JP2012174056A - Electronic coupon utilization system, service platform, store server and electronic coupon use propriety determination method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic coupon utilization system, a service platform, a store server, and an electronic coupon use propriety determination method capable of exactly authenticating a person who utilizes a coupon.SOLUTION: An electronic coupon utilization system includes: an electronic coupon holding part 30 which holds an electronic coupon to be used for receiving privilege at a store; a transmission part 40 which transmits position information on a vehicle which is driven by a user who receives the privilege, and the electronic coupon to be held in the electronic coupon holding part 30 to a store server 50 at the store; and an authentication part 60 which permits the user to receive the privilege at the store by using the electronic coupon when the vehicle is at a predetermined position, and does not permit the user to receive the privilege at the store by using the electronic coupon when the vehicle is not at the predetermined position.

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic coupon usage system, a service platform, a store server, and an electronic coupon use determination method, and more particularly to an electronic coupon use system, a service platform, a store server, and an electronic coupon use determination method using vehicle position information.

  In order to increase consumers' willingness to purchase, services that distribute coupon coupons that can receive discounts and the like at each store are in widespread use. Generally, a consumer can receive services such as discounts at a store by handing coupons printed on paper to the store clerk at the store. On the other hand, with the advancement of information communication technology, services using electronic coupons (hereinafter referred to as electronic coupons) are also being performed.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a method of using an electronic coupon using a car navigation and a mobile phone terminal. The car navigation and the mobile phone terminal communicate using infrared rays. Car navigation searches the route to the destination. Furthermore, the car navigation system transmits store information on the searched route to the mobile phone terminal by infrared communication. Based on the store information received from the car navigation, the mobile phone terminal accesses the store server of the store via the Internet line and receives the electronic coupon of the store. Thereby, the user of the mobile phone terminal can receive a discount service or the like by showing the electronic coupon displayed on the display to the store clerk.

  Patent Document 2 discloses a method of using an electronic coupon using car navigation and a mobile phone terminal, as in Patent Document 1. The car navigation system and the mobile phone terminal communicate with each other using Bluetooth. When a route search to the destination is performed using car navigation, a store list on the route is generated according to the popularity of the souvenir stores. By selecting a store on the store list, the user receives coupon information issued at the store in the car navigation. Further, the user can store coupon information in the mobile phone terminal by performing communication between the car navigation and the mobile phone terminal using Bluetooth.

  Patent Document 3 discloses a system in which an information distribution vehicle transmits coupon information to a user vehicle using inter-vehicle communication. The user vehicle holds the coupon information received in this way. Furthermore, the user vehicle receives a coupon ID transmitted from the store, and determines whether there is coupon information corresponding to the received coupon ID. When there is coupon information corresponding to the coupon ID received from the store, the user vehicle transmits the stored coupon information to the store server. Thereby, the user boarding the user vehicle can receive a discount service or the like.

JP 2004-294310 A JP 2009-168567 A JP 2008-191905 A

  However, in the method of using the electronic coupon disclosed in Patent Documents 1 and 2, it is necessary to transmit the electronic coupon received in the car navigation to the mobile phone terminal. Therefore, it is necessary for the user to show the clerk the mobile phone terminal on which the electronic coupon is displayed on the display unit at the time of payment. In this case, the user needs to get out of the vehicle and show the mobile phone terminal to the store clerk. Alternatively, even when the user transmits the electronic coupon received at the mobile phone terminal to a store server or the like, the user must perform an operation of transmitting the electronic coupon.

  On the other hand, the utilization method of the electronic coupon currently disclosed by patent document 3 can transmit coupon information directly to a store server from a user vehicle. Thereby, the user does not need to get off the vehicle and does not need to operate the mobile phone terminal. However, in the method of using an electronic coupon disclosed in Patent Document 3, a person who has not visited the store transmits the coupon ID and coupon information to the store by illegally obtaining the coupon ID transmitted from the store. can do. Thereby, even when a user who does not have coupon information visits a store, there is a possibility that a service such as discount by coupon information can be received. Thus, in the usage method of the electronic coupon currently disclosed by patent document 3, there exists a problem that the authentication of the person who uses a coupon is inadequate.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic coupon use system, a service platform, a store server, and an electronic coupon use availability determination method capable of accurately authenticating a person who uses a coupon in order to solve such a problem. To do.

  The electronic coupon utilization system according to the first aspect of the present invention includes an electronic coupon holding means for holding an electronic coupon used for receiving a privilege in a store, position information of a vehicle driven by the user receiving the privilege, The transmission means for transmitting the electronic coupon held in the electronic coupon holding means to the store server of the store, and when the vehicle is at a predetermined position, the user uses the electronic coupon to benefit the store And authenticating means for not permitting the user to receive a privilege at the store using the electronic coupon when the vehicle is not in a predetermined position.

  A service platform according to a second aspect of the present invention includes: an electronic coupon holding unit that holds an electronic coupon used for receiving a privilege at a store; and a store server of the store, wherein the vehicle is set according to the position of the vehicle. In order to determine whether the driving user can receive a privilege at the store using the electronic coupon, the position information of the vehicle and the electronic coupon held in the electronic coupon holding unit are And a transmission unit that transmits to the store server.

  The store server according to the third aspect of the present invention includes a position information of a vehicle driven by a user who receives a privilege using an electronic coupon used to receive a privilege in the store, a receiving unit that receives the electronic coupon, When the vehicle is at a predetermined position, the user is allowed to receive a privilege at the store using the electronic coupon, and when the vehicle is not at a predetermined position, the user And an authentication unit that does not permit the use of an electronic coupon to receive a privilege at the store.

  The electronic coupon use availability determination method according to the fourth aspect of the present invention receives the position information of the vehicle driven by the user receiving the privilege using the electronic coupon used to receive the privilege in the store, and the electronic coupon. Step, when the vehicle is at a predetermined position, the user is allowed to receive a privilege at the store using the electronic coupon, and when the vehicle is not at a predetermined position, Determining whether or not an electronic coupon is allowed to be used that does not permit the user to receive a privilege at the store using the electronic coupon.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an electronic coupon usage system, a service platform, a store server, and an electronic coupon usage determination method that can accurately authenticate a person who uses a coupon.

It is a block diagram of the electronic coupon utilization system concerning Embodiment 1. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a service platform according to a first exemplary embodiment; 1 is a configuration diagram of a store server according to a first embodiment; It is a sequence diagram of the electronic coupon acquisition process concerning Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a sequence diagram of the electronic coupon acquisition process concerning Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a flowchart in the case of using the electronic coupon concerning Embodiment 1. FIG.

(Embodiment 1)
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The structural example of the electronic coupon utilization system concerning Embodiment 1 of this invention is demonstrated using FIG. The electronic coupon utilization system includes a vehicle 10, a service platform (service PF) 20, and a store server 50. The service PF 20 is configured by a computer device or the like. The service PF 20 includes an electronic coupon holding unit 30 and a transmission unit 40. The store server 50 has an authentication unit 60. Here, the electronic coupon holding unit 30 is a means for holding an electronic coupon, and the transmission unit 40 is a means for transmitting an electronic coupon or the like held in the electronic coupon holding unit 30 to the store server 50, and an authentication unit. Reference numeral 60 denotes a means for determining whether or not a user driving the vehicle 10 can receive a privilege using an electronic coupon.

  Moreover, in FIG. 1, although the electronic coupon holding | maintenance part 30 and the transmission part 40 are provided in service PF20, you may be provided in another apparatus. Similarly, the authentication unit 60 is provided in the store server 50, but may be provided in another device.

  The vehicle 10 and the service PF 20 are connected via a communication line such as an Internet line. Specifically, the communication device mounted on the vehicle 10 and the service PF 20 are connected via a communication line. The vehicle 10 is connected to a communication line using wireless communication. For wireless communication, a mobile communication network provided by a mobile phone operator or the like may be used, or a wireless LAN or the like may be used. The service PF 20 is connected to a communication line using wired communication or wireless communication. The service PF 20 and the store server 50 are also connected via a communication line such as the Internet line. The service PF 20 and the store server 50 are connected to a communication line using wired communication or wireless communication.

  The electronic coupon holding unit 30 holds an electronic coupon used to receive a privilege at a store. Further, the electronic coupon holding unit 30 holds an electronic coupon used by a user who drives the vehicle 10. A privilege at a store is a discount service, a service provided uniquely at the store, or the like. The electronic coupon is displayed on the display unit of the computer device without being printed on paper, and is confirmed by a store clerk, a user who receives a privilege, or the like. The computer device includes a personal computer (PC), a server device, a mobile communication device, a car navigation system, or the like.

  The transmission unit 40 transmits the position information of the vehicle driven by the user who receives the store privilege and the electronic coupon held in the electronic coupon holding unit 30 to the store server 50. For example, the position information may be latitude and longitude information of a vehicle equipped with a GPS system, and may be address information corresponding to the latitude and longitude information of the vehicle. Further, the service PF 20 may receive position information from the vehicle periodically, and the user who operates the vehicle 10 operates the communication device mounted on the vehicle 10 to obtain the position information at an arbitrary timing. You may transmit to service PF20. The transmission unit 40 transmits the electronic coupon held in the electronic coupon holding unit 30 to the store server 50 together with the position information received from the vehicle 10.

  When the vehicle 10 is at a predetermined position, the authentication unit 60 allows the user who drives the vehicle 10 to receive a privilege at the store using the electronic coupon, and the vehicle 10 is at the predetermined position. If not, the user who drives the vehicle 10 authenticates the user who receives the privilege at the store, not allowing the user to receive the privilege at the store using the electronic coupon. The predetermined position may be, for example, an area within a range of several meters or tens of meters away from the store. Alternatively, the predetermined position may be, for example, a place where an account is made when a drive-through service is provided in which a user can make an account while riding a car.

  As described above, when the electronic coupon utilization system in FIG. 1 is used, the authentication unit 60 can determine whether or not the electronic coupon can be used using the position information of the vehicle 10. Thereby, the use of the electronic coupon can be permitted only when the vehicle 10 is in the vicinity of the store. Therefore, the store server 50 can accurately specify a user who has visited the store with the intention of using the electronic coupon.

  Next, a detailed configuration example of the service PF 20 according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The service PF 20 includes a car navigation gateway (car navigation GW) 21, a PC / mobile terminal gateway (PC / mobile terminal GW) 22, user folders 31 to 33, and a transmission unit 40. The user folders 31 to 33 each have an electronic coupon holding unit 30. In FIG. 2, only the user folder 31 is described as having the electronic coupon holding unit 30, but the user folder 32 and the user folder 33 similarly have the electronic coupon holding unit 30. Moreover, the user folders 31-33 are produced | generated in the service PF20 by the number of users using an electronic coupon utilization system. The number of users who can use the electronic coupon usage system using the service PF 20 is determined by the upper limit value of the memory or the CPU (Central Processing Unit) usage rate in the service PF 20.

  The car navigation GW 21 communicates with the car navigation mounted on the vehicle 10. The car navigation GW 21 communicates with the car navigation via a communication line such as the Internet line. The car navigation has a wireless LAN function or the like in order to connect to a communication line. Alternatively, when the communication line is a mobile communication network or the like provided by a mobile communication provider, the communication line has a function of performing communication using a wireless standard defined in the mobile communication network. The car navigation establishes a session with the car navigation GW 21 and communicates with the service PF 20.

  The car navigation GW 21 receives, from the car navigation, the position information of the vehicle equipped with the car navigation and the car navigation ID for identifying the car navigation. The car navigation GW 21 outputs position information to the user folder corresponding to the received car navigation ID. The car navigation ID and the user folder are associated with each other one to one. In this figure, the car navigation ID transmitted from the car navigation mounted on the vehicle 10 will be described as being associated with the user folder 31.

  The PC / mobile terminal GW 22 communicates with a personal computer (PC), a mobile terminal, and the like. The mobile terminal includes a mobile phone, a smartphone terminal, a PHS terminal, and the like. The PC / portable terminal GW 22 communicates with a mobile phone terminal or the like via a communication line such as the Internet line. It is assumed that the user who operates the mobile phone terminal and the like and the user who drives the vehicle 10 are the same person. Therefore, a user who operates a mobile phone terminal or the like sets a car navigation ID for identifying a car navigation mounted on the vehicle 10 as an identifier for identifying the user, and accesses the PC / mobile terminal GW22. Good. Thereby, the user folder associated with the car navigation ID can be accessed. Alternatively, the user may access the PC / mobile terminal GW 22 using a user ID for identifying the user associated with the user folder. Further, the PC / mobile terminal GW 22 may manage the user ID and the car navigation ID in association with each other, convert the received user ID into the car navigation ID, and access the corresponding user folder.

  The user folders 31 to 33 are areas allocated for each user who uses the electronic coupon usage system. The user folder 31 is an area assigned to a user who drives the vehicle 10. The electronic coupon used by the user driving the vehicle 10 is held in the electronic coupon holding unit 30 in the user folder 31.

  The electronic coupon holding unit 30 holds an electronic coupon used by a user who drives the vehicle 10. For example, the electronic coupon is held in the electronic coupon holding unit 30 as follows in cooperation with the car navigation and the service PF 20. The user sets a destination using car navigation and searches for a route to the destination. In the car navigation, when a destination is set, information on the destination (hereinafter referred to as spot information) is transmitted to the service PF 20. The spot information includes access destination information of a store server of the destination store. The electronic coupon holding unit 30 accesses the store server based on the access destination information of the store server included in the spot information. When there is coupon information in the store server, the electronic coupon holding unit 30 acquires and holds the coupon information.

  Or an electronic coupon is hold | maintained at the electronic coupon holding | maintenance part 30 as follows in cooperation with PC or a portable terminal, and service PF20. The PC or the mobile terminal accesses the store server 50 of the store serving as the destination via the Internet line or the like. In that case, when there is coupon information in the store server 50, the PC or the portable terminal acquires the coupon information and holds it in the PC or the portable terminal. Next, the PC or the mobile terminal accesses the electronic coupon holding unit 30 of the user folder 31 via the PC / mobile terminal GW22 and stores the held coupon information.

  In addition, the electronic coupon holding unit 30 receives the position information of the vehicle 10 via the car navigation GW21. Furthermore, the electronic coupon holding unit 30 outputs the car navigation ID or user ID, the position information of the vehicle 10, and the electronic coupon to the transmission unit 40. Here, the electronic coupon holding unit 30 may output position information and the like to the transmission unit 40 when notified from the car navigation that the vehicle has arrived at the destination store.

  The transmission unit 40 transmits the electronic coupon output from the electronic coupon holding unit 30 and the position information of the vehicle 10 to the store server 50. Furthermore, the transmission unit 40 also transmits the car navigation ID or user ID associated with the user folder 31 to the store server 50.

  Then, the structural example of the store server 50 concerning Embodiment 1 of this invention is demonstrated using FIG. The store server 50 includes an electronic coupon issuing unit 51, a database (DB) 52, and an authentication unit 60. Since the authentication part 60 is the same as the authentication part 60 in FIG. 1, detailed description is abbreviate | omitted. Further, a personal computer (PC) 70 is connected to the store server 50 in order to confirm the processing result in the store server 50.

  The electronic coupon issuing unit 51 issues an electronic coupon that can be used in the store. The electronic coupon issue unit 51 issues an electronic coupon based on an electronic coupon issue request transmitted from the service PF 20 or an electronic coupon issue request transmitted from a PC or a portable terminal. The electronic coupon issuing unit 51 transmits the issued electronic coupon to the service PF 20, PC, or portable terminal that transmitted the electronic coupon issue request.

  When receiving the electronic coupon issue request transmitted from the service PF 20, the electronic coupon issuing unit 51 also receives the car navigation ID. The electronic coupon issuing unit 51 stores the received car navigation ID in the DB 52. Moreover, when receiving the electronic coupon issue request from the PC or the portable terminal, the electronic coupon issue unit 51 may also receive the user ID. In this case, the electronic coupon issuing unit 51 stores the received user ID in the DB 52.

  The authentication unit 60 receives the electronic coupon and the position information of the vehicle 10 from the service PF20. Further, the authentication unit 60 receives a car navigation ID or a user ID from the service PF 20. The authentication unit 60 outputs the received electronic coupon to the PC 70 and displays it on the display unit of the PC 70. Further, the authentication unit 60 determines whether or not the received car navigation ID or user ID matches the car navigation ID or user ID stored in the DB 52. Further, the authentication unit 60 determines whether or not the received position information of the vehicle 10 indicates a predetermined position, such as indicating the location of the store. The authentication unit 60 may output the electronic coupon to the PC 70 after the determination process described above is completed and display the electronic coupon on the display unit of the PC 70.

  The authentication unit 60 determines that the received car navigation ID or the like matches the car navigation ID or the like stored in the DB 52, and that the received position information of the vehicle 10 indicates a predetermined position. In this case, the use of the electronic coupon by the user driving the vehicle 10 is permitted. The authentication unit 60 outputs information indicating that the use of the electronic coupon is permitted to the PC 70. As a result, the store clerk operating the PC 70 can confirm that the user driving the vehicle 10 can use the electronic coupon. Therefore, a user who is driving the vehicle 10 can receive a discount service using an electronic coupon without getting off the vehicle or presenting a coupon to a store clerk when performing a drive-through transaction. .

  Further, the authentication unit 60 does not recognize that the received car navigation ID or the like does not match the car navigation ID or the like stored in the DB 52 or that the received position information of the vehicle 10 does not indicate a predetermined position. When it determines, use of the electronic coupon by the user who is driving the vehicle 10 is not permitted.

  Next, a flow of electronic coupon acquisition processing using car navigation according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. First, the car navigation searches for a route to a destination store (S1). Next, car navigation transmits the spot information of the shop used as the destination to service PF20 (S2). The spot information includes access destination information of a store server of the destination store. The car navigation also transmits the car navigation ID together with the spot information to the service PF20.

  Next, the service PF 20 accesses the store server based on the access destination information of the store server included in the spot information, and makes an acquisition request for an electronic coupon (S3). The service PF 20 also transmits the car navigation ID received from the car navigation when making an electronic coupon acquisition request. Next, the store server 50 stores the received car navigation ID in the DB 52 (S4). Next, the electronic coupon issuing unit 51 of the store server 50 issues an electronic coupon based on the electronic coupon acquisition request, and transmits the electronic coupon to the service PF 20 (S5). Next, the service PF 20 stores the received electronic coupon in the electronic coupon holding unit 30 (S6).

  Then, the flow of the electronic coupon acquisition process using PC or a portable terminal concerning Embodiment 1 of this invention is demonstrated using FIG. In the description of FIG. 5, an example using a portable terminal will be described. First, the mobile terminal transmits an electronic coupon acquisition request to the store server 50 via a communication line such as an Internet line (S11). The portable terminal also transmits the user ID together with the electronic coupon acquisition request.

  Next, the store server 50 stores the received user ID in the DB 52 (S12). Next, the electronic coupon issuing unit 51 of the store server 50 issues an electronic coupon based on the electronic coupon acquisition request, and transmits the electronic coupon to the mobile terminal (S13). Next, the mobile terminal transmits the received electronic coupon to the service PF 20 (S14). The service PF 20 receives the electronic coupon via the PC / portable terminal GW 22 and stores it in the electronic coupon holding unit 30 (S15).

  Then, the flow of the process which uses an electronic coupon is demonstrated in the shop server concerning Embodiment 1 of this invention using FIG. First, the authentication unit 60 receives the position information, the car navigation ID, and the electronic coupon of the vehicle 10 from the service PF 20 (S21). Here, the authentication unit 60 may receive a user ID instead of the car navigation ID.

  Next, the authentication unit 60 determines whether or not the received car navigation ID matches the car navigation ID stored in the DB 52 (S22). If the authentication unit 60 determines in step S22 that the car navigation IDs match, the authentication unit 60 determines whether the received position information matches a predetermined position (S23). Further, the authentication unit 60 may determine whether or not the received position information exists within a predetermined area. If it is determined in step S23 that the position information matches, the authentication unit 60 outputs a notification to the effect that the use of the electronic coupon is permitted to the PC connected to the store server 50 (S24).

  If the authentication unit 60 determines in step S22 that the car navigation IDs do not match, the authentication unit 60 outputs a notification that the use of the electronic coupon is not permitted to the PC connected to the store server 50 (S25). The authentication unit 60 also outputs a notification to the effect that the use of the electronic coupon is not permitted to the PC connected to the store server 50 even when it is determined in step S23 that the position information does not match. (S25). Here, step S23 may be executed before step S22 with respect to the processing order of step S22 and step S23.

  As described above, by using the electronic coupon utilization system according to the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, it is determined whether or not the electronic coupon can be used in the store using the position information of the vehicle 10. Can do. Therefore, only the person who visited the store and presented the electronic coupon can use the electronic coupon. Thereby, it can prevent that the person who came remotely without having an electronic coupon uses an electronic coupon by transmitting the electronic coupon to a store server by the person who is remote. In other words, the store server can accurately specify what uses the electronic coupon and what transmits the electronic coupon.

  In addition, since the service PF 20 connected between the vehicle 10 and the store server 50 has the electronic coupon holding unit 30, the electronic coupon acquired by the PC, the portable terminal, or the like is centrally managed on the service PF. be able to. Thereby, electronic coupons can be easily collected and used.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be changed as appropriate without departing from the spirit of the present invention. For example, a server device other than the store server 50 may include the authentication unit 60. By doing in this way, for example, when one company conducts business using a plurality of stores, authentication processing in the plurality of stores can be collectively executed in one server device. Thereby, the processing burden of each store server is reduced, and further, the cost can be reduced by not providing the authentication unit.

10 Vehicle 20 Service PF
21 Car Navigation GW
22 PC / mobile terminal GW
30 electronic coupon holding unit 31 user folder 32 user folder 33 user folder 40 transmitting unit 50 store server 51 electronic coupon issuing unit 52 DB
60 Authentication part 70 PC

Claims (8)

An electronic coupon holding means for holding an electronic coupon used to receive a privilege in a store;
Transmission means for transmitting the position information of the vehicle driven by the user receiving the privilege and the electronic coupon held in the electronic coupon holding means to the store server of the store;
When the vehicle is at a predetermined position, the user is allowed to receive a privilege at the store using the electronic coupon, and when the vehicle is not at the predetermined position, the user An electronic coupon utilization system comprising: an authentication unit that does not permit the use of a coupon to receive a privilege at the store. An electronic coupon issuing means for issuing the electronic coupon that can be used in the store;
The electronic coupon holding means is
A communication device that receives the electronic coupon from the electronic coupon issuing means that issues an electronic coupon of a store set as a destination using a car navigation system mounted on the vehicle, or that accesses the electronic coupon issuing means. The electronic coupon utilization system according to claim 1, wherein the electronic coupon is received via the electronic coupon. The electronic coupon issuing means is:
When issuing the electronic coupon, storing identification information for identifying the car navigation or the communication device,
The electronic coupon holding means is
Holding the electronic coupon issued by the electronic coupon issuing means,
The transmission means includes
The identification information is transmitted to the store together with the electronic coupon held by the electronic coupon holding means,
The authentication means includes
Using the stored identification information and the identification information transmitted from the transmission means, it is determined whether or not to allow the user to receive a privilege at the store using the electronic coupon, The electronic coupon utilization system according to claim 2. A service platform connected to the car navigation system via a communication line;
The service platform is
The electronic coupon utilization system of any one of Claims 1 thru | or 3 provided with the said electronic coupon holding means and the said transmission means. The store server is
The electronic coupon utilization system of any one of Claims 1 thru | or 4 provided with the said authentication means. An electronic coupon holding unit for holding an electronic coupon used to receive a privilege in a store;
In the store server of the store, in order to determine whether or not a user who drives the vehicle can receive a privilege at the store using the electronic coupon according to the position of the vehicle, the position of the vehicle A service platform comprising: information and a transmission unit that transmits the electronic coupon held in the electronic coupon holding unit to the store server. Position information of a vehicle driven by a user who receives a privilege using an electronic coupon used to receive a privilege in a store, and a receiving unit that receives the electronic coupon,
When the vehicle is at a predetermined position, the user is allowed to receive a privilege at the store using the electronic coupon, and when the vehicle is not at a predetermined position, the user A store server provided with an authentication part which does not permit receiving the privilege in the store using an electronic coupon. Receiving the position information of the vehicle driven by the user receiving the privilege using the electronic coupon used to receive the privilege in the store, and receiving the electronic coupon;
When the vehicle is at a predetermined position, the user is allowed to receive a privilege at the store using the electronic coupon, and when the vehicle is not at a predetermined position, the user A method for determining whether or not to use an electronic coupon, comprising: determining whether or not to use an electronic coupon that is not permitted to receive a privilege at the store using the electronic coupon.

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