JP2001306678A - Portable use system, point integrating method for portable use system, and portable terminal and server - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable use system which enables individual mileage services wherein mileage service reception distances are connected to various passenger transportation business, a point integrating method for the portable use system, and a portable terminal and a server by allowing a mileage service receiver to carry a portable terminal with a position detecting function and tracing position information sent from it in time series. SOLUTION: When the portable use system specifying the geographic position where the portable terminal is present is used, the movement path of the portable terminal is recognized during the use of a passenger transporting means which transports the passenger carrying the portable terminal, movement points for providing services thereafter are computed from the length of the path, and the cumulative value of the computed movement points is stored in a storage means to accurately specify the movement path and actualize various mileage services.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable use system for receiving a transportation service provided by a passenger transportation business using a portable terminal, and more particularly, to a railway, a bus,
The present invention relates to a mobile use system, a point accumulating method of the mobile use system, a mobile terminal, and a server that can realize a transport service of each type of business according to a transport distance of a passenger using a taxi, an airplane, a ship, or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in the air transportation business, when a passenger purchases an air ticket in order to provide services to passengers who have used the air transportation service in accordance with the usage status of the passenger transportation distance such as the travel distance. Mileage services for adding points are known.

[0003]

However, the current mileage services are: (1) Generally, the mileage service is limited to the aviation business, which has a long transportation distance, is expensive and easily manages passengers, and is used for other railway business, bus business, It is difficult to apply to the transportation business such as taxi business, which is relatively short distance, and it has not been possible to realize a composite mileage service combining these.

(2) When considering the use of transfer between transportation businesses for realizing a composite mileage service, realization of the mileage service becomes difficult due to the transfer between different transportation businesses, and provision of the mileage service becomes difficult. However, there are restrictions such as points being added before receiving the mileage service.

(3) In the case where the mileage service is applied to a transportation business in which tour buses and flat-rate transportation are performed, the points for the mileage service become inappropriate because the transportation distance of the passenger is not proportional to the transportation amount.

(4) Since the point addition status is notified after use, there is a problem that the mileage service points can be recognized only at a later date.

Therefore, the present invention provides a mileage service receiver having a portable terminal with a position detection function and tracing the position information transmitted from the terminal in a time series, so that the mileage service reception distance and various passenger transportation businesses can be exchanged. A mobile usage system that enables individual mileage services to be connected, a point accumulation method for the mobile usage system,
It is intended to provide a mobile terminal and a server.

[0008]

According to the present invention, when data is managed by specifying the geographical change position where the portable terminal is located, the travel route of the portable terminal carried by the passenger while using the passenger transportation means. Is recognized, and a moving point at which a service is provided ex post facto is calculated in accordance with the length of the recognized moving route, and the accumulated value of the calculated moving points is stored in the storage means.

[0009] For this reason, each time the passenger uses the passenger transportation means, the travel points are stored in the storage means, and by reading the accumulated value of the stored travel points,
At any time, the accumulated status of the moving points can be grasped.
In particular, since the travel route of the mobile terminal and its length can be recognized, an accurate travel point according to the transport distance can be obtained,
Based on this, an appropriate mileage service can be obtained.

[0010] In another invention, if the setting is made so that the moving points determined for each passenger transportation means are stored, not only the aviation business but also all other transportations such as a railway business, a bus business, a taxi business and a ship business. Can be widely applied to business. Further, the present invention is not limited to the mileage service of a single passenger transportation business, but can also realize a composite mileage service combining other passenger transportation businesses.

In another aspect of the invention, when data is managed by specifying a geographical change position where the portable terminal is located, the use start input means inputs the start of use of the passenger transportation means and the use end input means inputs the end of use. Is input, the travel route of the passenger transportation means from the start of use to the end of use is recognized, and the storage point is set to store the cumulative value of the travel points obtained by the calculation means corresponding to the route. By using the point accumulation method of the portable use system described above, it is possible to store the accumulated value of the movement points according to the movement route from the start to the end of use of the passenger transportation means. Therefore, even if the traveling route is a traveling route using the cyclic transportation means or a traveling route using the transfer, the traveling route at that time can be accurately grasped and an appropriate mileage service can be realized.

According to another aspect of the invention, when the portable terminal is provided with a display means for displaying a moving point, the passenger can easily know the current mileage service at a glance of the displayed contents.

[0013] In another aspect of the invention, the moving point system of the passenger transportation means is stored, the ID of the portable terminal and the traveling route of the passenger transportation means are stored in correspondence with the ID, and the fare system and the traveling method of the passenger transportation means are stored. If a server is used to calculate the moving point from the route and store the obtained moving point in association with the ID of the portable terminal, the moving point can be easily transmitted and received via this server. it can. Further, in this case, the movement route of the mobile terminal and the mobile terminal itself can be clearly identified and managed from the ID added to the mobile terminal.

[0014] Here, as a portable use system, GPS
(Position Information System) or PHS (Personal Handy Phone System) function is used to specify the geographical position of the portable terminal. In addition, as the mobile terminal, a medium for performing non-contact communication such as a mobile phone and a non-contact card is used.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. The drawing shows an example in which the portable use system is applied to a railway business. As shown in FIG. 1, the portable use system of the railway business uses an intranet 12A, 12B, 12C, 12D of each station via the Internet 11 as shown in FIG.
Are connected so as to be able to communicate with each other.

The fare management server 13 for managing the fare data D1 includes:
An ID management server 14 for managing terminal ID data D2,
A position management server 15 for managing path data (not shown) obtained based on the position data D3 and the moved position.
And a balance management server 16 for managing the balance data D4 of the sales amount.
By sharing 2A... With each other, effective operation can be achieved. For example, by connecting the income and expenditure management server 16 to a bank online, it is possible to automatically perform a deduction such as automatically deducting a use fare from a passenger's financial account.

FIG. 2 shows an example of a specific system configuration for constructing the A-station intranet 12A. (1) First, the fare data D1 managed by the fare management server 13 includes: a, freight data created b; In addition to (route-specific data), the fare (sales data) is calculated from the fare data. c, transmission and reception of fare data from outside the company (at fare revision) d, transmission and reception of position data (for position management server) e, transmission of sales data (for income management server) f, transmission of settlement amount to terminal .

As described above, since the data for calculating the fare equivalent to the transportation service is managed, the fare can be calculated even if the passenger rides across the companies sharing the fare data.

(2) Similarly, the terminal ID data D2 managed by the ID management server 14 includes: a, management of terminal ID (negative check data such as loss and settlement ability) b, ID check (loss and settlement ability etc.) c, transmission / reception of ID check results to / from the terminal d, management of transmission / reception of ID data to / from outside the company (when updating ID data).

[0020] In this way, the passenger holding the ID data is treated as reference data for judging whether or not it is possible to receive the transportation service (presence or absence of settlement ability). Even if you get on a vehicle, it will be treated properly by mutual communication.

(3) Similarly, the route data calculated based on the position data D3 and the moved position managed by the position management server 15 are: a, management of position data received from the terminal and outside the company b, reception of data from the terminal and outside the company C, transmission of route-specific data (route confirmation data) to the terminal d, creation of route-specific (OD data) e, management of transmission / reception of location data and route-specific data to / from outside the company.

Thus, by detecting the current position of the passenger via the terminal and tracing the position data in chronological order, the moving position can be confirmed and the transport distance can be measured.

(4) Similarly, the income and expenditure data D4 managed by the income management server 16 includes: a, reception of sales data (to the operation management server) b, creation of a sales report c, transmission and reception of sales data of other companies from outside the company ( D) Manage reception and management of store sales data.

As described above, the settlement amount corresponding to the transportation distance of the passenger is calculated from the fare data described above.

(5) Further, Station A intranet 12A
The functions of the portable use system 17 connected to the server include a, transmitting the boarding start information or the getting off completion information to the server, b, a settlement approval notice c, and a warning (or blocking) function for a passenger who cannot board the vehicle.

The A station intranet 12A transmits to the portable use system 17 a, notification of boarding OK or NG, b, route confirmation at the time of getting off c, notification of settlement amount d, notification of settlement approval presence / absence.

Next, when a mobile terminal (mobile terminal) 18 such as a mobile phone used for getting on and off is used by connecting to the station A intranet 12A and the mobile usage system 17 by communication, (6) The mobile terminal 18 It has a GPS function. A. It communicates with the satellite 19 using the GPS function to acquire current position data, and allows connection to the station A intranet 12A and the Internet 11. b, Railway information is acquired from the A station intranet 12A, and ID data and position data are transmitted from the portable terminal 18. c, the position data and the I
Transmit the D data.

In addition, the following servers can be added as options. (7) Passenger information server a, location data reception (location management server) b, sales data reception (past purchase results, etc.) c, distribution of guidance information to terminals d, trace of distribution of past guidance information Manage data creation.

(8) Customer information management server (the following information is stored in a database for each ID) a, route-specific data b, sales data (purchase history data) c, guidance information distribution results d, customer analysis ( ID attributes).

When such an optional server is added, data management with higher accuracy can be achieved.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration when the mobile terminal 18 is used for boarding.
First, the portable terminal 18 is connected to the Internet 11 for communication, and an application for using a train is downloaded from an upper level and initialized. Next, the passenger ID data is transmitted to the company A intranet 32 via the station service antenna 31 installed near the station service.

The passenger ID data is similarly transmitted to the company A intranet 32 via the boarding gate 33.

The company A's intranet 32 receives the
Check the D data and confirm that this ID data is OK or N
The judgment result of G is returned as a reply. At this time, if it is OK, the boarding gate 33 is opened and traffic is allowed, and when it is determined as NG or when there is no notification of ID data from the ID management server, traffic is restricted.

The boarding gate 33 has a gate function for permitting / blocking entry, and when applied to a bus business system or a taxi business system, this gate function is unnecessary.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the portable terminal 18 when the user gets off the vehicle.
The passenger transmits the passenger ID data set in the portable terminal 18 to the A via the station service antenna 41 installed near the station service.
To the company intranet 32.

In response to this, the company A intranet 32 transmits the route confirmation data used by the ride and the settlement amount to the station service antenna 4.
If the passenger answers the display screen of the passenger's portable terminal 18 via 1 and sees and approves the answer data, the settlement approval data is transmitted from the portable terminal 18 to the company A's intranet 32 again.

Subsequently, the ID data of the disembarking passenger is transmitted to the disembarking gate 42, and upon receiving the ID data, the disembarking gate 42 determines whether or not the disembarkation customer's settlement approval data has already been transmitted from the company A intranet 32. NG is determined. If it is OK, the alighting gate 42 is opened and traffic is allowed. When it is determined that the vehicle is NG, or when there is no notification of ID data from the ID management server, the traffic is restricted. Finally, when you get off the train and use it,
The mobile terminal 18 ends the application mode of using the train for the Internet 11.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration during boarding using the portable use system. In advance, the portable terminal 18 loads an application for mutually handling the ID data and the position data between the upper terminal (the company A intranet 32). After that, the mobile terminal 18 is in a state of waiting for a data request from the host.

When a passenger carrying the portable terminal 18 gets on the train 51 and then approaches the destination station 52, the passenger is connected to a station service antenna 53 installed near the station and communicates therewith. , A request signal for position data of the mobile terminal 18 is detected from the intranet 32 of the upper company A. When detecting the request signal for the position data, the portable terminal 18 transmits the passenger ID data and the position data to the company A intranet 32 based on the signal.

In response to this, the company A intranet 32 responds to the onboard passenger with the boarding route confirmation data and the settlement amount to the onboard passenger and ends the settlement procedure using the train at a remote location. be able to. In this case, since the settlement amount of the passenger can be data-processed while using the boarding with few movements of the people in the train, the settlement can be completed efficiently.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of another embodiment of the present invention during boarding using the portable use system. Also in this case, as described in FIG. In addition, the mobile terminal 18 is loaded with an application that handles the position data and the data, and the mobile terminal 18 is in a state of waiting for a data request from the host.

In this case, the system is suitable for communication when the number of people transported at one time is large. A train 61 with a GPS function is mounted on a train 61, and the train antenna 62 is mounted via the mounted train antenna 62. When approaching the destination station 63, it communicates with the satellite 19 to obtain position data based on the GPS function, and communicates and connects with a station antenna 64 installed near the station. A request signal for position data of the mobile terminal 18 is detected from the upper company A intranet 32. When the request signal for the position data is detected, the mobile terminal 1
8 transmits the passenger ID data and the position data to the company A intranet 32, and can complete the data processing of the settlement amount while using the boarding on the train.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the configuration of another embodiment during boarding using the portable use system. In this case as well, as previously described with reference to FIGS. In this case, the data is set by loading an application that handles ID data and position data mutually, and the mobile terminal 18 thereafter waits for a data request from the host.

In this case, the system is suitable for a case where a large number of people are transported at one time and the vehicle travels underground such as a subway where communication is difficult. When the train 71 approaches the destination station 72, the system is installed near that station. First, the communication is connected to the designated intermediary antenna 73, connected to the regular station service antenna 74 via the intermediary antenna 73, and further connected to the upper company A intranet 32 via the regular station service antenna 74. , From the top A company intranet 32 to the mobile terminal 18
A request signal for the position data is detected. Upon detecting the request signal for the position data, the mobile terminal 18 transmits the ID data and the position data of the passenger to the company A intranet 32 based on the request signal, and performs the data processing of the settlement amount while using the boarding on the train. Can be completed. In addition, the position of the regular station service antenna 74 is determined by the GPS function.
And the position data is accurately detected.

FIG. 8 shows a configuration diagram in which the portable use system is applied to a combined transportation business constructed by combining a plurality of transportation businesses. Each transportation business set for each specific area, for example, the A group bus company route 81 Is connected to the intranet 81N of the same line to use the Internet, Company A railway line 82 is connected to the intranet 82N of the same line to use the Internet, and Company B railway line 83 is connected to the intranet 83N of the same line to use the Internet. A
The company railway group airline route 84 is connected to an intranet 84N of the route and uses the Internet.

In this case, the acquired position data is transmitted via the satellite 19 to the intranets 81N to 84N for each transportation business. Each intranet 81N-84N
After the location data is managed by the location management server, data for each transportation route is created. The created data for each route is transmitted and received between intranets 81N to 84N... For each transportation business via the Internet 85, and data management is performed. By totaling these data, the entire transportation route from the start of boarding to the final getting off is obtained. Data is created.

A service to be added as mileage points can be provided from the created route data. In the ride use of FIG. 8, since the train 86 on the company A railway route 82 and the airplane 87 on the company A railway group airline route 84 are used, mileage points are added only for the railway company A company.

As a result, when the portable use system is applied to the multi-modal transportation business, the transportation route from the past to the present can be definitely determined. Or mileage service area that exceeds the type of business.

In particular, it is possible to recognize the travel route of the portable terminal carried by the passenger while using the vehicle, and store and manage the cumulative value of travel points for providing services ex post according to the length of the travel route. Execute mileage service based on the accumulated value. For example, as a part of the ex-post mileage service, a service such as a free ride service and provision of a small gift is provided.

Further, since the moving points are stored and managed for each use of the boarding, by reading the accumulated value of the stored moving points, the accumulated state of the moving points can be grasped at any time. Therefore, an accurate moving point according to the transport distance can be obtained, and a mileage service according to the moving point can be set accurately.

When calculating the moving points, the position management server calculates and calculates the moving points from the moving point system of the transportation route and the moving route corresponding to the ID of the portable terminal. It is stored in association with the terminal ID. The moving point can be obtained by reading out the moving point from the memory of the location management server in addition to calculating the moving point by the server.

As described above, if the setting is made to store the moving points determined for each transportation business, the transportation points are not limited to the aviation business, but are widely used in all other transportation businesses such as the railway business, the bus business, the taxi business, and the ship business. Can be applied. Further, the present invention is not limited to the mileage service of only a single passenger transportation business, but can also realize a composite mileage service combining other various transportation businesses.

Further, since the passenger is operated to input the start of use and the end of boarding, and the data is managed from the start of use to the end of use, the travel route using the traveling business of the traveling system or the transfer route using the transfer is used. Even if there is, it is possible to accurately grasp the moving route at that time and realize an appropriate mileage service.

FIG. 9 shows an example of a display screen of the mileage points 92 to be displayed and guided on the display device 91 of the portable terminal 18. The display screen of such mileage points 92 is set so that it can be displayed and guided at any time at the request of the passenger. are doing. In this way, the passenger can easily know the current mileage point 92 at a glance.

In correspondence between the present invention and the configuration of the above-described embodiment, the passenger transport means of the present invention corresponds to each of the trains 51, 61, 71, 86 and the airplane 87 of the embodiment, and similarly in the following. The storage means corresponds to the fare data D1, the ID data D2, the position data D3, the balance data D4 of the various servers, and the portable terminal 18, and the server and the calculating means correspond to the fare management server 13, the ID management server 14, The use start input means and use end input means correspond to the position management server 15 and the income management server 16, and the portable terminal 1
8 and the display means corresponds to the display 91, but the present invention can be applied based on the technical idea described in the claims, and is not limited to only the configuration of the above-described embodiment. Absent.

[0056]

According to the present invention, since the moving route of the portable terminal can be recognized, an accurate moving point corresponding to the transportation distance can be obtained, and an accurate mileage service can be obtained based on the moving point. Especially, not only in the aviation business, but also in the railway business,
It can be widely applied to all other transportation business such as bus business, taxi business, ship business and complex transportation business.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory diagram showing an example of a mobile use system applied to a railway business.

FIG. 2 is a schematic explanatory diagram of constructing an intranet at Station A;

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of communication at the time of boarding using the portable use system.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of communication at the time of getting off using the portable use system.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of communication during boarding using the portable use system.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of communication of another embodiment during boarding using the portable use system.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of communication according to another embodiment during boarding using the portable use system.

FIG. 8 is a schematic explanatory diagram in which the mobile use system is applied to a multimodal transportation business.

FIG. 9 is a display diagram showing an example of mileage points displayed on a mobile terminal.

[Explanation of symbols]

11, 85 Internet 12A-12D, 32, 81N-84N Intranet 13, 14, 15, 16 Server 31, 41, 53, 64, 74 Station antenna 51, 61, 71, 86 Train 62 Train antenna 73 ... Intermediate antenna 81,82,83,84 ... Route 87 ... Airplane 91 ... Display 92 ... Mileage point

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Koshiro Ike 10th Hanazono Todo-cho, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto O Inside the Muron Co., Ltd. F term (reference) 5B049 AA00 AA01 BB31 DD00 EE02 EE28 FF04 FF08 GG03 GG04 GG07

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A portable use system for specifying a geographical location where a portable terminal is located, wherein the portable terminal recognizes a movement route of the portable terminal during use of a passenger transport means for transporting a passenger carrying the portable terminal. And a storage means for calculating a moving point at which a service is provided a posteriori according to the length of the route and storing an accumulated value of the calculated moving points. 2. The portable use system according to claim 1, further comprising storage means for storing a moving point determined for each passenger transportation means. 3. A point accumulating method used in a portable use system for specifying a geographical location where a portable terminal is located, wherein a start of use of a passenger transport means for transporting a passenger carrying the portable terminal is input. Inputting the end of use of the passenger transport means, recognizing a travel route of the passenger transport means from the start of use to the end of use, and calculating a travel point corresponding to the route;
Storing the accumulated value of the movement points calculated by the calculation means. 4. A portable terminal used in the point accumulation method of the portable utilization system according to claim 1, further comprising a display means for displaying a moving point. 5. A moving point system of the passenger transportation means, an ID of the portable terminal and a traveling route of the passenger transportation means corresponding to the ID are stored, and a moving point is calculated based on the fare system and the traveling route of the passenger transportation means. 3. The portable use system according to claim 1, wherein the moving point is calculated in correspondence with an ID of the portable terminal.
A server used for the point accumulation method of the mobile use system described in the above.