JP2010262611A - Pos terminal using portable information terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a program and a POS terminal capable of solving such problems that how a small sum commodity or the like are surely presented without spending costs, whether or not even a customer who is not familiar with a portable information terminal easily presents them, or how the receiving side easily receives them without performing troublesome operations of the portable information terminal. <P>SOLUTION: The problems are solved by constituting the POS terminal capable of surely enabling a gift-giver to surely present the commodity without limiting functions of the portable information terminal of a recipient by using a means based on identification information of the portable information terminal and a means based on a commodity voucher number for an examination means. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to a POS terminal, a portable information terminal compatible device, a URL, an IDm, a management method, and a management program.

Patent Document 1 describes a technique for realizing a POS terminal device using a Web browser.

In addition, a terminal device developed exclusively for the POS terminal device has been used. On the other hand, Patent Document 2 discloses a POS system in which a POS terminal device is configured using a standard Web browser on a general-purpose PC or the like.

Further, regarding a method for selling gift items using a communication network, Patent Document 3 discloses a method for selling gift items using a communication network in which the feelings of both a gift giver and a recipient of a gift item are transmitted to each other. Are listed.

Furthermore, in recent years, for the purpose of providing product information that utilizes the unique ID (Identification) of RFID and the convenience of non-contact communication using RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) devices and the provision of campaign services such as point and lottery A service proposal for consumers is described in Patent Document 4.

Further, the patent relates to authentication by using a means for storing a UID (User Identifier) for each mobile phone through a POS cash register and a means for obtaining IDm from the mobile phone, so that the user holds the mobile phone over the POS cash register. Reference 5 describes.
JP 2007-65819 A JP 2005-25738 A JP 2001-290961 A JP 2008-299794 A JP 2008-234393 A

Then again: http: // www. shirakataya. There is an online shopping site that combines e-mail and gifts operated by com /. Select a product on the homepage, specify a payment method, enter an arbitrary address from the orderer's portable information terminal and an e-mail address book stored on a PC (Personal Computer), specify the message and product transportation specification, and specify the date and time The method of online mail order to give and give is introduced.

However, in the current state of the related art described above, there is no POS terminal that can easily and surely give merchandise purchased in the store on the spot using a portable information terminal.
Therefore, the problem of the present invention is to prevent fraud and to surely give a small amount of goods, etc. without incurring costs, whether it can be easily given to a customer unfamiliar with a portable information terminal, It is an object of the present invention to provide a POS terminal and a program that can solve problems such as how easily it can be received without a troublesome operation of a portable information terminal.

The present invention solves the above problems by the following means. For ease of understanding, the description will be given with reference numerals corresponding to the embodiments of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited to this.
In order to solve the above problems, in the invention according to claim 1,
The RFID reader / writer (102-1) receives and temporarily stores the product information URL based on the product information search result.

The identification information (110) of the portable terminal is obtained through wireless communication with the RFID tag built-in portable terminal (109), and further, the number of times of communication between the RFID reader / writer (102-1) and the RFID tag built-in portable terminal (109) is obtained. To do.

RFID reader / writer (102-1) identification UID, portable terminal identification information (110), number of communications, and product receipt number generation based on prevention of unauthorized receipt of products based on the received URL, as well as one-time URL generation The one-time URL is encrypted (by a method such as DES).
An encrypted one-time URL for preventing fraud is transmitted to the management server (106), and a mobile site with a receipt number inserted in the mobile site is generated.

When the encrypted one-time URL received by the RFID tag built-in portable terminal (109) is opened, the mobile site in which the receipt number is inserted is displayed.
The problem is solved by transferring the received URL to a portable terminal of an arbitrary recipient.

The invention according to claim 2 is the invention according to claim 1,
In the product receipt examination, the identification information (113) that can be acquired by communication between the POS terminal connection device installed in the store and the recipient's mobile terminal uses a predetermined receiving application based on the received encrypted one-time URL attached to the mail. The examination is performed based on the identification information (113) of the mobile terminal that is activated and sent in advance.

Also, the mobile site is opened based on the received encrypted one-time URL attached to the e-mail, the product receipt number is transmitted to the POS terminal manager, and the number of the POS terminal is input to the storage device (107) of the manager server (106). You can also use the database search method.
By using the means based on the identification information of the portable terminal and the means based on the product receipt number as the examination means, the giver can surely give the gift without limiting the functions of the recipient's portable terminal.

As the communication means of the POS terminal connection device, the device (102) and the recipient's portable terminal are encrypted one-time URL communication means as infrared, visible light communication (pulse communication), imaging information (image including a two-dimensional code) Recognition image), communication using any of short-range non-contact communication such as Bluetooth, and the like.

When the receipt of the product from the administrator is completed by each examination means, a product delivery completion notification is transmitted from the POS terminal to the management server (106), the mobile site is updated, and the receipt completion character is automatically inserted to complete the receipt. After notifying or bookmarking the encrypted one-time URL on the mobile terminal, the problem is solved by hiding the mobile site by means of identifying and preventing illegal acts such as re-acceptance by the number of communications embedded in the one-time URL Resolve.

The invention according to claim 3 is the invention according to claims 1 and 2,
A method for giving a gift by sending a product information URL communicated with a connection device (102) to a POS terminal (101) from a mobile terminal (109) to a mobile terminal (113) as an e-mail. ,

The actual product information in the store and the same product information are retrieved from the database of the storage device (107) of the management server (106) by operating the POS terminal (101).
The device (102) receives the search result via the network, displays the corresponding product (103) and shows it to the giver. After confirming the product, the giver passes the POS terminal (101) in the store. Make a payment and purchase. The display unit (103) in this case only needs to be able to display product information using a liquid crystal monitor, EL monitor, electronic paper, or the like.

After the payment for the product, the POS terminal prints a receipt, and at the same time, transmits the search result URL to the RFID reader / writer (102-1), and the gifter's mobile terminal receives the communication with the device (102). Terminal (101).

According to the present invention,
If the giver's portable terminal (109) has an RFID tag built-in function, the connection device (102) of the POS terminal (101) is touched, and the URL of the product information is attached to the e-mail without incurring costs. Can be given.
In addition, the recipient can browse the mobile site based on the received URL of the product information, and can select whether to use 1) RFID reader / writer and inter-tag communication or 2) use the receipt number.
1) The IDm of the RFID tag built in the portable terminal can be received by transmitting it to the storage device (107) of the management server (106) by an arbitrary method.
2) It is possible to receive goods by telling the administrator the receipt number in the mobile site.

In any of the methods, the URL is used everywhere, such as e-mail transmission based on the URL, and a product receiving method using the receipt number in the mobile site using the URL. Unauthorized acts due to rewriting can be prevented by making the URL an encrypted one-time URL.

In addition, when the product is received at the POS terminal (101) in either RFID tag communication or using the receipt number, the processing information is transmitted to the management server (106), and the receipt completion character is displayed on the corresponding mobile site. Automatically inserted to prevent fraud.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings.

The present invention, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, is an encrypted one for preventing unauthorized use of URLs by communication (touch) between a presenter's portable terminal and an RFID reader / writer built in the device for receiving goods. A time URL (300) and a product receipt number (303) that can prevent unauthorized receipt are generated in the device.

The encrypted one-time URL (300) generation element includes product information, the number of times of communication (number of touches) between the RFID chip of the RFID reader / writer built in the device and the portable terminal of the giver, and the portable terminal of the giver And the encrypted one-time URL (300) that can prevent fraud based on the identification information (UID) of the RFID chip and the communication between the portable terminal of the giver and the RFID reader / writer built in the device ( Received by the giver's mobile terminal by touch).

In addition, a product receipt number (303) including the above elements is generated by the generation element of the encrypted one-time URL (300) and transmitted to the management server. The product receipt number (303) includes product information as content. Automatically inserted into the mobile site (301).
The merchandise receipt number (303) in the mobile site can be browsed by opening the encrypted one-time URL (300) received by the giver's mobile terminal.

The identification information of the presenter's mobile terminal and the receipt number in the mobile site (301) will not be received by the giftee's mobile phone when the product recipient described below is not received or refused after the specified period. This is used when the terminal owner himself / herself returns to the store and receives a gift item through the POS terminal.

Originally, the mobile site (301) using the recipient's portable terminal (302), which is an encrypted one-time URL (300) transferred to the recipient's portable terminal (302) via email. ), The identification information (304) of the portable terminal (302) is sent to the administrator server in advance by the application and stored in the storage unit.

The recipient portable terminal (302) communicates with the device (305) with a built-in RFID reader / writer connected to the POS terminal to identify the identification information (304) of the portable terminal (302) and the administrator server that has been sent in advance. The judgment is made by comparing with the identification information (304) stored in the storage unit.

When the POS terminal is operated in response to the examination judgment and the gift item is delivered to the recipient, a 0 yen sales receipt is issued, and a completion signal is transmitted to the management server.

The management server ((106)) receiving the reception updates the mobile site of the gift product information in the control unit (108) and automatically inserts a reception completion character to notify the completion of the reception, and the gift recipient receives the product. In spite of being completed, there is a provision of a POS terminal that can hide a mobile site by means of preventing re-acquisition.

As a more detailed example, a POS terminal will be described.
(Gift preparation)
The merchandise is selected in the store, and the manager is informed that he / she wants to give the merchandise to the POS terminal (101) manager using the portable terminal (109).
The administrator operates the POS terminal, makes the selected product a gift, and the input information is transmitted to the management server (106), the storage unit (107) searches for the product, and the search result displays the product image corresponding to the product. Detect mobile sites including search results.
Means for transmitting the detected product information to the POS terminal connection device (102).

(Product price settlement)
The product information is displayed on the display unit of the POS terminal connection device (102). The giver confirms the display, and if the product is applicable, payment is made to the administrator. At the same time as the payment, the POS terminal prints a receipt written in the payment amount and delivers the receipt to the giver to complete the payment.
As a display method of the device display unit, product information may be displayed using a liquid crystal monitor, an EL monitor, electronic paper, or the like.
The payment can be made with cash, a credit card, a predetermined point, a predetermined coupon, or a predetermined gift certificate.

(Giver's mobile terminal operation)
A payment settlement completion notification is transmitted to the management server by operating the POS terminal, and the received management server transmits and receives the URL of the mobile site including the product information searched and held to the POS terminal connection device (102). The received URL is transferred to the RFID reader / writer in the device and temporarily stored.
When the temporary storage is completed, a video and an image prompting the POS terminal connection device (102) to lightly touch the mobile terminal owned on the display unit are displayed.
A lamp, a light, a voice, or the like that prompts the user to lightly touch the portable terminal may be used.

(One-time URL and receipt product number generation)
The RFID reader / writer (102-1) in the predetermined unit and the owned portable terminal (109) start communication, and the identification information of the owned portable terminal (109) is passed to the RFID reader / writer (102-1) and received. RFID reader / writer (102-1)
RFID chip UID (User Identifier) provided, IDm of the owned portable terminal (109), the number of communication (communication) between the RFID reader / writer (102-1) and the owned portable terminal (109), and the holding URL Based on the above, a one-time URL and a received product number are generated, an encryption process is performed based on the one-time URL, and an encrypted one-time URL is generated.
Encryption processing is performed using DES (Data Encryption Standard) or the like.

(Receiving URL on the giver's mobile terminal)
In the communication between the RFID reader / writer (102-1) in the predetermined unit and the own portable terminal (109), the own portable terminal (109) receives the encrypted one-time URL and uses a browser or an application. When the URL is opened, the product information and the received product number can be viewed on the mobile site.
The received product number display in the mobile site may be inserted into the corresponding mobile site by transmitting the inserted received product number to the insertion server and the administrator server in the POS terminal connection device (102).

(Other URL receiving methods)
The encrypted one-time URL receiving method at the giver's mobile terminal is not limited to the communication between the RFID reader / writer (102-1) provided in the device and the mobile terminal (109) owned by the device. Although communication using any one of optical communication (pulse communication), imaging information (image recognition image including a two-dimensional code), short-range non-contact communication such as Bluetooth, etc. may be used.

In this case, the one-time URL generation means encrypted in the management server is used. The reason for the generation is the RFID chip UID (User Identifier) of the RFID reader / writer (102-1) in the device and the portable terminal (owned) 109), the one-time URL and the received product number are generated based on the identification information 109), the number of times the device is used, and the corresponding product information URL.
The received product number is automatically inserted into the mobile site based on the product information URL in the management server.

The one-time URL encryption generation is completed and transmitted to the device.
Any one of infrared, visible light communication (pulse communication), imaging information (image recognition image including a two-dimensional code), and short-range non-contact communication such as Bluetooth of the device (102) that has received the transmission signal is used. The presenter's mobile terminal can receive the encrypted one-time URL using communication or the like.

(Receiving examination)
In the product receipt examination, the identification information (304) that can be acquired by communication between the POS terminal connection device installed in the store and the recipient's mobile terminal is based on the encrypted one-time URL attached to the received mail. Based on the identification information (304) sent in advance by activating the receiving application in the site.
As a screening criterion, the mobile site is opened based on the encrypted one-time URL, and whether or not the identification information (304) is transmitted in advance using a predetermined application is verified.

Also, the mobile site is opened based on the received encrypted one-time URL attached to the mail, the product receipt number is transmitted to the POS terminal manager, and the storage device (107) database of the manager server (106) is entered by inputting the number into the POS terminal. There is a screening means to search in.
The examiner uses the means based on the identification information of the portable terminal and the means based on the product receipt number, so that the giver can use the functions of the recipient's portable terminal (functions such as two-dimensional code reading and infrared communication). ) Can be given without limitation.

(Examination criteria)
Whether or not the access is performed using the encrypted one-time URL issued by the administrator is used as the examination standard.

Also, as a judgment judgment, whether or not the identification information of the portable terminal pre-registered by the recipient matches with the identification information acquired by communication between the POS terminal connected device and the recipient's portable terminal in the store visited for the receipt. Is the screening criteria.

In addition, the acceptance criteria using the product receipt number are first to determine whether the receipt has been processed,
The encrypted one-time URL is transmitted to the management server using the POS terminal connection device, the product receipt number in the URL is taken out, and whether or not the receipt processing has already been processed is used as the examination standard.
Furthermore, each time a product information mobile site is disclosed, adding a unique key and session key of the mobile terminal and a mobile terminal unique identification ID to the encrypted one-time URL, and analyzing and collating the URL as part of the examination criteria May be used.

(Other device functions)
In addition, the device (102) and the recipient's mobile terminal can communicate with infrared, visible light (pulse communication), imaging information (image recognition image including a two-dimensional code), Bluetooth, etc. The encrypted one-time URL may be sent directly to the device by communication or the like using any one of the short-distance non-contact communications, and sent to the management server through the POS terminal for the verification examination.

(Mobile site display)
Upon receipt of the product from the administrator by each screening means, a product delivery completion notification is transmitted from the POS terminal to the management server (106), the mobile site (301) is updated, and the receipt completion character is automatically inserted and received. Informed of completion.
Further, the mobile site (301) is hidden.

(Prevention of fraud with encrypted one-time URL)
The means for generating the encrypted one-time URL includes the RFID chip UID (User Identifier) of the in-device RFID reader / writer (102-1), the identification information of the owned portable terminal (109), the number of times the device is used, and the corresponding product. It is generated by the generation means based on the information URL and further has an encryption process in the means, so that it is possible to minimize fraud prevention such as tampering.

(Preventing fraud at the product receipt number)
Receipt screening by the product receipt number is performed by checking the RFID chip UID (User Identifier) of the RFID reader / writer (102-1) in the device, the identification information of the mobile terminal (109) owned by the device, the number of times the device is used, and the corresponding product information URL. Therefore, even if the management server is hacked, it is unlikely to be tampered with, and it is possible to prevent illegal acts such as re-acceptance.

However, as a merit to the recipient, it can be received regardless of the recipient's mobile terminal function, and when the product receipt number is input to the POS terminal, the identification information of the portable terminal (109) owned by the presenter is registered. It is possible to give a returned product, and there is an advantage that the returned product can be received in a predetermined store without troublesome operation only by communicating the mobile terminal with the POS terminal connection device.

By using the present invention,
A small-sized product purchased in the store (for example, a glass of beer) is lightly touched with a mobile terminal and a POS terminal connection device (incorporated with an RFID reader / writer), and the obtained URL is attached to an e-mail to a friend. Easy to give.
A friend who has received an e-mail will be able to receive new gifts such as receiving gifts through a mobile terminal and a POS terminal connection device (incorporated with an RFID reader / writer) with the light feeling of going for a glass of beer.
In the past, it was difficult to bring in the address of the recipient and fill it in the store, and even if you give it online, the troublesomeness of pre-registration of the giver and the delivery cost of the product were not realized.
By introducing the POS terminal according to the present invention, customers can buy and give gifts in the store, receive them in designated stores, etc., and the customer's visit is promoted, and the industrial utility value is very high.

It is a correlation schematic with the device of POS terminal connection. It is a relationship flow figure with the device of POS terminal connection. It is a correlation schematic which shows a goods receipt method.

[Fig.-1]
The POS terminal (101) is a POS terminal installed in the store, the device (102) is a display unit (103) and an RFID reader / writer (102-1), and an RFID chip (104) control unit (105) and a storage unit are provided inside. Device (102) to be configured.
The configuration of the management server (106) includes a storage unit (107), a control unit (108), and a database. The presenter's mobile terminal (109) is an RFID reader / writer compatible mobile terminal and includes an RFID tag (110) and a communication unit (112). The recipient mobile terminal is also an RFID reader / writer compatible mobile terminal and communicates with the RFID tag (114). Part (115),
[Figure-2]
The manager is informed that the merchandise purchased in the store is desired as a gift. Start (201) The administrator enters a product search by operating the POS terminal (202), transmits information to the management server (203), and the management server receives a signal (204 ), Product inspection search (205) search result transmission (206), POS terminal reception (207), product image display on device display unit (208), product price settlement (209) RFID reader / writer URL reception (210), giver ID information acquisition (211), one-time URL generation (212), product receipt number generation (212-1), one-time URL is encrypted (213), and encrypted one-time URL is transmitted to the management server ( 214), giver's mobile terminal URL reception (215), giver's mobile terminal reception URL is sent to the recipient's mobile terminal (216), and settlement completion signal is sent 217), product information URL transmission (218), giver mobile terminal touch operation (219), the recipient mobile reception gifts (220), product receipt (221), receive completion (222)
[Figure-3]
Encrypted one-time URL (300), gift merchandise mobile site (301), recipient mobile terminal (302), received product number (303), recipient mobile terminal identification information (304), POS terminal RFID reader / writer (305), number input to POS terminal (306), gift product receipt (307), receipt completion display on the mobile site for gift product placement (308)

Claims (3)

In a POS terminal connection device and a POS terminal that makes a gift from a portable information terminal to a portable information terminal,
The RFID reader / writer has a storage means for storing the received URL,
An acquisition means for acquiring identification information (IDm, terminal unique number, etc.) of the RFID tag built-in portable information terminal through the communication means with the RFID tag built-in portable information terminal;
Storage means for storing the number of communications between the RFID reader / writer and the portable information terminal with a built-in RFID tag;
RFID reader / writer identification information (UID), portable information terminal identification information (IDm, terminal unique number, etc.), number of communications, and generation means for generating a product receipt number based on the received URL;
RFID reader / writer identification information (UID), portable information terminal identification information (IDm, terminal unique number, etc.), number of communications, and generation means for generating a one-time URL based on the received URL;
An encryption means for encrypting the one-time URL;
Storage means for storing the encrypted one-time URL to the management server and storage means;
Generating means for generating a mobile site corresponding to the encrypted one-time URL;
Insertion means for inserting the product receipt number in the mobile site;
A POS terminal provided with a receiving means capable of receiving an encrypted one-time URL by an RFID tag built-in portable information terminal. The product receipt examination is done with the POS terminal connection device and the portable information terminal installed in the store.
Decryption means for decrypting the encrypted one-time URL stored in the management server storage device;
Screening means for screening using any one of identification information (IDm, terminal unique number, etc.) and product receipt number of the portable information terminal detected by the decryption;
If the encrypted one-time URL is transferred to the recipient and the recipient is subjected to receipt examination of the product, whether or not the identification information (IDm, terminal unique number, etc.) of the portable information terminal has been pre-registered and examined. A screening method in which one is reviewed,
A transmission means for transmitting a product delivery completion notification from the POS terminal to the management server;
The POS terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a reception completion display and mobile site non-display means, wherein a reception completion character is automatically inserted into the mobile site simultaneously with the transmission. Search means for searching for the same product information as the actual product in the store from the management server storage device at the POS terminal;
Display means for displaying the search result on the device as a product image;
A payment means capable of making payment via a POS terminal in the store based on the product image display;
3. The POS terminal according to claim 1, further comprising transmission means for transmitting a URL based on the search result to an RFID reader / writer.

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