TWI463441B - The number of points accumulated and the number of redemption methods - Google Patents

Description

Point accumulation of automatic feeder and method of redemption of points

The invention relates to a method for accumulating points and credits of an automatic feeder, in particular to exchange goods by points, or to accumulate points via consumption.

Vending machines are a convenient means of selling, whether in buildings or in public places, and with the development and popularization of vending machines, the types of goods sold are more diverse and familiar. Drinks, cigarettes, snacks, instant noodles, cosmetics, magazines, and even 3C goods and gold jewellery can be sold through vending machines. The vending machine refers to a mode of purchasing goods by money or card consumption. With the advancement of technology and the evolution of social business models, in addition to selling goods, the operating mode of vending machines is more diversified, such as applicants. The invention patent application No. 101142280 (automatic feeder with translucent panel and somatosensory device and its display and sales method) is transformed into a multi-functional interactive exhibition machine, even in the neutral time Advertising becomes an advertising medium.

On the other hand, in addition to the most common cash transaction mode, vending machines have gradually relaxed in recent years and can accept payment by e-wallet, such as credit cards, leisure cards and other cards, in order to meet the habits of modern consumers and increase the use of consumption. elasticity. However, the increase in diversified payment methods is still limited to the convenience of shopping. In essence, it has limited benefits for increasing consumers' willingness to purchase.

In contrast, in recent years, all major supermarkets and department stores in China have successively introduced a kind of bonus points accumulated by consumers after purchasing goods. This point can be exchanged for other points. Goods or services, such as super-commercials, can provide reward points for full purchases. If you have a certain number of points, you can exchange toy dolls for super-business or purchase discounts for other stores that are aligned with super-business. More interestingly, the purpose of many consumers’ shopping has been gradually shifted from the goods themselves to the accumulation of points, in order to redeem limited edition dolls or other shopping discounts, which originally had only added value gifts. Become the protagonist of consumers rushing to gather points.

In view of this, if the vending machine can be further expanded into an automatic feeder, on the one hand, it can provide similar gathering activities, and on the other hand, the consumer can directly use the accumulated points to consume, and the corresponding goods can be exchanged without money. Even the introduction of small gifts such as limited dolls, in addition to providing consumers with a new shopping experience and increasing consumer willingness, can also create huge business opportunities for the industry to open up new market territory. In particular, the use of mobile communication channels for information transmission not only makes the consumer behavior model more customized, but also meets the habits of modern consumers.

An object of the present invention is to provide a method for redeeming a point of an automatic feeder, which provides a consumer who can upload a product information to be redeemed through a mobile communication device, and can deduct the number of points in the account to obtain a redemption item, and provide mobile communication consumption. Exchange mode to increase consumption convenience.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for redeeming points of an automatic feeder, so that consumers do not have to pay for the payment, and only need to have enough points in their own accounts to exchange the products with bonus points through the unmanned interface. Convenient service to increase discount redemption.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for redeeming points of an automatic feeder, which provides a consumer with a cash or electronic wallet to match the points in their own account for redemption of goods.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a method for accumulating points of an automatic feeder, providing After completing the purchase, the fee collector can accumulate points into the account for redemption of the merchandise for the next purchase.

The method for accumulating points and credits of an automatic feeder according to the present disclosure includes: at least one commodity for redeeming points or for consumption to accumulate points, wherein the foregoing points are stored in a corresponding consumer. An account, and the account is provided by a point platform; the foregoing automatic feeder is connected to the above-mentioned point platform via a network; wherein the above point redemption method comprises the following steps: a) displaying one of the above automatic feeders Presenting at least one of the above-mentioned commodity identification information for redemption for the consumer to retrieve by a mobile communication device; b) receiving, by the point platform, the indication of the commodity transmitted by the consumer's mobile communication device via the network Information; and c) confirming the above account status of the consumer by the point platform, and instructing the above automatic feeder to provide the selected item for redemption.

And the method for accumulating the above points includes the following steps: d) presenting at least one product identification information for consumption on a display side of the above automatic feeder for the consumer to capture by a mobile communication device; e) by the point Receiving, by the plurality of platforms, the product identification information transmitted by the consumer's mobile communication device via the network; and f) confirming the completed consumption of the commodity corresponding to the indication information, and accumulating a point corresponding to the commodity to the above Consumer account.

The consumer selects and uploads the product information to be redeemed or consumed through the mobile communication device, and confirms whether the account has sufficient points to be exchanged for the goods by the point platform storing the consumer account, or purchases a certain product at the consumer. After that, the point platform provides a pair of points that should be tidy Accumulate to the consumer account as the next redemption of the merchandise.

Through the accumulation and redemption of points, in addition to providing consumers with a new consumer experience and more convenient shopping methods, the channel feeders of automatic feeders can attract more consumers and potential consumers. In turn, the sales volume of goods will be increased, and a win-win situation will be achieved.

In addition to the above mentioned functions of storing consumer credit accounts, the point platform described in the present case is an exchange platform for providing various commodity manufacturers to issue their own corresponding commodity points. For example, the A industry is in the number of points. A point is issued on the platform for the consumer to accumulate the point to redeem the goods provided by the A player. The B points provided by the B company can be exchanged for the goods provided by the B industry, or through the point platform. At an exchange rate, consumers can exchange A points for points B to redeem A-brand goods, and the points between different merchants can be exchanged with each other through the point platform, in addition to providing consumers with more merchandise choices. In addition, it can promote the activity of the point trading market, thereby attracting more merchants to join, and offering multi-choice and affordable products to attract consumers to join.

The above and other technical features, features, and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments.

The point platform in this case is explained as: the back-end operators of the automatic feeders cooperate with the channel goods manufacturers to provide a point circulation exchange platform. When consumers apply to the platform, they can get a dedicated account, which can be accumulated through consumption. A certain number of points in the account, and this point can be used to redeem goods on the automatic feeder.

As shown in Figure 1 to Figure 3, with the applicant's patent application No. 101142280 "Automatic feeder with translucent panel and somatosensory device and display and sales method thereof" is a description of the first preferred embodiment of the present invention: when the consumer wants to redeem the merchandise of the automatic feeder 1 As shown in step 301, the mobile phone number of the automatic feeder 1 and the product identification information 12 presented by the translucent panel 11 are captured by the mobile communication device 3 and uploaded to the point platform 2, in this example, the so-called The product identification information 12 is exemplified as a plurality of two-dimensional barcodes (QR codes) corresponding to a plurality of sales items on the light-transmitting panel 11 of the automatic feeder 1, and is more complete including, for example, a non-light-transmitting operation panel. The location where the product information is presented is called the display side; the mobile communication device is explained as a smart phone; in addition to the common newsletter, the upload method can also take advantage of the most popular apps, such as WhatsApp, Line or Skype. The communications software replaces the telecommunications newsletter to be charged.

In step 302, the server of the point platform 2 receives the information via, for example, 3G and the Internet, and uses the pre-registered telephone number as the identification information to confirm the consumer identity and credit account; in step 303, The server of the platform 2 determines the item selected by the consumer according to the transmitted QR code, and simultaneously confirms whether the number of points in the account is sufficient for redemption. If the number of points of the consumer account is greater than or equal to the number of points of the item, Step 304 deducts the corresponding points of the commodity, and in step 305, the server of the point platform 2 instructs the automatic feeder 1 to provide the commodity, and then, as shown in step 306, the point platform 2 transmits a message to the consumer. The smart phone of the person informs his account of the number of changes and balance.

Conversely, if there are not enough points in the consumer account, as shown in step 307, a message is sent by the server command of the point platform 2 to the consumer, indicating the difference between the number of points and the item, and then as shown in step 308. It is up to the consumer to decide whether to pay in cash or e-wallet within one minute, to make up the difference to repurchase the goods, and when the consumer makes up the difference in one minute, as in step 305, The server command of the point platform 2 automatically supplies the product to the product 1; otherwise, if the difference is not received in step 309 for more than one minute, the redemption of the product is cancelled.

Of course, the point platform includes a large number of commodity manufacturers, each industry can issue their own points for consumers to accumulate and exchange their own goods, so the point platform must provide consumer point exchange services to provide consumers with a certain exchange rate, Exchange points between different players to facilitate consumers to exchange the goods offered by each business point.

As can be easily understood by those skilled in the art, the so-called product identification information, in addition to the above QRcode, such as one-dimensional bar code technology, other special codes, or even physical goods, as long as the point platform can be successfully identified, the consumer is to redeem Which of the automatic feeders can be used in this case, and the mobile communication devices used by consumers in this case are not limited to mobile phones, and any network or telecommunication network can be used. Devices that transmit messages, such as tablets and even cameras that support network functions, can be used as information transmission media for this case.

In the second embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 4, a QR code is used instead of the QR code as the product identification information 12', and the consumer can use the photo uploading as in the first embodiment, or directly input the number of the corresponding product. Encoding and transmitting to the point platform for subsequent redemption of the merchandise, wherein each digitally encoded content includes at least the auto-storage code 121', and each merchandise code 122', such that the credit platform receives the message Thereafter, the corresponding number of points required for the item can be discriminated for the subsequent redemption step, and the automatic feeder 1' is instructed to provide the item.

The consumer can also use the payment card such as cash or electronic wallet to spend on the automatic feeder, thereby accumulating the number of points. In the third embodiment of the present invention, the consumer can select the product after the automatic feeder. Use the smart phone to take the appearance of the product and transfer it to the point platform to accumulate points. For the steps of accumulating points, please refer to Figure 5, and in step 501, the machine is automatically provided with a variety of products for consumers to purchase. The selected product appearance and automatic machine code are transmitted to the point platform using the smart phone, and the automatic machine code is exemplified as a string of Arabic numerals, used as a point platform for discriminating, and then step 502 points The platform receives the appearance of the goods and the automatic machine code sent by the consumer via the network, and the step 503 points platform confirms that the consumer completes the consumption at the automatic feeder, and accumulates a corresponding point to the consumer account, and then Step 504 points the platform will send a message to the consumer's smart phone to inform them of the account point change and balance.

In summary, the case is mainly to provide a method for accumulating and redeeming points of automatic feeders. Consumers can accumulate points by spending on automatic feeders, and can use points to redeem other goods in a downturn. In this era, the consumption pattern of consumers has greatly increased the willingness to shop. Once the number of people who shop has increased, the sales performance of the industry will also grow. As a result, the industry is willing to provide better and more affordable products to consumers. In this way, a win-win situation between consumers and the industry is achieved.

The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any simple equivalent changes and modifications made in accordance with the scope of the present invention and the contents of the description of the invention should be It is still within the scope of the invention patent.

1, 1'‧‧‧Automatic feeder

11‧‧‧Lighting panel

12, 12’‧‧‧ Product Marking Information

121’‧‧‧Automatic Machine Code

122’‧‧‧ commodity code

2‧‧‧ points platform

3‧‧‧Mobile communication device

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501-504‧‧‧Steps

1 is a schematic diagram of a method for redeeming points of an automatic feeder according to a first preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the information and transmission information of the mobile communication device of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of the consumer redeeming goods by points, which means that the point platform receives the consumer information and determines whether the account points are enough to redeem the goods, and instructs the automatic delivery of the goods to the goods.

4 is a schematic diagram of a digital code in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flow chart of a consumer purchasing and accumulating points through an automatic feeder according to a third embodiment of the present invention, which illustrates that the point platform receives consumer information and confirms that the consumer completes consumption at the automatic feeder, and Accumulate a corresponding number of points to the consumer account.

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Claims (9)

A method for redeeming points of an automatic feeder is for a consumer to exchange at least one commodity for redemption with a predetermined number of points, wherein the aforementioned points are stored in an account corresponding to the consumer, and the account is The above-mentioned automatic feeder is connected to the above-mentioned point platform via a network; the above-mentioned point redemption method includes the following steps: a) presenting at least one of the above-mentioned goods for redemption on one display side of the above automatic feeder Marking information for the consumer to retrieve by a mobile communication device; b) receiving, by the point platform, the product identification information transmitted by the consumer's mobile communication device via the network; and c) by the point platform Confirming the above account status of the consumer, and instructing the above automatic feeder to provide the selected item for redemption. The method for redempting points according to claim 1, wherein the step b) is to receive the product identification information sent by the consumer mobile communication device via the Internet. The method for redempting points according to claim 1, wherein the step c) comprises the following steps: c1) identifying the consumer identity; and c2) confirming whether the balance of the consumer account is less than the above-mentioned redemption The corresponding number of points of the product. The method of redemption of points according to claim 3, wherein the step c) comprises the following steps: c3) before instructing the automatic feeder to provide the selected item for redemption, when the consumer account When the number of points is not less than the corresponding number of points, the corresponding point is deducted from the above-mentioned consumer account. The method for redempting points according to claim 3, wherein the step c) includes the following steps: c4) notifying the consumer of the number of points in the account when the number of points of the consumer account is less than the corresponding number of points The difference between the corresponding points of the goods for redemption; and c5) waiting for the above-mentioned consumers to make up the above difference within a predetermined time, otherwise the exchange is cancelled. The method for redempting points according to claim 4 or 5 further includes, after step c), transmitting a message to the mobile communication device of the consumer by the point platform to notify the point change information in the account. Step d). A method for accumulating points of an automatic feeder for a consumer to accumulate points through consumption, wherein the aforementioned automatic feeder is connected to a point platform via a network, and the point platform provides a corresponding one for the consumer An account for accumulating the above points; the method for accumulating points includes the following steps: e) presenting at least one piece of information for the merchandise for consumption on a display side of the above automatic feeder for the consumer to use a mobile communication device撷Receiving; f) receiving, by the point platform, the commodity identification information transmitted by the consumer's mobile communication device via the network; and g) confirming that the commodity corresponding to the indication information has been consumed, and corresponding to the commodity One point is accumulated to the above consumer account. The method for accumulating points according to claim 7, wherein the step f) is to receive the product identification information sent by the consumer mobile communication device via the Internet. The method for accumulating points according to claim 7 or 8, further comprising, after step g), transmitting a message to the mobile communication device of the consumer by the point platform to notify the point in the account Step h) of the number change information.