JP6602330B2 - Fuel sales method, terminal and program for executing the sales method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a fuel sales method, a terminal for executing the sales method, and a program.

  When a user purchases fuel using a credit card (hereinafter referred to as an in-house credit card) that allows the user (fuel sales company) to freely access user information, a discount can be obtained.

  When a user purchases fuel using his / her credit card, the fuel sales company can accumulate user information such as purchase history of the customer. For this reason, when a user purchases fuel using the company's credit card, the user is identified by the identification information of the credit card, for example, the user is ranked with reference to the user information of the user, and the user is ranked according to the rank. There may be a discount.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2016-105332

  However, with credit cards other than the company credit card, user information such as user purchase history and user address is held by a credit sales company, and the fuel sales company cannot freely access this user information. For this reason, when the user makes a settlement with a credit card other than his / her own credit card, the fuel sales company cannot acquire such user information. For this reason, when the user selects a payment method using a credit card other than the company's credit card at the time of fuel purchase, the fuel sales company cannot offer a discount suitable for the user based on the user information.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a fuel sales method capable of performing discount sales suitable for a user according to user information even for a user who only has a credit card of another company, a terminal and a program for executing the sales method. And

In order to achieve the above object, according to one aspect of the present invention, the following is provided.
A fuel sales method for selling fuel by a payment method other than payment by a credit card issued by the fuel sales company or its affiliated company using a terminal installed in a service station managed by the fuel sales company and connected to a communication network Because
Obtaining the user identification information for identifying the user by the terminal, unlike the identification information of the credit card;
When the user wishes to pay by credit card, the terminal determines the sales price of the fuel discounted from the list price according to user information including at least the past purchase information of the user associated with the user identification information. And a method for selling the fuel.

  According to the fuel sales method, the terminal for executing the sales method, and the program according to the present invention, a user who has only a credit card of another company can perform discount sales according to the user.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of a fuel sales system. It is a flowchart of the sales method of a fuel. It is an example of the screen which a sales system displays on a display part. Indicates information stored in the customer database. The information memorize | stored in the purchase history database is shown. Indicates information stored in the cumulative database. The sales unit price determination table is shown. An example in which a different sales unit price is determined according to a user is shown. The screen displayed when a user intends to purchase fuel is shown.

  FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a fuel sales system that performs a fuel sales method according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the sales system includes a terminal 10 installed in a service station operated directly or indirectly by a fuel sales company, a host computer 20 and a data server 30 operated by the fuel sales company. ing. The terminal 10 is configured to be able to communicate with the host computer 20 via a communication network. The host computer 20 and the data server 30 are configured to be able to communicate with each other. The host computer 20 may be composed of a single server or a plurality of servers.

  Fuel means gasoline, light oil, CNG (compressed natural gas), methanol, electricity, and other power sources for vehicles. Service stations use these power sources as gasoline, electric, CNG, methanol, and electricity. A facility that supplies cars. Below, the example which handles gasoline and light oil as a fuel is demonstrated.

  A fuel sales company is a business that operates and manages a service station, a business that sells fuel to the service station, a business that operates a POS system including the host computer 20 used when selling fuel at the service station, and issuance of credit cards A company that includes at least one of its operations and management. Some fuel sales companies take the form of separate companies for each of these operations. In the case where each business is separated, there may be mutual connection due to capital relations.

  In addition to selling fuel, service stations sell consumables such as wipers, air cleaners, and engine oil. The service station also provides various services such as vehicle inspection, tire alignment adjustment, tire replacement, vehicle lease contracts and brokerage.

The terminal 10 includes a fuel supply unit 11, a supply counter 12, a card processing unit 13, a sales amount calculation unit 14, a display unit 15, a communication unit 16, and an input unit 17. The terminal 10 also includes a memory that stores computer-readable instructions and a processor that can execute the computer-readable instructions.
The fuel supply unit 11 is a device that supplies fuel to the vehicle, and includes, for example, a nozzle, a hose, and a pump.
The supply counter 12 is a device that counts the supplied amount, and includes a flow meter, for example.
The card processing unit 13 is a device capable of reading or writing information recorded on a credit card, prepaid card, and ID card, which will be described later.
The sales amount calculation unit 14 is a device that calculates a charge for the supplied fuel.
The display unit 15 is a device that displays information related to fees and various purchase procedures, and is a liquid crystal display, for example.
The communication unit 16 is a device that transmits information such as a credit card number and a user ID read by the card processing unit 13 to the host computer 20 and receives information transmitted from the host computer 20 to the terminal 10.
The input unit 17 is a device that accepts user input, and can be configured with, for example, a touch panel display.

  One terminal 10 may be provided for each service station, or a plurality of terminals 10 may be provided for each service station. For example, one terminal 10 may be installed in each fuel supply lane. Alternatively, the terminal 10 is provided with a fuel supply unit 11 and a supply counter 12 one by one in a plurality of fuel supply lanes, and the plurality of fuel supply units 11 and the supply counter 12 are connected to a single communication unit 16. It is good also as an aspect.

  In addition to the above-described elements, the terminal 10 may include a reading unit that reads a display screen of a smartphone and a coupon display, a currency receiving unit that receives bills and coins, a receipt issuing unit, a coupon issuing unit, and the like.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a fuel sales method executed by the fuel sales system. The fuel sales method of this embodiment is performed when a user purchases fuel. In FIG. 2, the host computer 20 executes only step S07, and the terminal 10 executes steps S01 to 06 and steps S08 to 10.

  As shown in FIG. 2, first, before supplying fuel, the sales system allows the user to select a settlement method (step S01). FIG. 3 is an example of a screen displayed on the display unit 15 when the user selects a payment method.

  As shown to (a) of FIG. 3, the terminal 10 displays on the touch panel display as the display part 15 the payment method by the prepaid card including a company credit card, another company's credit card, cash, and a transportation system card, for example. In addition to these, a settlement method using electronic money, a debit card, a premium, or the like may be displayed on the display unit 15.

  The in-house credit card is a credit card that allows a fuel sales company to freely access customer information. In-house credit cards are mostly issued by credit sales companies, and fuel sales companies or their affiliates share customer information.

  A fuel sales company sometimes separates the business of issuing, operating and managing credit cards, and the company responsible for the business of issuing, operating and managing credit cards is called an affiliated company. In the following description, when the fuel sales company has a business of issuing, operating and managing a credit card, the fuel sales company implements the sales method according to the present invention alone. When the fuel sales company does not have a business to issue, operate and manage a credit card, the fuel sales company and the affiliated company work together to implement the sales method according to the present invention. In the following description, in order to simplify the description, the present invention will be described on the assumption that the fuel sales company has a business of issuing, operating, and managing a credit card. In the case where the fuel sales company does not have the business of issuing, operating and managing credit cards, “in-house” in the following explanation is at least one of the fuel sales company and the affiliated company.

  The company's credit card includes a credit card issued jointly by the company and a credit sales company. The credit card of another company is a credit card whose customer information is managed by another company such as a credit sales company that is not a fuel sales company or its affiliated company. If a credit card issuer is not a fuel sales company or its affiliated company, the fuel sales company cannot freely access customer information based on the credit card.

  The user can select a payment method desired by the user by operating a touch panel display as the input unit 17. In the present embodiment, the sales system acquires a payment method corresponding to the touched area as a payment method desired by the user.

Returning to FIG. 2, the sales system causes the terminal 10 to determine whether or not the payment method desired by the user is a company credit card (step S02). For example, when a payment method for another company's credit card is selected in step S01, the terminal 10 determines that the selected payment method is other than the company credit card (step S02: Yes).
In step S02, when the user selects the payment method of the company credit card, the sales system performs a discount process separately and performs discount sales of fuel to the user.

  When the user selects a payment method other than the company credit card in step S02 (step S02: No), the terminal 10 next obtains a user ID (an example of user identification information) from an ID card (an example of user identification medium). Obtain (step S03). When the user selects a payment method using another company's credit card, cash, or prepaid card, the terminal 10 executes step S03 and subsequent steps.

  An ID card is a card in which a user ID that can identify a user is stored. As this user ID, identification information different from the identification number stored in the credit card is stored. The user ID is information managed by the fuel sales company and is information for identifying the user. The fuel sales company uses the user ID to manage the purchase history of the user.

FIG. 3B shows an example of a screen that the terminal 10 displays on the display unit 15 at this time. The terminal 10 determines whether or not the user has an ID card (step S03).
If the user does not have an ID card, the “do not have” area is selected. If the user does not have an ID card (step S03: No), the terminal 10 does not execute the processes after step S04 and sells fuel without performing a discount process.
When the user has an ID card (step S03: Yes), the terminal 10 causes the user to insert the ID card into the card processing unit 13 and reads the user ID (step S04).

  The terminal 10 causes the communication unit 16 to transmit the read user ID to the host computer 20 (step S05). The host computer 20 performs a sales unit price determination process, which will be described later, and determines a sales unit price according to the user (step S06). The host computer 20 transmits the determined sales unit price to the communication unit 16 of the terminal 10. The terminal 10 receives the sales unit price set by the host computer 20 through the communication unit 16 (step S07). The terminal 10 displays the received sales unit price on the display unit 15 (step S08). Further, the terminal 10 causes the user to select the oil type and the supply amount, and starts the supply of fuel (step S09).

  When the supply of fuel ends, the terminal 10 causes the sales amount calculation unit 14 to calculate the sales amount of fuel (step S10). The sales amount calculation unit 14 calculates the sales amount based on the fuel type, supply amount, and sales unit price. The terminal 10 causes the display unit 15 to calculate the sales amount. The terminal 10 settles the sales amount based on the settlement method desired by the user.

  FIG. 3C shows a screen that the terminal 10 displays on the display unit 15 when payment is made. As shown in FIG. 3C, the display unit 15 displays the supply amount, the oil type supplied, the unit price before discount, the unit price discounted according to the user, the total amount before discount, and the actual total after discount. It is configured to display the sum of the amount discounted from the price and the list price. Thereby, the user can confirm how much money was discounted at a glance. The display screen at the time of payment is not limited to (c) in FIG.

Next, a method for determining the sales unit price executed by the host computer 20 in the fuel sales system of this embodiment will be described.
As shown in FIG. 1, the host computer 20 includes a unit price determination unit 21, a unit price input unit 22, and a condition input unit 23. The host computer 20 is configured to be able to communicate with the data server 30. Based on the information stored in the data server 30, the host computer 20 identifies the sales price of the fuel discounted from the regular price according to the user. The data server 30 stores user information including at least past purchase information of the user in association with the user ID. The data server 30 has a customer database 31, a purchase history database 32, and a cumulative database 33.

  The unit price determination unit 21 determines the unit price of fuel according to the user based on the user ID acquired by the terminal 10 and the information acquired from the data server 30. The unit price of fuel is input to the unit price input unit 22. For example, the fuel sales company can set the unit price of the fuel to a different value every day through the unit price input unit 22. The fuel sales company inputs various parameters used when the unit price determination unit 21 determines the sales unit price through the condition input unit 23.

FIG. 4 shows information stored in the customer database 31. As shown in FIG. 4, user information such as a user name and address, a telephone number, and a credit card number is registered in the customer database 31.
For example, a new issue of a user ID of a user can be accepted in a service station store. A user ID, an address, a telephone number, a credit card number, etc. can be registered from the terminal 10. Customer database 31 should just contain the information which can specify the relation between a user ID and a user. The customer database 31 may include items other than the illustrated items, or any of the illustrated items may be missing as long as the relationship between the user ID and the user can be specified.

  FIG. 5 shows information stored in the purchase history database 32. As illustrated in FIG. 5, the purchase history database 32 records user purchase information such as a user ID, a purchase price, a purchase quantity, and a purchase item in order of purchase date.

  FIG. 6 shows information stored in the accumulation database 33. As shown in FIG. 6, the annual purchase amount of fuel, the annual purchase amount of consumables, and the annual purchase amount of service are recorded for each user. The accumulation database 33 is created based on the purchase history database 32. For example, the purchase history database 32 is recalculated based on the purchase history database 32 at the end of each month. Note that the accumulation database 33 is a database provided so that the unit price determination unit 21 can easily process, and the sales system may not have the accumulation database 33.

  FIG. 7 shows a sales unit price determination table used when determining the sales unit price. In the present embodiment, the unit price determination unit 21 determines the sales unit price using the determination table shown in FIG. The unit price determination unit 21 sets a larger unit price discount as the purchase amount increases. The unit price determination unit 21 sets a larger discount amount for a user with a larger annual purchase amount.

  FIG. 8 is a list showing the total annual purchase amount for each user and the sales unit price determined by the unit price determination unit 21. 8A shows the selling unit price at the normal time, FIG. 8B shows the selling unit price at the consumables campaign, and FIG. 8C shows the selling unit price at the service campaign.

  As shown in FIG. 8 (a), the unit price determination unit 21 adds the annual purchase amount of fuel, the annual purchase amount of consumables, and the annual purchase amount of the service at the normal time to obtain the total annual purchase amount. calculate. The unit price determination unit 21 determines the sales unit price for each user according to the determination table shown in FIG.

  For example, the unit price determining unit 21 determines the sales unit price of the regular price of -4 [yen] for the user of AC685 because the annual total purchase amount of the user with the user ID of AC685 is 72,000 yen. Further, the unit price determination unit 21 sets the selling price to a fixed price without applying a discount to the user of A86BC because the annual total purchase amount of the user with user ID A86BC is 52,000 yen.

  FIG. 9A shows a screen displayed on the display unit 15 when a user of AC685 intends to purchase 20 L of regular gasoline using the credit card A of another company. FIG. 9B shows a screen displayed on the display unit 15 when an A86BC user intends to purchase 20 liters of regular gasoline using the same credit card A of another company as that of an AC685 user. According to the fuel sales method of the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 9A and 9B, both present the ID card and use the same credit card A of the same issuer and the same grade. Even when trying to purchase the same type of fuel, the payment amount may be different between the AC685 user and the A86BC user if the purchase history is different.

Next, FIG. 8B shows the sales unit price set when the fuel sales company conducts the consumable goods campaign. For example, a fuel sales company may promote sales of consumables by reducing the unit price of fuel for a user with a large purchase price of consumables. Therefore, the fuel sales company conducts a consumables campaign for a certain period.
During this period, the unit price determination unit 21 calculates the virtual cumulative purchase amount by multiplying the purchase amount of consumables by 10 times out of the total annual purchase amount. The unit price determination unit 21 determines a unit sales price for each user based on the virtual cumulative purchase amount and the determination table shown in FIG. The fuel sales company inputs to the host computer 20 via the condition input unit 23 that the purchase price of such consumables is multiplied by 10 to calculate the virtual cumulative purchase price.

  For example, since the virtual cumulative purchase amount of the user with the user ID AC685 is 162,000 yen, the unit price determination unit 21 determines the sales unit price of the price -13 [yen] for the user with AC685. Further, since the virtual cumulative purchase amount of the user with the user ID of A86BC is 70,000 yen, the unit price determination unit 21 determines the selling price of the regular price of -4 [yen] for the user of A86BC.

  Comparing (a) and (b) of FIG. 8, the sales unit price of the user of AC685 and the user of A86BC who have purchased consumables is reduced. Thereby, a user's willingness to purchase consumables can be increased.

FIG. 8C shows the sales unit price set when the fuel sales company conducts a service campaign. For example, a fuel sales company may promote a service by reducing the unit price of fuel for a user who purchases a larger amount of service such as vehicle inspection or tire replacement. Therefore, a fuel sales company conducts a service campaign for a certain period.
During this period, the unit price determination unit 21 calculates the virtual cumulative purchase amount by multiplying the purchase amount of the service by 10 times out of the total annual purchase amount. The unit price determination unit 21 determines a unit sales price for each user based on the virtual cumulative purchase amount and the determination table shown in FIG. The fuel sales company inputs to the host computer 20 via the condition input unit 23 to calculate the virtual cumulative purchase amount by multiplying the purchase amount of such a service by ten times.

  For example, since the virtual cumulative purchase amount of the user with the user ID AC685 is 72,000 yen, the unit price determination unit 21 determines the sales unit price of the regular price -4 [yen] for the AC685 user. Further, since the virtual cumulative purchase amount of the user whose user ID is A86BC is 232,000 yen, the unit price determination unit 21 determines the selling price of the regular price of -15 [yen] for the user of AC685.

  Comparing (a) and (c) of FIG. 8, the AC685 user does not use the service, so the sales unit price does not change, but the A86BC user uses the service, so the sales unit price is significantly reduced. Has been. In this way, the fuel sales company can increase the user's willingness to purchase services.

As described above, according to one aspect of the present invention,
A fuel sales method for selling fuel by a payment method other than payment by a credit card issued by the fuel sales company or its affiliated company using a terminal installed in a service station managed by the fuel sales company and connected to a communication network Because
Obtaining, by the terminal, user identification information for identifying a user different from the identification information of the credit card;
When the user wishes to pay by credit card, the host computer connected to the terminal via the terminal or the communication network includes at least past purchase information of the user associated with the user identification information. And a method of specifying the sales price of the fuel discounted from the list price according to

By the way, conventionally, only when the user selects the settlement by the company credit card, the fuel sales company sometimes performs discount sales according to the user from information such as the purchase history of the user. This is because the fuel sales company can freely access user information associated with its own credit card. However, a user who owns a credit card is a user who is likely to use the company. For this reason, the conventional method of discount sales according to the user who owns the company's own credit card has a limit in terms of acquiring new users.
Further, users who do not own their own credit card but own credit cards of other companies tend to have no more credit cards. However, fuel sales companies cannot freely access user information associated with credit cards of other companies, and if they cannot handle information such as user purchase history, they will sell discounts according to the user. It is difficult.

  Therefore, according to the fuel sales method according to the present embodiment, the fuel sales company can perform discount sales according to the user's past purchase information without forcing the user to own a credit card. As a result, even for users who do not yet have their own credit card, fuel can be sold at a discount according to the user, and the fuel sales company has more opportunities to acquire new customers.

Further, according to the fuel sales method according to the present embodiment, even for the user, it is possible to receive a discount sale of fuel according to the user without bothering to own the company credit card. In addition, a user who does not want to own a credit card can receive a discount sale of fuel according to the user.
As described above, according to the fuel sales method according to the present embodiment, it is possible to perform discount sales suitable for a user according to the user information even for a user who has only a credit card of another company.

In the fuel sales method according to the present embodiment,
After a screen for prompting the user to input identification information is displayed on the terminal, a screen for allowing the user to select one settlement method from a plurality of settlement methods including a settlement method using a credit card is displayed. By sequentially switching the screens, when handling two cards, a credit card and an ID card, the user is less likely to confuse the order in which the card is read by the card processing unit 13.

In the fuel sales method according to the present embodiment,
When the terminal receives a signal that the user wants to make a payment by cash, a payment by a prepaid card, a payment by electronic money, a payment by a debit card, or a payment by a premium, the terminal or the host computer receives user identification information. The sales price of the fuel discounted from the list price is specified in accordance with the user information associated with.
In the fuel sales method of this embodiment, even when payment by a credit card of another company is selected, one of payment by cash, payment by a prepaid card, payment by electronic money, payment by a debit card, payment by a premium is selected. Even in the case, a discount according to the user can be similarly obtained. In the fuel sales method of the present embodiment, a recording medium in which monetary information is recorded, or a record in which only an identification number is recorded in itself and the identification number and monetary information are recorded in an external server Media or the like can be used for settlement.

In the fuel sales method according to the present embodiment, the user purchases the wiper by payment with a credit card of another company, and later on the payment by cash, payment by prepaid card, payment by electronic money, or payment by premium Even if the user purchases a discount, a discount according to the user information can be obtained based on the history of purchasing the wiper by payment using a credit card of another company.
That is, in the fuel sales method according to the present embodiment, the data server 30 records purchase histories purchased by a plurality of different types of settlement methods. For this reason, a unit price can be determined according to user information including purchase histories purchased by a plurality of different payment methods.

In the fuel sales method according to the present embodiment,
The terminal or the host computer specifies the sales price of the fuel that is greatly discounted from the list price as the past purchase price of the user increases.
In the fuel sales method according to the present embodiment, the fuel sales company can manage the purchase history of the user regardless of the user who owns the credit card or the user who does not have the credit card. For this reason, it is easy to grasp a user with a large purchase price, and the sales promotion effect can be enhanced.

Moreover, according to one aspect of the present invention,
A fuel sales method for selling fuel using a terminal installed in a service station managed by a fuel sales company and connected to a communication network,
A step of acquiring user identification information for identifying a user managed by the fuel sales company, which is included in a credit card or identification medium issued by the fuel sales company or its affiliated company, and which is different from the identification information of the credit card, by the terminal When,
At least the host computer connected to the terminal via the terminal or the communication network is associated with the user identification information at least when the user desires payment other than payment by a credit card issued by the fuel sales company or its affiliated company A method of selling fuel, comprising: identifying a sales price of fuel discounted from a list price according to user information including past purchase information of the user.

  According to this configuration, a discount suitable for the user can be given to a user who does not own the company credit card as well as a user who owns the company credit card.

According to another aspect of the present invention,
A fuel sales method for selling fuel using a terminal installed in a service station managed by a fuel sales company and connected to a communication network,
Step of acquiring user identification information for identifying a user managed by a fuel sales company, unlike a credit card identification information, by a terminal;
Obtaining a signal indicating one payment method desired by the user from a plurality of payment methods including payment by credit card issued by a terminal other than the fuel sales company or its affiliated company,
The host computer connected to the terminal via the terminal or the communication network has at least the user's identification information associated with the user identification information when the user desires at least a payment by a credit card issued by a person other than the fuel sales company or its affiliated company. There is provided a fuel sales method for executing in this order the step of specifying a sales price of fuel discounted from a list price in accordance with user information including past purchase information.

According to still another aspect of the present invention,
A fuel sales method for selling fuel using a terminal installed at a service station managed by a fuel sales company and connected to a communication network and having at least a display unit,
A step of displaying on the display unit a screen for inputting one settlement method desired by a user from among a plurality of settlement methods including settlement by credit card issued by a terminal other than the fuel sales company or its affiliated company,
A step of displaying on the display unit a screen for causing the user to present at least a credit card issued by the fuel sales company or its affiliated company or an identification medium by the terminal;
When a user presents an identification medium issued by a fuel sales company or an affiliated company, the user obtains user identification information for identifying the user, unlike the credit card identification information,
By using a host computer connected via a terminal or a communication network, the sales price of the fuel discounted from the list price is displayed on the display unit in accordance with user information including at least past purchase information of the user associated with the user identification information. A method for selling fuel is provided that performs the steps in this order.

Conventionally, after presenting a membership card without a credit function, only cash settlement can be selected. According to the aspect of the present invention, the fuel sales company can freely access the purchase history of the customer based on the user identification information different from the identification information of the credit card. For this reason, even after the user presents a membership card without a credit function, the user can select a payment method other than cash and can purchase fuel at a discount price according to the user. .
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In the above-described embodiment, the user who selects the payment method using the company credit card in step S02 of the flowchart shown in FIG. 2 performs the discount sale of fuel based on the card number of the company credit card. Although described, the present invention is not limited to this.
For example, a method may be employed in which the user who owns the company credit card is presented with the ID card, or the user ID is recorded on the company credit card and the user ID is read from the company credit card. it can. Thereby, the method after step S05 of FIG. 2 can be implemented also for the user who selected the settlement by the company credit card.

  In the above-described embodiment, the example in which the card processing unit 13 reads the ID card has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. The user ID can be recorded on the identification medium using magnetic means, optical means, or the like. The identification medium may be in the form of a card, a wristband, or an accessory that can be attached to a key holder. Or the application of the smart phone which displays a user ID on a screen may be delivered to a user, and the screen of the smart phone on which the user ID was displayed may be made to read in the reading part of the terminal 10. Furthermore, the user ID may be transmitted from the smartphone to the terminal 10 by wireless communication.

  In the above-described embodiment, the configuration in which the user ID is acquired after the user selects the payment method has been described. However, the user may be allowed to select the payment method after acquiring the user ID. Alternatively, when the user ID is recorded on the credit card, the selection of the settlement method and the acquisition of the user ID may be performed simultaneously. In addition, the terminal 10 may cause the display unit 15 to simultaneously display a display for selecting a payment method and a display for prompting input of a user ID.

  In the above-described embodiment, the example in which the screen for allowing the user to select the payment method is displayed on the touch panel display has been described, but the present invention is not limited thereto. You may comprise so that a user's action which inserts cards, such as a credit card, in the card processing part 13, and the action which throws a coin and a banknote into a money receiving slot may be processed as selection of a user's settlement method. The input unit 17 may be configured with buttons or the like in addition to the touch panel display.

  The sales unit price determination table shown in FIG. 7 is an example, and the present invention is not limited to this. The discount amount may be set larger as the user purchases more cash. Alternatively, the discount amount may be set larger for a user with a larger purchase amount by credit card. Alternatively, the annual purchase amount may be divided into, for example, 10 levels, and the discount amount may be set larger for users belonging to ranks with a higher purchase amount. Also, the campaigns shown in FIGS. 8B and 8C are merely examples, and the present invention is not limited to this.

  The unit price determination unit 21 may determine further discounts by combining user information and service station information. For example, if the user's address is near the service station, the unit price may be further discounted. This makes it easier for the user to use a nearby service station. Thus, the unit price determination unit 21 may determine the sales price of the fuel discounted from the list price based on user information other than the user's past purchase information. Further, the unit price determination unit 21 determines the sales unit price according to the user based on the sales unit price determination table shown in FIG. 7 and the sales price according to the user based on user information other than the user's past purchase information. The selling price may be determined in combination with the determination.

  In the above-described embodiment, an example in which the cumulative database 33 is configured to include the user ID, the annual purchase amount of fuel, the annual purchase amount of consumables, and the annual purchase amount of service has been described. Not limited. The accumulation database 33 is configured to include items necessary for the unit price determination unit 21 to determine a unit price. For example, the cumulative database 33 may include a cumulative purchase amount for credit card settlement and a cumulative purchase amount for cash settlement.

  In the above-described embodiment, an example has been described in which the terminal specifies the sales price of the fuel discounted from the fixed price and displays the discounted sales price on the display unit, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the discounted sales price may be printed on the receipt. The terminal may be configured to display the list price and the discounted amount on a display unit or the like.

  Also, at the fuel sales site, after the user pays the sales price based on the regular unit price or the sales price based on the provisional unit price at the service station, the fuel sales company or its affiliated company will later store the credit card account of the user. There is also a sales form in which substantial discount sales are performed by sending the discount amount to the addressee. The user can confirm the payment of the discount amount by referring to the credit card usage statement. The present invention can also be applied to such sales forms. In this case, the sales amount based on the regular price or the provisional unit price and the refundable amount are displayed on the display unit or receipt at the service station, and the discount amount is sent to the user at a later date. To do.

In the above-described embodiment, the mode in which the fuel is sold at the price discounted from the list price at the store of the service station has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, it may be configured to sell at a fixed price at the store, and refund the discounted amount to the user at a later date. In this case, the user information includes account information for the customer to receive cash back from the fuel sales company. In this case, the host computer connected to the terminal via the terminal or the communication network is the amount discounted from the list price according to the user information including at least the past purchase information of the user associated with the user identification information, that is, refunded later. The discount amount is specified, and the terminal is configured to display the discount amount to be refunded.
Or you may comprise so that the point equivalent to the amount of money for a discount may be provided to a user, selling at a fixed price. The points corresponding to the discount amount are those that can be used as a currency only at a fuel sales company, or that can be used as a currency only within a group to which the fuel sales company is a member. Points corresponding to the amount of the discount can be used as purchase prices for fuel, wipers, gift cards, etc. In this case, the host computer connected to the terminal via the terminal or the communication network is configured to specify the amount of points to be given to the customer from the fuel sales company, and the terminal is configured to display the amount of the points Is done.

  In the above-described embodiment, the example in which the host computer 20 executes the sales unit price determination process has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the terminal 10 may be configured to have a unit price determination unit. In this case, the host computer 20 transmits information necessary for the unit price determination process to the terminal 10, and the terminal 10 executes the sales unit price determination process. In this case, for example, the host computer 20 determines the user rank based on the user ID and information stored in the data server 30, and the host computer 20 transmits the user rank as information necessary for the unit price determination process to the terminal 10. The terminal 10 determines the unit price according to the user rank with reference to the unit price table in which the unit price is set for each user rank. According to such a configuration, each service station can independently set a unit price table.

  In the above-described embodiment, the aspect in which the terminal 10 determines the fuel sales price according to the user information has been described. However, the host computer 20 may be configured to determine the fuel sales price according to the user information. Good. In this case, the host computer 20 acquires information such as the type of oil to be refueled and the amount of refueling from the terminal 10, and determines the fuel sales price using the unit price determined by the unit price determination unit 21.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Terminal 11 Fuel supply part 12 Supply counter 13 Card processing part 14 Sales amount calculation part 15 Display part 16 Communication part 17 Input part 20 Host computer 21 Unit price determination part 22 Unit price input part 23 Condition input part 30 Data server 31 Customer database 32 Purchase History database 33 Cumulative database

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A fuel sales method for selling fuel by a payment method other than payment by a credit card issued by the fuel sales company or its affiliated company using a terminal installed in a service station managed by the fuel sales company and connected to a communication network Because
Obtaining the user identification information for identifying the user by the terminal, unlike the identification information of the credit card;
When the user wishes to pay by credit card, the host computer connected to the terminal or the terminal via the communication network provides services such as vehicle inspection and tire replacement at a service station associated with the user identification information, and the step of determining the selling price of the fuel that has been discounted from the list price depending on the user information that the purchase information of consumables such as wipers unrealized said fuel sales company to management, sales method of the fuel with the capital.   Displaying a screen for prompting the user to input the identification information after displaying a screen for allowing the user to select one payment method from a plurality of payment methods including the payment method using the credit card on the terminal. Item 2. The sales method according to Item 1.   When the terminal receives a signal that the user wants to make a payment by cash, a payment by a prepaid card, a payment by electronic money, a payment by a debit card, or a payment by a premium, the terminal or the host computer The sales method according to claim 1, wherein a sales price of fuel discounted from a list price is determined according to user information associated with user identification information.   The sales method according to claim 1, wherein the terminal or the host computer determines a sales price of fuel greatly discounted from a list price as the past purchase price of the user increases. A processor;
A terminal that is installed in a service station managed by a fuel sales company and connected to a communication network.
When the computer readable instructions are executed by the processor, the terminal
A fuel sales method for selling fuel by a payment method other than payment by a credit card issued by the fuel sales company or its affiliated company,
Obtaining the user identification information for identifying the user by the terminal, unlike the identification information of the credit card;
When the user wishes to pay by credit card, the host computer connected to the terminal or the terminal via the communication network provides services such as vehicle inspection and tire replacement at a service station associated with the user identification information, and terminal to run the process, to determine the selling price of the fuel that has been discounted from the list price depending on the user information that the purchase information of consumables such as wipers unrealized said fuel sales company to manage. A terminal installed in a service station managed by a fuel sales company and connected to a communication network has a processor,
When executed by the processor, the program is
A fuel sales method for selling fuel by a payment method other than payment by a credit card issued by the fuel sales company or its affiliated company,
Obtaining the user identification information for identifying the user by the terminal, unlike the identification information of the credit card;
If the user desires a settlement by credit card, the terminal, the user identification information, such as vehicle inspection and tire replacement in the service station that is associated with service and supplies of purchase information including only the fuel sales companies, such as wiper The program which performs the process which determines the sales price of the fuel discounted from the list price according to the user information which manages . A fuel sales method for selling fuel using a terminal installed in a service station managed by a fuel sales company and connected to a communication network,
Unlike the credit card identification information, user identification information for identifying a user managed by the fuel sales company is included in the credit card issued by the fuel sales company or its affiliated company by the terminal or an identification medium. A process of acquiring;
The user identification information when the host computer connected to the terminal via the terminal or the communication network desires payment other than payment by a credit card issued by the fuel sales company or its affiliated company at least. to determine the selling price of the fuel that has been discounted from the list price, depending on the user information purchase information of consumables such as services and the wiper, such as vehicle inspection and tire replacement in the service station that is associated with the unrealized said fuel sales companies to manage and And a method for selling the fuel. A fuel sales method for selling fuel using a terminal installed in a service station managed by a fuel sales company and connected to a communication network,
Obtaining a signal indicating one settlement method desired by the user from among a plurality of settlement methods including settlement by credit card issued by the terminal other than the fuel sales company or its affiliated company,
Step of acquiring user identification information for identifying a user managed by the fuel sales company, unlike the credit card identification information, by the terminal;
A host computer connected to the terminal via the terminal or the communication network is associated with the user identification information when the user desires at least a payment by a credit card issued by other than the fuel sales company or its affiliated company. the step of determining the selling price of the fuel that has been discounted from the list price depending on the user information that the purchase information of consumables such as services and the wiper, such as vehicle inspection and tire replacement in the service station, which is the unrealized said fuel sales company to manage, The fuel sales method that executes in this order. A fuel sales method for selling fuel using a terminal installed at a service station managed by a fuel sales company and connected to a communication network and having at least a screen display unit,
A step of displaying, on the screen display unit, a screen for inputting one settlement method desired by a user from among a plurality of settlement methods including settlement by credit card issued by the terminal other than the fuel sales company or its affiliated company. When,
Displaying on the screen display unit a screen for presenting a credit card or identification medium issued by at least the fuel sales company or its affiliated company to the user by the terminal; and
When the user presents the identification medium issued by the fuel sales company or its affiliated company by the terminal, obtaining user identification information for identifying the user, unlike the identification information of a credit card;
By the terminal or host computer connected to the terminal via the communication network, the user identification information purchase information of consumables such as services and the wiper such as inspection and tire replacement in a service station that is associated with the unrealized said A method of selling fuel, in which the display price of fuel discounted from a list price is displayed on the screen display unit in accordance with user information managed by a fuel sales company . A fuel sales method for selling fuel by a payment method other than payment by a credit card issued by the fuel sales company or its affiliated company using a terminal installed in a service station managed by the fuel sales company and connected to a communication network Because
Obtaining the user identification information for identifying the user by the terminal, unlike the identification information of the credit card;
When the user wishes to pay by credit card, the host computer connected to the terminal or the terminal via the communication network provides services such as vehicle inspection and tire replacement at a service station associated with the user identification information, and a process in which the fuel sales company, which corresponds to the amount of money or the gold amount is discounted from the list price depending on the user information that the purchase information of consumables such as wipers unrealized said fuel sales company managed to identify the amount of points to be given to the user And a method for selling fuel. A fuel sales method for selling fuel by a payment method other than payment by a credit card issued by the fuel sales company or its affiliated company using a terminal installed in a service station managed by the fuel sales company and connected to a communication network Because
Obtaining the user identification information for identifying the user by the terminal, unlike the identification information of the credit card;
If the user desires a settlement by credit card, the terminal, the user identification information, such as vehicle inspection and tire replacement in the service station that is associated with service and supplies of purchase information including only the fuel sales companies, such as wiper Displaying the amount discounted from the list price according to the user information managed by or the amount of points given to the user by the fuel sales company corresponding to the amount.

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