JPH06101074B2 - Sales registration device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION "Industrial field of application" The present invention can use a card (hereinafter referred to as a prepaid card) in which an usable amount of money, which is an amount of money that can be used for payment, is written, and a product. The sales registration device for registering the number and price of the product for each sale of the product and calculating the total purchase price of the product for each customer, particularly, ECR (electronic cash register), POS (point of sale) system, The present invention relates to a sales registration device applicable to an electronic balance for face-to-face sales.

"Prior Art" Recently, due to the relaxation of legal regulations, a system that allows payment by a prepaid card has been put to practical use as a POS system (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-1945).
81). And it is expected to spread rapidly in the future.

In this kind of sales registration device, the prepaid card also serves as a membership card for the customer management system, and when the customer purchases a new prepaid card, the unused balance of the old card is added to the pure balance of the new card. There is a system that handles the added amount as the balance of the new card.

"Problems to be solved by the invention" However, as described above, when the unused balance of the old card is added to obtain the balance of the new card, special measures are required to satisfy the accounting request. Becomes

That is, the uncollected amount of the prepaid card (= issue amount of prepaid card-collected amount) can be treated as profit of the store under the tax law at the time when 5 years have passed from the issue date of the prepaid card. As described above, if the balance of one card contains a mixture of cards with different issuance dates, in normal balance management, determine how much unpaid amount of the prepaid card is five years from the issue date. Cannot be satisfied, and the above accounting requirements cannot be satisfied.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances. Even in a system in which the usable amount of an old prepaid card is added to a new prepaid card, the prepaid card after a certain year (for example, 5 years) has passed from the issue date. It is an object of the present invention to provide a sales registration device that can easily know the uncollected amount of money.

"Means for Solving the Problem" In order to solve the above problem, the present invention registers the sale of a product to each customer, calculates the total purchase amount of all the products sold to the customer, and pays it. The usable amount is read from the prepaid card in which the usable amount which is the usable amount is written, and the balance obtained by paying a part or all of the total purchase amount from the usable amount is used as the new usable amount. In the sales registration device that writes in the card, the accumulated value of the issued amount that is the usable amount at the time of issuing the prepaid card and the accumulated value of the collected amount that is the paid amount paid by the prepaid card are calculated for the past certain year. The first storage means for storing each issuance period including the issuance date of the If the customer currently holds a prepaid card, add the old usable amount that is the usable amount of the old prepaid card that is currently held to the new usable amount that is the usable amount of the new prepaid card issued this time. A prepaid card issuing means for adding and issuing a new prepaid card as a new prepaid card issuance amount, new card data including at least information about the issuance period and the new usable amount for each new prepaid card, and the old Second storage means for storing new and old card data, which is made up of old card data including at least the old usable amount of money and information regarding the issuance period of the prepaid card, and the new usable amount of the new prepaid card as the new prepaid card. Issuing period including the issue date of First stored in the first storage means corresponding to and added to the amount issued read from the first storage unit
When the prepaid card is used to pay the total purchase amount of the customer and the prepaid card, if the old usable amount of the prepaid card is stored in the second storage means, the old usable amount is read out, A subtracting unit that preferentially subtracts the total purchase amount from the old usable amount and writes the balance as a new old usable amount in the second storage unit; If part or all of the total purchase amount is subtracted, the amount paid at the old available amount shall be the amount corresponding to the issue period including the issue date of the old prepaid card corresponding to the old available amount. A part or the whole of the total purchase amount is added from the new usable amount by the subtraction unit by adding it to the recovery amount read from the first storage unit and storing it in the first storage unit. When subtracted, the amount paid with the new usable amount is read from the first storage means in correspondence with the issuance period including the issue date of the new prepaid card corresponding to the new usable amount. And a second accumulating unit for adding the collected amount to the stored amount and storing it in the first storing unit.

[Operation] In the above configuration, when the prepaid card issuing means issues the new prepaid card by adding the old usable amount to the new usable amount if the customer currently holds the prepaid card at the time of issuing the prepaid card. Issue a new prepaid card as the issue amount. In this case, the first
The accumulating means adds the new usable amount of the new prepaid card to the issuance amount read from the first storage means corresponding to the issuance period including the issuance date of the new prepaid card, It is stored in the storage means.

Further, the subtracting means reads out the old usable amount of the prepaid card when the old usable amount of the prepaid card is stored in the second storage means at the time of paying the total purchase amount of the customer with the prepaid card, The purchase total amount is preferentially subtracted from the old usable amount, and the balance is written in the second storage means as a new old usable amount.

Then, when the subtracting means subtracts a part or all of the total purchase amount from the old usable amount, the second accumulating unit corresponds the amount paid with the old usable amount to the old usable amount. Corresponding to the issuance period including the issuance date of the old prepaid card, added to the recovery amount read from the first storage means and stored in the first storage means, and the subtraction means purchases from the new usable amount When part or all of the total amount is subtracted, the amount paid with the new available amount will be the first corresponding to the issuance period including the issue date of the new prepaid card corresponding to the new available amount. The collected amount of money read from the storage means is added and stored in the first storage means.

According to the above configuration, it is possible to easily know the uncollected amount of the prepaid card that has passed a certain year (for example, 5 years) from the issue date of the prepaid card.

In addition, it is possible to manage the total amount of issued amount, collected amount, and uncollected amount for each issuing period.

Therefore, it is possible to satisfy the accounting requirement that, for example, the uncollected amount of the prepaid card five years after the issuance date is recorded as profit.

[Examples] Examples of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In this embodiment, the prepaid card is also used as a membership card.

First, the overall configuration will be described.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a store controller type POS system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this figure, reference numeral 1 is a store controller, 21 to 2n are ECRs, 31 to 3n + 1 are store controllers 1 and their respective ECRs.
A signal line such as an optical fiber cable that connects CR21 to 2n in a loop. The store controller 1 has signal lines 31-
By communicating with ECR21 to 2n via 3n + 1, ECR21
Manages data used in ~ 2n and data generated in it.

Next, the electrical configuration of the store controller 1 will be described. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the store controller 1. In this figure, reference numeral 4 is each ECR2
It is a general-purpose computer body such as a personal computer that controls data used or generated in 1 to 2n and regulates ECRs 21 to 2n. This general-purpose computer body 4 is a CPU (central processing unit) that controls each part of the device.
And a ROM that stores the control programs used in the CPU, and a RAM that loads each processing program and stores various data during program execution
And a floppy disk device for driving a floppy disk in which application programs and various data are stored.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a hard disk device, which drives a hard disk in which application programs and various data are stored as an external storage device. A prepaid card management file (described later), a customer file (described later), a performance file, and a product file (PLU file) are set in the hard disk attached to the hard disk device 5. 6 is a CRT display for displaying total data, 7 is a printer for printing total data on paper, 8 is a keyboard consisting of numeric keys and function keys, 9 is a communication controller, and the general-purpose computer 4 is Polling is performed via this communication control unit 9, and EC
Exchange data with R21 ~ 2n.

Next, the electrical configuration of ECR2 will be described. Figure 3 shows
FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the ECR2, and FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the same external configuration. In these figures, 10 is ECR2
CPU that controls each part of the device inside, 11 is the product name, price,
The display unit displays the total amount of money, various messages, and the like, and is composed of a salesclerk display unit 11a and a customer display unit 11b. 12 is an operation unit, and the function key 12a
And a numeric keypad 12b, a preset key 12c, and a control key 12d.

Further, 13 is a printing unit, which is composed of a receipt printing unit 13a that prints and issues a receipt and a journal printing unit 13b that prints a journal. 14 is a communication interface, and the CPU 10 is the communication interface 14
Data exchange with the store controller 1 is performed via the. Reference numeral 15 is a ROM in which a control program used in the CPU 10 is stored, and 16 is a RAM in which various data are temporarily stored.
Is. The RAM 16 is provided with a display register area, a total register area, a working area, and the like.

In addition, 17 is a cash drawer where cash is paid,
Reference numeral 18 is a magnetic card reader / writer for reading and writing various data such as a balance stored in a prepaid card. The prepaid card insertion slot 18 in FIG.
When the prepaid card is inserted from a, various data such as the membership number and the balance are read from the prepaid card, and after being written, the prepaid card is ejected from the prepaid card insertion opening 18a. Further, the magnetic card reader / writer 18 is provided with a printer (not shown), and on the back side of the prepaid card, the membership number and the purchase amount are pre-imimed (if the old prepaid card has a balance, further, The amount of money including the balance) is printed, and the product purchase date, balance, and service points are printed. The prepaid card is used as a membership card even when the balance becomes "0", and the service points are printed. Reference numeral 19 is a bar code scanner used as an option, which reads the code data corresponding to the bar code from the bar code printed portion of the product and inputs it to the CPU 10.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a planar configuration of the prepaid card used in this example. In this figure, 20 is a card base, and 21 is a magnetic stripe for magnetically storing data. As shown in FIG. 6, the magnetic stripe 21 stores a membership number, a new card issuance date, a ticket type, and a balance (hereinafter referred to as new card data), and an old card issuance date, Ticket types and balances (hereinafter referred to as old card data) are also stored. Here, the ticket type includes a 1,000 yen ticket, a 5,000 yen ticket, a 10,000 yen ticket, and the like, depending on the purchase amount of the card. As a balance of the above new card data, when a premium is attached to the purchase of the card, an amount obtained by adding the premium to the purchase amount of the card is written. For example, when issuing a 10,000 yen ticket card,
If there is no premium, "10,000" yen will be written to the magnetic stripe 21 as the balance of the new card, and "10,500" yen will be written to the magnetic stripe 21 when there is a premium of 500 yen. Further, when issuing a new card, the card data of the old card is read and written in the new card as the old card data.

The above-mentioned membership number is given when the customer first purchases the prepaid card. When the customer brings an old prepaid card and purchases a new prepaid card thereafter, the membership number of the prepaid card is written on the new prepaid card.

Next, the prepaid card management file (hereinafter,
(Simply called a management file). FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an area structure of the management file. This management file is a file that stores the issued amount, collected amount, uncollected amount, etc. of the prepaid card, and is set for each ticket type. That is, in the management file, for cards issued in the last 5 years, the issued amount, the collected amount, and the uncollected amount are classified and registered for each issuing month (Fig. 7 (a)). )reference). Further, the cumulative totals of the separately registered issuance amount, collected amount, and uncollected amount are also registered (see (a) in the same figure). In addition, the registration division is prepared up to 60 lines, so it is issued 5
It is not possible to register the cards that have passed more than a year separately by the year they are issued. In this case, the cumulative amount of issued cards, the accumulated amount of collected cards, and The cumulative value and the amount of collection that occurred this month are registered (see FIG. 7B). Various data such as the above-mentioned issue amount can be updated online in real time or in batch.

In the registration process to the management file, (i) For example, the total amount of prepaid cards issued during February 1990 is stored in the issue amount column of the line 1990.2. 19
Each time you issue a prepaid card in February 1990, the issue amount column will be updated, but it will no longer be updated after February 1990.

(Ii) If the customer pays the balance of the prepaid card issued in February 1990, the paid-up amount is stored as the payback amount for the line 1990.2.

(Iii) The uncollected amount is obtained by subtracting the collected amount from the issued amount.

(Iv) The uncollected amount will be recorded as profit after 5 years from the issue date.

(V) As for the data before 5 years, as described above, the accumulated values of the issued amount, the collected amount, and the uncollected amount, and the collected amount of the prepaid card issued before 5 years generated this month are stored.

(Iv) The collection amount of prepaid cards issued before the above 5 years was recorded as profit, but it was not profit in reality, so it is used as adjustment data.

The customer file set in the hard disk device 5 has the structure shown in FIG. In other words, this customer file is associated with the member number, personal data (member code, address, name, age, gender, phone number, birthday, etc.), purchase data (cumulative actual purchase amount, purchase details, service target). It is a file that stores the total amount of money, service points, etc.) and card data (issue date, ticket type, balance). Here, in the card data, the issue date and the ticket type refer to the issue date and ticket type of the new card, while the balance means the sum of the balance of the new card and the balance of the old card. .

Next, the operation of this example will be described.

Figure 9 shows the store controller 1, CPU 10 of ECR2, the clerk and the customer's processing when the customer first stores the desired product in the basket while going around the sales floor, and then comes to the checkout location where ECR2 is placed. This will be described with reference to the flowchart shown.

When the customer brings in one or more products and requests payment, the clerk receives the product at a position facing the customer, and presses the preset key 12c, the numeric keypad 12b, the function key 12a, etc. of the operation unit 12, Enter the code. Alternatively, the optional bar code scanner 19 is made to read the bar code of the product. As a result, the product code is transferred to the CPU 10.

From this, the CPU 10 proceeds to step SA1 and performs product registration processing. That is, the CPU 10 receives, via the signal line 3 and the communication interface 14, the data such as the product name and price of the product read from the product file of the store controller 1 based on the product code. On the other hand, the store controller 1 registers the product in the performance file.
The CPU 10 of the ECR 2 displays the product name and price of the product on the display unit 11 and drives the printing unit 13 to print on the receipt paper. In addition, the CPU 10 accumulates the price of the product for which the product code is input in the RAM 16, and then proceeds to step SA2.

In step SA2, the CPU 10 determines whether the "subtotal" key has been pressed. If the result of this judgment is "NO",
Wait for input of code data for the next product. Therefore, when the next code data is supplied, the process returns to step SA1 to repeat the above-described product registration process. Then, when all the product registration is completed and the clerk presses the "subtotal" key in the function keys 12a, the judgment result in step SA2 is "YE
S ”and proceed to step SA3.

In step SA3, the CPU 10 displays the total amount on the display unit 11 and drives the printing unit 13 to print on the receipt paper. The total amount of money is the total price of the products purchased by the customer, and is the amount that the customer should pay to the store. Then, the process proceeds to step SA4.

In step SA4, the store clerk inquires of the customer whether he / she wants to make a payment with a prepaid card. If the customer does not want to pay with a prepaid card,
Proceed to step SA5 to perform ordinary cash settlement processing. That is, in step SA5, the clerk and the CPU 10 input the received amount of money, calculate and display the change, and print and issue the receipt. After giving the receipt and change to the customer, the clerk finishes the series of operations.

On the other hand, in step SA4, if the customer wishes to make a payment with a prepaid card, the CPU 10 executes step SA6.
Then, the procedure proceeds to step S30 to execute the settlement processing routine using the prepaid card shown in FIG. 10 (details of this processing will be described later).

When the processing in step SA6 is completed, the CPU 10 causes step SA
Proceed to step 7 and determine whether the prepaid card balance is insufficient, that is, whether the card balance is less than the total purchase amount. If the result of the determination is "NO", that is, if the balance is not insufficient, then the settlement processing routine of FIG. 9 is terminated. On the other hand, when the result of the determination is “YES”, that is, when the card balance is insufficient, the process proceeds to step SA5 described above, and the ordinary cash settlement process is performed.

Next, the settlement processing procedure by the prepaid card (step SA6 in FIG. 9) will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart in FIG.

Step SA4 in the settlement procedure (FIG. 9) described above
When the customer desires the settlement with the prepaid card, the CPU 10 proceeds to step SA6 and executes the settlement processing routine with the prepaid card (FIG. 10).

First, in step SB1, the clerk receives the prepaid card from the customer, and the magnetic card read / writer 18
Read the contents (membership number, balance, etc.) stored in the prepaid card.

More specifically, the clerk inserts the prepaid card received from the customer into the prepaid card insertion slot 18a. The inserted prepaid card is detected by the photosensor installed in the insertion slot, and the feeder of the magnetic card read / writer 18 is started from this. The contents of the card are read by the magnetic head while being conveyed by the feeder.

When the CPU 10 takes in the data in the card read by the magnetic card read / writer 18, the CPU 10 proceeds to step SB2 and determines whether the balance "Q" of the old card is "absent" based on the old card data. to decide.

[I] When the balance of the old card is “Yes” When the CPU 10 determines in step SB2 that the balance of the old card is “Yes”, the process proceeds to step SB3 and the payment amount from the balance “Q” of the old card ( The total purchase amount) “T” is subtracted to obtain the new balance “X” (= Q−T) of the old card.
Then, the process proceeds to step SB4.

In step SB4, the CPU 10 determines whether the new balance “X” of the old card is positive or 0 (X ≧ 0).

When the new balance “X” of the old card is positive or 0, when the CPU 10 determines in step SB4 that the new balance “X” of the old card is positive or 0 (X ≧ 0), the process proceeds to step SB5. Decide to treat "X" as a new balance of the old card.

Then, the process proceeds to step SB6 to update the corresponding data in the management file. That is, in step SB6, the CPU 10 searches the management file based on the type and issue date of the old card read from the prepaid card, and the content of the collection amount column in the row of the issue date of the relevant management file. Read (recovery amount). Then, the payment amount “T” of this time is added to the read recovery amount, and the contents of the recovery amount column are rewritten to the addition result. Along with this, the stored contents of the uncollected amount column and the collected amount and accumulated value column of the uncollected amount of the management file are sequentially updated.

If the old card has been issued for more than 5 years, there is no line with the corresponding issue date, so the collected and uncollected amounts from the area shown in Fig. 7 (b) above. ,
The collection amount from cards generated this month for more than 5 years is read out sequentially, and the payment amount "T" is added or reduced for each. Then, the stored contents of the corresponding columns are rewritten with the obtained addition result or subtraction result.

Next, the CPU 10 proceeds to step SB7 and updates the balance of the corresponding card data column in the customer file. That is, the balance "X" of the old card (step SB5) and the balance "P" of the new card are added, and the contents of the balance in the relevant card data column are rewritten to the obtained addition result "R". further,
The CPU 10 updates the contents of the corresponding purchase data column of the customer file, but this is not directly related to the present application, so the description thereof will be omitted.

When the CPU 10 completes the update processing of the customer file, the CPU 10 proceeds to step SB8, reverses the feeder of the magnetic card read / writer, and ejects the card. In the middle of discharging, rewrite the balance column of the old card with the new balance "X" (step SB5).

In this way, the prepaid card is rewritten to the new balance “X” of the old card and discharged.

As a result, a series of processing by the prepaid card is completed, and the settlement processing is completed through step SA7 in FIG.

When the new balance "X" of the old card is negative, the CPU 10 determines in step SB4 that the new balance "X" of the old card is negative (X <0).
Move to and set the new balance of the old card to "0". Then, the process proceeds to step SB10. CPU10, in step SB10,
Update the relevant data in the management file. That is, CPU1
0 searches the management file based on the type and issue date of the old card read from the prepaid card,
Read the content (collection amount) in the collection amount column of the row of the relevant issue date in the relevant management file. Then, the old balance "Q" of the old card is added to the read amount collected, and the contents of the above-mentioned collected amount column are rewritten to the addition result. Along with this, the stored contents of the uncollected amount column and the collected amount and accumulated value column of the uncollected amount of the management file are sequentially updated.

When the issuance date of the old card has already passed 5 years or more, the same process as step SB6 is performed, that is, the collected amount, the uncollected amount, and the generated amount this month from the area shown in FIG. 7 (b). The amount collected from the cards older than a year is sequentially read, and the old balance "Q" of the old card is added or subtracted for each.
Then, the stored contents of the corresponding columns are rewritten with the obtained addition result or subtraction result.

Next, the CPU 10 proceeds to step SB11 and rewrites the content of the balance of the corresponding card data column in the customer file to the balance "P" of the new card.

Next, the CPU 10 proceeds to step SB12 and sets the shortage amount "-X" of the balance of the old card as a new payment amount. And
Go to step SB13.

[II] When the balance of the old card is “absent” When the CPU 10 determines in step SB2 that the balance of the old card is “none”, the process proceeds to step SB13. Further, as described above, the CPU 10 sets the new balance of the old card to “0” in step SB9, and then executes steps SB10 to SB10.
After the processing of SB12, the process proceeds to step SB13. Step
In SB13, the CPU 10 subtracts the payment amount (total purchase amount) "T" from the balance P of the new card to obtain the new balance "Y" (= PT) of the new card. In addition, when passing through step SB12, as described above, the shortage amount “−X” of the balance of the old card is set as the payment amount “T” (T = −X).
Calculate the new balance "Y" of the new card. And step
Continue to SB14.

In step SB14, the CPU 10 determines whether or not the new balance “Y” of the new card is positive or 0 (Y ≧ 0).

When the new balance “Y” of the new card is positive or 0, when the CPU 10 determines in step SB14 that the new balance “Y” of the new card is positive or 0 (Y ≧ 0), the process proceeds to step SB15. It is decided to handle "Y" as the new balance of the new card.

Then, the process proceeds to step SB16 to update the corresponding data in the management file. That is, the CPU 10 searches the management file in step SB16 based on the type and issue date of the new card read from the prepaid card,
Read the content (collection amount) in the collection amount column of the row of the relevant issue date in the relevant management file. Then, the payout amount "T" is added to the read recovery amount, and the contents of the recovery amount column are rewritten to the addition result. Along with this, the stored contents of the uncollected amount column and the collected amount and accumulated value column of the uncollected amount of the management file are sequentially updated.

If the issuance date of the new card has already passed 5 years or more, the same processing as described in step SB6 is performed.

Next, the CPU 10 proceeds to step SB17 and updates the balance of the corresponding card data column in the customer file. That is, the content of the balance is rewritten to the new code balance “Y”.
This is because the new balance of the old code is "0".

When the CPU 10 completes the process of step SB17, the CPU 10 proceeds to step S
Proceed to B8, reverse the magnetic card reader / writer feeder, and eject the card. During the discharge, the balance column of the old card is rewritten to "0" and the balance column of the new card is rewritten to the new balance "Y".

As a result, a series of processing by the prepaid card is completed, and the settlement processing is completed via step SA7 in FIG.

When the new balance "Y" of the new code is negative, when the CPU 10 determines in step SB14 that the new balance "Y" of the new card is negative (Y <0), the CPU 10 proceeds to step SB18.
Move to and set the new balance of the new card to "0". Then, the process proceeds to step SB19. CPU10, in step SB10,
Update the relevant data in the management file. That is, CPU1
0 searches the management file based on the type and issue date of the new card read from the prepaid card,
The content (collection amount) of the collection amount column of the line of the relevant issue date of the management file is read. Then, the old balance "P" of the new card is added to the read amount collected, and the contents of the above-mentioned collected amount column are rewritten to the addition result. Along with this, the stored contents of the uncollected amount column and the collected amount and accumulated value column of the uncollected amount of the management file are sequentially updated.

If the new card is issued for more than 5 years, the same process as step SB6 is performed.

Next, the CPU 10 proceeds to step SB20, rewrites the content of the balance of the corresponding card data column in the customer file to "0", and then, at step SB21, the shortage amount "-Y" of the balance of the new card. Is a new payment amount.

When the CPU 10 completes the process of step SB21, the CPU 10 proceeds to step S
Proceed to B8, reverse the magnetic card reader / writer feeder, and eject the card. In the middle of discharging, rewrite each balance column of the old card and the new card to "0". This completes the series of processes shown in FIG.

The clerk moves to step SA5 in FIG. 9, and the customer pays the shortage amount "-Y" (step SB21) of the new card in cash.

Specifically, the settlement process using the prepaid card is
The following four modes can be considered.

(A) When there is a balance in the old card and settlement is possible only with the balance of the old card In this case, the processing through steps SB2 to SB7 is performed, and a specific example will be shown below.

◇ Prepaid card before settlement A: Contents of new card data Date of issue: February 1990, Type of ticket: 10,000 yen, Balance “P”: 10,000 yen, Contents of old card data Date of issue: 1990/1 Month, ticket type: 5,000 yen, balance "Q": 1,000 yen, so the total card balance "R" is 11,000 yen.

With the above prepaid card A, the customer pays 800
When paying out a yen, the stored contents of the prepaid card A after paying out are as follows.

◇ Prepaid card after payment A Contents of new card data Balance "P": 10,000 yen (no change) Contents of old card data "Q": 200 yen (decrease) In addition, total card balance "R" is also 10,200 Decrease to yen.

Therefore, 800 yen will be added to the collection amount issued in January 1990 for the 5,000 yen ticket management file.

(B) When there is a balance in the old card, but the amount is insufficient with only the balance of the old card and settlement is impossible In this case, step SB9 to step SB12, step SB1
The processing is performed through 3 to step SB17, and a specific example is shown below.

◇ Prepaid card B before settlement: Contents of new card data Date of issue: February 1990, Type of ticket: 10,000 yen, Balance "P": 10,000 yen, Contents of old card data Date of issue: 1990/1 Month, ticket type: 5,000 yen, balance "Q": 200 yen, therefore the total card balance "R" is 10,200 yen.

With the above prepaid card B, the customer pays 10,0
When paying 00 yen, the stored contents of the prepaid card B after payment are as follows.

◇ Prepaid card B after payment Settlement of new card data Balance "P": 9,200 yen (decrease) Balance of old card data Balance "Q": 0 yen (decrease) In addition, total card balance "R" is also 9,200 yen Decrease.

Therefore, 200 yen will be added to the recovery amount issued in January 1990 for the 5,000 yen ticket management file, and 800 yen will be added to the recovery amount issued in February 1990 for the 10,000 yen ticket management file. .

(C) When there is no balance in the old card and settlement is possible with the balance in the new card In this case, step SB2, step S
The processing through B13 to step SB17 is performed, and a specific example is shown below.

◇ Prepaid card C before payment: Contents of new card data Date of issue: February 1990, Type of ticket: 10,000 yen, Balance "P": 8,000 yen, Contents of old card data Date of issue: 1990/1 Month, ticket type: 5,000 yen, balance "Q": 0 yen, therefore the total card balance "R" is 8,000 yen.

With the above prepaid card C, the customer pays 2,000
When paying 0 yen, the stored contents of the prepaid card C after payment are as follows.

◇ Prepaid card after settlement C Content of new card data Balance “P”: 6,000 yen (decrease) Content of old card data Balance “Q”: 0 yen (no change) The total card balance “R” is also 6,000 Decrease to yen.

Therefore, 2000 yen will be added to the collection amount issued in February 1990 of the 10,000 yen ticket management file.

(D) When there is no balance in the old card and there is not enough balance in the new card, therefore, cash settlement is required. In this case, step SB2, step SB18 to step SB2
The processing via 1 is performed, and a specific example is shown below.

◇ Prepaid card before settlement D: Contents of new card data Date of issue: February 1990, Type of ticket: 10,000 yen, Balance "P": 3,000 yen, Contents of old card data Date of issue: 1990/1 Month, ticket type: 5,000 yen, balance "Q": 0 yen, so the total card balance "R" is 3,000 yen.

With the above prepaid card D, the customer pays 4,00
When paying 0 yen, the stored contents of the prepaid card D after payment are as follows.

◇ Prepaid card after payment D Contents of new card data Balance “P”: 0 yen (decrease) Contents of old card data Balance “Q”: 0 yen (no change) In addition, the total card balance “R” is also 0 Decrease to yen.

Therefore, 3,000 yen will be added to the collection amount issued in February 1990 for the 10,000 yen ticket management file. The remaining 1,000 yen will be paid in cash.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the case where the new card issuance date, the ticket type and the card balance are stored as the card data of the customer file has been described. This is to keep track of the balance of each member's prepaid card, and if the member loses the prepaid card or the prepaid card is damaged and the stored data becomes unreadable, the customer can pay the prepaid card. However, the present invention is not limited to this case. For example, in the customer file
The card data may not be stored, and the same data as the stored data of the prepaid card may be stored.

Alternatively, the prepaid card may store only the membership number, and the new card data and the old card data may be stored only in the customer file.

In addition, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the case where the prepaid card is also used as the membership card of the customer management system has been described, but even if the prepaid card is not also used as the membership card, when the new card is issued, the identification data In addition, any type of prepaid card system that writes the data of the old card is within the scope of the present invention. Further, in this case, if it is not necessary to manage the balance of each card by the POS system, each prepaid card needs to store only the new card data and the old card data and the identification data of the card. Absent.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the management file and the customer file are updated in real time has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the processing data of one day is stored in a predetermined storage device, and one day is stored. The management file and the customer file may be updated by batch processing when the processing of (1) is completed.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, when the balance of the card is insufficient, it was described that the payment is made in cash, but not limited to this, if the customer wishes, issue a new card, You may be able to pay by card. In addition, when the balance of the card is insufficient, the total amount may be settled by cash instead of the card, at the request of the customer.

Further, in the above embodiment, the case where the new card and the old card are different cards has been described, but the same card may be used. That is, by rewriting the stored contents of the old card, it can be reproduced as a new card.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the prepaid card having no display section has been described, but the display section may be provided. As an example, it is conceivable to provide a magnetic display unit that utilizes that the card balance is visualized by placing magnetic powder on the magnetization pattern representing the card balance.

[Advantages of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, the issuance amount, the collected amount, and the uncollected amount for each issuance period, although the usable amount of the old prepaid card is added to the new prepaid card. You can manage the total of.

Therefore, it is possible to satisfy the accounting requirement that the uncollected amount of the prepaid card, for example, 5 years after the issuance date be recorded as profit.

Also, by prioritizing and subtracting the usable amount of the old prepaid card, the effective collection of the old prepaid card is prioritized, so that the usable amount of the old prepaid card will never be collected. Can be prevented.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a store controller type POS system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a store controller applied to the POS system. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the ECR applied to the POS system, FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the external configuration of the ECR, and FIG. 5 is a plan configuration of the prepaid card used in the embodiment. 6 is a diagram showing the area structure of the magnetic stripe of the same prepaid card, FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the area structure of the prepaid card management file used in the same embodiment, and FIG. 8 is the same embodiment. Showing the area structure of the customer file used in the above, FIG. 9 is a flow chart showing the outline of the settlement processing procedure of the embodiment, and FIG. 10 is the details of the settlement processing procedure by the prepaid card. It is a flow chart showing. 1 ... Store controller, 2 ... ECR, 5 ... Hard disk device, 15 ... ROM, 10 ... CPU, 16 ... RAM, 18
...... Magnetic card reader / writer, 18a ...... Prepaid card insertion slot, 20 ...... Card base, 21 ...... Magnetic stripe.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Registering the sale of goods to each customer,
Calculate the total purchase amount of all products sold to the customer, read the usable amount from the prepaid card in which the usable amount that is the amount usable for payment is written,
In the sales registration device that writes the balance paid a part or all of the total purchase amount from the usable amount to the prepaid card as a new usable amount, of the issue amount that is the usable amount when the prepaid card is issued. The first storage means for storing the cumulative total and the cumulative total of the collected amount of payments paid by the prepaid card for each issuance period including the issuance date of the prepaid card for the last certain year; If the customer currently holds a prepaid card at the time of issuance, the old usable amount of the old prepaid card currently held will be the new usable amount of the new prepaid card issued this time. New prepaid as the amount issued for the new prepaid card by adding the possible amount A prepaid card issuing means for issuing a card, new card data including at least information about the issuance period and the new usable amount of money for each new prepaid card, information about the issuance period of the old prepaid card, and the old use A second storage means for storing old and new card data including at least old card data including a possible amount of money; and a new usable amount of the new prepaid card corresponding to an issuance period including an issuance date of the new prepaid card. First accumulating means for adding to the issue amount read out from the first storing means and storing in the first storing means, and the second total amount when the customer's total purchase amount is paid by the prepaid card. If the old usable amount of the prepaid card is stored in the storage means of Subtraction means for reading out the possible amount of money, subtracting the purchase total amount of priority from the old available amount of money preferentially, and writing the balance in the second storage means as the new old available amount of money; When part or all of the total purchase amount is subtracted from the usable amount, the amount paid at the old usable amount is the issuance period including the issue date of the old prepaid card corresponding to the old usable amount. Correspondingly to the collected amount of money read from the first storage means and stored in the first storage means, and the subtraction means calculates part or all of the total purchase price from the new available money. If is subtracted, the amount paid with the new usable amount corresponds to the issue period including the issue date of the new prepaid card corresponding to the new usable amount, A second accumulating means for adding the collected amount of money read from the tier and storing it in the first storing means.