JP4159760B2 - Coupon service providing method for mobile phone users, public advertising terminal, host device, store computer - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a coupon service providing method using a mobile phone. More specifically, the present invention relates to a coupon service providing method for issuing a coupon or authenticating an authorized coupon user based on a telephone ID of a mobile phone of a service target person. The present invention also relates to a public advertisement terminal / host device / store computer applied to this method.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In general coupon services, a store or a restaurant is a service provider, and a store clerk distributes coupon coupons to an unspecified number of people on the street or in the store. And when the user of a coupon service purchases goods or eats and drinks at a store, it is provided in the form of obtaining a predetermined privilege such as a discount on a fee by submitting the coupon ticket to a store clerk in advance or afterwards.
[0003]
Recently, in order to save the labor and cost for the coupon distribution, or to acquire more users (visitors), a method of publishing the coupon on the Internet as a web page has been adopted. There are many service providers. Then, a person who intends to use the coupon service prints out the coupon page displayed on the browser and brings it to the store as a coupon ticket or stores the web page in the memory of the mobile phone equipped with the browser. The data is stored, and the stored data is displayed on the display of the mobile phone at a store to present a coupon.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
As described above, the coupon service provision form includes a method of actually distributing a coupon and a method of distributing a coupon as data. In general, the method of actually distributing a coupon ticket is often close to the store providing the coupon service and the distribution location of the coupon ticket, and if the user desires, the coupon service can be enjoyed immediately. However, the coupon ticket is small in paper size and can only describe the minimum necessary information about the store and service contents. For this reason, at first glance customers feel uneasy about the use of the service, and in fact, the service user is often a regular customer. Therefore, we cannot expect much new customers.
[0005]
On the other hand, the method of distributing coupon coupons as data uses a Web page, so that it can sufficiently explain store introductions and service contents. Therefore, there is no great concern even when visiting a store for the first time. However, in this method, the person who wants to use the service does not necessarily reside in the vicinity of the service providing store. Therefore, the ratio of the person who actually uses the service with respect to the person who browsed the coupon is reduced. In addition, no information is input to those who cannot browse the Web page. That is, even if a person who cannot browse the Web page is in the vicinity of the store and is a potential service user, the service is not used.
[0006]
Therefore, the inventors of the present application have focused on a public advertisement terminal that is installed on the street and displays its location, contact information, etc. on a display along with advertisements in nearby stores. This terminal is an information processing device that introduces stores in the area where it is installed by means of advertising images, stores image data representing advertisements of each store in a database, and stores stores that are intended for users It has a function that searches and presents cues based on genres and names. Therefore, if the coupon can be distributed to the users of this public advertising terminal, the users are always located near the store, and the displayed advertisement can sufficiently explain the store. Moreover, since the user investigates information about the store that he / she intends to go to using this terminal, if the coupon service is provided, the probability of coming to the store to use the service is even higher. Become.
[0007]
However, when we consider distribution of coupons, we find that there are various problems. It is true that the coupon ticket itself can be distributed by printing out the coupon ticket by installing a printer or the like in the advertising terminal. The problem is that a large maintenance cost is required to maintain the public advertising terminal. For example, in order to print coupons, it is necessary to replenish consumables such as paper, ink, and toner, and periodic inspections and repairs are required as long as a movable mechanism such as a printer is incorporated. . Considering that there is a person who does not actually use the coupon ticket, the maintenance cost becomes enormous.
[0008]
Accordingly, the present invention discloses a coupon service providing method capable of acquiring more visitors by using public coupon terminals as coupons for coupon services without incurring running costs and using coupon coupons reliably. It is an object.
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The first invention for achieving the above object is specified by the following items (1) to (7).
(1) A coupon service providing method for mobile phone users.
(2) A large number of public advertising terminals are installed in various places as a contact point for the coupon service. The public advertising terminal includes information communication means for communicating with a predetermined host device via an appropriate information communication network, a telephone connection interface for performing data communication with a nearby mobile phone, and a predetermined message sent from the host device. An advertisement display means for appropriately displaying and outputting advertisement data in a format and a user interface for receiving an operation input by a user are provided.
(3) The database managed by the host device shows a large number of advertisement data deposited by a large number of advertisers, information related to the advertising plan for each advertisement data, and the location and name of each advertiser's store. Advertiser attribute information and terminal attribute information indicating the location of each public advertisement terminal are included. The host device selects the public advertisement terminal that places the advertisement data based on the advertisement plan related information of each advertisement data, and distributes each advertisement data to the appropriate public advertisement terminal.
(4) Upon receiving a predetermined user input during display of the advertisement data, the public advertising terminal acquires a telephone ID of a mobile phone connected to the telephone connection interface, and is displaying the telephone ID on the telephone ID. A coupon issue notification associated with the advertisement data is sent to the host device.
(5) The host device issues a coupon by pairing the coupon issuance notified telephone ID sent from the public advertising terminal with the advertiser attribute information corresponding to the advertisement data associated in the notification. Record in the record book.
(6) Each advertiser store is provided with a store computer having means for communicating with the host device via an appropriate information communication network, and telephone ID acquisition means for appropriately inputting and acquiring a telephone ID. Keep it.
(7) The store computer sends the acquired telephone ID of the visitor's mobile phone to the host device. In response to this, the host device refers to the telephone issuance record book for the telephone ID and recognizes that the telephone ID is associated with the corresponding advertiser attribute information. The notification is returned to the store computer. In response to this, the store computer appropriately outputs coupon use permission information indicating that the store visitor is a user of this service.
[0010]
The second invention is characterized in that, in the first invention, the invention specifying matter (7) is replaced by the following (21).
(21) The host device sends the telephone ID described in the coupon issue record book to the corresponding store computer in a timely manner. In response to this, the store computer compares the telephone ID acquired from the visitor's mobile phone with the telephone ID sent to the store, and if both IDs match, the store visitor is a user of the service. Is output as appropriate.
[0011]
3rd invention is the said public advertisement terminal applied to the coupon service provision method as described in 1st or 2nd invention, Comprising: The said information communication means, the said telephone connection interface, the said advertisement display means, It is characterized by comprising the user interface, means for creating the coupon issue notification, and means for sending the coupon issue notification to the host device.
[0012]
4th invention is the said host apparatus applied to the coupon service provision method as described in 1st invention, Comprising: The means which communicates with the said information advertising terminal and the said store computer via an appropriate information communication network, The database management means, the coupon issue record book creation means, and a means for sending a telephone ID corresponding to an appropriate store computer based on the coupon issue record book.
[0013]
5th invention is the said host apparatus applied to the coupon service provision method as described in 2nd invention, Comprising: The means which communicates with the said public advertisement terminal and the said store computer via an appropriate information communication network, The database management means, the coupon issue record book creation means, and a means for sending a telephone ID corresponding to an appropriate store computer based on the coupon issue record book.
[0014]
6th invention is the said host apparatus as described in 4th or 5th invention, Comprising: The suitable date and time used as the origin of transmission of the said telephone ID confirmation notification, and the advertiser attribute information of a transmission destination are matched. Means for entering the coupon usage record.
[0015]
A seventh invention is the host device according to any one of the fourth to sixth inventions, and is described in the location of the public advertising terminal described in the terminal attribute information and the advertiser attribute information. Means for determining the distribution destination of each advertisement data based on the location of the advertiser store, and means for describing the distribution destination of each advertisement data determined by the determination means in the corresponding placement plan related information. I have.
[0016]
An eighth invention is the host device according to any one of the fourth to seventh inventions, in which data communication is performed via a charging system of a mobile communication network to which the mobile phone subscribes and an appropriate information communication network. A coupon usage fee set in the advertiser attribute information corresponding to the advertisement data associated in the notification and the telephone ID sent from the public advertising terminal and notified of the coupon issue And a means for creating a coupon usage fee collection agency request form in association with each other and a means for sending the request form to the billing system in a timely manner.
[0017]
9th invention is the said store computer applied to the coupon service provision method as described in 1st invention, Comprising: The means which communicates with the said host apparatus, the said telephone ID acquisition means, It acquired by this ID acquisition means Means for transmitting a telephone ID to the host device, and means for receiving the telephone ID confirmation notification from the host device and outputting the coupon use permission information as appropriate.
[0018]
A tenth aspect of the invention is the store computer applied to the coupon service providing method according to the second aspect of the invention, wherein the means communicates with the host device, the telephone ID acquisition means, and the telephone acquired by the acquisition means. A means for collating the ID with the telephone ID sent from the host device and outputting the coupon use permission information as appropriate when recognizing that both IDs match.
[0019]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
=== Embodiment ===
According to the coupon service providing method of the present invention, it is assumed that public advertising terminals serving as coupon service windows are arranged in various places. However, if a large number of public advertising terminals are newly installed, in addition to the cost of the terminal itself, a large installation cost (location fee, installation cost, etc.) will be incurred. In addition, when installed on a street or the like, it is difficult to carry out daily maintenance and management, and it is impossible to respond quickly to breakdowns. Therefore, in the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the public advertisement terminal is installed together with the karaoke performance terminal in the karaoke shop by utilizing the infrastructure of the existing communication karaoke system operated and managed by the applicants of the present application.
[0020]
=== Online Karaoke System ===
FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration diagram of a communication karaoke system applied to the present embodiment. The karaoke host device 7 is a computer system with a large-scale database, and stores and manages karaoke data conforming to the MIDI format for a large number of karaoke songs. And it connects with the appropriate karaoke performance terminal 2 via the public telephone line network 30 in a timely manner, and distributes karaoke data on the new karaoke music. In this example, a plurality of karaoke performance terminals 2 are installed in a karaoke shop, and each karaoke performance terminal 2 is connected to a karaoke host device 7 via a home network (PBX) 31.
[0021]
The karaoke performance terminal 2 is mainly composed of a computer and a synthesizer, and stores the distributed karaoke data in a hard disk device or the like. And the music number of a request music is received by user input, and applicable karaoke data are transferred to a synthesizer. The synthesizer processes the karaoke data to generate an acoustic signal of karaoke accompaniment music.
[0022]
Each guest room 20 is provided with a personal computer (guest room PC) 1 connected to the karaoke performance terminal 2 via an appropriate interface 5 such as RS232C. This guest room PC1 functions as an electronic table of contents, searches a database in which karaoke music titles and artist names are associated with music numbers, and uses singer names entered by users and initials of music titles as clues. A program for executing a process of transferring the song number of the corresponding karaoke song to the karaoke performance terminal 2 in the same guest room via the LAN 6 is implemented.
[0023]
The management PC 3 is a business PC installed at the reception of the karaoke shop 100, and collects the operating status of the karaoke performance terminal 2 in the shop and performs accounting processing. In this example, the router 4 on the LAN 6 is connected to the Internet 40 via a dedicated line, and a browser is mounted in each guest room PC1. The management PC 3 also functions as a proxy server, and the browser of each guest room PC 1 obtains a Web page on the Internet 40 via the management PC (proxy server) 3 and displays it on an attached display.
[0024]
=== Network configuration ===
FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of an information communication network to which a coupon service providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. In this embodiment, a network mainly composed of the Internet is shown. Connected to the Internet 40 are various information processing devices such as a computer operated by an unspecified number of users such as a personal computer (PC) and a server computer that provides various services to the users' computers. The host device 9 and the store computer 10 which are requirements of the present invention are connected to the Internet 40 as one of these information processing devices.
[0025]
The public advertising terminal 1 uses the hardware of the guest room PC 1 in the communication karaoke system. A program (advertising terminal program) that functions as a public advertising terminal in conjunction with a browser is installed in the guest room PC1. A telephone connection interface 13 for connecting to the mobile phone 8 and performing data communication is provided.
[0026]
In the present invention, the user of the mobile phone 8 is a service target person (hereinafter referred to as a user), and the host device 9, the public advertising terminal 1, and the store computer 10 perform data communication via the Internet 40 as appropriate. Provide service.
[0027]
The coupon service in the present embodiment is generally provided by the following procedures (a) to (j).
(a) The user displays the advertisement data put out by the advertiser in the browser of the public advertising terminal 1.
(b) The user operates the public advertisement terminal 1 while displaying the advertisement data, and issues an instruction to issue a coupon that can be used at a store (advertiser store) managed and managed by the advertiser.
(c) In response to the instruction (b), the public advertising terminal 1 acquires the telephone number of the user's mobile phone 8 as a telephone ID via the telephone connection interface 13, and the ID and the coupon of which store Is sent to the host device 9 (coupon issue notification) describing whether or not
(d) Based on the notification of (c), the host device 9 associates the telephone ID with the store that the user has instructed to issue a coupon, and describes the correspondence as a coupon issue record book in this record book. To do.
(e) There are customers at stores where coupons can be used.
(f) The phone ID of the visitor's mobile phone 8 is input to the store computer 10 installed in the store.
(g) The store computer 10 notifies the host device 9 of the phone ID of the mobile phone 8 of the visitor.
(h) The host device 9 refers to the coupon issue record book for the telephone ID notified from the store computer 10, the telephone ID associated with the same store as the store where the store computer 10 is installed, and the notified telephone ID If they match, the fact is returned to the store computer 10.
(i) The store computer 10 receives the response (h), and displays and outputs information indicating that the store visitor can use the coupon service of the store.
(j) The store clerk sees the display contents of (i) and provides a coupon service to the visitor (user).
[0028]
The above is the outline of the provision form of the coupon service in a present Example. Hereinafter, the configuration / operation / communication procedure of the mobile phone 8, the public advertisement terminal 1, the host device 9, and the store computer 10 will be shown, and the coupon service providing method in the present embodiment will be specifically described.
[0029]
=== Mobile phones / public advertising terminals ===
As described above, the hardware of the public advertising terminal 1 in the present embodiment uses the cabin PC almost as it is. However, a telephone connection interface 13 for performing data communication with the nearest mobile phone 8 is provided. As the telephone connection interface 13, an appropriate standard such as RS232C or USB can be adopted. Of course, recent mobile phones include models that perform data communication with other information processing apparatuses via a wireless communication interface such as Bluetooth or IrDA, and the public advertisement terminal 1 may be provided with these wireless communication interfaces. . In this example, a plurality of cables are prepared corresponding to the models of the plurality of mobile phones 8, and each cable has a connector that is compatible with the data communication interface of each model.
[0030]
The main function of the public advertising terminal 1 is to display and output advertisements about stores intended by the user from various stores (shops, restaurants, hotels, amusement halls, etc.) around the karaoke store 100. . In this embodiment, data displayed as an advertisement (advertisement data) is a Web page in HTML format. The advertisement data is distributed from the host device 9 to the management PC 3 of the karaoke shop 100 and stored in a hard disk device built in the management PC 3. In addition to the advertisement data, advertiser attribute information indicating the type of advertiser store (shop, restaurant, hotel, amusement hall, etc.), name, location, contact information, etc., and the period and time period during which the advertisement data is displayed and output And the like, the advertisement-related information indicating the above is also distributed together with the advertisement data and stored in the hard disk device of the management PC 3.
[0031]
Based on the storage location of the Web page and each advertiser attribute information, the advertising terminal program is a piece of information about the store input by the user (type, part of name, phone number, address about the advertiser store) Etc.), the advertisement data of the advertiser store finally specified by the user is extracted from the hard disk device of the management PC 3 and displayed. Further, based on the information related to the placement plan, the advertisement data that is not in the time zone to be placed or the advertisement data that has passed the due date are also excluded from the search target. Of course, advertisement data whose due date has passed may be deleted on the management PC 3 side.
[0032]
=== Host device ===
The host device 9 stores Web page format advertisement data deposited from a large number of advertisers in an accompanying database. As described above, the advertisement data is prepared as a Web page, and includes an HTML document and image data and audio data inserted into the document. The database also stores placement plan related information for each advertisement data, advertiser attribute information, and information about each public advertisement terminal (terminal attribute information).
[0033]
In this example, the placement plan related information includes designation information of the public advertising terminal 1 on which the advertisement data is posted, in addition to the posting period and the posting time period distributed to the management PC 3. In the advertiser attribute information, in addition to information on the store itself such as the type, name, location, and contact information of the advertiser store, an ID (store ID), a password, etc. for data communication with the store computer 10 managed by the advertiser store side Authentication information is also included. The terminal attribute information includes the installation location of the public advertising terminal 1 (the location of the karaoke store), the distribution destination of the advertisement data (such as the IP address of the management PC 3), and the authentication information when performing data communication with the management PC 3 (the karaoke store ID and password) Etc.).
[0034]
The host device 9 specifies the distribution destination based on the placement plan related information of each advertisement data. Then, after the authentication procedure is performed using the management PC 3 of the karaoke shop 100 serving as the distribution destination, the karaoke shop ID and the password, the advertisement plan-related information and the advertiser attribute information corresponding to the advertisement data are transmitted using an appropriate protocol such as FTP. To deliver. On the other hand, HTTP is adopted for communication between the host device 9 and the store computer 10. That is, predetermined processing is performed in response to the HTTP request from the browser of the store computer 10, and the processing result is returned as a Web page.
[0035]
=== Store computer ===
The main function of the store computer 10 is to acquire the telephone ID of the visitor's mobile phone 8 input as appropriate, notify the host device 9 of this ID, and return the notification from the host device 9 to this notification. It is to display and output the contents. In this example, the store computer 10 is a PC on which a browser and a program (store program) for automatically executing a series of processing procedures such as acquisition of a telephone ID, activation of a browser, transmission of an HTTP request, and the like are implemented. is there. As the telephone ID input method, a method of inputting from the keyboard can also be adopted. However, in this embodiment, as with the public advertising terminal 1, it is connected to the data communication terminal of the mobile phone 8 for data communication. Equipped with an appropriate interface.
[0036]
Further, in this example, it is assumed that the store program is always activated, and when the program recognizes that the user's mobile phone 8 and the store computer 10 are connected, the above-described series of procedures is executed.
[0037]
=== Instructions for using coupon service ===
FIG. 3 schematically shows the flow of data communication and processing that occur in the coupon service provision process. It is assumed that the user operates the guest room PC1 to start the advertisement terminal program and operates the public advertisement terminal 1 to browse advertisement data about an advertiser store where the coupon service can be used (s1). The advertisement terminal program displays and outputs the advertisement data as a Web page, and displays a button or the like for accepting a coupon issue instruction at an appropriate position on the screen. When the user wants to use the coupon service, the user connects to the public advertisement terminal 1 via the telephone connection interface 13 that is suitable for his / her mobile phone 8. Then, using the mouse or the like, the cursor displayed on the screen is aligned with the coupon issuance instruction button, and an operation for pressing it is performed (s2).
[0038]
The advertising terminal program obtains the telephone ID of the mobile phone 8 connected to the telephone connection interface 13 in response to the instruction operation, and also uses this ID and information related to the advertisement data for which the instruction operation has been received as the host device. 9 (s3, s4). In this example, the telephone number is acquired as the telephone ID, and the file name of the advertisement data being displayed is acquired as advertisement data related information. Then, the telephone number and the file name are used as a form, and this form is sent as an HTTP request addressed to a predetermined URL of the host device 9. The telephone ID is not limited to the telephone number, and a serial number unique to each mobile phone 8 may be used as the telephone ID.
[0039]
=== Issuance of coupons ===
The destination of the coupon issue notification is a predetermined CGI of the host device 9. The CGI acquires the telephone ID and the advertisement data file name described in the coupon issuance notification, and identifies the corresponding advertiser attribute information based on the advertisement data file name (s5). The association between the attribute information and the acquired telephone ID, the date and time of receipt of the corresponding coupon issuance notification, and the like are recorded in the record book as a coupon issuance record (s6). Then, an HTTP response indicating that the coupon issue instruction has been received is returned to the public advertising terminal 1 (s7). The advertising terminal program displays and outputs this response as a Web page (s8).
[0040]
In this embodiment, a coupon usage fee is collected from the user for issuing a coupon. The usage fee is collected by the telecommunications carrier in conjunction with a billing system managed by the mobile telecommunications carrier. That is, the coupon usage charge is included in the call charge that the mobile communication carrier charges the user every month. For this purpose, the service provider and the mobile communication provider make a contract for the coupon usage fee collection service in advance, and the billing service managed by the host device 9 and the mobile communication provider The computer is connected via a dedicated line. Then, the host device 9 creates a coupon usage fee collection agency request form for the user specified by the telephone ID in a timely manner, sends the request form data to the accounting computer, charges the coupon usage fee, and collects the agency Tell them to do it (s9).
[0041]
If the coupon usage fee varies from store to store, this price may be included in the advertiser attribute information. Of course, the present invention is not limited to this “substitution method”, and the public advertisement terminal 1 may be provided with a money collection mechanism so that the coupon issue notification is not sent unless the money for the coupon use fee is inserted into the public advertisement terminal 1. it can. You can also pay at the front of the karaoke shop 100 when you pay for the karaoke usage fee.
[0042]
=== Use of coupons ===
A user who has issued a coupon issuance instruction at the public advertising terminal 1 visits a store that provides the coupon service and informs the store clerk that the coupon service is used. Then, the user's mobile phone 8 is connected to a telephone connection interface attached to the store computer 10. In response to this connection work, the above-described store program starts a predetermined process, and generates an HTTP request including the acquired telephone ID, the store ID and the password given to the store computer 10 in advance, The request is sent to a predetermined URL of the host device 9 (s10, s11).
[0043]
A predetermined CGI of the host device 9 corresponds to the destination of the HTTP request. This CGI performs an authentication procedure by comparing the store ID and password sent from the store computer 10 with the advertiser attribute information stored in the database. When recognizing that the access is from the authenticated store computer 10, the telephone ID included in the HTTP request is referred to the coupon issue record book, and the corresponding telephone ID and the store ID of the accessing store computer are included. It is determined whether or not the association with the advertiser attribute information is described (s12). Then, the Web page (telephone ID confirmation notification) describing the determination result is returned to the store computer 10 as an HTTP response (s13, s14).
[0044]
The store computer 10 displays the contents of the telephone ID confirmation notification from the host device 9 as a Web page (s15). The store clerk confirms the display contents and provides a predetermined coupon service with the store visitor as a regular coupon service target person or refuses to provide the coupon service as a store visitor other than the coupon service target person.
[0045]
=== Coupon usage record ===
The provision of the coupon service itself is completed by the above-described “instruction to use coupon service” to “use of coupon”. However, when the user actually uses the coupon service at the advertiser store, the advertisement placement on the public advertising terminal 1 prompts the user to visit the store. The person can charge the advertiser for a fee or the like commensurate with the coupon usage record. Therefore, in this embodiment, the host device 9 records the calculation basis of the fee and the like in the coupon usage record (s16).
[0046]
Specifically, an appropriate date and time when the telephone ID confirmation notification is sent and the store information corresponding to the destination of the confirmation notification are associated with each other and described in the coupon usage record. As the date and time when the telephone ID confirmation notification is sent, the date and time when the telephone ID confirmation notice is sent and the corresponding coupon issue date and time are written side by side, and the store ID is associated with the date and time as the advertiser attribute information to use the coupon. It is recorded in the book. As a result, it is possible to know when and where the issued coupon was used.
[0047]
=== Other Examples / Modifications / Supplements ===
In the above embodiment, when the visitor visits the store, the host device is inquired whether the visitor is an authorized coupon service user. Not only this processing procedure but the method of collation by the store computer side can also be considered. When the host device receives the coupon issue notification, the coupon issued telephone ID in the notification is sent to the store computer in advance. The store computer stores this telephone ID and collates this telephone ID with the telephone ID of the visitor's mobile phone. If the customer's telephone ID is stored in the store, it is displayed and output that this visitor is an authorized user.
[0048]
  As is clear from the above description, the method invention that forms the core in the present application is specified by the following items (1) to (10), for convenience.
(1) In a network system including a host device, a plurality of public advertisement terminals that can communicate with the host device, and a plurality of store computers that can communicate with the host device, a coupon service is provided for users of mobile phones Be the way
(2) The host device distributes the advertising data with the advertiser store identification information to the public advertising terminal.
(3) The public advertising terminal receives advertisement data with advertiser store identification information from the host device.
(4) The public advertising terminal is provided with a telephone connection interface for data communication with a nearby mobile phone and a user interface for accepting a user's operation input.
(5) When the public advertising terminal receives a predetermined operation input while displaying the advertisement data, the public advertising terminal acquires the telephone ID through the telephone connection interface, and displays the telephone ID and the terminal ID of the public advertising terminal. A coupon issue notification that associates the advertiser store identification information of the advertisement data and the date with the host device.
(6) The host device records the coupon issue notification received from the public advertising terminal in the coupon issue record book.
(7) The store computerAdvertising data with advertiser store identification information is put on the host deviceInstalled in the advertiser ’s store,Remember advertiser store identification information
(8)Store computerAcquire the telephone ID of the mobile phone possessed by the customer and send the telephone ID to the host device together with the advertiser store identification information.
(9) When the host device receives a set of the telephone ID and the advertiser store identification information from the store computer, the host device applies the coupon issue record bookIncludes phone ID and advertiser store identification informationCheck whether there is a coupon issue notification record,As a resultCoupon has been issuedWhether or notTo the store computer and record the coupon issuance notification record and date in the coupon usage record.
(10) The store computer has issued a coupon from the host deviceWhen the information of whether or not is receivedOutput
[0049]
【The invention's effect】
According to the coupon service providing method of the present invention, a public advertising terminal can be used as a coupon service window, and a running cost can be avoided, and more coupons can be reliably used to acquire more customers.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 illustrates a network configuration diagram in a karaoke store when an existing communication karaoke system is applied to the coupon service providing method of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of an information communication network to which a coupon service providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.
FIG. 3 shows a coupon service provision process in the above embodiment by a communication procedure diagram.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Public advertising terminal
8 Mobile phone
9 Host device
10 store computer
40 Internet

Claims (1)

This is a method for providing a coupon service for a user of a mobile phone in a network system including a host device, a plurality of public advertising terminals that can communicate with the host device, and a plurality of store computers that can communicate with the host device. And
The host device distributes the advertisement data with the advertiser store identification information to the public advertising terminal,
The public advertising terminal receives the advertising data with the advertiser store identification information from the host device,
The public advertising terminal includes a telephone connection interface for data communication with a nearby mobile phone, and a user interface for accepting user operation input,
When the public advertisement terminal receives a predetermined operation input while displaying the advertisement data, the public advertisement terminal obtains the telephone ID through the telephone connection interface, and the telephone ID, the terminal ID of the public advertisement terminal, and the advertisement data being displayed. A coupon issue notification that associates the advertiser store identification information with the date to the host device,
The host device records the coupon issue notification received from the public advertising terminal in the coupon issue record book,
The store computer is installed in the store of the advertiser who has posted the advertisement data with the advertiser store identification information on the host device, stores the advertiser store identification information,
The store computer acquires the phone ID of the mobile phone possessed by the visitor , and transmits the phone ID together with the advertiser store identification information to the host device.
When the host device receives a set of the telephone ID and the advertiser store identification information from the store computer, whether or not a coupon issue notification record including the telephone ID and the advertiser store identification information exists in the coupon issue record book were examined, the results by whether the information whether it is a coupon issued along with the reply to the shop computer, to record and the coupon issuance notification record and date on coupon use record book,
A method in which the store computer displays and outputs information on whether or not a coupon has been issued from the host device.

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