Patent Publication Number: US-2004056475-A1

Title: Invoice

Description:
TECHNICAL FIELD  
       [0001] The present invention relates to an invoice for delivering a sales voucher to a receiver&#39;s address and more specifically, relates to an invoice in which the sales voucher, a receipt and an arrival stub are integrated on one sheet of paper.  
       BACKGROUND ART  
       [0002] An invoice printed separately from the sales voucher has been heretofore attached, in order to deliver the sales voucher such as a ticket to the receiver&#39;s address.  
       [0003] Specifically, the invoice comprising the address and name of the receiver printed thereon is adhered on the upper face of an envelope, a transfer form for deferring the payment and a sales voucher such as a ticket are enclosed in this envelope to compose a package, and a home delivery agent collects this package, to deliver it to the receiver.  
       [0004] As described above, the operation for composing a package by putting together the transfer form, the sales voucher and the envelope, which are separate bodies, and adhering the invoice thereon has been heretofore required. Therefore, there is a problem in that the working hour and labor for composing the package are required.  
       [0005] Moreover, after having received the package, the receiver needs to make payment by bringing the transfer form and cash to a banking facility or a convenience store.  
       DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION  
       [0006] In view of the above situation, it is an object of the present invention to provide a invoice, which can considerably reduce the working load for packaging, and can add credibility to the sales voucher.  
       [0007] The essential point of the present invention is that a sales voucher, a receipt and an arrival stub are detachably integrated on one sheet of paper.  
       [0008] Moreover, the essential point of the present invention is that a sales voucher which can be exchanged with a ticket or a gift certificate, a receipt to be given to a consumer at the time of collecting the money, and an arrival stub, which is brought back by the home delivery agent at the time of collecting the money, are detachably integrated on one sheet of paper.  
       [0009] It is another essential point of the present invention that the paper is for printing predetermined common printing contents by using a plurality of light and dark colors, on which it is also possible to print an individual printing content by using at least one color.  
       [0010] It is another essential point of the present invention that the sales voucher has a watermark of a predetermined shape on the paper. 
     
    
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS  
     [0011]FIG. 1 is a plan view showing the overall configuration of an invoice  11  according to one embodiment of the present invention.  
     [0012]FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a sales voucher  13  in the invoice  11 .  
     [0013]FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a receipt  15  for the amount of COD (Cash On Delivery) in the invoice  11 .  
     [0014]FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a credit slip and arrival stub  17  in the invoice  11 . 
    
    
     BEST MODES FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION  
     [0015] In order to describe the present invention in more detail, the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.  
     [0016]FIG. 1 is a plan view showing the overall configuration of an invoice  11  according to one embodiment of the present invention.  
     [0017] As shown in FIG. 1, the invoice  11  comprises a sales voucher  13  to be exchanged with a ticket or a gift certificate, a receipt  15  for the amount of COD to be given to a consumer at the time of collecting the money, and a credit slip and arrival stub  17 , which is brought back by the home delivery agent at the time of collecting the money, which are detachably integrated on one sheet of paper  19 , and for example, is printed by a laser printer.  
     [0018] On the paper (form) used for the invoice  11 , predetermined common printing contents are printed by using a plurality of light and dark colors, and it is also possible to print an individual printing content by using at least one color thereon. The sales voucher  13  has a watermark of a predetermined character  21  (shape) on the paper.  
     [0019] The invoice  11  also has a perforated line  14  between the sales voucher  13  and the receipt  15  for the amount of COD, and a perforated line  16  between the receipt  15  for the amount of COD and the credit slip and arrival stub  17 , which are integrated so as to be detachable.  
     [0020]FIG. 2 to FIG. 4 are plan views respectively showing the sales voucher  13 , the receipt  15  for the amount of COD and the credit slip and arrival stub  17 , as the configuration of the invoice  11  shown in FIG. 1.  
     [0021] More specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, the sales voucher  13  is for example an exchange ticket for a ticket, on which a game content, stadium, the date and time for the game, a seat number, a sponsor, a patronizing company, a cooperating company, inquiry, a reservation number, the name of the home delivery agent, and a service name, as well as an illustration expressing the game content are printed. This sales voucher  13  is handed over to a consumer by cash on delivery (COD).  
     [0022] As shown in FIG. 3, in the receipt  15  for the amount of COD, the name of the home delivery agent, a column for printing the date, Advance payment COD, an URL address as the reference for the Internet package, and the name and address of the home delivery agent are written outside of a ruled line.  
     [0023] On the upper row within the ruled line, there are a column  32  for printing the inquiry number, a column  33  for printing a receiver&#39;s address and name, a column  34  for printing the number of sales vouchers to be delivered on one occasion, a column  35  for printing the weight/volume of the sales vouchers to be delivered on one occasion, a column  36  for putting a receiver&#39;s initial, a column  37  for writing the type of actual settlement (e.g. cash, debit card, credit card), a column  38  for printing the amount of COD including the consumption tax, a column  39  for printing the consumption tax and the like, a column  40  for printing the date of receipt, a column  41  for printing an arrival store code, a column  42  for printing the name of articles and style of packing, a column  43  for adhering a revenue stamp, a column  44  for printing special information, and a column  45  for printing the name, address and telephone number of a branch of the client, and the content of stipulation is also written. This receipt  15  for the amount of COD is handed over to the consumer together with the sales voucher  13 , by cash on delivery.  
     [0024] Moreover, as shown in FIG. 4, the credit slip and arrival stub  17  includes, outside of a ruled line, a column  51  for writing the delivery time, a column  52  for printing the date, and Advance payment COD, a column  53  for putting a server&#39;s initial.  
     [0025] On the upper row within the ruled line, there are a column  54  for printing the name, address and telephone number of a client, a column  55  for printing the name, address and telephone number of a receiver, a column  56  for printing the number of sales vouchers to be delivered on one occasion, a column  57  for printing the weight/volume of the sales vouchers to be delivered on one occasion, a column  58  for writing the type of actual settlement, such as cash, debit card and credit card, a column  59  for printing the amount of COD including the consumption tax, a column  60  for printing the consumption tax and the like, a column  61  for printing special information, a column  62  for printing the scheduled date for delivering the package, and a column  63  for putting a receiver&#39;s initial, as well as remarks printed thereon. This credit slip and arrival stub  17  is brought back by the home delivery agent to the sales office after having been signed by the consumer.  
     [0026] An example of use of the invoice  11  according to the one embodiment of the present invention will be described below.  
     [0027] As described above, on the paper (form) used for the invoice  11 , the format of the sales voucher  13 , the receipt  15  for the amount of COD and the credit slip and arrival stub  17  are printed as the predetermined common printing contents, by using a plurality of light and dark colors for making it difficult to duplicate the format, and a watermark of a predetermined character (shape) is provided in the sales voucher  13 .  
     [0028] For preventing illegal copy, even if a third party duplicates the invoice  11  by using a general popular copying machine, scanner and color printer, since the above-described format is printed in advance on the invoice  11 , using a plurality of light and dark colors, and a sheet of paper (form) having a watermark is used, an invoice having a deteriorated color image quality and without having the watermark can be only obtained. As a result, there is a clear difference between the invoice  11  and the copied result.  
     [0029] At first, the paper (form) for the invoice  11  is stored in a form storage section of, for example, a laser printer (not shown) connected to a computer (not shown) provided in the sales office of a home delivery agent.  
     [0030] The individual delivery information for tickets and gift certificates collected in the database of the computer in the sales office is printed on the paper (form) as the printing content, by using at least one color by the laser printer.  
     [0031] As a result, the invoice  11  in which the sales voucher  13 , the receipt  15  for the amount of COD and the credit slip and arrival stub  17  are integrated is printed by the laser printer.  
     [0032] Therefore, a deliverer who has received the invoice  11  in the sales office transports the invoice  11  to, for example, a house corresponding to the address and name of the receiver written in the receipt  15  for the amount of COD, and calls the consumer (receiver) at the front door.  
     [0033] When the consumer (receiver) pays the amount of COD, for example by cash, to the deliverer, after having confirmed the contents of the sales voucher  13  and the amount of COD, the deliverer puts his initial as the person in charge in the home delivery agent on the receipt  15  for the amount of COD, writes the type of actual settlement and the date of receipt, folds the invoice at the perforation line  16  provided between the receipt  15  for the amount of COD and the credit slip and arrival stub  17 , cuts off the sales voucher  13  and the receipt  15  for the amount of COD from the invoice  11  and hands it over to the consumer (receiver).  
     [0034] The deliverer asks the consumer (receiver) to sign as the receiver&#39;s initial on the credit slip and arrival stub  17 , receives the stamped credit slip and arrival stub  17  from the consumer, and brings it back to the sales office.  
     [0035] The deliverer then hands over the credit slip and arrival stub  17  and the received cash to, for example, an operator in the sales office, and stores the received content in the database stored in the computer.  
     [0036] In the above example, the consumer (receiver) pays the amount of COD by cash, but the settlement may be conducted by using a debit card or a credit card of a banking facility or a credit company, with whom the consumer has an agreement for settlement. In this case, the deliverer inserts the card (the debit card or the credit card) into a small portable card reader which the deliverer carries, to read the authentication number, expiring date and the like recorded in the card, inputs the amount of merchandise and the inquiry number of the merchandise, and transmits these information to the host computer provided in the information processing center via a radio communication line, to thereby carry out authentication of the card and settlement by the card.  
     [0037] As a result, the conventional operation such as adhering the invoice on the upper face of the envelope, enclosing the transfer form and the sales voucher such as a ticket to compose a package can be eliminated. Moreover, on the side of the receiver&#39;s address, the conventional operation such as making payment by bringing the transfer form and cash to a banking facility or a convenience store, after having received the package, can be eliminated.  
     [0038] The effect in this embodiment will be described below.  
     [0039] At first, by forming the invoice such that the sales voucher, the receipt and the arrival stub are detachably integrated on one sheet of paper, the preparation work of the sales voucher, the receipt and the arrival stub can be conducted at the same time in the sales office of, for example, a home delivery agent, thereby enabling considerable reduction in the working hour and operation cost for packaging.  
     [0040] Moreover, the predetermined common printing contents are printed on the paper, by using a plurality of light and dark colors, on which it is also possible to print an individual printing content by using at least one color. As a result, there can be provided the sales voucher, receipt and arrival stub on which the content of individual merchandise is printed on the paper already printed by using a plurality of light and dark colors, thereby illegal duplication by using for example a color copier by a third party can be made difficult. As a result, credibility can be added to the sales voucher.  
     [0041] Furthermore, since the trading paper has a watermark of a predetermined shape on the paper, illegal duplication by a third party can be made difficult, thereby adding credibility to the sales voucher.  
     [0042] The lead time until the delivery can be reduced by directly receiving the data such as the printing content from the consumer. The COD settlement by the deliverer of the home delivery agent becomes possible, thereby the transfer operation for making the payment by the consumer can be eliminated, and the money can be reliably collected.  
     INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY  
     [0043] According to the present invention, by forming the invoice such that the sales voucher, the receipt and the arrival stub are detachably integrated on one sheet of paper, the preparation work of the sales voucher, the receipt and the arrival stub can be conducted at the same time, thereby enabling considerable reduction in the working hour and operation cost for packaging.  
     [0044] Moreover, the predetermined common printing contents are printed on the paper, by using a plurality of light and dark colors, on which it is also possible to print an individual printing content by using at least one color. As a result, there can be provided the sales voucher, receipt and arrival stub on which the content of individual merchandise is printed on the paper already printed by using a plurality of light and dark colors, thereby illegal duplication by a third party can be made difficult.  
     [0045] Furthermore, since the sales voucher has a watermark of a predetermined shape on the paper, illegal duplication by a third party can be made difficult, thereby adding credibility to the sales voucher.  
     [0046] As described above, the invoice according to the present invention is useful for considerably reducing the working load for packaging, and adding credibility to the sales voucher, and particularly suitable for delivering a sales voucher to a receiver.