JPS6242266A - Pos system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To shorten the time needed for print output by transferring the result of totalization of a host device to different terminal equipments independently of each other and printing out these results of totalization in parallel with each other through the print means of each terminal equipment. CONSTITUTION:When the business jobs are through in a store and each result of totalization is produced, a host device delivers singly or in multiple to each terminal equipment via a memory 29. In other words, the result of totalization for each department is sent to a specific terminal equipment as a report telegram and printed out there in the case of the output of a single form. In the case of the multiple output, the host device sends the result of totalization for each group to a certain terminal equipment in the form of a report telegram A based on the output indication data stored previously in the memory 29. While the result of totalization for each transaction is sent to another terminal equipment in the form of a report telegram B. In such a way, the print output of the totalization result is carried out by a printer of each terminal equipment. In other words, the results of totalization are printed out in parallel with each other. This can decrease the time needed or print-out of the totalization results.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] (A) In a POS system, each of a plurality of terminal devices installed in a sales floor performs payment processing, for example, at the end of business hours, and the payment results for each terminal device are sent to the top. The device collects and performs various aggregation processes based on the results of each payment, but in order to shorten the time it takes to print out each aggregation result,
J: The results of the tallying process in the device are separately transferred to each terminal device, and the transferred tally results are printed out on the printing stage R attached to each terminal device.

[Industrial application field]

The uninvented invention relates to a POS system, and more specifically, a POS system in which a host device collects the results of payment processing performed by each of a plurality of terminal devices installed in a sales floor, and judges each payment result collected by this host device. The present invention relates to a POS system that performs various aggregation processes.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, this type of POS system is shown in FIG. 3, for example.

In the figure, 11, 12, and 13 are terminal devices installed in the sales floor (hereinafter referred to as PO5), 20 is h (Q device), and each PO3 II, 12, 13, and the host device 20 are connected to the in-store line L. connected.

In such a POS system, each PO5I is
I, 12.13 calculates sales based on the product code, width price, etc. input by a code reader, etc., and at the end of the business day, each POSI 1.12.13 calculates the sales of the day. The sales results for each item (settlement results) based on the above sales aggregation are sent to each PO3II,
Print out using the printer attached to 12°13.

- If the POS system is
In addition to the processing every 1.12.13, the host device 20 collects the settlement results from each PO5II and 12.13 at the time of business closing, and performs various aggregation processes based on the collected settlement results. . Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, first, the host device 20 sends a collection message to each POSII, 12.13 in order to collect the settlement results of each Po5t l, 12.13. When PO3II, 12.13 receives the collection message, it sequentially returns the settlement results it has made to the host device 20 as a total message.
O5I l , the host device 20 that received the total message from 12.13 performs 1 based on the total message (accounting result).
For example, we perform various aggregation processes such as by transaction of cash and credit cards, by department of each sales floor, by time period, by group, etc., and create files A, B, C, etc. for each, and each aggregation. The results are sequentially printed out from the printer attached to the host device 20 (■).

[Problem that the invention attempts to solve]

- H Note: In conventional POS systems, especially when the number of tally results to be created increases, the time required to print out all the tally results increases.

This is because the various tally results are serially printed out one after another from a printer attached to the host device.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to enable parallel printing processing of various tally results created by the F-position device.

[F-stage to solve problems]

The first step to solving the technical problem described in L is: - Transferring the summaries of the tally processing in the host device to each terminal device separately, and printing the transferred tally results using the printing means of each terminal device. This is done so that output is performed.

[Effect]

In the first place, the first place device separately transfers the results of various aggregation processes to each terminal device. Each terminal device prints out the transferred total results using its own printing means. Then, the various total results are printed out almost simultaneously from printing means attached to each of the plurality of terminal devices.

[Embodiments of the invention]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described based on the drawings.

The basic system configuration in this embodiment is the same as that shown in FIG.

Here, the specific configuration of the host device 20 is as shown in FIG. 2, for example.

In the same figure, 21 is a main control unit that performs overall control of the positioning device 20, and 22 is a main control unit that receives commands from the main control unit 21 (
Next, there is a message editing section which creates a message for each PO5II and 12.13, and 23 is a message discriminating section which discriminates the content of the message from each Po5t 1.12.13. The message created by the message editing section 22 is sent to the sending/receiving section 24 and the line control section 2.
5 to the in-store line 1, and the messages from each PO3 II and 12.13 sent to the in-store line 1 are sent via the line control section 25 and the transmitting/receiving section 24 to the ``composition'' section 23.
It is becoming more and more human-powered. 26 is each PO3II, 1
Flags and each POSI indicating the aggregation status for 2.13
l, 12.13 is a management table in which information indicating the operating status is stored, and 27 is an intermediate summary file that has areas for product name data, condolence price, sales 1-shuhani, and sales 7-amount corresponding to the product code. It is. Further, 28 is a settlement processing unit that performs various aggregation processes, such as aggregation processes by department and group, based on the data corresponding to the settlement results from each PO3II and 12.13 upon activation of the settlement from the t control unit 21. , 29 is a memory having a work area for data by department, data by group, etc. Each POS is divided into departments, groups, etc. by the calculation processing in the settlement processing section 28.
l 1.

The collected data from 12.13 onwards are cumulatively added to each work area of the memory 29. This memory 2
9 stores in advance output instruction data indicating whether each total result is to be output to the PO 5 as a report. Reference numeral 30 denotes a floppy disk controller, and 31 a floppy disk device, in which various tally results created in the relevant device 20 are saved in the floppy disk device 31.

Next, the operation of the POS system will be explained according to FIG.

At the end of the in-store business, each POSII, 12 and 13 performs the day's payment processing, but after this processing is completed, for example, PO3II sends a station closing activation message, and this station closing activation message is sent to the in-store line 1. When the L-ranked device 20 receives it via
The host device 2120 checks whether the payment processing at all remaining POS 12.13 has been completed. Here, each PO5
l2.

After confirming that the payment process in step 13 is complete,
The position device 20 collects data for each PO3II, 12.13.
Send a message. Each posiii.

12. When 13 receives the collection message, it sends the results of the respective settlement processing to the F position'ri20 as a total message,
The L device 20 that receives the settlement results from each PO3II, 12.13 performs aggregation processing.In this aggregation processing, based on the settlement results from each PO5II, 12. When the predetermined aggregation process is completed, in which the sales rate, sales amount, etc. are aggregated in the single item aggregation file 27F, and the aggregation by department, group, etc. is carried out in each corresponding work area L of the memory 29, The tally results for each single item created on the single item tally file 27 are saved in the floppy disk device a31.

When each tally result is created, the host device 2t20 outputs the tally result to the PO8, but this system is capable of two types of output: condolence output and multi-output. In the case of ton-output, for example, the total results for each department are sent as a report message to the POS l1 that has been activated to close as described above. When PO3II receives this report message, PO3
Reference numeral 11 prints out the tally results for each department from an attached printer based on the report 'Shinbun'. This PO31
The departmental tally results printed out from the printer 1' are used, for example, as an in-store daily report.

On the other hand, in the case of multi-output, the host device 20 sends, for example, the aggregated results for each group to the PO 312 as a report message A based on the output instruction data stored in advance in the memory 29, and also sends the aggregated results for each transaction to the PO 313 as a report message B. Send as. P each report message A and B separately
O312.

When the POS 13 receives the report message A, the PO 312 prints out the tally results for each group from the attached printer based on the report message A, while the POS 13 prints out the total results for each group based on the report message B.
The total results for each transaction are printed out from the attached printer based on the following. Incidentally, when the host device 20 sends out the report message as described in 1-, it saves various internally generated tally results on the floppy disk 92-31.

As shown in L, when the output of the report message related to all the created aggregation results is completed, the ■-position device 20
1.12.13 Each PO5I that outputs a power-off ° message and receives this power-off message 1.12.13
1* Turn off the power after confirming that the unit is (7)% (7) complete. At this time, the E-position device 20 also turns off its own power, and at this point, the day's work in the POS system ends.

In the above embodiment, the report output timing and the data collection timing are performed at the start of the settlement process, but the data may be collected and aggregated each time a transaction is made.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, various tally results created by a host device are separately transferred to each terminal device, and the transferred tally results are printed by printing means attached to each terminal device. Since the results are now printed out, multiple tally results can be printed out in parallel, and even if there are many tally results to be created, the time required to print out all the tally results is as short as possible. It's over.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the operation of a POS system according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a host device, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of processing in a conventional POS system. l... In-store line 11.12.13... Terminal device 20... Device 21... Main control unit 22.
...Message editing section 23...Message discrimination section 24...Transmission/reception section 25...Line control section 26...Management table 27...Toll collection file 28...Settlement processing section 29... Memory 30... Floppy disk controller 31... Floppy disk device #L*PO9 system+<b7p mesari fJteYI!
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Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] Each terminal device includes a plurality of terminal devices installed in a sales floor each having a printing means for printing transaction results each time a transaction is made, and a higher-level device, and the higher-level device stores transaction result information of each terminal device. This is a POS system that performs multiple types of aggregation processing based on the various information collected by this host device, and transfers the results of the aggregation processing in the host device to multiple terminal devices that differ depending on the type. , A POS system characterized in that a printing means of each terminal device prints out the transferred tally results.