WO2013162224A1

WO2013162224A1 - Method and system for managing pos using portable pos terminal

Info

Publication number: WO2013162224A1
Application number: PCT/KR2013/003368
Authority: WO
Inventors: 강승욱
Original assignee: 에이에스지코리아 주식회사
Priority date: 2012-04-23
Filing date: 2013-04-22
Publication date: 2013-10-31
Also published as: KR20130119229A

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and a system for managing POS by means of a portable POS terminal, the method comprising the steps of: a portable POS terminal connecting to a first server by means of an identifier; receiving franchise information from the first server corresponding to the identifier; the portable POS terminal receiving order information and/or order change information; storing the received order information or order change information, and transmitting the stored information to the first server; and executing payment related to the contents of the order in accordance with the order information or the order change information, and transmitting payment completion information to the first server.

Description

POS management method and system using a portable POS terminal

The present invention relates to a method and system for managing POS, and more particularly, to a method and system for managing POS at an affiliated store using a portable POS terminal.

POS terminal that manages POS data is fixed at the entrance or exit of the merchant, so the customer checks the total amount of the order as the user leaves the merchant, and performs the payment.

In general, since the POS management system uses a POS terminal designed only for POS management, it is very difficult to implement the mobility of the POS terminal, and the type of the POS terminal is limited, which is inefficient and inefficient in extending the POS management system.

In addition, merchants generally use POS terminals to manage data, so when POS terminals fail or errors, it is not only difficult to safely manage POS data stored inside the POS terminals, but also POS terminals in the POS management system. Increasing the amount of, it is difficult to consistently manage the POS data stored in the POS terminal.

The present invention is not limited to the type of terminal in the POS data management, it is an object of the present invention to provide a method and system that can input, change, and output the POS (POS) data at the merchant using a portable POS terminal.

In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, a mobile POS terminal accesses a first server using an identifier, receiving merchant information corresponding to the identifier from the first server, and the portable POS terminal orders information. And receiving at least one of order change information, storing the transmitted order information or order change information, transmitting the stored information to the first server, and order details according to the order information or order change information. Performing a payment for the service, and transmitting the payment completion information to the first server.

In addition, the present invention for achieving the above object, according to the identifier transmitted from the portable POS terminal, the first server for transmitting the merchant information corresponding to the identifier, and the merchant information received, order information and order change information Receiving and storing at least one of the, and includes a portable POS terminal for payment for the order history according to the order information or order change information.

According to the present invention, since the portable POS device can be provided with affiliate store information from an external system, the affiliate store can acquire and use the affiliate store information through login regardless of the type or owner of the portable POS device to be used. Therefore, the POS system according to the present invention can maximize the portability of information in that not only physical portability but also merchant information can be provided anywhere.

In addition, according to the present invention, by using a portable POS device, the portability and expansion convenience of the POS system is increased, it is easy to add a plurality of portable POS devices, and there is an effect of cost reduction in implementing the POS system.

1 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a POA management system according to the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of managing a POA according to the present invention.

3A is a diagram illustrating a POA management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3B is a diagram illustrating a POA management system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The POA management system according to the present invention may include a portable POS terminal 100, a first server 110, a barcode reader 120, a sweeper 130, a second server 140, and a printer 150. have.

The portable POS terminal 100 is portable and has a predetermined application for inputting, changing or outputting POS (POS) data. Here, the POS data includes all the information necessary for displaying, ordering and paying for a product / menu that can be purchased / ordered. For example, merchant information including location, seat information, product / menu information, customer information, name of product / menu, price of each product / menu, quantity of each product / menu ordered, purchase / order It may be order information (or order change information) including total quantity, total amount of purchase / order, order table information, payment method information for payment, payment approval information, and the like.

The portable POS terminal 100 may include a touch panel, a keypad, or a keyboard to input or change force data, and may include a display unit to display the force data. In addition, the portable POS terminal 100 is provided with a wireless communication unit, wired or wireless connection with the first server 110, barcode reader 120, sweeper 130, the second server 140 and the printer 150. To transmit and receive force data or identifiers. The portable POS terminal 100 may include a controller to manage and control information input through a touch panel, a keypad, or a keyboard or received through a wireless communication unit.

The portable POS terminal 100 may be detachably attached to a portable POS terminal holder (not shown), may be used in a fixed form on the dedicated holder, or may be used as a portable device.

In addition, since the portable POS terminal may be provided in each zone and each floor in the same store, and may be provided in a plurality of stores that need to manage data integrally, the POS management system according to the present invention may include at least It includes one portable POS terminal.

The first server 110 authenticates the portable POS terminal 100 using the identifier, and transmits affiliated store information to the portable POS terminal 100. Here, the affiliated store information includes seating information, menu information, customer information, van (VAN, Value Added Network) information of the affiliated store. For example, when the portable POS terminal 100 transmits an identifier such as an ID, a password, or an affiliated store number to the first server 110, the first server 110 uses the identifier to display the portable POS terminal 100. Authenticate and transmit the affiliate store information associated with the affiliate store corresponding to the identifier. The portable POS terminal 100 may transmit the identifier in the form of logging in to the first server 110. Therefore, the affiliated store information transmitted from the first server 110 may be displayed, changed, and stored in an application included in the portable POS terminal 100. In addition, order information, order change information or payment completion information described below may be stored. Therefore, when the user of the portable POS terminal 100 normally logs in to the first server 110 using the identifier, all information generated at the affiliate store corresponding to the identifier may be stored in advance through the first server 110, or in advance. You can also check the stored information.

Accordingly, the first server 110 may be a server provided from an application service provider (ASP) or a server provided from a management information system (MIS).

The barcode reader 120 is a device capable of inputting information of a barcode attached to a product, an order table, a menu, and the like, and includes a scanning device. Information input by the barcode reader 120 is transmitted to the portable POS terminal 100 by wire or wirelessly. That is, order information may be input through the barcode reader 120, and order change information for changing an order may be input. In addition, order information or order change information may be input through a touch panel, a keypad, or a keyboard of the portable POS terminal 100 of the present invention. Here, the order information may be a product / menu's name, price, quantity, order table, and the like, and the order change information may be adding, canceling, ordering, moving, separating, or merging the ordered product / menu. Can be. The order information or order change information as described above may be stored in the portable POS terminal 100, and the stored order information or order change information may be transmitted to the first server 110. In the future, payment for the order history according to the order information or the order change information may be performed by the portable POS terminal 100.

The sweeper 130 is wired or wirelessly connected to the portable POS terminal 100, and payment means information such as a credit card, a check card, and a gift certificate is input to the portable POS terminal 100 through the sweeper 130. In the case of simply cash payment, the payment means information may be an amount input through a touch panel, keypad or keyboard of the portable POS terminal 100.

When the payment method information input to the portable POS terminal 100 requires authentication (for example, a credit card, a check card, or a gift certificate), the second server 140 checks the payment means information and confirms payment approval information. It is a device for transmitting to the portable POS terminal 100. For example, the second server 140 may check the payment limit of the credit card and the check card, the validity of the credit card, the check card and the gift certificate. Therefore, the second server 140 may be a server provided by the VAN company. The portable POS terminal 100 may perform payment according to the payment approval information transmitted from the second server 140, and the payment result may be transmitted to the first server 110.

The printer 150 is a device capable of outputting information transmitted from the portable POS terminal 100, and may be provided in a counter or a room of a merchant, and the printer 150 may order information or order from the portable POS terminal 100. Change information, total purchase amount, payment completion information, and the like can be transmitted by wire or wirelessly. Therefore, the output output from the printer 150 may be used as a receipt, an order.

The portable POS terminal according to the present invention does not necessarily need to be a POS-only terminal, but is a mobile wireless terminal such as a tablet PC (for example, an iPad or Galaxy Tab), a laptop, and the like, which is generally used.

As shown in FIG. 2, first, the portable POS terminal 100 transmits an identifier input through a touch panel, a keypad, or a keyboard to the first server 110 (S200). The identifier may be an ID, a password, an affiliated store unique number, and the like, and S200 corresponds to an authentication process for receiving the affiliated store information corresponding to the identifier from the first server 110.

Next, the first server 110 receiving the identifier checks the identifier and transmits merchant information corresponding to the identifier to the portable POS terminal 100 (S210). Therefore, when logging in to the first server 110 using the portable POS terminal and the identifier, the portable POS terminal 100 may receive affiliate store information regardless of the type or owner of the portable POS terminal.

Next, the order information or order change information is transmitted to the portable POS terminal 100 through the barcode reader 120 (S220). The present invention includes not only the bar code reader 120 but also any device into which order information or order change information can be input. In addition, the present invention also includes order information or order change information input through a touch panel, keypad or keyboard of the portable POS terminal 100.

The order information or order change information may be transmitted to the portable POS terminal more than once.

Next, the portable POS terminal 100 stores the input order information or order change information (S230). Next, the stored order information or order change information is transmitted to the first server 110 (S240). Therefore, in the future, when the portable POS terminal 100 reconnects to the first server 110 using the identifier, the portable POS terminal 100 may receive the order information or the order change information stored in advance in the first server 110. Therefore, the portability of the POS management method and system according to the present invention can be further enhanced in that POS data can be managed through the first server 110 as well as simply using a portable POS terminal.

Next, all of the orders are completed and payment means information is input through the sweeper 130 (S250). The payment means information includes the validity and utilization of the payment means.

When authentication is required for the payment method information input in step S250, for example, when information on credit card, check card, gift certificate, coupon, etc. is input, the portable POS terminal 100 uses the input payment method information as the second. The server 140 transmits (S260), the second server 140 authenticates the payment means information and transmits the payment approval information to the portable POS terminal 100 (S270). When the second server 140 fails to authenticate the payment means information, the second server 140 may transmit the authentication failure information to the portable POS terminal 100.

If authentication is not required for the payment means information input in step S250, that is, in the case of cash payment, the processes of S260 and S270 may be omitted.

Next, when the portable POS terminal 100 receives the payment approval information from the second server 140, or in the case of cash payment, the portable POS terminal 100 performs payment for the order according to the order information or the order change information (S280). The payment completion information is transmitted to the first server 110 (S290).

Therefore, the sales information according to the payment completion information may be stored in the portable POS terminal 100 and the first server 110, respectively, in the future, the portable POS terminal 100 reconnects to the first server 110 using the identifier. In one case, sales information previously stored in the first server 110 may be confirmed.

3A and 3B are diagrams illustrating a POA management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3A illustrates a POA management system that may be used at a merchant that simply sells a product (eg, a department store, a convenience store).

Portable POS terminals

300, 305, 310 may be provided in each affiliated store in each floor. Each POS terminal is connected to the network 320 through the

wireless routers

311, 312, and 313 of each floor, and is connected to the first server 330 or the second server 340 through the network 320. Therefore, the information transmitted through the

portable POS terminals

300, 305, and 310 may be stored in the first server 330 as information about one affiliate store.

In addition, a client 350 may be separately provided for integrating and managing only the

portable POS terminals

300, 305, and 310 provided for each floor.

Order information or order change information may be input through the barcode reader 360, and when the payment is performed, payment completion information may be output through the printer 370 provided at the affiliate store.

Meanwhile, the portable POS terminal 300 provided on the first floor may be linked with a cash box to manage cash payment that may be used when performing a payment.

3B illustrates a POA management system that can be used at a merchant (eg, restaurant, cinema) where a customer occupies a table / seat.

POS stores

400, 405, and 410 may be provided for each affiliated store having a table for each floor or a merchant having seats on different floors. Each POS terminal is connected to the network 420 through the

wireless routers

411, 412, 413 of each floor, and is connected to the first server 430 or the second server 440 through the network 420. Therefore, information related to a product / menu purchased / ordered by a customer occupying a table / seat at each floor in one affiliate store may be stored in the first server 430. In addition, for example, order information or order change information may be output through the print 471 provided in the kitchen. Accordingly, the kitchen may prepare a menu according to the order information or the order change information output through the printer 471.

In addition, a client 450 may be separately provided for integrating and managing only the

portable POS terminals

400, 405, and 410 provided for each floor.

Order information or order change information may be input through the barcode reader 460, and when the payment is performed, payment completion information may be output through the printer 470 provided at the affiliated store, and the first server 430 may be used. Can be sent to.

The present invention can be embodied as processor readable code on a processor readable recording medium. The processor-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording devices that store data that can be read by the processor. Examples of a processor-readable recording medium include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage device, and the like. The processor-readable recording medium can also be distributed over network coupled computer systems so that the processor-readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion.

In addition, although the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been shown and described above, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments described above, but the technical field to which the invention belongs without departing from the spirit of the invention claimed in the claims. Of course, various modifications can be made by those skilled in the art, and these modifications should not be individually understood from the technical spirit or the prospect of the present invention.

Claims

Connecting the portable POS terminal to the first server by using the identifier;

Receiving affiliate store information corresponding to the identifier from the first server;

Receiving, by the portable POS terminal, at least one of order information and order change information;

Storing the transmitted order information or order change information, and transmitting the stored information to the first server; And

And performing payment on the order details according to the order information or order change information, and transmitting the payment completion information to the first server.
The method of claim 1,

When payment means information is input to the portable POS terminal, transmitting the payment means information to a second server; And

If the payment means information is authenticated by the second server, further comprising the step of receiving payment approval information from the second server,

The payment management method for the order history characterized in that is performed using the payment means information.
The method of claim 1,

The order information or the order change information is a POS management method characterized in that it is transmitted through a bar code reader or a touch pad of the portable POS terminal.
The method of claim 2,

The payment means information is input via a sweeper (swipper) connected to the portable POS terminal.
The method of claim 1,

The order information or order change information is output via a printer provided in the kitchen or counter POS management method.
The method of claim 1,

The payment completion information is a POS management method, characterized in that output through the printer.
The method of claim 1,

The first server may be a server provided from an application service provider (ASP) or a server provided from a management information system (MIS).
A first server configured to transmit affiliate store information corresponding to the identifier according to the identifier transmitted from the portable POS terminal; And

Receiving the merchant information, and receiving and storing at least one of the order information and order change information, and includes a portable POS terminal for payment for the order details according to the order information or order change information,

The portable POS terminal transmits the order information or the order change information and the payment completion information according to the payment to the first server.
The method of claim 8,

A sweeper for transmitting payment means information to the portable POS terminal; And

And a second server for authenticating the payment means information transmitted from the portable POS terminal and transmitting payment approval information to the portable POS terminal.

And the portable POS terminal is performed using the payment means information when the payment approval information is transmitted from the second server.
The method of claim 8,

The portable POS terminal is connected with a barcode reader for inputting the order information or order change information and a printer for outputting the order information, order change information, or the payment completion information.