JP2007213306A - Information providing system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information providing system for making information to be transmitted to a user different according to media by preventing the information from being specified into one information. <P>SOLUTION: In the reading stand-by status of medium identification information in a normal time, a light emitting element 51 for guidance in the left-hand side outer periphery emits the rays of lights, and when merchandise to which the first IC tag is attached is made to approach the neighborhood of a first light emitting part 50, the medium identification information is read from the first IC tag by a first IC reader 30. Then, the light emitting element 51 for guidance lights out, and a light emitting element 61 for guidance emits the rays of light. Then, when a second IC tag in the configurations of a member card is made to approach according to guidance by the light emission, user identification information is read from the second IC tag by a second IC reader 40. A controller 10 transmits the medium identification information and the user identification information to the manager server by associating them with each other, and the management server transmits the personal information corresponding to the medium identification information to a receiver corresponding to the user identification information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an information providing system that provides information to a user, and more particularly, to an information providing system that provides information related to information read from the outside.

In recent years, with the increase in functionality of mobile phones, various information has been provided to mobile phones using the Web and e-mail. Recently, an information distribution system has been proposed in which an advertisement display body is provided with an IC tag reader, identification information is read from an IC tag possessed by the user, and information corresponding to the identification information is distributed to the user's mobile phone. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).
JP 2003-308267 A

  However, in the above-described conventional information distribution system, since the content of information to be distributed is determined for each IC tag reader, it is possible to distribute only information of the same content using one advertising display. There's a problem.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an information providing system capable of varying information to be transmitted to a user depending on a medium without being specified as one piece of information.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system that reads user identification information that is identification information unique to a user and provides information to a terminal device corresponding to the user identification information. A medium identification information reading unit that reads medium identification information that is medium-specific identification information, a user identification information reading unit that reads the user identification information, and a readable range of the medium identification information reading unit. 1 light-emitting unit, a second light-emitting unit provided in a readable range of the user identification information reading unit, and the first light-emitting unit emits light when waiting to read the medium identification information, thereby identifying the medium After reading the information, the control unit that controls the second light emitting unit to emit light when waiting to read the user identification information, and the individual user corresponding to the read medium identification information Providing information providing system having an individual information transmitting means for transmitting to the receiving apparatus corresponding to another information.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the system according to the first aspect, the system further includes an acoustic unit that emits sound, and the control unit reads the medium identification information and then waits for reading of the user identification information. Provided is an information providing system that further performs control to emit sound from acoustic means.

  In the third aspect of the present invention, in the system according to the first aspect or the second aspect, the first light emitting unit is a light emitting element for guidance that is a light emitting element for guidance, and a light emitting element for warning. A warning light emitting element is provided, and the light emitting element for guidance is caused to emit light when waiting to read the medium identification information. The control means reads the medium identification information reading means and the user identification information reading means. When a format check is performed on the identification information, the identification information read is recognized as medium identification information or user identification information, and the user identification information is read while waiting to read the medium identification information. Provides an information providing system for causing the warning light emitting element in the first light emitting section to emit light.

  According to the information providing system of the present invention, after reading the medium-specific identification information, the user-specific identification information is read, and the individual information corresponding to the read medium-specific identification information is read Since the information is transmitted to the receiving device corresponding to the identification information, the information to be transmitted can be made different depending on the medium without being fixed to one information to be transmitted. There is an effect.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
(System configuration)
FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of an information providing system according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a front perspective view and a front external view of a store terminal. 1 and 2, 10 is a control device, 20 is an acoustic device, 30 is a first IC reader, 40 is a second IC reader, 50 is a first light emitting unit, 60 is a second light emitting unit, and 100 is A store terminal, 200 is a management server, 300 is a mail server, and 400 is a user terminal.

  The control device 10 plays a central role in the information providing system of the present invention, and includes the acoustic device 20, the first IC reader 30, the second IC reader 40, the first light emitting unit 50, and the second While controlling the light emission part 60, it has the function to transmit identification information to the management server 200. FIG. The sound device 20 includes a memory and a speaker that record sound information, and has a function of emitting sound in accordance with the control of the control device 10. The first IC reader 30 and the second IC reader 40 are IC readers having the same function, and have a function of reading identification information recorded on the IC tag in a non-contact manner. The first IC reader 30 serves as medium identification information reading means for reading the medium identification information that is identification information unique to the medium, and the second IC reader 40 is a user identification that is identification information unique to the user. It plays a role as a user identification information reading means for reading information.

  The first light emitting unit 50 and the second light emitting unit 60 are light emitting units having the same function, and as shown in FIG. 2A and FIG. 51 and 61 and four warning light emitting elements 52 and 62 on the inner periphery. In the present embodiment, blue light-emitting elements are used as guidance light-emitting elements, and red light-emitting elements are used as warning light-emitting elements. Moreover, in this embodiment, LED is employ | adopted as a light emitting element. The first light emitting unit 50 and the second light emitting unit 60 are installed with light emitting elements arranged around the first IC reader 30 and the second IC reader 40, respectively, as viewed from the front.

  The store terminal 100 is a terminal device that includes the control device 10, the audio device 20, the first IC reader 30, the second IC reader 40, the first light emitting unit 50, and the second light emitting unit 60 inside the casing. . The housing of the shop terminal 100 is translucent, and when viewed from the front outside, as shown in FIG. 2B, only the poster 70a inserted into the posting unit 70 appears on the surface, and the poster It is like that. The poster 70a can be inserted from the posting medium insertion port 70b. In FIG. 2B, the position of the light emitting element hidden on the inner surface is indicated by a dotted line. Since the light-emitting element is covered with a housing, the light-emitting element cannot be seen from the outside when the light is turned off. However, since the housing is translucent, the light can be confirmed from the outside during light emission.

  The management server 200 is a server computer that manages an address for transmitting information to a user terminal and individual information for each product. Specifically, the mail address on the mail server 300 for sending an e-mail to the user terminal 400 is stored in association with the user identification information, and the individual information for each product is associated with the medium identification information. I remember it. The mail server 300 is a server computer for sending an electronic mail to the user terminal 400. The user terminal 400 is a receiving device corresponding to user identification information, and has a function of receiving and displaying data. As the user terminal 400, a mobile phone or the like having an e-mail processing function can be adopted. In the present embodiment, the data transmission function of the control device 10, the management server 200, and the mail server 300 serve as individual information transmission means.

(Processing operation)
Next, processing operations of the apparatus shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 will be described. Here, it is assumed that the store terminal 100 according to the present invention is installed in a store or the like for product promotion, and a product with the first IC tag attached is displayed in the vicinity thereof. I will explain. In the first IC tag, medium identification information that is identification information unique to a product that is a medium is recorded. Also, the second IC tag is created in the form of a membership card, user identification information that is identification information unique to the user is recorded, and distributed to the user. The medium identification information and the user identification information are prepared in different formats so that they can be distinguished from each other. For example, the number of characters of the medium identification information and the user identification information is made different. The IC tag is configured such that a coil pattern is formed on a base material such as plastic, and a resonance circuit is formed by this coil and a capacitive element so that radio waves of a constant frequency can be received and transmitted. It is also called a non-contact data carrier or RF-ID. The method for attaching the first IC tag to the product can be performed by various methods such as sticking.

  In the store terminal 100, in the state of waiting for reading of the medium identification information that is normal, the guiding light emitting element 51 of the first light emitting unit 50 emits light as shown in FIG. First, the user brings the product with the first IC tag attached close to the first light emitting unit 50 according to the content displayed on the posting unit 70. Specifically, the product is brought close to the first light emitting unit 50 by looking at the display of “↓ product” displayed on the posting unit 70 and the light emission of the light emitting element 51 for guidance. As a result, the first IC tag attached to the product approaches the first IC reader 30 installed in the vicinity of the first light emitting unit 50. When the first IC tag approaches the first IC reader 30, the first IC reader 30 reads the medium identification information from the first IC tag and passes it to the control device 10.

  When receiving the identification information from either the first IC reader 30 or the second IC reader 40, the control device 10 performs a format check. By this format check, it is recognized whether the received identification information is medium identification information or user identification information. The control device 10 performs control to acquire the medium identification information first and acquire the user identification information later. Therefore, if the user identification information is received in a state where the medium identification information has not been acquired, the control device 10 issues an error signal.

  When the control apparatus 10 recognizes that the received identification information is the medium identification information as a result of the format check, the control apparatus 10 holds the medium identification information. Then, a flashing instruction for the guiding light emitting element 51 is transmitted to the first light emitting unit 50, and a lighting instruction for the guiding light emitting element 61 is transmitted to the second light emitting unit 60. The first light emitting unit 50 blinks the guiding light emitting element 51 and then turns off based on the blinking instruction of the guiding light emitting element 51 from the control device 10, and the second light emitting unit 60 is turned off from the control device 10. Based on the light emission instruction of the guiding light emitting element 61, the guiding light emitting element 61 is caused to emit light. FIG. 3B shows a light emission state of the guiding light emitting element 61 of the second light emitting unit 60. This state informs the medium identification information reading waiting state. In addition, the control device 10 instructs the audio device 20 to output a message. Based on the instruction from the control device 10, the audio device 20 outputs a voice message such as “Please hold your membership card”.

  The user brings the second IC tag closer to the vicinity of the second light emitting unit 60 according to the content displayed on the posting unit 70. Specifically, the product is brought close to the second light emitting unit 60 by looking at the display of “↓ member card” displayed on the posting unit 70 and the light emission of the guide light emitting element 52. As a result, the second IC tag approaches the second IC reader 40 installed in the vicinity of the second light emitting unit 60. When the second IC tag approaches the second IC reader 40, the second IC reader 40 reads user identification information from the second IC tag and passes it to the control device 10. When the control device 10 recognizes that the received identification information is the user identification information as a result of the format check, the control device 10 sends the user identification information to the management server 100 together with the already stored medium identification information. Send. When the control device 10 confirms the user identification information, the control device 10 transmits a blinking instruction for the guiding light emitting element 61 to the second light emitting unit 60 and the guiding light emitting element 51 to the first light emitting unit 50. Send the flash instruction. The second light emitting unit 60 blinks the guiding light emitting element 61 and then turns off based on the blinking instruction of the guiding light emitting element 61 from the control device 10, and the first light emitting unit 50 is turned off from the control device 10. The guiding light emitting element 51 is caused to emit light based on the light emission instruction of the guiding light emitting element 51. Then, as shown in FIG. 3A, the state shifts to a state of waiting for reading the medium identification information which is normal.

  The management server 100 extracts individual information corresponding to the received medium identification information and extracts a user address corresponding to the user identification information. Then, the extracted individual information is transmitted to the extracted user address. As a result, the individual information is transmitted to the corresponding user terminal 200 via a mail server (not shown). In this way, individual information corresponding to the medium (product) read by the first IC reader 30 is displayed on the user terminal 200.

  As the individual information, advertisement information about a product corresponding to the medium identification information can be used. By recording the URL in the individual information, if the user terminal has a Web function, it is possible to access a site for introducing the product and making a reservation, and to perform a purchase reservation procedure.

  As described above, when the user identification information is received in a state where the medium identification information has not been acquired, the control device 10 issues an error signal. Specifically, as an error signal, the light emitting instruction of the warning light emitting element 52 to the first light emitting unit 50 and the control device 10 issue a warning sound or a warning message output instruction to the acoustic device 20. Then, the light emitting unit shifts to an error warning state as shown in FIG. That is, only the warning light emitting element 52 of the first light emitting unit 50 emits light. In addition, the sound device 20 outputs a buzzer sound or a voice message such as “Please hold the product first”. As an error signal, the warning light emitting element 62 can be instructed to emit light to the second light emitting unit 60, and only the warning light emitting element 62 can emit light as shown in FIG. It is.

  The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above. However, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications can be made. For example, in the above embodiment, the individual information transmission means is configured by the data transmission function of the control device 10, the management server 200, and the mail server 300. However, the store terminal 100 manages the individual information and has a wireless communication function. And the individual information may be transmitted directly to the user terminal 400.

  In the above embodiment, the store terminal 100 includes the posting unit 70 and displays the poster 70a. However, instead of the posting unit, the store terminal 100 includes an electronic display device such as a liquid crystal display to display information on the screen. Anyway.

It is a functional block diagram of the information provision system which concerns on this invention. It is the front perspective view and front external view of the shop terminal 100. It is a figure which shows the light emission state of a 1st light emission part and a 2nd light emission part.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Control apparatus 20 ... Acoustic apparatus 30 ... 1st IC reader 40 ... 2nd IC reader 50 ... 1st light emission part 60 ... 2nd light emission part 51, 61 ... Light-emitting element for guidance 52, 62 ... Light-emitting element for warning 70 ... Posting part 70a ... Poster 70b ... Posting medium insertion slot 100 ... Store terminal 200 ... Management server 300 ... Mail server 400 ... User terminal

Claims (3)

A system for reading user identification information that is identification information unique to a user and providing information to a terminal device corresponding to the user identification information,
Medium identification information reading means for reading medium identification information which is medium-specific identification information;
User identification information reading means for reading the user identification information;
A first light emitting unit provided in a readable range of the medium identification information reading unit;
A second light emitting unit provided in a readable range of the user identification information reading means;
Control means for controlling to cause the first light emitting unit to emit light when reading the medium identification information and to read the medium identification information and then to cause the second light emitting unit to emit light when waiting to read the user identification information When,
Individual information transmission means for transmitting individual information corresponding to the read medium identification information to a receiving device corresponding to the read user identification information;
An information providing system characterized by comprising: It further has an acoustic means for emitting sound,
2. The information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the control unit further performs control to emit a sound from the acoustic unit when reading the user identification information after reading the medium identification information. 3. The first light-emitting unit includes a guidance light-emitting element that is a guidance light-emitting element and a warning light-emitting element that is a warning light-emitting element. Which emits light,
The control means performs a format check on the identification information read by the medium identification information reading means and the user identification information reading means, and the read identification information is either medium identification information or user identification information. The light-emitting element for warning in the first light-emitting unit is caused to emit light when the user identification information is read during the standby for reading the medium identification information. Item 3. The information providing system according to Item 2.

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