JP4883123B2 - COUPON DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, COUPON DISTRIBUTION DEVICE, AND COUPON DISTRIBUTION METHOD - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a coupon distribution system, a coupon distribution device, and a coupon distribution method for distributing a coupon to a consumer's terminal via the Internet.

  In recent years, when a store is used for shopping or eating and drinking, consumers often refer to store information provided on the Internet. Some sites that provide information on such stores distribute coupons to consumers' terminals, thereby promoting consumer visits. Moreover, in patent document 1, the issuer of a coupon registers the content and image of a coupon via the internet, and the user of a coupon searches a desired coupon via the internet and can make it display on a mobile telephone. Are listed.

JP 2002-109353 A

  There are a plurality of types of terminals used when connecting to the Internet used by consumers, such as personal computers and mobile phones of mobile phone companies. Therefore, in order to distribute coupons to various terminals, screen data must be created in each file format that can be displayed on each terminal. However, Patent Document 1 described above does not generate a coupon that can be displayed by a plurality of types of terminals.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of such circumstances, and its purpose is to collectively create coupons for various terminals from texts and images designated by the company or store that is the coupon creation requester. Another object is to provide a coupon distribution system, a coupon distribution device, and a coupon distribution method capable of providing a coupon to any type of terminal of a consumer.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a coupon distribution apparatus, a consumer terminal connected to the coupon distribution apparatus via a network, and a client who is connected to the network and has a plurality of stores. The coupon distribution system has a client terminal, and the coupon distribution device stores customer information that stores a plurality of store identification information corresponding to the company identification information and information about the store specified by the store identification information. A storage unit, a device type, and a coupon screen layout data in a format that can be displayed by the device of the type are stored in association with each other, and used for generation of coupon screen data for requester confirmation. a layout information storage unit for storing layout data, a coupon screen data, the type of device, the store And identification information, and posted coupon storage unit that stores an association and delivery period, and corporate identification information, and the data of the text or image displayed on the coupon screen, and create request receiving unit that receives the delivery period of the coupon, Read the layout data for confirmation from the layout information storage unit, incorporate the data of the text or the image received by the creation request receiver into the text or image incorporation position indicated by the layout data for confirmation, and The character indicating the link to the information related to the store specified by the store identification information is embedded in the position where the information related to the store indicated by the layout data is embedded, and the link destination URL to the information related to the store is not included in the character indicating the link. Generate coupon screen data for requester confirmation Wherein reading the layout data corresponding to the type of device from the layout information storage unit, the information on the store identified by the generation request reception section each shop identification information corresponding to the company identification information received customer information storage unit The data of the text or the image received by the creation request reception unit is incorporated into the text or image incorporation position indicated by the layout data corresponding to the type of device for each store identification information, and the layout Coupon of each store in which a character indicating a link to information related to the store specified by the store identification information is embedded in a position where the information related to the store indicated by the data is embedded, and a link destination URL for each store is embedded in the character indicating the link Coupon creation that generates screen data The creation image transmitting unit that transmits the requester confirmation coupon screen data generated by the creation unit , the coupon creation unit to the client terminal connected to the network, and the coupon creation unit corresponds to the type of device. The posted coupon memory that associates the coupon screen data for each store created based on the layout data, the type of the device, the store identification information, and the distribution period received by the creation request receiving unit. A coupon posting unit to be written in a part, a coupon withdrawal unit that deletes the coupon screen data that has passed the coupon withdrawal date and time indicated by the distribution period from the posted coupon storage unit, and a device type and store identification from the consumer terminal It receives the information and the coupon distribution request, to the type of the device and the shop identification information Includes a coupon providing unit to return the coupon screen data response read from the web coupon storage unit, wherein the consumer terminal, the distribution type and the shop identification information and the coupon of the terminal devices to the coupon distribution device A coupon distribution system comprising a processing unit that transmits a request and displays the coupon screen data received in response to the distribution request.

Further, the present invention, the coupon creation unit, when the previous SL requester terminal receiving a modification to a coupon image data of the requester for confirmation, the layout corresponding to the type of each device from the layout information storage unit The client who reads out a plurality of data, incorporates the text or image data received by the creation request receiver at the text or image incorporation position indicated by each layout data, and receives the data from the client terminal It generates coupon screen data subjected to modifications to the coupon image data for confirmation, before Symbol requester terminal, along with displaying the coupon image data of the requester for confirmation received from the coupon distribution device, input by the requester The coupon distribution data is corrected with respect to the coupon image data. Comprising a processing unit for transmitting to, and wherein the.

In the present invention, the coupon distribution apparatus acquires and acquires consumer identification information from a distribution request received from the consumer terminal, a log storage unit that stores a reception log of a coupon distribution request and the number of distribution requests. The consumer identification information and the distribution request reception date and time are written in the log storage unit in association with each other, and a plurality of the consumer identification information are registered in the log storage unit in correspondence with the distribution request reception date and time within the distribution period. A log management unit that adds 1 to the number of distribution requests stored in the log storage unit.

Moreover, this invention is further equipped with the publication reservation coupon memory | storage part which matches and memorize | stores the coupon screen data, the kind of device, and a delivery period, and the said coupon printing part is the said coupon creation part. The coupon screen data created based on the layout data corresponding to the type of device, the type of the device, and the distribution period received by the creation request receiving unit in the posted reservation coupon storage unit The coupon screen data that has passed the posting start date and time indicated by the distribution period is specified from the posting reservation coupon storage unit, the specified coupon screen data, the type of the device corresponding to the coupon screen data, and the distribution The period is written in the posted coupon storage unit.

Further, the present invention is a coupon distribution apparatus connected to a consumer terminal and a client terminal of a client who is a company having a plurality of stores via a network, and a plurality of store identifications corresponding to the company identification information Information, a customer information storage unit that stores information about the store specified by the store identification information, a device type, and a coupon screen layout data in a format that can be displayed by the device of the type are stored in association with each other. A layout information storage unit that stores layout data for confirmation, which is layout data used to generate coupon screen data for confirming a client , coupon screen data, device type, store identification information, and distribution period. and posted coupon storage unit for storing in association with, and corporate identification information, text or image is displayed on the coupon screen de Data and reads the generation request receiving unit that receives a distribution period of the coupon, the confirmation layout data from the layout information storage unit, the embedded position of the text or image indicated by the confirmation layout data, the generation request received Incorporates the text or image data received by the department, and incorporates a character indicating a link to information about the store specified by the store identification information at the position where the information about the store indicated by the layout data is included. Generating a coupon screen data for confirming a client who does not incorporate a link destination URL to store-related information in the character indicating , reading the layout data corresponding to the device type from the layout information storage unit, and receiving the creation request The company identification information received by the department The information related to the store specified by the store identification information corresponding to each is read from the customer information storage unit, and for each store identification information, in the text or image embedded position indicated by the layout data corresponding to the type of device, The text or image data received by the creation request receiving unit is incorporated, and a character indicating a link to the information related to the store specified by the store identification information is included in the information integration location indicated by the layout data. The coupon creation unit that generates coupon screen data of each store in which the link URL for each store is incorporated in the character indicating the link, and the coupon screen data for requester confirmation generated by the coupon creation unit to the network Create a message to be sent to the connected client terminal The image transmission unit, the coupon screen data created by the coupon creation unit based on the layout data corresponding to the device type, the coupon screen data for each store , the device type, the store identification information, and the creation request reception Delete the coupon screen data that has passed the coupon withdrawal date and time indicated by the distribution period, from the coupon posting unit that writes the posted coupon storage unit in association with the distribution period received by the unit, and the posted coupon storage unit A coupon withdrawal unit, a device type, store identification information, and a coupon distribution request are received from the consumer terminal, and the coupon screen data corresponding to the device type and the store identification information is stored in the posted coupon storage unit. A coupon distribution unit that reads out and returns the coupon It is a device.

Further, the present invention provides a coupon distribution device for creating a coupon, a consumer terminal connected to the coupon distribution device via a network, and a request from a client who is connected to the network and has a plurality of stores. A coupon distribution method used in a coupon distribution system having a user terminal , wherein the coupon distribution device includes a plurality of store identification information corresponding to company identification information and information about a store specified by the store identification information. Stores the customer information storage unit to be stored , the type of device, and the layout data of the coupon screen in a format that can be displayed by the device of the type in association with each other, and layout data used to generate coupon screen data for requester confirmation and layout information storage unit for storing a confirmation layout data is, the coupon screen data When, with the type of device, and the store identification information, the posted coupon storage unit that stores an association and delivery period, generation request reception section of the coupon distribution apparatus, and corporate identification information and displays the coupon screen A creation request receiving process for receiving text or image data, a coupon delivery period, and a coupon creation unit of the coupon delivery apparatus read the confirmation layout data from the layout information storage unit, and the confirmation layout data The text or image data received by the creation request receiving unit is incorporated in the text or image incorporation position shown, and is specified by the store identification information in the information incorporation position indicated by the layout data. Incorporate characters that indicate links to store information And the first coupon creation process to generate the coupon screen data for incorporating in not ask who confirmed that the link destination URL to information about the store to a character that shows a link, the created image transmission portion of the coupon delivery device, which was produced The creation image transmission process of transmitting the coupon screen data for requester confirmation to the requester terminal connected to the network, and the coupon creation unit of the coupon distribution device corresponds to the device type from the layout information storage unit Read layout data, read information about the store specified by each store identification information corresponding to the company identification information received by the creation request receiving unit from the customer information storage unit, and for each store identification information, the type of device Incorporation of text or images indicated by the corresponding layout data The data of the text or the image received by the creation request receiving unit is incorporated at the location, and the link to the information about the store specified by the store identification information at the location where the information about the store indicated by the layout data is incorporated A second coupon creating process for generating coupon screen data of each store in which the link destination URL for each store is incorporated in the character indicating the link, and the coupon posting unit of the coupon distribution device includes the coupon The coupon screen data for each store created by the creation unit based on the layout data corresponding to the device type, the device type, the store identification information, and the distribution period received by the creation request receiving unit And a coupon posting process to be written in the posted coupon storage unit A coupon withdrawal process in which a coupon withdrawal unit of the coupon delivery device deletes the coupon screen data that has passed the coupon withdrawal date and time indicated by the delivery period from the posted coupon storage unit, and a processing unit of the consumer terminal includes the coupon The distribution request transmission process of transmitting the device type of the own terminal, the store identification information and the coupon distribution request to the distribution device, and the coupon providing unit of the coupon distribution device receives the device type and the store identification information from the consumer terminal. And the distribution process of receiving the coupon distribution request, reading out the coupon screen data corresponding to the type of the device and the store identification information from the posted coupon storage unit and returning it, and the processing unit of the consumer terminal The coupon screen data received from the coupon distribution device in response to the distribution request A coupon delivery method characterized by and a display process of indicated.

Further, the present invention is connected to a consumer terminal and a client terminal of a client who is a company having a plurality of stores via a network, and a plurality of shop identification information corresponding to the company identification information, and the shop identification information Stores the customer information storage unit that stores information about the store specified by , the type of device, and the layout data of the coupon screen in a format that can be displayed by the type of device in association with each other. A posted coupon that stores a layout information storage unit that stores layout data for confirmation, which is layout data used for generating coupon screen data , a coupon screen data, a device type, store identification information, and a delivery period in association with each other. a coupon distribution method used in the coupon distribution apparatus and a storage unit, creating the request receiving unit, companies identified And broadcast, and text or image displayed on the coupon screen data, and generation request receiving process of receiving the delivery period of the coupon, coupon creation unit reads the confirmation layout data from the layout information storage unit, for the confirmation The text or image data received by the creation request receiving unit is incorporated into the text or image incorporation position indicated by the layout data, and the store identification information is included in the information relating to the store indicated by the layout data. A first coupon creation process of generating a coupon screen data for confirming a client who incorporates a character indicating a link to information relating to a store to be identified and does not incorporate a link destination URL to the information relating to the store into the character indicating the link and, creating the image transmission unit, generated And creating an image transmission process of transmitting the coupon screen data of the requester for confirmation to the requester terminal connected to the network, the coupon creation unit reads the layout data corresponding to the type of device from the layout information storage unit The information relating to the store specified by each of the store identification information corresponding to the company identification information received by the creation request receiving unit is read from the customer information storage unit, and the layout corresponding to the type of device for each store identification information The text or image data received by the creation request receiving unit is incorporated into the text or image incorporation position indicated by the data, and specified by the store identification information at the information incorporation position indicated by the layout data. To the store information A second coupon creation process for generating coupon screen data of each store in which a character indicating a link is incorporated and a link destination URL for each store is incorporated in the character indicating the link, and the coupon posting unit is a device in the coupon creation process. The coupon screen data for each store created based on the layout data corresponding to the type of the store , the type of the device, the store identification information, and the distribution period received in the creation request receiving process A coupon posting process for writing in the posted coupon storage unit, a coupon withdrawal process for deleting the coupon screen data from which the coupon withdrawal date and time indicated by the distribution period have elapsed from the posted coupon storage unit, and coupon provision part is, the kind and the store identification device from the consumer terminal It receives the broadcast and the coupon distribution request, and having a a distribution process of the coupon screen data corresponding to the type and the shop identification information of the device to return to read from the web coupon storage unit This is a coupon distribution method.

According to the present invention, using a text or an image designated by a company or a store as a coupon creation requester, a format corresponding to each of a plurality of types of devices such as a personal computer or a mobile phone of each company, and a unified image Coupons can be generated collectively. As described above, since a plurality of coupons in a format suitable for various terminals are created, the consumer can acquire the coupons by any terminal, and the visibility when the coupons are displayed on the terminals is improved. It is possible to provide a coupon reflecting a design desired by a company or a store as a coupon creation requester. And when the distribution period of a coupon passes, distribution of a coupon can be stopped. Moreover, when the company which is a coupon creation requester has a some store, it becomes possible to create the coupon of each store collectively.
Moreover, according to this invention, a requester can confirm a display image before distribution of a coupon, and it can correct as needed.
Moreover, according to this invention, it becomes possible to grasp | ascertain the actual number of coupon distribution.
In addition, according to the present invention, a coupon can be created before distribution is started, and distribution of the coupon can be started at the distribution disclosure date and time designated by the company.

It is a functional block diagram which shows the structure of the coupon delivery system by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the display image of the coupon screen data by the embodiment. It is a figure which shows the data structural example of the layout data table by the embodiment. It is a figure which shows the data structural example of the customer management data by the same embodiment. It is a figure which shows the data structural example of the material data by the same embodiment. It is a figure which shows the data structural example of the publication reservation coupon data by the same embodiment. It is a figure which shows the data structural example of the publication coupon data by the same embodiment. It is a figure which shows the coupon registration process flow of the coupon delivery apparatus by the embodiment. It is a figure which shows the display image of the input screen of coupon creation request information by the same embodiment, and coupon correction request information. It is a figure which shows the coupon delivery processing flow of the coupon delivery apparatus by the embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing a configuration of a coupon distribution system according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which only functional blocks related to the invention are extracted and shown. In the figure, a coupon distribution system includes a client terminal 1 owned by a coupon creation requester, a coupon distribution device 2 owned by a coupon distributor, and a consumer terminal 5 held by a consumer, such as a network N such as the Internet. Connected through. The coupon creation requester (hereinafter simply referred to as “requester”) may be a person in charge of a company that owns the store, or may be a person in charge of a coupon distributor who receives a request from the company. In the figure, only one client terminal 1 and one consumer terminal 5 are shown, but a plurality of client terminals 1 and consumer terminals 5 are connected to the network N.

  The client terminal 1 is a computer device such as a personal computer, for example, and includes a communication unit 11, an input unit 12, an output unit 13, and a processing unit 14. The communication unit 11 transmits and receives information via the network N. The input unit 12 is a keyboard, a mouse, or the like, and receives information input by the requester's operation. The output unit 13 is a display such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) or a CRT (cathode ray tube). The processing unit 14 causes the communication unit 11 to transmit the coupon creation request information in which the material character data and the material image data to be displayed on the coupon are set to the coupon distribution device 2 or receives from the coupon distribution device 2 via the communication unit 11. Coupon screen data for requester confirmation is displayed on the output unit 13. The material character data is text data, but may be information obtained by adding character decoration information such as a character color, a font type, and a font size to the text data.

  The consumer terminal 5 is a computer device such as a personal computer or a mobile phone of each mobile phone company, and includes a communication unit 51, an input unit 52, an output unit 53, and a processing unit 54. The communication unit 51 transmits and receives information via the network N. The input unit 52 is a keyboard, a mouse, a button, or the like, and receives information input by a consumer's operation. The output unit 53 is a display such as an LCD. The processing unit 54 causes the communication unit 51 to transmit a coupon distribution request to the coupon distribution device 2 or causes the output unit 53 to display the coupon screen data received from the coupon distribution device 2 via the communication unit 51.

  The coupon distribution apparatus 2 can be realized by, for example, one or a plurality of servers, and includes a communication unit 21, an input unit 22, an output unit 23, a processing unit 30, a customer information storage unit 41, and a layout information storage unit 42. , A material storage unit 43, a publication reservation coupon storage unit 44, a publication coupon storage unit 45, and a log storage unit 46.

  The customer information storage unit 41 stores customer management data indicating information related to stores of each company. The layout information storage unit 42 stores layout data for generating coupon screen data for various devices and client confirmation. Here, the various devices are types of the consumer terminal 5, such as a personal computer, a company A mobile phone, a company B mobile phone, and the like. The material storage unit 43 stores material data indicating material character data and material image data received from the client terminal 1. The posting reservation coupon storage unit 44 stores coupon screen data and a coupon distribution period before being distributed to the consumer terminal 5. The posted coupon storage unit 45 stores coupon screen data being distributed to the consumer terminal 5. The log storage unit 46 stores log data related to coupon distribution and the number of coupon distributions.

  The communication unit 21 transmits and receives information via the network N. The input unit 22 is a keyboard, a mouse, or the like, and receives input of information by an operation of a person in charge of a coupon distributor. The output unit 23 is a display such as an LCD.

The processing unit 30 includes a creation request receiving unit 31, a coupon creating unit 32, a creation image transmitting unit 33, a confirmation result receiving unit 34, a coupon posting unit 35, a withdrawal unit 36, a coupon providing unit 37, and a log management unit 38. .
The creation request receiving unit 31 receives the coupon creation request information from the requester terminal 1 and writes the material data in which the material character data and the material image data read from the coupon creation request information are set in the material storage unit 43. The coupon creation unit 32 reads layout data for various devices from the layout information storage unit 42, and the information in the customer management data stored in the customer information storage unit 41 or the material storage unit 43 is included in each read layout data. Is embedded in the text and image display positions specified by the layout data to create coupon screen data for various devices. Also, the coupon creation unit 32 reads out layout data for requester confirmation from the layout information storage unit 42, and displays the information in the customer management data and the information in the material data as the display positions of text and images specified by the layout data. The coupon screen data for requester confirmation is generated. The creation image transmission unit 33 transmits the requester confirmation coupon screen data generated by the coupon creation unit 32 to the requester terminal 1. The confirmation result receiving unit 34 receives information to approve or coupon correction request information indicating the correction contents of the coupon screen data corresponding to the coupon screen data for requester confirmation transmitted by the creation image transmitting unit 33. To do.

  The coupon posting unit 35 registers the coupon screen data for various devices created by the coupon creating unit 32 in the posting reservation coupon storage unit 44 or the posted coupon storage unit 45. The withdrawal unit 36 deletes the coupon screen data that has passed the posting period from the posted coupon storage unit 45. The coupon providing unit 37 receives the coupon distribution request from the consumer terminal 5, reads the coupon screen data of the store designated by the received coupon distribution request from the posted coupon storage unit 45, and returns it. The log management unit 38 writes log data related to coupon distribution and the number of coupon distributions to the log storage unit 46.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a display image of coupon screen data by the consumer terminal 5.
In the figure, the coupon displayed by the coupon screen data includes a header display area A1, designated character information display areas A2 and A2 ′, a designated image display area A3, a company information display area A4, and a site information display area A5. . The header display area A1 includes a store display area A11 for displaying a store name, a mark display area A12 for displaying marks used in various coupon distribution sites, a company logo display area A13 for displaying a company logo, and the like. It also displays a string such as “Bargain Coupon” and the current time. In the designated character information display areas A2 and A2 ′ and the designated image display area A3, the material character data and the material image data received from the client terminal 1 are displayed, respectively. The company information display area A4 displays information read from the customer management data and a link to a link destination site indicated by the customer management data, for example, a site indicating the location of the store. In the site information display area A5, information related to the coupon distribution site such as the coupon distribution period and the coupon distribution site logo is displayed.

Next, various data stored in the coupon distribution device 2 will be described.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a data configuration example of a layout data table stored in the layout information storage unit 42. The layout information storage unit 42 stores layout data for requester confirmation and various devices. The layout data uses the corresponding device type, that is, a data description format that can be displayed on each personal computer or mobile phone of each mobile phone company, and the screen size specified by this format is also the device's size. It corresponds to the type. For example, when the device is a personal computer, HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) is used as a data description format. Assume that the layout data for confirming the requester also uses HTML.

  The layout data includes a header display area A1, a designated character information display area A2, a designated image display area A3, a company information display area A4, a site information display area A5, a store display area A11 in the header display area A1, and a mark display area A12. In addition, the display position and background color of each display area such as the company logo display area A13, and information, characters, image data to be displayed in each display area as a fixed or default, and the character color and font when displaying the characters Information on character decoration such as type and font size is included. Examples of what should be fixedly displayed include, for example, the character string of “bargain coupon” displayed in the header display area A1 and the current time information, the image data of the logo for the coupon distribution site displayed in the site information display area A5, and There is information about the delivery period. Examples of what should be displayed by default include store name information displayed in the store display area A11 and mark image data displayed in the mark display area A12.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a data configuration example of customer management data stored in the customer information storage unit 41. In the figure, the customer management data includes company identification information for identifying each company as a customer, the company name of the company, store identification information for identifying the store of the company, the store name of the store, and the person in charge of the store Information such as name, address, telephone number, latitude, longitude, store category, logo image data, error screen data, default value of coupon header information, posting URL, link destination, and the like are included. The logo image data is image data for displaying a company logo. The error screen data is screen data that is displayed on the consumer terminal 5 during a period in which no coupon is issued, and includes screen data for various devices. The default value of the coupon header information indicates, for example, the background color of the header display area A1, the image data of marks for various devices displayed in the mark display area A12, and the like. The posting URL (Universal Resource Locator) indicates the URL of a coupon distribution site that distributes coupons of the store, and includes URLs for various devices. The link destination indicates the URL of the link destination site for each device. This linked site is a site that displays information related to the store, for example, a map showing the location of the store. This site may add a mark indicating a location on a map based on latitude and longitude information.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a data configuration example of material data stored in the material storage unit 43. In the figure, the material data includes company identification information, store identification information, material character data, material image data, header display information, and approval contact information. The header display information is information for specifying the background color of the header display area A1, for example. When a plurality of designated character information display areas and designated image display areas are incorporated in the layout data, a plurality of material character data and material image data can be designated according to the number. The contact for approval indicates a transmission destination address of coupon screen data for requester confirmation.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a data configuration example of posting reservation coupon data stored in the posting reservation coupon storage unit 44, and FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a data configuration example of posting coupon data stored in the posting coupon storage unit 45. The posting reservation coupon data and the posting coupon data have the same data structure, such as company identification information, store identification information, coupon screen data, coupon posting start date and time, coupon withdrawal date and time when coupon posting is finished, and which Information on the target device indicating whether the coupon screen data is for the display device is included.

  Next, the processing of the coupon distribution system will be described. It is assumed that customer management data is stored in the customer information storage unit 41 of the coupon distribution apparatus 2 and layout data is stored in the layout information storage unit 42 in advance.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a coupon registration processing flow in the coupon distribution device 2.
First, the requester inputs company identification information, store identification information, coupon distribution period, material character data and material image data to be incorporated into the coupon, using the input unit 12 of the client terminal 1. Here, the material character data is text data, and two material character data are input. In addition, if the request for approval of the coupon creation image is required, the requester can specify the contact information for approval, and if he wants to specify the background color of the coupon header, he / she can display the header display information indicating the specified background color, When specifying a device, enter the type of the target device. When the requester inputs a coupon creation request transmission instruction using the input unit 12, the processing unit 14 inputs the input company identification information, store identification information, coupon distribution period, material character data, material image data, approval contact, header. The communication unit 11 is instructed to transmit the coupon creation request information in which the display information and the type of the target device are set to the coupon distribution apparatus 2.

  The creation request receiving unit 31 of the coupon distribution device 2 receives the coupon creation request information transmitted from the requester terminal 1 via the communication unit 21 (step S110). The creation request receiving unit 31 writes the material data set with the company identification information, the store identification information, the contact information for approval, the material character data, the material image data, and the header display information acquired from the coupon creation request information in the material storage unit 43. (Step S120).

  If the coupon creation unit 32 requires an approval request for the coupon creation image by the customer, that is, if the contact information for approval is set in the coupon creation request information (step S130: YES), the coupon creation unit 32 reads from the layout information storage unit 42. The layout data for confirming the requester (hereinafter referred to as “confirmation layout data”) is read. This confirmation layout data is for generating a screen image in the HTML data format when coupon screen data for a predetermined type of device, for example, a mobile phone of mobile phone company A, is generated. In general, the data description format of screen data used for a mobile phone has a smaller amount of information usable for layout than HTML. Therefore, coupon screen data for requester confirmation is generated using HTML that can specify the layout in more detail. In addition, HTML can be displayed on many personal computers and some mobile phones. From this point of view, HTML is suitable for client confirmation.

  The coupon creation unit 32 identifies customer management data identified by the company identification information and the store identification information set in the coupon creation request information. Then, information in the identified customer management data and material character data and material image data in the material data written in step S120 are embedded in the confirmation layout data to generate coupon screen data for requester confirmation ( Step S140).

  Specifically, the coupon creation unit 32 embeds the two material character data in the material data in the designated character information display areas A2 and A2 ′ indicated by the confirmation layout data, and embeds the material image data in the material data. Then, it is embedded in the designated image display area A3 indicated by the confirmation layout data. Furthermore, the coupon creation unit 32 embeds the distribution period set in the coupon creation request information in the site information display area A5. Further, the current time is embedded in the header display area A1 indicated by the confirmation layout data.

Subsequently, the coupon creation unit 32 displays the store name in the customer management data in the store display area A11 specified by the confirmation layout data, the logo image data in the customer management data in the company logo display area A13, and the company information display. The company name in the customer management data is embedded in the area A4. However, in the company information display area A4, only a character indicating a link, for example, “□ store map” is described, and an actual link is not embedded.
If the mark image data for the mobile phone of the mobile phone company A is set as the header information default value in the customer management data, the coupon creation unit 32 converts the mark image data specified in the confirmation layout data into the mark image data. Instead, it is embedded in the mark display area A12, and if the background color is specified by the header display information of the material data or the header information default value in the customer management data, the header display area A1 specified by the layout data for confirmation is displayed. Change the default background color to this specified background color. The header display information in the material data is given priority over the specification of the header information default value in the customer management data.

  The creation image transmission unit 33 uses the approval contact set in the material data as a destination, and transmits the coupon screen data for requester confirmation generated by the coupon creation unit 32 by e-mail (step S150). At this time, all or some information in the received coupon creation request information may be transmitted together.

  The processing unit 14 of the requester terminal 1 causes the output unit 13 to display the requester confirmation coupon screen data received from the coupon distribution device 2 and the coupon creation request information. The client confirms the coupon screen displayed on the client terminal 1 and edits the coupon screen data when there is a correction. For example, the input unit 12 inputs text of material character data and changes in character decoration (character color, font type, font size). Further, the material image data, the header display information, the distribution period, etc. may be changed. When the requester inputs the necessity for the approval request for the coupon creation image and the coupon correction request transmission instruction by the input unit 12, the processing unit 14 edits the edited coupon screen data, the changed material image data, and the header display information. The communication unit 11 is instructed to transmit the coupon correction request information in which the distribution period and the necessity of confirmation of the coupon creation image are set to the coupon distribution device 2.

  The confirmation result receiving unit 34 of the coupon distribution device 2 receives the coupon correction request information transmitted from the requester terminal 1 via the communication unit 21 (step S160: YES). The confirmation result receiving unit 34 compares the requester confirmation coupon screen data generated in step S140 with the changed coupon correction request information set in the coupon correction request information, and displays the designated character information display area A2, Text data and character decoration information, which are the differences in A2 ′, are registered in the material data written in step S120. For example, in the case of HTML, these pieces of information are indicated by text data and tag information attached to the text data. If the changed material image data and header display information are set in the coupon correction request information, the material image data and header display information of the material data are overwritten (step S120).

  When the request for approval of the coupon creation image is set in the coupon correction request information (step S130: YES), the coupon creation unit 32 returns the confirmation layout data in the customer management data by the same process as in step S140. Information, material character data in the material data, and material image data are embedded to generate coupon screen data for confirming the requester (step S140) and transmit it to the requester terminal 1 (step S150). However, when embedding the material character data, the character decoration information specified by the coupon correction request information is also reflected. Moreover, when the distribution period after a change is set to coupon correction request information, the distribution period after the said change is displayed on site information display area A5.

  The processing unit 14 of the requester terminal 1 causes the output unit 13 to display the requester confirmation coupon screen data received from the coupon distribution device 2. The requester edits the coupon screen data again when making correction again, and inputs an approval transmission instruction through the input unit 12 when approving. The processing unit 14 instructs the communication unit 11 to transmit a response indicating approval OK to the coupon distribution device 2.

  When the confirmation result receiving unit 34 of the coupon distribution device 2 receives a response indicating approval OK from the requester terminal 1 via the communication unit 21 (step S160: NO), the coupon creation unit 32 creates a coupon for distribution. (Step S170). The coupon creation unit 32 reads layout data corresponding to the type of the target device set in the coupon creation request information from the layout information storage unit 42. When the type of the target device is not set in the coupon creation request information, layout data for all devices except the confirmation layout data is read. The confirmation result receiving unit 34 generates coupon screen data for various devices by using the read layout data and the same process as in step S140. However, a link to the link destination URL set in the customer management data is embedded in a character indicating a link, for example, “□ store map”, in the company information display area A4. If character decoration information is set in the material character data, it is converted into a description format used for each layout data and embedded in the designated character information display area A2. The conversion rules in this description format are held in advance by the coupon creation unit 32. The mark image data and the link destination URL are read out from the customer management data and embedded corresponding to the device type.

  When the coupon distribution period in the coupon creation request information is later than the current date and time (step S180: NO), the coupon posting unit 35 stores the posting reservation coupon data for various devices generated in step S170. 44 is registered (step S190). In other words, the coupon posting unit 35 stores the posting reservation coupon data in which the target device indicating the device type and the coupon screen data generated based on the layout data corresponding to the device type are set in the posting reservation coupon storage unit 44. Register a new one. Further, the coupon posting unit 35 is set in each of the newly registered posting reservation coupon data for various devices in the company identification information and store identification information set in the coupon creation request information, and in the coupon creation request information. The posting start date and time and the coupon withdrawal date and time indicated by the distribution time are written. In addition, when the change of a delivery period is received by coupon correction request information, the posting start date and time and coupon withdrawal date and time which show the changed delivery time are written. The log management unit 38 writes the distribution number 0 in the log storage unit 46 in association with the distribution period, the company identification information, and the store identification information in which the posting start date and time and the coupon withdrawal date and time are set.

  The coupon posting unit 35 periodically refers to each posting reservation coupon data stored in the posting reservation coupon storage unit 44, and specifies the posting reservation coupon data in which the current date or the posting start date before the current date is set. . The coupon posting unit 35 writes the specified posting reservation coupon data as posting coupon data in the posting coupon storage unit 45 and deletes the posting reservation coupon data from the posting reservation coupon storage unit 44 (step S200).

  The withdrawal unit 36 periodically refers to each posted coupon data stored in the posted coupon storage unit 45, and identifies the published coupon data for which the current date or the withdrawal date before the current date is set. The withdrawal unit 36 deletes the specified posted coupon data from the posted coupon storage unit 45 (step S210).

  In step S180, when the posting start date / time is not set in the coupon creation request information or posting is set immediately (step S180: YES), the coupon posting unit 35 generates the various types generated in step S170. The posted coupon data for each device is registered in the posted coupon storage unit 45 (step S220). That is, the coupon placement unit 35 newly adds the posted coupon data in which the target device indicating the device type and the coupon screen data generated based on the layout data corresponding to the device type are set in the posted coupon storage unit 45. sign up. Further, the coupon posting unit 35 is set in the newly created registered coupon data for various devices in the company identification information and the store identification information set in the coupon creation request information and the coupon creation request information. The posting start date and time and coupon withdrawal date and time indicated by the delivery time are written. In addition, when the change of a delivery period is received by coupon correction request information, the posting start date and time and coupon withdrawal date and time which show the changed delivery time are written. The log management unit 38 writes the distribution number 0 in the log storage unit 46 in association with the distribution period, the company identification information, and the store identification information in which the posting start date and time and the coupon withdrawal date and time are set.

  If it is determined in step S130 that an approval request is not required (step S130: NO), the processing after step S170 is performed.

In step S140, the requester confirmation coupon screen data generated by the coupon creation unit 32 may be registered in a predetermined URL, and the URL may be transmitted to the requester terminal 1 by e-mail. The requester accesses the URL notified by the requester terminal 1 and acquires coupon screen data.
Further, the requester notifies the person in charge of the coupon distribution site by e-mail or telephone, and the person in charge of the coupon distribution site sends a coupon for confirming the requester of the store to the output unit 23 of the coupon distribution apparatus 2. While displaying the screen data, it is also possible to input and edit corrections to the coupon screen data using the input unit 22.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an input screen for coupon creation request information and coupon correction request information displayed on the client terminal 1. The input screen data may be stored in advance in the client terminal 1 or may be received from the coupon distribution device 2 by the client terminal 1.
In the figure, the input screen includes a company name input field F1, a store name input field F2, a material image data file name input field F3, a material character data input field F4, a header display color input field F5, and a withdrawal. Date / time input field F6, selection start button B1 indicating whether or not to start posting, posting start date / time input field F7, selection button B2 indicating whether or not an approval request is required, input field for name of approval request destination F8, an input field F9 for an e-mail address to be a contact for approval is displayed. In the material character data input field F4, text data is input. When text data is entered in the display store name input field F10, it is displayed in the store display area A11 instead of the store name in the customer management data.
The coupon detailed information editor E is a field for displaying and correcting the coupon screen data for requester confirmation. In the client terminal 1, the company name input in the input field F1 may be converted into company identification information, the store name input in the input field F2 may be converted into store identification information, and transmitted to the coupon distribution device 2. In the distribution apparatus 2, the company name received from the client terminal 1 may be converted into company identification information, and the store name may be converted into shop identification information.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a coupon distribution processing flow in the coupon distribution device 2.
The consumer uses the input unit 52 of the consumer terminal 5 to input information about a company and a store for which a coupon is to be obtained, and an instruction to access a coupon distribution site. Here, it is assumed that the URL of the coupon distribution site is different for each company store, and the domain of the URL of the coupon distribution site is different for each type of device. That is, the URL of the coupon distribution site itself includes information specifying the device type, company, and store. This URL is registered in the customer management data in advance, and does not change even when a coupon is registered or deleted. Thus, the consumer can always obtain the latest coupon screen data of the store from the coupon distribution device 2 by using the URL of the store that the user frequently uses.
The processing unit 54 of the consumer terminal 5 instructs the communication unit 51 to transmit the coupon distribution request in which the consumer identification information is set to the coupon distribution device 2 specified by the URL of the coupon distribution site. As the consumer identification information, for example, a mobile phone number, a user ID used for a contract with an Internet provider, a member ID of a coupon distribution service entered by the consumer through the input unit 52, or the like can be used.

  When the communication unit 21 of the coupon distribution device 2 receives a coupon distribution request from the consumer terminal 5 (step S310), the coupon providing unit 37, the company identification information corresponding to the received URL, the store identification information, and the device type The posted coupon data in the posted coupon storage unit 45 specified by is searched (step S320). In addition, at the time of registration of the publication reservation coupon data in step S190 of FIG. 8 or at the time of registration of the publication coupon data in step S220, the posting URL read from the customer management data is set, and the publication coupon data is determined by the received URL. You may specify.

  When the posted coupon data is identified as a result of the search in step S320 (step S330: YES), the log management unit 38 receives the coupon distribution request reception date and time, the company identification information read from the identified posted coupon data, and the store identification. Log data in which the information, the posting start date and time, the coupon withdrawal date and time, the consumer identification information received from the consumer terminal 5 and the device type are set is generated and written in the log storage unit 46 (step S340).

  Furthermore, the log management unit 38 stores other log data in which the same company identification information, store identification information, posting start date / time, coupon withdrawal date / time, and consumer identification information as the log data written in step S340 are set. To find out if it is stored in As a result of the search, if there is no other log data to be specified (step S350: YES), that is, if it is the first coupon distribution request from the consumer of the coupon distribution request source in the coupon distribution period, the log storage unit 46, the distribution period indicated by the posting start date and time and the coupon withdrawal date and time, and the number of distributions stored in association with the company identification information and the store identification information are updated to the number obtained by adding 1 (step S360). The coupon provision part 37 reads coupon screen data from the publication coupon data specified in the search of step S320, and returns it to the consumer terminal 5 (step S370). The processing unit 54 of the consumer terminal 5 causes the output unit 53 to display the received coupon screen data.

  If the posted coupon data is not specified as a result of the search in step S320 (step S330: NO), the customer management data in the customer information storage unit 41 is obtained from the company identification information and the store identification information corresponding to the received URL. The error screen data corresponding to the device type indicated by the URL is read from the specified customer management data, and returned to the consumer terminal 5 (step S380). If there is no customer management data to be specified, default error screen data corresponding to the device type is returned. The processing unit 54 of the consumer terminal 5 displays the received error screen data on the output unit 53.

  In step S350, when there is log data to be identified (step S350: NO), it is determined that there are a plurality of distribution requests from the same consumer for the same coupon, and the number of distributions is not added. The process of S370 is performed. However, when restricting a plurality of delivery of the same coupon to the same consumer, the process of step S380 may be performed.

  The log management unit 38 periodically refers to the log data registered in the log storage unit 46, and continues for each combination of company identification information and store identification information every time the distribution period is updated in the past certain period. The consumer identification information that appears is recorded and recorded. Each company distributes log data related to the company recorded in the log storage unit 46 to each company as necessary.

  Note that the address information of the consumer terminal 5 serving as a coupon distribution destination is stored in advance in the posted coupon storage unit 45 for each type of device, and the coupon providing unit 37 registers the posted coupon data in the posted coupon storage unit 45. When it is, the posted coupon data may be distributed with the address information of the coupon distribution destination corresponding to the target device set in the posted coupon data as a destination.

  When the company has only one store, it is possible to use only the company identification information without using the store identification information.

In addition, when a company has a plurality of stores, coupons for the plurality of stores can be generated as follows.
That is, instead of inputting the company identification information and the store identification information by the input unit 12 of the requester terminal 1, the requester inputs only the company identification information or the target store information for specifying the target store, for example, Enter local information. Thus, in step S110, the creation request receiving unit 31 of the coupon distribution apparatus 2 replaces the company identification information and the store identification information with only the company identification information, or the coupon creation in which the company identification information and the target store information are set. Receive request information.

  In step S120, when neither store identification information nor target store information is set in the coupon creation request information, the creation request reception unit 31 searches the customer information storage unit 41, and the company identification information in the coupon creation request information is found. Identify all configured customer management data. On the other hand, when the target store information is set in the coupon creation request information, the creation request receiving unit 31 stores all the customer management data in which the information that matches the condition indicated by the company identification information and the target store information is registered. Identify. For example, when the target store information is an area, it is determined whether or not the condition is met depending on whether the address is included in the area. When the creation request receiving unit 31 reads the store identification information from each identified customer management data, each read store identification information, company identification information obtained from the coupon creation request information, contact information for approval, material character data, The material image data and the material data set with the header display information are written in the material storage unit 43.

  And when it is judged in step S130 that the confirmation of the coupon creation image by the customer is necessary (step S130: YES), the coupon creation unit 32 selects one of the identified customer management data and the customer management data. The processing from step S140 is performed using the material data registered using the store identification information, and coupon screen data for requester confirmation is generated and transmitted to the requester terminal 1.

  When a response indicating approval is received from the client terminal 1 (step S160: NO), or when an approval request is not required (step S130: NO), each of the customer management data specified in step S120 and the customer management Using the material data registered using the store identification information in the data, the processing from step S170 for creating coupon screen data for distribution of each store is performed.

According to the above-described embodiment, a unified image by using a format corresponding to each of a plurality of types of devices such as a personal computer and a mobile phone of each company, using texts and images specified by a company or a store as a coupon creation requester. Coupons can be generated in a lump. As described above, since a plurality of coupons in a format suitable for the display terminal are created, the consumer can acquire the coupon by any terminal, and the visibility when the coupon is displayed on the terminal is improved. It is possible to provide a coupon reflecting a design desired by a company or a store as a coupon creation requester. In addition, coupons can be created in advance, and coupon distribution can be started at a desired distribution disclosure date and time, or coupon distribution can be stopped when the coupon distribution period has passed.
Further, the coupon creation requester can check the display image before distributing the coupon, and can also make corrections as necessary. In addition, it is possible to record the distribution log of coupons and grasp the actual number of coupon distributions even when there are multiple distribution requests for the same coupon from the same consumer.
Furthermore, when a company that is a coupon creation requester has a plurality of stores, coupons for each store can be created in a lump.

  In addition, the above-mentioned client terminal 1, the coupon delivery apparatus 2, and the consumer terminal 5 have a computer system inside. The operation processes of the processing unit 14 of the requester terminal 1, the processing unit 30 of the coupon distribution device 2, and the processing unit 54 of the consumer terminal 5 are stored in a computer-readable recording medium in the form of a program. The computer system reads out and executes this program, and the above processing is performed. The computer system here includes a CPU, various memories, an OS, and hardware such as peripheral devices.

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

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Client terminal 11, 21, 51 ... Communication part 12, 22, 52 ... Input part 13, 23, 53 ... Output part 14, 30, 54 ... Processing part 2 ... Coupon delivery apparatus 31 ... Creation request receiving part 32 ... Coupon creation unit 33 ... Creation image transmission unit 34 ... Confirmation result reception unit 35 ... Coupon placement unit 36 ... Withdrawal unit 37 ... Coupon provision unit 38 ... Log management unit 41 ... Customer information storage unit 42 ... Layout information storage unit 43 ... Material storage Unit 44 ... Posted reservation coupon storage unit 45 ... Posted coupon storage unit 46 ... Log storage unit 5 ... Consumer terminal

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A coupon distribution system having a coupon distribution device, a consumer terminal connected to the coupon distribution device via a network, and a client terminal of a client who is connected to the network and has a plurality of stores. And
The coupon distribution device
A customer information storage unit that stores a plurality of store identification information corresponding to the company identification information and information related to the store specified by the store identification information;
The type of device and the coupon screen layout data in a format that can be displayed by the device of the type are stored in association with each other, and the confirmation layout data, which is the layout data used to generate the coupon screen data for requester confirmation, is stored. A layout information storage unit,
Coupon screen data, a device type, store identification information, and a posted coupon storage unit that stores the distribution period in association with each other,
A creation request receiver that receives company identification information, text or image data to be displayed on the coupon screen, and coupon distribution period;
Read the layout data for confirmation from the layout information storage unit, incorporate the data of the text or the image received by the creation request receiver into the text or image incorporation position indicated by the layout data for confirmation, and The character indicating the link to the information related to the store specified by the store identification information is embedded in the position where the information related to the store indicated by the layout data is embedded, and the link destination URL to the information related to the store is not included in the character indicating the link. Generate coupon screen data for requester confirmation , read the layout data corresponding to the type of device from the layout information storage unit, and store identification information corresponding to the company identification information received by the creation request reception unit To the store identified Information to be read from the customer information storage unit, and the text or image received by the creation request receiving unit at the position where the text or image indicated by the layout data corresponding to the type of device is included for each store identification information In addition, the character indicating the link to the information related to the store specified by the store identification information is embedded in the position where the information related to the store indicated by the layout data is included, and the link destination for each store is included in the character indicating the link. A coupon creation unit that generates coupon screen data for each store incorporating the URL ;
A creation image transmission unit for transmitting the coupon screen data for requester confirmation generated by the coupon creation unit to a requester terminal connected to the network;
The coupon screen data for each store created by the coupon creation unit based on the layout data corresponding to the type of device, the type of the device, the store identification information, and the creation request receiving unit received A coupon posting unit that associates a delivery period with the posted coupon storage unit and writes it to the posted coupon storage unit;
A coupon withdrawal unit that deletes the coupon screen data that has passed the coupon withdrawal date and time indicated by the distribution period, from the posted coupon storage unit;
A device type, store identification information, and a coupon distribution request are received from the consumer terminal, and the coupon screen data corresponding to the device type and the store identification information is read from the posted coupon storage unit and returned. A coupon provider,
With
The consumer terminal
A processing unit that transmits the type of device of the terminal, store identification information, and a coupon distribution request to the coupon distribution device, and displays the coupon screen data received in response to the distribution request;
Coupon delivery system characterized by that. The coupon creation unit, if the previous SL requester terminal receiving a modification to a coupon image data of the requester for confirmation, reading a plurality of said layout data corresponding to the type of each device from the layout information storage unit, respectively The coupon image data for requester confirmation received from the requester terminal by incorporating the text or image data received by the creation request receiving unit into the text or image installation position indicated by the layout data of to generate the coupon screen data, which was carried out modifications to,
Before Symbol requester terminal,
A processing unit that displays the coupon image data for requester confirmation received from the coupon distribution device and transmits corrections to the coupon image data input by the requester to the coupon distribution device;
The coupon distribution system according to claim 1, wherein: The coupon distribution device
A log storage unit for storing the reception log of the coupon distribution request and the number of distribution requests;
Consumer identification information is acquired from the distribution request received from the consumer terminal, the acquired consumer identification information and the distribution request reception date and time are written in a log storage unit, and the distribution period is stored in the log storage unit A log management unit that adds 1 to the number of distribution requests stored in the log storage unit when a plurality of the consumer identification information is not registered in correspondence with the distribution request reception date and time,
The coupon distribution system according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein The coupon distribution device further includes a posting reservation coupon storage unit that stores coupon screen data, a device type, and a distribution period in association with each other,
The coupon placement unit includes the coupon screen data created by the coupon creation unit based on the layout data corresponding to the device type, the type of the device, and the distribution period received by the creation request reception unit. Correspondingly writing in the posted reservation coupon storage unit, specifying coupon screen data that has passed the posting start date and time indicated by the distribution period from the posted reservation coupon storage unit, and specifying the specified coupon screen data and the coupon screen data Write the type of the device and the delivery period corresponding to the posted coupon storage unit,
The coupon distribution system according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein: A coupon distribution device connected via a network to a consumer terminal and a client terminal of a client who is a company having a plurality of stores ,
A customer information storage unit that stores a plurality of store identification information corresponding to the company identification information and information related to the store specified by the store identification information;
The type of device and the coupon screen layout data in a format that can be displayed by the device of the type are stored in association with each other, and the confirmation layout data, which is the layout data used to generate the coupon screen data for requester confirmation, is stored. A layout information storage unit,
Coupon screen data, a device type, store identification information, and a posted coupon storage unit that stores the distribution period in association with each other,
Company identification information, text or image data to be displayed on the coupon screen, a creation request receiving unit for receiving the coupon distribution period,
Read the layout data for confirmation from the layout information storage unit, incorporate the data of the text or the image received by the creation request receiver into the text or image incorporation position indicated by the layout data for confirmation, and The character indicating the link to the information related to the store specified by the store identification information is embedded in the position where the information related to the store indicated by the layout data is embedded, and the link destination URL to the information related to the store is not included in the character indicating the link. Generate coupon screen data for requester confirmation , read the layout data corresponding to the type of device from the layout information storage unit, and store identification information corresponding to the company identification information received by the creation request reception unit To the store identified Information to be read from the customer information storage unit, and the text or image received by the creation request receiving unit at the position where the text or image indicated by the layout data corresponding to the type of device is included for each store identification information In addition, the character indicating the link to the information related to the store specified by the store identification information is embedded in the position where the information related to the store indicated by the layout data is included, and the link destination for each store is included in the character indicating the link. A coupon creation unit that generates coupon screen data for each store incorporating the URL ;
A creation image transmission unit for transmitting the coupon screen data for requester confirmation generated by the coupon creation unit to a requester terminal connected to the network;
The coupon screen data for each store created by the coupon creation unit based on the layout data corresponding to the type of device, the type of the device, the store identification information, and the creation request receiving unit received A coupon posting unit that associates a delivery period with the posted coupon storage unit and writes it to the posted coupon storage unit;
A coupon withdrawal unit that deletes the coupon screen data that has passed the coupon withdrawal date and time indicated by the distribution period, from the posted coupon storage unit;
A device type, store identification information, and a coupon distribution request are received from the consumer terminal, and the coupon screen data corresponding to the device type and the store identification information is read from the posted coupon storage unit and returned. A coupon provider,
A coupon distribution device comprising: A coupon having a coupon distribution device for creating a coupon, a consumer terminal connected to the coupon distribution device via a network, and a client terminal of a client who is connected to the network and has a plurality of stores A coupon distribution method used in a distribution system,
The coupon distribution device
A customer information storage unit that stores a plurality of store identification information corresponding to the company identification information and information related to the store specified by the store identification information;
The type of device and the coupon screen layout data in a format that can be displayed by the device of the type are stored in association with each other, and the confirmation layout data, which is the layout data used to generate the coupon screen data for requester confirmation, is stored. A layout information storage unit,
Coupon screen data, a device type, store identification information, and a posted coupon storage unit that stores and stores a distribution period,
The creation request receiving unit of the coupon distribution device receives company identification information, text or image data to be displayed on the coupon screen, and a creation request reception process for receiving a coupon distribution period.
The coupon creation unit of the coupon distribution device reads the confirmation layout data from the layout information storage unit, and the text received by the creation request reception unit at a text or image incorporation position indicated by the confirmation layout data. Alternatively, the image data is incorporated, and a character indicating a link to the information related to the store specified by the store identification information is included in the information integration position related to the store indicated by the layout data, and the character indicating the link is related to the store. A first coupon creation process for generating coupon screen data for requester confirmation that does not incorporate a link destination URL to information ;
The creation image transmission part of the coupon distribution device transmits the generated coupon screen data for requester confirmation to the requester terminal connected to the network,
The coupon creation unit of the coupon distribution device reads the layout data corresponding to the type of device from the layout information storage unit, and is specified by each store identification information corresponding to the company identification information received by the creation request reception unit. Information relating to the store to be read from the customer information storage unit, and for each store identification information, the text or image received by the creation request receiving unit at the position where the text or image indicated by the layout data corresponding to the type of device is embedded In addition to incorporating the image data, a character indicating a link to information related to the store specified by the store identification information is included in the information integration position related to the store indicated by the layout data, and the character indicating the link each store incorporating the destination URL A second coupon creation process of generating coupon screen data,
The coupon posting unit of the coupon distribution device, the coupon screen data for each store created by the coupon creation unit based on the layout data corresponding to the type of device, the type of the device, the store identification information, , A coupon posting process for writing in the posted coupon storage unit in association with the distribution period received by the creation request receiving unit;
A coupon withdrawal process in which the coupon withdrawal unit of the coupon delivery device deletes the coupon screen data that has passed the coupon withdrawal date and time indicated by the delivery period from the posted coupon storage unit,
A distribution request transmission process in which the processing unit of the consumer terminal transmits a device type of the terminal, store identification information, and a coupon distribution request to the coupon distribution device;
The coupon providing unit of the coupon distribution apparatus receives a device type, store identification information, and a coupon distribution request from the consumer terminal, and the coupon screen data corresponding to the device type and the store identification information is received. A delivery process of reading from the posted coupon storage unit and returning it;
A display process in which the processing unit of the consumer terminal displays the coupon screen data received from a coupon distribution device in response to the distribution request;
The coupon delivery method characterized by having. Connected to a consumer terminal and a client terminal of a client who is a company having a plurality of stores via a network,
A customer information storage unit that stores a plurality of store identification information corresponding to the company identification information and information related to the store specified by the store identification information;
The type of device and the coupon screen layout data in a format that can be displayed by the device of the type are stored in association with each other, and the confirmation layout data, which is the layout data used to generate the coupon screen data for requester confirmation, is stored. A layout information storage unit,
A coupon distribution method used in a coupon distribution apparatus including a coupon screen data, a device type, store identification information, and a posted coupon storage unit that stores and stores a distribution period.
A creation request receiving unit receives company identification information, text or image data to be displayed on a coupon screen, and a creation request receiving process for receiving a coupon distribution period;
The coupon creation unit reads the confirmation layout data from the layout information storage unit, and the text or image data received by the creation request reception unit at the text or image incorporation position indicated by the confirmation layout data. In addition, a character indicating a link to information related to the store specified by the store identification information is embedded in the position where the information related to the store indicated by the layout data is included, and a link destination to the information related to the store is included in the character indicating the link. A first coupon creation process for generating coupon screen data for client confirmation that does not incorporate a URL ;
The creation image transmission unit transmits the generated coupon screen data for confirming the requester to the requester terminal connected to the network; and
The coupon creation unit reads the layout data corresponding to the type of device from the layout information storage unit, and stores information related to the stores specified by the store identification information corresponding to the company identification information received by the creation request reception unit. The data of the text or the image received by the creation request receiving unit is read from the customer information storage unit, and the location of the text or the image indicated by the layout data corresponding to the type of device for each store identification information. At the same time, a character indicating a link to information related to the store specified by the store identification information is embedded at a position where information related to the store indicated by the layout data is included, and a link destination URL for each store is embedded in the character indicating the link. but the coupon screen data of each store And the second of coupon creation process of formation,
The coupon posting unit has created the coupon screen data for each store created based on the layout data corresponding to the type of device in the coupon creation process, the type of the device, the store identification information, and the creation request received. A coupon posting process in which the distribution period received in the process is associated with and written to the posted coupon storage unit;
A coupon withdrawal process in which the coupon screen data is deleted from the posted coupon storage unit after the coupon withdrawal date and time indicated by the distribution period has elapsed,
The coupon providing unit receives a device type, store identification information, and a coupon distribution request from the consumer terminal, and the coupon screen data corresponding to the device type and the store identification information is included in the posted coupon storage unit. The delivery process of reading from and returning
The coupon delivery method characterized by having.

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