JP2005234670A - Article purchase system and its method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an article purchase system for enabling even a child who is not permitted to own a credit card to do cashless shopping by obtaining approval. <P>SOLUTION: A purchaser terminal 11 transmits a telephone number recorded inside to a store terminal 13. The store terminal 13 transmits the telephone number and the name of an article and a sum as purchase data to a management server 15. The management server 15 retrieves contractor information based on the telephone number of the purchase data to acquire a contractor mail address, and prepares inquiry data based on the purchase data to the contractor, and transmits the data to a contractor terminal 17. When the contractor inputs whether to approve the purchaser's purchase of an article, the contractor terminal 17 transmits approval validity/invalidity data to the management server 15. The management server 15 prepares purchase validity/invalidity data showing whether the purchaser is able to purchase the article based on the approval validity/invalidity data, and transmits the data to the store terminal 13. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an article purchasing system and a method thereof that require the approval of related parties when a user purchases an article.

  With the widespread use of mobile phones, systems have been developed that incorporate various functions into mobile phones to enhance convenience.

  In order to use a mobile phone as a credit card, a system is known in which credit card data is recorded in the mobile phone, and the credit card data is presented when the store is used, so that payment can be made with credit. (For example, Patent Document 1).

  By providing the above-described credit function to the mobile phone owned by the child, the parent can freely purchase cashlessly without having the child possess cash.

  However, if the child can freely make cashless purchases using the mobile phone as described above, there is a risk that the parent will have to pay an unscheduled credit. In particular, there is a problem when a child purchases an expensive article or a prohibited article.

  On the other hand, as in the case of a normal credit card, it is also possible to completely prohibit a child with no credit from having a mobile phone with such a credit function.

  However, the total prohibition has a problem in that the spread of mobile phones with a credit function as described above is hindered.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-150876

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and provides an article purchasing system that allows a child as a purchaser to use a credit function while obtaining consent from a parent as a payer. With the goal.

  In addition, the purpose is to provide an article purchase system in which usage restrictions are set for a credit function of a mobile phone or the like, and the purchase can be made with the consent of the parent only when purchasing an age-restricted article or an expensive article. To do.

(1) (2) (3) (8) The article purchasing system according to the present invention is:
A purchaser terminal of the purchaser, a contractor terminal of a contractor who has made a use contract for the purchaser terminal, a store terminal installed in the store, and a management server capable of communicating with the store terminal and the contractor terminal; An article purchasing system using
(A) The purchaser terminal includes purchaser ID transmission means for transmitting the recorded purchaser ID to the store terminal,
(B) The store terminal
Purchaser ID acquisition means for acquiring a purchaser ID from a purchaser terminal of a purchaser who has applied for purchase of a predetermined article;
Purchase data generation means for generating purchase data based on the acquired purchaser ID and information on the article;
Purchase data transmission means for transmitting the generated purchase data to the management server;
When it is determined that the purchaser can purchase the item based on the purchase availability data received from the management server, the sales unit includes a sales unit that performs a sales process on the item,
(C) The management server
Contractor specifying means for specifying a contractor for the purchaser terminal based on purchase data received from the store terminal;
Inquiry data transmission means for transmitting inquiry data as to whether or not to approve purchase of the article based on the purchase data to the contractor terminal of the identified contractor;
Purchase permission data generation means for generating purchase permission data based on the approval permission data received from the contractor terminal;
Purchase possibility data transmission means for transmitting the generated purchase possibility data to the store terminal,
(D) The approval / disapproval data transmission means for transmitting approval / disapproval data indicating whether or not to approve the purchase of the article based on the purchase data in response to an instruction from the contractor to the management server. It is characterized by having.

  Therefore, a purchaser who purchases an article can purchase a desired article only when obtaining the consent of the contractor. For example, even a child can shop cashlessly using a mobile phone with the consent of the parent.

  (4) The article purchasing system according to the present invention is characterized in that the purchaser terminal and the contractor terminal are mobile phones and use a telephone number as a purchaser ID.

  Accordingly, the mobile phone number can be used as the credit identification ID. Thereby, the credit price can be paid as a telephone fee, and convenience is improved.

(5) In the article purchasing system according to the present invention, the sales means in the store terminal generates billing data for collecting the price of the article and transmits it to the management server,
In response to the transmission, the management server charges the contractor for a fee based on the billing data.

  Therefore, it is possible to pay for the goods purchased by the purchaser by credit settlement. Further, by using the mobile phone number as the credit identification ID, the price for the credit settlement can be paid as the telephone fee.

  (6) The article purchase system according to the present invention is characterized in that the management server transmits inquiry data to the contractor terminal only when the amount of the article in the purchase data is equal to or greater than a predetermined amount.

  Therefore, it is possible to limit the purchase amount of the purchaser and obtain the consent of the contractor only when necessary. Thereby, the inquiry processing at the time of purchasing low-priced goods can be reduced, and the utilization efficiency of the system can be improved.

  (7) The article purchase system according to the present invention is characterized in that the management server transmits the inquiry data to the contractor terminal only when the kind of the article in the purchase data matches a predetermined type.

  Therefore, it is possible to limit the purchaser's purchased items and obtain the consent of the contractor only when necessary. Thereby, the inquiry process at the time of purchasing goods other than a predetermined kind can be reduced, and the utilization efficiency of a system can be improved.

  The terms used in this specification are defined as follows.

  The “contractor” is a person who makes a usage contract for the purchaser terminal and the contractor terminal with the terminal provider and is obligated to pay for the usage fee of each terminal. For example, a parent who uses a purchaser terminal and uses a contractor terminal corresponds to this.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1. First Embodiment 1-1. Overall Configuration FIG. 1 shows an overall configuration diagram of an article purchasing system according to the present invention.

  In this figure, the purchaser terminal 11 is a terminal device that is large enough to be held by the purchaser, and corresponds to a mobile phone, for example.

  The store terminal 13 is a computer device that is installed in the store and can be connected to the management server 15, and corresponds to, for example, a POS device.

  The management server 15 is a computer device installed in a terminal provider that provides use of the purchaser terminal 11 and the contractor terminal 17, and records contractor information on the purchaser terminal 11 and the contractor terminal 17. Yes.

  The contractor terminal 17 is a terminal device that is large enough to be held by the contractor, and corresponds to, for example, a mobile phone. Note that the contractor is obliged to pay the terminal provider a usage fee for the purchaser terminal 11 and the contractor terminal 17.

1-2. Outline When a purchaser wishes to purchase an article at a store, the purchaser terminal 11 transmits a telephone number as a purchaser ID recorded therein to the store terminal 13. For example, the telephone number may be transmitted from the purchaser terminal 11 to the store terminal 13 using a wireless connection such as an IrDA (Infrared Data Association) infrared communication port, Bluetooth, or electromagnetic induction. Note that transmission may be performed using a wired connection such as USB.

  Upon receipt of the transmission, the store terminal 13 sends the telephone number of the purchaser terminal 11 and the article name and price, which are information of the article desired by the purchaser, to the management server 15 connected via the network as purchase data. Send. For example, the Internet or the like may be used as the network. In addition, you may comprise so that the security of a network may be improved using the Internet VPN, a dedicated line, etc.

  Upon receiving the transmission, the management server 15 searches for the contractor information based on the telephone number of the purchase data and acquires the contractor mail address. Further, inquiry data based on the purchase data is created for the contractor and transmitted to the contractor terminal 17.

  In the contractor terminal 17, when the contractor inputs whether the purchaser approves the purchase of the article, the contractor terminal 17 transmits approval approval / disapproval data to the management server 15.

  Upon receiving the transmission, the management server 15 creates purchase permission data indicating whether or not the purchaser can purchase based on the approval permission data, and transmits the purchase permission data to the store terminal 13.

  Upon receipt of the transmission, the store terminal 13 sells the article to the purchaser only when the purchaser can purchase the purchase possibility data.

1-3. Functional Block Diagram FIG. 1a shows a functional block diagram of an article purchasing system according to the present invention.

1-3-1. Purchaser Terminal In FIG. 1 a, the purchaser terminal 11 according to the present invention includes a purchaser ID transmission unit 111.

1-3-2. Store Terminal In FIG. 1 a, the store terminal 13 according to the present invention includes a purchaser ID acquisition unit 131, a purchase data generation unit 133, a purchase data transmission unit 135, and a sales unit 137.

  The purchaser ID acquisition unit 131 acquires the purchaser ID from the purchaser terminal 11 of the purchaser who desires to purchase the article. The purchase data generation means 133 generates purchase data based on the input item information and purchaser ID. The purchase data transmission unit 135 transmits the purchase data generated by the purchase data generation unit 133 to the management server 15 that can be connected via the network. The sales unit 137 receives the purchase permission / prohibition data from the management server 15 and performs a sales process for the item that the purchaser desires to purchase.

1-3-3. Management Server As shown in FIG. 1a, the management server 15 according to the present invention includes a contractor identification unit 151, an inquiry data transmission unit 153, a purchase availability data generation unit 155, and a purchase availability data transmission unit 157.

  The contractor specifying means 151 searches contractor information based on the telephone number of the purchase data received from the store terminal 13 and acquires the contractor email address for specifying the contractor. The inquiry data transmission means 153 transmits inquiry data for inquiring about the approval of purchase of the purchased data to the acquired contractor mail address. The purchase permission / inhibition data generation means 155 generates purchase permission / inhibition data for notifying the store terminal 13 of the purchase permission / inhibition based on the acceptance approval / rejection data received from the contractor terminal 17. The purchase availability data transmission unit 157 transmits the purchase availability data generated by the purchase availability data generation unit 155 to the store terminal 13.

1-3-4. Contractor Terminal In FIG. 1 a, the contractor terminal 17 according to the present invention includes an approval / disapproval data transmission means 171.

1-4. Hardware configuration 1-4-1. Purchaser Terminal and Contractor Terminal FIG. 2 shows a hardware configuration diagram of the purchaser terminal 11 and the contractor terminal 17. These terminals include a display 201, a CPU 203, a memory 205, an input key 207, a communication port 209, and a communication circuit 211.

  In the memory 205, a telephone number as a purchaser ID is recorded. The communication port 209 in the purchaser terminal 11 is a device for transmitting the purchaser ID to the store terminal 13 and corresponds to, for example, an IrDA infrared port. The communication circuit 211 in the contractor terminal 17 is a device that can be connected to the Internet 1 and communicates with the management server 15.

1-4-2. Store Terminal and Management Server FIG. 3 shows a hardware configuration diagram of the store terminal 13 and the management server 15. These terminals and server include a display 301, a CPU 303, a memory 305, a keyboard / mouse 307, a hard disk 309, a communication port 311, and a communication circuit 315.

  The hard disk 309 in the store terminal 13 stores application programs for realizing the purchaser ID acquisition unit 131, the purchase data generation unit 133, the purchase data transmission unit 135, and the sales unit 137 according to the article purchase system according to the present invention. ing. The hard disk 309 in the management server 15 has an application program for realizing the contractor specifying means 151, inquiry data transmission means 153, purchase availability data generation means 155, and purchase availability data transmission means 157 according to the article purchase system of the present invention. Is recorded.

  The communication port 311 in the store terminal 13 is a device to which a mobile phone that is the purchaser terminal 11 is connected, and for example, an IrDA infrared port corresponds to this. The communication circuit 315 is connectable to the Internet 1 and is a device for the store apparatus or the management server 15 to communicate with each other. Further, the management server 15 can communicate with the contractor terminal 17 via the Internet 1 to which the communication circuit 315 is connected.

1-5. Flowchart FIG. 4 shows an overall flowchart in the article purchasing system. Hereinafter, a case where a purchaser offers to purchase a desired article by credit settlement using a mobile phone will be described.

  In response to the transmission instruction generated by the purchaser's operation, the CPU 203 of the purchaser terminal 11 transmits the mobile phone number as the purchaser ID to the store terminal 13 (step S400). At this time, the mobile phone number is transmitted to the communication port 311 of the store terminal 13 via the communication port 209 of the purchaser terminal 11. The communication port 209 of the purchaser terminal 11 and the communication port 311 of the store terminal 13 may be any interface that can communicate with each other. For example, an interface such as an IrDA infrared communication port, Bluetooth, USB, serial port, and parallel port corresponds to this.

  Upon receiving the transmission, the CPU 303 of the store terminal 13 acquires the mobile phone number as the purchaser ID and stores it in the memory 305 (step S401), and displays the purchase data generation screen 51 shown in A of FIG. Let

  For example, as shown in the purchase data generation screen 51, “090-2222-2222”, which is the purchaser ID stored in the memory 305 above, is displayed in the purchaser ID column 511.

  The person in charge of the store inputs information related to the article received from the purchaser to the purchase data generation screen 51. For example, as shown in FIG. 5A, “soccer ball” is input in the article name column 513 and “5000” yen is input in the amount column 515.

  When the person in charge of the store presses the send button 517 on the purchase data generation screen 51, the CPU 303 of the store terminal 13 displays the data based on the data displayed in the purchaser ID column 511, the article name column 513, and the amount column 515. Purchase data as shown in 5a is generated (step S402), and the generated purchase data is transmitted to the management server 15 (step S403). In FIG. 5A, the purchase data includes a purchaser ID 501 “090-2222-2222”, an article name 503 “soccer ball”, and an amount 507 “5000 yen”.

  In response to the transmission, the CPU 303 of the management server 15 acquires the contractor information based on the purchaser ID included in the purchase data (step S411). FIG. 6 shows an example of the data structure related to the contractor information. For example, the record 601 is extracted based on the purchaser ID “090-2222-2222”.

  Further, the CPU 303 of the management server 15 determines whether or not the purchaser ID is a contractor based on the acquired contractor information (step S413). For example, if the contractor classification 63 in the record 601 is “contractor”, it is determined that the purchaser ID belongs to the contractor, and if it is “non-contractor”, the purchaser ID belongs to the purchaser. Judge. That is, the terminal for purchasing an article in a store is not limited to the purchaser's mobile phone, and the purchase of the article is possible even with a contractor's mobile phone.

  When the CPU 303 of the management server 15 determines that the purchaser ID is not that of the contractor (step S413, NO), the contractor terminal 17 is identified based on the contractor information and the contractor terminal 17 of the identified contractor is inquired. A mail is transmitted (step S415). For example, when the record 601 is acquired as the contractor information, an inquiry as shown in A of FIG. 7 is made to the contractor name 67: contractor mail address 65: “bbb@keitai.jp”. The mail 71 is transmitted. The inquiry mail 71 requests purchase data 711 including the purchaser ID, the article name, and the amount of money, and a reply indicating whether or not the purchaser of the purchaser ID approves the purchase of the article related to the purchase data. The contents 713 are described.

  When the contractor terminal 17 receives the inquiry mail, the contractor confirms the purchase data 711, determines whether or not to approve the purchase of the article by the purchaser based on the purchaser ID, and approves whether or not to approve. Is transmitted to the management server 15 (step S431). For example, if approval is made, a reply mail 73 shown in FIG. 7B is created and transmitted. If not approved, a reply mail 75 shown in FIG. 7C is created and sent.

  In order to match the inquiry mail and the reply mail, an identification number is written in the title of each mail. For example, the title of the inquiry mail 71 is “inquiry mail (1234)”, the title of the reply mail 73 is “Re: inquiry mail (1234)”, and “1234” is the identification number.

  Upon receipt of the transmission, the CPU 303 of the management server 15 determines whether or not the purchase can be made to notify the store terminal 13 whether or not the purchaser can purchase the article based on the contents described in the body of the reply mail 73 or 75. Data is generated (step S417).

  For example, the purchase propriety data is data in which “purchase permitted” or “purchase impossible” is added to the head of purchase data received from the store terminal 13. The CPU 303 of the management server 15 transmits the generated purchase availability data to the store terminal 13 (step S419).

  On the other hand, when the CPU 303 of the management server 15 determines in step S413 that the purchaser ID belongs to the contractor (step S413, YES), step S415 is skipped. For example, in this case, the purchase availability data is data obtained by unconditionally adding “purchase available” to the head of the purchase data received from the store terminal 13.

  Upon receipt of the transmission, the CPU 303 of the store terminal 13 determines whether or not the purchaser of the purchase data can purchase the article based on the received purchase availability data (step S404). For example, if the head of the purchase permission / prohibition data is “purchasable”, it is determined that the purchase is possible (step S404, YES), and if “purchase is not possible”, it is determined that the purchase is impossible (step S404, NO).

  When the purchase is possible in the above, the store terminal 13 performs a process for selling the article to the purchaser, and executes a sales process in response to an operation from the store staff (step S405).

  For example, a sales processing screen 53 as shown in FIG. In the sales processing screen 53, a purchase button 537 for executing sales processing is displayed in addition to a purchaser ID 531 which is purchase data, an article name 533, and an amount 535. When the store staff presses the sales button 537, the CPU 303 of the store terminal 13 executes sales processing based on the purchase data.

  The sales process is the same process as a conventional POS register, for example, a process for generating sales recording data such as an article name and an amount of money and recording it in the hard disk 309 of the store terminal 13 or the like.

  Further, the CPU 303 of the store terminal 13 transmits billing data based on the sales process to the management server 15 (step S407). That is, since payment for the price of the goods has not been received from the purchaser, billing data is transmitted to charge the contractor for the price. This process is the same as the conventional credit settlement. That is, the purchaser's mobile phone number is used instead of the credit card number.

  In response to the transmission of the billing data, the CPU 303 of the management server 15 records the billing information on the hard disk 309 (step S421). FIG. 8 shows an example of billing information recorded in this case. The billing information includes a contractor name 81, a purchase date 83, a purchaser ID 85, an article name 87, and an amount 89. All the data other than the contractor name 81 is billing data received from the store terminal 13. The management server 15 extracts the contractor name 81 from the contractor information (FIG. 6) based on the purchaser ID 85 and records it in the billing information.

  For example, when billing data related to the sales processing screen shown in FIG. 5B is transmitted, as shown in the billing information record 801, the contractor name 81 “B”, the purchase date 83 “2004/1/2004”. 10 ”, purchaser ID 85“ 090-2222-2222 ”, article name 87“ soccer ball ”, and amount 89“ 5000 yen ”are recorded.

  The terminal provider having the management server 15 pays the price to the store and charges the contractor based on the billing information.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step 404 that the purchase is impossible (NO in step S404), the CPU 303 of the store terminal 13 displays a message on the display 301 that the purchaser cannot purchase. That is, in this case, the purchaser cannot purchase a desired article without cash.

1-6. Summary In this way, by introducing the article purchasing system according to the present invention, even when a child who does not have the authority for credit settlement becomes a purchaser, the consent of the parent who is the contractor of the mobile phone is obtained. Thus, a desired article can be purchased cashlessly using a mobile phone.

  It is also possible to charge the contractor for charges for the goods purchased by the purchaser by adding up to the mobile phone usage fee. For example, this is the case when the management server 15 is a terminal provider.

  The relationship between the functional block diagram of the article purchasing system according to the present invention shown in FIG. 1a and the overall flowchart shown in FIG. 4 is shown below.

  The purchaser ID transmission means 111 in the purchaser terminal 11 of FIG. 1a corresponds to step S400 of FIG.

  The purchaser ID acquisition unit 131, the purchase data generation unit 133, the purchase data transmission unit 135, and the sales unit 137 in the store terminal 13 of FIG. 1a correspond to Step S401, Step S402, Step S403, and Step S405 of FIG.

  The contractor identification means 151, inquiry data transmission means 153, purchase availability data generation means 155 and purchase availability data transmission means 157 in the management server 15 of FIG. 1a are respectively executed in steps S151, S153, S155 and S157 of FIG. Applicable.

  The approval / disapproval data transmission means 171 in the contractor terminal 17 in FIG. 1a corresponds to step S171 in FIG.

2. Other Embodiments (1) In the above embodiment, the management server 15 that has received the purchase data transmits an approval inquiry mail to the contractor terminal 17 only when the purchaser ID is not a contractor.

  However, it may be determined whether or not to send an inquiry mail to the contractor terminal 17 based on the contents of the purchase data.

  For example, a usage restriction may be provided for a credit function of a mobile phone or the like, and a contractor's approval may be required only when a predetermined article or an expensive article is to be purchased.

  In step S413, the CPU 303 of the management server 15 searches the restriction information recorded on the hard disk 309, and determines whether or not the article related to the purchase data is a restriction target. FIG. 9 shows an example of restriction information data. The restriction information records purchaser ID 91, restriction amount 93, restriction article 1_95, restriction article 2_97,..., Restriction article n_99.

  For example, as shown in the record 901, when the purchaser ID of the purchaser is “090-2222-2222”, the amount of money in the purchase data received from the store terminal 13 is “10000 yen” or more or the item is “alcoholic”. Alternatively, the management server 15 transmits an inquiry mail to the contractor terminal 17 only when it is “cigarette” or the like. Thus, by recording the restriction information for each purchaser ID, an inquiry mail can be sent to the contractor according to the purchaser.

(2) Although the mobile phone number is used as the purchaser ID in the above embodiment, a credit card number may be used instead of the mobile phone number. In this case, the credit card data may be stored in the memory 205 of the mobile phone and read out by the store terminal to perform the credit settlement process.

  In the above description, the management server 15 charges the contractor. However, in the case of credit settlement, the management server transmits the billing data to the credit company, and the credit company charges the contractor for the price. May be.

(3) In the above embodiment, the store person in charge inputs the information related to the article received from the purchaser on the purchase data generation screen 51 (FIG. 5), but the item attached to the article Based on the code, the CPU 303 may automatically input the article name and the amount of money.

  For example, the store person in charge uses a barcode reader to read the barcode written on the tag of the article into the store terminal, and the CPU 303 reads the article name and the amount associated with the barcode from a predetermined product table. Just enter.

(4) In the above embodiment, the contractor who has received the inquiry mail is configured to generate an approval approval / disapproval mail indicating approval / disapproval and transmit it to the management server 15. A non-approval URL may be described, and whether or not the contractor can approve may be determined by the management server depending on which URL is selected.

  In addition, the email address for approval and the email address for non-approval are described in the inquiry mail, and the management server determines whether the contractor can approve depending on which mail address the contractor has sent a blank mail to. You may do it.

  With such a configuration, the contractor can easily transmit the approval or non-approval intention to the management server without inputting approval / non-approval.

(5) Although the case where an article as a tangible object is purchased has been described in the above embodiment, the present invention can be applied even when an intangible object is purchased.

  For example, this is the case when the purchaser purchases image data including still images, moving images, and the like on a network. In this case, the store terminal is a virtual store on the Internet, and the purchaser displays an intention to purchase image data via a purchase screen transmitted from the store terminal.

  Other intangibles include character data including music data, novels, literature, etc., ticket data including tickets, admission tickets, meal tickets, etc. Of course, these are also purchased in the present invention as described above. It is possible to target.

  In the above embodiment, in order to realize the function shown in FIG. 1a, the CPU 203 and the CPU 303 are used, and this is realized by software. However, some or all of them may be realized by hardware such as a logic circuit. In addition, you may make it make an operating system (OS) process a part of program further.

It is a figure which shows the example of the whole structure in the goods purchasing system of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the functional block diagram in the goods purchasing system of this invention. It is an example which shows the example of the hardware block diagram of the purchaser terminal and contractor terminal of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the hardware block diagram of the shop terminal and management server of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the whole flowchart of the goods purchasing system of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the screen in the shop terminal of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the purchase data of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the data of contractor information of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the screen in the "approval approval mail" of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the data of the claim information of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the data of the restriction | limiting information of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

11 Purchaser terminal 13 Store terminal 15 Management server 17 Contractor terminal

Claims (8)

A purchaser terminal of the purchaser, a contractor terminal of a contractor who has made a use contract for the purchaser terminal, a store terminal installed in the store, and a management server capable of communicating with the store terminal and the contractor terminal; An article purchasing system using
(A) The purchaser terminal includes purchaser ID transmission means for transmitting the recorded purchaser ID to the store terminal,
(B) The store terminal
Purchaser ID acquisition means for acquiring a purchaser ID from a purchaser terminal of a purchaser who has applied for purchase of a predetermined article;
Purchase data generation means for generating purchase data based on the acquired purchaser ID and information on the article;
Purchase data transmission means for transmitting the generated purchase data to the management server;
When it is determined that the purchaser can purchase the item based on the purchase availability data received from the management server, the sales unit includes a sales unit that performs a sales process on the item,
(C) The management server
Contractor specifying means for specifying a contractor for the purchaser terminal based on purchase data received from the store terminal;
Inquiry data transmission means for transmitting inquiry data as to whether or not to approve purchase of the article based on the purchase data to the contractor terminal of the identified contractor;
Purchase permission data generation means for generating purchase permission data based on the approval permission data received from the contractor terminal;
Purchase possibility data transmission means for transmitting the generated purchase possibility data to the store terminal,
(D) The approval / disapproval data transmission means for transmitting approval / disapproval data indicating whether or not to approve the purchase of the article based on the purchase data in response to an instruction from the contractor to the management server. An article purchasing system characterized by comprising: A purchaser terminal having a purchaser, a contractor terminal of a contractor who has made a use contract for the purchaser terminal, and a management server constituting an article purchase system together with a store terminal installed in the store,
Contractor specifying means for specifying a contractor for the purchaser terminal based on purchase data received from the store terminal;
Inquiry data transmission means for transmitting inquiry data as to whether or not to approve purchase of the article based on the purchase data to the contractor terminal of the identified contractor;
Purchase permission data generation means for generating purchase permission data based on the approval permission data received from the contractor terminal;
A management server comprising: purchase permission / rejection data transmission means for transmitting the generated purchase permission / rejection data to the store terminal. Using a computer, a purchaser's terminal that the purchaser has, a contractor's terminal that has a contractor who has made a usage contract for the purchaser's terminal, and a management server that constitutes the article purchase system together with the store terminal that is installed in the store A program for causing a computer to configure the following means:
(a) a contractor identifying means for identifying a contractor associated with the purchaser terminal based on purchase data received from the store terminal;
(b) inquiry data transmission means for transmitting inquiry data as to whether or not to approve purchase of the article based on the purchase data to the contractor terminal of the identified contractor;
(c) purchase availability data generating means for generating purchase availability data based on the approval availability data received from the contractor terminal;
(d) Purchasing propriety data transmitting means for transmitting the generated purchasing propriety data to the store terminal. In the article purchasing system, management server or program according to claims 1 to 3,
The purchaser terminal and the contractor terminal are mobile phones, and use a telephone number as a purchaser ID. In the article purchasing system, management server or program according to claims 1 to 4,
The sales means in the store terminal generates billing data for collecting the price of the article and transmits it to the management server,
Upon receipt of the transmission, the management server charges the contractor for a fee based on the billing data. In the article purchasing system, management server or program of claims 1 to 5,
The management server transmits the inquiry data to the contractor terminal only when the amount of the article in the purchase data is a predetermined amount or more. In the article purchasing system, management server or program according to claims 1 to 6,
The management server transmits the inquiry data to the contractor terminal only when the type of article in the purchase data matches a predetermined type. A purchaser terminal of the purchaser, a contractor terminal of a contractor who has made a use contract for the purchaser terminal, a store terminal installed in the store, and a management server capable of communicating with the store terminal and the contractor terminal; A method for purchasing goods using
(A) The purchaser terminal includes a purchaser ID transmission step of transmitting the recorded purchaser ID to the store terminal,
(B) The store terminal
A purchaser ID acquisition step of acquiring a purchaser ID from a purchaser terminal of a purchaser who has applied for purchase of a predetermined article;
A purchase data generation step for generating purchase data based on the acquired purchaser ID and information on the article;
A purchase data transmission step of transmitting the generated purchase data to the management server;
When it is determined that the purchaser can purchase the item based on the purchase permission / inhibition data received from the management server, the sales step of performing a sales process for the item,
(C) The management server
A contractor identifying step for identifying a contractor associated with the purchaser terminal based on purchase data received from the store terminal;
An inquiry data transmission step of transmitting inquiry data as to whether or not to approve purchase of the article based on the purchase data to the contractor terminal of the identified contractor;
A purchase propriety data generation step for generating purchase propriety data based on the approval propriety data received from the contractor terminal;
A purchase approval / disapproval data transmission step of transmitting the generated purchase approval / disapproval data to the store terminal,
(D) an approval / disapproval data transmission step for transmitting approval / disapproval data indicating whether or not to approve the purchase of the article based on the purchase data to the contractor terminal upon receiving an instruction from the contractor; An article purchasing method characterized by comprising:

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