JP2001341811A - Commodity electronic label lease business system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a business system enabling use of an electronic tag as an article data carrier to be incorporated in an article tag of an article distribution system by lease or rental. SOLUTION: This electronic tag lease business system is so constituted that a lender using the electronic tag as the article data carrier inputs the number of data carriers delivered to a borrower user such as an article maker, a trading company, a retailer, and a store and the number of the data carriers returned from the borrower user and calculates a rental revenue to be claimed for payment from the difference between the both numbers.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a business system for leasing an electronic label as a data carrier for a product which is involved in the distribution or use process of the product.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A product tag attached to a product is widely used as a tag for the product to identify the product or display a price, and its use has been expanded to distribution management. This product tag was handed over to the consumer as a unit with the product during the distribution process, or part of the product tag was cut off for counting or the like, but many of them were discarded as they were. Recently, this product tag is an IC called a wireless tag or an IC tag.
The use of electronic tags or RF tags that can write and read product data and the like on this IC chip by radio waves by combining a chip and an antenna has been changed. That is, a product tag (electronic tag) using a technology of reading and writing information in a non-contact manner via radio waves is attached to a product, thereby efficiently performing product production, sales, inventory management, and the like. Since a product tag capable of transmitting and receiving information by such an electronic technology is expensive, it has been hitherto collected and reused after use, such as at the time of selling a product (for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-133860). Gazette).

[0003]

As described above, commodity manufacturers, trading companies, stores, and the like that use electronic tags need to attach or attach expensive electronic tags to individual products when distributing the products. Even though some were collected and reused, the initial purchase costs of the tags and considerable depletion in the distribution process increased distribution costs and restricted the widespread use of the tags. . The present invention makes it possible to reduce the burden of distribution costs of merchandise by targeting expensive and reusable electronic tags made by such a new technology for long-term lease or short-term rental, thereby reducing the price of the merchandise itself. It aims to provide a business mode that realizes a decline and thereby enhances the benefits of corporate management, sales and general consumers.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems and provides a business system capable of realizing widespread use and use of an electronic tag to a product maker, distribution management, a store, and the like. .

[0005] Therefore, a leasing business system according to claim 1 is a leasing business system for a merchandise data carrier between a lessor of the merchandise data carrier and at least one borrower of the merchandise data carrier. Entering the quantity of the commodity data carrier lent by the lessor of the commodity data carrier to the borrower of the commodity data carrier as a first control quantity, and the quantity of the commodity data carrier returned by the lender of the commodity data carrier from the borrower of the commodity data carrier Inputting the difference to the computer, calculating the difference between the rented quantity and the returned quantity of the commodity data carrier, storing the difference quantity in the computer as a second control quantity, From the step of calculating the lease payment according to the value and billing the lessee And wherein the Rukoto.

A lease business system according to a second aspect is characterized in that the product data carrier is a product electronic label for use as a tag for a product.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a leasing business system wherein a borrower of a product data carrier uses the product data carrier attached to a product or the like, and collects used product data carriers of the borrower of the product data carrier. And a step of returning the collected product data carrier to the lender.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a leasing business system for a commodity data carrier between a lender of the commodity data carrier and at least one borrower of the commodity data carrier. Inputting the quantity of the merchandise data carrier lent to the borrower of the merchandise data carrier to the computer as a first control quantity, and the lessor of the merchandise data carrier notifies the computer of the quantity of the merchandise data carrier returned from the borrower of the merchandise data carrier. Inputting, calculating a difference between the rented quantity and the returned quantity of the commodity data carrier, storing the difference quantity in a computer as a second control quantity, and a lessee of the commodity data carrier. Reads detailed product information into one product data carrier Preparative to the product data carrier used number counter and wherein the step of accumulating the number of times of use of the product data carrier, in that it consists of.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the lease business system, the lessor of the commodity data carrier uses the commodity data carrier for a lease fee to the lessee of the commodity data carrier calculated based on the first management quantity and the second management quantity. The method includes a step of adding an accumulated fee corresponding to the number of times.

[0010] The lease business system according to claim 6 is characterized in that the goods to which the goods data carrier is attached are clothing, groceries, jewelry.

[0011] The lease business system according to claim 7 is characterized in that the detailed information of the product is a color, a material, a size, a season, a brand name, a manufacturing time, a manufacturing country, a price, a discount rate, and the like of the product. And

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a leasing business system according to the sixth or seventh aspect, wherein a commodity is used by leasing or rental.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In a leasing transaction, an object is delivered to a user, and if a user as a lessee can use the object and obtain a use profit, the lease contract becomes effective. This is a lease for a long period of time, such as a month or year, for a thing, and the user is obliged to pay a leasing fee to the lessor over the entire period of the lease. If the lease period is extremely short, it will be rented. Furthermore, during the lease period, the user is obliged to maintain a product, that is, a product data carrier, which is a product tag described below in accordance with the present invention, that is, a product electronic tag (IC tag). Users have to compensate. In the lease transaction, the lessee releases the product electronic tag to another person within the lease period. An example of a product data carrier, that is, a product electronic (IC; RF) tag will be described later.

Referring to FIG. 1 showing an embodiment of the present invention, a merchandise data carrier management headquarter 2 serving as a lender from a merchandise data carrier maker or its wholesaler 1 via a route 10.
Accepts the purchase and the like, and stores the quantity received for each type of commodity data carrier in the commodity data management device 20 (FIG. 2) composed of the computer of the management headquarters 2. The Merchandise Data Carrier Management Headquarters 2 responds by applying for a lease or rental for the lessee to attach the merchandise data carrier to the merchandise.
The goods are delivered to the product maker 3 through the route 111, to the trading company or wholesaler 4 of the product through the route 112, or to the store 5 selling the product through the route 113. The merchandise maker 3, who is a borrower of the merchandise data carrier and uses the merchandise, attaches the merchandise data carrier to the merchandise and sends the merchandise to the trading company or wholesaler 4 or store 5 through the route 18, and finally the merchandise user 6 Will be used.

Here, the required data of the commodity data carrier is input and read by a commodity tag reader / writer which inputs and reads the commodity data carrier by the lessee, and is attached to the commodity. Thereafter, the product is separated from any one of the distribution routes and collected, and is returned to the product data carrier management headquarters 2 as a lessor via the product data carrier return route 12 within the lease or rental period.

The goods data carrier delivered by leasing or rental can be attached to or collected and used for goods without any limitation during the useful life and during the leasing or rental period. In this case, the lessor sets the number of times of use of the product data carrier to the route 171, 172, 1 for the type of the borrower or the product data carrier having a high utilization degree.
By counting and storing through 73, it is possible to request payment of a fee according to the number of times the product data carrier has been used in addition to the lease or rental fee. The number of times of use can be confirmed by reading the number of times of writing or initialization on the data carrier by the product tag reader / writer.

Next, referring to FIG. 2, the lease quantity 21 transferred from the lessor of the commodity data carrier to the lessee, the return quantity 22 returned from the lessee to the lessor within the lease period,
Each piece of information on the number of uses 23 counted by the number-of-uses counter of the commonly used product data carrier is input to a product data carrier management device 20 including a computer installed in the product data carrier management headquarters 2. According to the information, the product data carrier management device 20 provides the product maker 3, the trading company / wholesale 4,
The lease fee is calculated for each of the stores 5 and the amount charged is transmitted.

On the other hand, the product data carrier management headquarters 2
The computer data can be transmitted to and received from the product management headquarter 25 via the line 24. This computer data is a variety of products to which a product data carrier is attached, such as suits (apparel), suits, Y-shirts, coats, etc .; , Gloves, socks, bags, shoes, umbrellas, belts and other jewelry,
Logistics data on watches, rings, necklaces, earrings, earrings, brooches, pendants, bracelets, anklets, vallettas, tiaras, headbands, chokers, tie pins, etc.
Such information is inventory status, inventory location, type and size, lease or rental quantity, and the like, and such data is provided as needed in response to the inquired line 27 of the individual product maker 3, trading company / wholesaler 4, and store 5. . As described above, the leasing business system according to the present invention provides a manufacturer, a trading company, a store, and the like from the merchandise management headquarters 25 that manages information of various commodities through the leasing or rental quantity / use count data of the electronic tag as the merchandise data carrier. It can provide product information and streamline the distribution system.

When a product electronic tag is leased or rented, the product data carrier management head office 2 has a data list 30 as shown in FIG. The data list 30 includes electronic tag reception information 30- from the data carrier maker 1.
1. Electronic tag lending information 30-2 to merchandise manufacturers, trading companies, stores, and the like, which are borrowers and users, electronic tag return information 30-3 from these users, and electronic tag inventory information 30-
4, information 31 on the number of times the electronic tag is used by each user, information 32 on the sale of the electronic tag to the user who has requested the purchase,
Lease charge request information 33-1 for each user, lease payment information 33-2 from those users, lease payment receivable information 33-3, and re-lease information when a user who is the first lessee leases to another user 34, and the management headquarters 2 stores and processes the information at any time by a computer, and is ready for input and output.

Thus, the product data carrier management headquarters 2
Operates the lease settlement system for electronic tag leasing based on the management data list 30, so the number and type of data carriers received from the product data carrier maker 1 are stored in the electronic tag reception information 30-1. The tag lending information 30-2 includes the lending date / time, type, and number of each borrower user, and the electronic tag return information 30-3 includes the return date / time, type, and return number from each user, and the electronic tag inventory information 30-.
Reference numeral 4 stores the current stock and type of the electronic tag of the lessor.

The electronic tag usage count information 31 includes the number of usages for each type returned from the usage counter of each lessee user, and the electronic tag sales information 32 includes the electronic tag from the beginning or during the lease period. The date of sale, type, and number of users who have sold and purchased this are stored. The lease charge information 33-1 for each lessee user includes the accumulated charge amount of the lease charge and the data carrier usage fee for each lessee user, and the lease charge payment information 33-2 includes the accumulated charge amount for each user. , The receivable information 33-3 shows the receivable amount as the difference between the accumulated billing amount and the payment amount for each user, and the re-lease information 34 shows the receivable amount from the lessee user of the electronic tag to another user. When the information is released, information on the release is stored. Whether or not this re-lease is possible depends on the lessee user and the product data carrier management headquarters 2.
Is determined by a contract with In addition, in order to further manage other information related to the electronic tag as needed, the electronic tag related information 35 is stored in the product electronic tag management data list 30 and is input / output as appropriate.

FIG. 4 shows an example of a commodity data carrier to be leased or rented in connection with the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to this example. The product data carrier 40 is mounted on packaging for product shipping after product manufacturing by a product maker, product trade dress (packaging at retail), and brand name tag at store display, and is attached one by one for each product. Can be One data carrier 40 is provided with a cutout line 41 at a perforation or the like, and is fitted into a hole 45 of a lower tag made of paper, plastic, or the like which is folded at a fold line into a triple tag. The lower tag is attached to the product with a thread 43, for example, and the upper portion 401 and the lower portion 402 are separated by a cut line 41 at the time of sales at a store. Detailed information 44 such as the product number, product, and size of the merchandise is appropriately input or printed on the data carrier 40 and the lower portion 402 of the tag to identify the tag when the tag is attached to the product. The data carrier 40 including the IC chip 47 is fitted into this tag,
Master registration and printing can be performed by a single automated machine. The data carrier 40 is collected by, for example, pushing it off from the sheet when the lower part 402 of the perforated line 41 has accumulated in a store or the like by a certain amount, and returned to the merchandise data carrier management headquarters.

The above-mentioned data carrier is, for example, a US Si available from Japan Information System Co., Ltd.
Ngl Chip Systems Corp. May be a non-contact ID label (S-label).
This non-contact ID label is small in size and has a thin and transparent electromagnetic wave, and can freely write and read information by a scanner or a reader / writer, and write without making the scanner or reader / writer and the label surface parallel.
Reading is possible.

The merchandise data carrier is not limited to the above, but may be any one that can be used for various merchandise including apparel and is suitable for leasing or rental.

[0026]

The present invention relates to a commodity data carrier, that is, an electronic tag, which is used in a commodity distribution system which is presently large, diversified and complicated, and is taken along with individual commodities. By providing a leasing business system with users as lessees, the use of RFID tags based on new technologies is greatly promoted, and the distribution costs of the products themselves and, consequently, the product prices are reduced. Management, including the rationalization of
Sales activities and the benefits of the general consumer.
Its social contribution is expected to be significant.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a basic configuration diagram illustrating an embodiment of a product data carrier leasing business system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram illustrating functions of a product data carrier management device installed in the product data carrier management headquarters in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a management data list of a product electronic tag by the product data carrier management device of FIG. 2;

FIGS. 4A and 4B are diagrams illustrating a tag of a product incorporating an electronic tag as a product data carrier, wherein FIG. 4A is a plan view before the electronic tag is sealed, and FIG. 4B is a plan view of a completed tag;

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Merchandise Data Carrier Maker 2 Merchandise Data Carrier Management Headquarters 3 Merchandise Maker 4 Trading Company, Wholesale 5 Stores 6 Consumers (Merchandise Users) 10 Merchandise Data Carrier Supply Lines 111, 112, 113 Merchandise Data Carrier Leasing Route 12 Merchandise Data Carrier Return route 171, 172, 173
In 18 Product supply line 20 Product data carrier management device (computer) 25 Product management headquarters 30 Product electronic tag management data list

Claims (8)

[Claims] A leasing business system for a merchandise data carrier between a lessor of the merchandise data carrier and at least one borrower of the merchandise data carrier, comprising: a. Inputting the quantity of the merchandise data carrier lent by the lender of the merchandise data carrier to the borrower of the merchandise data carrier into a computer as a first management quantity; b. A lender of the commodity data carrier inputting the quantity of the commodity data carrier returned from the borrower of the commodity data carrier to the computer; c. Calculating a difference between the rented quantity and the returned quantity of the commodity data carrier; d. Inputting the quantity of the difference value into a computer as a second control quantity; e. Calculating a lease fee according to the first managed quantity and the second managed quantity and billing the lessee. 2. The leasing business system according to claim 1, wherein said merchandise data carrier is a merchandise electronic label for use as a tag for merchandise. 3. The lease business system according to claim 1, wherein: a. A borrower of the product data carrier attaching and using the product data carrier with the product, b. Collecting used product data carriers used by lessees of the product data carrier; c. Returning the collected merchandise data carrier to the lessor. 4. A leasing business system for a merchandise data carrier between a lessor of the merchandise data carrier and at least one borrower of the merchandise data carrier, comprising: a. Inputting the quantity of merchandise data carriers lent by the lender of the merchandise data carrier to a borrower of the merchandise data carrier as a first management quantity into a computer; b. A lender of the commodity data carrier inputting the quantity of the commodity data carrier returned from the borrower of the commodity data carrier to the computer; c. Calculating a difference between the rented quantity and the returned quantity of the commodity data carrier; d. Inputting the quantity of the difference value into a computer as a second control quantity; e. Calculating and billing the lessee a lease payment in accordance with the first managed quantity and the second managed quantity; f. Each time a borrower of the product data carrier reads detailed information of the product into one product data carrier, accumulating the number of times the product data carrier has been used by the product data carrier usage counter. Carrier leasing business system. 5. The leasing business system according to claim 4, wherein the lender of the commodity data carrier is the lender.
Leasing a lease fee for the lessee of the commodity data carrier calculated by the management quantity and the second management quantity of the commodity data carrier, the cumulative charge corresponding to the number of uses of the commodity data carrier. system. 6. The leasing business system according to claim 1, wherein the commodity to which the commodity data carrier is attached is clothing, groceries, and jewelry. 7. The lease business system according to claim 4, wherein the detailed information of the product includes a color, a material, a size, a season, a brand name, a manufacturing time, a manufacturing country, a price, a discount rate, and the like of the product. Leasing business system characterized by the following. 8. A leasing business system according to claim 6, wherein said commodities are used by leasing or rental.