JPH01112395A - Winner specifying system utilizing pos system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To effectively utilize the POS system as sales promotion means by selecting a customer of a transaction to be a winner when a transaction serial number of the customer is coincident with a lucky number of a lottery registered in advance. CONSTITUTION: A store controller 1 is provided with a lucky number file 6 to register lucky numbers of a lottery or the like, a number selection means 8 selecting a transaction serial number every time new transaction data are entered from a POS terminal equipment 4, and a collation means 9 collating the transaction number with the lucky number. Every time the POS terminal equipment 4 enters transaction data of a customer and the store controller 1 selects the transaction serial number, the transaction number is collated with the lucky numbers to check whether or not the customer is a winner and when the customer is a winner, the transaction serial number and a fact of the winner are informed to the POS terminal equipment 4. Thus, it is possible to select a desired number as the lucky number and the POS system is utilized for a winner designation system as a sales promotion means.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] The present invention relates to a winner designation method using a POS system, and aims to utilize the POS system in a winner designation method as a means of sales promotion, and is intended to be used in transactions with customers. Input the unit price master in which necessary basic information is recorded for each product and the transaction data including the item and quantity of the transaction, refer to the unit price master based on the transaction data, and output the transaction details on a receipt. P.O.
In a POS system comprising an S terminal device 4 and a store controller that controls the operation of the system, the store controller is provided with a numbering means for assigning a transaction serial number indicating the order of transactions and a winning number file for storing winning numbers. and a collation means for collating the transaction serial number and the winning number, at least one winning number is stored in the winning number file in advance, and new transaction data is input from the PO8 terminal device. Each time, the numbering means numbers a transaction serial number, the collation means collates the transaction serial number with the winning number stored in the winning number file, and the store controller transmits the verification result together with the transaction serial number to the POS. The configuration is such that notification is sent to the terminal device.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a winner designation method using a POS system.

[Conventional technology]

POS systems originally enable product information management at the point of sale, and were introduced with the aim of reducing losses and opportunity losses and increasing the efficiency of each store's operations by improving product management accuracy through single item management. ing.

In other words, the POS system records the name and price of the sold product,
Electronically recorded at the point of sale, this data is later processed and used for purposes such as rational sales management.

In a POS system, a large number of POS terminal devices such as electronic cash registers and barcode scanners are connected to a store controller, and the barcode scanner reads the barcode attached to the product at the point of sale, and the product indicated by the barcode is displayed. Determine the code and record the product code, product name, and unit price for each product.

Unit price master (PLU (Pr1ce Look IJp)) that records basic information necessary for transactions such as suppliers
Based on the read barcode, necessary information such as the unit price of the above product is read out from the
On the O3 terminal side, this sales record is printed on a receipt and stored in a file on the store controller side as sales data.

Such PoS systems have been actively introduced in food supermarkets and consumer cooperatives, and in recent years there has been a trend towards them being used against retail stores as well.

On the other hand, the retail industry faces an extremely difficult environment due to diversifying consumer needs and intensifying competition with other companies in the same industry.

For this reason, in order to increase consumers' desire to purchase and create regular customers, we offer lottery tickets and sell tickets to a predetermined number of people on a first-come, first-served basis.

Alternatively, various winner designation methods are implemented as sales promotion means, such as giving away prizes to visitors in a particular order.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

Such sales promotion means are normally operated independently of the POS system, and the POS system does not contribute in any way to the sales promotion means. .

The present invention applies PO to the winner designation system as a means of sales promotion.
The purpose is to utilize the S system.

[Means for solving problems]

In the present invention, the store controller includes a winning number file for registering winning numbers for lottery tickets, etc., and a numbering means for assigning a transaction serial number each time new transaction data is input from a PO8 terminal device. A matching means is provided to match this transaction number with the winning number, and each time transaction data with a customer is input from the POS terminal device and a transaction serial number is assigned by the store controller, the number is matched with the winning number. Check whether or not you have won, and if you have won, notify the POS terminal device that you have won along with the transaction serial number.

[For production]

By using the transaction serial number, it becomes possible to select a desired number as the winning number. In other words, you can randomly specify a winning number and select the customers who match it, as in a lottery, or you can specify a number with a specific meaning, such as the 1,000th customer after the store opens, and select the customers who fall under this number. By using the transaction serial number, it becomes easy to select one person or to select a predetermined number of people on a first-come, first-served basis.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. 1, which shows the configuration of main parts of a POS system. In this embodiment, a lottery will be explained as a winner designation method used as a sales promotion means.

The POS system used in this example is as shown in the figure.
PLU controller 1 including LO master (unit price master) 3, store controller 2. A winning number file 6 in which winning numbers are stored in advance is provided in the conventional system consisting of a PO3 terminal device 4, other bar readers 1, reader 5, etc., and a numbering means for assigning transaction serial numbers is provided in the store controller l. 8, and a collation means 9 for collating this transaction serial number with the winning number.

Although only one POS terminal device 4 is shown in the figure for convenience of explanation, this does not limit the number of PO8 terminal devices 4 belonging to the POS system to one. That is, one or more POS terminal devices 4 may be connected to one POS system, and all of these POS terminal devices 4 may be located within one store or across multiple stores. It may also be installed.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

First, the winning lottery fish is registered in advance via the store controller 1, and its number is stored in the winning number file 6.

Each PO8 terminal device 4 issues a receipt 7 with transaction details when settling a transaction with a customer, and a transaction serial number indicating the order in which the transaction was performed is printed on the receipt 7. This transaction serial number is managed by the store controller 1, and each time a new transaction detail is input from the PO8 terminal device 4, it is assigned a number by the numbering means 8, and is notified to the PO8 terminal device 4 as the number corresponding to the transaction. be done.

This embodiment is an example in which when this transaction serial number matches a pre-registered lottery winning number, the customer of that transaction becomes a winner, and the transaction serial number is assigned by the numbering means 8. Then, the verification means 9 refers to the winning number file 6 and checks whether the transaction serial number exists among the registered winning numbers. If there is a matching number, the store controller 1 notifies the assigned transaction serial number and the PO3 terminal device 4 that the customer with the transaction serial number is the winner.

This winning notification may be displayed on a separately provided winning display panel, or may be notified by a bell, etc., and the method and means thereof are arbitrary.

In the above embodiment, an example was explained in which the transaction serial number is assigned as a serial number for the entire POS system, but instead, it may be assigned as a serial number for each store or each PO8 terminal device, or even for that day, month, or month. The numbering method can be arbitrary, such as using serial numbers for each year.

In addition, if the winner designation method of the present invention is used, 10,
It is also possible to easily specify the order, such as the 000th customer, or to count a predetermined number of people on a first-come, first-served basis.

Furthermore, it is also possible to detect the number and order of purchasers of a specific item, making it possible to effectively utilize the POS system as a means of sales promotion.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, Po
This makes it possible to effectively utilize the S system and improve customer service.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of a POS system configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a store controller, 2 is a PLU controller, 3 is a PLU master (price master), and 4 is a PO
5 is a barcode league, 6 is a winning number file, 7 is a receipt, 8 is a numbering means, and 9 is a collation means.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A unit price master (3) in which basic information necessary for transactions with a customer is recorded for each product, and transaction data including the item and quantity of the transaction are input, and the transaction data is calculated based on the transaction data. In a POS system comprising a POS terminal device 4 that refers to a unit price master and outputs the transaction details on a receipt (7), and a store controller (1) that controls the operation of the system, the store controller (1) includes: A numbering means (8) for assigning a transaction serial number indicating the order of transactions, a winning number file (6) for storing the winning number, and a collation means (9) for collating the transaction serial number and the winning number are attached. , At least one winning number is stored in advance in the winning number file (6), and each time new transaction data is input from the POS terminal device (4), the numbering means (8) collects the transaction serial number. numbered,
The collation means (9) collates the transaction serial number with the winning number stored in the winning number file (6), and the store controller (1) transmits the collation result together with the transaction serial number to the POS terminal device (4). A winner designation method using a POS system, which is characterized in that the winner is notified.