Image forming system capable of printing guidance information including map with information on specials
First Claim
1. An image forming system having a sales management system for managing sales at a specific point while controlling commodity sales and customer data via a terminal set in a store and an image forming unit having at least an image printing function, guidance information including a map being selectively formed and printed with information on specials by the image forming unit, the image forming system comprising:
- an information selector that selects and combines advertisement information offered by an advertiser, guidance information including information having a name, a place, a route and a telephone number for designating the advertiser and information on specials including coupons to be used in purchasing goods or taking advantage of service offered by the advertiser;
a statistical data processor that issues a receipt ID based on commodity purchase and customer demographic data entered via the sales management system and retrieves commodity and customer data using the receipt ID for statistical processing; and
a database including a map and advertisement database for storing guidance and advertisement data, a commodity and customer database for storing commodity and customer data used for the statistical processing and a statistical data database for storing statistical data after processed by the statistical processing, wherein the image forming unit prints out a leaflet having edited information of the advertisement and guidance information and the information on specials selected by the information selector based on a result of the statistical processing performed by the statistical data processor.
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Abstract
This invention is a system in combination of a POS system for managing data on goods purchased at a store in which a terminal of a sales management system is set and data on the demographics of customers who have made a purchase, an image forming system capable of printing out a sheet of paper arranged on which are guidance information including a map indicating a route to the place of a advertiser selected by an information selector, advertisement information on the advertiser and information on specials such as coupons, and a statistical data processor, for the advertiser to provide customers with detailed information that matches the demand of the customers for larger advertising efficiency. This combination proposes a guidance information providing system using a statistical processing function of a POS system as much as possible in combination of the POS system as a sales management system and an MFP as a multi-functional image retrieving and forming apparatus.
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13 Claims
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1. An image forming system having a sales management system for managing sales at a specific point while controlling commodity sales and customer data via a terminal set in a store and an image forming unit having at least an image printing function, guidance information including a map being selectively formed and printed with information on specials by the image forming unit, the image forming system comprising:
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an information selector that selects and combines advertisement information offered by an advertiser, guidance information including information having a name, a place, a route and a telephone number for designating the advertiser and information on specials including coupons to be used in purchasing goods or taking advantage of service offered by the advertiser;
a statistical data processor that issues a receipt ID based on commodity purchase and customer demographic data entered via the sales management system and retrieves commodity and customer data using the receipt ID for statistical processing; and
a database including a map and advertisement database for storing guidance and advertisement data, a commodity and customer database for storing commodity and customer data used for the statistical processing and a statistical data database for storing statistical data after processed by the statistical processing, wherein the image forming unit prints out a leaflet having edited information of the advertisement and guidance information and the information on specials selected by the information selector based on a result of the statistical processing performed by the statistical data processor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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