JP2008052490A - Prepaid ic tag seal - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a prepaid IC tag seal which can be used by sticking it to a cellular phone, a commutation-ticket holder, or the like. <P>SOLUTION: The prepaid IC tag seal 10 is provided with an adhesive layer for sticking the seal 10 to another object and can withdraw a required amount from a previously loaded value but can not load a new value. The prepaid IC tag seal 10 can be distributed while being stuck to a business card or a mount 20 on which advertisement characters or graphics are written. A user uses the IC tag seal 10 by peeling off the seal 10 from the business card or the mount 20 and sticking the seal 10 to a favorite object such as a cellular phone and a commutation-ticket holder. The prepaid IC tag seal 10 is a disposable type IC tag seal which may be disposed of after using up the previously loaded value. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a prepaid IC tag sticker that can be paid at a merchant of an electronic money system, and can be used by sticking it to a mobile phone or a regular slot.

In prepaid electronic money systems using IC cards, users can continue to increase in recent years because they can purchase commodities without carrying cash. This system is described in Patent Document 1 below, for example.
In a conventional IC card, an IC chip and a transmission / reception antenna are embedded in a resin card, and the IC chip has a CPU that constitutes a control unit, and a storage unit such as a ROM, a RAM, and an EEPROM. Yes. This IC card performs non-contact communication with a reader / writer and rewrites stored data.

Electronic money is called value and has the same exchange value as money. The value is written into the IC card by a dedicated billing terminal equipped with a reader / writer. This value writing process is called charge. When charging the value, money equivalent to the value is collected from the user. As a result, the actual money and the value are associated with each other, and the exchange value of the value is secured.
When a product purchased by a user at a member store is paid with a value, processing for subtracting a value corresponding to the purchase price from the value stored in the IC card is performed by a payment terminal having a reader / writer.
This billing terminal and payment terminal are connected to the electronic money management company's server via the network, and the charged amount and the amount of value paid are aggregated by the electronic money management company's server, and each member store The settlement process for is performed.
JP 2003-141428 A

The conventional prepaid IC card is based on the premise that the person who applied for the card repeatedly charges and continues to use it for a long time. Therefore, payment of a card issue fee is required at the time of card application.
However, if the IC card is not limited to self-use, its application will expand and business opportunities will increase by digging up new demand.
In addition, cards are inundated in the modern society, and the consumer's wallet is already saturated with various cards, and there is no room for new cards.

  The present invention was devised in consideration of such circumstances, and can be applied to novelty goods for advertising, etc., and can also be used as a prepaid IC tag sticker that can be used by being attached to a mobile phone or a periodical case. The purpose is to provide.

  The present invention is a prepaid IC tag seal provided with an adhesive layer to be affixed to another object, and is characterized in that it can be withdrawn from a pre-charged amount but cannot be recharged.

  Moreover, it is preferable to form the said adhesion layer with the peelable adhesive which can be peeled by hand.

  Further, the prepaid IC tag seal of the present invention can be used by pasting it on a business card or a mount on which advertising characters or figures are described.

  This prepaid IC tag sticker is a disposable IC tag that is discarded when the amount charged in advance is used up. This IC tag sticker can be affixed to business cards or advertising mounts and distributed, and the user can peel off the IC tag sticker from the business card or mount and affix it to a favorite item such as a mobile phone or periodical use. be able to.

  The prepaid IC tag seal of the present invention can be used for applications other than self-use, such as novelty items, gift items, and sales promotion tools. This IC tag seal does not need to be stored in a wallet, and can be used by being attached to a mobile phone, a periodical case, a wallet, etc., so the wallet is not crowded.

Fig.1 (a) is a top view of the IC tag seal in embodiment of this invention, FIG.1 (b) is the sectional drawing.
This IC tag seal 10 has a disk-like outer shape with a diameter of about 10 mm, an adhesive layer 16 for adhering to other articles, a circuit board 15 made of a thin plastic plate that can be bent easily, and a circuit It has an IC chip 13 and an antenna coil 14 disposed on a substrate 15, and a skin layer 11 bonded thereon via an adhesive layer 12.

The adhesive layer 16 is made of a rubber-based or acrylic-based peelable adhesive, and can be peeled off by hand after being attached. Normally, the adhesive layer 16 is covered with a release layer (not shown) until it is attached to an article, but FIG. 1B shows a state where the release layer is removed.
The circuit board 15 is made of a film having a thickness of about 50 μm, such as polyethylene terephthalate. The antenna coil 14 is obtained by screen-printing a conductive paint on a circuit pattern 15 on a circuit substrate 15, and is electrically connected to the IC chip 13. The adhesive layer 12 is made of an adhesive made of a resin such as styrene / butadiene copolymer or polyvinyl acetate.
The skin layer 11 is made of a flexible paper base material or the like, protects the antenna coil 14 and the IC chip 13 from impact, and can print characters, illustrations, and the like.
In order to increase interest in the IC tag seal 10, an interesting figure or popular character is designed on the skin layer 11, or the shape of the IC tag seal 10 is formed into an animal or character shape as shown in FIG. You may do it.

The IC tag sticker 10 is configured not to accept an additional charge by a command from the reader / writer after a predetermined initial value of 1000 yen, 3000 yen, 5000 yen, etc. is charged from the charging terminal. Is set. Therefore, the IC tag seal 10 thereafter rejects a new charge and accepts only the process of subtracting the value from the value initial value.
In addition, as described later, the IC tag sticker 10 is charged with the initial value of the value by a sticker issuing company or the like. At that time, the initial value of the value is secured in order to secure an equivalent exchange value between the initial value of the value and money. Money corresponding to the value is collected.

As shown in FIG. 2, the IC tag seal 10 is provided to consumers in a state where it is affixed to a mount 20 on which advertising characters and figures are written, or a business card 25 as shown in FIG. Is done. The consumer peels off the IC tag seal 10 from the mount 20 and the business card 25 and attaches it to his / her mobile phone 26 as shown in FIG. 4 to hold the IC tag seal 10.
When a consumer purchases a product at a member store of the electronic money system, the IC tag sticker 10 of the mobile phone 26 is put on a payment terminal, and the purchase price is paid from the value held in the IC tag sticker 10. At this time, the payment terminal performs non-contact communication with the IC tag sticker 10, reads the value held by the IC tag sticker 10, writes the value balance obtained by subtracting the purchase price equivalent amount from the value to the IC tag sticker 10, Display the subtracted value and the value balance to inform the consumer.

The settlement between member stores when shopping at the member store using the IC tag sticker 10 is the same as before, and the initial value charged to the IC tag sticker 10 and the amount of paid value are the electronic money. The data is collected by the management company's server, and a checkout process is performed for each member store.
When the value held on the IC tag seal 10 becomes zero, the consumer peels off the IC tag seal 10 that cannot be charged from the mobile phone 26 and discards it.

FIG. 5 shows an example of a business model using the IC tag seal 10.
The seal issuing company 31 receives a license from the management company 34 of the existing electronic money system, manufactures the IC tag seal 10 that can be used in the system, and also receives a seal affixed card received from the member store 32 of this system (FIG. 2). ). The IC tag seal 10 is charged with an initial value (for example, a value of 1000 yen) instructed from the member store 32, and the card mount 20 is accompanied by the advertisement of the member store 32 and the label issuing company 31 of the issuer. The name and contact information are printed, and the IC tag seal 10 is pasted on the mount 20 to complete the sticker card.

The member store 32 purchases the ordered sticker sticker card from the sticker issuing company 31 and sells the sticker sticker card with the IC tag sticker 10 worth 1000 yen to the consumer 33 for 950 yen, for example.
The consumer 33 peels off the IC tag sticker 10 from the purchased sticker sticker card, attaches it to a mobile phone, a periodic store, a wallet, etc. pay.

In the case of this model, the management company 34 of the existing electronic money system automatically increases the number of consumers 33 using the system as the number of issued sticker cards increases. There is an advantage that the number of users can be increased. In addition, the remaining use of the IC tag seal 10 that is disposable to the consumer 33 is beneficial to the system.
In addition, supermarkets, convenience stores, and other chain stores that are member stores 32 of the system can be expected to have an advertising effect by distributing sticker-attached cards with advertisements printed on the mount 20 or the IC tag seal 10. In addition, the member store 32 can attract the consumer 33 by selling the IC tag seal 10 having a value of 1000 yen at a discount. Further, since the consumer 33 who has once purchased the IC tag seal 10 repeats shopping at the member store 32 where the IC tag seal 10 is valid, the customer 33 can be repeated. These effects are combined to promote sales.

In addition, the sticker issuing company 31 can sell the sticker card to the member store 32 at an amount obtained by adding the printing cost of the mount 20 or the planning cost of the card to the face value of the IC tag sticker 10, and can obtain a profit. Further, by displaying the company name and contact information as “seal issuer” on the mount 20, the next client can be attracted. Further, for example, by planning a series of IC tag seals 10 such as IC tag seals designed for the zodiac, it is possible to obtain continuous orders from member stores 32 and stabilize business operations.
On the other hand, the member store 32 can provide an incentive for collecting the seals to the consumer 33 by providing the series of IC tag seals 10, thereby enclosing the consumer 33.

In addition, the consumer 33 can use the IC tag seal 10 acquired at a lower price than the face value for payment according to the face value. Payment using the IC tag seal 10 can be completed with a single touch in a short time. In addition, the IC tag seal 10 designed in a desired figure or shape can be pasted on a mobile phone or the like and enjoyed.
The seal issuing company 31 may purchase an existing IC tag seal product, customize it as necessary, and incorporate it into the sticker card.

FIG. 6 shows another example of a business model using the IC tag seal 10.
In this model, a company 35 and a member store 32 of an existing electronic money system cooperate to attach an IC tag seal 10 that can be used in the system to a novelty article of the company 35, and present it to the consumer 33.
The sticker issuing company 31 that plans and produces this novelty product charges the IC tag sticker 10 with an initial value (for example, a value of 1,000 yen) designated by the company 35, and prints the advertisement of the company 35 on the mount 20. Then, the IC tag seal 10 is attached to the mount 20 to complete the novelty article.

When the company 35 purchases the novelty article from the sticker issuing company 31, the company 35 asks the affiliated store 32 to pay a part of the face value of the IC tag sticker 10, for example, 800 yen out of 1000 yen. The company 35 pays, and the member store 32 pays 200 yen.
The company 35 presents a novelty article purchased from the seal issuing company 31 to the consumer 33. The consumer 33 peels off the IC tag sticker 10 from the mount 20 of the novelty article and affixes it to a mobile phone, a regular slot, etc., and pays the price when shopping at the member store 32 with the value of the IC tag sticker 10.

  In the case of this model, the company 35 can advertise itself with a low burden. In addition, the member store 32 increases the number of visitors without effort and increases the profit. Accordingly, a synergistic advantage is generated in both the affiliated company 35 and the member store 32. In addition, the consumer 33 is pleased to receive a value of 1000 yen.

As described above, the prepaid IC tag seal of the present invention can take a usage form other than self-use, and a new business model can be developed using the IC tag seal.
The mount 20, on which the prepaid IC tag seal of the present invention is attached, can be freely set in shape, material, design and the like. The mount 20 can be designed in the form of a gift card, and the IC tag seal 10 can be pasted and used as a general gift card.
In this case, the gift amount can be arbitrarily set by attaching a plurality of IC tag seals 10 having different charge amounts to a single mount 20 in combination. In addition, the mailing cost of this gift card is cheap, and there is a tax saving effect.
In addition, as shown in FIG. 3, when the IC tag seal 10 is attached to a business card, a strong impression can be given to the person who passes the business card, and sales activities can be performed smoothly.

The top view (a) and sectional view (b) of the IC tag seal in the embodiment of the present invention The figure which shows the card | curd which affixed the IC tag seal | sticker in embodiment of this invention The figure which shows the business card which affixed the IC tag seal in embodiment of this invention The figure which shows the state which affixed the IC tag sticker in embodiment of this invention on the mobile phone Explanatory drawing of the 1st business model which uses the IC tag seal in the embodiment of the present invention Explanatory drawing of the 2nd business model which uses the IC tag seal in embodiment of this invention The figure which shows the stylized shape of the IC tag seal in the embodiment of the present invention

Explanation of symbols

10 IC Tag Sticker 11 Skin Layer 12 Adhesive Layer 13 IC Chip 14 Antenna Coil 15 Circuit Board 16 Adhesive Layer 20 Mount 25 Business Card 26 Cell Phone 31 Sticker Issuer 32 Member Store 33 Consumer 34 Electronic Money System Management Company 35 Company

Claims (4)

An IC tag seal provided with an adhesive layer for attaching to another object,
A prepaid IC tag sticker that can be deducted from a pre-charged amount but cannot be recharged.   2. The prepaid IC tag seal according to claim 1, wherein the adhesive layer is made of a peelable adhesive that can be peeled off by hand.   The prepaid IC tag seal according to claim 2, wherein the prepaid IC tag seal is attached to a business card. 3. The prepaid IC tag seal according to claim 2, wherein the prepaid IC tag seal is affixed to a mount on which advertising characters or figures are written.

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