JP6488813B2 - Point terminal device, point granting system, and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a point terminal device and a program.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a system has been proposed in which points that can be used at the time of next product purchase are given from a store to a purchaser in accordance with a store visit or product purchase. Specifically, for example, the purchaser registers as a member, reads the member number from the magnetic / IC card issued to the member at the time of selling the product, and gives points in association with the member number.

  With regard to such a point grant system, for example, in Patent Documents 1 and 2 below, the points given at the time of product purchase are used by the transportation facility in order to obtain a synergistic effect by relating the purchase of the product at the store and the use of the transportation facility. A possible system has been proposed. In such a system, when using a return transportation after purchasing a product at a store, points given at the store can be used.

  Patent Document 3 below describes a technique for issuing an electronic coupon at the time of purchasing a product in order to discount the return (return) railway fee after the purchase of the product. Patent Document 4 listed below describes a technique that gives a privilege when the use history of a transportation facility recorded on an IC card satisfies a predetermined condition.

JP 2004-252803 A JP 2007-122334 A JP 2002-324256 A JP 2001-331720 A

  In the techniques disclosed in Patent Documents 1 to 4, the number of railway users is mainly increased by encouraging the use of railways when returning home by giving points that can be used on railways according to purchases at stores. The purpose is eco-effect. However, in the above Patent Documents 1 to 4, there is no mention of a technique for linking the use of transportation such as a railroad to the return visit to the store. It was not prompted.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved point terminal capable of encouraging the use of transportation facilities and the return to the store. To provide an apparatus and a program.

In order to solve the above-described problems, according to an aspect of the present invention, a reading unit that reads the boarding / exiting history and the medium ID of the electronic medium from an electronic medium in which the boarding / exiting history of a transportation facility is recorded ; , Sent to a point server having a storage unit storing the number of points associated with the member information corresponding to the medium ID and store visit information, and the previous time of the member associated with the member information corresponding to the medium ID an acquisition unit that acquires visit date information from the point server, when the ride history from the specified location in the last visit date Ru extracted from the passenger history string in the member information corresponding to the medium ID stored in the storage unit wherein including a point giving control unit for performing an instruction to point server, the point terminal device is provided to apply a point to update the number of correlated obtained point
In order to solve the above problems, according to another aspect of the present invention, member information including member number, medium ID, and last visit date information, and information related to member possession points are stored in association with the member number. The storage unit, the control for returning the previous visit date information associated with the member number corresponding to the medium ID received from the point terminal to the point terminal, and the member number associated with the point grant instruction A point server having a control unit that performs control to give attached possession points, and a reading unit that reads the boarding / exiting history and the medium ID of the electronic medium from an electronic medium in which a boarding / exiting history of transportation is recorded, An acquisition unit that transmits the medium ID to the point server and acquires the previous visit date information corresponding to the medium ID; When history is extracted from the passenger history, the comprises a point giving control unit for instructing said point server to grant ownership point, and point terminal having the a, point-giving system is provided.

  The transportation may be a train or a bus, and the designated place may be a station or a stop nearest to the store.

Moreover, the acquisition unit, based on the medium ID, and the last point grant date or last point use date of the member to the member may be obtained as the last visit date information.

  In addition, the point grant control unit may grant the points when a history of getting on the transportation facility from the designated place is extracted at a time later than the store visit time on the previous visit date.

  In addition, the point grant control unit may grant the points when a history of getting on a transportation facility from the designated place is extracted within a predetermined time after the store visit time.

  The acquisition unit may receive the previous visit date information based on the medium ID from a point server connected via a communication network.

In addition, the point terminal device may further include a display unit and a display control unit that controls the display unit to display information related to the provision of the points.

In order to solve the above problems, according to another aspect of the present invention, a computer reads a reading unit and a medium ID of the electronic medium from an electronic medium in which a boarding / exiting history of a transportation facility is recorded. The medium ID is transmitted to a point server having a storage unit in which the number of points associated with the member information corresponding to the medium ID and store visit information are stored, and the medium ID is associated with the member information corresponding to the medium ID. an acquisition unit that acquires last visit date information of Tagged member from the point server, when the ride history from the specified location in the last visit date Ru extracted from the passenger history, the medium ID stored in the storage unit wherein a point giving control unit that performs an instruction to point server, to function as to impart point updates the number of points associated string to the corresponding member information For, the program is provided.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to encourage the use of transportation facilities and the return visit to a store.

It is a figure for demonstrating the outline | summary of the point provision system by this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of the point terminal by this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of the point server 3 by this embodiment. It is a sequence diagram which shows the point provision process by this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the point provision determination process by this embodiment.

  Exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, in this specification and drawing, about the component which has the substantially same function structure, duplication description is abbreviate | omitted by attaching | subjecting the same code | symbol.

<1. Overview of point grant system>
First, an outline of a point grant system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, the point granting system 100 according to the present embodiment includes a point terminal 1 and a point server 3, which are connected via a communication network 4, for example.

  The point terminal 1 is a kiosk terminal device installed in each store, and performs processing such as giving predetermined points to the user based on the card inserted from the card insertion slot 12a. Specifically, the point terminal 1 according to the present embodiment reads the user's boarding / exiting history from the user's traffic IC card 2 inserted from the card insertion slot 12a, and gives predetermined points according to the boarding / exiting history. .

  The transportation IC card 2 is a non-contact type card used in transportation, and the user can perform automatic clearing by simply holding it over the reading section of the automatic ticket gate 101 installed at the ticket gate. Can pass through. At this time, a boarding history is stored in the traffic IC card 2.

  The point server 3 stores points in association with, for example, a member number, and performs management such as point grant in accordance with an instruction from the point terminal 1.

  In the point granting system 100 having the above-described configuration, the boarding / unloading history is read from the traffic IC card 2 inserted into the point terminal 1 by the user when visiting the store, and the train is sent from the designated place such as the nearest station on the way home from the previous visit. If you are riding, you can give points when you come home. Thereby, in this embodiment, the point according to the use of the return transportation at the time of the store visit is given at the next visit, and the use of the transport after visiting the store and the return visit can be promoted.

<2. Configuration of each device>
Next, the configurations of the point terminal 1 and the point server 3 included in the point granting system 100 will be specifically described with reference to FIGS.

(2-1. Point terminal 1)
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the point terminal 1 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the point terminal 1 includes a control unit 10, a touch panel display 11, a card R / W (Read / Write) unit 12, an I / F (interface) unit 13, and a storage unit 14.

(Control unit 10)
The control unit 10 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and a ROM (Read Only) built in the point terminal 1.
The operation of the point terminal 1 is generally controlled using hardware such as a memory (RAM) and a random access memory (RAM). For example, the control unit 10 according to the present embodiment reads the card R / W unit 12 from the traffic IC card 2 inserted from the card insertion slot 12a provided on the front side of the point terminal 1 as shown in FIG. Based on the card ID, it functions as an acquisition unit that acquires the previous visit date information of the user from the point server 3. The previous visit date information may correspond to previous point use date information or previous point grant date information, for example.

  In addition, the control unit 10 retrieves the user's boarding / exiting history on the previous visit date from the boarding / exiting history read from the traffic IC card 2, and the user gets on from the specified place (for example, the nearest station) on the previous visit date. In such a case, it also functions as a point giving control unit that controls the user to give points that can be used at the time of product purchase at a store. For example, points are given by instructing the point server 3 from the I / F unit 13 via the communication network 4.

  In addition, the control unit 10 functions as a display control unit that controls to display a point grant result or the like on the touch panel display 11. And the control part 10 is controlled to discharge | emit the inserted traffic type | system | group IC card 2 from the card insertion port 12a, and return to a user after completion | finish of point provision etc.

  In addition, when the normal point card is inserted from the card insertion slot 12a, the control unit 10 indicates the current number of owned points associated with the member ID read by the card R / W unit 12 from the point card 3 It may be obtained from the above and displayed on the touch panel display 11.

(Touch panel display 11)
The touch panel display 11 is an example of an operation display unit, and has a function as an operation unit that receives an operation input from a user and a function as a display unit that displays an image. The display unit is, for example, a liquid crystal display (LCD) device or an OLED (Organic).
Realized by a light emitting diode) device. The operation unit is realized by a touch panel that detects a touch position on the screen by the user's finger.

  The touch panel display 11 displays the number of points owned by the user, notification of point grant, and the like under the control of the control unit 10. Further, for example, an “end” button is displayed on the touch panel display 11, and when the “end” button is selected, a card return process from the card insertion slot 12 a can be performed by the control unit 10.

(Card R / W unit 12)
The card R / W unit 12 reads information from the card inserted from the card insertion slot 12 a and outputs the read information to the control unit 10. Further, the card R / W unit 12 writes information in the card inserted from the card insertion slot 12a according to the control of the control unit 10. Specifically, the card R / W unit 12 reads the card ID and transportation boarding / alighting history from the traffic IC card inserted from the card insertion slot 12 a and outputs the card ID / transportation history to the control unit 10. The card R / W unit 12 can also read the member ID from the point card and output it to the control unit 10 when a normal point card is inserted.

(I / F part 13)
The I / F unit 13 transmits / receives data to / from the point server 3 connected via the communication network 4. For example, the I / F unit 13 transmits a point grant instruction to the corresponding user to the point server 3 via the communication network 4 according to the control of the control unit 10.

(Storage unit 14)
The storage unit 14 stores various software, various data, and the like. For example, the storage unit 14 stores a program for executing various processes by the control unit 10 described above.

  The configuration of the point terminal 1 according to the present embodiment has been described above. Next, the configuration of the point server 3 will be described with reference to FIG.

(2-2. Point server 3)
FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the point server 3 according to the present embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the point server 3 includes a control unit 30, a communication unit 31, a member information DB (database) 32, and a point DB 33.

(Control unit 30)
The control unit 30 generally controls the operation of the point server 3 using hardware such as a CPU, ROM, and RAM built in the point server 3. For example, the control unit 30 searches the member information DB 32 for member information associated with the card ID transmitted from the point terminal 1, and determines the previous point use date information or the previous point grant date information included in the searched member information. Control is made so as to send a reply to the point terminal 1 as the previous visit date information of the user.

  In addition, the control unit 30 searches the member information DB 32 for member information associated with the card ID transmitted from the point terminal 1, and based on the member number included in the searched member information, the current owned points from the point DB 33 It is also possible to control to extract the number and send it back to the point terminal 1. Further, when receiving a point grant instruction from the point terminal 1, the control unit 30 updates the point information of the corresponding member stored in the point DB 33 and executes the point grant.

(Communication unit 31)
The communication unit 31 is connected to one or more point terminals 1 via the communication network 4 and transmits and receives data. For example, the communication unit 31 receives the card ID from the point terminal 1 and transmits the previous visit date information and point number information of the member (user) associated with the card ID to the point terminal 1.

(Member information DB32)
The member information DB 32 stores member information of registered members. The member information is linked to the member number and includes, for example, the member's name, age, telephone number, address, purchase history, member registration date, card ID, previous point use date and time, last point grant date and time, and the like. Here, the previous point use date and time indicates the latest date and time when the point was used at the time of product purchase in the store. The previous point grant date and time indicates the latest date and time when various points such as a store visit point, a purchase point, or a return home point described later have been given. A store visit point is a point given when visiting a store. A purchase point is a point given when a product is purchased at a store. For example, a purchase amount is transmitted from a POS register (not shown) to the point server 3 via the communication network 4, and the point server 3 purchases the purchase amount. A point grant process according to the above is executed.

(Point DB33)
The point DB 33 is a storage unit that stores information related to the member's owned points in association with the member number. The information regarding the owned points includes, for example, the point use time limit in addition to the number of points.

  The configuration of the point server 3 according to the present embodiment has been specifically described above.

<3. Operation processing>
Next, the point giving operation according to the present embodiment will be specifically described with reference to FIGS.

(3-1. Point grant processing)
FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram showing point grant processing according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4, first, when the traffic IC card 2 is inserted into the point terminal 1 by the user, the point terminal 1 reads the card ID and boarding / exiting history by the card R / W unit 12 (S106).

  Next, when the point terminal 1 transmits the read card ID to the point server 3 (S109), the point server 3 searches for member information based on the card ID (S112).

  Next, the point server 3 transmits the previous point use date and time or the previous point grant date and time extracted from the searched member information to the point terminal 1 as the previous visit date and time information. Note that the point server 3 transmits the information of the latest date and time when both the information of the previous point use date and time and the previous point grant date and time are included in the member information.

  Subsequently, the point terminal 1 determines whether or not to give a point when returning home based on the previous visit date / time information transmitted from the point server 3 and the boarding / exiting history read from the traffic IC card 2. Do. The return home point determination process will be described later with reference to FIG.

  Next, when the determination condition for giving points when returning home is satisfied (S121 / Yes), the point terminal 1 instructs the point server 3 to give points when returning home (S124). Here, the point when returning home is a point given according to whether or not you used transportation from a designated place such as the nearest station on your return from your previous visit. Used to promote visits.

  In addition, the point terminal 1 instructs the point server 3 to give a visit point to the current visit (S127). In addition, a store visit point can be provided also when not satisfy | filling the determination conditions of point provision at the time of going home (S121 / No).

  Next, the control unit 30 of the point server 3 executes predetermined point grant processing in accordance with an instruction from the point terminal 1 (S130).

  Next, the control unit 10 of the point terminal 1 displays a point grant notification and a current possession point on the touch panel display 11 (S133).

  Then, the point terminal 1 ejects the traffic IC card 2 from the card insertion slot 12a and returns it to the user (S136).

  The point giving process according to the present embodiment has been specifically described above. Note that the above-mentioned store point grant (S127) is not necessarily performed. Subsequently, the return point grant determination process shown in S118 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

(3-2. Point grant determination process)
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the point assignment determination process according to the present embodiment. The control unit 10 of the point terminal 1 determines whether or not there is a boarding history from the designated station in the boarding / alighting history read from the traffic system IC card 2 (S203). The designated station may be preset by the store side and stored in the storage unit 14 of the point terminal 1, for example.

  Next, when there is a boarding history from the designated station (S203 / Yes), the control unit 10 determines whether the boarding at the designated station is the same day as the previous visit (S206).

  Next, when the boarding at the designated station is the same as the previous visit date (S206 / Yes), the control unit 10 determines whether the boarding time at the designated station is later than the previous visit time (S209). That is, the control unit 10 determines whether or not the user has used transportation from the designated station on the way home from the previous visit.

  When the boarding time at the designated station is later than the previous visit time (S209 / Yes), the control unit 10 determines that the point granting condition is satisfied (S212).

  On the other hand, when there is no boarding history from the designated station in the boarding / exiting history (S203 / No), when the boarding from the designated station is different from the previous visit date (S206 / Yes), or from the time of the previous visit, When the time is early (S209 / Yes), the control unit 10 determines that the point granting condition is not satisfied.

  Heretofore, the determination process for giving home points according to the present embodiment has been specifically described. Note that the processing shown in S206 and S209 may be changed to processing for determining whether or not the user has boarded the designated station within a predetermined time from the previous visit date and time. That is, if the user gets on the designated station after midnight on the way home from the previous visit, the condition of “same day” shown in S206 is not satisfied. In addition, in order to prevent a case where the condition does not fall out of the “same day” condition as described above, the definition of “same day” shown in S206 may be defined as the last train time from the designated station.

<4. Summary>
As described above, the point granting system 100 according to the present embodiment refers to the boarding / exiting history stored in the transportation IC card 2 and uses the transportation facility from the designated place on the way to the previous visit. In addition, by giving points that can be used at the store, it is possible to encourage the use of transportation facilities and the return visit to the store.

  That is, even if the user (point member) uses the train when he / she returns after visiting the store, points are not given unless he / she comes back (re-visit), so there is an effect of encouraging re-visit (re-visit).

  Moreover, although the point grant system 100 by this embodiment is an independent system which does not cooperate with the system of a transportation system, it can accelerate | stimulate the utilization of a transportation system, and the return visit to a shop.

  In addition to the train, the transportation may be a bus, and the designated place mentioned above may be the nearest station of the store or the nearest stop. Further, the designated place is not limited to the place closest to the store, and may be a place one station away.

  Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, the present invention is not limited to such examples. It is obvious that a person having ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention pertains can come up with various changes or modifications within the scope of the technical idea described in the claims. Of course, it is understood that these also belong to the technical scope of the present invention.

  For example, according to the embodiment of the present invention, it is also possible to provide a computer program for causing hardware such as a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM to exhibit functions equivalent to the configurations of the point terminal 1 or the point server 3 described above. is there. A recording medium on which the computer program is recorded is also provided.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Point terminal 10 Control part 11 Touch panel display 12 Card R / W part 13 I / F part 2 Traffic system IC card 3 Point server 4 Communication network 100 Point grant system 101 Traffic type automatic ticket gate apparatus

Claims (8)

A reading unit that reads the boarding / alighting history and the medium ID of the electronic medium from an electronic medium in which a boarding / alighting history of transportation is recorded;
The medium ID is transmitted to a point server having a storage unit that stores the number of points associated with the member information corresponding to the medium ID and store visit information, and is associated with the member information corresponding to the medium ID. An acquisition unit for acquiring the previous visit date information of the member from the point server ;
When riding history from the specified location in the last visit date Ru extracted from the passenger history, to impart point updates the number of points associated strap to the member information corresponding to the medium ID stored in the storage unit A point grant control unit that gives instructions to the point server ;
A point terminal device.   A storage unit for storing member number, medium ID, member information including last visit date information and information related to the member's possession points in association with the member number;
  Control for returning the previous visit date information associated with the member number corresponding to the medium ID received from the point terminal to the point terminal;
  A control unit that performs control to give possession points associated with the membership number in response to an instruction to give points;
A point server having
  A reading unit that reads the boarding / alighting history and the medium ID of the electronic medium from an electronic medium in which a boarding / alighting history of transportation is recorded;
  An acquisition unit that transmits the medium ID to the point server and acquires the previous visit date information corresponding to the medium ID;
  When the boarding history from the designated place on the previous visit date is extracted from the boarding / exiting history, a point grant control unit that instructs the point server to give the possessed points;
A point terminal having
Including a point grant system. The transportation is a train or a bus,
The point terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the designated place is a station or a stop nearest to a store. The point terminal device according to claim 1 or 3 , wherein the acquisition unit acquires the previous point grant date to the member or the previous point use date of the member as the previous visit date information based on the medium ID. The point giving control unit, when the history of riding in the transport from the designated location at a later time than the visit time in the last visit date has been extracted, to impart said point, according to claim 1, and 3 or 4 The point terminal device according to any one of the above. The point terminal device according to claim 5 , wherein the point grant control unit grants the point when a history of getting on a transportation facility from the designated place is extracted within a predetermined time after the store visit time. . The point terminal device
A display unit;
A display control unit that controls to display information about the application of the points on the display unit,
The point terminal device according to claim 1 , further comprising: Computer
A reading unit that reads the boarding / alighting history and the medium ID of the electronic medium from an electronic medium in which a boarding / alighting history of transportation is recorded;
The medium ID is transmitted to a point server having a storage unit that stores the number of points associated with the member information corresponding to the medium ID and store visit information, and is associated with the member information corresponding to the medium ID. An acquisition unit for acquiring the previous visit date information of the member from the point server ;
When riding history from the specified location in the last visit date Ru extracted from the passenger history, to impart point updates the number of points associated strap to the member information corresponding to the medium ID stored in the storage unit A point grant control unit that gives instructions to the point server ;
Program to function as

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