JP2006195514A - Coupon information providing system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a coupon information providing system for making a coupon for a mobile terminal used in a shore such as a restaurant known to every clerk without exception. <P>SOLUTION: This coupon information providing system has a coupon information input reception means for receiving the information of the coupon issued from a store from a store terminal, a coupon information storage means for storing the received information of the coupon, a coupon screen preparing means for preparing a coupon screen for the mobile terminal displayed in the mobile terminal of a user using the store by substituting a model of a preliminarily stored coupon screen with the information of the coupon stored in the coupon information storage means, a coupon screen storage means for storing the prepared coupon screen for the mobile terminal, and a coupon screen transmission means for transmitting a content containing the stored coupon screen for the mobile terminal and the received coupon information on the same screen to the store terminal as a manual screen. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

The present invention relates to a coupon information providing system for making a store staff familiar with a coupon for a portable terminal used in a store such as a restaurant.

  Information that introduces restaurants such as restaurants is provided via the Internet, and coupons indicating that the user who browses the site of the store will provide some incentives such as discounts on prices and product services It is issued to users. The user can enjoy the incentive by printing the coupon with a printer and presenting it to the store clerk when using the store.

  Such coupons are usually presented to store clerk in paper media, but with the spread of mobile terminals (cell phones and PHS) in recent years, such coupons can be obtained from mobile terminals without printing coupons. A method of enjoying an incentive by displaying a coupon on a mobile terminal screen by accessing a store site and showing the screen to a store clerk is also performed. In order to display the coupon on the screen of the mobile terminal as described above, it is necessary to create a screen of the coupon for the mobile terminal, and there are Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 as patent documents showing this prior art.

JP 2002-74176 A JP 2002-163383 A

  When presenting a coupon using a mobile terminal, the store clerk must always remember what coupon the store is issuing and what the coupon screen is. However, in actuality, there are not many coupons used on mobile devices, and the store clerk may know the content of coupons on paper media, but may not know the coupon screen displayed on the screen of the mobile device. Many. In particular, there are many part-time employees at stores such as restaurants, and it is not possible to thoroughly disseminate the screen of coupons for mobile devices, so the store clerk does not know the coupons for mobile devices and causes confusion. There is also. Since such confusion may occur, there is one aspect that the store is hesitant to issue coupons for mobile terminals.

  In addition, it is common for stores to create coupons for mobile terminals independently, but since coupons are automatically created by selecting and entering coupon information from a predetermined format (screen), actual coupons are created. There is no process up to confirming what format (screen) the screen displayed on the mobile terminal is. Therefore, there is a need for a system for easily and thoroughly informing the store clerk what coupon the store is issuing to the store clerk and what the screen is.

  Therefore, when creating a coupon, the present inventor creates a coupon screen displayed on a mobile terminal on a computer terminal, displays and prints it, and further directly to the store clerk so that the store clerk can access the screen. We have invented a coupon information providing system that makes it easy for employees to know the coupons by notifying them.

  The invention of claim 1 is a coupon information providing system capable of transmitting and receiving data to and from a store terminal used in a store that issues a coupon for a mobile terminal, wherein the coupon information providing system is a coupon information issued by the store. Coupon information input receiving means for receiving information from the store terminal, coupon information storage means for storing the received coupon information, and a coupon stored in the coupon information storage means in a prestored coupon screen template By substituting the above information, a coupon screen creating means for creating a coupon screen for a portable terminal for display on a portable terminal of a user who uses the store, and the created coupon screen for the portable terminal are stored. The coupon screen storage means, the stored coupon screen for the portable terminal, and the received coupon information are displayed in the same image. The content including the above, a coupon screen transmission means for transmitting to said store terminal as a manual screen, a coupon information providing system having a.

  By transmitting a manual screen including a coupon screen for a portable terminal to the store terminal in this way, the manual screen can be displayed / printed at the store, and the store clerk is thoroughly informed. It becomes possible.

  In the invention of claim 2, the coupon information providing system is capable of transmitting / receiving data to / from a portable terminal used by a store clerk of the store, and includes at least an access destination to the stored coupon screen. It is a coupon information provision system which further has a coupon information notification means which transmits a notice about a coupon screen to the above-mentioned store clerk's portable terminal.

  If the manual screen is pasted around the cash register of the store, the beauty of the store may be impaired. In such a case, there is a method of circulating the manual screen to the store clerk, but it is complicated. Therefore, by issuing a notification to the clerk's mobile terminal as in the present invention, the clerk himself can browse and check the coupon screen for the mobile terminal from the mobile terminal, and further familiarize the clerk. Can be achieved.

  The invention of claim 3 is a coupon information providing system capable of transmitting and receiving data between a store terminal used in a store that issues a coupon for a mobile terminal and a mobile terminal used by a store clerk of the store, The coupon information providing system includes a coupon information input receiving unit that receives coupon information issued by the store from the store terminal, a coupon information storage unit that stores the received coupon information, and a coupon stored in advance. Coupon screen creation means for creating a coupon screen for a mobile terminal for display on a mobile terminal of a user using the store by substituting the coupon information stored in the coupon information storage means into a screen template And a coupon screen storage means for storing the created coupon screen for a portable terminal, and access to the stored coupon screen. Above the at least a coupon information providing system having a coupon information notifying unit that transmits a notification about the coupon screen to the portable terminal of the clerk.

  By issuing a notification to the mobile terminal of the store clerk in this way, the store clerk can browse and check the coupon screen for the mobile terminal from the mobile terminal, and can thoroughly familiarize the store clerk. It becomes.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the coupon information providing system further includes, in the store terminal as a manual screen, content including the stored mobile terminal coupon screen and the received coupon information on the same screen. It is a coupon information provision system which has a coupon screen transmission means to transmit.

  The clerk may not have a mobile device. In such a case, the store clerk cannot be notified. Therefore, by transmitting a manual screen including a coupon screen for a portable terminal to the store terminal, the manual screen can be displayed / printed at the store. As a result, even if there is a clerk who does not own the mobile terminal, it is possible to ensure thorough awareness, and even if it is owned, multiple viewing opportunities will occur, so further awareness can be achieved .

According to the present invention, when a coupon is created, the coupon screen displayed on the mobile terminal is displayed / printed on the computer terminal, and the store clerk can directly access the screen to notify the store clerk, It becomes possible to easily and thoroughly disseminate coupons to the store clerk. By doing in this way, even if the coupon is used on a portable terminal with few users, the store clerk knows the content of the coupon, so that confusion can be prevented.

  An example of the system configuration of the coupon information providing system 1 of the present invention is shown in the system configuration diagram of FIG. The coupon information providing system 1 is preferably realized on a server that provides store information such as a restaurant via a network 10 such as the Internet, but may be another server. In this specification, a case where the store is a restaurant is shown, but the store is not limited to a restaurant, and may be a store of any business type.

  The coupon information providing system 1 is used by a store terminal 8 (including a portable terminal such as a mobile phone, PHS, PDA, etc. in addition to a computer terminal) that is a computer terminal used by a store that issues a coupon, and a store clerk himself. Information can be transmitted to and received from the mobile terminal 9 (portable communication terminal such as a mobile phone, PHS, and PDA) via the network 10.

  The coupon information providing system 1 includes a coupon information input receiving unit 2, a coupon information storage unit 3, a coupon screen creation unit 4, a coupon screen storage unit 5, a coupon screen transmission unit 6, and a coupon information notification unit 7.

  The coupon information input accepting means 2 is means for accepting input of coupon information issued at the store from the store terminal 8 via the network 10 and storing the information in the coupon information storage means 3. Information on coupons that accept input includes coupon themes (prescribed percentage / money discounts, gender-limited discounts, birthday benefits, secretary discounts (discounts for secretaries), service additions (addition of one item, etc.), presents, There are necessary information for presenting the coupon as a coupon, such as giving a voucher, general discounts, etc., a text indicating the discount content of the coupon displayed on the coupon screen, notes when using the coupon, and expiration date.

  The coupon information storage unit 3 is a unit that stores the coupon information received by the coupon information input receiving unit 2, the information for identifying the store, and the information for identifying the coupon in association with each other. A conceptual diagram is shown in FIG.

  The coupon screen creation unit 4 is a unit that creates a coupon screen for a portable terminal based on the coupon information stored in the coupon information storage unit 3 and stores the coupon screen in the coupon screen storage unit 5. When creating a screen for a portable terminal, it is performed by a known method such as substituting coupon information as an argument into a CHTML code for display on the screen of the portable terminal 9. When the template of the coupon screen indicated by the CHTML code is as shown in FIG. 11 (the template of this coupon screen (such as the template CTMML code) is stored in advance in the coupon screen storage means 5), information on each coupon Is used as an argument, and a coupon screen for a portable terminal is created by substituting coupon information stored in the coupon information storage means 3. In FIG. 11, the argument portion is surrounded by a broken line for easy understanding, and the coupon information to be substituted there is specified in square brackets. FIG. 12 shows an example of a coupon screen for a portable terminal created by substituting the coupon information shown in FIG. 10 into FIG. In addition, in order to create a coupon screen, a description language for each portable terminal can be used in addition to a CHTML code.

  The coupon screen storage means 5 is a means for storing the coupon screen for the portable terminal created by the coupon screen creation means 4. For example, the CTMML code of the coupon screen for portable terminals shown in FIG. 12 is stored.

  The coupon screen transmission means 6 transmits a manual screen of a coupon including a coupon screen for a portable terminal expressed by a CHTML code stored in the coupon screen storage means 5 to the store terminal 8 for output such as display / printing. It is a means to perform. In this case, an example of a manual screen that the coupon screen transmission means 6 transmits to the store terminal 8 and is displayed on the store terminal 8 is shown in FIG. In FIG. 6, a coupon screen for a mobile terminal is included in the right column of the manual screen showing information on coupons. As described above, the store terminal 8 can easily check the coupon screen on the store terminal 8 by transmitting the information related to the coupon and the screen for the portable terminal to the store terminal 8 as one manual screen. Furthermore, by printing this manual screen at the store terminal 8, it can be output as a paper medium, and can be circulated to the store clerk or pasted around the cash register, and can be easily and thoroughly known to the store clerk.

  The coupon information notification means 7 is a means for transmitting a notification that a coupon screen for a mobile terminal has been created to the mobile terminal 9 used by the store clerk of the store. At the time of this transmission, an input of the store clerk's e-mail address is accepted from the store terminal 8 and transmitted to the e-mail address by e-mail. FIG. 9 shows an example of a notification transmitted to the mobile terminal 9. 9, the store clerk selects a URL (portion surrounded by a broken line in the figure) from the mobile terminal 9 to receive the coupon screen stored in the coupon screen storage means 5 by the mobile terminal 9. A coupon screen for a portable terminal of the store as shown in FIG.

  Next, an example of the processing process of the coupon information providing system 1 of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 2 and the system configuration diagram of FIG.

  A person in charge of a store who is going to issue a coupon screen for a mobile terminal performs a predetermined operation (such as logging in using a store ID or password for identifying the store) from the store terminal 8 to provide the coupon information providing system 1. And the store terminal 8 displays a management screen for creating and issuing a coupon. An example of the top page of the management screen is shown in FIG. By selecting “coupon registration” in the right column from the management screen shown in FIG. 3 (the portion surrounded by the broken line in the figure), the coupon information input accepting means 2 allows the store to input coupon information. A coupon information input screen is transmitted to the store terminal 8. An example of a coupon information input screen is shown in FIG.

  The person in charge of the store inputs information on the coupon issued by the store from the store terminal 8 to the coupon information input screen, and presses the “Send” button, whereby the coupon information is provided from the store terminal 8 to the coupon information providing system 1. Send. The coupon information input at this time may be any information as long as it is information related to the coupon, but in the case of FIG. 4, the coupon theme (predetermined ratio / money discount, gender-limited discount, birthday privilege) , Secretary discount (discount for secretary), addition of services (addition of one item, etc.), gifts, vouchers, general discounts, etc., main text showing coupon discount displayed on coupon screen, precautions when using coupons Items and expiration dates are entered.

  The coupon information transmitted from the store terminal 8 is received by the coupon information input receiving means 2, and the coupon information input receiving means 2 assigns information for identifying the coupon (coupon number) to the information of the coupon, for each store, coupon Every time, it is memorize | stored in the coupon information storage means 3 (S100). The store ID used when logging in to the management screen can be used as the store ID. In this way, a coupon for a portable terminal can be issued.

  And after memorize | storing the coupon information in the coupon information storage means 3, the coupon information input reception means 2 transmits the coupon list screen which listed the coupon for portable terminals with respect to the shop terminal 8 by predetermined | prescribed operation of a store clerk. . An example of the coupon list screen is shown in FIG.

  When the store clerk wants to display / print the manual for the registered coupon for the mobile terminal on the store terminal 8, the store manual 8 displays “Manual” on the coupon list screen. A manual transmission request is transmitted from the store terminal 8 to the coupon information providing system 1 by selecting the broken line portion on the side.

  The manual transmission request is received by the coupon screen creation means 4. And the coupon screen creation means 4 creates the coupon screen for portable terminals based on the information of the coupon memorize | stored in the coupon information storage means 3 (S110).

  When the coupon screen creation means 4 creates a screen for a mobile terminal, it is performed by a known method such as substituting coupon information as an argument into a CHTML code for display on the screen of the mobile terminal 9. If the coupon screen indicated by the CHTML code is as shown in FIG. 11, the coupon screen for the portable terminal is created by substituting the coupon information stored in the coupon information storage means 3 with the information of each coupon as an argument. In FIG. 11, the argument portion is enclosed by a square to make it easier to understand, and the coupon information to be substituted in that field is indicated by brackets. FIG. 12 shows an example of a coupon screen for a portable terminal created by substituting the coupon information shown in FIG. 10 into FIG. In addition, in order to create a coupon screen, a description language for each portable terminal can be used in addition to a CHTML code.

  The coupon screen creation means 4 stores the coupon screen for the mobile terminal thus created in the coupon screen storage means 5. And the coupon screen transmission means 6 transmits the manual screen including the coupon screen created by the coupon screen creation means 4 and expressed by the CHTML code etc. stored in the coupon screen storage means 5 to the store terminal 8. An example of the manual screen is shown in FIG. In FIG. 6, a coupon screen for a mobile terminal is included in the right column of the manual screen showing information on coupons.

  Thus, by transmitting the coupon information and the coupon screen for the portable terminal to the store terminal 8 as one manual screen, the store terminal 8 can display the coupon screen on the store terminal 8 and easily confirm it. Yes (S120). Further, this manual screen can be printed as a paper medium by printing it at the store terminal 8 (S120), and it can be circulated to the store clerk or pasted around the cash register to make it well known.

  The manual screen is transmitted in, for example, an HTML format, and a coupon screen for a portable terminal is provided in the same manual screen in, for example, a text format with coupon information stored in the coupon information storage means 3 in, for example, an image format. By doing this, if the store clerk browses the manual screen, it immediately understands the coupon screen and the contents of the coupon, and even if the store user presents a coupon for a mobile terminal, it may cause confusion Absent.

  If the manual screen is pasted around the cash register, it may hesitate to paste it because it disturbs the design of the store and impairs the beauty. In addition, it may be troublesome to circulate such a manual screen printed matter to a store clerk. In such a case, you may make it notify that the coupon screen for portable terminals was created with respect to the portable terminal 9 which the shop assistant uses.

  In that case, the person in charge of the store selects the store from the store terminal 8 by selecting “confirm coupon with mobile” on the coupon list screen (the broken line portion on the upper side of the portion surrounded by the broken line in the figure). The terminal 8 transmits to the coupon information providing system 1 a clerk notification request for notifying the clerk that the coupon screen for the portable terminal has been created.

  When the clerk notification request is received by the coupon information notification means 7, the coupon information providing means transmits a transmission destination input screen for inputting a destination to which the notification is transmitted to the store terminal 8. An example of the transmission destination input screen is shown in FIG.

  The store terminal 8 inputs the e-mail address of the portable terminal 9 used by the store clerk who notifies that the coupon has been created in the predetermined field and transmits a “confirm” button. Input information such as an e-mail address is transmitted to the coupon information notifying means 7. The input e-mail address is received by the coupon information notifying means 7 (S130).

  When the e-mail address is received, the coupon information notifying means 7 transmits a transmission content confirmation screen as shown in FIG. 8 to the store terminal 8 for confirmation. The person in charge of the store confirms the transmission content confirmation screen, and if there is no problem, the information is transmitted from the store terminal 8 to the coupon information notification means 7 by selecting the “Send” button. When the information is received by the coupon information notifying means 7, the coupon information notifying means 7 transmits an e-mail notifying that the coupon has been created to the mobile terminal 9 having the e-mail address received in S130 ( S140). In this notification, the information input on the transmission destination input screen such as a store name, a message from the store, and a sender may be described together with the URL of the coupon. The URL of the coupon screen for the portable terminal may be other than the URL as long as it is information indicating the access destination of the coupon screen of the store stored in the coupon screen storage unit 5. An example of the notification is shown in FIG. A coupon screen may be included in the notification and transmitted.

  When the notification is received by the mobile terminal 9, the store clerk selects the URL of the mobile terminal coupon screen (portion surrounded by a broken line in FIG. 9) in the notification to store the coupon screen storage unit 5. A coupon screen to be stored is received from the coupon information providing system 1, and a coupon screen for a portable terminal of the store as shown in FIG.

  By sending a notification about the coupon screen for the portable terminal to the portable terminal 9 in this way, the store clerk can check the coupon screen directly from his / her portable terminal 9, so the store attaches a manual screen around the cash register. Or coupons can be easily made known to the store clerk without the need for circulation.

  The notification is not only made when the coupon screen is created, but also when “Confirm coupon with mobile” is selected from the coupon list screen (FIG. 5), the coupon information notification means 7 displays the coupon screen within the expiration date. It can be extracted from the coupon screen storage means 5 and transmitted.

  Each means in the present invention is only logically distinguished in function, and may be physically or practically the same area. Each means of the coupon information providing system 1 of the present invention is realized on an arithmetic device such as a CPU, and each storage means is realized on a storage device such as a memory or a hard disk. Various methods such as a database and a data file can be used as a storage method in the storage means.

  In implementing the present invention, a storage medium storing a software program for realizing the functions of this embodiment is supplied to the system, and the computer of the system reads and executes the program stored in the storage medium. Of course.

  In this case, the program itself read from the storage medium realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments, and the storage medium storing the program naturally constitutes the present invention.

  As a storage medium for supplying the program, for example, a magnetic disk, a hard disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a magnetic tape, a nonvolatile memory card, or the like can be used.

  Further, by executing the program read by the computer, not only the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized, but also an operating system running on the computer is one of the actual processes based on the instructions of the program. It goes without saying that the case where the function of the above-described embodiment is realized by performing part or all of the processing and the processing thereof is also included.

Furthermore, after the program read from the storage medium is written in the nonvolatile or volatile storage means provided in the function expansion board inserted into the computer or the function expansion unit connected to the computer, the program is instructed. On the basis of the above, it is natural that the arithmetic processing device or the like provided in the function expansion board or the function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

According to the present invention, when a coupon is created, the coupon screen displayed on the mobile terminal 9 is displayed / printed on the computer terminal, and the store clerk is directly notified so that the store clerk can access the screen. It becomes possible to easily and thoroughly disseminate the coupon to the store clerk. By doing in this way, even if the coupon is used with the portable terminal 9 with few users, the clerk knows the content of the coupon, so that confusion can be prevented.

It is a system configuration figure showing an example of the system configuration of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the processing process of this invention. It is an example of a management screen. It is an example of a coupon information input screen. It is an example of a coupon list screen. It is an example of a manual screen. It is an example of a transmission destination input screen. It is an example of a transmission content confirmation screen. It is an example of the electronic mail notified to a shop assistant's portable terminal. It is a conceptual diagram of a coupon information storage means. It is an example of the coupon screen (model) for common portable terminals before the coupon information of FIG. 10 is substituted as an argument. It is an example of the coupon screen for portable terminals after the information of the coupon of FIG. 10 was substituted as an argument.

Explanation of symbols

1: Coupon information providing system 2: Coupon information input receiving means 3: Coupon information storing means 4: Coupon screen creating means 5: Coupon screen storing means 6: Coupon screen transmitting means 7: Coupon information notifying means 8: Store terminal 9: Mobile phone Terminal 10: Network

Claims (4)

A coupon information providing system capable of transmitting and receiving data to and from a store terminal used in a store that issues a coupon for a mobile terminal,
The coupon information providing system includes:
Coupon information input receiving means for receiving information on coupons issued by the store from the store terminal;
Coupon information storage means for storing the received coupon information;
By substituting the coupon information stored in the coupon information storage means into a pre-stored coupon screen template, a coupon screen for a portable terminal for displaying on the portable terminal of the user using the store is displayed. A coupon screen creation means to be created;
A coupon screen storage means for storing the created coupon screen for the mobile terminal;
Coupon screen transmission means for transmitting the content including the stored coupon screen for mobile terminal and the received coupon information on the same screen to the store terminal as a manual screen;
A coupon information providing system comprising: The coupon information providing system is further capable of transmitting and receiving data to and from a portable terminal used by a store clerk of the store,
The coupon information provision unit according to claim 1, further comprising coupon information notification means for transmitting a notification regarding a coupon screen to the mobile terminal of the store clerk including at least an access destination to the stored coupon screen. system. A coupon information providing system capable of transmitting and receiving data between a store terminal used in a store that issues a coupon for a mobile terminal and a mobile terminal used by a store clerk of the store,
The coupon information providing system includes:
Coupon information input receiving means for receiving information on coupons issued by the store from the store terminal;
Coupon information storage means for storing the received coupon information;
By substituting the coupon information stored in the coupon information storage means into a pre-stored coupon screen template, a coupon screen for a portable terminal for displaying on the portable terminal of the user using the store is displayed. A coupon screen creation means to be created;
A coupon screen storage means for storing the created coupon screen for the mobile terminal;
A coupon information notification means for transmitting a notification regarding a coupon screen to the mobile terminal of the store clerk, including at least an access destination to the stored coupon screen;
A coupon information providing system comprising: The coupon information providing system further includes:
Coupon screen transmission means for transmitting content including the stored coupon screen for portable terminal and the received coupon information on the same screen to the store terminal as a manual screen,
The coupon information providing system according to claim 3, further comprising:

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