JPH09245255A - Point card processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate the disadvantage of a customer and a store by inputting a point object money amount in the case of only cash sales and iputting a credit money amount and the point object money amount in the case of using credit and cash in common so as to calculate points by means of the respective conditions of cash and credit in the point calculation of point service. SOLUTION: When only cash sales are taken place in the point calcualtion of point service, the card is loaded on the card reader/wrieter 12 and a processor 10 judges the validity of the card, inputs the point object money amount within a purchase money amount by a keyboard 11 after that and records it in a cumulative point describing blank so as to execute a point-processing. When credit and cash are used in common, the usage of credit is inputted by the keyboard 11, the cash point object money amount is calculated from the point object money amount by the credit money amount so as to obtain the cash points by applying the reference value of a point table and the credit point is added to the cash point so as to be recorded in the cumulative point describing entry column of the card.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention calculates points according to the amount of sales each time a product is sold or used to a customer at a store that sells the product or a service, and reduces the product. The present invention relates to a device used for a point service for giving a privilege.

[0002]

[Prior Art] At a product store, as one of product sales promotion and customer service, points are added according to the purchase price, and when a certain number of points are reached, a prize is presented and the privilege is reduced at the next purchase. The system is implemented. In a store that implements such a privilege system, a specific product such as a bargain product may be excluded from points or the point rate may be changed. In addition, the payment method may be full cash payment, full credit payment, or partial cash payment remaining credit payment, the point rate corresponding to the cash payment amount and the point according to the credit payment amount There are often differences in rates.

However, taking as an example the case where cash and credit sales are used together in merchandise sales, in the conventional point system, only one of cash sales and credit sales is executed in one point processing operation. Can not. For this reason, when cash payment and credit payment are used together, it is necessary to perform a complicated point processing operation, such as performing point processing operation for credit sales from the beginning after finishing point processing for cash payment. However, it was difficult to expect such complicated processing. In order to avoid such complicated point operations at the store, all sales must be processed as credit sales or conversely all sales must be processed as cash sales. There was a problem that had a negative result on either side.

[0004]

When it is necessary to process a plurality of different point rates at the site of product sales or service provision, a different point rate is automatically calculated by a series of operations, and the person in charge of the field is burdened. The challenge is to provide rational services that do not have any disadvantages and are not disadvantageous to both customers and retailers.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] As means for solving the above-mentioned problems, as described in the scope of claims, there is a means for inputting the presence or absence of different point rate sales and an input result of the input means without any input. When there is a point target amount, a means for calculating the first point from the inputted point target amount and adding it to the accumulated points of the card, and when there is an input result of the input means, different points The second point is calculated from the input sales amount by the rate and the input point amount, and the second points are calculated from the input point amount, and the result obtained by subtracting the sales amount by the different point rate from the point amount A point card processing device having means for adding these points to the cumulative points of the card as one point It has a means for calculating the second point from the point target amount when the result of subtracting the selling amount by a different point rate from is negative, and the processing device is applied when the credit selling and the cash selling are used together. Including things.

[0006]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

[0007]

1 to 4 are views showing an embodiment for realizing a system in which the present invention is applied to product sales using both credit sales and cash sales. FIG. 1 is a diagram of a point processing system, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a description column of information registered in the card used in this embodiment, FIG. 3 is a point table for point calculation, and FIG. 4 is a flow chart of processing of the system of this embodiment. In the figure, 1 is a card, 2 is a column for entering a card number,
3 is a total point description column, 10 is a processing device, 11 is a keyboard, 12 is a reader / writer, 13 is a display device,
Reference numeral 14 is a storage device, 15 is an output device, 20 is a point table, 21 is a cash point reference value entry column, and 22 is a credit point reference value entry column.

In this embodiment, the system shown in FIG. 1 is installed at a product store, and the store adds a certain amount of points according to the purchase price as one of the sales promotion of the product and the customer service. When the points are reached, a privilege system will be implemented such as presenting prizes and reducing the amount at the next purchase. In this store,
Specific products such as bargain products are excluded from points, and the payment method for payment is different between cash payment and credit payment. The different point rates are registered in the cash point reference value column and the credit point reference value column of the point table 20, respectively.

Now, in the case where a customer purchases a plurality of products and pays the total price "21,000 yen" in cash, of which 30 bargain products are not eligible for points.
A case where there is an amount equivalent to 00 yen will be described. When the card 1 presented by the customer is loaded into the reader / writer 12 at the settlement counter of the store, the processing device 10 judges the validity of the card, and then the numerical value “350” in the cumulative point column 3
The "dot" is read, and a display requesting the input of the presence or absence of credit sales is displayed on the display device 13. When the salesperson instructs from the keyboard 11 that the purchase is made in cash and the credit is not used, the processing device 10 subsequently displays an input request for the point target amount of the purchase amount on the display device 13. When the salesperson inputs the point target amount “18,000 yen” of the purchase amount from the keyboard 11, the processing device 1
0 determines that the input point target amount is all the cash point target amount, and the cash point reference value “” stored in the cash point reference value entry field 21 of the point table 20 stored in the storage device 14 "500 yen" is applied to calculate "36 points" of cash points corresponding to 18,000 yen. Next, the new cumulative points “386” obtained by adding the previous cumulative points “350” read by the reader / writer 12 and the calculated points “36”
“Point” is output to the output device 15, and at the same time, this is recorded in the cumulative point description column 3 of the card 1, and the point processing is ended.

Next, a case will be described in which a product having a total amount of "21,000 yen" is paid in cash for "5000 yen" and the balance of "16000 yen" is paid in credits, and among them, bargain products not worth points are equivalent to 3000 yen. When the card 1 is loaded into the reader / writer 12 as before, the processor 10 determines the validity of the card, then reads the numerical value “350 points” in the cumulative point column 3 and inputs the presence / absence of credit sales to the display device 13. To display. When the salesperson inputs from the keyboard 11 that the credit is used, the processing device 10 displays an input request of the sales amount by credit on the display device 13. When the salesperson inputs the credit amount “16000 yen”, the processing device 10 prompts the display device 1 to input the point target amount.
3 is displayed. Sales person points amount 18,000
When a "circle" is input from the keyboard 11, the processing device 10
Calculates the cash point target amount "2000 yen" by subtracting the credit amount "16000 yen" from the input point target amount "18000 yen". The credit points are calculated from the credit amount “16000 yen” and the credit point reference value column 22 of the point table 20.
Applying the standard value "1000 yen" described in 1., credit points "16 points" are obtained. Next, from the cash point target amount “2000 yen”, the reference value “500” described in the cash point reference value column 21 of the point table 20.
Apply "yen" to obtain "4 points" in cash. The credit points “16 points” and the cash points “4 points” thus obtained are added up to obtain the total points “20 points”, and the conventional cumulative points “350 points” and the above total points “20 points” are obtained. The new total points "370
"Point" is calculated and output to the output device 15, and at the same time, the card 1
It is recorded in the cumulative point description column 3 of.

In the case of using both cash and credit as described above, there are many products that are not eligible for points.
The point amount may be less than the credit amount. For example, out of the total amount of "21,000 yen", pay "5000 yen" in cash and pay the balance "1600 yen".
When paying "0 yen", there are many products that are not eligible for points, so if the point target amount is "12000 yen", the cash point target amount may be "-4000 yen". In the case of using cash and credit together, if the calculated amount of cash points is negative, only credit points are calculated and the cash points are “0”.
"Point".

As before, the customer paid for the merchandise at a total price of "21000".
The case where the purchase is made in "yen" and all of the money is paid as credit will be described. When the card 1 is loaded into the reader / writer 12, the processing device 10 judges the validity of the card, then reads the numerical value “350 points” in the cumulative point column 3 and requests the display device 13 to input whether credit is sold or not. Display When the sales person inputs from the keyboard 11 that the credit is used, the processing device 10
The display unit 13 displays an input request for the sales amount by credit. When the salesperson inputs the credit amount “21000 yen”, the processing device 10 displays an input request for the point target amount on the display device 13. When the sales person inputs the point target amount “18,000 yen” from the keyboard 11,
Since the cash point target amount obtained by subtracting the credit target amount "21,000 yen" from the input point target amount "18,000 yen" is "-3000 yen", it is determined that only credit points should be calculated, and the point table The reference value “1000 yen” described in the credit point reference value column 22 of 20 is applied to obtain credit points “18 points”. Continued previous cumulative points of "350 points" and calculated credit points of "18 points"
The total points “368 points” are calculated by adding the “points”, and are recorded in the cumulative point description column of the card 1 as before, and output by the output device 15.

In this way, in this embodiment, the point service point calculation is performed when payment is made by using both cash and credit, the point target amount is used only when cash is sold, and when credit and cash are used in combination. Does not need to be aware of different point rates when processing, as points are automatically calculated for cash payment and credit payment conditions by simply entering the credit amount and point amount. Moreover, it is possible to correctly perform complicated point processing with one instruction operation.

In this example, the case where cash and credit are used together has been mentioned. However, for example, the point rate is different for each product in conjunction with the POS system, the point rate is different for each service content, or each customer is different. Of course, the present invention can be applied to the case where the point rate is different.

[0015]

According to the present invention, since it is possible to process different point rates by a series of operations, even if different point processing such as cash payment and credit payment is required, one of the points can be processed once. No complicated operation such as performing the other point processing operation after finishing the point processing is required. In addition, since points corresponding to each condition of cash payment and credit payment are automatically calculated, there is no need for the sales staff to be aware of different point rates when processing, and the operation is simple and can be performed by customers or retailers. The problem that results in point processing that is disadvantageous is eliminated.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 Diagram of point processing system

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a description field of information registered in the card used in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a point table for point calculation.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart of processing of the system according to the embodiment of this invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1. Card 2. Card number entry field 3. Total points entry column 10. Processing device 11. Keyboard 12. Leader / Writer 13. Display device 14. Storage device 15. Output device 30. Point table 31. Cash point reference value entry field 32. Credit point reference value entry field

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Yuichi Hirose 3-33-5 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo Japan Shinpan Co., Ltd. (72) Hidehiro Masuda 3-33-5 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo Japan Shinshin Co., Ltd.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A means for inputting the presence or absence of different point rate sales, and when the input result of the input means is none, the point target amount is requested to be input and the first point is calculated from the input point target amount. If there is a means to add this to the accumulated points of the card and the input result of the input means, sales with different point rates input by requesting input of sales amount with different point rates and input of point target amount A point card processing device having means for calculating second points from the amount of money and subtracting the sales amounts with different point rates from the point target amount as first points and adding these points to the accumulated points of the card. 2. The point card processing device according to claim 1, further comprising means for calculating second points from the point target amount when the result obtained by subtracting the sales amounts with different point rates from the point target amount is negative. 3. A means for inputting the presence or absence of credit sales,
When the input result of the input means is no credit sales, means for requesting the input of the point target amount, calculating cash points from the input point target amount, and adding the cash points to the accumulated points of the card, and the input result of the input means If there is a credit sale, you will be asked to enter the credit amount and the point target amount, calculate credit points from the entered credit amount and subtract the credit amount from the point target amount, and use these points as cash points. A point card processing device having means for adding to the accumulated points of the card. 4. The point card processing device according to claim 3, further comprising means for calculating credit points from the point target amount when the result of subtracting the credit amount from the point target amount is negative.