JPH05143836A - Change paying method using card and service system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the service and operability by reading the number of remaining points stored in a magnetic storage part and converting the small amount of money of the change to the number of points at the time of input of this small amount of money and adding the number of remaining points to this converted number of points and calculating the number of markings thereafter. CONSTITUTION:In a device main body S, a central processing unit 1 controls the whole of the device and performs the signal processing or the operation based on the soft program, which is preliminarily set and stored in a ROM 2, in accordance with the number of remaining points of a card 7 read by a card reader/writer part 4 and the key input from a key switch 6. The operation result is temporarily stored in a RAM 3, and a card printing part 5 is driven to print the sum total of the number of marks of marking or points as the operation result on the expression part of the card 7. In the case of marking, the number of remaining points is magnetically stored in the magnetic storage part of the card 7 instead of preceding data; and in the case of the number of points, the sum total of the number of points is magnetically stored there instead of preceding data.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a change payment method and a service system using a card which can be purchased without giving and receiving a small amount of change and which can provide a reasonable service to a customer according to the total amount of sales. It is a thing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, when a customer purchases a product at a store or the like, if the customer does not have a small amount of money and pays an amount equal to or higher than the product price when the end price of the product is small, the payment method amount It is settled by subtracting the product price and receiving the change, which is the difference, from the customer. However, it takes time and trouble to hand over the small change, and the store must always prepare a large amount of change coins. Therefore, the following card type change system has been put into practical use. That is,
Of the change due to the purchase amount of the customer, "10
A small amount of money less than or equal to the n-th power minus 1 "(for example, 99 yen or less if n is 2) can be decrypted with a magnetic reader into a customer-dedicated card without paying cash as change on the spot. When the total amount of change accumulated in this card reaches a certain amount, it is recorded by means such as magnetic memory that cannot be visually read or printed with visible numbers. The repayment of the substantive amount of change is done.

On the other hand, shops and the like provide services in proportion to the total amount of sales for the purpose of promoting sales. In this service system, a customer is provided with a certain percentage of service points for the purchase amount, and when the cumulative total of service points reaches a predetermined value by repeating this action, the store or an organization organized by the store or an organization that negotiates the Sales promotion methods that give some benefit to customers are generally adopted. As a method of giving service points to customers, it is common to carry out by hand with a chip such as a stamp at each purchase opportunity, or to record it on a computer such as a store on the seller side without each handing. However, in recent years, service marks corresponding to the number of points at that time are stored on the magnetic band of a customer-only magnetic card.

[0004]

Therefore, the present invention is
With a simple structure and easy operation, it is possible to rationally record the cumulative total of the change amount or the total amount of the change amount and the cumulative total of the service points on the card so that they can be visually recognized at a glance by points or marks. It is a technical object to provide a change payment method and a service system using a card.

[0005]

As a technical means for achieving the above object, the present invention has a change payment method and service system using a card as follows. That is, a customer-specific point or stamp card having a notation part capable of recording a predetermined number of points or stamp marks and a magnetic memory part, and an input means for the sales amount and an unpaid low-value change amount less than a certain amount are attached. A card reader / writer unit that reads out the number of points stored in the magnetic storage unit of the points or stamp card and stores a new number of points, and the number of points obtained by converting the unpaid change amount input by the input means. And a number of points read by the card reader / writer unit, a number-of-marks calculating unit for calculating the number of markings by dividing the number of points of addition by the adding unit by a predetermined number, and the calculated markings. The number mark or the number of points Is characterized in that it comprises a stamp printing means and a storage means for updating the number of remaining points by the mark number calculating means and / or the number of remaining points to be stored in the magnetic storage section by the card reader / writer section. It is a thing.

[0006] Further, a customer-only point or stamp card having a notation part capable of recording a predetermined number of points or stamp marks and a magnetic storage part, and an input means for the sales amount and an unpaid low-value change amount less than a certain amount. A card reader / writer unit that reads out the number of points stored in the magnetic storage unit of the attached points or stamp card and stores a new number of points, and the sales amount and unpaid change amount input by the input means. A conversion means for dividing the amount of money based on an arbitrary law to calculate the number of individual points, a means for adding each number of points by this conversion means and the number of points read by the card reader / writer unit, and this addition Calculate the number of markings by dividing the number of points added by the method by a predetermined number A step, a point or stamp printing means for displaying the calculated mark number or added point number as it is on the notation part, and the remaining point number and / or the total point number by the mark number calculating means for the card reader / A storage unit for updating and storing the magnetic storage unit by the writer unit may be provided.

[0007]

[Function] When a customer-dedicated point or stamp card is inserted into the device and mounted, the reader / writer unit reads the number of remaining points stored in the magnetic storage unit of this card, and then actually pays a certain amount or less. When a small change amount that cannot be saved is input by the input means, this change amount is converted into the number of points, and after adding this number of points and the above-mentioned number of remaining points, this number of added points is divided as it is or by a predetermined number. And calculate the number of markings. For example, if the small amount of change is 99 yen or less, the number of remaining points is 56, and 1 yen of change is converted to 1 point, and if the number of markings is 10 at 10 points, 87 yen is input as change. The number of points is 56 + 87 = 143, and the number of markings 14 and the number of remaining points 3 are calculated by dividing 143 by 10. Then, the stamp printing means prints 14 marks on the notation portion of the stamp card, and the remaining number of 3 is newly stored in the magnetic storage portion. Alternatively, the point 143 is marked by the point printing means as a numeral 143 in the notation part of the card by the point means, and the number of points 143 is newly stored in the magnetic storage part. Therefore, the customer can immediately know the cumulative total of the change due to the number of marks on the card or the number of points. Further, a simple operation of inputting the change amount after attaching the points or the stamp card is sufficient.

Further, the sales amount is converted into the number of service points at a fixed ratio, the number of service points is added to the number of change points and the number of remaining points, and then the added number of points is directly or divided by a predetermined value. Calculate the number of markings and mark as many marks as this marking or the number of points as they are on the notation part of the card as it is.By one card, the cumulative total of both service points and change will be points or marks. You can find out in.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, which is composed of an apparatus main body (S) installed in a store or the like and points or stamp cards (7) handed to each customer exclusively. The point or stamp card (7) is provided with a notation part (not shown) on which a printable process such as heat-sensitive processing is applied and a predetermined point or stamp mark is printed by an arbitrary means such as heat-sensitive transfer or dot printing. A magnetic storage unit (not shown) for magnetically storing the number of remaining points or the total number of points is provided.

In the main body (S) of the apparatus, the central processing unit (1) controls the entire apparatus, and the number of remaining points of the card (7) read by the card reader / writer unit (4) and the key switch. By key input from (6), signal processing or calculation is performed based on a software program preset and stored in the ROM (2), the calculation result is temporarily stored in the RAM (3), and a card printing unit such as a thermal method is used. (5) is driven to mark the number of markings or the total number of points according to the calculation result on the notation part of the card (7) by printing means such as thermal transfer, and in the case of marking, the card reader / writer part (4 ), The total number of points when the number of remaining points of the calculation result is the number of points is newly stored in the magnetic storage unit of the card (7) in place of the previous data. Memory to.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, the card (7) is always waited for insertion (step S1), and when the card (7) is inserted into a predetermined head part, the card reader / writer part (4) is stored in the magnetic storage part. The remaining number of remaining points is read, and the remaining number of points is R
It is temporarily stored in the AM (3) (step S2). continue,
It is determined whether or not the sales amount is input by the key switch which is the input means (6) (step S3), and when the sales amount is input by the key, the central processing unit (1) adds 10 to the sales amount. Is divided by n to calculate the number of service points (step S4). Now, 2 is R as n
Assuming that the sales amount of 1745 yen is entered in advance in OM (2), 1745 yen will be 10
The service point 17 is calculated by dividing by 0, and the fractional 45 yen is rounded down and excluded from the service target. Next, the calculated number of service points and RAM
The number of remaining points temporarily stored in (3) is added and updated and stored in the RAM (3) (step S5).
Now, assuming that the number of remaining points is 7, 24 is RAM
It is updated and stored in (3).

Subsequently, it is determined whether or not an unpaid low change amount has been keyed in (step S6). If the low change amount has not been keyed in, step S8
Jumb on. Now, when the customer pays out 2 1000 yen bills for the sale of 1745 yen and pays 200 yen of 255 yen of the change to the customer in cash, the change in the input means (6) If 55 is entered after pressing the key, the change amount will be 10
The number of points is calculated by dividing the nth power of. Now, assuming that n is set to 0, 55 yen is converted into 55 points, and then 55 points are converted into the RAM described above.
It is added to 24, which is the number of points temporarily stored in (3) (step S7). This step S7 to step 9
It is also possible to jump to and print the point number directly on the card by the point printing means. Normally, the number of markings is calculated by dividing 79 of this calculation result by a predetermined value (step S8). In this embodiment, the case where one marking is set for 10 points will be described. The calculation of 79/10 is performed to obtain 7 markings and 9 remaining points. Then, the card printing section 5 newly prints seven marks on the notation section of the card (6) by a method such as thermal transfer, and the card reader / writer section (4) magnetic storage section of the card (6). The number of remaining points of 9 is newly magnetically stored instead of the previously stored number. Jump from step S7 to step 9,
When the number of points is directly printed on the card by the point printing means, the total number of points is magnetically stored.

In this case, after being converted into 55 points, the 55 points are added to 24, which is the number of points temporarily stored in the RAM (3) (step S).
7). As described above, the number of 79 points of the calculation result may be printed by the card printing section 5 on the notation section of the card (6) by a method such as thermal transfer, or by the card reader / writer section (4). It is magnetically stored in the magnetic storage section of the card (6).

In this way, according to the law stipulated for each purchase, the service points of a fixed ratio to the total sales amount and the points obtained by converting the fraction of the most natural change generated at the time of settlement are added up and the points are added. Is converted into the number of markings as it is or at a fixed ratio, and printed as numbers or marks on the card (6).

When a predetermined number of numbers or marks are set on the card (6), the customer is given a privilege in exchange for the card. For example, if the card (6) has a limit of 100 markings of 1000 points, after the premium is added, the number of markings overflowed and the number of remaining points are taken over and recorded in the new card (6).

Therefore, the customer can know at a glance the cumulative total of both the unpaid change and the number of service points corresponding to sales by the number of marks printed on the card (6). Further, as for the operation, after the card (6) is attached, only the sales amount, the unpaid low change amount, and the like need to be keyed in, and no complicated operation is required. Furthermore, since the calculation result is recorded as a mark and the number of remaining points on the card (6) each time, the device main body (S) does not need any large-capacity memory or the like as a storage means and has a simple configuration. Become.

In the above embodiment, a case where a mark or a point is recorded on a single card (6) when the cumulative total of both the service points and the unpaid low-value change reaches a certain value. Although described, only the accumulation of low-value change may be stored in the card (6). In that case, steps S3 to 5 in the flowchart of FIG. 2 may be excluded and the program may be changed to jump from step S2 to step S6. Also,
The value of n of 10 nth power, the number of points to be converted into one marking, and the like can be arbitrarily changed and set. Further, if the device of the above-mentioned embodiment is combined with a POS register, it is possible to automatically process the points of change in payment method and change in non-payment method only by inputting the sales amount and the received amount to the register. At this time, it is needless to say that the record of the number of issuing points during the unit period is saved by the machine.

[0018]

As described above, according to the change payment method and service system using the card of the present invention, the unpaid low-value change or this change and a fixed ratio of the total amount of sales are converted into points. Convert the total number of points as it is or into a certain number of markings, mark the number of markings on the card, and magnetically store the remaining number of points and / or the total number of points on the card, at the time of the next calculation at the time of shopping. Since the account is settled, the customer can know at a glance the cumulative total of both the unpaid change and the number of service points corresponding to sales based on the number of points or marks printed on the card. In addition, the operation only needs to key in the sales amount, the unpaid low change amount, etc. after mounting the card, and does not require any complicated operation. Further, since the calculation result is recorded as a mark and the number of remaining points on the card each time, the apparatus itself does not need any large-capacity memory or the like as a storage means and has a simple configuration.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of the same.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Central Processing Unit 2 ROM 3 RAM 4 Card Reader / Writer 5 Card Printing 7 Points or Stamp Card

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A customer-only point or stamp card having a notation part capable of recording a predetermined number of points or stamp marks and a magnetic storage part, and an input means for the sales amount and an unpaid low-value change amount less than a certain amount. A card reader / writer unit that reads the number of points stored in the magnetic storage unit of the point or stamp card that is mounted and stores the new number of points.
Addition means for adding the number of points converted from the unpaid change amount input by the input means and the number of points read by the reader / writer section, and the number of markings obtained by dividing the number of points added by the addition means by a predetermined number. A mark number calculating means for calculating the mark, a point or a stamp printing means for displaying the mark or the added point number of the calculated marking number as it is on the notation part, and the remaining point number and / or the total point by the mark number calculating means. A change payment method and service system, comprising: a storage unit for updating and storing the number in the magnetic storage unit by the card reader / writer unit. 2. A customer-dedicated point or stamp card having a notation part capable of recording a predetermined number of points or stamp marks and a magnetic memory part, and an input means for the sales amount and an unpaid low change amount less than a certain amount. A card reader / writer unit that reads the number of points stored in the magnetic storage unit of the point or stamp card that is mounted and stores the new number of points.
Conversion means for calculating the number of individual points by dividing the sales amount and unpaid change amount input by the input means by an arbitrary law, and the number of points by this conversion means and the points read by the reader / writer section Number adding means, mark number calculating means for calculating the number of markings by dividing the number of adding points by the adding means by a predetermined number, and the mark of the calculated number of markings or the number of adding points as it is A point or stamp printing means to be displayed on the display, and a storage means for storing the number of remaining points and / or the number of added points calculated by the mark number calculation means in the magnetic storage section by the card reader / writer section. A change payment method and service system characterized by: