JP2004102589A - Information distributing system and method and program for making computer execute the method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To individually distribute only information that are especially likely to attract members among information associated with the privileges of a credit card in a period when the members are especially likely to get interested in the information. <P>SOLUTION: What kind of privileges a user 100 can get at the time of using a credit card in an affiliated facility (affiliated store) 101 of the credit card such as a restaurant or a hotel is informed to the portable telephone set of the user 100 who makes a reservation for the facility 101 prior to the payment. Then, the reserved contents are made to be informed from the affiliated facility 101 at the destination of reservation, a reservation site relaying reservation, or the reserver 100 to card companies 102a to 102n, and when the reserver 100 is a card member of its own company, a card company 102 transmits a privilege mail which describes what kind of privileges the reserver can get when the reserver presents its own company's card at the reservation destination. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an information distribution system, a method of distributing information, and a program for causing a computer to execute a method for distributing information relating to a privilege that a credit card member can receive at a member facility to a portable terminal device of each member.
[0002]
[Prior art]
It is now commonplace for individuals to have multiple credit cards on their own. However, a plurality of cards are not always clearly used, such as a card A for what payment and a card B for what payment. If you arbitrarily select and present one at the time of payment, you will miss out on the benefits that you can receive such as discount services.
[0003]
You can always find out what benefits you use at which stores by using which cards, for example, on a website provided by a card company. However, since it is not expected that a member who is not interested in the privilege collects the information, the card company usually provides the member with information directly by e-mail or the like.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, such e-mails are often discarded without being read, or the contents are often forgotten when using a card that is important even if it is read. This is not only due to the low interest of the members, but also due to the bad timing of providing information from the card company, and at least not being in the right place at the time of the members.
[0005]
The present invention solves the above-mentioned problem of the prior art by distributing only information which is likely to be of particular interest to a member of a card privilege information individually when it is likely to be of special interest. It is an object to provide a system, an information distribution method, and a program for causing a computer to execute the method.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problems and achieve the object, the information distribution system according to the first aspect of the present invention distributes information on benefits that a credit card member can receive at a member facility to a portable terminal device of each member. In the information distribution system, based on at least one of the date and time and the number of reservations made by the member with respect to the member facility, a search is performed in which the member searches for information on benefits that can be received at the member facility from a predetermined database. Means, determining means for determining a date and time for notifying the member of the information searched by the searching means based on the date and time of the reservation made by the member to the member facility, and information searched by the searching means Notification means for notifying the member at the date and time determined by the determination means.
[0007]
According to the invention described in claim 1, for members who are certain to use any of the member facilities in the near future, what kind of benefits can be obtained by presenting a card at the relevant facility will be specifically described. Notified.
[0008]
In the information distribution system according to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the determination unit determines that the member is a predetermined time before the date and time of the reservation made to the member facility by the member. Is determined as a date and time at which the member is notified of the information.
[0009]
According to the second aspect of the present invention, a member who is certain to use one of the affiliated facilities in the near future will receive what kind of privilege if a card is presented at the facility prior to the use. Is notified specifically.
[0010]
Also, in the information distribution system according to a third aspect of the present invention, in the information distribution system according to the first or second aspect, the notifying unit transmits the electronic mail in which the information searched by the searching unit is described. The notification is performed by transmitting to the member at the date and time determined by the determination unit.
[0011]
According to the third aspect of the present invention, for a member who is certain to use one of the member facilities in the near future, what kind of privilege can be received by presenting a card at the relevant facility is notified by e-mail. Specifically notified.
[0012]
Further, in the information distribution system according to the invention described in claim 4, in the invention described in claim 3, the e-mail includes a plurality of credit cards of which the member is a member. When used in a reserved member facility, information on each privilege received at the facility is described.
[0013]
According to the invention described in claim 4, when each of a plurality of cards possessed by a member who is certain to use one of the affiliated facilities is presented to the member, what kind of facility is used at that facility E-mail will inform you specifically if you can get the benefit.
[0014]
An information distribution method according to claim 5 is an information distribution method in which a member of a credit card distributes information relating to a privilege received at a member facility to a portable terminal device of each member. Based on at least one of the date and time of the reservation made and the number of persons, a search step in which the member searches for information on benefits available at the member facility from a predetermined database; and Determining a date and time for notifying the member of the information searched for in the search step based on the date and time of the reservation made, and setting the information searched for in the search step to the date and time determined in the determination step. And a notifying step of notifying the member.
[0015]
According to the invention as set forth in claim 5, for members who are certain to use one of the affiliated facilities in the near future, what kind of privilege can be obtained by presenting a card at the relevant facility is concretely described. Notified.
[0016]
According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the information distribution method according to the fifth aspect, in the determining step, the member precedes the date and time of the reservation made to the member facility by a predetermined time. Is determined as a date and time at which the member is notified of the information.
[0017]
According to the invention described in claim 6, a member who is certain to use one of the affiliated facilities in the near future will receive what kind of privilege if a card is presented at the facility prior to the use. Is notified specifically.
[0018]
Further, in the information distribution method according to the invention described in claim 7, in the invention described in claim 5 or 6, in the notifying step, an e-mail in which information searched in the search step is described is written. The notification is performed by transmitting to the member at the date and time determined in the determining step.
[0019]
According to the invention described in claim 7, for a member who is certain to use one of the affiliated facilities in the near future, what kind of privilege can be obtained by presenting a card at the relevant facility is notified by e-mail. Specifically notified.
[0020]
Further, in the information distribution method according to the invention described in claim 8, in the invention described in claim 7, the electronic mail includes a plurality of credit cards of which the member is a member. When used in a reserved member facility, information on each privilege received at the facility is described.
[0021]
According to the invention described in claim 8, when each of a plurality of cards possessed by a member who is certain to use one of the affiliated facilities is presented to a member who is certain to use the facility, what kind of facility is used at that facility E-mail will inform you specifically if you can get the benefit.
[0022]
According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, a computer executes the method according to any one of the fifth to eighth aspects.
[0023]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Preferred embodiments of an information distribution system, an information distribution method, and a program for causing a computer to execute the method according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
[0024]
In short, the present invention is applied to card member facilities (generally referred to as “member stores”, but is not necessarily limited to stores such as hotels and sightseeing spots, so is broadly referred to as “member facilities” here). For users who make some reservations such as eating and drinking, lodging, etc., that is, users who are certain to use the facility at a specific time, what benefits are available if you use a card at the facility prior to payment Is to be notified. This notification is performed in the form of mail distribution to a mobile phone owned by the user.
[0025]
In this way, the privilege information is distributed when the card is actually used, so that the member does not miss the privilege that should be received, the card company can promote the use of its card, and the commission income can be increased. We can expect an increase.
[0026]
(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing the overall configuration of the information distribution system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. A mobile phone 100 is owned by a user of the present system. Reference numeral 101 denotes a client of servers 102a to 102n, which will be described later, and is installed in each affiliated facility. In addition, arbitrary numbers 102a to 102n are servers of the card companies A to N which are alliance partners of the facility, respectively.
[0027]
First, the user makes a reservation for a member facility, such as eating and drinking and lodging, by indicating his / her name, telephone number, reservation date / time (use start date / time and use end date / time), the number of persons to be reserved, and the like. (Figure 1-1). The reservation need not always be made from the mobile phone 100, but may be made from a fixed telephone at home or a personal computer (PC).
[0028]
In the member facility, a dedicated application installed in the client 101 in advance is started, and the information notified above is input. When a "send" button or the like on the screen is clicked, an e-mail in a predetermined format including the above information and the identification code of the facility is transmitted to the servers 102a to 102n of the partner card companies A to N, respectively. (Fig. 1-2).
[0029]
Then, among the servers 102a to 102n, only the server of the card company of which the user is a member, in the illustrated example, only the server 102a of the company A is an e-mail as shown in FIG. 2 (hereinafter referred to as "privilege mail"). Is transmitted to the user's mobile phone 100 (FIG. 1-3). As shown in the figure, this e-mail describes the benefits that can be received when the user presents the company A card at the facility reserved by the user.
[0030]
Next, FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the mobile phone 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 301 denotes a CPU for controlling the entire apparatus, 302 denotes a ROM storing a basic input / output program, and 303 denotes a RAM used as a work area of the CPU 301.
[0031]
Reference numeral 304 denotes a display for displaying various data such as cursors, menus, windows, and characters and images, and 305 denotes operation keys (numeric keys and cross keys) for inputting characters, numbers, and various instructions. Is shown.
[0032]
Reference numeral 306 denotes a microphone for converting an input audio signal to an electric signal; 307, a speaker for converting the input electric signal to an audio signal for output; and 308, a communication control unit for controlling transmission and reception of radio waves to and from a wireless base station. Further, reference numeral 300 denotes a bus for connecting the above-described units.
[0033]
Next, FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the servers 102a to 102n according to the first embodiment of the present invention. For convenience of explanation, all of the servers 102a to 102n have the same hardware configuration.
[0034]
In the figure, reference numeral 401 denotes a CPU for controlling the entire apparatus, 402 denotes a ROM storing a basic input / output program, and 403 denotes a RAM used as a work area of the CPU 401.
[0035]
Reference numeral 404 denotes an HDD (hard disk drive) that controls reading / writing of data from / to an HD (hard disk) 405 under the control of the CPU 401, and reference numeral 405 denotes an HD that stores data written under the control of the HDD 404. I have.
[0036]
An FDD (flexible disk drive) 406 controls reading / writing of data from / to an FD (flexible disk) 407 under the control of the CPU 401, and a removable FD 407 stores data written under the control of the FDD 406. Are shown respectively.
[0037]
A CD-RW drive 408 controls reading / writing of data from / to the CD-RW 409 under the control of the CPU 401. A removable CD-ROM 409 stores data written under the control of the CD-RW drive 408. RW are shown respectively.
[0038]
Reference numeral 410 denotes a display for displaying various data such as cursors, menus, windows, and characters and images; 411, a keyboard having a plurality of keys for inputting characters, numerical values, and various instructions; A mouse for selecting and executing an instruction, selecting a processing target, moving a mouse pointer, and the like is shown.
[0039]
Reference numeral 413 denotes a network I / F which is connected to a network such as a LAN or WAN via a communication cable 414, and functions as an interface between the network and the CPU 401. Reference numeral 400 denotes a bus for connecting the above units. Each is shown.
[0040]
Next, FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram functionally showing the configuration of the servers 102a to 102n which form the core of the information distribution system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 500 denotes a reservation information receiving unit, which receives an e-mail describing the contents of a reservation from a client 101 installed at a member facility, and reads the name, telephone number, reservation date and time, It is a functional unit that extracts necessary items such as the identification code of the member facility that is the destination.
[0041]
Reference numeral 501 denotes a member information DB, which is a database that holds personal information of the card members of the company. In the member information DB 501, at least the name and telephone number of each member and the e-mail address of the mobile phone 100 owned by each member are registered.
[0042]
Reference numeral 502 denotes a transmission permission / non-permission determining unit that determines whether to provide or not to provide privilege information by e-mail as shown in FIG. 2 to a person who has reserved the reservation received by the reservation information receiving unit 500. Department.
[0043]
For example, it is meaningless to notify a privilege unless the above-mentioned reservation person is a card member of the company. Also, even if the member does not know the e-mail address, there is no way to notify. Then, transmission permission / inhibition determination section 502 searches member information DB 501 with the name and telephone number extracted by reservation information receiving section 500, and the name and the telephone number completely match, and the mail address of mobile phone 100 is registered. If the record that has been found can be retrieved, it is determined that the privilege mail can be distributed to the reservation person.
[0044]
Reference numeral 503 denotes a privilege information DB, which is a database that stores each member facility in association with the contents of the privilege provided by the facility. The privilege may be subject to certain conditions depending on the reservation date and time or the number of reservations, such as “customers entering the store by 18:00 from Monday to Friday” and “customers using 4 or more people”. These conditions are also stored in the DB 503.
[0045]
Reference numeral 504 denotes a privilege information search unit, which is a functional unit that searches the privilege information DB 503 for a privilege that can be received by the reservation registrant received by the reservation information receiving unit 500. As described above, since the contents of the privilege depend on the reservation date and time and the number of reservations, the privilege information search unit 504 determines the date and time and the number of the reservation among the benefits provided by the reservation destination extracted by the reservation information reception unit 500. The information of the corresponding privilege is extracted from the privilege information DB 503.
[0046]
Reference numeral 505 denotes a privilege mail creation unit, which is a functional unit that creates a privilege mail as shown in FIG. 2 when any privilege information can be searched by the privilege information search unit 504. That is, the main body is created by inserting the privilege information searched by the privilege information search unit 504 into a predetermined template, and the mail address of the mobile phone 100 extracted by the reservation information receiving unit 500 is set in the mail header. .
[0047]
Reference numeral 506 denotes a transmission date / time determination unit, which is a functional unit that determines the date / time when the mail is actually transmitted to the subscriber who is determined by the transmission permission / non-permission determination unit 502 to be able to distribute the privilege mail.
[0048]
As described above, the distribution timing of the privilege mail is immediately before the reservation person uses the card at the member facility. For example, a user who makes a reservation at a restaurant of a member facility at 7:00 to 9:00 pm on September 1 is likely to make a payment using a card around 9:00 pm on the same day. Therefore, the delivery date and time of the privilege mail is calculated backward from the reservation date and time, for example, 8:00 pm on the same day.
[0049]
If the member facility is a hotel, payment is usually made the next morning, but it is highly likely that you will not be able to read it even if you send e-mail during the busy hours of the morning, so send it in the evening on the day of your accommodation day, for example . As described above, the transmission date and time determination unit 506 switches the parameter of the reverse calculation according to the facility of the reservation destination, and selects a date and time before the settlement and which is most likely to attract the user's attention.
[0050]
Reference numeral 507 denotes a privilege mail storage unit, which is a functional unit that associates data of the privilege mail created by the privilege mail creation unit 505 with the transmission date and time determined by the transmission date and time determination unit 506, and holds them. Reference numeral 508 denotes a privilege mail transmission unit which periodically checks the privilege mail storage unit 507 and transmits a mail whose transmission date and time has arrived to its destination.
[0051]
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a privilege mail creation process in the information distribution system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Each of the card company servers 102a to 102n receives the notification of the reservation content from the client 101 by the reservation information receiving unit 500, and extracts items necessary for the subsequent processing such as the name of the reservation person from the notification. (Step S601).
[0052]
Next, the transmission permission / non-permission determining unit 502 determines whether or not to provide the privilege information to the reservation person notified as described above, that is, sends an e-mail to the mobile phone 100 when the reservation person is a card member of the company. Determine whether distribution is possible. Then, when the distribution is possible (step S602: Yes), the privilege information search unit 504 searches the privilege information DB 503 for privilege information that can be received by the reservation person by the reservation.
[0053]
When the search is successful, that is, when some privilege information is retrieved (step S603: Yes), the privilege mail creating unit 505 creates data of an electronic mail to be actually sent (step S604). Further, the transmission date and time determining unit 506 determines the date and time at which the privilege mail is transmitted to the reservation person (step S605). Note that the order of step S604 and step S605 may be reversed.
[0054]
Thereafter, the privilege mail data created in step S604 and the transmission date and time determined in step S605 are stored in the privilege mail storage unit 507 in association with each other (step S606).
[0055]
FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a privilege mail distribution process in the information distribution system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. When a predetermined check time arrives, for example, every 10 minutes (step S701: Yes), the privilege mail transmission unit 508 of the server 102a to 102n sends the transmission date and time and the current date and time of each mail held in the privilege mail storage unit 507. Compare with.
[0056]
If there is a mail whose transmission date and time is earlier than the current date and time (step S702: Yes), the data is transmitted to the destination mail address (step S703). After that, the entry of the transmitted mail is deleted from the privilege mail storage unit 507 (step S704), and the processing according to this flowchart ends.
[0057]
According to the first embodiment described above, individual card members can receive privilege information such as restaurants and hotels that are certain to be used in the near future by e-mail immediately before the use. You can make the most of the services provided by your card without wasting it.
[0058]
In addition, the card company can provide each member with the most timely privilege information at the most appropriate time, based on the details of reservations collected from partner affiliated facilities, so that conventional advertising There are few cases that are discarded like emails, and the features of the company card can be more effectively appealed.
[0059]
In the above-described first embodiment, the privilege mail is distributed to the mobile phone 100 of the reservation person. However, a small and lightweight device which has an e-mail receiving function such as a PDA and is suitable for carrying is also provided. The distribution destination may be any device.
[0060]
As the client 101 of the member facility, for example, a prepaid mobile phone may be distributed from a card company instead of a PC. If a dedicated application for notifying the partner card company of the details of the reservation is incorporated in the mobile phone in advance, the call charge at the time of notification can be borne by the card company. However, it is inevitable that the operation of inputting the reservation contents becomes more complicated than in the case of a PC.
[0061]
(Embodiment 2)
In the first embodiment described above, each member facility notifies the individual card company of the details of the reservation. However, not only the above facilities but also a so-called “reservation site” operated on the Internet, for example, A large amount of information such as reservations has been accumulated. Therefore, as in Embodiment 2 described below, such information may be collected from such a site by a card company.
[0062]
FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing the overall configuration of the information distribution system according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The user logs in to the reservation server 803 of the reservation site from the mobile phone 800 or another PC, first specifies the category of the facility to be reserved (“restaurant”, “hotel”, etc.), and then specifies the region and genre (“Japanese food”). , "China" etc.) to narrow down the reservation targets step by step.
[0063]
When one facility to be finally reserved is specified, a reservation content input screen as shown in FIG. 9 is opened, and necessary items such as the reservation date and time and the number of reservations are input and transmitted (FIG. 8 (1)). The reservation server 803 transfers the details of the received reservation to the client 801 of the reservation destination ((2)), receives a notification of the completion of the reservation from the client 801 ((3)), and confirms it in FIG. An e-mail as shown in (4) is transmitted to the reservation person ((4)).
[0064]
Up to this point, the reservation service is the same as the reservation service according to the conventional technology. However, the reservation server 803 according to the second embodiment sends the reservation completion notification to the reservation person ((4) in FIG. 8) to the servers 802a to 802n of each card company. Again, the contents of the completed reservation are notified (5). The notification to the card company (5) need not be the same as the notification to the reservation person (4). For example, a plurality of reservations from various You may notify the company.
[0065]
The card company's servers 802a to 802n determine whether or not the privilege mail can be transmitted in the same manner as the servers 102a to 102n of the first embodiment, and only the server that determines that the privilege mail can be transmitted to the above-mentioned reservation person as shown in FIG. An award mail is transmitted (FIG. 8 (6)).
[0066]
Note that the hardware configuration and functional configuration of the servers 802a to 802n are the same as those of the servers 102a to 102n according to the first embodiment, except that the reservation contents are notified not from individual member facilities but from a reservation site. ing.
[0067]
According to the second embodiment described above, it is only necessary to negotiate with the reservation site and have the reservation server 803 incorporate a dedicated application without burdening each facility with complicated work such as inputting reservation contents. In addition, a large amount of information regarding reservations of card members can be obtained.
[0068]
(Embodiment 3)
The first embodiment is an example in which information is collected from individual affiliated facilities, and the second embodiment is an example in which information is collected from a reservation site. In addition to the above, as in the third embodiment described below, The reservation person may declare whether he / she has made a reservation at the store.
[0069]
FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing the overall configuration of the information distribution system according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention. Although (1) to (4) in the figure are the same as (1) to (4) in FIG. 8, the mobile phone 1100 according to the third embodiment sends a reservation completion notification as shown in FIG. Then, necessary information such as name and reservation destination is extracted from the notification, and transmitted as an e-mail in a predetermined format to the servers 1102a to 1102n of the respective card companies (FIG. 11 (5)).
[0070]
The servers 1102a to 1102n of the card company determine whether or not the privilege mail can be transmitted in the same manner as the servers 102a to 102n of the first embodiment. The privilege mail is transmitted (FIG. 11-6).
[0071]
Note that the hardware configuration and functional configuration of the servers 1102a to 1102n are the same as those of the servers 102a to 102n of the first embodiment, except that the reservation contents are notified not only from individual member facilities but also from individual subscribers. Are different.
[0072]
According to the third embodiment described above, only a user who actively incorporates an application distributed in the form of, for example, a Java (R) applet into his / her mobile phone can provide the privilege mail distribution service according to the present invention. Since the user can receive the service, the user does not need to send unsolicited mail to the service.
[0073]
Although the reservation is made via the reservation server 1103 in the above-described third embodiment, the reservation server 1103 is not particularly indispensable, and the user may make a reservation directly at the reservation destination. In this case, the necessary information may be automatically extracted from the reservation completion notification returned from the reservation destination, or the reservation person may notify the card company by inputting the reservation contents on a predetermined homepage or the like. You may do so.
[0074]
In the case where a dedicated application is incorporated in the mobile phone as in the third embodiment, control is performed so that the user is notified of the incoming call only at the date and time determined by the server after receiving the privilege mail. You can also. With this configuration, the card company can send out privilege mails at a time when the load on the server and the traffic on the network are relatively low, such as at night.
[0075]
(Embodiment 4)
By the way, in Embodiments 1 to 3 described above, the privilege mail is directly delivered to the member from each card company. However, when the reservation person has a plurality of cards, each card company individually issues the privilege mail. You will receive an email. Since it is complicated to open these e-mails one by one and compare the contents of the benefits of each company (only in the third embodiment, it is possible to compile and display a plurality of e-mails by the above-described applet at one time). However, as in the fourth embodiment described below, the privilege information of a plurality of companies may be collected at the reservation site and distributed to the subscriber as one privilege mail.
[0076]
FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing an overall configuration of an information distribution system according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention. In the figure, (1) to (5) are the same as (1) to (5) in FIG. 8, but the servers 1202a to 1202n according to the fourth embodiment respectively receive the reservation contents from the reservation server 1203, Whether or not to provide the privilege information to the person who made the reservation, and if so, the information is returned to the reservation server 1203 ([6] in FIG. 12).
[0077]
Then, the reservation server 1203 collects the privilege information of the card companies that have answered that distribution is possible, creates a privilege mail as shown in FIG. 13, and transmits the privilege mail to the cellular phone 1200 of the reservation person (FIG. 12 (7)).
[0078]
The hardware configurations of the card company servers 1202a to 1202n and the reservation server 1203 of the reservation site are the same as those of the servers 102a to 102n according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram functionally showing configurations of card company servers 1202a to 1202n and a reservation site reservation server 1203 which are the core of the information distribution system according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention. The function of each unit will be described sequentially in the flowchart described below.
[0079]
FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a privilege mail creation process in the information distribution system according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention. New reservation information read from the reservation information DB 1400 of the reservation server 1203 (in which details of individual reservations received by the reservation server 1203 are stored) is sent from the reservation information transmitting unit 1401 to the server 1202a to 1202n of each card company. , And each server receives the information by the reservation information receiving unit 1402 (step S1501).
[0080]
Next, the transmission permission / non-permission determination unit 1404 refers to the member information DB 1403 to determine whether or not to provide the privilege information to the reservation reservation person. If the privilege information is to be provided (step S1502: Yes), the privilege information search unit 1406 To search the privilege information DB 1405 for a privilege that can be received by the reserved person. If any privilege can be searched (step S1503: YES), the privilege information is transmitted from the privilege information transmitting unit 1407 to the privilege information receiving unit 1408 of the reservation server 1203 (step S1504).
[0081]
On the other hand, if there is no special benefit that the reservation person can receive (step S1503: No), or if the reservation person is not a card member of the company or cannot receive an e-mail with a mobile phone (step S1502: No), Some data indicating that the privilege information is not provided is transmitted from the privilege information transmitting unit 1407 to the privilege information receiving unit 1408 (step S1505).
[0082]
If the reservation server 1203 receives the privilege information from any one of the card company servers 1202a to 1202n (step S1506: Yes), the privilege mail creating unit 1409 then receives the privilege information of each company. Are combined into a predetermined template to create privilege mail data as shown in FIG. 13 (step S1507).
[0083]
Further, the transmission date and time determination unit 1410 determines the transmission date and time of the privilege mail by calculating backward from the reservation time in the reservation information DB 1400 (step S1508), and stores the privilege mail created above and the determined transmission date and time in the privilege mail storage unit 1411. (Step S1509).
[0084]
Note that the procedure of the privilege mail distribution process by the privilege mail transmission unit 1412 is the same as that of the first embodiment shown in FIG.
[0085]
According to the above-described fourth embodiment, even when the reservation person has a plurality of cards, the privilege information from each card company is aggregated and distributed in one e-mail, so that the reservation person By comparing the benefits of each company, the card with the highest use value can be selected.
[0086]
In the above-described fourth embodiment, as shown in FIG. 12, a mail for notifying the completion of the reservation ((4) in the figure, a sentence example is FIG. 10) and a mail for notifying the privilege of the card of each company (▲ in the figure) 7 ▼ The sentence is sent separately from FIG. 13), but the former may be combined with the latter and sent as one mail. In this case, the timing of providing the privilege information is immediately after the reservation.
[0087]
In the above-described first to fourth embodiments, the privilege information is distributed to the mobile phone possessed by the card member. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, an e-mail may be sent to each member's home PC. However, by targeting a device that is always carried, useful information can be provided at a more appropriate timing, and the possibility that the user can utilize the information is increased.
[0088]
Also, in the above-described first to fourth embodiments, only privilege information is provided to the card member, but after providing the information, it is tracked whether or not the member actually used the company card, and the card member was not used. In this case, for example, if the privileges at the member facility where the reservation is made are expanded, it is possible to provide a service that is more attractive to members or competitive with other companies.
[0089]
The above-mentioned reservation information receiving section 500/1402, transmission permission / inhibition determining section 502/1404, privilege information searching section 504/1406, privilege mail creating section 505/1409, transmission date / time determining section 506/1410, privilege mail transmitting section 508 / 1412, the reservation information transmitting unit 1401, the privilege information transmitting unit 1407, and the privilege information receiving unit 1408 are specifically realized by the CPU 401 executing a program read from the HD 405 to the RAM 403. This program can be stored and distributed on various recording media such as the FD 407, the CD-RW 409, and the MO in addition to the HD 405, and can also be distributed via a network. The member information DB 501/1403, privilege information DB 503/1405, and privilege mail storage unit 507/1411 are realized by the HD 405.
[0090]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, the invention according to claim 1 is an information distribution system in which a member of a credit card distributes information relating to a privilege received at a member facility to a portable terminal device of each member. Based on at least one of the date and time and the number of the reservations made by the member, a search means for searching the information relating to the privilege that the member can receive at the member facility from a predetermined database; Determining means for determining a date and time for notifying the member of the information retrieved by the retrieval means based on the date and time of the reservation; and transmitting the information retrieved by the retrieval means to the member at the date and time determined by the decision means. Notifying means for notifying, so that members who are certain to use any of the member facilities in the near future, Will give you specific information about what benefits you will receive, so that only information about your card benefits that may be of particular interest to you And an information distribution system capable of distributing the information to the user is obtained.
[0091]
Also, in the invention according to claim 2, in the invention according to claim 1, the determining means sets the date and time that is a predetermined time earlier than the date and time of the reservation made by the member to the member facility. Since the date and time when the information is notified to the member is determined, what benefits can be obtained by presenting a card at the relevant facility to the member who is sure to use any of the member facilities in advance, before using the member facility Information distribution that enables members to receive only information that is likely to be of particular interest among the information on card benefits, specifically when it is likely to be of particular interest. This has the effect of providing a system.
[0092]
According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect, the notifying unit determines the electronic mail in which the information searched by the searching unit is described by the determining unit. The notice is sent by sending to the member at the date and time given, so for members who are sure to use any of the member facilities in the near future, if you present a card at that facility, you can receive any benefits Is notified specifically by e-mail, so that among the information on card benefits, only information that the member is likely to be particularly interested in can be distributed individually at the time of the most likely interest This has the effect of providing a distribution system.
[0093]
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect of the invention, the e-mail includes a plurality of credit cards of which the member is a member at a member facility where the member has made a reservation. If you use it, information on each benefit that can be received at the facility is described, so present each of multiple cards that you have to members who are sure to use any of the member facilities in the near future If you do, you will be notified by email of what benefits you will receive at the facility, which will allow you to pay particular attention to information that may be of particular interest to members of the card benefits. This has the effect of providing an information distribution system that can be distributed individually when it is likely to be held.
[0094]
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information distribution method in which a member of a credit card distributes information relating to a privilege that can be received at a member facility to a portable terminal device of each member. Based on at least one of the date and time and the number of persons, a search step in which the member searches for information on benefits that can be received at the member facility from a predetermined database, and the date and time of the reservation made by the member to the member facility A determining step of determining a date and time for notifying the member of the information searched for in the search step, and a notification of notifying the member of the information searched for in the search step on the date and time determined in the determining step. What benefits can be obtained by presenting a card to a member who is certain to use one of the member facilities soon because it includes the process Information distribution that enables members to receive only information that is likely to be of particular interest among the information on card benefits, specifically when it is likely to be of particular interest. This has the effect that a method can be obtained.
[0095]
In the invention according to claim 6, in the invention according to claim 5, in the determining step, the date and time that is a predetermined time earlier than the date and time of the reservation made by the member with respect to the member facility is set. Since the date and time when the information is notified to the member is determined, what benefits can be obtained by presenting a card at the relevant facility to the member who is sure to use any of the member facilities in advance, before using the member facility Information distribution that enables members to receive only information that is likely to be of particular interest among the information on card benefits, specifically when it is likely to be of particular interest. This has the effect that a method can be obtained.
[0096]
According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the invention of the fifth or sixth aspect, in the notification step, an e-mail in which information searched in the search step is described is determined in the determination step. The notice is sent by sending to the member at the date and time given, so for members who are sure to use any of the member facilities in the near future, if you present a card at that facility, you can receive any benefits Is notified specifically by e-mail, so that among the information on card benefits, only information that the member is likely to be particularly interested in can be distributed individually at the time of the most likely interest This has an effect that a distribution method can be obtained.
[0097]
The invention according to claim 8 is the invention according to claim 7, wherein the e-mail includes a plurality of credit cards of which the member is a member at a member facility where the member has made a reservation. If you use it, information on each benefit that can be received at the facility is described, so present each of multiple cards that you have to members who are sure to use any of the member facilities in the near future If you do, you will be notified by email of what benefits you will receive at the facility, which will allow you to pay particular attention to information that may be of particular interest to members of the card benefits. This has the effect of providing an information distribution method that can be distributed individually when it is likely to be held.
[0098]
According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an effect that a program capable of causing a computer to execute the method according to any one of the fifth to eighth aspects is obtained.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an overall configuration of an information distribution system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a privilege mail in the information distribution system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the mobile phone 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a hardware configuration of servers 102a to 102n according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram functionally showing a configuration of servers 102a to 102n which form a core of the information distribution system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a privilege mail creation process in the information distribution system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a privilege mail distribution process in the information distribution system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an overall configuration of an information distribution system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a reservation content input screen in the information distribution system according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a reservation completion notification mail in the information distribution system according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing an overall configuration of an information distribution system according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an overall configuration of an information distribution system according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a privilege mail in the information distribution system according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram functionally showing configurations of servers 1202a to 1202n of a card company and a reservation server 1203 of a reservation site, which are the core of the information distribution system according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a privilege mail creation process in the information distribution system according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
100,800,1100,1200 Mobile phone
101,801,1101,1201 Client
102a to 102n, 802a to 802n, 1102a to 1102n, 1202a to 1202n Server
803, 1103, 1203 reservation server
300,400 bus
301, 401 CPU
302,402 ROM
303,403 RAM
304 display
305 operation keys
306 microphone
307 Speaker
308 Communication control unit
404 HDD
405 HD
406 FDD
407 FD
408 CD-RW drive
409 CD-RW
410 display
411 Keyboard
412 mouse
413 Network I / F
414 Communication cable
500, 1402 reservation information receiving unit
501,1403 Member information DB
502, 1404 Transmission availability determination section
503,1405 privilege information DB
504,1406 Privilege information search section
505,1409 Privilege mail creation department
506, 1410 Transmission date and time determination unit
507,1411 Privilege mail storage
508,1412 Privilege mail transmission section
1400 reservation information DB
1401 reservation information transmission section
1407 Privilege information transmission section
1408 Benefits information receiving unit

Claims (9)

In an information distribution system in which a member of a credit card distributes information relating to a privilege that can be received at a member facility to a portable terminal device of each member,
A search unit configured to search, based on at least one of the date and time and the number of people the member has made a reservation for the member facility, from a predetermined database, the member to search for information on benefits that can be received at the member facility;
Determining means for determining a date and time for notifying the member of the information searched by the searching means, based on a date and time of the reservation made by the member to the member facility;
Notifying means for notifying the member at the date and time determined by the determining means the information searched by the searching means,
An information distribution system comprising: The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining means determines a date and time that is a predetermined time earlier than a date and time of a reservation made by the member for the member facility as a date and time when the member is notified of the information. Information distribution system described. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the notifying unit performs the notification by transmitting an e-mail including information searched by the searching unit to the member at a date and time determined by the determining unit. The information distribution system according to claim 2. In the case where each of the plurality of credit cards of which the member is a member is used at a member facility reserved by the member, the e-mail includes information on each benefit received at the facility. 4. The information distribution system according to claim 3, wherein: In an information distribution method in which a member of a credit card distributes information relating to a privilege received at a member facility to a portable terminal device of each member,
A search step of searching a predetermined database for information on benefits that the member can receive at the member facility based on at least one of the date and time and the number of reservations made by the member with respect to the member facility;
Determining a date and time for notifying the member of the information searched for in the search step, based on the date and time of the reservation made by the member to the member facility;
Notification step of notifying the member at the date and time determined in the determination step the information searched in the search step,
An information distribution method characterized by including: The method according to claim 5, wherein, in the determining step, a date and time before a date and time of the reservation made by the member for the member facility by a predetermined time is determined as a date and time for notifying the member of the information. The information distribution method described. 6. The method according to claim 5, wherein, in the notifying step, the notification is performed by transmitting an e-mail describing information searched for in the searching step to the member at a date and time determined in the determining step. The information distribution method according to claim 6. In the case where each of the plurality of credit cards of which the member is a member is used at a member facility reserved by the member, the e-mail includes information on each benefit received at the facility. 8. The information distribution method according to claim 7, wherein: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the method according to claim 5.

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