KR20050003737A - Point of sale system with mobile pda unit and control method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A POS(Point Of Sale) system using mobile PDA terminals processing order/inspection/POS functions, and a controlling method thereof are provided to simplify system configuration, reduce an installation expense, and enhance system operation efficiency by making the POS system process the order/inspection/POS functions with the mobile POS terminals. CONSTITUTION: The mobile PDA terminal(600) selectively processes a goods registration business, a reserved order business, a settlement report business, an inspection business, a short goods registration business, and an order business, and transmits processed data to a store controller(300) through a wireless transmitting/receiving part. The store controller is installed to a sale facility of each region, collects/stores the processed data received from a POS terminal(500) and the mobile PDA terminal, and performs the related businesses.

Description

POS system using mobile PD terminal and its control method {POINT OF SALE SYSTEM WITH MOBILE PDA UNIT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF}

The present invention relates to a POS system using a mobile PDA terminal and a control method thereof, and more particularly, a plurality of local sales facilities connected to the public network, so-called POS (POS) system using a plurality of mobile PDA terminals to order, inspect and The mobile PDA which handles all the functions of the POS terminal reduces the installation cost while simplifying the system configuration, and further improves the utilization of the product and the operating efficiency of the system by using the basic functions of the mobile PDA and the functions of the POS terminal together. The present invention relates to a force system using a terminal and a control method thereof.

In general, the point system (POINT OF SALES SYSTEM) is also called a point of sale information management system, and is a system for intensively managing sales information by recording information on the goods sold at the time of sale. This POS system plays a key role in enabling store automation in retail service industries such as department stores, banks and large bookstores.

Stores that use this scheme put a barcode or optical character recognition tag on the product and read it with a scanner to automatically calculate the price while simultaneously providing all information about the product. Collect and enter Based on the collected POS data, sales trends of new products and promotional products, trends of popular and non-popular products, sales trends of similar products and competition products, analysis by purchase customers, time analysis, correlation between sales price and sales volume, and other display Understand the status, the effect of advertising in the media, and develop a production plan, sales plan, and advertising plan. In addition, it has the advantage of being able to grasp the product information quickly and in detail at low cost.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a conventional force system, and FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing the detail of FIG. 1.

As shown, the conventional POS system includes a plurality of POS terminals 500, a store controller 300 that centrally connects the plurality of POS terminals 500 through the hub 400, and a public network through the communication device 210. It is configured by physically connecting to the store controller 300 and the central server 100 in the network (200).

The POS terminal 500 is installed at the outlet of the sales facility to handle the registration, sales management and industrial affairs of the goods. To this end, the POS terminal 500 is composed of a screen playback module 501 for reproducing the customer screen CM, a reservation ordering module 502, a product registration service module 503 and the settlement report module 504. .

In addition, a conventional credit card terminal 510, a bus card charging terminal 520, and a force scanner 530 are connected to the POS terminal 500 to perform respective functions.

The store controller 300 is installed in a sales facility in each region, collects and stores the data processed by each terminal 500, 380, 320, and orders, inspects, accounts, manages, FCs, analyzes and registers information. Perform sales, other inquiry, SC setting, POS setting.

The store controller 300 has a modular system for each function in order to process the above tasks more efficiently. That is, the ordering task module 301 for processing the ordering task, the inspection task module 302 for processing the inspection task, the accounting task module 303 for processing the accounting task, and the management task module for processing the administrative task ( 304, the FC business module 305 for processing the FC service, the information analysis business module 306 for processing the information analysis service, the registration service module 307 for processing the registration service, and other inquiry services. Other inquiry task module 308 to perform, sales inquiry task module 309 to process sales inquiry task, SC setup task module 310 to process SC setup task, POS setup task module to process POS setup task 311.

In addition, the store controller 300 includes an inspection terminal 320, an ordering terminal 380, a conventional printer 330, a scanner 340, a mouse 350, a keyboard 360, a BGM 370, and the like. This is connected.

The inspection terminal 320 is connected to the store controller 300 through a charging and communication unit 321, consisting of the inspection registration module 322 and the defect registration module 323 ordering, information analysis and weather forecast work To process

The ordering terminal 380 is connected to the store controller 300 through another charging and communication unit 381 to the ordering business module 382, the weather forecast module 384, and the information analysis business module 383. It is composed of inspection, defect registration and processing.

In addition, the central server 100 receives the ordered data, accounting data and sales detailed data processed by the store controller 300 and stores them, and provides various master files.

However, in the conventional POS system as described above, the number of customers is usually constant, but the number of customers is concentrated only in a specific time period, so that the throughput increases. Since POS terminals need to be installed and operated, installation costs increase, and product utilization and system operation efficiency are deteriorated.

In addition, the inspection terminal, the ordering terminal and the POS terminal to be installed and operated, respectively, there is a problem that the configuration of the entire system is complicated and the installation cost is further increased.

Accordingly, the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, by using a plurality of mobile PDA terminals in a number of local sales facilities, so-called POS system connected to the public network to the function of ordering, inspection and POS terminal POS system using a mobile PDA terminal improves the utilization of the product and the operating efficiency of the system by further simplifying the system configuration and reducing the installation cost, and using the basic functions of the mobile PDA and the functions of the POS terminal together. And a control method thereof.

1 is a block diagram showing a conventional force system.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram illustrating the function of FIG. 1 in more detail. FIG.

Figure 3 is a block diagram showing a force system and a control method using a mobile PDA terminal according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram illustrating the function of FIG. 3 in more detail. FIG.

5 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a mobile PDA terminal according to the present invention;

6 is a control block diagram of FIG.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

100: central server 200: public network network

210: communication device 300: store controller

301: Ordering module 302: Inspection module

303: accounting business module 304: management business module

305: FC business module 306: information analysis business module

307: registration task module 308: other inquiry task module

309: Sales inquiry task module 310: SC setting task module

311: POS setting task module 320: inspection terminal

321: Charging and communication unit 322: Inspection registration module

323: shortage registration module 330: printer

340: Scanner 350: Mouse

360: keyboard 370: BGM

380: Ordering Terminal 381: Charging and Communication Unit

382: Ordering module 383: Information analysis module

384: weather forecast module 400: hub

500: POS terminal 501: screen playback module

502: reservation order module 503: product registration module

504: Settlement Report Module 510: Credit Card Terminal

520: bus card charging terminal 530: POS scanner

600: mobile PDA terminal 610: wireless transceiver

620: display unit 630: key input unit

640: central processing unit 650: card reader

660: printer portion 670: scanner portion

680: memory 641: product registration business module

642: Reserve Ordering Module 643: Settlement Report Module

644: inspection registration module 645: defect registration module

646: ordering module

POS system using a mobile PDA terminal according to the present invention for achieving the above object, POS terminal which is installed at the outlet of the sales facility to handle the registration, sales management and industrial affairs of goods; Centrally connect the plurality of POS terminals through a hub, collect data processed in each terminal, order, inspection, accounting, management, FC, information analysis, registration, sales and other inquiry, SC setting, POS setting work A store controller installed in each local sales facility to perform the; A communication device for physically connecting the store controller to a central server through a public network; In the POS system composed of a central server that receives the ordered data, accounting data and sales detailed data processed from the store controller and classifies and stores them, and provides various master files, the product registration service, reservation ordering service, and settlement report And at least one or more mobile PDA terminals for selectively processing a task, an inspection registration task, a defective article registration task, and an ordering task, and then transmitting them to the store controller through a wireless transmitter / receiver 390. Installed in sales facilities in each region, collects and stores sales detailed data, order support information, order data, inspection master, inspection and shortage data processed by the POS terminal and the mobile PDA terminal, and places order, inspection, accounting and management. , FC, information analysis, registration, sales and other inquiry, SC setting, POS setting work It shall be.

The mobile PDA terminal may further include a product registration service module for processing a product registration service, a reservation order module for processing a reservation ordering service, a settlement report module for processing a settlement report service, and an inspection registration module for processing an inspection registration service. And, the lack of registration module for processing the shortage registration service, and the ordering service module for processing the ordering service is another feature.

The mobile PDA terminal may further include: a wireless transmitter / receiver for transmitting point-of-sale management information and credit card information to the store controller through a wireless antenna under control of a central processing unit; A display unit for displaying barcode information, point of sale management information and credit card information under control of the central processing unit; A key input unit for inputting a user's command related to the POS terminal business, ordering, inspection, and shortage work to the central processing unit; A card reader unit for receiving information of a credit card; A printer unit for outputting a credit settlement receipt or the point of sale management information of the specific product under control of a central processing unit; A scanner unit for receiving barcode information of a specific product; Receives the data value and the payment amount of the credit card by the bar code information of the specific product, and performs arithmetic processing, and controls the bar code information to be displayed through the display unit, the point-of-sale management information and the information of the credit card wireless transmission and reception A central processing unit controlling to be transmitted to the store controller through a unit; It is another feature that the memory is configured to store the selling time management information of the specific product under the control of the central processing unit.

In addition, the control method of the POS system using a mobile PDA terminal according to the present invention, the ordering / inspection function process and the force terminal function process is carried out using the mobile PDA terminal, the ordering / inspection function process, the user Inputting contents such as ordering service, inspection and defective article registration service through a key input unit of the mobile PDA terminal; Transmitting, by a central processing unit, the input data to a store controller through a wireless transceiver; Distributing the data transmitted to the store controller in each business module, wherein the ordering service module processes the ordering task, and the inspection service module processes the inspection task, and then transmits the data to the central server through the public network; Receiving the ordered data and the accounting data processed by the store controller from the central server and classifying and storing the ordered data and accounting data; and providing various master files to the store controller; In the POS terminal function process, a user inputs barcode information of a specific product through a scanner unit of a mobile PDA terminal, inputs information of a customer's credit card through a card reader unit, and a user of a POS terminal business through a key input unit. Entering a command; A display unit displaying the bar code information, point of sale management information and information of a credit card, and a printer unit outputting a credit settlement receipt of the specific product or the point of sale management information; Transmitting point of sale management information and credit card information to the store controller through a wireless antenna by a control of a central processing unit in a wireless transmitting and receiving unit; The data transmitted to the store controller is distributed in each business module, with the accounting business module processing the accounting business, the management business module processing the administrative business, the FC business module processing the FC business, and the information analysis business module. Process the information analysis task, the registration task module processes the registration task, the other inquiry task module processes the other inquiry task, the sales inquiry task module processes the sales inquiry task, and the SC setting task module performs the SC configuration task. Processing the POS setting service module, and transmitting the POS setting service to a central server through a public network; The central server receives the POS processing data and the accounting data processed from the store controller through a communication network network, and classifies and stores each data, and at the same time characterized in that the step of providing a variety of master files to the store controller.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

3 is a block diagram showing a force system and a control method using a mobile PDA terminal according to the present invention, Figure 4 is a functional block diagram showing the function of Figure 3 in more detail.

As shown, the present invention is installed at the outlet of the sales facility POS terminal 500 for processing the registration, sales management and refining affairs of goods; The plurality of POS terminals 500 are centrally connected through the hub 400, and the data processed by each terminal 500 is collected, and orders, inspection, accounting, management, FC, information analysis, registration, sales and A store controller 300 installed in a sales facility in each region to perform other inquiry, SC setting, and POS setting work; A communication device 210 for physically connecting the store controller 300 to the central server 100 through a public network network 200; In the POS system composed of a central server 100 for receiving the order data, accounting data and sales detailed data processed from the store controller 300 and classifying and storing them, and providing various master files, product registration service and reservation At least one mobile PDA terminal for selectively processing an ordering service, a settlement report service, an inspection registration service, a defective article registration service, and an ordering service, and then transmitting the ordering service, the settlement report service, and the ordering service to the store controller 300 through a wireless transmitter / receiver 390. It further comprises a 600, the store controller 300 is installed in the sales facility of each region, the sales detailed data processed in the POS terminal 500 and the mobile PDA terminal 600, order support information, ordering Collect and store data, inspection master, inspection and shortage data, order, inspection, accounting, management, FC, information analysis, registration, sales and other inquiry, SC setting, POS setting It is configured to perform a task.

The mobile PDA terminal 600 includes a product registration service module 641 for processing a product registration service, a reservation ordering module 642 for processing a reservation ordering service, and a settlement report module 643 for processing a settlement report service. ), An inspection registration module 644 for processing an inspection registration service, a defect registration module 645 for processing a defective article registration service, and an ordering service module 646 for processing an ordering service.

In addition, the store controller 300 is equipped with a modular system for each function in order to process the above tasks more efficiently, the ordering task module 301 for processing the ordering task as described above, and the inspection task processing Inspection business module 302, accounting business module 303 for processing accounting business, management business module 304 for processing management business, FC business module 305 for processing FC business, information analysis Information analysis task module 306 for processing a task, registration task module 307 for processing a registration task, other query task module 308 for processing other inquiry tasks, and sales inquiry task for processing sales inquiry tasks Module 309, an SC setting service module 310 for processing the SC setting service, and a POS setting service module 311 for processing the POS setting service.

In addition, the store controller 300 is connected to a conventional printer 330, scanner 340, mouse 350, keyboard 360, BGM (370) and the like.

5 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a mobile PDA terminal according to the present invention, Figure 6 is a control block diagram of FIG.

As shown, the mobile PDA terminal 600 wirelessly transmits point of sale management information and credit card information to the store controller 300 through a wireless antenna ANT under the control of the central processing unit 640. A transceiver 610; A display unit 620 for displaying barcode information, point of sale management information, and credit card information under control of the central processing unit 640; A key input unit 630 for inputting a user's command related to the POS terminal business, ordering, inspection and shortage business to the central processing unit 640; A card reader unit 650 for receiving information of a credit card; A printer unit 660 for outputting a credit settlement receipt or the point of sale management information of the specific product by the control of the central processing unit 640; A scanner unit 670 that receives barcode information of a specific product; The data value of the specific product and the payment value of the credit card are input and processed, and the bar code information is displayed and displayed on the display unit 620. A central processing unit 640 for controlling information to be transmitted to the store controller 300 through a wireless transmitter / receiver 610; The memory 680 stores the point-of-sale management information of the specific product under the control of the CPU 640.

Referring to the operation of the present invention configured in this way in more detail as follows.

The mobile PDA terminal 600 of the present invention has both an ordering function, an inspection function, and a force terminal function, and each function will be described in detail below.

First, the mobile PDA terminal 600 is usually used as an ordering and inspection terminal. That is, when a user inputs contents such as ordering work, inspection and shortage registration work through the key input unit 630 of the mobile PDA terminal 600, the central processing unit 640 transmits the input data to the wireless transceiver 610. ) To the store controller 300. In this case, the barcode information of a specific product may be input using the scanner unit 670 of the mobile PDA terminal 600.

In this way, the data transmitted to the store controller 300 is distributed in each business module, that is, the ordering business module 301 processes the ordering business, and the inspection business module 302 processes the inspection business.

Thereafter, the store controller 300 is transmitted to the central server 100 through the communication device 210 which physically connects the store controller 300 to the central server 100 through the public network network 200.

The central server 100 receives the ordered data and the accounting data processed by the store controller 300, stores them in a sorted manner, and provides various master files to the store controller 300.

On the other hand, as described above, in the state where the mobile PDA terminal 600 is usually used as an ordering and inspection terminal, it will be used as a POS terminal in a specific time zone where customers are concentrated.

That is, the mobile PDA terminal 600 receives barcode information of a specific product through the scanner unit 670, receives information of a customer's credit card through the card reader unit 650, and receives the key input unit 630. A user's command related to the POS terminal business is input through the display, and the display unit 620 displays barcode information, point of sale management information and credit card information, and the printer unit 660 receives a credit settlement receipt for the specific product. Outputs the point of sale management information. Meanwhile, the wireless transmitter / receiver 610 transmits point of sale management information and credit card information to the store controller 300 through a wireless antenna ANT under the control of the central processing unit 640.

The data transmitted to the store controller 300 as described above is distributed in each business module, and then the communication device for physically connecting the store controller 300 to the central server 100 through the public network network 200 ( It is transmitted to the central server 100 via 210.

Accordingly, in the store controller 300, the accounting task module 303 processes the accounting task, the administrative task module 304 processes the administrative task, and the FC task module 305 processes the FC task, and analyzes the information. The task module 306 processes the information analysis task, the registration task module 307 processes the registration task, the other inquiry task module 308 processes the other inquiry task, and the sales inquiry task module 309 sells The inquiry service is processed, the SC setting service module 310 processes the SC setting service, and the POS setting service module 311 is transmitted to the central server 100 after processing the POS setting service.

Subsequently, the central server 100 receives the POS processing data and the accounting data processed by the store controller 300 through the communication network network 200, classifies and stores each data, and simultaneously stores various data in the store controller 300. Provide a master file.

In addition, the mobile PDA terminal 600 of the present invention is equipped with basic normal PDA functions such as CDMA communication and Internet search, so that the PDA functions can be used in combination.

As described above, the present invention uses a mobile terminal that includes both an ordering and inspection terminal function and a POS terminal function in the mobile PDA 600 to store a POS system with one POS terminal and multiple PDA terminals in a store. In this configuration, the mobile PDA terminal is usually used as an ordering and inspection terminal, and then used as a POS terminal at a specific time when customers are concentrated.

Through this, the present invention can simplify the configuration of the system and at the same time reduce the installation cost, it is possible to further increase the product utilization and operating efficiency of the system.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been illustrated and described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments without departing from the spirit of the present invention as claimed in the claims. Various modifications can be made by those skilled in the art, and such modifications are intended to fall within the scope of the appended claims.

As described above, according to the POS system and the control method using the mobile PDA terminal according to the present invention, a mobile terminal in which both the ordering and inspection terminal function and the POS terminal function are included in the mobile PDA is used in a store. POS system is composed of POS terminal and many PDA terminals, and the mobile PDA terminal is usually used as an ordering and inspection terminal, and is used as a POS terminal at a specific time where customers are concentrated. It reduces installation costs and increases product utilization and system operation efficiency.

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A POS terminal 500 installed at the outlet of the sales facility to handle the registration, sale management and refining duties of goods; The plurality of POS terminals 500 are centrally connected through the hub 400, and the data processed by each terminal 500 is collected, and orders, inspection, accounting, management, FC, information analysis, registration, sales and A store controller 300 installed in a sales facility in each region to perform other inquiry, SC setting, and POS setting work; A communication device 210 for physically connecting the store controller 300 to the central server 100 through a public network network 200; In the POS system consisting of a central server 100 for receiving the ordered data, accounting data and sales detailed data processed from the store controller 300 and classify and store them and provide various master files. The product registration service, the reservation ordering service, the settlement report service, the inspection registration service, the shortage registration service, and the ordering service are selectively processed and then transmitted to the store controller 300 through the wireless transmitter / receiver 390. Further includes at least one or more mobile PDA terminal 600, The store controller 300 is installed in a sales facility in each region, and detailed sales data, order support information, order data, inspection master, inspection and defects processed by the POS terminal 500 and the mobile PDA terminal 600. Collecting and storing data, ordering, inspection, accounting, management, FC, information analysis, registration, sales and other inquiry, SC setting, POS setting system using a mobile PDA terminal, characterized in that for performing tasks. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile PDA terminal 600 A product registration service module 641 for processing a product registration service, a reservation order module 642 for processing a reservation ordering service, a settlement report module 643 for processing a settlement report service, and an inspection for processing an inspection registration service Force module using a mobile PDA terminal, characterized in that consisting of a registration module (644), a lack of goods registration module (645) for processing a shortage registration service, and an ordering service module (646) for processing an ordering service. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile PDA terminal 600 A wireless transmitter / receiver 610 which transmits point-of-sale management information and credit card information to the store controller 300 via a wireless antenna ANT under the control of a central processing unit 640; A display unit 620 for displaying barcode information, point of sale management information, and credit card information under control of the central processing unit 640; A key input unit 630 for inputting a user's command related to the POS terminal business, ordering, inspection and shortage business to the central processing unit 640; A card reader unit 650 for receiving information of a credit card; A printer unit 660 for outputting a credit settlement receipt or the point of sale management information of the specific product by the control of the central processing unit 640; A scanner unit 670 that receives barcode information of a specific product; The data value of the specific product and the payment value of the credit card are input and processed, and the bar code information is displayed and displayed on the display unit 620. A central processing unit 640 for controlling information to be transmitted to the store controller 300 through a wireless transmitter / receiver 610; Force system using a mobile PDA terminal, characterized in that the memory for storing the point of sale management information of the specific product under the control of the central processing unit (640). An ordering / inspection function process and a force terminal function process are performed using the mobile PDA terminal 600. The ordering / inspection function process includes: A user inputting contents such as ordering service, inspection and defective article registration service through the key input unit 630 of the mobile PDA terminal 600; Transmitting, by the central processing unit (640), the input data to the store controller (300) through the wireless transceiver (610); The data transmitted to the store controller 300 is distributed in each business module, but the ordering business module 301 processes the ordering business, and the inspection business module 302 processes the inspection business, and then the public network network 200 Transmitting to the central server 100 through; Receiving the ordered data and the accounting data processed from the store controller 300 in the central server 100 and classifying and storing the ordered data and accounting data; and providing various master files to the store controller 300; The force terminal function process, The user inputs barcode information of a specific product through the scanner unit 670 of the mobile PDA terminal 600, inputs the credit card information of the customer through the card reader unit 650, and through the key input unit 630. Inputting a user's command related to a POS terminal task; A display unit 620 displaying the bar code information, point of sale management information and credit card information, and the printer unit 660 outputting a credit settlement receipt of the specific product or the point of sale management information; Transmitting point of sale management information and credit card information to the store controller 300 through a wireless antenna ANT under the control of the central processing unit 640 in the wireless transmitting and receiving unit 610; The data transmitted to the store controller 300 is distributed in each work module, but the accounting work module 303 processes the accounting work, and the management work module 304 processes the management work and the FC work module 305. ) Processes the FC task, the information analysis task module 306 processes the information analysis task, the registration task module 307 processes the registration task, and the other query task module 308 processes the other query task. , The sales inquiry task module 309 processes the sales inquiry task, the SC setup task module 310 processes the SC setup task, the POS setup task module 311 processes the POS setup task, and then the public network network ( Transmitting to the central server 100 through 200; The central server 100 receives the POS processing data and the accounting data processed from the store controller 300 through the communication network network 200, classifies and stores each data and simultaneously stores various master files in the store controller 300. The control method of the POS system using a mobile PDA terminal, characterized in that the step consisting of providing.