JPH0256717B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] The present invention provides a commodity transaction terminal (POS terminal)
When a pending transaction occurs, detailed data such as product content, amount, deposit, etc., registered in the host device is checked at the time of recording the transaction, and the detailed data of the corresponding pending transaction is received, stored, and recorded. This is an aggregation device for a commodity transaction terminal in which a conclusion is determined based on the result, and the corresponding quantity and amount are extracted based on the product code of the detailed data, and the results are totaled and stored as sales by product.

This makes it possible to aggregate transactions by product as well as immediately recorded transactions when recording pending transactions at the POS terminal.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a product-specific aggregation device for recording pending transactions in a product transaction terminal.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, POS systems using product transaction terminals (POS terminals) have been widely used in department stores, stores, etc.

Figure 4 shows one of these current POS systems.
It is a schematic explanatory drawing of an example.

That is, a plurality of POSs 1 are connected to the bus 6 of the controller 2 under the control of the host device (processing device) 3 in a manner similar to the above. The host device 3 is provided with an unsettled file 4 that stores unaccounted transaction details for which only the deposit has been paid, and a tally file 5 that stores all transaction details.

For POS1 product transactions, cash, shopping cards,
There are immediate transactions that are completed immediately using credit cards, etc., and pending transactions such as furniture and suits, in which a deposit is received upon acceptance or customization, and the balance is recorded after the actual item is delivered at a later date. It is this pending transaction that is at issue here.

Pending transactions are accepted, and at the time of making a reservation, a pending transaction occurs, that is, a deposit is paid, the details are registered, and the transaction is completed at a later date, that is, the remaining amount is paid. For example, the transaction details include details for each slip number, transaction total, deposit, and balance as shown in Figure b, and the details include the product code shown in Figure c,
The quantity and amount are inputted from the POS, stored in the pending file 4 of the host device 3, and sequentially transferred to the totalization file 5 along with the immediately accounted transactions and registered.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of the general configuration of the current POS.

In the figure, each configuration is connected to the CPU through bus 18.
11 is program controlled. keyboard 1
2 and the display device 14, the operator inputs the product code, quantity, and amount from the keyboard 12 and confirms the display on the display device 14.

This content is stored in the internal memory 17 consisting of D-RAM, C-MOS, etc., and the printer 13 prints out the receipt and journal, and the line driver/receiver 16 sends the details via the controller 2 to the printer 13. is sent to the higher-level device 3. The speaker 15 is for guidance or warning.

FIG. 6 is a functional configuration diagram of a conventional POS.

In the figure, the functional units controlled by the CPU 11 are indicated by numbers in circles, and the components most closely related to the functional units are indicated by the part numbers cited in Fig. 5.
Also, if a part is included in the structure, it is indicated with a dash (' or '').

In other words, the operation sequence control section is CPU1
1 is directly controlled.

The key input control section is set by an operator using the keyboard 12. Aggregation at the POS is performed only by the product-by-product sales aggregation unit for immediate accounting transactions by cash, card, credit, etc., and the aggregation results are stored in the product-by-product sales aggregation area 17' of the internal memory 17.

Next is the line control section, transmission/reception control section,
When transmitting via the driver/receiver 16, the data in the transmission buffer 16' is sent to the host device 3, and when receiving, the data from the host device 3 is received and stored in the reception buffer 16''. Since the above-mentioned pending details cannot be recorded at the POS, they are sent to the host device 3 via this control section and registered in the details.

The last part is a print output section, which outputs receipts and journals using a printer 13.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

Transactions at the above conventional POS terminal are as follows:
As mentioned above, transactions that are immediately accounted for can be aggregated at the POS, but unresolved transactions cannot be finalized at that point, so they are sent to the host device and temporarily held in the unresolved file.
After that, when the conclusion is reached, register it in the summary file. When necessary, it is possible to request a quick report from the host device and refer to it, but the information is not aggregated at the POS. This is because in the case of pending transactions, the time of occurrence and the time of recording are different, making processing complicated.

Figure 7 provides an easy-to-understand explanation of conventional POS transactions. In the same figure, when immediate accounting transaction occurrence A is input to POS 1, sales aggregation by product is performed, and sales aggregation area 1 by product in memory 17
7', while the details are sent to the host device 3 and stored first in the undecided file 4 and then in the tally file 5.

Next, if pending transaction occurrence B is entered, the third
After setting up a pending transaction as shown in Figure a, determining the expected delivery (accounting) date and slip number, registering the product, and entering the total amount and deposit, proceed to Figure 4 b.
Send a message including the items shown in c, that is, the slip number, details, transaction total, deposit, and balance, to the host device 3,
First, it is temporarily held in the undecided file 4, and then stored and registered in the total file 5.

In this case, even if pending transactions are recorded,
This recorded information B' is sent to the host device 3 without being recorded at the POS, and the balance is recorded and registered in the tally file 5. If you want to know this status at POS, you can send a quick report inquiry S to the host device 3 and get a response.

However, as a summary on the host device side, only the sales results at a slightly earlier point in time can be viewed. Also, each
If breaking news inquiries are requested from POS all at once,
Processing may be delayed and you may have to wait.

Furthermore, at each POS, the actual sales figures cannot be obtained from the total amount excluding pending transactions, as in the past, so there is a desire to regularly grasp the total amount including pending transactions.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an aggregation device for a commodity transaction terminal that is capable of aggregating pending transactions that have occurred previously but have not yet been accounted for, in addition to transactions that are immediately accounted for at a POS.

[Means for solving problems]

In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention,
means for inquiring detailed data such as product content, amount, deposit, etc. registered in a host device when a pending transaction occurs on a commodity transaction terminal (POS terminal) at the time of recording the transaction;
means for receiving detailed data of the corresponding pending transaction and storing it in a memory; and means for completing the transaction by inquiring the detailed data of the pending transaction read from the storage means and the contents of the transaction at the time of recording when the pending transaction is recorded; The system is equipped with means for extracting the corresponding quantity and price based on the product code of the detailed data, totaling them as sales by product, and storing them in a memory.

[Effect]

FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory diagram of a POS transaction according to the present invention.

This figure corresponds to the conventional example shown in FIG. 7, and the immediate accounting transaction occurrence A and the pending transaction occurrence B are the same as in FIG.

On the other hand, the POS 1 of the present invention searches the tally file 5 of the host device 3 using the slip number as a key based on the unsettled conclusion B' that is the recording of this unsettled transaction, and searches the tally file 5 of the host device 3 for the unsettled transaction's product details, amount, deposit, etc. The detailed data is received and stored in the memory area. This unsettled transaction detail data is concluded based on the accounting result, and a sales total for each product is obtained, and this is added to the sales total for each product for the immediate accounting transaction, and the result is stored in the sales total area for each product in the memory. With this, it is possible to constantly grasp the sales amount, including immediately booked transactions and pending transactions, at each POS.

〔Example〕

The configuration of the embodiment of the present invention is the same as the conventional example shown in FIG.

The difference is in the functional component corresponding to the unresolved conclusion B' as explained in FIG.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

In this figure, similar to FIG. 6, functional units controlled by the CPU 11 are indicated by numbers in circles, and related components are indicated by the numbers in FIG. 5. Here, the difference from Fig. 6 is the pending details inquiry section marked ◆,
This is an undetermined related section consisting of an undetermined detail response data storage section and an undetermined detail response data product sales aggregation section.

First, the pending details inquiry unit edits the inquiry message 'using the slip number of the pending transaction as a key, sends it to the host device 3, and searches the tally file 5.

Next, the pending details response data storage unit receives detailed data including the product code, unit price, quantity, amount, deposit, etc. of the pending transaction read from the total file 5, and receives the details data from the details response data storage area 1 of the memory 17.
Store in 7″.

Further, the pending detailed response data product sales aggregation unit reads the detailed response data from the detailed response data storage area 17'', concludes the pending transactions based on the accounting results, and performs sales aggregation by product, and immediately records transactions. It is stored in the product-specific sales total area 17' of the memory 17 together with the contents of the product-specific sales total section.

In this way, the POS itself can tally up pending transactions that were previously excluded.

3a-3c are flowcharts showing the operation of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 1A shows the operating procedure for inputting pending occurrence B in FIG. 1, which is the same as the conventional example. That is, when a pending transaction occurs, the operator presses the pending key from the pending slip, selects the transaction type, for example, "accept" or "reservation order", and enters the expected date of product delivery, that is, the scheduled date of accounting, from the slip.

Then, a slip number is issued, and using this slip number as a key, the product is registered, that is, the product code, unit price, quantity, amount, etc. are registered as details of the transaction. Then, it is sent to the undecided file 4 of the host device together with the total amount and the amount of money depending on the type of money (cash, credit, etc.), and then stored in the total file 5.

FIG. 1B shows the operating procedure for inputting the pending accounting B' in FIG. 1, which is also the same as the conventional example.

That is, after the operator specifies accounting and cash, by inputting the slip number of the pending transaction as a key, the operator searches the tally file 5 of the host device and has the transaction total and balance stored at the time of pending transaction returned. This is checked against the contents of the pending invoice, and if OK, the total amount is output and the transaction is completed.
Previously, this would have completed the transaction, but since there were no details, it was not possible to perform aggregation calculations by product.

Therefore, in the present invention, the internal processing procedure of pending accounting B' shown in FIG.

Hereinafter, the process will be explained in accordance with the flowchart shown in FIG.

When pending accounting is specified, the pending details inquiry message' is edited and inquired to the host device 3.
. The host device 3 performs a search using the slip number as a key, and the transaction total, (advance payment), product code, quantity, and amount of the remaining balance are sequentially sent as response data. Receive this and store it,
17''. Then, aggregation calculations for each product are performed on the pending details, 17'.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, in contrast to the conventional processing of pending transactions, in which the transaction total and balance are simply compared with those stored at the time of occurrence of pending transactions, the pending transactions are completed. In addition to the above, after checking the details stored at the time of unresolved occurrence,
A means is provided to receive and store this, and thereby,
Aggregation by product, including pending transactions in immediate accounting transactions at POS, which was previously impossible, can be done immediately at the time of pending accounting. As a result, it becomes possible to grasp the actual sales status of each POS.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a schematic explanatory diagram of POS transactions of the present invention, Figure 2 is a functional configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, and Figure 3 a.
~c is the time B when pending accounting occurs in the embodiment of the present invention,
a, a flowchart showing the operations of B', b, and c at the conclusion; Figures 4 a to c are schematic explanatory diagrams of the conventional POS system a and pending files b and c; Figure 5 is an explanatory diagram of the general configuration of the POS; Fig. 6 is a functional configuration diagram of a conventional example, and Fig. 7 is a schematic explanatory diagram of a conventional POS transaction. Summary file, 11
is the CPU, 12 is the keyboard, 13 is the printer,
16 is a driver/receiver, 16' is a transmitting buffer, 16'' is a receiving buffer, 17 is a memory, 1
7' is the sales aggregation area for each product, 17'' is the detailed response data storage area, is the operation sequence control section, is the key input control section, is the sales aggregation section for each product for immediate accounting transactions, is the line control section, and is the transmission/reception control section Part, is the printout part, is the pending details inquiry part, ′ is the inquiry message,
indicates the pending detail response data storage section, and indicates the pending detail response data product sales aggregation section.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. In a commodity transaction terminal that sends and registers details of commodity transactions including pending transactions that have previously occurred but have not yet been recorded to a host device and performs aggregation by commodity, at the time of accounting for the pending transactions. , product details and amount registered in the host device at the time of the transaction,
means for inquiring details of deposits, etc.; means for receiving and storing detailed data of corresponding unsettled transactions from a host device based on the inquiry; and detailed data of unsettled transactions read from the storage means when accounting for unsettled transactions; and a means for inquiring the details of the transaction at the time of recording and completing the transaction; and a means for extracting the corresponding quantity and amount based on the product code of the detailed data, totalizing and storing the sales by product, 17' , A totalizing device for a commodity trading terminal, characterized in that when recording pending transactions, it is possible to perform aggregation by product together with immediately recorded transactions.