JPH0636143A - Transaction point processor and receipt - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the transaction point processor which can easily grasp the remaining number of transaction points to a target. CONSTITUTION:The sales register work of merchandise is performed, and the member number of customer identification information recorded in a card 1 is read by a reading means 2. The number of transaction points this time is calculated corresponding to the purchase amount of a customer this time. The deposit remaining points of the customer up to the last time transaction are read and among the target point set by a target point number setting means 6, the target point set to the customer under processing is read. When the target point is reached, processing to give certificate stamps or bills recorded the target transaction point number by a transaction point giving and receiving means 7 is performed. The deposit remaining points are updated 3 by subtracting 4 the target transaction point number given to the customer from the deposit remaining points this time, and the remaining number to the next target point is displayed 8.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a transaction point processing device and a receipt for processing transaction points using a card.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional transaction point processing device of this type accumulates transaction points such as points and bonus points corresponding to a purchase amount when processing transaction points by a card.

In addition, at a store that conducts transaction points using a card, both a customer whose monthly average purchase amount is 100,000 yen and a customer whose monthly average purchase amount is 10,000 yen accumulate points in the same manner.

Further, as an example in which the accumulated transaction points are described in the receipt, for example, the actual Kaihei 4-18868.
The one described in Japanese Patent Publication is known.

[0005]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, by simply accumulating the transaction points, the motivation for the customer to shop at the card store with a certain point goal is weak, and the sales promotion effect, which is the main purpose of the transaction points, is reduced. Not only is it difficult to obtain, but the totaling becomes complicated.

Further, as described in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 18868/1992, if the cumulative number of transaction points is simply described, for example, for a customer whose monthly average purchase amount is 10,000 yen, 10
If you give the same point goal as a 10,000 yen customer, it will accumulate slowly, so it will take a considerable amount of time to get the target point, and there is a problem that the remaining number to the target point is difficult to understand. .

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and sets a target point as a unit for delivering a transaction point to a customer according to the customer, and easily grasps the remaining number of transaction points up to the target. It is an object of the present invention to provide a transaction point processing device and a receipt that can be used.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a transaction point processing device comprising: a reading means for reading customer identification information of a card in which customer identification information is stored; and a transaction point calculating means for calculating transaction points regarding purchase. , A deposit point balance storage means for storing the balance of transaction points deposited by the customer, and a point balance calculated by the transaction point calculation means to the balance of points stored by the deposit point balance storage means, The deposit point balance updating means for subtracting the transaction points passed to the customer and updating the deposit point balance stored in the deposit point balance storage means, and the target number of points as a unit for delivering the transaction points to the customer are set according to the customer. Target point number setting method and remaining target point number that informs the customer of the transaction points up to the target It is obtained; and a indicates means.

The receipt according to claim 2 is a issuing store name column in which the issued store name is described, an issuance time column in which the issuance time is described, a purchase description column in which purchase data including an amount related to purchase is described, and a goal. It is provided with a target point remaining number column in which the target point remaining number obtained by subtracting the deposit balance of transaction points related to purchase from points is described.

[0010]

The transaction point processing device according to claim 1 adds the points calculated by the transaction point calculation means to the balance of the points stored by the deposit point storage means, and subtracts the transaction points given to the customer. , The deposit point balance stored in the deposit point balance storage means is updated by the deposit point balance updating means, and the transaction points up to the target set according to the customer by the target point number setting means are notified to the customer by the target point remaining number display means. Therefore, it is possible to easily grasp the remaining number of transaction points up to the target.

Since the receipt according to claim 2 has a target point remaining number column in which the target point remaining number obtained by subtracting the deposit balance of transaction points related to purchasing from the target point is described, The remaining number can be easily grasped.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the transaction point processing device and receipt of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a magnetic or IC card in which customer identification information such as a name or a member number is stored. Then, the customer identification information of the card 1 is read by the reading means 2 such as a card reader / writer.

Further, the reading means 2 is connected to a deposit point balance updating means 3 such as a POS register for updating the balance of the transaction points kept without being delivered to the customer. The deposit transaction point balance updating means 3 includes a transaction point calculating means 4 for calculating transaction points based on transaction points or bonus points according to the current purchase amount,
Deposit point balance storage means 5 such as a store computer connected to a POS register for storing the deposit points calculated by the transaction point calculating means 4 is connected. Then, the deposit point balance updating means 3
The current deposit point balance is updated by adding the transaction point calculated this time to the previous deposit point balance stored in the deposit point balance storage means 5.

Further, a target point number setting means 6 is connected to the deposit point balance updating means 3, and the target point number setting means 6 indicates transaction points, for example, a certificate,
A target point number, such as 100 points or 1000 points, as a unit to be passed by a cash voucher is set for each customer group or each customer. Then, the transaction point delivery means 7 is connected to the deposit point balance updating means 3, and the deposit point balance updated this time by the deposit point balance updating means 3 reaches the number of points set by the target point number setting means 6. In that case, the transaction points are given to the customer by means of a certificate, a voucher, or the like.

In this way, when the transaction points are delivered to the customer by the transaction point delivery means 7, the deposit point balance updating means 3 subtracts the transaction point number corresponding to the target point number to thereby obtain the deposit point balance. The balance of the updated transaction points is updated and stored in the deposit point balance storage means 5.

Further, the deposit point balance updating means 3 is connected to a target point remaining number display means 8 such as a receipt or a POS register display,
The target point balance display means 8 subtracts the balance points of the deposit transaction points of this time updated by the deposit point balance updating means 3 from the target points set by the target point number setting means 6, and displays them as the target point balance. To do.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described with reference to the flow chart shown in FIG.

First, a product sales registration operation is performed using a POS register or the like (step 1), and, for example, a member number as customer identification information recorded on the card 1 is read by the reading means 2 (step 2). Then, a total key such as a cash register (not shown) is operated (step 3), cash for payment, etc. is deposited, and ordinary cash registration processing such as change calculation is performed (step 4).

Next, according to the purchase amount of the customer this time, the number of transaction points of this time is calculated based on a preset transaction point calculation standard, such as 1 point for every 100 yen (step 5) Read the deposit point balance of the customer's previous transaction stored in the deposit point balance storage means 5 or the card 1 (step 6), and add the transaction point number of this time to obtain the transaction point balance. Is updated (step 7).

On the other hand, among the target points set for each customer group or each customer by the target point number setting means 6 as a unit for transferring the transaction points to the customer, the target points set for the customer being processed are read (step 8). Then, it is determined whether or not the deposit point balance up to this time updated in step 7 has reached the target point read in step 8 (step 9).

When the target point is reached,
For example, the fact that the target point has been reached is displayed and transmitted to the customer and the operator of the POS register using the display of the POS register or the electronic sound generator (step 10). POS
In response to these instructions, the operator carries out a process of handing a certificate, a voucher, etc. having a record of the target transaction points to the customer by the transaction point delivery means 7 (step 11). Then, the deposit point balance is updated by subtracting the target transaction points passed to the customer from the deposit point balance this time (step 12).

Further, the required number of points from the deposit point balance updated by the deposit point balance updating means 3 to the target point set by the target point number setting means 6 is calculated (step 13), and FIGS. It is transmitted to the customer by printing it on the receipt R shown in (step 14).
Then, the latest balance of the deposit points updated by the deposit point balance updating means 3 is recorded in the deposit point balance storing means 5 such as the store computer or the card 1 (step 1
5), end.

The receipt is as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5.

First, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the basic receipt part is that the receipt section 10 has an issue store name column 11 in which the issue store name is described and an issue time point in which the issue date and time is indicated. Column 12, Purchase description column 13 with the name and price of the purchased item, Total column with the total price
14, a deposit column 15 in which deposits are listed and a change column 16 in which change is listed.

On the other hand, a point portion 20 is continuously provided below the receipt portion 10. This point part 20,
When the target point is not reached, as shown in FIG. 4, the previous deposit point remaining column 21 in which the deposit point balance up to the previous time is listed, the current point column 22 in which the current point is listed, and the rest up to the target The target point remaining number column 23 in which the number of points of is described is provided.
It is described that when the number of target points is set at 00 points, for example, 200 points, it is 50 points until the next target is achieved.

As shown in FIG. 5, the receipt R when the target point is reached is further provided with a delivery point column 24 in which the number of points to be given to the customer when the target is achieved is provided. Balance 180 points,
As a result of adding and updating 50 points this time, the target number of points has reached 200, so it is displayed that the target has been achieved. Then, after 200 transaction points have been given to the customer, 170 points are displayed until the next target point is achieved.

In the receipt R shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the point section 20 is used to inform the customer of the last deposit point balance, the current transaction points, the number of transaction points up to the target, etc. 20 is not necessarily continuous with the receipt unit 10 which is a normal money registration processing display, and may be separated.

Next, the operation of setting the target number of points as a unit for transferring transaction points to customers will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, it is judged whether or not the target points are set to be the same for all customers (step 21). If the same points are set for all customers, the target points A are set for all customers (step 2).
2) Finish.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step 21 that the target point number is not applicable to all, the conditions for setting the target point number such as member number, address, name or purchasing data are input (step 2
3), for example, read member data from the customer database in the store computer (step 24).

Then, it is judged whether or not the read member data matches the target point setting condition (step 25), and if it matches the condition, the target point B is set to the corresponding customer ( Step 26).

On the other hand, if the point setting conditions are not met in step 25, it is determined in step 23 whether or not the target point setting is separately specified for the customer group not matching the point setting conditions (step
27) If the target point setting is specified separately, the target point C is set (step 28).

Further, the target points are set for all the customers one by one, and it is confirmed whether all the customers are finished (step 29). If all the customers are not finished, the procedure returns to step 24 and the customer is finished. If all have been completed, it is judged whether or not there is a new target point number and setting condition input (step 30). Then, when there is a new target point number and setting condition input, the process returns to step 23 and step 29
If it is determined that it is not, the process ends. The target points A, B, and C may have different numerical values or the same numerical value, and can be set to arbitrary numerical values.

According to the above-described embodiment, the target points can be arbitrarily set based on the customer's purchase record and the like, so that the purchase motivation can be improved.

The transaction points relating to the purchase amount are not limited to the transaction points corresponding to the normal purchase amount, but also include bonus points that are arbitrarily set.

[0037]

According to the transaction point processing device of the first aspect, the points calculated by the transaction point calculation means are added to the point balance stored by the deposit point balance storage means, and the points are given to the customer. The transaction points are subtracted, the deposit point balance stored in the deposit point balance storage means is updated by the deposit point balance updating means, and the transaction points up to the target set by the customer by the target point number setting means are displayed as the remaining target points. Since the customer is notified by means, it is possible to easily grasp the remaining number of transaction points up to the target.

According to the receipt according to claim 2, since the target point remaining number column in which the target point remaining number obtained by subtracting the deposit balance of transaction points related to purchase is subtracted from the target point is provided, the transaction up to the target is performed. The remaining number of points can be easily grasped.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a transaction point processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the same operation as above.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the same operation.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a receipt of the above.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a receipt of the same.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 card 2 reading means 3 deposit point balance updating means 4 transaction point calculation means 6 target point number setting means 8 target point remaining number display means 11 issuing store name column 12 issue point column 13 purchase description column 23 target point remaining number column

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A reading means for reading the customer identification information of a card in which the customer identification information is stored, a transaction point calculation means for calculating transaction points relating to purchase, and a deposit point for storing the balance of transaction points deposited by the customer. The balance storage means and the point balance stored by the deposit point balance storage means are added with the points calculated by the transaction point calculation means, and the transaction points given to the customer are subtracted to store the deposit point balance. The deposit point balance updating means for updating the deposit point balance stored in the means, the target point number setting means for setting the target point number as a unit for passing the transaction points to the customer according to the customer, and the transaction points up to the target for the customer Transaction point processing, characterized by having means for indicating the remaining number of target points Apparatus. 2. The issue store name column in which the issued store name is described, the issue point in time column in which the issue time is indicated, the purchase description column in which the purchase data including the amount related to the purchase is indicated, and the transaction points related to the purchase from the target point. And a target point remaining number column in which the target point remaining number obtained by subtracting the deposit balance of is described.