JPH04102196A - Merchandise sales data processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To impart special favors to good customers equally by discriminating the amount data on each merchandise purchased by the customer is over the minimum standard amount set in advance or not, and controlling so as not to count special favor points in the case of not reaching the minimum standard amount. CONSTITUTION:A RAM is composed of a summing up table by division as a storage part for summing up a sales number and a sales amount of each sales merchandise, a customer total table for storing all the merchandise sold to one customer in an area and storing by division in other areas as well, a card total point memory for storing the special favor points of a card 3 and the like. The sales register of the merchandise purchased by the customer is inputted making the sales number of the merchandise as a multiplier a with register key 21 and a multiplication key 23 of a keyboard 5 in a state for selecting a 'register' mode by a mode switch 6. Thus, it is possible to impart equally, special favor only to the good customers who purchase comparatively expensive merchandise.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a product sales data processing device that automatically calculates reward points based on the amount of products purchased by a customer.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, in a product sales data processing device that automatically calculates reward points based on the price of a product purchased by a customer, as shown in Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 63-316196, etc. When the price of an item purchased by a customer is greater than or equal to a preset point reference amount, the percentage of the point reference amount is calculated, and the reward points are calculated based on the value of the percentage, rounded down to the decimal point. Therefore, amounts that are one digit smaller than the point standard amount are rounded down and not converted into bonus points.

On the other hand, it is advantageous for the store to be able to set the point standard amount to a relatively high amount, since it will be able to award bonus points only to good customers who spend more than the standard amount. However, as mentioned above, amounts that are one digit smaller than the point standard amount are rounded down as fractions, so if the standard amount is raised, the percentage of amounts that are excluded from point calculations as fractions increases, making it difficult for customers to There was an inconvenience in that it was not possible to give fair benefits. For example, the standard amount is 10 for the total amount of all products purchased by the customer.
Assuming that 1 point is awarded for every 1,000 yen, a customer whose total amount is exactly 1,000 yen and a customer who spends 1,999 yen will receive the same point (1 point) even though the latter customer spends almost twice as much as the previous customer. ), which is unfair.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] As described above, in the conventional product sales data processing device of this type, when the price of the product purchased by a customer is equal to or higher than a preset point standard price, the percentage of the standard price is Since the reward points were calculated by rounding down the percentage after the decimal point, if the point base amount was set high, it would not be possible to give fair benefits to customers, and conversely, if the point base amount was set low, the benefits would be This was undesirable because it meant giving benefits to customers who only did shopping.

Therefore, the present invention aims to provide a product sales data processing device that can provide fair benefits only to good customers who have made purchases of relatively high amounts, and can be expected to improve sales.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention acquires product sales data such as the number of sales items and sales amount of products purchased by customers based on input information from an input section for inputting information regarding sales products. A product sales data processing device that registers the product sales data in the storage unit, automatically calculates benefit points from the price data of each product purchased by one customer, and accumulates the benefit points on the customer side. A benefit eligibility determination means that determines whether the amount data regarding each product purchased by the customer is equal to or higher than a preset minimum reference amount, and if it is determined by this determination means that the amount data is equal to or higher than the minimum reference amount, the corresponding control means for calculating benefit points with a point standard amount that is smaller than the minimum standard amount based on the amount data to be calculated, and controlling the reward points not to be calculated if the minimum standard amount is not reached; It is prepared.

[Function] With a product sales data processing device that takes such measures, when the amount data regarding each product purchased by one customer is equal to or higher than a preset minimum standard amount, the amount data is processed based on the amount data. Privilege points will be awarded at a point standard amount that is smaller than the minimum standard amount. Therefore, by setting the minimum standard amount relatively high, benefits can be given only to good customers who have made purchases of more than the minimum standard amount. In that case, point calculations are performed using a point standard amount that is smaller than the above minimum standard amount, so the percentage of amounts that are excluded from point calculations as fractions is low, and benefits are awarded fairly to good customers. will be done.

[Embodiment] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an external view of the device of this embodiment, in which 1 is an electronic cash register for registering sales of products purchased by each customer, and 2 is for reading and writing data on a magnetic card 3. It is a card reader/writer and is connected to the operator via a signal cable 4.

As shown in the figure, the electronic cash register 1 includes a keyboard 5 serving as an input section for inputting information on sales products, etc., and buttons such as "registration,""inspection,""payment," and "setting."
A mode switch 6 operated by a key for selecting various business modes such as and instructing the central processing unit to execute the mode.
, a slide switch (hereinafter referred to as point eligible (referred to as a changeover switch)
7. An operator display 8 and a customer display 9 for displaying the product name and price entered through the keyboard 5 and the customer's total amount, a printer 10 for printing receipts, etc., storing cash, etc. A drawer 11 etc. are provided for this purpose.

As shown in FIG. 2, the keyboard 5 includes number keys 21 for inputting numerical data such as the number of products to be sold and the price, and a plurality of department keys 22 in which department codes for classifying each product are preset. , a multiplication key 23 for instructing multiplier input
Various keys are provided, such as a subtotal key 24 for instructing calculation of the subtotal amount, a deposit/cash key 25 for instructing the registration of cash payments, and a clear key 26 for clearing the numbers and canceling errors. There is.

On the other hand, the card reader/writer 2 has a card insertion slot 12.
is formed. In this embodiment, the magnetic card 3 inserted through the card insertion slot 12 is a special point accumulation card issued to a customer who has become a member.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the control circuit of the electronic cash register 1. As shown in FIG. In the same figure, 31 is a CPU as a central processing unit, and this CPU 31 is connected to a memory section of ROM 33 and RAM 34 via a pass line 32.
A clock circuit 35 that measures the date and time, an I10 port 36 that receives signals from the mode switch 6 and point selection switch 7, and outputs an open signal to the drawer 11, and key signals from the keyboard 5. A keyboard controller 37 that takes in the data, and a display controller 38 that drives and controls each of the displays 8.9.
, a printer controller 39 that drives and controls the printer 10, and a card reader/writer interface 40 that transmits and receives data to and from the card reader/writer 2.

The ROM 33 stores in advance program data for executing various business modes that can be selected by the mode switch 6, character generator data for characters printed on receipts, etc., characters displayed on each display 8, 9, etc. ing.

As shown in FIG. 4, the RAM 34 includes a departmental tally table 41 as a storage unit that tallies the number of sales items and sales amount of each sales product for each department, and an area that stores the total amount of all products sold to one customer. Store in a1 and store in area a
2, customer total table 42 and card 3 stored by department
Card cumulative point memory 4 that stores bonus points.
3. A work memory 44 used for various calculations; a setting memory 45 in which each data of a total target minimum amount A, a departmental target minimum amount B, a point standard amount 01 a point multiplier D1 a discount ticket issuing point E is set in advance; etc. are formed.

Here, in the setting data for the setting memory 45,
The minimum total amount A is the minimum amount for the total amount of each product purchased by the customer when the reward points are calculated, and the minimum amount B for each category is the minimum amount when the customer calculates the reward points. This is the minimum amount of the total amount for each department when the total amount for each department of each purchased product is targeted. The point reference amount C is set to be lower than either of the total target minimum amount A and the departmental target minimum amount B.

Further, in the customer total table 42, a multiplier is set corresponding to each department, and an area a3 stores the amount obtained by multiplying the set multiplier for each department by the total amount of the corresponding department as the amount eligible for points, A summation area a4 is also provided for storing the summation of the point-eligible amounts for each department.

In this embodiment, the sales wall and record of the products purchased by the customer are determined by using the number key 21 and multiplication key 23 of the keyboard 5 while the mode switch 6 selects the "registration" mode. is entered as a multiplier, then the unit price of the product is entered using the number key 21, and the department code is entered using the department key 22. That is, when the CPU 31 inputs a number using the numeric key 21 of the keyboard 5 with the "registration" mode selected by the mode switch 6, and then presses the multiplication key 2'3, the CPU 31 selects the "registration" mode. It is recognized that the sales number of the product has been input, and the sales number is temporarily stored in the work memory 44. Next, press the number key 2 above.
1, when one of the department keys 22 is pressed manually, the CPU 31 recognizes that the unit price and department code of the sold product have been input, and stores the unit price in the work memory 4.
Calculate the sales amount by multiplying the number of sales items in 4.

Note that if the multiplier is not input using the multiplier key 23, the sales amount is calculated with the number of items sold as "1". Then, the sales number and sales amount are added to the sales number area and sales amount area corresponding to the corresponding department code of the departmental total table 41. Further, the sales amount is added to the total amount area a1 of the customer total table 42 and the total amount area a2 corresponding to the corresponding department code. Further, the sales amount and department code are displayed on each display 8.9, and the printer 10 is driven to print them on a receipt or the like. Incidentally, prior to the first sales registration of a product purchased by one customer, the contents of each area a1 to a4 of the customer total table 42 and the card cumulative point memory 43 are cleared to "0".

In this way, when the sales registration of all the products purchased by one customer is completed and the customer requests payment in cash, after entering the deposited amount from the customer using the number keys 21, press the Deposit/Cash Total key. The registration is closed by pressing the key 25 manually. That is, when the CPU 31 detects the key force of the deposit/total key 25 after inputting a number using the input key 21, it executes the process shown in FIG. First, the number data is recognized as the deposited amount, and the total amount stored in the total amount area a1 of the customer total table 42 is subtracted from the deposited amount to calculate the amount of change. Then, the amount of change is displayed on each of the displays 8 and 9, and the printer is driven to print the total amount, deposited amount, and amount of change on a receipt or the like. Next, it is determined whether or not the card 3 is inserted into the card insertion slot 12 of the card reader/writer 2. If the card 3 is not inserted, the transaction is for a non-member customer who will not receive bonus points, so the above-mentioned receipt is issued and the process is completed.

On the other hand, if the card 3 is inserted, since the account is for a member customer to whom privilege points are given, the point calculation process shown in FIG. 6 is executed. That is, first, the data of the card 3 read by the card reader/writer 2 is taken in via the card reader/writer interface 40,
The cumulative points in the card data are stored in the card cumulative point memory 43. Next, the customer total table 421
; Then, the total amount for each department in Ariami 2 is multiplied by the corresponding multiplier to calculate the point target amount for each department, and it is stored in area a3. Next, I10
The state of the point target changeover switch 7 is read via the boat 36. If the calculation of reward points is set to be based on the total amount of each product purchased by the customer, calculate the total amount of points eligible for each department in Ariami 3, and is stored in area a4.

Then, the total amount in the Ariami 4 is compared with the minimum total amount A set in the setting memory 45. If the total amount is less than the minimum amount A, the current benefit point is "0", so from card reader/writer 2 to card 3.
is discharged, and this point calculation process ends.

On the other hand, if the total amount is more than the minimum amount, the total amount is divided by the point standard amount C set in the setting memory 45 to obtain the point P', and this point P' is added to the setting memory 45. Privilege points P are calculated by multiplying by the point multiplier set to . Then, the current benefit points P are added to the cumulative points in the card cumulative point memory 43 to update the cumulative points. Next, the updated cumulative points are compared with the discount ticket issuing points E set in the setting memory 45. If the cumulative points are equal to or greater than the issuing point E, the printer 10 is driven to print the discount coupon on the receipt in a preset format. Further, the issued points E are subtracted from the cumulative points, and the points after the subtraction are set as new cumulative points in the card cumulative point memory 43. After that,
The new cumulative points and discount ticket issuing points E are compared again. If the cumulative points are equal to or greater than the issued points E, a discount ticket is printed in the same manner, and the issued points E are subtracted from the cumulative points to obtain new cumulative points.

On the other hand, if the cumulative points are less than the issued points E, the cumulative point data stored in the card cumulative point memory 43 is sent to the card reader/writer 12 via the card reader/writer interface 40,
The cumulative point storage value of the card 3 inserted into the card reader/writer 12 is rewritten. Thereafter, the card 3 is ejected, and this process ends.

On the other hand, if the point target changeover switch 7 is set to calculate benefit points based on the total amount for each department of each product purchased by the customer, in the customer total table 42, each of the area a3 The department-specific point target amount and the department-specific minimum target amount B set in the setting memory 45 are compared in order from department "1". Then, when the point target amount for each department is the minimum amount 8 or more, the point target amount is divided by the point standard amount C set in the setting memory 45 to obtain the point q, and the point q is calculated by dividing the point target amount by the point standard amount C set in the setting memory 45. Add to. If the total amount by department is less than the minimum amount B, the above process is not performed. In this way, after the same processing is performed sequentially for the point target amount for each department, the benefit points P are calculated by multiplying the points P' in the Ariami 4 by the point multiplier set in the setting memory 45. After that, the processing is the same as when the total amount (total amount of points eligible for each department) is targeted, and the current benefit points P are added to the cumulative points in the card cumulative point memory 43 to update the cumulative points. conduct.

Then, the updated cumulative points are compared with the discount ticket issuing point E set in the setting memory 45, and only when the cumulative points are equal to or higher than the issuing point E, a discount ticket is printed, and the cumulative point memory value of the card 3 is is rewritten and the card 3 is ejected.

When the above point calculation process is completed, as shown in FIG.
The contents are printed on a receipt, etc., the receipt is issued from the issuing port, and the deposit/cash key processing is completed. Figure 7 shows that the cumulative points are more than the discount ticket issuing point E and the discount ticket is 7.
FIG. 8 shows an example of issuing a receipt when 1 is printed, and FIG. 8 shows an example of issuing a receipt when the discount coupon is not printed because the cumulative points are insufficient to the discount coupon issuing point E. Since the cumulative points 72 up to this point are printed on each receipt, the member customer can grasp the current cumulative points.

In this embodiment configured as described above, sales registration for all products purchased by one member customer is completed by key operations on the keyboard 5, and the card 3 held by that customer is inserted into the card reader/writer 12. Deposit/cash key 2 while arriving
When the closing operation is performed in step 5, the total amount for each department of all products purchased by the customer stored in area a2 of the customer total table 42 is multiplied by the corresponding multiplier to calculate the point eligible amount for each department. and the point target amounts are stored in area a3 of the same tape 42. Here, if the point calculation switch 7 is set to calculate the points based on the total amount of each product purchased by the customer, the sum of the point amount for each department is calculated and the table 42 is stored in area a4. Then, the current benefit points are calculated only when the sum of the departmental point target amounts is equal to or greater than the preset total target minimum amount A. In this case, the bonus points are calculated based on the point reference amount C, which is smaller than the minimum total target amount A.

For example, if the minimum total eligible amount A is 1,000 yen and the point standard amount is 1 yen, reward points will be awarded only to good customers whose total eligible point amount by department is 1,000 yen or more. . In that case, if the purchase amount differs even by 1 yen, the points awarded will vary in proportion to the amount.

On the other hand, if the point calculation switch 7 is set to calculate points based on the total amount of each product purchased by the customer, the customer total table 42
The point target amount for each department stored in area a3 is sequentially compared with a preset minimum target amount B for each department. Then, only the point target amounts of 8 or more are selected, and the current benefit points are calculated. In this case, the calculation of bonus points is performed based on the point reference amount C, which is smaller than the minimum target amount B for each department.

For example, if the minimum eligible amount B for each department is 200 yen and the point standard amount is 1 yen, reward points will be awarded only to excellent customers whose eligible point amount is 20' 0 yen or more in at least one department. will be done. In that case, if the purchase amount differs even by 1 yen, the points awarded will vary in proportion to the amount.

In this way, according to this embodiment, a minimum amount is set and stored separately from the point standard amount, and reward points are awarded only to customers who make purchases of this minimum amount or more. By setting the amount to a relatively high amount, benefits can be given only to high-quality customers who spend a large amount of money. In that case, the standard amount of reward points is a much lower amount than the minimum amount,
For example, by setting it to 1 yen, there will be no rounding when calculating reward points, so that accurate reward points can be awarded to good customers according to their purchase amount. As a result, it becomes possible to provide benefits to each member customer without any sense of unfairness, which leads to promotion of sales.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments,
For example, it can be applied to a device that accumulates privilege points in an internal memory instead of the card 3, or a device that does not accumulate privilege points.

Further, it goes without saying that the method for calculating bonus points is not limited to the above embodiment. It goes without saying that various other modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

[Effects of the Invention] As detailed above, according to the present invention, it becomes possible to give fair benefits only to good customers who have made relatively high purchases1, which leads to promotion of sales and ultimately increases sales. It is possible to provide a product sales data processing device that can be expected to improve performance.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The figures are diagrams showing an embodiment of the present invention, in which Fig. 1 is an external view, Fig. 2 is a key arrangement diagram of a keyboard, Fig. 3 is a block diagram of a control circuit, and Fig. 4 is a main part of a RAM. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the CPU's closing key processing, FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the point calculation process during the closing keying process, and FIGS. 7 and 8 are diagrams showing an example of issuing a receipt. be. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Electronic cash register, 2...Card reader/writer, 3...Card for accumulating bonus points, 5...Keyboard, 7...Point target selection switch, 10...Printer, 31 ...CPU. 33...ROM. 34...RAM. 42...Customer total table, A...Minimum total target amount, B...Minimum target amount by department, C...Point standard amount. Applicant's agent Patent attorney Takehiko Suzue

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A storage unit that acquires product sales data such as the number of sales items and sales amounts of products purchased by customers based on input information from an input unit for inputting information regarding sales products, and stores the product sales data in a storage unit. In the product sales data processing device that automatically calculates reward points from the amount data of each product purchased by one customer, the amount data of each product purchased by one customer is registered at a preset minimum standard amount. a benefit target determination means for determining whether the amount is equal to or higher than the minimum standard amount; and when the determination means determines that the amount is equal to or higher than the minimum standard amount, a point standard for an amount smaller than the minimum standard amount based on the corresponding amount data; A product sales data processing device comprising: control means for calculating benefit points based on the amount of money, and controlling the calculation of the benefit points when the amount is less than a minimum standard amount.