TWI787209B - System and method for allocating leased items - Google Patents

Abstract

A leasing item allocation system and method, the leasing item allocation method is to make a leasing station output the value of the leasing item currently available for leasing when a leasing item is rented or returned, and then make a central control station in When the value of the rentable item in the rental station is less than the corresponding discount trigger value, a return discount message corresponding to the rental station will be wirelessly pushed for each leased item currently rented. When the value of the rentable item at a rental station is lower than the corresponding discount trigger value, the design of pushing the return discount message for the rental station can effectively stimulate the increase in renters to return immediately to the rental station that provides the return discount The willingness to rent items helps to improve the operational efficiency of the rental station.

Description

System and method for allocating leased items

The present invention relates to a leasing system, in particular to an allocation system of leasing items.

In order to effectively make full use of various rental items resources and maximize the benefits of the purchased rental items, many stores currently provide rental services for specific rental items, such as vehicles, audio-visual guide equipment, mobile devices, computers, wireless network sharers etc. Some large chain stores will set up rental stations in various places, and a central control station will connect and control the rental and return of rental items at these rental stations, and even provide services for renting from one place to another and returning to another place.

However, each rental station has a rated capacity for specific rental items. Taking the rental of electric vehicles as an example, each rental station has a limited number of parking devices for returning electric vehicles. When a large number of electric vehicles flock to a specific rental station to return When using a car, it will cause many renters to find a parking device to return the car for a while, which will cause inconvenience to the renters, and the rental station that is full of electric cars can only provide lending services, which will reduce its service efficiency by half. Similarly, because the number of electric vehicles that can be rented at each rental station is limited, when a rental When all the electric vehicles at the station are lent out, in addition to the temporary idling of the rental station and a waste of resources, the people around the location of the rental station will also face the situation that there are no electric vehicles to rent and use. Therefore, how to effectively allocate and control the rental and return of the rental items at each rental station, so as to improve the rental efficiency of each rental station and each rental item, is the primary task of many leasing companies.

Therefore, the object of the present invention is to provide a system and method for allocating rental items that can improve at least one shortcoming of the prior art.

Therefore, the leasing item allocation system of the present invention is suitable for managing and controlling the leasing and returning of multiple leasing items capable of receiving push messages. The leasing item deployment system includes at least one leasing station, and a central control station that is signally connected to the at least one leasing station and capable of wireless communication with the leasing items. The at least one lending station includes a lending and returning unit, and a site management unit signally connected to the lending and returning unit, the lending and returning unit is capable of accommodating a rated capacity of the rented items and is operable for lending and returning These leased items, and when a leased item is rented or returned, a corresponding return message will be sent to the site management unit, the site management unit will receive and analyze the return message, and statistically output a report with the lease Return the rentable item value of the number of rental items currently available for rent in the unit to the central control station. The central control station includes a site preferential setting unit, and a message push control unit, the site preferential setting unit It is operable to set a discount trigger value smaller than the rated capacity for the at least one rental station, and a return discount message. The message push control unit will receive the value of the rentable item at the at least one rental station, and at the When the value of the rentable item is less than the trigger value of the discount, the return discount message will be broadcast for each leased item that has been lent.

Therefore, the rental item deployment method of the present invention is suitable for managing the rental and return of multiple rental items at multiple rental stations. Each rental station has a rated capacity of rental items that can be rented and returned, and each rental item can be received wirelessly. Push messages. The leasing item allocation method comprises the following steps: (A) making each leasing station, when accepting the return of a leasing item or leasing a leasing item it owns, statistically output a representation of the leasing items currently available for leasing and (B) make the central control station receive and record the value of the rentable item for each rental station, and the value of the rentable item at a rental station is less than that of the rental station When corresponding to a discount trigger value, a return discount message corresponding to the rental station is wirelessly pushed for each rental item that has been rented.

The effect of the present invention lies in: when the value of the rentable item at a rental station is lower than the corresponding discount trigger value, the design of pushing the return discount message for the rental station can effectively stimulate the renter to immediately go to provide the return The willingness of the rental station to return the rental items in the discount helps to improve the operation efficiency of the rental station.

100~300: steps

201~305: sub-steps

3: Rental station

31: Lease and return unit

32: Site management unit

4: Central control station

41: Site discount setting unit

42: Calculation unit for preferential quota

43: Timing unit

44: Range screening unit

45: Message push control unit

800: Rental items

Other features and functions of the present invention will be clearly presented in the implementation manner with reference to the drawings, wherein: Fig. 1 is an embodiment of the rental item allocation system of the present invention, when used with a plurality of electric vehicle types of rental items Schematic diagram of the architecture; FIG. 2 is a flow chart of the steps of the deployment method of the embodiment; and FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the embodiment.

Referring to Figures 1 and 3, the embodiment of the leasing item allocation system of the present invention is suitable for managing and controlling the leasing and return of multiple leasing items 800, and can communicate wirelessly with these leasing items 800, and the wireless communication is through general actions. Communication network system or wireless network system such as WiFi. Each rental item 800 is an electronic product with positioning function and wireless communication function. It can locate its current location through GPS and/or network positioning technology, and send a corresponding location data, and can receive and display push messages wirelessly. The rental item 800 may be a bicycle, an electric vehicle, a motor vehicle, an audio-visual guide, a mobile phone, or other known electronic products on the market that can be rented and can be positioned, received and displayed push messages.

The rental item deployment system includes a plurality of rental stations 3 distributed in different locations, and a central control station 4 that is signally connected to the rental stations 3 and capable of wireless communication with the rental items 800 . The signal connection mode of this central control station 4 and these rental stations 3 can be through wireless wired network, wired network and/or mobile communication network. For the convenience of description, the rental item 800 in the drawing of this case is illustrated by taking an electric vehicle as an example, that is to say, the rental stations 3 in this embodiment are electric vehicle rental stations.

Each rental station 3 includes a rental return unit 31 and a station management unit 32 . The rental return unit 31 has the function of processing the rental and return of the rental items 800, and can only accommodate the rental items 800 of a rated capacity, for example, an electric vehicle that can park the rated capacity, and can be within the range of the rated capacity. The internal operation is for renting and returning the rental items 800, and when a rental item 800 is rented or returned, a corresponding return message is sent to the site management unit 32.

The site management unit 32 has the rated capacity built in, and will receive and process the loan message to count the number of leased items 800 currently available for lease in the leased return unit 31, and correspondingly output a value of the leased item to Central control station4. And the site management unit 32 will also drive the rental return unit 31 to suspend the return function when the value of the rentable item is equal to the rated capacity, and it can only be operated for renting the rental item 800, but cannot be operated for return Operation.

The central control station 4 includes a site discount setting unit 41 , a discount quota calculation unit 42 , a range screening unit 44 , a timing unit 43 , and a message push control unit 45 .

The site discount setting unit 41 can be operated to set a discount trigger value, a discount stop value, a discount time, A screening distance threshold, and a return discount message. Both the discount trigger value and the discount cut-off value are smaller than the rated capacity of the corresponding rental station 3, but the discount cut-off value is greater than the discount trigger value. The content setting of the return discount message is mainly to inform the renter that if he returns the rented leased item 800 under the specific return discount conditions included in the return discount message, he will be able to obtain a discount on the rent. The preferential return conditions are, for example, Return within a specific time, or the first N people who have completed the return procedures immediately.

The preferential quota calculation unit 42 will be triggered by the message push control unit 45, and calculate the difference between the preferential cut-off value set by the specific rental station 3 and the value of the rentable item currently uploaded by the rental station 3, and record A preferential quota corresponding to the rental station 3, and will be adjusted correspondingly with the change of the value of the rentable item transmitted by the rental station 3, and the maximum value of the preferential quota is the cut-off value of the discount. For example, the rated capacity corresponding to a rental station 3 is 20, the discount trigger value is five, the discount cut-off value is ten, and the currently uploaded rental item value is three, then the discount quota is seven , when two rental items 800 in the rental station 3 are returned, the value of the rentable item changes to five, and the preferential quota is reduced to five. When the remaining three rental items 800 in the rental station 3 are rented , the value of the rentable item changes to zero, and the preferential quota increases to ten.

The range screening unit 44 is built with a plurality of station coordinates representing the positions of the rental stations 3 respectively, which will be triggered by the message push control unit 45 to be activated, and compared with the current The wireless communication of each rental item 800 that has been leased will drive each leased item 800 that has been rented to return the location data correspondingly, and will be triggered to calculate the return according to the site coordinates of the specific rental station 3 The distance between each rental item 800 of the location data and the rental station 3 is selected, and then each rental item 800 whose travel distance is smaller than the screening distance threshold corresponding to the rental station 3 is screened out.

The timing unit 43 will be triggered by the message push control unit 45 to start counting the preferential time corresponding to the specific rental station 3 .

The message push control unit 45 will receive the value of the rentable items sent by the rental station 3 at any time, and analyze the relationship between the value of each rentable item and the corresponding discount trigger value. When the rentable item value of a certain rental station 3 is less than the corresponding discount trigger value, the message push control unit 45 will activate the push function of the return discount message of the rental station 3 .

When the information pushing control unit 45 activates the preferential information pushing function for the rental station 3 , it will trigger the preferential quota calculation unit 42 , the range screening unit 44 and the timing unit 43 for the rental station 3 . At this time, the triggered preferential quota calculation unit 42 will calculate the preferential quota corresponding to the rental station 3 . The range screening unit 44 will drive each rented item 800 to return the location information, and calculate the distance between the rental station 3 and each rented item 800, and then filter out the distance less than The rental station 3 corresponds to each rental item 800 of the screening distance threshold. The timing unit 43 will start counting the preferential time corresponding to the rental station 3 .

Then, the message pushing control unit 45 will compare the return discount message corresponding to the rental station 3, and include the discount quota and the discount time in the return discount message. Then, push and broadcast the return preferential message for each rental item 800 screened out by the range screening unit 44 . With this design, when a leased item 800 receives the return discount message, in addition to displaying the preset discount, it will also display the discount quota and the discount time. During implementation, the display mode of the preferential time can be designed to drive the rental item 800 to display the timing result of the preferential time in real time, or to only drive the rental item 800 to display the preferential time carried in the return preferential message. No instant timing function.

In addition, the message push control unit 45 will drive the preferential quota calculation unit 42 to recalculate the preferential quota when it is judged that the value of the rentable item sent by the rental station 3 has changed, and drive the range screening unit 44 to re-screen these The leased item 800, and then pushes and broadcasts the return discount message with the changed number of discounts and the current counting result of the discount time for each of the re-screened rental items 800 .

The message push control unit 45 will send a discount to each rental item 800 that previously sent the return discount message to the rental station 3 when the preferential quota corresponding to the rental station 3 is equal to zero, or when the discount time is over. End message.

Referring to Figures 1, 2, and 3, the allocation method of the rental item allocation system of the present invention includes the following steps executed in sequence:

Step 100, statistically output the value of the loanable item. Make each rental station 3 When accepting the return of a rental item 800 or renting a rental item 800 it owns, the statistics output the value of the rental item to the central control station 4 .

In step 200, the central control station 4 activates the return promotion activity of the rental station 3 when the value of the rentable item at a rental station 3 is less than the corresponding discount trigger value. Contains sub-steps 201~203:

In sub-step 201 , the central control station 4 calculates the preferential quota of the rental station 3 .

Sub-step 202, make the central control station 4 drive each leased item 800 that has been lent to return the location data representing its current location, and analyze the location data of each rental item 800 to the rental station 3. distance, and then, filter out each rental item 800 whose distance is less than the range screening value corresponding to the rental station 3 .

Sub-step 203, make the central control station 4 compare the return preferential message and the preferential time corresponding to the rental station 3, and include the preferential time and the preferential quota in the return preferential message, and then perform the sub-step 202 The selected rental items 800 push and broadcast the return preferential message.

In step 300, the central control station 4 analyzes whether the return preferential activity of the rental station 3 is stopped. Contains sub-steps 301~305:

In the sub-step 301, the central control station 4 is made to judge whether the value of the rentable item in the rental station 3 has changed, and if the value of the rentable item has not changed, then execute the sub-step Step 302 judges whether the preferential time is over, if the preferential time is not over, then return to execute the sub-step 301, if the preferential time is over, then execute the sub-step 303. In the sub-step 303, the central control station 4 pushes the discount end message to each rental item 800 that previously pushed the return discount message to the rental station 3 .

When the central control station 4 determines in the sub-step 301 that the value of the rentable item has changed, execute the sub-step 304 to determine whether the preferential quota after the value of the rentable item is changed is equal to zero, and when the preferential quota is equal to zero, continue to execute This step 303. When the preferential quota is not equal to zero, continue to execute the sub-step 305 to determine whether the preferential time is over. If the central control station 4 judges that the discount time is over in the sub-step 305, then execute the sub-step 303, if it judges that the discount time has not ended, then return to execute the step 200, recalculate the discount quota and filter the route For each leased item 800 whose distance is less than the corresponding screening distance threshold, the return preferential message is rebroadcasted.

In this embodiment, the central control station 4 will limit the effective time limit of the return discount message of each rental station 3 through the discount time, but during implementation, in another embodiment of the present invention, the The preferential time function, that is, the preferential activity is not limited by time, and the return discount will only be provided according to the preferential quota.

In addition, this embodiment will filter out the rental items 800 within a specific distance range of the rental station 3 through the range screening unit 44, and then push and broadcast the return preferential message for the selected rental items 800, but during implementation, in this implementation another example In this method, the range screening may not be performed, but the return preferential message may be pushed to all the leased items 800 that have been leased.

To sum up, when the value of the rentable item at a rental station 3 is lower than the corresponding discount trigger value, the design of sending the return discount message to the rental items 800 located within a specific distance from the rental station 3 , can effectively stimulate and increase the willingness of the renter to return the rental item 800 immediately to the rental station 3 that provides the return discount, and help the rental station 3 to keep a certain number of rental items 800 available for rent, and can greatly increase the renting station. 3. Operational efficiency. Therefore, the object of the present invention can be achieved indeed.

But the above-mentioned ones are only embodiments of the present invention, and should not limit the scope of the present invention. All simple equivalent changes and modifications made according to the patent scope of the present invention and the content of the patent specification are still within the scope of the present invention. Within the scope covered by the patent of the present invention.

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Claims (8)

A leasing item deployment system, suitable for controlling the rental and return of multiple leasing items that can receive push messages. Each leasing item that has been rented will send a location data representing its current location, and includes multiple leasing stations. and a central control station that is signally connected to the rental stations and capable of wireless communication with the rental items, wherein: each rental station includes a rental return unit, and a station management unit that is signally connected to the rental return unit, The rental return unit can accommodate a rated capacity of the rental items, and can be operated to rent and return the rental items, and will send a return message to the station when a rental item is rented or returned point management unit, the site management unit will receive and analyze the loan-return message, and output a statistical value of the rentable items with the number of the leased items currently available for rent in the lease-return unit to the central control station; The control station can receive the location information sent by each rental item, and includes a site discount setting unit, a message push control unit, and a built-in range filter with multiple site coordinates corresponding to the corresponding rental stations unit, the station discount setting unit can be operated to individually set a discount trigger value less than the rated capacity, a return discount message, and a screening distance threshold value for each rental station, and the range screening unit will be rented in one of them It will be triggered when the value of the rentable item at the station is less than the discount trigger value, and analyze and output the distance from the location data of each rental item to the coordinates of the station of one of the rental stations, and filter out the distance Less than the screening distance valve corresponding to one of the rental stations value of each leased item, the message push control unit will compare the return preferential message corresponding to one of the rental stations, and push the return preferential message for each rental item screened by the range screening unit. The leasing item allocation system as described in Claim 1, wherein, the site discount setting unit is also operable to individually set a discount that is greater than the corresponding trigger value of the discount but smaller than the corresponding rated capacity for each rental station stop value, the central control station also includes a discount quota calculation unit, the discount quota calculation unit will be triggered when the value of the rentable item in one of the rental stations is less than the discount trigger value, and calculates a value representing the stop of the discount value and the difference between the value of the rentable item, and when the value of the rentable item changes, the preferential quota will be correspondingly changed. The message push control unit will include the preferential quota in pushing each rental item Broadcast the return discount message. The leasing item allocation system as described in claim 2, wherein, the station discount setting unit is also operable to individually set a discount time for each rental station, the central control station also includes a timing unit, and the message push When the value of the rentable item in one of the rental stations is less than the discount trigger value, the control unit will drive the timing unit to start counting the discount time, and include the discount in the return discount message pushed to each rental item time. The rental item allocation system as described in claim 3, wherein, the message push control unit will respond to each person who receives the return discount message when the discount quota of one of the rental stations is equal to zero or the discount time expires. A rental item pushes an offer end message. In the rental item allocation system described in Claim 4, the rated capacities of the rental return units of the rental stations are the same or different. A rental item deployment method, suitable for managing the rental and return of multiple rental items at multiple rental stations, each rental station has a rated capacity of rental items that can be rented and returned, and each rental item can receive push messages wirelessly , and each leased item that has been lent will send a location data that represents its current location. When the leased item is leased, statistically output a rentable item value representing the number of such leased items currently available for rent to a central control station; The value of the rental item, and includes a sub-step (B1) so that when the value of the rentable item in one of the rental stations of the central control station is less than a discount trigger value corresponding to the rental station, a value representing one of the rental stations is calculated. The preferential quota of the difference between the value of the rentable item and a preferential stop value set by one of the rental stations, the preferential stop value is greater than the preferential trigger value, but less than the rated capacity; sub-step (B3) makes the medium The control station receives the location data sent by each rental item, and analyzes a distance from each location data to the site coordinates of one of the rental stations, and screens out that the distance is less than the set distance of one of the rental stations. Each rental item with a screening distance threshold; and the sub-step (B2) causes the central control station to wirelessly broadcast a return preferential message corresponding to one of the rental stations for each rental item screened in the sub-step (B3) , and carry the preferential quota in the return priority In the message. The leasing item deployment method as described in Claim 6, wherein the step (B) further includes a sub-step (B4) to make the value of the leasing item at the central control station at one of the leasing stations less than the discount triggering value , start counting a preferential time, and the sub-step (B2) is to make the central control station include the preferential time in the return preferential message pushed and broadcast for each leased item. The leasing item allocation method as described in claim 6, further includes a step (C) to make the central control station judge whether the corresponding preferential quota is equal to zero when the value of the leasing item at one of the leasing stations changes, and then When the preferential quota is not equal to zero, re-execute the step (B), and when the preferential quota is equal to zero, push a promotional end message for each rental item that has received the return preferential message.

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