JPH1055384A - Receipt system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate the need for receipt paper and make it easy to generate a household account book and certify an article purchase by storing receipt information, uploaded from a store-side terminal, in receipt files by customers, and accessing the receipt files by the customers and referring to the receipt information by the customers. SOLUTION: Identification information on a customer and receipt information which are inputted are paired and uploaded to the receipt files 3 by the customers through the Internet 2, and stored in the storage area corresponding to the identification information on the customer. When a customer wants to refer to the receipt information, the customer is identified once accessing the receipt files 3 by the customers through a customer-side terminal 4, and character data of the corresponding receipt information are sent to the customer- side terminal 4. The customer terminal 4 having received the data displays the receipt information on a display and displays a request message inquiring whether a household account book is generated of the customer. Thus, receipt information is sent and received on-line.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a receipt system, and more particularly, to a receipt system for providing a customer with online receipt information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when shopping, a receipt paper indicating the name, price, etc. of the purchased product is given. Then, the housewife made a household account book by referring to the receipt paper. In addition, when requesting replacement of a product, it was usual to be required to show a receipt as proof of purchase at the store.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional example, there is a disadvantage that the management of the receipt paper is troublesome for the customer and a disadvantage that the cost for the receipt paper and the printing cost is expensive for the shop side. there were. In addition, creating the household account book with reference to the receipt paper required labor. In addition, even if you want to offer a product exchange, you may have already discarded the receipt paper, and if the product exchange is unacceptable or the store that was asked to exchange the illegal product suffers an unexpected disadvantage There was also.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to improve the disadvantages of the prior art, and in particular to provide a receipt system which eliminates the need for receipt paper and facilitates creation of a household account book and proof of purchase.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, receipt information is generated based on input purchase information of a product, the customer is identified, and each customer is identified. A store-side terminal that uploads receipt information, a customer-specific receipt file that stores receipt information uploaded from this store-side terminal for each customer, and access to the customer-specific receipt file to refer to the receipt information for each customer And a simple customer terminal.

According to the present invention, when a customer makes a purchase, the shop side terminal generates receipt information in which the name of the purchased product and its price are specified, and uploads the receipt information to a customer-specific receipt file. The uploaded receipt information accompanies customer identification information and is stored in a customer-specific receipt file for each customer. When the customer accesses the customer-specific receipt file from the terminal at home, the customer can always refer to the receipt information of the purchased product paperlessly.

In the invention according to claim 2, the customer terminal has a household account book function for displaying household account book data generated based on receipt information stored in a customer-specific receipt file. I am taking it.

According to the present invention, for example, after accessing a customer-specific receipt file from a customer terminal, if the customer desires, household account data is automatically created based on the receipt information and displayed on the customer terminal. Is done.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the store terminal, the customer-specific receipt file, and the customer terminal are connected via the Internet. In the present invention, a receipt system is configured by simply connecting a store-side terminal, a customer-specific receipt file, and a customer-side terminal each having a predetermined function to the existing Internet.

[0010] Accordingly, the above-mentioned object is to be achieved.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIG.

The receipt system of FIG. 1 generates receipt information based on input purchase information of a product, identifies the customer, and uploads the receipt information for each customer (POS terminals 1A, 1B). ) And a customer-specific receipt file 3 for storing the receipt information uploaded from the POS terminals 1A and 1B for each customer.
And a customer terminal 4 that can access the customer-specific receipt file 3 and refer to the receipt information for each customer.

More specifically, in this embodiment, the POS terminals 1A and 1B, the customer-specific receipt file 3
The customer terminal 4 is connected via the Internet 2. Among these, the customer terminal 4 has a household account book function for displaying household account book data generated based on the receipt information stored in the customer-specific receipt file 3.

The POS terminals 1A and 1B are installed in different stores, respectively, and have a function of reading purchase information with a barcode reader and generating receipt information. For example, the customer may be identified by extracting customer information recorded on the electronic money card at the time of payment. According to this, there is also an advantage that an unauthorized use of the electronic money card by a third party can be detected at an early stage. Also, PO
The S terminals 1A and 1B are equipped with a connection environment to the Internet 2 and have a function of accessing the customer-specific receipt file and referring to the receipt information as well as uploading the receipt information to the customer-specific receipt file. .

On the other hand, the customer terminal 4 is, for example, a personal computer and has a connection environment to the Internet 2. The household account book function provided in the customer terminal 4 is to create household account book data on the display based on the receipt information downloaded from the customer-specific receipt file 3, and to display the created household account book data on an external storage medium. Record and print output are also possible.

The customer-specific receipt file 3 is built in a large-capacity storage device of the center server S, and can be shared by a plurality of stores as a home page on the Internet. That is, the receipt information when shopping at the store A and the receipt information when shopping at the store B are collectively managed for each customer. According to this, the customer can easily refer to the required receipt information. Of course, each store may have its own customer-specific receipt file, and a different file may be accessed for each store where the customer has made a purchase.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, when a customer makes a purchase at a store A or a store B, purchase information of a product is input with a bar code at a POS terminal of a cash register and receipt information is generated (steps S1 and S2). The receipt information includes, for example, a product name, a product price, a total, a purchase date and time, and the like. Subsequently, when the customer pays for the electronic money card, the customer identification information is read into the POS terminal (step S3). Here, the customer may be identified by a dedicated card for identification or key input of identification information. Thereafter, the entered customer identification information and receipt information are combined into a set and uploaded to the customer-specific receipt file 3 via the Internet 2 (step S4). The uploaded receipt information is stored in a storage area corresponding to the customer identification information in the customer-specific receipt file 3. Here, the format of the output data is desirably a format that can be read by a personal computer or the like and processed as it is as a numerical value.

When the customer wants to refer to the receipt information,
The customer-side terminal 4 accesses the customer-specific receipt file 3 (step S11). When the customer-specific receipt file 3 is accessed, the customer is identified based on, for example, the ID to which the customer has logged in, and character data of the corresponding receipt information is transmitted to the customer terminal. Upon receiving the character data of the receipt information, the customer terminal 4 displays the receipt information on the display (step S1).
2) Display a request message as to whether or not to create a household account book (step S13). In response to this, the customer operates the keyboard to input whether or not to create a household account book.

If the customer terminal 4 has not been requested to create a household account book, the process ends. On the other hand, when the creation of the household account book is requested, the corresponding receipt information is downloaded from the customer-specific receipt file 3 (step S1).
4), the receipt information is edited into a household account book in a predetermined format and displayed on a display (step S1).
5).

Here, the receipt information for editing the household account book is
It may be configured by extracting from the character data of the receipt information transmitted earlier. Further, the format of the household account book may be edited in the center server S, and the edited household account data may be transmitted to the customer terminal 4.

According to the present embodiment described above, receipt information is exchanged online, so that receipt paper is not required, and the trouble of handling the receipt paper can be eliminated, and the paper used by the shop for the receipt paper can be eliminated. Expenses such as cost and printing cost can be reduced. Further, since the household account book can be automatically generated at the customer terminal, it is possible to eliminate the troublesome work of creating the household account book while referring to the receipt paper.

If the customer wants to exchange the product, the customer can access the customer-specific receipt file from the terminal on the store side, and the product purchased at the store is surely proved. For both the store and the store, it is possible to carry out secure transactions. Furthermore, since the Internet is used, the system can be easily constructed.

[0024]

The present invention is constructed and functions as described above. According to this, since receipt information is exchanged online, receipt paper becomes unnecessary, and the trouble of handling conventional receipt paper can be eliminated. Further, it is possible to reduce costs such as a paper fee and a printing fee that the shop has used for receipt paper.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the household account book can be automatically generated at the customer terminal, it is possible to eliminate the troublesome work of creating the household account book while referring to the receipt paper.

Further, according to the third aspect of the present invention, an excellent receipt system, which has not been heretofore provided, can be provided because the system can be easily constructed because the Internet is used.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing flow of a store-side device.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of a process performed by a customer device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1A, 1B POS terminal (customer terminal) 2 Internet 3 Customer-specific receipt file 4 Customer terminal

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A store-side terminal that generates receipt information based on input product purchase information, identifies the customer, and uploads the receipt information for each customer, and a store terminal that uploads the receipt information from the store-side terminal. A receipt system comprising: a customer-specific receipt file for storing receipt information for each customer; and a customer terminal capable of accessing the customer-specific receipt file and referencing the receipt information for each customer. 2. The customer terminal according to claim 1, wherein the customer terminal has a household account book function for displaying household account book data generated based on receipt information stored in the customer-specific receipt file. Receipt system. 3. The receipt system according to claim 1, wherein the shop side terminal, the customer-specific receipt file, and the customer side terminal are respectively connected via the Internet.