JPS59121457A - Terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the efficiency of a credit seles business and to prevent a telephone circuit of the center from becoming busy by transmitting in a lump a sales data of a credit card together with a sales data when the sales data is not sent to the center from an affiliated store and the issue of a slip becomes a disadvantage. CONSTITUTION:A magnetic card read part 11, a key input part 12, a monitor 13 and a printer 14 are connected to a common control part 10 of a credit sales system, and also the first and the second storage parts 15, 16 are connected. The sales limit amount, the number of cases of sales, etc. are stored in this storage part 15, and a sales data is stored and accumulated temporarily in the storage part 16. Also, the information related to credit sales is stored in the storage part 16. The sales limit amount, the number of cases of sales data, etc. of said storage parts 15, 16 are decided by a control part 10. When the sales data is not sent to the center and the issue of a slip becomes a disadvantage, a sales data of a credit card is lumped together with said sales data, and sent out to the center of each sales company from a bracketing device 50 through a communication control part 20 and a network controlling circuit 40.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a terminal device used in credit sales systems using credit cards, which have been increasingly used in recent years.

As shown in Figure 1, the credit card sales system uses the credit card telephone terminals A1 to A1 installed at each member store to make regular calls to the credit card company's centers C8 to C3 via the central office switchboard. Connected by telephone line, sales data of goods sold at each member store is sent to the credit phone terminal AI-A.

At the same time, the customer's credit check is inputted into the computer at each credit card company's center 01~Ck and sent back to each member store's credit phone terminal A,~Aゎ, where they are tricked into instructing them whether or not to proceed with the sale. ing.

Therefore, by bringing the credit card issued when signing a contract with a credit sales company, customers can purchase goods at member stores, making it convenient for them, and at the same time, member stores can increase the number of customers and improve sales. The advantage is that you can.

FIG. 2 is a graphical diagram showing an overview of a terminal connection device used for sales using a credit card. 10 indicates a common control section of the credit telephone terminal device, and this common control section 10 is connected to the terminal connection device that customers bring with them. the name of the credit card company you used,
Magnetic card reading unit 11 that reads personal numbers etc.
．． Key person section 12. Enter the price of sold items, product code, etc. A monitor 13 for displaying the contents of the key person section 12. A printer 14 for printing messages from the center, product slips, etc. is connected.

The data formed within this common control section 1o is transmitted to the communication control section 20. It is connected to the network control circuit 40 via the modem and modem 3o,
It is sent from telephone line L1 and L2 from telephone line L1.

10,000, the credit check information and reception confirmation data from the center are sent to the network control circuit 40. Modem es a, communication control unit 2
0 to the common control unit 1o, and is printed by the printer 14.

Therefore, the computers of each credit card company and the credit phone terminals A1 to A of member stores are connected online, and sales operations are carried out in real time, but in this case,
Regardless of the size of the sales amount, if data is sent from each member store to the computer of each credit sales company for each Kunjit sale, the time and expense of connecting to the center becomes a burden on credit sales operations, and the center There are disadvantages such as the telephone line on the other side becoming busy.

This invention was made in view of the above points,
The sales limit amount and allowable number of sales items set in advance by the member store on the terminal device, or the sales limit amount and allowable number of sales items specified by the center computer when sending to the center computer (sales limit information) ) A first memory unit is provided to store the amount of credit sales or the number of sales items at the member store, and whether or not the credit sales amount or number of sales items at the member store exceeds the sales limit amount or number of sales items stored in the first storage unit. If the total amount or number of sales data does not exceed the sales limit or number of sales, the sales data is sent to the second terminal of the credit phone terminal. The storage unit temporarily stores the busy schedule and issues sales slips on the terminal device of member stores each time.
Sales limit or permissible sales potential! ! If l[ exceeds 5K, the sales data and the sales data stored in the second storage section are sent to the center all at once.

The terminal device of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG.

This will be explained with reference to FIG.

FIG. 3 is a 1272 diagram schematically showing the terminal device of the present invention, in which the same symbols as in FIG. 2 indicate the same functional parts. In this figure, the newly added numeral 15 indicates the first storage unit that stores the sales limit, the permissible number of sales, etc., and 16
1 is a second storage unit that temporarily stores sales data;
7 indicates the backup battery of 7.

Next, we will discuss the construction of the terminal device of this invention (see Fig. 4).
This will be explained with reference to the p-chart.

First, if there is a sale of a product due to a credit card transaction, the magnetic card reader 11 reads the customer's magnetic card credit company hood and customer's personal number, etc., and then enters the customer's PIN number, as in the past. . Next, when the amount of the sold product (and product food) is input from the key human power unit 12, the common control unit 10 determines whether the sales limit has been input in the first storage unit 15,
If the amount of the item is less than the sales limit, that amount.

At the same time, the name of the credit sales company is stored in the second storage unit 16 at the same time as the sales slip is printed by printing out the date, date, etc.

The sales amount and the customer's credit card number are memorized and the sales operation is completed.

However, if the sales limit is not stored in the first storage unit 15, or if the number of sales data stored in the second storage unit 16 due to the current sales exceeds the storage number, Send sales data to the center,
Receive information processed at the center.

The information received from this center includes the setting of the next sales limit, the credit check of the customer who purchased the product, the data confirming the receipt of sales data, etc. At the same time, the printer 14
A sales slip is printed out.

The sales limit sent from the center is set mainly by taking into account the cost of terminal equipment and the amount of loss caused by not conducting a credit check, but it also depends on the customer quality of the member store and the products being sold. The type of etc. should also be taken into consideration.

Further, the sales limit may be uniformly set independently by each member store.

By the way, if small sales occur consecutively, the number of sales may exceed the allowable number set in the first storage unit 15. In this way, when the number of sales stored in the second storage section 16 exceeds the number of sales stored in the first storage section 15, the sales accumulated in the second storage section 16 at that point are Ask them to send the data all at once to the center.

In this case, if there are many credit sales companies that the member store has contracts with, the sales data that should be sent to the credit sales companies is a small amount.
It is possible that there are only cases.

In this case, it would be inefficient to send only one small amount to the center, so it is preferable to install a functional circuit that selects only the credit card companies that have accumulated a large number of cases and sequentially sends their sales data all at once. .

However, if the first storage unit 15 and the second storage unit 16 are provided independently for each credit sales company, sales data can be accumulated for each credit sales company, and when the sales limit is exceeded, each credit sales company It goes without saying that it is possible to send them all at once to several centers.

If the sales data cannot be sent to the credit sales company due to the center being busy or for some other reason, an alarm will be issued indicating that the sales items cannot be stored in memory, and the next sales data will not be related to the sales limit. (Send to center.

At this time, the sales data accumulated for the credit sales company's busy schedule can be sent all at once, data on the sales limit can be received from the center, and the data can be reset.

Note that the common control unit 10 may be provided with an operation key that can be used to send sales data stored in the second storage unit 16 to the sales limit information center (for example, when the store is closed).

As explained above, compared to the conventional terminal device, the terminal device of the present invention includes a first storage unit for setting sales limit information such as the sales limit and the number of permissible sales, and A second storage unit is provided to accumulate and store product sales data, and the system can handle cases such as [when the sales limit is not set when the sales data is input], [when the sales data exceeds the sales limit], and [when the sales data exceeds the sales limit]. Second time when sales data is input
If the number of sales accumulated in the first memory exceeds the allowable number of sales that cannot be stored in the first memory, or if it becomes impossible to store sales data, the member store will send the sales to the center. When five predetermined requirements are met that would make it disadvantageous to issue a sales slip to send data, this sales data and the sales data accumulated in the second storage section are sent all at once. With this configuration, credit sales operations can be carried out efficiently and the telephone line at the center can be avoided from being busy.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is an explanatory diagram of the credit sales system, Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing an overview of the terminal device, Fig. 3 is a 7272 diagram of the terminal device of the present invention, and Fig. 4 is sales data in the common control unit of the present invention. This is a control flowchart. In the figure, 10 is a common control unit, 11 is a magnetic card reading unit, 1
2 is the key personnel department, 13 is the monitor, 14 is the printer, 1
5 is a first storage section, 16 is a second storage section, 17 is a bank-up battery, 20 is a communication control section, 30 is a modem device, 4
0 indicates a network control circuit. Figure 1B Figure 2N' ]l lj 14Figure 3

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a terminal device for transmitting sales data to an information processing device of a center office via a subscriber telephone line and outputting the processing results, sales limit information sent from the information processing device of the center office, or an input device. a first storage section that can store sales limit information set by the input device; and a second storage section that sequentially stores and accumulates the sales data input from the input device; When (1) the sales limit information is not set in the first storage unit, (2) the total amount of preview sales data is the sales amount stored in the first storage unit. (3) If the number of sales accumulated in the second storage exceeds the allowable number of sales stored in the first storage, (4) It is impossible to store the sales data. 2. A terminal device characterized in that the terminal device comprises means for transmitting the sales data stored in the second storage unit all at once to an information processing device of the center station when the sales data is stored in the second storage unit.