JP2011043953A - Exhibition support system using cellphone and ic chip - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an exhibition support system using a cellphone and an IC (Integrated Circuit) chip, which manages reception of a visitor and manages visit history information to an exhibition booth, and retrieves exhibition information by the cellphone of the visitor. <P>SOLUTION: The exhibition support system using the cellphone and the IC chip includes: a means registering reception data into a visit history information DB when a center server 101 receives a UID or a reader ID stored in the IC chip embedded in the cellphone 30 or an IC card 31 of the visitor from an IC chip reader 231-234 of the exhibition booth 221-224 through an hall server 240; and a means or the like searching each DB based on an exhibition information retrieval request when receiving the exhibition information retrieval request from the cellphone 30 or a client 22 of the visitor, and transmitting information that satisfies a retrieval condition to a request source as the exhibition information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to a system that provides an opportunity for visitors and exhibitors to meet in an exhibition hall, and in particular, an IC (Integrated) possessed by visitors.
Circuit) A system that manages reception management and visit history information with a chip, a system that searches exhibition information of exhibiting companies, and a system that can download catalogs distributed by exhibiting companies on electronic media, and mobile phones and ICs It relates to an exhibition support system using chips.

In the industry, exhibitions are held to introduce products, services, and solutions offered by each company. 20,000 m ² scale exhibition of the size of the venue are also many held, a number of companies are provided with a booth. Visitors visit multiple booths to exchange business cards and receive catalogs.
In general, exhibitors exchange business cards with visitors who visit the booth, but there are many cases where more than hundreds of business cards are acquired during the exhibition period, and it is costly and labor intensive to manage business cards. . Visitors choose the booth they visit before visiting or after arriving at the exhibition hall, and visit the selected exhibition booth. However, there are cases where it is not possible to grasp the contents of the exhibition at the exhibition booth or the contents of the mini-seminar held at the exhibition booth simply by referring to the guide map of the exhibition.

  Therefore, as a means for solving the above problems, a system has been proposed in which visitors can use a card including business card information to provide business card information to exhibiting companies and request a catalog (see Patent Document 1). . In addition, a system has been proposed in which the visitor can make a more efficient booth visit by accurately determining the target of the visitor's individual interest and planning an optimal exhibition destination (see Patent Document 2). ).

JP 2004-152225 A JP 2007-48171 A

  However, in the invention described in Patent Document 1, the cost and trouble of issuing a card are generated. In the invention described in Patent Document 2, only a service for visitors is provided, and there is no service for exhibiting companies or sponsoring companies.

In view of the above situation, the present invention provides a mechanism for managing visitor reception management and visit history information to the exhibition booth, a mechanism for providing a product catalog of the visit booth to the visitors in an electronic medium, and a visitor's mobile phone. The purpose is to provide an exhibition support system using mobile phones and IC chips that makes it possible to search for exhibition information and to provide exhibitors with electronic business card information for visitors to the exhibition booth. And
It is another object of the present invention to provide a low-cost service by using a medium on which an IC chip is already mounted by a visitor, thereby reducing the cost and trouble of issuing the medium on which the IC chip is mounted.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides the following configurations.
In the invention according to claim 1, the center server includes a server in the hall installed in the exhibition hall,
With the client of the sponsoring company that hosts the exhibition,
With clients of exhibiting companies that will be exhibiting at the exhibition,
With clients of exhibition visitors,
It is connected to the mobile phone of the visitor via a network so that it can communicate freely.
A terminal provided with an IC chip reader and a scanner installed in a service registration office in the exhibition hall;
An exhibition support system using a mobile phone and an IC chip connected to an IC chip reader installed in an exhibition booth,
When the center server receives the UID and personal information of the IC chip embedded in the mobile phone or IC card owned by the visitor from the visitor's client before the visitor enters, the IC server receives the IC chip UID. Means for pre-registering in the DB, setting a visitor ID in the personal information and pre-registering in the personal information DB;
When the UID stored in the IC chip embedded in the visitor's mobile phone or IC card, read by the IC chip reader for the pre-registrant of the service registration office, is received via the in-venue server, personal information Means for updating the visit flag of the DB;
Individuals that are the UID of the IC chip embedded in the cell phone or IC card of the visitor read by the IC chip reader for the registrant on the day of the service usage registration office, and the business card information of the visitor read by the scanner When the information is received via the in-venue server, the UID of the IC chip is registered in the IC chip information DB and the personal information is registered in the personal information DB, respectively. A means of updating
When registration or update is completed, a means for creating a URL for accessing the mobile site dedicated to visitors,
Means for issuing an QR code including an ID and a password for accessing a dedicated mobile site and the URL, and transmitting the QR code to the terminal;
When a UID or reader ID stored in an IC chip built in a mobile phone or IC card owned by a visitor is received from the IC chip reader in the exhibition booth via the in-venue server, it is received in the visit history information DB Means for registering data;
Means for prompting a visitor to enter a visitor ID and password via a visitor dedicated site or a visitor dedicated mobile site when receiving an authentication request from a visitor's client or mobile phone;
Upon receiving the entered visitor ID and password from the visitor's client or mobile phone, the authentication process is performed based on the received visitor ID and password, and if correct, means for permitting connection;
Upon receiving an exhibition information search request from the visitor's client or mobile phone, the mini-seminar information DB, exhibitor company information DB and product information DB are searched based on the exhibition information search request, and information that matches the search conditions is used as exhibition information. Means for sending to the requester,
When the terminal receives a QR code including an ID, a password, and a URL for accessing the visitor-only mobile site, the terminal displays the QR code on the screen;
Means for outputting the QR code to an output device connected to the terminal,
The mobile phone reads a QR code output to the output device;
It is an object of the present invention to provide an exhibition support system using a mobile phone and an IC chip, characterized by comprising means for accessing a mobile site dedicated to visitors via a QR code.

  In the invention according to claim 2, when the center server receives a visit history display request from the visitor's client or mobile phone, the center server retrieves the visit history of the visitor from the visit history information DB by the visitor ID, and further The search result is searched from the electronic catalog DB to see if it includes the exhibitor ID and product ID corresponding to the catalog stored in the file server. If so, add the search result and request the search result. The exhibition support system using the mobile phone and the IC chip according to claim 1 is provided.

In the invention according to claim 3, when the center server receives an electronic catalog download request from the visitor's client or mobile phone, the center server searches a path of a file to be downloaded from the electronic catalog DB and corresponds to the path from the file server. Means for obtaining file data to be
Means for sending the acquired file data to the request source;
3. An exhibition support system using a mobile phone and an IC chip according to claim 1, further comprising means for registering history information in the catalog town history information DB simultaneously with transmission. It is.

In the invention according to claim 4, the center server includes a server in the hall installed in the exhibition hall,
With the client of the sponsoring company that hosts the exhibition,
With clients of exhibiting companies that will be exhibiting at the exhibition,
With clients of exhibition visitors,
It is connected to the mobile phone of the visitor via a network so that it can communicate freely.
A terminal provided with an IC chip reader and a scanner installed in a service registration office in the exhibition hall;
An exhibition support system using a mobile phone and an IC chip connected to an IC chip reader installed in an exhibition booth,
When the center server receives an authentication request from the exhibitor company client via the exhibitor company dedicated site provided by the center server, the center server inputs the exhibitor company ID and password for logging in to the site, and the entered exhibitor company ID is entered. And a process to authenticate based on the password and, if correct, allow the connection,
The mini-seminar information received from the client of the exhibiting company is registered in the mini-seminar information DB, the exhibiting company information is registered in the exhibiting company information DB, the product information is registered in the product information DB, and the electronic catalog information is registered in the electronic catalog DB. Means for transmitting the catalog data to the file server, means for notifying the client of the host company when registration and transmission are completed, and
Means for registering a product ID in the leader information DB when an application for use of an IC chip reader is made by a client of the exhibiting company;
When receiving an authentication request from a client of the hosting company via the hosting company dedicated site provided by the center server, the hosting company ID and password are input, and an authentication process is performed based on the input hosting company ID and password. Means to allow connection if correct,
When a confirmation request is received from the client of the host company, the mini-seminar information of the exhibiting company that requested the confirmation is displayed from the mini-seminar information DB, the exhibiting company information is displayed from the exhibiting company information DB, and the product information is cataloged from the product information DB. From the electronic catalog DB,
It is an object of the present invention to provide an exhibition support system using a mobile phone and an IC chip, comprising means for transmitting acquired information to a request source.

  In the invention according to claim 5, when the center server receives the electronic catalog downloader information inquiry request from the client of the exhibiting company, the center server obtains the visitor ID of the visitor who downloaded the electronic catalog of the target product from the catalog download history information DB. 5. An exhibition support system using a mobile phone and an IC chip according to claim 4, further comprising means for extracting and sending the business card information retrieved from the personal information DB to the request source using the extracted data as a key. Is to provide.

  In the invention according to claim 6, when the center server receives a visitor visit history inquiry request from a client of the sponsoring company, the center server searches the requested item from the visit history information DB and the personal information DB and requests a search result. An exhibition support system using a mobile phone and an IC chip according to claim 4 or 5, further comprising means for transmitting to the original.

  According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, when the center server receives a business card list creation inquiry request from a client of the sponsoring company, the center server acquires business card information from the visit history information DB and the personal information DB to obtain a business card for each IC chip reader. A list is created, encrypted and output, and when the list creation is completed, means for sending a business card list creation completion notification to clients of each exhibiting company is provided. An exhibition support system using the mobile phone and IC chip described in 1. is provided.

  The invention according to claim 8 is characterized in that, when the center server receives a business card list acquisition request from a client of an exhibiting company, the center server includes means for transmitting the business card list to a request source. An exhibition support system using a mobile phone and an IC chip is provided.

In the present invention, a mechanism for managing visitor reception management and visit history information to the exhibition booth, a mechanism for providing a product catalog of the visit booth to the visitors in an electronic medium, and exhibitor information on the visitor's mobile phone It will be possible to search and to provide exhibitor companies with computerized business card information of visitors to the exhibition booth. As a result, visitors can look back to which booth they went to and obtain the product catalog of the booth they visited on electronic media, so they do not have to bring back a heavy catalog. In addition, since the exhibiting company can acquire computerized business card information, it is possible to save the trouble of listing business cards in-house. In addition, the sponsoring company can count how many visitors have entered at which booth.
In addition, by using a medium on which an IC chip is already mounted, the cost and trouble of issuing the medium on which the IC chip is mounted can be saved, and an inexpensive service can be provided.

It is a figure which shows the system configuration example of the exhibition assistance system using the mobile phone and IC chip of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the system server of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a data structure of IC chip information DB of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a data structure of visit history information DB of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a data structure of personal information DB of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a data structure of leader information DB of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a data structure of mini-seminar information DB of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a data structure of exhibitor company information DB of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a data structure of product information DB of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a data structure of electronic catalog DB of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a data structure of catalog download log | history information DB of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the flow of operation | movement of the system for the sponsor company and exhibition company of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the flow of operation | movement of the system for the visitor of this invention. It is a flowchart showing the pre-registration process performed in the visitor's client of this invention. It is a flowchart showing the pre-registration process performed in the center server of this invention. It is a flowchart showing the service use registration process performed by the terminal for the day registrant of the use registration place of this invention. It is a flowchart showing the service use registration process performed in the terminal for preregistrants of the use registration place of this invention. It is a flowchart showing the service use registration process performed with the center server of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the visit history accumulation | storage process performed with the IC chip reader of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the visit history accumulation | storage process performed in the center server of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the search result of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the search process of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the visit history list | wrist of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the first half part of the procedure of the visit history list screen display of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the visitor visit history screen of this invention. It is a flowchart showing the file creation process for business card information provision of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a business card list file output of this invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings showing examples.
The server and the client are computers, and each of the means is a means realized by reading and executing a computer program necessary for the CPU of the computer, and sequence diagrams thereof are FIGS. 12 and 13. The flowcharts are shown in FIGS. 14 to 20, FIG. 22, FIG. 24 and FIG.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a system configuration example of the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, an in-venue server 240, a center server 101, a sponsoring company client 20, an exhibiting company client 21, a visitor client 22, and a base station 24 are connected to the network 10.
The center server 101 processes information collected from each of the clients 20 to 22 and the in-venue server 240, and provides information when receiving an inquiry from the mobile phone 30 via each of the clients 20 to 22 and the base station 24. .
The file server 102 stores electronic files of catalogs distributed by exhibiting companies and is connected to the center server 101.

In the exhibition hall 200, a server 240 in the hall is installed. The in-venue server 240 is connected to terminals 212 and 215 connected to the IC chip readers 231 to 234 of the exhibition booths 221 to 224 and the IC chip readers 213 and 214 of the service use registration place 210 in the exhibition hall 200. .
The IC chip readers 231 to 234, 213, and 214 arranged in the exhibition booths 221 to 224 and the service use registration place 210 read only a UID (user ID) from an IC chip described later of the visitor 23, and the server 240 in the hall To the center server 101. A plurality of IC chip readers 231 to 234 may be installed in the exhibition booths 221 to 224. The IC chip reader has an identifier called a reader ID so that it can be identified by a unique ID.

The terminals 212 and 215 arranged in the service use registration office 210 transmit the UID information read by the connected IC chip readers 213 and 214 and the business card information read by the scanner 211 to the in-venue server 240. Next, the visitor 23 is provided with a QR code including the visitor-only mobile site URL information sent from the center server 101 via the in-venue server 240.
The scanner 211 installed in the service usage registration office 210 reads business card information from the business card 32 of the visitor 23.
Basically, it is assumed that the visitor 23 has a mobile phone 30, an IC card 31, and a business card 32 in advance. In that case, in principle, the IC card 31 already used is used in the same manner as the mobile phone 30 and the business card 32. When the IC chip is built in the mobile phone 30, the IC card 31 can be replaced by the mobile phone 30. In the case of a pre-registrant, the business card 32 is not necessary.

The mobile phone 30 has a function of accessing a mobile site and a function of reading a QR code in addition to a telephone function and an e-mail transmission / reception function. Further, the mobile phone 30 may incorporate an IC chip. The visitor 23 uses the mobile phone 30 to access the mobile site, and browses exhibition information, visit history information, and the like.
The IC card 31 contains an IC chip. It is assumed that an identifier (UID) for uniquely identifying the visitor 23 as the owner is stored in the IC chip built in the mobile phone 30 or the IC card 31.

An embodiment of the system configuration of the center server 101 according to the present invention is shown in FIG.
The visitor information acquisition means M01 has a function of collecting the UID information and business card information of the IC chip of the visitor and managing them by associating them, and a function of managing the attendance of the visitors.
The dedicated mobile site URL creation means M02 creates a visitor's private mobile site (visitor dedicated mobile site) URL, creates a QR code from the created URL, and prints the QR code on a dedicated sheet. Has function.
The search means M03 searches the mini-seminar information DB (database, the same applies hereinafter) D05, the exhibiting company information DB D06, and the product information DB D07 for the exhibiting company information that matches the keyword input from the visitor 23, and the search result. It has a function of displaying (transmitting and displaying) on the mobile phone 30 of the visitor 23 and the client 22 of the visitor.

  The visit history management means M04 collects the visit booth of the visitor 23 based on the leader information DB D04, accumulates the visit information in the visit history information DB D02, and stores the visit history in the visitor 23 from the visit history information DB D02. The function of extracting and displaying the information on the mobile phone 30 of the visitor 23 and the visitor's client 22 and the catalog information of the electronic catalog that can be provided to the visitor from the electronic catalog DB D08 using the catalog providing means M10. It has a function to extract and a function to provide the host company with what kind of attributes the visitors have taken.

The visitor authentication means M05 inputs to the visitor 23 a function for issuing an ID and a password for accessing the visitor's personal mobile site or WEB site, and from the mobile phone 30 owned by the visitor 23 or the visitor's client 22 It has a function to authenticate the visitor's operation with the ID and password.
The business card information providing means M06 uses the visit history management means M04 to extract the visitor's business card information from the personal information DB D03 and create a booth visitor's business card information list for each exhibit product, It has a function to provide a visitor's business card information list.
The catalog downloader information providing means M07 has a function of providing business card information of visitors who downloaded the catalog from the catalog download history information DB D09 and the personal information DB D03.

  Exhibitor information registration / confirmation means M08 is a function for registering or correcting mini-seminar information, exhibitor company information, and product information in the respective databases D05 to D07 through an exhibitor-exclusive website, and a function for applying for use of an IC chip reader. It has a function to allow the sponsoring company to confirm the data stored in the mini seminar information DB D05, the exhibiting company information DB D06, and the product information DB D07 through the sponsoring company dedicated WEB site.

The sponsoring company authentication means M09 is a function for issuing an ID and password for accessing the sponsoring company dedicated WEB site to the sponsoring company, and a function for authenticating the operation of the sponsoring company by the ID and password input from the client 20 of the sponsoring company have.
The catalog providing means M10 has a function of providing an electronic catalog to the visitors 23, a function of accumulating in the catalog download history information DB D09 the time when the electronic catalog was downloaded and the information of the downloader.
The exhibiting company authentication means M11 accesses the exhibiting company dedicated WEB site by the function of issuing an ID and password for accessing the exhibiting company dedicated WEB site to the exhibiting company and the ID and password inputted from the exhibiting company client 21. It has a function to authenticate.

3 to 11 are examples of databases used in the present invention. Data managed by the present invention will be described using this example.
The IC chip information DB D01 manages the UID of the IC chip possessed by the visitor 23. Specifically, the data is as shown in FIG. In the embodiment, the visitor ID and UID are stored. Both the personal information DB D03 and the IC chip information DB D01 hold the visitor ID, and manage the IC chip UID and business card information in association with each other.

The visit history information DB D02 manages the history of exhibition booths visited by visitors. Specifically, the data is as shown in FIG. In the embodiment, the visitor ID, exhibitor company ID, product ID, and time are stored.
The personal information DB D03 manages the visitor's business card information. Specifically, the data is as shown in FIG. In the embodiment, a visitor ID, name, address, telephone number, company name, department name, title, and visit flag are stored. The visit flag is a flag indicating whether or not a visitor has actually visited.

The leader information DB D04 manages information of the IC chip readers 231 to 234 arranged in the exhibition booths 221 to 224. Specifically, the data is as shown in FIG. In the embodiment, a leader ID, an exhibiting company ID, and a product ID are stored.
The mini-seminar information DB D05 manages information on mini-seminar held by the exhibiting companies at the exhibition booths 221 to 224. Specifically, the data is as shown in FIG. In the embodiment, the mini seminar ID, exhibiting company ID, time, title, and contents are stored.

Exhibitor information DB D06 manages the contents of exhibitors. Specifically, the data is as shown in FIG. In the embodiment, an exhibition company ID, an exhibition outline, a company name, and a confirmation completion flag are stored. The confirmation completion flag is a flag indicating whether or not the registered content confirmation by the host company is completed. In the flag, 0 is registered when confirmation is not completed, and 1 is registered when confirmation is completed.
The product information DB D07 manages product information exhibited by exhibiting companies. In the case of an exhibiting company having a plurality of products, one main product is selected, and the main product flag of the data is set to 1 so that the main product of the exhibiting company can be known. Specifically, the data is as shown in FIG. In the embodiment, an exhibiting company ID, a product ID, a main product flag, a product name, and a product description are stored.

The electronic catalog DB D08 manages the path information of the electronic catalog file stored in the file server 102. Specifically, the data is as shown in FIG. In the embodiment, a catalog ID, exhibitor company ID, product ID, and file path are stored.
The catalog download history information DB D09 manages information on when and what kind of catalog the visitor downloaded. Specifically, the data is as shown in FIG. In the embodiment, the visitor ID, catalog ID, and time are stored.

Next, the operation of the system of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 12 shows the flow of use of the system for the sponsoring company and the system for the exhibiting company. The exhibiting company uses the exhibitor company client 21 to access the exhibiting company dedicated site, and when the center server 101 receives an authentication request from the exhibiting company, the center server 101 logs in to the site by the exhibiting company authentication means M11. The exhibitor company ID and password are input (F111), authentication processing is performed based on the input exhibitor company ID and password, and if correct, connection is permitted (F112). When the authentication process is completed, a function of registering exhibition information in the client 21 of the exhibiting company, a function of acquiring information on the electronic catalog downloader, and a function of acquiring business card information of visitors visiting the booth are provided.

  Prior to the exhibition, the exhibitor information, product information, and mini-seminar information are registered and an application for use of an IC chip reader is made (F113). This is because the mini-seminar information received from the client 21 of the exhibiting company by the exhibiting information registration / confirmation means M08 is transferred to the mini-seminar information DB D05, the exhibiting company information to the exhibiting company information DB D06, and the product information to the product information DB D07. The electronic catalog information is registered in the electronic catalog DB D08, and the electronic catalog data is transmitted to the file server 102. The application for use of an IC chip reader means that an application for a product ID of an electronic catalog provided to a visitor holding the IC chip is applied. When registering, an ID unique to each DB is set. When registration and transmission are completed, the client 20 of the sponsoring company is notified to that effect (F114). When the IC chip reader usage application is made, the center server 101 registers the product ID in the reader information DB D04 (F115). It is assumed that the reader ID has been registered by the system provider before providing the system.

  When the host company accesses the host company dedicated site using the client 20 of the host company and the center server 101 receives an authentication request from the host company, the center server 101 sends the host company ID to the host company using the host company authentication means M09. And the password are entered (F121), authentication processing is performed based on the entered host company ID and password, and if correct, connection is permitted (F122). When the authentication process is completed, it provides a function to confirm the exhibition information to the host company, a function to create a business card list, and a function to refer to the visit history of visitors.

  Upon receiving the notification F114, the sponsoring company confirms the exhibition information (F123). This is because the exhibition information registration / confirmation means M08 displays data in which the confirmation completion flag of the exhibition information DB D06 is 0. From the mini-seminar information DB D05, exhibitor information from the exhibitor information DB D06, product information from the product information DB D07, and catalog information from the electronic catalog DB D08. Obtain and transmit (F124). The sponsoring company calibrates the registered contents based on the data.

  FIG. 13 shows the flow of visitors using the system. If the exhibition visitor owns an IC chip reader, he / she uses it to check and register the UID of the IC chip to be brought on the day of the exhibition (F211). The registration is performed by the visitor information acquisition means M01, and the UID of the IC chip of the visitor is registered in the IC chip information DB D01 and the personal information is registered in the personal information DB D03. At that time, an ID unique in the personal information DB D03 is set and registered as a visitor ID. Pre-registration is not compulsory and it is possible to register at the venue on the day.

  On the day of the exhibition, a visitor who has pre-registered holds the IC chip registered in advance on the pre-registrant IC chip reader 214 installed for the pre-registrant in the service use registration place 210 (F221). The UID read in this way is transmitted to the center server 101 via the pre-registrant terminal 212 and the venue server 240 (F222). A visitor who has not registered in advance holds the IC chip over the IC chip reader 213 for the day registrant installed for the day registrant in the service use registration place 210 and causes the scanner 211 to scan the business card 32 (F221). The UID acquired by the IC chip reader 213 and the business card information read by the scanner 211 are transmitted to the center server 101 via the registrant terminal 212 and the venue server 240 on the day (F222).

  When the center server 101 receives the UID and business card information transmitted from the terminals 212 and 215 of the service usage registration office 210, the visitor acquisition means M01 determines the IC chip UID when the received data is unregistered. Personal information is registered in the personal information DB D03 in the DB D01. If registered, the visit flag of the personal information DB D03 is updated. When the registration or update is completed, a URL for accessing the visitor dedicated mobile site is created by the dedicated mobile site URL creating means M02 (F223).

Next, a QR code including an ID and a password for accessing the dedicated mobile site created by the visitor authentication means M05 and a URL for accessing the visitor dedicated mobile site created by the dedicated mobile site URL creating means M02 And the ID, password, and QR code are transmitted to the terminals 212 and 215 of the service use registration office 210 (F224). When receiving the QR code including the ID, password and URL for accessing the dedicated mobile site, the terminals 212 and 215 of the service use registration office 210 display them on the screen and at the same time connect the QR codes to the terminals 212 and 215. Output to output devices 216 and 217 such as printers.
The visitor reads the QR code displayed on the terminals 212 and 215 or the QR code output to the output devices 216 and 217 with a mobile phone, and the visitor's own mobile site (mobile site dedicated to visitors) via the QR code Can be accessed.

  Visitors hold the registered IC chip over the IC chip reader installed in the exhibition booth (F231). The IC chip reader reads the UID of the IC chip and transmits it to the center server 101 together with the reader ID of the reader (F232). When the center server 101 receives the UID, reader ID, and the like transmitted from the IC chip readers 231 to 234 installed in the exhibition booths 221 to 224, the center server 101 registers data in the visit history information DB D02 by the visit history management means M04.

  The visitor 23 uses the visitor's client 22 or the mobile phone 30 to access the visitor dedicated site. When the center server 101 receives an authentication request from the visitor 23, the visitor authentication means M05 visits the visitor 23. The user ID and password are input (F241), and the authentication process is performed based on the input visitor ID and password. If it is correct, the connection is permitted (F242). When the authentication process is completed, it provides visitors with a function to search for exhibition information, a function to display visit history, and a function to download an electronic catalog.

When the center server 101 receives the exhibition information search request (F243) from the visitor's client 22 or the mobile phone 30, the information that matches the search conditions is retrieved by the search means M03 as the mini seminar information DB D05, the exhibitor company information DB D06, and the product information. The information is sent from the DB D07 to the request source as exhibition information (F244).
When the center server 101 receives a visit history display request (F245) from the visitor's client 22 or the mobile phone 30, the visit history management means M04 searches the visit history of the visitor 23 from the visit history information DB D02 by the visitor ID. . Further, the search result is searched from the electronic catalog DB D08 whether or not the exhibition company ID and product ID corresponding to the catalog stored in the file server 102 are included, and if included, the search result is added to the search result. Is transmitted to the request source (F246).

When the center server 101 receives the electronic catalog download request (F247) from the visitor's client 22 or the mobile phone 30, the catalog providing means M10 searches the path of the file to be downloaded from the electronic catalog DB D08, and the file server 102 searches for the path. Is acquired and transmitted to the request source (F248). At the same time, history information is registered in the catalog town load history information DB D09.
When the visitor terminates the service available on the visitor-only site, the user logs out from the site (F249).

As shown in FIG. 12, when the center server 101 receives an electronic catalog downloader information inquiry request (F116) from the client 21 of the exhibiting company, the center server 101 uses the catalog download history information DB D09 by the catalog downloader information providing means M07. The visitor ID of the visitor who downloaded the electronic catalog of the target product is extracted, and the business card information retrieved from the personal information DB D03 is transmitted to the request source using the extracted data as a key (F117).
After the exhibition, the sponsoring company can refer to the visitor's visit history, which can be used for visitor analysis. When the center server 101 receives a visitor visit history inquiry request (F125) from the client 20 of the sponsoring company, the center server 101 receives items requested by the visit history management means M04 from the visit history information DB D02 and the personal information DB D03. And the search results are merged and transmitted (F126). The items that can be transmitted are items in which the visitor ID, the exhibitor company ID, and the product ID are excluded from the items of the visit history information DB D02, the personal information DB D03, the exhibitor company information DB D06, and the product information DB D07.

  After the exhibition, the exhibiting company can acquire the business card information of the visitors who visited the exhibition booth as a file, which can reduce the trouble of creating a business card list. When the center server 101 receives a business card list creation inquiry request (F127) from the client 20 of the sponsoring company, the visit history management means M04 creates a business card list for each IC chip reader, encrypts it, and outputs it (F128). This is realized by acquiring business card information from the visit history information DB D02 and the personal information DB D03 by the visit history management means M04. When the list creation is completed, a business card list creation completion notification is transmitted to each exhibiting company (F129). Upon receiving the business card list creation completion notification, the exhibiting company issues a business card list acquisition request (F130) to the center server 101. Upon receiving the business card list acquisition request, the center server 101 transmits the business card list to the request source (F131).

  FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a pre-registration process performed by the visitor's client 22. This is realized by the visitor information acquisition means M01, and first displays a pre-registration screen (S001). The visitor inputs the UID and business card information of the IC chip to be brought to the exhibition hall (S002, S003), presses the send button, and sends the registration information to the center server 101 (S004). Usually, the UID of an IC chip can be obtained by holding a card or mobile phone on which the IC chip is mounted over a commercially available IC chip reader.

  FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing a pre-registration process performed in the center server 101. This is realized by the visitor acquisition means M01, and first receives the UID and business card information transmitted from the visitor's client 22 (S011). The visitor ID is numbered (S012), the visitor ID and UID are registered in the IC chip information DB D01, and the visitor ID and personal information are registered in the personal information DB D03 (S013). At this time, 0 is registered as the visit flag.

  FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing a service use registration process performed at the same day registrant terminal 212 of the service use registration place 210. First, a registration screen for the day including an instruction to hold the IC chip over the IC chip reader is displayed (S101). When the visitor holds the IC chip over the IC chip reader, the UID of the IC chip is read by the reader (S102), and when the terminal 212 recognizes it, a reading completion screen is displayed (S103). The reading completion screen includes an instruction to scan a business card. When the visitor's business card information is read by the scanner 211 (S104), the terminal 212 recognizes it and displays a reading completion screen (S105). The read UID and business card information are transmitted to the center server 101 (S106).

  FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing a service use registration process performed at the pre-registrant terminal 215 of the service use registration place 210. First, a pre-registrant screen containing instructions for holding the pre-registered IC chip over the IC chip reader 214 is displayed (S111). When the visitor holds the IC chip over the IC chip reader 214, the UID of the IC chip is read by the reader 214 (S112). When the terminal 215 recognizes the UID, the reading completion screen is displayed (S113). (S114).

  FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing service use registration processing performed in the center server 101. This is realized by the visitor acquisition means M01. First, when the center server 101 receives the UID or UID and business card information (S121), the visitor ID corresponding to this UID is searched from the personal information DB D03 (S122). ). As a result of the search, if the corresponding UID exists, the visitor ID visit flag is changed to 1 (S123), and the process proceeds to S126. If there is no corresponding UID, the visitor ID is numbered (S124), the visitor ID and UID are registered in the IC chip information DB D01, and the visitor ID and personal information are registered in the personal information DB D03 ( S125). At this time, 1 is registered as the visit flag. When the processing of S123 or S125 is completed, the dedicated mobile site URL creation means M02 creates a URL for accessing the visitor dedicated mobile site using the visitor ID (S126), and issues a QR code from the data ( S127). Also, a password for accessing the dedicated mobile site is issued by the visitor authentication means M05 (S128).

  FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the visit history accumulation process performed by the IC chip readers 231 to 234 installed in the exhibition booths 221 to 224. When the visitor holds the IC chip over the IC chip reader, the IC chip reader reads the UID (S201), and transmits the UID and the IC chip reader ID to the center server 101 (S202).

  FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the visit history accumulation process performed in the host server 101. This is realized by the visit history management means M04. First, the UID and the reader ID are received from the IC chip reader installed in the exhibition booth (S211), and the time is acquired (S212). The visitor ID corresponding to the UID is acquired from the IC chip information DB D01, and the exhibitor company ID and product ID corresponding to the IC chip reader are acquired from the reader information DB D04 (S213, S214). The acquired visitor ID, exhibitor company ID, product ID, and time are registered in the visit history information DB D02 (S215).

  FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating an example of a search result. This is realized by the search means M03, and the search result is displayed as 503. When the company name 502 is selected, a link is made to a page where details of company information are described. The details of the company information exclude the mini seminar ID, exhibiting company ID, confirmation completion flag, and main product flag from the data registered in the mini seminar information DB D05, exhibiting company information DB D06, and product information DB D07. Refers to things. Visitors can enter a search keyword in the part 501 in the figure and press the search button 504 to search on the search result screen under new conditions.

  FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing a procedure of search processing performed in the center server 101. This is realized by the search means M03. When the search condition is received (S301), records corresponding to the search condition are acquired from the mini seminar information DB D05, the exhibiting company information DB D06, and the product information DB D07 (S302). . The exhibitor company ID and product ID corresponding to the visitor ID are acquired from the visit history information DB D02 (S303). Among the acquired data, an exhibitor company ID whose main flag is 1 is acquired (S304). The screen shown in FIG. 21 is displayed using the record acquired in S302 as a search result, and the record corresponding to the exhibiting company ID acquired in S304 is displayed at the top (S305).

  FIG. 23 is a diagram showing an example of a function screen for displaying a visit history of visitors. As in 602, the name of the exhibiting company of the visited exhibition booth and the time of the visit are displayed in time series. When you select an exhibitor name, you will be linked to a page that contains details of the company information. When the electronic catalog of the catalog distributed at the exhibition booth is registered in the file server 102, it is displayed that it can be downloaded as in 603. When this is selected, the electronic catalog can be downloaded.

  FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing the first half of the procedure for displaying the visit history list screen. This is realized by the visit history management means M04. First, when a display request for the visit history list screen is received (S401), the exhibitor company ID and product ID corresponding to the visitor ID of the visitor are visited history information. Obtained from the DB D02 (S402). All catalog IDs corresponding to this are acquired from the electronic catalog DB D08 (S403, S404), and the processing of S403, S404 is performed on the exhibitor company ID and product ID acquired in S402 (S405). The data acquired in S402 is sorted in order of time, and a screen as shown in FIG. 23 is displayed. If the catalog ID can be acquired in S403, it can be seen that the electronic catalog can be downloaded as indicated by reference numeral 603 in FIG.

  FIG. 25 is an example of a visitor visit history screen. Reference numerals 701 to 704 denote item title portions, and display items can be selected in a pull-down format. When display items are determined as in 701 to 704 and a display button 705 is selected, business card information is displayed.

  FIG. 26 is a flowchart showing a business card information provision file creation process. This file is created for each product of the exhibiting company. This is realized by the business card information providing means M06. When a business card list creation request is received (S501), the processes of S502 to S511 are repeated for the number of exhibiting company IDs registered in the exhibiting company information DB D06. The processes of S503 to S510 are repeated for the number of product IDs corresponding to the exhibiting company ID. First, the visitor ID corresponding to the exhibiting company ID is acquired from the visit history information DB D02 (S502). A visitor ID corresponding to the product ID is acquired from the acquired data (S503) and sorted by the visitor ID (S504). The process of S505 is performed on all the sorted data. The process of S505 is a process of determining whether the visitor ID of the previous record is the same as the previous record. If the visitor ID is the same, the number of records is incremented (S506). By storing the number (S507), the number of duplicate visitor IDs is counted. The personal information corresponding to all the visitor IDs acquired in S503 is extracted from the personal information DB D03 without duplication (S508), and the personal information and the number of records stored in S507 are encrypted and output to a file (S509).

FIG. 27 is a diagram showing an example of business card list file output, which is output in the process of S509 of FIG.
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.
When an IC chip or QR code is mounted on the business card 32, the IC chip or QR code can be read and stored in the personal information DB D03 by providing the reading function as a business card information reading means. . The stored information is output to the business card list together with the business card information to provide information to exhibiting companies.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Network 20 Client of sponsor company 21 Client of exhibitor 22 Client of visitor 23 Visitor 30 Visitor of mobile phone 31 IC card 32 Business card 101 Center server 102 File server 200 Exhibition hall 210 Service use registration place 211 Scanner 212,215 Terminal 213 214, 231 to 234 IC chip readers 216 and 217 Output devices 221 to 224 Exhibition booth 240 Server in the hall

Claims (8)

A center server installed in the exhibition hall,
With the client of the sponsoring company that hosts the exhibition,
With clients of exhibiting companies that will be exhibiting at the exhibition,
With clients of exhibition visitors,
It is connected to the mobile phone of the visitor via a network so that it can communicate freely.
A terminal provided with an IC chip reader and a scanner installed in a service registration office in the exhibition hall;
An exhibition support system using a mobile phone and an IC chip connected to an IC chip reader installed in an exhibition booth,
When the center server receives the UID and personal information of the IC chip embedded in the mobile phone or IC card owned by the visitor from the visitor's client before the visitor enters, the IC server receives the IC chip UID. Means for pre-registering in the DB, setting a visitor ID in the personal information and pre-registering in the personal information DB;
When the UID stored in the IC chip embedded in the visitor's mobile phone or IC card, read by the IC chip reader for the pre-registrant of the service registration office, is received via the in-venue server, personal information Means for updating the visit flag of the DB;
Individuals that are the UID of the IC chip embedded in the cell phone or IC card of the visitor read by the IC chip reader for the registrant on the day of the service usage registration office, and the business card information of the visitor read by the scanner When the information is received via the in-venue server, the UID of the IC chip is registered in the IC chip information DB and the personal information is registered in the personal information DB, respectively. A means of updating
When registration or update is completed, a means for creating a URL for accessing the mobile site dedicated to visitors,
Means for issuing an QR code including an ID and a password for accessing a dedicated mobile site and the URL, and transmitting the QR code to the terminal;
When a UID or reader ID stored in an IC chip built in a mobile phone or IC card owned by a visitor is received from the IC chip reader in the exhibition booth via the in-venue server, it is received in the visit history information DB Means for registering data;
Means for prompting a visitor to enter a visitor ID and password via a visitor dedicated site or a visitor dedicated mobile site when receiving an authentication request from a visitor's client or mobile phone;
Upon receiving the entered visitor ID and password from the visitor's client or mobile phone, the authentication process is performed based on the received visitor ID and password, and if correct, means for permitting connection;
Upon receiving an exhibition information search request from the visitor's client or mobile phone, the mini-seminar information DB, exhibitor company information DB and product information DB are searched based on the exhibition information search request, and information that matches the search conditions is used as exhibition information. Means for sending to the requester,
When the terminal receives a QR code including an ID, a password, and a URL for accessing the visitor-only mobile site, the terminal displays the QR code on the screen;
Means for outputting the QR code to an output device connected to the terminal,
The mobile phone reads a QR code output to the output device;
An exhibition support system using a mobile phone and an IC chip, comprising means for accessing a mobile site dedicated to visitors via a QR code.   Upon receiving a visit history display request from the visitor's client or mobile phone, the center server searches the visit history of the visitor by visitor ID from the visit history information DB, and further stores the search result in a file server. The electronic catalog DB is searched for whether or not the exhibiting company ID and product ID corresponding to the catalog being included are included, and if included, the search result is added and the search result is transmitted to the request source. The exhibition support system using a mobile phone and an IC chip according to claim 1. When the center server receives an electronic catalog download request from the visitor's client or mobile phone, the center server searches a path of a file to be downloaded from the electronic catalog DB, and obtains file data corresponding to the path from the file server; ,
Means for sending the acquired file data to the request source;
3. The exhibition support system using a mobile phone and an IC chip according to claim 1, further comprising means for registering history information in the catalog town history information DB simultaneously with the transmission. A center server installed in the exhibition hall,
With the client of the sponsoring company that hosts the exhibition,
With clients of exhibiting companies that will be exhibiting at the exhibition,
With clients of exhibition visitors,
It is connected to the mobile phone of the visitor via a network so that it can communicate freely.
A terminal provided with an IC chip reader and a scanner installed in a service registration office in the exhibition hall;
An exhibition support system using a mobile phone and an IC chip connected to an IC chip reader installed in an exhibition booth,
When the center server receives an authentication request from the exhibitor company client via the exhibitor company dedicated site provided by the center server, the center server inputs the exhibitor company ID and password for logging in to the site, and the entered exhibitor company ID is entered. And a process to authenticate based on the password and, if correct, allow the connection,
The mini-seminar information received from the client of the exhibiting company is registered in the mini-seminar information DB, the exhibiting company information is registered in the exhibiting company information DB, the product information is registered in the product information DB, and the electronic catalog information is registered in the electronic catalog DB. Means for transmitting the catalog data to the file server, means for notifying the client of the host company when registration and transmission are completed, and
Means for registering a product ID in the leader information DB when an application for use of an IC chip reader is made by a client of the exhibiting company;
When receiving an authentication request from a client of the hosting company via the hosting company dedicated site provided by the center server, the hosting company ID and password are input, and an authentication process is performed based on the input hosting company ID and password. Means to allow connection if correct,
When a confirmation request is received from the client of the host company, the mini-seminar information of the exhibiting company that requested the confirmation is displayed from the mini-seminar information DB, the exhibiting company information is displayed from the exhibiting company information DB, and the product information is cataloged from the product information DB. From the electronic catalog DB,
An exhibition support system using a mobile phone and an IC chip, comprising means for transmitting acquired information to a request source.   Upon receiving an electronic catalog downloader information inquiry request from a client of an exhibiting company, the center server extracts a visitor ID of a visitor who has downloaded the electronic catalog of the target product from the catalog download history information DB, and uses the extracted data as a key. 5. The exhibition support system using a mobile phone and an IC chip according to claim 4, further comprising means for transmitting the business card information retrieved from the personal information DB to the request source.   The center server includes means for searching for a requested item from the visit history information DB and the personal information DB and transmitting the search result to the request source upon receiving a visitor visit history inquiry request from a client of the sponsoring company. 6. An exhibition support system using the mobile phone and IC chip according to claim 4 or 5.   Upon receiving a business card list creation inquiry request from a client of the sponsoring company, the center server obtains business card information from the visit history information DB and personal information DB, creates a business card list for each IC chip reader, and encrypts it. The mobile phone and IC according to any one of claims 4 to 6, further comprising means for outputting a business card list creation completion notification to a client of each exhibiting company upon completion of output and list creation. Exhibition support system using chips.   8. The mobile phone and the IC chip according to claim 7, wherein the center server includes means for transmitting the business card list to a requester upon receiving a business card list acquisition request from a client of an exhibiting company. Exhibition support system.