JP2003076837A - User registration method and information communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a user registration and an information communication terminal that nearly save, for a user, work for inputting the information on the user or a commodity. SOLUTION: When the user executes user registration through a first communication line form the own information communication terminal to a server of the manufacturing or distribution source of the commodity, receipt information including commodity settlement information, information for urging the user registration and address information on the server 106 is fetched into the user's information communication terminal 102. Based on the information for urging the user registration included in the receipt information fetched and the user's personal information previously stored in the information communication terminal, user registration information is generated. The generated user registration information is transmitted through the communication line from the user's information communication terminal 102 based on the address information, included in the receipt information, on the server 102.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a user registration method and an information communication terminal for performing user registration for a product when the product is purchased, and more particularly to a user registration method for automatically executing user registration. And information communication terminals.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At present, when a product is purchased, depending on the purchased product, there are products for which it is necessary to perform user registration for registering a user as a person who provides a service to the product such as a manufacturer. Usually, user registration is performed by sending a postcard for user registration attached to a product to a maker. In other cases, the user uses a terminal such as a personal computer to access the manufacturer's website described in the warranty card or the like to perform user registration.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional technique, it is necessary to manually write personal information such as handwriting on the postcard attached to the purchased product to release the postcard. It is necessary to write a long character string such as a name, an address, and a telephone number, which is troublesome. To access the manufacturer's website, connect to the Internet yourself and enter the URL (Uniform Resource Locater) of the desired website.
User information must be registered by writing product information and personal information on the home page. In this case, it takes time to connect to the target website. Further, there is a problem that the user has to input the name and the like by using the keyboard of the terminal or the like as in the case of the postcard even if it is not handwritten, which is troublesome.

Since it takes too much time to perform user registration as described above, many users do not perform user registration. On the other hand, for manufacturers, the amount of information collected from users will decrease because the number of user registrations will not increase.
There are problems such as not being able to manage users.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a user registration method and an information communication terminal in which the user hardly has to input information about an individual or a product. The purpose is to provide.

[0006]

According to the present invention, when the user performs user registration from the information communication terminal of the user to the server of the manufacturer or the seller of the product, the product is A process of loading receipt information including payment information, information for prompting user registration, and address information of the server into a user's information communication terminal, and information for prompting the user registration included in the fetched receipt information; A process of creating user registration information based on personal information of the user stored in advance in the information communication terminal of the user, and the created user registration information included in the receipt information. Transmitting from the information communication terminal of the user to the server via the first communication line based on the address information of the server. Provided by the user registration method characterized.

Further, according to the present invention, there is provided an information communication terminal having a function of executing user registration via a first communication line to a server of a manufacturer or a seller of a product, which is an individual related to a terminal user. Storage means for storing information, receipt information input means for fetching receipt information including merchandise payment information, information for prompting user registration, and address information of the server, and a user for the receipt information fetched by the receipt information input means. Registration information creating means for creating user registration information based on the information for urging user registration and the personal information of the terminal user stored in the storage means when the information for urging registration is included, The user registration information created by the registration information creating means is replaced with the address information of the user registration destination included in the receipt information. Provided by the information communication terminal, characterized by comprising: a registration information transmitting means for transmitting to the server via the first communication line and.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of a user registration method and an information communication terminal of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram for user registration according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The POS register 101, which executes settlement at the time of purchasing a product by electronic commerce, stores receipt information regarding the product purchased by the user. The receipt information includes information such as the purchased product name, maker name, model number, serial number, and URL of the manufacturer's website. When a user purchases a product, receipt information is transmitted from the POS register 101 to the information communication terminal (MS) 102 owned by the user. The receipt information is Bluetooth (B which is one of the short-distance wireless data communication systems.
The information is transmitted to the information communication terminal 102 by the T) method. Bl
uetooth is a weak radio wave using the 2.4 GHz band ISM band, and performs wireless communication at a maximum of about 10 to 100 m.

The information communication terminal 102 stores personal information such as a user's name, telephone number, and address. The information communication terminal 102 creates information necessary for user registration based on the personal information and the receipt information transmitted from the POS register 101. After that, the base station (BS) 103
Information necessary for user registration is transmitted from the information communication terminal 102. Then, the access server (AS) 104 and the content server 105 of the provider (telecommunications carrier)
Connected to the Internet via the management server 10
The information necessary for user registration is transmitted to 6. The management server 106 is a server used by the manufacturer or seller of the product. The information communication terminal 102 includes a wireless unit such as IMT-2000 which is a next-generation wireless communication standard and the current PDC standard. According to this wireless unit, the i-mode
With a browsing function such as (registered trademark), it becomes possible to exchange data with the management server 106 via a communication carrier.

FIG. 2 shows the information communication terminal 10 shown in FIG.
3 is a block diagram of an internal configuration in FIG. The information communication terminal 102 includes a radio unit 1, a baseband unit 2, an input / output unit 3, a power supply unit 4, and a BT radio unit 5.

Referring to FIG. 2, the base station 10 shown in FIG.
A radio frequency signal arriving from 3 via a radio line for a mobile communication system is received by an antenna 11 and then via an antenna duplexer (DUP) 12 a reception circuit (RX) 13
Entered in. The receiving circuit 13 includes a high frequency amplifier, a frequency converter and a demodulator. The radio signal is low-noise amplified by a low-noise amplifier, and then frequency-converted into a reception intermediate-frequency signal or a reception baseband signal by mixing with the reception local oscillation signal generated from the frequency synthesizer (SYN) 14 in the frequency converter. Then, the output signal is digitally demodulated by a demodulator. As a demodulation method,
For example, QPSK (quadrature phase-shift keying)
An orthogonal demodulation method corresponding to the method is used. The reception local oscillation signal frequency generated from the frequency synthesizer 14 is the main control unit 2 provided in the baseband unit 2.
Instructed from 1. In addition, the wireless unit 1 uses the IMT-200.
It is equipped with a wireless communication system such as 0 and can be connected to the Internet via a communication carrier.

The demodulated signal output from the demodulator is input to the baseband unit 2. The baseband unit 2 includes a main control unit 21, a demultiplexing unit 22, a voice code decoding unit (hereinafter referred to as a voice codec) 23, a multimedia processing unit 24, and an LCD (liquid crystal display) control unit 2.
5 and a memory unit 26.

The main control section 21 identifies whether the demodulated signal is control information or multimedia information. If the demodulated signal is multimedia information, it is supplied to the demultiplexing unit 22 where it is separated into audio data and image data. The audio data is the audio codec 23
Is supplied to and is decoded here. The voice signal thus reproduced is output as loudspeaker from the speaker 32 of the input / output unit 3. On the other hand, the image data is supplied to the multimedia processing unit 24 where it is subjected to image decoding processing. The image signal thus reproduced is supplied to and displayed on the LCD 34 of the input / output unit 3 via the LCD control unit 25.

Further, the memory unit 26 stores a receipt distributed from the POS register 101 or the like which executes settlement when purchasing a product in electronic commerce or the like, and personal information such as a user's name, telephone number, and address. .

The received image data is stored in the RAM in the main controller 21 as needed. Also LCD 34
Includes various pieces of information output from the main control unit 21 indicating the operating state of the own device, such as a telephone directory or a received electric field strength detection value,
The remaining battery level is also displayed.

On the other hand, the transmitted voice signal of the user output from the microphone 31 of the input / output unit 3 is the baseband unit 2.
Audio codec 23. Audio codec 2
After being voice-encoded in 3, it is input to the demultiplexing unit 22. The image signal output from the camera (CAM) 33 is input to the multimedia processing unit 24 of the baseband unit 2. The image is encoded by the multimedia processing unit 24 and then input to the demultiplexing unit 22. The demultiplexing unit 22 multiplexes the encoded audio data and image data in a predetermined format. The multiplexed transmission data is input from the main control unit 21 to the transmission circuit (TX) 15 of the wireless unit 1.

The transmission circuit 15 comprises a modulator, a frequency converter and a transmission power amplifier. The transmission data is digitally modulated by a modulator and then mixed by a frequency converter with a transmission local oscillation signal generated from the frequency synthesizer 14 to be frequency-converted into a radio frequency signal.
As the modulation method, the QPSK method is used. Then, the generated transmission radio frequency signal is amplified to a predetermined transmission level by the transmission power amplifier, and then supplied to the antenna 11 via the antenna duplexer 12 and transmitted from the antenna 11 to the base station 103. To be done.

The power supply unit 4 includes a battery 41 such as a lithium ion battery, a charging circuit (CHG) 42 for charging the battery 41, and a voltage generation circuit (PS) 4.
3 and 3 are provided. The voltage generation circuit 43 is composed of, for example, a DC / DC converter, and generates a predetermined power supply voltage Vcc based on the output voltage of the battery 41.

The input / output unit 3 is provided with an illuminator 36 for illuminating the LCD 34 and the key input unit 35 during operation and communication. This illuminator 36 is called, for example, a backlight or illumination.

By the way, the BT radio unit 5 is the BT radio circuit 5
1 and its antenna 52. The BT wireless circuit 51 wirelessly transmits information to and from the POS register 101 shown in FIG. 1 according to a wireless communication system defined by Bluetooth. That is, POS register 1
Authentication control and protocol control for connection with 01 are performed to exchange payment data of a product with the Bluetooth wireless unit of the POS register 101, and receipt information is received from the POS register 101 at the end of payment.

The main control section 21 has an internal memory including a microprocessor, ROM and RAM. The main control unit 21 has registration information generating means 21-A and product information fetching means as control functions related to the present invention in addition to normal control functions such as connection control of wireless channels and communication control after establishment of communication links. 21-B and registration information sending means 21-C.

The registration information generating means 21-A extracts necessary data such as a product name, a maker name, a model number, and a manufacturing number from the receipt. Further, the registration information generating means 21-
A is the information communication terminal 10 stored in the memory unit 26.
The name of the user of the information communication terminal 102 from the personal information of 2.
Retrieve personal information data such as phone number and address. Then, data for user registration to be transmitted to the management server 106 in FIG. 1 is created from the data from the receipt and the data from the personal information.

The product information fetching means 21-B controls to electronically receive the receipt from the POS register 101 and store it in the memory section 26 at the end of payment. As shown in FIG. 3, information such as the product name of the purchased product, the manufacturer's name, the model number, the manufacturing number, the user registration permission, and the URL of the manufacturer's website is added to the receipt.

When the key input section 35 instructs the user to execute user registration, the registration information sending means 21-C controls the wireless section 1 to connect to the Internet via the communication carrier. After connecting to the Internet, connect to the URL of the manufacturer's website obtained from the receipt and send the user registration data.

According to this embodiment, the data required for user registration is created from the product information on the receipt or the like stored in the information communication terminal when the product is purchased and the personal information stored in the information communication terminal. You can then connect to the website and perform user registration.

FIG. 3 shows an example of receipt information transmitted from the POS register 101 to the information communication terminal. The receipt includes information on the product name, manufacturer name, model number, manufacturing number, user registration permission, and manufacturer URL. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the product name, maker name, model number, manufacturing number, user registration availability, and manufacturer URL are ABC, A, K12, 0222, respectively.
Yes, it is http: // ****. In addition, for example, when conducting a questionnaire for a product, it is possible to ask the user for an answer, whether or not it can be answered, questionnaire information such as age and gender, and a desired product for a prize application. Information may be included.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing a process of creating data from receipt information and personal information and transmitting the data to the server.

The information communication terminal 102 has a Blu in the POS register 101 for settlement of purchased commodities.
When it comes to the position where the radio wave from the Bluetooth wireless unit can be received, the Bluetooth wireless unit 5 sets the POS register
The terminal authentication is performed according to the Bluetooth communication protocol with the terminal 1 to establish the Bluetooth communication. When communication is established with the POS register 101, the main control unit 21 exchanges data with the POS register 101 via the Bluetooth wireless unit 5. Then, the information communication terminal 102 electronically receives the receipt from the POS register 101 at the end of the payment, and the memory unit 2
Store in 6. As shown in FIG. 3, information such as the product name of the purchased product, the manufacturer's name, the model number, the manufacturing number, the user registration permission, and the URL of the manufacturer's website is added to the receipt. The user registration availability information is information indicating whether the product can be registered by the user as a product.

First, the main control unit 21 checks the information on whether or not the user registration of the receipt is possible, and determines whether or not the product can be registered by the user (ST1).
If it is determined in step ST1 that user registration is not possible, the user registration operation ends.

If user registration is possible in step ST1, the main controller 21 controls the LCD controller 25, and as a result, the LCD 34 is controlled. Then, the fact that user registration is possible is displayed on the display screen (ST2).

The user determines whether to execute user registration (ST3). When it is determined that the user registration is not performed in step ST3, the user registration operation ends.
When performing user registration, the key input unit 35 is operated to start user registration. Of course, it may be set in advance so as to perform unconditional user registration. In this case, the process proceeds unconditionally from step ST2 to step ST4. In addition, whether or not to perform user registration may be selected depending on the type of product, the manufacturer, or the like.

When user registration is started by the user,
The main control unit 21 retrieves necessary data such as a product name, a maker name, a model number, and a manufacturing number from the receipt stored in the memory unit 26. Furthermore, from the personal information of the information communication terminal 102 stored in the memory unit 26, the information communication terminal 102
Data of personal information such as the user's name, telephone number, and address is retrieved. As the personal information of the information communication terminal 102, for example, vCard format data used for registering a telephone directory of a mobile phone is used. vCar
Personal information such as name, telephone number, address, and email address can be stored in the d format. The main control unit 21 creates data for user registration to be transmitted to the management server 106 from the data from the receipt and the data from the personal information (ST4).

The main controller 21 displays the data for user registration and whether or not to execute the user registration (ST5). Therefore, the data for user registration is created, for example, in the C-HTML format of the browsing description language used in i-mode (registered trademark) of a mobile phone.

It is determined whether or not the user registration data is transmitted to the management server 106 (ST6). If it is determined in step ST6 that the data is not transmitted, the user registration operation ends. The user confirms the content of the data for user registration, and operates the key input unit 35 when executing user registration.

When the key input unit 35 gives an instruction to execute user registration, the main control unit 21 controls the wireless unit 1 to connect to the Internet via the communication carrier. After connecting to the Internet, the user registration data is transmitted by connecting to the URL of the manufacturer's website obtained from the receipt (ST7).

As shown in this embodiment, a means for judging information that can be sent to the management server 106 via the base station 103 from the information of many receipts stored in the information communication terminal 102. Allows the management server 10
It is possible to specify the product that has the information to be sent to 6. Further, by adding a means for automatically combining personal information stored in advance in the information communication terminal 102 in addition to the receipt information to create data, the user himself / herself can obtain information about the product and personal information. It becomes possible to save the trouble of inputting information and creating data. Furthermore, the information communication terminal 1 can perform user registration, etc. of the purchased product to the manufacturer by using the automatically created data.
You can easily start from 02. In addition, by allowing the information communication terminal 102 to easily perform user registration, the user who purchased the product can write his / her name, telephone number, and information of the purchased product on a postcard for user registration. , It becomes possible to save the troublesome work of connecting to the Internet and accessing the server for user registration to perform user registration.

Further, application by adding questionnaire information regarding products and information regarding application for a prize to the receipt is also conceivable. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the receipt information as to whether or not it is possible to request the user to answer, for example, when conducting a questionnaire, the age, sex, occupation, purchase motive of the user, and Questionnaire information such as desired products and application information for sweepstakes are added. If the answer permission information or the application information is added, it can be applied not only as user registration but also for conducting a questionnaire or applying for a prize. As shown in FIG. 3, when the receipt permission information is acceptable, the main control unit 21 controls the LCD 34 to display on the display screen that it is possible to respond to the questionnaire and apply for the prize. The user operates the key input unit 35 in order to answer a questionnaire or apply for a prize. When the user inputs from the key input unit 35,
The main control unit 21 retrieves the product name, the maker name, the model number, the manufacturing number, the questionnaire information, and the application information for the prize from the receipt stored in the memory unit 26. Further, the personal information data such as the name, telephone number, and address of the owner of the information communication terminal 102 is extracted from the personal information of the user stored in the memory unit 26.
The main control unit 21 displays a screen for editing data on the LCD 34 in order to edit the data to be transmitted to the management server 106 from the data from the receipt and the data from the personal information. This edit screen is created so that the user can reply to the questionnaire and select products. For example, in the C-HTML format, the answer to the questionnaire or the selection column of the product is displayed. And if you want to send the data with the contents edited by the user,
The key input unit 35 is operated. When there is an input from the key input unit 35, the main control unit 21 controls the wireless unit 1 and connects to the Internet via the communication carrier. After connecting to the Internet, connect to the URL of the manufacturer's website obtained from the receipt and send the data.

In this way, the user can not only register the purchased product as a user but also easily apply for a prize. Further, the manufacturer side can easily collect the questionnaires, and it can be expected that the collection rate will be high.

FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram showing an electrical internal structure of an information communication terminal according to the second embodiment of the present invention, in which personal information is USIM (User's Subscrib).
er Identity Module) is a functional block diagram of an information communication terminal when stored in a card. Personal information is stored in the USIM card 62 of the information communication terminal 102. The USIM card 62 is an IC for user authentication used in IMT-2000, which is a standard for next-generation wireless communication.
(Integrated circuit) Card memory. USIM
The card 62 also has an area for storing a telephone directory and own number. The USIM card 62 is controlled by the USIM controller 61. The USIM control unit 61 executes authentication control and protocol control with the USIM card 62.

In this embodiment, the personal information used when creating the data for user registration is retrieved from the USIM card 62. When the user performs user registration, the main control unit 2
1 retrieves necessary data such as a product name, a maker name, a model number, and a manufacturing number from a receipt stored in the memory unit 26. Further, the personal information data such as name and telephone number is taken out from the telephone directory and the own number area stored in the USIM card 62 via the USIM controller 61. The main control unit 21 creates data regarding a product from a receipt and data for user registration to be transmitted to the management server 106 from data of personal information. In this way, the user registration data can be created using the USIM card 62. USIM card 62
If personal information is stored in the personal computer, it is convenient for a user who has a plurality of information communication terminals, because it is not necessary to set personal information for each information terminal. Further, even when the information communication terminal is replaced, it is convenient for the user to set the personal information in the new terminal because the USIM card 62 is simply inserted.

Other circuit parts and other operations are similar to those of the first embodiment. Therefore, the effects related to those circuit parts and operations are similar to those of the first embodiment.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but can be implemented with various modifications within the technical scope thereof.

[0044]

According to the user registration method and the information communication terminal of the present invention, the user does not have to enter the product information and personal information himself to create data, and purchase with the automatically created data. It becomes possible to easily execute user registration of the manufactured product to the manufacturer from the information communication terminal.

If the receipt includes information indicating that it is possible to request a response from the user, such as application for a questionnaire or a prize, the user may not reply to the questionnaire or apply for the prize. Data can be easily created and sent to the server.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram including a POS register for user registration, an information communication terminal, and a management server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing an electrical internal configuration of the information communication terminal shown in FIG. 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an example of receipt information transmitted from the POS register shown in FIG. 1 to the information communication terminal shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.

4 is a flowchart showing a process in which the information communication terminal shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 creates data from receipt information and personal information and transmits the data to the management server shown in FIG.

5 is a functional block diagram showing an electrical internal configuration of the information communication terminal shown in FIG. 1 according to the second embodiment of the present invention, in the case where personal information is stored in a USIM card. It is a functional block diagram of an information communication terminal.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 radio section 2 Baseband section 3 I / O section 4 power supply 5 BT radio section 11 antenna 12 antenna duplexer 13 Receiver circuit 14 frequency synthesizer 15 Transmitter circuit 21 Main controller 21-A Registration information generating means 21-B Product information acquisition means 21-C registration information sending means 22 Demultiplexer 23 audio codecs 24 Multimedia processing unit 25 LCD control unit 26 Memory section 31 microphone 32 speakers 35 Key input section 36 Illuminator 41 Battery 42 Charging circuit 43 Voltage generation circuit 51 wireless circuit 52 antenna

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A product settlement information, information for prompting user registration when a user performs user registration from an information communication terminal of the user to a server of a manufacturer or a seller of a product, and A process of importing receipt information including address information of the server into a user's information communication terminal, information for promoting the user registration included in the imported receipt information, and pre-stored in the information communication terminal of the user. The process of creating user registration information based on the user's personal information, and the created user registration information based on the server address information included in the receipt information. And a step of transmitting from the information communication terminal of the user to the server via the first communication line, the user registration method. 2. The process of fetching the receipt information into a user's information communication terminal, transferring from the sales terminal of the store to the user's information communication terminal via the second communication line. User registration method. 3. A process of displaying the information for prompting the user registration included in the fetched receipt information and transmitting the user registration information when the user inputs information for permitting the user registration. The user registration method according to claim 1, further comprising: 4. When the receipt information includes questionnaire information for the user, a step of displaying the questionnaire information on the information communication terminal of the user, and a step of inputting the user's answer to the displayed questionnaire information. And a step of creating questionnaire response information based on the entered answer and the user's personal information, and the created questionnaire response information including the address information of the server included in the receipt information. Based on
The user registration method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of transmitting from the information communication terminal of the user to the server via a first communication line. 5. When the receipt information includes application guidance information for a prize, a process of displaying the application guidance information on a user's information communication terminal, and a process of displaying the application guidance information by the user. The process of inputting an application instruction, the process of creating application information based on the input application instruction and the personal information of the user, and the created application information are included in the receipt information. 2. The user registration method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of transmitting from the information communication terminal of the user to the server via a first communication line based on address information of the server. . 6. An information communication terminal having a function of executing user registration via a first communication line to a server of a manufacturer or a seller of a product, the storage means storing personal information about a terminal user. And receipt information inputting means for taking in product receipt information, information for prompting user registration, and receipt information including address information of the server, and information for prompting user registration in the receipt information fetched by the receipt information inputting means. If the registration information is created, the registration information creation means creates user registration information based on the information for prompting the user registration and the personal information of the terminal user stored in the storage means. The first communication line based on the created user registration information based on the address information of the user registration destination included in the receipt information. Information communication terminal characterized by comprising: a registration information transmitting means for transmitting to said server via. 7. The information communication terminal according to claim 6, wherein the receipt information input means receives the receipt information transferred from the sales terminal of the store via the second communication line. 8. The user information is displayed in the registration information transmission means when the information for prompting the user registration included in the received receipt information is displayed and the user inputs the information to permit the user registration. The information communication terminal according to claim 6, further comprising means for transmitting registration information. 9. The first determining means for determining whether or not the receipt information includes questionnaire information for the user, and the first determining means for determining that the receipt information includes questionnaire information for the user. When it is determined, the display means for displaying the questionnaire information, the answer input means for inputting the user's answer to the displayed questionnaire information, the answer input by the answer input means, and the memory means for storing the answer. Based on the personal information of the terminal user being
A first communication line based on address information of the server included in the receipt information, the answer information creating means for creating questionnaire answer information, and the questionnaire answer information created by the answer information creating means. 7. The information communication terminal according to claim 6, further comprising: reply information transmitting means for transmitting to the server via the. 10. A second determination means for determining whether or not the receipt information includes application information for a prize, and the receipt information includes application information for a prize. Display means for displaying the application guidance information when the determination means of No. 2 determines, instruction input means for the user to input an application instruction for the displayed application guidance information, and the input application instruction The receipt information includes application information creating means for creating application information based on the personal information of the terminal user stored in the storage means, and application information created by the application information creating means. The information communication terminal according to claim 6, further comprising: application information transmitting means for transmitting the application information to the server via a first communication line based on the address information of the server.