JP2002150162A - Method and system for settlement of accounts, device for receiving information on result of judgement of delivery, vending machine, delivery judgement device, settlement of accounts processing device, information management device, portable telephone, and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance the convenience for an user by simplifying the procedure to be executed by the user in utilizing a settlement of accounts system not needing the payment of money at a place for purchasing commodities and the services. SOLUTION: When the user A selects a commodity D in a vending machine 10, connects a portable telephone 1 to the vending machine by means of a cable 16, and pushes a transmission button 18, a control part at a vending machine side controls the portable telephone, and calls an information center C by a communicating function of the portable telephone. A server device of the information center receives the information on the price of the commodity, the vending machine ID and the portable telephone number, and determines whether the delivery of the commodity is available or not. The vending machine discharges the commodity selected by the user to a taking-out port 17 when it receives an OK signal from the server device through the portable telephone. The information center totalizes the charge for using for each user every month, and informs the charge to a portable telephone company of the user. The portable telephone company asks the user to pay the charge for using with the telephone charge.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a payment method and a payment system in which a purchaser who purchases a product or a service uses his / her own mobile phone to settle the price, and information on a result of a delivery judgment constituting the system. The present invention relates to a receiving device, a vending machine, a delivery determining device, a payment processing device, an information management device, a mobile phone, and a recording medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as such a settlement method, a mobile money system that uses a so-called Internet-connectable portable telephone to settle the price when purchasing a product at a vending machine such as juice is used. (Hereafter, "M
MS ". ) Has been proposed. In this MMS,
When a purchaser of a product purchases a product with an MMS-compatible vending machine, a mobile phone carried by the purchaser accesses a Web site dedicated to the MMS. When the purchaser inputs a user ID or a vending machine ID of a vending machine using a mobile phone, the ID is transmitted to a dedicated site, and after the user is approved, the purchaser can
You receive the goods to be sold at the vending machine. This MMS
According to the above, even if the user does not have money at the time of purchase, the user can purchase the product of the vending machine.

[0003] A specific procedure for using the MMS will be described. First, a user who wishes to use the MMS performs user registration in advance on a Web site operated by a partner company of the MMS, and acquires a user ID. When purchasing a product with a vending machine compatible with MMS, the purchaser accesses the dedicated site from a mobile phone and obtains the user ID.
Then, the vending machine ID displayed on the vending machine is input. Upon receiving the user ID and the vending machine ID, the server device of this dedicated site approves the user based on the user ID. This server device is connected to all of the vending machines compatible with MMS via a communication line.
Via this communication line, purchase permission information is transmitted to the vending machine corresponding to the vending machine ID. This purchase permission information includes the telephone number information of the mobile phone of the purchaser who has approved the user. The vending machine that has received the purchase permission information notifies the purchase applicant that purchase preparation is completed.

[0004] Upon receiving this notification, the purchaser connects the external connector of his / her mobile phone to the connector cable provided in the vending machine. Then, the vending machine reads the telephone number from the mobile phone via the connector cable, and determines whether or not the telephone number is the same as the telephone number included in the purchase permission information. With this, MMS
A final identity check is made to determine whether the person who has been approved by the user on the dedicated Web site and the person who is going to purchase at the vending machine are the same person. When the identification is completed, the purchaser can purchase the product at the vending machine.

[0005]

However, in the case of using MMS, a user who wishes to use the MMS must pay a new bank account at the time of user registration in order to pay for the product after actually purchasing the product. Or pay the price using a prescribed transfer paper. For this reason, there is a problem that the procedures and payment processing required when the user wishes to use the MMS are actually complicated. In addition, at the time of user approval at the time of product purchase at a vending machine, it is necessary for a purchaser to enter a user ID and a vending machine ID, and there is a problem that the input operation is complicated. In addition, an MMS-compatible vending machine reads the telephone number of the purchaser's mobile phone at the time of identity verification, and leaks personal information such as the diversion of the telephone number read by the vending machine. There is also a problem of concern. Further, all vending machines corresponding to the MMS need to be connected to a dedicated MMS site for user approval by a communication line, and there is a problem that the installation cost and the like increase. In particular, when a public telephone line is used as this communication line, a part of the public telephone line is occupied, and there is a possibility that a part of the public telephone line may be chronically depleted. is there.

[0006] It is expected that many of the MMS sales users will include retail stores. In such a retail store company, as a method of sales promotion, it is common practice to give a regular customer a privilege such as a discount service or provision of a service product.
When giving such a privilege, it is necessary to identify whether or not the customer is a regular customer. At that time, a method of stamping a stamp card or the like according to the number of purchases, the purchase amount, and the like is widely adopted. . However, in such a method,
If a customer with a large number of purchases loses a stamp card, etc. or happens to have no stamp card at the time of purchase, the stamp to be obtained cannot be obtained, and the customer may not be treated as a regular customer Many.
For this reason, there is also a problem that the service for actual patrons is reduced.

[0007] The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and a first object of the present invention is to use a settlement system that does not require the delivery of money at a place where goods or services are purchased. To provide a convenient payment method and a convenient payment method and a system thereof, and a delivery determination result information receiving device, a vending machine, a delivery determination device, a payment processing device, a mobile phone, and a recording medium which constitute the system. It is. The second purpose is to use a payment system that does not require the transfer of money at the place of purchasing goods or services, so that the purchaser does not need to input the user ID, vending machine ID, etc. It is an object of the present invention to provide a delivery judgment result information receiving device, a vending machine and a delivery judging device which are highly convenient for a person. A third object is to receive delivery judgment result information that can prevent leakage of personal information of a purchaser when using a payment system that does not require the delivery of money at a place where a product or service is purchased. Equipment and vending machines. A fourth object of the present invention is to reduce the cost of laying communication lines when using a settlement system that does not require the transfer of money when purchasing goods and services, and to further reduce public telephone lines that have occurred in conventional MMS. The present invention provides a delivery judgment result information receiving device, a vending machine, a delivery judgment device, and a mobile phone capable of avoiding chronic depletion of information. A fifth object is to provide an information management device capable of improving services to users when using a settlement system that does not require the delivery of money at a place where goods and services are purchased. is there.

[0008]

In order to achieve the first object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a purchaser who wishes to purchase a product or service is provided with a portable telephone carried by the purchaser. A payment method for settling the price of the product or service by using the fee specifying information for specifying the price of the product or service desired by the purchaser. A step of receiving from the person, a B step of outputting the telephone information of the portable telephone from the portable telephone carried by the purchaser, a C step of receiving the telephone information output in the B step, and a C step of receiving the telephone information output in the B step. A step D for determining whether or not to permit delivery of the product or service to the purchaser based on the telephone information, and a step for determining whether to permit delivery in the step D. If it is determined in step E that the service is delivered to the purchaser and that delivery is permitted in step D, the owner of the mobile phone identified based on the telephone information received in step C is sent to the owner in step A. And a step F for performing a fee billing process for billing a fee based on the fee specifying information received in the step (a).

In this settlement method, when the purchaser decides the product or service to be purchased, in step A, the fee specifying information for specifying the price of the product or the like is provided by the purchaser or its agent. Receive from This fee specifying information can be considered variously in accordance with the use form of the present settlement method. For example, when purchasing a product or the like from a vending machine, the purchaser presses the product button of the vending machine, or connects the mobile phone to the vending machine and operates the mobile phone to operate the vending machine. This is the selected product information associated with the fee received by the vending machine. Further, for example, when purchasing a product or the like at a retail store, the fee information itself is input by a clerk acting as an agent of the purchaser into a register or a dedicated input device placed at the store.

Next, in step B, the telephone information is output from the portable telephone carried by the purchaser. The telephone information is information for specifying the mobile phone, such as the telephone number information of the mobile phone and a machine code unique to the mobile phone. When the output destination of the telephone information is a dedicated Web site or a predetermined access point or the like, a call is made from a mobile phone to access the output destination, and a state in which data communication can be performed with the output destination is set.
It outputs telephone number information and the like as electronic data. Also, if this output destination is a vending machine or register,
By data communication between mobile phones and vending machines, etc.,
It outputs telephone number information and the like as electronic data. The telephone number information and the like output in this way are received by the output destination in the process C.

At the output destination receiving the telephone number information, etc.,
Based on the telephone number information or the like, it is determined in step D whether or not the delivery to the purchaser of the product or service is permitted. The determination of the delivery permission is based on, for example, whether the use of the mobile phone based on the telephone number information or the like has been suspended by a partner telephone company or the like. In this judgment, if the delivery is permitted, the product or service is delivered to the purchase applicant in the step E. on the other hand,
If the delivery is not permitted, the product or service is not delivered to the purchaser. Various methods of delivering the goods and the like are conceivable in accordance with the use form of the present settlement method. For example, in the case of purchasing a product from a vending machine, a delivery permission signal is sent from the output destination via the mobile phone or via a communication line connecting the output destination to the vending machine. Send to machine. Then, the vending machine that has received the delivery permission signal carries out the product to the product exit and delivers the product to the seller. Also, for example, when purchasing a product or the like at a retail store, a delivery permission signal is output from the output destination via the mobile phone, or
The data is sent to the register or the like via a communication line connecting the output destination and a register of the store or a dedicated input device. At the register or the like receiving this, for example, a message indicating that the delivery of the product or the like is permitted is displayed, and the clerk who sees this displays the product to the sales applicant.

In parallel with or after delivery of such a product, in step F, the owner of the portable telephone identified based on the telephone number information corresponding to the delivery permission is provided with the charge received in step A. Charge a fee based on specific information. Since the mobile phone carried by the purchaser is usually the owner of the mobile phone, the purchaser is charged for the goods and the like. In this settlement method, even if the owner tries to use the lost mobile phone by another person, if the owner stops the use of the mobile phone in advance, the purchase is refused at the time of determining the delivery in the D process. It is possible. Therefore, unauthorized use of another person's mobile phone by diversion can be sufficiently avoided. F above
It is efficient that the billing in the process is performed by a partner telephone company of the mobile phone carried by the purchaser together with the billing of the telephone usage fee. At least a part of the fee charged in the step F is paid to the seller who sold the product or service related to the fee.

As described above, in the present settlement method, the telephone number of the mobile phone carried by the purchaser is used as the identification number of the purchaser and the owner of the mobile phone is charged. By using the existing telephone billing / payment system of the affiliated telephone company, it is possible to bill products and receive payment. Therefore, the purchase applicant can receive a bill for the product or the like and pay the bill by the billing / payment system of the affiliated telephone company which has already contracted. Therefore, the purchase applicant does not need to use a new billing / payment system, such as a new bank account withdrawal procedure and a payment using a predetermined transfer form.
In addition to using a new billing / payment system as described above, the identity verification at the time of purchase is performed using the mobile phone number already possessed by the purchaser.
This eliminates the need for user registration, and eliminates the need for inputting a user ID at the time of purchase.

[0014] The invention according to claim 2 is a settlement system in which a purchaser who wishes to purchase a product or service pays for the product or service using a mobile phone carried by the purchaser. A charge specifying information receiving unit for receiving charge specifying information for specifying a charge of the product or service desired by the purchaser; and a mobile phone of the mobile phone carried by the purchaser. Telephone information output means for outputting information; telephone information receiving means for receiving telephone information output by the telephone information output means; and purchase of the product or service based on the telephone information received by the telephone information receiving means. Delivery permission determining means for determining whether to permit delivery to the applicant; and permitting delivery by the delivery permission determining means. Charge determining means for performing charge processing for charging the owner of the portable telephone identified based on the telephone information, based on the charge identifying information received by the charge identifying information receiving means, if determined; And when the delivery permission determining means determines that the delivery is permitted, the product or service is delivered to the purchase applicant.

[0015] In this settlement system, the same processing as the steps A to E of the settlement method of claim 1 can be executed by each means constituting the system.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a delivery determination result information receiving apparatus for receiving a determination result as to whether or not a purchaser permits delivery of a product or service desired to be purchased, The above-mentioned purchase of the above-mentioned goods or services on the basis of the telephone information of the portable telephone carried by the above-mentioned purchaser, and the charge-specific information receiving means for receiving the charge-specific information for specifying the charges of the above-mentioned goods or services to be purchased. And a delivery determination result information receiving means for receiving delivery determination result information that determines whether or not delivery to the applicant is permitted.

The delivery judgment result information receiving apparatus can execute the same processing as the step A in the settlement method of the first aspect, and can constitute a part of the settlement system of the second aspect. In the delivery judgment result information receiving device, it is possible to perform the same processing as the step E in the settlement method of claim 1 based on the delivery judgment result information received by the delivery judgment result information receiving means. It should be noted that the delivery judgment result information receiving device can be incorporated in a register installed in a retail store, a vending machine, or the like, or used in combination.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the delivery judgment result information receiving device of the third aspect, there is provided a charge information output means for outputting charge information based on the charge specifying information received by the charge specific information receiving means. It is characterized by the following.

When settlement is performed by each of the delivery judgment result information receiving devices, if the delivery judgment result information receiving device is to be distributed in a wide area and installed close to a sales applicant, the delivery judgment result information receiving device is required. The payment processing of the fee based on the fee specifying information received in the step becomes very complicated. In the delivery judgment result information receiving device according to the present invention, since the fee information is output by the fee information output means, the payment based on the fee information can be performed by another device.

The invention of claim 5 is the invention of claim 3 or 4
Is characterized in that it has a device specifying information output means for outputting device specifying information for specifying the delivery determining result information receiving device.

In this delivery judgment result information receiving device, the device specifying information is output by the device specifying information output means, so that the output destination that receives the device specifying information can specify the delivery judgment result information receiving device. Becomes
Therefore, data transmission from the output destination and data management such as the usage record of each delivery determination result information receiving device at the output destination can be performed. Further, when the output destination has a delivery permission determining means for determining the delivery permission, the delivery determination result information received by the delivery determination result information receiving means of the delivery determination result information receiving device can be easily received, and the purchase applicant Swift response is possible.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the delivery judgment result information receiving device of the third, fourth or fifth aspect, the notifying means for notifying the contents of the delivery judgment result information received by the delivery judgment result information receiving means is provided. It is characterized by having.

In the delivery judgment result information receiving device, the notifying means notifies the operator of the delivery judgment result information receiving device of the contents of the delivery judgment result information. When the delivery judgment result information receiving device is incorporated in or used in combination with a vending machine, it is possible to notify the purchaser of the delivery judgment result, and is used in combination with a register or the like. In such a case, the result of the delivery judgment can be notified to a salesperson operating the register. Therefore, it is possible to determine whether or not a product or the like can be delivered to a purchaser or a salesperson based on the delivery determination result.

Further, the invention of claim 7 is based on claims 3, 4,
In the delivery judgment result information receiving device of 5 or 6, it is determined whether or not to deliver the goods or services related to the delivery judgment result information according to the delivery judgment result information received by the delivery judgment result information receiving means. It has a delivery determining means.

In the delivery judgment result information receiving device, the delivery determining means determines whether or not to deliver the product or the like related to the delivery judgment result information. When used in a vending machine incorporated or in combination, it becomes possible to control the commodity delivery means and the like based on the determination. Further, when the delivery judgment result information receiving apparatus is used, for example, by incorporating it in a register or the like, it becomes possible to control the receipt issuing means and the like based on the determination.

Further, the invention of claim 8 is the invention of claims 3, 4,
The delivery decision result information receiving device of 5, 6 or 7 is characterized in that it has a communication means for enabling data communication with the mobile phone.

In the delivery judgment result information receiving apparatus, information exchanged with the purchaser's portable telephone can be performed by electronic data communication. Therefore, in the work of inputting information from the mobile phone to the delivery judgment result information receiving device and the work of inputting information from the present delivery judgment result information receiving device to the mobile phone, human resources such as purchase applicants and sales staff are required. The number of operations is reduced, and the convenience of the settlement system including the present delivery judgment result information receiving device can be improved.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the delivery judgment result information receiving apparatus of the eighth aspect, a control signal for outputting telephone information of the mobile phone using the communication function of the mobile phone is transmitted to the communication device. A telephone information communication control means for outputting the information through the means.

In the delivery judgment result information receiving device, the telephone number information and the like of the mobile telephone are output by using the communication function of the mobile telephone in accordance with the control signal output from the telephone information communication control means. According to this configuration, for example, an apparatus having a delivery permission determining unit that determines delivery permission based on the telephone number information and the like without passing through the delivery determination result information receiving apparatus without passing the telephone number information of the purchaser. Can be output to Therefore, it is possible to prevent the purchaser's telephone number information and the like from flowing out of the delivery determination result information receiving device, and to suppress leakage of personal information.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the delivery judgment result information receiving device according to the eighth or ninth aspect, at least a part of information output from the delivery judgment result information receiving device is provided with a communication function of the portable telephone. An output information communication control means for outputting a control signal to be output by using the communication means is provided.

In the delivery judgment result information receiving device, at least one of the information output from the delivery judgment result information receiving device is controlled by the control signal output from the output information communication control means by using the communication function of the portable telephone. Output. As a result, of the communication lines required to send the output information to a device distant from the delivery judgment result information receiving device, the portion to be sent using the communication function of the mobile phone becomes unnecessary. Therefore, when installing the present delivery judgment result information receiving device, it is possible to reduce the communication line laying cost for the installation. In particular, when all the output information is output via a mobile phone, there is no need to provide a separate communication line, so that there is no cost for laying a communication line when installing the present delivery judgment result information receiving device. When all the output information is output via the mobile phone, the communication between the output destination and the delivery determination result information receiving device is performed only when the purchaser uses the information. . Therefore, it is possible to avoid chronic depletion of the public telephone line like the conventional MMS.

According to the invention of claim 11, in the delivery judgment result information receiving device of claim 9 or 10, the communication with the portable telephone under the control of the telephone information communication control means or the output information communication control means is completed. After that, a communication termination control means for outputting a control signal for terminating the communication via the communication means is provided.

In the delivery judgment result information receiving device, when the communication of the information output from the delivery judgment result information receiving device is completed using the mobile phone, the control signal output from the communication end control means causes the information to be transmitted. The communication of the mobile phone ends. This eliminates the need for the communication applicant to disconnect the communication. Therefore, the convenience of the sales applicant can be improved, and unnecessary communication costs when the user forgets to cut off the communication can be eliminated.

The twelfth aspect of the present invention is the third aspect of the present invention.
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, or 11, in the delivery judgment result information receiving device, when delivering a product or the like to the purchaser, a receipt of a fee based on the fee specifying information received by the fee specifying information receiving means. And a receipt issuing means for issuing a receipt.

In the delivery judgment result information receiving apparatus, when a product or the like is delivered to a purchase applicant, a receipt for a fee based on the fee specifying information is issued by the receipt issuing means. After the purchase of the product or the like, it becomes possible to confirm the price of the product or the like.

In order to achieve the second object, the invention according to claim 13 is based on information output via a portable telephone carried by the purchaser, the product which the purchaser wants to purchase. Or a delivery determination result information receiving device for receiving a result of determining whether or not to permit delivery of the service, wherein the communication means enables data communication with the mobile phone; and And a delivery determination result information receiving means for receiving, via the communication means, delivery determination result information for determining whether to permit delivery to a purchase applicant.

In the delivery judgment result information receiving apparatus, whether or not to permit delivery of a product or service desired by the purchaser based on information output via a mobile phone carried by the purchaser. Receive the delivery determination result information that determines whether or not it is not. The information output via the mobile phone is used for determining whether to permit delivery of a product or service and for specifying an output destination. For example, in the case of the conventional MMS, the user ID and the vending machine ID acquired when the user is registered in advance,
In the case of the settlement method, there is a mobile phone number or the like, or device specifying information for specifying the delivery judgment result information receiving device. Information output from the delivery determination result information receiving device, such as the device identification information, is output via a mobile phone to a device having delivery permission determining means for determining delivery permission. Information exchanged between the delivery judgment result information receiving device and the mobile phone, such as a vending machine ID which is device specifying information in the conventional MMS, is stored in the MM.
In S, the information was manually input to the mobile phone by the purchaser, but in the present invention, such information can be exchanged by data communication using electronic data. Therefore, in the operation of inputting the information from the delivery judgment result information receiving device to the mobile phone, the number of human operations such as a purchaser or a salesperson is reduced. Further, according to the present invention, even when it is necessary to input information from the mobile phone to the delivery judgment result information receiving device, the operation is manually performed by a purchaser, a salesperson, or the like. There is no need to do so, which reduces the amount of human work required.

In order to achieve the third object, the invention of claim 14 is the delivery judgment result information receiving device of claim 13, wherein the information is transmitted via the mobile phone by using the communication function of the mobile phone. Control signal to output
The portable telephone has communication control means for outputting the data via the communication means.

In this delivery judgment result information receiving apparatus, information such as telephone number information and user ID of the mobile phone is output by using the communication function of the mobile phone according to the control signal output from the communication control means. be able to. Such information is the purchaser's personal information,
It is desirable to avoid unnecessary disclosure to others. According to the configuration of the present invention, personal information such as the telephone number information of the purchaser is transmitted without passing through the delivery judgment result information receiving device,
For example, it can be output to a device having a delivery permission determining means for determining delivery permission based on the telephone number information and the like. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the purchaser's telephone number information and the like from flowing out of the delivery determination result information receiving device, and to suppress leakage of personal information.

In order to achieve the fourth object, the invention of claim 15 provides a delivery determination result for receiving a result of determining whether or not to permit delivery of goods or services desired by a purchaser. In the information receiving device, a delivery determination result information receiving means for receiving delivery determination result information determined based on information output from the delivery determination result information receiving device, and at least a part of the information, the purchaser carries the information. Output information communication control means for outputting a control signal for outputting using the communication function of the mobile phone through communication means enabling data communication with the mobile phone. It is.

In the delivery judgment result information receiving apparatus, at least one of the information output from the delivery judgment result information receiving apparatus is controlled by the control signal output from the output information communication control means by using the communication function of the portable telephone. Output. As a result, of the communication lines required to send the output information to a device distant from the delivery judgment result information receiving device, the portion to be sent using the communication function of the mobile phone becomes unnecessary. Therefore, when installing the present delivery judgment result information receiving device, it is possible to reduce the communication line laying cost for the installation. In particular, when all the output information is output via a mobile phone, there is no need to provide a separate communication line, so that there is no cost for laying a communication line when installing the present delivery judgment result information receiving device. When all the output information is output via the mobile phone, the communication between the output destination and the delivery determination result information receiving device is performed only when the purchaser uses the information. . Therefore, it is possible to avoid chronic depletion of the public telephone line like the conventional MMS.

In order to achieve the first object, the invention of claim 16 is directed to a vending machine for delivering goods or services to a sales applicant.
8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 or 15 based on the delivery determination result information received by the delivery determination result information receiving means of the delivery determination result information receiving device. A product / service delivery means for delivering the product or service to a purchaser.

In this vending machine, claim 3
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 1
The product or the like can be delivered to the purchaser with the effect of the delivery determination information receiving device of 4 or 15.

According to a seventeenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a delivery judging device for judging whether or not the delivery of goods or services to a purchase applicant is permitted, wherein the telephone information of a portable telephone carried by the purchase applicant is received. Telephone information receiving means, delivery permission determining means for determining whether to permit delivery of the product or service to the purchaser based on the telephone information received by the telephone information receiving means, and delivery permission And a delivery judgment result information output means for outputting the delivery judgment result information by the judging means.

In this delivery judging device, the same processing as the steps C and D in the settlement method of claim 1 can be executed, and can constitute a part of the settlement system of claim 2. In this delivery judging device, the delivery judgment result information output means outputs the delivery judgment result information by the delivery permission judging means. Can be performed. This delivery judgment device can be provided in a register or a vending machine installed in a retail store, or can be used as a server device connected to a mobile phone via a communication line.

The invention according to claim 18 is the delivery judging device according to claim 17, wherein the device that has received the charge specifying information for specifying the charge of the product or service desired by the purchaser is specified. For receiving device specifying information for receiving the device specifying information for the device specified by the device specifying information received by the device specifying information receiving device. It is characterized by outputting information.

In this delivery judging device, based on the device specifying information received by the device specifying information receiving means,
The device that has received the charge specifying information of the product or the like desired by the purchaser is specified, and the delivery determination result information output means outputs the delivery determination result information to the specified device. Therefore, a prompt response can be made to the purchaser who waits for the determination of the delivery permission. In addition, since it is possible to specify the device that has received the charge specifying information of the product or the like that the purchaser wants to purchase, the usage record of vending machines or registers that receive the charge specifying information of the product or the like can be obtained.
It is also possible to manage each device.

According to a nineteenth aspect of the present invention, in the delivery judging device of the eighteenth aspect, there is provided a communication means for enabling data communication with the device.

In this delivery judging device, information exchanged with a vending machine, a register, or the like that receives the charge specifying information of a product or the like can be performed by data communication using electronic data. Therefore, in the work of inputting information from the vending machine and the like to the delivery judgment device and the work of inputting information from the delivery judgment device to the vending machine and the like,
This reduces the amount of human work required by an operator operating the delivery judging device or a salesperson operating a cash register or the like, thereby improving the convenience of the settlement system including the delivery judging device.

According to a twentieth aspect of the present invention, in the delivery judging device of the nineteenth aspect, the communication means performs data communication via the portable telephone, and the delivery judgment result information output means includes According to another aspect of the present invention, the delivery determination result information is output via the communication unit.

In this delivery judging device, the delivery judgment result information is output to the vending machine or the like that receives the charge specifying information of the product or the like via the portable telephone of the purchaser.
There is no need to separately provide a communication line for connecting the delivery judgment device to a vending machine or the like. Therefore, it is possible to reduce communication line laying costs when constructing a settlement system including the delivery judgment device. Further, by performing the data communication via the mobile phone in this way, the communication between the delivery judgment device and the vending machine or the like is performed only when the purchaser uses it. Therefore, it is possible to avoid chronic depletion of the public telephone line like the conventional MMS.

In order to achieve the second object, the invention of claim 21 provides a delivery judging device for judging whether or not to allow delivery of goods or services to a purchaser,
Communication means for enabling data communication with the device that has received the fee specifying information for specifying the price of the product or service that the purchaser desires to purchase, and device specifying information for specifying the device Receiving the information via the communication means, and delivering the delivery determination result information to the device specified by the device identification information received by the device identification information receiving means via the communication means. And a judgment result information output means.

In the delivery judging device, the device specifying information exchanged with a vending machine or a register for receiving the charge specifying information of the product or the like can be performed by data communication using electronic data by communication means. Becomes Therefore, in the operation of inputting the device identification information from the vending machine or the like to the delivery judging device, the number of human operations by an operator operating the delivery judging device or a salesperson operating the register or the like is reduced.

In order to achieve the fourth object, the invention of claim 22 provides a delivery judging device for judging whether or not to allow delivery of goods or services to a purchaser,
Communication means for enabling data communication with a mobile phone carried by the purchaser; and information receiving means for receiving, via the communication means, information for determining whether to permit the delivery. Delivery permission determining means for determining whether to permit delivery of the product or service to the purchaser based on the information received by the information receiving means, and delivery determination result information by the delivery permission determining means And a delivery determination result information output means for outputting the information via the communication means.

In this delivery judging device, the delivery judgment result information is output to the vending machine or the like which receives the charge specifying information of the product or the like via the portable telephone of the purchaser.
There is no need to separately provide a communication line connecting the present delivery determination device and a vending machine or the like to which the delivery determination result information is output. Therefore, it is possible to reduce communication line laying costs when constructing a settlement system including the delivery judgment device. Further, communication between the output destination of the delivery determination result information and the delivery determination device is performed only when the purchaser uses the product. Therefore, it is possible to avoid chronic depletion of the public telephone line like the conventional MMS.

In order to achieve the first object,
According to a twenty-third aspect of the present invention, in a payment processing device for performing a payment process for a fee of a product or service that a purchaser desires to purchase, the purchaser receives fee information of the product or service that the purchaser wants to purchase. Charge information receiving means, telephone information receiving means for receiving telephone information of a mobile telephone carried by the purchase applicant, and an owner of the mobile telephone specified based on the telephone information received by the telephone information receiving means, And a charge processing means for performing a charge processing for charging a charge based on the charge information received by the charge information receiving means.

In this settlement processing apparatus, the same processing as the steps C and F in the settlement method of claim 1 can be executed, and a part of the settlement system of claim 2 can be constituted. In this settlement processing device, the charge information receiving means receives charge information based on the charge identification information from a vending machine, a register, or the like that has received the charge identification information of the product or the like desired by the purchaser, and Perform billing processing based on the information. This payment processing device can be provided in a register or a vending machine installed at a retail store, or used as a server device connected to a mobile phone and a vending machine by a communication line. it can. When used as a server device in this way, an operator or the like operating the settlement processing device can
It is not necessary to input the fee information, and the efficiency of the fee billing process can be improved.

According to a twenty-fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the settlement processing apparatus according to the twenty-third aspect, wherein
It is characterized by having a delivery judgment device of 0.

In this settlement processing device, claim 1
Since it also has a function of judging permission of delivery of the delivery judging device of 7, 18, 19 or 20, it is possible to centrally manage a settlement system including the delivery judging device and the settlement processing device.

In order to achieve the fifth object, an invention according to claim 25 is an information management apparatus for managing use history information including a past use status of a purchase applicant, wherein the purchase applicant desires to purchase. Charge information receiving means for receiving the charge information of the product or service, telephone information receiving means for receiving telephone information of a mobile telephone carried by the purchaser, telephone information received by the telephone information receiving means, and the charge An information recording medium for receiving the charge information associated with the telephone information within a predetermined period by the information receiving means, and the charge information recorded on the information recording medium to the product or service to the purchaser; Charge information output means for outputting to a delivery determination result information receiving device which receives a determination result as to whether or not to permit delivery of the information. Than it is.

In this information management apparatus, the charge information received within a predetermined period by the charge information receiving means is recorded on the information recording medium in association with the telephone number information and the like received by the telephone information receiving means. Therefore, in this information recording medium, the charge information of the product etc. purchased by the purchase applicant is accumulated within a predetermined period in the past. Then, the fee information recorded on the information recording medium is output to the delivery determination result information receiving device at the purchase place of the purchaser by the fee information output means. Thus, the delivery judgment result information receiving device or a clerk operating the delivery judgment result information receiving device can know the past use history of the purchase applicant when delivering the product to the purchase applicant. Therefore, an appropriate service can be provided to a purchaser according to the usage history. Note that the fee information recorded on the information recording medium is used to improve the service to the purchaser, and is appropriately managed according to the usage form. For example, the price information
Classify and manage the delivery judgment result information receiving device,
It manages each product purchased by the user.

In order to achieve the fourth object, the invention according to claim 26 is directed to a portable telephone capable of data communication.
A communication means for enabling data communication with the delivery judgment result information receiving device of claim 12, 13, 14 or 15 or the vending machine of claim 16, and a communication method for a purchaser who wishes to purchase goods or services; A delivery determination result information receiving unit that receives delivery determination result information that determines whether or not the delivery of the product or service is permitted; and And a delivery determination result information output means for outputting to the vending machine the delivery determination result information receiving device.

In this portable telephone, the delivery judgment result information obtained by the delivery judging device or the like is obtained by using, for example, a communication function of the portable telephone, and the delivery judgment result information is claimed. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,
Since the information is output to the delivery judgment result information receiving device of 13, 14, or 15, or the vending machine of claim 16, even if the vending machine and the delivery determining device are installed in remote places, It is not necessary to separately provide a communication line connecting the. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the cost of laying a communication line when constructing a settlement system including these devices. In addition, by performing the communication of the delivery judgment result information via the mobile phone in this manner, the communication between the delivery judgment device and the like and the vending machine and the like is performed only when the purchaser uses it. Become. Therefore, it is possible to avoid chronic depletion of the public telephone line like the conventional MMS.

The invention according to claim 27 is a portable telephone capable of performing data communication.
Communication means for enabling data communication with the delivery determination device of 20, 21, or 22, and whether to permit delivery of the product or service to a purchaser who wishes to purchase a product or service Receiving the delivery determination result information from the delivery determining device via the communication means, and outputting the delivery determination result information received by the delivery determination result information receiving means. Means.

In this portable telephone, claim 17
The delivery determination result information obtained by the delivery determination device of 18, 19, 20, 21, or 22 is received by a communication means capable of data communication, and the delivery determination result information is output to a vending machine or the like. Even if the machine and the like and the delivery judgment device and the like are installed at remote locations from each other, there is no need to separately provide a communication line connecting them. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the cost of laying a communication line when constructing a settlement system including these devices. In addition, by performing the communication of the delivery judgment result information via the mobile phone in this manner, the communication between the delivery judgment device and the like and the vending machine and the like is performed only when the purchaser uses it. Become. Therefore,
It is possible to avoid chronic depletion of the public telephone line like the conventional MMS.

According to a twenty-eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a portable telephone capable of data communication, comprising: a communication means for enabling data communication with the settlement processing device according to claim 23 or 24;
Charge information receiving means for receiving the charge information of the product or service that the purchaser desires to purchase, and charge information for outputting the charge information received by the charge information receiving means to the settlement processing device via the communication means. And output means.

In this portable telephone, the charge information output from the vending machine or the like is received and the charge information is output to the settlement processing device according to claim 23 or 24. , Even if they are installed in remote locations, there is no need to separately provide a communication line connecting them. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the cost of laying a communication line when constructing a settlement system including these devices. In addition, by performing the communication of the fee information via the mobile phone, the communication between the payment processing apparatus and the vending machine or the like is performed only when the purchaser uses the communication. Therefore, it is possible to avoid chronic depletion of the public telephone line like the conventional MMS.

Further, the invention of claim 29 provides the method of claim 3,
A computer readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer constituting the delivery determination result information receiving apparatus of any one of 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12 to function, A charge specifying information receiving means for receiving a charge specifying information for specifying a charge of a product or service desired to be purchased, and the purchase of the product or service based on telephone information of a mobile telephone carried by the purchaser. According to another aspect of the present invention, a program for causing a computer to function as delivery determination result information receiving means for receiving delivery determination result information that determines whether delivery to a requester is permitted is recorded.

The program recorded on the recording medium is stored in the storage medium according to any one of claims 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 1.
The same processing as the step A in the settlement method of claim 1 can be executed by being executed by the computer constituting the delivery judgment result information receiving apparatus of 0, 11 or 12. The program functioning as the fee specifying information receiving means is realized by, for example, a program that receives a product selection signal from a product button of a vending machine or receives fee data input to a register. Further, the program functioning as the delivery determination result information receiving means is realized by, for example, a communication program capable of receiving the delivery determination result information as electronic data.

Further, the invention according to claim 30 is based on claim 17,
18. A computer-readable recording medium recording a program for causing a computer constituting the delivery judging device of claim 18, 19, or 20 to function, and a telephone information receiving means for receiving telephone information of a mobile telephone carried by a purchaser; Based on the telephone information received by the telephone information receiving means, the delivery permission determining means for determining whether or not to permit delivery of the goods or services desired by the purchaser to the purchaser; and The present invention is characterized in that a program for causing a computer to function is recorded as delivery judgment result information output means for outputting delivery judgment result information by the delivery permission judgment means.

The program recorded on the recording medium is executed by a computer constituting the delivery judging device according to claim 17, 18, 19, or 20 to execute step C in the settlement method according to claim 1. And the process similar to the process D can be executed. The program functioning as the telephone information receiving means is realized by, for example, a communication program capable of receiving telephone number information or the like from a mobile telephone as electronic data. The program functioning as the delivery judgment result information output means is realized by, for example, a communication program that can output the delivery judgment result information as electronic data via a telephone line or the like.

The invention according to claim 31 is a computer-readable recording medium on which a program for causing a computer constituting the settlement processing apparatus according to claim 23 or 24 to function is recorded. A charge information receiving means for receiving charge information of a desired product or service,
Telephone information receiving means for receiving the telephone information of the mobile telephone carried by the purchaser; receiving by the charge information receiving means the owner of the mobile telephone identified based on the telephone information received by the telephone information receiving means; A program for causing a computer to function as fee billing processing means for performing a billing process for billing a fee based on the fee information.

The program recorded on the recording medium is executed by a computer constituting the settlement processing device according to claim 23 or 24, so that the steps C and F in the settlement method according to claim 1 are performed. Similar processing can be executed. The program functioning as the fee information receiving means is realized by, for example, a communication program capable of receiving communication data from a vending machine or the like. The program functioning as the telephone information receiving means is the same as that of the above-mentioned claim 30.

[0074]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, the present invention is applied to a case where a user who is a purchaser purchases canned juice as a product at a vending machine equipped with a delivery judgment result information receiving device. An embodiment applied to a settlement system for settlement of the price of the can juice by using a portable cellular phone will be described.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a flow of a settlement method in the settlement system according to the present embodiment. The settlement system includes a mobile phone 1 carried by a user A of the settlement system, a vending machine 10 for selling canned juice D installed at a store B, and an information center for managing and operating the settlement system. A server device 30 as a settlement processing device and a delivery determination device installed in C, and a public telephone line 40 connecting the mobile phone 1 and the server device 30 to form a network. A large number of vending machines 10 are provided dispersedly in a wide area, and one of them is shown in the description of FIG.

(Configuration of Mobile Phone 1) First, the configuration of the mobile phone 1 in the present embodiment will be described. FIG.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a mobile phone 1.
The basic configuration of the mobile phone 1 is almost the same as an existing mobile phone. This mobile phone 1 has a CPU 2 and a ROM
3 and a microcomputer including a RAM 4 (hereinafter referred to as a microcomputer).
It is called "microcomputer section". ), An operation input unit 5 for the user A to operate, a liquid crystal display (LCD) 6 capable of displaying images such as characters and pictures, a wireless communication interface 7 as communication means for performing communication as the mobile phone 1, An external interface 8 and a battery 9 are provided as communication means for performing data communication with an external device. The user A can input a telephone number of a call destination by operating an operation button provided on the operation input unit 5. By operating the operation button, the user A can also input characters to register a telephone number of a friend or the like or to send an e-mail.

The CPU 2 of the microcomputer performs arithmetic processing based on a computer program stored in the ROM 3. The ROM 3 includes a wireless communication program for making a telephone call and performing data communication via the wireless communication interface 7, an external communication program for performing data communication with an external device via the external interface 8, and an operation input unit. 5, a control program for controlling each unit of the apparatus such as the LCD 6, and the like are stored. RAM4
Is a telephone number memory area for storing telephone number data such as a telephone number registration of a friend or the like and a history of previously called parties, and a work memory area for use in arithmetic processing in the CPU 2 of the microcomputer unit. Having.

(Configuration of Vending Machine 10) Next, the configuration of the vending machine 10 according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of the vending machine 10. The vending machine 10 includes a product display unit 11 for displaying a sample, a photograph, an image, and the like of the can juice D, a CPU 12
And a microcomputer section including a ROM 13 and a RAM 14, a product selection section 15 as a fee specifying information receiving means for a user A who has decided a can juice D to purchase, and an external communication interface 8 of the mobile phone 1. A communication interface 16 and the like as communication means for performing data communication with the device. The vending machine 10 includes a transmission button 18 for starting communication of data from the mobile phone 1, a receipt issuing unit 19 as a receipt issuing means for issuing a receipt, and a product selected by the user A. , A voice synthesizing unit 21 that generates voice for providing voice guidance to a user as a notifying unit, and a speaker 22 are also provided.

The product display section 11 has a display 11a for displaying an image of canned juice D or the like, and the display is controlled by the CPU 12 executing a predetermined product display program. Further, the CPU 12 of the microcomputer unit is provided with a ROM 13
Performs arithmetic processing based on the computer program stored in the. The ROM 13 includes a communication program for performing data communication with the mobile phone 1 via the communication interface 16, a control program for controlling each unit of the apparatus such as the product selection unit 15, and a product outlet 17 as a product / service delivery means. A carry-out determination program for determining whether or not to carry out the can juice D, an external control program for controlling the communication function of the mobile phone, and the like are stored. The CPU 12 executing the communication program functions as a communication unit. The RAM 4 has a database memory area for storing a database relating to the vending machine 10 such as merchandise inventory information and sales information.
2 has a work memory area and the like for use in the arithmetic processing.

The product selection section 15 has a selection button 15a on the front of the vending machine, and outputs a product selection signal according to the selection button 15a pressed by the user A. The communication interface 16 has a cable 16a extending outside the vending machine, and a connector 16b provided at the end of the cable. The connection connector 16b connects to the external interface 8 of the mobile phone 1 and enables data communication with the mobile phone 1. The communication interface 16 also supplies power to the mobile phone 1 from a power supply unit (not shown) of the vending machine 10. By this power supply, it becomes possible to reduce the cost burden of the user A who uses the present settlement system. Vending machine 1
Various data communicated between the mobile phone 1 and the mobile phone 1 are transmitted through a cable 16a as a transmission medium in the form of a computer data signal embodied in a predetermined carrier.

(Configuration of Server Device 30) Next, the server device 30 installed in the information center C in the present embodiment will be described.
Will be described. FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of the server device 30. In the information center C in which the server device 30 is installed, an ordering operation for ordering the billing and collection of the fee to the user A from the partner telephone company E of the mobile phone 1 carried by the user A, management of various databases And maintenance and management of the vending machine 10.
In addition, it also performs inventory information management of the vending machine 10 and product ordering with the manufacturer of the product sold by the vending machine 10 according to the use form of the settlement system. Note that, although different from the present embodiment, for example, when the vending machine 10 only receives an order for a product from the user A, the vending machine 10 also performs a delivery operation of the ordered product to the user.

As shown in FIG. 5, the server device 30 installed in the information center C has almost the same configuration as a commercially available personal computer.
2, a communication interface 3 connected to a public telephone line 40 enabling data communication with the RAM 33, the hard disk 34, and the communication interface 7 of the mobile phone 1.
5, an input unit 36 such as a keyboard, a display 37, and the like.

The CPU 31 performs arithmetic processing based on a computer program stored in the ROM 32 or the hard disk 34. The RAM 32 has a work memory area and the like to be used when the CPU 31 performs arithmetic processing. In the hard disk 34, a communication program for performing data communication with the wireless communication interface 7 of the mobile phone 1 via the communication interface 35, a delivery determination program for performing a delivery determination based on telephone number information which is telephone information, a partner telephone A fee billing program for billing the company E is stored. The hard disk 34 also stores various programs used for managing the present settlement system, in addition to various programs. This database has a permission determination database that records the telephone usage status such as whether the telephone number of the mobile phone 1 is actually used and the payment status such as whether the telephone fee is properly paid. The permission determination database may be configured to use data recorded in another location, for example, a server device of an affiliated telephone company. Also, a usage fee database for managing usage fee information that is totaled on a monthly basis for each user A of the present system, and the usage status of each user totaled for each store where the vending machine 10 is installed. It also has a usage database for management. In addition to these, in order to operate and manage this system efficiently,
Prepare a useful information database for improving services to users. Various data communicated between the server device 30 and the mobile phone 1 are transmitted through a public telephone line 40 as a transmission medium in the form of a computer data signal embodied on a predetermined carrier.

(Flow of Product Provision) Hereinafter, further description will be made with reference to a flow chart of the flow of product provision in the settlement system shown in FIG. In this settlement system, the user A looks at the display 11a of the product display section 11 and determines the can juice D desired to be purchased, and presses the selection button 15a of the can juice D (S1). As a result, the total purchase price is displayed on the price display section 22. User A
Confirms the total purchase price, and connects the external communication interface 8 of the mobile phone 1 carried by the user to the connection connector 16b of the vending machine 10 (S2). Then, the transmission button 18 of the vending machine 10 is pressed (S
3). As a result, a control signal indicating that the product has been selected is transmitted from the transmission button 18 to the CPU 12 functioning as the fee specifying information receiving means. CP receiving this control signal
U12 executes an external control program and functions as telephone information communication control means and output information communication control means. Then, the CPU 12 controls the mobile phone 1 via the communication interface 16 and automatically calls the telephone number of the server device 30 using the communication function of the mobile phone 1 (S4). When the server device 30 receives the telephone and becomes ready for data communication, the CPU 12 functions as a charge information output unit and a device identification information output unit, and the user A has requested the purchase via the communication interface 16. The charge information that is the total amount and the vending machine ID that is the device identification information of the vending machine 10 are output to the mobile phone 1 (S5). Then, the CPU 12 controls the mobile phone 1 to store the charge information and the vending machine ID together with the telephone number information of the mobile phone 1 in the server device 30.
(S6).

In the server device 30, the CPU 31 executing the communication program functions as a telephone information receiving unit, a device specifying information receiving unit, and a charge information receiving unit. The charge information transmitted via the public telephone line 40, the vending machine ID
And telephone number information. And the CPU 31
Functions as a delivery permission determining unit by executing the delivery determining program, and determines whether to permit delivery of the product based on the received telephone number information (S
7). This determination of the delivery is made based on the permission determination database stored in the hard disk 34.
In this determination, when it is determined that the delivery is permitted, an OK signal, which is delivery determination result information indicating that the delivery is permitted, is returned to the mobile phone 1 by the CPU 31 executing the communication program functioning as the delivery determination result information output unit. Is performed (S8). On the other hand, if it is determined that the delivery is not permitted, an NG signal, which is delivery determination result information indicating that the delivery is not permitted, is returned to the mobile phone 1 by the CPU 31 (S9).

The CPU 2 executing the wireless communication program in the portable telephone 1 functions as a delivery judgment result information receiving means, and transmits the OK sent through the public telephone line 40.
The signal or NG signal is received by the wireless communication interface 7. Then, the CPU 2 functions as an external delivery judgment result information output unit by executing the external communication program, and sends the received OK signal or NG signal to the vending machine 10 via the external communication interface 8. CPU 12 that executes a communication program in vending machine 10
Functions as a delivery determination result information receiving means, and receives the OK signal or the NG signal transmitted via the cable 16a by the communication interface 7. Then, C that executes an external control program that functions as communication end control means
The PU 12 controls the mobile phone 1 to disconnect the call state of the mobile phone 1 (S10, S11).

Then, the CPU 12 of the vending machine 10
It executes the unloading decision program and functions as a delivery decision means. CPU 12 that executes this unloading determination program
When the OK signal is received, the voice synthesizing unit 21 is controlled to generate a voice guidance stating "Confirmation has been completed. Please remove the mobile phone from the connection connector." This voice guidance is transmitted to the user A through the speaker 22 (S12). After confirming that the user A who has heard the voice guidance has removed the mobile phone 1 (S
14), the CPU 12 controls a not-shown merchandise transporting unit to carry out the can juice D to the merchandise outlet 17 (S1).
6). Further, the CPU 12 controls the receipt issuing unit 19 to generate a receipt for the fee of the product purchased by the user A, and discharges the receipt from the receipt outlet 19a (S17).

On the other hand, when the CPU 12 executing the unloading decision program receives the NG signal,
First, control is performed so as to generate a voice guidance saying, "It cannot be used with your mobile phone. Please remove the mobile phone from the connector." This voice guidance is transmitted to the user A through the speaker (S1).
3) After confirming that the user A has removed the mobile phone 1 (S15), the CPU 12 ends the processing.

As can be seen from the flow of product provision described above,
In the settlement system according to the present embodiment, the user A
Can pay for goods at the place of purchasing goods without paying money. When receiving a product offer, the user A presses the product select button 15a, then connects the mobile phone 1 to the connector 16b, and presses the send button 18a.
The product can be provided simply by pressing, and the operation is very simple and easy.

(Payment Flow) Next, referring to the flowchart of the payment flow in the payment system shown in FIG.
Further explanation will be given. The above S8 of the flow of product provision shown in FIG.
, The CPU of the server device 30 that has returned the OK signal
31 records the fee information relating to the OK signal in the usage fee database stored in the hard disk 34 in association with the received telephone number information of the mobile phone 1 (S21). When the user A uses the present settlement system for the first time, the telephone number information of the mobile phone 1 of the user A and the charge information associated therewith are registered in the charge database. Further, the charge information is also recorded in the use situation database stored in the hard disk 34 in association with the store B specified by the vending machine ID (S22).

The fee information recorded in the usage fee database is totaled on a monthly basis by the CPU 31 executing a fee billing program functioning as a billing processing means (S23). In this calculation, from the hard disk 34,
The total amount purchased in the month is read for each telephone number information. Then, based on the read total amount, the partner telephone company E of the mobile phone 1 related to the telephone number information
Then, a request is made for billing and collection of the commodity price (S24). Then, the affiliated telephone company E bills the user A for the monthly merchandise price along with the telephone charge of the mobile phone 1 (S25).

In the above S24, there are various methods for ordering the product price from the affiliated telephone company E. For example, the total amount and the telephone number read from the usage fee database are output to the display 37, and the display 37
And sending the purchase order created by the operator to the affiliated telephone company E. Further, the server device 30 of the information center C is configured to be able to remotely access the management server device of the partner telephone company E, and electronic data including the same information as the above-mentioned order form is transmitted from the server device 30 to the partner telephone company E. A method of transmitting the information to the management server device or the like can also be adopted.

User A requested by partner telephone company E
For example, by transferring the billed amount from his / her own account at the financial institution to the bank account of the affiliated telephone company E, the commodity price can be paid in the same manner as the payment of the telephone charge (S26). The product price paid in this way is deducted from the fee of the partner telephone company E, and the information center C
(S27). And in the information center C,
After subtracting the operation fee of the settlement system from the received product price, the vending machine 10 is retrieved from the usage database stored in the hard disk 34 of the server device 30.
Is paid to the store B that should pay the price of the product sold (S28). Note that the merchandise price collected by the partner telephone company E may be directly transferred to the store B without going through the information center.

As can be seen from the above-described settlement flow, in the settlement system according to the present embodiment, the user A can pay for the product in the same procedure as the payment of the telephone charge of his / her mobile phone 1. . That is, the user A can pay the price for the commodity by using the already used telephone payment system as it is. Therefore, the user A does not need to perform complicated operations such as a new transfer procedure and a contract when using the present settlement system.

In the present embodiment, the case where the user A purchases a product at the vending machine 10 has been described. However, according to the present invention, the user A purchases a product displayed at the store B at a cash register. The case can also be applied. In this case, instead of the vending machine 10, a connection connector 16 b for connecting to the external communication interface 8 of the mobile phone 1 is provided in a register where the clerk of the store B inputs the price of the product. To enable data communication between them. Then, similarly to the above embodiment, the charge information of the commodity inputted by the register is sent to the information center C, and the information on the result of the judgment of the OK signal or the NG signal is received. The delivery judgment result information is transmitted to a store clerk by, for example, the color of a lamp provided as a notification means provided in the register, and the store clerk determines the delivery of the product based on the color of the lamp. The flow of the settlement can use the configuration of the above embodiment.

[0096] Further, in the retail store where the clerk delivers the goods as described above, regular customers who frequently use the store are often provided with discount services, presentation of service goods, and the like. Whether or not a regular customer is determined by a loyalty card, etc. If the user A loses the loyalty card or does not have the loyalty card at the time of purchase, the customer must receive the service as a regular customer. May not be possible.

Then, the server device 30 of the information center C
A product-specific usage status database that records the purchase price of each product purchased by the user A for each store B, a total purchase price database that records the total purchase price of the user A for each store B, etc. , And manages information related to the improvement of the service to the user A. And the server device 3
0 indicates that the OK signal is transmitted to the register of the store B,
The information of these databases is transmitted together. At this time, the configuration is such that the telephone number information of the mobile phone 1 of the user A is not transmitted, so that the telephone number information of the user A is not known to the store B, thereby preventing leakage of personal information. Can be.

By transmitting such information to the register of the store B, the clerk of the store B can know the past use situation of the store B by the user A when the goods are delivered. Can be. Therefore, the clerk of the store B can instantly know whether or not the user A is a regular customer on the spot. Will be able to respond in detail. Note that such a configuration for providing a service to the user A for sales promotion can also be applied to a case where the vending machine 10 sells a product.

[0099] In the contract for the mobile phone 1, various discount services such as a family discount in which the usage fee is reduced when a family contracts with the same mobile phone company are provided. Such a discount service may be applied to the present settlement system. For example, the sales price of the product may be discounted for the user A who has received the family discount service under the contract of the mobile phone 1. In this case, the discount target information for determining whether or not the user can receive the discount service is recorded on the mobile phone 1 carried by the user or registered in the database of the information center C. You can use it by putting it.

In the present embodiment, the server 30 of the information center C has a single configuration. For example, various processes performed by the server 30 may be distributed to a plurality of devices. It may be.

In this embodiment, the server 3
The various programs executed by the CPU 31 are CD-R
It can be obtained while being recorded on a recording medium such as OM. The same applies to various programs executed by the CPU 12 of the vending machine 10. Further, such a program can be loaded and received by receiving a signal transmitted by a computer as a transmitting device via a transmission medium such as a public telephone line 40, a dedicated line, or another communication network. The signal carrying the program is a computer data signal embodied on a predetermined carrier including the computer program. At this time, it is sufficient that at least a part of the computer program is transmitted in the transmission medium. That is, it is not necessary that all data constituting the computer program exist on the transmission medium at one time. The transmission method for transmitting the computer program from the transmission device includes a case where the data constituting the program is transmitted continuously and a case where the data is transmitted intermittently.

[0102]

According to the present invention, claims 1 to 12, 16 to 20, and 23 are provided.
According to the inventions of claims 24 and 26 to 31, it becomes possible for the purchase applicant to charge and pay for the goods and the like by using the billing and payment system of the affiliated telephone company to which the purchaser has already contracted. Therefore, there is an excellent effect that it is possible to provide a highly convenient payment system in which the procedure performed by the purchase applicant is simple.

In particular, according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, even if the delivery judgment result information receiving apparatuses are installed in a wide area, the settlement of each delivery judgment result information receiving apparatus is centrally managed, and the settlement processing is efficiently performed. There is an excellent effect that it can be performed well.

According to the fifth and eighteenth aspects of the present invention,
This makes it possible to manage data such as the actual use of each delivery judgment result information receiving device and the like, and has an excellent effect that the operation and management of the settlement system can be performed efficiently.
Further, there is an excellent effect that it becomes easy to receive the delivery judgment result information received by the delivery judgment result information receiving means of the delivery judgment result information receiving device, and it is possible to promptly respond to a purchaser.

Further, according to the invention of claim 6, there is an excellent effect that a purchaser, a salesperson, or the like can determine whether or not a product or the like can be delivered based on the delivery determination result. .

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, it is possible to control the means for delivering goods, the means for issuing receipts, etc., based on the determination of delivery, and to provide the convenience for purchasers. Has an excellent effect that it becomes possible to increase

According to the invention of claims 8 and 19,
There is an excellent effect that the number of human operations such as a purchaser or a salesperson is reduced, and the convenience of the settlement system including the delivery judgment result information receiving device can be improved.

Further, according to the ninth aspect of the present invention, since the telephone number information of the purchaser does not pass through the delivery judgment result information receiving device, it is possible to suppress the leakage of the purchaser's personal information. There is an excellent effect.

According to the tenth, twenty, twenty-six, twenty-seventh, and twenty-eighth aspects of the present invention, a portable telephone is one of the communication lines required for transmitting output information from a delivery judgment result information receiving device to another device. Since it is not necessary to send the data using the communication function, there is an excellent effect that the communication line laying cost can be reduced. Furthermore, communication between the output destination of the output information and the delivery judgment result information receiving device using the mobile phone is performed only when the purchaser uses the mobile phone. There is an excellent effect that chronic depletion of telephone lines can be avoided.

Further, according to the eleventh aspect of the present invention, since the communication disconnection work by the sales applicant is not required, there is an excellent effect that the convenience of the settlement system can be improved. Also, there is an excellent effect that unnecessary communication costs required when the user forgets to disconnect the communication can be eliminated.

According to the twelfth aspect of the present invention, since the purchaser can check the charge of the product after purchasing the product, the convenience of the purchaser can be improved. There is an excellent effect.

According to the thirteenth aspect of the present invention, when using a settlement system that does not require the delivery of money at a place where goods and services are purchased, it is necessary for the purchaser to input a user ID or the like when purchasing the goods. Therefore, there is an excellent effect that the convenience of the purchaser can be improved.

According to the fourteenth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to suppress leakage of personal information of a purchaser when using a settlement system that does not require the delivery of money at a place where goods or services are purchased. There is an excellent effect.

According to the fifteenth aspect of the present invention, when using a settlement system that does not require the transfer of money at the place where goods or services are purchased, the cost of laying communication lines can be reduced, and furthermore, this has occurred in the conventional MMS. There is an excellent effect that it is possible to avoid chronic depletion of the public telephone line.

According to the sixteenth aspect, there is an excellent effect that a vending machine having the effects of the fourth to twelfth aspects can be provided.

According to the twenty-first aspect of the present invention, the number of human operations performed by an operator operating the delivery judging device or a salesperson operating a register or the like is reduced, so that convenience for purchasers and the like can be improved. There is an excellent effect.

According to the invention of claim 22, there is an excellent effect that it is possible to reduce the cost of laying the communication line and to avoid the chronic depletion of the public telephone line which occurs in the conventional MMS. is there.

According to the twenty-fifth aspect, an appropriate service can be provided to the purchaser according to the past use history of the purchaser, so that the procedure performed by the purchaser is simplified. Therefore, there is an excellent effect that the convenience is high and the service to the user can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a flow of a settlement method in a settlement system according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a flow of providing goods in the payment system.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a mobile phone in the payment system.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a vending machine in the settlement system.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a server device in the payment system.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a flow of settlement in the settlement system.

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 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mobile telephone 7 Wireless communication interface 8 External communication interface 10 Vending machine 11 Product display part 15 Product selection part 16 Communication interface 18 Send button 19 Receipt issuing part 21 Voice synthesis part 30 Server device 34 Hard disk 35 Communication interface 40 Public telephone line A User B Retailer C Information center D Canned juice E Partner telephone company

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Claims (31)

[Claims] Claims 1. A purchaser who wants to purchase a product or a service uses a mobile phone carried by the purchaser,
A payment method for settling the price of the product or service, wherein charge specifying information for specifying a price of the product or service desired by the purchaser is received from the purchaser or an agent thereof. A step, a B step of outputting the telephone information of the portable telephone from the portable telephone carried by the purchaser, a C step of receiving the telephone information output in the B step, and the telephone information received in the C step A step of determining whether to permit delivery of the goods or services to the purchaser based on
If it is determined that the delivery is permitted in the step D, the product or service is delivered to the purchaser in the E step. If the delivery is determined in the step D, the delivery is performed based on the telephone information received in the step C. A step F for performing a charge billing process for charging a specified owner of the mobile phone based on the charge identification information received in the step A. 2. A purchaser who wants to purchase a product or service can use a mobile phone carried by the purchaser to
A settlement system for settling the price of the product or service, wherein the purchase applicant receives fee specifying information for specifying a fee of the product or service desired by the purchaser from the purchaser or an agent thereof. Charge specifying information receiving means, telephone information output means for outputting telephone information of the mobile phone from the mobile phone carried by the purchaser,
A telephone information receiving means for receiving telephone information output by the telephone information output means, and whether to permit delivery of the goods or services to the purchaser based on the telephone information received by the telephone information receiving means. The delivery permission determining means for determining whether or not the delivery permission determining means determines that the delivery is permitted, to the owner of the mobile phone identified based on the phone information,
A charge processing means for performing a charge processing for charging a charge based on the charge specifying information received by the charge specifying information receiving means, and when the delivery permission determining means determines that the delivery is permitted, the product Alternatively, a payment system for delivering a service to the purchaser. 3. A delivery judgment result information receiving apparatus for receiving a judgment result as to whether or not a purchase applicant permits delivery of a product or service desired to be purchased, wherein the purchase applicant desires to purchase the goods or services. A charge specifying information receiving means for receiving charge specifying information for specifying a service charge,
A delivery determination result information receiving unit that receives delivery determination result information that determines whether to permit delivery of the product or service to the purchaser based on telephone information of a mobile phone carried by the purchaser; and A delivery judgment result information receiving device comprising: 4. The delivery judgment result information receiving apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising a charge information output means for outputting charge information based on the charge identification information received by said charge identification information receiving means. Information receiving device. 5. The delivery judgment result information receiving device according to claim 3 or 4, further comprising device specifying information output means for outputting device specifying information for specifying the delivery judgment result information receiving device. A determination result information receiving device. 6. The delivery judgment result information receiving apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising a notifying means for notifying the contents of the delivery judgment result information received by said delivery judgment result information receiving means. A determination result information receiving device. 7. The delivery judgment result information receiving device according to claim 3, 4, 5 or 6, wherein the delivery judgment result information received by the delivery judgment result information receiving means receives a product or a product related to the delivery judgment result information. A delivery determination result information receiving device, comprising: a delivery determination unit that determines whether to deliver a service. 8. The delivery judgment result information receiving apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising communication means for enabling data communication with said portable telephone. Information receiving device. 9. A telephone according to claim 8, wherein a control signal for outputting telephone information of said mobile telephone is output through said communication means by using a communication function of said mobile telephone. A delivery judgment result information receiving device comprising information communication control means. 10. The delivery judgment result information receiving device according to claim 8, wherein at least a part of information output from said delivery judgment result information receiving device is output using a communication function of said portable telephone. A delivery judgment result information receiving device comprising output information communication control means for outputting a signal via the communication means. 11. The delivery judgment result information receiving device according to claim 9, wherein the communication to the portable telephone under the control of the telephone information communication control means or the output information communication control means is completed, and then the communication is terminated. A delivery judgment result information receiving device, comprising: a communication termination control unit that outputs a control signal for causing the control unit to output the control signal via the communication unit. 12. The method of claim 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 1.
The delivery judgment result information receiving apparatus of 0 or 11 has a receipt issuing means for issuing a receipt of a charge based on the charge specifying information received by the charge specifying information receiving means when transferring a product or the like to the purchase applicant. A delivery judgment result information receiving device, characterized in that: 13. A result of determining whether or not to permit delivery of goods or services desired by the purchaser based on information output via a mobile phone carried by the purchaser. And a communication means for enabling data communication with the mobile phone, and a delivery determination result that determines whether or not to permit delivery of the product or service to the purchaser. A delivery judgment result information receiving device, comprising: a delivery judgment result information receiving means for receiving information via the communication means. 14. A delivery judgment result information receiving apparatus according to claim 13, wherein a control signal for outputting said information via said mobile phone by using a communication function of said mobile phone is provided.
A delivery judgment result information receiving device, comprising a communication control means for outputting to the mobile phone via the communication means. 15. A delivery judgment result information receiving device for receiving a result of determining whether or not to permit delivery of a product or service that a purchase applicant desires to purchase is output from the delivery judgment result information receiving device. A delivery determination result information receiving means for receiving delivery determination result information determined based on the information; and a control signal for causing at least a part of the information to be output using a communication function of a mobile phone carried by the purchaser. A delivery determination result information receiving device, comprising: output information communication control means for outputting via a communication means enabling data communication with the mobile phone. 16. A vending machine for delivering goods or services to a sales applicant.
8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 or 15 based on the delivery judgment result information received by the delivery judgment result information receiving means of the delivery judgment result information receiving device. A vending machine having a product / service delivery means for delivering the product or service to a purchaser. 17. A delivery determining device for determining whether to permit delivery of a product or service to a purchaser,
A telephone information receiving means for receiving telephone information of a mobile phone carried by the purchaser, and whether to permit delivery of the goods or services to the purchaser based on the telephone information received by the telephone information receiver. A delivery judging device, comprising: a delivery permission judging unit for judging whether or not the information is given, and a delivery judgment result information output unit for outputting delivery judgment result information by the delivery permission judging unit. 18. The delivery judging device according to claim 17, wherein the purchase applicant receives the device specifying information for specifying the device which has received the fee specifying information for specifying the price of the product or service desired to be purchased. The apparatus has a device specifying information receiving means, and the delivery judgment result information output means outputs the delivery judgment result information to a device specified by the device specifying information received by the device specifying information receiving means. Delivery judgment device. 19. The delivery judging device according to claim 18, further comprising communication means for enabling data communication with said device. 20. The delivery judging device according to claim 19, wherein said communication means performs data communication via said portable telephone, and said delivery judgment result information output means outputs said delivery judgment result information to said handset. A delivery judging device for outputting via a communication means. 21. A delivery determining device for determining whether to permit delivery of a product or service to a purchaser,
Communication means for enabling data communication with the device that has received the fee specifying information for specifying the price of the product or service that the purchaser wants to purchase, and device specifying information for specifying the device Receiving the information via the communication means, and delivering the delivery determination result information to the device specified by the device identification information received by the device identification information receiving means via the communication means. A delivery judging device having a judgment result information output means. 22. A delivery determining device for determining whether to permit delivery of a product or service to a purchaser,
Communication means for enabling data communication with a mobile phone carried by the purchaser; and information receiving means for receiving, via the communication means, information for determining whether to permit the delivery. Delivery permission determining means for determining whether to permit delivery of the product or service to the purchaser based on the information received by the information receiving means, and delivery determination result information by the delivery permission determining means And a delivery determination result information output means for outputting the information via the communication means. 23. A payment processing device for performing a payment process for a fee of a product or service desired by a purchaser, wherein charge information for receiving a charge information of the product or service desired by the purchaser. Receiving means, telephone information receiving means for receiving telephone information of a mobile telephone carried by the purchaser, and the owner of the mobile telephone specified based on the telephone information received by the telephone information receiving means, A payment processing unit for performing a charging process for charging a fee based on the fee information received by the information receiving unit. 24. The settlement processing device according to claim 23, further comprising the delivery judging device according to claim 17, 18, 19, or 20. 25. An information management apparatus for managing use history information including past use status of a purchaser, a charge information receiving means for receiving charge information of the product or service which the purchaser wants to purchase, Telephone information receiving means for receiving telephone information of a mobile telephone carried by the purchaser; telephone information received by the telephone information receiving means; and telephone information received by the charge information receiving means within a predetermined period, and associated with the telephone information. An information recording medium for recording the received fee information, and a delivery determination for receiving a result of determining whether the delivery of the product or service to the purchaser is permitted for the fee information recorded on the information recording medium. An information management device, comprising: charge information output means for outputting to a result information receiving device. 26. A portable telephone capable of performing data communication, comprising the steps of:
A communication means for enabling data communication with the delivery judgment result information receiving device of claim 12, 13, 14 or 15 or the vending machine of claim 16, and a communication method for a purchaser who wishes to purchase goods or services; A delivery determination result information receiving unit that receives delivery determination result information that determines whether or not the delivery of the product or service is permitted; and a delivery determination result information received by the delivery determination result information receiving unit, via the communication unit. And a delivery determination result information output means for outputting to the vending machine the delivery determination result information receiving device or the vending machine. 27. A portable telephone capable of data communication, a communication means enabling data communication with the delivery judging device according to claim 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 or 22, and the purchase of goods or services. Delivery determination result information receiving means for determining whether to permit delivery of the product or service to the purchaser who desires the delivery determination result information received from the delivery determination device via the communication means,
And a delivery judgment result information output means for outputting the delivery judgment result information received by the delivery judgment result information receiving means. 28. A portable telephone capable of data communication, a communication means enabling data communication with the settlement processing device according to claim 23 or 24, and a charge of goods or services which a purchaser desires to purchase. A mobile phone, comprising: charge information receiving means for receiving information; and charge information output means for outputting the charge information received by the charge information receiving means to the payment processing device via the communication means. 29. Claims 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 1
A computer readable recording medium that records a program for causing a computer constituting the delivery determination result information receiving apparatus of 0, 11 or 12 to function, and specifies a charge of a product or service that a purchaser desires to purchase. Charge specifying information receiving means for receiving charge specifying information for performing
And a delivery decision result information receiving means for receiving delivery decision result information for determining whether to permit delivery of the product or service to the purchaser based on telephone information of a mobile phone carried by the purchaser. A computer-readable recording medium on which a program for causing a computer to function is recorded. 30. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for causing a computer constituting the delivery judging device according to claim 17, 18, 19, or 20 to function, wherein said portable telephone is carried by a purchaser. Telephone information receiving means for receiving telephone information, based on the telephone information received by the telephone information receiving means, determines whether or not to permit delivery of the goods or services desired by the purchaser to the purchaser. Computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for causing a computer to function as a delivery permission determining means for determining and a delivery determination result information output means for outputting delivery determination result information by the delivery permission determining means. . 31. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for causing a computer constituting the settlement processing apparatus according to claim 23 or 24 to function, wherein a charge of goods or services that a purchaser desires to purchase is provided. A charge information receiving means for receiving information, a telephone information receiving means for receiving telephone information of a mobile telephone carried by the purchaser, and an owner of the mobile telephone identified based on the telephone information received by the telephone information receiving means. A computer-readable recording medium for recording a program for causing a computer to function as charge processing means for performing a charge processing for charging a charge based on the charge information received by the charge information receiving means. Medium.