JP2002216248A - Registration program and registration method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a registration program and registration method for registering a point in a center capable of surely and quickly registering a visiting point or the like in the terminal of a member to improve the service and to prevent a double registration of the visiting point or the like by requesting a point registration from the terminal to a management server through a line, locally registering it when it is not registerable, and thereafter transmitting the local registration to the management server to reflect it while checking the double registration. SOLUTION: This registration program and registration method has a means for transmitting a point registration request to the center through a network in the insertion of a card, a means for locally registering it when the response of the effect of registration to the point registration request is not received, and a means for transmitting the locally registered information to the center through the network and registering it while checking the double registration.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a registration program and a registration method for registering points at a center.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a member visiting a store inserts a membership card into a terminal installed at the store, adds points, and when a certain number of points are accumulated, the member can be exchanged for a shopping ticket. It encouraged visits to stores.

At this time, a member inserts a membership card into a terminal, the terminal connects to a management server via a LAN or the like, and adds and manages points of the member in the management server.

[0004]

For this reason, the terminal into which the member inserts the membership card is connected to the management server and registered on the management server side to manage the member's points. If an inconvenience occurs in the connected LAN or the management server, there is a problem that points cannot be registered or registration takes a long time, leading to a decrease in service to members.

[0005] The present invention solves these problems,
Request a point registration from the terminal to the management server via the line and register locally when registration is not possible, and then send the local registration to the management server to check and reflect the double registration, The purpose is to improve the service by reliably and promptly registering visiting points, etc., and to prevent double registration of visiting points.

[0006]

Means for solving the problem will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 1, terminal 1
Is connected to the server 1 via the network 21 to provide various services to members. In this example, the member comprises a registration unit 2 and a reflection unit 3.

The registration means 2 transmits a point registration request to the server 11 via the network 21 or performs local registration when the request cannot be made. The reflecting means 3 transmits the points of the locally registered members to the server 11 via the network 21 to check and reflect the double registration.

The server 11 receives a point registration request and locally registered point information and receives a point DB 14
Checking and reflecting the registration or double registration in the system.

Next, the operation will be described. The registration unit 2 of the terminal 1 transmits a point registration request to the server 11 via the network 21 when a card is inserted into the terminal 1 and, when there is no response to the registration to the point registration request, local registration. Then, the information registered locally by the reflection means 3 is transmitted to the server 11 via the network 21, and the double registration is checked and registered.

At this time, the locally registered information is transmitted to the server 11 via the network 21, and when the failure of the network 21 or the server 11 is recovered, the locally registered information is transmitted to check the registration or the double registration. To register.

[0011] Further, information including the date and time, the member ID, and the number of points is transmitted to check and register the double registration. Therefore, the terminal 1 requests the server 11 via the network 21 for point registration and performs local registration when registration is impossible, and later transmits local registration to the server 11 to check and reflect double registration. Thereby, it is possible to reliably and promptly register the visiting points on the member's terminal 1 to improve the service and prevent double registration of the visiting points.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, embodiments and operations of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 shows a system configuration diagram of the present invention.
In FIG. 1, a terminal 1 is connected to a server 1 via a network 21 to provide various services to members. In this example, the terminal 1 includes a registration unit 2 and a reflection unit 3.

The registration means 2 transmits a point registration request to the server 11 via the network 21 or
If there is no registered response from network 1 or network 21
For example, local registration is performed when registration is not possible due to the occurrence of a failure.

The reflection means 3 transmits the points of the locally registered members to the server 11 via the network 21 and checks and reflects the double registration.

The server 11 receives a point registration request and locally registered point information, and receives a point DB 14
The registration or double registration is checked and reflected, and the registration unit 12 and the double registration check unit 13 are provided.

The registration means 12 adds a member's point to the point DB 14 and registers it when a point registration request is notified from the terminal 1. The double registration checking means 13 checks whether or not double registration is performed by referring to the point DB 14 (FIG. 3 described later) when a point registration request or a registration request of locally registered point information is received from the terminal 1. Things. In the double registration check, the member ID and the date and time information added to the received point information from the terminal 1 are collated to check whether the same member ID and the point information of the date and time have already been added.

The point DB 14 registers and manages point information in a unified manner. For example, as shown in FIG. 3 described later, a date, a time, a member ID, and a registered point are registered in association with each other.

The network 21 connects the plurality of terminals 1 and the server 11 to mutually transmit and receive data, and is a network such as a LAN or the Internet.

Next, the operation of the configuration of FIG. 1 will be described in detail according to the order of the flowchart of FIG. FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the present invention. Here, the terminal 1 is the terminal 1 of FIG. 1, and the server 11 is the server 11 of FIG.

In FIG. 2, S1 starts operation. S
2 requests a point registration. In S1 and S2, for example, when a visiting member inserts a card into the terminal 1 arranged at the entrance of the store, the member accepts and reads the read member ID, visiting point, and date and time to the server 11 via the network 21. And make a point registration request.

In step S3, a request is received. That is, the server 11 receives the point registration request of S2 via the network. In step S4, points are registered. This is based on the point registration request (request for registering points based on the information of the member ID, the number of points, and the date and time) received in S3, and the member ID, the number of points, and the date and time are referred to the point DB 14. Check if it is a double registration, and add and register if it is not a double registration. In the case of double registration, do not register, return a response to the effect of double registration, and display the double registration on the screen of the terminal 1 (“You can only register once a day to visit a store. And cannot be registered. "
Is displayed.

In S5, it is determined whether or not there is a response. This is to determine whether there is a response from the server 11 indicating that the points have been registered. If YES, a registration log is collected in S6, and S
The result (registered) is displayed at 7, and the process returns to S1 and repeats.
On the other hand, if NO in S5, the process proceeds to S8.

In step S8, it is determined whether the number of retries has been exceeded. In the case of YES, the process proceeds to S9. In the case of NO,
Return to S2 and repeat. In step S9, local registration is performed. This means that a point registration request is transmitted to the server 11 in S2,
No response was received from the server 11 in the case of No. 5 and no response was received even if the number of retries was repeated in the case of No in S8. Register

In step S10, it is determined whether the line has been recovered. YE
In the case of S, since the terminal 1 can be connected to the server 11 via the network 21, the file is transmitted in S12, and the point information (member ID, number of points, date and time) registered in the local DB 4 is transmitted in S9. I do. On the other hand, in the case of NO, the process proceeds to S11.

In step S11, it is determined whether the time is a predetermined time. this is,
At a predetermined time, for example, when the store closes,
In step S12, the file is transmitted (point information (member ID, number of points, date and time) registered in the local DB 4) is sent to the server 11
Send to

In step S13, double registration is checked. This is based on the point information (member I
D, the number of points, and the date and time), referring to the point DB 14 in FIG. 3 described later, checks whether or not the record of the member ID, the number of points, and the date and time is already registered. If it is determined that the registration is not a double registration, S1
At 4, a point is registered (registered in the point DB 14 of FIG. 1).

As described above, when the member comes to the store and inserts the card into the terminal 1, the date and time, such as the member ID read from the card and the visiting point, are recorded as a record on the network 21.
Is transmitted to the server 11 via the server, and when a registration response is not received, local registration (registered in the local DB 4) is performed, and when the failure of the network 21 or the server 11 is recovered, the information is taken out from the local DB 4 and the point information is obtained. Is transmitted to the server 11, and the server 11
14, the double registration is checked, and when it is determined that the double registration is not performed, the point DB 14 is registered in the point DB 14 so as to reliably and promptly register the visiting points on the terminal 1 of the member to improve the service. At the same time, it is possible to prevent double registration of visit points and the like.

FIG. 3 shows an example of a point DB according to the present invention.
The illustrated point DB 14 is provided in the server 1 of FIG. 1 and manages member points in a unified manner, and sequentially registers the following information as records in association with each other.

Date: Time: Member ID: Number of registration points: Other: Here, the date and time are, for example, the date and time when a member inserts a card into the terminal 1 and requests registration of a visiting point. is there. The member ID is a unique ID given to the card issued to the member registered by the store. The registered points are the number of points registered.

[0031]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The terminal 1 requests the server 11 via the network 21 for the point registration, and when the registration is impossible, the terminal 1 is locally registered, and the local registration is transmitted to the server 11 later to check the double registration and reflect. Since such a configuration is adopted, it is possible to reliably and promptly register the visiting points on the member's terminal 1 to improve the service and prevent double registration of the visiting points. As a result, points such as visiting points can be registered quickly and surely during business hours of the store without depending on the failure of the network 21 or the failure of the server 11, and the service for members can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an example of a point DB according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1: terminal 2: registration means 3: reflection means 4: local DB 11: server (center) 12: registration means 13: double registration check means 14: point DB 21: network

Claims (6)

[Claims] In a registration program for registering points in a center, means for transmitting a point registration request to a center via a network when a card is inserted, and no response to the registration of the point registration request is received. Sometimes, a local registration means, and a registration program for transmitting the locally registered information to the center via a network to check and register the double registration and to function as a means for registering. 2. The registration program according to claim 1, wherein the locally registered information is transmitted to a center via a network, and is transmitted when a failure in the network or the center is recovered or at a predetermined time. 3. The date and time, member I,
3. The registration program according to claim 1 or 2, wherein information comprising D and the number of points is transmitted to check and register the double registration. 4. A registration method for registering points in a center, wherein a step of transmitting a point registration request to the center via a network when a card is inserted, and no response to the registration of the point registration request is received. A local registration method, and a step of transmitting the locally registered information to a center via a network, and checking and registering double registration. 5. The information according to claim 4, wherein the locally registered information is transmitted to a center via a network, and the information is transmitted when a failure of the network or the center is recovered or at a predetermined time. Registration method. 6. The date and time, member I
6. The registration device method according to claim 4, wherein information comprising D and the number of points is transmitted to check and register the double registration.