JP2021082334A - Information processing device and information processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

To allow the burden on a store to be reduced in a system in which a store terminal reads a coupon displayed on a user terminal during settlement of a product price.SOLUTION: A privilege providing device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a settlement token request reception unit 111 for receiving a token request including user identification information from a user terminal; a token generation unit 113 for generating a token associated with coupon identification information and the user identification information; a token transmission unit 114 for transmitting the token to the user terminal; a settlement request reception unit 115 for receiving a settlement request including the token from a store terminal; a validity determination unit 112 for determining whether the coupon associated with the coupon identification information is valid; and a privilege providing unit 116 for providing the user with privilege by the coupon associated with the coupon identification information corresponding to the token if the validity determination unit determines that the coupon is valid.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing device and an information processing method for performing a process of making a payment using a coupon.

Conventionally, there is known a system in which a store terminal installed in a store reads a coupon code displayed on a user terminal owned by the user and discounts the price of the product when the coupon is applicable (for example). See Patent Document 1).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2002-260099

In the system described in Patent Document 1, the host computer that manages the store terminal distributes the coupon to the user terminal, and the store terminal reads the coupon and determines the applicability. Therefore, the store terminal is burdened with a process for determining the applicability of the coupon. In addition, the store manager is burdened with managing the coupon information on the store terminal and the host computer.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to reduce the burden on the store in a system in which the store terminal reads the coupon displayed on the user terminal when the price of the product is settled.

The information processing device of the first aspect of the present invention is given to the first receiving unit that receives the token request including the user identification information from the user terminal used by the user and the user associated with the user identification information. A generator that generates a coupon associated with the coupon identification information associated with the coupon, a token associated with the user identification information included in the token request, and a transmission that transmits the token generated by the generation unit to the user terminal. The second receiving unit that receives the payment request including the token acquired from the user terminal by the store terminal provided in the store and the store terminal, and the coupon associated with the coupon identification information are valid. The determination unit that determines whether or not there is, and when the determination unit determines that the coupon is valid, the privilege by the coupon associated with the coupon identification information corresponding to the token corresponds to the token. It has a privilege providing unit provided to the user associated with the user identification information.

The information processing method of the second aspect of the present invention includes a step of receiving a token request including user identification information, which is executed by a processor, from a user terminal used by the user, and the user associated with the user identification information. The step of generating the coupon identification information associated with the given coupon and the token associated with the user identification information included in the token request, and the token generated by the generation step are transmitted to the user terminal. The step of receiving the payment request including the token acquired from the user terminal by the store terminal provided in the store from the store terminal, and whether the coupon associated with the coupon identification information is valid. When the step of determining whether or not the coupon is valid and the step of determining that the coupon is valid, the privilege of the coupon associated with the coupon identification information corresponding to the token is given to the token corresponding to the token. It has a step to provide to the user associated with the user identification information.

According to the present invention, in a system in which a store terminal reads a coupon displayed on a user terminal when paying for a product, the burden on the store can be reduced.

It is a schematic diagram of the payment system which concerns on embodiment. It is a block diagram of the privilege providing device which concerns on embodiment. It is a block diagram of the user terminal and the store terminal which concerns on embodiment. It is a schematic diagram of coupon information and token information. It is a front view of the user terminal which displays a payment screen and a coupon selection screen. It is a front view of a user terminal displaying a payment screen. It is a sequence diagram of the payment method executed by the payment system according to the embodiment. It is a sequence diagram of the settlement method which concerns on the modification.

[Overview of payment system S]
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a payment system S (information processing system) according to the present embodiment. The payment system S includes a privilege providing device 1, a user terminal 2, a store terminal 3, and a payment server 4. The payment system S may include other devices such as servers and terminals.

The privilege providing device 1 (information processing device) is a computer that determines the validity of the electronic coupon given to the user and provides the user with the privilege by the coupon. The user is a customer of a store such as a retail store. The privilege providing device 1 can communicate with the user terminal 2, the store terminal 3, and the payment server 4 via a network such as the Internet or a local area network.

The user terminal 2 is a computer that accepts user operations and displays various information. The user terminal 2 is a mobile terminal such as a smartphone or a tablet terminal. The store terminal 3 is a computer installed in the store that reads information on products purchased by the user and also reads a payment code presented by the user. The store terminal 3 is, for example, a POS (Point Of Sale) terminal or a communication terminal owned by a store clerk. The payment server 4 is a computer that pays for the product purchased by the user. Goods are goods or services that users can pay for and purchase.

The outline of the process in which the payment system S according to the present embodiment applies the coupon to make a payment will be described below. The privilege providing device 1 grants a coupon to a user in advance, associates a user ID for identifying the user with a coupon ID for identifying the coupon, and stores the coupon in the storage unit. The user ID may be assigned to each user or may be assigned to each user terminal 2. A coupon is used by a user when purchasing a product to provide a predetermined privilege to the user. Benefits from coupons include, for example, discounts on product prices, provision of prizes, and points. The user can purchase the product at a desired timing by using the coupon given to the user.

Before purchasing a product at a store, the user performs an operation of selecting a coupon to be used on the user terminal 2 owned by the user. The user terminal 2 transmits a payment token request including the user ID associated with the user terminal 2 and the coupon ID associated with the selected coupon to the privilege providing device 1 (a).

The privilege providing device 1 determines whether or not the coupon is valid based on the user ID and the coupon ID included in the received payment token request (b). At this time, the privilege providing device 1 determines the validity of the coupon based on, for example, the presence / absence of the coupon, the availability of the coupon, and the expiration date of the coupon. Further, when the privilege providing device 1 receives the payment token request, the privilege providing device 1 generates a payment token. At this time, the privilege providing device 1 associates the coupon ID with the token and stores it in the storage unit.

The privilege providing device 1 transmits the generated payment token to the user terminal 2 which is the source of the payment token request (c). The user terminal 2 generates a payment code based on the received payment token and displays it on the display unit (d). The payment code is a character string or an image that can be read by the store terminal 3. When the user purchases a product at a store, the user presents the payment code displayed on the user terminal 2 to the store terminal 3.

The store terminal 3 uses the imaging unit to read the payment code displayed on the user terminal 2 (e). The store terminal 3 acquires the payment token indicated by the payment code by decrypting the read payment code. The store terminal 3 transmits a payment request including payment information including the payment amount of the product purchased by the user and the payment token indicated by the read payment code to the privilege providing device 1 (f). The privilege providing device 1 searches the storage unit for the payment token included in the received payment request.

When the privilege providing device 1 finds the payment token included in the received payment request on the storage unit, the privilege providing device 1 identifies the coupon ID corresponding to the payment token. The privilege providing device 1 redetermines whether or not the coupon with the specified coupon ID is valid (g). At this time, the privilege providing device 1 determines the validity of the coupon based on, for example, the presence / absence of the coupon, the availability of the coupon, the expiration date of the coupon, and the store ID for identifying the store.

When the privilege providing device 1 determines that the coupon of the coupon ID corresponding to the payment token is valid, the privilege providing device 1 provides the user with the privilege by the coupon, and sets the payment amount of the payment information included in the received payment request to the user ID. Is transmitted to the payment server 4 in association with (h). Here, when the privilege by the coupon is a discount, the privilege providing device 1 subtracts the discount amount by the coupon from the payment amount and transmits it to the payment server 4.

The payment server 4 performs payment processing when the payment amount received from the privilege providing device 1 is within the range of the balance that can be paid by the user (for example, credit balance or prepaid balance), and does not perform payment processing otherwise. .. The payment server 4 transmits a payment result indicating whether or not the payment has been made to the privilege providing device 1. The privilege providing device 1 notifies the store terminal 3 of the payment result received from the payment server 4 (i).

As described above, in the payment system S according to the present embodiment, the privilege providing device 1 instead of the store terminal 3 executes the process of determining the validity of the coupon and the process of applying the coupon. As a result, the processing load of the store terminal 3 can be reduced, and the cost for improving the processing performance of the store terminal 3 is not required. Further, since the store manager does not need to register the coupon information in the store terminal 3, the management burden of the store manager can be reduced.

[Configuration of payment system S]
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the privilege providing device 1 according to the present embodiment. FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the user terminal 2 and the store terminal 3 according to the present embodiment. In FIGS. 2 and 3, the arrows indicate the main data flows, and there may be data flows other than those shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. In FIGS. 2 and 3, each block shows a functional unit configuration, not a hardware (device) unit configuration. Therefore, the blocks shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 may be mounted in a single device, or may be mounted separately in a plurality of devices. Data can be exchanged between blocks via any means such as a data bus, a network, or a portable storage medium.

The privilege providing device 1 has a control unit 11 and a storage unit 12. The control unit 11 includes a payment token request receiving unit 111, an validity determination unit 112, a token generating unit 113, a token transmitting unit 114, a payment request receiving unit 115, a privilege providing unit 116, and a payment executing unit 117. And have. The storage unit 12 has a coupon storage unit 121 and a token storage unit 122.

The storage unit 12 is a storage medium including a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), a hard disk drive, and the like. The storage unit 12 stores in advance the program executed by the control unit 11. The storage unit 12 may be provided outside the privilege providing device 1, and in that case, data may be exchanged with the control unit 11 via a network. The coupon storage unit 121 stores coupon information regarding the coupon given to the user. The token storage unit 122 stores token information indicating a token associated with the coupon. The coupon storage unit 121 and the token storage unit 122 may be storage areas on the storage unit 12, respectively, or may be a database configured on the storage unit 12.

The control unit 11 is, for example, a processor such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and by executing a program stored in the storage unit 12, the settlement token request reception unit 111, the validity determination unit 112, and the token generation unit 113 are executed. , Token transmitting unit 114, payment request receiving unit 115, privilege providing unit 116, and payment executing unit 117. At least a part of the function of the control unit 11 may be executed by an electric circuit. Further, at least a part of the functions of the control unit 11 may be executed by a program executed via the network.

The user terminal 2 has a control unit 21, a storage unit 22, an operation unit 23, and a display unit 24. The control unit 21 has a transmission unit 211 and a reception unit 212. The operation unit 23 includes an operation device such as a keyboard and a mouse that can input information by a user operation. The display unit 24 includes a display device capable of displaying information such as a liquid crystal display. The operation unit 23 and the display unit 24 may be integrally configured by using a touch screen that can detect the position of contact by the user as the display unit 24.

The storage unit 22 is a storage medium including a ROM, a RAM, a hard disk drive, and the like. The storage unit 22 stores in advance the program executed by the control unit 21. The storage unit 22 may be provided outside the user terminal 2, and in that case, data may be exchanged with the control unit 21 via a network.

The control unit 21 is, for example, a processor such as a CPU, and functions as a transmission unit 211 and a reception unit 212 by executing a program stored in the storage unit 22. At least a part of the function of the control unit 21 may be executed by an electric circuit. Further, at least a part of the functions of the control unit 21 may be executed by a program executed via the network.

The store terminal 3 has a control unit 31, a storage unit 32, and an imaging unit 33. The control unit 31 includes a product information acquisition unit 311, a code reading unit 312, a transmission unit 313, and a reception unit 314. The imaging unit 33 includes an imaging device (camera, scanner, etc.) that captures a predetermined imaging range. The imaging unit 33 inputs a signal indicating the captured image to the control unit 31.

The storage unit 32 is a storage medium including a ROM, a RAM, a hard disk drive, and the like. The storage unit 32 stores in advance the program executed by the control unit 31. The storage unit 32 may be provided outside the store terminal 3, and in that case, data may be exchanged with the control unit 31 via the network.

The control unit 31 is, for example, a processor such as a CPU, and functions as a product information acquisition unit 311, a code reading unit 312, a transmission unit 313, and a reception unit 314 by executing a program stored in the storage unit 32. At least a part of the function of the control unit 31 may be executed by an electric circuit. Further, at least a part of the functions of the control unit 31 may be executed by a program executed via the network.

The payment system S according to the present embodiment is not limited to the specific configuration shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. The privilege providing device 1, the user terminal 2, the store terminal 3, and the payment server 4 may be configured by connecting two or more physically separated devices by wire or wirelessly.

[Explanation of payment method]
Hereinafter, the payment method executed by the payment system S according to the present embodiment will be described in detail. The coupon storage unit 121 of the privilege providing device 1 stores the coupon information regarding the coupon given to the user in advance.

FIG. 4A is a schematic diagram of coupon information D1 stored in the coupon storage unit 121. The coupon information D1 includes a user ID (user identification information) for identifying the user, a coupon ID (coupon identification information) for identifying the coupon given to the user, a privilege, and the use, which are associated with each other. Includes availability, expiration date, and store ID (store identification information) for identifying the store. The award indicates a award provided to a user who has made a payment using a coupon. For example, benefits include discounts on product prices, provision of prizes, and points. Availability indicates whether the coupon can be used. For example, for a coupon that can be used only once, it is set as "OK" if the coupon has not been used yet, and "Not" if the coupon has been used.

The expiration date indicates the expiration date when the coupon can be used. In the example of FIG. 4A, the expiration date is shown only at the end time, but the start time may be shown in addition to the end time. The store ID indicates a store where the coupon can be used. The store ID is identification information unique to each store or identification information assigned to a group (member store) of a plurality of stores. The coupon information D1 may include a plurality of store IDs. For coupons that can be used regardless of the store, the store ID is omitted.

In FIG. 4A, the coupon information D1 is represented by a table of character strings for visibility, but each data may be recorded in any format, for example, character string data, numerical data, and binary data. Either may be used. The coupon information D1 may be recorded as a database or may be recorded as a list listing data.

The user activates the application software for making a payment on the user terminal 2 before purchasing the product at the store. Since the user has not yet selected the coupon at this point, the user terminal 2 transmits a payment token request including the user ID and not including the coupon ID to the privilege providing device 1. The privilege providing device 1 generates a payment token that is not associated with the coupon ID by the token generation unit 113 described later, and transmits it to the user terminal 2. The user terminal 2 generates a payment code which is a character string or an image generated by encoding the received payment token by a predetermined method. Then, the user terminal 2 displays a payment screen on the display unit 24, which presents a payment code for making a payment.

FIG. 5A is a front view of the user terminal 2 displaying the payment screen. The payment screen includes a payment code 241 and a button 242 for transitioning to the coupon selection screen. The button 242 is a virtual button (icon) that can be pressed by the user. The payment code 241 is a payment code indicating a payment token received from the privilege providing device 1. No coupon has been applied to the payment code 241 at this point. The user presents the payment code 241 to the store terminal 3 when making a payment without using the coupon. When making a payment using a coupon, the user presses the button 242 using the operation unit 23 of the user terminal 2. When the button 242 is pressed on the payment screen, the user terminal 2 displays a coupon selection screen for selecting a coupon on the display unit 24.

FIG. 5B is a front view of the user terminal 2 displaying the coupon selection screen. The coupon selection screen includes a coupon 243 given to the user and a button 244 for confirming the selection. In the example of FIG. 5B, the user terminal 2 displays the content of the privilege as the coupon 243, but in addition to this, the expiration date of the coupon may be displayed. The user terminal 2 may read the information of the coupon 243 stored in the storage unit 22 of the user terminal 2 in advance when the coupon selection screen is displayed, or the information of the coupon 243 is read from the privilege providing device 1 when the coupon selection screen is displayed. You may receive it. The coupon 243 can be selected or deselected according to the operation by the user. Only one of the plurality of coupons 243 may be selectable, or a plurality of coupons may be selectable.

The button 244 is a virtual button (icon) that can be pressed by the user. The user uses the operation unit 23 of the user terminal 2 to select the coupon 243 to be used, and then presses the button 244. The transmission unit 211 of the user terminal 2 sends a payment token request (token request) including the user ID associated with the user terminal 2 and the coupon ID associated with the coupon selected by the user to the privilege providing device 1. Send.

The coupon selection screen may include only valid coupons 243. In this case, the user terminal 2 transmits an inquiry as to whether or not the coupon 243 is valid to the privilege providing device 1 when the coupon selection screen is displayed. In the privilege providing device 1, the validity determination unit 112, which will be described later, determines whether or not the coupon 243 is valid, and transmits the determination result to the user terminal 2. The user terminal 2 displays a coupon selection screen including the coupon 243 determined to be valid.

In the present embodiment, the user terminal 2 displays the coupon selection screen after displaying the payment screen including the payment code 241 to which the coupon is not applied, but displays the coupon selection screen and accepts the coupon selection. After that, the payment screen may be displayed.

In the privilege providing device 1, the payment token request receiving unit 111 (first receiving unit) receives the payment token request from the user terminal 2. The validity determination unit 112 identifies the user ID and coupon ID included in the payment token request received by the payment token request receiving unit 111. When the payment token request does not include the coupon ID (that is, the coupon is not selected by the user), the validity determination unit 112 proceeds to generate the payment token by the token generation unit 113. When the settlement token request includes the coupon ID, the validity determination unit 112 determines whether or not the coupon is valid based on the user ID and the coupon ID included in the settlement token request. When the settlement token request includes a plurality of coupon IDs, the validity determination unit 112 determines whether or not each of the plurality of coupon IDs is valid.

Specifically, the validity determination unit 112 acquires the coupon information associated with the user ID and the coupon ID included in the settlement token request from the coupon storage unit 121. The validity determination unit 112 determines that the coupon is not valid when the user ID and the coupon information associated with the coupon ID are not stored in the coupon storage unit 121. Further, the validity determination unit 112 determines that the coupon is not valid when the availability included in the coupon information indicates that the coupon is not available. Further, the validity determination unit 112 determines that the coupon is not valid when the current time is outside the range of the expiration date included in the coupon information.

The validity determination unit 112 stores the coupon information associated with the user ID and the coupon ID in the coupon storage unit 121, and the availability of the coupon information indicates that the coupon can be used. When the current time (time at the time of determination) is within the expiration date included in the coupon information, it is determined that the coupon is valid. The criteria for determining the validity of the coupon shown here is an example, and the validity determination unit 112 may determine whether or not the coupon is valid according to other criteria. The validity determination unit 112 may use only one of the availability and the expiration date for the determination.

The token generation unit 113 generates a settlement token. The payment token may be random data or data generated according to a predetermined rule. When the validity determination unit 112 determines that the coupon is valid, the token generation unit 113 stores the user ID, the coupon ID, and the settlement token in the token storage unit 122 in association with each other. On the other hand, the token generation unit 113 associates the user ID with the payment token when the validity determination unit 112 determines that the coupon is not valid, or when the payment token request does not include the coupon ID (). That is, it is stored in the token storage unit 122 (without associating with the coupon ID).

FIG. 4B is a schematic diagram of token information D2 stored in the token storage unit 122. The token information D2 includes a user ID, a coupon ID, and a payment token associated with each other. If the validity determination unit 112 determines that the coupon is not valid, or if the payment token request does not include the coupon ID (ie, the coupon is not selected by the user), the coupon ID is set to blank. To. In this case, the settlement token is not associated with the coupon ID in the token storage unit 122.

In FIG. 4B, the token information D2 is represented by a table of character strings for visibility, but each data may be recorded in any format, for example, character string data, numerical data, and binary data. Either may be used. The token information D2 may be recorded as a database, or may be recorded as a list listing data.

According to such token information D2, whether or not the settlement token is associated with the coupon ID in the token storage unit 122 indicates the determination result of whether or not the coupon is valid by the validity determination unit 112.

In the example of FIG. 4B, one token storage unit 122 is used when the validity determination unit 112 determines that the coupon is valid and when the validity determination unit 112 determines that the coupon is not valid. Although both payment tokens are stored, only the payment token when the validity determination unit 112 determines that the coupon is valid may be stored. In this case, whether or not the settlement token is stored in the token storage unit 122 indicates the determination result of whether or not the coupon by the validity determination unit 112 is valid.

The token transmission unit 114 transmits the determination result of whether or not the coupon by the validity determination unit 112 is valid and the settlement token generated by the token generation unit 113 to the user terminal 2. The receiving unit 212 of the user terminal 2 receives the determination result and the settlement token from the privilege providing device 1.

The receiving unit 212 generates a payment code by encoding the received payment token by a predetermined method. The payment code may be, for example, a bar code, a two-dimensional code, a character string, or a plurality of them. The payment code may be in another form as long as the store terminal 3 can read it. Then, the receiving unit 212 displays a payment screen for presenting the received determination result and the generated payment code on the display unit 24.

6 (a) and 6 (b) are front views of the user terminal 2 displaying the payment screen. The payment screen includes a payment code 241, a button 242 for transitioning to the coupon selection screen, and a determination result 245. The payment code 241 is a payment code generated based on the payment token generated by the token generation unit 113 of the privilege providing device 1. When the user presses the button 242, the above-mentioned coupon selection is performed again.

The determination result 245 is information representing the determination result of whether or not the coupon by the validity determination unit 112 of the privilege providing device 1 is valid. Since FIG. 6A shows a payment screen when it is determined that the coupon is valid, the determination result 245 indicates that the coupon is valid. On the other hand, since FIG. 6B shows a payment screen when it is determined that the coupon is not valid, the determination result 245 indicates that the coupon is not valid.

After presenting the product to be purchased to the store terminal 3, the user presents the payment code displayed on the user terminal 2 to the store terminal 3. In the store terminal 3, the product information acquisition unit 311 acquires product information including the price of the product that the user wants to purchase. For example, the product information acquisition unit 311 acquires the product information by reading the barcode attached to the product using the image pickup unit 33. The product information acquisition unit 311 may acquire the product information input by the store clerk.

After the product information acquisition unit 311 acquires the product information, the code reading unit 312 reads the payment code displayed on the user terminal 2 by using the imaging unit 33. The code reading unit 312 acquires the payment token indicated by the payment code by decrypting the read payment code by a predetermined method. The transmission unit 313 calculates the payment amount by totaling the prices of the products that the user wants to purchase, and manages the payment information including the calculated payment amount, the payment token acquired by the code reading unit 312, and the store terminal 3. A payment request including the store ID of the store is transmitted to the privilege providing device 1.

In the privilege providing device 1, the payment request receiving unit 115 receives the payment request from the store terminal 3. The payment request receiving unit 115 searches the token storage unit 122 for the payment token included in the received payment request. If the payment request receiving unit 115 cannot find the payment token included in the received payment request on the token storage unit 122, the payment request receiving unit 115 may end the process without executing the payment, or may not apply the coupon. You may proceed to the execution of the settlement by the settlement execution unit 117.

When the payment request receiving unit 115 finds the payment token included in the payment request on the token storage unit 122, the payment request receiving unit 115 specifies the user ID and the coupon ID corresponding to the payment token included in the payment request in the token storage unit 122. The payment request receiving unit 115 applies the coupon when the coupon ID corresponding to the payment token included in the payment request cannot be specified (that is, when the coupon ID is not associated with the payment token in the token storage unit 122). Instead, the payment execution unit 117 proceeds to execute the payment.

When the payment request receiving unit 115 specifies the coupon ID based on the payment request (that is, when the coupon ID is associated with the payment token in the token storage unit 122), the validity determination unit 112 determines that the payment request is made. Based on the user ID and coupon ID corresponding to the included payment token, it is redetermined whether or not the coupon is valid. When the settlement token included in the settlement request corresponds to a plurality of coupon IDs, the validity determination unit 112 redetermines whether or not each of the plurality of coupon IDs is valid.

Specifically, the validity determination unit 112 acquires the user ID corresponding to the payment token included in the payment request and the coupon information associated with the coupon ID from the coupon storage unit 121. The validity determination unit 112 determines that the coupon is not valid when the user ID and the coupon information associated with the coupon ID are not stored in the coupon storage unit 121. Further, the validity determination unit 112 determines that the coupon is not valid when the availability included in the coupon information indicates that the coupon is not available. Further, the validity determination unit 112 determines that the coupon is not valid when the current time is outside the range of the expiration date included in the coupon information. Further, the validity determination unit 112 determines that the coupon is not valid when the store ID included in the payment request is not included in the store ID included in the coupon information.

The validity determination unit 112 stores the coupon information associated with the user ID and the coupon ID in the coupon storage unit 121, and the availability of the coupon information indicates that the coupon can be used. The coupon is valid when the current time (time at the time of re-judgment) is within the expiration date included in the coupon information and the store ID included in the payment request is included in the store ID included in the coupon information. Judge that there is. The criteria for determining the validity of the coupon shown here is an example, and the validity determination unit 112 may determine whether or not the coupon is valid according to other criteria. The validity determination unit 112 may use only a part of the availability, the expiration date, and the store ID for determination.

When the validity determination unit 112 determines that the coupon is not valid, the processing may be terminated without executing the settlement, or the settlement execution unit 117 may proceed to the execution of the settlement without applying the coupon. ..

In this way, the privilege providing device 1 determines the validity of the coupon when receiving the payment token request from the user terminal 2, and then redetermines the validity of the coupon when receiving the payment request from the store terminal 3. To do. Then, the privilege providing device 1 determines that the coupon is valid both when the payment token request receiving unit 111 receives the payment token request and when the payment request receiving unit 115 receives the payment request. When 112 determines, the privilege by the coupon is provided to the user. As a result, for example, even if the coupon is valid when the user selects the coupon and the coupon becomes invalid when the product is purchased (such as when the expiration date has passed), the privilege providing device 1 can correctly determine the terms of use of the coupon and make a payment without applying the coupon.

The re-determination by the validity determination unit 112 when the settlement request is received may be omitted. In this case, the validity determination unit 112 validates the coupon given to the user associated with the user ID included in the payment token request when the payment token request receiving unit 111 receives the payment token request. When the payment request receiving unit 115 receives the payment request, it does not determine whether the coupon associated with the coupon ID corresponding to the payment token included in the payment request is valid. ..

On the other hand, the determination by the validity determination unit 112 when the settlement token request is received may be omitted, and only the determination by the validity determination unit 112 when the settlement request is received may be performed. In this case, the validity determination unit 112 validates the coupon given to the user associated with the user ID included in the payment token request when the payment token request receiving unit 111 receives the payment token request. The user ID, the coupon ID, and the settlement token are associated with each other and stored in the token storage unit 122 without determining whether or not the above is the case. Then, when the payment request receiving unit 115 receives the payment request, the validity determination unit 112 determines whether or not the coupon associated with the coupon ID corresponding to the payment token included in the payment request is valid.

When the validity determination unit 112 determines that the coupon is valid, the privilege providing unit 116 is associated with the user ID and the coupon ID corresponding to the payment token included in the payment request acquired from the coupon storage unit 121. Identify the benefits included in the coupon information. Then, the privilege providing unit 116 provides the specified privilege to the user of the user ID corresponding to the payment token. When the privilege by the coupon is the provision of a prize or the granting of points, the privilege providing unit 116 outputs information for providing the prize or granting points to the user. When the privilege by the coupon is a discount on the price of the product, the privilege providing unit 116 subtracts the discount amount by the coupon from the payment amount (price of the product to be settled) of the payment information included in the payment request.

The settlement execution unit 117 executes the settlement by transmitting the settlement amount of the settlement information included in the settlement request (or the settlement amount to which the discount by the coupon is applied) to the settlement server 4. The payment server 4 performs payment processing when the payment amount received from the privilege providing device 1 is within the range of the balance that can be paid by the user (for example, credit balance or prepaid balance), and does not perform payment processing otherwise. ..

The payment server 4 transmits a payment result indicating whether or not the payment has been made to the privilege providing device 1. The payment execution unit 117 of the privilege providing device 1 receives the payment result from the payment server 4 and notifies the store terminal 3. The receiving unit 314 of the store terminal 3 receives the payment result from the privilege providing device 1 and stores it in the storage unit 32.

Further, the settlement execution unit 117 may calculate a fee for the store that manages the store terminal 3. The fee is a fee paid by the store that manages the store terminal 3 to the business operator that manages the privilege providing device 1 in order to make a payment using the privilege providing device 1. The fee is calculated, for example, by multiplying the settlement amount by a predetermined coefficient. At this time, when the privilege providing unit 116 subtracts the discount amount by the coupon from the payment amount (the price of the product to be settled), the settlement execution unit 117 calculates the commission based on the payment amount after the subtraction. On the other hand, the settlement execution unit 117 calculates the commission based on the original settlement amount when the privilege providing unit 116 does not subtract the discount amount due to the coupon from the settlement amount. The settlement execution unit 117 outputs the calculated fee information by storing it in the storage unit 12 or transmitting it to the store terminal 3. As a result, the privilege providing device 1 can correctly calculate the commission paid by the store to the business operator by automatically reflecting the discount amount due to the coupon.

[Sequence of payment methods]
FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram of a payment method (information processing method) executed by the payment system S according to the present embodiment. The user terminal 2 uses the operation unit 23 to accept the user's selection of a coupon (S11). The transmission unit 211 of the user terminal 2 transmits a payment token request including the user ID associated with the user terminal 2 and the coupon ID associated with the coupon selected by the user to the privilege providing device 1 (S12). ).

In the privilege providing device 1, the payment token request receiving unit 111 receives the payment token request from the user terminal 2. The validity determination unit 112 identifies the user ID and coupon ID included in the payment token request received by the payment token request receiving unit 111. When the payment token request does not include the coupon ID (that is, the coupon is not selected by the user), the validity determination unit 112 proceeds to generate the payment token by the token generation unit 113 in step S14.

When the settlement token request includes the coupon ID, the validity determination unit 112 determines whether or not the coupon is valid based on the user ID and the coupon ID included in the settlement token request (S13). The token generation unit 113 generates a settlement token (S14). When the validity determination unit 112 determines that the coupon is valid, the token generation unit 113 stores the user ID, the coupon ID, and the settlement token in the token storage unit 122 in association with each other. On the other hand, the token generation unit 113 associates the user ID with the payment token when the validity determination unit 112 determines that the coupon is not valid, or when the payment token request does not include the coupon ID. It is stored in the storage unit 122.

The token transmission unit 114 transmits the determination result of whether or not the coupon by the validity determination unit 112 is valid and the settlement token generated by the token generation unit 113 to the user terminal 2. The receiving unit 212 of the user terminal 2 receives the determination result and the settlement token from the privilege providing device 1. The receiving unit 212 generates a payment code by encoding the received payment token by a predetermined method. Then, the receiving unit 212 displays the payment screen that presents the received determination result and the generated payment code on the display unit 24 (S15).

In the store terminal 3, the product information acquisition unit 311 acquires product information including the price of the product that the user wants to purchase (S16). After the product information acquisition unit 311 acquires the product information, the code reading unit 312 reads the payment code displayed on the user terminal 2 by using the imaging unit 33 (S17). In FIG. 7, a broken line indicates that the payment code is optically exchanged rather than communicated.

The code reading unit 312 acquires the payment token indicated by the payment code by decrypting the read payment code by a predetermined method. The transmission unit 313 calculates the payment amount by totaling the prices of the products that the user wants to purchase, and manages the payment information including the calculated payment amount, the payment token acquired by the code reading unit 312, and the store terminal 3. A payment request including the store ID of the store is transmitted to the privilege providing device 1 (S18).

In the privilege providing device 1, the payment request receiving unit 115 receives the payment request from the store terminal 3. The payment request receiving unit 115 searches the token storage unit 122 for the payment token included in the received payment request. The payment request receiving unit 115 specifies the user ID and coupon ID corresponding to the payment token included in the payment request in the token storage unit 122. The payment request receiving unit 115 applies the coupon when the coupon ID corresponding to the payment token included in the payment request cannot be specified (that is, when the coupon ID is not associated with the payment token in the token storage unit 122). Instead, the process proceeds to the execution of the settlement by the settlement execution unit 117 in step S21.

When the coupon ID corresponding to the payment token included in the payment request is specified (that is, when the coupon ID is associated with the payment token in the token storage unit 122), the validity determination unit 112 includes the payment request. Based on the user ID and coupon ID corresponding to the payment token, it is redetermined whether or not the coupon is valid (S19). The re-determination of step S19 may be omitted. Further, the determination in step S13 may be omitted, and only the determination in step S19 may be performed. When the validity determination unit 112 determines that the coupon is not valid, the process may be terminated without executing the settlement, or the settlement execution unit 117 in step S21 may execute the settlement without applying the coupon. You may proceed.

When the validity determination unit 112 determines that the coupon is valid, the privilege providing unit 116 is associated with the user ID and the coupon ID corresponding to the payment token included in the payment request acquired from the coupon storage unit 121. Identify the benefits included in the coupon information. Then, the privilege providing unit 116 provides the specified privilege to the user of the user ID corresponding to the payment token (S20).

The settlement execution unit 117 executes settlement by transmitting the settlement amount of the settlement information included in the settlement request (or the settlement amount to which the discount by the coupon is applied) to the settlement server 4 (S21). The payment server 4 performs payment processing when the payment amount received from the privilege providing device 1 is within the range of the balance that can be paid by the user (for example, credit balance or prepaid balance), and does not perform payment processing otherwise. .. The payment server 4 transmits a payment result indicating whether or not the payment has been made to the privilege providing device 1. The payment execution unit 117 of the privilege providing device 1 receives the payment result from the payment server 4 and notifies the store terminal 3. The receiving unit 314 of the store terminal 3 receives the payment result from the privilege providing device 1 and stores it in the storage unit 32.

[Effect of Embodiment]
According to the payment system S according to the present embodiment, the privilege providing device 1 determines the validity of the coupon when receiving the payment token request from the user terminal 2, and then uses the payment token associated with the coupon ID. When it is transmitted to the user terminal 2 and a payment request including the payment token is received from the store terminal 3, the privilege of the coupon corresponding to the payment token is provided to the user. Therefore, the payment system S can reduce the processing load of the store terminal 3, and does not require a cost for improving the processing performance of the store terminal 3. Further, since the store manager does not need to register the coupon information in the store terminal 3, the management burden of the store manager can be reduced.

[First modification]
The privilege providing device 1 may determine whether or not the coupon is valid based on the product purchased by the user. In this case, the coupon information D1 shown in FIG. 4A further includes a product ID (product identification information) for identifying a product to which the coupon is applied. The product ID is identification information unique to each product or identification information assigned to the type (item) of the product. The coupon information D1 may include a plurality of product IDs. For coupons that can be used regardless of the product, the product ID is omitted.

In the store terminal 3, after the product information acquisition unit 311 acquires the product information and the code reading unit 312 acquires the payment token, the transmission unit 313 acquires the payment information including the payment amount and the code reading unit 312. A payment request including a payment token, a store ID of a store that manages the store terminal 3, and a product ID of a product to be settled is transmitted to the privilege providing device 1. When the payment request receiving unit 115 receives the payment request from the store terminal 3, the privilege providing device 1 specifies the user ID and the coupon ID corresponding to the payment token included in the payment request in the token storage unit 122.

The validity determination unit 112 determines whether or not the coupon is valid based on the user ID and the coupon ID corresponding to the settlement token included in the settlement request. Here, the validity determination unit 112 makes a determination using the product ID in addition to the determination using the availability, the expiration date and the store ID described above. Specifically, the validity determination unit 112 determines that the coupon is not valid when the product ID included in the payment request is not included in the product ID included in the coupon information.

The validity determination unit 112 stores the user ID and the coupon information associated with the coupon ID in the coupon storage unit 121, and the availability of the coupon information indicates that the coupon can be used. The current time is within the expiration date included in the coupon information, the store ID included in the payment request is included in the store ID included in the coupon information, and the product ID included in the payment request is included in the coupon information. If it is included in the product ID, it is determined that the coupon is valid. The validity determination unit 112 may use only a part of the availability, expiration date, store ID, and product ID for determination. With such a configuration, the privilege providing device 1 can determine whether or not the coupon can be applied based on the product to be settled.

[Second modification]
An expiration date may be set for the payment token. In this case, in the privilege providing device 1, when the token for payment is generated, the token generation unit 113 stores the generation time at which the token for payment is generated in the storage unit 12.

The payment request receiving unit 115 receives the payment request from the store terminal 3, and the validity determination unit 112 determines whether or not the coupon is valid based on the user ID and coupon ID corresponding to the payment token included in the payment request. Is re-determined. When the validity determination unit 112 determines that the coupon is valid, the privilege providing unit 116 is associated with the user ID and the coupon ID corresponding to the payment token included in the payment request acquired from the coupon storage unit 121. Identify coupon benefits based on coupon information. In addition, the privilege providing unit 116 acquires the generation time of the payment token included in the payment request from the storage unit 12.

Then, the privilege providing unit 116 sets the specified privilege for settlement on the condition that the time when the settlement request receiving unit 115 receives the settlement request is within a predetermined time (for example, 5 minutes) from the generation time of the settlement token. It is provided to the user with the user ID corresponding to the token. On the other hand, the privilege providing unit 116 does not provide the privilege when the time when the payment request receiving unit 115 receives the payment request is later than the predetermined time from the generation time of the payment token. As a result, the payment system S can suppress the diversion of payment tokens and improve security.

The privilege providing device 1 may accept a reacquisition request for reacquiring a payment token from the user terminal 2. In the user terminal 2, when a predetermined time has elapsed since the receiving unit 212 received the payment token, or when the user performs an operation for reacquisition using the operation unit 23, the transmitting unit 211 sets the transmission unit 211. The reacquisition request including the payment token received by the receiving unit 212 is transmitted to the privilege providing device 1.

In the privilege providing device 1, when the payment token request receiving unit 111 acquires the reacquisition request from the user terminal 2, the token generating unit 113 associates the payment token included in the reacquisition request with a new payment token. To generate. The token generation unit 113 stores the generation time when a new settlement token is generated in the storage unit 12. Then, the token transmission unit 114 transmits a new payment token to the user terminal 2.

At this time, the validity determination unit 112 may determine whether or not the coupon is valid based on the user ID and coupon ID corresponding to the settlement token included in the reacquisition request. When the validity determination unit 112 determines that the coupon is not valid, information indicating that the coupon is not valid may be transmitted to the user terminal 2.

The user terminal 2 regenerates the payment code by encoding the new payment token transmitted by the privilege providing device 1 by a predetermined method, and displays it on the display unit 24. In this way, when the privilege providing device 1 receives the reacquisition request from the user terminal 2, the original payment token is associated with the new payment token, so that the token storage unit 122 associates the original payment token with the original payment token. The expiration date can be extended while maintaining the coupon information (that is, without reacquiring the user ID and the coupon ID and storing them in the token storage unit 122).

[Third variant]
In the above description, the privilege providing device 1 uses the coupon selected by the user on the user terminal 2 for payment, but the privilege providing device 1 may specify the coupon given to the user and use it for payment. ..

FIG. 8 is a sequence diagram of a payment method (information processing method) according to this modification. Hereinafter, the points different from the sequence diagram of FIG. 7 will be mainly described. First, the transmission unit 211 of the user terminal 2 transmits a payment token request including the user ID associated with the user terminal 2 to the privilege providing device 1 (S12a). Unlike FIG. 7, the payment token request does not include the coupon ID associated with the coupon selected by the user.

In the privilege providing device 1, the payment token request receiving unit 111 receives the payment token request from the user terminal 2. The validity determination unit 112 identifies the coupon ID (that is, the coupon given to the user) associated with the user ID included in the payment token request received by the payment token request receiving unit 111 in the coupon storage unit 121. (S12b). When the coupon ID associated with the user ID does not exist in the coupon storage unit 121, the validity determination unit 112 proceeds to the generation of the settlement token by the token generation unit 113 in step S14a. When the coupon ID associated with the user ID exists in the coupon storage unit 121, the validity determination unit 112 determines whether or not the coupon is valid based on the user ID and the coupon ID (S13a).

The token generation unit 113 generates a settlement token (S14a). When the validity determination unit 112 determines that the coupon is valid, the token generation unit 113 stores the user ID, the coupon ID, and the settlement token in the token storage unit 122 in association with each other. On the other hand, the token generation unit 113 sets the user ID and the payment when the validity determination unit 112 determines that the coupon is not valid, or when the coupon storage unit 121 does not have the coupon ID associated with the user ID. The token is associated with the token and stored in the token storage unit 122.

The token transmission unit 114 transmits the payment token generated by the token generation unit 113 to the user terminal 2. When the coupon ID associated with the user ID exists in the coupon storage unit 121 and the validity determination unit 112 determines that the coupon of the coupon ID is valid, the token transmission unit 114 setstles. In addition to the token for use, the coupon information of the coupon is transmitted to the user terminal 2. The receiving unit 212 of the user terminal 2 receives the payment token and the coupon information from the privilege providing device 1.

The receiving unit 212 generates a payment code by encoding the received payment token by a predetermined method. Then, the receiving unit 212 displays a payment screen for presenting the generated payment code on the display unit 24 (S15a). Further, when the receiving unit 212 receives the coupon information together with the payment token, the user terminal 2 displays the received coupon information on the display unit 24. Step S16 and subsequent steps are the same as in FIG. 7. The re-determination of step S19 may be omitted. Further, the determination in step S13a may be omitted, and only the determination in step S19 may be performed. As described above, in the payment method according to the present modification, the privilege providing device 1 can identify the coupon given to the user and automatically apply it to the payment without accepting the selection of the coupon by the user.

In step S15a, the user terminal 2 may accept from the user whether or not to apply the coupon corresponding to the coupon information received by the receiving unit 212 on the coupon selection screen shown in FIG. 5B. In this case, in step S20, the privilege providing unit 116 of the privilege providing device 1 provides the user with only the privilege of the coupon selected by the user to apply. As a result, the privilege providing device 1 can apply the coupon to the payment after identifying the coupon given to the user and accepting the user to select whether or not to apply the coupon.

Although the present invention has been described above using the embodiments, the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the scope described in the above embodiments, and various modifications and changes can be made within the scope of the gist thereof. is there. For example, the specific embodiment of the distribution / integration of the device is not limited to the above embodiment, and all or a part thereof may be functionally or physically distributed / integrated in any unit. Can be done. Also included in the embodiments of the present invention are new embodiments resulting from any combination of the plurality of embodiments. The effect of the new embodiment produced by the combination has the effect of the original embodiment together.

The processor of the privilege providing device 1, the user terminal 2, the store terminal 3, and the payment server 4 is the main body of each step (process) included in the payment methods shown in FIGS. 7 and 8. That is, the processors of the privilege providing device 1, the user terminal 2, the store terminal 3, and the payment server 4 read a program for executing the payment method shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 from the storage unit, and execute the program to make a payment. By controlling each part of the system S, the payment method shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 is executed. The steps included in the payment methods shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 may be partially omitted, the order between the steps may be changed, and a plurality of steps may be performed in parallel.

S Payment system 1 Privilege providing device 111 Token request receiving unit for payment 112 Validity judgment unit 113 Token generating unit 114 Token transmitting unit 115 Payment request receiving unit 116 Privilege providing unit 117 Payment execution unit

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A first receiving unit that receives a request for a token for payment using a coupon given to the user from the user terminal of the user, and
A transmitter that transmits a token corresponding to the coupon to the user terminal in response to a request for the token.
A second receiver that receives a payment request including the token from the store terminal of the store, and
After receiving the payment request, a determination unit that determines whether or not the coupon is valid, and
When the determination unit determines that the coupon is valid, the privilege providing unit that provides the privilege by the coupon to the user and the privilege providing unit.
A payment execution unit that executes payment based on the payment request when the token included in the payment request is received.
With
The first receiving unit receives a reacquisition request for reacquiring the token from the user terminal after the transmitting unit transmits the token to the user terminal.
The transmission unit transmits a new token to the user terminal in response to the reacquisition request.
The second receiving unit receives the payment request including the new token from the store terminal, and receives the payment request.
After receiving the new token included in the payment request, the privilege providing unit provides the user with the privilege by the coupon corresponding to the token.
Information processing device. In response to the reacquisition request, the transmission unit transmits the new token associated with the token to the user terminal.
The privilege providing unit provides the user with the privilege by the coupon corresponding to the token associated with the new token included in the payment request.
The information processing device according to claim 1. The first receiving unit receives a request for the token including user identification information for identifying the user, and receives a request for the token.
Further having a generation unit for generating the token associated with the coupon identification information for identifying the coupon given to the user and the user identification information included in the request for the token.
The information processing device according to claim 1 or 2. When the first receiving unit receives the request for the token within the expiration date of the coupon, the determination unit does not use whether or not the time of the determination by the determination unit is within the expiration date of the coupon. , Determining whether the coupon is valid,
The information processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3. Further having a storage unit for storing the coupon identification information for identifying the coupon and the store identification information for identifying the store in association with each other.
The second receiving unit receives the payment request including the token and the store identification information from the store terminal, and receives the payment request.
The determination unit is subject to the condition that the store identification information included in the payment request corresponds to the store identification information associated with the coupon identification information corresponding to the token included in the payment request in the storage unit. Judging that the coupon is valid,
The information processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 4. The information processing device according to claim 3, wherein the token request includes the coupon identification information. The information processing device according to claim 6, wherein the information processing device stores the token transmitted to the user terminal in association with the coupon identification information. 7. The determination unit determines whether or not the coupon is valid based on the coupon identification information stored in the information processing apparatus in association with the token received by the second receiving unit. The information processing device described in. The information processing device according to claim 3, wherein the determination unit determines whether or not the coupon is valid based on the user identification information. The information processing device according to claim 3 or 9, wherein the payment execution unit executes payment based on the user identification information. The token request includes the coupon identification information and the user identification information.
The information processing device according to any one of claims 3, 9 or 10, wherein the information processing device stores the coupon identification information and the user identification information in association with each other. The information processing device according to claim 11, wherein the information processing device stores the token transmitted to the user terminal in association with the coupon identification information and the user identification information. The information processing device stores the token transmitted to the user terminal, and stores the token.
The payment execution unit according to any one of claims 1 to 12, wherein the payment execution unit executes payment when the token stored in the information processing device and the token included in the payment request match. Information processing device. The transmitting unit transmits information indicating the coupon that the determining unit has determined to be valid given to the user to the user terminal.
The information processing according to any one of claims 1 to 13, wherein the first receiving unit receives a request for the token for payment using the coupon determined by the determination unit to be valid. apparatus. The information processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 14, wherein the privilege is to give points to the user. The information processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 15, wherein the first receiving unit receives a request for the token for payment using a plurality of the coupons. The information processing device according to claim 16, wherein the determination unit determines whether or not each of the plurality of coupons indicated by the request for the token is valid. The processor runs,
A step of receiving a token request for payment using the coupon given to the user from the user terminal of the user, and
In response to the request for the token, a step of transmitting the token corresponding to the coupon to the user terminal, and
The step of receiving a payment request including the token from the store terminal of the store, and
After receiving the payment request, a step of determining whether or not the coupon is valid, and
When the step for determining that the coupon is valid determines that the coupon is valid, the step for providing the privilege with the coupon to the user and the step for providing the user.
When the token included in the payment request is received, the step of executing the payment based on the payment request and
After the transmitting step transmits the token to the user terminal, a reacquisition request for reacquiring the token is received from the user terminal.
In response to the reacquisition request, a step of transmitting a new token to the user terminal and
A step of receiving the payment request including the new token from the store terminal, and
After receiving the new token included in the payment request, the step of providing the user with the privilege by the coupon corresponding to the token, and
Information processing method.

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