JP2016139249A - Point issue system with game function - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a point issue system with game function that can operate a game without using time and labor.SOLUTION: Client terminal means 1 is configured to instruct game providing means 2 an enforcement condition of a game, and the game providing means 2 is configured to prepare a game content on the basis of the instructed enforcement condition. Further, the client terminal means 1 is configured to instruct mail transmission means 4 a customer condition eligible for participation in the game, and transmit a mail having a game download URL described to attention of a mail address of a customer meeting the customer condition to the mail transmission means 4. Then, the customer receiving the mail with customer terminal means 3 clicks the URL to download the game, and executes the downloaded game. Point management means 7 is configured to add a point in accordance with a game result to be transmitted from the customer terminal means 3 to a point balance retained by the customer.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a system for attracting customers to a store such as a retail store, and more particularly to a point issuing system with a game function that provides a customer with service points according to game results by playing a game.

  Traditionally, in the distribution industry, in order to promote sales of products and services provided at retail stores, the winners randomly selected with a rotating lottery machine or lottery box called “Garapon” provided in the store Offers premiums and other services. Since such lottery machines are randomly selected, the number of scheduled winners may end early. For this reason, in order to equalize the winning timings throughout the lottery period, it is necessary to insert appropriate hit balls and hitting balls at an appropriate time.

  Therefore, in recent years, a service system has also been known in which a computer storing a game program is installed in a store to provide points to a customer who has executed a game (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  Also known is a service system that allows a server to give a point to a customer according to the game result by executing a game on the terminal device owned by the server even if the customer does not go to the store. (For example, refer to Patent Document 2).

JP 2002-183567 A JP 2003-44619 A

  However, installing such a lottery machine in a store requires a corresponding cost, and a lottery machine using a computer is necessary for implementing a game such as winning probability and lottery period (enforcement). To change (condition), it is necessary to rewrite the program, which is troublesome for the store. Further, in order to limit the qualifications of customers participating in the game, for example, it has been necessary to take time and effort to issue a lottery participation ticket according to the total amount of shopping on the day.

  From the above points, the present invention provides a point issuing system with a game function capable of operating a game without imposing a burden on the store side.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, a point issuing system with a game function according to the present invention is a point issuing system with a game function that provides a service according to a game execution result by a customer to the customer, and is installed at a store side. Client terminal means for instructing game enforcement conditions, game providing means for storing game content and creating the game based on the instructed enforcement conditions, and customers satisfying customer conditions for participation in the game A mail sending means for sending a mail describing a URL for downloading a game to a mail address of the user, and when the URL described in the received mail is clicked, the game created from the game server can be downloaded and executed Point for each customer corresponding to the email address Point management means for managing the game, and the customer terminal means transmits the game execution result and the mail address to the point management means, so that the point management means responds to the game execution result. Points are added to the stored point amount corresponding to the e-mail address.

  At this time, the client terminal means can instruct the game providing means of the winning probability of the game and the point score at the time of winning.

  The enforcement condition is one or a combination of an upper limit number of times that the game can be executed, a game provision end date, a game winning probability, or a point score that can be acquired by winning the game. The target for setting the customer condition may be any one of sales or attribute information for each customer or a combination thereof.

  Further, the store side extracts the email address of the customer who satisfies the customer condition from the sales data managed by the POS system of the store, and transmits it to the email transmission means.

  And the said game provision means, the said mail transmission means, and the said point management means are good in the server apparatus connected to a communication network. Thereby, in response to requests from a large number of stores, creation of a game for each store, distribution to the customer, and point addition processing to the customer of the game result can be performed.

  In the point issuing system with a game function according to the present invention, a customer goes to a store for a game in order to send a mail describing a URL for game down to the customer terminal means and play the game on the terminal means. , You can easily play the game without accessing the WEB site. Moreover, the store can provide a customer with a game for improving customer collection without preparing a lottery machine, and can set conditions for executing the game and conditions for a customer who can participate in the game based on the judgment of the store.

1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a point issuing system with a game function according to the present invention. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a point issuing system using a point issuing system with a game function according to the present invention. The example of the input screen of the game enforcement conditions displayed with a client terminal device is shown with a schematic explanatory drawing. The example of an input screen at the time of setting the customer condition of game participation in the shop side is shown with a schematic explanatory drawing. The example of the game screen currently displayed with the customer terminal device is shown roughly. The operation | movement sequence diagram which a server apparatus and a customer terminal device each perform when playing a game is shown.

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

  With reference to FIG. 1, a point issuing system with a game function according to the present invention will be schematically described. As shown in the figure, the point issuing system 100 with game function includes a client terminal unit 1 and a POS system 6 installed in each store 8, a game providing unit 2, and a customer terminal unit held by a customer of the store 8. 3, mail transmission means 4 for sending mail to customers, and point management means 7, which are connected via a communication network 5 including a mobile communication network and the Internet.

  The client terminal means 1 instructs the game providing means 2 on the game enforcement conditions and the customer conditions for participating in the game according to the respective stores 8.

  The game providing means 2 provides the game to the customer of the store 8 who has accessed the game providing web page from the customer terminal means 3. In this case, the game providing means 2 stores various game contents, and the stored game contents are customized by specifying the game type and enforcement conditions in the store 8 in advance by the client terminal means 1. The game created in this way is provided to store customers. The game type is, for example, a card game, bingo game, roulette, etc., and the enforcement conditions are the number of game implementations, the probability of winning the game, the game implementation period, and the like.

  The customer terminal means 3 is a mobile terminal device such as a smartphone 3A or a mobile phone 3B or a personal computer 3C held by a customer of the store 8, and has a mail function and game content distributed by the game providing means 2 Any terminal device having an executable operating environment may be used.

  The mail transmission unit 4 transmits a mail describing the URL for downloading the game by the game providing unit 2 to the customer's email address instructed from the store 8. Thereby, when the customer who has confirmed the mail by the customer terminal means 3 clicks this URL, the game providing means 2 is accessed, the game is downloaded to the customer terminal means 3, and the game is provided to the customer.

  A mail address to which the mail transmission means 4 transmits a mail is provided from the POS system 6 in the store 8. In this case, the POS system 6 extracts the mail address of the customer who satisfies the customer condition that can participate in the game according to the sales data managed for each customer, and transmits the extracted customer mail address to the mail transmitting means 4. . The customer condition is determined depending on whether the cumulative sales amount of each customer, the cumulative sales amount of the current month, or the total sales amount of the day is equal to or more than the amount set in advance at the store 8 side. Therefore, the mail transmission means 4 transmits a mail describing the URL for downloading the game to the mail address of the customer who satisfies the customer condition.

  Such a POS system 6 is a well-known system for point-of-sale management used in the store 8 and manages various pieces of processing by managing sales information input to each POS terminal. is there.

  Then, the game result executed by the customer at the customer terminal means 3 is transmitted from the customer terminal means 3 to the point management means 7. The point management means 7 manages service points to be given to customers who purchase products at the store. When the game result information is transmitted from the customer terminal means 3, bonus points corresponding to the result are sent. To the customer's account. The customer can receive services such as discounts and gift exchanges when the points reach a predetermined number.

  In the above description, the case where there is one store 8 is described. However, even if there are a plurality of stores, the game providing means 2 and the mail transmitting means 4 are instructed from the POS system 6 of each store 8. The game providing means 2 can provide a game by sending an e-mail describing the URL for downloading the game to the e-mail address.

  However, the plurality of stores 8 may include a plurality of affiliated stores that belong to the same business. In addition, there are cases where several affiliated stores are mixed with independent stores instead of one. In the case of such an affiliated store, when the same affiliated store performs a common game all at once, the game providing means 2 determines the game type and enforcement conditions by the client terminal means 1 of the affiliated headquarters. At the same time, the mail transmission means 4 is provided with a mail address from a POS system that collectively manages sales data of affiliated stores.

  The present invention will be described in detail with reference to the embodiment shown in FIG. The example in the figure shows a point issuing system with a game function for providing points to a customer based on a game execution result.

  In FIG. 2, the point issuing system 100 with a game function is held by the server device 10 arranged at the center side, the client terminal device 12 and the POS system 6 arranged at each of the plurality of stores 8, and the customers of the stores 8. And a customer terminal device 13 connected to each other via a communication network 25. When there are a plurality of stores 8 operated by the same management, the client terminal device 12 and the POS system 6 may be represented by one client terminal device 12.

  The server device 10 is operated by an application service provider (ASP), and the manager of the store 8 can provide a game to a customer of the store by a contract with the ASP. The server device 10 establishes and manages a communication connection unit 14 connected to the communication network 5, a game server 15 that creates and supplies a game, and a WEB site, and each of the customer terminal device 13 and the client terminal device 12. It is composed of a WEB server 16, a mail server 17, a database server 18, and a point management server 19 that realize a bidirectional communication function for transmitting a WEB page and receiving information.

  The database server 18 includes a game content DB 22 that stores game content such as card games, bingo games, and roulette.

  The point management server 19 stores and manages the point amount held by the point member customer for each store 8 in the point DB 23. Then, when a point score corresponding to the game execution result is sent from the customer terminal device 13, this point score is added to the accumulated point amount of the customer's account. At this time, the point member customer can check the point amount owned by the customer managed by the point management server 19 on the website by the point management server 19 accessing the WEB server 16 from the customer terminal device 13. It has become.

  In this example, such a point management server 19 is included in the server device 10 because it is managed by the game providing service provider. Therefore, this company provides both a game distribution service for customers and a proxy service for the point system of the store 8, but a point system is built for each store 8 separately from the game providing service provider. And may be managed. In addition, as described above, when several stores 8 are operated by the same management, a point management server may be set up in the management headquarters to construct a common point system at affiliated stores. .

  The POS system 6 in the store 8 is configured by connecting a store controller 6A and a plurality of POS terminals 6B through a LAN line in the same store, and manages sales information input to the POS terminal 6B. Various processes. Therefore, the store controller 6A transmits data to the server device 10 by real time or batch processing. However, when a common POS management is performed in a plurality of stores 8 under the same management, the mail address of the point member customer at the store 8 to which the store 8 belongs and the sales thereof are managed by the POS management server 60 that integrally manages the POS system 6 of each store 8. Data is transmitted to the server device 10.

  Hereinafter, the operation of the game function-added point issuing system 100 will be specifically described.

[Setting the game enforcement conditions]
When the store 8 plans to execute a game for a customer, the client terminal device 12 accesses the game setting website opened by the WEB server 16. Thereby, the WEB server 16 transmits a WEB page to the client terminal device 12 that has accessed, so that a game setting screen is displayed on the screen of the client terminal device 12.

  FIG. 3 shows an example of a game enforcement condition setting screen. In the game here, as shown in FIG. 5, by selecting one card from a plurality of flipped cards (in this example, 5 cards), the number displayed on the surface of the card is changed. This is the number of points earned by the customer.

  In each input field of such a card game setting screen, the input person from the client terminal device 12 is “game name”, “maximum number of times”, “number of displayed cards”, “end date / time”, “winning probability”. The game execution conditions are set by inputting “point score”.

  Here, if “5” is entered in the input field of “number of displayed cards”, a game with five cards shown in FIG. 5 is obtained. “Maximum number of times” is the maximum number of games that can be assigned to one member customer, “End date and time” is the end date and time of the game, and point member customers can play the game for the “upper number of times” from the date of receipt of the email to this time. It can be carried out.

  In each of the “winning probability” and “point score” input fields, the winning probability value and the point score value are input for each of the five cards. The “winning probability” here is a probability of displaying the “point score” that appears when the card is selected and the surface on which the points are displayed is opened. In the example shown in the figure, when the first card (C1 in FIG. 5) is selected, the “winning probability” is 50%, and “5” of the points is displayed corresponding to the “point score”. . Similarly, the second card (C2 in the figure) has a “winning probability” of 15%, the “point score” is “4”, and the third card (C3 in the figure) has a “winning probability” of 15. % Has a “point score” of “3”, the fourth card (C4 in the figure) has a “winning probability” of 20%, a “point score” of “2”, and a fifth card (in the figure) C5) is input so that “winning probability” is 100 and “point score” is “1”. Here, in this example, when the “winning probability” input for each card deviates, “1” of the participating points is displayed in “point score”. Therefore, when the card of C5 is selected, this card is set to always display “1” as the participation point.

  As such “probability of winning” and “point score”, any numerical value can be set directly from the store side on the screen of the client terminal device 12 or from the pull-down menu. And by clicking the “add details” button, it can be stored and managed in the POS system 6.

[Setting customer conditions for game participation]
Setting of customer conditions for participating in the game on the store 8 side is performed by an input operation on the setting screen shown in FIG. In this example of the setting screen, the target for setting the customer condition for participating in the game is determined by whether the sales data such as “Amount accumulated in the previous month”, “Delivery sales amount”, “Amount accumulated in the current month”, etc. has reached a predetermined amount. . For example, if the “daily sales amount” in one settlement is 1,000 yen or more, the game can be executed. Also, even if the settlement amount per transaction is less than 1,000 yen, if the “Previous Monthly Cumulative Amount” or the “Current Monthly Cumulative Amount” is greater than or equal to the predetermined amount, it is possible to play a game. Is set.

  Further, the target for setting the customer condition may be customer attribute information. The attribute information includes, for example, the “membership date” for the point member and the “rank” of the customer that the store classifies in advance by taking into account the sales results, etc. Gender or birth month. Then, such attribute information may be appropriately combined with customer sales data such as “previous month total amount”, “daily sales amount”, “current month total amount”, and the like.

  In addition, a specific member customer can be directly selected as a customer condition by inputting an e-mail address or a point card number. Furthermore, in affiliated stores that have stores in a plurality of regions, by selecting “used store”, it is possible to distribute emails only to customers registered in advance in the selected store.

  Such an input to the setting screen may be performed by either the client terminal device 12 or the POS system 6. The POS system 6 extracts the mail address of the customer that matches the customer condition and sends it to the mail server 17 by setting the customer condition that can participate in the game.

  In the above, the customer's e-mail address that matches the customer condition that can participate in the game at the store 8 is extracted and provided to the server device 10, but the server device 10 conforms to the customer condition specified by the store 8. It may be configured to extract the customer's email address. In this case, when the client terminal device 12 accesses the WEB page established by the WEB server 16, the input screen shown in FIG. 4 is displayed. Sent. At the same time, the POS system 6 of the store 8 is sent to the server device 10, and updated POS data is sent each time and managed by the database server 18. When the customer conditions are transmitted, the POS data changes to the customer conditions. Configured to extract matching customer email addresses.

[Start game]
When the game enforcement conditions are set on the WEB page by the client terminal device 12, the game server 15 creates a game in accordance with the game enforcement conditions input from the client terminal device 12 on the setting screen by the store 8 side. . In this case, the game server 15 selects the content of the designated game type from the game content stored in the game content DB 22 and sets the set “card display number”, “winning probability”, and “point score”. Create a game by reflecting each numerical value. In addition, the mail server 17 transmits a mail describing the URL for downloading the game to the mail address indicated from the store 8.

  FIG. 6 shows an operation sequence performed by the server device 1 and the customer terminal device 13 when the point member customer plays a game.

  On the server device 1 side, when the mail server 15 delivers the mail to the customer terminal device 13 of the point member customer who satisfies the customer participation condition for the game, the customer who wishes to start the game uses the URL displayed in the mail. click.

  By this click operation, URL click information is transmitted from the customer terminal device 13 to the game server 15. The URL click information includes unique identifier data of the customer terminal device 13, and the game server 15 adds the storage of the number of click operations for the identifier once.

  When the number of clicks, that is, the number of times the game has been executed is equal to or less than the “upper limit number” and before the “end date and time”, the game server 15 transmits the game content to the customer terminal device 13. Thereby, the customer can start the game downloaded on the screen of the customer terminal device 13.

  FIG. 5 shows an execution screen of the card game on the customer terminal device 13, and the card content is arranged so that five cards face down (FIG. 5A) are arranged, but the arrangement positions are random. Since programmed, the positions of the cards C1 to C5 are not fixed. Then, when the C2 card is clicked, the card is turned upside down (FIG. 5 (b)), and the number on the card surface at that time is the point score acquired by the customer. In this case, the selected card C2 is displayed with a “point score” of “4” with a preset “winning probability” of 15%. Although not shown, when the game content includes an animation that shuffles and places the cards face down when arranging the five cards upside down, the visual effect of the game increases.

  Then, from the customer terminal device 13, the point score of the game result and the mail address are transmitted to the server device 1, and the game ends. The point management server 19 adds the number of points acquired this time to the accumulated point amount stored in correspondence with the mail address.

  The next time the customer executes the game, by clicking the URL of the mail again, the game can be repeatedly downloaded until the “upper limit number” until the “end date”, and the game can be executed.

  As described above, according to the point issuing system with game function 100 described in detail, by accessing the WEB server 16 from the client terminal device 12 from the store side, the game execution conditions and the customer conditions for participating in the game are instructed on the WEB site. can do. Then, the game server 15 creates a game by customizing the game content stored in the game content DB 22 in advance based on the enforcement conditions, and the mail server 17 extracts the email address of the customer satisfying the customer condition, Send an email with the URL to download the customized game.

  Thereby, a bonus point can be provided to a specific point member customer through a game, and it can lead to improvement of the visit rate of a specific customer. In addition, since the customer can participate in the game simply by clicking the URL described in the email, it is possible to easily participate in the game without accessing the WEB site providing the game and entering the membership number etc. The participation rate in the game will also improve.

  The present invention is a point issuing system with a game function that provides a game to a customer via a communication network and increases the customer visit rate by providing the customer with a point according to the result of the game. Have sex.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Client terminal means 2 Game provision means 3 Customer terminal means 4 Mail transmission means 5 Communication network 6 POS system 7 Point management means 19 Point management server

Claims (6)

A point issuing system with a game function that provides a service according to a game execution result by a customer to the customer,
Client terminal means installed at the store side to instruct the game enforcement conditions;
Game providing means for storing game content and creating the game based on the instructed enforcement condition;
An email sending means for sending an email describing a URL for downloading a game to an email address of a customer that satisfies the customer requirements for participating in the game;
Customer terminal means capable of downloading and executing the game created from the game server when the URL described in the received email is clicked;
Point management means for managing the number of points for each customer corresponding to the e-mail address,
The customer terminal means transmits a game execution result and the mail address to the point management means, so that the point management means stores a point corresponding to the game execution result in correspondence with the mail address. A point issuing system with a game function, which is characterized by adding to the amount of points earned.   2. The enforcement condition is one or a combination of an upper limit number of times that the game can be executed, a game provision end date and time, a game winning probability, or a point score that can be acquired by winning the game. The point issuing system with the game function described.   The point issuing system with a game function according to claim 1, wherein the client terminal means is capable of instructing the game providing means of a winning probability of the game and a point score at the time of winning.   2. The point issuing system with a game function according to claim 1, wherein the target for setting the customer condition is any one of sales or attribute information for each customer or a combination thereof.   The said store side extracts the said mail address of the customer who satisfy | fills the said customer conditions from the sales data which the POS system of the said store manages, and transmits to the said mail transmission means. Point issuing system with game function as described in.   6. The point issuing system with a game function according to claim 1, wherein the game providing unit, the mail transmitting unit, and the point managing unit are server devices connected to a communication network.

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