JPH09218901A - Membership card utilization system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system capable of being utilized in a shop, a rental shop and a shopping center, etc., for members only using membership cards and easily imparting a lottery function. SOLUTION: In this membership card utilization system performed by utilizing the membership cards provided with data storage parts 2 and 3, individual identification data for specifying the member are inputted to the data storage parts 2 and 3 of the membership card and a lottery number is inputted other than the individual identification data by a terminal equipment 4 capable of reading and writing the data storage parts of the membership card such as a POS register at the shop or the like at the point of time of issuing the membership card or after issuing it. Thereafter, when a winning number is decided, by passing the membership card through the readable and writable terminal equipment 4, the presence/absence of winning are judged.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system that can be used when issuing a card to a member who wishes to join.

[0002]

[Prior Art] Conventionally, a lottery ticket in which a lottery number is written is distributed when a product having a certain amount of money or more is purchased or rented during the campaign period, and after the period elapses, the winning number by the campaign or the like is distributed at a store or The announcement was made on a leaflet, and the prize was given to the person who brought the lottery ticket corresponding to the winning number in exchange for the lottery ticket.

However, in that case, even if the number of winners has been decided, the number of visitors is not clear, so it is necessary to prepare lottery tickets more than the amount that is expected to be distributed during the campaign period, etc. It took a considerable amount of time.

[0004]

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and is used in membership stores, rental stores, shopping malls, etc. that use membership cards. It is a possible system and provides a system capable of easily providing a lottery function.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] [Means for Solving the Problems] A solution means of the present invention for achieving the above-mentioned object is a membership card utilization system for utilizing a membership card having a data storage unit, wherein the data storage unit of the membership card is used. At the time of issuing the membership card, or after issuing the membership card, personal identification data for identifying a member is input to the data storage unit of the membership card such as a POS cash register at a store to read and write data other than the personal identification data. By inputting a lottery number and then passing the membership card through the readable / writable terminal device when the winning number is determined, the membership card utilization system can be determined.

With such a structure, a lot of lottery tickets are not required to be prepared each time a lottery campaign such as a free gift is conducted, and the winner can be easily determined, which is more efficient. It becomes possible to carry out a lottery campaign. Moreover, members can participate without having to store the lottery ticket.
It also leads to improvement of service.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, specific embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a plan view of a magnetic card with an IC chip used in the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a membership card system showing an embodiment of the present invention.
Is a magnetic card with an IC chip, 2 is a magnetic stripe, 3 is an IC chip, 4 is a terminal device, 5 is a reader / writer, 6
Is the host computer.

First, a case of a shopping district using a member card 1 issued for carrying out prepaid payment, point service and other discount systems will be described with reference to the drawings. In this case, I
A magnetic card equipped with a C chip 3 is used, and a member identification number or the like is encoded on the magnetic stripe 2 for member identification, and the IC chip 3 is a prepaid balance for use for prepaid payment. Also, in order to carry out discounts etc. on the applicable service points at the time of purchase, payment of prepaid amount, etc., the member's birthday and designated date are readable and writable, and the discount etc. is stored on that day. It was made possible. Further, the terminal device 4 reads the information on the magnetic stripe 2,
A cash register having a function of inputting and managing sales data, which is called a POS cash register with a reader / writer 5 for making the contents of the C chip 3 rewritable, is used.

Here, as a method of using the present invention, first, a person who wants to become a member of the shopping mall fills out an application form, inputs the information into the host computer 6, and at the same time assigns the assigned member number. The member card 1 is encoded on the magnetic stripe 2. At that time, the person who makes the prepaid payment inputs the amount of money and the service points corresponding to the amount of money at the same time on the IC chip 3.
At this time, if you are conducting a present campaign for people who have joined during this period, enter the lottery number
Input on chip 3 and store. In addition, in the case of a campaign for giving gifts to members when they purchase more than a certain amount of money for a certain period of time, after confirming the member with the POS cash register 4 with a reader / writer 5, IC lottery number for product purchaser
It may be input and stored in the chip 3. In this case, it is up to the organizer to limit the number of lottery items to one or to purchase each item of a certain amount or more, and the lottery numbers described above may be numbers in the order of admission / purchase. However, a random number may be given instead of the same number. In this way, the lottery number is input on the IC chip 3 at any time during the campaign period. At this time, if it is desired to show the member the lottery number, it may be printed on a receipt or the like and handed.

[0010] Next, after the campaign period in which a certain number of lottery numbers are given for a certain period of time or after the end of the campaign period, the winning number is announced by the sponsor side, and the POS cash register 4 is targeted at those who come during the product exchange period. By reading the membership card into the reader / writer 5 connected to the IC,
The lottery number of the member on the chip 3 and the winning number are compared with each other, and the determination of “win” or “miss” is made by the POS cash register 4 or the host computer connected to the POS cash register 4. The winning number may be a predetermined number or may be proportional to the number to which the lottery number is given.

Further, when the lottery number is given, the member data is made to correspond to and stored in the POS cash register 4 or the host computer side connected to the POS cash register 4,
It is also possible to know which member has won when the winning number is determined. In that case, it is possible to directly announce the member number and the member name instead of the winning number, and it is also possible to deliver the product by handing it without the condition of the visit. Here, as the member card 1, the magnetic card having the IC chip 3 mounted thereon has been described as an example, but any member capable of storing the member identification number and the lottery number may be used, and a magnetic card alone may be used.
It may be what is called an optical card.

[0012]

As described above, by using the membership card having the data storage unit, the personal identification data for identifying the member is input to the data storage unit of the membership card, and at the time of issuing the membership card or after the issuance of the membership card. By inputting a lottery number other than the personal identification data with a terminal device that can read and write the data storage unit of the membership card such as the POS cash register, and then passing the membership card through the terminal device that can read and write when the winning number is determined, By adopting a system that can judge whether or not there is no cost, it is possible to carry out an efficient lottery campaign with no cost and easy for the winners to judge.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a magnetic card with an IC chip used in the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a membership card system showing an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Member Card 2 Magnetic Stripe 3 IC Chip 4 Terminal 5 Reader / Writer 6 Host Computer

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A membership card utilization system for using a membership card having a data storage unit, wherein personal identification data for identifying a member is input to the data storage unit of the membership card to issue the membership card. At the point of time or after issuing, a lottery number other than the personal identification data is entered by a terminal device capable of reading and writing the data storage unit of the membership card such as a POS cash register at a store, and then the membership card can be read and written when the winning number is determined. A membership card usage system characterized by being able to determine whether or not a person has won a prize by passing it through a different terminal device.