JP2016031537A - Electronic coupon distribution system and electronic coupon distribution method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic coupon distribution program, electronic coupon distribution system, and electronic coupon distribution method with which electronic coupons can be efficiently spread to users.SOLUTION: An electronic coupon distribution system includes: a portable information terminal 1 including imaging means 10 for photographing an image including a frame displaying coupon information and sharing means 11 for sharing the image photographed by the imaging means 10 via a communication network; and a server 3 that can be accessed from the portable information terminal 1 and provides coupon information to the portable information terminal 1.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic coupon distribution program, an electronic coupon distribution system, and an electronic coupon distribution method for distributing an electronic electronic coupon.

  Conventionally, coupons have been centered on paper media on which benefits such as discount information on products and services and free information are described, but with the spread of portable information terminals such as mobile phones and smartphones in recent years, Electronic coupons in which the coupon coupon of the medium is digitized have come to be used.

  Conventionally, for this type of electronic coupon, an electronic coupon prepared in advance is disclosed on the coupon provider's homepage or the like, and the coupon user accesses this homepage with a portable information terminal and downloads it (for example, Patent Document 1). And distributed to the user's portable information terminal by e-mail.

JP 2003-157401 A

  However, in the conventional electronic coupon distribution method, unless the coupon user actively accesses the coupon provider's home page, the coupon provider does not distribute it, and how the coupon provider distributes the electronic coupon to the home page. I am worried about how to access and how to spread electronic coupons.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic coupon distribution program, an electronic coupon distribution system, and an electronic coupon distribution method capable of efficiently spreading an electronic coupon.

  The electronic coupon distribution program of the present invention causes a portable information terminal to function as a photographing unit that captures an image including a frame displaying coupon information and a sharing unit that shares an image captured by the photographing unit via a communication network. It is a program for. According to the portable information terminal that has executed the electronic coupon distribution program of the present invention, the coupon information is displayed by capturing an image including a frame displaying the coupon information and sharing the captured image via the communication network. It is possible to make an image including the frame that can be seen by many users as an electronic coupon.

  Here, as a sharing means, for example, Facebook (registered trademark) provided by Facebook, Twitter (registered trademark) provided by Twitter, LINE (registered trademark) provided by LINE, etc., and other websites are provided. , Means that can be widely shared on a communication network such as posting to SNS (Social Networking Service) such as a web log (blog) or an electronic bulletin board.

  Further, the electronic coupon distribution program of the present invention further accesses a portable information terminal to a server that provides a plurality of coupon information, and selects coupon information displayed on an image photographed by a photographing means from among the plurality of coupon information. It is desirable that it is a program for functioning as a coupon selection means to be acquired. According to the portable information terminal that has executed the electronic coupon distribution program, desired coupon information is selected from a plurality of coupon information provided from the server, and an image including a frame displaying the selected coupon information is captured. By sharing this photographed image via a communication network, an image including a frame displaying the selected coupon information can be brought into the state of being seen by many users as an electronic coupon.

  In addition, the electronic coupon distribution system of the present invention includes portable information including photographing means for photographing an image including a frame displaying coupon information, and sharing means for sharing the image photographed by the photographing means via a communication network. It is a server that can be accessed by a terminal and a portable information terminal, and includes a server that provides coupon information to the portable information terminal. According to the electronic coupon distribution system of the present invention, the coupon information is acquired by accessing the server from the portable information terminal, the image including the frame displaying the coupon information is captured, and the captured image is transmitted via the communication network. By sharing, it is possible to make an image including a frame displaying coupon information visible to many users as an electronic coupon.

  In addition, the electronic coupon distribution method of the present invention includes capturing an image including a frame displaying coupon information with a portable information terminal, and sharing the captured image with the portable information terminal via a communication network. Features. According to the electronic coupon distribution method of the present invention, an image including a frame displaying coupon information is captured by a portable information terminal, and the captured image is shared via a communication network to display a frame displaying coupon information. It is possible to make an image including the image visible to many users as an electronic coupon.

  In addition, the electronic coupon distribution method of the present invention is to acquire coupon information by accessing a server that provides coupon information using a portable information terminal, and to capture an image including a frame displaying the coupon information using a portable information terminal. The method includes sharing a photographed image by a portable information terminal via a communication network. According to the electronic coupon distribution method of the present invention, the coupon information is obtained by accessing the server from the portable information terminal, the image including the frame displaying the coupon information is photographed, and the photographed image is transmitted via the communication network. By sharing, it is possible to make an image including a frame displaying coupon information visible to many users as an electronic coupon.

  According to the present invention, an image including a frame displaying coupon information is captured by a portable information terminal, and the image including the frame displaying coupon information is electronically shared by sharing the captured image via a communication network. It is possible to efficiently spread the electronic coupon in a state where it can be seen by many users as a coupon.

It is a block diagram of the electronic coupon distribution system in 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a display of a portable information terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of the image containing the flame | frame which displayed coupon information. It is a flowchart of the electronic coupon distribution system in 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a whole block diagram of the electronic coupon distribution system in 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram of the electronic coupon distribution system of FIG. It is a flowchart of the electronic coupon distribution system in 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a whole block diagram of the electronic coupon distribution system in 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram of the electronic coupon distribution system of FIG.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an electronic coupon distribution system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
In FIG. 1, the electronic coupon distribution system in the first embodiment of the present invention is configured by a portable information terminal 1. The portable information terminal 1 shoots an image including a frame displaying coupon information by executing the electronic coupon distribution program according to the embodiment of the present invention, and an image photographed by the photographing unit 10 via a communication network. Function as the sharing means 11 for sharing.

  The coupon information includes information on a provider that provides products and services (hereinafter referred to as “provider information”), information on products and services provided by the provider (hereinafter referred to as “product information”). ), Information on benefits such as discount information on products and services, and free information (hereinafter referred to as “privilege information”). The provider information is information that identifies the provider such as the name (store name), address, and contact information of the provider. The product etc. information is information for identifying a product or service such as a name (for example, a product name, a dish name, a service name, etc.) indicating the content of the product or service provided by the provider. The privilege information is information for specifying the content of the privilege (discount rate, discount amount, free charge, etc.).

  The photographing means 10 displays a frame 13 including the coupon information on the display 12 of the portable information terminal 1 as shown in FIG. When the user presses the shutter button 14 with the contents representing the contents of goods or services provided by the provider in the frame 13, the frame 13 including the coupon information as shown in FIG. 3 is included. An image 15 is taken.

  For example, the sharing unit 11 can use the image 15 photographed by the photographing unit 10, for example, facebook (registered trademark) provided by Facebook, Twitter (registered trademark) provided by Twitter, or LINE (registered trademark) provided by LINE. ), Etc., as well as a website, a web log (blog), an SNS (social networking service) 2 such as an electronic bulletin board via a communication network such as the Internet.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the electronic coupon distribution system in the first embodiment of the present invention.
In the electronic coupon distribution system having the above configuration, as shown in FIG. 4, the user captures an image 15 including the frame 13 displaying the coupon information with the portable information terminal 1 (step S <b> 101), and communicates the captured image 15. Sharing via a network (step S102). Thereby, it becomes possible to make the image 15 including the frame 13 displaying the coupon information into a state in which a large number of users can see it as an electronic coupon.

  On the other hand, other users who have seen the image 15 including the frame 13 displaying the coupon information on the SNS 2 acquire the image 15 using their mobile information terminals, and use the acquired image 15 as an electronic coupon. By presenting it to a provider who provides services and services, a privilege based on coupon information displayed on the frame 13 included in the image can be obtained.

(Embodiment 2)
FIG. 5 is an overall configuration diagram of the electronic coupon distribution system according to the second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram of the electronic coupon distribution system of FIG. 5 and 6, the same reference numerals are given to portions common to the configuration described in the first embodiment, and detailed description thereof is omitted.

  In FIG. 5, the electronic coupon distribution system according to the second embodiment of the present invention includes a portable information terminal 1 and a server 3 accessible by the portable information terminal 1. The server 3 provides a plurality of coupon information to the portable information terminal 1. As shown in FIG. 6, the server 3 includes a coupon information storage unit 30 that stores a plurality of coupon information, and a coupon information provision unit 31 that provides a plurality of coupon information stored in the coupon information storage unit 30.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the portable information terminal 1 is a coupon selection unit that acquires coupon information from the server 3 in addition to the photographing unit 10 and the sharing unit 11 by executing the electronic coupon distribution program in the present embodiment. 20 functions. The coupon selection means 20 accesses the server 3 and selects and acquires coupon information displayed on the image photographed by the photographing means 10 among the plurality of coupon information.

  The coupon information providing unit 31 provides various search conditions in response to a request from the coupon selecting unit 20 of the portable information terminal 1. For example, the coupon information providing means 31 is stored in the coupon information storage means 30 based on search conditions such as place (station, area (prefecture, city, etc.), current location), keyword (cooking, shop name, etc.), genre, and the like. Corresponding coupon information is acquired from a plurality of coupon information and provided to the portable information terminal 1.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of the electronic coupon distribution system in the second embodiment of the present invention.
In the electronic coupon distribution system configured as described above, as shown in FIG. 7, the user accesses the server 3 with the portable information terminal 1 and selects and obtains desired coupon information from a plurality of coupon information according to various search conditions. (Step S201). Thereby, the frame 13 displaying the coupon information selected here is displayed on the portable information terminal 1, and the user takes an image 15 including the frame 13 displaying the coupon information with the portable information terminal 1 (Step S1). S202), the captured image 15 is shared via the communication network (step S203). Thereby, it becomes possible to make the image 15 including the frame 13 displaying the coupon information into a state in which a large number of users can see it as an electronic coupon.

(Embodiment 3)
FIG. 8 is an overall configuration diagram of the electronic coupon distribution system according to the third embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 9 is a functional block diagram of the electronic coupon distribution system of FIG. In FIGS. 8 and 9, parts common to the configurations described in the first embodiment and the second embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof is omitted.

  In FIG. 8, the electronic coupon distribution system according to the third embodiment of the present invention includes a portable information terminal 1, a server 3 accessible by the portable information terminal 1, and management for accessing the server 3 and registering coupon information. Information terminal 4. The management information terminal 4 is a personal computer, a portable information terminal, or the like used by a provider who issues electronic coupons and provides products, services, and the like.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the server 3 includes a coupon information management unit 32 that manages coupon information stored in the coupon information storage unit 30 in addition to the coupon information storage unit 30 and the coupon information provision unit 31 described above.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the portable information terminal 1 makes a coupon use application in addition to the photographing unit 10, the sharing unit 11, and the coupon selection unit 20 by executing the electronic coupon distribution program in the present embodiment. It functions as a coupon use application means 21.

  In the present embodiment, the sharing unit 11 of the portable information terminal 1 further includes information related to sharing of the image 15 taken by the shooting unit 10 and the SNS 2 of the posting destination (hereinafter “shared information”). Is transmitted to the server 3. The coupon information management means 32 of the server 3 registers and manages the sharing information transmitted from the portable information terminal 1 in the coupon information storage means 30.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the management information terminal 4 accesses the server 3 to register the coupon information, the coupon information registration unit 40 that registers the coupon information, and the coupon approval unit 41 that approves the coupon usage application by the coupon usage application unit 21. And have. A provider who provides coupon information by providing coupon information can register the provider information, product etc. information and privilege information as the coupon information in the server 3 in advance by the coupon information registration means 40. It has become.

  In the electronic coupon distribution system according to the present embodiment, when the user shares the image 15 including the frame 13 on which the coupon information is displayed by the portable information terminal 1 in the same manner as described above, the sharing unit 11 stores the sharing information described above as a server. 3 to send. The server 3 registers the transmitted sharing information in the coupon information storage unit 30. In the electronic coupon distribution system according to the present embodiment, if the user simply shares the image 15 including the frame 13 displaying the coupon information, the image 15 cannot be used as an electronic coupon, and satisfies a predetermined condition. It becomes available when

  Here, the predetermined conditions for making the image 15 available as an electronic coupon are, for example, the number of shares in SNS2, the number of reviews, the number of check-ins, and the like. The coupon information management means 32 checks whether or not these predetermined conditions are satisfied at any time based on the sharing information stored in the coupon information storage means 30, and if the predetermined conditions are satisfied, the image 15 is displayed. It can be used as an electronic coupon.

  The available electronic coupon can be used by applying for a coupon using the coupon usage application means 21 of the portable information terminal 1. When the coupon use application means 21 makes a coupon use application, the coupon information management means 32 of the server 3 requests the management information terminal 4 to approve the coupon use application made by the coupon use application means 21. The provider confirms the use application and approves it by the coupon approving means 41. When the approval is performed by the coupon approval means 41, the server 3 stores in the coupon information storage means 30 that the target electronic coupon has been used by the coupon information management means 32.

  On the other hand, when another user who has seen the image 15 shared by the SNS 2 uses the image 15 as an electronic coupon, a portable information terminal that functions as the above-described coupon use application unit 21 is required. The portable information terminal that functions as the coupon use application unit 21 executes the electronic coupon distribution program described above on the portable information terminal owned by each user, or makes the portable information terminal function as the coupon use application unit 21 separately. It can be obtained by executing the utilization program.

  The electronic coupon distribution program, electronic coupon distribution system, and electronic coupon distribution method of the present invention are useful as a program, an apparatus, and a method for distributing an electronic electronic coupon.

1 Mobile information terminal 2 SNS
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 3 Server 4 Management information terminal 10 Image | photographing means 11 Sharing means 12 Display 13 Frame 14 Shutter button 15 Image 20 Coupon selection means 21 Coupon use application means 30 Coupon information storage means 31 Coupon information provision means 32 Coupon information management means 40 Coupon information Registration means 41 Coupon approval means

The present invention relates to a child coupon distribution system and an electronic coupon distribution method collector for distributing digitized electronic coupon.

Therefore, in the present invention aims to provide a child coupon distribution system and an electronic coupon distribution method collector capable of disseminate efficiently electronic coupon.

Child coupon distribution system and an electronic coupon distribution method collector of the present invention are useful as equipment and method for distributing digitized electronic coupon.

Claims (6)

Photographing means for photographing an image including a frame displaying coupon information;
An electronic coupon distribution program for causing a portable information terminal to function as sharing means for sharing an image photographed by the photographing means via a communication network.   Furthermore, the portable information terminal functions as a coupon selection unit that accesses a server that provides a plurality of coupon information, and selects and acquires coupon information displayed on an image captured by the imaging unit among the plurality of coupon information. The electronic coupon distribution program according to claim 1 for making it happen. An electronic coupon distribution program according to claim 2;
An electronic coupon distribution system including the server. Photographing means for photographing an image including a frame displaying coupon information;
A portable information terminal including a sharing unit that shares an image captured by the imaging unit via a communication network;
An electronic coupon distribution system including a server accessible by a portable information terminal and providing the coupon information to the portable information terminal. Taking an image with a mobile information terminal that includes a frame displaying coupon information,
An electronic coupon distribution method including sharing the photographed image by the portable information terminal via a communication network. Accessing a server that provides coupon information with a portable information terminal to obtain coupon information;
Photographing an image including a frame displaying the coupon information with the portable information terminal;
An electronic coupon distribution method including sharing the photographed image by the portable information terminal via a communication network.

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