WO2002050739A1

WO2002050739A1 - Selling system using radio telephone

Info

Publication number: WO2002050739A1
Application number: PCT/JP2001/006565
Authority: WO
Inventors: Katsumi Niwa
Original assignee: Exit Inc.
Priority date: 2000-12-20
Filing date: 2001-07-30
Publication date: 2002-06-27
Also published as: AU2001275801A1; JP2001357228A

Abstract

A card company (43) issues a portable telephone (1) having a card function to a commercial facility (45). The commercial facility (45) customizes the design and function of the portable telephone (1) to its commercial facilities. When a user (41) applies for utilization of card to the commercial facility (45), a portable telephone (1) is issued to the user (41). Upon receiving the portable telephone (1), the user (41) accesses a server (47) by means of the portable telephone (1). Data of articles being sold in that commercial facility (45) is then displayed at the display section (15) of the portable telephone (1). The user can designate and purchase a desired one of displayed articles. The quantity of an article purchased is then subtracted from the quantity data of the article purchased by the user (41) out of the information on articles stored in the server (47).

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD A wireless telephone, a method of using a wireless telephone, a sales system using a wireless telephone, a sales method using a wireless telephone, and a program

The present invention relates to a wireless telephone, a method of using the same, a system for selling goods using the wireless telephone, a method of selling the same, and a program. Background art

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, not only telephone calls but also various information has been made available using wireless phones such as mobile phones and PHS (registered trademark: Personal Handyphone System). Disclosure of the invention

The present invention aims to make wireless telephones more useful, a system for enabling purchase of merchandise at a remote commercial facility, a wireless telephone used therefor, a method corresponding thereto, and a wireless telephone to be executed. It offers a program.

A wireless telephone according to claim 1 of the present invention which has been made to solve such a problem is a product comprising at least a type and a quantity of an image display device and a product sold at a store in a commercial facility. Access means for accessing a server on which data is recorded; commodity data display means for outputting the commodity data sent from the server to the image display device; and Designating means for designating a product to be purchased from the product data; and a purchaser indicating the product determined by the determining means. A purchase merchandise transmitting means for transmitting incoming merchandise data to the server.

According to such a wireless telephone, when a server of a commercial facility is accessed using an access means, and designation is made using a designation means from product data displayed on an image display device of the wireless telephone, cash is obtained. You can purchase the product without having it.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the wireless telephone according to the first aspect, when a product to be re-purchased is specified by the specifying means, the price display means for outputting the price to the image display device is provided. It is characterized by having.

According to such a wireless telephone, when the settlement is made, the price is displayed on the image display device, so that the user can confirm the price.

It should be noted that the wireless telephone according to claim 1 or 2 is described as a method of using the wireless telephone, which is the present invention according to claim 9 or 10, respectively. The effect can be achieved. Further, the program according to claim 17 causes a wireless telephone provided with a CPU capable of executing the program to function as the wireless telephone according to claim 1 or 2. Therefore, when this program is executed by the CPU, it becomes a wireless telephone having the corresponding means, and the same effect as the corresponding wireless telephone can be obtained.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a wireless telephone according to the first or second aspect, and a server in which at least product data including at least types and respective quantities of products sold at retail stores are stored. When the purchase of a product is designated by the access means from the wireless telephone and the purchase is designated by the designation means, based on the commodity data transmitted by the purchase commodity transmission means. A sales system using a wireless telephone, wherein the quantity of the product data in the server is subtracted. (Also simply referred to as a sales system).

According to such a sales system, if a server of a commercial facility is accessed using a wireless telephone access means, a product can be purchased without having cash. Also, the product data stored on the server is the data of the product actually sold at the commercial facility, so "There is no fear that the product is actually out of stock. It takes less time to get the product.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the sales system using the wireless telephone according to the third aspect, the server is accessed from the wireless telephone by the access unit, and the product is identified by the designation unit. When the purchase is designated, the settlement is performed by subtracting the purchase price based on the product data retransmitted by the purchased product transmitting means from the account of the designated financial institution of the designated user of the financial institution. Means are provided.

According to such a sales system, since the settlement is performed on the spot, the user does not have to worry about using too much of the savings in the account.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the sales system using the wireless telephone according to the fourth aspect, the settlement means performs the deduction of the price, and the user designates purchase of the product using the designation means. , And is performed on a settlement date which is a day after a predetermined number of days.

According to such a sales system, payment is deferred for a predetermined number of days (for example, 30 days) after the purchase of the product, so that the user can use the above-mentioned savings and deposit method. On the other hand, overuse may occur, but by preparing the price within the grace period, the desired product can be purchased. In addition, it is possible for the person who manages the savings account (mainly financial institutions) to claim interest during the grace period.

The invention according to claim 6 is a sales method using the wireless telephone according to claim 5. The system is characterized by comprising a settlement date notifying unit for notifying the user that the settlement date is near when the settlement date approaches.

According to such a sales system, since the settlement date is notified by the settlement date notification means, it is possible to prevent forgetting to deposit money into the account. The detection that the settlement date is approaching is determined in advance by the number of days.

(For example, three days), and if it is a few minutes before the settlement date, it is determined that “approached”.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided the sales system using the wireless telephone according to the sixth aspect, wherein the settlement date informing means makes a call to the wireless telephone so as to provide a user of the wireless telephone. The feature is that it is reported to

According to such a sales system, since the notification is made to the wireless telephone, there is no need to newly provide a configuration for the notification. It should be noted that, contrary to this description, if the wireless telephone has an e-mail function, substantially the same effect can be obtained even if it is notified by e-mail.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the sales system using a wireless telephone according to any one of the fourth to seventh aspects, when the balance of the account becomes smaller than a predetermined amount, the balance is reduced. Is provided to the user.

According to such a sales system, when the balance becomes less than a predetermined amount (for example, 10,000 yen), the balance is notified to the user by the balance notifying means. it can. Similar to the settlement date notifying means, the balance notifying means may be notified by making a call to the user's wireless telephone, or if the wireless telephone has an e-mail function, it is notified by e-mail. May be.

It should be noted that the sales system described in claims 3 to 8 is a sales method using a wireless telephone. The present invention is described in claims 11 to 16 respectively, and can provide the same effects as the corresponding sales systems. Brief description of the drawings

1A and 1B are explanatory diagrams of a mobile phone 1 used in a sales system to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a schematic explanatory view of one embodiment to which the sales system of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an outline of a flow when issuing a mobile phone and receiving direct sales in the sales system of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the display unit when making a purchase using a mobile phone.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the display unit when performing authentication using a mobile phone. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

A description will be given below together with an embodiment of the present invention.

First, FIG. 1A is an external view of a mobile phone 1 to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. IB is a block diagram of an internal configuration of the mobile phone 1. The mobile phone 1 includes a display unit〗 5, an arrow key 717, a function key〗 9, and a number key 020 composed of a liquid crystal display. The mobile phone 1 communicates with the base station constituting the mobile phone network by modulating and demodulating signals transmitted and received via the antenna 21 in addition to the display section 15, arrow keys 17 and function keys 19 described above. A transmitter / receiver 23 for performing wireless communication with the base station, and for notifying the user that a call signal has been transmitted from the base station that has output a voice signal from another telephone device as a voice during a call. Voice output unit 25 for generating ringtones An audio input unit 27 for inputting audio, a connector 28 for connecting to an external device, and a control unit 29 connected to these units for performing various control processes are provided. The control unit 29 is configured as a microcomputer and includes a CPU 31, a ROM 33, and a RAM 35, and a bus line (not shown) for connecting these components to each other, and for connecting these components. I / 0 (not shown). Although not shown, the mobile phone 1 also has a clock with a calendar. Then, the function as a general mobile phone 1 is realized by executing a program stored in R0M33.

Examples of the various control processes include the following. That is, a calling process for transmitting a dial number for calling another telephone device from the transmitting / receiving unit 23 to the base station, and when a calling signal is received from the base station, a ringing tone is output from the voice output unit 25. When the user inputs a command to connect the mobile phone 1 to the mobile phone network in response to the generation of a ring tone, the transmission / reception section 23 is activated. Through the connection processing and the call processing for connecting the mobile phone 1 to the mobile phone network via the mobile phone, the called telephone device is connected to the mobile phone network, and the call with the called party's telephone device becomes possible. When the mobile phone 1 is connected to the mobile phone network by the connection process and when it is possible to talk to the telephone device of the caller, the user transmits and receives the voice signal input from the voice input unit 25. From the mobile phone network sent to the base station from part 13 A voice input / output process for generating a voice from the voice output unit 25 based on the transmitted voice signal. When the mobile phone 1 is connected to the base station, the user connects the mobile phone 1 to the base station. When a command to disconnect the connection with the base station is input, the disconnection processing for disconnecting the connection, the browsing processing for outputting the site for the mobile phone 1 on the Internet to the display unit 15, and the Internet This is e-mail processing for transmitting and receiving e-mail. FIG. 2 shows a schematic explanatory diagram of one embodiment of the sales system of the present invention. As shown in this figure, this system consists of a user 41 who owns a mobile phone 1, a credit company (or a credit company, hereafter referred to as a card company) 43, and a commercial facility 45. It is configured as a main part. Commercial facilities 45 include department stores, amusement facilities, restaurants, etc. These are allied with each other as facilities that can use the mobile phone 1. Reference numeral 47 denotes a server provided in a commercial facility 45, which is shown as being connected only to a department store in this figure, but in practice, a game facility or a restaurant also has a server 47. The mobile phone 1 can be accessed via the Internet. Fig. 3 shows the procedure for using this system. The numbers from (5) to (5) correspond to the numbers in FIG. Here, it is assumed that user 4 1 does not yet have mobile phone 1. In this system, a commercial facility 45 (represented by a department store in this figure) and a card company 43 are affiliated. First, based on this alliance, the card company 43 has a card function. The mobile phone 1 is issued to the commercial facility 45 (Step (hereinafter referred to as S) 110: (1)). The commercial facility 45 customizes the design and functions of the mobile phone 1 for the commercial facility (S120). At this time, naming is performed as necessary. If the commercial facility 45 determines that the design and other changes do not need to be made, customization may not be required.

When the user 41 applies to the commercial facility 45 for card use (S130), the mobile phone 1 is issued to the user 41. Then, it is possible to use the mobile phone 1 to purchase merchandise in a physical store (direct sales function) via the Internet or to use it instead of a credit card at the commercial facilities 45 (card function). . The mobile phone 1 has its phone number and card number linked, and the user 41 can use the direct sales function and card function by using the mobile phone 1 without being aware of the card number. Is ing.

The procedure for using the direct sales function will be described below. The user 41 receiving the mobile phone 1 in this way accesses the server 47 with the mobile phone 1. The server 47 has a site that introduces products currently sold at the commercial facility 45. To display this site on the display unit 15, the user 41 presses the function key 19 to call up a menu screen (not shown), and further operates the arrow keys 17 and the function keys 19 as appropriate. This corresponds to the access means of the present invention. Figure 4 shows this site displayed. This screen consists of an area 51 that displays the current date, an area 53 that displays the products currently sold at the retail facility 45, and is displayed on the left side of the area 53. Checking the check box 5 5 indicates that the product can be purchased. The process of displaying this screen corresponds to the product data display means of the present invention. To check the check box 5 5, press the arrow keys 1 7

By pressing (▲ or V key) as appropriate, position the cursor (check box 55 is highlighted; not shown) to the left of the desired product, and press function key 19. That is, here, the up and down arrow keys 17 and the function keys 19 correspond to the designation means of the present invention. In addition, the area 53 can be re-scrolled by pressing the arrow keys 17 up and down, so that various items sold at commercial facilities can be purchased. When the lowermost part of the area 53 is displayed by this scroll, there is an icon (not shown) indicating “Purchase”, and the cursor is moved to this icon by operating the arrow keys 17 ( By pressing the function key 1 9 and highlighting the check box 5 5, this means that the user has expressed the will to purchase all the items checked.

Then, an authentication screen as shown in Fig. 5 is displayed. This screen displays the card Number display area 6 1, Area 6 3 showing today's date, Area 5 3 Check box 5 5 Area displaying the product whose price was checked and its price 6 5 Total purchase amount It consists of areas 6 and 7 for displaying.

The authentication (S150) is performed by the user 41 inputting the personal identification number using the numeric keys 20 of the mobile phone 1. Each time a user 4 1 enters one numeric key, an asterisk (*) is displayed in area 69, and if the password is correctly entered, “na” is displayed in field 71 and authentication is completed. . If the security code is incorrect, “Γ 鲁” will be displayed in column 73, prompting you to re-enter the security code. At S160, the user checks the purchase data of the product. This is done by displaying the product for which the check box 55 is checked in FIG. 4 in the area 65 and displaying the total amount in the area 67. This corresponds to the price display means of the present invention. Looking at this display, the user 4 1 confirms the product he / she is trying to purchase and its price. When the user 41 presses the arrow key 17 labeled T in FIG. 1A, the display of the area 75 labeled “Purchase” in FIG. When 9 is pressed, the settlement is completed, and the usage statement data is transmitted to the server 47 (S170: (2)). This data is transmitted from the server 47 to the power company 43 (3). This processing corresponds to the purchased goods transmitting means of the present invention. Then, of the product information stored in the server 47, the quantity data of the purchased product of the user 41 is subtracted by the purchased number. This data is transmitted to the store of the commercial facility 45, and the goods listed on the store are sent to the user 41 (4). Then, it is deducted from the account of the user 4Ί registered in advance with the card company 43 (bank account, postal savings account, agricultural cooperative account, general account of a securities company, etc.) (S180). This processing corresponds to the settlement means of the present invention. The rest after being withdrawn in this way The high is displayed in area 67 instead of the total amount previously displayed (S190). At a later date, the credit card 43 sends a statement of use to the user 41 (5).

According to the present system that performs such processing, it is possible to use the mobile phone 1 to purchase products of a remote commercial facility 45. Moreover, since the data of the product displayed on the mobile phone 1 is data of the product actually sold at the commercial facility 45, there is no worry that the product is actually out of stock. It takes less time to acquire products. In addition, the mobile phone 1 has the same function as a conventional credit card. By using this function, the user 41 can extend the settlement first and receive the split payment and re-polling payment.

The embodiment to which the present invention is applied has been described above, but the present invention is not limited to this embodiment at all and can be implemented in various modes. For example, in the above embodiment, a mobile phone is used as a wireless phone, but the same may be realized by using a PHS.

When the credit card function is used, when the settlement date approaches (for example, three days before), the mobile phone 1 automatically notifies the settlement institution 43 that the settlement date is near. You may come. This corresponds to the settlement date notification means of the present invention. This notification may be configured to reach the mobile phone 1 by e-mail.

Also, when the balance becomes 0 yen or close to 0 yen (for example, less than 10,000 yen), a card company 43 calls a mobile phone 1 to notify that the balance is low. Alternatively, it may be configured to reach the mobile phone 1 by e-mail. This corresponds to the balance notification means of the present invention. It is desirable that these be performed automatically.

Also, as a wireless phone, load a specific program into RAM 35, By executing this, a device that functions as the wireless telephone of the present invention may be used. Industrial applicability

Products can be purchased at remote commercial facilities using wireless phones such as mobile phones.

Claims

The scope of the claims

1. An image display device,

An access means for accessing a server storing product data of at least types and quantities of products sold at retail stores;

Product data display means for outputting the product data sent from the server to the image display device;

Designating means for designating a product to be purchased from the product data displayed on the product data display means;

A purchased merchandise transmitting means for transmitting purchased merchandise data indicating the merchandise specified by the specifying means to the server;

A wireless telephone comprising:

2. In the wireless telephone according to claim 1,

When a commodity to be purchased is designated by the designation means, a price display means for outputting the price to the image display device

A wireless telephone comprising:

3. The wireless telephone according to claim 1 or 2,

A server on which merchandise data of at least a kind and each quantity of merchandise sold at a store in a commercial facility are recorded;

Is the main part,

When the server is accessed from the wireless telephone by the access unit, and the purchase of the product is designated using the designation unit, based on the product data transmitted to the purchase commodity transmission means, Product Day Subtract the quantity in the evening

A sales system using a wireless telephone.

4. In the sales system using a wireless telephone according to claim 3, the server is accessed from the wireless telephone by the access unit, and when purchase of a product is designated by the designation unit, the designation is performed. A wireless telephone comprising a settlement unit for subtracting the purchase price based on the product data retransmitted by the purchased product transmission unit from the account of the financial institution designated in advance by the user. The sales system used.

5. The sales system using a wireless telephone according to claim 4, wherein the settlement means is predetermined after the user has designated the purchase of the product using the designation means. What to do on the settlement date, which is the day after the number of days

A sales system using a wireless telephone.

6. The sales system using a wireless telephone according to claim 5, wherein when the settlement date approaches, a settlement date notification unit that notifies the user that the settlement date is near.

A sales system using a wireless telephone, comprising:

7. The sales system using a wireless telephone according to claim 6, wherein the settlement date notification means notifies the user of the wireless telephone by making a call to the wireless telephone. A sales system that uses wireless phones.

8. A sales system using a wireless telephone according to any one of claims 4 to 7,

A balance notifying means for notifying the user that the balance is low when the balance of the account is smaller than a predetermined amount;

A sales system using a wireless telephone, comprising:

9. A method of using a wireless telephone having an image display device,

At least the type and quantity of each product sold at retail stores Accessing the server on which the product data consisting of is recorded, outputting the product data sent from the server to the image display device,

When a product to be purchased is specified from the output product data, the purchase product data indicating the product is transmitted to the server.

A method of using a wireless telephone, comprising:

10. The method of using a wireless telephone according to claim 9, wherein:

When a product to be purchased is specified, the price is output to the image display device.

A method of using a wireless telephone, comprising:

1 1. The wireless telephone according to claim 1 or 2,

A server in which at least product data of at least the type and quantity of products sold at retail stores are recorded,

Is the main part,

When the server is accessed from the wireless telephone to the access means, and the purchase of the commodity is designated using the deciding means, the commodity in the server is transmitted based on the commodity data transmitted by the purchase commodity transmission means. Subtract the above quantity for evening

A selling method using a wireless telephone.

12. The selling method using a wireless telephone according to claim 11, wherein the access from the wireless telephone to the server is performed by the access unit, and when the purchase of a product is designated by the designation unit, the designation is performed. The purchase price is subtracted from the account of the financial institution of the user who has performed the purchase based on the product data retransmitted by the purchase product transmitting means from the account of the previously designated financial institution.

A selling method using a wireless telephone.

13. In the sales method using a wireless telephone according to claim 12, The deduction of the price is performed on a settlement date that is a day after a predetermined number of days after the user specifies purchase of the product.

A selling method using a wireless telephone.

14. The selling method using a wireless telephone according to claim 13, wherein when the settlement date approaches, the user is notified that the settlement date is near. The selling method using a wireless telephone. .

15. The sales method using a wireless telephone according to claim 14, wherein a call is made to the wireless telephone to notify a user of the wireless telephone that the settlement date is near. Sales method using.

16. In the sales method using a wireless telephone according to any one of claims 12 to 15,

If the balance of the account is less than a predetermined amount, the user is notified that the balance is low.

A selling method using a wireless telephone.

17. A program for causing a wireless telephone provided with a CPU capable of executing a program to function as the wireless telephone according to claim 1 or 2.