JP2013080308A - Point return system taking into consideration operation information - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem in which: users cannot sit on seats and there are no vacant straps during congestion time such as a commutation time zone but users pay the same fare as users sitting on the seats in a time zone when a train is not crowded; and therefore an incentive is desired to be given according to a boarding state of users; when a user purchases a ticket using an IC card ticket, there is a technique for discounting the fare when there is the same boarding history as that in a train to board on the basis of past information, but in this technique, the fare was discounted depending on what train the user boarded in the past and what state (a congestion state, etc.) that the user had in the train had not been taken into consideration; and therefore the incentive cannot be given according to the state of the train.SOLUTION: In this invention, a point is calculated according to a state of a train that a user has boarded from information on history of entry and exit recorded in an IC card ticket, and the point is given to the IC card ticket.

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for giving a monetary value (point: SF) to an IC card ticket in accordance with the situation at the time of boarding when using public transportation.

  Currently, railway companies have a fixed fare for the same section regardless of whether the train is busy or vacant. There are passengers who feel uncomfortable inside the vehicle, especially when they are busy, such as when they can't sit in the commuting hours, when there is no space in the strap, or when they are pushed in front of the door. And the boarding fee you pay is the same. In this way, although the same amount is paid, the degree of user discomfort is different. Therefore, it is desired to provide an incentive according to the user's boarding situation.

  It is known to make the boarding fee variable in order to improve the satisfaction of users who use public transportation and to improve the utilization rate. For example, in Patent Document 1, when a user purchases a ticket using an IC card ticket, based on past information stored in the IC card, there is a boarding history similar to the train scheduled to be boarded this time. A technique for discounting a boarding fee is disclosed.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-67460

  However, in the technique of Patent Document 1, the boarding fee is discounted depending on what kind of train has been used in the past, but what kind of situation (congestion situation, etc.) the train is not considered. Therefore, incentives cannot be given according to the train situation.

  Therefore, in the present invention, the situation of the boarded train is estimated from the entry / exit history information of the IC card ticket, and points are calculated according to the estimation, and given to the IC card ticket.

  Here, the estimated number of trains that have been boarded is estimated based on the deposit / withdrawal history information. Moreover, when goods are purchased at a station on the way, the boarding route is treated as a divided route, and points are calculated for each train situation for each divided boarding route.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the utilization (history information) situation of the IC card board ticket in public transport can be utilized, and the use of the IC card board ticket of each company can be promoted. Moreover, the facility utilization rate of the user can be increased by the point reduction.

  For users of public transportation, it is possible to promote boarding and purchasing using the points by returning the points as points.

Hardware configuration diagram of point reduction system Flowchart of boarding route identification processing unit Flow chart of boarding / alighting determination processing unit Flow chart of point grant processing unit Ride history DB Deposit / withdrawal history DB Boarding / disembarking history table Grant point DB Outline image of this example

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the invention. The components are as follows.
The IC card ticket 1 is an IC card ticket that can communicate with the outside and can store points inside. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that a train user who may be a target of points is owned.

  An automatic ticket gate 2 and an automatic ticket issuing machine 3 are installed at each station, and these are connected to a station server 4. The station server transmits information when depositing (charging) the IC card ticket 1 and information when entering and leaving the station from the automatic ticket gate 2 to the center server 10. Thereby, the IC card boarding ticket 1 and the center server can exchange information.

  There are also a vending machine 5 that can be purchased using the IC card ticket 1 and a store 6 that can be purchased using the IC card ticket in the station. Purchase of goods using 1 is possible.

  The usage history (charge information, entry / exit information, article purchase information) of the IC card ticket 1 is stored as a history in the storage device 30 of the center server 10 via the station network 7.

  Here, information on the use history at the time of entry / exit in the station server 4 is stored in the boarding history DB 500 in the storage device 30. The boarding history DB 500 stores information on usage date, usage time, usage type, and usage station (FIG. 5 boarding history DB).

  History information on the purchase of articles using the IC card ticket 1 is stored in the deposit / withdrawal history DB 600. In the deposit / withdrawal history DB 600, information on the use date, use time, use type, and use station is stored (FIG. 6 deposit / withdrawal history DB).

  The boarding / disembarking history table 700 includes a boarding history DB 500 and a deposit / withdrawal history DB 600 arranged in time series to secure information on the date of use, time of use, type of use, station used, and flag area for boarding / getting off. Yes (Figure 7 boarding / getting off history table).

  The center server 10 includes a processing unit that executes various processes, a storage unit, and an interface that communicates with other devices.

  The boarding route specifying processing unit 100 of the processing unit 20 reads the history information of the boarding history DB 500 and the deposit / withdrawal history DB 600, specifies the boarding route, and writes it in the boarding / getting off history table 700.

  The boarding / getting-off determination processing unit 200 of the processing unit 30 does not have the purchase history of the goods using the IC card ticket 1 and the usage history of the IC card boarding ticket 1 between the entrance (boarding) time and the leaving (getting off) time. Check the boarding time, boarding station, getting off time, getting off station, and get on / off flag.

The point grant processing unit 300 of the processing unit 30 reads the boarding / alighting history table 700 and determines whether there is a use time zone and a use zone corresponding to the grant point DB 800 set for each use time zone and use zone (FIG. 8 grant points DB). If there is a corresponding category, add the boarding fare x grant points as the grant amount. The grant amount is charged into the boarding history DB 500.
A flowchart of various operations of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. The processing of this embodiment is executed by the boarding route identification processing unit 100, the boarding / alighting determination processing unit 200, and the point grant processing unit 300.

The flowchart of the boarding route specific process part which the boarding route specific process part 100 performs using FIG. 2 is demonstrated. The operation is as follows.
A boarding history is read from boarding history DB500 by boarding history reading (ST110). The trigger of this process is executed as a batch process at night after the last train.

  By reading the purchase history, the purchase history of the goods using the IC card ticket 1 is read from the deposit / withdrawal history DB 600 (ST120).

  When the boarding history includes information on the usage type “entrance”, the boarding / alighting determination process (ST140) is executed.

  When the boarding history does not include the information of “entrance” as the usage type, that is, when the boarding has already got off, the boarding route (boarding / getting-off information) is written in the boarding / get-off history table 700 (ST150). The process is repeated as long as the usage type is “entrance”.

  In the above description, the embodiment including the purchase history reading (ST120) has been described. However, the boarding route may be specified only from the boarding history, that is, in a flowchart without this step 120.

  The flowchart of the boarding / alighting determination process by the boarding / alighting determination processing unit 200 will be described with reference to FIG. The operation is as follows.

  First, the usage time of the history information whose usage type of the boarding history DB 500 is “entrance” is the boarding time, the usage station is the boarding station, the usage time of the historical information whose usage type is “exit” is the departure time, and the usage station is the departure station And

  Next, it is checked whether the deposit / withdrawal time in the deposit / withdrawal history DB 600 satisfies the condition of “boarding time <deposit / withdrawal time <get-off time” (ST210). If this condition is not satisfied, the IC card ticket 1 is not used between the boarding time and the boarding time, so the boarding station / time and the boarding station / time are specified, and the process ends (ST220). ).

  When the deposit / withdrawal time in the deposit / withdrawal history DB 600 satisfies the condition “boarding time <deposit / withdrawal time <getting off time”, the IC card boarding ticket 1 is used between the boarding time and the getting off time.

  Next, it is determined whether or not the boarding station is a deposit / withdrawal station (ST230). If the boarding station is a deposit / withdrawal station, the deposit / withdrawal time is set as the boarding time and the boarding / departure determination process is performed (ST240).

  When the boarding station is not a deposit / withdrawal station, the IC card ticket 1 is used outside the boarding station.

  Next, it is determined whether the getting-off station is a deposit / withdrawal station (ST250). When the getting-off station is a deposit / withdrawal station, the deposit / withdrawal time is set as the getting-off time and the boarding / getting-off determination process is performed (ST260).

  If the getting-off station is not the deposit / withdrawal station, the getting-off station / time is set as the deposit / withdrawal station / time, and the boarding station / time is set as the deposit / withdrawal station / time, and boarding / getting-off determination processing is performed (ST270).

  With reference to FIG. 4, a flowchart of the point grant processing by the point grant processing unit 300 will be described. The operation is as follows.

  The boarding / alighting history information is read from the boarding / alighting history table 700 (ST310).

  The point rate set for each use time zone and use section is read from the granted point DB 800 (ST320).

  Next, it is determined whether or not the boarding time and the getting-off time are within the use time zone for giving points (ST330). When the boarding time and the getting-off time are not in the use time zone for giving points, the processing is shifted to the next boarding time and getting-off time to check whether the use time zone is in the time zone for giving points. When the boarding time and the getting-off time are in the time zone for giving points, the process proceeds to the determination as to whether the next boarding station to the getting-off station is the giving section. When the boarding time and the getting-off time are in the time zone for giving points, the processing ends.

  If the boarding station to the getting-off station do not correspond to the point-use use section, the processing shifts to the next boarding time and getting-off time (ST340).

  If the boarding station to the getting-off station falls under a point-use use section, the amount calculated from the fare of the relevant section x the grant point is added as the grant amount. If not, the next boarding time / get-off time is the given time zone. The process proceeds to determination of whether or not there is (ST350).

Finally, the grant amount determined by the above process is deposited (charged) in the boarding history DB 500 (ST360).
FIG. 5 shows the boarding history DB. The boarding history DB stores information on the use date, use time, use type, and use station when entering and leaving the station, using an IC card ticket.

  FIG. 6 shows the acquisition history DB. The purchase history DB stores information on the use date, use time, use type, and use station as history information on the purchase of articles using the IC card ticket 1.

  FIG. 7 shows a boarding / alighting history table. The boarding / alighting history table is a table in which the boarding history DB 500 and the deposit / withdrawal history DB 600 are arranged in time series, and information on the date of use, time of use, type of use, station of use, and flag area for boarding / getting off are secured.

  FIG. 8 shows the grant point DB. In the grant point DB, grant points set for each use time zone and use section are stored.

  The image of a present Example is demonstrated using FIG.

  For example, using the IC card ticket 1, the automatic ticket gate 2 at the A station is entered at the time “yyy / mm / dd 10:10”, and the automatic ticket gate 2 at the C station is “yyy / mm / dd11”. ： 30 ”. Assume that an “yyy / mm / dd 10:50” article is purchased at station B using the IC card ticket 1 between the entrance time and the exit time.

  The boarding history DB 500 stores entrance information at station A and exit information at station C, and the deposit / withdrawal history DB 600 stores purchase information at station B.

  Because the entrance station (A station) is different from the deposit / withdrawal station (B station) and the exit station (C station) is different from the withdrawal station (B station), the boarding route is at the withdrawal station (B station). To divide.

  At time 10:10 from boarding station 1 (A station) to get off at station 1 (B station), get off at time 10:50 (boarding path 1) and at time 10:50 from boarding station 2 (B station) At time 11:30, the boarding route is divided into a route (boarding route 2) to get off at the getting-off station 2 (station C).

  It is determined whether there is a category corresponding to point grant in boarding route 1 and boarding route 2. If the category is applicable, the amount obtained by multiplying the boarding fare of each boarding route by the point rate is credited as a point.

1 ... IC card ticket 2 ... Automatic ticket gate 3 ... Automatic ticketing machine 4 ... Station server 5 ... Vending machine
6 ... Shop
7... Station network 10... Center server 20.
30 ... Storage device
100 .. Ride route identification processing unit 200. Ride / Get off determination processing unit.
300 ・ ・ Point grant processing part 500 ・ ・ Boarding history DB
600 ・ ・ DB history DB
700 ・ ・ Boarding ・ Getting off history table 800 ・ ・ Grant point DB

Claims (7)

An incentive method that reflects the riding situation,
An estimation step for estimating the status of the train on which the user of the ticket has boarded from the history information of the ticket,
A calculation step of calculating an incentive point according to the estimated usage state;
A granting step of granting the calculated incentive points to the ticket;
The incentive provision method characterized by providing. The incentive provision method according to claim 1,
In the estimation step, based on the boarding station information, the time of entering the boarding station, the time of getting off at the boarding station, the time of getting out of the boarding station, the section on which the user boarded, and the identified information included in the history information The incentive provision method characterized by specifying the boarding time zone which boarded the area, and estimating as the said said area, the said boarding time zone, and the condition of a train. The incentive provision method according to claim 2,
When article purchase information is included in the history information,
The estimation step includes a section from the boarding station to the article purchase station and a section from the article purchase station to the disembarkation station based on information on the article purchase station that has purchased the article indicated by the article purchase information. The incentive provision method characterized by specifying the boarding time zone which boarded the section and the specified section which the said user boarded separately. In the incentive provision method of Claim 3,
The calculation step includes calculating an incentive point using a table in which the identified section, the boarding time zone, and an incentive point are associated with each other. In the incentive provision method as described in any one of said 1 thru | or 4,
The ticket is an IC ticket that can store value information,
In the incentive granting method, the granting step includes granting incentive information by storing value information in the IC ticket. An incentive grant device that reflects the riding situation,
An interface for acquiring ticket history information from an external device and transmitting incentive points to the external device;
A storage unit for storing the history information, a section on which the user having the boarding ticket and information on a boarding time zone, and a correspondence table in which incentive information corresponding to the zone and the boarding time zone is associated;
Based on the history information, a section of a train on which the user has boarded, a route specifying processing unit that specifies a boarding time zone on which the section has been boarded,
Point grant processing for calculating incentive points to be given to the user based on the identified section, boarding time zone, and the correspondence table, and granting the calculated incentive points to the external device via the interface And
The incentive provision apparatus characterized by comprising. The incentive provision device according to claim 6,
When article purchase information is included in the history information,
The route specifying unit is based on information on an article purchase station that has purchased an article indicated by the article purchase information, and a section from the boarding station to the article purchase station, and a section from the article purchase station to the disembarkation station, The incentive provision apparatus characterized by specifying the boarding time zone which boarded the section and the specified section which the said user boarded separately.

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