JPH1196221A - Data processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To save time and labor for inputting information concerning a transaction and also to process data by a form desired by a customer. SOLUTION: Information concerning the transaction which is executed by the customer is stored in a storage part 31 and the information is processed by the terminal of the customer in a data processor. The processor is provided with a reading part 10b for reading information concerning the transaction corresponding to the customer, which is stored in the storage part 31, into the customer terminal with a prescribed medium such as a public network N2 or the like, and a processing part 10c for executing a prescribed processing in information concerning the transaction which is read by the reading part 10b as input data so that data is processed by the desired form in the customer terminal.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a data processing apparatus for acquiring information relating to a transaction via a predetermined medium and performing predetermined processing using the information as input data.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in performing some data processing, data is manually input from a keyboard or the like to perform calculations. For example, in household account book software that manages household finances at home, the date of shopping, the name of the purchased item, the unit price, the quantity, etc. are entered into a data input frame in a tabular form using a keyboard or the like, and a predetermined tally calculation is performed. I am trying to do it.

[0003] However, in such household account book software, although it is possible to automate the tallying calculation, since the shopping data is manually input, it takes time and effort, input errors, input omissions, and the like. Inconvenience occurs.

In the "data processing system" disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. Hei 5-266342, sales information is stored for each customer, and the total sales are calculated and output as a sales statement. Techniques are disclosed.

[0005] In the "household account book preparation system" of Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-335233, the product name, price, totalized amount, and date of a product printed on a receipt are stored in association with a customer ID, and are stored at predetermined intervals. A technology for automatically generating and outputting a totaled household account book is disclosed.

[0006]

However, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Nos. Hei 5-266342 and Hei 8-33532 describe above.
In any of the techniques disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 33, since calculation and totalization of the total sales and the like are performed and passed to the customer side, the trouble of inputting data by the customer can be omitted, but the data is output as totalized data. As a result, there is a problem in that it is not possible to obtain a tally result in a form desired by the customer.

That is, when data relating to a predetermined transaction is totaled, it is necessary to classify data according to a desired totaling form. Even if acquired totalized data is obtained, it is necessary to obtain a totaling result in another form. Then, it is necessary to extract information on the transaction again from the aggregated data and perform another classification.

[0008] Further, in the management of households, there are cases where it is desired to change the classification of the same item depending on the use. For example, “cake” is usually classified as food expenses, but if you buy it as a souvenir for a friend, you want to classify it as entertainment expenses. It is very difficult to make such a change in the classification based on the tabulated data.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is a data processing apparatus made to solve such a problem. That is, the present invention relates to a data processing device for storing information on a transaction performed by a customer in a storage means and processing the information at a terminal of the customer, and relates to a transaction corresponding to the customer stored in the storage means. The information processing apparatus includes reading means for reading information into a customer terminal via a predetermined medium, and processing means for performing predetermined processing using information on the transaction read by the reading means as input data.

In the present invention, since the information relating to the transaction corresponding to the customer is read from the storage means to the terminal of the customer via the predetermined medium by the reading means, the processing means relates to the transaction relating to the customer. Data processing can be performed in a form desired by the customer using information as input data.

[0011]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a data processing apparatus according to the present invention. FIG.
FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram illustrating a data processing device according to the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1A, this data processing apparatus is applied as a personal computer 1 so that it can be connected to a POS system 2 for managing information related to transactions via a line such as a public network N2. Has become.

The POS system 2 includes a POS terminal device 20 installed in each store such as a supermarket.
And an upper station 30 such as a host computer or a store controller, and a line N1 connecting these.

The POS terminal device 20 includes a barcode reader 21 for reading a barcode attached to a product or the like at the time of a transaction, and an ID card reader 22 for reading information about a customer.

The upper station 30 is connected to the POS terminal 20.
And a storage unit 31 for storing information relating to a transaction sent from the company via the line N1 corresponding to the customer who has made the transaction.

A personal computer 1 applied as a data processing device according to the present embodiment is prepared in each home, and mainly includes a main body 10 and a display 11.

As shown in FIG. 1B, the main body 10 of the personal computer 1 is connected to the personal computer 1 via a public network.
(A) A connection unit 10a for connecting the storage unit 30 provided in the upper station 30 of the POS system 2 to the personal computer 1 and a client corresponding to the customer stored in the storage unit 31 via the public network N2. A reading unit 10b for reading information about a transaction into the personal computer 1, a processing unit 10c for performing a tally calculation or the like using the read information about the transaction as input data, an output unit 10d for outputting a processing result to a display, and data after the tallying process And a storage unit 10e for storing the information.

To read information related to customer transactions from the upper station 30 of the POS system 2 with the personal computer 1 at home, an ID card, a dedicated credit card, a point card, etc., in which information about customers is written as data such as a magnetic stripe in advance. (Hereinafter simply referred to as “house card”).

Further, dedicated household account book software is prepared and installed in the personal computer 1 at home.

Next, the operation of the POS system 2 will be described. First, when a customer performs a transaction such as purchasing a product, P
The house card created in advance is read by the ID card reader 20 of the OS terminal device 20. At this time, the customer receives information on the transaction (for example, household account data)
Of the POS terminal device 20, the operator of the POS terminal device 20 gives an instruction to that effect to the POS terminal device 20.

Next, the bar code attached to the product to be traded is read by the bar code reader 21 and a predetermined payment (including a credit card payment) is received from the customer. The information on the transaction is transmitted to the storage unit 31 of the upper station 30 via the line N1 together with information on the customer (customer ID and the like).

FIG. 2 shows a state in which the POS terminal 20 sends a signal to the line N1.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of data transmitted to a higher-level station 30 via a. As transmission data, a household account book flag d1 for instructing acquisition of household account data, a customer ID d2, a section code d
3, a product code d4, a selling price d5, a total d6, and a payment method d7 indicating cash payment or credit card payment.

When the household account book flag d1 of the data sent from the POS terminal device 20 indicates acquisition of household account data, the upper station 30 stores the contents of each data for each customer ID. .

Next, the home personal computer 1
The operation of acquiring household account data will now be described. FIG. 3 is a processing flowchart in acquiring household account data.
Note that reference numerals not shown in FIG. 3 refer to FIG.

First, the customer starts the household account book software installed in the personal computer 1 at home. The connection unit 10a dials up to the upper station 30 of the POS system 2 via the public network N2 (step S101), and connects with the upper station 30 (step S102).

When a dial-up connection is made from the home personal computer 1, the upper station 30 receives the protocol data (D101) necessary for the connection and makes a personal computer connection (step S111).

Next, the personal computer 1 transmits the customer ID (step S103). Upper station 30
Receives the customer ID data (D102) (step S102).
112), the authentication is performed.

[0027] After the authentication, the upper station 30 determines based on the customer ID.
A search is made for untransmitted household account data corresponding to the customer ID stored in the storage unit 31 (step S113).
Then, the household account book data (D103) corresponding to the customer ID obtained by the search is transmitted to the personal computer 1 of the customer via the public network N2 (step S114).

The personal computer 1 of the customer receives the household account book data (D103) transmitted from the host station 30 (step S104), and develops the data into the household account book as input data of household account book software (step S10).
5).

The operator of the household account book software inputs data such as income and expenditure other than the received household account book data (step S106), and then performs a totaling process (step S107). This allows the personal computer 1 at home to receive a request for acquisition of household account data at the stage of the transaction and automatically perform the tallying process. Then, the data after the aggregation processing is stored in the storage unit 10.
e (step S108).

Here, the contents of the household account book data (D103) transmitted from the upper station 30 will be described. The storage unit 31 of the upper station 30 of the POS system 2 stores data having a configuration as shown in FIG.

Of these, those required as household account book data (D103) are limited to those used by household account book software. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the contents of household account data transmitted from the upper station. That is, in the example shown in FIG. 4A, the transaction date d11, payment method d12, department code d1
3, item d14, and amount d15. When the payment method is credit card settlement, it is desirable to add credit card information and the like.

Further, in the example shown in FIG.
21, a payment method d22, a section code d23, and a total expenditure d24 for each section. According to this content, the total amount of money for each department code can be transmitted.

The form of the household account data to be transmitted may be set in advance by the customer's selection, or may be selected each time a household account data transmission request is made. You may do it. This selection information may be added to the customer ID data (D102) in FIG.

Thus, it becomes possible to have the POS system 2 transmit household account book data having contents corresponding to the tallying form of the customer.

In order for such household account data to be transmitted from the host station 30 and used by the household account software of the personal computer 1, the number system of the department code of the POS system 2 and the cost of the household account software are used. Correspondence is required.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the correspondence table data. For example, if the department code is a three-digit number system with daily items in the 100's and food items in the 200's, all 200's are food items, so all items in the household account book software are classified as "food expenses". .

In the daily necessities of the 100's, 1
Assuming that the digit of 0 is 1 for kitchen detergents and 2 for clothing detergents, the 110s are classified as "household expenses" and the 120s are classified as "clothing expenses". Each expense item has a corresponding expense code.

In the example of FIG. 5, only the cost items are targeted. However, it is also possible to provide further sub-items under the cost items and finely classify them. For example, the items of food expenses are “staple food expenses”, “side food expenses”,
They may be subdivided into "preferences" and the like.

In the present invention, such a correspondence table between the department code and the cost item is provided in the personal computer 1.

In this case, a correspondence table (standard) as shown in FIG.
0 or the like may be downloaded to the personal computer 1 and used as it is, or may be used after being classified according to the customer's request.

Thus, even if the same household account data is acquired, it is possible to perform the classification according to the aggregation form desired by the customer and calculate the aggregation result. For example, you can subdivide the cost items, or conversely,
, Etc.).

Further, when the household account data sent from the upper station is converted to the cost on the personal computer 1 side by using such a correspondence table, even the same item can be easily corrected to an unusual classification. Can be.

For example, “cake” is usually classified as food expenses, but if purchased as a souvenir to a friend, it is desired to classify it as entertainment expenses. At this time, if the household account book data sent from the upper station is converted into an expense using a correspondence table as shown in FIG. 5, "cake" becomes an expense of "meal expenses" once. After that, the household account book software of the personal computer 1 rewrites only the portion of the expense item "meal expenses" converted corresponding to "cake" to "compensation expense". As a result, it is possible to change the same item to an appropriate classification depending on the application.

Further, it is also possible to prepare a plurality of correspondence tables corresponding to the POS systems of a plurality of retail stores. At this time, a plurality of correspondence tables are associated with a telephone number of a higher station when performing dial-up connection, and the like.
When expanding the received household account data, it is also conceivable to select a correspondence table based on the telephone number or the like used in the dial-up connection and to convert the department code into the expense item.

As described above, by receiving the household account book data from the POS system 2 and developing it on the personal computer 1, it is possible to automatically perform the tallying in the form desired by the customer.

In the above-described embodiment, an example is described in which household data is acquired from the POS system 2 by the data processing device, which is the personal computer 1. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Any kind of data is applicable.

For example, receiving sales data from an electronic money system, receiving deposit / withdrawal data from the electronic money system, and transmitting data such as information on a purchased product corresponding to a customer code and payment amount from a mail order system. It is also possible to receive and count.

In the above embodiment, information relating to transactions such as household account data is read from the storage unit 31 provided in the upper station 30 of the POS system 2 to the personal computer 1 via a line such as the public network N2. Although an example of performing the processing is described, the reading may be performed via an external storage medium such as a memory card or a floppy disk.

[0049]

As described above, the data processing apparatus of the present invention has the following effects. That is, since the information about the transaction stored in the storage means is read into the customer terminal via the predetermined medium and is processed by the customer terminal as the input data, the trouble of manually inputting the information about the transaction is required. And data processing can be performed in a form desired by the customer. This makes it possible to greatly improve the efficiency of data processing.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram illustrating an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of transmission data.

FIG. 3 is a processing flowchart.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the contents of household account book data transmitted from an upper station.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of correspondence table data.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Personal computer 2 POS system 10 Main body 10a Connection part 10b Reading part 10c Processing part 11 Display 20 POS terminal device 30 Upper station 31 Storage part

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A data processing device for storing information relating to a transaction performed by a customer in a storage means and processing the information at a terminal of the customer, wherein the information relating to the transaction corresponding to the customer stored in the storage means is stored. Data comprising: a reading unit that reads information into the customer terminal via a predetermined medium; and a processing unit that performs a predetermined process using the information regarding the transaction read by the reading unit as input data. Processing equipment. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising setting data for setting a correspondence between the information on the transaction read by the reading unit and a classification at the time of performing a predetermined process by the processing unit. Data processing equipment. 3. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a plurality of setting data having different correspondences between the information regarding the transaction read by the reading unit and a classification when the processing unit performs a predetermined process. 2. The data processing device according to 1. 4. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined medium is a line connecting the storage unit and the terminal of the customer. 5. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined medium is an external storage unit.