JP4462003B2 - How advertising information is processed - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for processing advertisement placement information. In particular, the present invention relates to a method for processing advertisement placement information, in which a customer who wants to advertise is charged according to advertisement placement information, and when the customer pays a charge amount, the advertisement placement information is printed on a receipt for another customer.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, POS (Point Of Sale) systems for printing customer accounting information as receipts have been widely used in convenience stores and supermarkets. In such a POS system, an operator reads a barcode on a product label affixed to a product using a barcode reader such as a hand scanner. Based on the identification information of the product included in the read barcode, the price of the product separately stored in the storage device is acquired and accounting calculation is performed. Finally, the accounting calculation information is printed as a receipt. At this time, the operator inputs information such as the age, sex, and occupation of the customer to grasp the fashion and the like, which is useful for the product purchase plan.

  On the other hand, in convenience stores and the like, in order to make reservations and orders for products such as tickets for concerts and compact discs, information input terminals in which customers input information through a liquid crystal screen with a touch panel have become widespread. The customer selects a desired product or ticket from the information input terminal and receives a copy printed by the information input terminal. A bar code is printed on the copy, and the bar code is read by the POS system, thereby accounting for goods and tickets.

  In addition, convenience stores, etc., independently obtain information on various events such as athletic events and bazaars held in the area in order to make purchase plans for products.

  In addition, as reported on the 39th page of the Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, January 26, 1999, POS that prints information obtained from the Internet and various commercial information provision services on receipts according to customer preferences. A system has also been proposed. In such a system, information is provided free of charge, or the customer who receives the information pays an information acquisition fee.

  There has also been proposed a POS system that displays such information on a customer display provided in a cash register.

  However, when it is desired to use such a POS system for advertisement, it has been necessary to register to the Internet and various commercial information providing services by performing complicated procedures. For this reason, for example, when a local resident wants to advertise to a specific area, the conventional POS system cannot cope with it appropriately. And the information printed on the receipt was only uniform information such as weather forecasts and today's news, and it was not useful for the local residents' independent information exchange.

  On the other hand, there is a great demand for the local residents to actively participate in and disseminate various event information hosted by the local residents using the currently popular system.

  Convenience stores and the like are one of the places widely used by local residents, and there is a great demand to use convenience stores and the like as a place for providing information.

  In addition, if such various event information is provided to convenience stores by local residents, it will be useful for product purchase planning.

  In addition, the amount of billing can be changed depending on the type of advertisement, such as admission fees are free for highly public school events, and admission fees are charged if there is a commercial purpose such as a tutor or course. System is desired.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems. When a customer who wants to advertise pays according to advertisement insertion information and the customer pays a charge amount, another customer is charged. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for processing advertising information that prints advertising information on a receipt.

In order to achieve the above object, the following invention is disclosed in accordance with the principle of the present invention.
The processing method of the advertising information of the present invention is as follows:
An information input terminal and a storage device having an input device, a display device, and a printing device, and having an advertisement posting information input control means, a charge amount calculation means, a charge amount display control means, an advertisement placement information transmission means, and a registration card issue control means A provisional registration means, a server having an identification number transmission means and a main registration means, an input device and a printing device, and a cash register having an identification number reading control means, a settlement processing means and a main registration request means. A method of processing advertising information in a POS system,
An advertisement posting information input receiving step for receiving an input of advertisement posting information by the input device of the information input terminal by the advertisement posting information input control means of the information input terminal ;
By the charge amount calculation means of the information input terminal, and the billing amount calculation step of calculating a billing amount based on the accepted the advertising information,
The billing amount display control unit of the information input terminal, and the billing amount display step of displaying the charge amount which is the calculated to the display unit of the information input terminal,
An advertisement posting information transmitting step of transmitting the accepted advertisement posting information to the server by the advertisement posting information transmitting means of the information input terminal ;
A temporary registration step of temporarily registering the transmitted advertisement insertion information together with a corresponding identification number in the storage device of the server by the temporary registration means of the server;
An identification number transmitting step of transmitting the provisionally registered identification number to the information input terminal by the identification number transmitting means of the server;
A registration card issuing step of issuing a registration card printed with the transmitted identification number from the printing apparatus of the information input terminal by the registration card issuing control means of the information input terminal;
An identification number reading step of reading the identification number printed on the registration card by the input device of the cash register by the identification number reading control means of the cash register;
A settlement processing step of performing a settlement process corresponding to the read identification number by the settlement processing means of the cash register;
A main registration request step of transmitting to the server a main registration request for the advertisement insertion information of the identification number for which the settlement process has been performed by the main registration request means of the cash register;
A main registration step of main registering the advertisement insertion information corresponding to the identification number of the transmitted main registration request that is provisionally registered in the storage device of the server by the main registration means of the server ;
including.

In the advertisement placement information processing method of the present invention, the server further includes advertisement configuration information search means and print information transmission means, and the cash register includes customer data input control means, customer data transmission means, and print control. The apparatus may further include means, and may further include the following steps.
Customer data input receiving step of receiving customer data input by the input device of the cash register by the customer data input control means of the cash register
A customer data transmission step of transmitting the accepted customer data to the server by the customer data transmission means of the cash register. The advertisement posting information corresponding to the customer data transmitted by the search means of the server. Advertisement search information search step for searching for the advertisement insertion information registered in the storage device of the server
A print information transmitting step of transmitting the searched advertisement placement information to the cash register by the print information transmitting means of the server;
Print data is generated by the print control means of the cash register based on the transmitted advertisement placement information and the accounting information in the cash register, and the print data is printed on a receipt by the printing device of the cash register Printing step

The processing method of the advertising information of the present invention is as follows:
In addition to an input device, a printing device, a display device, and a storage device, the advertisement posting information input control means, temporary registration means, registration card issue control means, identification number reading control means, charge amount acquisition means, charge amount display control means, checkout A method for processing advertising information in a POS system having a processing means and a main registration means,
An advertising information input receiving step for receiving input of advertising information by the input device by the advertising information input control means ;
A provisional registration step of provisionally registering the accepted advertisement placement information with the corresponding identification number in the storage device by the provisional registration means;
A registration card issuing step of issuing a registration card printed with the identification number by the printing device by the registration card issuing control means ;
A registration number reading step of reading the identification number printed on the registration card by the input device by the identification number reading control means ;
By the charge amount acquisition means, a charge amount obtaining step of obtaining billing amount corresponding to the read said identification number,
By the charge amount display control means, a charge amount display step of displaying the charge amount of the acquired in said display device,
A settlement processing step for performing a settlement process corresponding to the read identification number by the settlement processing means;
A main registration step of performing main registration of the advertisement insertion information corresponding to the identification number that has been subjected to the settlement process temporarily registered in the storage device by the main registration unit ;
including.

In the advertisement posting information processing method of the present invention, the POS system may further include customer data input control means, advertisement posting information search means, and print control means, and may further include the following steps.
A customer data input receiving step for receiving customer data input by the input device by the customer data input control means.
An advertisement posting information search step for searching the advertisement posting information corresponding to the received customer data from the advertisement posting information that has been registered in the storage device by the search means .
An advertisement placement information printing step for printing the retrieved advertisement placement information on a receipt by the printing device by the print control means.

  As described above, the present invention has the following effects.

  First, we provide a method for processing the advertising information to charge the customer who wants to advertise according to the advertising information and print the advertising information on the receipt for another customer when the customer pays the billing amount can do.

  In addition, it is possible to provide a method for processing advertisement placement information that is easy for a customer to provide advertisement placement information.

  In addition, it is possible to provide a method for processing advertisement placement information that can appropriately select advertisement placement information to be provided in accordance with the customer's age group, gender, occupation, and the like.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described below. In addition, embodiment described below is for description and does not limit the scope of the present invention. Therefore, those skilled in the art can employ embodiments in which each of these elements or all of the elements are replaced with equivalent ones, and these embodiments are also included in the scope of the present invention.

(Overall configuration of POS system)
FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of an embodiment of a POS system to which the present invention is applied.
The POS system 101 includes an information input terminal 111, a server 121, and a cash register 131. The cash register 131 has a keyboard, a barcode reader, a display device, a liquid crystal display, a customer display, a printing device, a receipt printer, etc. as an input device, and the information input terminal 111 has a liquid crystal display 113, A touch panel 114, a floppy drive 117, an image scanner (not shown) are provided as input devices, and a printer 116 is provided as a printing device. As the printer 116, an inkjet printer capable of multicolor printing is used.

A customer who provides information (customer as an advertiser) inputs advertisement insertion information that he / she wants to print on a receipt from the information input terminal 111. At that time, the type of the person who receives the receipt (customer receiving the advertisement) such as sex, age group, occupation, etc. can be selected and input as the advertisement target condition (specific condition).
The server 121 stores advertisement insertion information input from the information input terminal 111 and specific conditions corresponding to the advertisement insertion information. It is also possible to prepare a product database and perform functions such as price search and inventory management for various products.

  In the cash register 131, the accounting information of the product purchased by the customer who receives the advertisement is input. The operator inputs information such as the age group, sex, and occupation of the customer receiving the advertisement in the cash register 131, reads the barcode attached to the product with the barcode reader 131b, and inputs the number of products from the keyboard or the like.

In the cash register 131, accounting calculation is performed based on accounting information such as product identification information and number read by the barcode reader 131b. The accounting calculation can be performed by the cash register 131 or the server 121. Further, a product database stored in the server 121 can be used to check the price of the product from the product identification information.
As described above, in the present invention, the information input terminal 111 can be used to receive the provision of advertisement insertion information of local residents (customer serving as an advertiser), and the advertisement insertion information can be provided to the customer ( Since it can be printed and presented on a receipt of a customer who receives an advertisement, it can be useful for the exchange of information in the community.

(Configuration of information input terminal)
FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of the information input terminal 111 of the POS system shown in FIG.

  Each unit of the information input terminal 111 is controlled by the CPU 112. The liquid crystal display 113 displays information input buttons, a Japanese syllabary table, and the like. The customer serving as an advertiser touches the touch panel 114 provided on the surface of the liquid crystal display 113 to display the displayed buttons and the Japanese syllabary. A desired item can be selected from the table, and advertisement information can be input. It is also possible to directly input hiragana or kanji by installing a handwritten character recognition area on the touch panel and incorporating a character recognition program for recognizing it into the information input terminal.

  In addition, the button that is displayed here, in advance what kind of customer base to provide you want one of the specific conditions of the advertising information (age, gender, occupation, etc.), advertising types of published information (field day, bazaar, recital, etc.) , It can be prepared so that the expiration date (the date of the event, etc.) of the advertising information can be entered. This facilitates the input by the customer as the advertiser, and can also make use of this information in the product purchase information of the convenience store.

  The information input terminal 111 is provided with an image scanner 115. A customer who becomes an advertiser can prepare a design or the like to be printed on a receipt in advance and read it with the scanner 115 to obtain advertisement placement information. Further, the information input terminal 111 is provided with a floppy drive 117, and is configured so that an image file (for example, a file in JPEG, GIF, or TIF format) created by a person who desires information posting at home can be read as image data. ing. In addition, the printer 116 is configured so that the advertisement placement information input for advertisement can be printed out for confirmation.

  In addition, the information input terminal 111 can make reservations and orders for products such as concert tickets and compact discs as well as input of posted information. In accordance with the display on the display 113, the customer operates the touch panel 114 to select a desired product. When the selection is completed, the printer 116 prints a receipt.

  The customer brings the copy printed by the printer 116 to the cash register 131, and the operator can account for a product such as a concert ticket or a compact disc by reading the barcode printed on the copy. .

  The inputted advertisement placement information is transmitted to the server via the interface 118.

  Here, the information input terminal 111 functions as posting information input control means, and also functions as image input control means together with the scanner 115 or the floppy drive 117 provided in the information input terminal 111.

(Server configuration)
FIG. 3 shows a block diagram of the server 121 of the POS system shown in FIG.

  Each unit of the server 121 is controlled by the CPU 122. The server 121 communicates with the information input terminal 111 via the input terminal side interface 123 and communicates with the cash register 131 via the cash register side interface 124.

  The server 121 receives the advertisement placement information and specific conditions input by the information input terminal 111 via the input terminal side interface 123, and stores them in a nonvolatile storage device 125 such as a hard disk, DVD, or MT.

  The non-volatile storage device 125 can also store a product database. In this case, the CPU 122 receives the product identification number (ID) transmitted from the cash register 131 via the cash register side interface 124 and transmits the price of the product to the cash register 131 via the cash register side interface 124. To do.

  The server 121 can be connected to a computer communication network using a telephone line or the like via the network interface 126, and notifies the sales status of the product to the headquarters, in addition to purchase plans, product price update information, and You can get information that does not depend on it.

  In addition, by examining the advertisement information entered and sending the types and schedules of various events to be held in the area to the headquarters via the computer communication network, the delivery plan for products to the store is changed to an appropriate one. can do.

  Here, the server 121 functions as a central control device of the POS system.

(Structure of cash register)
FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the cash register 131 of the POS system shown in FIG.

  Each part of the cash register 131 is controlled by the CPU 132. An operator reads a barcode attached to a product using a barcode reader 133 such as a hand scanner or a keyboard 134, or inputs product identification information. Also, using the keyboard 134, information such as the age group, gender, and occupation of the customer who is currently accounting is input.

  The price of the product is searched from the input product identification information and used as accounting information. When searching, a product database stored in the server 121 can be used. The cash register 131 communicates with the server 121 via the interface 135.

  The cash register 131 displays on the customer display 136 the name of the product from which the barcode is read, the price of the product, the total amount of accounting, and the like. This can prompt customer confirmation.

  In addition, the cash register 131 can include a cash box 137 and a card reader 138 for a credit card or a prepaid card. As a result, accounting can be executed.

  Accounting information such as the name, price, number of items, total amount, and change amount is printed as a receipt by the printer 139. As the printer 139, a high-speed inkjet printer capable of multicolor printing is used.

  Here, information such as the age group, sex, and occupation of the customer who receives the advertisement input through the keyboard 134 is transmitted to the server 121 via the interface 135.

  The CPU 122 (FIG. 2) of the server 121 compares information such as the age group, sex, and occupation of the customer who receives the received advertisement with the specific conditions stored in the nonvolatile storage device 125, and satisfies the specific conditions. Select what will be. Further, the advertisement placement information corresponding to the satisfied specific condition is acquired from the nonvolatile storage device 125, and this placement information is transmitted to the cash register 131. When a plurality of specific conditions are satisfied, any one advertisement insertion information is selected.

  In the cash register 131, the received advertisement placement information is combined with the accounting information and printed on one receipt.

  Here, the cash register 131 functions as an accounting information input control unit and a print control unit, and functions as a posting information acquisition unit in cooperation with the server 121. In addition, when functioning as a printing unit, accounting information can be synthesized using a product database stored in the server 121.

(Provisional registration processing of advertising information)
FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram of the POS system of the present invention.

  The publishing information input control means 201 receives input from the input device 114 for inputting text data, inputs it to a predetermined memory in the information input terminal, and executes control for temporarily storing it. The control means is connected to a size input control means 202 for designating the size of the print output of the advertising information. On the other hand, an image input control unit 203 is connected to an image scanner 115 which is an input device for inputting an image, and is similarly connected to a size input control unit 202. The input advertisement insertion information is temporarily stored in a storage device in the information input terminal as a file in HTML format or the like. The size input control means 202 and the image input control means 203 can be configured so as to be included in the placement information input control means 201 so that the placement information control means 201 controls the input of advertisement placement information and additional information. It is.

The billing amount calculation means 204 calculates a charge for the advertisement placement based on the print output size information of the input advertisement placement information or the additional information such as the advertisement placement period and the output target person. At this time, an identification number, a billing amount, or a code pattern obtained by converting these into a bar code is printed out on a ticket-like sheet to create a registration card. Further, a button for designating test printing is displayed on the touch panel and is turned on so that the test printing control unit 210 can be operated to check whether the advertisement placement information is printed out in a desired form. It can also be configured.

  Here, since the information input operation is completed, the advertisement insertion information, the advertisement publisher information accompanying the advertisement insertion information, and the advertisement insertion target person information are temporarily temporarily registered in the storage device in the server.

  A person who wants to place an advertisement brings this registration card to the cash register. In the cash register, the information on the registration card is read by a bar code reader, and when the fee is paid, the payment amount confirmation is executed. That is, the cash register functions as the charged amount payment (payment) confirmation unit 205. The posting information storage control means 206 connected thereto receives this payment information and officially registers the temporarily stored advertisement posting information file in the nonvolatile storage device 125 so that it can be read out at any time. .

  On the other hand, when a normal customer purchases a product and tries to deposit with a cash register, the total amount of the product is calculated by the accounting information input means 207 and displayed on the display 136, and the customer's deposit is executed. The print data generation unit 208 of the server 121 combines the specified advertisement placement information file and the accounting information data in a predetermined format to generate print data. At this time, the print data generation unit 208 refers to the additional information such as the customer's age and gender input at the time of accounting information input, and compares whether the customer is specified when inputting the advertisement posting information. When it is determined that the user is a target person, the advertisement insertion information file is read from the non-volatile storage device 125 to generate composite data.

  The print data is transmitted to the cash register 131 as receipt printing data, and is printed out from the printing apparatus 139 by the print control unit 209.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing until advertisement placement information is provisionally registered in the storage device in the POS system shown in FIG.

  First, the CPU 112 of the information input terminal 111 displays a main menu on the display 113 (step S501). FIG. 7 shows a display example of this main menu.

  The main menu 601 includes an advertisement posting information input button 602 to be printed on a receipt, a concert ticket reservation / issue button 603, a travel ticket / hotel reservation / issue button 604, a music compact disc reservation / order button 605, A game software reservation / order button 606 and the like are displayed.

  Next, the CPU 112 monitors the touch panel 113 to check which button displayed on the main menu 601 is selected by the customer as the advertiser (step S502).

  When a button other than the advertisement insertion information input button 602 is selected (step S502: other), the corresponding process is executed (step S503), and the process returns to step S501. Since a known technique can be used for the processing in step S503, description thereof is omitted in the present invention.

  When the advertisement insertion information input button 602 is selected (step S502: insertion information input), the CPU 112 displays an input menu of the advertisement insertion information type on the display 113, and accepts the input of the advertisement insertion information type (step S504). ).

  FIG. 8 shows a display example of an input menu for the type of advertisement placement information.

  In the input menu 701 for the type of advertising information, a school event button 702, a bazaar button 703, a seminar button 704, and other buttons 705 are displayed. When an advertiser customer makes a notification such as a school festival or athletic meet, the school event button 702 is selected. When a customer announces a bazaar or a flea market, the bazaar button 703 is selected. In order to notify a teacher or the like, a seminar button 704 is selected. Further, when it is desired to notify an event or the like not corresponding to these, the other button 705 is selected.

Next, the CPU 112 displays an input menu for the expiration date of the advertisement insertion information on the display 113, and accepts an input of the expiration date of the advertisement insertion information (step S505).
In FIG. 9, the example of a display of the input menu of the expiration date of advertisement insertion information is shown. Customers who are advertisers can input the dates of various events.

  In the expiration date input menu 801, a year input unit 802, a month input unit 803, a date input unit 804 for displaying the input year / month / day, a cursor 805 indicating the current input location, and a number are input. A numeric keypad 806 is displayed.

Further, the CPU 112 displays an input menu of the advertisement posting information specific condition on the display 113, and accepts the input of the advertisement posting information specific condition (step S506).
FIG. 10 shows a display example of the input menu for the specific conditions of the advertisement placement information.

  The specific condition input menu 901 includes gender input buttons 902a and 902b of the other party whose information is to be provided, age group input buttons 903a, 903b, 903c, 903d, 903e, and 903f, and occupation input buttons 904a, 904b, and 904c. It is displayed. The customer who becomes the advertiser can input a specific condition by selecting a desired input button from these.

  Next, the CPU 112 displays an advertisement insertion information input menu on the display 113 and accepts the input of advertisement insertion information (step S507).

  FIG. 11 shows a display example of an advertisement insertion information input menu.

  The advertisement insertion information input menu 1001 displays an input unit 1002 for displaying the input advertisement insertion information, a cursor 1003 indicating a currently input location, and a Japanese syllabary table 1004 for freely inputting a sentence. Has been. Further, a scanner button 1005 for reading an image from the scanner 115 and using it as advertisement placement information is also displayed. The customer who becomes the advertiser can easily input information to be provided by operating the Japanese syllabary table 1004 and the scanner button 1005.

  Also, a desired font size can be designated by a font size designation button 1006. Although not shown, it is also possible to adopt a configuration in which the font type, bold, italic, etc. can be specified partially or entirely.

  Further, the CPU 112 displays a confirmation menu for confirming the information input in Steps S504 to S507 and requests confirmation of the contents of the advertisement placement information (Step S508).

  FIG. 12 shows a display example of the confirmation menu. In the confirmation menu 1101, a type of advertisement placement information 1102, an expiration date 1103, a specific condition 1104, advertisement placement information 1105, and a confirmation button 1106 are displayed.

  In this embodiment, the method of inputting an image using an image scanner is described. However, an image file created on a home PC is recorded on a floppy disk, read out by this information input terminal, and advertisement information is displayed. You can also create data.

  When the input is performed again (step S508: No), the process returns to step S504. When re-inputting, if the previously input information is used as the default value of each menu, re-input can be easily performed.

  In addition to the procedures disclosed herein, well-known techniques such as changing the order can be used as the information input method, and these embodiments are also included in the scope of the present invention.

When confirmation is made (step S508: Yes), the CPU 112 displays a temporary registration screen and requests confirmation of final registration.
FIG. 13 shows a display example of the registration confirmation menu. In the registration confirmation menu, a preview screen 1151, a button 1152 for specifying a print size or print color, a charge confirmation display screen 1153, and the like are displayed, and a final screen for temporary registration is displayed. A button 1160, a Cancel button 1161, a Revise button 1162, and the like are arranged. On the preview screen 1151, an image equivalent to the image printed on the receipt is displayed by a predetermined process.

Using the buttons described above, the size and color are specified (step S509), the fee is calculated based on the specified information such as the advertisement insertion period and size (step S510), and an inquiry is made as to whether or not to temporarily register (step S511). ).
The billing amount can be obtained, for example, by multiplying a predetermined amount by the number of days from that day to the expiration date. In addition, the predetermined amount can be changed according to the type of advertisement insertion information, such as 100 yen for school events and 200 yen for course information. Furthermore, it may be changed depending on the age of the advertisement publisher.

  Here, when the provisionally registered OK button 1160 is pressed (step S511: YES), the type, expiration date, specific condition, and advertisement insertion information of the advertisement insertion information input through the interface 118 are transmitted to the server 121 (step S511). S509). The advertisement placement information and the additional information are associated and temporarily stored in the storage device 125 in the server. When the cancel button 1161 is pressed, all information is deleted (step S511: NO). If further correction is required, the collect button 1162 is pressed. In this case, the process returns to step S504.

  The server 121 receives these pieces of information via the input terminal side interface 123 (step S514), and temporarily registers and stores the information together with the identification number in the nonvolatile storage device 125 (step S515). Then, the temporary registration identification number is transmitted via the input terminal side interface 123 (step S516).

  The CPU 112 receives the temporary registration identification number via the interface 118 (step S513), the invoice / registration card is issued from the printer 116 of the information input terminal (step S520), and the process is terminated.

  It is also possible for the customer serving as the advertiser to print out so that the format specified by the customer, for example, the size, color, font type, etc. of the advertisement can be confirmed. In addition, a bar code representing an identification number for temporary registration is printed on the registration card.

  In the billing process described below, billing is performed by reading this barcode.

(Billing process)
FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a flow of main registration of the advertisement placement information temporarily registered by confirming payment of the billing amount in the POS system shown in FIG. This process is started when the customer who is the advertiser passes the bill / registration card output in step S520 to the operator (store clerk) of the cash register 131.

  First, the CPU 132 of the cash register 131 receives an input of a temporary registration identification number from the barcode reader 133 (step S1201). This input is performed by the operator reading the barcode printed on the registration card with a barcode reader.

  Next, the CPU 132 transmits the provisional registration identification number to the server 121 via the interface 135 (step S1202).

When the server 121 receives the temporary registration identification number via the cash register side interface 124 (step S1203), the type, the expiration date, the specific condition, the advertisement of the advertisement insertion information stored by the temporary registration in the nonvolatile storage device 125 The posted information is checked against the contents of the registered card (step S1204). When the confirmation process is completed, the billing amount calculated in advance is transmitted to the cash register 131 (step S1205).
The billing amount can be output in advance to the registration card as a barcode and used.

  The cash register 131 receives the charge amount via the interface 135 (step S1207), and displays the charge amount on the display 136 (step S1208).

  Here, the operator collects the billing amount from the customer as the advertiser, and the cash register 131 accepts the fact by, for example, pressing the “settlement” button on the keyboard 134 (step S1209). In addition to collection by cash, collection by a credit card or prepaid card using the card reader 138 can be performed.

  Further, when the payment of the billing amount is confirmed, the CPU 132 requests the server to fully register the posting information via the interface 135 (step S1210).

  The server receives this request (step S1211), performs main registration of the posting information (step S1212), and transmits the fact that it has been registered to the cash register 131 via the cash register side interface 126 (step S1213).

  When the cash register 131 receives the fact that it has been registered via the interface 135 (step S1214), the cash register 131 prints a receipt indicating that the advertisement has been accepted for the customer as the advertiser (step S1215), and ends this processing. To do.

(Accounting)
FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing until accounting information is input in the POS system shown in FIG. 1 and this and advertisement placement information are printed on a receipt.

  First, the CPU 132 of the cash register 131 receives input of customer information such as the sex, age group, occupation, etc. of the customer receiving the advertisement from the keyboard 134 (step S1301). This input is performed by an operator (a clerk) of the cash register 131.

  Next, the CPU 132 receives input of product identification information and the number of products using the barcode reader 133 and the keyboard 134 (step S1302), and transmits this identification information to the server 121 via the interface 135 (step S1303). ).

  When the server 121 receives the product identification information via the cash register side interface 124 (step S1304), the server 121 retrieves the price of the product from the product database stored in the nonvolatile storage device 125 (step S1305). Information is transmitted to the cash register 131 via the cash register side interface 124 (step S1306).

  The cash register 131 receives the price information of the product via the interface 135 (step S1307), and displays the price information on the display 136 (step S1308).

Further, it is checked whether or not the input of the product identification information is completed (step S1309).
For example, when the operator presses the “total” button on the keyboard 134, the input of the product identification information is completed.

  If the input is not over (step S1309: No), the process returns to step S1302. On the other hand, when the input of the product identification information is completed (step S1309: Yes), the CPU 132 sends the customer information such as the customer's sex, age group, and occupation input in step S1301 to the server 121 via the interface 135. Transmit (step S1310).

  The server 121 receives customer information such as the sex, age group, and occupation of the customer via the cash register side interface 124 (step S1311), and the CPU 122 receives the specific conditions registered in the nonvolatile storage device 125 and The customer information is compared to check which specific condition is satisfied (step S1312).

  In addition, when there are a plurality of specific conditions that can be satisfied, one of the specific conditions can be selected as appropriate according to the random number, the number of times adopted, or the like.

  In addition, it is possible to store in advance in the non-volatile storage device 125 specific conditions that are always satisfied and advertisements of the convenience store as advertisement placement information corresponding thereto.

  Next, the CPU 122 acquires the advertisement placement information corresponding to the specific condition that is satisfied from the nonvolatile storage device 125 (step S1313), and transmits this advertisement placement information to the cash register 131 via the cash register side interface 124 ( Step S1314).

  The cash register 131 receives the advertisement placement information via the interface 135 (step S1315).

  Next, the CPU 132 of the cash register 131 generates accounting information to be printed on the receipt from the number of products received in step S1302 and the price information of the products received in step S1307 (step S1316).

  Finally, the cash register 131 synthesizes the advertisement placement information received in step S1314 and the accounting information generated in step S1315 to generate print data (step S1317), and transmits it to the printer (step S1318). The printer 139 prints a receipt (step S1319), and the process is terminated. As a printing format, prepare a print area for advertising information on the receipt, print the advertising information in the relevant part, print the accounting information after printing the advertising information, etc. A synthesis method is conceivable. In addition, when a plurality of items of advertisement insertion information are registered, it is possible to print only the title for a customer who does not meet the specific condition.

  FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a receipt printed in this way. The receipt 1401 has an advertisement placement information print area 1402 and a transaction information print area 1403, each of which is printed.

  Note that the procedure of the above process is an example of the embodiment, and the same process can be executed by changing the order or changing the order. For example, although omitted in the above description, steps for appropriately calculating change, correcting input information, and the like can be added to this process.

  In addition, the information input terminal 111 and the server 121 can be configured integrally, and the server 121 and the cash register 131 can be configured integrally. Further, the processing performed by the server 121 can be performed by the cash register 131 and vice versa. These embodiments are also included in the scope of the present invention.

  In the above embodiment, the billing amount is calculated based on the number of days between the advertisement insertion information, the type, the expiration date, and the registration date, but other methods are also conceivable.

  For example, the advertiser can input the number of receipts to be printed on the information input terminal 111, and the charge amount can be obtained by multiplying the charge per receipt by this number. In this case, the specific condition is satisfied when the number of times the advertisement is printed is smaller than the input number of receipts.

  In addition, an embodiment in which a period for displaying an advertisement can be set in more detail is also conceivable. For example, the designation is “between 10 am and 2 pm, 2 weeks from today”. In this case, since the expected number of visitors varies depending on the time zone, the advertisement fee may be changed.

  In the above embodiment, the advertisement fee is paid in advance, but when a credit card or the like is used, it is possible to charge later according to the number of receipts on which the advertisement is actually printed. In this case, the temporary registration is updated to the main registration by inputting the credit card member number from the cash register.

  In the above embodiment, the inkjet printer 116 is used as a multi-color printer having two or more colors. However, a thermal printer, an impact dot printer, or a laser printer may be used. If these printers can print only a single color, the designation of the print color (FIG. 13) is ignored.

1 is a block diagram showing an outline of an embodiment of a POS system to which the present invention is applied. The block block diagram which shows the structure of the information input terminal of the POS system shown in FIG. The block block diagram which shows the structure of the server of the POS system shown in FIG. The block block diagram which shows the structure of the cash register of the POS system shown in FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a POS system to which the present invention is applied. The flowchart which shows the flow of the advertisement insertion information temporary registration process performed with the information input terminal of the POS system shown in FIG. The example of a main menu of the input screen displayed on the information input terminal of the POS system shown in FIG. The example of a display of the input menu of the kind of advertising information displayed on the information input terminal of the POS system shown in FIG. The example of a display of the input menu of the expiration date displayed on the information input terminal of the POS system shown in FIG. The example of a display of the input menu of the specific conditions displayed on the information input terminal of the POS system shown in FIG. The example of a display of the input menu of the advertising information displayed on the information input terminal of the POS system shown in FIG. The example of a confirmation menu displayed on the information input terminal of the POS system shown in FIG. The example of a display of the registration confirmation menu displayed on the information input terminal of the POS system shown in FIG. The flowchart which shows the flow of the accounting process performed with the cash register and server of the POS system shown in FIG. The flowchart which shows the flow of the accounting process performed with the cash register and server of the POS system shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a print example of a receipt output in the POS system illustrated in FIG. 1.

Explanation of symbols

101 POS system 111 Information input terminal 112 CPU
113 Display 114 Touch Panel 115 Scanner 116 Printing Mechanism 118 Interface 121 Server 122 CPU
123 Input terminal side interface 124 Cash register side interface 125 Non-volatile storage device 126 Network interface 131 Cash register 132 CPU
133 Barcode reader 134 Keyboard 135 Interface 136 Display 137 Money box 138 Card reader 139 Printing mechanism 601 Main menu 602 Advertisement information input button 603 Ticket reservation issue button 604 Travel reservation issue button 605 CD reservation order button 606 Game reservation order button 701 Type input menu 702 School event button 703 Bazaar button 704 Workshop button 705 Other buttons 801 Expiration date input menu 802 Year input section 803 Month input section 804 Day input section 805 Cursor 806 Numeric keypad 901 Specific condition input menu 902 Gender input button 903 Age group Input button 904 Occupation input button 1001 Advertisement information input menu 1002 Input section 1003 Cursor 1004 Five Sound Table 1005 scanner button 1101 confirmation menu 1102 type 1103 expiration date 1104 specific conditions 1105 advertising information advertising information 1106 confirmation button 1401 receipt 1402 advertising information printing area 1403 accounting information printing area

Claims (4)

An information input terminal and a storage device having an input device, a display device, and a printing device, and having an advertisement posting information input control means, a charge amount calculation means, a charge amount display control means, an advertisement placement information transmission means, and a registration card issue control means A provisional registration means, a server having an identification number transmission means and a main registration means, an input device and a printing device, and a cash register having an identification number reading control means, a settlement processing means and a main registration request means. A method of processing advertising information in a POS system,
(A) an advertisement posting information input receiving step for receiving an input of advertisement posting information by the input device of the information input terminal by the advertisement posting information input control means of the information input terminal ;
(B) by the charge amount calculating unit of the information input terminal, and the billing amount calculation step of calculating a billing amount based on said accepted the advertising information,
(C) by the billing amount display control unit of the information input terminal, and the billing amount display step of displaying the charge amount which is the calculated to the display unit of the information input terminal,
( D ) an advertisement placement information transmission step of transmitting the accepted advertisement placement information to the server by the advertisement placement information transmission means of the information input terminal ;
( E ) a provisional registration step of provisionally registering the transmitted advertisement insertion information together with a corresponding identification number in the storage device of the server by the provisional registration unit of the server;
( F ) an identification number transmission step of transmitting the provisionally registered identification number to the information input terminal by the identification number transmission means of the server;
( G ) a registration card issuing step of issuing a registration card printed with the transmitted identification number from the printing device of the information input terminal by the registration card issuing control means of the information input terminal;
( H ) an identification number reading step of reading the identification number printed on the registration card by the input device of the cash register by the identification number reading control means of the cash register;
( I ) a settlement processing step of performing a settlement process corresponding to the read identification number by the settlement processing means of the cash register;
( J ) a main registration request step of transmitting a main registration request of the advertisement insertion information of the identification number that has undergone the settlement process to the server by the main registration request means of the cash register;
( K ) A main registration step of main registering the advertisement insertion information corresponding to the identification number of the transmitted main registration request that is temporarily registered in the storage device of the server by the main registration means of the server ; ,
A method for processing advertising information, comprising: The server further includes advertisement insertion information search means and print information transmission means, and the cash register further includes customer data input control means, customer data transmission means and print control means, and further includes the following steps: The method for processing advertisement placement information according to claim 1.
( L ) a customer data input receiving step for receiving customer data input by the input device of the cash register by the customer data input control unit of the cash register; and ( m ) the reception by the customer data transmitting unit of the cash register. the customer data transmission step (n) the advertising information retrieval means of the server for transmitting the customer data which is on the server, the advertising information corresponding to the customer data a transmitted the storage device of the server in the advertising information retrieval step (o) the print information transmitting means of the server to be retrieved from the advertising information registration, print information transmission for transmitting the retrieved the advertising information to the cash register Step ( p ) said cash register By the print control means static, printing the transmitted the generated advertising information and print data on the basis of the accounting information in the cash register to print the print data on a receipt by the printing apparatus of the cash register Step In addition to an input device, a printing device, a display device, and a storage device , the advertisement posting information input control means, temporary registration means, registration card issue control means, identification number reading control means, charge amount acquisition means, charge amount display control means, checkout A method for processing advertising information in a POS system having a processing means and a main registration means ,
(A) an advertisement insertion information input receiving step for receiving an input of advertisement insertion information by the input device by the advertisement insertion information input control means ;
( B ) a provisional registration step of provisionally registering the received advertisement insertion information together with a corresponding identification number in the storage device by the provisional registration means;
( C ) a registration card issuing step of issuing a registration card on which the identification number is printed by the printing device by the registration card issuing control means ;
(D) a registration number reading step of reading the identification number printed on the registration card by the input device by the identification number reading control means ;
(E) by the charge amount acquisition means, a charge amount obtaining step of obtaining billing amount corresponding to the read said identification number,
By (f) said charge amount display control means, a charge amount display step of displaying the charge amount of the acquired in said display device,
(G) a settlement processing step of performing a settlement process corresponding to the read identification number by the settlement processing means;
(H) a main registration step of main registering in the storage device the advertisement placement information corresponding to the identification number that has been provisionally registered in the storage device and has been subjected to the settlement process ;
A method for processing advertising information, comprising: 4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the POS system further includes customer data input control means, advertisement placement information search means, and print control means, and further includes the following steps.
(J) a customer data input receiving step for receiving customer data input by the input device by the customer data input control means; (k) the advertisement posting corresponding to the customer data received by the advertisement posting information searching means. An advertisement insertion information search step for searching for information from the advertisement insertion information registered in the storage device . (L) Printing the searched advertisement insertion information on the receipt by the printing device by the printing control means. Advertisement printing information printing step

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