JP2002150100A - Point allotment system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system capable of making a cyber mall and a cyber shop more attractive by giving points to a user accessing the cyber mall and the cyber shop for business corresponding to the contents of the business and allotting corresponding to the number of points of the user. SOLUTION: A management server records a point allocation in the membership fees in a member data base when a membership fee is paid from a special member, and when a commercial transaction between a general member and the special member is arranged, the number of points corresponding to that commercial transaction is recorded as a gain point of that general member in a point data base. On a predetermined date, the management server divides the allotment corresponding to the gain points to each general member on the basis of the total sum of the point allotment of the membership fees recorded in the member data base and the total points recorded in the point data base.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention provides points for various commercial transactions conducted through a communication network such as the Internet, i-mode communication (trademark), or a CATV network, and distributes the points in accordance with the number of points obtained. A system for doing so.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Commercial transactions performed through a communication network include the purchase and sale of general products handled by mail-order sales and the applicant's Japanese Patent Application No. 2000-30839.
Although it is unnecessary for the salesperson himself as proposed in No. 0, a variety of business transactions are performed, such as buying and selling business projects (hereinafter referred to as "business information") that are useful for companies in the field. I have.

[0003] On the other hand, operators of cyber malls, cyber shops, and the like have found how W
The fact is that they are trying to attract users by turning them into eb sites.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a user who visits his / her cyber mall or cyber shop and conducts a business transaction with points according to the content of the business transaction, and increases the number of points obtained by the user. It is an object of the present invention to provide a system that can provide a more attractive cyber mall, cyber shop, or the like by paying a dividend in accordance with the dividend.

[0005]

The point payout system according to the present invention includes a management server having a member database and a point database. The management server
Terminals of general and specific members are connected as needed via communication networks such as the Internet, i-mode communication, and CATV networks. The management server records the point payment of at least the membership fee in the member database when the membership fee is paid from the specific member, and responds to the transaction when a commercial transaction is established between the general member and the specific member. The number of points earned is recorded in the point database as points earned by the general member. When the predetermined date is reached, the management server, based on the total amount of the point dividend of the membership fee recorded in the member database and the total number of points recorded in the point database, pays a dividend in accordance with the number of points acquired. Perform to general members.

[0006] A specific member provides a fund for a dividend by paying a membership fee which is also a registration fee and a usage fee of a cyber mall, a cyber shop, and the like. The management server manages at least the point dividend of the membership fee paid by the specific member, and individually manages the points given to the general member through commercial transactions. When a predetermined date has come, the general member can receive a dividend calculated based on the total amount of the point dividend of the membership fee, that is, the total amount of resources and the total number of points awarded during a certain period. This makes it possible to increase the frequency of use of general members, such as cyber malls and cyber shops that provide point payout services, so that cyber malls and cyber shops that are more attractive to specific members can be provided.

[0007] The point payout system according to the present invention also provides a system in which a transaction conducted between a general member and a specific member provides business information from the general member to the specific member as described in Japanese Patent Application No. 2000-308390. In the case of, the number of points given to the general member according to the transaction matter is the number of points according to the evaluation performed by the specific member on the business information after the transaction is completed, while
If the transaction dealt is to sell a product such as mail order from a specific member to a general member, the number of points given to the general member is the number of points given according to the price of the selling product. It can also be configured as follows.

[0008] The point payout system according to the present invention further provides a payout to a general member based on the total amount of the point payout of the membership fee recorded in the member database and the total number of points recorded in the point database. It can also be configured to calculate the dividend amount and multiply it by the number of points obtained by the general member.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A point payout system according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, is a part of a Web site operation server (not shown) for performing business transactions in cyber malls, cyber shops, and the like. Alternatively, the management server 1 is provided alongside or cooperated therewith. The management server 1 has a member database 2a and a point database 2b, and is connected to a general member terminal 4 and a specific member terminal 5 as needed via a communication network 3 such as the Internet, i-mode communication, or a CATV network. .

[0010] Users who use the system are basically divided into a specific member who is a paying member and a general member who is a free member. Registration is required. In the case of a general member, this member registration is performed, for example, by accessing the website from the terminal 4 of the general member,
Send registration information such as name or name, contact method, and ID
Or by a conventional means such as receiving a password. On the other hand, in the case of a specific member, when the management server 1 receives the registration information from the specific member terminal 5, the management server 1 transmits a membership fee bill to the specific member terminal 5 together with an ID, a password, and the like. Registration information of general members and specific members who have completed member registration is stored in the member database 2a.

[0011] When a membership fee is paid by a specific member, the management server 1 records at least a point payout of the membership fee in the member database 2a. As a method of collecting the membership fee, for example, a conventional method such as automatic transfer, account transfer, credit settlement, or the like is used. However, such a method is out of the scope of the present invention, and thus the detailed description thereof is omitted.

When the management server 1 is notified from the Web site operation server that a commercial transaction has been established between a general member and a specific member in a cyber mall, a cyber shop, or the like, the management server 1 calculates the number of points according to the transaction matter. The acquired points are recorded in the point database 2b as the acquired points of the member, and the acquired points are determined by a different process depending on the type of the transaction. Transaction cases are roughly divided into cases where business information as described in the aforementioned Japanese Patent Application No. 2000-308390 is provided from a general member to a specific member, and cases where a tangible and intangible product is transmitted from a specific member to a general member as in mail-order sales. Is sold separately. If the transaction is for the sale of a product, the number of points is set in advance according to the product price and the handling amount, and when a commercial transaction is established between a general member and a specific member,
The number of points is automatically recorded in the point database 2b as points earned by general members. On the other hand, in the case of providing business information, points may be given when a specific member purchases the business information, but the specific member performs a sales activity based on the business information, and for the business information, for example, When performing a grading evaluation such as non-valued information, reasonable information, ordinary level information, useful information, very useful information, etc., the number of points corresponding to the evaluation will be points as points earned by general members It is preferably recorded in the database 2b.

A point payout service, which is one of the features of the present system, is performed as follows. For example, when a predetermined date such as the 10th of every month is reached, the management server 1 determines the total amount of the point dividend of the membership fee recorded in the member database 2a and the total number of points recorded in the point database 2b. Based on the above, a payout is made to each general member in accordance with the number of acquired points. The calculation of the payout according to the number of earned points is basically performed by calculating the amount of payout per point from the total amount of the point payout of the membership fee and the total number of points, and multiplying the obtained amount by the number of earned points of each general member. Is calculated. Here, the payout amount to general members increases in accordance with the number of acquired points, but the reward per point is not fixed as in the conventional point service, and the point payout amount within a certain period is not fixed. Please note that it varies depending on the amount of the membership fee paid and the total number of points given to general members. For this reason, for example, when the payout amount per point is excessively high or too low, the payout amount per point is multiplied by an appropriate count, or the number of points is rounded down or raised. In addition, it will be easily understood that the operator of the management server can arbitrarily make changes.

Thus, according to the present system, the payout amount per point is determined by the total amount of the point payout linked to the membership fee of the specific member. Therefore, an increase in the number of specific members increases the payout amount per point. This is, of course, an advantage for general members. When that happens,
General members provide useful business information in good faith (or shop more or introduce the site to friends) because it is their own advantage for the general members to cooperate with the prosperity of the site of this system. Then, the members will take actions that can be beneficial.

[0015]

According to the present invention, the management server manages at least the points paid out of the membership fee paid by the specific member, and individually manages the points given to the general member through commercial transactions. Thus, when a predetermined date has come, a general member can receive a dividend calculated based on the total amount of points paid for the membership fee, that is, the total amount of resources and the total number of points awarded during a certain period. . As a result, it is possible to increase the frequency of use of general members to cyber malls and cyber shops that offer point distribution services, and it becomes a cyber mall or cyber shop that is attractive to specific members, and it is possible to register cyber malls and cyber shops. By paying a membership fee, which is a fee and a royalties, the funds for the dividend are provided, so that the system can be used without any burden.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of a point payout system according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

Reference Signs List 1 management server 2a member database 2b point database 3 communication network 4 terminal of general member 5 terminal of specific member

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A management server having a member database and a point database, wherein the management server is connected to terminals of general and specific members at any time via a communication network, and receives a membership fee from the specific member. In the member database, at least the point dividend of the membership fee is recorded in the member database, and when a commercial transaction is established between the general member and the specific member, the number of points corresponding to the transaction is recorded in the point database as the general member's earned points. Recorded, when the specified date is reached, dividends to each general member according to the number of points earned based on the total amount of the point dividend of the membership fee recorded in the member database and the total number of points recorded in the point database Point payout system characterized by performing. 2. The business transaction between the general member and the specific member is business information provision from the general member to the specific member, and the number of points given to the general member according to the business transaction is 2. The point payout system according to claim 1, wherein the number of points is determined according to an evaluation performed by the specific member on the business information after the establishment. 3. A transaction dealt between the general member and the specific member is a sale of a product from the specific member to the general member. The point payout system according to claim 1, wherein the number of points is given according to the price of the product. 4. The dividend to the general member is calculated based on the total amount of the point dividend of the membership fee recorded in the member database and the total number of points recorded in the point database. 4. The points payout system according to claim 1, wherein the points are calculated by multiplying the number of points obtained by a general member.