TW201705054A - Composite cash register method and intelligent cash register system therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention discloses a composite cash register method and an intelligent cash register system therefor. The intelligent cash register system has a powerful intelligent management module so as to implement various payment methods and effectively manage payment behaviors. The composite cash register method is a method which uses the intelligent cash register system to implement automatic synchronous payment of various payment methods, provide a friendly interface, and implement automatic synchronous payment with use of different payment methods or automatic synchronous billing with use of various billing documents. The composite cash register method provided by the invention is simple and practical, and provides good user experience.

Description

Composite cash register method and intelligent cash register system

The invention relates to the field of payment, in particular to a composite cash register method in more than one settlement mode.

Offline (offline) settlement is a different method than online payment. The transaction process and the delivery process take place in the transaction between the buyer and the seller. The most common form of payment for this type of payment is cash settlement. Therefore, it is a very convenient payment method. With the development of banking business, UnionPay card payment has overcome a large number of inconveniences of cash and is widely used in the payment field. For example, some supermarkets, chain stores, and roadside shops use UnionPay cards to pay. This is called the UnionPay card payment for offline payment. Generally, it is installed by a traditional POS machine, and the merchant installs it in a special merchant and UnionPay computer. The network can realize automatic transfer of electronic funds. It has the functions of supporting consumption, pre-authorization, balance inquiry and transfer, and it is safe, fast and reliable to use. The offline UnionPay POS system directly reads the input product sales information (such as product name, unit price, sales quantity, sales time, sales shop, purchase customer, etc.) when selling goods, and realizes each through the clearing system under UnionPay management. Bank settlement. At present, the main use of offline transactions rely on the traditional POS machine to achieve card payment.

As online payments become more developed, third-party payment methods are becoming more developed. And there are a wide variety of payment vouchers, and many non-bank payment institutions are unlikely to be classified as UnionPay management. The use of third-party payment platforms to achieve offline payments has become a trend in offline payments. Therefore, the traditional POS machine as a settlement device has been unable to meet the current offline payment needs. For third-party payments, it is not possible to issue any form of card separately in view of financial policy regulations. Therefore, the third-party payment method can only use the third-party payment platform, in order to ensure that the funds are securely used in the transaction process, and the two-dimensional code and optical code are used. Offline settlement has formed a diversified pattern. At present, the cashiers established in shopping malls, supermarkets, chain stores, roadside shops and other merchants to cater to consumers' diversified payments should be able to implement various card-based and card-free payment methods. The cashier receives the bank in advance through agreement. The authorization of the card issuer or the third-party payment platform, the consumer (payer) can realize the payment through the bank or the third-party account platform, and transfer the set payment amount from the payment account to the account of the merchant (receiver). Achieve payment.

At present, merchants can receive settlements paid by consumers for various payment methods through the cashier, but must have corresponding cashier equipment. The device is used to verify the eligibility and ability of the payment voucher and obtain the certification enrollment registration of the corresponding third party. For each additional third party, special cash register equipment must be added to make the management of the business more and more complicated, and the settlement equipment becomes more and more complicated. In this context, Shenzhen TTG Company developed a smart POS machine, which solved the call of standard data and the collection of settlement list under various settlement modes by means of the combination of smart terminal, intelligent management module and cloud storage platform. With editing. Thus, the method of diversified settlement can be realized on a cash register terminal device.

What follows is that consumers can take out several bank cards and multiple settlement vouchers when they consume, and they can also pay by third-party account payment and cash payment. However, any bank card or third-party account payment method cannot be fully supported. To pay the purchase amount, only two or more bank cards or a third-party payment method can be used to complete the payment in full. In this way, the cashier's staff needs to operate the total amount of payment according to the payment ability of each bank card, and increase the operation. The pressure of the cashier staff is not strong, and it is a shortcoming of the current smart POS terminal.

The purpose of the present invention is to address the deficiencies of the current smart POS system, and to take repetitive operations and increase the pressure on the cashier staff. A method for realizing compound settlement is provided, which realizes automatic completion of multiple payment methods for synchronous payment.

The technical solution adopted by the present invention for achieving the object of the present invention is a composite cash register method, which is completed based on an intelligent terminal cash register system equipped with an intelligent management module and a cloud storage platform. The method includes the following steps: Step 1. The payment system displays the amount to be paid, the payer confirms; Step 2, the payment system interface displays all payment methods, the payment party selects, supports multiple selection; Step 3, the payment system determines the payment selection is a single selection Or multiple choices, if multiple choices, then go to step 4, otherwise, generate a payment bill for the selected payment method, and go to step 5; step 4, the payment system splits the amount to be paid according to the payment party's instruction, and respectively generates a corresponding payment method. Payment bill; Step 5, the payment system completes the payment in turn according to the selected payment method and the corresponding payment bill.

In the invention, the intelligent cash register system can realize synchronous payment of multiple payment methods and enhance the user experience.

Further, in the above composite cash register method: in step 5, completing the payment for any of the selected payment methods and the corresponding payment bill includes the following steps: Step 501: The payment system enters the payment interface of the payment method, and the display is A single account payment or a plurality of account payment is selected by the paying party; in step 502, the payment system determines that the paying party selects a single account payment, and proceeds to step 504, otherwise proceeds to step 503; step 503, splits the payment amount in the payment bill, The payment party account and the authorization are respectively obtained according to the requirements of the payment method; in step 504, the payment party account number and the authorization are completed according to the requirements of the payment method.

Further, in the above composite cash register method, in the payment interface in the step 501, an account balance inquiry button is further displayed for the payment party to select, and if the payment party selects the balance inquiry button, the balance inquiry interface is accessed, and the balance inquiry interface is obtained. The payer's account number and balance inquiry authorization, and the account provider obtains the account balance and displays it.

Further, in the above composite cash register method, the manner of obtaining the payment method account includes: reading by a card reader, and acquiring by a two-dimensional code.

Further, in the above composite cash register method, the payment method includes a bank card payment method, a third party payment method, and a prepaid account payment method.

The invention also provides a smart cash register system which can be used for a composite cash register system, wherein the smart cash register system structure comprises an intelligent terminal, a cloud storage platform and a smart settlement mode management module, and the structure of the intelligent terminal includes the wisdom The computer central processing unit of the management module includes a diversified settlement voucher information collection module and a settlement message uploading module, a selected cloud storage platform and a data communication interface module, and a communication protocol module matched with the settlement mode. Message editing module and settlement mode execution path prompting module, strobe display screen management module, operation It is used as a keyboard module, an intermediate memory module, and a settlement document output module.

In the intelligent cash register system of the present invention, each module and unit are communicated and connected to each other through a computer network, and are disposed at a merchant's cash register and a back-end cloud processing platform in a spatial position, as for each module and unit. It can be distributed anywhere on the checkout counter and cloud processing platform as needed, and the space location is not limited.

Further, in the above intelligent cash register system, the intelligent management module structure includes a UnionPay card settlement sub-module, a third-party settlement sub-module, a prepaid card settlement sub-module, a settlement data recording module, and an editing message module. The group is authorized to delete, add, and modify the module; the corresponding module is activated according to the settlement mode selected by the user or the necessary modification is started before the corresponding settlement module is started.

The intelligent management module can generally be a software module or a hardware to form a functional module. The module can be set on the cashier or cloud platform, or can be distributed on the cashier or cloud platform as needed.

Further, in the above intelligent cash register system: the strobe display screen management module structure includes a transaction information list sub-module, a transaction payment mode selection table sub-module, and a settlement mode operation step prompt sub-module; the above information is Display the centralized partition display on the screen, or display the screen in full screen.

The strobe display management module mainly completes the interaction interface with the operator. According to the needs, the strobe display management module can be installed on the checkout counter for the cashier to operate.

The present invention will be further described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and embodiments.

1‧‧‧Central Processing Unit

2‧‧‧Smart Management Module

2-1‧‧‧CUP card settlement sub-module

2-2‧‧‧Third-party settlement sub-module

2-3‧‧‧Prepaid card settlement sub-module

2-4‧‧‧Settlement Information Recording Module

2-5‧‧‧Edit Message Module

2-6‧‧‧ Authorized administrator to delete, add, modify modules

3‧‧‧Intermediate memory module

4‧‧‧Settlement message upload module

5‧‧‧Cloud Storage Platform

6‧‧‧Data Communication Interface Module

7‧‧‧Communication agreement module for each settlement mode

8‧‧‧Gate control panel management module

8-1‧‧‧Gate display display position of the transaction schedule delineated on the screen

8-2‧‧‧Gategate shows the location of the transaction payment mode selection table delineated on the screen

8-3‧‧‧Gate display display position selected on the screen

9‧‧‧ keyboard module

10‧‧‧Settlement Document Output Module

11‧‧‧Settlement Voucher Information Collection Module

11-1‧‧‧ UnionPay card special interface

11-2‧‧‧ QR code intake interface

11-3‧‧‧Curling code recognition interface

11-i‧‧‧IC chip card reading interface

12‧‧‧Message Editing Module

13‧‧‧Intermediate memory module

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the intelligent cash register system.

Embodiment 1 This embodiment is a method for a consumer to pay for a consumer payment by using Alipay after shopping in a chain store.

In this embodiment, an intelligent cash register system is used as shown in FIG. 1 to implement post-consumer cash register. The system is mainly composed of a smart cashier and a back-end cloud processing system installed in a chain store. The smart cashier has a network card and is connected to the back end through the Internet.

In the intelligent cash register system, there is a central processing unit 1, which is a functional module which is a central module by running a computer program stored in a memory on a smart cashier. The processor 1 is executed by running a corresponding computer program. In this embodiment, it is set on the smart cashier, and generally includes a UnionPay card settlement sub-module 2-1, a third-party settlement sub-module 2-2, and a prepaid card settlement sub-module. Group 2-3 and other payment-related modules, the main program of the smart cashier can call these modules to achieve the corresponding functions through interface selection. In addition, the intelligent management module 2 is also provided with a settlement data recording module 2-4 and an editing message module 2-5. These modules can realize the management of the cashier, and in order to ensure future expansion, intelligent management Module 2 is also provided with an authorized administrator to delete, add, and modify modules 2-6.

In order to realize the smart cash register, the intelligent checkout counter should also be provided with a diversified settlement voucher information collection module 11, a settlement message uploading module 4, a message editing module 12, a gating display screen management module 8, and a memory model. The main I/O modules such as group 3, operation keyboard module 9 and settlement document output module 10 implement interactive hardware or software modules. The diversified settlement voucher information collection module 11 realizes collection of various settlement voucher information, generally including a UnionPay card dedicated interface 11-1 combined with a UnionPay card reader, and a two-dimensional code ingestion interface 11- combined with a two-dimensional code recognizer. 2, in addition, there are cursor code recognition interface 11-3, IC wafer card read-in interface 11-i, etc. There are other ways to collect.

As a chain store, it requires a lot of storefront unified management. Therefore, it also has a selected cloud storage platform 5. In order to realize communication with the selected cloud storage platform 5, there is also a communication interface module, such as a data communication interface module 6, a settlement mode package. The communication protocol module 7, the settlement mode execution path prompting module 13, and the like.

Step 1. The cashier of the chain store uses the diversified settlement voucher information collection module 11 to scan the products purchased by the consumer or the other way to calculate the total consumption amount at the smart cashier, and is controlled by the gating display management module 8. Displayed on the display screen of the cashier, let the consumer (payer) confirm, if the consumer confirms the amount of consumption, the following payment process is carried out, otherwise wait for the consumer to choose.

Step 2: The display screen on the smart cashier displays all the payment methods that the cashier can complete, and chooses Alipay to pay.

The main program on the smart cashier runs the intelligent management module 2, and displays the cash register method that can be provided on the interface. Here, the intelligent management module 2 provides five kinds of cash register methods, that is, the corresponding five offline payment methods. : Bank card payment method corresponding to UnionPay card settlement sub-module 2-1, third-party account platform settlement method corresponding to third-party settlement sub-module 2-2, such as Alipay payment method, corresponding to prepaid card settlement sub-module 2-3 Prepaid card payment method and cash payment method.

Step 3: The smart cashier calls the third party settlement sub-module 2-2 in the intelligent management module 2, and displays the interface of the Alipay payment on the display screen.

The consumer uses a mobile phone or the like to display the Alipay QR code to present the consumer's Alipay QR code, and the two-dimensional code scanning device scans the consumer's Alipay QR code on the checkout counter, and enters the Alipay payment interface, and accepts the cash. The on-board processor communicates with the Alipay platform under the control of its internal computer program.

Step 4: Obtain the authorization of the consumer, and enter the payment password of the Alipay on the keyboard of the cashier in accordance with the method prescribed by Alipay to complete the payment.

Step 5. The information indicating whether the payment is successful or not is displayed on the display screen of the cashier.

In this embodiment, the main program of the smart cashier calls the management module 8 of the strobe display screen, and the display position 8-1 of the transaction schedule defined on the strobe display on the smart cashier can be realized through the module. The strobe displays the position 8-2 of the transaction payment mode selection table delineated on the screen, and the display position 8-3 of the selection settlement mode operation step defined on the strobe display screens the display on the display screen.

Embodiment 2, this embodiment is also a method for the consumer to use the Alipay to pay the consumer payment after shopping in the chain store, and is implemented by the smart cashier or the smart cash register system as in the first embodiment, which is different from the embodiment 1. The place is in steps 3 and 4.

Step 3' The display screen on the checkout counter generates a two-dimensional code bill that carries at least the account number of the chain store receipt and the amount of the receipt.

Step 4' The step of the consumer's mobile phone Alipay scanning the bill and the amount of the payment received by the Alipay platform to complete the account number collected from the chain store.

Embodiment 3, this embodiment is also a method for a consumer to pay for consumption by using Alipay after shopping in a chain store. The difference is that, in this embodiment, since the amount of consumption is large, the consumer has two Alipay accounts, and the consumer utilizes The two payment accounts are co-payment completed. The method is also implemented by a smart cashier or the smart cashier system as in the first embodiment.

Step 301', the display screen on the checkout counter displays the payment interface into the Alipay, and displays on the interface whether the payment is completed by one account or the payment is completed by using multiple accounts;

In step 302', the payment is selected using two accounts.

In step 303', the total amount of consumption, such as 798 yuan, is divided into two parts, such as 500 yuan and 298 yuan, respectively, to generate two payment two-dimensional code bills.

Step 401', the consumer uses the Alipay on the first mobile phone to scan the first two-dimensional code bill, and the payment platform to complete the payment of the amount of the payment to the account number of the chain store.

Step 402', the step of the consumer using another mobile phone or another Alipay on the same mobile phone to scan the second two-dimensional code bill and the amount of the payment received by the Alipay platform to complete the account number collected from the chain store.

Embodiment 4, this embodiment is a method for a consumer to use a bank card to pay a consumption amount after shopping in a chain store. The embodiment includes the following process:

Step 1. The cashier at the chain store calculates the total amount of consumption at the checkout counter by scanning the products purchased by the consumer or by other means, and displays it on the display screen of the cashier, allowing the consumer (payer) to confirm if the consumer If the amount of consumption is confirmed, the following payment process will be carried out, otherwise the consumer will be selected.

Step 2: The display screen on the checkout counter shows all the payment methods that the cashier can complete, and selects the bank card payment.

Step 3: The system on the checkout counter displays the consumption amount on the bank card reader. At present, the consumption amount is generally displayed on the POS machine. After the consumer approves, after the card is swiped or the card is taken, the password is input on the POS machine. The POS machine completes the payment.

Step 4. After the payment is completed, return the payment success information, and the cashier prints the receipt.

Embodiment 5, this embodiment is a consumer paying a consumption amount by using a bank card after shopping in a chain store, and the difference from Embodiment 4 is that, in this embodiment, because the consumption amount is large, the consumer has several bank cards, and the consumption The use of several bank cards to complete the payment is completed, and the main difference is in step 3.

Step 3', the cashier shows whether it is a bank card or two bank cards or three bank cards. At this time, the consumer chooses to use three bank cards, and the cashier displays the total consumption amount as 1,890 yuan. Choose the first bank card to spend 700 yuan, the second bank card consumption 600 shows the last bank card consumption 590 yuan, Make the total amount of consumption unchanged. The system on the checkout counter displays 700 on the POS machine in turn. After the consumer swipes the card or takes the first bank card (debit card), the user enters the password to complete the first payment. Then, the system on the checkout counter displays 600 in turn. On the POS machine, the consumer enters the second bank card (credit card) and enters the password to complete the second payment. The system on the checkout counter displays 590 on the POS machine in turn, and the consumer swipes or takes the third card. After entering the bank card (credit card), enter the password to complete the third payment.

Embodiment 6 is a method in which a consumer uses a bank card to pay a consumption amount after shopping in a chain store. The difference from Embodiment 5 is that the consumer does not know the balance in the bank card, and the balance needs to be checked first, and then the consumption method is determined. .

Step 1. Display the consumption amount of 1890 yuan on the display screen of the checkout counter, and display all payment methods, such as Alipay, Fortune, bank card, etc.

Step 2: Select the bank card and enter the interface for bank card payment. There are options for selecting one bank card, two bank cards, and three bank cards. In addition, a button bank card balance inquiry is provided.

Step 3: After selecting the bank card balance inquiry, the system controls the card reader to read the first bank card number, and then the consumer inputs the balance inquiry password of the bank card, and obtains the bank card by communicating with the bank card issuing institution. The balance is displayed on the display screen and prompts the consumer to choose how much to pay from the bank card. For example, the balance on the first bank card is 1000 yuan, and the consumer chooses to pay 700 yuan from the bank card, followed by the second. The bank card, the third bank card, such as the balance on the second bank card is 1,800 yuan, the consumer instruction is to consume 600 yuan from the second bank card, and the balance on the third bank card is 5,000 yuan. The consumer chooses to pay the remaining 590 yuan.

In step 4, the payment is completed in accordance with step 5' of embodiment 5.

Embodiment 7, this embodiment is a payment direction payment party pays 5899 yuan payment The composite payment method is implemented by the smart cashier or the intelligent cashier system as in the first embodiment. The payment process is as follows:

Step 1. The system displays the payment amount of 5899 yuan.

Step 2, the system displays all payment methods, such as Alipay, Fortune, bank card, cash, etc.

Step 3: The payment selection method includes four payment methods: Alipay, bank card, prepaid card and cash. Alipay and bank cards pay 1,500 yuan and 3,800 yuan respectively, and the rest are paid by prepaid cards and cash.

Step 4: The system enters the Alipay payment interface, generates an Alipay payment QR code, and the payer uses the mobile phone Alipay to scan the two-dimensional code bill, and completes the payment by 1500 yuan with the payment platform.

Step 5: The Alipay backstage returns the payment information of the Alipay payment, and the system enters the bank card payment interface, and the payment interface displays the following options: one bank card, two bank cards, three bank cards, and the bank card balance inquiry button.

Step 6. Select the bank card balance inquiry button, and the system displays the interface for obtaining the bank card number and query authorization (input query password).

Step 7, read the first bank card, and enter the inquiry password. The system communicates with the issuing bank to obtain the balance of the bank card is 5489 yuan, which can be paid 5488 yuan, displayed on the display screen of the system, and the input window is launched. , prompting the payer how much the bank card pays, such as 3,000 yuan. The system compares the payment amount and balance, because 3000 is less than 5488 yuan, so it is confirmed that the card pays 3,000 yuan.

Read the second bank card and enter the inquiry password. The system communicates with the issuing bank to obtain the balance of the bank card is 589 yuan, which can be paid 588 yuan, displayed on the display screen of the system, and the input window is displayed to prompt payment. The amount of the bank card payment, such as 750 yuan, but because the 750 yuan more than the bank card can pay a quota of 588 yuan, therefore, the payer is prompted to enter the payment amount again, at this time, enter 588 yuan.

The third bank card is a credit card, paying the remaining $212.

Step 8. Pay 3,000 yuan, 588 yuan, and 212 yuan respectively through the POS machine.

Step 9. The system obtains the information that the bank card payment system returns the payment success, enters the prepaid card payment interface, reads the prepaid card information, and displays the card balance of the prepaid card is 289 yuan, 289 yuan is available, and the paying party chooses to use the prepaid card. 289 yuan, complete prepaid card payment.

In step 10, the system displays that it has paid 5,589 yuan and needs to pay 310 yuan in cash.

Step 11, after receiving the payment party's 310 yuan cash, the system prints the payment details, which can be made into a payment schedule, and the contents of the table can have the payment amount corresponding to the ID of each payment credential as needed.

1‧‧‧Central Processing Unit

2‧‧‧Smart Management Module

2-1‧‧‧CUP card settlement sub-module

2-2‧‧‧Third-party settlement sub-module

2-3‧‧‧Prepaid card settlement sub-module

2-4‧‧‧Settlement Information Recording Module

2-5‧‧‧Edit Message Module

2-6‧‧‧ Authorized administrator to delete, add, modify modules

3‧‧‧Intermediate memory module

4‧‧‧Settlement message upload module

5‧‧‧Cloud Storage Platform

6‧‧‧Data Communication Interface Module

7‧‧‧Communication agreement module for each settlement mode

8‧‧‧Gate control panel management module

8-1‧‧‧Gate display display position of the transaction schedule delineated on the screen

8-2‧‧‧Gategate shows the location of the transaction payment mode selection table delineated on the screen

8-3‧‧‧Gate display display position selected on the screen

9‧‧‧ keyboard module

10‧‧‧Settlement Document Output Module

11‧‧‧Settlement Voucher Information Collection Module

11-1‧‧‧ UnionPay card special interface

11-2‧‧‧ QR code intake interface

11-3‧‧‧Curling code recognition interface

11-i‧‧‧IC chip card reading interface

12‧‧‧Message Editing Module

13‧‧‧Intermediate memory module

Claims (8)

A composite cash register method, which is based on an intelligent terminal cash register system equipped with an intelligent management module and a cloud storage platform, and is characterized in that it comprises the following steps: Step 1. The payment system displays the amount to be paid, and the payer confirms; Step 2: The payment system interface displays all payment methods, payment party selection, and support multiple selection; step 3, the payment system determines whether the payment party selects whether to select single or multiple selections; if multiple selection, then proceeds to step 4; otherwise, the selection is generated. The payment bill of the payment method is transferred to step 5; step 4, the payment system splits the amount to be paid according to the instruction of the paying party, and respectively generates a payment bill corresponding to the payment method; step 5, the payment system according to the selected payment method and the corresponding payment method Pay the bills to complete the payment in turn. According to the composite cash register method of claim 1, wherein in the step 5, the payment of the selected payment method and the corresponding payment bill completion payment comprises the following steps: Step 501, the payment system enters the The payment interface of the payment method displays whether it is a single account payment or a plurality of account payment for the payment party to select; Step 502: When the payment system determines that the payment party selects a single account payment, the process proceeds to step 504, otherwise, the process proceeds to step 503; Paying the payment amount in the bill, respectively obtaining the payer's account number and authorizing the payment according to the requirements of the payment method; Step 504, obtaining the payer's account number and authorizing the payment according to the requirements of the payment method. a composite cash register method according to claim 2, wherein In the payment interface in step 501, an account balance inquiry button is also displayed for the payment party to select. If the payment party selects the balance inquiry button, the balance inquiry interface is entered, and the payment party's account number and balance inquiry authorization are obtained, which is obtained by the account provider. Account balance and display. According to the composite cash register method described in claim 2 or 3, the manner of obtaining the payment method account number includes: a card reader reading and a two-dimensional code scanning acquisition. The composite cash register method according to claim 1 or 2 or 3, wherein the payment method comprises a bank card payment method, a third party payment method, and a prepaid account payment method. A smart cash register system, the structure comprising an intelligent terminal, a cloud storage platform and a smart settlement mode management module, wherein the structure of the cash register system comprises a computer central processing equipped with an intelligent management module (2) Unit (1), diversified settlement voucher information collection module (11) and settlement message uploading module (4), selected cloud storage platform (5) and data communication interface module (6), communication with settlement mode Agreement module (7), message editing module (12) and settlement mode execution path prompting module (13), strobe display screen management module (8), operating keyboard module (9), intermediate memory module (3) and settlement document output module (10). According to the intelligent cash register system described in claim 6 of the patent application scope, the intelligent management module (2) structure includes a UnionPay card settlement sub-module (2-1) and a third-party settlement sub-module (2-2). , prepaid card settlement sub-module (2-3); settlement data recording module (2-4); editing message module (2-5); authorized administrator to delete, add, modify module (2-6) ; Start the corresponding module according to the settlement mode selected by the user or start the necessary modification before starting the corresponding settlement module. According to the intelligent cash register system described in claim 6 of the patent application scope, wherein the structure of the strobe display management module (8) includes a transaction information list sub-module (8-1), The easy payment mode selection table sub-module (8-2) selects the settlement mode operation step prompt sub-module (8-3); the above information is displayed in a centralized partition on the display screen, or the sub-items are displayed in full screen.