JP2002288505A - Prize drawing method and mechanism in shopping district network system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a shop contributing to the investment for prize service, with corresponding advertisement effect. SOLUTION: When a purchaser purchases a commodity from a shop terminal 30 by using a user terminal 10 through a shopping district common server 20, the shopping district common server 20 integrates a price to an accumulated purchase price by each shop, managed by purchaser's ID in database prepared in advance, then the total purchase price by each shop, of each purchaser is taken out of the database, and the total winning probability is determined to execute the drawing on the basis of the total purchase price by each shop, of each purchaser, and a curved line of winning probability assigned corresponding to the investment amount for the prize service of each shop, in a prize service season.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a prize lottery method in a shopping district and a prize lottery system in a shopping district.
More particularly, the present invention relates to a prize lottery method in a mall network system using the Internet and a prize lottery system in a mall network system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a shopping district, for the purpose of everyday appreciation and advertising effect, a shopping mall common prize lottery ticket corresponding to the purchase amount of a product is given to a purchaser. In a fixed place at a fixed time, a sweepstakes is obtained by using a sweepstakes lottery ticket received and performing a lottery according to the number of pieces.

On the other hand, recently, with the spread of the Internet, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2001-22825
(Electronic Shopping System) ", it has begun to enable electronic commerce even in ordinary households via the Internet. Also, an automatic lottery method has been proposed in which a POS terminal changes a winning probability in accordance with a purchase amount when a product is purchased. For example, see Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Publication No. 7-78288 (commodity sales data processing device).

In the shopping district, attention is paid to this electronic commerce in order to revitalize the town. However, it is economically impossible to construct an electronic commerce system in small individual stores. Has been set up on the Internet, and it is trying to promote electronic commerce through this server. that time,
It is a matter of course that the lottery using the conventional prize lottery ticket is electronically performed on the server.

[0005]

In the above-mentioned conventional prize service in a shopping street, whether the investment amount of each shop in the shopping street is equal or optional depends on the shopping street. There is a drawback in that the store with the lowest investment ability must be used as a standard, and it is not possible to provide an attractive prize service as a shopping district.

[0006] In addition, when the investment amount is arbitrarily set, a powerful store can provide more prizes and can provide an attractive prize service as a whole shopping district. Looking at the prize lottery tickets, the stakes in each store were not visible, so the fact that a lot of stakes had been invested did not mean that there was any specialty.

[0007] It is an object of the present invention to provide a prize lottery method in which, when a prize lottery ticket is performed in electronic commerce via a server, a store that has contributed more to the contribution of the prize service is given a reasonable reward. It is in.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, a user terminal, a shopping mall shared server, and a shop terminal are connected via a network, and a purchaser can use the user terminal via the shopping mall shared server. In the prize lottery method in a shopping mall network system for accessing the retailer terminal and purchasing the product of the retailer, the purchaser uses the user terminal to store the product from the retailer terminal via the shopping mall shared server. After the purchase, the shopping mall shared server adds up the accumulated purchase amount of each shop managed by the purchaser ID in the database provided in advance, and then, when the prize service time comes, the shopping mall shared server Retrieves, from the database, the total purchase amount of each store of each purchaser, and for each purchaser, the total purchase amount of each store and the respective purchase amount. And performing said determining the overall winning probability based on the winning probability curve assigned in accordance with the contribution amount in sweepstakes service lottery every.

[0009] In a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the shopping mall shared server applies the total purchase amount of each of the shops to the winning probability curve of each of the shops for each of the purchasers. The overall winning probability is determined by adding the winning probability for each of the stores obtained as a result.

[0010] In a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the shopping mall shared server comprises, for each of the buyers who have won as a result of the lottery, a lottery result of the prize and a lottery at the time of the lottery which is the basis of the lottery. The total purchase amount of each shop of the purchaser and the winning probability curve of each shop are transmitted to the user terminal.

[0011] In a fourth aspect of the present invention, a user terminal, a shopping mall shared server and a shop terminal are connected via a network, and a purchaser uses the user terminal to connect to the shop terminal via the shopping mall shared server. In the prize lottery mechanism in a shopping mall network system for accessing and purchasing a product of a store, after the purchaser purchases a product from the store terminal via the shopping mall shared server using the user terminal, It is added to the cumulative purchase amount for each store managed by the purchaser's ID in the provided database, and when the prize service time comes, the total purchase amount for each store for each purchaser is extracted from the database, and A winning probability curve assigned to the purchaser according to the total purchase amount for each of the stores and the investment amount in the prize service for each of the stores. Characterized in that it includes the shopping mall shared server the determined performing a lottery overall winning probability based.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the shopping mall shared server according to the fourth aspect, for the purchaser, the total purchase amount of each store is applied to the winning probability curve of each store. The overall winning probability is determined by adding the winning probability for each of the stores obtained as a result.

[0013] In a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the fourth aspect of the present invention, the shopping mall shared server includes, for each of the buyers who have won as a result of the lottery, a lottery result of the prize and a lottery at the time of the lottery which is the basis of the lottery. The total purchase amount of each shop of the purchaser and the winning probability curve of each shop are transmitted to the user terminal.

[Operation] Referring to FIG. 1, the mall sharing server 20 manages the total purchase amount of each shop in each database in a database. Then, the total purchase amount of each shop of each purchaser is retrieved from the database, the winning probability is determined, and a lottery is performed. Then, the result of the lottery, the purchase amount of the purchaser at the time of the lottery, which is the basis of the lottery, and the winning probability for the purchase amount of each store are transmitted to the user terminal 10.

[0015]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

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

Referring to FIG. 1, in one embodiment of the present invention, a shopping mall shared server 20, which is an information processing apparatus shared with a shopping mall, a shopping mall shared server 20, and an internet connecting these to each other. Communication network 1
00.

The user terminal 10 is an information processing device such as a personal computer. The user terminal 10 has a function of accessing merchandise information of each store provided on the mall common server 20 and displaying the merchandise information on a screen. The user terminal 10 further has a function of transmitting purchase order information, which is product information of a product that the purchaser desires to purchase, to the mall common server 20 via the network 100 together with the purchaser's ID number. Note that the ID number is a personal identification number given from the shopping mall shared server 20 when the user subscribes to the electronic shopping system provided by the shopping mall shared server 20.

The store terminal 30 is used by a seller of the product and is constituted by an information processing terminal device such as a personal computer / workstation. The store terminal 30 stores the purchase order information sent by the user terminal 10 by the purchaser's operation together with the ID number in the shopping mall shared server 20.
, An order acknowledgment document is created, and transmitted to the user terminal 10 via the mall sharing server 20 together with the ID number.

The mall sharing server 20 is composed of an information processing device such as a workstation, manages merchandise information of the mall member store, receives an order from a user terminal, and sends the received order to the dealer terminal 30. Transfer, store terminal 30
, Etc., to the user terminal 10. In the actual business transaction process, there are security issues, product delivery issues, settlement issues, etc.
Since this is not the essence of the present invention, it is omitted here. If you want to know the details, refer to Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-2282.
(Electronic Shopping System) ".

Further, the mall sharing server 20 manages and implements a prize lottery which is the main feature of the present invention.

That is, when the prize service time comes, the mall sharing server 20 performs a prize service according to the purchase amount of the purchaser for a certain period. This prize service has the meaning of a service to the purchaser and the purpose of activating the inside of the shopping district which is the main feature of the present invention, and provides the following mechanism for the latter.

1. The shopping mall shared server 20 manages the total purchase amount of each purchaser for each store in a database.

2. The prize winning probability is differentiated according to the investment amount of each store. That is, the winning probability of the shop that has invested a lot for the same purchase amount is increased. Then, the overall winning probability of the buyer at the time of the lottery is determined using the total purchase amount at each store and the winning probability characteristic of each store as arguments. This allows
Stores with a high winning probability have the effect of increasing the ability to attract customers.

3. At the time of the lottery, the purchase amount of each shop of the purchaser and the winning probability for the purchase amount of each shop are clearly indicated to the purchaser.

4. The lottery is automatically performed by the mall sharing server 20 for all purchasers who have subscribed to the electronic shopping system at the time of the prize service, and the result is the user terminal 10
Notify.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the winning probability characteristic of each store, where the horizontal axis represents the purchase amount and the vertical axis represents the winning probability. As shown in FIG. 4, the winning probability with respect to the purchase amount at each store is different, and if a certain buyer is shopping at store A for 3,000 yen and shopping at store C for 1,000 yen, the purchase probability is reduced. The purchaser's overall winning probability is 0.7 + 0.15 = 0.85.

As a lottery method, for example, a method of performing a lottery in descending order of the winning probability can be considered. Various other lottery methods are conceivable, but the lottery method itself is not the focus of the present application and will not be described in detail here.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. In the following description, it is assumed that the network 100 is the Internet.

Referring to FIG. 2, the shopping mall shared server 20
Determines the winning probability characteristic of each store in advance based on the investment ratio of each store as shown in FIG. 4 (step A1). Next, the seller sets product information and the like via the store terminal 30 on the shopping street shared sales homepage established on the Internet (steps A2 and A3).

[0031] The purchaser, via his user terminal 10,
The seller accesses a product sales home page published on the Internet 100 (step A4). In response, the mall sharing server 20 transmits the product information to the user terminal 10 (step A5).

First, various types of product information as shown in FIG. 3 are displayed on the screen of the user terminal 10 (step A).
6). The purchaser determines the product to be purchased by looking at each product information displayed on the screen of the user terminal 10, and registers the purchase of the product on the screen (step A7). In the example of FIG. 3, when the purchaser clicks the purchase column of the product B with the mouse, a mark “付 け” is added, and this product is registered for purchase.
The purchase order information stored in the user terminal 10 is transmitted to the mall sharing server 20 via the Internet in accordance with a purchaser's instruction (clicking the “order” button in FIG. 3 with a mouse) (A8). When receiving the purchase order information (step A9), the shopping mall server 20 transmits the purchase order information to the store terminal 30 (step A10).

When the store terminal 30 receives the purchase order information (step A11), it generates an order acknowledgment and transmits it to the shopping mall shared server (step A12).

Upon receiving the order acknowledgment (step A13), the mall sharing server 20 returns the order acknowledgment to the user terminal 10 and manages the store managed by the purchaser ID in the database of the mall sharing server 20. It is added to the cumulative purchase amount for each (step A14).

Thereafter, in actuality, the merchandise delivery processing is performed between the user terminal 10, the shopping mall shared server 20, and the store terminal 30,
The settlement process is performed, but is not the object of the present invention, and thus will not be described.

Next, at the time of the prize service, the mall sharing server 20 retrieves the total purchase amount of each shop for each shop from the database, determines the winning probability by the above-described method, and performs the lottery by the predetermined method. (Step A15).

The shopping mall shared server 20 determines the result of the prize lottery, the purchase amount of the purchaser at the time of the lottery at the time of the lottery, and the user of each purchaser who has won the winning probability curve for the purchase amount of each store. Transmit to terminal 10 (step A1
6).

[0038]

As described above, according to the present invention, when a prize lottery ticket is executed by electronic commerce via a server, the result of the prize lottery and the purchase amount of each purchaser at the time of the lottery which is the basis of the result. Then, the winning probability with respect to the purchase amount of each store is transmitted to the user terminal 10, so that a store that has contributed more to the investment of the prize service has an effect of obtaining a certain advertisement effect.

Also, at the time of the prize service, the mall sharing server 20 retrieves the total purchase amount of each shop from each database from the database, determines the winning probability, and performs a lottery. There is an effect that the lottery is performed equally.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is an operation flowchart showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an operation explanatory diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 User Terminal 20 Shopping Street Shared Server 30 Retailer Terminal 100 Communication Network

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A user terminal, a shopping mall shared server, and a shop terminal are connected via a network, and a purchaser uses the user terminal to access the shop terminal via the shopping mall shared server, and the merchandise of the shop is sold. In the sweepstakes lottery method in the shopping mall network system for purchasing, after the purchaser purchases a product from the shop terminal via the shopping mall shared server using the user terminal, the shopping mall shared server is The accumulated purchase amount for each store managed by the purchaser's ID in the provided database is added to the total purchase amount. Next, at the time of the prize service, the shopping mall shared server performs all purchases for each store for each purchaser. The amount is retrieved from the database, and for each purchaser, the total purchase amount for each store and the investment amount for the prize service for each store A prize lottery method in a shopping mall network system, wherein a total prize probability is determined based on a prize probability curve allocated in accordance therewith and a lottery is performed. 2. The shopping mall shared server, for each of the purchasers, fits the total purchase amount of each of the shops to the winning probability curve of each of the shops and obtains the winning probability of each of the shops. 2. The prize lottery method in the shopping mall network system according to claim 1, wherein the total winning probability is determined by adding 3. The shopping mall sharing server, for each of the buyers who have won as a result of the lottery, the result of the prize lottery and the total purchase amount of each of the buyers at each store at the time of the lottery that is the basis of the winning. The prize lottery method in the shopping mall network system according to claim 1, wherein the winning probability curve for each of the shops is transmitted to the user terminal. 4. A user terminal, a shopping mall shared server, and a shop terminal are connected via a network, and a purchaser uses the user terminal to access the shop terminal via the shopping mall shared server to access a product of the shop. In the prize lottery mechanism in the shopping mall network system, the purchaser purchases a product from the shop terminal via the shopping mall shared server using the user terminal, and then purchases the product in the database provided in advance. Is added to the cumulative purchase amount of each store managed by the purchaser's ID, and when the prize service time comes, the total purchase amount of each store of each purchaser is extracted from the database, and the store for each purchaser Winning probability based on the winning probability curve assigned according to the total purchase amount for each store and the investment amount in the prize service for each store A prize lottery mechanism in a shopping mall network system, comprising the shopping mall shared server for determining a lottery and performing a lottery. 5. The shopping mall shared server applies the total purchase amount of each of the shops to the winning probability curve of each of the shops for each of the purchasers, and obtains the winning probability of each of the shops. The prize lottery mechanism in the shopping mall network system according to claim 4, wherein the total winning probability is determined by adding 6. The shopping mall shared server, for each of the buyers who have won as a result of the lottery, a total result of the lottery results of the sweepstakes and a total purchase amount for each store at the time of the lottery which is the basis of the winning. The prize lottery mechanism in the shopping mall network system according to claim 4, wherein the winning probability curve for each of the shops is transmitted to the user terminal.