JP2011123526A - Apparatus, method and program for providing map in association with stamp service - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To promote the use of a stamp service by drawing the interest to a facility registered in a stamp service, in association with a living area of the user or a place that attracts the user. <P>SOLUTION: When a user makes a request to provide a map from a terminal, a facility located on the map is specified, and the number of stamps given by the specified facility to the user is acquired. Then, a stamp card which indicates a mark corresponding to the acquired number of stamps is generated. A map which is associated with the location of the specified facility is generated. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for providing a terminal with a map reflecting information related to a stamp service.

  Conventionally, it is known that various facilities that operate retailers and service businesses will construct a system that gives customers some kind of privilege according to the frequency and usage details of the facility as a measure to improve customer acquisition and secure customers. One of the typical examples is a stamp service.

  In the stamp service, a card is issued to the customer, and when the customer uses the facility (purchase the product, etc.), it is displayed on the card as an index for redemption according to the use contents (purchase price, purchased product, etc.) The number of marks (hereinafter referred to as the number of stamps) is calculated, and a mark corresponding to the number of stamps is displayed on the card. As a display method, there are known a method in which a surface of a paper-like card is filled with a stamp or a signature, and a surface of a magnetically processed card (for example, a rewritable card) is overwritten. When the number of stamps displayed on the card possessed by the user reaches a reference number set in advance by the facility side, some privilege is given to the customer in exchange for the card.

  By the way, in a system that gives a customer some kind of privilege as described above, it is common for each facility to set up a unique mechanism, and on the customer side, as the opportunity to use such a facility increases, There is a need to have and manage multiple types of cards issued.

  Therefore, in recent years, in order to reduce the management burden on the customer side, necessary information is collected from the customer side terminal (mobile terminal) and the facility side terminal via the network, and the facilities used by each customer are collectively managed on the database. A system has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2004-185405 A

  However, users who use the above system can manage and manage multiple types of cards issued by each facility, but they do not manage the number of stamps at their own hands. In order to know, it is necessary to actively access the database from the user, and if that effort is burdened, there is a risk that awareness of the facility registered with the stamp service and the number of stamps given from that facility may be diluted. It was.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to raise awareness of facilities registered in the stamp service and promote the use of the stamp service.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention has the following aspects.

(1) facility storage means for storing information about a facility whose position is displayed on a map;
For a facility whose position is displayed on the map, a stamp number storage means for storing a user for whom the facility provides a stamp service, and a stamp number given by the facility to the user;
In response to a request from the terminal, a facility identifying means for identifying a facility located on the map to be requested,
An acquisition unit that specifies a user based on an identifier included in the request, and acquires a stamp number given to the specified user by the facility specified by the facility specifying unit;
A stamp card generating means for generating a stamp card for displaying a mark corresponding to the number of stamps acquired by the acquiring means;
Map generating means for generating a map in which the stamp card generated by the stamp card generating means is associated with a position where the facility specified by the facility specifying means is displayed;
And a map transmission unit that transmits the map generated by the map generation unit to a terminal.

  According to the aspect of (1), when the user requests provision of a map from the terminal, the facility located on the requested map is specified, and the number of stamps that the specified facility gives the user is determined. get. And the stamp card | curd which displays the mark according to the acquired stamp number was produced | generated, and the map linked | related with the position where the said specified facility is displayed was produced | generated.

  As a result, every time a user requests to provide a map, the user can grasp the existence of a facility using the stamp service at a glance by associating it with the position on the map to be requested. become. At the same time, from the display of the mark corresponding to the number of stamps, the number of stamps owned by the user can be grasped at a glance in association with the location of the facility.

  In other words, confirming the user's range of action or the location of interest without seeing the map without actively consciously grasping the existence and location of facilities registered in the stamp service. Along with the act of doing, awareness of the facility registered in the stamp service will be raised. In addition, it is possible to present an index for the user to decide the action on the map, such as letting the user preferentially select a facility with a large number of stamps, and as a result, the use of the stamp service Promotion can be aimed at.

(2) The stamp card generating means
It has multiple areas for displaying marks,
A mark corresponding to the number of stamps given to the user by the facility is arranged in the area,
Among the plurality of areas, a stamp card in which an area corresponding to a reference stamp number as a reference for the facility specified by the facility specifying means to give some privilege to the user is displayed in a mode different from other areas is displayed. The stamp service-linked map providing device according to (1), wherein the stamp service-linked map providing device is generated.

  According to the aspect of (2), the area | region corresponding to the reference | standard stamp number used as the reference | standard which a plant | facility gives a user some privilege among the several area | regions where a mark is displayed is displayed in the aspect different from another area | region. Generated stamp cards. This makes it possible to grasp the number of stamps owned by the user and the guideline for obtaining the privilege at a glance in association with the location of the facility, which is suitable for promoting the use of the stamp service.

(3) The facility specifying means is:
The location of the terminal specified by the location specifying function included in the request from the terminal having the location specifying function is acquired, and the facility located on the map is specified using the map including the location of the terminal as a request target. The stamp service-linked map providing device according to (1) or (2), characterized in that:

  According to the aspect of (3), the facility located on the map including the position of the terminal specified by the position specifying function is specified, and the number of stamps given to the user by the specified facility is acquired. Thereby, awareness of the facility registered in the stamp service is promoted in conjunction with the act of confirming the location around the current position of the user (that is, the area where the user is currently acting).

(4) The facility specifying means is:
Acquires a map specification query based on a user operation input included in a request from a terminal having an input device that accepts a user operation input, and locates the map specified by the map specification query on the map as a request target The facility for providing a stamp service-linked map according to any one of (1) to (3), wherein a facility to be operated is specified.

  According to the aspect of (4), the facility located on the map designated by the map designation query by the user is specified, and the number of stamps given to the user by the specified facility is acquired. Thereby, awareness of the facility registered in the stamp service is promoted in conjunction with the action of confirming the periphery of the place of interest of the user (for example, an action range scheduled in the future).

(5) The stamp number storage means includes:
Among facilities whose positions are displayed on the map, a facility having a web page that provides a stamp service to a user via a network, and a user who provides the stamp service via the web page The stamp service linked map providing apparatus according to any one of (1) to (4), wherein the stamp number given by the facility to the user is stored.

  According to the aspect of (5), among the facilities whose positions are displayed on the map, the facilities that provide the stamp service on the network manage the number of stamps that the facility gives to the user on the network. I made it. Accordingly, the virtual facility and the real facility can be linked via the stamp card displayed on the map, and a user who uses the virtual facility can be guided to the real facility.

(6) A setting storage means for storing a stamp card and a template for generating a mark to be displayed on the stamp card, which is set in advance according to a facility whose position is displayed on the map, is stored.
The stamp card generating means
The stamp card is generated based on the number of stamps acquired by the acquisition unit and the template stored in the setting storage unit for the facility specified by the facility specifying unit ( The stamp service linked map providing device according to any one of 1) to (5).

  According to the aspect of (6), it was made to produce | generate a stamp card based on the template which produces | generates the stamp card and the mark displayed on the said stamp card previously set according to the facility with an image. Thereby, it becomes possible to prepare a stamp card to be displayed on the map according to the facility, and it is possible to realize the display of the stamp card reflecting the contents of the stamp service tackled by each facility.

(7) a step in which a computer specifies a facility located on a map to be requested in response to a request from a terminal;
A computer specifying a user based on an identifier included in the request, and acquiring a stamp number given to the specified user by the facility specified by the facility specifying means;
A computer generating a stamp card for displaying a mark corresponding to the number of stamps acquired by the acquisition means;
A computer generating a map in which the stamp card generated by the stamp card generating unit is associated with a position where the facility specified by the facility specifying unit is displayed; and the computer generates by the map generating unit A method of providing a stamp service-linked map, comprising: transmitting the map to the terminal.

(8) Connect the computer
In response to a request from the terminal, a facility identifying means for identifying a facility located on the map to be requested,
An acquisition unit that specifies a user based on an identifier included in the request, and acquires a stamp number given to the specified user by the facility specified by the facility specifying unit;
A stamp card generating means for generating a stamp card for displaying a mark corresponding to the number of stamps acquired by the acquiring means;
Map generating means for generating a map in which the stamp card generated by the stamp card generating means is associated with a position where the facility specified by the facility specifying means is displayed;
A program that functions as a map transmission unit that transmits the map generated by the map generation unit to a terminal.

  According to the present invention, the use of the stamp service is promoted by raising awareness of the facility registered in the stamp service in conjunction with the act of confirming the user's action range or the place of interest of viewing a map. be able to.

It is a figure which shows the structural example of the whole system containing the stamp service cooperation map provision apparatus of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the data structural example of the stamp service utilization database of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the data structural example of the stamp number management database of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the data structural example of the stamp service setting database of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the stamp card image of this embodiment. It is a flowchart figure (stamp service setting process) which shows the process example of this embodiment. It is a flowchart figure (stamp service registration process) which shows the process example of this embodiment. It is a flowchart figure (stamp service utilization process) which shows the process example of this embodiment. It is a flowchart figure (stamp card display map provision process) which shows the process example of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the stamp card display map of this embodiment.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, modes for carrying out the present invention (hereinafter referred to as embodiments) will be described with reference to the drawings.

<Configuration>
With reference to FIG. 1, the structure of the whole system containing the stamp service cooperation map provision apparatus (henceforth this apparatus) 1 which concerns on this embodiment is demonstrated.

  In the present embodiment, the device 1, the user terminal 5 (5a,..., 5x), the facility terminal 7 (7a,..., 7x), and the shopping management server 9 are connected to a network N (such as the Internet). Connected through. The device 1 is a computer (single computer) having hardware resources such as a control device such as a CPU, a memory storing a computer program for controlling the operation of the device 1, a storage device such as an HDD, and a communication device such as a communication I / F. One or more).

  The user-side terminal 5 and the facility-side terminal 7 are PCs (Personal Computers) and mobile communication terminal devices (mobile phones and smartphones) used by users, and in addition to the hardware resources of the device 1, key buttons And an input device such as a touch panel, an output device such as a liquid crystal display, and a general browser. The browser is a function for requesting, acquiring and displaying page data described in a language such as HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language), transmitting form data, etc., in accordance with HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol), which is a standard protocol of the Internet. have.

  Moreover, the user side terminal 5 is provided with the position specification function which specifies the position of an own terminal. In this embodiment, the GPS (Global Positioning System) function is used from the viewpoint of improving the accuracy of specifying the position. In addition, a positioning function using a communication base station or a wireless LAN access point is used. You can also.

  The shopping management server 9 is configured by a computer (single or plural) having the hardware resources described above. The shopping management server 9 manages the operation of the virtual shopping mall on the network. When the manager of the facility existing on the map registers the virtual facility in the virtual shopping mall, the shopping management server 9 manages the operation of the virtual facility. The user uses the virtual facility using the user terminal 5 connected to the shopping management server 9 via the network N.

(Stamp service-linked map provider)
The device 1 is a device that generates and provides a map to be displayed on the browser of the user side terminal 5 in response to a request from the user side terminal 5. In particular, this device 1 is linked to the management of information related to the stamp service provided by the facility to the user, and if there is a facility registered by the user in the stamp service among the facilities located on the requested map, the device 1 To generate a map (hereinafter referred to as a stamp card display map) in which a stamp card displaying a mark corresponding to the number of stamps given to the user by the facility and the location of the facility are generated and provided to the user terminal 5 It is characterized by.

  In order to realize the above contents, the apparatus 1 includes databases (hereinafter referred to as DBs) 11, 12, 21, 22, 23 constituting a storage unit, a stamp service management unit 31, a facility specifying unit 32, and an acquisition unit 33. , A stamp card generating means 34, a map generating means 35, and a map transmitting means 36. Since the communication performed between these means is communication within the apparatus 1, it can be in any format.

  Each of the above-mentioned units included in the apparatus 1 is realized by executing a computer program using hardware resources such as the computer control apparatus described above. Note that these means do not need to be arranged on a single computer, and a configuration in which they are distributed as necessary may be adopted.

  The stamp service management means 31 has a function of managing a stamp service provided by each facility. The stamp service management means 31 acquires various information related to the stamp service from the facility side terminal 7 via the network N, and performs registration, update, search, and the like for the stamp service use DB 21, stamp number management DB 22, and stamp service setting DB 23 described later. Process.

  The stamp service management means 31 acquires various information related to the stamp service from the shopping management server 9 via the network N when the manager of the facility existing on the map operates the virtual facility in the virtual shopping mall. .

  The facility specifying unit 32 has a function of specifying a map to be requested and a facility located on the map by referring to a map DB 11 and a facility DB 12 described later in response to a request from the user terminal 5. When the user is registered in a stamp service provided by a facility located on the map, the acquisition unit 33 refers to a stamp number management DB 22 described later, and acquires the number of stamps that the facility has given to the user. It has a function.

  The stamp card generating means 34 has a function of generating a stamp card that displays a mark corresponding to the number of stamps given to the user by the facility with reference to a stamp service setting DB 23 described later. The map generation means 35 has a function of generating a map to be displayed by the browser of the user terminal 5 with reference to a map DB 11 described later. In particular, it has a function of generating a stamp card display map when the user is registered in a stamp service provided by a facility located on the map. The map transmission unit 36 has a function of transmitting the generated map to the user terminal 5.

  Each of the above means uses a command such as SQL (Structured Query Language) or the like, and a map DB 11 (map information storage means), a facility DB 12 (facility storage means), and a stamp service use DB 21 (usage information storage means) constituting the storage means. ), Registration, update, search and the like for the stamp number management DB 22 (stamp number storage unit) and the stamp service setting DB 23 (setting storage unit). These DBs systematically hold predetermined data on a storage medium such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) in the computer. These DBs do not need to be arranged on a single computer, but adopt a configuration in which they are distributed as necessary.

(Data structure of map DB and facility DB)
The map DB 11 stores data (hereinafter referred to as map data) used for displaying a map by the browser of the terminal. The map data is data that constitutes a map of each place in the country, and is associated with latitude and longitude coordinates that indicate the range of the map. For example, when raster data is adopted as map data, images constituting maps with different scales (magnifications) such as a wide area map and a detailed map can be stored.

  The facility DB 12 stores data related to facilities to be displayed on the map (hereinafter referred to as facility data). The facility data includes a facility ID for identifying the facility, a facility name, a latitude / longitude indicating the geographical location of the facility, an address, business hours, and a URL of a web page when a virtual facility is operated in a shopping mall on the Internet. (Uniform Resource Locator) etc. are included.

(Data structure of the stamp service usage DB)
FIG. 2 shows a data configuration example of the stamp service utilization DB 21. The stamp service use DB stores “registered user”, “facility use history”, and “stamp service history” in association with each “facility ID”.

  “Facility ID” is a facility ID stored in the aforementioned facility DB 12 and indicates a facility that provides a stamp service among the facilities located on the map.

  “Registered user” is data relating to a user registered in the stamp service. “Registered user” includes “user ID” for identifying the user, “personal information” such as the user's name, address, telephone number, and mail address.

  “Facility usage history” is data relating to the usage contents when the user uses the facility. For example, when the facility is a store and a user purchases a product at the store, the purchase price of the product, the product to be purchased, and the date and time when the product was purchased.

  “Stamp service history” is data relating to the history of stamp services provided by the facility to each user. The “stamp service history” includes data related to the “number of stamps” given to the user by the facility. The “number of stamps” is a numerical value serving as an index for exchanging with some kind of privilege prepared in advance by the facility, and is data indicating the number of marks displayed on the card. The number of stamps is calculated and stored according to the use contents when the user uses the facility. The “stamp service history” also includes data such as service registration date / time, stamp grant date / time, and a history of benefits exchanged for the number of stamps.

(Data structure of stamp number management DB)
FIG. 3 shows a data configuration example of the stamp number management DB 22. The stamp number management DB 22 stores “facility ID” and “stamp number” in association with each “user ID” for identifying a user. The stamp number management DB 22 is created based on the above-described stamp service utilization DB 21 and serves as an index. In other words, referring to the stamp service utilization DB 21, a facility ID and the number of stamps are periodically acquired by using the user ID as a key, and a plurality of facilities and the number of stamps registered by the user in the stamp service are collected. Are managed.

(Data structure of stamp service setting DB)
FIG. 4 shows a data configuration example of the stamp service setting DB 23. The stamp service setting DB 23 stores “stamp conversion criteria”, “privilege information”, and “stamp card information” in association with each “facility ID”.

  “Facility ID” is a facility ID stored in the aforementioned facility DB 12 and indicates a facility that provides a stamp service among the facilities existing on the map.

  The “stamp conversion standard” is data used to calculate the number of stamps according to the use contents when the user uses the facility. The stamp conversion standard is set via the facility-side terminal 7 by the facility manager or the like. For example, there are a table in which usage contents (purchase amount, purchased product, etc.) and the number of stamps are associated, and a coefficient used when calculating the purchase amount. Every time a user uses a facility (purchase a product, etc.), the number of stamps to be given to the user is calculated based on the usage details (purchase amount, purchased product, etc.) and a stamp conversion standard set in advance by the facility. Are stored in the aforementioned stamp service utilization DB 21.

  The “privilege information” is data relating to a privilege given to the user according to the number of stamps. The privilege information includes the content of the privilege and the number of stamps that serves as a reference for giving the privilege (hereinafter, the number of reference stamps). The privilege information is set by the facility via the facility-side terminal 7. For example, “gift certificate present” is set as the content of the privilege, and “30 (pieces)” is set as the number of reference stamps associated therewith.

  “Stamp card information” is data used to generate a stamp card with an image. The stamp card information includes a “card template” that is a template that constitutes the stamp card and a “mark template” that is a template that constitutes a mark displayed on the stamp card. The stamp card information is set through the facility side terminal 5 by the facility manager or the like. As the data format of the image constituting the stamp card, any format such as GIF, JPEG, TIFF, flash, or the like can be adopted.

  FIG. 5 shows an image display example of a stamp card generated based on the stamp card information. As shown in FIG. 5, the stamp card 101 has a plurality of areas (hereinafter, mark areas) 102 for displaying the marks 103, and the marks 103 corresponding to the number of stamps are displayed in each mark area 102. . Further, among all the mark areas 102, a mark area (hereinafter referred to as a reference mark area) 104 corresponding to the number of reference stamps is displayed in a display mode different from the other mark areas, and the user looks at a guideline for giving a privilege. To be able to grasp.

<Operation>
6 to 10 are flowcharts showing processing examples of the present embodiment.

(Stamp service setting process)
With reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 6, the process example of this apparatus 1 at the time of the facility side setting the various information regarding implementation of stamp service is demonstrated.

  The facility side terminal 7 transmits a setting request to the present apparatus 1 via the network N (step S11). Various requests from the terminal side are made by transmitting a message including a GET method according to HTTP, a standard protocol of the Internet, a request URI (Uniform Resource Indicator), and the like from the browser to the apparatus 1.

  When receiving the setting request, the stamp service management means 31 of the apparatus 1 transmits a setting web page for inputting various information related to the implementation of the stamp service to the facility terminal 7 (step S12).

  The facility-side terminal 7 displays the received setting web page using a browser, and accepts input from the facility manager or the like (step S13). The setting web page has an input form for inputting a facility ID, stamp conversion standard, privilege information, stamp card information, and the like, and accepts input of various information via this input form.

  When various information is input by the facility manager or the like, the facility-side terminal 7 transmits the input various information to the present apparatus 1 (step S14). The stamp service management means 31 of the present apparatus 1 receives various information transmitted from the facility-side terminal 7 and registers it in the stamp service setting DB 23 in association with the facility ID (step S15).

  When the registration of various information is completed, the stamp service management unit 31 of the present apparatus 1 transmits a registration completion notification to the facility terminal 7 (step S16). Thereby, the stamp service setting process ends.

(Stamp service registration process)
Next, a processing example of the apparatus 1 when the user registers in the stamp service will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG.

  Before the description of the processing example, first, when the user uses the facility (purchase of goods, etc.), the facility manager distributes some medium that prompts the user to register for the stamp service. For example, a card or the like on which a URL for accessing a registration web page prepared in advance according to a facility is described.

  Subsequently, a description will be given of a processing example. First, the user side terminal 5 transmits a registration request to the present apparatus 1 via the network N (step S31). When receiving the registration request, the stamp service management means 31 of the apparatus 1 transmits a registration web page for inputting various information related to registration with the stamp service to the user-side terminal 5 (step S32). At this time, the stamp service management unit 31 of the present apparatus 1 specifies a facility ID to be registered for the stamp service. The facility ID can be specified when a registration request is received by managing the facility ID in association with the URL of the registration web page corresponding to the facility.

  The user-side terminal 5 displays the received registration web page using a browser and accepts input from the user (step S33). The registration web page has an input form for inputting personal information such as a user ID, name, address, and e-mail address, and accepts input of various information via this input form.

  The user ID is arbitrarily registered by the user via the user-side terminal 5 when the user starts using the service (map providing service) provided by the apparatus 1, or the apparatus 1 is prepared in advance or It is registered by dynamically generating and assigning it to a user uniquely. In the registration web page, the user inputs the user ID registered in advance together with personal information.

  When various types of information are input by the user, the user side terminal 5 transmits the input various types of information to the apparatus 1 (step S34). The stamp service management means 31 of the present apparatus 1 receives various information transmitted from the user terminal 5 and registers it in the stamp service usage DB 21 in association with the facility ID (step S35).

  When the registration of various information is completed, the stamp service management unit 31 of the apparatus 1 transmits a registration completion notification to the user side terminal 5 (step S36). Thereby, the stamp service registration process is completed. If the facility is operating a virtual facility in a shopping mall on the Internet, in addition to the actual facility that exists on the map, by guiding from the settlement web page to the registration web page, the above Stamp service registration processing can be performed.

(Stamp service usage processing)
Next, with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 8, the process example of this apparatus 1 at the time of providing a stamp service according to utilization of the facility by a user is demonstrated.

  First, when a user uses a facility (purchase of a product, etc.), the facility-side terminal 7 uses the user ID of the user who uses the facility and details of use (purchase amount, purchased product, etc.) And a stamp service execution request is transmitted to the stamp service management means 31 of the apparatus 1 together with the facility ID (step S51).

  Upon receiving the stamp service execution request, the stamp service management unit 31 of the apparatus 1 registers the usage content in the stamp service usage DB 21 based on the facility ID and the user ID (step S52).

  Subsequently, the stamp service management unit 31 of the apparatus 1 refers to the stamp service setting DB 23 and calculates the number of stamps based on the stamp conversion standard acquired based on the facility ID and the usage content received in step S52 ( Step S53).

  Subsequently, the stamp service management unit 31 of the apparatus 1 updates the number of stamps stored in the stamp service utilization DB 21 based on the facility ID and the user ID (step S54). Here, in addition to accumulating the number of stamps, the stamp service management unit 31 of the apparatus 1 registers the number of stamps calculated in step S53 in association with the date of use, and manages the history of the stamp service. .

  Subsequently, the stamp service management unit 31 of the present apparatus 1 notifies the facility side terminal 7 of the processing completion notification (step S55). Thereby, the stamp service use process is completed. Further, the stamp service management unit 31 of the present apparatus 1 refers to the stamp service utilization DB 21 and periodically acquires the facility ID and the number of stamps using the user ID as a key, and updates the stamp number management DB 22.

  In step S51, the process of transmitting the use contents from the facility side terminal 7 when the user uses an actual facility existing on the map has been described. However, the facility is a virtual facility such as a shopping mall on the Internet. When the service is operated, the stamp service use process can be performed by transmitting the information on the use contents from a server or the like that manages a shopping mall or the like.

(Stamp card display map provision processing)
Next, with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 9, the process example of this apparatus 1 at the time of providing a stamp card display map is demonstrated.

  First, the user side terminal 5 acquires the current position (latitude and longitude) measured by the GPS function, and transmits a map provision request to the facility specifying means 32 of the apparatus 1 together with the user ID (step S71).

  In addition to specifying the current position measured by the GPS function of the user-side terminal 5 as the map provision request, the name and address of the location via the condition input web page transmitted to the user-side terminal 5 To obtain a query (map designation query based on the user's operation input) by causing the user to input, etc. or displaying the map and allowing the user to specify and input a desired point on the map with a pointer such as a mouse. The location may be specified by a query.

  When the facility specifying unit 32 of the apparatus 1 receives the map provision request from the user-side terminal 5, the facility specifying unit 32 specifies the facility located on the map corresponding to the request (step S72). That is, the facility specifying unit 32 of the present apparatus 1 refers to the map DB 11 and the facility DB 12 to search for a facility located on the map including the current position of the user-side terminal 5, and acquires the corresponding facility ID. As a range for searching for a facility, for example, a range on a map display corresponding to a scale displayed by the browser of the user terminal 5 or a range based on an actual distance such as a radius within 1 km can be arbitrarily adopted.

  Subsequently, the acquisition unit 33 of the present apparatus 1 identifies the facility registered by the user in the stamp service among the facilities identified in Step S72 (Step S73). That is, the acquisition unit 33 of the present apparatus 1 refers to the stamp number management DB 22, acquires the facility ID based on the user ID, and collates it with the facility ID acquired in step S72. If the facility registered by the user in the stamp service is included, the acquisition unit 33 of the apparatus 1 refers to the stamp number management DB 22 and acquires the stamp number based on the facility ID (step S74).

  Subsequently, the stamp card generating means 34 of the apparatus 1 generates a stamp card to be displayed on the map (step S75). That is, the stamp card generating unit 34 of the apparatus 1 refers to the stamp service setting DB 23 and reads stamp card information for generating a stamp card image based on the facility ID. The stamp card generation means 34 of the apparatus 1 arranges a mark based on the mark template on the stamp card based on the card template, and generates a stamp card (see FIG. 5). As described above, the stamp card is provided with a mark area for placing a mark, and the stamp card generating unit 34 generates a stamp card by placing a number of marks corresponding to the acquired number of stamps in the mark area. To do.

  Subsequently, the map generation means 35 of the apparatus 1 generates a stamp card display map (step S76). That is, the map generation unit 35 of the present apparatus 1 superimposes the stamp card generated in step S75 on the map acquired with reference to the map DB 11 and the facility DB 12, and generates a stamp card display map. .

  Then, the map transmission means 36 of this apparatus 1 transmits the stamp card display map produced | generated by step S76 with respect to the user side terminal 5 (step S77). On the other hand, the user terminal 5 receives the stamp card display map and displays it on the browser (step S78). FIG. 10 shows a display example of a stamp card display map displayed by the browser of the user side terminal 5.

  As described above, according to the present apparatus 1, when there is a map provision request from the user-side terminal 5, the facility located on the requested map is identified, and the user stamps in the identified facility. When there is a facility registered in the service, the number of stamps given to the user by the facility is acquired. Then, as shown in FIG. 10, the stamp card 101 that displays the mark 103 corresponding to the number of stamps given to the user by the facility is generated and displayed on the map in association with the position 112 of the corresponding facility. A map 111 is generated.

  As a result, every time a user requests to provide a map, the user can grasp the existence of a facility using the stamp service at a glance by associating it with the position on the map to be requested. become. At the same time, from the display of the mark 103 corresponding to the number of stamps, the number of stamps owned by the user can be grasped at a glance by associating with the facility position 112.

  In other words, confirming the user's range of action or the location of interest without seeing the map without actively consciously grasping the existence and location of facilities registered in the stamp service. Along with the act of doing, awareness of the facility registered in the stamp service will be raised. And, it is also possible to present an index for the user to decide the action on the map, such as preferentially selecting a facility that owns a larger number of stamps, and as a result, the facility provides The use of stamp service can be promoted. Further, in another aspect, it is possible to provide a visual interest that a virtual numerical value such as the number of stamps given to the user is embodied on a map representing real geography.

  Also, as shown in FIG. 10 and FIG. 5, the reference mark area 104, which is a standard that the facility gives the user with some kind of privilege, is displayed in a different manner from the other mark areas 102. It is possible to grasp the number of stamps to be obtained and a guideline for obtaining the privilege at a glance by associating with the facility position 112, which is suitable for promoting the use of the stamp service. Further, from another aspect, the number of stamps that are insufficient until a privilege is obtained is linked to the facility position 112 based on the comparison between the mark 103 arranged in each mark area 102 and the reference mark area 104. Since it becomes clear at a glance, the user's willingness to achieve this can be stimulated and the appeal power can be enhanced.

  Further, according to the present apparatus 1, since the facility around the current position of the user terminal 5 identified by the GPS function is identified and the number of stamps that the facility has given to the user is identified, the user actually acts Along with the act of confirming the range that is being performed on the map, awareness of the facility registered in the stamp service will be raised. In addition, since the facility on the map specified by the map specification query based on the user's operation input is specified and the number of stamps that the facility has given to the user is specified, the place of interest of the user (for example, the schedule) Along with the act of examining the surroundings, awareness of facilities registered in the stamp service will be raised.

  For example, if it is a usage scene within the range of daily activities, it is possible to obtain a bird's-eye view of the number of stamps owned for each facility that is used on a daily basis simply by displaying a map. It becomes easy. On the other hand, in usage scenes that are outside the range of daily activities such as travel destinations, the frequency of use of facilities is low, so even if there is a facility with a low ownership awareness of the number of stamps, it is easy to find this Can do.

  Further, according to the present apparatus 1, among the facilities on the map, for the facility operating the virtual facility that provides the stamp service on the network, the number of stamps that the facility gives to the user on the network is also managed. Like to do. This makes it possible to grasp the existence of a real facility that provides a stamp service even in a virtual facility on the network. Accordingly, the virtual facility and the real facility can be linked via the stamp card displayed on the map, and the user using the virtual facility can be guided to the real facility.

  Further, according to the present apparatus 1, since the stamp card is generated based on the template preset according to the facility, the stamp card to be displayed on the map can be prepared according to the facility. Thus, for example, it is possible to realize the display of a stamp card reflecting the measure of the stamp service tackled by each facility, such as changing the number of mark areas and the display mode of the reference mark areas.

  The present invention has been described above by the preferred embodiments of the present invention. While the invention has been described with reference to specific embodiments, various modifications and changes may be made to the embodiments without departing from the broad spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the claims. Obviously you can. In other words, the present invention should not be construed as being limited by the details of the specific examples and the accompanying drawings.

  For example, in the present embodiment, the stamp card is displayed in association with the facility position on the map. As a technique for displaying the stamp card in association with the facility position, the stamp card is drawn from an icon indicating the facility position as shown in FIG. If you can visually grasp the association with the location of the facility, such as when displaying using a line, or overlaid on the icon indicating the location of the facility, display in any form is adopted be able to.

  In this embodiment, “stamp card information (stamp card template and mark template)” used for generating a stamp card from an image is arbitrarily set by a facility. It may be prepared in advance on the apparatus 1 side and dynamically set according to the contents of the stamp service provided by each facility. For example, the number of mark areas of the stamp card can be set based on the reference stamp number set by each facility. When the number of reference stamps is set to “10”, “15” and “30” according to the contents of the three types of benefits, a card template with 30 mark areas (the maximum number of reference stamps) It is a condition of setting. In addition, the apparatus 1 can dynamically set the mark area corresponding to the reference stamp number so that the display area is different from other mark areas. To cite the above example, a card template is set in which the mark areas corresponding to the 10th, 15th, and 30th among the 30 mark areas are displayed differently from the other mark areas. That's it. As a method of changing the display mode, it is possible to change the shape of the mark area and the color to be added to the mark area, or to add a specific character, symbol or figure to the mark area corresponding to the reference stamp number, etc. Can do. In this way, it is possible to reduce the burden of stamp card setting work performed by the facility.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Stamp service cooperation map provision apparatus 5 User side terminal 7 Facility side terminal 9 Shopping management server 11 Map database 12 Facility database 21 Stamp service database 22 Stamp number management database 23 Stamp service setting database 31 Stamp service management means 32 Facility identification means 33 Acquisition means 34 Stamp card generation means 35 Map generation means 36 Map transmission means 101 Stamp card 102 Mark area 103 Mark 104 Reference mark area 111 Stamp card display map 112 Location of facility

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Facility storage means for storing information about the facility whose position is displayed on the map;
For a facility whose position is displayed on the map, a stamp number storage means for storing a user for whom the facility provides a stamp service, and a stamp number given by the facility to the user;
In response to a request from the terminal, a facility identifying means for identifying a facility located on the map to be requested,
An acquisition unit that specifies a user based on an identifier included in the request, and acquires a stamp number given to the specified user by the facility specified by the facility specifying unit;
A stamp card generating means for generating a stamp card for displaying a mark corresponding to the number of stamps acquired by the acquiring means;
Map generating means for generating a map in which the stamp card generated by the stamp card generating means is associated with a position where the facility specified by the facility specifying means is displayed;
And a map transmission unit that transmits the map generated by the map generation unit to a terminal. The stamp card generating means
There are a plurality of areas for displaying marks, and marks corresponding to the number of stamps given to the user by the facility are arranged in the areas,
Among the plurality of areas, a stamp card in which an area corresponding to a reference stamp number as a reference for the facility specified by the facility specifying means to give some privilege to the user is displayed in a mode different from other areas is displayed. The stamp service-linked map providing device according to claim 1, wherein the stamp service-linked map providing device is generated. The facility specifying means includes
The location of the terminal specified by the location specifying function included in the request from the terminal having the location specifying function is acquired, and the facility located on the map is specified using the map including the location of the terminal as a request target. The stamp service interlocking map providing device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that The facility specifying means includes
Acquires a map specification query based on a user operation input included in a request from a terminal having an input device that accepts a user operation input, and locates the map specified by the map specification query on the map as a request target 4. The stamp service linked map providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a facility to be operated is specified. The stamp number storage means includes
Among facilities whose positions are displayed on the map, a facility having a web page that provides a stamp service to a user via a network, and a user who provides the stamp service via the web page The stamp service linked map providing device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the stamp number given by the facility to the user is stored. A setting storage means for storing a template for generating a stamp card and a mark to be displayed on the stamp card, which is set in advance according to a facility whose position is displayed on the map,
The stamp card generating means
The stamp card is generated based on the number of stamps acquired by the acquisition unit and the template stored in the setting storage unit for the facility specified by the facility specifying unit. Item 6. The stamp service linked map providing device according to any one of Items 1 to 5. In response to a request from the terminal, the computer identifies a facility located on the map to be requested;
A computer specifying a user based on an identifier included in the request, and acquiring a stamp number given to the specified user by the facility specified by the facility specifying means;
A computer generating a stamp card for displaying a mark corresponding to the number of stamps acquired by the acquisition means;
A computer generating a map in which the stamp card generated by the stamp card generating unit is associated with a position where the facility specified by the facility specifying unit is displayed; and the computer generates by the map generating unit A method of providing a stamp service-linked map, comprising: transmitting the map to the terminal. Computer
In response to a request from the terminal, a facility identifying means for identifying a facility located on the map to be requested,
An acquisition unit that specifies a user based on an identifier included in the request, and acquires a stamp number given to the specified user by the facility specified by the facility specifying unit;
A stamp card generating means for generating a stamp card for displaying a mark corresponding to the number of stamps acquired by the acquiring means;
Map generating means for generating a map in which the stamp card generated by the stamp card generating means is associated with a position where the facility specified by the facility specifying means is displayed;
A program that functions as a map transmission unit that transmits the map generated by the map generation unit to a terminal.

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