JP2003248787A - Charge receipt/sale system for portable telephone - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a charge receipt/sale system for a portable telephone capable of eliminating labor and cost on creating and distributing a charging bill and a ticket for a user and capable of easily performing payment, receipt or sale without impairing current convenience of the user. <P>SOLUTION: A communication center server is connected with POS cash registers provided in a store and a collection source server for requesting money collection of various charges via a communication network. When an invoice information for a user of the portable telephone is sent from the collection source server, the communication center server transmits the invoice information to the portable telephone of the user after converting the invoice information into a two-dimensional bar code data via a two-dimensional bar code distribution server. Receiving a charge receipt report from the POS cash register which has read the two-dimensional bar code displayed on the portable telephone, the communication center server sends a charge collection complete report to the collection source server corresponding to the charge receipt report. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to various types of payment such as public utility bill payment and credit repayment / payment via a mobile phone, concert tickets, movie theater entrance tickets, and the like. It relates to a system for selling tickets.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, payment / collection of various charges such as public utility charges and credit repayment is not limited to financial institutions.
It can be performed even in a store such as a convenience store or a supermarket where a PO cashier is installed, which is convenient for users who pay the fee. However, in order to pay various charges, it was necessary to bring the invoice sent from the storage source, and sometimes the invoice was lost, and troublesome procedures such as reissuing had to be performed. . In addition, for the company that stores the charges, it is necessary to create and mail a bill to each user, which is a labor-intensive and costly job.

Various tickets such as concert tickets and movie theater entrance tickets were purchased by going to a ticket handling center, and on the day of the event, they brought the tickets to the venue for the event. For this reason, the selling side manually prints out the tickets, distributes them to a ticket handling center, processes the sold tickets, and confirms or collects the tickets at the venue. It was time-consuming and labor-intensive.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to eliminate the labor and cost required for the preparation and delivery of bills addressed to users, while paying various charges without sacrificing the convenience of existing users. It is to provide a charge storage / sale system for mobile phones, which can be stored easily.

Another object of the present invention is to eliminate the present ticket form made of paper or the like, thereby substantially eliminating the need for a series of human processes required for ticket sales, and simplifying ticket sales. It is to provide a charge storage / sale system for mobile phones capable of selling.

[0006]

The mobile phone charge storing / selling system according to the present invention has a communication center server having a two-dimensional bar code distribution server. The communication center server is connected via a communication network to a POS cash register installed in a store and a storage source server that requests storage on behalf of various charges. The communication center server, when the bill information for the user of the mobile phone is sent from the storage source server, assigns an ID number to the bill information and links the phone number and / or the machine number of the mobile phone of the user. And record it in the database. The PO where the user is connected to the communication center server
Go to a store equipped with an S cash register, display the two-dimensional bar code sent to you on your mobile phone, read it at the POS cash register, and perform the required payment procedure, then read it from the two-dimensional bar code displayed on your mobile phone. A charge receipt notification including the ID number is sent from the POS cash register to the communication center server. The communication center server PO issues a fee receipt notification including the ID number read from the two-dimensional bar code presented on the mobile phone.
When I received it from the S cashier, I
The bill information corresponding to the D number is extracted from the database to create a charge receipt notification and send it to the receipt source server, and a receipt confirmation notice is sent to the user of the telephone number linked to the extracted bill information. send.

[0007] This eliminates the need to create and mail bills, so that the expenses and labor required for them can be substantially eliminated, and the convenience store or supermarket etc. for the user without carrying the bills around. Since various charges can be easily paid at this store, it is possible to save time and effort. Furthermore, since the procedure from billing to payment can be processed based on a single ID number, the amount of information to be transmitted and received can be minimized, and billing and payment processing can be performed more quickly. .

[0008] Further, according to the present invention, the mobile phone charge storage /
The sales system may be configured such that the at least the billing source and the billing amount are displayed on the display of the mobile phone and the billing amount is only displayed on the POS cash register. it can. This allows the user to know the minimum required billing content, and when paying at the POS cash register, personal information such as where the billing is from and what the purpose of the payment is. The possibility of being known to a third party can be eliminated.

A mobile phone charge storing / selling system according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention has a communication center server equipped with a two-dimensional bar code distribution server, and the communication center server is installed in a store. It is connected to the POS cash register and the selling server that has requested the sale of various tickets via a communication network. The communication center server, when the purchase application information is sent from the mobile phone,
An ID number is assigned to the purchase application information, and the telephone number and / or machine number of the mobile phone of the user is linked and recorded in the database. On the other hand, the ticket purchase acceptance information requested by the purchase application information is converted into two-dimensional barcode data via the two-dimensional barcode distribution server and transmitted to the mobile phone of the user who made the application.
When the user goes to a store equipped with a POS cash register connected to the communication center server, displays the sent two-dimensional barcode on the mobile phone and causes the POS cash register to read it, and performs the required payment procedure A POS receipt of the charge receipt including the ID number read from the presented 2D barcode
It is sent from the cash register to the communication center server. When the communication center server receives a charge receipt notification from the POS cash register,
The purchase application information corresponding to the ID number included in the fee receipt notification is extracted from the database to set a flag indicating that the fee has been stored, and stored for the user of the telephone number linked to the extracted purchase application information. While sending the confirmation notification, it also creates and sends the charge-accepted notification to the seller server.

As a result, the ticketless form of sale is performed without using paper tickets, etc., so that a series of processes such as printing, distribution, accounting, confirmation or collection of tickets can be performed substantially without human intervention. Therefore, the cost and labor required for them can be substantially eliminated, and the user can easily purchase a ticket at a store such as a convenience store or a supermarket, which saves time and labor. Furthermore, since a series of procedures can be processed based on a single ID number, the amount of information to be transmitted / received can be minimized and the processing can be performed more quickly. In addition, since the tickets to be sold can be centrally managed by the communication center server, it is possible to reliably prevent double sales, which should be noted especially when selling seat-designated tickets.

In a charge storing / sale system for a mobile phone according to still another preferred embodiment of the present invention, a venue server installed at an event venue using a ticket is further connected to a communication center server via a communication network. It When the venue server reads the two-dimensional bar code presented on the mobile phone, the venue server transmits a ticket use notification including the ID number of the two-dimensional bar code to the communication center server. The communication center server extracts the purchase application information corresponding to the ID number included in the received ticket use notification from the database, confirms the payment of the ticket fee, and confirms the payment confirmation information indicating whether the fee has been paid. Send to the venue server. As a result, it is possible to easily and reliably confirm the payment of the ticket specified by the two-dimensional barcode presented on the mobile phone, and thus it is possible to reliably prevent illegal use of the two-dimensional barcode.

As a means for confirming the payment of the ticket specified by the two-dimensional bar code presented on the mobile phone, when the communication center server receives a charge receipt notification from the POS cash register or at an appropriate time thereafter. In addition, it is possible to connect to the communication center server via the communication network and send the purchase application information including the ID number for which the fee has been stored to the venue server.
The venue server can immediately determine the charge payment corresponding to the ID number read from the two-dimensional bar code presented on the mobile phone, without inquiring the communication center server.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[Embodiment 1] As shown in FIG. 1, a mobile phone charge storing / selling system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a database 1
It has a communication center server 1 provided with A and a two-dimensional barcode distribution server 1B. Communication center server 1
Is connected to the POS cash register 2 installed in each store and the storage source server 3 installed in the company that has requested storage on behalf of various charges via a public line, a private line, or a communication network 4 such as the Internet. Has been done. The two-dimensional bar code distribution server 1B creates two-dimensional bar code data displayed in the form of a two-dimensional bar code on the display unit of the mobile phone based on the bill information described later, and distributes the two-dimensional bar code data to the mobile phone 5 of the user. It has a function. Here, the two-dimensional bar code distribution server 1B does not necessarily have to be installed in the communication center server 1 and may be configured to be connected via the communication network 3. On the other hand, the connection between the communication center server 1 and the POS cash register 2 does not necessarily have to be a direct connection, but can be made via a center server (not shown) that controls the POS cash register.

Billing of various charges to the user is started by transmitting bill information D1 from the receiving server 3 to the communication center server 1, which corresponds to the conventional issuance and delivery of bills. The communication center server 1 assigns an ID number to the received bill information D1 and links the telephone number and / or the machine number of the cell phone of the billing user to link the cell phone number of the cell phone 5 of the billing user. While being recorded in the database 1A, the bill information D1 is converted into two-dimensional barcode data D2 via the two-dimensional barcode distribution server 1B and transmitted to the mobile phone 5 of the user. The two-dimensional barcode data D2 is at least I
Includes D number and billing information. Preferably 2
The two-dimensional barcode data D2 is displayed on the display of the mobile phone 5 as 2
When the two-dimensional bar code is displayed, the user can read where the invoice is, and how much money should be paid. Then, when the POS cash register 2 is read, how much money should be received. Whether or not there is is configured to be displayed at the POS cash register 2.

To pay the fee, go to a store such as a convenience store or a supermarket equipped with the POS cash register 2 connected to the communication center server 1 and display a two-dimensional bar code for payment on the display of the mobile phone 5, The payment is made by scanning with the barcode reader of the POS cash register 2. When payment is made, the POS cash register 2 obtains the ID number obtained by reading the two-dimensional barcode,
Preferably, the charge receipt notification D3 including the ID number, the received amount, the information of the mobile phone number and / or the machine number is transmitted to the communication center server 1. The communication center server 1 that has received the charge receipt notification D3 extracts the invoice information D1 of the ID number notified by the charge receipt notification D3 from the database 1A and collates it with the contents of the charge receipt notification D3 to properly collect the charges. When the billing information D1 is stored, a billing completion flag is set for the billing information D1 in the database, and a billing completion notification D4 is transmitted to the billing source server 3 that is the billing source of the billing information D1 via the communication network 4. . At the same time, the storage confirmation notice D5 is transmitted to the user having the telephone number linked to the extracted bill information D1. When the result of the collation is unreasonable, a flag to that effect is set and the settlement process is performed.
This clearing process is not particularly limited,
Information about refund or bill for excess or shortage is converted into two-dimensional bar code data and transmitted to the mobile phone 5, and the two-dimensional bar code displayed on the mobile phone 5 is POSed in the same manner as described above.
It may be configured so that it can be read at the cash register and refunded or re-stored.

[0016]

[Embodiment 2] FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a charge storing / selling system for mobile phones according to another embodiment of the present invention. Instead of the storing source server 3 described in the above embodiment, various tickets are sold. Via the communication network 4, the venue server 3B is connected to the requested distributor server 3A via the communication network 4, and is installed in a venue such as a concert venue, a stadium, a movie theater, etc. which is to be entered using a ticket. The configuration is the same as that of the above-mentioned embodiment except that it is further connected. Here, when there is a company requesting the sale at the venue, the seller server 3A and the venue server 3B.
It is easy to understand that and are the same server.

When purchasing a ticket, the user connects the mobile phone 5 to the communication center server 1 and transmits the purchase application information d1 for the desired ticket. The communication center server 1 assigns an ID number to the purchase application information d1 sent from the mobile phone 5, records the user's mobile phone number and / or machine number in the database 1A while linking the same, and purchases the same. Application information d1
The ticket purchase acceptance information d2 requested in step 2 is converted into two-dimensional bar code data via the two-dimensional bar code distribution server 1B and transmitted to the mobile phone 5 of the user who made the application. POS where user is connected to communication center server 1
Go to a store equipped with cash register 2, display the two-dimensional barcode sent to you on your mobile phone, and have it read by POS cash register 2.
The user's purchase procedure is completed by performing the required payment procedure. The POS cash register 2 is
A charge receipt notification d3 including the ID number read from the two-dimensional bar code presented on the mobile phone is sent to the communication center server 1. Here, the purchase acceptance information d2 sent to the mobile phone is displayed together with the two-dimensional barcode on the mobile phone for the same reason as described in the above embodiment, and the contents of the purchase application, for example, the date and time of the event. It is preferable that the holding place, seat number, etc. can be confirmed, while the amount of money to be stored is displayed at the POS cash register at the time of reading at the POS cash register.

When the communication center server 1 receives the charge receipt notification d3 from the POS cash register 2, the charge receipt notification d3.
Purchase application information d1 corresponding to the ID number included in 3
Is extracted from the database 1A, a flag indicating that the charge has been collected is set, and the fact that the charge has been collected is recorded
To record. On the other hand, the storage confirmation notice d4 is transmitted to the user having the telephone number linked to the extracted purchase application information d1, and the charge for the purchase application information d1 is stored in the seller server 3A. A charge-accepted notification d5 indicating that is created and transmitted. Here, it is desirable that the storage confirmation notification d4 is not only confirmation of the mere storage of charges but also the content of the ticket purchased by the user, for example, the date and time of the event, the place of the event, the seat number, and the like. Also, when the communication center server 1 receives the charge receipt notification d3 from the POS cash register 2 or at an appropriate time thereafter, the communication center server 1 stores the sold list information d6 created based on the purchase application information d1 with the collected charges. Venue server 3 from server 1 via communication network 4
It may be sent to B, and the sold list information d
6 may be sent directly to the venue server 3B or via a host server (not shown) that controls the seller server 3A or the venue server 3B.

The user goes to the event venue of the purchased ticket, and the purchase acceptance information d2 of 2 recorded on the mobile phone 5 is entered.
The dimension bar code is displayed and read by the venue server 3B. The venue server 3B is an ID obtained by reading the two-dimensional barcode presented on the mobile phone 5.
The ticket use notification d7 including the number is transmitted to the communication center server 1. The communication center server 1 extracts the purchase application information d1 corresponding to the ID number included in the received ticket use notification d7 from the database 1A, confirms the payment of the ticket fee, and indicates whether the fee has been paid. The payment confirmation information d8 is sent to the venue server 1A to notify whether or not the purchase application information is valid. On the other hand, the communication center server 1 uses the extracted purchase application information d.
The possibility of double use is avoided by setting a flag in 1 to indicate that the ticket has been used, or by deleting the extracted purchase application information d1. At this time, when the sold list information d6 described above is sent to the venue server 1A, the venue server 1A does not make an inquiry to the communication center server 1 and purchase application information d for the mobile phone 5 is sent.
It suffices only to confirm whether 1 is in the sold list information d6. However, due to the time lag of transmission of each information and the like, not all the purchase application information d1 for which the fee has been paid is in the sold list information d6. Therefore, even in this case, an inquiry means to the communication center server 1 is required. It is preferable to have.

[0020]

According to the present invention, since various charges can be paid / stored and tickets can be sold using a two-dimensional bar code, the source company can store bills, tickets, etc. It is possible to eliminate the expense and labor required for the user, while the user can pay various charges and enter the venue without carrying a bill or ticket. In addition, since the procedure from billing to payment or ticket application to its use can be processed based on a single ID number, the amount of information to be sent and received can be minimized, thereby making it faster. Can be processed. Furthermore, by using the two-dimensional bar code displayed on the mobile phone to store fees and sell tickets, human factors can be prevented from intervening in the amount to be stored, and errors due to misreading the amount can be avoided. You can definitely avoid storage and double sales.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a storage of charges for a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention.
It is a schematic diagram showing an outline of a sales system.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an outline of a charge storing / selling system for a mobile phone according to another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Communication Center Server 1A Database 1B 2 Dimensional Bar Code Distribution Server 2 POS Register 3 Storage Source Server 4 Communication Network 5 Mobile Phone D1 Invoice Information D2 2 Dimensional Bar Code Data D3 Charge Receipt Notification D4 Charge Storage Notification D5 Storage Confirmation Notification

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A communication center server having a two-dimensional bar code distribution server, the communication center server communicating with a POS cash register installed in a store and a storage source server that requests storage on behalf of various charges. When the bill information for the user of the mobile phone is sent from the storage source server, the communication center server assigns an ID number to the bill information, and the mobile phone number of the user and When the POS cashier receives a fee receipt notification including the ID number read from the two-dimensional bar code presented on the mobile phone by recording the machine number in a database linked to it, the ID included in the fee receipt notification Extract the invoice information corresponding to the number from the database, create a charge receipt notification and send it to the receipt server A mobile phone charge storage / sale system that sends a storage confirmation notification to a user whose telephone number is linked to the extracted bill information. 2. The two-dimensional bar code is configured such that at least a billing source and a billing amount are displayed on a display unit of a mobile phone, and only a billing amount is displayed on a POS cash register. The mobile phone charge storing / selling system according to claim 1. 3. A communication center server having a two-dimensional bar code distribution server, the communication center server communicating with a POS cash register installed in a store and a seller server that requests sales of various tickets. When the purchase application information is sent from the mobile phone, the communication center server is connected via the I
The D number is allocated and the mobile phone number and / or the machine number of the user is linked and recorded in the database, and the purchase acceptance information of the ticket requested in the purchase application information is transmitted via the two-dimensional bar code distribution server 2 When the POS cash register receives a charge receipt notification including the ID number read from the two-dimensional barcode presented on the mobile phone after being converted into two-dimensional barcode data and sent to the mobile phone, the ID included in the charge receipt notification The purchase application information corresponding to the number is extracted from the database and a flag indicating that the fee has been collected is set, and a storage confirmation notice is sent to the user of the telephone number linked to the extracted purchase application information and the fee collection notification is sent. A charge collection / sale system for mobile phones that you create and send to the distributor server. 4. The communication center server further includes an ID number read from a two-dimensional bar code presented on a mobile phone, which is further connected to a venue server installed at an event venue using a ticket via a communication network. When the ticket use notification is received from the venue server, the purchase application information corresponding to the ID number included in the ticket use notification is extracted from the database and the payment of the ticket fee is confirmed to indicate whether or not the fee has been paid. The mobile phone charge storing / sale system according to claim 3, which sends the payment confirmation information to the venue server. 5. The communication center server further includes an ID number read from a two-dimensional bar code presented on a mobile phone, which is further connected to a venue server installed at an event venue using a ticket via a communication network. When receiving the fee receipt notification from the POS cash register or at an appropriate time thereafter, the venue server can determine whether or not the fee is paid based on the ID number read from the two-dimensional bar code presented on the mobile phone. I already paid
4. The mobile phone charge storing / selling system according to claim 3, wherein purchase application information including a D number is sent to the venue server.