KR930008772B1 - Method of telephone communication on pos - Google Patents

Abstract

This function provided in the POS terminal dials automatically to the correspondents when the terminal needs some inquiry or orders during its normal transactions. It reduces unnecessary phone-number memorizing and cumbersome dialing during busy business time. This function is implemented by the following internal structure: a commodity delivery company phone number storing table; a memory allocation table for storing the phone numbers of credit card inquiry agencies and assistant staff offices; according to the simple function select on the terminal key-board, and when the dialing process is necessary during its operation, it dials with the previously store phone number and makes data communication without operator's intervention.

Description

How to save and call the phone number of the partner company in POS terminal

1 is a system diagram applied to the present invention.

2 is a detailed block diagram of the POS system 3 of FIG.

3 is a memory map in accordance with the present invention.

4 is a telephone number storage procedure according to the present invention.

5 is a flow chart according to the present invention.

The present invention relates to a method of calling a counterpart company in a point of sale (POS) system, and in particular, when transmitting and receiving data with a related company in a POS terminal, data transmission and reception are performed by automatically selecting a preset telephone number without selecting a telephone number. The present invention relates to a method of storing and calling a counterpart's telephone number in a POS terminal.

In general, data communication using the expanded telephone line of the point of sale (POS) system is increasing in the distribution industry. The POS terminal is installed in chain stores nationwide, such as supermarkets, in place of the existing cash registers to increase the size of stores and prompt processing of sales information, and increases the need to send sales information of POS terminals of each branch to the head office. In addition, due to the development of computers and the expansion of their use, orders for goods are also increasing due to computer-to-computer communication using telephone lines.

In FIG. 1, POS terminals (3, 5, 6, 7) with peripheral devices such as card readers (4, 8, 9, 10) are exclusively connected to each other using internal communication networks, and the system size is stored. And from one unit to several tens according to the throughput, and the aggregation of each product information and sales information is carried out in the POS terminal 3, which is the master, and the external 1-3 computer ( 1,2,3) and a modem (M) and a modem (M) connected to transmit and receive information, the first computer (1) card inquiry company, the second computer (2) goods delivery company, the third computer ( 3) Information transmission and reception takes place with the relevant company (head office).

FIG. 2 shows the lower part of the POS system 3, 5, 6, and 7 of FIG. 1 specifically, and all internal structure is comprised identically. When paying with the customer's credit card, the card reader 42 reads the credit card number, etc. in FIG. 2, and inquires to the card inquiry company of the first computer 1, and sends sales information to the head office. And when ordering a computer via a telephone line is called by a telephone number through a modem connected to the relevant company through the modem (31).

For this purpose, the POS terminal has the same configuration as that of the second diagram.

A modem 31 for modulating and demodulating data input and output via a CO telephone line, an RS-232 interface circuit 32 for interfacing data to and from the modem 31 in an RS-232 manner, an input / output command of a POS terminal, and A CPU 33 for controlling each part in accordance with the data, a ROM 36 having a program and reference table data processed by the CPU 33, a RAM storing sales data, a telephone number, and the like. (35), a barcode reader (38) capable of reading barcodes of articles, a printer (39) capable of hard copying the processing results of the CPU (33), telephone numbers, various instructions, and sales record data. A keyboard 40 capable of inputting, a display device 41 for soft copying the processing results of the CPU 33, and a card reader 42 are connected to facilitate the transfer of input / output data to and from the CPU 33. Peripheral interface circuit 37 and the slave POS And an internal communication interface circuit 34 for easily transferring the input / output data of the terminals 5 and 6 and the CPU 33.

2 is a system that has been used in the prior art, the specific operation relationship is omitted.

In the conventional POS terminal configured as the first and second, the corresponding phone number required for card inquiry and head office data transmission and reception through the modem (M or 31) is not preset in the RAM 35 in the POS terminal 3, so that the keyboard ( 40), and if you are in a call (when data transmission / reception through the telephone line is in use), you will need to re-enter it. In other words, it is necessary to send data to several companies, such as ordering goods, in which case the phone number must be re-entered in order to send the same data to another company after sending to one company.

However, if you make a card inquiry or order an item in a POS terminal where a conventional telephone number is not preset, you must perform inconveniences such as checking transmission and entering a phone number at the POS terminal, and continuously checking the user. There was a problem.

Therefore, the purpose of the present invention is to limit the card search, goods delivery request, sales information transmission, etc. of the counterpart company that wants to send and receive data from the POS terminal of a company in the distribution POS system. In order to be able to do this without selecting a number, the phone number is preset in memory and provides a way to automatically call the necessary counterpart according to the function selection.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

3 is a memory map diagram according to the present invention, 3a is a telephone number table of a goods delivery company, 3b is a telephone number table of a card inquiry, and 3c is a telephone number table of a head office.

An area for storing telephone numbers in the RAM 35 of the POS terminal 3 is secured, and the telephone number table area 3a for the order of goods for storing an order by allowing the telephone numbers to be stored in accordance with the function. ), A telephone number table area (3b) for inquiry of credit cards, etc., a telephone number table (3c) for the head office, and a modem for each company and each company Store multiple telephone numbers to which (M or 31) are connected so that if one telephone line is being used to transmit or receive data, the other line can be used.

In this way, for example, when data transmission and reception through the modem 31 is required in a store where the POS terminal 3 is installed, the POS terminal is not inputted through the keyboard 42 whenever the user needs a telephone number for a telephone call. According to the function selection in (33), the card inquiry company automatically recognizes the phone number of the card inquiry company, the head office phone number for data transmission and reception to the head office, and the phone number of the delivery company when ordering the goods. If you are dialing in and you are on a call, another number is automatically selected to redial through the modem 31 so that data is sent and received on the phone line.

4 is a phone number storage procedure according to the present invention, which is used to store a phone number in the phone number storage area of the RAM 25. In the keyboard 40, the " phone number storage " 37 is inputted to the CPU 33 and checks and stores the inputs of the function-specific and classification-type keyboard 40 from the output of the RAM 25 by checking the CPU 33, such as the goods delivery company, the card inquiry company, the head office, and the like. The company code input function is stored using the company code, phone number, and enter key, and stored as described above, and the function of designating the target, such as the head office phone number, enters only the phone number. By exiting to the "ESC", it is possible to preset the telephone number as shown in the third degree, and if there is no "ESC" after "ENTER", it is possible to enter the next company, another telephone number.

In addition, the area within the phone number memory RAM 25 allows a company code and a phone number to be deleted or changed.

5 is a flow chart according to the present invention, the first step of inputting the item key to be ordered and receiving the order key of the item according to the order from the goods delivery company through the modem, and for the ordered goods input in the first step The second step of classifying the ordered products by company code and checking whether there is the preset phone number by company code and when the phone number is confirmed in the second step, dialing to call the company according to the confirmed phone number. When the phone number is confirmed in the third step to check the relevant company according to the confirmed phone number in the fourth step and dialing as described above, and when the third and fourth steps in the dialing order product data if not busy A fifth step of checking whether or not the item order is completed by transmitting; Run the system again, and when the order has been made products to the sixth step of the list up orders and company information, including data.

Therefore, a specific embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5, when a user works on the POS terminal 3 for ordering an item, the user inputs the "order product" key through the keyboard 4. If the key in is input through the peripheral interface circuit 37 in the CPU 33 in the process (5a), and receives the product order key input in the same manner as in the (5b) process. In other words, this means that when the user inputs the order of the POS terminal 3 for the order of the goods, the user inputs the item which he / she wants to order to various companies through the "order product input" according to the predetermined format in the POS terminal 3 and then to the goods delivery company. It is ordered via the modem 31, and executed according to the item order keystroke.

In step (5c), the CPU 33 classifies the key data input in steps (5a) and (5b), that is, the ordered products input by company codes, and once classified by company, the phone numbers for each classified company code. After accessing from the RAM (35), the company code of the telephone number table configured as the third degree in the process (5d) to determine whether the first telephone number (# 1).

After identifying the telephone number in step (5d), the CPU 33 transmits to the modem 31 via the RS-232C interface circuit 32 in step (5e).

In the DAA (Direct Access Arrangement) of the modem 31, the hardware is configured to enable dialing in accordance with a dialing data signal output from the CPU 33. At this time, the CPU number indicates whether the dialed telephone number is busy. Check in (33) to (5f).

If the CPU 33 is busy, in step 5e, the CPU 33 grasps the next telephone number # 2 of the same table as the third degree from the RAM 35, and in step 5e, the RS-232C interface circuit. Dial at modem 31 via 32.

However, when not in a call in step (5f), the RS-232C interface circuit 32 and the modem 31 transfer data about the ordered product after connection between the modems 31, that is, between the modems M as shown in FIG. In step 5g), the CPU 33 checks whether the product order is completed in step 5h.

In the process (5h), the next company code is checked in the process (5j), and the processes (5d) to (5h) are repeatedly executed, and in the process (5k), the printer 39 of the POS terminal 3 is completed. List and print out the order contents, company, etc.

Data transmission and reception with the head office can also be performed by dialing the data according to the execution of the main telephone number (5e)-(5i) in the telephone number table of FIG. 3 (3C). Find the company code and phone number in the card inquiry telephone number table of the system and dial the operation of (5e)-(5f) (5i) to be approved according to the checking result of the credit card holder's credit and transaction limit, etc. Can be.

As described above, a table area for storing phone numbers connected to the computer of the relevant company in the POS terminal can be prepared and pre-set, and the data is transmitted through the modem by automatically dialing and transmitting necessary data when the corresponding function is selected. When transmitting, it is possible to send and receive without setting a phone number, and by using a phone number table classified by function, there is an advantage in providing convenience in the function of data transmission and reception by dialing another phone number.

Claims (2)

A method of calling a counterpart company in a POS terminal, comprising: a first step of inputting an item key to be ordered from the POS terminal and inputting an item order key according to an order through a modem to a goods delivery company; A second step of classifying the ordered goods by company code and checking the preset telephone number by the company code, and a third dialing to the corresponding company when the phone number is confirmed in the second step. And a fourth step of dialing in the third step to check and dial the next phone number for each company code when the call is busy, and to send the ordered goods data if the third and fourth steps are not busy. Checking whether the order is completed or not, and if the order is not completed in step 5, identify the next code and execute steps 3 to 5 again. For calling methods on the POS terminal that features a product when the order has been made of an sixth step of the list up orders and company information, including data. A method of storing a telephone number of a POS terminal, comprising: a first process of allocating an area so as to store a telephone number of a company according to the function selection of the POS terminal; A second process to be executed according to a modification command, and when a function of the POS terminal is selected, a company code and a company modem are connected by function so that data can be transmitted and received by calling a counterpart to the user's telephone number among the stored telephone numbers. A counterpart phone number storage method in a POS terminal, characterized in that the third process of storing the phone number.

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