JP2009145984A - Cash voucher additional service provision system, cash voucher additional service provision method and cash voucher additional service provision program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide additional service to perform one of consumer guidance to a store, promotion of lengthening or shortening of a cash voucher holding period in a cash voucher holder, and promotion of cash voucher sales. <P>SOLUTION: This cash voucher additional service provision system 100 comprises: an in-sales cash voucher ID (Identification) acquisition means 21 acquiring a cash voucher ID for uniquely identifying a cash voucher in time of the cash voucher sales, and storing it into a cash voucher sales information holding means; an in-use cash voucher ID acquisition means 41 acquiring the cash voucher ID in time of cash voucher use; a cash voucher additional service decision means 33 determining the provision of the prescribed additional service when performing retrieval in the cash voucher sales information holding means with the cash voucher ID acquired in time of the cash voucher use as a key and when the same cash voucher ID is retrieved; and a cash voucher additional service provision means 36 outputting provision processing data of the additional service to a recording medium or a terminal of at least one of a seller, a purchaser, and a user of the cash voucher. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a voucher additional service providing system, a voucher additional service providing method, and a voucher additional service providing program. Specifically, the voucher ID uniquely identifying a voucher is used to purchase a voucher and use a voucher. The present invention relates to a voucher-added service providing technique for providing a service when these satisfy certain conditions based on information on stores and date and time.

  Gold vouchers such as gift certificates and book coupons are mainly used for gifts. Currently, the function of these cash vouchers is to be able to purchase products for which the cash voucher is intended at a store handling the cash voucher at the price printed on the surface of the cash voucher.

  On the other hand, automatic recognition technologies such as barcodes and RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) have been advanced, and it has become possible to reduce the size of RFID to a level that can be inserted into a cash voucher. It is expected that a variety of services can be provided by entering the cash voucher, but it has not yet reached that stage.

As a technique for providing a service by using the current RFID, there is a technique of Patent Document 1. Here, RFID is embedded in the ticket to make counterfeiting difficult, and information on service usage and usage restrictions is written in the RFID to quickly determine service availability when using the service, and embedded in the ticket Offers a service for registering reservations for receiving a specific service on the condition of RFID ID in the database and matching the ticket's RFID ID with the reservation information registered in the database when using the specific service, and certifying whether or not the person is a reservation person The technique (refer patent document 1) etc. to do are proposed.
JP 2002-216170 A

  By the way, in each store and chain of stores that are developing chains, in order to guide consumers to their own stores, various services such as spending a lot of advertising expenses, dealing with price competition, giving points etc. It is carried out. As described above, the current voucher is mainly used for gifts and has the advantage that it can be used at various stores. There is no effective method for guiding, and it is a situation where stores cannot find value more than the provision of services such as diversification of payment methods, like credit cards.

  In addition, for the issuer of cash vouchers, the income from commissions by consumers using cash vouchers and the profits gained by consumers who retire cash vouchers are the main revenues from issuing cash vouchers. Therefore, in order to increase the fee income, in order to increase the amount of voucher issuance, it is possible to provide services that will benefit the voucher dealer, such as the above-mentioned store guidance, and to accelerate the rotation of the voucher It is important to shorten the voucher holding period for the voucher holder. Conversely, if you want to increase profits, it is effective to extend the holding period of cash vouchers. However, as for the current cash voucher, as mentioned above, there is no effective means for guiding customers to own stores, and there is no means for prompting the voucher holder to use it early or for long-term holding. It is difficult to promote long-term use and long-term holding of vouchers.

  In addition, as mentioned above, since cash vouchers are mainly used for gifts as described above, even if a method that allows customers to guide their own stores is found, the service is limited to voucher users, There is no opportunity for buyers to realize the benefits. In this case, it will not lead to the promotion of voucher sales. In other words, it is also important to provide a service that is beneficial not only to the voucher user but also to the voucher purchaser.

  It is expected that many services will be possible by utilizing ID technology such as RFID. However, in the conventional technology as shown in Patent Document 1, using a cash voucher, It is not possible to achieve consumer guidance, longer or shorter voucher holding periods, and providing additional services to voucher purchasers.

  Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and is intended to promote consumer guidance to stores, promotion of longer or shorter voucher holding periods for voucher holders, and promotion of voucher sales. The purpose is to provide technology that enables the provision of services.

  The cash voucher additional service providing system of the present invention is a computer system that provides an additional service when using a cash voucher, and at the time of selling the cash voucher, a voucher ID uniquely identifying the cash voucher is determined according to the means for recording the voucher ID in the cash voucher. The voucher ID is read from the corresponding voucher or received from the input interface and acquired, and the acquired voucher ID is stored in the voucher sales information holding unit, and the voucher ID is obtained when the voucher is used. The above-mentioned voucher ID is obtained by reading from the corresponding voucher by a reader device corresponding to the voucher ID recording means or receiving an input from an input interface, and the voucher sale using the voucher ID acquired when using the voucher as a key. Performed a search in the information holding means, and predetermined when the same voucher ID is searched The voucher additional service determination means for determining the provision of the additional service, and the provision processing data of the predetermined additional service are read from the storage device, and the system includes at least one of the user, purchaser, and seller of the corresponding voucher And a voucher-added service providing means for outputting to a terminal or a recording medium connected by a network or an interface.

  According to this, in order to guide the consumer to the own store or the own store chain, the consumer who purchased the cash voucher at the own store or the own store chain uses the ID given to the cash voucher. When a cash voucher is used in a chain, various additional services such as an increase in the value of the cash voucher can be provided. Therefore, the user of the voucher is used when the voucher (e.g., purchased as a gift for the gift at the store and given to the predetermined person by the purchaser) is used at the store where the voucher is sold. By providing additional services to at least one of the purchaser and seller, it will be possible for users to enjoy the benefits of purchasing and using cash vouchers, leading to voucher users' own store guidance, etc. Can be realized. Therefore, it is possible to provide an additional service for any one of consumer guidance to a store, promotion of a longer or shorter period of holding a voucher for a voucher holder, and promotion of voucher sales.

  Further, in the above-mentioned voucher additional service providing system, the voucher ID acquisition means at the time of voucher sales acquires data relating to voucher sales including the voucher ID as voucher sales information from the reader device or the input interface. It is stored in the information holding means, and the use time voucher ID acquisition means acquires data relating to the voucher use including the voucher ID as the voucher use information from the reader device or the input interface when using the voucher. The cash voucher additional service determining means includes an additional service determination rule table in which additional service content determined according to attributes in the cash voucher usage information and the cash voucher sales information is provided, and the cash voucher usage information acquired at the time of using the cash voucher is To the voucher sales information holding means using the voucher ID including the key The voucher sales information associated with the same voucher ID is identified, and the voucher usage information and the previous voucher voucher sales information are collated with the additional service determination rule table to determine a corresponding additional service. It is good also as.

  According to this, it is possible to provide a predetermined additional service to the users of the voucher according to each case where the attributes of the voucher sales information and the voucher use information match not only the match of the voucher ID but also the predetermined rule. it can. For this reason, it leads to allowing users to enjoy additional services that are appropriately and flexibly selected according to the purchase and use status of cash vouchers, etc. Etc. can be realized.

  Also, in the voucher supplementary service providing system, the voucher sales time ID acquisition means includes a voucher sale including a voucher ID and a sales store ID as an identifier of the voucher sales store from the reader device or the input interface at the time of voucher sales. The information is acquired and stored in the voucher sales information holding means, and the used voucher ID acquiring means is the identifier of the use store of the corresponding voucher together with the voucher ID from the reader device or the input interface when using the voucher. Description is that the voucher use information including the use store ID is acquired, and that the additional service determination rule table provides predetermined additional service contents when the sale store of the certain voucher and the use store are the same. And the means for determining whether a voucher is added is obtained when the voucher is used. The voucher sales information holding means is searched using the voucher ID included in the voucher usage information and the used store ID as a key, and the voucher sales information associated with the sales store ID matching the used store ID is specified for the same voucher ID. And it is good also as collating the said voucher use information and voucher sales information with the said additional service determination rule table, and determining applicable additional service.

  According to this, it is possible for the voucher additional service providing system to oversee the processing of providing the voucher additional service at the terminals of many stores connected to the system. If they are the same, the system can manage the processing at each store that provides the additional service, and the processing efficiency can be improved and the system introduction cost can be reduced.

  Further, in the voucher additional service providing system, the voucher ID acquisition means at the time of voucher sale acquires voucher sales information including the voucher ID along with the voucher ID from the reader device or the input interface, The voucher sales information is stored in the voucher sales information holding unit, and the used voucher ID acquisition unit acquires the voucher usage information including the voucher ID and the usage date / time information of the corresponding voucher from the reader device or the input interface when using the voucher. The additional service determination rule table provides a predetermined additional service content when the sale date and time and use date and time of a certain voucher are separated from each other by a certain period or within a certain period. The voucher additional service determination means is acquired when the voucher is used. The voucher sales information holding means is searched using the voucher ID included in the received voucher usage information as a key, the voucher sales information associated with the same voucher ID is specified, the usage date and time included in the voucher usage information and the voucher sales The sales date and time included in the information may be checked against the additional service determination rule table to determine the corresponding additional service.

  According to this, various additional services will be provided for holding a voucher for a certain period of time or using a voucher within a certain period, and encouraging the holding or shortening of the voucher holding period for the voucher holder. Is possible. Therefore, an increase in the profit of the voucher issuer, sales promotion at the voucher store, and customer guidance can be executed strategically by freely setting the standard for the voucher holding period.

  In addition, in the cash voucher additional service providing system, the cash voucher additional service providing means includes a terminal or a recording medium provided by at least one of a user, a purchaser, and a seller of the voucher in the system or on a network. Information is acquired by receiving an input from an input interface, or management data of the corresponding terminal is collected and acquired based on a network device monitoring protocol, and the predetermined address is sent to the acquired location information of the terminal or recording medium. The additional service provision processing data may be output.

  According to this, in the additional service providing process, the terminal (PC, portable terminal, mobile phone, etc.) or recording medium (various member cards, credit cards, etc.) that is the processing target and set the additional service providing process data is stored. The location information on the system or the network can be obtained in advance, and the additional service providing process can be made more efficient and reliable. For example, SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) can be assumed as the network device monitoring protocol, and MIB (Management Information Base) can be assumed as the management data.

  Moreover, in the above-mentioned voucher additional service providing system, the voucher ID acquisition means at the time of vending sells the voucher purchaser along with the voucher ID from the reader device or the input interface of the medium possessed by the purchaser of the voucher. The purchaser information as information is acquired, and the purchaser information is included in the voucher sales information and stored in the voucher sales information holding unit, and the voucher additional service providing unit is used for the predetermined additional service. Read the purchaser information of the corresponding voucher that provided the offer opportunity from the voucher sales information holding means, and provide the predetermined additional service addressed to the location information of the purchaser's terminal or recording medium included in the purchaser information Processing data may be output.

  According to this, not only a voucher user who receives a gift of a voucher but also a voucher purchaser who purchases to give a voucher can be provided with various additional services such as a point return when using the voucher. Therefore, not only the user of the voucher but also the purchaser can realize the merit by purchasing the voucher, thereby promoting the voucher sales.

  In addition, in the voucher additional service providing system, the voucher additional service providing means includes, as additional service provision processing data, a user's terminal when using a voucher or a purchaser's terminal when selling a voucher or It is also possible to output exchange right data for a predetermined product addressed to the recording medium, data for reducing the purchase price of the product, or cash return data addressed to a terminal or a recording medium of the voucher store.

  According to this, it is possible to select and provide, for example, a service that meets the needs of each target person from among a wide variety of additional services to target persons who have used, sold, or purchased a voucher.

  Further, in the voucher additional service providing system, the voucher includes at least a print medium on which face value information is printed, and an RFID attached to the print medium by storing the face value information and the voucher ID in a storage area, The sale time voucher ID acquisition means is to obtain a voucher ID by reading from the RFID of the corresponding voucher by an RFID reader device at the time of voucher sale. The voucher ID may be acquired by reading from the RFID of the corresponding voucher using an RFID reader device.

  According to this, when the cash voucher additional service providing system of the present invention requires various information such as a voucher ID, such as when selling or using a voucher, no manual input operation such as voucher ID key-in is required, and the entire process The processing accuracy can be improved by improving the efficiency and speed of the operation and suppressing the occurrence of manual input errors.

  Further, according to the method for providing a voucher additional service of the present invention, the computer providing the additional service when using the voucher corresponds to the voucher ID recording means for the voucher ID for uniquely identifying the voucher at the time of voucher sale. Processing to store the acquired voucher ID in the voucher sales information holding means by reading from the corresponding voucher by the reader device or accepting input from the input interface, and recording the voucher ID in the voucher when using the voucher A process for reading from the corresponding voucher by a reader device corresponding to the means or receiving input from the input interface, and performing a search in the voucher sales information holding means using the voucher ID acquired when using the voucher as a key, and the same voucher ID A process of determining provision of a predetermined additional service when a search is made, and the predetermined Processing data read from the storage device and output to a terminal or recording medium connected to the system by a network or interface provided by at least one of the user, purchaser, and seller of the relevant voucher And executing.

  According to this, in order to guide the consumer to the own store or the own store chain, the consumer who purchased the cash voucher at the own store or the own store chain uses the ID given to the cash voucher. When a cash voucher is used in a chain, various additional services such as an increase in the value of the cash voucher can be provided. Therefore, the user of the voucher is used when the voucher (e.g., purchased as a gift for the gift at the store and given to the predetermined person by the purchaser) is used at the store where the voucher is sold. By providing additional services to at least one of the purchaser and seller, it will be possible for users to enjoy the benefits of purchasing and using cash vouchers, leading to voucher users' own store guidance, etc. Can be realized. Therefore, it is possible to provide an additional service for any one of consumer guidance to a store, promotion of a longer or shorter period of holding a voucher for a voucher holder, and promotion of voucher sales.

  Further, the program for providing additional services for a voucher according to the present invention provides a voucher ID for uniquely identifying a voucher to a computer that provides an additional service when the voucher is used, according to the means for recording the voucher ID in the voucher. Reading from the corresponding cash voucher by the reader device or receiving input from the input interface, storing the acquired cash voucher ID in the voucher sales information holding means, and recording the cash voucher ID in the cash voucher when using the cash voucher A step of reading from the corresponding cash voucher by a reader device according to the means or receiving input from the input interface, and performing a search in the voucher sales information holding means using the cash voucher ID acquired when using the cash voucher as a key, and the same cash voucher ID When a search is made, a step for determining provision of a predetermined additional service is performed. Terminal, or a record that is provided by at least one of a user, a purchaser, and a seller of the corresponding voucher and is connected to the system or a network or an interface. And a step of outputting to a medium.

  According to this, in order to guide the consumer to the own store or the own store chain, the consumer who purchased the cash voucher at the own store or the own store chain uses the ID given to the cash voucher. When a cash voucher is used in a chain, various additional services such as an increase in the value of the cash voucher can be provided. Therefore, the user of the voucher is used when the voucher (e.g., purchased as a gift for the gift at the store and given to the predetermined person by the purchaser) is used at the store where the voucher is sold. By providing additional services to at least one of the purchaser and seller, it will be possible for users to enjoy the benefits of purchasing and using cash vouchers, leading to voucher users' own store guidance, etc. Can be realized. Therefore, it is possible to provide an additional service for any one of consumer guidance to a store, promotion of a longer or shorter period of holding a voucher for a voucher holder, and promotion of voucher sales.

  Note that a situation may be assumed in which the cash voucher includes a thin display device (electronic paper, LED, liquid crystal device, or the like) that can be mounted on the print medium. In this case, when the cash voucher (person who possesses the card) approaches a predetermined RFID reader (or gate) installed in a store or on the street, the RFID reader or the like executes a reading operation on the RFID of the cash voucher to obtain a cash voucher ID. Etc., and the voucher additional service providing system of the present invention acquires the acquisition information such as the voucher ID from the RFID reader via the network. And a voucher additional service provision system performs the process shown to the above-mentioned Claims 1-8 etc. based on the said voucher ID etc., and plans to provide the additional service which can be provided by using a corresponding voucher, and the said additional service Information of the store (that is, the store where the corresponding voucher is sold) (in this case, the voucher additional service providing system has information on each store in the storage device in advance) is displayed on the voucher via the RFID reader or the like. Send to device. The display device for the cash voucher displays information on the additional service and the store acquired through the RFID communication device. If such a form is adopted, the location of the sales store of the corresponding voucher and the contents of the provided service can be surely and efficiently notified to the voucher holder, and the use of vouchers can be further promoted. In addition, if the display device is electronic paper, it is possible to continue displaying information such as the store once received from the system, and after a while, even if the holder of the voucher is not immediately aware of the display of the information Since the information can be sensed, the degree of information arrival is increased, and the use of a voucher (or longer holding time, etc.) is further promoted.

  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.

  According to the present invention, by providing a voucher additional service, it is possible to promote consumer promotion to a store, promotion of a longer or shorter voucher holding period for a voucher holder, and promotion of voucher sales. It becomes possible.

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Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a cash voucher additional service providing system 100 in the present embodiment. A cash voucher additional service providing system 100 (hereinafter, system 100) in the present embodiment is a computer system that provides an additional service when using the cash voucher 1. For example, a large number of voucher sales stores and voucher using stores are provided via the network 7. A server device connected to the store terminals 2 and 4 to determine whether or not to provide an additional service at the time of selling and using the cash voucher 1 at each store, and to generate and transmit additional service provision processing data (the cash voucher additional service server 3 in the figure) ) Can be assumed. Of course, not only in such an example, for example, each store may be provided with the system 100, and the method of providing a cash voucher adding service according to the present invention may be executed for each store system. In any case, all of the functional units included in the system 100 may be included in an integrated server device, or the system 100 and each store terminal may be appropriately distributed and cooperated via the network 7. May work.

  Each of the devices 2 to 4 (sales store terminal 2, cash voucher additional service server 3 and use store terminal 4) constituting the system 100 stores a non-volatile memory or the like in order to realize a function of executing the voucher additional service providing method. The program 102 stored in the apparatus 101 is read into the memory 103 and executed by the CPU 104 which is an arithmetic unit. In addition, each of the devices 2 to 4 constituting the system 100 includes various buttons generally provided in a computer device, an input interface 105 such as a keyboard, an output interface 106 such as an LED and a display, and communication between the devices. The communication device 107 is responsible for the communication. In addition, it is preferable to provide a reader / writer 150 that communicates with the RFID 10 included in the cash voucher 1. The reader / writer 150 includes an antenna 155 for wireless communication with the RFID 10.

  Next, functional units that are configured and held by the system 100 based on the program 102 will be described. As described above, each functional unit may be provided integrally in one server device or the like. However, in the example of the present embodiment, the sales store terminal 2, the voucher adding service server 3, and the use store terminal are connected via the network 7. 4 is assumed to be distributed and cooperated under the initiative of the cash voucher adding service server 3 (however, in the following description, each device is collectively referred to as a system 100).

  The system 100 reads a voucher ID for uniquely identifying the voucher 1 from the corresponding voucher 1 or accepts an input from the input interface 105 when the voucher is sold by the reader device 150 corresponding to the voucher ID recording means in the voucher 1. And a voucher ID acquisition unit 21 for storing the acquired voucher ID in the voucher sales information holding unit 32.

  In addition, when using the voucher, the system 100 reads the voucher ID from the corresponding voucher 1 by the reader device 150 corresponding to the voucher ID recording means in the voucher 1 or receives the input from the input interface 105 to obtain the voucher ID. A voucher ID acquisition means 41 is provided.

  Further, the system 100 performs a search in the voucher sales information holding means 32 using the voucher ID acquired when using the voucher as a key, and determines the provision of a predetermined additional service when the same voucher ID is searched. Additional service determining means 33 is provided.

  Further, the system 100 reads the processing data 93 of the predetermined additional service from the storage device 101 (the additional service determination rule table 34), and at least one of the user, purchaser, and seller of the corresponding voucher 1 is read. Provided to the user terminal 200, 210 (or sales store terminal 2) or the recording medium 201, 202, 203 connected to the system 100 via the network 7 or the interface, or a voucher additional service providing means (sales store terminal 2). 24, means 36 of the voucher adding service server 3, means 44 of the use store terminal 4, etc.).

  The recording media 201, 202, and 203 are credit cards, membership cards and point cards issued by stores and store chains, and cards having IDs that can uniquely identify consumers and stores. Moreover, you may have the function to hold | maintain a point for every holder. Here, the point is a number given by the store, store chain, or credit card issuer. Depending on the amount, it can be used for payment at the time of purchasing the product as a part of the product price. .

  Further, the sales voucher ID acquisition means 21 acquires data relating to voucher sales including the voucher ID as the voucher sales information 91 from the reader device 150 or the input interface 105 at the time of voucher sales, and the voucher sales information holding means 32. Can be stored. In this case, the use time voucher ID acquisition means 41 acquires data related to the use of the voucher including the voucher ID as the voucher use information 92 from the reader device 150 or the input interface when using the voucher. The voucher additional service determination means 33 includes an additional service determination rule table 34 in which additional service contents determined according to attributes in the voucher usage information 92 and the voucher sales information 91 are described. The voucher sales information holding means 32 is searched using the voucher ID included in the voucher usage information 92 as a key to identify the voucher sales information 91 associated with the same voucher ID, and the voucher usage information 92 and the previous voucher sales information. 91 is compared with the additional service determination rule table 34 to determine a corresponding additional service.

  Further, the sales voucher ID acquisition means 21 acquires voucher sales information 91 including the voucher ID and the sales store ID which is the identifier of the sales store of the corresponding voucher 1 from the reader device 150 or the input interface 105 at the time of voucher sales. It can be stored in the voucher sales information holding means 32. In this case, when using the voucher ID, the use voucher ID acquisition means 41 receives the voucher usage information 92 including the voucher ID and the used store ID as an identifier of the used voucher 1 from the reader device 150 or the input interface 105. It will be acquired. At this time, the additional service determination rule table 34 includes a description that a predetermined additional service content is provided when the sales store and the use store of a certain voucher 1 are the same. The voucher additional service determining means 33 performs a search in the voucher sales information holding means 32 using the voucher ID and use store ID included in the voucher usage information 92 acquired at the time of using the voucher as a key, and for the same voucher ID, The voucher sales information 91 associated with the store ID that matches the use store ID is specified, and the additional service determination rule table 34 is collated with the voucher use information 92 and the voucher sales information 91 to determine the corresponding additional service. It is good also as what to do.

  Further, the sales voucher ID acquisition means 21 acquires voucher sales information 91 including the voucher ID and sales date information of the corresponding voucher from the reader device 150 or the input interface 105 at the time of voucher sales, and holds the voucher sales information. It may be stored in the means 32. In this case, the use time voucher ID acquisition means 41 acquires the voucher use information 92 including the use date and time information of the corresponding voucher 1 from the reader device 150 or the input interface 105 when using the voucher. . The additional service determination rule table 34 describes that a predetermined additional service content is provided when the sale date and time and the use date and time of a certain voucher 1 are separated from each other by a certain period or within a certain period. Shall be included. In this case, the voucher additional service determination means 33 performs a search in the voucher sales information holding means 32 using the voucher ID included in the voucher usage information 92 acquired when the voucher is used as a key, and is associated with the same voucher ID. The voucher sales information 91 is specified, the usage date and time included in the voucher usage information 92 and the sales date and time included in the voucher sales information 91 are collated with the additional service determination rule table, and the corresponding additional service is determined.

  Further, the means for providing the voucher additional service (the means 24 of the sales store terminal 2, the means 36 of the voucher additional service server 3, the means 44 of the use store terminal 4, etc.) The location information in the system or on the network of the terminal 200, 210 (or sales store terminal 2) or the recording medium 201, 202, 203 provided in at least one is received from the input interface 105, or acquired. The management data of the corresponding terminal may be collected and acquired based on the network device monitoring protocol, and the predetermined additional service provision processing data may be output to the acquired location information of the terminal or the recording medium. For example, SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) can be assumed as the network device monitoring protocol, and MIB (Management Information Base) can be assumed as the management data.

  The voucher ID acquisition means 21 at the time of sale purchases information on the purchaser of the corresponding voucher together with the voucher ID from the reader device 220 or the input interface 105 of the medium 201 possessed by the purchaser of the voucher 1 at the time of voucher sale. The purchaser information may be acquired, and the purchaser information may be included in the voucher sales information 91 and stored in the voucher sales information holding means 32. In this case, the voucher additional service providing means (the means 24 of the sales store terminal 2, the means 36 of the voucher additional service server 3, the means 44 of the use store terminal 4, etc.) is used when the predetermined additional service is provided. The purchaser information of the corresponding voucher 1 is read from the voucher sales information holding means 32 and addressed to the location information of the purchaser's terminal 210 or the recording medium 202 included in the purchaser information. The provision processing data may be output.

  Further, the means for providing the additional service for the voucher (the means 24 for the sales store terminal 2, the means 36 for the voucher additional service server 3, the means 44 for the use store terminal 4, etc.) are provided as additional service provision processing data 93 when using the voucher. Data on the right to exchange with a predetermined product addressed to the terminal 200 or the recording medium 201 of the user or the purchaser's terminal 210 or the recording medium 202 at the time of selling the voucher, or reduced data of the purchase price of the merchandise, or The cash return data addressed to the terminal 2 or the recording medium 203 may be output.

  The voucher 1 is a voucher such as a gift voucher, a book voucher, a gift voucher, a banknote, or a regional common voucher, and a voucher ID as an ID that can uniquely identify each voucher is recorded in a readable format. . The readable format includes letters and numbers indicating the voucher ID, bar code indicating the voucher ID and two-dimensional code, or an IC chip that records the voucher ID and can read the ID in a contact / non-contact manner. Suppose. If this cash voucher 1 includes the RFID 10, the following configuration can be adopted. In this case, the cash voucher 1 can include at least the print medium 50 on which the face information 51 is printed, and the RFID 10 that stores the face information 51 and the cash voucher ID in the storage area 13 and is attached to the print medium 50.

  At this time, the sales time voucher ID acquisition means 21 reads and acquires the voucher ID from the RFID 10 of the corresponding voucher 1 by the reader device 150 of the RFID 10 when selling the voucher. Further, when using the cash voucher ID, the use cash voucher ID acquisition means 41 reads and acquires the cash voucher ID from the RFID 10 of the corresponding cash voucher 1 by the reader device 150 of the RFID 10.

  Next, the RFID 10 that communicates with the system 100 will be described. The RFID 10 includes a CPU 14, a RAM 13, a ROM 11 (chip ID = a voucher ID is stored), an IC chip 15 constituted by an EEPROM 12, a mold 16 that accommodates the IC chip 15, an antenna 17 disposed in the mold 16, and a radio It consists of a communication interface 18 (communication device). A radio wave transmitted from the antenna 160 of the reader / writer 150 is received by the antenna 17, and a power / clock signal and data are received from the received radio wave. Further, the circuit is activated by the power thus obtained, and the chip ID (= voucher ID) stored in the ROM 11 is returned as a radio wave to the reader / writer 150.

  A situation may be assumed in which the cash voucher 1 includes a thin display device 60 (electronic paper, LED, liquid crystal device, or the like) that can be attached to the print medium 50. In this case, when the cash voucher 1 (the person who owns the cash voucher 1) approaches a predetermined RFID reader (or gate) installed in a store or a street, the RFID reader or the like executes the reading operation on the RFID 10 of the cash voucher 1. The voucher ID is acquired, and the voucher additional service providing system 100 of the present invention acquires the acquired information such as the voucher ID from the RFID reader via the network. Then, the voucher additional service providing system 100 executes the processing shown in the above claims 1 to 8 based on the voucher ID and the like, and provides the additional service and the additional service that can be provided by using the corresponding voucher 1. Information on a store to be provided (that is, a store where the corresponding voucher is sold) (in this case, the voucher-added service providing system 100 includes information on each store in the storage device 101 in advance) via the RFID reader or the like It transmits to the display device 60 of the cash voucher 1. The display device 60 of the cash voucher 1 displays information on the additional service and the store acquired via the communication device 18 of the RFID 10. If such a form is adopted, the location of the sales store of the corresponding voucher 1 and the contents of the provided service can be reliably and efficiently notified to the voucher holder, and further promotion of voucher usage can be achieved. Further, if the display device 60 is an electronic paper, it is possible to continue displaying information such as the store once received from the system 100, and for a while even if the holder of the voucher is not immediately aware of the display of the information. Since it can be sensed later, the degree of information arrival will increase, and the use of vouchers (or longer holdings, etc.) will be further promoted.

  Note that the sales store terminal 2 in the present embodiment includes the sales voucher ID acquisition unit 21, purchaser information acquisition unit 22 that reads the recording medium 202 as necessary, and voucher sales information that is information related to voucher sales. It is assumed that a voucher sales information acquisition unit 23 that creates 91 (including a voucher ID) and transmits the generated voucher to the voucher adding service server 3 is provided.

  In addition, the cash voucher additional service server 3 in this embodiment has the voucher sales information registration means 31 for registering the voucher sales information 91 sent from the sales store terminal 2 in the voucher sales information holding means 32, and the voucher sales information 91. Various additional services related to the voucher 1 such as a voucher sales information holding means 32 which is a file or database recorded on a hard disk or memory for holding a period, or a part of the voucher face value or points are returned to the consumer. Additional service determination rule table 34 holding application conditions and additional service contents corresponding to the application conditions, cash voucher sales information 91 acquired from the voucher sales information holding means 32, and additional service acquired from the additional service determination rule table 34 Conditions and additional service details and voucher usage information sent from the store terminal 4 And a cash voucher additional service determination unit 33 for carrying out the identification process of provision adequacy determining that provide additional services additional services by determining and using a 2.

  The additional service provision processing data 93 specified by the cash voucher additional service determination means 33 is sent to the use store terminal 4 of the store where the voucher user using the corresponding voucher 1 is located (and from the use store terminal 4 to the user terminal 200). Or the provision processing data 93 is set in the recording medium 201 via the card reader 220).

  Moreover, it is good also as providing the cash voucher additional service provision means 36 which performs an additional service provision process according to the additional service specified by the cash voucher additional service determination means 33 as needed. Specifically, the cash voucher additional service providing means 36 here includes a point return means 35 for giving points to the recording medium 201 of the voucher users, a settlement process for executing a settlement process such as a discount service at the time of settlement using the voucher. Means 37 are provided.

  In addition, the use store terminal 4 in the present embodiment includes a use voucher ID acquisition unit 41 that reads the voucher ID of the voucher 1 to be used, a user information acquisition unit 42 that reads the user's recording medium 201 as necessary, A voucher usage information acquisition means 43 that creates a voucher usage information 92 (including a voucher ID) that is information relating to the voucher usage and transmits it to the voucher additional service server 3, and additional service provision processing data 93 transmitted from the voucher additional service server 3. It is provided with a voucher additional service providing means 44 for receiving and setting the user terminal 200 or the recording medium 201 of the corresponding user or providing various additional services such as a discount service. The voucher additional service providing means 44 includes a voucher additional service presentation means 45 for presenting the contents of the additional service of the voucher on a computer or cash register screen, and a point return means 46 for returning points to the recording medium 201 or the point card as necessary. Is provided.

  The function units 21 to 46 in the system 100 described so far may be realized as hardware, or as a program stored in an appropriate storage device such as a memory or an HDD (Hard Disk Drive). Also good. In this case, the CPU of each device constituting the system 100 reads the corresponding program from the storage device into the memory in accordance with the program execution, and executes it.

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Next, the structure of the table used by the voucher-added service providing system 100 in this embodiment will be described. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the additional service determination rule table 34 in the present embodiment. Here, the correspondence between the additional service determination condition and the additional service content will be described using the additional service determination rule table 34.

  First, the additional service determination conditions in this embodiment will be described. The following four types of additional service determination conditions are provided. (Judgment condition 1) Use of the same store: Use a cash voucher in the same store as the voucher store, (Determination condition 2) Use the same store chain: Use a voucher in a store belonging to the same store chain as the voucher sales store (Judgment condition 3) Holding period: Holding a voucher for a certain period or using it within a certain period, (Judgment condition 4) Voucher type: designated voucher (type of voucher such as gift voucher or book voucher, 1000 Yen or face value of 5000 yen).

  First, the determination condition of (determination condition 1) use of the same store and (determination condition 2) use of the same store chain is defined by the store ID / store chain column 341 in the additional service determination rule table 34. The first and second rows in this column 341 are sold and used at “Store A”, the third row is sold and used at “Store B”, and the fourth row is stores that belong to “Chain A”. It shows that it is sold and used as a condition, and the fifth and subsequent lines indicate that there is no condition for (determination condition 1) use of the same store and (determination condition 2) use of the same store chain.

  (Determination condition 3) The holding period determination condition is defined by the holding period column 342 in the additional service determination rule table 34. The 5th to 7th rows in this column 342 indicate that they are held for “one year or more”, and the other rows indicate (judgment condition 3) that there is no holding period condition.

  Further, (determination condition 4) The determination condition of the voucher type is defined by the voucher type column 343 and the face value column 344 in the additional service determination rule table 34. The first row in the columns 343 and 344 is a “gift certificate” with a face value of “1000 yen”, the second line is a “gift certificate” with a face value of “5000 yen”, and the third line is a money voucher type. Indicates that there is no condition for the face value in “book certificate”, and the fourth and subsequent lines indicate that there is no condition for the face value with the “voucher certificate” type.

  Next, additional service contents will be described. Additional service content is (Additional service content 1) Return source: Who, (Additional service content 2) Return destination: Who, (Additional service content 3) Return method: What means (Additional service content 4) Return Forehead: Shows how much you want to reduce.

  First, (additional service content 1) return source is defined in the return source column 345 in the additional service determination rule table 34. In this column 345, the 1st to 3rd, 8th, and 9th rows return the “use store” that is the store where the voucher was used, and the 4th row is the store to which the store where the voucher was used belongs. The “chain” as a chain returns, and the fifth to eighth lines indicate that the issuer of the cash voucher returns.

  Further, (additional service content 2) return destination is defined in the return destination column 346 in the additional service determination rule table 34. In the column 346, the first to fifth and ninth lines return to the “user” who purchases the goods using the cash voucher, and the sixth line “use shop” which is the store where the cash voucher is used. The 7th line indicates that it is returned to the “sales store” that is the store where the voucher was sold, and the 8th line indicates that it is returned to the “buyer” of the voucher.

  Further, (additional service content 3) return method and (additional service content 4) return amount are defined in a return method column 347 and a return amount column 348 in the additional service determination rule table 34, respectively. In the case where “%” is indicated in the return amount column 348, it is% relative to the face value of the voucher. The first row, the second row, the fourth row, and the fifth row in the column indicate the return on the “face value” of the cash voucher, and the return amounts are “+50 yen” and “+300 yen” for the first row and the second row, respectively. The third line and the fourth line indicate the reduction of “+ 5%” and “+ 10%” on the face value of the voucher, respectively. That is, the first line indicates that a product of 1050 yen can be purchased in the case of a 1000 yen face value voucher, and the fourth line indicates that a product of 1050 yen, which is a 5% increase in the case of a 1000 yen face value voucher. Indicates purchase.

  The third line, the eighth line, and the ninth line indicate that each point is reduced by “+ 5%”. That is, in the case of a 1000 yen face value voucher, it indicates that 50 points are returned after purchasing an article for 1000 yen. The other lines indicate a “+ 10%” reduction in cash. That is, in the case of a 1000 yen face value voucher, 100 yen is returned with cash.

  (Additional service content 3) In addition to “face value”, “cash” and “points”, the return method may be free provision of specific products or crude products, discounts, discount coupons, and services such as free parking fees. May be provided.

  The determination condition and the additional service content are defined in combination. The first line of the additional service determination rule table 34 shown in FIG. 2 is when a voucher type “gift voucher” with a face value “1000 yen” having the same voucher ID is sold and used at a store with a store ID “store A”. , When using the return source “user store”, in this case, from “store A” to the return destination “user”, the return method “face value” and the return amount “+50 yen” are returned, that is, a gift certificate for 1000 yen This is an additional service determination rule that can be used as 1050 yen.

  In addition, the sixth line of the additional service determination rule table 34 shown in FIG. 2 shows that when all the voucher types “gift vouchers” that have the same voucher ID and do not depend on the face value are used after one year or more have passed since sales, Return service "issuer" to return destination "user shop" at the time of use, return method "face value", return amount "+ 10%", that is, additional service determination that adds 10% to the settlement amount from the issuer to the store It is a rule.

  Note that the voucher sales information and the voucher usage information 92 in the voucher sales information holding means 32 will be described along the later-described processing flow.

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Here, first, a processing procedure at the time of selling a voucher will be described. The voucher ID of the voucher 1 to be sold is obtained at the time of sale voucher ID acquisition means 21 through the purchaser information acquisition means 22 through the purchaser information acquisition means 22 from the consumer's recording medium 202 (member card, etc.) Read and get. Then, the voucher sales information acquisition means 23 adds the store ID, which is the identifier of the store stored in the sales store terminal 2, and the sales date of the voucher 1 to the voucher ID and the consumer ID. Information 91 is generated and sent to the cash voucher adding service server 3.

  Instead of reading the recording medium 202, an input of an identifier for uniquely identifying the consumer such as the telephone number of the consumer may be received and acquired from the input interface 105 such as a keyboard.

  In addition, when not using (judgment condition 1): same shop use and (judgment condition 2): same shop chain use of the judgment conditions in the additional service judgment rule table 34, the shop ID is added to the voucher sales information 91. It is not necessary to add it. In addition, when the determination condition (determination condition 3): holding period is not used as a condition, the use date may not be added to the voucher use information 92. In addition, the determination condition (determination condition 3): when the holding period is not used as a condition, the sales date may not be added to the voucher sales information 91. Further, the additional service content (additional service content 2): when the return destination is not returned to the “purchaser”, the consumer ID need not be acquired.

  In the voucher additional service server 3, the voucher sales information registration means 31 receives the voucher sales information 91 transmitted from the sales store terminal 2 and registers the information in the voucher sales information holding means 32. At this time, for example, the voucher sales information registration means 31 reads “10005” as the voucher ID of the sold voucher 1, reads “9100” as the consumer ID from the recording medium 202, and the store ID of the vending store is “ In the case of “shop A” and the sales date “May 15, 2007”, the information is stored in columns corresponding to the respective information as in the fifth row of the voucher sales information holding means 32 shown in FIG.

  Next, a processing procedure when using the voucher will be described. The user's cash voucher ID acquisition means 41 reads the cash voucher ID from the cash voucher 1 used in the use store. Moreover, the user information acquisition means 42 reads the consumer ID that is the consumer identifier from the recording medium 201 of the consumer that is the user. Also, the voucher usage information acquisition means 43 adds the store ID, which is the identifier of the sales store, and the date of use (stored in the storage device of the used store terminal 4 and can be read) to the voucher ID and the consumer ID. Thus, the voucher usage information 92 is generated. Then, this voucher usage information 92 is sent to the voucher adding service server 3.

  In addition, if the determination conditions (determination condition 1): use of the same store and (determination condition 2): use of the same store chain are not used as conditions, the store ID may not be added to the voucher use information 92. Further, the additional service content (additional service content 3): If the return method is not returned to “point”, the consumer ID need not be acquired. Further, (additional service content 3): Even when the point is returned to “point” as a return method, the point return means 35 is not used to return the points by the cash voucher additional service server 3 but the point return means 46 of the use store terminal 4 When writing points on a point card or the like, the consumer ID need not be acquired.

  As an example of the voucher usage information 92, for example, “10001, 10001, 10003, 10004, 10005” is read as the voucher ID of the voucher 1 to be used, and “9001” is read as the consumer ID from the recording medium 201, When the store ID is “sales store A” and the sales date is “May 30, 2007”, the voucher usage information 92 is the voucher usage information 920 shown in FIG.

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Hereinafter, the actual procedure of the method for providing a voucher additional service in the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that various operations corresponding to the method for providing a voucher additional service described below are realized by a program that is read out from a memory and executed by each device constituting the system 100. And this program is comprised from the code | cord | chord for performing the various operation | movement demonstrated below.

  Here, the processing procedure when the voucher additional service server 3 specifies and calculates the content of the additional service based on the additional service determination rule table 34 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a processing procedure example of the method for providing a voucher additional service according to the present embodiment.

  First, the voucher adding service server 3 receives the voucher usage information 92 transmitted from the use store terminal 4 (step 330). Next, for each of the plurality of voucher IDs included in the voucher usage information 92, steps 331 to 338 are repeatedly performed. In this iterative process, the additional service content for each voucher ID is specified and calculated.

  Here, the cash voucher additional service determination means 33 acquires the sales information of the cash voucher corresponding to the condition of the cash voucher ID from the cash voucher sales information holding means 32 (step 332). Then, whether or not the store IDs of the voucher use information 92 acquired in step 330 and the voucher sales information 91 acquired in step 332 match each other, that is, whether or not the sales store of the voucher ID and the used store are the same. If it is determined to be the same (determination condition 1): use the same store, the store ID is acquired (step 333). As a determination condition (determination condition 1): use of the same store, step 333 may not be performed.

  Next, the cash voucher additional service determining means 33 determines the store to which the sales store and the use store belong from the respective store IDs of the voucher usage information 92 acquired in step 330 and the voucher sales information 91 acquired in step 332. The chain information is acquired using the store chain table 39 shown in FIG. Then, it is determined whether or not the store chain to which the sales store and the use store belong is the same (step 334). If the result of the determination is that the chain is the same, (determination condition 2): Use the same store chain, and acquire information on the store chain. If the determination condition (determination condition 2): use of the same store chain is not used, step 334 may not be performed.

  Subsequently, the voucher-added service determining unit 33 determines the number of days elapsed from the sales date of the voucher sales information 91 acquired in step 332 to the usage date of the voucher usage information 92 acquired in step 330, that is, (determination condition 3). : Holding period is calculated (step 335). If the determination condition (determination condition 3): holding period is not used, step 335 may not be performed.

  Moreover, the said voucher additional service determination means 33 acquires the voucher type and face value of the voucher corresponding to the voucher ID as a condition, that is, (determination condition 4): voucher type from the voucher type table 38 (see FIG. 7) ( Step 336). If the determination condition (determination condition 4): cash voucher type is not used, step 336 may not be performed.

  Next, the cash voucher additional service determination means 33 applies the information of each determination condition acquired in steps 333 to 336 to the additional service determination rule table 34, and the corresponding additional service content from the additional service determination rule table 34. Is acquired (step 337).

  Further, the voucher additional service determination means 33 adds up the additional service contents based on the zero or more additional service contents acquired in step 337 for each voucher ID (step 339). If the additional service content (additional service content 4): return amount is a percentage from the face value such as “+ 5%”, the return amount is calculated based on the face value of the cash voucher type acquired in the step 336. calculate.

  Next, the cash voucher additional service determination means 33, based on the accumulated result of the additional service content calculated in the step 339, (additional service content 1): the return source is “use store” and (additional service content 2) : If the additional service content is “user” as the return destination, the additional service provision processing data 93 is transmitted to the use store terminal 4. Further, (additional service content 3): additional service provision processing data whose return method is “point” is transmitted to the point return means 35, and the additional service content (additional service content 2): return is sent to the settlement means 37. The additional service providing process data other than “user” and “purchaser” is sent (step 3310).

  Hereinafter, a more specific processing procedure of the cash voucher additional service determination unit 33 will be described. First, the voucher additional service determination means 33 receives the voucher usage information 920 shown in FIG. 4 as the voucher usage information 92 from the use store terminal 4, and from the first line in the voucher additional service determination rule table 34 shown in FIG. A case where only the rule on the third line is used will be described as an example.

  First, in step 330, the voucher additional service determining means 33 receives the voucher usage information 920 transmitted from the use store terminal, and thereafter stores the processing from step 331 to step 338 in the voucher usage information 920. It is repeated for every cash voucher ID “10001” “10002” “10003” “10004” “10005”.

  Here, the processing from step 331 to step 338 will be described for the voucher ID “10001”. In step 332, the voucher additional service determination unit 33 receives the sales information corresponding to the voucher ID “10001” from the voucher sales information holding unit 32 shown in FIG. 3, that is, the consumer ID “9001” on the first line, the store ID. “Store A” and sales date “January 1, 2006” are acquired.

  Next, in step 333, it is determined that the store “store A” of the voucher usage information 920 and the store acquired in step 332, that is, the store ID “store A” of the voucher sales information 91 are the same, (Determination condition 1): Information of “store A” is acquired as the same store use.

  In addition, in step 334, the voucher-added service determining means 33 sets the first to third lines of the additional service determination rule table 34 in FIG. 2 (determination condition 2): a condition corresponding to use of the same store chain, that is, Since there is no condition corresponding to the store chain in the store ID / store chain column 341, no processing is performed here.

  In step 335, as in step 334, (determination condition 3): a condition corresponding to the retention period, that is, the retention period column 342, is added to the first to third lines of the additional service determination rule table 34 in FIG. In this case, no processing is performed.

  Next, in step 336, the voucher additional service determination means 33 corresponds to the voucher ID “10001” from the voucher type table 38 shown in FIG. 7 (determination condition 4): the voucher type, that is, the first voucher type. Information on “gift certificate” and face value “1000 yen” is acquired.

  Further, in step 337, obtained in step 333 from the additional service determination rule table 34 shown in FIG. 2 (as described above, limited to the first to third lines in this specific example) (determination condition 1): the same Store use “Store A” and acquired in step 336 (decision condition 4): A search is executed on the condition of the cash voucher type, the cash voucher type “gift voucher”, and the face value “1000 yen”. That is, (additional service content 1): return source “user shop”, (additional service content 2): return destination “user”, (additional service content 3): return method “face value”, (additional service content 4): Information on the amount of reduction “+50 yen” is acquired. The cash voucher additional service determination unit 33 similarly performs the processing from step 331 to step 338 for the voucher IDs “10002”, “10003”, “10004”, and “10005”.

  Note that the voucher ID “10002” is acquired in the above step 336 (determination condition 4): the voucher type is the second row of the voucher type table 38 shown in FIG. 7, that is, the voucher type “gift voucher”, and the face value “500 yen”. However, since there is no determination condition corresponding to this in the first to third lines of the additional service determination rule table 34 shown in FIG. 2, it is determined that there is no additional service content (not reduced).

  Similarly, for the voucher ID “10003”, three rows corresponding to the store ID “store A” of the voucher usage information 920 shown in FIG. 4 and the voucher ID “10003” of the voucher sales information holding means 32 shown in FIG. Since the eye store ID “Store B” does not match, (Condition 1): There is no condition for using the same store. Since there is no determination condition corresponding to this in the first to third lines of the additional service determination rule table 34 shown in FIG. 2, if there is no additional service content, it is half-handed (not reduced).

  Also, for the voucher ID “10004”, similarly to the voucher “10003” (determination condition 1): there is no condition for using the same store, and the determination condition corresponding to this is the additional service determination rule table 34 shown in FIG. Therefore, it is determined that there is no supplementary service content (not reduced).

  On the other hand, for the voucher ID “10005”, as with the voucher “10001”, (judgment condition 1): “store A” used by the same store, (judgment condition 4): voucher type, voucher type “gift voucher”, face value “ 1000 ", and the additional service content from the additional service determination rule table 34 shown in FIG. 2 (as described above, limited to the first to third lines in this specific example), the first additional service content, that is, (additional service content 1) : Return source “user shop” (additional service content 2): Return destination “user”, (additional service content 3): Return method “face value”, (additional service content 4): information on return amount “+50 yen” To get.

  Subsequently, in step 339, the cash voucher additional service determination means 33 adds up the additional service content with the cash voucher ID “10001” and the additional service content with the cash voucher ID “10005”, and (additional service content 1): return source “ (Used store content 2): Return destination “user” (Additional service content 3): Return method “face value” (Additional service content 4): Return amount “+100 yen” (voucher ID “10001” "10005" and "+50 yen each"). In step 3310, the information acquired in step 339 is transmitted to the use store terminal 4 as additional service provision processing data 93.

  Next, the voucher additional service determining means 33 receives the voucher usage information 920 shown in FIG. 4 as the voucher usage information 92 from the use store terminal 4, and the rule on the fourth line of the additional service determination rule table 34 shown in FIG. As an example, only a portion where the processing is different from the case where the first to third lines of the additional service determination rule table 34 are applied will be described.

  Here, unlike the case where the first to third lines of the additional service determination rule table 34 described above are applied, (determination condition 1): use of the same store, (determination condition 3): the holding period is not a condition, ( Judgment condition 2): Use of the same store chain, (Judgment condition 4): Since the voucher type is a condition, (Determination condition 2): Step 334 for using the same store chain and (Judgment condition 4): For the voucher type Step 336 is performed, (Determination condition 1): Step 333 for the same store use and (Determination condition 3) Step 335 for the holding period are not performed.

  In this situation, the voucher additional service determining unit 33 first determines the sales information corresponding to the voucher ID “10001” from the voucher sales information holding unit 32 shown in FIG. Information of consumer ID “9001”, store ID “store A”, and sales date “January 1, 2006” is acquired.

  Next, in step 334, the voucher additional service determination means 33 uses the store “store A” of the voucher use information 920 and the store acquired in step 332, that is, the store ID “store A” of the voucher sales information 91. The information of the corresponding store chain is obtained from the store chain table 39 shown in FIG. 6 and both are determined to be the same because they are “A chain”. (Determination condition 1): “A chain as the same store use” ”Is acquired.

  Further, in step 336, it corresponds to the voucher ID “10001” from the voucher type table 38 shown in FIG. 7 (judgment condition 4): the voucher type, that is, the first voucher type “gift voucher” and the face value “1000 yen”. Get information.

  Next, in step 337, the voucher-added service determination unit 33 obtains the determination in step 334 from the additional service determination rule table 34 shown in FIG. 2 (as described above, limited to the fourth row in this specific example) (determination condition). 2): Use the same store chain “A chain” and acquired in step 336 (judgment condition 4): Perform a search on the condition of the voucher type, the voucher type “gift voucher”, and the face value “1000 yen” as an additional service. The content is the fourth line, that is, (additional service content 1): return source “chain”, (additional service content 2): return destination “user”, (additional service content 3): return method “face value”, (additional service) Content 4): Acquire information on the return amount “+ 5%”. The voucher additional service determination means 33 similarly performs the processing for the voucher IDs “10002” to “10005”, and “10002” and “10005” are similar to “10001”, and the additional service determination rule table shown in FIG. 34 matches the condition on the fourth line, and “10003” and “10004” do not match.

  In addition, in step 339, the voucher added service determination means 33 sets the face values of the voucher IDs “10001”, “10002”, “10005” acquired in step 336 to “1000 yen”, “500 yen”, “1000 yen”, respectively ( Additional service content 4): Return amount “+ 5%” is calculated. (Additional service content 4): Return amount “125 yen” is calculated.

  In step 3310, the information acquired in step 339 as the additional service providing process data 93, that is, (additional service content 1): return source “chain”, (additional service content 2): return destination “user”, ( Additional service content 3): Information on return method “face value”, (additional service content 4): return amount “125 yen” is transmitted to the use store terminal 4.

  Next, the voucher additional service determining means 33 receives the voucher usage information 920 shown in FIG. 4 as the voucher usage information 92 from the usage store terminal 4, and the fifth and sixth lines of the additional service determination rule table 34 shown in FIG. As an example, only the part where the processing is different from the case where the first to third lines of the supplementary service determination rule table 34 are applied will be described.

  Here, unlike the case where the rules of the first to third lines of the additional service determination rule table 34 described above are applied, the condition is (determination condition 1): use of the same store, (determination condition 2): use of the same store chain. (Judgment condition 3): holding period, (judgment condition 4): because the voucher type is a condition, (judgment condition 3): step 335 for the holding period and (judgment condition 4): for voucher type Step 336 is performed, and (determination condition 1): step 333 for using the same store and (determination condition 2): step 334 for using the same store chain are not performed.

  At this time, for the voucher ID “10001”, the voucher additional service determination unit 33 firstly sells information corresponding to the voucher ID “10001” from the voucher sales information holding unit 32 shown in FIG. Information on the consumer ID “9001” for the eye, the store ID “Store A”, and the sales date “January 1, 2006” is acquired.

  Next, in step 335, the voucher additional service determining means 33 uses the date of use of the voucher usage information 92 acquired in step 330 from the sales date “January 1, 2006” of the voucher sales information 91 acquired in step 332. Elapsed days until “May 30, 2007”, that is, (judgment condition 3): holding period “1 year 5 months” is calculated.

  Further, in step 336, the voucher additional service determination means 33 corresponds to the voucher ID “10001” from the voucher type table 38 shown in FIG. 7 (determination condition 4): voucher type, that is, the first voucher type “gift voucher” ”, Information on the face value“ 1000 yen ”is acquired.

  Subsequently, in step 337, the voucher-added service determination means 33 is acquired in step 335 from the additional service determination rule table 34 shown in FIG. 2 (as described above, limited to the fifth and sixth lines in this specific example). (Judgment condition 3): Holding period “1 year and 5 months” and acquired in step 336 (judgment condition 4): A search is made with the condition of a cash voucher type, a cash voucher type “gift voucher”, and a face value “1000 yen” as an additional service. The contents are the fifth and sixth lines, that is, (additional service contents 1): return source “issuer”, (additional service contents 2): return destination “user”, (additional service contents 3): return method “face value” , (Additional service content 4): return amount “+ 10%”, (additional service content 1): return source “issuer”, (additional service content 2): return destination “user shop”, (additional service content 3) ):reduction Law "cash", (additional service content 4): Get the information of the reduced amount of "+ 10%".

  Similarly, the voucher additional service determination means 33 performs the processing for the voucher IDs “10002” to “10005”, and these vouchers have a sales date “4/2007” in the voucher sales information holding means 32 shown in FIG. “May 30” or “May 15, 2007”, it is determined that the holding period condition “1 year or more” in the additional service determination rule table 34 shown in FIG. To do.

  Subsequently, in step 339, the voucher additional service determining means 33 calculates (additional service content 4): return amount “+ 10%” to the face value “1000 yen” of the voucher ID “10001” acquired in step 336, ( Additional service content 4): The return amount “100 yen” is calculated.

  In step 3310, the voucher additional service determination means 33 obtains the information acquired in step 339 as the additional service provision processing data 93, that is, (additional service content 1): return source “issuer”, (additional service content 2): Return destination “user”, (additional service content 3): return method “face value”, (additional service content 4): return amount “100 yen” to the store terminal 4 (additional service content 1): return source “ Issuer ”, (Additional service content 2): Return destination“ user shop ”, (Additional service content 3): Return method“ cash ”, (Additional service content 4): Return amount“ 125 yen ”to the settlement means 37 To do.

  Next, the settlement means 37 and the point return means 35 in the cash voucher adding service server 3 will be described. The settlement means 37 is returned based on the (additional service content 1): return source, (additional service content 2): return destination, (additional service content 4): return amount sent from the voucher additional service determination means 33. This means is a means or device for executing settlement from the source to the return destination, and corresponds to a cash voucher settlement device held by a cash voucher or a bank server.

  For example, in the case of a voucher settlement device held by the voucher issuer, in addition to the regular settlement of the face value of the voucher, (additional service content 2): to return destination (additional service content 4): additional settlement of the refund amount .

  The point return means 35 adds points to the return destination based on (additional service content 2): return destination and (additional service content 4): return amount sent from the voucher additional service determination means 33. This is a device, which is a member management device owned by a store, store chain, or credit card company.

  Next, processing at the use store terminal 4 that has received the additional service provision processing data 93 will be described. The use store terminal 4 receives the additional service provision processing data 93 by the voucher additional service providing means 44, and (additional service content 2): return destination is “user”, (additional service content 3): return method “ If it is “face value”, the cash voucher additional service presenting means 45 displays (additional service content 4): face value on the cash register screen. Furthermore, the face value is subtracted from the settlement amount of the product (additional service content 4).

  (Additional service content 2): When the return destination is “user”, (Additional service content 3): Return method “point”, the cash voucher additional service presenting means 45 displays the cashier screen (additional service content 4): The face value is displayed, and the point balance recorded on the recording medium 201 by the point return means 46 (additional service content 4): the face value is added and written to the recording medium 201. If points are not managed by the recording medium 201 but managed by a member server or the like, and points cannot be added by the point return means 35, a request for adding points from the use store terminal 4 to the member server or the like is made. May be sent.

  Further, as additional service provision processing data 93, (additional service content 2): return destination “user”, (additional service content 3): return method “face value”, (additional service content 4): return amount “125 yen” (Additional service content 2): Return destination “user”, (Additional service content 3): Return method “Point”, (Additional service content 4): Return amount “100 points” is used from the voucher additional service server 3 When sent to the store terminal 4, an example of a cash register screen 450 by the voucher-added service presenting means 45 is as shown in FIG. (Additional service content 3): If the return method is not related to payment, such as free parking fees or merchandise provisions, (additional service content 3): return method A message for prompting the provision of the service may be displayed on the cash register screen 450.

  According to this embodiment, in order to guide the consumer to the own store or the own store chain, the consumer who purchased the cash voucher at the own store or the own store chain uses the ID given to the cash voucher. When a cash voucher is used in the own store chain, various additional services such as an increase in the value of the cash voucher can be provided. Therefore, the user of the voucher is used when the voucher (e.g., purchased as a gift for the gift at the store and given to the predetermined person by the purchaser) is used at the store where the voucher is sold. By providing additional services to at least one of the purchaser and seller, it will be possible for users to enjoy the benefits of purchasing and using cash vouchers, leading to voucher users' own store guidance, etc. Can be realized. Therefore, it is possible to provide an additional service for any one of consumer guidance to a store, promotion of a longer or shorter period of holding a voucher for a voucher holder, and promotion of voucher sales.

  In addition to the coin voucher ID match, a predetermined additional service can be provided to the users of the voucher according to each case where the attributes of the voucher sales information and the voucher use information match a predetermined rule. For this reason, it leads to allowing users to enjoy additional services that are appropriately and flexibly selected according to the purchase and use status of cash vouchers, etc. Etc. can be realized.

  In addition, the voucher additional service providing system can supervise the processing of providing the voucher additional service at the terminals of many stores connected to the system, and the sales store of a certain voucher is the same as the store using it. In this case, the system can manage the entire process at each store that provides the additional service, so that the processing efficiency can be improved and the system introduction cost can be reduced.

  In addition, various additional services will be provided for holding a voucher for a certain period or using a voucher within a certain period, and it is possible to encourage the holder of a voucher to prolong or shorten the voucher holding period. Become. Therefore, an increase in the profit of the voucher issuer, sales promotion at the voucher store, and customer guidance can be executed strategically by freely setting the standard for the voucher holding period.

  Further, in the additional service providing process, a terminal (PC, portable terminal, mobile phone, etc.) or a recording medium (various member cards, credit cards, etc.) or a set target of the additional service providing process data on the system Alternatively, the location information on the network can be obtained in advance, and the additional service providing process can be made more efficient and reliable.

  Moreover, not only a voucher user who receives a gift of a voucher but also a voucher purchaser who purchases a voucher for gifts can be provided with various additional services such as a point return when using the voucher. Therefore, not only the user of the voucher but also the purchaser can realize the merit by purchasing the voucher, thereby promoting the voucher sales.

  In addition, for a target person who has used, sold, or purchased a voucher, for example, a service that meets the needs of each target person can be selectively provided from among abundant additional services.

  In addition, when the voucher supplementary service providing system of the present invention requires various information such as voucher ID, such as when selling or using vouchers, there is no need for manual entry such as voucher ID key-in, and the efficiency of the entire process is improved. Therefore, it is possible to improve processing accuracy such as speeding up and suppression of occurrence of manual input mistakes.

  Accordingly, it is possible to provide an additional service for any one of consumer guidance to a store, promotion of a longer or shorter period of holding a voucher for a voucher holder, and promotion of voucher sales.

  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 whole lineblock diagram of a voucher addition service offer system in this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the data structural example of the additional service determination rule table in this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the voucher sales information table in this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the voucher utilization information in this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of the money voucher additional service provision method of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the store chain table in this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the voucher type table in this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the cash register screen example in this embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Gold voucher 2 Sales shop terminal 3 Gold voucher management apparatus 4 Use shop terminal 7 Network 10 RFID 11 ROM
12 EEPROM 13 RAM
14 CPU 15 IC chip 16 Mold 17 (RFID) antenna 18 Wireless communication interface 21 Sales voucher ID reading means 22 Purchaser information acquisition means 23 Voucher sales information acquisition means 24 Voucher additional service providing means 31 Voucher sales information registration means 32 Voucher Sales information holding means 33 Voucher additional service determination means 34 Voucher additional service determination rule table 35 Point return means 36 Voucher additional service provision means 37 Settlement means 38 Voucher type table 39 Store chain table 41 Usage voucher ID acquisition means 42 User information acquisition Means 43 Voucher usage information acquisition means 44 Voucher additional service providing means 45 Voucher additional service presentation means 46 Point redemption means 50 Printing medium 60 Display device 91 Voucher sales information 92 Voucher usage information 93 Additional service provision processing Data 100 Cash voucher additional service providing system 101 Storage device 102 Program 103 Memory 104 CPU
105 Input Interface 106 Output Interface 107 Communication Device 150 Reader / Writer 155 (Reader / Writer) Antenna 200 User Terminals 201 to 203 Recording Medium

Claims (10)

A computer system that provides additional services when using a voucher,
When a voucher is sold, a voucher ID that uniquely identifies the voucher is read from the corresponding voucher by a reader device corresponding to the voucher ID recording means in the voucher or is acquired by receiving input from the input interface, and the acquired voucher ID is acquired by the voucher. Sales voucher ID acquisition means stored in the sales information holding means;
At the time of using the voucher, the voucher ID acquisition means for acquiring the voucher ID by reading from the corresponding voucher by a reader device corresponding to the voucher ID recording means in the voucher or receiving input from the input interface;
A voucher additional service determination unit that performs a search in the voucher sale information holding unit using the voucher ID acquired when using the voucher as a key, and determines provision of a predetermined additional service when the same voucher ID is searched;
Read the processing data for provision of the predetermined additional service from the storage device, and to a terminal or recording medium provided with at least one of the user, purchaser, and seller of the relevant voucher and connected to the system through a network or interface A voucher additional service providing means for outputting;
A voucher additional service providing system comprising: The sales time voucher ID acquisition means acquires data relating to voucher sales including the voucher ID as the voucher sales information from the reader device or the input interface at the time of voucher sales, and stores the data in the voucher sales information holding means,
The in-use cash voucher ID acquisition means acquires data relating to the use of a cash voucher including the voucher ID as the voucher usage information from the reader device or the input interface when using the cash voucher
The voucher additional service determining means includes an additional service determination rule table in which additional service contents determined according to attributes in the voucher usage information and the voucher sales information are described, and includes the voucher usage information acquired when the voucher is used. The voucher sales information holding means is searched using the voucher ID as a key, the voucher sales information associated with the same voucher ID is specified, and the voucher usage information and the previous voucher voucher sales information are collated with the additional service determination rule table. And determine the applicable supplementary services.
The system for providing additional services for a voucher according to claim 1. The sale time voucher ID obtaining means obtains voucher sale information including a sale store ID that is an identifier of a sale store of the corresponding voucher together with the voucher ID from the reader device or the input interface at the time of voucher sale, and a voucher sale information holding means. Are stored in
The in-use cash voucher ID acquisition means acquires the voucher usage information including the used store ID which is the identifier of the used store of the corresponding cash voucher together with the cash voucher ID from the reader device or the input interface when using the voucher.
The additional service determination rule table includes a description that a predetermined additional service content is provided when a sales store and a use store of a certain voucher are the same,
The voucher additional service determining means performs a search in the voucher sales information holding means using the voucher ID and the used store ID included in the voucher usage information acquired when using the voucher as keys, and matches the used store ID for the same voucher ID. The voucher sales information associated with the sales store ID is identified, the voucher use information and the voucher sales information are collated with the additional service determination rule table, and the corresponding additional service is determined.
The system for providing additional services for cash vouchers according to claim 2. The sales voucher ID acquisition means acquires the voucher sales information including the sales voucher sales date information together with the voucher ID from the reader device or the input interface at the time of voucher sales, and stores it in the voucher sales information holding means. Yes,
The use time voucher ID acquisition means acquires voucher use information including use date and time information of the corresponding voucher from the reader device or the input interface when using the voucher,
The additional service determination rule table includes a description that a predetermined additional service content is provided when the sale date and use date of a certain voucher are separated from each other by a certain period or within a certain period. Yes,
The cash voucher additional service determination means performs a search in the cash voucher sales information holding means using the voucher ID included in the voucher usage information acquired when the voucher is used as a key, and specifies voucher sales information associated with the same voucher ID. , The usage date and time included in the voucher usage information and the sales date and time included in the voucher sales information are collated with the additional service determination rule table to determine a corresponding additional service,
The cash voucher additional service providing system according to claim 2 or 3.   The cash voucher additional service providing means accepts input from the input interface of location information on the system or network of the terminal or recording medium provided by at least one of the voucher user, purchaser, and seller. Obtaining or collecting management data of the corresponding terminal based on the network device monitoring protocol, and outputting the provision processing data of the predetermined additional service addressed to the location information of the obtained terminal or recording medium The system for providing additional services for cash vouchers according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein: The selling time voucher ID obtaining means obtains purchaser information as information on the purchaser of the corresponding voucher from the reader device or the input interface of the medium possessed by the purchaser of the voucher when selling the voucher, The purchaser information is included in the voucher sales information and stored in the voucher sales information holding means,
The voucher additional service providing means reads purchaser information of the corresponding voucher whose use has provided the predetermined additional service from the voucher sales information holding means, and the purchaser's terminal included in the purchaser information Alternatively, the provision processing data of the predetermined additional service is output to the location information of the recording medium.
6. A voucher additional service providing system according to any one of claims 2 to 5.   The voucher additional service providing means exchanges, as additional service providing processing data, a predetermined product addressed to the user's terminal or recording medium when using the voucher or to the purchaser's terminal or recording medium when selling the voucher The cash voucher according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the cash voucher outputs right data or reduced data of a product purchase price, or cash return data addressed to a terminal or a recording medium of a voucher sales store. Additional service provision system. The cash voucher includes a print medium on which at least face value information is printed, and an RFID attached to the print medium by storing the face value information and the cash voucher ID in a storage area,
The selling time voucher ID acquisition means is for acquiring the voucher ID by reading the RFID voucher ID from the RFID of the corresponding voucher by the RFID reader device at the time of selling the voucher,
The in-use cash voucher ID acquisition means is for acquiring the cash voucher ID by reading the RFID of the corresponding cash voucher with the RFID reader device when using the cash voucher.
7. A voucher-added service providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 6. A computer that provides additional services when using a voucher,
When a voucher is sold, a voucher ID that uniquely identifies the voucher is read from the corresponding voucher by a reader device corresponding to the voucher ID recording means in the voucher or is acquired by receiving input from the input interface, and the acquired voucher ID is acquired Processing stored in the sales information holding means;
When using a voucher, a process of acquiring the voucher ID by reading from the corresponding voucher by a reader device corresponding to the voucher ID recording means in the voucher or receiving input from an input interface;
A process of performing a search in the voucher sales information holding means using the voucher ID acquired when using the voucher as a key, and determining provision of a predetermined additional service when the same voucher ID is searched;
Read the processing data for provision of the predetermined additional service from the storage device, and to a terminal or recording medium provided with at least one of the user, purchaser, and seller of the relevant voucher and connected to the system through a network or interface Processing to output,
A method for providing a voucher additional service, characterized in that To a computer that provides additional services when using a voucher,
When a voucher is sold, a voucher ID that uniquely identifies the voucher is read from the corresponding voucher by a reader device corresponding to the voucher ID recording means in the voucher or is acquired by receiving input from the input interface, and the acquired voucher ID is acquired by the voucher. Storing in the sales information holding means;
At the time of using the voucher, the step of acquiring the voucher ID by reading from the corresponding voucher by the reader device corresponding to the recording unit of the voucher ID in the voucher or receiving input from the input interface;
Performing a search in the voucher sales information holding means using the voucher ID acquired when using the voucher as a key, and determining provision of a predetermined additional service when the same voucher ID is searched; and
Read the processing data for provision of the predetermined additional service from the storage device, and to a terminal or recording medium provided with at least one of the user, purchaser, and seller of the relevant voucher and connected to the system through a network or interface Output step;
A program to provide additional services for cash vouchers.

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