. The program may be stored in a single storage device.
[0034]
Further, in the present embodiment, the independent storage devices 17, 18, and 19 are provided inside the POS server 14, but the present invention is not limited to this and may be provided outside the POS server 14.
[0035]
Next, the POS terminal 13 will be described. FIG. 5 is an external perspective view showing the POS terminal 13, and FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing electrical connection of each part built in the POS terminal 13. The POS terminal 13 includes a keyboard 20 on the upper surface of the housing 21 that receives an operation by an operator.
[0036]
Although not particularly illustrated, the keyboard 20 includes various operation keys such as a numeric key for manually inputting a product code, a deposit amount, and the like, and a closing key for declaring a closing in a product sales registration process to be described later. Is arranged.
[0037]
The POS terminal 13 includes a printer 22 that prints information in the housing 21. The printer 22 prints a receipt or the like on which the contents of the transaction are printed in a merchandise sales process described later, and issues the receipt from a receipt issuing port 23 that opens toward the front of the housing 21.
[0038]
The POS terminal 13 includes in the housing 21 a magnetic card reader 24 that reads information stored in a magnetic stripe of a point card (not shown) made of a magnetic card held by a customer. The housing 21 is provided with a card reading slit 25 through which the magnetic card is slid.
[0039]
The POS terminal 13 includes a display device 26 that displays information to an operator, and a customer-side display device 27 that displays information toward the customer side.
[0040]
The POS terminal 13 is connected to a barcode scanner 28 that optically reads a product code attached to a product or the like.
[0041]
In addition, the POS terminal 13 includes a control key 29 for setting the operation mode of the POS terminal 13 so as to be freely switchable to each business mode such as a registration mode, a setting mode, a checkout mode, and an inspection mode using a key (not shown).
[0042]
The POS terminal 13 has a control means 30 mainly composed of a microcomputer composed of a CPU that centrally controls each part, a ROM that stores a control program, a RAM that functions as a work area of the CPU, and the like in the housing 21. Yes.
[0043]
The control means 30 is connected to a communication control means 31 for inputting / outputting data to / from the POS server 14 via the LAN.
[0044]
The control means 30 is connected to a storage device 32 for storing various programs such as a control program for executing a merchandise sales process, various files such as a merchandise master file and a sales file.
[0045]
Further, the keyboard 20, printer 22, magnetic card reader 24, display device 26, customer side display device 27, bar code scanner 28, and control key 29 are connected to the control means 30.
[0046]
Next, the operation of each part of the original receipt issuing system 1 will be described. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing on the client PC 2 side regarding an input operation of layout information necessary for issuing an original receipt.
[0047]
First, it connects to the top page of the website of the Internet 6 via the WWW server 4 (S1).
[0048]
A predetermined operation is performed from the top page of the website to access the mileage receipt layout design page P1, and the mileage receipt layout design page P1 shown in FIG. 8 is displayed on the display unit 9 of the client PC 2 (S2).
[0049]
Here, FIG. 8 is a front view showing the mileage receipt layout design page P1 displayed on the display unit 9 of the client PC 2 when browsing the Web page via the Internet 6 from the client PC 2 using the browsing function. is there. On the my receipt layout design page P1, various information related to the receipt layout can be input as layout information.
[0050]
Specifically, a layout form a for setting the layout of the entire receipt is displayed on the my receipt layout design page P1. In the present embodiment, “layout 1” is set as the layout.
[0051]
A layout image b set in the layout form a is displayed below the layout form a on the mail receipt layout design page P1. In the present embodiment, in accordance with the receipt layout determined by “layout 1”, the desired character stamp is printed on the top, the purchased product information is printed on the middle, and the customer desires on the lower. A layout image b for displaying service information is displayed.
[0052]
On the side of the layout image b on the mail receipt layout design page P1, an accompanying information form c for setting various accompanying information to be printed in this area is displayed for each area of the layout image b. In this embodiment, the preferred character stamp to be printed at the top is set to “Character 2”, the font style of the product information to be printed at the middle is set to “Standard”, and the font size is “10.5”. The service information desired to be printed in the lower part is set in “lightning service information”.
[0053]
Here, “lightning service information” is not information that is determined in a single way, but means service information that is changed as appropriate, for example, the release of a new product or the guidance of a campaign.
[0054]
Further, in order to input a customer number 100d issued in advance to this customer as customer information related to a customer who wishes to issue an original receipt in accordance with the receipt layout set in this page P1, in the my receipt layout design page P1. Customer number form d and a “confirm” button e for confirming the information entered on this page. The customer number 100d entered in the customer number form d is the same number as the customer number 100d stored in the magnetic stripe of the point card.
[0055]
Subsequently, the customer uses the mouse 10 and the keyboard 11 to input necessary items on the mileage receipt layout design page P1 (S3).
[0056]
After inputting necessary items on the mileage layout design page P1, the “confirm” button e displayed on the mileage layout design page P1 is clicked with the mouse 10. When the “Confirm” button e is clicked with the mouse 10, it is determined that the input items entered on the My Receipt Layout Design Page P1 are confirmed to be reflected in the issuance of the original receipt at the store (S4 Y) The input layout information 101a and customer information 100d are combined and output to the POS server 14 via the WWW servers 4 and 5 and the Internet 6 (S5).
[0057]
Although not specifically shown, when the POS server 14 receives the layout information via the Internet 6 and the WWW servers 4 and 5, the POS server 14 associates the received layout information 101a with the customer information 100d combined with the layout information 101a. And stored in the mileage receipt database DB. Here, functions as a layout information receiving unit and a layout information storage unit are realized.
[0058]
Next, the merchandise sales process executed by the control unit 30 of the POS terminal 13 will be described. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the flow of merchandise sales processing executed by the control means 30 of the POS terminal 13.
[0059]
First, the customer number 100d is acquired by reading the magnetic stripe attached to the point card presented by the customer with the magnetic card reader 24 of the POS terminal 13 (S20).
[0060]
Based on the acquired customer number 100d, the mileage receipt database DB of the storage device 19 of the POS server 14 is accessed, and the layout information 101a associated with the customer number 100d acquired in step S20 is output to the POS server 14. Is received and the layout information 101a output from the POS server 14 when the layout information 101a exists is received, the target layout information 101a is acquired (S21). Here, the function as the layout information output means is realized by the POS server 14.
[0061]
Note that if the “lightning service information” is included as the incidental information 102c in the layout information 101a, the lightning service information at this time is also acquired.
[0062]
Subsequently, the product registration is performed until it is determined that the closing key has been operated based on the product code input by, for example, scanning the barcode attached to the product with the barcode scanner 28 of the POS terminal 13 (N in S23). (S22).
[0063]
Although detailed description is omitted because it is a known technique, in the product registration executed in step S22, sales data is created from product information obtained by searching a product master file based on the input product code, Temporarily store in a sales buffer secured in RAM or the like.
[0064]
If it is determined that the closing key has been operated (Y in S23), the closing process is executed based on the sales data temporarily stored in the sales buffer in step S22 (S24).
[0065]
Although detailed description is omitted because it is a known technique, the closing process executed in step S24 is performed by storing the sales data temporarily stored in the sales buffer in step S22 in the sales file secured in the RAM or the like. I remember that there was.
[0066]
Subsequently, the printer 22 is driven based on the layout information 101a acquired in step S21 (S25).
[0067]
Thereby, as shown in FIG. 10, the original receipt R according to the receipt layout set on the layout form a of the My Receipt Layout Design Page P1 is issued. In the original receipt R, various incidental information 102c set in the incidental information form c on the my receipt layout design page P1 is printed.
[0068]
Thereby, since the original receipt R according to the request for each customer can be issued, the customer's willingness to purchase can be enhanced and the customer's enclosing effect can be expected.
[0069]
In particular, by printing together with the lightning service information, it is possible to add new added value to the receipt, increase the customer's willingness to purchase, and also expect the customer's entrapment effect.
[0070]
In addition, since data communication between the client PC 2 and the POS server 14 can be freely performed using the Internet 6, when the layout information 101a is registered, a layout desired by the customer is registered at an arbitrary timing. be able to. Thereby, it is possible to realize the original receipt issuing system 1 that is easier to use.
[0071]
【The invention's effect】
[0075]
According to the present invention, a customer can register a desired layout at an arbitrary timing, and the store side sequentially acquires corresponding layout information from the server computer when executing the product sales processing in the product sales data processing apparatus. The receipt of the form according to the request of each customer can be issued. As a result, the customer's willingness to purchase can be enhanced, and the customer can be expected to have an enclosing effect.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram schematically showing an overall configuration of an original receipt issuing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating electrical connection of each unit included in the client PC.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing electrical connection of each unit included in the POS server.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a file structure of a My Page database.
FIG. 5 is an external perspective view showing a POS terminal.
FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing electrical connection of each part built in the POS terminal.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing on the client PC side regarding an input operation of layout information necessary for issuing an original receipt.
FIG. 8 is a front view showing a mail receipt layout design page.
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a flow of merchandise sales processing executed by the control means of the POS terminal.
FIG. 10 is a plan view showing an original receipt.
[Explanation of symbols]
13 Product Sales Data Processing Device 14 Layout Information Management Device 100 Layout Information File

Claims (4)

Outputting information to be displayed in order to input layout information related to a receipt layout and customer information issued in advance to a customer who wishes to issue a receipt on a display unit of a client computer connected to a server computer via a communication network;
Wherein based on the information output from the client computer in response to information displayed on the display unit of the client computer in association with the layout information and the customer information is stored in the layout information file of the server computer,
In the product sales processing executed by the product sales data processing device based on the product sales information related to the product, the layout information file is accessed and printed with the layout according to the specific layout information associated with the specific customer information. An original receipt issuance method that issues issued receipts. Information to be displayed in order to input and said and said layout information customer information, the is one screen displayed on the display unit of the client computer as My receipt design pages, original receipt issuing method according to claim 1, wherein. The original receipt issuing method according to claim 2 , wherein a column for allowing a customer to input service information desired to be printed on a receipt is set in the My Receipt Design page . The original receipt issuing method according to claim 2 or 3, wherein a column of a layout image for displaying a layout according to the layout information is set on the my receipt design page.

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