JP4351829B2 - Lottery system using customer preferential scores - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a lottery system using customer preferential scores obtained as a service at the time of shopping, and more particularly to a lottery system that makes effective use of customer preferential scores and facilitates personal consumption.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In shopping services, blue chips have been known for a long time, and mainly for housewives, a small voucher sticker that is proportional to the amount paid is distributed at the time of daily food purchase. This voucher sticker is stamp-size, and a small 1 yen or 5 yen unit score is provided free of charge to the customer along with the mount. Housewives put this sticker on the mount, and when the mount is full of stickers, stick this sticker on the next mount.
When the total score on the voucher sticker reaches a predetermined high score, the product can be purchased using the high score, or it can be used for payment as part of the price for large purchases. Full-time housewives gathered this sticker and became a modest pleasure in everyday shopping.
[0003]
At a recent mass retailer of electronic products, a point card is issued to a desired customer, and a system for automatically accumulating scores (service points) electronically at the time of delivery of charges is performed in subsequent shopping.
Furthermore, airlines use a mileage accumulation system in which a mileage card is issued as a customer preferential treatment when purchasing a boarding pass, and mileage points are given in proportion to the travel distance. When the number of miles accumulated by the customer reaches a predetermined distance, it is exchanged for a free air ticket for the relevant section.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
With miscellaneous and small cash voucher stickers, busy working ladies and working men and students could hardly put stickers on the mounts even when they received the card and cash voucher stickers from the store. They were either left in the desk drawer and eventually turned into trash or were thrown away by going straight to the trash from the beginning.
With the conventional points card score, it is no longer annoying to electronically attach the sticker sticker to the mount frequently, but you have to wait for a long time until the point card score increases. This is the current situation.
In the case of a mile card, it is also appreciated for those who use aircraft frequently for work, but for ordinary passengers who use airplanes only occasionally, they have to wait until the number of miles increases, so here too. The current situation is indifferent.
[0005]
An object of the present invention is to provide a system that effectively uses shopping scores that can be easily and effectively used by anyone without waiting until the number of points on the voucher, the number of points, or the number of miles increases.
In addition, lottery for all shopping score holders will be made using the number of points as a source of funds, and high-value cash voucher products will be given to winners, and shopping will be widely promoted to healthy entertainment for consumers, and will contribute to daily consumer life. The purpose is to give fun and rejuvenate.
[0006]
[Means for solving the problems]
The present invention has been made to solve the above problem, and includes a terminal provided in a plurality of stores and a host device to which these terminals are connected via a communication line. And a storage device having a score information unit, an electronic timepiece, a lottery unit, a program, a central processing unit (CPU) and a work memory, and the electronic timepiece measures the date and time,
When a customer makes an initial commercial transaction at any of the above stores, the amount of the commercial transaction is input to the terminal, and the unique information for identifying the customer and the preferential score corresponding to the amount are recorded in a portable score holding unit And transmitting the unique information and the preferential score from the terminal to the host device via the communication line, and registering the specific information and the preferential score regarding the score holding unit in the storage device. Execute the process, execute the initial process in the same manner from the plurality of terminals, collect the information on a large number of score holding units in the storage device,
Thereafter, when the amount is input to the terminal using the issued score holding unit, the preferential score corresponding to the amount is added to the score holding unit, and the terminal device stores the score holding unit. The unique information and the preferential score this time are transmitted, and the host device performs an additional process of adding and updating the preferential score this time to the score information section according to the unique information, between the plurality of terminals and the host device. , By repeatedly executing the initial process and the additional process, the number of issued score holding units increases, and preferential scores are accumulated in each score information unit of the storage device,
The central processing unit (CPU) compares the date and time preset in the program with the date and time measured with an electronic clock to determine whether or not they match.
If they still do not match, repeat the initial processing and additional processing,
If they match, all the preferential scores in the score information section of the storage device are summed and recorded in the work memory, and then all the preferential scores are respectively deleted from the score information section, A lottery is performed by the lottery section for specific information,
A plurality of unique information is selected and recorded as a lottery result in the work memory, and the total preferential score is distributed as a prize to the score holding unit corresponding to the unique information, and the lottery result and the allocated product Is recorded in correspondence with the specific information section in the storage device, and then the host device notifies each terminal and each score holding section of the lottery result and the distributed prize through the communication line. In addition, the accumulated preferential score in each score holding unit is deleted.
[0007]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Retailers in various industries provide customers with free shopping scores in proportion to the sales price as a service when selling products. That is the service point of so-called preferential scores for customers.
These shopping scores are a small number of voucher points for each individual consumer, but if they are tabulated in terms of area and population, the voucher points have a huge value.
The present invention provides a lottery for all shoppers using cash voucher points as a source of money, grants high-priced voucher products to winners, and gives individuals a dream of winning, thereby making shopping more It is intended to enhance entertainment and rationally activate consumer life.
[0008]
Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail on the assumption that the preferential score holder is a card.
In FIG. 1, a store A that sells daily necessities is, for example, a convenience store, and is provided with a terminal 1 for counting sales.
The terminal 1 is a so-called POS device and can communicate with the host device 3 via the communication line 2. The host device 3 manages and manages sales data of a plurality of convenience stores Z distributed in various places using the same terminal 1.
The terminal 1 has a registration start button 4, a card 5 reading unit 6, a discretion button 7, and a character numeric keypad 8, and the terminal 1 inputs a shopping bonus score to the customer's card 5 through the reading unit 6, Or subtract a certain score.
[0009]
The character numeric keypad 8 inputs the sold product code and price, the registration start button 4 is used when the card 5 is first issued to the first customer, and the discretion button 7 inserts the issued card 5 into the reading unit 6. Use when.
The store A is provided with a large number of unregistered cards 5, such terminals 1 are also placed in many other stores, and the terminal 1 of the store Z is configured in a similar manner.
The host device 3 includes a magnetic storage device 10, an electronic timepiece 11, a lottery unit 12, a program 13, a central processing unit (CPU) 20, and a work memory 21.
In the storage device 10, a general file 16, a first file 17, a second file 18, a third file 19, a condition (combination) table 22 and the like of the holding unit information are formed, and the program 13 is associated with this. A discretionary scheme 14 and a betting number designation scheme 15 are formed.
[0010]
The score proportional to the sales (corresponding) may be calculated by a program built in the terminal 1 or may be calculated by using the program 13 on the host side by communicating with the host device 3.
Bonus (service) points for shopping can be set in various ways such as 1% for 100 yen or more, and 1 point can be 1 yen or 2.5 yen, or 10 points can correspond to 1 yen. In the following explanation, 1 point is 1 yen for simplicity.
Such an extra setting is determined by the service system of the organization or institution to which the store joins, is announced to the customer, and is incorporated in the program 13 of the host device 3 in advance.
[0011]
As shown in FIG. 2, each terminal 1 sends a unique identification number xxx of the card 5 and unique information yyyy of the store A to the host device 3 via the communication line 2, and the host device 3 registers in the storage device 10. Is done. Thus, the initial process is completed once. If necessary or desired by the customer, personal information can be input using the character numeric keypad 8 or the like, and this unique information can also be sent to the host device 3.
Normally, there are several host devices 3 including the backup, but the number of terminals 1 can be set from 100 to thousands depending on the region and the population of consumers. Can be issued as many as the number of consumers, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, and millions.
However, in FIG. 1, only one host device 3, a plurality of terminals 1, and a plurality of cards 5 are shown and described.
[0012]
First, discretionary lottery in the same industry will be described. In this system, the points accumulated by customers and lottery execution are left to the administrator of this system.
In the discretionary method 14 (using this program), a predetermined day, for example, “10th day” is set by the program 13 on the service system side, and regardless of the score of the card 5, all cards, for example, for 200,000 people Do lottery. The source of the winning prize is the sum of the scores for all these cards, for example 200,000.
Since one person is registered at least one point, a total of 200,000 points will be assigned to 1st, 2nd, etc., and the prize money will be distributed among, for example, 10 people. It is a big point for individuals. If the number of individual points is 5,600, it will be over 100 million points.
When the customer makes a purchase at the store A, the store 5 issues a card 5 to the customer. This card 5 is a business card size and can be carried in a wallet.
[0013]
Referring to FIG. 2, the name of the store that issued the card 5 from the terminal 1 to the host device 3, unique information such as the telephone number, e-mail address, and address, the identification number of the card 5, the store name, price, and preferential treatment The unique information such as the score is transmitted via the communication line 2. If necessary, personal information such as the name of the customer who received the card 5, its telephone number, e-mail address, and address can also be sent.
In the host device 3, the CPU 20 registers these information in the general file 16 of the storage device 10, and the card 5 is recognized. Similarly, these pieces of information are independently transmitted from the plurality of terminals 1 such as the store Z to the host device 3 to collect the pieces of information corresponding to the plurality of cards 1 in the general file 16 (initial processing).
[0014]
Next, the host device 3 measures the date and time using the electronic timepiece 12, and continues the registration process as described above for subsequent commercial transactions until the predetermined date and time is reached.
When the issued card 5 is used in any store Z that employs this system, a preferential score is added to the issued card 5 when the sales price is input to the terminal 1. Various information including the above-described various reports regarding the store and the current preferential score regarding the card 5 is transmitted from the terminal 1 to the host device 3. The host device 3 recognizes the card 5 from the identification number XXXX in the general file 16, and adds the received preferential score to the existing preferential score and updates it. Thus, the additional process is completed once.
[0015]
In the host device 3, when the date / time signal from the electronic timepiece 11 reaches a predetermined date / time, for example, “March 10”, the CPU 20 totals the preferential scores of all issued card information in the general file 16.
Next, the CPU 20 deletes each preferential score relating to each issued card information. In addition, the lottery unit 12 draws all these issued cards 5 as targets.
In this way, a plurality of winning cards 5 are selected, and the lottery results are recorded in the general file 16 for all issued cards. Only the selected winning cards 5 are recorded in the general file 16 so as to distribute the prizes with the total preferential score.
[0016]
When the issued card 5 is used at any store at a later date, when the sales price is input to the terminal 1, a preferential score is added to the issued card 5 at any time. However, immediately after that, the above-mentioned various information is transmitted from the terminal 1 to the host device 3, and the host device 3 recognizes the card 5 from its identification number.
Then, referring to the general file 16, the preferential score is erased to zero in the information on the card 5, and the preferential score of this time is recorded again.
When the card 5 is out of the lottery, the terminal 1 is notified of the fact that the existing preferential score has been deleted, or when the card 5 is won, the winning type and the winning points (100 million points, etc.).
At the terminal 1, only the current preferential score for the card 5 is recorded again, and the lottery result is displayed on the display device, or the product printed by the printing device is given to the customer for notification. The winning points can be exchanged for gift certificates, travel tickets, service receipt tickets, cash, etc.
[0017]
This discretionary system depends on each individual's consumption trends, how much the prize money will be, and how many participants will be. The fun of getting bigger.
As described above, even for daily necessities, it is possible to win a prize such as a big bonus by mutual aid drawing.
It will give consumers a new joy of shopping, loosen up the wallet of each individual in the retail industry, and will remain stagnant in the current recession and become a powerful economic incentive to overcome the cooling of consumption.
[0018]
If personal information of the customer who owns the card 5 is included in the unique information of the issued card, the administrator of the host device 3 sends the owner to the owner by mail, telephone or electronic mail based on the personal information. Alternatively, the lottery result may be notified directly. Alternatively, the administrator of the host device 3 may disclose the identification number of the prize winner's card 5 on a public page on the Internet so that the customer can browse it.
The discretionary system 14 treats people with high and low scores on the card 5 equally, and those with high scores are disadvantaged, but you can leave the card 5 such that you can join immediately or join every month. Compared with the next betting number designation method (using a program) 15, there is a feature that can be enjoyed easily.
[0019]
Next, a case where a mobile phone such as a car phone, a mobile phone, or a PHS is used instead of the above-described shopping card 5 will be described.
In FIG. 4, the terminal 11 provided in the store is provided with a data exchange unit 26 instead of or in addition to the reading unit 6. By connecting the mobile phone 25 to the data exchange unit 26, The points are accumulated in a data storage unit in the telephone 25, and data relating to commercial transactions can be exchanged between them. Other operations are almost the same as those of the shopping card 5 shown in FIG.
The host device 3 can communicate with the telephone exchange 36, and personal information such as a customer name, a telephone number, an e-mail address, and an address is naturally transferred from the mobile phone 25 to the terminal 11 and the host device 3. The telephone number becomes a reference for identifying the customer, and the host device 3 can notify the current number of preferential points and the lottery result by telephone, i-mode e-mail, the Internet, or the like.
[0020]
Next, neither the cellular phone nor the card 5 is used for door-to-door sales such as co-op delivery that the store makes a business trip to a customer. The store seller carries the terminal 1 separately from the communication line 2 and faces the customer to input commercial transaction data to the terminal 1. At that time, preferential scores corresponding to the customer's unique information and amount are generated at the same time, and these printed receipts are given to the customer.
Thereafter, the terminal 1 is connected to the communication line 2 to transmit various data to the host device 3.
If you continue shopping by door-to-door sales at a later date, the receipt received by the customer will be displayed with an increased number of points received. Other operations are the same as for cards, but lottery winners can be notified by telephone or mail according to the customer's personal information, or by handing out public documents at the next door-to-door sales. it can.
[0021]
Next, lottery of the betting number designation method in the same industry will be described. This is a system in which the customer provides the lottery points that he / she has accumulated, and applies to the system administrator for conditions of how many participants compete.
The betting number designation condition is input from the character numeric keypad 8 of the terminal 1. The contents of the (condition) combination table 22 in FIG. 3 are set in advance on the service system side.
For example, the first group “100 points 100,000 people”, the second group “500 points 10,000 people”, the third group “1000 points 10,000 people”, the fourth group “10000 points 10,000 people”, etc. You can selectively enter one of them.
[0022]
Here, 100,000 people in the first group of 100 points means that if the number of consumers who have received a preferential score of 100 for Card 5 reaches 100,000 randomly, regardless of region, industry or store, these 100 points will be 10 points. Collect 10,000 people for 10 million points. A lottery is performed on these 100,000 people, for example, 10 people are selected and won, and 10 million points are distributed equally to the 10 winners or a large amount is distributed to the top.
Statistically, many customers apply for the same target score and the same number of participating members. These designated data are sent to the storage device 10 of the host device 3 together with the above-mentioned various information and registered.
[0023]
In the host device 3, the CPU 12 always searches the general information file 16 to find card information that satisfies the same target score, and moves the card information to the first group 17 in FIG.
Each customer keeps shopping quietly until the preferential score of his / her card 5 reaches the target score, and waits until the designated number of participating members is reached.
The CPU 12 always searches the general information file 16 for card information that satisfies the conditions of the (condition) combination table 22.
The number of members who have randomly achieved the target score increases, the card information is transferred from the general information file 16 to the first file 17, and the designated number of participating members is gradually achieved. Thereafter, the points provided for the lottery are totaled for the card information in the first file 17.
[0024]
Next, in each card information in the first file 17, the target score 500 provided for each lottery is deleted, and then the lottery for the entire card 5 corresponding to each card information is performed.
A total of 500,000 points, which are the total of the target scores, becomes a prize, and a plurality of winning cards 5 are selected. The subsequent operation is almost the same as that of the discretionary method described above.
Now, various desired combinations of the desired target score and the number of participating members to be provided for the lottery can be set in advance on the host device 3 side, and the customer can select them and transmit them from the terminal 1 to the host device 3.
When the mobile phone 25 is used instead of the card 5, a predetermined target score and the number of participating members provided to the lottery directly from the mobile phone 25 are input.
[0025]
The host device 3 obtains personal information of the owner from the telephone center 36 that manages the mobile phone 25. The host device 3 accumulates points in the general file 16 based on the mobile phone number.
The host device 3 performs the lottery in the same manner as the discretionary method, and records the lottery result in the first file 17 or the like. The owner of each mobile phone 25 can know the lottery result regarding his / her own station by calling the host device 3. The host device 3 can also publish the lottery result to a browsing bulletin board on the Internet. In this case, only lottery is completed and only the number of winners will be disclosed. The winner's phone number will not be disclosed to anyone other than the winner, and only the part where the number of each mobile phone 25 accessed matches the winner's number. To be displayed. In the case of a mobile phone, the result notification is more convenient than a card and can be inquired at any time.
[0026]
Next, in the case of door-to-door sales such as co-op delivery, where the store makes a business trip to a customer, the seller separates the terminal 1 from the communication line 2 and carries it, and inputs the betting number designation condition together with the commercial transaction data to the terminal 1. At that time, the customer is provided with a receipt printed with preferential scores and betting number designation conditions together with various information. The following operation is almost the same as the case of the card 5 or the mobile phone 25 except that the sales person hands over the lottery result to the customer.
[0027]
In FIG. 6, the present invention across different industries will be described.
Hereinafter, the case where the preferential score holding unit is a card will be described. However, in the case of a mobile phone, the above-described terminal 11 is used.
A group of a plurality of cards 5, a plurality of terminals 1, and a host device 3 forms the same industry group for commercial transactions. Next, a plurality of such same industry groups are formed across different industries.
A plurality of host devices 3H, SP, 3Q,... Between these different industries are coupled to the integrated system control unit 30 through a communication line 32.
[0028]
For example, the host device 3H represents a book store group, the host device 3P represents an electrical product store group, and the host device 3Q represents a gasoline store group.
The integration method control unit 30 integrates the issued card information and the preferential score thereof in each storage device 10 of each host device 3, 3H, SP, 3Q.
Preferential scores may not be uniform between different industries, and the conversion rate is determined in advance between different industries. An adjustment program 33 for adjusting the numerical value is provided in the integrated system control unit 30.
As a result, the point cards 5 between different industries are collected, and the general file 16 and the first file 17 of FIG. 1 in each host device 3 are integrated into the same system.
Next, the integrated system control unit 30 measures the date and time with the electronic clock 34, and for example, until it reaches "10 days", each host device 3, 3H, SP is subjected to processing similar to that in the same industry as described above for subsequent commercial transactions. 3Q ...
[0029]
When “10 days” is detected by the integration method control unit 30, each preferential score possessed by all registered card information in a plurality of host devices 3, 3H, SP, 3Q... ). Thereafter, each host device 3, 3H, SP, 3Q,... Is instructed to delete each preferential score for each registered card information.
Next, lottery is performed by the integrated lottery unit 35 for all the issued cards 5 integrated from the general files 16.
The integrated lottery unit 35 selects a plurality of winning cards 5, and the integrated system control unit 30 records the lottery results on all issued cards 5 in the respective storage devices, so that each host device 3, 3H, SP, 3Q,. To
Each of the host devices 3, 3H, SP, 3Q,... Is recorded in each general file 16 of each storage device so that the prizes are distributed only to the selected winning cards 5 as in the same industry.
[0030]
Thereafter, each host device 3, 3H, SP, 3Q,... Performs the lottery result notification and preferential score processing performed for each terminal 1 and card 5 in substantially the same manner as in the same industry.
In the case of a mobile phone 25 instead of the card 5, each host device 3 etc. is connected to the telephone exchange 31 as in FIG. 4, but thereafter each host device 3 etc. is connected to each terminal 11 and the mobile phone 25. The lottery result notification and preferential score processing for the same industry is almost the same.
In case of cross-industry integration, in the case of door-to-door sales, it is almost the same as the card 5 method, except that the salesperson prints out the lottery results and hands them over instead of using the card 5.
[0031]
Finally, a case where the card 5 is used will be described for the bet number designation method based on the integration of different industries.
In the same way as in FIG. 1, the unique information and preferential score of the card 5 from the terminal 1 to each host device 3, 3H, SP, 3Q... And register with each storage device 10.
Similarly, these pieces of information are transmitted independently from the plurality of terminals 1 to the respective host devices 3 and the like, and the lottery conditions and other information corresponding to the plurality of cards 5 are collected in the general file 16 of each storage device 10 respectively. To do.
Next, the integration system control unit 30 always searches each general file 16 across different types of business, and counts the cards 5 that satisfy a predetermined target score.
Until the predetermined number of members is reached, the integration system control unit 30 performs the same processing when inputting the amount to each terminal 1 for subsequent commercial transactions, and for each host device 3 etc. Command each preferential score to be added and updated.
[0032]
When the number of cards 5 that satisfy the target score reaches the specified number, the integration method control unit 30 integrates the target score for each card 5 that satisfies the target score in each general file 16 of a plurality of host devices 3 and the like across different industries. Sum up.
Each host 5 is instructed to delete the target score provided for the lottery in each card 5.
Next, a lottery is performed on all the issued cards 5 integrated, and a plurality of winning cards are selected. The product (gold) is the total sum of all the target scores of the participants.
This lottery result is commanded to be added to various information corresponding to all issued cards 5 in each general file 16 such as each host device 3.
[0033]
In addition, it is instructed to add to the various information corresponding to all issued cards 5 in each general file 16 so that prizes (gold) are distributed only to the selected winning cards 5.
The host devices 3, 3H, SP, 3Q,... In each industry notify the participant card 5 of the lottery results and distribute prizes (gold), respectively, in substantially the same manner as the aforementioned discretionary system.
In the case of the mobile phone 25 instead of the card 5, each host device 3 is connected to the telephone exchange 31 and directly inputs a predetermined target score and the number of participating members to be provided for the lottery from the mobile phone 25.
[0034]
In addition, the notification of the lottery result and the preferential score processing performed by each host device 3 and the like for each terminal 11 and the mobile phone 25 are substantially the same as in the same industry.
In the case of door-to-door sales, it is almost the same as the card 5 system except that the salesperson prints and hands the lottery result instead of using the card 5.
Due to the integration of different industries, the number of cards of the participants will increase dramatically and the score will become huge, so the winning prize will become enormous, and the mysterious nationwide draw will occur spontaneously in various places. Fortunate lottery without burden on consumers is expected to be easily accepted by each individual, so it is highly expected that personal consumption will be activated.
[0035]
Next, referring to FIGS. 1, 2, and 3 according to the flowchart of FIG.
First, in step S1, the customer stops at the store A and makes a shopping such as bread. The store clerk presses the start switch of the terminal 1 so that the terminal 1 is connected to the host device 3 of the office center via the communication line 2. .
In step S 2, if the customer is the first shopper for the store A, the store clerk of the store A presses the registration start button 4 of the terminal 1 to notify the host device 3. In step S3, an unused hand-held card 5 is inserted into the reading unit 6 of the terminal 1, recording is performed on the card 5 itself, notification is given to the host device 3, and recognition of the card 5 is issued.
[0036]
In the case of an already used card 5 that has already been issued, the process proceeds directly from step S2, and in the case of new registration, the process proceeds from step S3 to step S4, and a preferential score proportional to sales is given to the customer's card 5, In the case of, it is added.
In step S5, the store clerk asks the customer whether to use the discretionary method 14 or the betting number designation method 15 to be left to the service system side, and decides according to the customer's will. In the case of the discretionary method 14, the store clerk of the store A presses the discretion button 7 of the terminal 1 to notify the host device 3 and proceeds to step S6.
In the case of the bet number specifying method 15 which is not the discretionary method 14, a desired score, for example, “100” and “50,000” are input from the character numeric keypad 8 of the terminal 1 to notify the host device 3 and the process proceeds to step S11. .
[0037]
In step S6, the CPU 20 of the host device 3 refers to the electronic timepiece 12 and checks whether it is a predetermined day, for example, “10 days”. If it is not “10 days”, the process returns to step S1 and waits for the next shopper's card 5 until “10 days”, and then repeats steps S1 to S6 and continues to sell products.
If it is "10 days", the process proceeds to step S7, where the CPU 20 performs an equal random lottery lottery by using the lottery unit 12 with a lot of card information in the general file 16 as participants. Select a very small number of winners from a large number of participants.
[0038]
In step S8, a very small number of winning winners are registered with the mark 36 in the general file 16, and all the points of the participants in the discretionary scheme 14 are totaled and the acquired points of all the members are deleted. A huge number of points will be allocated to each of the very few winners according to the winning order.
This is a method similar to the jackpot method that is widely known for lottery, and it distributes huge total points collected from a large number of participants to a very small number of winners. It will attract interest.
[0039]
In step S9, when the holder of the card 5 visits the terminal 1 of any store and inquires about the lottery result, the CPU 20 of the host device 3 searches the mark 28 of the general file 16 to determine whether or not it is a win. The CPU 20 notifies the terminal 1 of the result of drawing through the communication line 2.
In step S10, the host device 3 notifies the terminal 1 of the winning point payment method for the winning card. The lottery result and the payment method can be displayed on a display device provided in the terminal 1 or can be notified by discharging what is printed by a simple printing device.
[0040]
On the other hand, if the discretion button 7 of the terminal 1 is not pressed in step S5, the betting number designation method 15 is desired. The process proceeds to step S11, and the CPU 20 reads the combination table 22 of FIG. The terminal 1 displays it on the display device and waits for customer input. When the display device is not provided, the store clerk presents the combination table 22 printed to the customer.
The customer uses the character numeric keypad 8 of the terminal 1 to input the desired combination from the combination table 22: for example, the first group “100 points 100,000 people” or the second group “500 points 10,000 people”. 3 is notified.
[0041]
Since the lottery cannot be expected every month as compared with the discretionary method 14 of the first group, it is waited until the number of shopping increases until this condition is satisfied. However, the number of points is equal among the participant cards, and it is easy for consumers to understand.
Increasing the conditions such as 10,000 people in the second group, 10,000 people in the third group, 10,000 people in the third group, 5,000 people in the fourth group, 5,000 points, etc., wait until the number of purchases of the self and other participants increases. As a result, the lottery period will gradually become longer, but the expected winnings at the time of the lottery will increase, so expectations and dreams will be even greater for consumers.
[0042]
Hereinafter, steps S12 to S14 will be described for the first group.
In step S <b> 12, the host device 3 extracts card information for which “100 points of 100,000 people” are desired from the general file 16 and moves to the first file 17.
In step S13, it is checked whether or not the input card 5 is 100 points or more. If so, the process proceeds to step S14 to check whether the number of cards in the first file 17 is 10,000 or more. If these two conditions are satisfied, the process goes to step S7, where lottery drawing is performed on the 10,000 cards 5 transferred in the first file 17. The following operations are almost the same as the discretionary method.
[0043]
Similarly, in the operation from step S12 to step S14, even when the second group, the third group,... Are designated, each card information is extracted from the general file 16, and the second file 18, the third file 19,. If they move, the search target score and the number of participating members are different from each other, and other operations are almost the same as those of the first group.
If the discretionary method 14 and the designation method 15 are registered separately, they can be executed at the same time. In the designation method 15, the first group, the second group, the third group,.
[0044]
【The invention's effect】
The people do shopping on a daily basis, and when the sun goes down and eat when the sun rises, they do some kind of shopping almost every day. Since points are issued at most stores today, the implementation of the present invention further promotes healthy expansion of personal consumption and activation of distribution.
Many shops and service providers adopt the lottery system using the customer preferential score of the present application, so that it is possible to create an opportunity to give sub-income to consumers without imposing labor or economic burden. It will lead shoppers, mainly housewives, to shopping with dreams, overcoming the current sluggish sales in various industries, and can be expected to naturally promote economic revitalization on the extension of daily consumption.
Furthermore, if this invention is applied to international master cards, etc., huge prizes (gold) will be generated on a global scale, and a peaceful game-style competition across borders can be expected to deepen mutual understanding. Cultivating new world citizen exchange opportunities.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of an apparatus used in a lottery system using a customer preferential score according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a detailed configuration of the storage device of FIG. 1 of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a combination table showing the lottery conditions of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a diagram of a variation of the lottery system using the customer preferential score according to the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart for organizing and explaining the operation of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an overall configuration in which the present invention is expanded between different industries.
[Explanation of symbols]
A, Z store
1 terminal
2, 32 Communication line
3, 3H, SP, 3Q Host device
4 Registration start button
5 cards
6 Reading unit
7 discretion button
8 character numeric keypad
10 Storage device
11, 34 Electronic clock
12, 35 lottery club
13 programs
14 Discretionary method
15 Betting number designation method
16 General files
17 First file
18 Second file
19 Third file
22 Combination table
25 Mobile phone
26 Data Exchange Department
30 Integration method
31 Telephone exchange
33 Adjustment program
36 mark

Claims (6)

A terminal provided in a plurality of stores, and a host device to which these terminals are connected via a communication line. The host device includes a storage device having a unique information part and a score information part, an electronic clock, and a lottery part. And a program, a central processing unit (CPU) and a work memory, and the electronic timepiece measures the date and time,
When a customer makes an initial commercial transaction at any of the above stores, the amount of the commercial transaction is input to the terminal, and the unique information for identifying the customer and the preferential score corresponding to the amount are recorded in a portable score holding unit And transmitting the unique information and the preferential score from the terminal to the host device via the communication line, and registering the specific information and the preferential score regarding the score holding unit in the storage device. Execute the process, execute the initial process in the same manner from the plurality of terminals, collect the information on a large number of score holding units in the storage device,
Thereafter, when the amount is input to the terminal using the issued score holding unit, the preferential score corresponding to the amount is added to the score holding unit, and the terminal device stores the score holding unit. The unique information and the preferential score this time are transmitted, and the host device performs an additional process of adding and updating the preferential score this time to the score information section according to the unique information, between the plurality of terminals and the host device. , By repeatedly executing the initial process and the additional process, the number of issued score holding units increases, and preferential scores are accumulated in each score information unit of the storage device,
The central processing unit (CPU) compares the date and time preset in the program with the date and time measured with an electronic clock to determine whether or not they match.
If they still do not match, repeat the initial processing and additional processing,
If they match, all the preferential scores in the score information section of the storage device are summed and recorded in the work memory, and then all the preferential scores are respectively deleted from the score information section, A lottery is performed by the lottery section for specific information,
A plurality of unique information is selected and recorded as a lottery result in the work memory, and the total preferential score is distributed as a prize to the score holding unit corresponding to the unique information, and the lottery result and the allocated product Is recorded in correspondence with the specific information section in the storage device, and then the host device notifies each terminal and each score holding section of the lottery result and the distributed prize through the communication line. In addition, a lottery system using customer preferential scores, wherein the accumulated preferential scores in each score holding unit are deleted.   The lottery system using the customer preferential score according to claim 1, wherein the score holding unit is a shopping card, a mobile phone, or a printed matter. A terminal provided in a plurality of stores, and a host device to which these terminals are connected via a communication line. The host device includes a storage device having a unique information part and a score information part, an electronic clock, and a lottery part. And a program, a central processing unit (CPU), a work memory, and a combination table in which a lottery condition including a target score and the number of participating members is set in advance. the classification of the group and file, said by e-watch measures the date and time,
When a customer makes an initial commercial transaction at any of the above stores, the amount of the commercial transaction is input to the terminal, and the unique information for identifying the customer and the preferential score corresponding to the amount are recorded in a portable score holding unit The terminal transmits the unique information, the preferential score, the target score, and the lottery conditions for the number of participating members to the host device via the communication line, and the initial processing is similarly executed from the plurality of terminals. , Gathering the information and lottery conditions for a number of score holders in a general information file of the storage device,
Thereafter, when inputting the amount using the issued score holding unit to the terminal, the current preferential score corresponding to the amount is added to the score holding unit, and the terminal of the score holding unit is added from the terminal to the host device. The unique information and the preferential score this time are transmitted, and the host device performs an additional process of adding and updating the preferential score this time to the score information unit according to the specific information, and between the plurality of terminals and the host device, By repeatedly executing the initial process and the additional process, the number of issued score holding units increases, and preferential scores are accumulated in each score information unit of the storage device,
When the central processing unit (CPU) detects the accumulated preferential scored by searching constantly general information file satisfies the target score, the movement processing for moving the specific information and the preferential rates of its corresponding said group file Run,
Then the central processing unit (CPU) compares the number of participating members in the combination table as the number of specific information by searching the group file to determine whether they are the same,
Yet if they do not match, then repeatedly executes the addition processing and movement processing and the initial processing, published scoring the number of the holding portion is accumulated each and preferential rates increase, the that is transferred to the group file Louis Le The number of unique information increases,
If they match, as well as total all unique information transferred in the group file and and its target scoring each of the target score in the group file is erased from the respective score information part, all of these A lottery is performed by the lottery section for specific information,
Select a small number of unique information and record it as a lottery result in the work memory,
The total was preferential score partitioned score holder corresponding to these unique information as a prize, recording a prize this lottery result to have been allocated in correspondence with the unique information of the group file,
Together then the host device notifies the respective terminal via the communication line, and the group file in LE all the of the lottery on the score holding unit corresponding to the unique information results apportioned and products, respectively, A lottery system using a customer preferential score, wherein the target score in the score holding unit is deleted.   The lottery system using the customer preferential score according to claim 3, wherein the score holding unit is a shopping card, a mobile phone, or a printed matter. A terminal provided in a plurality of stores and a host device to which these terminals are connected via a communication line. The host device includes a storage device having a unique information part and a score information part, a program, and a central processing unit. (CPU) and work memory,
When a customer makes an initial commercial transaction at any of the above stores, the amount of the commercial transaction is input to the terminal, and the unique information for identifying the customer and the preferential score corresponding to the amount are recorded in a portable score holding unit And transmitting the unique information and the preferential score from the terminal to the host device via the communication line, and registering the specific information and the preferential score regarding the score holding unit in the storage device. Execute the process, execute the initial process in the same manner from the plurality of terminals, collect the information on a large number of score holding units in the storage device,
The same industry group of the commercial transaction is formed by a combination of the plurality of score holding units, the plurality of terminals, and the host device, and a plurality of such same industry groups are formed across different industries. Combining multiple host devices between industries by an integrated control unit to integrate each holding unit information in each storage device,
The integrated control unit includes an electronic timepiece, a lottery unit, and an adjustment program,
Next, in the integrated control unit, the electronic timepiece measures the date and time,
Thereafter, when inputting the amount using the issued score holding unit to each terminal in the same industry group, the current preferential score corresponding to the amount is added to the score holding unit, and the host The unique information of the score holding unit and the current preferential score are transmitted to the device, and the host device performs an additional process of adding the current preferential score to the score information unit and updating according to the specific information, and the plurality of terminals. The number of issued score holding units is increased by repeatedly executing the initial processing and the additional processing with each host device, and preferential scores are accumulated in each score information unit of the storage device,
The integrated control unit compares the date and time set in advance in one of the programs with the date and time measured by the electronic timepiece to determine whether or not they match,
If they still do not match, repeat the initial processing and additional processing,
In the case of coincidence, the integrated control unit integrates each preferential score in all the score information units across the different industries, records them in one work memory, and then records them from the score information unit. All preferential scores will be deleted respectively, all the unique information will be subject to lottery by the lottery section,
A plurality of unique information is selected by a small number and recorded as a lottery result in one work memory, and the total preferential score is distributed as a prize to the score holding unit corresponding to the unique information, and the lottery result is allocated. The product is recorded corresponding to the specific information section in all the storage devices, and then the integrated control section is distributed with the result of the lottery to each terminal and each score holding section via the host device. A lottery system using customer preferential scores, in which prizes are respectively notified and accumulated preferential scores in each score holding unit are deleted. The lottery system using customer preferential scores according to claim 5, wherein the score holding unit is a shopping card, a mobile phone, or a printed matter.

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