JPH09198473A - Card system for achievement degree display and card for achievement degree display - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To display achievement degree by considering the progressing degree of a matter as the achievement degree to a specified state of such as a target or the like and to facilitate the management of numerical information required for achievement degree calculation in a card system or the like for a point service or the like. SOLUTION: This system is provided with a card 10 for achievement degree display provided with an information recording part and an information display part 4 for repeatedly rewriting visible information by external energy, a reader-writer for reading and writing information from/to the information recording part of the card and rewriting the visible information to the information display part and a data processing means for performing the processing of the information to the information recording part and the information display part. Then, at the time of recording a numerical value and/or the achievement degree for the target numerical value of the numerical value relating to the progressing degree of the matter at least in the information recording part of the card, the data processing means calculates the achievement degree for the target numerical value of the numerical value relating to the progressing degree of the matter and the information of a numeral, a character and a pattern, etc., relating to the achievement degree is displayed at the information display part by the reader-writer.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for displaying, on a card, information obtained as a degree of achievement of a particular state such as a target when recording the progress of things such as accumulated points of a point service on the card. . It also relates to the cards used for this.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various cards such as a point card having a magnetic stripe as an information recording section have been widely used, and an IC is used as an information recording section other than the magnetic stripe.
Cards and the like having a memory have also appeared, and more recently, cards that also have an information display unit capable of repeatedly rewriting the display by external energy have also appeared. In addition,
The information display unit uses a reversible display element such as a polymer / fatty acid composite film or a liquid crystal / polymer composite film, which can reversibly and repeatedly rewrite visible information using heat, an electric field, a magnetic field, or the like. The member number for identifying the owner of the card is recorded in the information recording unit, and when the card is set in the reader / writer when the member uses the card, the member number is read out and the host By reading the accumulated points of the member registered in the computer and printing the new accumulated points on a receipt or the like, the member has a mechanism to know his / her own accumulated points. Also, if the card has an information display unit, the accumulated points are displayed on the information display unit, and the display is rewritten each time the accumulated points are updated, so that the member always carries the card without receiving a receipt. You can know the latest accumulated points of yourself. As described above, by providing the information display unit on the card, the latest accumulated points can be known from the card in the point card. Further, even in the case of a prepaid card, the latest accurate prepaid balance can be confirmed by providing the information display unit.

[0003]

However, in the conventional method of using the display of the information display unit, for example, the accumulated points are displayed as "point 30" or the prepaid balance is "balance 2.
"500" or both are displayed using characters such as numbers. However, for example, even if the current accumulated points can be recognized on the display by the point service, it is not immediately known what the significance of the accumulated points is. For example, if you can receive a product service if you accumulate up to the target value of 100 points,
If the target value is different, such as when you can receive goods and services after accumulating points, the current accumulated points "3
The meaning of "0" naturally differs. That is, what percentage has reached the number of points that can be exchanged (the ratio of the current numerical value to the target numerical value), or how many more points will be reached or has already been reached. The comparison information of the current numerical value with respect to the target numerical value, that is, (difference of the current numerical value with respect to the target numerical value), that is, the “achievement degree” is the information which has the final meaning. Also,
Even if the target numerical value is also displayed by characters such as numbers, it is necessary to visually recognize the displayed numerical information and the target numerical value, and then start thinking through calculation using these both numerical values. Understand the meaning (for numbers). In addition, it will be described later that the target numerical value is a numerical value that is aimed at achieving the goal and is a kind of the specific numerical value including the meaning that the goal is not achieved. In addition, in point services performed at multiple stores such as chain stores, the accumulated points are centrally managed by a point file provided in the host computer of the center, and each time the card is used, the terminal installed in each store and the data of the host computer of the center It was necessary to communicate and update the point file included in the host computer.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to make it possible to understand the meaning of numerical information regarding the progress of things such as cumulative points of a point service as the degree of achievement for a specific numerical value such as a target numerical value, and In managing numerical information on the progress of things, data communication with the host computer of the center is unnecessary.

[0005]

Therefore, in the achievement level display card system of the present invention, a card having an information recording section, an information display section for repeatedly rewriting visible information with external energy, and information stored in the information recording section are stored. It comprises a reader / writer for reading and writing and rewriting visible information to the information display section, and a data processing means for processing information on the information recording section and the information display section, and the data processing means is a numerical value relating to the progress of things and / Or, when recording the achievement level of the numerical value with respect to the target numerical value at least in the information recording unit of the card, calculate the achievement level of the numerical value related to the progress of things with respect to the target numerical value, and use the reader / writer to obtain the information regarding the achievement level. It was displayed on the information display part of. Further, the achievement level display card of the present invention has at least an information recording section and an information display section for repeatedly rewriting visible information with external energy, and grasps the progress of things as an achievement level for a specific numerical value, and the achievement level Information relating to the above is displayed on the information display section, and the numerical value relating to the progress of things and / or the degree of achievement of the numerical value with respect to a specific numerical value is recorded in the information recording section. And
As information about the achievement level with the above system and card,
An essay symbol consisting of characters such as numbers or symbols, a picture image according to the degree of achievement, or both are displayed. Moreover, the target value is used as the specific value.

[0006]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, the achievement level display card system and the achievement level display card of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the achievement level display card of the present invention to be used, and FIG. 2 shows an example of a case where the achievement level is displayed not only by numbers and characters but also by a change in pattern image,
FIG. 3 is a schematic system configuration diagram of one embodiment of the achievement level display card system of the present invention using the achievement level display card for displaying the achievement level with numbers / letters and a picture image.

First, FIG. 1 is an external view showing an embodiment of an achievement level display card of the present invention, which is used in a card system which performs a point service system as one embodiment thereof. An information display unit 4 including a reversible display device using magnetic microcapsules is provided on the front surface of the achievement level display card 10.
After "Points", 70 characters will be displayed to indicate that the present service can be received, and a picture image 5 representing a purse as a bag for coins is displayed. About 30% of the bottom of the bag is dark color. And the degree of achievement is about 3
It means that it is a percentage. The achievement level display card 10 shown in FIG.
It has a C memory 2 and an optical memory 3 and records point information such as accumulated points in an IC memory so that the card itself can manage numerical information relating to the point information.

The information display unit 4 of the card is composed of a conventionally known display element capable of reversibly and repeatedly rewriting visible information by using heat, electric field, magnetic field or the like as external energy. For example, it is transparent by heating and cooling. Reversible display element of thermosensitive recording type that can be rewritten by reversibly changing between a state and cloudy state, a reversible display element of electric and thermal recording type that can be rewritten by electric field and heating, and magnetic powder sensitive to magnetic field. A magnetic recording type reversible display element contained in microcapsules can be used. In the thermosensitive recording type reversible display element, a polymer / fatty acid composite film in which fatty acid is dispersed in a polymer matrix is used. In the electric / thermal recording type reversible display element, liquid crystal is dispersed in a polymer matrix. / Those using a polymer composite film or the like can be used.
The information display portion 4 may be provided on any surface of the card, such as the front surface, the back surface, or both surfaces, and may be the same surface as the surface on which the information recording portion is provided or a different surface. . Further, it may be provided at a plurality of locations (on the same surface or different surfaces).
You may use properly according to the application.

Further, in the card system of the present invention, the information display section displays information on the degree of achievement of things by numbers, characters, a picture image or the like. The display of the achievement level may be any of these or may be combined. It should be noted that the display of a picture image is superior to the display of a descriptive symbol such as a character such as a number, because its meaning can be perceived at a glance and information can be easily transmitted. FIG. 2A to FIG. 2C are examples in which the achievement level display using numbers and characters and the achievement level display using a picture image are combined, and the information displayed is changed as the achievement level increases. FIG. In addition, in FIG. 2, in order to make the explanation of the display of the achievement level easy to understand, the information display unit 4
Is assumed to be provided on the entire back surface of the achievement level display card 10.

In FIG. 2 (a), the current cumulative points (30 points) are displayed as "currently 30 points" and "500 points discount service for 70 points left (shopping for 7,000 yen)" is displayed. Target points (10
The achievement level for 0 points) is displayed by numbers and letters, and the service contents when the target points are achieved are also displayed. Furthermore, the degree of achievement can be perceptually recognized by the picture image 5 of the purse. The drawing pattern image 5 of the purse represents about 30% of the achievement degree according to the area ratio (to the portion below the string of the purse) of the hatched portion 51a of the diagonal line. In the left lateral portion of the design image 5, a scale and achievement figures are displayed at the achievement achievement levels of 0%, 50%, and 100% so that the area ratio can be more easily understood. In addition, FIG. 2B is an example of a display when the cumulative points reach 50 points, which is 50% of the target points. Then, FIG. 2C shows that the achievement level of 100% (target numerical value) has been reached, and in this case, the achievement level display by numbers and letters is different from that of FIGS. 2A and 2B. "Congratulations, full marks 50
Please enjoy shopping for 0 yen ", and the picture image 5 of the purse shows that the hatching portion 51c has reached the achievement level of 100%. As in this example,
Even when the achievement level is displayed by numbers and letters, if you change the text according to the achievement level and display a message that suits the achievement level, instead of using the fixed text part other than the number part , More detailed information can be transmitted.

FIG. 3 shows the achievement level of points, together with a sentence consisting of numbers and letters, when the achievement level indicating card 10 having the information recording section and the information display section as described above can be used at least as a point card. FIG. 1 is a schematic system configuration diagram of an embodiment of a card system for displaying an achievement level of the present invention, in which a picture image is also displayed and cumulative points are sequentially recorded on a card as numerical information that is a basis of the achievement level. The card system in the figure is
It is assumed that a common point is used in a plurality of stores such as shopping streets and chain stores. In the system of the present embodiment, the generated points can be used in common for all stores, and the point information such as accumulated points is not managed by the host computer (management device) such as the center, but can be commonly used in each store for the achievement level display. The information is recorded in the information recording section of the card 10. The achievement level display card 10 is an IC with a built-in CPU.
The card is also a card, and the point information is recorded in the IC memory in order to ensure its security, and the card itself can manage the point information such as accumulated points.
(The card has a built-in CPU from the viewpoint of security, but it may be a non-built-in IC memory card.)

On the other hand, on the store side, a reader / writer and a data processing device are provided for each store. That is, store A
Then, the reader / writer 20 and the data processing device 30a, and similarly in the store B, the reader / writer 20 and the data processing device 30.
b. The data processing device 30a of the store A is C
In order to change the customer file 60 storing customer information of the customer unique to the store A, the image file 50 storing a pattern image representing the achievement level, and the message to be displayed according to the achievement level, in the arithmetic control unit including the PU or the like. Is provided with a message file 80 storing a plurality of messages, and it is calculated from the accumulated points as the achievement level for the target numerical value, and the message is composed of numbers and characters according to the calculated achievement level, and further according to the achievement level. It is a data processing means for displaying the design image on the information display section of the card by the reader / writer. Further, the data processing device 30b of the store B is different from the data processing device 30a of the store A only in that the customer file is the customer file 60a regarding the customer unique to the store B, and the image file 50 and the message file 80 are the same as those of the store A. It is a file with common contents. (Of course, the customer file may be shared.) Here, the message that changes according to the degree of achievement and the image of the image showing the degree of achievement are common to the store A and the store B, but different message files and If you have different image files, even if the achievement is the same,
A message or a design image suitable for the product or service of the store can be used to display information about the achievement level. In addition, a customer who has already registered at store A but has not registered at store B
Is used, the registration is made in the customer file of the store B based on the customer information registered in the customer master file 61 of the management device 31 at the time of registration at the store A.

Card reader / writer 20 provided in the store
Is a read / write means for reading / writing information from / into each information recording section of the card, such as a magnetic stripe of a card, an IC memory, an optical memory, etc., and a number or character displayed on the information display section of the card, or an achievement level expression It is provided with a rewriting means for rewriting the display of a picture image or the like. The rewriting means applies energy such as heat, electric field, and magnetic field to the reversible display element depending on the type of the reversible display element used in the information display section. The head is used as a rewriting means.

The data processing devices 30a and 30b, etc., provided in each store can be used by existing customers or (customer master files) in the store based on the customer number read from the magnetic stripe of the card set in the reader / writer or the information recording unit such as IC memory. (Registered in the) is determined, and the customer file of the own store is updated if necessary. Then, the cumulative points read from the IC memory of the card with the reader / writer are converted into achievement levels with respect to the target cumulative points held by the data processing device. One of the calculations is the difference x to the target value, and the other is the ratio y to the target value. The former is used to express the achievement level by the number and "characters (other than the number)" that are "x points until present". The latter is used to display the degree of achievement in terms of figure area using a picture image of a purse. When a pattern image is used to display the achievement level, if the ratio y is expressed as a percentage, the achievement level will be 100% from the point accumulation of 0%.
In the case of, for example, 11 types of pattern images are registered in advance in the image file in units of 10%. Further, the increment may be appropriately increased or decreased in consideration of the actual size displayed on the information display portion of the card. Then, the data processing device calculates the difference x up to the target value for the current cumulative point, selects the message used to display the achievement level of the difference x from the message file, and selects the number of the difference x and the selected message. In combination, the reader / writer is controlled to rewrite the display in the information display section of the card as a display of the achievement level consisting of numbers and letters. Also, the ratio y to the target value
Also from the achievement degree calculated as, the closest pattern image is selected from the image file, and the display of the information display section of the card is similarly rewritten with the selected pattern image. In addition, in the case of a fixed sentence with a small number of messages such as one type, it may be built in the program.

Further, an office for controlling a plurality of stores is provided with a management device 31, and the management device is provided with a customer master file 61 for customer information of customers who have summed (logically summed) the customers of each store. By managing the customers as a whole and registering at one store, the card can be used at other stores without the same registration. For this reason, the data processing device of each store is connected to this management device through a communication line, and each store and office manages the customer by updating the customer file and the customer master file. Further, the management device 31 is provided with a message file 81 of a message different from the message prepared by the store on a store-by-store basis, and the message used for displaying the achievement level unique to the office may be used by transmitting to the store. You can do it. Further, the management device 31 also has an image file 51 of a picture different from the picture image prepared for each shop by the store, and the picture image unique to the office can be used by transmitting to the shop. It has become like. In addition,
When the management device is provided with a message file or an image file, the message file and the image file at each store can be omitted if the message and the image image based on the message are commonly used at each store. However, a pattern image with a large amount of data is transmitted each time by data communication.
It is more efficient to prepare for each store without sending it from the management device to each store.

Next, an example in which the above system is used to display the degree of achievement in a certain shopping street will be described.

In this shopping street, 1 point is given for every 100 yen of shopping, and when 100 points are given, 1 point is given.
It is assumed that a service that allows you to shop for ¥ 00 is provided. Then, when the customer makes a purchase of 500 yen and sets the card in the reader / writer, the data processing device first reads and confirms the customer number of the card, and the accumulated points (probably 2
Also read 5 points. And the number of points to be given from the purchase amount of 500 yen input by the clerk,
5 points are calculated and added to the previous accumulated points (25 points) to obtain new accumulated points (30 points), and the accumulated points of the card are updated. Then, as illustrated in FIG. 1, the achievement level is displayed instead of displaying the accumulated points on the information display portion of the card. That is, with respect to the achievement level, the difference x between the new cumulative points (30 points) and the target points (100 points) x
(70 points) is calculated, and by using this difference, the degree of achievement due to the difference of "70 points until present" consisting of numbers and letters is displayed. Further, the ratio y (0.3 = 30%) of the cumulative points to the target points is calculated, a pattern image corresponding to the ratio y is selected from the image file, and the degree of achievement by the ratio using the pattern image is also displayed. . The accumulated points may also be displayed together.

The above is a system that can provide a point service common to a plurality of shops in a shopping district. However, another embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 4 is a POS (sales) for managing sales information of a plurality of shops. This is an example of a POS interlocking online system for large stores that interlocks with a time management system. In the figure, each store is equipped with a plurality of POS registers.
The information in the register is the data processing device 30c, 3 for each store.
0d is collected and sent to the management device 31a at the head office.
A point service function is added to the function of the normal POS processing, and the achievement level display card 10 in which the point information is recorded in the IC memory is used here as in the system of FIG. At the store A, the reader / writer 2 is provided for each cashier counter for the data processing device 30c.
0 and POS register 30 are installed. Like the store A, the store B also includes the reader / writer 20, the POS register 40, and the data processing device 30c. The data processing device 30c
A message file 80 of a message expressing according to the degree of achievement, an image file 50 storing a picture image showing the degree of achievement in a picture, and a customer file 60 are provided, and the data processing apparatus here is the same as that shown in FIG. The data processing device in the system also has functions necessary for POS processing. Then, the data processing device 30c displays the PO
Point information such as accumulated points is recorded in the information recording unit of the card by the reader / writer via the S register, and the information display unit of the card displays numbers and letters (achievement level) and a pattern indicating the achievement level. Display the image. In addition, the management device 31a installed at the head office is also P
In addition to the functions required for OS processing, it has a message file 81 and an image file 51 unique to the management device, and displays a message and a pattern image for the achievement level display unique to the head office in the information display section of the card as necessary. Can be made.

Another embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 5 is a system for a small-scale retail store, which is a stand-alone system used independently in one store. In the system shown in the figure, the functions of the reader / writer and the data processing device necessary for displaying the achievement level are built in a normal register, and the reader / writer built-in register / data processing device 32 includes a customer file 60 and a message file. 80 and the image file 50 are provided, and this one unit can perform all necessary processing. In addition, the achievement level display card 10 used in the system shown in FIG. 1 also successively outputs point information to the IC memory, which is the information recording unit, similarly to the achievement level display card 10 used in the systems shown in FIGS. The record is being updated. The system of FIG. 5 is also provided with a portable handy terminal 33. The handy terminal has a built-in reader / writer so that the achievement display and information reading / writing can be performed on the card other than the cashier counter. The point information and customer information are centrally managed by the data processing device 32, and the handy terminal exchanges information such as required messages with the data processing device through online data communication through a communication line such as a wireless communication. The message used to display the achievement level uses the contents of the message file 80, and the picture image used to display the achievement level is used as the image file 50 owned by itself. In addition, the calculation function that calculates the degree of achievement as needed is
At least the data processing device 32 is provided, but any handy terminal may be used. If it is not provided, the calculation result may be received by leaving the calculation to the data processing device side. Also, if the storage capacity of the handy terminal allows, fixed information files such as customer files and message files may be provided in the handy terminal.

As described above by taking the point service as an example, in the achievement level display card system of the present invention, numerical information (for example, the numerical information on the progress of the item which is the basis of the achievement level) (for example,
At least the card holds at least the numerical information of the item purchase amount, the cumulative total, cumulative points, etc. and the numerical value excluding the target numerical value, or the numerical value of the achievement itself against the target numerical value, or both. The card manages numerical information or numerical information on the degree of achievement. Alternatively, the data processing device may also hold the data twice so that the tampering of the numerical information recorded on the card can be recognized by comparing the two. Further, the target numerical value (for example, target cumulative purchase amount or target point) may be held by the card, held by the data processing device side, or both. The system configurations of the card, reader / writer, and data processing device may be constructed according to the usage environment. Further, since the achievement level display card of the present invention used in the card system of the present invention also displays the achievement level as visible information in the information display section, the achievement level recorded in the information recording section and the numerical value which is the basis thereof. Even if the information has been tampered with, the contents of the information display section will not match the contents of the visible information unless the contents are changed. Therefore, it is possible to check from this point as well.

As for the definition of the degree of achievement, up to now, the point service, which is the ratio of the current numerical value to the target numerical value (which is the target to be achieved) or the difference between the current numerical value and the target numerical value, has been described as an example. It was But,
In addition to the case where there is a goal to achieve something called "goal", it may be a "specific" numerical value that is not the goal to achieve. For example, let's say that if you fail in a certain game using cards, damage points will be added and there is a warning point that the total number of damage points should not exceed. Then, it can be said that the warning point is not a target, and is a specific numerical value specified with a meaning different from other numerical values (cumulative number of arbitrary damage points). In addition, the target numerical value is a kind of subordinate concept of the specific numerical value. That is, the achievement level of the present invention means the progress of things with respect to a specific numerical value. In the case of a specific numerical value that is not the target numerical value, it may be more meaningful to call the achievement level than the achievement level. However, the achievement level in the present invention includes the achievement level. It should be noted that if the current position of the damage point with respect to the warning point is displayed as the difference or ratio in the above game, it will be easy to understand sensibly.

In the point service, the current numerical value is increasing toward the specific numerical value which is the target numerical value. However, conversely, the current value may decrease toward the target value or the specific value. For example, let's consider a service in which a prepaid card of 50,000 yen is provided here, and when the remaining amount reaches 20,000 yen and when it reaches zero yen, a crude product is provided. The point is that if you use the prepaid card well, you will be offered a service. (Note that when the present invention is applied to a prepaid card, the card has balance information that is sequentially updated in its information recording unit, and the reader / writer reads and writes this to update.) In this case, 20,000 yen is the first target value, and zero balance is the second target value. And
The current figure will decrease from the initial state of 50,000 yen. However, in this case, 20,000 yen is certainly the target value, but if we try to apply the meaning of "the ratio of the current value to the target value" to this, then the current balance ÷ 20,000 yen makes a significant sense. I don't. However, the remaining amount of 20,000 yen is the consumption amount of 30,000 yen,
This consumption amount of 30,000 yen is also a target figure when the same situation is viewed from a different point of view, and this should be used. That is, the current remaining amount is similarly replaced with the current consumption amount, which is the current consumption amount / 30,000 yen. This is the ratio that is (indirectly) related to the target value (20,000 yen), and the ratio that is (directly) related to the target value (30,000 yen) from another perspective. Or, if it is displayed as "difference of current value from target value", the degree of achievement is
The current balance is 20,000 yen. And the second goal was zero yen, but if it is displayed in the meaning of the difference, it is nothing but the remaining amount display, but in this example, the remaining amount display is the display as the degree of achievement, and there is a special It is a display for “things” to which a meaning as a target numerical value having a different meaning (obtaining a crude product in the above example) is given. In this respect, the achievement level display with the remaining amount of zero yen as the target value is rather replaced by replacing the zero amount of the remaining amount with the consumption amount of 50,000 yen in the same manner as described above by replacing the remaining amount of zero yen with the consumption amount of 50,000 yen. The display of the ratio is more clearly and meaningfully applicable to the merits of the present invention as compared with the conventional balance display of the prepaid card.

The above-mentioned "specification" of a specific numerical value means that when the state of another certain state B with respect to a certain specific state A is displayed as the degree of achievement, the state of the state A is different from other states. It is specific in that they differ, and the content of the cause to be specified is arbitrary. If this specific value is taken as an example of the above prepaid card, the remaining amount of a normal (normal service such as the above example) prepaid card is zero yen. In other words, it is the vanishing point of the monetary value (= the entire amount is consumed) and has a different property from other balances. If the system of the present invention is applied to this concept, the total possible consumption amount (prepaid amount) of the balance amount or the consumption amount up to now (prepaid amount will be displayed, even if there is no special service) By displaying the ratio to the achievement amount as a degree of achievement, it is possible to grasp the progress of things (use) based on the concept of percentage such as what percentage of the value of the owned card is used or what percentage remains. You can

Next, as an information recording section of the achievement level display card of the present invention to be used, a magnetic stripe, an IC memory card (without a CPU) or an I (with a CPU) is used.
It may be an IC memory used for a C card or the like, or an optical memory or the like, and at least a card identification code such as a customer number for identifying the card may be recorded.
If the card does not have the numerical information necessary for calculating the achievement level, the data processing device holds it. Also, the reversible display element used for the information display part of the card can reversibly and repeatedly rewrite visible information by external energy, such as a polymer / fatty acid composite film, a liquid crystal / polymer composite film, in addition to the magnetic microcapsules. It is optional and not limited. Further, when using a design image, the design and the like are arbitrary, and the expression of the achievement level is not limited to the hatching display, and may be expressed by the size of the design or the like. In addition to the information regarding the achievement level, it is of course possible to display the current numerical value such as the current number of points and the information regarding the current state as in the conventional case.

[0025]

According to the achievement level display card system of the present invention, since the progress of things is regarded as the achievement level for a specific state such as the goal and the information regarding the achievement level can be displayed by numbers or characters, You can easily understand the progress of a goal or other specific state. Also, the numerical information that is the basis of the achievement level can be held and managed by the card itself. For example, when using a card in the point service, the achievement level of the accumulated points at that time, such as the ratio to the target points of the product exchange, the difference, etc., is expressed by a sentence consisting of numbers or letters, or a pattern image according to the change of the achievement level. Due to
Alternatively, both can be easily recognized. Moreover, since the card holds the point information, it is not necessary to send and receive the point information to and from the management device of the center. Also,
In addition to the point service, as a degree of achievement of things, the usage rate of prepaid cards is displayed, sports clubs, learning related, services other than points at retail stores, games, amusement such as stamp rally etc. There can be a display. Therefore, in addition to stores,
It can also be used effectively at various facilities such as membership sports clubs.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view showing an embodiment of an achievement level display card of the present invention that can be used in the achievement level display card system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of an example of a pattern image that changes according to the achievement level in the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic system configuration diagram (for a shopping district) of an embodiment of the achievement level display card system according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a POS interlocking type system which is another embodiment of the achievement level display card system of the present invention (for large stores).

FIG. 5 is a stand-alone schematic system configuration diagram (for small-scale retail stores) which is another embodiment of the achievement level display card system of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 magnetic stripe 2 IC memory 3 optical memory 4 information display part 5 picture image 51 part showing achievement level by hatching 10,10a achievement level display card 20 reader / writer 30a-30c data processing device (for store) 31,31a management device 32 Reader / Writer built-in register / data processor 33 Handy terminal 40 POS register 50 Image file 51 Image file 60, 60a Customer file 61 Customer master file 70 Point file 80 Message file 81 Message file

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[Claims] 1. A card having an information recording section and an information display section for repeatedly rewriting visible information with external energy, a reader / writer for reading / writing information from / to the information recording section, and rewriting visible information to / from the information display section. And a data processing means for processing information to the information recording part and the information display part, the data processing means is a numerical value and //
Or, at the time of recording the achievement level of the numerical value with respect to the specific numeric value at least in the information recording section of the card, the achievement level of the numerical value regarding the progress of things is calculated with respect to the specific numeric value, and the information regarding the achievement level is read by the card by the reader / writer. A card system for achievement level display, which is characterized by displaying on the information display part of. 2. The achievement level display card system according to claim 1, wherein the information regarding the achievement level is a narratorical symbol composed of characters such as numbers or symbols. 3. The achievement level display card system according to claim 1, wherein the information regarding the achievement level is a picture image corresponding to the achievement level. 4. The achievement level indicating card system according to claim 1, wherein the specific numerical value is a target numerical value. 5. An information recording unit and an information display unit that rewrites visible information repeatedly with external energy. The progress of things is regarded as an achievement level for a specific numerical value, and information about the achievement level is displayed on the information display unit. And an achievement degree display card for recording a numerical value relating to the progress of things and / or an achievement degree with respect to a specific numerical value of the numerical value in the information recording section. 6. The achievement level display card according to claim 5, wherein the information on the achievement level is a essay symbol made up of characters such as numbers or symbols. 7. The achievement level display card according to claim 5, wherein the information regarding the achievement level is a pattern image corresponding to the achievement level. 8. The achievement level display card according to claim 5, wherein the specific numerical value is a target numerical value.