JP2015212874A - Point exchange device, point exchange method, and point exchange program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To search a proper point exchange destination after taking into account a minimum exchange unit of the point.SOLUTION: A point exchange device includes: a storage section that stores, associated with an issuer of points as a value to be exchanged for an article, issuer information in which business types of issuers and desired business types of business partners of the issuers are stored; and a control section that determines an issuer and a business partner, where the desired business type of the business partner matches the business type of the issuer, and transmits information related to the articles of the determined business partner to a server operated by the determined issuer.

Description

  The present invention relates to a point exchange device, a point exchange method, and a point exchange program.

  Traditionally, for the purpose of promoting sales of products and services (hereinafter simply referred to as “products”) and enclosing customers, the seller of products gives the purchasers “points” according to the purchase price. Issuing is generally done. In principle, a point is an economic value that can be applied only to a specific seller. For example, assume that a customer purchases a product at a department store and pays 100,000 yen as a price. Then, the department store issues 5,000 points to the customer. The customer can exchange the points for any product worth 5,000 yen at the department store. As the partnership between sellers progresses, such points can be mutually used between sellers. For example, in this example, points issued at a certain department store can be exchanged for products at a certain convenience store. According to the point exchange device of Patent Document 1, the customer of the “first business entity” exchanges the points given from the “first business entity” with a coupon issued by the “second business entity”. be able to.

Japanese Patent No. 5379184 (FIG. 11 etc.)

  Now, it is assumed that the point issuer A searches for a point issuer B that is a partner that can exchange the points issued by itself. Point issuer A cannot determine point issuer B unconditionally. Point issuer A plans its own image strategy, customer base to be acquired in the future, and wants to select point issuer B from among partner candidates that match such a plan. Further, the point issuer A often determines the minimum unit that can be exchanged for the company's points with the company's products or products of other companies. This is because if a small number of units are exchanged, the company's high-class image may be destroyed, and administrative processing may take time.

The point exchange device of Patent Document 1 is based on the premise that such a partner has already been determined. Of course, the concept of minimum exchange unit is not assumed. Therefore, a separate measure is required to find a partner that matches the image strategy, etc., especially in consideration of the minimum exchange unit.
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to search for an appropriate point exchange destination in consideration of the minimum exchange unit of points.

The point exchanging device of the present invention stores issuer information that stores the issuer's business type and the desired business type of the issuer's partner in association with the issuer of the point that is worth exchangeable for goods. And a control unit that determines an issuer and an alliance partner in which the desired industry of the alliance partner matches the industry of the issuer, and transmits information on the determined partner's product to the server operated by the determined issuer, It is characterized by providing.
Other means will be described in detail in the detailed description.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to search for an appropriate point exchange destination in consideration of the minimum point exchange unit.

It is a figure explaining the structure of the point exchange apparatus which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the issuer information which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the merchandise information which concerns on this embodiment. (A) is a figure showing an example of alliance information concerning this embodiment. (B) is a figure showing an example of customer information concerning this embodiment. It is a flowchart of the registration / update process procedure which concerns on this embodiment. It is a flowchart of the partner determination process procedure which concerns on this embodiment. It is a flowchart of the point exchange processing procedure which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the registration screen which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the registration screen which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the update screen which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the update screen which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the cooperation screen which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the point exchange screen which concerns on this embodiment. (A) And (b) is a figure which shows an example of the goods purchase screen which concerns on this embodiment.

  Hereinafter, a mode for carrying out the present invention (referred to as “the present embodiment”) will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

(Terms etc.)
The “main issuer” is a point issuer who is looking for a partner who can exchange the points issued by itself.
A “sub-issuer” is a point issuer that responds to the exchange of points issued by the main issuer for points issued by the company.
Any point issuer has the “double-sidedness” of being a main issuer for some partners and a sub-issuer for other partners. Therefore, the terms “main” and “sub” are nothing but the difference between “active” and “passive” positions. In the above example, the point issuer A is a “main issuer”, and the point issuer B is a “sub issuer”.

(Point exchange device)
The configuration of the point exchange device 1 will be described with reference to FIG.
The point exchange device 1 is a general computer, and includes a central control device 11, an input device 12, an output device 13, a main storage device 14, an auxiliary storage device 15, and a communication device 16. These are connected to each other by a bus. The auxiliary storage device 15 stores issuer information 31, product information 32, and tie-up information 33 (details will be described later). The registration / update processing unit 21 and the partner determination unit 22 are programs. Thereafter, when the main subject of the operation is described as “XX part”, the central control device 11 reads each program from the auxiliary storage device 15 and loads it into the main storage device 14, and then the function ( Details below) shall be realized. The point exchange device 1 can communicate with the issuer server 2 and the customer terminal device 3 via the network 4. The issuer server 2 stores customer information 34 (details will be described later).

(Issuer information)
The issuer information 31 will be described with reference to FIG. In the issuer information 31, in association with the issuer ID stored in the issuer ID column 101, the name column 102 has a name, the industry column 103 has a business type, and the first partnership desired industry column 104 has a name. The first desired business category, the second desired business category column 105, the second desired business category, the rate column 106, the own exchange lower limit column 107, the own exchange lower limit, the other company exchange information column The other company exchange information is stored in 108, the company site information is stored in the company site column 109, and the time is stored in the time column 110.

The issuer ID in the issuer ID column 101 is an identifier that uniquely identifies the point issuer.
The name in the name column 102 is the name of the point issuer.
The industry in the industry column 103 is the industry of the point issuer.
The first alliance desired industry in the first allotment desired industry column 104 is a condition such as the industry of the sub issuer viewed from the standpoint as the main issuer.
The second alliance desired industry in the second allotment desired industry column 105 is a condition such as the industry of the main issuer from the standpoint of the sub issuer.
The rate in the rate column 106 is an equivalent amount (unit yen) of one point issued by the company.

The in-house exchange lower limit in the in-house exchange lower limit column 107 is a minimum exchange unit when the point issuer exchanges the company's points for its own products.
The other company exchange information in the other company exchange information column 108 is composed of the other company exchange lower limit (left side of “:”) and the exchange availability flag (right side of “:”). The other company's exchange lower limit is the minimum exchange unit of the company's points that can be exchanged for the points of the sub issuer from the standpoint of the main issuer. The exchange possibility flag is either “permitted” indicating that the point of the main issuer can be exchanged for its own point or “impossible” indicating that it cannot be exchanged from the standpoint of the sub issuer.

In other words, “Yes” means “According to exchange of own points and other company points on the other company's site”. On the other hand, “impossible” means “on the other company's site, it does not respond to the exchange of the company point and the other company point”. “Not possible” does not restrict “According to exchange of own points and other company points on own site”.
The company site information in the company site column 109 is link information to the company site on the Internet.
The time point in the time point column 110 is the date when the record is created.

The following can be understood by referring to the record in the first line of the issuer information 31.
-As of June 1, 2013, the business type of “XX Airline” is “Air Passenger Transport”.
・ "XX Airline" issues points to its customers at a rate of 10 yen = 1 point.
・ Points of “XX Airline” can be exchanged for the company's products with a minimum exchange unit of 20,000 points.
・ Points of “XX Airline” can be exchanged for products of other companies with a minimum exchange unit of 10,000 points. However, the “other companies” here are limited to those who have “accommodation”, “banquet” or “language education” as their business types.
・ "XX Airline" does not allow other companies 'points to be exchanged for their own points on other companies' sites.

By referring to the record on the second line of the issuer information 31, the following can be understood.
・ As of September 1, 2013, the business category of “△ Hotel” is domestic accommodation.
・ “△△ Hotel” issues points to its customers at a rate of 10 yen = 1 point.
・ Points of “Δ Hotel” can be exchanged for the company's products with 10,000 points as the minimum exchange unit.
-Points of “ΔΔ Hotel” can be exchanged for products of other companies with 400 points as a minimum exchange unit. However, “other companies” here are limited to those who employ “foreign language lessons” in their industry.
・ “△△ Hotel” allows the exchange of points of other companies for their own points on other companies' sites. The “other companies” here are limited to those who have “passenger transportation” or “leisure” as their business types.

The following can be understood by referring to the record in the fourth line of the issuer information 31 (skip the third line).
-On May 1, 2014, XX Airline changed the other company's replacement lower limit from "10,000 points" to "300 points".

By referring comprehensively to the first, second, and fourth lines of the issuer information 31, the following can be understood.
・ Before May 1, 2014, when exchanging “XX Airline” points for “△△ Hotel” points, it was possible to exchange only for products of 100,000 yen or more. That is, the customer of “XX Airline” missed the opportunity to exchange the point of “XX Airline” with a relatively inexpensive product provided by “△△ Hotel”.
・ After May 1, 2014, when you redeem “XX Airline” points for “△△ Hotel” points, you can exchange them for products of 3,000 yen or more. In the above description, the exchange value is converted using the rates of each company.

(Product information)
The product information 32 will be described with reference to FIG. In the product information 32, in association with the issuer ID stored in the issuer ID column 121, the product ID column 122 has a product ID, the product name column 123 has a product name, and the exchange point column 124 has an exchange. Points are stored in the time column 125, and the product purchase screen column 126 stores product purchase site information.

The issuer ID in the issuer ID column 121 is the same as the issuer ID in FIG.
The product ID in the product ID column 122 is an identifier that uniquely identifies the product (type).
The product name in the product name column 123 is the name of the product.
The exchange point in the exchange point column 124 is a value equivalent to the company's point when the unit of the product is exchanged by the company's point or another company's point.
The time point in the time point column 125 is the date when the record was created.
The product purchase site information in the product purchase screen column 126 is link information to a site for purchasing products on the Internet.

(Partner information)
The partnership information 33 will be described with reference to FIG. In the tie-up information 33, in association with the main issuer ID stored in the main issuer ID column 131, the sub-issuer ID column 132 has a sub-issuer ID, the tie-up product ID column 133 has a product ID, A time point is stored in the time point field 134.

The main issuer ID in the main issuer ID column 131 is an issuer ID that uniquely identifies the main issuer.
The sub-issuer ID in the sub-issuer ID column 132 is an issuer ID that uniquely identifies the sub-issuer.
The product ID in the affiliated product ID column 133 is the same as the product ID in FIG.
The time point in the time point field 134 is the date when the record was created.

The following can be understood by referring to the records in the first to third lines of the tie-up information 33.
・ From September 1, 2013, “XX Airlines” has allowed its points to be exchanged for “△△ Hotel” points on its site. As a result, customers of “XX Airlines” can purchase “Dinner 2 persons” or “Lunch 2 persons” of “△ Hotel”.
・ After January 1, 2014, “XX Airline” has allowed its points to be exchanged for “◎◎ English” points on its website. As a result, customers of “XX Airlines” can purchase “Business English Conversation Lessons 2 times”, “Electronic Dictionary”, or “Pre-Business Trip Express Lessons” of “◎◎ English Conversation”.
・ After May 1, 2014, “XX Airline” customers are no longer able to purchase “◎◎ English conversation” “Pre-business trip lesson” on the “XX Airline” site Yes, I wanted to avoid image down etc. for “XX Airline”).

(Customer information)
The customer information 34 is demonstrated along FIG.4 (b). In the customer information 34, the customer ID column 142 is associated with the issuer ID stored in the issuer ID column 141, the customer ID column 142 is the customer ID, the name column 143 is the name, the address column 144 is the address, The address column 145 stores an e-mail address, and the point balance column 146 stores a point balance.

The issuer ID in the issuer ID column 141 is the same as the issuer ID in FIG.
The customer ID in the customer ID column 142 is an identifier that uniquely identifies the customer.
The name in the name column 143 is the name of the customer.
The address in the address column 144 is the customer's address.
The email address in the email address field 145 is the customer's email address.
The point balance in the point balance column 146 is the point balance of the point issuer that the customer has.

(Registration / update procedure)
The registration / update processing procedure will be described with reference to FIG.
In step S301, the registration / update processing unit 21 of the point exchange device 1 receives a registration request. Specifically, the registration / update processing unit 21 receives a request from the issuer server 2 to register as a point issuer.

  In step S302, the registration / update processing unit 21 transmits registration screens 51a and 51b (FIGS. 8 and 9). Specifically, the registration / update processing unit 21 transmits registration screens 51 a and 51 b to the issuer server 2 and displays them on the output device of the issuer server 2. For example, FIG. 8 shows a registration screen 51a displayed on the output device of the issuer server 2 operated by “XX Airline”. First, the operator inputs a company name, a business type, a rate, a company exchange lower limit, and company site information in the “your company information” column 52. Next, in the “Conditions for customers of your company to purchase products of partner” column 53, enter the first desired business type and the lower limit of replacement of other companies. Finally, the “Register” button 55 is pressed. The operator has not entered any information in the “Condition customer to purchase your product” column 54. This is because “XX Airline” does not want its points to be exchanged for other companies 'points on other companies' sites. “P” on the screen represents “point”.

  As another example, for example, a registration screen 51b displayed on the output device of the issuer server 2 operated by “ΔΔ hotel” is shown in FIG. FIG. 9 differs from FIG. 8 in that the operator inputs the business type and your company's product in the “Condition customer purchases your company's product” column 54. In other words, the “△△ hotel” desires that its points are exchanged for points of other companies on the other company's site. The operator attaches an icon “Dinner 8,000P” to the column 54. These icons are link information to a site for purchasing the product.

  In step S303, the registration / update processing unit 21 receives registration information. Specifically, the registration / update processing unit 21 receives registration information input by the operator of the issuer server 2 from the issuer server 2.

  In step S304, the registration / update processing unit 21 registers the issuer information 31 and product information 32 records. Specifically, the registration / update processing unit 21 creates a record of issuer information 31 (FIG. 2) and a record of product information 32 (FIG. 3) using the information received in step S303.

In step S <b> 305, the registration / update processing unit 21 determines whether or not there is a request for updating registered contents. Specifically, when the registration / update processing unit 21 receives a request from the issuer server 2 to update the registered content ("YES" in step S305), the process proceeds to step S306. In other cases (step S305 “NO”), the process waits until the request is received.

  In step S306, the registration / update processing unit 21 transmits update screens 61a and 61b (FIGS. 10 and 11). Specifically, the registration / update processing unit 21 transmits update screens 61 a and 61 b to the issuer server 2 and displays them on the output device of the issuer server 2. For example, FIG. 10 shows an update screen 61a displayed on the output device of the issuer server 2 operated by “XX Airline”. The configuration of the update screen 61a is the same as that of the registration screen 51a, and already registered information is displayed in each column. For example, the operator attempts to change the “other company replacement lower limit” and moves the cursor to the other company replacement lower limit column 53b. Then, the registration / update processing unit 21 puts out the displayed “10,000 P” and draws a double line. Thereafter, the operator inputs “300P” after the review in the field. Then, the operator presses the “update” button 56.

  As another example, for example, an update screen 61b displayed on the output device of the issuer server 2 operated by “◎◎ English conversation” is shown in FIG. The configuration of the update screen 61b is the same as that of the registration screen 51b, and already registered information is displayed in each column (however, in FIG. 11, it is not an example of “ΔΔ hotel”). For example, the operator moves the cursor to “3,000P” of the icon 54b in order to change the “3,000P” of the icon “pre-business trip express lesson 3,000P”. Then, the registration / update processing unit 21 puts “3,000P” displayed outside the box and draws a double line. Thereafter, the operator inputs “5,000 P” after the review into the icon. Then, the operator presses the “update” button 56.

  In step S307, the registration / update processing unit 21 receives the update information. Specifically, the registration / update processing unit 21 receives update information input by the operator of the issuer server 2 from the issuer server 2.

In step S308, the registration / update processing unit 21 updates the records of the issuer information 31 and the product information 32. Specifically, the registration / update processing unit 21 updates the record of the issuer information 31 (FIG. 2) and the record of the product information 32 (FIG. 3) using the information received in step S307.
Thereafter, the registration / update processing procedure is terminated.

(Partner determination process procedure)
The registration / update processing procedure will be described with reference to FIG.
In step S311, the affiliation partner determination unit 22 of the point exchange device 1 determines whether the issuer information 31 (FIG. 2) or the product information 32 (FIG. 3) has been updated. Here, “update” means that there is a change in the record, and is a concept including the change due to the “registration” described above. The partner determination unit 22 constantly monitors these pieces of information, and when detecting that these pieces of information have been updated (step S311 “YES”), proceeds to step S312. In other cases (step S311 “NO”), the process waits until an update is detected.

  In step S312, the partner determination unit 22 identifies the main issuer. Specifically, the partner determination part 22 acquires one arbitrary record of the issuer information 31 (FIG. 2). This record is called “main issuer record”. The point issuer identified by the issuer ID of the main issuer record is called a “target main issuer”.

In step S313, the partner determination unit 22 identifies a sub-issuer. Specifically, the affiliation partner determination unit 22 extracts those satisfying all the following conditions from the record of the issuer information 31.
(Condition 1) The business type in the business type column 103 is the same as the first business type in the main issuer record in the first desired business type column 104 in the desired alliance type.
(Condition 2) The second alliance desired industry in the second allotment desired industry column 105 matches the industry in the industry column 103 of the main issuer record.
(Condition 3) The exchange possibility flag in the other company exchange information column 108 is “possible”.

  Here, “match” means that the business type matches or is similar to at least one of the first (second) desired business types. It is assumed that the partner determination unit 22 can determine a synonym or synonym of a certain industry by accessing the language dictionary, even if the character strings do not completely match. The record of issuer information 31 extracted in this way is called a “sub-issuer candidate record”. The point issuer identified by the issuer ID of the “sub issuer candidate record” is called “target sub issuer”.

In step S314, the partner determination unit 22 identifies a product. Specifically, the affiliation partner determination unit 22 extracts items satisfying all the following conditions from the records of the product information 32.
(Condition 4) The issuer ID in the issuer ID column 121 matches the issuer ID of the sub-issuer candidate record.
(Condition 5) The exchange point in the exchange point field 124 is equal to or greater than the other company exchange lower limit in the other company exchange information field 108 of the main issuer record.
The partner determination unit 22 uses the rates of each company to convert the exchange points and the other company exchange lower limit values so that they can be compared. The record of the product information 32 extracted in this way is called a “product candidate record”. The product specified by the product ID of the “product candidate record” is called “candidate product”.

  The partner determination unit 22 repeats the processes of steps S312 to S314 for all main issuer records and for all sub-issuer candidate records. At the stage where the repetitive processing is completed, the partner determination unit 22 has acquired the following information by the number of target main issuers. Such data is called “proposed information”.

(Example of proposal information)
[Target main issuer, (Target sub issuer, candidate product, candidate product, ...), (Target sub issuer, candidate product, candidate product, ...), ...]
= [A001, (A002, C101, C102), (A003, C201, C202, C203)]
Incidentally, the proposal information given here as an example will correspond to the first and second lines of the partnership information 33 (FIG. 4A) in the future.

In step S315, the partner determination unit 22 transmits the partner screen 71 (FIG. 12) to the main issuer. Specifically, the affiliated party determination unit 22 transmits the affiliated screen 71 to the issuer server 2 of the main issuer and displays it on the output device. In the tie-up screen 71, “XX Airline” is a target main issuer, and “Δ Hotel” and “◎◎ English Conversation” are target sub-issuers. And “Dinner 8,000P”, “Lunch 4,000P”, “Business English conversation lesson 700P”, “Electronic dictionary 600P” and “Pre-business trip express lesson 300P” are candidate products. . That is, the affiliation partner determination unit 22 displays the affiliation screen 71 based on the proposal information.
The operator of the main issuer presses a “select” button displayed in association with an icon of a product that is determined to match the company image. The product selected here is called “determined product”.

  In step S316, the partner determination unit 22 receives the determined product. Specifically, the affiliation partner determination unit 22 receives the product ID of the determined product selected by the operator of the issuer server 2 from the issuer server 2.

In step S317, the partner determination unit 22 creates a record of the partner information 33 (FIG. 4A). Specifically, firstly, the partner determination unit 22 leaves the product ID of the determined product in the proposal information and deletes the product IDs of other candidate products.
Secondly, the partner determination unit 22 creates a record of the partner information 33 using the proposal information in which only the product ID of the determined product remains. Thereafter, the partner determination process procedure is terminated. As described above, the partner determination unit 22 repeats the partner determination processing procedure each time the issuer information 31 or the product information 32 is changed.

(Point exchange processing procedure)
The point exchange processing procedure will be described with reference to FIG.
The operating subject of the point exchange processing procedure may be the point exchange device 1 or the issuer server 2 of the main issuer. When the point exchanging device 1 is an operation subject, a “point exchanging unit” (not shown) that is a program stored in the auxiliary storage device 15 of the point exchanging device 1 is called by the issuer server 2 of the main issuer. From the point issuer's standpoint, the following processing is executed. In FIG. 7, an example in which the issuer server 2 of the main issuer is an operation subject will be described.

  In step S321, issuer server 2 determines whether or not a point exchange request has been made. Specifically, when issuer server 2 receives a request to exchange points from customer terminal device 3 (step S321 “YES”), it proceeds to step S322. In other cases (step S321 “NO”), the process waits until a request is received.

In step S322, issuer server 2 transmits point exchange screen 81 (FIG. 13). Specifically, the issuer server 2 transmits the point exchange screen 81 to the customer terminal device 3 that has transmitted the point exchange request, and displays the point exchange screen 81 on the output device. FIG. 13 is a point exchange screen displayed by the main issuer “XX Airline” to the customer.
In the product column 82 of the affiliation partner, two affiliation partners “△△ hotel customers” 83 and “◎◎ English conversation customers” 84 are displayed. These correspond to the sub-issuer IDs in the partnership information 33 (FIG. 4A). Further, icons 83a, 83b, 84a, 84b, and 84c indicating five products are displayed in the product column 82 of the partner. These icons correspond to the affiliated product ID of the affiliated information 33.

  Products with these icons are products that can be purchased using “XX Airline” points by “Kazuko Sato” who is a customer of “XX Airlines” as the main issuer. Attention is paid to the record in the fourth line of the issuer information 31 (FIG. 2). After May 1, 2014, “XX Airline” points can be exchanged for sub-issuer products, with 300 points as the lower exchange limit. That is, 300 points or more of “XX Airline” can be allocated to the full value or a part of the commercial value (price) of the sub-issuer. The issuer server 2 uses the rates of each company to convert and display the points of the goods of the sub-issuer into the points of the main issuer (to make it easier for the customer of the main issuer to understand).

  Now, it is assumed that “Kazuko Sato” has selected the icon “Dinner 8,000P” 83a for “Δ Hotel”. Then, issuer server 2 displays product purchase screen 91a (Drawing 14 (a)). The product purchase screen 91a may be a screen provided by the issue server 2 of the sub issuer on the Internet. “Kazuko Sato” reads the explanation of the product and presses the “use partner points” button 92. Then, issuer server 2 displays a product purchase screen (continued) 91b (FIG. 14B). “Kazuko Sato” inputs the password previously given from “XX Airline” in the password field 93 and presses the “Purchase button” 94.

  In step S323, the issuer server 2 receives the point exchange result. Specifically, the issuer server 2 receives the customer ID of “Kazuko Sato”, “Δ Hotel”, and “two dinners 8,000 P” from the customer terminal device 3.

In step S324, issuer server 2 transmits customer information. Specifically, first, issuer server 2 searches customer information 34 (FIG. 4B) using the customer ID received in step S323 as a search key, and obtains a record of “Kazuko Sato”. .
Second, the issuer server 2 transmits the acquired record information (excluding the point balance) to the issuer server 2 of the sub-issuer. Of course, it is desirable for the main issuer to obtain the prior consent of the customer for disclosing the customer information to the sub-issuer.

  In step S325, issuer server 2 updates the customer's point balance. Specifically, the issuer server 2 updates the point balance of the “Kazuko Sato” record of the customer information 34 by subtracting “8,000P”. Thereafter, the point exchange processing procedure is terminated.

(Effect of embodiment)
(1) According to the point exchange device of the present embodiment, it is possible to easily search for a partner that matches the company image.
(2) According to the point exchange device of the present embodiment, it is possible to search for products of other companies that can be purchased with the minimum exchange unit of points issued by the company and have a value (price) that does not reduce the image.
(3) According to the point exchange apparatus of the present embodiment, the point issuer can select a product of another company that the customer really wants to purchase from among many product candidates.
(4) According to the point exchange device of the present embodiment, it is possible to review partner and other company products without delay with respect to changes in circumstances of each company such as price revision.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be modified without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

1 Point exchange device 2 Issuer server 3 Customer terminal device 4 Network 11 Central control device (control unit)
12 Input device 13 Output device 14 Main storage device (storage unit)
15 Auxiliary storage device (storage unit)
16 Communication Device 21 Registration / Update Processing Unit 22 Partner Partner Determining Unit 31 Issuer Information 32 Product Information 33 Partner Information 34 Customer Information 51a, 51b Registration Screen 61a, 61b Update Screen 71 Partner Screen 81 Point Exchange Screen 91a, 91b Product Purchase Screen

Claims (6)

A storage unit that stores issuer information in which the type of issuer of the issuer and the desired type of business of the partner of the issuer are stored in association with the issuer of the point that is a value that can be exchanged for a product,
Determine the issuer and the alliance partner whose desired business type of the partner matches the issuer's business type,
A control unit that transmits information about the determined partner product to the server operated by the determined issuer;
A point exchange apparatus comprising: The issuer information is:
Stores the minimum unit of the points of the issuer that can be exchanged for the partner product in association with the issuer,
The controller is
Sending information about the product of the partner having the value of the minimum unit or more to the server;
The point exchange device according to claim 1, wherein: The controller is
Receiving the information selected by the operator of the server from the information related to the product of the partner that has been transmitted;
The point exchange device according to claim 2, wherein: The controller is
Monitor the issuer information and product information in which the value of the product is stored,
Each time it is detected that the issuer information or the product information has changed, the desired business type of the partner is determined to match the business type of the issuer and the partner, and the determined issuer is determined. Repeating the process of transmitting information on the determined partner product to the server operated by
The point exchange device according to claim 3. The storage unit of the point exchange device
In association with the issuer of the point that is the value that can be exchanged for the product, the issuer information storing the issuer's industry and the desired industry of the partner of the issuer is stored,
The control unit of the point exchange device,
Determine the issuer and the alliance partner whose desired business type of the partner matches the issuer's business type,
Transmitting information related to the determined product of the partner to the server operated by the determined issuer;
A point exchange method for the point exchange apparatus. For the storage unit of the point exchange device
In association with the issuer of the point that is the value that can be exchanged for a product, the issuer information storing the issuer's industry and the desired industry of the partner of the issuer is stored,
For the control unit of the point exchange device,
Determine the issuer and the alliance partner whose desired business type of the partner matches the issuer's business type,
Causing the server operated by the determined issuer to execute a process of transmitting information related to the determined partner product;
A point exchange program for causing the point exchange device to function.

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