JP2018041371A - Point grant system and point grant program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mechanism for granting a point in accordance with the use of an electrical apparatus.SOLUTION: A point grant system of the present invention comprises: an apparatus information acquisition unit for acquiring electrical apparatus information that relates to an electrical apparatus purchased by a user in response to the fact that the electrical apparatus and an attachment plug for wiring that supplies electricity to the electrical apparatus are connected; a point information acquisition unit for acquiring point information that relates to a point granted in response to the fact that the electrical apparatus is purchased, on the basis of the electrical apparatus information acquired by the apparatus information acquisition unit; and a point grant unit for granting the point to the purchaser on the basis of the point information acquired by the point information acquisition unit.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a point grant system and a point grant program.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a technique related to a point service that gives points to a user who presents a point card when purchasing a product, purchasing a service, or using a service is known (for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2014-75969 A

Here, there are cases where a supplier who supplies electric power is required to provide a service that uses points for payment of a usage fee for the supplied electric power. In addition, suppliers may be required to have a mechanism to give points when purchasing and using electrical equipment that can use the supplied power with energy savings or electrical equipment recommended by the supplier. is there.
However, with the conventional technology described in Patent Document 1, even if the purchaser can give points according to the purchase of the product, etc., the point is given according to the use of the product. It may have been difficult.
This invention is made | formed in view of the said problem, and it aims at providing the structure which provides a point according to an electric equipment being used.

  One embodiment of the present invention acquires electrical device information related to the electrical device in response to the connection between the electrical device purchased by the purchaser and a wiring plug connector that supplies power to the electrical device. A device information acquisition unit; a point information acquisition unit that acquires point information related to points given in accordance with the purchase of the electrical device based on the electrical device information acquired by the device information acquisition unit; and the point A point granting system comprising: a point granting unit that grants the point to the purchaser based on the point information acquired by the information acquisition unit.

  In the point grant system according to one aspect of the present invention, the point is a point used for payment of the purchaser's power usage fee.

  In the point grant system according to one aspect of the present invention, a supplier information acquisition unit that acquires supplier information indicating a supplier of power used by the purchaser, and the supplier that the supplier information acquisition unit acquires. And a grant determining unit that determines whether or not to grant the point to the purchaser based on the information, and the point granting unit determines that the determination result of the grant determining unit gives the purchaser the point. When indicating to give, the point is given to the purchaser based on the point information.

  According to one embodiment of the present invention, in response to an electrical device purchased by a purchaser being connected to a computer and a wiring plug connector that supplies power to the electrical device, the electrical device information regarding the electrical device is stored. A device information acquisition step for acquiring, a point information acquisition step for acquiring point information relating to points given in accordance with the purchase of the electrical device based on the electrical device information acquired by the device information acquisition step, A point granting program for executing the point granting step of granting the point to the purchaser based on the point information acquired by the point information acquiring step.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the structure which uses a point for payment of the usage fee of energy can be provided.

It is a figure showing the outline of the point grant system of a 1st embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of the point provision system of 1st Embodiment. It is a table | surface which shows an example of the sales history information of 1st Embodiment. It is a table | surface which shows an example of the contractor point information of 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows an example of operation | movement of the point provision system of 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the outline | summary of the point provision system of 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of the point provision system of 2nd Embodiment.

[First Embodiment]
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of a point granting system 1 according to this embodiment.
The point grant system 1 includes a point grant device 10 and a management device 20.
The point granting device 10, the management device 20, and the home appliance mass retailer ES are connected via a network N capable of transmitting and receiving information.

[About management devices]
As shown in FIG. 1, the management device 20 is provided in the house H. The house H is a house, a condominium, or the like where the purchaser BY lives. The purchaser BY is a customer who purchases the electrical equipment EQ at the home appliance mass retailer ES. In this example, a case where the purchaser BY is Mr. A will be described. Moreover, in this example, Mr. A explains the case where he lives in the house H.
Mr. A purchases the electrical equipment EQ used in the house H at the home appliance mass retailer ES. For example, Mr. A purchases the air conditioner AC used in the house H at the home appliance mass retailer ES. Here, the air conditioner AC is an example of the electrical equipment EQ.

  The purchaser BY connects the electrical equipment EQ purchased by the purchaser BY to a wiring plug connector that supplies power to the electrical equipment EQ. The distribution line plug connector is, for example, an outlet PG. Specifically, Mr. A connects the air conditioner AC to the outlet PG when using the air conditioner AC purchased at the home appliance mass retailer ES in the house H. The air conditioner AC operates with power supplied from the outlet PG. The air conditioner AC is connected to the outlet PG, and supplies electrical equipment information EI related to the air conditioner AC to the management apparatus 20 in response to the operation. The electrical equipment information EI is information related to the electrical equipment EQ that transmits the electrical equipment information EI. The electrical equipment information EI is information in which the name of the electrical equipment EQ and the serial information ESI are associated, for example. The serial information ESI is information for identifying the electrical equipment EQ. The serial information ESI is, for example, a manufacturing number of the electrical equipment EQ. In this example, since the electrical equipment EQ is the air conditioner AC, the electrical equipment information EI in which the name of the air conditioner AC and the serial information ESI “AC-001” of the air conditioner AC are associated is supplied to the management device 20. The

The air conditioner AC transmits / receives the electrical equipment information EI to / from the management apparatus 20 by a known method. Specifically, the air conditioner AC and the management device 20 have a function of transmitting and receiving information through a wired or wireless LAN (Local Area Network) in the house H. The air conditioner AC transmits the electric equipment information EI to the management device 20 via the LAN in the house H in response to the connection of the air conditioner AC to the outlet PG and the supply of power. The management device 20 transmits the management device 20 acquired from the electrical device information EI to the point granting device 10 via the network N.
Here, the management device 20 collects information on the power generation state of the power used by the electrical equipment EQ used in the house H and the power of the power generation facility provided in the house H, in addition to the transmission of the electrical equipment information EI. Good. The management apparatus 20 may display the collected power used in the house H or the power generated by the power generation facility on a display or the like, and show the state of the power of the house H to the resident of the house H.

  In the above description, the case where the air conditioner AC transmits the electrical device information EI to the management apparatus 20 via the LAN in the house H has been described, but the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, the management apparatus 20 may store in advance electrical device information EI related to the electrical device EQ used in the house H. In this case, the outlet PG may include a detector that detects whether or not the electrical device EQ is connected, and the detector may detect whether or not the electrical device EQ is connected. Moreover, the detector provided in the outlet PG may supply information indicating that the electrical equipment EQ is connected to the management apparatus 20. Moreover, the management apparatus 20 may transmit the electrical equipment information EI to the point granting apparatus 10 in response to detecting that the detector provided in the outlet PG is connected to the electrical equipment EQ.

  Further, instead of the function of the air conditioner AC and the management device 20 transmitting and receiving information via the LAN in the house H, the air conditioner AC and the management device 20 receive information by power line communication other than PLC (Power Line Communication) or PLC. The structure which transmits / receives may be sufficient. In this case, the air conditioner AC transmits the electrical equipment information EI to the management apparatus 20 via PLC or power line communication other than PLC.

[About consumer electronics retailers]
The home appliance mass retailer ES includes a purchase information server SV1. The purchase information server SV1 is a server device that records sales history information SL indicating a history of sales performed at the home appliance mass retailer ES. The purchase information server SV1 stores sales history information SL related to the electrical equipment EQ sold at the home appliance mass retailer ES. In the sales history information SL, information indicating the points given to the purchaser BY of the electrical equipment EQ by purchasing the electrical equipment EQ is stored. Here, the point is a number assigned to each electrical equipment EQ, and can be used for various purposes. For example, the point is a point that can be used for payment when purchasing the electrical equipment EQ at the home appliance mass retailer ES. Further, for example, the point is a point that can be used for payment of a usage fee of electric power generated when the electric equipment EQ is used in the house H.
In this example, a case will be described in which the points are points that can be used for payment of a usage fee for the power used in the house H. In other words, in this example, the points are used for payment of the power usage fee of the purchaser BY.

[About point grant device]
The point granting device 10 is provided in a supplier EC's company building or the like. The supplier EC is a business operator that supplies energy such as electricity, gas, and water to a contractor AP that makes a contract to use energy with the supplier EC. In this example, a case where the supplier EC is a power supply company will be described. The power supply companies include general electric utilities and retail electric utilities.
Mr. A uses the electric power supplied from the supplier EC in the house H. Therefore, Mr. A is a contractor AP that concludes a power usage contract with the supplier EC. That is, Mr. A is a buyer BY of the home appliance mass retailer ES and a contractor AP of the supplier EC.
The point granting device 10 acquires the electrical device information EI from the management device 20 via the network N. Further, the point granting device 10 acquires point information PI from the purchase information server SV1 provided in the home appliance mass retailer ES via the network N. The point information PI is information related to points given to the purchaser BY in response to purchasing the electrical equipment EQ.
The point granting device 10 is based on the electrical equipment information EI and the point information PI, and points are attached to the electrical equipment EQ indicated by the electrical equipment information EI, and the electrical equipment EQ is used in the house H of the purchaser BY. When it is done, points are given to the purchaser BY of the electrical equipment EQ.

[Configuration of point grant system]
Hereinafter, the configuration of the point granting system 1 will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the point grant system 1 according to the present embodiment.
As described above, the management device 20 and the electrical equipment EQ are connected by the LAN in the house H. The electrical equipment EQ transmits electrical equipment information EI to the management apparatus 20 in response to the electrical equipment EQ being connected to the outlet PG.

[Configuration of management device]
The management device 20 includes a control unit 200. The control unit 200 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and includes a device information acquisition unit 201 and a device information transmission unit 202 as functional units.
The device information acquisition unit 201 acquires electrical device information EI from the electrical device EQ. The device information acquisition unit 201 supplies the acquired electrical device information EI to the device information transmission unit 202.
The device information transmitting unit 202 transmits the electric device information EI acquired from the device information acquiring unit 201 to the point granting device 10 via the network N.

[Configuration of point granting device]
The point granting apparatus 10 includes a control unit 100 and a storage unit 300. The control unit 100 includes a CPU, and includes a granting device reception unit 101, a point information acquisition unit 102, and a point granting unit 103 as functional units.
The grant device receiving unit 101 receives the electrical device information EI from the management device 20. The grant apparatus receiving unit 101 supplies the received electrical device information EI to the point information acquisition unit 102.
The point information acquisition unit 102 acquires point information PI based on the electrical device information EI acquired by the device information acquisition unit 201. Specifically, the point information acquisition unit 102 indicates, based on the electric device information EI acquired from the grant device reception unit 101, the electric device information EI in the sales history information SL stored in the purchase information server SV1. Point information PI related to the electrical equipment EQ is acquired.

[About sales history information]
Hereinafter, the sales history information SL will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 3 is a table showing an example of the sales history information SL of the present embodiment.
As described above, the sales history information SL is information indicating a history of sales of the electrical equipment EQ at the home appliance mass retailer ES. In this example, the sales history information SL includes a purchaser identification information ID, a name of the electrical equipment EQ, serial information ESI, and point number information PCI.
The purchaser identification information ID is information for identifying the purchaser BY who purchases the electrical equipment EQ. The purchaser identification information ID is different for each purchaser BY who purchases the electrical equipment EQ at the home appliance mass retailer ES. For example, the purchaser identification information ID of Mr. A is “0001”. Further, the purchaser identification information ID of Mr. B who is a purchaser BY different from Mr. A is “0002”.
Here, the purchaser identification information ID is acquired from the purchaser BY for the purpose of, for example, sending a notice of special sales of the home appliance mass retailer ES or delivering the electrical equipment EQ purchased at the home appliance mass retailer ES. It is information attached to each personal information.

The name of the electrical equipment EQ is, for example, the product name of the electrical equipment EQ. In this example, the product name of the electrical equipment EQ purchased by Mr. A is “air conditioner AC”. The product name of the electrical equipment EQ purchased by Mr. B is “rice cooker”.
As described above, the serial information ESI is information for identifying the electrical equipment EQ. In this example, the serial information ESI of the air conditioner AC purchased by Mr. A is “AC-001”. The serial information ESI of the rice cooker purchased by Mr. B is “RC-222”.
The point number information PCI is information indicating the number of points attached to the electrical equipment EQ for each electrical equipment EQ. In this example, points “100” are attached to the electrical equipment EQ purchased by Mr. A. In addition, “50” is given to the electrical equipment EQ purchased by Mr. B. When “air conditioner AC” is used in Mr. A's house H, Mr. A is awarded 100 points. When the “rice cooker” is used in Mr. B's house H, Mr. B is given 50 points.

In this example, the point information PI includes purchaser identification information ID of a certain electrical equipment EQ, the name of the electrical equipment EQ, serial information ESI, and point number information PCI. The sales history information SL includes a plurality of point information PI.
In the following description, among the point information PI included in the sales history information SL, Mr. A's purchaser identification information ID “0001”, the name of the electrical equipment EQ “air conditioner AC”, serial information ESI “AC-001”, and points The point information PI including the number information PCI “100” is described as point information PI1. In addition, among the point information PI included in the sales history information SL, Mr. B's purchaser identification information ID “0002”, the name of the electrical equipment EQ “rice cooker”, serial information ESI “RC-222”, and point number information PCI Point information PI including “50” is referred to as point information PI2.

[Configuration of point granting device]
Returning to FIG. 2, the point information acquisition unit 102, based on the electrical device information EI acquired from the assigning device reception unit 101, points information PI including the same serial information ESI as the serial information ESI included in the electrical device information EI. To get. In this example, since the electrical equipment information EI includes the serial information ESI “AC-001”, the point information acquisition unit 102 acquires the point information PI1 from the sales history information SL.
The point information acquisition unit 102 supplies the acquired point information PI to the point granting unit 103. In this example, the point information acquisition unit 102 supplies the acquired point information PI1 to the point granting unit 103.

  The point granting unit 103 acquires point information PI from the point information acquiring unit 102. The point giving unit 103 gives points to the purchaser BY based on the acquired point information PI. Specifically, the point granting unit 103 sends a point of information included in the point information PI to the purchaser BY who is a contractor AP of the power of the house H provided with the management device 20 that transmits the electrical equipment information EI. Points are assigned by the number of points indicated by the number information PCI. For example, the point granting unit 103 associates the contractor identification information AID for identifying the contractor AP of the power of the house H provided with the management device 20 and the point number information PCI included in the point information PI and stores them in the storage unit 300. Let Here, the contractor identification information AID is information for identifying the contractor AP of the house H provided with the management device 20.

The point granting device 10 identifies the contractor AP of the house H including the management device 20 that transmits the electrical equipment information EI by a known method. For example, the electrical equipment information EI includes information that can specify the contractor AP of the house H that includes the management device 20. The information that can identify the contractor AP of the house H is, for example, the network address when the house H transmits the electrical equipment information EI, the whereabouts of the house H, the name of the contractor AP, and the contractor AP. Information such as a telephone number.
In the following description, information relating the contractor identification information AID and the point number information PCI is referred to as contractor point information PN. Therefore, the point granting unit 103 stores the contractor point information PN in the storage unit 300 based on the acquired point information PI.
In this example, the point granting unit 103 stores the contractor identification information AID of Mr. A and the point number information PCI included in the point information PI1 in the storage unit 300 as the contractor point information PN.

[Contractor point information PN]
Hereinafter, the contractor point information PN will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 4 is a table showing an example of the contractor point information PN of the present embodiment.
As described above, the contractor point information PN is information in which the contractor identification information AID and the point number information PCI are associated with each other.
In this example, the contractor identification information AID of Mr. A who is the contractor AP of the supplier EC and is the purchaser BY is “1101”. Further, the point number information PCI included in the point information PI1 and indicating the number of points to which Mr. A is given is “100”. Further, the contractor identification information AID of Mr. B who is the contractor AP of the supplier EC and is the purchaser BY is “1102”. Further, the point number information PCI included in the point information PI2 and indicating the number of points to which Mr. B is given is “50”.

[About operation of point grant system]
Hereinafter, the operation of the point granting system 1 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the point grant system 1 of the present embodiment.
The device information acquisition unit 201 included in the management device 20 acquires the electric device information EI from the electric device EQ (step S110). The device information transmitting unit 202 transmits the electric device information EI acquired by the device information acquiring unit 201 to the point granting device 10 (step S120).
The grant apparatus receiving unit 101 included in the point grant apparatus 10 receives the electrical device information EI transmitted from the management apparatus 20 (step S130). The point information acquisition unit 102 acquires point information PI from the purchase information server SV1 based on the electrical equipment information EI received by the granting device reception unit 101 (step S140). The point grant unit 103 gives points to the purchaser BY based on the point information PI acquired by the point information acquisition unit 102 (step S150).

[Summary of First Embodiment]
As described above, the management device 20 included in the point grant system 1 of the present embodiment has the electrical equipment information EI according to the electrical equipment EQ purchased by the purchaser BY being used in the house H of the purchaser BY. Is transmitted to the point granting device 10. The point granting device 10 acquires the electrical device information EI from the management device 20. The point granting device 10 acquires the point information PI of the electrical device EQ indicated by the electrical device information EI from the purchase information server SV1 based on the acquired electrical device information EI. In addition, the point granting device 10 gives the number of points indicated by the point number information PCI among the information included in the point information PI to the purchaser BY.
According to the point granting system 1 of the present embodiment, the purchaser BY of the electrical equipment EQ obtains points attached to the electrical equipment EQ by connecting the electrical equipment EQ to the outlet PG in the house H and using it. can do.

Here, the points attached to the electrical equipment EQ may differ for each electrical equipment EQ. As described above, the points may be used for payment when purchasing the electrical equipment EQ at the home appliance mass retailer ES or for payment of the power usage fee. In this case, the purchaser BY may purchase the electrical equipment EQ with many points for the purpose of acquiring many points.
According to the point grant system 1 of the present embodiment, the purchaser BY can be encouraged to purchase the electrical equipment EQ by attaching many points to the electrical equipment EQ that is desired to be sold in large quantities.
Further, according to the point grant system 1 of the present embodiment, the purchaser BY can be encouraged to purchase and use the energy-saving electrical equipment EQ by attaching many points to the electrical equipment EQ that operates with energy saving.

Moreover, in the point grant system 1 of this embodiment, a point is a point used for payment of the power usage fee of the purchaser BY.
Here, the electrical equipment EQ includes an electrical equipment EQ that allows the management apparatus 20 to collect the usage status of the power used by the electrical equipment EQ, and an electrical equipment EQ that cannot be collected. The power supply company, which is the supplier EC, collects information on the power used by the contractor AP in the house H by the spread of the electrical equipment EQ that allows the management device 20 to collect the usage status of the power used by the electrical equipment EQ. You may be able to. The supplier EC may be able to know the tendency of the power used by the contractor AP by collecting information on the power used by the contractor AP.
When the supplier EC can know the tendency of the power used by the contractor AP, it becomes easier to plan the future power generation amount than the case where the supplier EC cannot know the tendency of the power. Therefore, the supplier EC may be required to disseminate the electric equipment EQ that can collect information on the power used by the contractor AP.
According to the point granting system 1 of the present embodiment, the management device 20 attaches many points to the electrical equipment EQ that can collect the power usage status, and can thereby promote the purchaser BY to spread the electrical equipment EQ. .
In addition, the supplier EC uses the points attached to the electrical equipment EQ to pay the purchaser BY's power usage fee, thereby processing the receipt of money associated with the use of the points by the power usage fee. Therefore, the trouble of using other financial institutions can be reduced.

[Second Embodiment]
In 1st Embodiment, the supplier EC using the mechanism which provides a point demonstrated the case where it was one certain supplier EC.
In the second embodiment, a supplier EC that uses a mechanism for granting points is a plurality of supplier ECs, and a buyer BY who purchases the electrical equipment EQ responds to the supplier EC that concludes an energy usage contract. The point which is given according to purchase of the electric equipment EQ is different from the first embodiment.
The second embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
In addition, about the structure similar to 1st Embodiment mentioned above, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected and the description is abbreviate | omitted.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an outline of the point granting system 2 of the present embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 6, the point grant system 2 of this embodiment includes a point grant device 11 and a management device 21.
The point granting device 11, the management device 21, and the home appliance mass retailer ES are connected via a network N capable of transmitting and receiving information.
The management apparatus 21 of this embodiment transmits the supplier information ECI which is the information regarding the supplier EC of the electric power which Mr. A uses in the house H other than the electrical equipment information EI to the point grant apparatus 11.

[Configuration of point grant system]
Hereinafter, the configuration of the point granting system 2 will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the point grant system 2 of the present embodiment.
The management device 21 of this embodiment includes a control unit 210. The control unit 210 includes a CPU, and includes a device information acquisition unit 201, a device information transmission unit 202, and a supplier information transmission unit 203 as functional units.
The supplier information transmission unit 203 transmits the supplier information ECI indicating the supplier EC contracted by Mr. A who lives in the house H to the point granting device 11.
Here, there may be a plurality of suppliers EC that can supply power to the house H. The supplier information ECI is information indicating a supplier EC contracted by a contractor AP living in the house H among a plurality of supplier ECs. Specifically, identification information for identifying the supplier EC is defined in advance for the plurality of suppliers EC, and the supplier information ECI is identification information for identifying a certain supplier EC.

The point grant apparatus 11 of this embodiment includes a control unit 110. The control unit 110 includes a CPU, and includes a granting device reception unit 101, a point information acquisition unit 102, a point granting unit 103, a supplier information acquisition unit 111, and a grant determination unit 112 as functional units. .
The supplier information acquisition unit 111 acquires the supplier information ECI transmitted from the management device 21. The supplier information acquisition unit 111 supplies the supplier information ECI acquired from the management device 21 to the assignment determination unit 112.
The assignment determination unit 112 acquires the supplier information ECI from the supplier information acquisition unit 111. The grant determination unit 112 determines whether or not points are to be granted to the purchaser BY based on the supplier information ECI. For example, when the supplier EC indicated by the supplier information ECI indicates a certain supplier EC, the grant determining unit 112 determines that the point indicated by the point information PI is granted to the purchaser BY. A certain supplier EC is, for example, a supplier EC that invests in a home appliance mass merchant ES to give points to the electrical equipment EQ for the purpose of encouraging the purchaser BY to purchase the electrical equipment EQ. The grant determination unit 112 supplies a determination result JR indicating whether or not to give points to the purchaser BY to the point grant unit 103.

  The point granting unit 103 acquires point information PI from the point information acquiring unit 102. In addition, the point granting unit 103 acquires the determination result JR from the grant determining unit 112. When the determination result JR indicates that points are to be given to the purchaser BY, the point information acquisition unit 102 gives points to the purchaser BY based on the point information PI. As described above, there are a plurality of suppliers EC that can supply power to the house H. Therefore, in the contractor point information PN, the contractor point information PN is stored as information that associates the contractor identification information AID of the contractor AP contracting with the plurality of suppliers EC and the point number information PCI. . The point granting unit 103 stores the contractor point information PN in the storage unit 300 based on the point information PI.

[Summary of Second Embodiment]
As described above, the management device 21 included in the point grant system 2 of the present embodiment supplies the electrical appliance information EI and the supplier information ECI to the point grant device 11. The point granting device 11 determines whether or not to give points to the purchaser BY based on the acquired electrical device information EI and the supplier information ECI.

Here, there are cases where there are a plurality of suppliers EC that supply power, where the points are used for payment of the power usage fee. In this case, the supplier EC investing in the points attached to the electrical equipment EQ may not intend to use the points for payment of a usage fee for power other than the power supplied by the supplier EC.
According to the point grant system 2 of the present embodiment, the points attached to the electrical equipment EQ purchased by the purchaser BY can be granted only to the contractor AP who contracts with the specific supplier EC.
Further, according to the point granting system 2 of the present embodiment, the contractor AP who is not contracted with the specific supplier EC can be prompted to make a contract with the specific supplier EC in order to be given points. .

  In the above description, the purchaser BY and the contractor AP are the same. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the purchaser BY who purchases the electrical equipment EQ at the home appliance mass retailer ES may give the electrical equipment EQ to another person. In this case, even if the other person who received the electrical equipment EQ connected the electrical equipment EQ to the outlet PG and used the electrical equipment EQ, points were given to the purchaser BY who gave the electrical equipment EQ. Good. When the other person to whom the electric equipment EQ is given is the contractor AP who makes a contract with the supplier EC of the electric power supplied to the electric equipment EQ, points may be given to the other person.

  Moreover, although the case where the certain specific supplier EC supplies electric power to the house H was demonstrated above, it is not restricted to this. For example, the house H may have a contract for receiving power supply from a plurality of suppliers EC. In this case, the supplier EC of the power supplied to the outlet PG to which the electrical equipment EQ is connected and the supplier EC determined by the provision determining unit 112 included in the point granting device 11 are the same supplier EC. Points may be given to the contractor AP of the house H.

  Moreover, although the point grant system 1 was provided with the point grant apparatus 10 and the management apparatus 20 and the point grant system 2 was provided with the point grant apparatus 11 and the management apparatus 20 in the above-mentioned, it is not restricted to this. The point grant system 1 may be configured by, for example, an apparatus including a device information acquisition unit 201, a point information acquisition unit 102, and a point grant unit 103. Moreover, the point grant system 2 is comprised by the apparatus provided with the apparatus information acquisition part 201, the point information acquisition part 102, the point grant part 103, the supplier information acquisition part 111, and the grant determination part 112, for example. Also good.

  Moreover, although the purchaser BY demonstrated the case where the purchaser BY purchases the electric equipment EQ in the household appliance mass retailer ES, it is not restricted to this. The purchaser BY may purchase the electrical equipment EQ by online shopping via the Internet.

Moreover, instead of the configuration in which the purchaser BY of the electrical equipment EQ acquires points, the purchaser BY of the electrical equipment EQ may be provided with an amount of power that can be used in the house H of the purchaser BY. .
In this case, the point grant system 1 or the point grant system 2 may grant the amount of power that can be used in the house H of the purchaser BY, instead of the configuration of giving points to the purchaser BY of the electrical equipment EQ. .

  In the above description, the case where the supplier EC invests in the home appliance mass retailer ES in order to attach points has been described, but the present invention is not limited thereto. Points may be invested by companies other than the supplier EC. In this case, the point grant system 1 may grant the points granted by the investment company that invests the points to the purchaser BY. The point grant system 2 may grant the purchaser BY when the purchaser BY is a contractor AP of the supplier EC desired by the investment company.

  In addition, each part with which the point grant system 1 in each said embodiment and the point grant system 2 are provided may be implement | achieved by exclusive hardware, and is implement | achieved by memory and a microprocessor. Also good.

  Each unit included in the point granting system 1 and the point granting system 2 includes a memory and a CPU (central processing unit), and stores a program for realizing the functions of the respective units included in the point granting system 1 and the point granting system 2. The function may be realized by loading and executing.

  In addition, a program for realizing the functions of the units included in the point grant system 1 and the point grant system 2 is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded on the recording medium is read into the computer system and executed. The processing may be performed by doing so. Here, the “computer system” includes an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices.

Further, the “computer system” includes a homepage providing environment (or display environment) if a WWW system is used.
The “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a storage device such as a flexible medium, a magneto-optical disk, a portable medium such as a ROM and a CD-ROM, and a hard disk incorporated in a computer system. Furthermore, the “computer-readable recording medium” dynamically holds a program for a short time like a communication line when transmitting a program via a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line. In this case, a volatile memory in a computer system serving as a server or a client in that case, and a program that holds a program for a certain period of time are also included. The program may be a program for realizing a part of the functions described above, and may be a program capable of realizing the functions described above in combination with a program already recorded in a computer system.

  The embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to this embodiment, and appropriate modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. it can. You may combine the structure as described in each embodiment mentioned above.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1, 2 ... Point grant system 10, 11 ... Point grant apparatus 20, 21 ... Management apparatus, 100 ... Control part, 101 ... Grant apparatus reception part, 102 ... Point information acquisition part, 103 ... Point grant part, 110 ... Control unit 111 ... Supplier information acquisition unit 112 ... Grant determination unit 200 ... Control unit 201 ... Device information acquisition unit 202 ... Device information transmission unit 203 ... Supplier information transmission unit 210 ... Control unit 300 ... Storage unit, EC ... Supplier, AP ... Contractor, BY ... Purchaser, H ... House, EQ ... Electrical equipment, PG ... Outlet, ES ... Home appliance mass retailer, SL ... Sales history information, SV1 ... Purchase information server, EI ... Electrical equipment information, PI, PI1, PI2 ... Point information, ECI ... Supplier information

Claims (4)

In response to the connection of the electrical device purchased by the purchaser and the wiring plug connector for supplying power to the electrical device, a device information acquisition unit that acquires electrical device information related to the electrical device;
Based on the electrical equipment information obtained by the equipment information obtaining section, a point information obtaining section that obtains point information related to points given in accordance with purchasing the electrical equipment;
Based on the point information acquired by the point information acquisition unit, a point granting unit that grants the point to the purchaser;
A point grant system. The point is
The point granting system according to claim 1, wherein the points are used for payment of the purchaser's power usage fee. A supplier information obtaining unit for obtaining supplier information indicating a supplier of electric power used by the purchaser;
Based on the supplier information acquired by the supplier information acquisition unit, a determination unit for determining whether to give the point to the purchaser; and
Further comprising
The point granting unit
The point grant according to claim 1 or 2, wherein when the determination result of the grant determination unit indicates that the purchaser is given the point, the point is given to the purchaser based on the point information. system. On the computer,
In response to the connection of the electrical device purchased by the purchaser and a wiring plug connector for supplying power to the electrical device, a device information acquisition step of acquiring electrical device information related to the electrical device;
Based on the electrical equipment information obtained by the equipment information obtaining step, a point information obtaining step for obtaining point information relating to points given in accordance with purchasing the electrical equipment;
Based on the point information acquired by the point information acquisition step, a point granting step of granting the point to the purchaser;
Point granting program to run

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