JP2015153274A - Point issue system with game function - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a point issue system with a game function that distributes a game to a terminal device of a customer to thereby easily participate in the game and allows a point to be gotten.SOLUTION: A server 1 is configured to distribute a game determining a point score granting to a customer in accordance with an implementation result of the game to a preliminarily registered mail address, and a user terminal device receiving the game is configured to transmit a point score by implementation of the game and identification information. A point DB 32 is configured to store a point amount in a first storage unit 32A associated with the identification information, and a point management server 31 is configured to cause a second storage unit 32B associated with the same identification information to store the point score. Then, when the identification information is input to input means, and the point score is stored in the second storage unit 32B associated with the identification information, the score is configured to be added to the point amount stored in the first storage unit 32A associated with the same identification information.

Description

  The present invention relates to a service point issuance system issued to a customer by a store such as a retail store, and more particularly to a point issuing system with a game function for providing a bonus game according to a game result by providing a game to the customer.

  Traditionally, in the distribution industry, in order to promote sales of products and services provided at retail stores, the payment will be applied to products and services at the next and subsequent payments depending on the purchase price of the products and services or the number of visits to the store. A point providing service for issuing points that can be exchanged for prizes or premiums is provided.

  However, in the conventional point providing service, if customers do not go to the store and purchase goods or services, points will not be accumulated, and the customer will actively visit the store to think that it is a service when shopping. Are not necessarily linked to a significant increase in the number of visitors. Moreover, with the spread of such point services, the same point service will be implemented at each store, and if the point return rate is increased for differentiation, the profit rate will decrease for the store. There is no point in introducing point service.

  Therefore, in order to actively encourage customers to come to the store, a system that provides point services via a computer network is constructed, and a service terminal operated by the customer is installed in a retail store, and the point account of the customer who executed the game is added A point service system that gives points according to game results is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  Also known is a point system that allows a server to give a point to a customer according to the game result by executing a game on a terminal device owned by the customer even if the customer does not go to the store. (For example, refer to Patent Document 2).

JP 2002-183567 A JP 2003-44619 A

  However, the point service system as disclosed in Patent Document 1 preferably provides a high point with respect to the game result in order to guide a customer who does not go to the store to the store, which is a great economic burden for the store. It becomes.

  On the other hand, in the point service system as in Patent Document 2 in which a customer plays a game through a communication network, since the game can be easily performed for the customer, it is not necessary for the store to increase the point. It will be out of the intended purpose of increasing. Moreover, customers who are not going to the store have a low motivation to access the game subsite and play the game. On the other hand, since the game can be easily executed through the website, there is also a problem that the game is piled up and only points are accumulated, and when a certain amount of points are accumulated, the user goes to the store for shopping.

  In view of the above, the present invention distributes the game to the terminal device of the customer, so that the user can easily participate in the game without taking a special action such as going to a store or accessing a website. The point issuing system with the game function that can enhance the motivation for the customer to go to the store is provided.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the point issuing system with a game function of the present invention is a point issuing system with a game function used by a store operating a point system that provides a predetermined service according to a point amount acquired by a customer. The game distribution means for distributing a game content to a pre-registered e-mail address and game content for determining the number of points to be given to the customer according to the game execution result, and being held and distributed to the customer A user terminal device that transmits the point score and predetermined identification information according to the execution of the game, and the point amount associated with the identification information is stored in a first storage unit and transmitted from the user terminal device. The number of points to come is stored in the second storage unit in association with the identification information transmitted simultaneously Storage means, input means for the identification information, and when the point score is stored in the second storage unit in association with the identification information input to the input means, the identification information is the same as the identification information. Point management means for adding to the point amount stored in the first storage unit in association with

  At this time, the point management means adds the point score to the point amount when the date when the identification information is input to the input means is within the expiration date. Thereby, since the expiration date for the addition of the points obtained in the game to the point amount is set, it is possible to prompt the customer to visit the store immediately. Therefore, the expiration date may be after the elapse of a predetermined period based on the date on which the user terminal device transmits the point score.

  In addition, the game terminal includes a client terminal device installed on the store side, and the game distribution unit distributes the game in response to a request from the client terminal device. Furthermore, the client terminal device may be able to specify the predetermined period and the numerical value of the point score.

  When the numerical value of the point score is designated by the client terminal device, it is designated in at least two ways according to the accumulated purchase amount of the identification information at the customer's store. As a result, it is possible to give an advantageous point to a customer with a high accumulated purchase price and increase the service level.

  The point management means may be constituted by a point management server connected by a communication network, and the game distribution means may be constituted by a server device connected by a communication network.

  In the point issuing system with a game function according to the present invention, if the game distributed to the user terminal device 3 is performed and the point score is acquired, the identification information is input when the customer goes to the store, and the customer acquires The points earned can be added to the amount of points currently held. Therefore, the customer can go to the store for the game or play the game easily without accessing the WEB site, and the store visits the store to add the points earned by the game to the point amount. The number of customers visiting the store can be expected to increase.

The block diagram of the whole system containing the point issuing system with a game function which concerns on this invention. The block diagram which shows the structure of a POS terminal device. Explanatory drawing which shows the structure of a store controller. Explanatory drawing which shows the sequence of transmission / reception of a signal between a server apparatus and a user terminal device. Explanatory drawing which shows the registration operation of a game member on the display screen of a user terminal device. Explanatory drawing which shows roughly the example of the search condition input screen displayed with a client terminal device. Explanatory drawing which shows schematically the example of the game screen delivered and displayed on a user terminal device. Explanatory drawing which shows the sequence of transmission / reception of the signal between the server apparatus at the time of game delivery, a user terminal device, and a point management server. Explanatory drawing which shows typically the structure of the data stored in point DB. The flowchart explaining operation | movement of a POS terminal device. The flowchart explaining operation | movement of a store controller. Explanatory drawing which shows typically the memory content allocated to RAM in a POS terminal device. The flowchart explaining operation | movement of the acquisition point number determination process in a point management server. The flowchart which shows the subroutine of the point amount update process in a POS terminal device.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a configuration of the entire system including a point issuing system 100 with game function according to the present invention, a server device 1 arranged on the center side, a client terminal device 2 arranged on the store 7 side, and a store 7. The user terminal device 3 held by the customer and a point management server 31 as point management means are connected through a communication network 8 including a mobile communication network and the Internet.

  The server device 1 is an application service provider (ASP), for example, operated by an advertisement information distribution service business operator, and a user possessed by a customer registered in advance according to an instruction from the store 7 side. The game is transmitted to the terminal device 3 in the form of a mail magazine. Such a server device 1 includes a WEB server 4, a mail server 5, and a DB server 6. Accordingly, the server device 1 constitutes a game distribution means for distributing game content for determining the point score to be given to the customer according to the game execution result to a pre-registered mail address.

  The WEB server 4 responds to a request from the client terminal device 2 or the user terminal device 3 and transmits a game magazine mail magazine as well as a function of transmitting information such as HTML documents and images and a member who distributes the game. Has a function of adding the e-mail address to the DB server 6.

  The mail server 5 distributes the game to the user terminal device 3 by transmitting a mail magazine in which the game created by the WEB server 4 is posted to the mail address stored in the game member DB 11.

  In response to a request from the WEB server 4 or the mail server 5, the DB server 6 searches and answers the game member DB 11 storing game content and game member information stored in the game content DB 10. The game content DB 10 stores content of various games that can be posted in an e-mail magazine. The game here is, for example, a card game, a bingo game, a roulette or the like that can be executed on a computer screen that has been conventionally used in the point service system. Content to be displayed is stored in advance. The member information stored in the game member DB 11 is a member ID number, a member password, and a point member number that will be clarified later together with the e-mail address described above.

  The user terminal device 3 is mainly a mobile terminal device such as a smartphone or a mobile phone owned by a customer, but may be a personal computer, and receives a game distributed by the server device 1 by mail. And a customer can acquire the point score according to the result by playing a game through the game screen displayed on the user terminal device 3. FIG.

  The point management server 31, which is a WEB server, is connected to the store controller 22 of each store 7 constituting the POS system 200, which will be described below, via the communication network 8, and calculates the point amount held by the point member customer for each store 7. Managed by the point DB 32. And when the point score according to the implementation result of a game is sent from the user terminal device 3, this point score is added to the point amount of the customer. The point management server 31 is accessible from the user terminal device 3 and can confirm the point amount held by the customer on the website.

  In this example, the point management server 31 is managed by the advertisement information distribution service provider, and the provider performs both the game distribution service and the point providing service for the customers of the store 7. ing. However, the point providing service may be managed and operated by the system administrator of the POS system 200.

  In the POS system 200, the POS management server 21 is arranged on the center side, and a store controller 22 and a plurality of POS terminal devices 23 integrated and managed by the store controller 22 are arranged in the store 7.

  The store controller 22 is connected to the POS management server 21 via the communication network 8. In the store 7, a plurality of POS terminal devices 23 and the store controller 22 are connected via a communication network 9 such as a LAN, and the store controller 22 integrally manages these POS terminal devices 23. At this time, the store controller 22 may be configured to integrally manage a plurality of POS terminal devices 23 installed in the store 7 by connecting them through a WAN. Then, the POS terminal devices 23 of the plurality of stores 7 can be integrated and managed by one store controller 22.

  The POS management server 21 is configured by a WEB server managed by a system administrator of the POS system 200. The POS management server 21 executes various well-known processes conventionally known for managing point-of-sale of information input to each of the plurality of POS terminal devices 23 via the store controller 22. Although not shown, there are many stores 7, and the POS management server 21 performs point-of-sale management of these stores 7 collectively.

  The POS terminal device 23 arranged in each store 7 is a device for performing settlement processing for products purchased by the customer, and the contents of the transaction are reflected each time the customer purchases and registers the purchased products. The sales data is transmitted to the store controller 22.

  FIG. 2 shows a configuration example of the POS terminal device 23. The POS terminal device 23 includes a CPU 41, a ROM 42 that stores programs executed by the CPU 41, a RAM 43 that stores variable data such as data processed by the CPU 41, an input unit 44 using a keyboard or a touch panel, a display unit 45 for customers, a product A bar code reader 46 for reading a code, a printing unit 47 for issuing a purchase details receipt in which the contents of a transaction with a customer are printed, a network interface 48 for transmitting / receiving data to / from the store controller 22 via the communication network 9, and points A member number reading device 50 for reading a point member number as identification information of a member customer, a non-contact IC card reader 49 for communicating with a user terminal device 3 having a built-in FeliCa (registered trademark) chip, etc. are connected to the CPU 41 via the bus 40. Connected with.

  The member number reading device 50 reads the point member number from a predetermined medium possessed by the customer. The point management server 31 associates the point member number read by the member number reading device 50 with the point provided to the member customer. I manage the amount. Therefore, in this example, in order to manage the point amount held by the customer, the point member number is used as customer identification information. The medium possessed by the customer is, for example, a membership card issued at the time of enrollment procedure for the point member, and the point member number is recorded there. Therefore, in the case of a membership card in which the point membership number is recorded magnetically, the membership number reader 50 uses a magnetic card reader, and the point membership number is printed as a bar code or QR code (registered trademark). In the case of a membership card, an optical scanner is used. Such a membership number reading device 50 may also be used as a bar code reader 46 or a credit card reader provided in the POS terminal device 23 (not shown).

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of the store controller 22. As shown in FIG. 3, the store controller 22 includes a CPU 52 that controls the entire apparatus, a ROM 53 that stores programs executed by the CPU 52, a RAM 54 that stores variable data such as data processed by the CPU 52, a current date and A clock unit 55 that measures time, a hard disk device 56, an input unit 58, a network interface 60 that controls transmission and reception of data via the communication networks 8 and 9, a printer 59 that prints forms, and the like are connected via the bus 61 to the CPU 21. Connected with.

  The hard disk device 56 stores various form data such as a daily table, a total table, and an analysis table created by the CPU 22 by collecting sales data from each POS terminal device 23, while a PLU (Price Look Up) file 57. including. The PLU file 57 stores master information such as a product code, a product name, a sales price, a department code, and other purchase prices of the product read by the barcode reader 36 of the POS terminal device 23. In addition, The point grant rate is stored. These data stored in the PLU file 57 are downloaded from the POS management server 21, but can be rewritten by inputting the downloaded data from the input unit 58 according to the situation of each store.

  The point grant rate is a conversion rate to the point score with respect to the unit price of the product, and the same conversion rate is set for each product or uniformly, but depending on the product, the point grant rate may be set to “none”. In addition, it is set at the discretion of the store, such as setting a predetermined point grant rate only on specific days.

  When the store controller 22 receives the product code read by the barcode reader 46 from the POS terminal device 23, the store controller 22 displays the PLU information such as the product name, sales price, and point grant rate for the product code in the PLU file 57. A reply is sent to the POS terminal device 23.

  Hereinafter, a specific operation of the point providing service performed by the point issuing system 100 with a game function in cooperation with the POS system 200 will be described.

(Game member registration)
First, registration to a game member by an e-mail magazine is performed by using a non-contact IC card reader 49, and the user terminal device 3 equipped with a predetermined non-contact IC having a built-in FeliCa chip is connected to the non-contact IC card. -Registration is possible by holding the reader 49 over it.

  When the contactless IC card reader 49 detects the user terminal device 3 equipped with the contactless IC incorporating the FeliCa chip, the contactless IC card reader 49 starts a browser and leads to a website established by the WEB server 4 in the server device 1. . Thereby, when the user terminal device 3 accesses the website, signals are transmitted and received between the server device 1 and the user terminal device 3 in the sequence shown in FIG.

  FIG. 5 shows an example of a display screen of the user terminal device 3 displayed by data from the WEB server 4 of the server device 1. First, the member agreement information (S 1) is transmitted to the user terminal device 3. The member agreement agreement screen shown in FIG. 5A is displayed on the screen. At this time, in the user terminal device 3, the mailer is activated together with the browser by the operation of the non-contact IC card reader 49, and when the user selects the link text described as “Agree and register” on the screen, The mailer automatically transmits a blank mail (S2) to the mail server 5 of the server device 1.

  When the mail server 5 receives the blank mail, it sends a reply mail (S3) shown in FIG. The mail displayed on the user terminal device 3 is hyperlinked with the URL for member registration by the WEB server 4. Then, when the user clicks the URL for member registration (S4), the WEB server 4 transmits member registration form screen information (S5) to the user terminal device 3.

  As shown in FIG. 5C, the game member registration form screen displayed on the user terminal device 3 is a member arbitrarily set by the point member number at the store 7 already owned by the customer or the customer. A column for entering a password and the like, and a column for selecting whether or not distribution by Deco-mail (registered trademark) is desired are provided. The member password is input when the customer participates in the game, and the member password is set by inputting an arbitrary number or character string at the time of registration. When the “Next” button in the screen is clicked after the entry, the entered registration information (S6) is transmitted to the WEB server 4, and the WEB server 4 sends the member registration confirmation information (S7) to the user terminal device 3. Send to.

  When the customer clicks the “OK now!” Button in the confirmation screen shown in FIG. 5D displayed on the user terminal device 3 (S8), the WEB server 4 displays the member registration completion screen information (S9). It transmits to the user terminal device 3. On the other hand, when the “correct” button is clicked (S8 ′), the WEB server 4 transmits the member registration form screen information (S5) to the user terminal device 3 again.

  After the WEB server 4 transmits the member registration completion screen information (S9) to the user terminal device 3, the mail server 5 transmits a member registration completion mail (S10) shown in FIG. In the e-mail, the member ID number set by the WEB server 4 in this registration and the character string of the member password arbitrarily input by the customer are displayed. The member ID number is customer identification information in the same way as the point member number.

  When the game member is registered, the DB server 6 associates the member ID number, the member password, and the sender address of the empty mail with the point member number input on the screen of FIG. To store. Further, the DB server 6 is set so as to store, in the mail address DB, the attribute information for each customer based on the POS information related to the customer of the point member number managed by the POS system 200 corresponding to the point member number. For example, customers who distribute the game can be selected according to the attribute information.

  In the above description, the game member registration operation using the non-contact IC card reader 49 is performed, but the QR code (registered trademark) in which the URL of the game member registration website established by the WEB server 4 is recorded. May be set, and this QR code (registered trademark) may be taken to this website by photographing with a camera built in the user terminal device 3. Alternatively, the customer may access the website directly by inputting the URL of the website for game member registration into the user terminal device 3. In any case, when the user terminal device 3 accesses the game member registration website, the game member is registered by transmitting and receiving signals according to the sequence of FIG.

(Creation and distribution of game magazines)
The WEB server 4 has established a website for instructing the creation of a mail magazine for game posting from the store 7 side, and the client terminal device 2 accesses this website so that the requirements of the game to be placed in the mail magazine are as follows. I can tell you about.

  For example, when the client terminal device 2 accesses the mail magazine creation website, the WEB server 4 displays the login screen 12 on the screen of the client terminal device 2 and inputs the client ID number and the client password. You are logged in. In this case, the client ID number and the client password are issued in advance to the store 7 contracted with the service provider that operates the point issuing system with the game function. After the authentication, the WEB server 4 displays the requirement input screen 15 shown in FIG. 6 on the client terminal device 2 and instructs the WEB server 4 of the game requirements from the store 7 side through this screen.

  The requirement input screen 15 includes a game selection unit 12 that selects a desired game from games that can be provided by the WEB server 4 by a pull-down function, an average point score input unit 13 that is provided for a game result, An effective period input unit 14 is set for inputting an effective period until the customer can actually add the points earned in the implementation to the points already owned by the customer at the store cash register. Further, in this example, the score input units 13a and 13b for inputting two kinds of average point scores according to the total purchase amount of the customer who plays the game at the store 7, and the reference input unit for the total purchase amount 13c is set.

  When a game requirement is input to the requirement input screen 15, the WEB server 4 requests the DB server 6 to search for game content of the designated game type, and creates a mail magazine in which this game is posted. Then, the mail server 5 distributes this mail magazine to the mail address of the game member read by the DB server 6 from the game member DB 11.

  FIG. 7 shows a mail magazine screen on which a card game distributed and displayed on the user terminal device 3 of the customer is posted. In this game, if you click on any one of the 5 cards facing down (Fig. 7 (a)), the card flips over to the front (Fig. 7 (b)). It is a mechanism that is the number of points earned by customers. In this case, the numbers on the surface of the five cards are “1, 1, 2, 2, 3” (average 1.8). This is instructed from the client terminal device 2 to the WEB server 4 in advance. Based on the average point score 1.8, the WEB server 4 distributes the point score to each playing card. That is, playing cards having numbers “1”, “1”, “2”, “2”, and “3” are selected and arranged. At this time, if this customer has a total purchase amount of 20,000 yen or more at the store 7, the number of the five playing cards is “2, 2, 4, 4, 6” (average 3.6). Thus, the WEB server 4 distributes the points for each playing card.

  FIG. 8 shows a signal transmission / reception sequence performed between the user terminal device 3 of the customer, the WEB server 4 and the point management server 31 when the customer plays the game and obtains the point score. In FIG. 8, the mail server 5 of the server apparatus 1 distributes the mail magazine all at once to the mail addresses of the game members searched by the DB server from the game member DB 11 (S1 ′). In this e-mail magazine, a game is not displayed, but a field for inputting a member ID number and a member password confirmed on the registration confirmation screen of FIG. 5E is provided together with an image and a text prompting participation in the game. It has been. Then, after inputting the member ID number and the member password, the member ID number and the member password are transmitted to the WEB server 4 by clicking a predetermined button on the screen (S2 ′).

  Upon receiving the member ID number and the member password, the WEB server 4 requests the DB server 6 to search for the point member number stored in the game member DB 11 in association with this, and manages the point member number thus searched for as a point. The data is transmitted to the server 31 (S3 ′). At this time, the user terminal device 3 may transmit a point member number that is also customer identification information, but the point member number includes an identification code for identifying a plurality of stores 7 and the like. Since the number is large, the setting is made so that the member ID number is transmitted in consideration of the trouble of input by the customer.

  As will be apparent later, the point management server 31 stores the accumulated purchase amount of the customer in the point DB 32 in association with the point member number, and the accumulated purchase amount corresponding to the reception of the point member number is stored in the WEB server 4. (S4 ').

  As described with reference to FIG. 6, when a card game is designated from the store 7 side through the client terminal device 2, the WEB server 4 executes the content of the card game stored in the DB server 6. At this time, if the cumulative purchase amount received from the point management server 31 is 20,000 yen or less, a game screen is displayed that displays five playing cards so that the average score on the surface of the card is 1.8. And it transmits to the user terminal device 3 (S5 '). The contents are set so that the selection and arrangement of playing cards to be displayed are random.

  When the customer clicks on the card “2” from the five playing cards as shown in FIG. 7B, the earned point score is transmitted from the user terminal device 3 to the WEB server 4 (S6 ′). Then, the WEB server 4 transmits the point member number and the expiration date to the point management server 31 together with the acquired point number. The expiration date is calculated by adding the effective period indicated by the store 7 on the screen shown in FIG. 6 to the date of game execution in which the earned points are transmitted from the user terminal device 3 to the WEB server 4 by the WEB server 4. Is done.

  Thereby, the point management server 31 stores the acquired point score and the expiration date in the point DB 32 in association with the point member number. FIG. 9 schematically shows the configuration of data stored in the point DB 32. The point member number includes an identification code for identifying a plurality of stores 7, and the point management server 31 associates the point member number for each store with the point amount, the number of points earned by the game, and the expiration date in the point DB 32. To store. Therefore, the point DB 32 constitutes storage means for storing the point amount in the first storage unit 32A and storing the point score in the second storage unit 32B.

  In this way, the acquired point score and the expiration date are stored in the point DB 32, and when the customer visits the store within the expiration date and the point member number is input to the POS system, the points owned by the customer are stored. Since the points earned are added to the amount, the customer has actually earned the points at this point. The specific operation of adding the earned points to the point amount currently held by the customer will be clarified in the next settlement processing operation.

(Checkout operation)
When the customer brings the purchased product to the register counter of the store and performs settlement, the POS terminal device 23 performs the process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 10, and the store controller 22 performs the process shown in the flowchart of FIG.

  In FIG. 10, when the customer at the time of payment is a point member, the cashier person reads the point member number of the membership card presented by the customer with the member number reading device 50 (“YES” in step S101). Then, the CPU 41 stores the point member number read by the member number reading device 50 in the RAM 43. FIG. 12 schematically shows the storage format of the RAM 43, and the point member number is stored in the storage area 43a. Further, the CPU 41 transmits the point member number to the store controller 22 (step S102).

  When store controller 22 receives the point member number (“YES” in step S201), store controller 22 transfers the received point member number to point management server 31 (step S202).

  When the point management server 31 receives the point member number, the point management server 31 performs a process for determining the number of acquired points shown in the flowchart of FIG. In this processing, the point management server 31 determines whether or not the acquired point score is stored in the point DB 32 in association with the point member number sent from the store controller 22. If the acquired point score is not stored, the process ends ("NO" in step S401), but if it is stored, the date of the day has passed the expiration date stored in association with the point member number. It is determined whether or not (step S402).

  When the date of the current day is before the expiration date (“NO” in step S402), the point management server 31 stores it in the first storage unit 32A in the point DB 32 in association with the point member number. The point amount is updated by adding the acquired point number stored in the second storage unit 32B to the point amount (step S403). Then, the point management server 31 deletes the acquired point number and the expiration date stored in association with the point member number from the point DB 32 and ends the processing (step S404). On the other hand, when the date of the current day has passed the expiration date (“YES” in step S402), the point management server 31 performs the process of step S404 as it is and acquires the number of points acquired without updating the point amount. Is invalid.

  When the point management server 31 finishes the process of determining the acquired point score, the point amount stored in the point DB 32 in association with the point member number at the point management server 31 at this time is identified with the store included in the point member number. According to the code, it is transmitted to the store controller 22 arranged in the store 7. Therefore, when the customer plays the game and holds the acquired points, the point amount obtained by adding the points is transmitted to the store controller 22. When the point amount is transmitted from the point management server 31, the store controller 22 transfers the received point amount to the POS terminal device 23 that has transmitted the point member number (step S203 in FIG. 11).

  Returning to the description of the flowchart in FIG. 10, the POS terminal device 23 that has received the point amount stores it in the storage area 43b of the RAM 43 (step S103), and the product registration processing operation is performed. At this time, the CPU 41 displays the received point amount on the display unit 45, so that the customer can confirm the point amount obtained by adding the present point amount and the number of points earned in the game. Can do. However, when the customer is not a point member, the member number reading device 50 does not read the point member number, and the product registration processing operation is performed as it is ("NO" in step S101).

  In the merchandise registration process, the POS terminal device 23 reads the merchandise code by the bar code attached to the customer's purchased merchandise by the bar code reader 36 by the operation of the cashier and registers the merchandise purchased (step S104).

  In this merchandise registration process, the CPU 41 of the POS terminal device 23 sends a merchandise code to the store controller 22 via the network interface 48, and PLU information such as a merchandise name, sales price, and point grant rate regarding the read merchandise code is displayed. Inquire.

  In response to this inquiry ("YES" in step S204), the store controller 22 searches the PLU file 7 for PLU information corresponding to the product code (step S205), and stores the searched PLU information in the POS terminal device 23. Transmit (step S206).

  When the CPU 41 of the POS terminal device 23 receives the PLU information related to the product code read by the barcode reader 36, the product name and the sales price included in the PLU information are displayed on the display unit 45 and product registration is performed. The prices of purchased products are totalized and stored in the storage area 43 c of the RAM 43.

  When the registration of the purchased product is completed and the subtotal key of the input unit 44 is operated, the CPU 41 performs a settlement process using the total amount in the storage area 43c as the settlement amount (step S105). In the settlement process, the CPU 41 displays the settlement amount to the customer by the display unit 45, but is settled by cash, a credit card reader (not shown) or an electronic money IC card.

  Further, the payment of the settlement amount by the customer can be applied to all or a part of the settlement amount using the exchangeable points in the point amount. In this case, when the customer's point member number is read by the member number reading device 50, the CPU 41 calculates the point amount stored in the storage area 43 b of the RAM 43 by operating a predetermined key of the input unit 44 by the cashier person. It is displayed on the display unit 45.

  Then, if there is an instruction from the customer, the cashier person performs an operation of discounting the amount corresponding to the point amount from the settlement amount. At this time, the cashier person performs a discount processing operation of the amount appropriated for payment by the key operation of the input unit 44. In response to this operation, the CPU 41 stores the point amount used in the payment in the RAM. Subtract from the point amount stored in the area 43b. Then, the CPU 41 stores the point subtracted settlement amount obtained by subtracting the equivalent amount of the used points from the settlement amount stored in the storage area 43 c of the RAM 43 in the storage area 43 d of the RAM 43. Therefore, in this case, the point subtraction settlement amount is displayed on the display unit 45, and the customer settles.

  When the settlement of the settlement amount is completed, the CPU 41 of the POS terminal device 23 performs a point amount update process while reading the point member code (step S106). FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of point amount update processing. As shown in the figure, when the point member number is stored in the storage area 43a of the RAM 43 (“YES” in step S301), the CPU 41 pays the settlement amount and the PLU information sent from the store controller 22. The point amount is calculated from the point grant rate in the list (step S302).

  When calculating the point amount, when the point subtraction adjustment amount is stored in the storage area 43d of the RAM 43, the CPU 41 calculates the point amount from the amount and the point grant rate, and the points acquired by the customer by this shopping are obtained. The amount is calculated and stored in the storage area 43e. However, if the point subtraction adjustment amount is not stored in the storage area 43d, the CPU 41 calculates the point amount from the adjustment amount stored in the storage area 43c and the point grant rate, and acquires the customer by this shopping. The point amount is calculated and stored in the storage area 43e. Therefore, points are given to the amount actually paid by the customer other than the points.

  After updating the point amount, the CPU 41 of the POS terminal device 23 performs a receipt issuing process (step S107). The receipt is printed with purchased product information such as the product name, number and sales price of the product purchased by the customer, and transaction data such as the settlement amount stored in the storage area 43b of the RAM 43. Further, if the receipt is issued to a point member, the updated point amount stored in the storage area 43b or when the points are used for payment at the time of settlement is stored in the storage area 43e. The amount of used points is printed.

  After the receipt is issued, the CPU 41 transmits sales data including purchased merchandise information and a settlement amount indicating the result of the settlement process by the transaction to the store controller 22 (step S108). If the point member number is not stored in the storage area 43a of the RAM 43, the CPU 41 determines that the customer is not a point member and ends the process ("NO" in step S114).

  However, if the point member number is stored in the storage area 43a (“YES” in step S109), the CPU 41 stores the point member number and the updated point amount stored in the storage area 33b. (Step S110).

  Then, when the data indicating the point amount is sent together with the point member number (“YES” in step S209), the store controller 22 transfers the data to the point management server 31 (step S210).

  The point management server 31 stores the updated point amount in the point DB 32. In this case, the point management server 31 stores the point amount updated in association with the point member number in the first storage unit 32A corresponding to the store of the store identification code included in the point member number.

  As described above, according to the point issuing system with game function 100 described in detail, a customer who has earned points by playing a game distributed to the user terminal device 3 in cooperation with the POS system 200 goes to the store and points When the membership number is input to the POS system 200, the number of points can be added to the amount of points currently held. Therefore, the customer can go to the store or play the game easily without accessing the WEB site, and if he / she earns point points, he / she can go to the store and add the points he / she has to his / her current point amount.

  In addition, since the points earned for the store 7 also have an expiration date, it is possible not only to expect customers to visit the store within a short period of time, but also to prevent the points earned from accumulating without going to the store. .

  In this example, a member number reading device 50 using a magnetic card reader or an optical scanner is used as means for inputting a point member number, which is customer identification information. It may be manually input by key operation.

  The present invention is equipped with a game function that increases the store visit rate by distributing games to customers via a communication network so that points that are won by the game can be obtained by going to the store. It is a point issuing system and has industrial applicability.

1 Server device (game distribution means)
2 Client terminal device 3 User terminal device 8 Communication network 31 Point management server (point management means)
32 point DB (storage means)
32A 1st memory | storage part 32B 2nd memory | storage part 50 Member number reading apparatus (input means)
100 Point issuing system with game function 200 POS system

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A point issuing system with a game function used by a store that operates a point system that provides a predetermined service according to a point amount acquired by a customer,
Game distribution means for distributing a game content to a pre-registered e-mail address with game content for determining a point score to be given to a customer in accordance with a game execution result;
A user terminal device that is held by a customer and transmits the point score and customer identification information resulting from the delivered game; and
The point amount is stored in the first storage unit in association with the identification information, and the point score transmitted from the user terminal device is stored in the second storage unit in association with the identification information transmitted simultaneously. Storage means for
Means for inputting the identification information;
When the point score is stored in the second storage unit in association with the identification information input to the input means, the point score is stored in the first storage unit in association with the same identification information. Point management means for adding to the point amount;
A point issuing system with a game function characterized by comprising:   The game function according to claim 1, wherein the point management means adds the point score to the point amount when the date when the identification information is input to the input means is within an expiration date. Point issuing system.   The point issuing system with a game function according to claim 2, wherein the expiration date is after the elapse of a predetermined period based on a date on which the user terminal device transmits the point score.   4. The point issuing system with a game function according to claim 3, further comprising a client terminal device installed on the store side, wherein the predetermined period is specified by the client terminal device.   4. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a client terminal device installed on the store side, wherein the game distribution unit distributes the game in response to a request from the client terminal device. The point issuing system with the game function described.   4. The point issuing system with a game function according to claim 1, wherein the numerical value of the point score is instructed from the client terminal device to the game distribution means.   7. The point issuing system with a game function according to claim 6, wherein the numerical value of the point score is set in at least two ways according to the accumulated purchase amount of the identification information at the customer's store.   8. The point issuing system with a game function according to claim 1, wherein the point management means is a point management server connected through a communication network.   9. The point issuing system with a game function according to claim 1, wherein the game distribution means is a server device connected via a communication network.

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