JP7302124B2 - Electronic ticket presentation system, electronic ticket presentation program, and electronic ticket presentation method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an electronic ticket presentation system, an electronic ticket presentation program, and an electronic ticket presentation method.

In recent years, due to the development of networks such as the Internet and mobile terminals such as smartphones, tickets such as admission tickets and coupon tickets can be displayed as two-dimensional codes on electronic devices such as smartphones without using paper tickets. The method of confirming and paying for tickets has become widely used.

For example, an authentication method for authenticating an electronic ticket stored in a portable information device by an authentication device, wherein the portable information device acquires shared information that can be shared with the authentication device at the time of authentication of the electronic ticket. and a procedure for the portable information device to generate a barcode based on the obtained shared information and the electronic ticket (see Patent Document 1). Further, a ticket operation system for supporting the operation of tickets containing two-dimensional codes, comprising: a ticket issuing server for issuing tickets relating to a target event; and a user terminal for acquiring information on the tickets issued by the ticket issuing server. and a ticket reader that reads a two-dimensional code included in a ticket when a user enters an event (see Patent Document 2).

JP 2019-168961 A JP 2019-079455 A

When the two-dimensional code is displayed on the electronic ticket user's (hereinafter also referred to as "user") mobile terminal, it is in a place outside the service area such as underground, or when the communication capacity contracted with the mobile phone company is exceeded. Under circumstances where stable Internet communication is not possible, the two-dimensional code cannot be displayed on electronic tickets that require Internet communication immediately before use. In addition, when obtaining a plurality of tickets and using only some of them, it is necessary to display the two-dimensional code for each ticket to be used, which takes time and effort. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a system that can select one or a plurality of electronic tickets even when Internet communication is not available on the user's mobile terminal, and can easily display or communicate and present the relevant electronic tickets. is to provide

As a result of intensive studies to solve the above problems, the inventors of the present invention obtained a unique identifier assigned to a service in the mobile terminal of the user, and used the service corresponding to the obtained unique identifier. is selected, a character string is created based on the unique identifier assigned to the selected service, the character string is displayed or communicated as an electronic ticket, and the present invention is completed.

That is, the present invention is as follows.
[1] On the mobile terminal of the user,
an identifier acquisition unit that acquires a unique identifier assigned to a service;
a service-to-be-used selection unit that selects one or a plurality of services to be used from services corresponding to the acquired unique identifier;
a character string creation unit for creating a character string containing all unique identifiers assigned to the service selected by the service selection unit;
an electronic ticket presentation unit that displays or communicates and presents the character string created by the character string creating unit as an electronic ticket;
An electronic ticket presentation system comprising:
[2] The electronic ticket presentation unit has a two-dimensional code creation unit that creates a two-dimensional code based on the character string created by the character string creation unit, and a two-dimensional code display unit that displays the two-dimensional code. The electronic ticket presentation system according to the above [1].
[3] The electronic ticket presentation system according to [1] or [2] above, wherein the character string created by the character string creation unit is one.
[4] The electronic ticket presentation system according to any one of [1] to [3], wherein the two-dimensional code is a QR code (registered trademark).
[5] The electronic ticket presentation system according to any one of [1] to [4] above, wherein the unique identifier assigned to the service is assigned when the right to receive the service is generated.
[6] The above [1] to [5], characterized by comprising a service management server in which the content of the service to be provided is registered, and obtaining a unique identifier assigned to the service from the service management server. An electronic ticket presentation system according to any of the preceding paragraphs.
[7] Provide an electronic ticket acquisition device at a location where the service is provided, acquire a character string displayed or communicated by the user as an electronic ticket, and communicate with the service management server to acquire the electronic ticket collation result. The electronic ticket presentation system according to [6] above, characterized in that:
[8] An electronic ticket presentation program characterized by causing a computer to function as the system according to any one of [1] to [7] above.
[9] obtaining a unique identifier assigned to the service;
a service-to-use selection step of selecting one or a plurality of services to be used from among the services corresponding to the acquired unique identifier;
a character string creation step of creating a character string containing all the unique identifiers assigned to the service selected in the service selection step;
a character string presenting step of displaying or communicating and presenting the character string created in the character string creating step as an electronic ticket;
A method of presenting an electronic ticket, comprising:

According to the present invention, the user selects a service to be used from among a plurality of services and converts a character string as an electronic ticket in one step on the mobile terminal of the user who uses the electronic ticket even under the condition that the Internet communication cannot be used. can be presented.

1 is a schematic diagram showing an embodiment of the present electronic ticket presentation system; FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing an embodiment of a service management server in this electronic ticket presentation system; FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing an embodiment of a mobile terminal of a user in this electronic ticket presentation system; FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing an embodiment of an electronic ticket acquisition device in this electronic ticket presentation system; FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing processing executed by a service management server in the present electronic ticket presentation system; 4 is a flow chart showing processing executed by a user's mobile terminal in the present electronic ticket presentation system; FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a display when selecting a service to be used from among purchased services (possessed tickets) in the service selection section of the user's portable terminal in the present electronic ticket presentation system. FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram showing an example of an operation when the user selects a service to be used from a list of purchased services in the service selection section of the user's portable terminal in the present electronic ticket presentation system; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a method for creating a character string containing all unique identifiers given to a selected service in the character string creating unit of the user's mobile terminal in the electronic ticket presentation system; 4 is a flow chart showing processing executed by an electronic ticket acquisition device in the electronic ticket presentation system;

Hereinafter, with reference to the drawings, an electronic ticket presentation system according to the present invention (hereinafter also referred to as "this electronic ticket presentation system") and an electronic ticket presentation program (hereinafter referred to as "this electronic ticket presentation program") according to the present invention. ) and the method of presenting an electronic ticket according to the present invention (hereinafter also referred to as “this method of presenting an electronic ticket”).

In the embodiment described below, the service is "providing a service handled by a restaurant at a restaurant", and the case where the user presents an electronic ticket using a mobile terminal is taken as an example. The content of the invention will be explained.

≪Electronic ticket presentation system≫
<Configuration of electronic ticket presentation system>
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an embodiment in which the present electronic ticket presentation system includes a service management server and an electronic ticket acquisition device together with a user's portable terminal. This electronic ticket presentation system S includes a service management server 1 , a user's mobile terminal 2 , and an electronic ticket acquisition device 3 . The service management server 1 and the mobile terminal 2 of the user, and the service management server 1 and the electronic ticket acquisition device 3 are accessible via a network.

The service management server 1 includes means for storing and registering a plurality of services handled by a service provider, and identifier giving means for giving a unique identifier to a service when the right to receive the service is generated.

The mobile terminal 2 of the user selects one or a plurality of services to be used from among the means for acquiring an identifier unique to the service to the mobile terminal 2 of the user and the services corresponding to the acquired unique identifier. means, character string creating means for creating a character string containing all unique identifiers assigned to the selected service, and electronic ticket presenting means for displaying or communicating and presenting the created character string as an electronic ticket , provided.

The electronic ticket acquisition device 3 has means for acquiring a character string displayed or communicated by a user, communicating with the service management server, and collating the electronic ticket.

<Configuration of Service Management Server 1>
The service management server 1 registers a plurality of services handled by service providers, and presents the registered services to the user from the service management server 1 via a network such as the Internet. The service management server 1 is operated by an administrator of the electronic ticket presentation system, and is composed of, for example, a cloud computing server or a local server. The service management server 1 and the mobile terminal 2 of the user, or the service management server 1 and the electronic ticket acquisition device 3 are communicatively connected by wire or wirelessly.

The service management server 1 comprises a registered service DB 11 and an identifier DB 12 as shown in FIG. The registration service DB 11 and the identifier DB 12 are controlled by a CPU (Central Processing Unit) or MPU (Micro Processing Unit) not shown.

The registered service DB 11 stores a plurality of services handled by service providers. The registration service DB 11 and the later-described identifier DB 12 are composed of, for example, storage devices such as HDDs (Hard Disk Drives) and SSDs (Solid State Drives), semiconductor memory devices such as RAMs (Random Access Memories), and flash memories. .

The right to receive the service is generated when the purchase of the service by the user is completed, and a unique identifier is assigned to each service purchased thereafter. It should be noted that the point at which the purchase is completed does not necessarily mean that the payment has been completed, and it may be the state in which the purchase application has been made and the payment procedure has been completed.

The identifier DB 12 stores unique identifiers assigned to each service in pairs with each service. If the same service is purchased multiple times, the right to receive the same service is acquired for the number of purchases, and a different identifier is stored for each .

Further, the service management server 1 compares the identifier assigned to the purchase service registered in the identifier DB 12 with the identifier included in the character string presented as the electronic ticket by the user, received from the electronic ticket acquisition device 3, The matching result is transmitted to the electronic ticket acquisition device 3 .

<Configuration of User's Mobile Terminal 2>
As shown in FIG. 3, the mobile terminal 2 of the user has an identifier acquisition unit 21 that acquires a unique identifier assigned to a service, and one or more of the services corresponding to the acquired unique identifier. A service selection unit 22 for selecting a plurality of services, a character string creation unit 23 for creating a character string containing all the unique identifiers assigned to the services selected by the service selection unit, and An electronic ticket presenting unit 24 that displays or communicates a character string as an electronic ticket and presents it, and a storage unit 25 are provided. Such a user's mobile terminal 2 is composed of a mobile phone such as a smart phone, a tablet PC (tablet personal computer), a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a mobile terminal such as a wearable terminal, or the like. realizes various functions in the portable terminal 2.

The identifier acquisition unit 21 determines and purchases a desired service from among a plurality of services handled by the service provider stored in the registered service DB 11 . Next, the identifier assigned to the purchased service is acquired from the service management server 1 and stored in the storage unit 25 . Acquisition of the identifier assigned to the purchased service can be obtained by applying for the purchase of the service by wire or wirelessly via a network such as the Internet and downloading the identifier when the payment is completed, or by completing the application for purchase and payment. A method of capturing an image of a two-dimensional code corresponding to a service displayed on a website managed by the electronic ticket presentation system at the point in time when the electronic ticket presentation system is displayed can be used.

The service selection unit 22 first displays a list of information on purchased services. Next, the user selects one or a plurality of services to be used from the list of purchased services.

The character string creation unit 23 creates a character string containing all unique identifiers assigned to the services selected by the service selection unit 22 . The character string may be combined into one or divided into a plurality of characters, but using one character string facilitates creation of a two-dimensional code and presentation to an electronic ticket acquisition device, which will be described later.

The electronic ticket presenting unit 24 presents the character string created by the character string creating unit 23 by displaying or communicating it as an electronic ticket. Here, the character string created by the character string creating unit 23 may be used as an electronic ticket to create and display a two-dimensional code, or information on the character string may be communicated and presented.

Here, a two-dimensional code is a code displayed so as to have information in horizontal and vertical directions. As the two-dimensional code, a stacked two-dimensional code such as a QR code (registered trademark), a data matrix code, or a maxicode, or a matrix two-dimensional code such as PDF417 or Code49 can be used.

Specifically, a two-dimensional code can be created using a library or the like for two-dimensional encoding, or the code can be created by oneself based on a predetermined program. The created two-dimensional code may be imaged by the user using a screen shot or the like and stored in the user's portable terminal, or the created two-dimensional code may be printed. Since communication with the service management server 1 is not required to create a two-dimensional code, even under conditions where network communication such as the Internet cannot be used, the user's portable terminal selects one or more services and presents the two-dimensional code. It becomes possible to The two-dimensional code thus created is used as an electronic ticket. The created two-dimensional code can be displayed on a display, for example, and can be imaged by the electronic ticket acquisition device 3, which will be described later.

Infrared rays, radio waves, and the like can be used to communicate and present character string information.

<Configuration of Electronic Ticket Acquisition Device 3>
The electronic ticket acquisition device 3 is owned by a service provider, acquires a character string presented by a user through display or communication, communicates with the service management server 1, and acquires an electronic ticket collation result.

The electronic ticket acquisition device 3 includes a character string acquisition unit 31, an electronic ticket matching result acquisition unit 32, and a storage unit 33, as shown in FIG. The electronic ticket acquisition device 3 includes, for example, a mobile phone such as a smartphone, a tablet PC (tablet personal computer), a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a mobile terminal such as a wearable terminal, a stationary two-dimensional code reader, and the like. Various functions are realized by a CPU or MPU that is not used.

The character string acquisition unit 31 acquires a character string presented by the user as an electronic ticket. When a two-dimensional code is displayed and presented as an electronic ticket, the two-dimensional code is imaged with a camera to obtain an image of the two-dimensional code, and the imaged two-dimensional code is decoded according to the code standard. Do some processing and get the string. When a character string is communicated and presented as an electronic ticket, the character string is received by communication means such as infrared rays or radio waves to obtain the character string.

The electronic ticket matching result acquisition unit 32 communicates with the service management server 1 to match the identifier assigned to the purchase service registered in the identifier DB 12 with the identifier included in the character string presented as the electronic ticket by the user. Check the results. The result of the collation is confirmed, and if the identifiers match, the service provider provides the service and transmits information to the service management server 1 indicating that the purchased service has been provided. As a result of collation, even if the identifiers match, if the service cannot be provided due to lack of stock, information is sent to the service management server 1 to the effect that the corresponding service has not been provided.

<Operation of this electronic ticket presentation system>
Next, the operation of this electronic ticket presentation system S will be described. This electronic ticket presentation system executes an electronic ticket management process (S1), an electronic ticket presentation process (S2), and an electronic ticket acquisition process (S3) of service contents.

<Electronic ticket management processing>
FIG. 5 is a flowchart of electronic ticket management processing (S1).

First, a service provider registers information on a plurality of services handled at the store in the registered service DB 11 (S101). Taking a hamburger shop as an example, the multiple types of services handled by service providers of restaurants include hamburger A, hamburger B, potato M, potato L, salad, soup, soft drink, dessert, and the like. The services registered in the registered service DB 11 can be browsed on the home page managed by the service provider or on the service sales website. In the case of "providing services handled by Leisure Land" as services, the multiple types of services handled may include admission, use of predetermined leisure facilities, use of lockers, and the like.

Next, the service registered in the registered service DB 11 is presented to the user via a network such as the Internet (S102). As a result, the services handled by the store can be presented to users on the store's home page or service sales website.

Next, when there is a purchase application from the user, the right to receive the service is generated, and a unique identifier is given to the service (S103). The assigned identifier is paired with the assigned service and stored in the identifier DB (S104). Identifiers stored in the identifier DB can be downloaded by users who have purchased the service. In addition, information is added to indicate that the settlement is completed when the service charge is received from the user.

Furthermore, when the user uses the electronic ticket at a store, the identifier corresponding to the service presented by the user is transmitted from the electronic ticket acquisition device 3 to the service management server 1, and the service management server 1 stores the identifier in the identifier DB 12. matches the specified identifier. For example, when the user uses hamburger A, hamburger B, fries M, salad, orange juice, and oolong tea at a store, the identifiers of these services and the identifiers assigned to the respective services stored in the identifier DB 12 to match. If they are collated and matched, information indicating that they are matched is transmitted to the electronic ticket acquisition device 3, and the purchased service is managed as having been used, and the usage status of the service is updated. On the other hand, if they do not match after collation, information indicating that they do not match is transmitted to the electronic ticket acquisition device 3 . Note that the collation process may be performed by the electronic ticket acquisition device 3 .

<Electronic ticket presentation process>
FIG. 6 is a flowchart of the electronic ticket presentation process (S2).

The identifier acquisition unit 21 acquires the identifier of the purchased service from the service management server 1 using a mobile terminal such as a smartphone owned by the user (S201). For example, a user accesses the home page of a store, browses services, and purchases services. When the user applies for purchase, the right to receive the service is generated and the unique identifier assigned to the service can be downloaded. For example, when hamburger A, hamburger B, potato M, potato L, salad, soft drink, and dessert are purchased, the user accesses the service management server 1 via the website of the store with a smartphone, and selects the purchased service. is acquired from the service management server 1. Note that the download may be enabled at the time of purchase offer, or may be enabled at the time of completion of payment processing after purchase offer is received. Furthermore, the service provided free of charge may be downloadable at the time of application.

By obtaining correspondence information between services and identifiers in the user's portable terminal 2 before or after obtaining the identifier, or at the same time as obtaining the identifier, it is possible to associate the identifier with the service in the user's portable terminal 2. Become. For example, when the identifier "HBA" is downloaded, information that "HBA" is a service of providing hamburgers is acquired in the user's mobile terminal 2 in advance, so that the user's mobile terminal 2 It can be understood that the identifier of the service of providing hamburgers has been obtained.

Next, the service to be used is selected from the purchased services in the service to be used selecting section 22 (S202). The purchased service is displayed on the display of the mobile terminal 2 of the user as a list of held tickets based on the acquired identifier. Specifically, for example, as shown in FIG. 7, the information of the purchased service (for example, the product to be provided) is displayed on the display as a held ticket list based on the identifier acquired by the identifier acquisition unit 21 .

Next, the user selects one or a plurality of services to be used from the list of purchased services. Specifically, for example, as shown in FIG. 8, the user selects one or a plurality of services to be used from a service information list. Selection is operated by operating a touch panel, for example. It should be noted that the user can also use the tickets that were not used this time later. In FIG. 8, check boxes are displayed so that the user can easily select the service to be used, but other than the check boxes, radio buttons, pull-downs, and the like may be displayed.

The user selects a service to be actually used from among the purchased services in the service selection section 22 (S202). The user may select all services, or select some services and deselect the rest for later use.

Next, the character string creation unit 23 creates a character string containing all unique identifiers assigned to the services selected by the service selection unit 22 (S203). User information may be included in the character string as necessary. Specifically, for example, as shown in FIG. 9, the identifiers corresponding to the respective selected services are concatenated with any delimiter or delimiter not used for identifiers, such as commas, semicolons, and colons. Create columns. The created character string is stored in the storage unit 25 .

Next, the electronic ticket presenting unit 24 displays or communicates the character string created by the character string creating unit 23 as an electronic ticket and presents it (S204). Here, when a two-dimensional code is created from the character string created by the character string creating unit 23 as an electronic ticket and displayed for presentation, the two-dimensional code can be converted from the character string to the two-dimensional code by a library or the like for two-dimensional encoding. can be created. One or a plurality of two-dimensional codes may be created based on the created character string, but it is preferable to create only one two-dimensional code in that information can be easily transmitted to the electronic ticket acquisition device 3 . The two-dimensional code may be created and presented at the time of presentation, or may be created in advance, stored in the storage unit 25 until presented, and then read from the storage unit and presented at the time of presentation.

As described above, the created character string or two-dimensional code is stored in the user's mobile terminal. Therefore, it is possible to present the two-dimensional code even in a situation where network communication such as the Internet cannot be used on the mobile terminal of the user.

When the user uses the electronic ticket, the user operates the portable terminal to read the identifier from the storage unit 25, and the character string including the identifier created by the character string creating unit 23 is sent to the electronic ticket presenting unit 24. Presented as a two-dimensional code.

When the user presents the character string created by the character string creating unit 23 as an electronic ticket, the character string is displayed on the display of the user's mobile terminal 2, and the character string is presented using infrared rays, radio waves, or the like. may

In addition, the storage unit 25 stores this program, that is, a program that causes the computer to function as the mobile terminal 2 of the user. This program is implemented by a CPU or MPU (not shown).

<Character string acquisition processing>
FIG. 10 is a flowchart of the electronic ticket acquisition process (S3). A case where a user presents an electronic ticket using a two-dimensional code will be described below as an example.

The user presents the two-dimensional code displayed on the user's mobile terminal 2 or presents a pre-printed two-dimensional code. The service provider acquires a character string from the two-dimensional code presented by the user as an electronic ticket using the character string acquisition unit 31 (S301). The character string is acquired, for example, by capturing an image of the two-dimensional code with a camera to obtain an image of the two-dimensional code, and decoding the captured image of the two-dimensional code according to the code standard. The resulting image is converted to a bright and dark binary digital image.

Next, the electronic ticket matching result acquisition unit 32 obtains an identifier from the decrypted character string, communicates with the service management server 1, and communicates with the service management server 1 to identify the identifier assigned to the purchase service registered in the identifier DB 12 and the user's electronic ticket. A result of matching with the identifier included in the character string presented as is obtained (S302).

As a result of collation, if the identifier given to the purchase service stored in the identifier DB 12 matches the identifier included in the character string presented by the user as an electronic ticket, the service provider provides the electronic ticket service. (S303).

As a result of collation, even if the service matches the service stored in the identifier DB 12 of the service management server 1, if the service cannot be provided because the service is out of stock, information indicating that the corresponding service was not provided, That is, the information of unused service is transmitted to the service management server 1 . In this case, the user can use the service that was not provided again later by communicating with the service management server 1 again using the user's portable terminal 2 . Alternatively, the user may exclude services that are out of stock, select services to be used again, create a two-dimensional code, and present an electronic ticket in the same flow as above.

After providing the service, the service provider charges the system administrator who operates the service management server 1 for the service charge, and the system manager remits the service charge to the service provider. In this case, the system administrator may transfer the service fee after deducting the usage fee for the electronic ticket presentation system.

By using the electronic ticket presenting system described above, it is possible to present the electronic ticket for use by the user in one step even in a situation where Internet communication cannot be used.

≪Electronic ticket presentation program≫
An electronic ticket presentation program of the present invention is an electronic ticket presentation program characterized by causing a computer to function as the electronic ticket presentation system.

≪How to present an electronic ticket≫
A method of presenting an electronic ticket according to the present invention comprises a step of acquiring a unique identifier assigned to a service, and a service-to-be-used selecting step of selecting one or more services to be used from services corresponding to the acquired unique identifier. a character string creation step of creating a character string containing all unique identifiers assigned to the service selected in the service selection step; and displaying or communicating the character string created in the character string creation step as an electronic ticket. and a character string presenting step of presenting the electronic ticket as an electronic ticket. a step of acquiring a unique identifier assigned to a service; a step of selecting one or a plurality of services to be used from among the services corresponding to the acquired unique identifier; The character string creating step of creating a character string containing all the given unique identifiers, and the character string presenting step of displaying or communicating and presenting the character string created in the character string creating step as an electronic ticket are each performed as described above. Identifier acquisition processing (S201), service selection processing (S202), character string creation processing (S203), and electronic ticket presentation processing (S204) described in this electronic ticket presentation system.

1 Service management server 2 User's mobile terminal 3 Electronic ticket acquisition device 11 Registration service DB
12 Identifier DB
21 Identifier acquisition unit 22 Utilized service selection unit 23 Character string creation unit 24 Electronic ticket presentation unit 25 Storage unit 31 Character string acquisition unit 32 Electronic ticket collation result acquisition unit 33 Storage unit S Electronic ticket presentation system

Claims (6)

On the user's mobile terminal,
an identifier acquisition unit that acquires a unique identifier assigned to the purchased service and stores it in a storage unit of the mobile terminal;
Select only a part of the services to be used from the list of services corresponding to the unique identifier acquired and stored in the storage unit of the mobile terminal under conditions where Internet communication is not available on the user's mobile terminal. , a service selection unit that deselects the rest for later use;
a character string creation unit that creates a character string consisting of only unique identifiers assigned to the plurality of services selected by the service selection unit as identifiers under conditions where Internet communication is not available in the mobile terminal of the user; ,
an electronic ticket presenting unit that displays and presents the character string created by the character string creating unit as an electronic ticket in a situation where Internet communication is not available on the mobile terminal of the user ;
An electronic ticket presentation system comprising : 3. The electronic ticket presenting unit has a two-dimensional code creating unit for creating a two-dimensional code based on the character string created by the character string creating unit and a two-dimensional code display unit for displaying the two-dimensional code. 1. The electronic ticket presentation system according to 1. 3. The electronic ticket presentation system according to claim 2, wherein the two-dimensional code is a QR code (registered trademark). 4. The electronic ticket presentation system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the unique identifier assigned to the service is assigned upon generation of the right to receive the service. The electronic ticket according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a service management server in which details of services to be provided are registered, and a unique identifier assigned to the service is obtained from the service management server. presentation system. An electronic ticket acquisition device is installed at a place where the service is provided, a character string displayed or communicated by the user as an electronic ticket is acquired, and the result of matching the electronic ticket is acquired by communicating with the service management server. 6. The electronic ticket presentation system according to claim 5.

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