JP2005190403A - Privilege providing method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To surely grant a privilege to a user while reducing the labor and time of the user, and to simplify the recognition and evaluation of a privilege utilization status or the like. <P>SOLUTION: A privilege management device provided with a member information storage part, a member shop information storage part, and a privilege data storage part executes: a step of transmitting information for member collation included in member information in the member information storage part and a privilege condition in the privilege data storage part, to a member shop terminal at a prescribed timing or in response to a request; a step of acquiring information for member collation and the privilege condition transmitted from the privilege management device; a step of determining a provision object of a privilege by collating member information read from a card for settlement of a member with information for member collation acquired from the privilege management device; a step of specifying a pertinent privilege by collating member information of the card for settlement determined as the privilege provision object, with the privilege condition acquired from the privilege management device; and a step of performing privilege provision processing based on the specified privilege and transmitting a processing result to a log database of the privilege management device. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a privilege providing method.

  A product sales / service provider may make a contract such as employee discount with a company for the purpose of keeping customers within a trade area or securing a certain number of customers. In general, for example, requesting contract companies to distribute coupons associated with benefits, company membership cards, etc. to employees, and promoting the use, and providing dedicated sites that limit users to contract companies Then, there are things such as permitting coupon paper printing by employees and providing privilege information.

In addition, a method has also been proposed in which an ID number is printed on a business card and also used as a discount card. In addition to the existing business card contents such as trade name and contact information, this method is equipped with additional means that can receive discounts, etc., and the membership number for connecting to the Internet homepage of the business card provider is described A business card (see Patent Document 1) also used as a discount card, which is characterized in that it is used.
JP 2001-063252 A

  However, even if a coupon, a business card, or the like is used as in the conventional method, there is a problem that it is difficult for the user to receive a privilege if the coupon or the like is forgotten. Moreover, even if it is carried, there is also a problem that the opportunity to enjoy the privilege is missed because the user must determine which store is the business that can receive the privilege.

Furthermore, when the store side collects the data of the customer with the provision of the privilege, it is necessary to take measures such as asking the user to enter customer data on a predetermined form. Therefore, there is a problem that the collection efficiency is low, and the user side who fills in and the store side which collects the customer data take time. In addition, the entered data may be erroneously entered data or false data, and may not be used for marketing.
In addition, since the efficiency of collecting information is low as described above, it has been difficult for a company contracting with a contractor to grasp and evaluate the actual use status of the privilege.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a privilege providing method that enables reliable provision of benefits while reducing the time and effort of the user, and that makes it easy to grasp and evaluate benefits usage status and the like. .

  In the privilege providing method of the present invention that solves the above-described problem, the privilege management device has a member information storage unit that stores member information, a member store information storage unit that stores member store information, and a privilege to be provided to the member. A privilege data storage unit storing privilege conditions determined according to attributes, and member verification information included in the member information of the member information storage unit and the privilege conditions of the privilege data storage unit at a predetermined timing Or the step of transmitting to the member store terminal upon request, the step of the member store terminal acquiring the member verification information and the privilege condition sent from the privilege management device, and reading from the member settlement card. The member information and the member verification information acquired from the privilege management device are compared to determine a privilege provision target, and the membership information of the payment card determined to be the privilege provision target Checking the privilege conditions acquired from the privilege management device, identifying the relevant privilege, performing a privilege providing process based on the identified privilege, and transmitting the processing result to the log database of the privilege management device; It is characterized by including.

  In addition, the problems disclosed by the present application and the solutions thereof will be clarified by the embodiments of the present invention and the drawings.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, a reliable privilege can be provided after reducing a user's effort, and grasp and evaluation of a privilege utilization condition etc. can be made simple.

  As a system for performing the privilege providing method of the present invention, for example, the following privilege providing system can be assumed. This system is a system for providing benefits to members, a member information storage unit for storing member information, a member store information storage unit for storing member store information, and a privilege to be provided to members as member attributes. The privilege data storage unit storing the privilege conditions determined according to the information, the member verification information included in the member information of the member information storage unit, and the privilege conditions of the privilege data storage unit at a predetermined timing or an acquisition request And a condition data storage for acquiring information for member verification and a privilege condition sent from the condition data transmission unit of the privilege management device. A determination unit for determining a target of provision of a privilege by collating member information read from a member's payment card with information for member verification in the condition data storage unit, and provision of the privilege The privilege identification unit for identifying the corresponding privilege and the privilege providing process based on the privilege identified by the privilege identification unit are performed by collating the membership information of the settlement card determined to be an elephant with the privilege condition in the condition data storage unit. A privilege providing system including a privilege processing unit that performs and transmits the processing result to a log database of the privilege management device.

  In addition, the following privilege providing system can be assumed. This system is a system for providing benefits to members, a member information storage unit for storing member information, a member store information storage unit for storing member store information, and a privilege to be provided to members as member attributes. A privilege data storage unit that stores privilege conditions determined according to the criteria, and condition data transmission for transmitting member verification information included in the member information in the member information storage unit to a member store terminal at a predetermined timing or request , A determination receiving unit that receives member information of a payment card determined to be a privilege provided and transmitted from a member store terminal, and the received member information is compared with a privilege condition in the privilege data storage unit. , A privilege specifying unit for specifying the corresponding privilege, and a privilege providing process based on the privilege specified by the privilege specifying unit, storing the processing result in the log database and sending it to the member store terminal. A privilege processing unit, a privilege management device provided, a condition data storage unit for acquiring member verification information sent from the privilege management device, member information read from a member's payment card, and the privilege management A determination unit that determines a privilege provision target by collating the information for member verification acquired from the device, and a determination to transmit the member information of the settlement card determined to be the privilege provision target to the privilege management device A privilege providing system including a transmission unit.

  Furthermore, the following privilege provision program can be assumed as a program which makes a computer perform the privilege provision method of this invention. This program is a program for causing a computer to execute a method for providing benefits to members, a member information storage unit for storing member information, a member store information storage unit for storing member store information, and a member. In a privilege management apparatus comprising a privilege data storage unit storing a privilege condition determined according to a member attribute, the member verification information included in the member information of the member information storage unit and the privilege data storage unit The privilege conditions of the member to the member store terminal in response to a predetermined timing or request, and at the member store terminal, acquiring the member verification information and the privilege conditions sent from the privilege management device And the member information read from the member's payment card and the member verification information acquired from the privilege management device are used to determine the benefit provision target. The step of collating the membership information of the payment card determined to be the provision target of the step with the privilege condition acquired from the privilege management device, identifying the corresponding privilege, and the privilege providing process based on the identified privilege And a step of transmitting the processing result to the log database of the privilege management apparatus.

  In addition, the following privilege providing program can be assumed. This program is a program for causing a computer to execute a method for providing benefits to members, a member information storage unit for storing member information, a member store information storage unit for storing member store information, and a member. In a privilege management apparatus comprising a privilege data storage unit that stores a privilege condition determined according to a member attribute, the member verification information included in the member information in the member information storage unit is a predetermined timing or A step of transmitting to the member store terminal in response to a request; a step of receiving member information of a payment card determined to be a benefit provided from the member store terminal; and A step of identifying the corresponding privilege by comparing with the privilege condition in the storage unit, and a privilege providing process based on the identified privilege are performed, and the result of the processing is log data Storing the information in the service store and transmitting the information to the member store terminal, obtaining the member verification information sent from the privilege management device at the member store terminal, and the member read from the member settlement card. A step of determining the offer target of the privilege by comparing the information with the information for member verification acquired from the privilege management device, and the privilege management of the membership information of the payment card determined to be the offer target of the privilege. And a step of transmitting to the apparatus.

  Moreover, the following apparatuses can be assumed as a privilege management apparatus contained in the privilege provision system which implement | achieves the privilege provision method of this invention. This device is a device for managing benefits provided to members, a member information storage unit for storing member information, a member store information storage unit for storing member store information, and a privilege to be provided to members. A privilege data storage unit storing privilege conditions determined according to member attributes, member verification information included in the member information of the member information storage unit, and privilege conditions of the privilege data storage unit are acquired at a predetermined timing or A privilege management device comprising: a condition data transmission unit that transmits to a member store terminal in response to a request.

  In addition, the privilege providing apparatus includes a determination receiving unit that receives member information of a payment card that is determined to be a privilege provided, transmitted from the member store terminal, and the received member information in the privilege data storage unit. A privilege specifying unit that identifies the corresponding privilege by comparing with the privilege conditions, and a privilege providing process based on the privilege specified by the privilege specifying unit, and stores the processing result in the log database and transmits it to the member store terminal. A privilege processing unit.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a network configuration diagram including the privilege providing system of this embodiment. In the present embodiment, for example, a service provider for employees (hereinafter referred to as a service provider), which is a company that organizes a plurality of product sales / service providers (hereinafter referred to as member stores), is for employees who are privilege management measures in the present embodiment. A service provider system 100 (hereinafter referred to as a provider system 100) is operated.

  A predetermined corporation has a membership contract with the service provider so as to provide a service that gives a privilege when the employees use the member store. Further, the member store information terminal 200, which is a member store terminal capable of handling the payment card used in the present embodiment, is installed in the member store in advance. This situation is assumed in the present embodiment, but, of course, the present invention is applicable not only in such a situation but also in a situation where a service for providing a privilege to a member is developed. It is not limited to form.

  The privilege providing system 10 according to the present embodiment described above includes a service provider system 100 for employees as a privilege management measure (hereinafter referred to as a provider system) and a member store information terminal 200 as a member store terminal. Connected by a network 150.

  In addition, the employee information terminal 310 or the corporate system 320 can be assumed as the member terminal 300 in the present embodiment, and these are connected to the business operator system 100 via a network 151. Furthermore, an employee ID card 400 equipped with an IC chip or the like owned by an employee working for a corporation that is an operator of the corporate system 320 can be assumed as a settlement card in the present embodiment.

  The business operator system 100 according to the present embodiment includes the following components as a system configuration. For example, a contract corporation information management function unit 101 and an ID card issue information management function unit 102 are provided as member information storage units for storing member information. The contract corporation information management function unit 101 stores and manages, in the contract corporation data storage unit 121, contract information related to a corporation that has signed a membership contract for a privilege providing service for employees with a service provider, for example. On the other hand, the ID card issuance information management function unit 102 stores, for example, information on issuance contents regarding the employee ID card 400 issued to employees belonging to the contracted corporation in the ID card issuance data storage unit 122 and manages the information.

  In addition, a member store information management function unit 103 and a terminal information management function unit 104 are provided as member store information storage units for storing member store information. For example, the member store information management function unit 103 stores in the member store data storage unit 123 information related to a member store that provides a privilege to the employees of the corporation by signing a contract between the service provider and the member store. to manage. On the other hand, the terminal information management function unit 104 stores, for example, information such as the ID, installation or management status of the member store information terminal 200 installed in the member store in the terminal data storage unit 124 for management.

  Furthermore, a privilege information management function unit 105 is provided which is a privilege data storage unit that stores a privilege condition in which a privilege to be provided to a member is determined according to a member attribute. The privilege information management function unit 105 stores and manages, for example, information such as the contents and application period of the privilege determined for each member store information terminal in the member store terminal privilege promotion database 126. In addition, information such as the contents and application period for each attribute of the employee ID card, that is, a privilege determined for each card is stored and managed in the card-based privilege promotion database 127. These database 126 and database 127 are collectively referred to as privilege data storage means 125. Such privilege condition data is, for example, data such as discount rates at the time of settlement of goods and services and the number of service points given a predetermined value at member stores, and is transmitted in advance from the member store information terminal 200 to the operator system 100. It is.

  Further, information for member verification such as a corporate ID, an employee ID, or a card type ID included in storage information (member information) in the contract corporation data storage means 121 and ID card data storage means 122, and the privilege data storage means 125. The privilege information terminal setting function unit 106 is provided as a condition data transmission unit that transmits the privilege condition to the member store information terminal 200 in response to a predetermined timing or an acquisition request. For example, the privilege information terminal setting function unit 106 stores and manages various information to be transmitted to the member store information terminal 200 in the terminal privilege processing condition data storage unit 127.

  Further, a statistical analysis function unit 107 is provided. The statistical analysis function unit 107 stores and manages, for example, a history in which the employees of the corporation have received benefits using member stores in the usage log storage unit 128. This usage log data can be transmitted, for example, in response to a request from the corporate system 320 of the corporation.

  The reservation status management function unit 108 is also provided. For example, when a reservation request for use of a member store is received from the employee information terminal 310 through the network 151, the reservation status management function unit 108 stores and manages the reservation request data in the reservation status data storage unit 129. .

  In addition to the components as described above, for example, data in an off-line format in which privilege condition data that is a criterion for determining the benefit provision and the benefit content is collectively transmitted from the business operator system 100 to the member store information terminal 200 in advance. In the case of performing online exchange of data that transmits the privilege conditions and the like every time the employee uses the member store information terminal 200 instead of the exchange, the business operator system 100 includes the following components. it can.

  For example, in the member store information terminal 200, by comparing the member ID information such as the card ID with the card ID read from the employee ID card 400 by the card reader (FIG .: card reading / writing function unit 203). And a determination receiving unit 109 that receives from the member store information terminal 200 a determination result of a target for providing a privilege (eg, member information such as a card ID of a payment card determined to be a target for providing a privilege).

  In addition, the member information received by the determination receiving unit 109 is compared with the privilege condition in the privilege data storage unit 125 to identify the privilege, and the privilege provision based on the privilege identified by the privilege identification unit 110. A privilege processing unit 111 that performs processing and stores the processing result in the usage log storage unit 129 (log database) and transmits the processing result to the member store information terminal 200 is provided.

  On the other hand, the member store information terminal 200 can include the following components. For example, a payment message processing function unit 201 is provided. The functional unit 201 generates a payment message and makes a predetermined financial institution for payment related to the user (employee of contracted corporation) in the member store information terminal 200, which is determined to be based on the privilege provision target by identifying the card ID or the like. Data communication with other terminals.

  Further, the member store information terminal 200 includes a privilege processing function unit 202. The privilege processing function unit 202 reads the member information read by the card reading / writing function unit 203 from the employee ID card 400 and the information for member verification in the terminal privilege processing condition data storage unit 204 (obtained from the operator system 100). By comparing the data, the determination unit 210 that determines the target of provision of the privilege (the member information read from the member's payment card and the member verification information acquired from the provider system 100 are verified) And the provision target of the privilege may be determined). Furthermore, the member information of the employee ID card 400 determined to be a privilege provision target is collated with the privilege conditions (data acquired from the operator system 100) in the terminal privilege processing condition data storage unit 240, and the corresponding privilege is specified. A privilege specifying unit 211 is provided. Moreover, the privilege provision part 212 which processes a privilege provision according to this specified privilege condition, and stores this process result in its own utilization log storage means 205 is provided. The log accumulated here is transmitted to the usage log accumulation means 129 of the business operator system 100.

  In addition, terminal privilege processing condition data storage means 204 is provided as a condition data storage unit that acquires information for member verification and privilege conditions sent from the privilege information terminal setting function unit 106 of the provider system 100.

  Also, in the situation where data transfer in the so-called “online format” described above is performed with the business operator system 100, the membership information of the settlement card determined by the determination unit 210 as a privilege provision target is transmitted to the business operator system 100. It is possible to include a determination transmission unit 213 that performs the determination.

  On the other hand, the employee information terminal 310 as the member terminal 300 is a computer including a card reading / writing function unit 311 for executing read / write processing on the employee ID card 400. The corporate system 320 as the member terminal 300 is a computer capable of data communication with the business operator system 100.

  The employee ID card 400, which is a payment card, has a payment function, and an ID memory 402 is an ID (corporate ID, employee ID: card ID in the example shown in the figure) that indicates that the employee is a member of the corporation. Card stored in As such a card, for example, a card incorporating an IC chip capable of performing a credit settlement or a debit settlement can be assumed. The card 400 includes, for example, a settlement message processing function unit 401 that generates message data necessary for the settlement process with the member store information terminal 200.

  In addition, in response to a situation in which a benefit reservation is made prior to the use of a member store and a privilege provided to the cardholder is transmitted from the business operator system 100 in advance, data of the privilege is transmitted. Reservation privilege data storage means 403 can be provided.

  Each component shown so far may be realized as hardware in any of the business operator system 100, the member store information terminal 200, the employee information terminal 310, and the employee ID card 400, or may be an HDD or a memory. It may be realized as a program stored in an appropriate storage device. In this case, each arithmetic unit of the system reads the corresponding program from the storage device to the memory and executes it in accordance with the program execution.

  Next, the structure of the database in this embodiment will be described. The database described here indicates the storage units 121 to 130, 204, 205, and 403 in FIG.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure in the contract corporation data storage means 121 of the present embodiment. This data structure is formed from a record in which information such as a company name, a location, a telephone number, a contact information such as a department in charge, information such as a contract date is associated with a company ID as a key.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure in the ID card issuance data storage unit 122 of this embodiment. This data structure is a record that associates information such as card type attributes such as card type ID, employee affiliation, name, date of birth, and gender, point balance, etc. with a card ID that is a combination of a corporate ID and employee ID as a key. Formed from.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure in the member store data storage means 123 of the present embodiment. This data structure is formed from records in which member store ID, industry code, location, telephone number, person in charge, contract date, and the like are associated with each other using the member store ID as a key.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure in the terminal data data storage means 124 of this embodiment. This data structure is formed from a record in which information such as a member store ID, a member store name, a business type code, an installation location, a telephone number, an administrator, and a use start date is associated with the terminal ID as a key.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the structure of the member store terminal unit privilege promotion database 126 in the privilege data storage means 125 of the present embodiment. This data structure uses a member store ID as a key, a member store name, a terminal ID, a promotion (type of goods / services with a privilege), a classification (type of privilege), a rate (a rate of privilege according to the settlement amount), and the like. The record is formed by associating information such as a participation privilege program, application start date, application end date, and update date.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a structure example of the card-by-card privilege promotion database 127 in the privilege data storage means 125 of the present embodiment. This data structure is formed from records in which information such as participation benefit promotions (types of goods / services with benefits), application start date, application end date, update date, and the like are associated with the card type ID as a key.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure in the terminal privilege processing condition data storage unit 128 of the present embodiment. This data structure is formed from a record in which information such as a target card ID, privilege type, privilege content, application start date, application end date, and update date is associated with the terminal ID as a key.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure in the usage log storage means 129 of this embodiment. This data structure is formed from a record in which information such as a member store ID, a terminal ID, a card ID, a transaction type, a transaction point / discount rate is associated with the use date by the employee as a key.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure in the reservation status data storage unit 130 of this embodiment. This data structure is formed from a record in which information such as reservation details such as card ID, acceptance date, date, time, and status (validity of reservation) is associated with the member store ID as a key.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure in the reservation privilege condition data storage unit 403 of the present embodiment. This data structure associates information such as card ID, reservation contents such as date of receipt, date, time, privilege conditions such as privilege category and rate, status (validity of reservation), etc., using member store ID as a key. Formed from records.

  In addition, although the example which connects the said provider system 100 and the member store information terminal 200 or the provider system 100 and the member terminal 30 with the network was assumed, it is not limited to this, For example, the provider system 100 and a member store An example in which the information terminal 200 is integrated or an example in which the business operator system 100 and the member terminal 300 are integrated can be assumed.

  In addition to the LAN and the Internet, various networks such as a dedicated line, a WAN (Wide Area Network), a power line network, a wireless network, a public line network, and a mobile phone network can be adopted for the networks 150 and 151. . Further, if a virtual private network technology such as VPN is used, communication with improved security is established when the Internet is adopted.

  Next, the actual procedure of the privilege providing method of this embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. Various operations corresponding to the privilege providing method described below are performed by a program provided in each storage unit such as a memory or HDD in the business operator system 100 or the member store information terminal 200 to realize the functions of the respective components. Realized. And this program is comprised from the code | cord | chord for performing various operation | movement demonstrated below, and mounts the function of each part of the said structure.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a first example of data exchange (reservation interlocking, offline type) in the privilege providing method of the present embodiment, and FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing an actual procedure in the first example of the present embodiment. Here, as an example of the embodiment, prior to the use of the member store by the corporate employee of the corporation under the above-mentioned “offline” type data transmission / reception form, the employee information terminal 310 sends the information to the company system 100. The processing flow will be described assuming a situation in which a reservation request relating to the use of the member store is transmitted. It is assumed that the employee ID card 400 is issued in advance from the corporation to the employee as indicated by a circle 1 in FIG.

  First, the business operator system 100 receives the privilege condition data from the member store information terminal 200 and registers it in the privilege data storage means 125 (s1000). Thereafter, for the benefit used by the corporation, for example, the use benefit setting notification specifying the information such as the type of the member store, the benefit content, or the period is accepted from the corporation system 320. With this setting reception, for example, in the card-by-card privilege promotion database 127, a card ID (corporate ID + employee ID) that is a privilege provision target is associated for each privilege. Further, this information is reflected in the terminal privilege processing condition data storage means 128, and privilege conditions are set in the corresponding member store information terminal 200 in the corresponding member store. The privilege conditions set in the member store information terminal 200 are stored in the terminal privilege processing condition data storage means 204. Furthermore, information on the use privilege can be appropriately distributed from the business operator system 100 to the employee information terminal 310 system used by the employees of the corporation through e-mail or the like.

  Under such circumstances, the employee information terminal 310 makes a reservation request (including information such as an employee ID or a card ID, a member store to be used, a reservation time and the number of people) prior to use of the member store to the business system 100. It is assumed that it has been transmitted (s1001). Then, the business operator system 100 receives this, matches this reservation request with the member store data storage means 123, and specifies the corresponding member store information terminal 200. The reservation request information is transferred to the member store information terminal 200 (s1002).

  The member store information terminal 200 receives the reservation request information and confirms it with an appropriate reservation management system to determine whether or not the reservation is possible. The determination result of reservation availability is returned to the business operator system 100 as an answer to the reservation request (s1003).

  On the other hand, the business operator system 100 receives the answer and transmits it to the employee information terminal 310 (s1004). If this reply is a content that cannot be reserved (s1005: NO), the process returns to step s1002, and a second reservation request from the employee information terminal 310 is awaited (or the process ends). On the other hand, if the answer indicates that reservation is possible (s1005: YES), the reservation request for which the reservation has been accepted is stored in the reservation status data storage means 130. Then, the card ID included in the reservation request is transmitted to the member store information terminal 200 of the corresponding member store. Also, the privilege condition data in the privilege data storage means 125 or the terminal privilege processing data storage means 128 is transmitted to the member store information terminal 200 (s1006).

  In the member store information terminal 200, the card privilege data for which the reservation request is accepted and the privilege condition data are stored in the terminal privilege processing condition data storage means 204. After that, it is assumed that the employee who is the origin of the reservation request visits the member store and presents the employee ID card 400 at the time of settlement. The card reading / writing function unit 203 of the member store information terminal 200 executes reading of the employee ID card 400 and reads information of the card ID, that is, the corporate ID and the employee ID (s1007). This read information is checked against the reserved card ID data received from the business operator system 100, and it is determined whether or not it is the same as the reserved card ID.

  If it is not determined by this determination that the card ID has been reserved (s1008: NO), a normal settlement process is executed (s1009), and the process proceeds to step s1013. On the other hand, if it is determined that the card ID has been reserved (s1008: YES), privilege processing such as performing a discount of a predetermined percentage from the initial settlement amount is executed based on the received privilege condition data. (S1010). Then, the settlement process is executed after the privilege process is performed (s1011). When the privilege is provided, the processing content is temporarily stored in the usage log storage unit 205 (s1012), and is subjected to batch processing for every predetermined period such as date closing processing. In the example of FIG. 13, it is determined that the date tightening process has arrived. If the date closing process has not arrived (s1013: NO), the process returns to step s1007 and the processes up to step s1012 are repeated. On the other hand, if the date of the date closing process comes (s1013: YES), the log stored in the usage log storage means 205 is uploaded to the business operator system 100 (s1014).

The business operator system 100 receives the transmitted log and stores it in the usage log storage means 129 in the business operator system 100 (s1015). In addition, this log is used for batch processing every predetermined period such as monthly closing processing. In the example of FIG. 13, the arrival of the month closing process is determined, and if the month closing process has not arrived (s1016: NO), log accumulation is repeated until the period arrives. On the other hand, if the time for the monthly closing process has come (s1016: YES), the log stored in the usage log storage means 129 is statistically analyzed (s1017), and the result and the use of the member store (that is, the privilege Information) is transmitted to the member store information terminal 200 and the corporate system 320 (s1018), and the process ends.
FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a second example of data exchange (reservation interlocking, online type) in the privilege providing method of the present embodiment, and FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing an actual procedure in the second example of the present embodiment. Here, as an example of the embodiment, the employee information terminal 310 uses the above-mentioned “online” type data transfer form to access the company system 100 from the employee information terminal 310 prior to the use of the member store by the corporate employee of the corporation. The flow of processing will be described assuming a situation in which a reservation request relating to the use of the member store is transmitted. It is assumed that the employee ID card 400 has been issued in advance from the corporation to the employee as indicated by a circled 1 in FIG.

  First, the business entity system 100 receives the privilege condition data from the member store information terminal 200 and registers it in the privilege data storage means 125 (s1100). Thereafter, for the benefit used by the corporation, for example, the use benefit setting notification specifying the information such as the type of the member store, the benefit content, or the period is accepted from the corporation system 320. With this setting reception, for example, in the card-by-card privilege promotion database 127, a card ID (corporate ID + employee ID) that is a privilege provision target is associated for each privilege. Further, this information is reflected in the terminal privilege processing condition data storage means 128.

  Furthermore, information on the use privilege can be appropriately distributed from the business operator system 100 to the employee information terminal 310 system used by the employees of the corporation through e-mail or the like.

  Under such circumstances, the employee information terminal 310 makes a reservation request (including information such as an employee ID or a card ID, a member store to be used, a reservation time and the number of people) prior to use of the member store to the business system 100. It is assumed that it has been transmitted (s1101). Then, the business operator system 100 receives this, matches this reservation request with the member store data storage means 123, and specifies the corresponding member store information terminal 200. Then, the reservation request information is transferred to the member store information terminal 200 (s1102).

  The member store information terminal 200 receives the reservation request information and confirms it with an appropriate reservation management system to determine whether or not the reservation is possible. The determination result of reservation availability is returned to the business operator system 100 as a reply to the reservation request (s1103).

  On the other hand, the business operator system 100 receives the answer and transmits it to the employee information terminal 310 (s1104). If this reply indicates that reservation is not possible (s1105: NO), the process returns to step s1102, and a second reservation request from the employee information terminal 310 is awaited (or the process ends). On the other hand, if the answer indicates that reservation is possible (s1105: YES), the reservation request for which the reservation has been accepted is stored in the reservation status data storage means 130. Then, the card ID included in the reservation request is transmitted to the member store information terminal 200 of the corresponding member store (s1006).

  The member store information terminal 200 receives the data of the card ID for which the reservation request has been accepted, and stores it in the terminal privilege processing condition data storage means 204, for example. After that, it is assumed that the employee who is the origin of the reservation request visits the member store and presents the employee ID card 400 at the time of settlement. The card reading / writing function unit 203 of the member store information terminal 200 executes reading of the employee ID card 400 and reads information of the card ID, that is, the corporate ID and the employee ID (s1107). This read information is checked against the reserved card ID data received from the business operator system 100, and it is determined whether or not it is the same as the reserved card ID.

  If it is not determined by this determination that the card ID has been reserved (s1108: NO), a normal settlement process is executed (s1109), and the process in the member store information terminal 200 is terminated. On the other hand, if it is determined that the card ID has been reserved (s1108: YES), the card ID is transmitted to the business operator system 100 in order to acquire the privilege condition to be provided for the card ID (s1110).

  The business operator system 100 receives the card ID, and the privilege data storage means 125 identifies the relevant privilege condition. Then, based on the specified privilege condition, for example, privilege processing such as performing a predetermined percentage discount from the initial settlement amount is executed, and the processing result is transmitted to the member store information terminal 200 (s1111).

  The member store information terminal 200 receives the result of the privilege process, executes a payment process (s1112), and ends the process.

  On the other hand, in the business operator system 100, the processing content at the time of use provided with the privilege is temporarily stored in the usage log storage means 129 (s1113), and is provided for batch processing for every predetermined period such as monthly closing processing. In the example of FIG. 15, it is determined that the month closing process has arrived. If the month closing process has not come (s1114: NO), the process returns to step s1111 and the processes up to step s1113 are repeated. On the other hand, if the month processing time has come (s1114: YES), the log accumulated in the use log accumulation means 129 is statistically analyzed (s1115), and the result and the use of the member store (that is, the use of the privilege). Is transmitted to the member store information terminal 200 and the corporate system 320 (s1116), and the process ends.

  FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a third example of data exchange (reservation interlocking, offline type, IC card interlocking) in the privilege providing method of the present embodiment, and FIG. 17 is a flow showing an actual procedure in the third example of the present embodiment. FIG. Here, as an example of the embodiment, prior to the use of the member store by the corporate employee of the corporation under the above-mentioned “offline” type data transmission / reception form, the employee information terminal 310 sends the information to the company system 100. The processing flow will be described assuming a situation in which a reservation request relating to the use of the member store is transmitted. As shown by circled 1 in FIG. 12, it is assumed that the employee ID card 400 is issued in advance from the corporation to the employee, and the employee ID card 400 is an IC chip that can read / write data. Suppose that you have provided.

  First, the business operator system 100 receives the privilege condition data from the member store information terminal 200 and registers it in the privilege data storage means 125 (s1200). Thereafter, for the benefit used by the corporation, for example, the use benefit setting notification specifying the information such as the type of the member store, the benefit content, or the period is accepted from the corporation system 320. With this setting reception, for example, in the card-by-card privilege promotion database 127, a card ID (corporate ID + employee ID) that is a privilege provision target is associated for each privilege. Further, this information is reflected in the terminal privilege processing condition data storage means 128, and privilege conditions are set in the corresponding member store information terminal 200 in the corresponding member store. The privilege conditions set in the member store information terminal 200 are stored in the terminal privilege processing condition data storage means 204. Furthermore, information on the use privilege can be appropriately distributed from the business operator system 100 to the employee information terminal 310 system used by the employees of the corporation through e-mail or the like.

  Under such circumstances, the employee information terminal 310 makes a reservation request (including information such as an employee ID or a card ID, a member store to be used, a reservation time and the number of people) prior to use of the member store to the business system 100. It is assumed that it has been transmitted (s1201). Then, the business operator system 100 receives this, matches this reservation request with the member store data storage means 123, and specifies the corresponding member store information terminal 200. Then, the reservation request information is transferred to the member store information terminal 200 (s1202).

  The member store information terminal 200 receives the reservation request information and confirms it with an appropriate reservation management system to determine whether or not the reservation is possible. The determination result of reservation availability is returned to the business operator system 100 as a reply to the reservation request (s1203).

  On the other hand, the business operator system 100 receives the answer and transmits it to the employee information terminal 310 (s1204). If this reply is a content that cannot be reserved (s1205: NO), the process returns to step s1202, and a second reservation request from the employee information terminal 310 is awaited (or the process ends). On the other hand, if the answer indicates that reservation is possible (s1205: YES), the reservation request for which the reservation has been accepted is stored in the reservation status data storage means 130. Then, the contents of the reservation request and the privilege condition data in the privilege data storage means 125 or the terminal privilege processing data storage means 128 are transmitted to the employee information terminal 310 (s1206).

  In the employee information terminal 310, the reservation request and privilege condition data are written and stored in the employee ID storage unit 402 and the reservation privilege data storage unit 403 of the employee ID card 400 by the card reading / writing function unit 311. . After that, it is assumed that the employee who is the origin of the reservation request visits the member store and presents this employee ID card 400 at the time of settlement.

  The card reading / writing function unit 203 of the member store information terminal 200 reads the employee ID card 400, and reads the card ID (corporate ID and employee ID) and reservation request information (s1207). This read information is compared with the data of the reserved reservation request (including the card ID) received from the business operator system 100, and it is determined whether or not it is the same as the reserved card ID.

  If it is not determined by this determination that the card ID has been reserved (s1208: NO), normal settlement processing is executed (s1209), and the process proceeds to step s1215. On the other hand, if it is determined that the card ID has been reserved (s1208: YES), privilege condition data is read from the employee ID card 400 (s1210). Based on the privilege condition data, for example, privilege processing such as discounting a predetermined percentage from the initial settlement amount is executed (s1211). Then, in order to write, for example, a flag to the employee ID card 400 indicating that the privilege processing has been executed, the employee information terminal 310 is notified of a privilege use end writing instruction. Thereby, the flag is written to the employee ID card 400 in the employee information terminal 310, and the reuse of the privilege associated with the reservation is suppressed (s1212).

  Further, a settlement process is executed after the privilege process is performed (s1213), and the contents of the process are temporarily stored in the usage log storage unit 205 (s1214). This log is used for batch processing for every predetermined period such as date closing processing. In the example of FIG. 17, it is determined that the date of the date closing processing has arrived, and if the date of the date closing processing has not arrived ( s1215: NO), the process returns to step s1207, and the process up to step s1214 is repeated. On the other hand, if the time for the date closing process has come (s1215: YES), the log stored in the usage log storage means 205 is uploaded to the business operator system 100 (s1216).

  The business operator system 100 receives the transmitted log and stores it in the usage log storage means 129 in the business operator system 100 (s1217). In addition, this log is provided for batch processing at predetermined intervals such as monthly closing processing. In the example of FIG. 17, the arrival of the month closing process is determined. If the month closing process has not arrived (s1218: NO), log accumulation is repeated until the period arrives. On the other hand, if the time for the monthly closing process has arrived (s1218: YES), the log stored in the usage log storage means 129 is statistically analyzed (s1219), and the result and the use of the member store (that is, the privilege Information) is transmitted to the member store information terminal 200 (s1220), and the process ends.

  In addition, although the example which considered the reservation process was shown as a processing flow in this embodiment, the example which does not consider a reservation process can also be assumed besides. In this case, the processing flow omits processing unique to the reservation processing, such as transmission / reception of a reservation request and a reply indicating whether or not reservation is possible.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, a reliable privilege can be provided after reducing a user's effort, and grasp and evaluation of a privilege utilization condition etc. can be made simple.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described concretely based on the embodiment, it is not limited to this and can be variously changed in the range which does not deviate from the summary.

It is a network block diagram including the privilege provision system of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a data structure in the contract corporation data storage means of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a data structure in the ID card issue data storage means of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a data structure in the member store data storage means of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a data structure in the terminal data data storage means of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the member store terminal unit privilege promotion database in the privilege data storage means of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the card unit privilege promotion database in the privilege data storage means of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a data structure in the terminal privilege process condition data storage means of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a data structure in the utilization log storage means of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a data structure in the reservation status data storage means of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a data structure in the reservation privilege condition data storage means of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example 1 (reservation interlocking, offline type) of the data transfer in the privilege provision method of this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the actual procedure in the example 1 of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example 2 (reservation interlocking | linkage, online type) of the data transfer in the privilege provision method of this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the actual procedure in the example 2 of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example 3 (reservation interlocking | linkage, an off-line type, IC card interlock | cooperation) of the data transfer in the privilege provision method of this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the actual procedure in the example 3 of this embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 privilege provision system 100 provider system 101 contract corporation information management function part 102 ID card issue information management function part 103 member store information management function part 104 terminal information management function part 105 privilege information management function part 106 privilege information terminal setting function part 107 Statistical analysis function unit 108 Booking status management function unit 109 Determination receiving unit 110 Benefit specifying unit 111 Benefit processing unit 121 Contract corporation data storage unit 122 ID card issuance data storage unit 123 Member store data storage unit 124 Terminal data storage unit 125 Special data storage Means 128 Terminal privilege processing condition data storage means 129 Usage log storage means 130 Reservation status data storage means 150, 151 Network 200 Merchant information terminal 201 Payment message processing function section 202 Benefit processing function section 203 Card reading / writing function section 20 Terminal benefits processing condition data storage unit 205 the usage log storage unit 210 determination unit 211 privilege specification section 212 privilege processing unit 213 determines the transmission unit 300 the member terminal 400 payment card, employee ID card

Claims (5)

A method for providing benefits to members,
The privilege management device
A member information storage unit that stores member information, a member store information storage unit that stores member store information, and a privilege data storage unit that stores privilege conditions that determine privileges to be provided to members according to member attributes Transmitting the member verification information included in the member information of the member information storage unit and the privilege conditions of the privilege data storage unit to a member store terminal according to a predetermined timing or request;
The merchant terminal is
Obtaining information for member verification and privilege conditions sent from the privilege management device;
A step of determining a privilege provision target by collating member information read from a member's payment card with member verification information acquired from the privilege management device;
Collating the membership information of the payment card determined to be a provision object of the privilege with the privilege conditions acquired from the privilege management device, and identifying the corresponding privilege;
Performing a privilege providing process based on the identified privilege, and transmitting the processing result to a log database of the privilege management device;
A privilege providing method characterized by including: A method for providing benefits to members,
The privilege management device
A member information storage unit that stores member information, a member store information storage unit that stores member store information, and a privilege data storage unit that stores privilege conditions that determine privileges to be provided to members according to member attributes Transmitting the member verification information included in the member information in the member information storage unit to the member store terminal in response to a predetermined timing or request;
Receiving the membership information of the payment card determined to be the offer of the benefit transmitted from the member store terminal;
Collating the received member information with a privilege condition in the privilege data storage unit, and identifying a corresponding privilege;
Performing a privilege providing process based on the identified privilege, storing the processing result in a log database, and transmitting the result to a member store terminal;
The merchant terminal is
Obtaining information for member verification sent from the privilege management device;
A step of determining a privilege provision target by collating member information read from a member's payment card with member verification information acquired from the privilege management device;
Transmitting the membership information of the payment card determined to be a privilege provision target to the privilege management device;
A privilege providing method characterized by including: In claim 1 or 2,
The privilege management apparatus includes a step of performing statistical analysis on the processing result of the privilege providing processing stored in the log database based on the attribute of the processing result, and outputting the analysis result to an output interface. Benefit offer method. In claim 1 or 2,
The privilege management device receives a reservation request for goods or services in a predetermined member store transmitted from the member terminal, and transmits the reservation request to the member store terminal;
Receiving a reply indicating whether the reservation is possible or not, returned from the member store terminal in response to the reservation request, and notifying the member terminal of the answer;
If the reply is bookable, sending the member information included in the booking request to a member store terminal;
The member store terminal receives the reservation request transmitted from the privilege management device, and determines whether or not the reservation request is acceptable by checking with an appropriate reservation database;
Transmitting a determination result of acceptance / rejection of the reservation request to the privilege management device;
Receiving the member information included in the reservation request from the privilege management device, and comparing the member information with the member information read from the settlement card, the reservation has been made prior to determining the privilege provision target Determining whether you are a member;
A privilege providing method characterized by including: In claim 4,
The privilege management device is a member who determines a reservation request whose reservation availability is a reservation request and a corresponding privilege identified by comparing member information included in the reservation request with a privilege condition in the privilege data storage unit. Sending to the device;
The member store terminal performs a privilege providing process based on the privilege read from the payment card in which the reservation request and the privilege are written by the member terminal, and transmits the processing result to the log database of the privilege management device;
A privilege providing method characterized by including:

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