JP6846792B2 - Product sales data processing equipment and programs - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a product sales data processing device and a program.

Currently, the use of electronic money is widespread. For example, when paying for shopping at a store, it is possible to pay the price with electronic money by using a medium such as a prepaid card. In addition, such a prepaid card converts the amount of cash or credit card used into the amount of electronic money, and manages the converted amount of electronic money in correspondence with the prepaid card to charge the electronic money (payment). ) Can be performed. Therefore, there is known a POS register that can process a charge corresponding to an electronic money storage medium such as a prepaid card (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2016-157391

It is stipulated that the processing from registration to settlement (accounting processing) for products corresponding to one transaction in the POS register and the processing of charging the prepaid card should not be mixed in one transaction. Therefore, in the POS register, the accounting process and the charge process are processed as different transactions.

For example, when a product is registered in a POS register and an attempt is made to make a payment with a prepaid card, the charge balance of the prepaid card is less than the payment amount, so it often happens that the product is charged and then repaid. In such a case, since the accounting process and the charge process are treated as separate transactions as described above, the prepaid card information is read (that is, access to the prepaid card) each time the transaction is switched, as shown below. ) Is performed.
First, for example, after the registration of the purchased product is completed and the subtotal operation is performed, the information of the prepaid card is read for the first time. Here, since it can be seen that the charge balance of the prepaid card is less than the payment amount, the clerk performs an operation of suspending the transactions so far and then starting the charge process to charge the prepaid card. .. At the time of this charge, the information of the prepaid card is read for the second time. Then, when the charge process is completed, the clerk performs an operation of resuming the held transaction. Then, after the transaction is resumed, the information of the prepaid card is read for the third time so that the prepaid card after charging can be used for payment.
In this way, depending on the situation, it is necessary to have the POS register acquire the information about the customer for each transaction even though the information about the same customer can be used in different transactions, which hinders the progress of the transaction. There is.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to eliminate the need to read information about a customer from a medium for each transaction when information about the same customer can be used in different transactions. To do.

One aspect of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems is to use the customer-related information to perform an information acquisition means for acquiring customer-related information, which is information related to the customer, and a transaction handling process corresponding to each transaction. Satisfies the transfer conditions for inheriting the transaction handling processing means to be executed and the customer-related information processed under one transaction handling process so that it is also processed under another transaction handling process. The customer-related information is provided with a condition determining means for determining whether or not the information has been processed, and the transaction handling processing means is processed under one transaction handling process in response to the satisfaction of the transfer condition. Is a product sales data processing device that is set to be a processing target under other transaction handling processing.

Further, one aspect of the present invention is a transaction in which a computer is used as an information acquisition means for acquiring customer-related information which is information related to a customer, and a transaction correspondence process corresponding to each transaction is executed by using the customer-related information. Correspondence processing means Whether or not the transfer condition for inheriting the customer-related information processed under the transaction correspondence process of 1 so as to be processed under the other transaction correspondence processing is satisfied. It is a program for functioning as a condition determination means for determination, and the transaction correspondence processing means is a customer-related processing target under one transaction correspondence processing according to the satisfaction of the transfer condition. It is a program that sets information to be processed under other transaction handling processing.

According to the present invention, when the information about the same customer can be used in different transactions, it is possible to eliminate the need to read the information about the customer from the medium for each transaction.

It is a figure which shows the configuration example of the POS system in this embodiment. It is a front view and the side view which shows the appearance example of the POS register in this embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the appearance example of the POS register in this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the POS register in this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the prepaid card information database in this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the accounting processing screen in this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the prepaid card-related information displayed in the prepaid card-related information area in this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the charge processing screen in this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the accounting processing screen after the charge processing in this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the charge processing correspondence receipt and the accounting processing correspondence receipt in this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the processing procedure which the POS register in this Embodiment executes in relation to accounting processing and charge processing.

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FIG. 1 shows a configuration example of a POS (Point Of Sales) system according to the present embodiment. The POS system shown in the figure is installed outside the store ST, including two POS registers 100 (an example of a product sales data processing device) installed in the store ST, one store controller 200, and one communication device 300. It is provided with a prepaid card management server 400 to be used.

The POS register 100 is arranged at the sales floor of the store ST, and accounts for the products purchased by the customer according to the operation of the clerk. The accounting process here includes a product registration process of a product for which a customer's purchased product is registered as a settlement target, and a settlement process of performing settlement according to the total amount corresponding to the product registered by the product registration process.

The store controller 200 is a high-level information processing device that manages the POS system at the store ST. The store controller 200 is installed in, for example, a backyard in a store ST.
The store controller 200 manages various information such as a product master. The store controller 200 appropriately transmits the latest product master to the POS register 100. The product master is a file that stores product information such as product identification information (for example, JAN code), product name (product name, item name), selling price, and discount information of each product.
The store controller 200 acquires a product master reflecting the latest product information from an external device (for example, a server of the headquarters, a medium such as a CD-ROM), and appropriately transmits the product master to the POS register 100.
The store controller 200 in the figure is communicably connected to each of the POS registers 100 via, for example, a wired or wireless LAN (Local Area Network).

The communication device 300 has a function as a gateway that relays the connection with the network in which the prepaid card management server 400 exists and the connection with the LAN in the store ST.

The prepaid card management server 400 is provided outside the store ST. The prepaid card management server 400 and the communication device 300 in the store ST are connected to each other so as to be able to communicate via, for example, a network. As a result, the store controller 200, the POS register, and the POS register 100 in the store ST are connected to the prepaid card management server 400 via the communication device 300 so as to be communicable.
The prepaid card management server 400 may be connected so as to be able to communicate with a POS register, a store controller, or the like in another store, for example, via a communication device in another store (not shown).

The configuration of the POS system shown in the figure is an example. For example, as a configuration of the POS system, the number of POS registers 100 provided in the store ST is not particularly limited. Further, the POS system may be configured not to include the store controller 200. If the POS system does not include the store controller 200, the POS register 100 may also function as the store controller 200.

2 and 3 show an example of the appearance of the POS register 100 in this embodiment. FIG. 2A is a front view of the POS register 100 of the present embodiment from the clerk (operator) side (front) operating the POS register 100, and FIG. 2B is a side view of the POS register 100. Further, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the POS register 100 as viewed from the front right.

The POS register 100 in the figure includes a display unit 104 with a touch panel, a key operation unit 105, a customer display unit 106, an automatic change machine 107, a scanner unit 108, a printing unit 109, a card reader 110, and a drawer 120.

The display unit 104 with a touch panel is a display device for a clerk provided with the touch panel 104a. On the display unit 104 with a touch panel, an accounting processing screen corresponding to the product registration processing and the settlement processing is displayed. In addition, the clerk can perform predetermined operations related to product registration, accounting, etc. on the touch panel 104a.

The key operation unit 105 is a keyboard provided with operation keys such as a number key for inputting a quantity at the time of product registration processing and an amount of deposit received from a customer at the time of accounting processing, and a closing key for closing accounting. is there.

The customer display unit 106 is a display device for notifying the customer of the product name and price of the product to be purchased.
The automatic change machine 107 is a change machine for discharging at least money from the change to be paid to the customer to the change discharge port 107a, and is a deposit input port 107b for inserting at least money from the deposits received from the customer. Be prepared.

The scanner unit 108 reads the code information (for example, a barcode or the like) attached to the product or the gift certificate to be purchased, or the code information written in the product catalog or the product order sheet.
In addition to the barcode, the scanner unit 108 may be configured to read, for example, a two-dimensional code.

The printing unit 109 prints on paper to issue a receipt or the like, which is a statement of the product to be purchased. In the following description, printing and printing are used interchangeably.

The drawer 120 is a storage unit for storing banknotes and money received from the customer, and is pulled out in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 2B in response to the operation of the key operation unit 105.

The card reader 110 is, for example, a reader / writer corresponding to an IC (Integrated Circuit) card. The communication method with the IC card supported by the card reader 110 may be either a contact type or a non-contact type. Further, the card reader 110 may be configured so as to be able to read the information magnetically recorded on the magnetic card and write the information to the magnetic card.
The card (IC card or magnetic card) to be read (and written) by the card reader 110 of the present embodiment is a prepaid card. A prepaid card is used so that electronic money is charged (deposited) in advance and then the payment amount is deducted from the amount deposited on the prepaid card (charge balance: an example of valuable amount). ..
The card reader 110 may be capable of reading information in correspondence with a membership card, a credit card, or the like in addition to the prepaid card.
Further, the card reader 110 shown in the figure is attached to the main body of the POS register 100 and operated by a clerk. However, the card reader 110 may be separated from the POS register 100, for example, and may be connected to the POS register 100 so as to be able to communicate with the POS register 100 by wire or wirelessly. In this case, it is possible to have the customer perform an operation of reading the prepaid card by the card reader 110.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the POS register 100. In the figure, the blocks corresponding to the configurations shown in FIG. 2 are designated by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted.
As shown in the figure, the POS register 100 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 111, a storage unit 102, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 113, a display unit with a touch panel 104, a key operation unit 105, a customer display unit 106, and an automatic unit. It includes a change machine 107, a scanner unit 108, a printing unit 109, a card reader 110, a communication unit 111, and a drawer 120. Each of these parts is connected via an internal bus and a communication line.

The communication unit 111 communicates with, for example, the store controller 200, which is a higher-level device of the POS register 100.

The CPU 101 executes various processes in the POS register 100 by executing the program. Various functions as the POS register 100 are realized by the processing of the CPU 101.

The storage unit 102 is an auxiliary storage device that stores various data used by the CPU 101. The storage unit 102 stores, for example, a program to be executed by the CPU 101, image data to be displayed on the display unit 104 with a touch panel, and the like.

The RAM 103 is a main storage device in which data of a program or work area read from the storage unit 102 is expanded. In addition, the RAM 103 stores, for example, information about products imported from the store controller 200.

The POS register 100 in the present embodiment corresponds to payment of the price by using the prepaid card and charge (payment) to the prepaid card.
The prepaid card has two types of charge balance management formats: a format in which the charge balance information is stored in an IC chip (or magnetic medium) included in the prepaid card, and a format in which the charge balance is managed by a server. The prepaid card of the present embodiment may be in any of the above formats, but in the following description, a case where the charge balance is managed by the server will be described as an example.
When payment is made using a prepaid card, for example, when the subtotal operation is performed during the accounting process and the total amount of the registered products is fixed, the clerk or the customer prepaid with the card reader 110. Perform an operation to read the information stored in the card. The prepaid card of the present embodiment stores a card identifier that uniquely identifies the prepaid card. Since the card identifier uniquely corresponds to the customer who is the owner of the prepaid card, it also functions as an identifier for identifying the customer.
The card identifier read from the prepaid card by the card reader 110 is acquired in the POS register 100. The POS register 100 transmits a prepaid card information request including the acquired card identifier to the prepaid card management server 400 via the communication device 300.

The prepaid card management server 400 stores a database of prepaid card information (prepaid card information database) corresponding to each issued prepaid card.
FIG. 5 shows an example of a prepaid card information database. One row (record) in the prepaid card information database of the figure is the prepaid card information corresponding to one prepaid card.
The prepaid card information in the figure includes information items of customer identifier, card identifier, charge balance, and point balance.
In the customer identifier area, the member identifier given to the owner of the corresponding prepaid card when the owner is registered as a member of the store is stored. For example, in the case of the figure, the customer identifier is stored in each prepaid card information including the card numbers "XXXXXXXXXX1111", "XXXXXXXXXX1112", and "XXXXXXXXXXXX1114". That is, it is shown that the owners of the prepaid cards with the card numbers "XXXXXXXXXX1111", "XXXXXXXXXX1112", and "XXXXXXXXXX1114" have registered as members. On the other hand, the customer identifier is not stored in the prepaid card information including the card number "XXXXXXXXXX1113". In other words, it is shown that the owner of the prepaid card with the card number "XXXXXXXXXX1113" has not registered as a member.
In the area of the card identifier, a card identifier uniquely indicating the corresponding prepaid card is stored.
In the charge balance area, a value indicating the balance of electronic money charged in the corresponding prepaid card is stored.
In the point balance area, a value indicating the balance of points given corresponding to the prepaid card is stored. That is, in this case, the case where the prepaid card also functions as a point card is taken as an example.
The prepaid card information including such information items is regarded as one of the information (customer-related information) related to the customer who is the owner of the prepaid card. Further, in the present embodiment, the customer-related information does not have to be all the information items included in the prepaid card information, and may be, for example, a part of the information items included in the prepaid card information.

The prepaid card management server 400 receives the prepaid card information request, and from the prepaid card information stored by itself, the prepaid card information including the card identifier included in the received prepaid card information request. To search for. The prepaid card management server 400 transmits the searched prepaid card information to the POS register 100 of the transmission source of the prepaid card information request.
The POS register 100 that has received the prepaid card information displays the received prepaid card information on the accounting processing screen.

FIG. 6 shows an example of the accounting processing screen displayed on the display unit 104 with a touch panel of the POS register 100 of the present embodiment. On the accounting processing screen shown in the figure, the prepaid card information was received from the prepaid card management server 400 in response to the fact that the registration of the product in one transaction was completed, the subtotal operation was performed, and the card reader 110 was made to read the prepaid card. An example of the display mode at the stage is shown.
The accounting processing screen in the figure is displayed corresponding to tab TAB1. Tab TAB1 corresponds to a transaction.
For example, when a touch operation is performed on the tab TAB 2 or the tab TAB 3, the accounting processing screen corresponding to the other one transaction corresponding to each is displayed.
In addition, a prepaid card use declaration button BT1 is arranged on the accounting processing screen. When the prepaid card is used for payment, the clerk operates the prepaid card use declaration button BT1 to declare the use of the prepaid card. Then, the clerk (or the customer) performs an operation of causing the card reader 110 to read the prepaid card.

In the accounting processing screen of the figure, a button area AR1, a registration item area AR2, a registration confirmation area AR3, a subtotal area AR4, and a prepaid card-related information area AR5 are arranged.
In the button area AR1, buttons associated with each item of goods, buttons for designating a predetermined operation mode, and the like are arranged.

In the registration item area AR2, the items of the products registered by the product registration process in the accounting process so far corresponding to one transaction are displayed in a list format. Here, an example is shown in which one product having a product name of "product 1" and a price excluding tax of 3000 yen is registered.

In the registration confirmation area AR3, information on the product registered by the operation of the clerk is displayed for confirmation. As in the case of the figure, when one product of the product type as "product 1" is registered, the product name ("product 1") and the price of product 1 are displayed in the registration confirmation area AR3. Is displayed. However, in the case of the figure, the registration confirmation area AR3 is not particularly displayed because the product registration has already been confirmed in the state after the subtotal operation has been performed. ..

In the subtotal area AR4, information regarding the subtotal of the product registered in one transaction is displayed. In the figure, as information on the subtotal of registered products, the number of registered products and the total amount including tax for all registered products are displayed. In the example of the figure, it is shown that one product is registered and the total amount including tax is 3240 yen.

Here, the case where the purchased product registered in one transaction is one of "Product 1" will be taken as an example. Then, in this case, as described above, the prepaid card information is acquired in the POS register 100 in response to the reading of the prepaid card after the subtotal operation for the payment by using the prepaid card. There is. In the prepaid card-related information area AR5 of the figure, prepaid card-related information including the contents of the acquired prepaid card information is displayed.

FIG. 7 shows an example of the prepaid card-related information displayed in the prepaid card-related information area AR5 of FIG. As shown in the figure, in the prepaid card-related information area AR5, a charge balance area AR51, a card identifier area AR52, a point balance area AR53, and a point grant target amount area AR54 are arranged.
The charge balance area AR51 is an area where the charge balance of the prepaid card is shown. In the example of the figure, the display of "money balance: 2,000 yen" indicates that the charge balance is 2000 yen.
The card identifier area AR52 is an area in which the card identifier of the prepaid card is shown. The "card number" in the card identifier area AR52 in the figure is another name for the card identifier. Further, in the card identifier area AR52 in the figure, a specific number is shown only for the last four digits of the predetermined number of digits forming the card number, and the number of each remaining digit is hidden by the hidden letters by "X". There is.

The point balance area AR53 is an area in which the point balance is shown when the prepaid card is given a function as a point card. In the figure, the display of "1234P" indicates that the point balance is 1234 points.
The point award target amount area AR54 is an area indicating an amount (point award target amount) that is a basis for calculating points to be granted in response to this transaction when the prepaid card is given a function as a point card. Is. In the figure, it is shown that the amount of points to be awarded is 3000 yen. That is, the figure shows an example in which the total amount of registered products excluding tax is used as the point grant target amount.

In the prepaid card related information area AR5 of the figure, the information shown in the charge balance area AR51, the card identifier area AR52, and the point balance area AR53 was included in the prepaid card information acquired from the prepaid card management server 400. The content of the information is reflected. Further, in the prepaid card-related information area AR5, the point award target amount indicated in the point award target amount area AR54 is based on the total amount obtained according to the result of the product registration process in the corresponding transaction.

The explanation is returned to FIG. In the example of the figure, the total amount of the products is 3240 yen, while the charge balance shown in the prepaid card related information area AR5 is 2000 yen. In other words, the charge balance of the prepaid card is less than the payment amount.
In such a case, the POS register 100 notifies the clerk that the charge balance is less than the payment amount. Such charge balance shortage notification may be performed, for example, by display or by sound output.

After confirming the charge balance shortage notification, the clerk informs the customer to that effect and then inquires to the customer as to whether or not to charge. If the customer offers to pay by other payment type such as cash or credit card without using a prepaid card, the clerk will perform the payment process corresponding to the offered payment type. Operate as follows.
On the other hand, if the customer charges the prepaid card and then offers to pay using the prepaid card, the clerk moves on to the operation for charging the prepaid card. For this purpose, the clerk operates the charge declaration button BT2 on the accounting processing screen shown in the figure. The charge declaration button BT2 is a button on which an operation for declaring that the POS register 100 is executed for charging the prepaid card is performed.

In the POS register 100 of the present embodiment, the charge process for charging the prepaid card is treated as a transaction separate from the accounting process. That is, the charge processing and the accounting processing are individual transaction handling processes corresponding to different transactions.
Therefore, the POS register 100 suspends the transaction that has been in the accounting process so far in response to the operation on the charge declaration button BT2. Then, the POS register 100 sets a new transaction as a charge process. As a result, the display unit 104 with the touch panel displays the charge processing screen instead of the accounting processing screen shown in FIG.

Here, in the present embodiment, when the charge declaration button BT2 is operated in this way during the accounting process, the condition (transfer condition) that the prepaid card information can be transferred between transactions is satisfied. It is treated as an accounting card.
When the transfer condition is satisfied, the POS register 100 transfers the prepaid card information acquired under the accounting process to be held to the charge process, which is another transaction. That is, the POS register 100 sets the prepaid card information acquired under the accounting process to be held as the information to be used in the charge process when setting the charge process.

FIG. 8 shows an example of a charge processing screen displayed in place of the accounting processing screen of FIG. In the figure, the same parts as those in FIG. 6 are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted.
In the case of the charge processing screen of the figure, in the button area AR1, instead of the button indicating the product, the charge instruction buttons BT11 and BT12 are arranged. The charge instruction buttons BT11 and BT12 are buttons for specifying the charge amount (payment amount to the prepaid card) and instructing the charge. In the example of the figure, the charge instruction button BT11 is a button for performing an operation of designating a charge amount of 1000 yen and instructing the charge, and the charge instruction button BT12 specifies a charge amount of 3000 yen to charge. It is a button on which the operation to instruct is performed.
The number of charge instruction buttons arranged in the button area AR1 and the charge amount set corresponding to each charge instruction button are not limited to the example in the figure, and may be changed as appropriate.

Further, on the charge processing screen of the figure, for example, the transaction status area AR6 indicated as "temporary tightening" is newly arranged. The display of the transaction status area AR6 indicated as "temporary tightening" indicates that there are currently pending transactions in the background of charge processing.
In addition, in the registration confirmation area AR3 on the charge processing screen in the figure, the total amount of money in the pending transaction (“3240 yen in this case”) and the deposits that have been deposited so far in the pending transaction. ("In this case, 0 yen") is shown.

Further, as described above, the prepaid card information acquired in the accounting process corresponding to FIG. 6 is taken over by the charge process, so that the prepaid card related information area AR5 on the charge process screen of the figure is shown in FIG. The same contents as in the case of the accounting processing screen of are continuously displayed.
Since the prepaid card information is taken over by the charge process in this way, it is not necessary to have the card reader 110 read the prepaid card again when the charge process is started.

With the charge processing screen displayed as described above, the clerk operates the charge according to the charge amount requested by the customer. Here, the customer offered a charge of 3000 yen. In response to this offer, the clerk receives cash of 3000 yen from the customer and then operates the charge instruction button BT12. The charge instruction button BT12 is a button for designating a charge amount of 3000 yen and instructing the charge as described above.
In response to the operation of the charge instruction button BT12, the POS register 100 executes a process of updating the charge balance of the prepaid card so as to increase by 3000 yen (charge balance update process).
For this purpose, the POS register 100 updates the charge balance by adding a value corresponding to 3000 yen to the value of the charge balance of the prepaid card information taken in by itself. In the case of the example in the figure, the charge balance before charging was 2000 yen. Therefore, by updating the charge balance with the charge amount of 3000 yen, the charge balance becomes 5000 yen.
Further, the POS register 100 transmits a prepaid card information update request to the prepaid card management server 400 as a charge balance update process. The prepaid card information update request includes prepaid card information including information on the renewed charge balance. In response to receiving the prepaid card information update request, the prepaid card management server 400 receives the same card among the prepaid card information stored by itself based on the prepaid card information included in the received prepaid card information update request. Update the prepaid card information for the identifier. In this way, the result of the charge processing by the POS register 100 is reflected in the prepaid card information managed by the prepaid card management server 400.
As a result of such charge processing, the display of the charge balance in the charge balance area AR51 in the prepaid card related information area AR5 on the charge processing screen in the figure shows 5000 yen from the state showing 2000 yen in the figure. Change to state.

When the charge process is completed, the clerk cancels the held transaction and performs a pending transaction canceling operation to call it in order to respond to the payment by using the prepaid card whose charge balance is 5000 yen. Although the specific illustration is omitted, the hold transaction release operation may be an operation for a predetermined button on the charge processing screen.
In response to the hold transaction release operation, the POS register 100 releases the hold of the transaction so far, and from the display of the charge processing screen so far, the accounting processing screen for the transaction for which the hold has been released is displayed. Switch to display.

FIG. 9 shows an example of an accounting processing screen that can be switched from the charge processing screen of FIG. In the figure, the same parts as those in FIG. 6 are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted.
In the present embodiment, even when the transaction by the charge processing is changed to the transaction by the accounting processing by releasing the hold of the transaction as described above, it is treated as if the prepaid card information transfer condition is satisfied.
When the transfer condition is satisfied, the POS register 100 transfers the prepaid card information whose charge balance has been updated under the charge process to another transaction, the accounting process. In this case, the POS register 100 updates the prepaid card information that was taken in under the accounting process for which the hold was released by the prepaid card information for which the charge balance was updated under the charge process. In this way, the prepaid card information is taken over even when the accounting process that has been performed from the charge process to immediately before the charge process is resumed.
In response to the transfer of the prepaid card information in this way, the display of the charge balance in the charge balance area AR51 of the prepaid card related information area AR5 in the figure is in a state of showing 5000 yen.
By taking over the prepaid card information in this way, it is not necessary for the card reader 110 to read the card identifier from the prepaid card again at the stage when the hold of the accounting process is released and the accounting process is resumed.

Further, on the accounting processing screen of FIG. 6, the display in the button area AR1, the registration item area AR2, and the subtotal area AR4 is the same as in FIG. 6 without any change.
On the other hand, in the registration confirmation area AR3, the appropriate amount to be applied to the payment is displayed from the prepaid balance. In the registration confirmation area AR3 in the figure, it is shown that the appropriate amount is 3240 yen, which is the same as the total amount including tax displayed in the subtotal area AR4.
After that, the settlement process is executed so that 3240 yen is applied to the payment from the charge balance of 5000 yen with respect to the total amount of 3240 yen.

The accounting processing screens shown in FIGS. 6 and 9 are product registration screens displayed during the product registration processing performed under the accounting processing. When the product registration process is completed and, for example, a subtotal operation is performed, the accounting processing screen transitions from the product registration screen to the subplanning screen.
For example, the transaction by the accounting process with the subplan side displayed as the accounting process screen is suspended, the transaction transitions to the transaction by the charge process that inherits the prepaid card information, the hold is released, and the prepaid card information after the charge process is inherited. However, it is also possible to return to accounting transactions. Even in such a case, the prepaid card information after charging is displayed on the sub-planning side according to the example of FIG.

As mentioned above, the accounting process and the charge process are treated as transaction handling processes corresponding to different transactions. Therefore, when the charge process described with reference to FIG. 8 is completed, one transaction corresponding to the charge process is completed. The POS register 100 issues a receipt corresponding to each transaction. Therefore, in response to the completion of the charge process described with reference to FIG. 8, the POS register 100 issues a receipt (a receipt corresponding to the charge process) indicating the result of the charge process. Further, in response to the completion of the accounting treatment described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 9, the POS register 100 issues a receipt (accounting processing correspondence receipt) indicating the completion of the accounting treatment.
FIG. 10 shows an example of a charge processing-compatible receipt and an accounting processing-compatible receipt issued as described above. FIG. 10A shows a charge processing compatible receipt issued in response to the completion of the charge processing described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10B shows an accounting treatment correspondence receipt issued in response to the completion of the accounting treatment described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 9.
In this way, the charge processing receipt and the accounting processing receipt are issued separately.

An example of a processing procedure executed by the POS register 100 in the present embodiment in relation to the accounting process and the charge process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
First, an example of a processing procedure executed by the POS register 100 in connection with accounting processing will be described.
Step S101: The POS register 100 starts the accounting process as the process corresponding to one transaction in response to the operation of registering the first product under the standby state. As mentioned above, the accounting process includes a product registration process and a settlement process. After the accounting process is started, the POS register 100 executes the product registration process according to the product registration operation of the clerk, and executes the settlement process according to the operation related to the settlement of the clerk as the accounting process.
Step S102: The POS register 100 determines whether or not the card identifier has been read from the prepaid card.

Step S103: The card identifier is read from the prepaid card in response to the operation of having the card reader 110 read the prepaid card by the clerk or the customer. In response to the reading of the card identifier from the prepaid card, the POS register 100 executes a process for acquiring the prepaid card information. That is, as described above, the POS register 100 transmits the prepaid card information request including the card identifier read from the prepaid card to the prepaid card management server 400. The POS register 100 receives the prepaid card information transmitted from the prepaid card management server 400 in response to the prepaid card information request. In this way, the POS register 100 acquires the prepaid card information.

Step S104: After the process of step S103, or when it is determined in step S102 that the card identifier has not been read from the prepaid card, the POS register 100 executes the following process. That is, the POS register 100 determines whether or not the transaction hold trigger has occurred under the accounting process and the charge process executed separately.
Step S105: When the transaction suspension trigger occurs, the POS register 100 suspends the accounting process started in step S101. At this time, the POS register 100 stores the results of the accounting processes performed so far since the start in step S101 in, for example, the RAM 103 without discarding them.

Step S106: After holding the accounting process in step S105, the POS register 100 determines whether or not the transaction hold release trigger has been generated under the charge process.
Step S107: When the transaction hold release trigger is generated, the POS register 100 takes in the prepaid card information that was the target of the charge processing as the processing target of the accounting processing. At this time, the POS register 100 updates the prepaid card information that has been processed so far under the accounting process with the prepaid card information that has been the target of the charge process. By this process, the prepaid card information whose charge balance has been updated by the charge process is carried over to the accounting process after the hold is released.
Step S108: The POS register 100 releases the hold of the accounting process so far and resumes the accounting process from the state of the held stage.

Step S109: After the processing of step S108, or when it is determined in step S104 that the transaction hold release trigger has not occurred, or when it is determined in step S106 that the transaction hold release trigger has not occurred. , The POS register 100 determines whether or not the accounting process has been completed. The accounting process is completed, for example, when the settlement for the payment amount is completed under the settlement process and the accounting processing corresponding receipt is issued.
If the accounting process has not been completed, the process is returned to step S102. On the other hand, when the accounting process is completed, the POS register 100 ends the process shown in the figure.

Next, an example of a processing procedure executed by the POS register 100 in connection with the charge processing will be described.
Step S201: In relation to the charge process, the POS register 100 first waits for the charge process declaration operation to be performed. The charge processing declaration operation is an operation for the charge declaration button BT2 as described above.
Step S202: When the charge processing declaration operation is performed, the POS register 100 determines whether or not the accounting processing is currently being executed.

Step S203: If the accounting process is in progress, the POS register 100 raises a transaction hold trigger for the accounting process being executed. When the transaction hold trigger occurs, the accounting process that was being executed is put on hold, as shown in steps S104 and S105.
Step S204: Further, the POS register 100 captures the prepaid card information that has been processed in the accounting process that has been executed so far. By this processing, the prepaid card information that has been processed in the accounting process is set to be processed in the accounting process as well. That is, the prepaid card information is taken over between transactions.

Step S205: The charge process is started. The charge process includes a process related to the display of the charge process screen described with reference to FIG. 8 and a charge balance update process according to an operation on the charge instruction button arranged on the charge process screen.
Further, when it is determined in step S202 that the accounting process is not being executed and the step S203 and S204 are skipped to reach step S205, the charge process is performed from the state where the accounting process is not executed. Only started. That is, in this case, the charge process is not performed in the middle of the accounting process, but is a process corresponding to the situation where the transaction is started from the charge process.
Step S206: The POS register 100 is waiting for the charge process started in step S205 to be completed.

Step S207: When the charge process is completed, the POS register 100 determines whether or not there is a pending accounting process.
Step S208: If there is pending accounting, the POS register 100 raises a transaction hold release trigger. When the transaction hold trigger occurs, the hold of accounting is released, as shown in steps S106-S107. In addition, under the subsequent accounting processing, the prepaid card information after the prepaid balance is updated by the charge processing is processed.
On the other hand, if there is no pending accounting, the POS register 100 skips step S208.

Step S209: Further, the POS register 100 determines whether or not a new accounting processing start instruction (accounting start instruction by information transfer) has been obtained by taking over the prepaid card information after the charge processing, following the current charge processing. judge.
The instruction to start accounting by taking over information may be given by, for example, a predetermined operation on the POS register 100 by a clerk. As a specific example, when there is no pending accounting process at the completion of the charge process, an operation corresponding to the start of a new accounting process (for example, an operation for registering a product for the first product) is performed. , The POS register 100 displays a dialog for confirming whether or not the accounting process to be newly started is due to information transfer. When the clerk declares to the displayed dialog that the accounting process is started by the information transfer, the POS register 100 determines that the accounting start instruction by the information transfer has been obtained. On the other hand, when the clerk declares to the displayed dialog that the accounting process is started without the information transfer, the POS register 100 is not the accounting start instruction by the information transfer but the normal accounting start instruction. Is determined to have been obtained. In addition, the accounting process by information transfer is started immediately after the charge process is completed. Therefore, if an operation corresponding to the start of a new accounting process is performed after a certain period of time has passed after the charge process is completed, even if it is determined that an accounting start instruction that does not depend on information transfer has been obtained. Good.
Step S210: When it is determined that the accounting start instruction by the information transfer has been obtained, the POS register 100 newly starts the accounting process by the information transfer. After the process of step S201, the process proceeds to the process of step S102 and subsequent steps.
If it is determined in step S209 that the accounting start instruction that does not depend on the information transfer has been obtained, the processing shown in the figure is terminated.

As described above, in the present embodiment, after the transaction by the accounting treatment is started, when the transaction by the accounting treatment is suspended and the transaction is changed to the transaction by the charge processing, the transaction is processed by the accounting treatment. The prepaid card information is carried over to the charge process. Then, the POS register 100 can perform charge processing using the inherited prepaid card information. Further, when the charge processing is completed and the held accounting process is resumed, the prepaid card information whose charge balance has been updated by the charge process is taken over by the accounting process. As described above, in the present embodiment, the prepaid card information is taken over between transactions when the transactions transition in the order of accounting processing, accounting processing hold, charge processing, and accounting processing resumption (hold release). As a result, in the present embodiment, if the card identifier is read from the prepaid card and the prepaid card information is acquired at the stage of the transaction by the first accounting process, the prepaid card will be used each time the transaction is changed thereafter. There is no need to read the information. As a result, the number of times the store clerk or the customer performs an operation of causing the card reader 110 to read the prepaid card is reduced, and it becomes possible to proceed with the transaction efficiently.

In addition, when a customer makes a purchase using a prepaid card, if the customer knows in advance that the current charge balance is less than the payment amount according to the product he / she wants to purchase, the customer will first. In some cases, the prepaid card will be charged and then accounted for. Under the processing shown in the figure, even when transactions are performed in the order of charge processing and accounting processing in this way, the prepaid card information processed in the charge processing in steps S209 and S210 is displayed as follows. Can be taken over by the new accounting process of. That is, in this case, it is not necessary to read the prepaid card in the accounting process following the charge process.

Further, under the processing procedure shown in the figure, the charge processing compatible receipt (FIG. 10 (a)) is issued at the timing when it is determined in step S206 that the charge processing is completed, and the accounting processing compatible receipt (FIG. 10A) is issued. FIG. 10B) is issued at the timing when it is determined in step S109 that the accounting process has been completed. That is, the charge processing receipt and the accounting processing receipt are issued at individual timings.
However, the charge processing receipt and the accounting processing receipt may be issued at the same timing. For example, after transitioning from a transaction by charge processing to a transaction by accounting processing that inherits prepaid card information, a charge processing compatible receipt and an accounting processing compatible receipt are issued at the timing when the accounting processing is completed in step S109. Good. In this case, two receipts corresponding to each of the charge processing compatible receipt and the accounting processing compatible receipt may be issued, or two receipts printed by integrating the charge processing result and the accounting processing result are issued. You may try to do so.

In the example shown in the figure, a case is described in which it is not necessary to read the prepaid card when the charge processing is completed and the accounting processing is shifted to the accounting processing in which the hold is released. However, depending on the operation and specifications of the POS system, for example, even if the prepaid card information after the charge processing is taken over by the accounting process after the hold release, the customer of the prepaid card information processed by the charge process and the hold release It may be necessary to read the prepaid card in the accounting process after the hold is released in order to confirm whether or not the customer who receives the later accounting process is the same.
In this case, in the accounting process after the hold is released, a prepaid card different from the one presented at the time of the accounting process before the hold is presented to the clerk, and the clerk performs an operation to read the presented prepaid card. There is a possibility that an error will occur. Such an error can occur, for example, when a customer has a plurality of prepaid cards corresponding to the store ST and therefore confuses the prepaid cards.
Therefore, the POS register 100 outputs an error message notifying that when a prepaid card different from that in the accounting process before the hold is read in the accounting process after the hold is released by displaying or the like. You can do it. In this case, the clerk may notify the customer to that effect, have the customer present the prepaid card read at the time of the accounting process before the hold, and then perform the prepaid card reading operation again.
Further, for example, when outputting the error message, the clerk may be able to select either the payment with the prepaid card read this time or the rereading of the prepaid card read in the accounting process before the hold. In this case, if payment with the prepaid card read this time is selected, the prepaid card information read in the accounting process before the hold is the prepaid card information read in the accounting process after the hold is released. After being rewritten by, the subsequent accounting treatment may be performed.

<Modification example>
Hereinafter, a modified example of the present embodiment will be described.
[First modification]
In the above embodiment, the case where the prepaid card information of the prepaid card is in a format managed by the prepaid card management server 400 is taken as an example. However, the configuration of the present embodiment can also correspond to a format in which the prepaid card information is stored in the prepaid card itself.

When a prepaid card in a format in which prepaid card information is stored is used, transactions transition in the order of accounting processing, accounting processing hold, charge processing, and accounting processing resumption (hold release) as in the example of the above embodiment. In this case, the prepaid card is read as follows.
In this case, the card reader 110 is made to read the prepaid card information from the prepaid card when the product registration is completed under the first accounting process. After that, when the first accounting process is suspended and the charge process is started, the prepaid card information read at the stage of the first accounting process is taken over by the charge process. At this time, it is not necessary to read the prepaid card.

Next, the charge process is completed, the accounting process is released from the hold, and the accounting process is restarted. Under the resumed accounting process, the settlement process is performed so that the charge balance after the charge process is applied to the payment amount. In this case, when the resumed accounting process is completed, the charge balance has been changed from the stage before the accounting process was started. Therefore, in this case, the card reader 110 may write (update) the prepaid card information to the prepaid card at the stage when the settlement process is completed in the restarted accounting process. At this time, the prepaid card information that reflects the result of the settlement process under the resumed accounting process is written. Further, at this time, the history of the charge processing before the restarted accounting processing may also be written in the prepaid card as the prepaid card information.

In this case, the reading of information from the prepaid card by the card reader 110 during the transition of transactions in the order of accounting processing, accounting processing hold, charge processing, and accounting processing resumption (hold release) is the accounting processing before charge processing. There will be two times, one at the time and the other at the time of resumed accounting. The access to the prepaid card by the card reader 110 at the time of the resumed accounting process is not the reading of the prepaid card information but the writing of the prepaid card information. Predetermined information is read from the prepaid card for verification and the like. However, in the charge process, it is not necessary to read from the prepaid card by the card reader 110. That is, even in the case of this modification, the reading of information from the prepaid card is reduced as compared with the case where the information is read each time the transaction transitions.

[Second modification]
Also, for example, when purchasing a large number of products in a group such as a family member or a friend, one person cannot carry all the products, so each member of the group should have the products separately. You may be asked to pay in order. In such a case, it may be desired to collect the points generated for each accounting, which are different transactions, on one point card owned by one of the members of the group.
In this case, points can be collected by having the card reader 110 read the same one point card for each transaction. However, it can be said that it is not efficient to have the card reader 110 read the same point card one by one for each transaction.

Therefore, in this modification, for example, when an operation for declaring that the point card information to be processed in the current accounting process is to be transferred to the next accounting process is performed in one accounting process, the transfer condition Is satisfied, when the next accounting process is started, the point card information that has been processed in the current accounting process is taken in as the processing target in the next accounting process. Such point card information is also an example of customer-related information related to the customer who owns the point card.

Under the format in which the points of the point card are managed by the server by the above processing, in the accounting received by the first member, the point card information is acquired from the server by the POS register 100. The reading is done. However, since the point card information is inherited from the previous accounting for each subsequent accounting, it is not necessary to read the point card. The inherited point card information is updated so that the point balance is added according to the settlement processing result for each accounting, and the point card information managed by the server is also updated each time it is updated.
Further, in the format in which points are recorded on the point card, the point card for acquiring the point card information from the point card is read in the first accounting among the accounts received by the member. Then, in the final accounting, the point card is read in order to write the point card information reflecting the added point balance on the point card. That is, in this case, when the accounting is performed three times or more, it is not necessary to read the point card in the accounting between the first and the last.

In addition, it is conceivable that a transaction of a customer other than a member of the group intervenes between the current accounting by one member and the accounting of the next member. Therefore, in this modification, in response to such a situation, the point card information processed in the current accounting is processed in response to the operation of declaring the transfer of the point card at the end of the current accounting. Should be memorized. Then, at the start of accounting for the next member, the stored point card information may be set as the processing target according to, for example, an operation by a clerk.

[Third variant]
There is known a POS system in which a registration device for registering products by the operation of a clerk and a settlement device for performing settlement processing according to the operation of a customer are separated. The configuration for inheriting customer-related information of the present embodiment can also be applied to such a POS system.
For example, when payment by a prepaid card is enabled to be settled by the registration device, the configuration of the present embodiment can be applied to the registration device as follows.
That is, the clerk performs a subtotal operation according to the completion of product registration corresponding to one transaction, loads the prepaid card into the registration device for the settlement process corresponding to the use of the prepaid card, and causes the registration device to read the prepaid card information. Get it from the server. Here, when the registration device compares the charge balance included in the prepaid card information with the total amount of the registered products, it is determined that the charge balance is insufficient. Therefore, the registration device notifies that the charge balance is insufficient. Therefore, the clerk performs a charge processing declaration operation from the customer, suspends the settlement process, and then executes the charge process. At this time, since the takeover condition is satisfied by the charge processing declaration operation, the registration device sets the prepaid card information acquired in response to the prepaid card compatible settlement processing before the charge processing as the processing target in the charge processing. Set to be.
Then, after the charge process is performed, the registration device releases the hold of the settlement process and restarts the settlement process. Even when shifting from the charge process to the settlement process, the prepaid card information is taken over assuming that the takeover condition is satisfied, so that it is not necessary to read the prepaid card. That is, it is possible to prevent the registration device from reading the prepaid card information for each transaction when the transaction transitions in the order of settlement processing, settlement processing hold, charge processing, and settlement processing restart.
For example, when payment by a prepaid card can be settled by the registration device, the configuration of the present embodiment can be applied to the registration device as follows.

Further, when the payment by the prepaid card can be processed by the payment device, the configuration of the present embodiment can be applied to the registration device as follows.
That is, the settlement device first starts the settlement process by using the settlement information based on the result of the product registration performed by the registration device. At the start of the settlement process, for example, the settlement type is selected. When the customer selects payment by a prepaid card as the payment type, the payment device accepts the reading of the prepaid card by the customer's operation and acquires the prepaid card information from the server.
When the settlement device tried to apply the payment of the total amount indicated by the settlement information from the charge balance included in the prepaid card information as the settlement process, it was determined that the charge balance was insufficient. Therefore, the settlement device notifies the customer by displaying or the like that the charge balance is insufficient. Here, when the customer performs the charge processing declaration operation, the settlement device suspends the settlement processing and then executes the charge processing. At this time, since the takeover condition is satisfied by the charge processing declaration operation, the settlement device is set so that the prepaid card information acquired corresponding to the settlement processing before the charge processing is processed in the charge processing. To do.
Then, after the charge process is performed, the settlement device releases the hold of the settlement process and restarts the settlement process. Even when shifting from the charge process to the settlement process, the prepaid card information is taken over assuming that the takeover condition is satisfied, so that it is not necessary to read the prepaid card. That is, even in the settlement device, it is possible to eliminate the need to read the prepaid card information for each transaction when the transaction transitions in the order of settlement processing, settlement processing hold, charge processing, and settlement processing restart.

Further, as in the second modification, the configuration of taking over the point card information for aggregating the point cards for a plurality of different accounts can also be applied to the registration device or the settlement device in the POS system.
For example, if the configuration for taking over the point card information is applied to the settlement device, the settlement device can be operated to instruct the takeover of the point card information during the settlement process corresponding to one transaction. Then, if an operation for instructing the transfer of the point card information is performed, the settlement device can transfer the point card information to be processed in the current settlement process to the settlement process corresponding to the next transaction. The process should be executed.

[Fourth variant]
The customer-related information to be handed over between transactions is not limited to the prepaid card information and the point card information described so far, and may be other information related to the customer. For example, in the above embodiment, the card identifier in the prepaid card information and the point card information is included in the customer-related information. However, for example, a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone or a smartphone can be provided with a card function such as a prepaid card or a point card. In such a case, the customer-related information may include an identifier that identifies the mobile terminal having the card function.

<Summary of Embodiment>
(1) As described above, one aspect of the present embodiment is an information acquisition means for acquiring customer-related information (for example, prepaid card information, point card information), which is information related to the customer, and for each transaction. The transaction correspondence processing means that executes the corresponding transaction correspondence processing using the customer-related information, and the customer-related information processed under one transaction correspondence processing can be processed under the other transaction correspondence processing. It is provided with a condition determining means for determining whether or not the takeover condition for taking over so as to be processed is satisfied, and the transaction handling processing means is one of the transaction handling processing according to the passing condition being satisfied. It is a product sales data processing device (for example, POS register 100) that sets the customer-related information that has been originally processed to be the processing target under other transaction handling processing.
According to the above configuration, the customer-related information that was the target of processing in one transaction is inherited so that it is also the target of processing in other transactions when the transaction conditions for the customer-related information are satisfied. .. As a result, it is not necessary to read the medium associated with the customer-related information (access to the medium) corresponding to each transaction, and for example, the transaction can be efficiently performed.

(2) One aspect of the present embodiment is the above-mentioned product sales data processing device, which is a value change-related process related to a change in the value included in customer-related information (for example, a charge processing declaration operation during accounting processing). The condition determination means determines that the transfer condition is satisfied due to the instruction to execute the value change-related processing, and the transaction handling processing means. Is the processing target of the customer-related information processed under the transaction handling process of 1 according to the determination that the transfer condition is satisfied by the condition determining means, under the other transaction handling processing. Set to be.
According to the above configuration, for example, when a prepaid card charge processing declaration operation is performed during accounting processing, the prepaid card information that has been processed in accounting processing when shifting from accounting processing to charge processing is performed. Can be taken over by the charge process. Alternatively, even when shifting from charge processing to accounting processing, it is possible to take over the prepaid card information that reflects the charge balance increased by the charge processing to the next accounting processing and perform payment using the prepaid card. become. This eliminates the need to read the prepaid card each time the transaction handling process transitions between the accounting process and the charge process in a series of transactions involving the use of the prepaid card.

(3) One aspect of the present embodiment is the above-mentioned product sales data processing device, further including a new transaction setting means for setting a new transaction correspondence process, and the new transaction setting means is taken over by the condition determination means. When it is determined that the conditions are satisfied, a new transaction handling process that is the transfer destination of customer-related information is set.
According to the above configuration, for example, when it is determined that the takeover condition is that the charge processing declaration operation is performed, the above-mentioned new transaction handling process is performed according to the charge processing declaration operation. It is possible to set a charge process that inherits the customer-related information that was the target of processing in the transaction handling process.

(4) One aspect of the present embodiment is the above-mentioned product sales data processing device, further including a transaction holding means for holding a transaction handling process, and the transaction holding means is satisfied with a takeover condition by a condition determining means. The transaction handling process of 1 is suspended according to the determination that the item has been processed.
According to the above configuration, for example, when the takeover condition is satisfied in response to the transition from the accounting process to the charge process, the hold is released after the charge process by holding the accounting process instead of ending it. And the accounting process can be restarted.

(5) One aspect of the present embodiment is the above-mentioned product sales data processing device, which is acquired on each of the screen corresponding to one transaction correspondence process and the screen corresponding to another transaction correspondence process. Further provided with a display means for displaying customer-related information.
According to the above configuration, when the customer-related information is inherited from one transaction correspondence process to another transaction correspondence processing, the common customer-related information is transferred to the screen of the transaction correspondence processing of the transfer source and the transaction correspondence processing of the transfer destination. It is displayed on the screen of. This makes it easy to confirm, for example, whether or not the customer-related information is correctly inherited.

(6) One aspect of the present embodiment is to use a computer to execute an information acquisition means for acquiring customer-related information, which is information related to the customer, and a transaction handling process corresponding to each transaction, using the customer-related information. Whether or not the transfer conditions for inheriting the customer-related information processed under the transaction handling process of 1 so as to be processed under the other transaction handling processing are satisfied. It is a program for functioning as a condition determination means for determining whether or not, and the transaction correspondence processing means is a customer-related processing target under one transaction correspondence processing according to the fulfillment of the transfer condition. It is a program that sets information to be processed under other transaction handling processing.

The above-mentioned program for realizing the function as the POS register 100 or the like is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded on the recording medium is read by the computer system and executed. Processing may be performed as the POS register 100 or the like. Here, "loading and executing a program recorded on a recording medium into a computer system" includes installing the program in the computer system. The term "computer system" as used herein includes hardware such as an OS and peripheral devices. Further, the "computer system" may include a plurality of computer devices connected via a network including a communication line such as the Internet, WAN, LAN, and a dedicated line. Further, the "computer-readable recording medium" refers to a portable medium such as a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk, a ROM, or a CD-ROM, or a storage device such as a hard disk built in a computer system. As described above, the recording medium in which the program is stored may be a non-transient recording medium such as a CD-ROM. The recording medium also includes an internal or external recording medium that can be accessed from the distribution server to distribute the program. The code of the program stored in the recording medium of the distribution server may be different from the code of the program in a format that can be executed by the terminal device. That is, the format stored in the distribution server does not matter as long as it can be downloaded from the distribution server and installed in a form that can be executed by the terminal device. The program may be divided into a plurality of parts, downloaded at different timings, and then combined by the terminal device, or the distribution server for distributing each of the divided programs may be different. Furthermore, a "computer-readable recording medium" is a volatile memory (RAM) inside a computer system that serves as a server or client when a program is transmitted via a network, and holds the program for a certain period of time. It shall also include things. Further, the above program may be for realizing a part of the above-mentioned functions. Further, a so-called difference file (difference program) may be used, which can realize the above-mentioned functions in combination with a program already recorded in the computer system.

100 POS register, 101 CPU, 102 storage unit, 103 RAM, 104 display unit with touch panel, 104a touch panel, 105 key operation unit, 106 customer display unit, 107 automatic change machine, 107a change outlet, 107b deposit slot, 108 Scanner unit, 109 printing unit, 110 card reader, 111 communication unit, 120 drawer, 200 store controller, 300 communication device, 400 prepaid card management server

Claims (6)

Information acquisition means for acquiring customer-related information, which is information related to customers,
A transaction handling processing means that executes transaction handling processing corresponding to each transaction using the customer-related information, and
Conditional judgment to determine whether or not the takeover condition for taking over the customer-related information processed under the transaction handling process of 1 is satisfied so that it can be processed under another transaction handling process. With means,
The transaction handling processing means sets the customer-related information processed under one transaction handling process as a processing target under another transaction handling process in response to the fulfillment of the transfer condition. Set to
The transaction number shown in the first receipt corresponding to the first transaction handling process and the transaction number shown in the second receipt corresponding to the other transaction handling process are continuous, and the first receipt and the first receipt are continuous. A product sales data processing device including a printing means for printing so that the same customer-related information is shown on the receipt of 2. Further provided with a value change-related processing means for performing value change-related processing related to the change of value included in the customer-related information.
The condition determining means determines that the takeover condition is satisfied by being instructed to execute the valuable amount change related process, and determines that the transfer condition is satisfied.
In response to the determination by the condition determination means that the takeover condition is satisfied, the transaction handling processing means handles the customer-related information processed under one transaction handling process for other transactions. The product sales data processing device according to claim 1, which is set to be processed under processing. Further equipped with a new transaction setting means for setting a new transaction correspondence process,
The new transaction setting means sets claim 1 or 2 to set the new transaction correspondence process to be the transfer destination of the customer-related information in response to the determination by the condition determination means that the transfer condition is satisfied. The described product sales data processing device. The printing means prints the first receipt at a timing after the completion of the first transaction correspondence process and before the completion of the other transaction correspondence process.
The product sales data processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3. The printing means prints the first receipt and the second receipt at the timing after the completion of the transaction correspondence process of 1 and the completion of the other transaction correspondence processing.
The product sales data processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3. Computer,
Information acquisition means for acquiring customer-related information, which is information related to customers,
Transaction handling processing means that executes transaction handling processing corresponding to each transaction using the customer-related information.
Conditional judgment to determine whether or not the takeover condition for taking over the customer-related information processed under the transaction handling process of 1 is satisfied so that it can be processed under another transaction handling process. A program to function as a means
The transaction handling processing means sets the customer-related information processed under one transaction handling process as a processing target under another transaction handling process in response to the fulfillment of the transfer condition. Set to
The transaction number shown in the first receipt corresponding to the first transaction handling process and the transaction number shown in the second receipt corresponding to the other transaction handling process are continuous, and the first receipt and the first receipt are continuous. A program for functioning as a printing means for printing so that the same customer-related information is shown on the receipt of 2.

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