JP2013182458A - Paperless article safekeeping business management system using short-distance communication function of smartphone - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate a need of a slip in article safekeeping business and automate a forenotice of arrival of a take-back due date, take-back reminder work, and electronic payment of charge.SOLUTION: An article safekeeping receipt information is electronically exchanged between an article safekeeping business operator personal computer or the like and a customer smartphone by a short-distance communication function. The information is shared and managed by a data center (a cloud computing system) so as to eliminate the need of a slip in the article safekeeping business and perform an automatic forenotice of a take-back date/month, an automatic take-back reminder, and automatic electronic payment of the charge.

Description

The present invention relates to a service for converting goods storage into IT.

  In the service industry that involves custody of goods, such as tailoring / repair of clothes, cleaning / repair of goods, and pawn shops, in general, when a custody of goods is received from a customer, a paper product custody certificate, a pledge, etc. , "Deposit card") is delivered to the customer, and the goods are delivered in exchange for the deposit certificate.

Many of the goods custody operations are small and the number of cases is large, so there are many cases where operations such as advance notice of goods collection date, reminder of receipt are not performed. In addition, there are many troubles such as the loss of the receipt.
For this reason, delays in pick-up occur frequently, storage is prolonged, and extra storage space is required.

  Make slip management (paperless slips) for custody management of goods.

  Automating the advance notice and receipt reminder.

  Automating electronic payments for payments related to goods storage.

The epoch-making point of the present invention is that the article storage business management is made slipless by using a short-range communication function such as a smartphone.
The article storage company owns a personal computer and the customer owns a smartphone. Each electronic terminal is connected to a data center (cloud computing system) via the Internet, and information is shared and managed in real time.

  At the time of goods storage, the goods storage company registers electronic storage certificate information using a personal computer or the like. Next, using the short-range communication function, the electronic deposit receipt information is transmitted from the operator's personal computer or the like to the customer's smartphone or the like, and the customer approves it. As a result, the customer's smartphone becomes a carrier of the electronic receipt.

  The goods storage company and the customer can browse the electronic deposit certificate information at any time.

  The customer's smart phone or the like is automatically notified of the collection date notice, the collection reminder, etc.

When payment for goods storage etc. is made electronically, automatic payment is made in combination with issuance or receipt confirmation of electronic custody.
As described above, the problem solving method of the present invention is to make the article storage business paperless.

  Since the custody of goods is slip-less, the amount of paperwork for issuing and carrying and storing slips is reduced for both businesses and customers, and the risk of slip loss is also reduced. With paper vouchers, collection date notices and reminder reminders are automatically performed, which increases the amount of work, so forgetting to receive and delays in receipts are reduced, and the amount of work required for merchandise storage and reminder operations is reduced, reducing the storage space. can do. Combined with an electronic payment system, it is possible to rationalize payment settlement operations. Since a general-purpose terminal is used, system development costs and system introduction costs can be reduced.

Embodiment When a customer deposits an article with a custody, the book is made slipless by issuing an electronic custody with short-distance communication between the customer's smartphone and the custody's personal computer. 1 represents an embodiment of the invention. Example 1 This is an example of the present invention in which a voucher for a fabric / clothes receipt in a clothing tailoring / repairing operation is made less. Example 2 This is an example of the present invention in which an article receipt in a cleaning / repair work is made slip-less. Embodiment 3 This embodiment shows an embodiment of the present invention in which a pouch at a pawn shop is made slipless.

FIG. 1 represents an embodiment of the present invention.
When a customer deposits an article with a depositor, an electronic deposit certificate is issued through short-distance communication between the customer's smartphone or the like and the depositor's personal computer.
When paying with electronic money or the like, payment is made by associating an electronic deposit certificate with electronic money or the like.
A notice of arrival date, reminder for receipt, etc. are automatically sent to the customer's smartphone via the data center.
When the customer picks up the goods, the receipt is confirmed through a short-range communication between the customer's smartphone and the personal computer of the depositor.
When payment is made, payment is made in association with electronic receipt confirmation and electronic money.
Such information is shared and managed by a data center (cloud computing system).

  The smartphone used in the above embodiment means a high-function mobile phone having a personal computer function, and has an Internet browsing function, an application software execution function, a long-distance communication function, and a short-distance communication function as essential functions. However, it shall include portable personal computers, tablet personal computers, and other portable terminals that have the same or higher functions except for the voice call function.

FIG. 2 shows a specific embodiment of the present invention in a tailoring / repairing business.
When a customer deposits fabrics and clothes to a tailor / repairer, an electronic deposit certificate is issued through short-range communication between the customer's smartphone and the personal computer of the tailor / repairer.
When paying with electronic money or the like, payment is made by associating an electronic deposit certificate with electronic money or the like.
The notice of arrival date, reminder for receipt, etc. are automatically transmitted to the customer's smartphone, etc. via the data center.
When the customer picks up the clothes, the receipt is confirmed by short-range communication between the customer's smartphone and the tailor's personal computer.
When paying with electronic money or the like, payment is made by associating electronic receipt confirmation with electronic money or the like.

FIG. 3 shows a specific embodiment of the present invention in the cleaning / repair industry.
When a customer deposits an article with a cleaning / repair company, an electronic deposit card is issued through short-range communication between the customer's smartphone and the cleaning / repair company's personal computer. Information is shared in the data center.
When paying with electronic money or the like, payment is made by associating an electronic deposit certificate with electronic money or the like.
The notice of arrival date, reminder for receipt, etc. are automatically transmitted to the customer's smartphone, etc. via the data center.
When the customer picks up the goods, the receipt is confirmed through a short-range communication between the customer's smartphone and the personal computer of the cleaning / repair company.
When paying with electronic money or the like, payment is made by associating electronic receipt confirmation with electronic money or the like.

FIG. 4 represents a specific embodiment of the present invention in a pawn shop.
When a customer deposits pawn grass in a pawn shop, an electronic pouch is issued through short-distance communication between the customer's smartphone and the pawn shop's personal computer. Information is shared in the data center.
When lending with electronic money or the like, payment is made by associating electronic bills with electronic money or the like.
A repayment due date notice, quality flow notification, etc. are automatically transmitted to the customer's smartphone, etc. via the data center.
When the customer picks up the pawn, the receipt is confirmed by short-range communication between the customer's smartphone and the pawnshop's personal computer.
In the case of repayment with electronic money or the like, payment is made by associating receipt confirmation with electronic money or the like.

  The goods custody business includes a wide variety of items such as tailoring / repairing clothes, cleaning / repairing goods, and pawn shops, and the market is expanding with remakes of clothes and jewelry. By making this work slipless, paper resources are saved, work volume is reduced, storage space is saved, troubles such as lost slips, forgetting to pick up and delays are reduced, and convenience and reliability are improved. This business can be further developed by reducing risks and costs.

1 Thin line arrow: Long distance communication 2 Thin dotted line arrow: Short distance communication 3 Thick line arrow: Flow of goods 4 Thin line arrow: Electronic payment such as payment

Claims (3)

  The electronic goods storage certificate information is exchanged between the electronic terminal such as a personal computer of the business operator performing the goods storage business and the electronic terminal such as the customer's smartphone using the short-range communication function, and this information is stored in the data center (cloud computing). Sharing system and management of the goods receipt certificate.   By sharing and managing the electronic data of the goods custody information between the terminal of the business operator's personal computer and the terminal of the customer's smartphone and the like in the data center (cloud computing system), Automatically notifies the arrival date of collection and reminds the collection of smartphones.   Goods storage by sharing and managing electronic data of goods storage certificate information at the data center (cloud computing system) between terminals such as personal computers of businesses that carry out goods storage services and terminals such as smartphones of customers Settlement electronically for costs associated with operations (including operations such as tailoring, cleaning, repair, etc.).

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