JPS6289184A - Coupon ticket type ticket vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Application of the Invention] The present invention relates to an automatic coupon ticket issuing system, and in particular, in a system using a magnetic card, it is possible to automatically issue coupon tickets by data processing information on the magnetic card. The present invention relates to an automatic ticket issuing system suitable for issuing tickets.

[Background of the invention]

As described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 55-47560, the conventional system reads information written on a magnetic card using a magnetic card processing means and prints it on a data recording device, thereby providing information to customers for a certain period of time. It was supposed to efficiently carry out the registration process of giving away prizes according to the total sales amount. However, by processing the information on the magnetic card,
Sorry, no consideration was given to automatically issuing coupons on the spot.

[Purpose of the invention]

The purpose of the present invention is to simply process the information on the magnetic card in controlling the magnetic card connected to a store terminal, etc., and perform the registration process of presenting prizes, etc. to customers according to the total sales amount for a certain period of time. The purpose is to provide a system that automatically issues coupons to customers on the spot.

[Summary of the invention]

In controlling the magnetic cards connected to store terminals, etc., as described above, the present invention is designed to prevent timely returns to customers by simply registering to give prizes, etc. By connecting the service, coupons are automatically issued to customers on the spot, and their next purchasing power is increased by making timely returns to each customer.

[Embodiments of the invention]

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 2, and 3. FIG. 1 shows an example of the external configuration of an automatic coupon issuing system according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the basic configuration. In addition, Figure 3 shows an operational overview in a non-embodiment. 4 is a large display; 4 is a small display with a touch sensor that displays product information and allows product selection; 5 is a magnetic card reading/loading device; and 6 is an automatic coupon issuer. In Fig. 2, 7 is a magnetic card, 8 is a buffer for storing the current sales amount, 9 is a buffer for storing previous sales amounts, 10 is a PIN number detection circuit, 11 is a sales amount determination circuit, and 12 is a coupon ticket. This is a ticket issuing control circuit.

An example of the operation of this embodiment will be described below.

The host computer 1 and the terminal main body 2 are connected through a communication line, and various information other than product information is sent periodically.

When a customer wants to use a coupon, he or she first inserts the magnetic card 7 into the magnetic card reading/writing device IL5. The data on the magnetic card 7 is read and each password is detected by a password detection circuit 10.

The customer selects the product he/she wishes to purchase from the small display 4. In this case, since the same product information is displayed on the large display 3, other customers can also refer to the product.The sales amount of the product selected by the customer is stored in the buffer 8. Next, it requests the host computer 1 for the customer's cumulative sales amount up to the previous time in accordance with the PIN number, and
The data is stored in buffer 9. The values of buffers 8 and 9 are summed by a sales amount determination circuit, and it is determined whether the total value is equal to or larger than a value preset on the system side. As a result, if the total value is equal to or larger than the set value on the system side, a coupon issuing instruction is issued to the automatic coupon issuing unit via the coupon issuing control circuit 12, and a special coupon according to the sales amount is issued. will be automatically issued by the coupon promotion machine.

〔Effect of the invention〕

Since the automatic coupon issuing system is as described above, in the present invention, a special coupon is issued from an automatic coupon issuing machine using an auto-cut printer according to the cumulative sales amount for each customer recorded on a magnetic card. can be issued to customers on the spot, so returns to customers can be made in a timely manner.

Moreover, this return has the effect of increasing the next purchasing power.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is an external construction diagram of an automatic coupon ticket issuing system according to an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of the automatic coupon issuing system, and Fig. 3 is a diagram showing the configuration.
The figure is an operational overview flowchart. 1... host computer, 2... terminal body, 3.
・・Large display, 6. Automatic coupon issuing machine, 7. Magnetic card, 1o. PIN number detection circuit,
11...Sales amount determination circuit.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In the control of magnetic cards connected to store terminals, etc., when the cumulative sales amount for each customer recorded on the magnetic card reaches a value preset on the system side, coupons are automatically issued. An automatic coupon ticket issuing system is characterized in that by connecting a ticket issuing machine, coupon tickets corresponding to the cumulative sales amount are automatically issued to customers on the spot in a timely manner.