JP2011170526A - Benefit-imparting system utilizing automatic ticket gate apparatus, ticket gate device and ticket-examinee benefit selection notifying server - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a benefit-imparting system utilizing a ticket gate apparatus, allowing acquisition of a qualification to be imparted with benefit, without actually being aware, and allowing automatic reception of the benefit by passing the ticket examination device, while carrying a riding storage medium. <P>SOLUTION: A benefit-imparting system for utilizing an automatic ticket gate apparatus includes a qualification-imparting means imparting the qualification to impart the benefit, based on ticket examination information obtained by passage of a user carrying the riding storage medium through the ticket gate apparatus; a medium selection means for selecting a riding storage medium satisfying a prescribed condition from a plurality of riding storage mediums imparted by the qualification-imparting means; a benefit-association means for associating the benefit to the riding storage medium selected by the medium selection means; and a benefit-notification means for notifying the user regarding the benefit associated by the benefit association means, based on the ticket examination information of the user carrying the selected riding storage medium. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a privilege grant system, a ticket gate device, and a ticket gate privilege selection notification server using a ticket gate device that gives a privilege via a storage medium for a rider who passes a ticket gate device such as a train.

  In general, a system that grants a privilege by selecting a specific person from among a plurality of people who applied, for example, a lottery system is well known.

  However, in such a system, it is necessary to go to a predetermined place and buy a lottery ticket with a unique number. Then, it is necessary to know whether or not the number has been won. Even if the number has been won, it is necessary to go to a predetermined place in order to receive a privilege.

  In this way, there are hurdles that must be overcome in order to actually obtain the lottery benefits, and even if you want to buy and win a lottery, there are many people who do not actually buy it. Or even if you bought a lottery ticket, it took some time before the winning number was announced, and it was forgotten to know if the winning number was won. After all, many people did not buy lottery tickets.

  In addition, the system which charges a privilege (a point, money amount) to the IC card according to the boarding section etc. by having an IC card and passing an automatic ticket gate is already known (for example, patent documents 1, Patent Document 2). However, the privilege given by these systems is a general privilege, and there is a problem that it is not always possible to give an incentive to the passenger.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-45361 JP-A-11-120391

  The present invention has been made in view of the problems of the conventional privilege grant system as described above, and is actually conscious by carrying a storage medium for riding such as riding a train and passing through a ticket gate device. A privilege granting system using a ticket gate device, a ticket gate device, and a ticket gate that can automatically receive a privilege if it is selected by the side that grants the privilege based on the qualification. It aims at providing a person privilege selection notification server.

  According to claim 1 of the present invention, a qualifying means for giving a qualification to give a privilege based on ticket gate information obtained by a user having a boarding storage medium passing through the ticket gate device, and the qualifying means Medium selection means for selecting a boarding storage medium satisfying a certain condition from a plurality of the given boarding storage media, and privilege association for associating the privilege with the boarding storage medium selected by the medium selection means And a privilege notification means for notifying the user of the privilege associated by the privilege associating means based on the ticket information of the user possessing the selected boarding storage medium. A privilege granting system using an automatic ticket gate characterized by comprising:

  In addition, according to claim 5, a user who possesses the boarding storage medium is given a qualification to give a privilege based on the ticket gate information obtained by passing through the ticket gate device, and a plurality of the qualifying vehicles From the storage medium, a boarding storage medium that satisfies a certain condition is selected, the privilege is associated with the selected boarding storage medium, and the associated boarder is held in the selected boarding storage medium. A ticket gate device used in a privilege granting system that uses a ticket gate device that notifies and grants the user based on the ticket information of the user who has passed, and passes a user who has a storage medium for boarding It has a ticket gate mechanism section and a ticket gate information processing section for obtaining ticket gate information from the boarding storage medium when the user passes through the ticket gate mechanism section.

According to claim 6, a user who has a boarding storage medium is qualified to give a privilege based on ticket gate information obtained by passing through the ticket gate device, and a plurality of the qualified vehicles for riding are provided. From the storage medium, a boarding storage medium that satisfies a certain condition is selected, the privilege is associated with the selected boarding storage medium, and the associated boarder is held in the selected boarding storage medium. A ticketer privilege selection notification server used in a privilege granting system using a ticketing device, which is notified and granted to the user based on the ticketing information of the user,
Ticket gate information storage means for storing a plurality of ticket gate information, and a qualification for granting a privilege based on the ticket gate information stored by the ticket gate information storage means, and from a plurality of the qualified storage media Medium selection means for selecting a boarding storage medium that satisfies a certain condition, privilege association means for associating the privilege with the boarding storage medium selected by the medium selection means, and the association means associated with the privilege And a privilege grant notification means for notifying the user of the boarding storage medium that the privilege is granted.

  According to the present invention, by possessing a boarding storage medium and passing through the ticket gate device, a qualification to be granted a privilege without actually being conscious is obtained, and the qualification is selected based on the qualification. Then, a privilege granting system using a ticket gate device, a ticket gate device, and a ticket gate privilege selection notification server that can automatically receive a privilege can be obtained.

1 is an overall view of a privilege grant system using a ticket gate device according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram of an example of the ticket gate apparatus in embodiment shown in FIG. It is a block diagram of an example of the bidder privilege selection notification part in embodiment shown in FIG. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, it is a figure which shows an example of the input screen of the commuter pass application form which is an example of the storage medium for boarding. It is a figure for demonstrating operation | movement of embodiment shown in FIG.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.

  The configuration of a privilege grant system according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG. A privilege granting system 10 that uses this ticket gate device includes a bidder privilege selection device 11 that is in the center and selects a bidder and a privilege, ticket gate devices 12a, 12b, 12c, and 12d provided at each station, and these ticket gate devices. Ticket gate information management units 13 and 14 for sending bid information read from the boarding recording medium to the bidder privilege selection device 11. The boarding storage medium is, for example, a commuter pass IC card. Here, the bid information is a medium number (ID) of the boarding storage medium, information related to the bidder (name, address, etc.), bid station, bid time information, and information about the getting-off station. When the user passes the ticket gate device to get on the train, the user is entitled to the privilege described later.

  In the present invention, the ticket gate information is information obtained when passing through the ticket gate device, and includes bid information obtained from the boarding storage medium at the time of bidding and ticket issuing information obtained from the boarding storage medium at the time of bidding.

  The ticket gate devices 12a, 12b, 12c, and 12d (hereinafter collectively referred to as 12) carry a boarding storage medium, for example, a boarding IC card as shown in FIG. A ticket gate mechanism unit 21 through which the person)) enters and exits the station premises, and when a boarding storage medium passes through the ticket gate mechanism unit 21, information such as information relating to train users wirelessly is exchanged between the vehicle and the ticket gate mechanism unit 21. A ticket gate information processing unit 22 that performs signal transmission / reception of information and also transmits / receives signals to / from the ticket gate information management unit 13 by radio, for example.

  The bidder privilege selection notification unit 11 includes a bid information storage unit 31 that acquires bid information obtained in the ticket gate information processing unit 22 of each station from the ticket gate information management units 13 and 14 of the station, and a bid obtained from the bid information storage unit 31. A bidder selection unit 32 that selects a specific bidder based on a certain standard, and a disembarkation station-related privilege in which a privilege related to this station is stored using the disembarkation station obtained from the bid information as a key The privilege acquirer (winner) selected by the bidder selection unit 32 with the database (DB) 33, the privilege selection unit 34 that selects a privilege from the DB 33, and the privilege related to the getting-off station selected by the privilege selection unit 34 The winner notification unit 35 for notifying the player is provided. This bidder privilege selection notification unit 11 is usually located in the center and is configured as a bidder privilege selection notification server.

  For a boarding storage medium (for example, a commuter pass) possessed by a train user, for example, personal information, a commuter pass section, and contact information are input at a network terminal (not shown) having the screen shown in FIG. It can be purchased in advance by paying a predetermined amount. When purchasing a commuter pass, first enter your name and address, and enter two boarding stations as the commuter pass section. Further, as a notification means, for example, a mobile mail address, an e-mail address, a mobile phone number, a fixed phone number, and the above address are displayed so as to be selectable. Enter this information and select one of them. A person (winner) who is given a privilege as will be described later is notified of the winning by the selected notification means. In the example shown in FIG. 4, the mobile mail address is selected as the notification means.

  Next, the operation of the system of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. A train user possesses a boarding storage medium, enters from a ticket gate device at station A (bidder), and exits from a ticket gate device at station B (bidder). In this embodiment, information (bidding information) at the time of bidding is used, and if the mobile mail address is selected as the notification means, the winning is confirmed as a mobile mail on the mobile phone of the winner by the time of bid. Sent.

  First, in step S501, a train user who has purchased a commuter pass that is a boarding storage medium on the screen shown in FIG. 4 possesses the boarding storage medium and passes, for example, the ticket gate mechanism unit 21 of the ticket gate apparatus 12a. Enter the station A. When the boarding storage medium passes through the ticket gate mechanism unit 21, personal information (name, address, etc.) of the bidder and bid information such as the boarding station and the getting-off station are sent to the ticket gate information processing unit 22 (step S502). The sent bid information is wirelessly transmitted from the ticket gate information processing unit 22 to the ticket gate information management unit 13 at each station (step S503).

  Next, in step S504, the bid information transmitted to the ticket gate information management unit 13 is sent to the bidder privilege selection notification unit 11.

  In this way, bid information is sent to the bidder privilege selection notification unit 11 and stored in the bid information storage unit 31 in the bidder privilege selection notification unit 11.

  The bid information storage unit 31 counts the number of bidders as the number of bid information, and when it reaches a predetermined number, for example, 1000 people (Y in step S505), this is detected and is one of the bid information. 1000 medium numbers of the boarding storage medium are sent to the bidder selection unit 32. The bidder selection unit 32 selects one at random directly from the medium number, for example, according to a predetermined criterion.

  This selection criterion may not be directly selected by the medium number, but may be indirectly selected based on personal information such as the name and address, or a certain criterion regarding the boarding station or the getting-off station. Regarding the number of people, it is possible to count not only the total number of people who bid at all stations but also the number of users who bid (or tender) at a specific station or a specific ticket gate. In addition, it is possible to give a privilege to all users who pass through the ticket gate device, and in this case, it is also selected. In addition, depending on the privilege, the user may be measured only with the bill.

  If the number of bidders has not reached the predetermined number (N in S505), the process returns to step S501 to continue acquiring bid information from each ticket gate device and storing it in the bid information acquisition unit 31.

  As described above, when the selected medium number is specified, the train passenger who has the storage medium for boarding that medium number is the winner. When the winner is selected by the bidder selection unit 32, the information is sent to the bid information storage unit 31, and the bid information storage unit 31 specifies the getting-off station from the medium number of the corresponding boarding storage medium (step) S507).

  The information on the getting-off station is sent from the bid information storage unit 31 to the getting-off station related privilege DB 33, and the getting-off station related privilege DB 33 searches for an event related to the getting-off station by using the getting-off station as a key. The searched event is sent to the privilege selection unit 34 as privilege information. When there are a plurality of the events described above, for example, one of them is selected by the privilege selection unit 34.

  Information on the privilege selected by the privilege selection unit 34 is sent to the winner notification unit 35. On the other hand, information on the user (winner) selected by the bidder selection unit 32 is also sent to the winner notification unit 35. The user (winner) selected here is associated with the privilege.

  The winner notification unit 35 is notified of the fact that the winner has been won based on the bid information stored in the bid information storage unit 31 of the winner, by means of notification according to the desire shown in FIG. Thereafter, the winner can get out of the premises through the ticket gate device 12d at the B station shown in FIG.

  For example, if the award is a free admission ticket for an event held at the getting-off station or its coupon, and the winner uses the mobile mail address as a notification means, the winner will be won before the arrival at the getting-off station. The ticket can be attached to a mobile phone mail of a person's mobile phone. Therefore, the winner can obtain an unexpected privilege that is convenient for him before the event starts.

  As a notification means, if it is possible to receive an e-mail for a personal computer with a mobile phone, it becomes possible to obtain a special ticket or the like in real time. Even when the mobile phone number is used as a notification means, the winner can be notified before the event starts.

  Although it is late, the winner can be notified by the landline that the privilege has been given. When the notification means is mail to the above address, the notification is further delayed, but the winner can be notified.

  In the above embodiment, there are five means for notifying the winner. However, the notification means is not limited to these means, and any means may be used as long as it can notify the winner.

  In the above embodiment, the winner of the privilege is determined based on the bid information obtained at the time of bidding from the train user who possesses the storage medium for boarding. In this way, it is possible to notify the winners before they arrive at the exit station by e-mail means such as mobile mail or by mobile phone, etc., and the winners can get benefits such as events related to the exit station at the exit station. There is an advantage that you can enjoy immediately. However, in the present invention, when a train user leaves the ticket gate apparatus, it is also possible to make a person eligible for privilege provision. In short, a user who has passed through the ticket gate apparatus becomes a person eligible for privilege grant. In this case, the information obtained by passing through the ticket gate device is ticket gate information.

  In the said embodiment, the thing relevant to alighting station was made into a privilege. However, the present invention is not limited to such benefits. For example, a product can be sent to a winner. In this case, it becomes possible to send the product as the privilege to the address of the application form entered when purchasing the storage medium for boarding. In such a case, if an e-mail address or telephone number is entered in the notification means, it can be used for notification of winning and for notification of when to ship.

  In addition, since a privilege can be associated with a winner using a boarding storage medium as a tag, it can be a privilege for any item, whether tangible or intangible. Therefore, products sold at department stores and convenience stores, tickets such as event admission tickets, data and programs that can be used on mobile phones and PCs (Personal Computer), transfer of money by bank transfer and specific services The right to receive can be considered.

  In the present embodiment, an example in which the privilege is selected by the privilege selection unit 34 has been described. However, the privilege may be selected by a bidder. In this case, for example, a bidder selects a privilege on a WEB site where information in the bidder privilege selection notification unit 11 can be referred.

  Further, as a privilege, a predetermined amount may be charged to the boarding storage medium. In this case, when the winning person leaves the ticket gate at the getting-off station, he can charge the board storage medium, and the winner will be notified by the desired notification means. When the boarding storage medium has a function that can be used for shopping and the like, there is an advantage that a privilege can be easily enjoyed.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to the entrance / exit by the ticket gate device for entering / exiting the train premises has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to a train, and can be applied to a privilege grant system that uses a ticket gate device when bidding or issuing a ticket in a general ticket gate device.

  In the said embodiment, the bidder privilege selection notification part 11 was comprised as a bidder privilege selection notification server. Considering not only bidding but also the case of ticketing, it is generally configured as a ticket gate benefit selection notification server.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment and can be implemented with various modifications. These modifications are also included in the present invention as long as the technical idea of the present invention is used.

10 ... Bonus grant system,
11 .... Bidder benefits selection notification section,
12a, 12b, 12c, 12d... Ticket gate device,
13, 14... Ticket gate information management unit,
21... Ticket gate mechanism
22 .... Ticket information processing department,
31 ... Bid information storage unit,
32 ... Bidder selection part,
33 .... Disembarkation station related privilege database (DB),
34 .. Benefit selection part,
35... Winner notification section.

Claims (6)

A qualifying means for giving a qualification to give a privilege based on ticket gate information obtained by a user having a boarding storage medium passing through the ticket gate device;
Medium selecting means for selecting a boarding storage medium satisfying a certain condition from the plurality of boarding storage media given by the qualifying means;
Privilege association means for associating the privilege with the board storage medium selected by the medium selection means;
A privilege notifying means for notifying and granting the privilege associated by the privilege associating means to the user based on the ticket information of the user possessing the selected storage medium for boarding;
A privilege granting system using a ticket gate device characterized by comprising:   2. The privilege granting system using a ticket gate device according to claim 1, wherein the notifying unit is a notifying unit selected by the user when the storage medium for boarding is acquired in advance.   3. The ticket gate apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the qualifying means grants the qualification based on bid information obtained by a user who has a boarding storage medium bidding on the ticket gate apparatus. Privilege grant system.   2. The boarding storage medium is a commuter pass, and the bid information includes information on a boarding and alighting station in a regular section, and the privilege is a privilege related to the getting-off station. 4. A privilege granting system using the ticket gate apparatus according to any one of items 3 to 3. A user who possesses a boarding storage medium is entitled to grant a privilege based on ticketing information obtained by passing through the ticketing device, and satisfies a certain condition from the plurality of boarding storage media that are given the qualification. The boarding storage medium is selected, the privilege is associated with the selected boarding storage medium, and the associated bonus is added to the ticket gate information of the user who possesses the selected boarding storage medium. It is a ticket gate device used in a privilege granting system using a ticket gate device, which is notified and granted to this user based on,
A ticket gate mechanism for passing a user who has a storage medium for boarding;
A ticket gate information processing unit for obtaining ticket gate information from the riding storage medium when the user passes through the ticket gate mechanism unit;
A ticket gate apparatus characterized by comprising: A user who possesses a boarding storage medium is entitled to grant a privilege based on ticketing information obtained by passing through the ticketing device, and satisfies a certain condition from the plurality of boarding storage media that are given the qualification. The boarding storage medium is selected, the privilege is associated with the selected boarding storage medium, and the associated bonus is added to the ticket gate information of the user who possesses the selected boarding storage medium. It is a ticket gate privilege selection notification server used in the privilege grant system using the ticket gate device, which is notified to the user based on the ticket grant device,
Ticket gate information storage means for storing a plurality of ticket gate information;
Media selection that gives a qualification to give a privilege based on the ticket information stored by the ticket information storage means, and selects a storage medium that satisfies a certain condition from the plurality of the storage media that have been qualified Means,
Privilege association means for associating the privilege with the board storage medium selected by the medium selection means;
Privilege grant notification means for notifying the user of the boarding storage medium correlated by the correlation means to grant the privilege;
It has a ticket gate privilege selection notification server.