JP2012027945A - Merchandise sale data processor and control program thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a merchandise sales data processing apparatus and a control program therefor, which can reduce paper bills, significantly reduce the billing company's incidental expenses, and allow a customer to easily determine which bills have been paid. To provide.
Communication means for communicating with a communication terminal comprising a memory storing identification data indicating a charge billing data and a charge payment state relating to the data, and the communication means communicates with the communication terminal by this communication means to obtain the identification information. A billing data detecting means for detecting billing data whose payment status is unpaid, a settlement processing means for processing a billing charge specified from the detected billing data, a communication means for communicating with the communication terminal, and a memory of the communication terminal Identifying means for changing the payment state indicated by the identification information corresponding to the billing data for which the billing fee settlement processing has been completed by the settlement processing means stored in FIG.

Description

  The present invention relates to a merchandise sales data processing apparatus used in a store that stores various charges such as public charges on behalf of a billing company, and a control program therefor.

  Conventionally, a storage agent service in which a convenience store or a supermarket stores public bills such as electricity bills, gas bills, and water bills on behalf of a billing company has become widespread. In this service, a customer brings an invoice sent from a company to a store, and a store clerk reads a barcode printed on the invoice with a scanner connected to a merchandise sales data processing device such as a POS (Point Of Sales) terminal. read. At this time, the merchandise sales data processing apparatus inquires the charge to be collected from the center server based on the billing code read from the bar code. Then, the customer pays the fee and notifies the center server that the storage is completed.

  In such a storage agency service, a customer must bring a bill sent from a company to a store. For this reason, the customer has a problem that he / she cannot pay a fee when he / she forgets to bring his / her invoice or loses it. In addition, there is a problem on the part of the company that if the customer loses the invoice, the fee collection is delayed and sometimes it cannot be collected, or the invoice must be printed on a medium and mailed to the customer. There was a problem that a large incidental cost was incurred.

In order to cope with the above-described problems, an invention has been made to make the bills paperless. (For example, see Patent Document 1)
In the charge storage system described in Patent Document 1, bill information is transmitted to a customer's mobile phone, and a two-dimensional code based on the bill information is displayed on the screen of the mobile phone. Then, the two-dimensional code is read by the scanner of the POS terminal, and the billing code is acquired. After that, the storage agent is performed based on the billing code as before, and the charge storage completion notice is transmitted from the center server to the mobile phone later.

JP 2003-248787 A

  In the system described in Patent Document 1, a notification stored in the mobile phone is transmitted from the center server, so that there is a little communication cost. The customer may also pay for multiple invoices at a time. At this time, since there is a time lag between the payment of the fee and the receipt of the charge storage notification, it is determined which data has been paid before the customer operates the mobile phone to display the next bill data. There are cases where it is not possible. Especially when this situation occurs during prosperity, it may cause customers waiting for payment to wait for a long time.

  The present invention has been made on the basis of the above-mentioned circumstances, and its purpose is to make the bill paperless, greatly reduce the billing company's generation of incidental expenses and pay to the customer. It is an object to provide a merchandise sales data processing apparatus and a control program thereof capable of easily discriminating charges.

  A merchandise sales data processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a communication unit that communicates with a communication terminal including a memory that stores billing data of various charges and identification information indicating a payment state of the charges according to the billing data; Billing data detecting means for detecting billing data in which the payment status indicated by the identification information is unpaid among billing data stored in the memory of the communication terminal by communicating with the communication terminal, and the billing data detecting means Payment processing means for processing the charge specified from the billing data detected by the communication means, and the communication means communicates with the communication terminal by the communication means, and among the billing data stored in the memory of the communication terminal, the payment processing means charges the billing data. An identification means for changing the payment state indicated by the identification information corresponding to the billing data for which the payment processing of the fee has been completed to paid, It is provided.

  According to the present invention in which such measures are taken, it is possible to make the bills paperless, greatly reduce the costs associated with the billing company's bills, and allow the customer to easily distinguish the bills that have been paid. A data processing apparatus and its control program can be provided.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The block diagram of a storage agency system provided with the POS terminal which is one Embodiment of this invention. The block diagram which shows the principal part structure of the POS terminal in the same embodiment. The block diagram which shows the principal part structure of the communication terminal in the embodiment. The schematic diagram which shows the data structure of the claim data table in the embodiment. The flowchart of the storage agent process in the embodiment.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, the product sales data processing apparatus according to the present invention is applied to a POS terminal 1 used in a convenience store or the like.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration of a storage agent system including a POS terminal 1. This system includes a POS terminal 1 and a center server 2 that are connected to a network 4 such as the Internet via a LAN (Local Area Network), and a communication terminal 3. The POS terminal 1 is installed at a cash register counter in the store and performs accounting processing for customers' purchased products. The center server 2 is a server that is owned by a company that bills customers for utilities and the like, and includes various databases related to billing charges. The communication terminal 3 is a communication terminal such as a mobile phone possessed by a customer, and has a function of performing communication via a normal mobile phone line and a function of paying for a transaction with electronic money.

  When the billing date for payment of a fee for a public service or the like that the owner of the communication terminal 3 subscribes to, the center server 2 distributes billing data to the communication terminal 3 via the mobile phone line. This billing data includes a billing source name, billing destination name, billing code, billing amount, billing deadline, and the like.

  Next, the POS terminal 1 will be described. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of the POS terminal 1. The POS terminal 1 is equipped with a CPU 10 as a control center. For this CPU 10, a ROM 11 storing fixed data such as various control programs, a RAM 12 for forming various storage areas according to processing scenes, a LAN interface (I / F) 13 for controlling communication connection with the network 4, A storage unit 14 such as a hard disk drive, a keyboard controller 15, a display controller 16, a display controller 17, a printer controller 18, a scanner interface (I / F) 19, and a wireless communication controller 20 are connected via a bus line 21 such as a PCI bus. Connected.

  Then, the keyboard 15a is connected to the keyboard controller 15, the touch panel sensor 16b of the operator side display 16a and the display unit 16c are connected to the display controller 16, the customer side display 17a is connected to the display controller 17, and the receipt is sent to the printer controller 18. A printer 18 a is connected, a scanner 19 a is connected to the scanner interface 19, and a wireless communication unit 20 a that is a wireless communication unit is connected to the wireless communication controller 20.

  The keyboard controller 15 takes in a key signal output when an operation key provided on the keyboard 15a is pressed and notifies the CPU 10 of the key signal. The keyboard 26a is a numeric key used for numerical input from “0” to “9”, a PLU key for declaring the start of product registration, and a subtotal key for calculating the total price of registered products. , Various function keys such as a deposit / cash key for declaring the closing of the transaction and a storage agent key for declaring the start of the storage agent service are arranged. The display controller 16 selectively displays various screens on the display unit 16c in response to a command from the CPU 10, acquires a signal generated by the touch panel sensor 16b, obtains a touch position coordinate, and notifies the CPU 10 of it. The display controller 17 displays the price of the transaction, commercial information, etc. on the customer display 17a. The printer controller 18 controls printing of receipts, receipts, and journals by the receipt printer 18a. The scanner interface 19 decodes the barcode data scanned by the scanner 19a and notifies the CPU 10 of it. The wireless communication controller 20 controls the wireless communication unit 20 a to perform wireless communication with the electronic money medium and the communication terminal 3.

  Next, the communication terminal 3 will be described. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of the communication terminal 3. The communication terminal 3 is equipped with a CPU 30 as a control center. For this CPU 30, a ROM 31 that stores fixed data such as various control programs, a RAM 32 that forms various storage areas according to processing scenes, a mobile phone unit 33 that controls communication via a mobile phone line, and a user ID of electronic money A storage unit 34 that stores electronic money data 34a and a billing data table 34b composed of information such as information and usage balance, a keyboard controller 35, a display controller 36, a wireless communication controller 37, etc., and a bus line 38 such as a PCI bus. Connected through.

  A keyboard 35 a is connected to the keyboard controller 35, a display 36 a is connected to the display controller 36, and a wireless communication unit 37 a is connected to the wireless communication controller 37.

  The keyboard controller 35 captures a key signal output when an operation key provided on the keyboard 35 a is pressed and notifies the CPU 30 of the key signal. The keyboard 35a is provided with numeric keys and the like used for inputting numerical values from “0” to “9”. The display controller 36 selectively displays various screens on the display 36 a according to a command from the CPU 30. The wireless communication controller 37 controls the wireless communication unit 37a to perform wireless communication with the POS terminal 1.

  A schematic diagram showing the data structure of the billing data table 34b is shown in FIG. In the billing data table 34b, billing data consisting of billing source name, billing destination name, billing code, billing amount, billing deadline, and payment flag F in association with numbers (No.) in ascending order from “1”. Is stored. In the billing source name, the name of the billing source company such as “Company A”, “Company B”, “Company C” is stored. In the billing destination name, the name or name of the person to be charged is stored such as “name X”, “name Y”, and “name Z”. The billing code stores a unique code for specifying billing data such as “1003455”, “20000395”, and “3000558”. In the billing amount, an amount to be paid by the customer for each bill such as “5000” (5000 yen), “2200” (2200 yen), and “3000” (3000 yen) is stored. The billing deadline is “2008/12/10” (December 10, 2008), “2009/1/20” (January 20, 2009), “2008/12/25” (December 25, 2008). The deadline for paying the charge for each billing data is stored. In the paid flag F, either “ON” or “OFF” is stored. When the paid flag F is “ON”, it indicates that the charge for the billing data has been paid. On the other hand, when the paid flag F is “OFF”, it indicates that the charge for the billing data has not been paid.

  The billing data stored in the billing data table 34b is distributed from the center server 2 as described above. When the billing data distributed from the center server 2 is received by the mobile phone unit 33, the CPU 30 of the communication terminal 3 places the billing data in the data area where the billing data in the billing data table 34b is not stored and the number is the smallest. Store. The customer can browse the contents of the billing data stored in the billing data table 34b by operating the keyboard 35a.

Next, the effect | action by the above structures is demonstrated.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the storage agent process executed by the CPU 10 of the POS terminal 1 and the CPU 30 of the communication terminal 3 when performing the storage agent service. The process executed by the CPU 10 is performed based on the control program stored in the ROM 11, and the process executed by the CPU 30 is performed based on the control program stored in the ROM 31.

When the customer requests the operator of the POS terminal 1 to use the storage agent service, the operator depresses the storage agent key provided on the keyboard 15a and declares the start of the storage agent process. In response to this, the CPU 10 of the POS terminal 1 controls the customer display 17a via the display controller 17 as ST1, and sends a message prompting the customer to position the communication terminal 3 within the communication range of the wireless communication unit 20a. Display. This message is, for example, a message such as “Take a communication terminal over the wireless communication unit”. Further, the CPU 10 controls the wireless communication unit 20a via the wireless communication controller 20 as ST2, and transmits a radio wave requesting transmission of billing data to be stored.
The processing of ST2 is billing data detecting means for performing wireless communication with the communication terminal 3 by the wireless communication unit 20a and detecting the billing data stored in the storage unit 34.

  Before putting the communication terminal 3 over the wireless communication unit 20a, the customer operates the keyboard 35a to select billing data for which storage is desired from the billing data table 34b. In this state, when the communication terminal 3 is pointed at the wireless communication unit 20a, the radio communication unit 37a receives the radio wave requesting the billing data. At this time, the CPU 30 of the communication terminal 3 controls the wireless communication unit 37a via the wireless communication controller 37 as ST3 and returns the billing data selected from the billing data table 34b to the POS terminal 1.

  When the billing data returned from the communication terminal 3 is received by the wireless communication unit 20a, the CPU 10 of the POS terminal 1 controls the operator side display 16a via the display controller 16 to display the contents of the billing data as ST4. . Further, the CPU 10 controls the wireless communication unit 20a via the wireless communication controller 20 as ST5, and transmits a radio wave requesting the communication terminal 3 to transmit electronic money data.

  In this state, when the customer places the communication terminal 3 over the wireless communication unit 20a, the radio communication unit 37a receives the radio wave requesting the electronic money data. At this time, the CPU 30 of the communication terminal 3 controls the wireless communication unit 37a via the wireless communication controller 37 as ST6, and returns the electronic money data 34a to the POS terminal 1.

When the electronic money data 34a returned from the communication terminal 3 is received by the wireless communication unit 20a, the CPU 10 of the POS terminal 1 performs electronic money settlement processing as ST7. In this process, it is determined whether or not the remaining amount of electronic money in the electronic money data 34a is equal to or greater than the charge amount of the storage agent. If the balance is greater than or equal to the charge amount, the storage agent history is stored in the storage unit 14. Then, the wireless communication unit 20a is controlled via the wireless communication controller 20, and the settlement instruction is transmitted to the communication terminal 3 together with the billed amount. When the wireless communication unit 37a receives the settlement command and the billed amount transmitted from the POS terminal 1, the CPU 30 of the communication terminal 3 subtracts the billed amount from the electronic money balance of the electronic money data 34a as ST8.
Note that the process of ST7 is a settlement processing means for performing a settlement process on the billing fee specified from the billing data.

Thereafter, the CPU 10 of the POS terminal 1 controls the wireless communication unit 20a via the wireless communication controller 20 as ST9, and causes the communication terminal 3 to transmit payment data certifying completion of the payment process. The settlement data is composed of information such as the billing data for which the storage agent has been performed, the name of the store, and the current time. When the wireless communication unit 37a receives the payment data transmitted from the POS terminal 1, the CPU 30 of the communication terminal 3 stores the payment data received as ST10 in the storage unit 34 in association with the billing data related to the main storage processing. To do.
Note that the process of ST9 is a payment data transmission unit that transmits the payment data certifying completion of the payment process to the communication terminal 3.

Furthermore, the CPU 10 controls the wireless communication unit 20a via the wireless communication controller 20 as ST11, and requests the communication terminal 3 to set the paid flag F of the billing data related to the main storage processing to “ON”. Make a call. When this radio wave is received by the wireless communication unit 37a, the CPU 30 of the communication terminal 3 sets the paid flag F of the billing data related to the main storage processing to “ON” as ST12.
Note that the processing of ST11 is an identifying means for discriminating billing data for which payment has been completed stored in the storage means 34 of the communication terminal 3 from billing data for which payment has not been completed in response to completion of the payment processing. It is.

After the process of ST11, the CPU 10 outputs a notification that the payment process is completed and the payment data to the network 4 via the LAN interface 13 as ST13. The notification and settlement data output to the network 4 are transmitted to a transmission destination designated at the time of output, for example, the center server 2. The center server 2 that has received the payment data transmitted from the POS terminal 1 stores the payment data in association with the data specified by the billing code included in the payment data from the database. Thereby, the company that owns the center server 2 can identify that the billing fee of the billing data has been paid.
Note that the process of ST13 is a payment completion notification output unit that outputs a notification that the payment process is completed to the network 4.

At the end of the storage agency, the CPU 10 controls the receipt printer 18a via the printer controller 18 in ST14, and issues a receipt printed with payment data. This receipt is used when the customer physically proves payment for the billing data.
Note that the process of ST14 is a receipt issuing unit that issues a receipt printed with the contents of payment in response to the completion of the payment process.

  Thus, a series of processes executed by the CPU 10 of the POS terminal 1 and the CPU 30 of the communication terminal 3 in the storage proxy process are completed.

  As described above, the POS terminal 1 sets the payment flag F of the billing data related to the storage agent stored in the billing data table 34b of the communication terminal 3 to “ON” in the storage agent process. Therefore, the customer can easily determine the billing data for which payment has been completed even immediately after the storage agent. Furthermore, the company that charges the fee only needs to send the billing data to the customer's communication terminal 3, and does not need to send the bill to the customer. As a result, the paper can be made paperless, and various costs associated with the bill, such as mailing costs and printing costs, can be greatly reduced.

  Further, the customer does not need to perform an operation such as paying a fee with cash or a credit card, and can simply complete a series of storage agent processing with electronic money by merely placing the communication terminal 3 on the wireless communication unit 20a. Therefore, the payment process can be completed quickly, and even if there is a customer waiting for the cash register, the customer will not wait for a long time.

  The POS terminal 1 detects the billing data by wireless communication with the communication terminal 3. Therefore, there is no need to input a billing code by reading a barcode with a scanner or using the keyboard 15a, and the storage agent process is simplified.

  Further, the customer can check the settlement data stored in the communication terminal 3 and easily know the details of the settlement such as when and where the charge for the billing data was paid. Furthermore, it is possible to prove that the payment has been completed using the payment data stored in the communication terminal 3.

  Further, the customer can not only manage the payment data electronically but also physically manage it using the receipt issued from the receipt printer 18a. Therefore, even when the communication terminal 3 is not used, it is possible to reliably prove completion of settlement.

  Further, while the storage agent processing is being executed, the customer only needs to hold the communication terminal 3 on the wireless communication unit 20a, and no other work is required. Therefore, an effect of giving an incentive to visit a store where the POS terminal 1 that can use the storage agent service easily and quickly can be expected.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment as it is, In an implementation stage, in the range which does not deviate from the summary, each component can be deform | transformed and embodied suitably.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the accounting for the storage agent is performed by electronic money settlement has been described, but the accounting may be performed by cash settlement or credit card settlement. Even in this case, it is possible to achieve paperlessness, and it is possible to identify already-billed billing data immediately after settlement.

  Further, although the POS terminal 1 receives the billing data from the communication terminal 3 via the wireless communication unit 20a, the billing data detection method is not limited to this. For example, the billing code may be displayed as a barcode on the display 36a of the communication terminal 3, and the billing code may be detected by reading the barcode with the scanner 19a. Based on the detected billing code, the billing amount and the like are acquired from the center server 2. Alternatively, the billing data may be displayed as a two-dimensional code on the display 36a of the communication terminal 3, and the billing data may be detected by reading the two-dimensional code with the scanner 19a.

  Further, the POS terminal 1 detects the billing data selected by the customer operating the communication terminal 3 in the process of ST2, but among the billing data stored in the billing data table 34b, the paid flag F The billing data with “OFF” may be automatically detected. In this way, the customer does not need to select billing data one by one, and the storage proxy process can proceed more quickly.

  In addition, various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of constituent elements disclosed in the embodiment. For example, some components may be deleted from the overall components shown in the embodiment.

  Each invention described in the scope of claims of the present application is appended below.

  [1] In a merchandise sales data processing apparatus connected to a communication network and performing transaction settlement, billing data detecting means for detecting the billing data from a communication terminal having a memory storing billing data for various charges, and the billing data Payment processing means for processing the specified charge from the charge data detected by the detection means, and the payment stored in the memory of the communication terminal in response to completion of the charge processing of the charge by the payment processing means. An identification unit that identifies completed billing data from billing data that has not been settled, and a settlement completion notification output that outputs a notification to the communication network that the billing processing has been completed by the settlement processing unit. A merchandise sales data processing apparatus.

  [2] The wireless communication device further includes wireless communication means for performing wireless communication with the communication terminal, and the payment processing means performs wireless communication with the communication terminal by the wireless communication means, and charges from the electronic money balance stored in the memory. The merchandise sales data processing apparatus according to [1], wherein the settlement processing is performed by subtracting.

  [3] The merchandise sales data according to [2], wherein the billing data detection means wirelessly communicates with the communication terminal by the wireless communication means, and detects billing data stored in the memory. Processing equipment.

  [4] The method further comprises payment data transmitting means for transmitting payment data certifying completion of the payment processing by the wireless communication means to the communication terminal after the payment processing means is completed by the payment processing means. The product sales data processing device according to [2] or [3] above.

  [5] The above [1] to [4], further comprising receipt issuing means for issuing a receipt printed with the contents of payment in response to completion of the payment processing by the payment processing means. The product sales data processing device according to any one of the above.

  [6] A control program for a merchandise sales data processing apparatus that is connected to a communication network and performs transaction settlement, wherein the merchandise sales data processing apparatus includes a memory that stores billing data for various charges. The billing data detection function for detecting the billing data, the settlement processing function for processing the billing fee specified from the billing data detected by the billing data detection function, and the settlement processing of the billing fee by the settlement processing function Accordingly, the billing data settled by the payment processing stored in the memory of the communication terminal is identified by the identifying function for identifying the billing data from the billing data for which the payment has not been completed, and the payment processing function. A control program for realizing a settlement completion notification output function for outputting a notification to that effect to the communication network.

  F ... paid flag, 1 ... POS terminal, 2 ... center server, 3 ... communication terminal, 4 ... network, 10 ... CPU, 20a ... wireless communication unit, 26a ... keyboard, 34a ... electronic money data, 34b ... billing data table

Claims (6)

Communication means for communicating with a communication terminal comprising a memory storing identification data indicating the charge data of various charges and the payment status of charges related to the charge data;
Billing data detecting means for communicating with the communication terminal by the communication means, and detecting billing data in which the payment status indicated by the identification information is unpaid among billing data stored in the memory of the communication terminal;
A settlement processing means for performing a settlement process on the billing charge specified from the billing data detected by the billing data detection means;
Of the billing data communicated with the communication terminal by the communication means and stored in the memory of the communication terminal, the payment information indicated by the identification information corresponding to the billing data for which the settlement processing of the billing fee has been completed by the settlement processing means An identifying means for changing the state to paid,
A product sales data processing device comprising:   The settlement processing means detects the electronic money data stored in the memory of the communication terminal by communicating with the communication terminal by the communication means, and detected by the billing data detection means based on the detected electronic money data The merchandise sales data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the billing fee specified from the billing data is settled.   3. The payment completion notification output means for outputting a notification that the payment processing is completed by the payment processing means and billing data related to the payment processing to a communication network, further comprising: Product sales data processing device.   The payment data transmitting means for transmitting the payment data certifying completion of the payment process by the communication means to the communication terminal after the payment processing means is completed by the payment processing means. The merchandise sales data processing apparatus according to any one of 3.   5. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a receipt issuing unit that issues a receipt printed with payment contents in response to completion of the payment process by the payment processing unit. The product sales data processing apparatus described. A control program for a merchandise sales data processing apparatus including a communication unit that communicates with a communication terminal including a memory that stores billing data of various charges and identification information indicating a payment state of charges related to the charge data
In the product sales data processing device,
A billing data detection function for causing the communication means to communicate with the communication terminal and detecting the billing data in which the payment state indicated by the identification information is unpaid out of the billing data stored in the memory of the communication terminal;
A payment processing function for processing the billing charge specified from the billing data detected by the billing data detection function;
Of the billing data communicated with the communication terminal by the communication means and stored in the memory of the communication terminal, the payment information indicated by the identification information corresponding to the billing data for which the settlement processing of the billing fee has been completed by the settlement processing means An identification function to change the state to paid,
Control program to realize.

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