WO2019244863A1

WO2019244863A1 - Information processing method, program, and information processing device

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Publication number: WO2019244863A1
Application number: PCT/JP2019/024023
Authority: WO
Inventors: 一樹松田; 正樹国京; 彰二藤原; 俊介藤原; 千鶴大枝
Original assignee: Ｌｉｎｅ株式会社
Priority date: 2018-06-20
Filing date: 2019-06-18
Publication date: 2019-12-26
Also published as: JP2019219947A; CN112262401A; KR20210022580A; JP7315307B2

Abstract

Provided is an information processing method to be performed by an information processing device, wherein: information that is for communication between the information processing device and a terminal for displaying information from a first business and that is transmitted by the terminal in response to an operation on the terminal being performed by the user of the terminal is received by a communication part from the terminal; code information is transmitted by the communication part to the terminal; information relating to the code information is associated with information relating to the first business; when a code reader reads the code information being displayed in a display region of the terminal, the communication part accordingly receives information relating to the code information transmitted from an information processing terminal of a second business differing from the first business; and an amount to be paid to the first business is set on the basis of the reception of the information relating to the code information.

Description

Information processing method, program, and information processing apparatus

The present disclosure relates to an information processing method, a program, and an information processing device.

システム Conventionally, systems that can use a user terminal as a substitute for a point card are known. (See, for example, Patent Document 1). However, when a user makes a transaction at an actual store, the reward to the actual store for the transaction has not been sufficiently considered.

JP 2003-256704 A

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing method using an information processing device, wherein a terminal displaying information by a first company transmits the information in response to an operation performed on the terminal by a user of the terminal. A communication unit that receives information for communicating between the terminal and the information processing apparatus from the terminal, transmits code information to the terminal by the communication unit, and stores information related to the code information; The code transmitted from an information processing terminal of a second company different from the first company based on that the code information displayed on the display area of the terminal is read by a code reader in association with information about the company. Information related to information is received by the communication unit, and an amount to be paid to the first company is set based on the reception of the information related to the code information.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a program executed by a computer of an information processing apparatus, wherein a terminal displaying information by a first company is transmitted in response to an operation on the terminal by a user of the terminal. A process of receiving information for communication between the terminal and the information processing device from the terminal by the communication unit, a process of transmitting code information to the terminal by the communication unit, and a process related to the code information. A second company different from the first company based on the process of associating the information to be performed with the information on the first company and the code reader reading the code information displayed on the display area of the terminal. A process of receiving information related to the code information transmitted from the information processing terminal by the communication unit, based on the reception of the information related to the code information, To execute a process of setting the amount paid to the serial first company.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus, wherein the terminal for displaying information by the first company transmits the terminal in response to an operation performed on the terminal by a user of the terminal. Information for communicating with the processing device is received from the terminal, code information is transmitted to the terminal, based on that the code information displayed in the display area of the terminal is read by a code reader, A communication unit that receives information related to the code information transmitted from an information processing terminal of a second company different from the first company, and associates information related to the code information with information related to the first company. An associating unit; and a control unit that sets an amount to be paid to the first company based on reception of information related to the code information.

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a processing sequence of the communication system according to the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of barcode management data according to the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of user management data according to the embodiment. It is a figure showing an example of a display screen of a barcode and an expiration date in a terminal concerning an embodiment. It is a figure explaining an example of a barcode displayed on a terminal concerning an embodiment. It is a figure showing an example of merchandise management data concerning an embodiment. It is a figure showing an example of the receipt concerning an embodiment. It is a figure showing an example of sales management data concerning an embodiment. It is a figure explaining an example of control about a barcode number concerning an embodiment. It is a figure showing an example of privilege data concerning an embodiment. It is a figure showing an example of advertising total data concerning an embodiment. It is a flow chart which shows an example of report creation processing based on advertising total data concerning an embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a report according to the embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a report according to the embodiment.

<Compliance with legal matters>
It should be noted that the disclosure herein is subject to compliance with the legal requirements of the country of implementation necessary for the practice of this disclosure, including communication secrets.

An embodiment for implementing the information processing method according to the present disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings.

<System configuration>
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a communication system 1 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As disclosed in FIG. 1, in the communication system 1, the server 10, the terminals 20 (

terminals

20A, 20B, and 20C) and the POS (Point Of Sales) systems 50-1 and 50- (Hereinafter, simply referred to as “POS system 50” when there is no need to distinguish between them) and external servers 60-1, 60-2,. If there is no need to distinguish between them, it is simply referred to as “external server 60”). The number of terminals 20, POS system 50, and external server 60 connected to network 30 is not limited.

The network 30 has a role of connecting one or more terminals 20, one or more servers 10, one or more POS systems 50, and one or more external servers 60. That is, the network 30 means a communication network that provides a connection path so that data can be transmitted and received after the terminal 20 connects to the server 10 or the like.

One or more portions of the network 30 may be a wired network or a wireless network. The network 30 may be, for example and without limitation, an ad hoc network (ad @ hoc @ network), an intranet, an extranet, a virtual private network (virtual @ private @ network: VPN), a local area network (local @ area @ network: LAN), and wireless. LAN (wireless LAN: WLAN), wide area network (wide area network: WAN), wireless WAN (wireless WAN: WWAN), metropolitan area network (MAN), part of the Internet, public switched telephone network (Public) Part of Switched Telephone Network: PSTN, mobile phone network, integrated service digital network (ISDN), wireless LAN, long term evolution (LTE), code division multiple access (CDMA), Bluetooth (registered trademark), satellite Communication Or it may include combinations of two or more thereof. Network 30 may include one or more networks 30.

The terminal 20 (the terminal 20A, the terminal 20B, and the terminal 20C) may be any terminal as long as it is an information processing terminal capable of realizing the functions described in each embodiment. Terminal 20 may include, but is not limited to, a smartphone, a mobile phone (feature phone), a computer (eg, but not limited to, a desktop, laptop, tablet, etc.), a media computer platform (eg, but not limited to, a cable, satellite set, etc.). Top box, digital video recorder), handheld computer device (personal digital assistant (e.g., by way of example and not limitation), e-mail client, etc.), wearable terminal (eyeglass device, watch device, etc.), or other type of computer , Or a communication platform. Further, the terminal 20 may be expressed as an information processing terminal.

Since the configurations of the terminal 20A, the terminal 20B, and the terminal 20C are basically the same, the terminal 20 will be described in the following description. If necessary, the terminal used by the user X is expressed as a terminal 20X, and user information in a predetermined service associated with the user X or the terminal 20X is expressed as user information X. Note that the user information is information of a user associated with an account used by the user in a predetermined service. The user information is, by way of example and not limitation, a user's name, a user's icon image, a user's age, a user's gender, a user's address, and a user's hobby, input by the user or given by a predetermined service. It includes information associated with the user, such as the user's preference and the user's identifier, and any one of these or a combination thereof may be used.

The server 10 has a function of providing a predetermined service to the terminal 20. The server 10 may be any device as long as the information processing device can realize the functions described in each embodiment. The server 10 includes, but is not limited to, a server device, a computer (for example, but not limited to, a desktop, laptop, tablet, etc.), a media computer platform (for example, but not limited to, a cable, a satellite set-top box, a digital video recorder). ), A handheld computing device (such as, but not limited to, a PDA, an email client, etc.), or any other type of computer, or communication platform. Further, the server 10 may be expressed as an information processing device. When it is not necessary to distinguish between the server 10 and the terminal 20, the server 10 and the terminal 20 may be expressed as information processing devices, respectively.

The POS system 50 (an example of an information processing terminal of a second company, without limitation) is, for example, a POS system operated by a company affiliated with a company (company) that operates the server 10. The POS system 50 includes a barcode reader 50A (not limited, but an example of a code reader), a cash register (POS register, cash register) 50B, an office server 50C, and the like. The barcode reader 50A reads a barcode such as a product package. The cashier 50B acquires the unit price of the product corresponding to the barcode read by the barcode reader 50A from the product management data 511 stored in the office server 50C, and calculates the total amount of the transaction (sales) of one or more products. Calculate and issue a receipt on which the transaction content is printed, and store the transaction content in the sales management data 512 of the office server 50C. The office server 50C notifies the server 10 of the transaction contents related to the server 10 among the transaction contents stored in the sales management data 512. Note that the barcode reader 50A and the cash register 50B in the POS system 50 may be, for example, known ones installed in existing stores.

Note that the server 10 may be operated by, for example, a company that provides services such as an advertising agency business. The POS system 50 may be operated by a company that sells products and services such as clothing, food, cosmetics, and financial products, for example.

The external server 60 provides, for example, a messaging service for transmitting and receiving contents such as messages and images between the terminals 20 to the terminals 20 owned by the user via the network 30. In addition, the external server 60 distributes, for example, to the terminal 20 an advertisement related to an actual store where the POS system 50 is installed, using a service such as a Web site, a search site, mail, or SNS.

<Hardware (HW) configuration>
The HW configuration of each device included in the communication system 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

(1) HW Configuration of Terminal The terminal 20 includes a control unit 21 (CPU: central processing unit (CPU)), a storage unit 28, a communication I / F 22 (interface), an input / output unit 23, and a display unit 24. The input / output unit 23 may include a microphone 25, a speaker 26, a camera 27, a touch panel 29, and the like. The components of the HW of the terminal 20 are interconnected via a bus B as an example and not by way of limitation. The touch panel 29 is an example of an operation unit, and may be a keyboard hardware key, a pointing device such as a mouse, or the like instead of or in addition to the touch panel 29. Note that it is not essential that the HW configuration of the terminal 20 include all components. As an example and not by way of limitation, the terminal 20 may be configured to have no individual components or multiple components, such as a microphone 25, a camera 27, and the like.

The communication I / F 22 transmits and receives various data via the network 30. The communication may be performed by wire or wirelessly, and any communication protocol may be used as long as mutual communication can be performed. The communication I / F 22 has a function of executing communication with the server 10 via the network 30. The communication I / F 22 transmits various data to the server 10 according to an instruction from the control unit 21. Further, the communication I / F 22 receives various data transmitted from the server 10 and transmits the data to the control unit 21. Further, the communication I / F 22 receives a radio wave from the beacon 40. The communication I / F 22 may include a separate circuit for each communication standard, for example. By way of example, and not limitation, the communication I / F 22 may include a first wireless communication unit (first communication circuit) using BLE and a second communication unit (second communication circuit) performing communication using LTE. The communication I / F 22 may communicate with the beacon 40 using the first communication unit and communicate with the server 10 via the network 30 using the second communication unit. This configuration may be changed as appropriate, and any configuration described in at least the embodiments may be adopted. Also, the communication I / F 22 may be simply referred to as a communication unit. Further, when the communication I / F 22 is configured by a physically structured circuit, it may be expressed as a communication circuit.

The input / output unit 23 includes an input unit which is a device for inputting various operations on the terminal 20 and an output unit which is a device for outputting a processing result processed by the terminal 20. In the input / output unit 23, the input unit and the output unit may be integrated, or may be separated into the input unit and the output unit.

The input unit is realized by any one or a combination of all types of devices that can receive an input from a user and transmit information related to the input to the control unit 21. The input unit includes, for example and without limitation, hardware keys such as a touch panel, a touch display, and a keyboard, a pointing device such as a mouse, a camera (operation input via a moving image), and a microphone (operation input by voice).

The output unit is realized by any one or a combination of all types of devices capable of outputting the processing result processed by the control unit 21. The output unit includes, for example and without limitation, a touch panel, a touch display, a speaker (audio output), a lens (for example, without limitation, 3D (three dimensions) output and a hologram output), and a printer.

The display unit 24 is realized by any one or a combination of all types of devices capable of displaying according to the display data written in the frame buffer. The display unit 24 includes, for example and without limitation, a touch panel, a touch display, a monitor (for example, but not limited to, a liquid crystal display and an OELD (organic electroluminescence display)), a head mounted display (HDM: Head Mounted Display), a projection mapping, and a hologram. And a device capable of displaying an image, text information, or the like in the air or the like (or may be a vacuum). Note that these display units 24 may be capable of displaying display data in 3D.

(4) When the input / output unit 23 is a touch panel, the input / output unit 23 and the display unit 24 may be arranged to face each other with substantially the same size and shape.

The control unit 21 includes a physically structured circuit for executing a function realized by a code or an instruction included in a program, and includes, for example and without limitation, a data processing device built in hardware. Is realized by: Therefore, the control unit 21 may be expressed as a control circuit.

The control unit 21 includes, for example and without limitation, a central processing unit (CPU), a microprocessor, a processor core, a multiprocessor, an ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit), and an FPGA (field programmable). gate array).

The storage unit 28 has a function of storing various programs and various data required for the operation of the terminal 20. The storage unit 28 includes, without limitation, various storage media such as a hard disk drive (HDD), a solid state drive (SSD), a flash memory, a random access memory (RAM), and a read only memory (ROM). Further, the storage unit 28 may be expressed as a memory.

The terminal 20 stores the program P in the storage unit 28 and executes the program P so that the control unit 21 executes processing as each unit included in the control unit 21. That is, the program P stored in the storage unit 28 causes the terminal 20 to realize each function executed by the control unit 21.

The microphone 25 is used for inputting audio data. The speaker 26 is used for outputting audio data. The camera 27 is used for acquiring moving image data.

(2) Server HW configuration
The server 10 includes a control unit 11 (CPU), a storage unit 15, a communication I / F 14 (interface), an input / output unit 12, and a display (display unit) 13. The components of the HW of the server 10 are interconnected via a bus B, for example and not limitation. Note that the HW of the server 10 does not necessarily include all components as a configuration of the HW of the server 10. As an example and not by way of limitation, the HW of the server 10 may be configured to have no display 13.

The control unit 11 includes a physically structured circuit for executing a function realized by a code or an instruction included in a program, and includes, for example and without limitation, a data processing device built in hardware. Is realized by:

The control unit 11 is typically a central processing unit (CPU), and may be a microprocessor, a processor core, a multiprocessor, an ASIC, or an FPGA. However, in the present disclosure, the control unit 11 is not limited to these.

The storage unit 15 has a function of storing various programs and various data necessary for the operation of the server 10. The storage unit 15 is realized by various storage media such as an HDD, an SSD, and a flash memory. However, in the present disclosure, the storage unit 15 is not limited to these. Further, the storage unit 15 may be expressed as a memory.

The communication I / F 14 transmits and receives various data via the network 30. The communication may be performed by wire or wirelessly, and any communication protocol may be used as long as mutual communication can be performed. The communication I / F 14 has a function of executing communication with the terminal 20 via the network 30. The communication I / F 14 transmits various data to the terminal 20 according to an instruction from the control unit 11. Further, the communication I / F 14 receives various data transmitted from the terminal 20 and transmits the data to the control unit 11. The communication I / F 14 may be simply referred to as a communication unit. Further, when the communication I / F 14 is configured by a physically structured circuit, it may be expressed as a communication circuit.

The input / output unit 12 is realized by a device that inputs various operations to the server 10. The input / output unit 12 is realized by any one or a combination of all types of devices that can receive an input from a user and transmit information related to the input to the control unit 11. The input / output unit 12 is typically realized by a hardware key represented by a keyboard or the like, or a pointing device such as a mouse. The input / output unit 12 may include, for example, but not limited to, a touch panel, a camera (operation input through a moving image), and a microphone (operation input by voice). However, in the present disclosure, the input / output unit 12 is not limited to these.

The display 13 is typically realized by a monitor (a liquid crystal display or an OELD (organic electroluminescence display) by way of example and not limitation). Note that the display 13 may be a head-mounted display (HDM) or the like. Note that these displays 13 may be capable of displaying display data in 3D. However, in the present disclosure, the display 13 is not limited to these.

The server 10 stores the program P in the storage unit 15 and executes the program P so that the control unit 11 executes processing as each unit included in the control unit 11. That is, the program P stored in the storage unit 15 causes the server 10 to realize each function executed by the control unit 11. The hardware configuration of the office server 50C and the external server 60 of the POS system 50 may be the same as the hardware configuration of the server 10.

In each embodiment of the present disclosure, the terminal 20, the office server 50 </ b> C, the external server 60, and / or the CPU of the server 10 will be described as being implemented by executing the program P.

Note that the control unit 21 of the terminal 20 and / or the control unit 11 of the server 10 are not only a CPU but also a logic circuit formed on an integrated circuit (IC (Integrated Circuit) chip, LSI (Large Scale Integration)) or the like. Each processing may be realized by (hardware) or a dedicated circuit. In addition, these circuits may be realized by one or a plurality of integrated circuits, and the plurality of processes described in each embodiment may be realized by one integrated circuit. Further, the LSI may be referred to as a VLSI, a super LSI, an ultra LSI, or the like, depending on the degree of integration. Therefore, the control unit 21 may be expressed as a control circuit.

The program P (software program / computer program) of each embodiment of the present disclosure may be provided in a state stored in a computer-readable storage medium. (4) The storage medium can store the program in a “temporary tangible medium”.

The storage medium is, where appropriate, one or more semiconductor-based or other integrated circuits (ICs), such as, but not limited to, a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or an application specific IC (ASIC). ), Hard disk drive (HDD), hybrid hard drive (HHD), optical disk, optical disk drive (ODD), magneto-optical disk, magneto-optical drive, floppy diskette, floppy disk drive (FDD), magnetic It may include a tape, a solid state drive (SSD), a RAM drive, a secure digital card or drive, any other suitable storage medium, or a suitable combination of two or more. A storage medium may be volatile, non-volatile, or a combination of volatile and non-volatile, where appropriate. The storage medium is not limited to these examples, and may be any device or medium as long as the program P can be stored. Further, the storage medium may be expressed as a memory.

The server 10 and / or the terminal 20 read the program P stored in the storage medium and execute the read program P to realize the functions of the plurality of functional units described in each embodiment.

The program P of the present disclosure may be provided to the server 10 and / or the terminal 20 via an arbitrary transmission medium (a communication network, a broadcast wave, or the like) capable of transmitting the program. The server 10 and / or the terminal 20 realize the functions of the plurality of functional units described in each embodiment by executing the program P downloaded via the Internet or the like without limitation.

The embodiments of the present disclosure can also be realized in the form of a data signal embedded in a carrier wave, in which the program P is embodied by electronic transmission.

At least a part of the processing in the server 10, the office server 50C, the external server 60, and / or the terminal 20 may be realized by cloud computing including one or more computers.

The server 10 may perform at least a part of the processing in the office server 50C, the external server 60, the terminal 20, and the external server 60. In this case, the server 10 may perform at least a part of the processing of each functional unit of the office server 50C, the external server 60, and the control unit 21 of the terminal 20.

The server 20, the office server 50 </ b> C, and the external server 60 may be configured to perform at least a part of the processing by the terminal 20. In this case, the terminal 20 may be configured to perform at least a part of the processing of the functional units of the control unit 11, the office server 50C, and the external server 60 of the server 10.

Unless explicitly stated, the configuration of the determination in the embodiment of the present disclosure is not essential, and a predetermined process is performed when the determination condition is satisfied, or a predetermined process is performed when the determination condition is not satisfied. May be.

The program of the present disclosure includes, without limitation, script languages such as ActionScript and JavaScript (registered trademark), object-oriented programming languages such as Objective-C and Java (registered trademark), and markup languages such as HTML5. Implemented using Note that the hardware configuration of the external server 60 may be the same as the hardware configuration of the server 10.

<Functional configuration>
(1) Functional Configuration of Terminal The input / output unit 23 receives various operations from the user of the terminal 20 and outputs the operation to the control unit 21. For example, but not limited to, a user operation is received by the touch panel 29 of the terminal 20 and output to the control unit 21. The control unit 21 performs control to display the content received from the server 10 on the display unit 24 based on the received operation by the user.

The control unit 21 performs a process for using various services provided by the external server 60, such as SNS (Social Networking Service).

The communication I / F 22 (communication unit) transmits and receives data to and from the server 10 and the like according to the instruction of the control unit 21.

(2) Functional Configuration of Server As shown in FIG. 1, the server 10 stores the barcode management data 151, the user management data 152, the privilege data 153, the advertisement total data 154, and the like in the storage unit 15. Each data stored in the storage unit 15 will be described later.

The control unit 11 restricts the number of the barcode of a predetermined standard for merchandise management that can include the ID of the business entity supplying the merchandise and the ID of the merchandise to a predetermined period, Assign to users. In addition, the control unit 11 associates the user ID of the user of the terminal 20 (an example of identification information of the terminal without limitation) with the assigned number or the like and stores the user ID in the user management data 152.

Further, based on the user management data 152, the control unit 11 assigns one of the bar code numbers included in the transaction data received from the POS system 50 to the user ID of the user of the terminal 20. Convert.

In addition, the control unit 11 converts the predetermined privilege included in the transaction data received from the POS system 50 according to the transaction amount, the transaction store, and the transaction company by the conversion unit 112. Is given to the user associated with the given user ID. Further, the control unit 11 sets the amount to be paid from the business operator of the POS system 50 to the business operator of the external server 60 based on the effect of the advertisement by the external server 60 which has triggered the barcode allocation. .

The communication I / F 14 (communication unit) communicates with the terminal 20, the office server 50C of the POS system 50, and the external server 60 according to the instruction of the control unit 11.

<Process>
Next, an outline of processing of the communication system 1 according to the embodiment will be described first. The terminal 20 receives an advertisement from the external server 60 while using the service provided by the external server 60. When a predetermined operation is performed on the delivered advertisement by the user of the terminal 20, the server 10 stores, for example, a barcode for merchandise management based on a standard that is widely used in physical stores. Are assigned to the user of the terminal 20 within a predetermined period. Then, the server 10 determines the user who has made the transaction from the bar code number included in the transaction data at the actual store. Then, in association with the number of the barcode for merchandise management, it manages the business entity that delivered the advertisement that triggered the delivery of the barcode to the terminal 20, and based on the transaction at the actual store, paid a reward for the advertisement. Set. Thereby, the reward for the advertisement can be appropriately set when the user makes a transaction at the actual store by the advertisement for the user. Therefore, as a result, the processing load on the server 10, the POS system 50, and the external server 60 can be reduced.

Next, the processing of the communication system 1 according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a processing sequence of the communication system 1 according to the embodiment. Prior to the processing shown in FIG. 2, the external server 60 performs user authentication and the like, accepts login from the account of the user of the terminal 20, and permits the terminal 20 to use the messaging service and the like. .

In step S101, the terminal 20 uses a service provided by the business operator of the external server 60 (not limited but an example of a first company). Here, the terminal 20 may display, for example, a website provided by the external server 60, content transmitted / received by the messaging service, or the like in response to a user operation.

Next, the external server 60 transmits an advertisement relating to the actual store to the terminal 20 (Step S102). Here, the external server 60 distributes an advertisement to the terminal 20 using, for example, the SNS and the site search service (search site) provided by the external server 60. Here, the advertisement may include, for example, information such as the name of the company that is holding the predetermined campaign, the name of the actual store, and the products targeted for the campaign.

In addition, as information of a link when the advertisement is pressed, address information such as a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the server 10 and an ID of an advertising company of the external server 60 (hereinafter, referred to as “advertising company ID”). .), And the user ID of the terminal 20. The user ID of the terminal 20 may be a user ID used when logging in to the external server 60.

Next, the terminal 20 displays the received advertisement on the screen (Step S103). Here, the user of the terminal 20 knows the content of the displayed advertisement, moves to a predetermined physical store, and brings a desired product to the installation location of the cash register 50B.

Next, the terminal 20 receives an operation for displaying a barcode from the user (step S104). Here, the terminal 20 receives, for example, an operation of pressing the displayed advertisement.

Next, the terminal 20 transmits a barcode issuance request to the server 10 (step S105). Here, the barcode issuance request includes the advertisement company ID and the user ID of the user of the terminal 20 included in the information of the link of the advertisement and the like. Thus, when acquiring the barcode, the server 10 can acquire information such as the distribution source of the advertisement that triggered the display of the barcode. In addition, before, simultaneously with, or after the barcode issuance request, information on the communication address of the terminal 20 or information for starting communication between the terminal 20 and the server 10 (not limited to the communication between the terminal 20 and the server 10). An example of information for communication.) Is transmitted.

Subsequently, the server 10 assigns a barcode number (an example of information related to the code information, not limitation) associated with the user until a predetermined expiration date to the user of the terminal 20 (step S106). . FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the barcode management data 151 according to the embodiment. Here, the server 10 assigns a barcode number in the “assignable” state from the barcode management data 151 shown in FIG. In the example of FIG. 3, the barcode management data 151 stores a state and an expiration date in association with the barcode number.

The bar code number is a number that includes a business identification code and a product code, and is, for example, a product identification number that indicates which business product and which product conforms to international bar code standards. As international bar code standards, for example, a JAN (Japanese Article Number) code, an EAN (European Article Number) code, a UPC (Universal Product Code) code, or the like may be used. Further, a code of another standard may be used. In the case of the JAN code, 100,000 numbers can be used for one company. In this case, the company that operates the server 10 acquires the company code (GS1 code) from the organization that manages the JAN code in advance. Accordingly, the barcode associated with the user ID can be read without changing the barcode reader 50A of the POS system 50 conventionally installed in the store.

The state is a state of assignment to a barcode number, and has a state of “assigning”, “waiting”, and “assignable”. “Allocating” indicates that a number is assigned to a predetermined user. “Waiting” indicates that the number is in a predetermined waiting period after the expiration date of the assignment, and the number cannot be assigned to another user. “Assignable” indicates that the server 10 is in a state where numbers can be assigned to users.

The expiration date is the expiration date of the barcode assigned by the server 10 to the user. Note that the terminal 20 may not display the barcode after the expiration date has passed. Further, the terminal 20 may display that the received barcode cannot be used when the expiration date has passed. Thus, the communication using the barcode whose expiration date has passed can be reduced, so that the load on the server 10 and the POS system 50 can be reduced. It is not always necessary to set the expiration date.

所定 The predetermined waiting period until the state is changed (transitioned) from the “standby” state to the “assignable” state may be set in advance by the administrator of the server 10. Alternatively, for example, the server 10 may automatically determine the barcode issuance frequency based on the barcode issuance frequency in the server 10 and the number of barcode numbers managed in the barcode management data 151. In this case, the server 10 has, for example, a bar code based on the statistical data, which has the highest bar code issuance frequency of 50,000 per hour during the busiest time, and the bar code managed by the bar code management data 151. Server 100 may determine that the waiting period is one hour. Or, for example, when the frequency of issuing barcodes becomes high due to distribution of advertisements of a successful campaign, etc., as the frequency of issuing barcodes increases, the expiration date of barcodes to be issued next time and At least one of the waiting periods may be shortened.

By setting the waiting period, even after the expiration date has passed, if the barcode is used within the waiting period from the expiration date, the user to whom the barcode is assigned can be appropriately specified. Thus, for example, when the barcode whose expiration date has passed is not erased by the terminal 20 due to a time lag of the terminal 20 or the like, the barcode is used, or after the barcode is read by the POS system 50. By reading a barcode of another product, the user who has used the barcode can be appropriately specified even if the transaction is not completed within the expiration date.

Next, the server 10 stores the assigned barcode information and the advertising company ID in the user management data 152 in association with the user ID of the user of the terminal 20 (step S107). FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the user management data 152 according to the embodiment. The user management data 152 stores a barcode number (an example of information related to code information, not limitation), an expiration date, and an advertising company ID in association with the user ID and the assignment date and time. The user ID is identification information of the user of the terminal 20. The user ID may be, for example, an ID of the terminal 20, a telephone number of the terminal 20, an SNS account ID in the user's server 10, or the like. The assignment date and time is the time when the server 10 assigned the barcode number to the user. The barcode number is a barcode number assigned by the server 10 to the user. The expiration date is the expiration date of the barcode assigned by the server 10 to the user. The advertising company ID is identification information of the company of the external server 60, which is included in the barcode issuance request received from the terminal 20.

Next, the server 10 transmits the assigned barcode number and the information on the expiration date of the barcode to the terminal 20 (Step S108). The server 10 may transmit the information of the barcode number and the expiration date to the terminal 20 via the external server 60. Further, the server 10 may transmit a barcode image (an example of code information without limitation) to the terminal 20 indicating the assigned barcode number.

Next, the terminal 20 displays the received barcode number, the barcode corresponding to the number, and the expiration date of the barcode on the screen (step S109). FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen of a barcode and an expiration date on the terminal 20 according to the embodiment. In the example of FIG. 5, a bar code is displayed in an area 501, and an expiration date is displayed in an area 502. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a barcode displayed on terminal 20. FIG. 6 shows an example of the JAN code. In the JAN code, the first seven-digit number 601 is a number indicating a company, and the next five-digit number 602 is a number indicating a product. The last one-digit number 603 is a check digit for confirming whether or not the barcode has been correctly read. The expiration date displayed in the area 502 may be the remaining time instead of the time.

Next, the POS system 50 reads the barcode displayed on the terminal 20 with the barcode reader 50A (Step S110).

Next, the POS system 50 refers to the merchandise management data 511 and acquires the merchandise name and the price associated with the read barcode number (step S111).

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of the product management data 511 according to the embodiment. The product management data 511 stores a company name, a product name, and a price in association with the barcode number. The company name is, for example, the name of the company indicated by the first seven digits of the JAN code. The product name is, for example, a product name indicated by a five-digit number following the first seven digits of the JAN code. In FIG. 7, the company name and the product name are stored for the barcode number, but need not always be stored. As shown in FIG. 7, it is not necessary to store only the company L as the company name and to store the member L as the product name. Alternatively, only the L member of society may be stored in the product name. Alternatively, it is not necessary to store the names for both the company name and the product name. The price is the price of the product. In the example of FIG. 7, the price is set to 0 yen (free) for the bar code number managed by the bar code management data 151 used by the company operating the server 10. Accordingly, even if the server 10 reads the barcode issued to the user, the barcode is not charged at the cash register 50B.

The POS system 50 also reads a barcode for each actual product brought by the user of the terminal 20 to the cashier 50B, and acquires a product name and a price corresponding to the read barcode. The barcode displayed on the terminal 20 and the barcode of each actual product may be read in any order.

Subsequently, when the payment of the price by the user of the terminal 20 is completed, the POS system 50 issues a receipt on which at least a part of the details of the transaction is printed based on the transaction data described later by the operation of the clerk (step). S112). FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a receipt according to the embodiment. In the example of FIG. 8, the date and time (transaction date and time) 801 at which the receipt is issued, each set 802 of a product name, a price, and a barcode number corresponding to each barcode read by the cash register 50B, and a total amount 803 are printed. ing. As described above, when the names of the company name and the product name are not stored in the product management data 511 of FIG. 7 in association with the barcode numbers, the receipt of FIG. The company L in the example of FIG. 8 and the product name (member in the example of FIG. 8) are not printed on the receipt.

Then, the POS system 50 stores the transaction data indicating the content of the transaction (not limited but an example of purchase information) in the sales management data 512 (step S113).

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the sales management data 512 according to the embodiment. Each transaction data is stored in the sales management data 512. The transaction data includes items such as a transaction date and time, a group of barcode numbers, and a group of money amounts in association with the store ID and the transaction ID, for example.

The store ID is identification information of the actual store where the transaction was performed. The store ID may include the ID of a business operator that operates the actual store where the transaction was performed. The transaction ID is identification information of the transaction, and is, for example, identification information for each payment at the cash register 50B. The bar code number group and amount group are the bar code number and amount of each traded product.

Next, the POS system 50 extracts transaction data including the barcode number managed by the server 10 from the sales management data 512 (step S114). In the example of the sales management data 512 in FIG. 9, transaction data 621 including a bar code number whose first seven digits of the JAN code are “XXXXXXXXX” in a bar code number group is extracted. The transaction data includes a transaction date and time, a bar code number group, and a money amount group in association with the store ID and the transaction ID.

Next, the POS system 50 transmits the store ID and the extracted transaction data to the server 10 (Step S115).

Next, the server 10 extracts, from each barcode number included in the received transaction data, a number that matches the barcode number managed by the server 10 (step S116).

Next, the server 10 refers to the user management data 152 and obtains a barcode number, a user ID corresponding to the transaction date and time, and an advertising company ID (step S117). Here, for example, the server 10 determines that the transaction date and time included in the received transaction data is within the allocation invalid date and time that is the date and time obtained by adding a predetermined waiting period to the expiration date from the allocation date and time, and The user ID and the advertising company ID associated with the barcode number included in the URL may be acquired. In this case, when the transaction data 621 illustrated in FIG. 9 is received, the transaction date and time is “2017/5/30 @ 16: 25”, and in the example of the user management data 152 in FIG. 4, the user ID of “MID001” The assignment date and time is “2017/5/30 @ 15: 21”, and the expiration date is “2017/5/30 @ 16: 21”. Here, if the predetermined waiting period is set to one hour, the assignment invalid date and time is “2017/5/30 @ 17: 21”. That is, in this case, since no other user is assigned a number until “2017/5/30 @ 17: 21”, the user ID of “MID001” and the advertising company ID of “KID001” are acquired. .

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of control relating to barcode numbers according to the embodiment. As described above, when the server 10 uses the barcode management data 151 to assign a number in the “assignable” state to a user, the server 10 stores the expiration date in association with the number and sets the state of the number to “assigning”. To the state. Then, when the expiration date has passed, the status of the number is changed to the “waiting” status, and after the expiration date, the status of the number is changed to “assignment invalid date and time” which is a date and time obtained by adding a predetermined standby period. To "assignable" state. The terminal 20 displays the barcode on the screen when the number is assigned to the user, and hides the barcode display after the expiration date, and does not display the barcode thereafter. In addition, during the period from the date and time when the number is allocated to the user to the above-mentioned invalid date and time, the use of the number by the POS system 50 may be treated as valid by the server 10. In this way, by allocating one barcode fluidly, the amount of issued barcodes can be reduced.

Next, the server 10 refers to the privilege data 153, and gives a predetermined privilege according to the transaction data to the user associated with the user ID (step S118). Here, the server 10 transmits the information of the granted privilege to the terminal 20 of the user. Thereby, a privilege (merit) can be provided to a user who has transacted at an actual store by an advertisement distributed from the external server 60. In addition, the server 10 may transmit the information of the granted privilege to the user terminal 20 via the external server 60.

The server 10 may also transmit to the terminal 20 a message related to a visit to an actual store using the barcode. Thereby, the user of the terminal 20 can be notified that the visit to the actual store has been grasped. In this case, the server 10 acquires the name of the store associated with the store ID from the storage unit 15 and instructs the terminal 20 of the user associated with the user ID acquired in the process of step S117 to display “Thank you for using the XX store. Thank you. " Note that the server 10 may transmit a message related to a visit to an actual store using the barcode to the terminal 20 using a service such as a messaging service provided by the external server 60.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of the privilege data 153 according to the embodiment. The privilege data 153 stores a company ID, a store ID, a campaign period, and privilege contents. The privilege data 153 may be set in advance, for example, by a request from a business operator that operates the POS system 50, which is a partner of the business operator that operates the server 10. The company ID is an ID of a company operating the POS system 50. The privilege content is information indicating the content of the privilege granted to the user when the transaction date and time is within the campaign period. In the example of FIG. 11, it is shown that, when the user purchases at the store with the store ID “101” within the predetermined campaign period, points corresponding to 10% of the total amount are given to the user. The points are, for example, contents such as stamps that can be used on the SNS service provided by the external server 60 or the server 10, a shopping site outside the business partner of the server 10, or merchandise at a physical store. It may be made available for payment or the like.

In this case, the business operating the actual store provides the business operating the server 10 with an advertisement fee or an introduction fee according to the purchase amount or the like of the user who purchased the product or the like at the real store by the advertisement distributed from the server 10. The company that operates the server 10 by paying a predetermined reward as a point may return a part of the reward to the user.

Next, the server 10 counts the transactions for each advertising company ID (step S119). FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of the advertisement total data 154 according to the embodiment. The advertisement totaling data 154 includes a user ID, a store ID, a bar code number group, and a money amount group in association with the advertisement company ID. Here, the server 10 generates the advertisement totaling data 154 of FIG. 12 based on the received transaction data, the user ID acquired in the process of step S117, and the advertising company ID. Thereby, the data of the products purchased by the user at the actual store using the barcode can be totaled.

Subsequently, the server 10 sets an amount (advertisement price) to be paid to each advertising company related to each advertising company ID from the company operating the POS system 50 based on the effect of the advertisement (step S120). ). As described above, the advertisement for the user can appropriately set the reward for the advertisement when the user makes a transaction at the actual store. Therefore, as a result, the processing load on the server 10, the POS system 50, and the external server 60 can be reduced. This amount may be paid in a currency such as yen, or may be paid in electronic money available in a predetermined store, virtual currency, or the like.

The server 10 calculates the advertising fee paid by the business operator operating the POS system 50 based on the transaction at the actual store where the barcode is used in the process of step S120, and at least a part of the paid advertising fee. May be paid to each advertising business. Thereby, the advertisement fee paid by the company operating the POS system 50 can be calculated based on the effect of the advertisement on the transaction at the actual store.

In addition, the server 10 may, for example, send the advertisement of each advertising company from the company operating the POS system 50 to each of the advertising companies based on the number of times of transactions at the actual store using the barcode. The amount to be paid may be set. In this case, a predetermined amount (for example, 10 yen) may be set so as to be paid to the advertising company for one transaction.

Alternatively, the server 10 operates the POS system 50 in the process of step S120 based on, for example, the total amount of the transactions made at the actual store using the barcode by the advertisement of each advertising company. The amount paid by each of the advertising businesses to each advertising business may be set. That is, when the purchase price of the user is large, the setting may be made such that the price paid by the business operator operating the POS system 50 to each advertising business becomes large. In this case, a predetermined ratio (for example, 1%) to the amount of the transaction may be set to be paid to the advertising business.

<First Modification>
As the privilege content, a predetermined privilege may be set for each product targeted for the campaign. In this case, the server 10 sets the contents of the privilege in association with the bar code number indicating the product targeted for the campaign in the privilege data 153 shown in FIG. 11, and according to the price of the product included in the transaction data, etc. May be given.

<Second modification>
The server 10 may authenticate the user using the barcode based on the location information of the terminal 20 that has acquired the barcode and the location information of the actual store where the barcode has been used. In this case, for example, when transmitting the barcode issuance request to the server 10 in the process of step S105, the terminal 20 also transmits the current position information of the terminal 20 to the server 10. Then, the server 10 stores the position information of the terminal 20 in the user management data 152 in association with the assigned barcode information in the process of step S107. Then, in the process of step S118, the server 10 acquires the position of the actual store where the barcode is used, or the current position of the terminal 20 received from the terminal 20 when the barcode is used, and the barcode. Is determined to be less than or equal to a predetermined threshold value according to the expiration date of the barcode, and only when the distance is equal to or less than the predetermined threshold value, a predetermined privilege corresponding to the transaction data is provided. . Thereby, it can be verified that the user who has acquired the barcode is the same as the user who has used the barcode.

<Third Modification>
The server 10 may transmit a report based on the advertisement total data 154 of FIG. 12 to a company that operates the POS system 50 by using an email or the like. In this case, the server 10 may transmit, for example, a report including information such as the total amount of the purchase amount for each advertising agent ID. In addition, the server 10 acquires information indicating the user's attributes such as the user's age, gender, place of residence, and the like, associated with the user ID, from the external server 60, and obtains the information of the user's attributes and advertisement company IDs. A report including information such as the total purchase price may be transmitted. This allows the business operator operating the POS system 50 to determine which advertisement business has a high advertising effect.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a report creation process based on the advertisement total data 154 according to the embodiment. First, in step S201, the server 10 refers to the advertisement totaling data 154, and calculates the total purchase amount for each of the advertisement company ID and the store ID. Subsequently, the server 10 acquires from the external server 60 information indicating a user attribute corresponding to the user ID included in the advertisement total data 154 (Step S202). Subsequently, the server 10 calculates statistical data based on the attribute of the user (Step S203). Subsequently, the server 10 generates report data including the various types of calculated information (step S204), and ends the report creation processing.

FIGS. 14A and 14B are diagrams illustrating an example of a report according to the embodiment. In the example of FIG. 14, the total amount of the purchase amount in the actual store of the company operating the POS system 50, which is the store ID of “101”, in the actual store by the advertisement using the advertisement company ID of “KID001” is “ 785460 "circle. Further, as a gender ratio with respect to the total purchase price, it is shown that the total purchase price of men is 67% of "785460" yen. Further, as an age ratio with respect to the total purchase price, it is shown that the total purchase price of the “teens” user is 29% of the “785460” yen.

In the example of FIG. 14B, the advertisement with the advertisement company ID of “KID001” is the actual store of the company that operates the POS system 50 that is the store ID of “101”, and is indicated by the bar code number of “XXXXXXY00001Z”. It is shown that the total purchase amount of the product in the predetermined period is “385420” yen. In addition, it is shown that the total purchase price of men is 72% of the “385420” yen as a ratio of the sex to the total purchase price of this product. Also, as an age ratio with respect to the total purchase price of this product, it is shown that the total purchase price of the “teens” user is 20% of “385420” yen.

レポート Based on the report based on the advertisement total data 154, the business operator that operates the POS system 50 can determine which user class has made a transaction in the actual store by which advertisement business advertisement.

<Effects of Embodiment>
Conventionally, there is a problem that it is not possible to grasp the degree to which an advertisement for a predetermined product or an actual store online has contributed to a transaction at an offline actual store. For example, when assigning a barcode of an original standard to each user who has received an advertisement so that transactions at the actual store for each user can be grasped, it takes time and effort to repair the POS system.

According to at least a part of the above-described embodiment, for example, a bar code number for product management conforming to a standard widely used in an actual store is provided to a user of the terminal 20 within a predetermined period. assign. Then, the user who has made the transaction is determined from the bar code number included in the transaction data at the actual store. This makes it possible to relatively easily acquire information on the user who has made a transaction at the actual store. Further, since information on the user who has made a transaction at the actual store can be acquired relatively easily, as a result, the processing load on the server 10, the POS system 50, and the external server 60 can be reduced.

In addition, in association with the bar code numbers for product management, the company manages the business that delivered the advertisement that triggered the delivery of the bar code to the terminal 20, and based on the transaction at the actual store, paid the advertisement. Set. Thereby, the reward for the advertisement can be appropriately set when the user makes a transaction at the actual store by the advertisement for the user. Therefore, as a result, the processing load on the server 10, the POS system 50, and the external server 60 can be reduced.

Although the embodiments of the present disclosure have been described based on the drawings and examples, it should be noted that those skilled in the art can easily make various changes and modifications based on the present disclosure. Therefore, it should be noted that these variations and modifications are included in the scope of the present disclosure. By way of example and not limitation, the functions included in each means, each step, etc., can be rearranged so as not to be logically inconsistent, and a plurality of means, steps, etc. may be combined into one or divided. Is possible. Further, the configurations shown in the embodiments may be appropriately combined.

This international application claims priority based on Japanese Patent Application No. 2018-117213 filed on June 20, 2018, and the entire contents of the application are incorporated into this international application.

1 communication system 10 server 11 control unit 14 communication I / F
151 Barcode management data 152 User management data 153 Privilege data 154 Advertisement total data 20 Terminal 50 POS system

50A Barcode reader

50B Cash register

50C Office server 511 Product management data 512 Sales management data

Claims

An information processing method by an information processing device,
A terminal for displaying information by the first company is transmitted in response to an operation on the terminal by a user of the terminal, and information for communicating between the terminal and the information processing device is received from the terminal by the communication unit. And
Transmitting code information to the terminal by the communication unit,
Associating information relating to the code information with information relating to the first company;
Based on that the code information displayed in the display area of the terminal is read by a code reader, the information related to the code information transmitted from the information processing terminal of a second company different from the first company, Received by the communication unit,
An amount to be paid to the first company is set based on the reception of the information related to the code information.
The information processing method according to claim 1, wherein
The communication unit receives information on the first company transmitted from the terminal.
An information processing method according to claim 1 or claim 2,
Receiving the identification information of the terminal by the communication unit,
Associating the code information with the identification information,
Based on the reception of the information related to the code information, the communication unit transmits the information to the terminal based on the identification information.
The information processing method according to claim 3, wherein
The information is information relating to a privilege transmitted to the terminal.
The information processing method according to claim 4, wherein
Information on the position of the terminal is received from the terminal by the communication unit,
Based on the reception of the information related to the code information, the communication unit transmits information on the privilege to the terminal based on the identification information and the information on the position.
The information processing method according to claim 5, wherein
The information on the privilege compares information on the position with information on the position of the terminal when the code information is read by the code reader, and transmits the information to the terminal by the communication unit.
The information processing method according to claim 3, wherein
Based on the reception of the information related to the code information, based on the identification information associated with the code information, the communication unit transmits to the terminal a message related to visiting the store related to the second company.
An information processing method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein
Receiving the identification information of the terminal by the communication unit,
Based on the code information of the purchase purchased by the user being read by the code reader, the communication unit receives purchase information on the purchase purchased by the user transmitted from the information processing terminal of the second company. ,
The code information, the identification information, and the purchase information are associated with each other.
An information processing method according to claim 8, wherein
The communication unit transmits information on statistics based on the identification information of each of the plurality of users and the purchase information of each of the plurality of users to the information processing terminal of the second company.
An information processing method according to claim 8 or claim 9, wherein
The price paid to the first company is changed based on the purchase information.
The information processing method according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein
Receiving information about the second company from the information processing terminal of the second company by the communication unit;
Associating the code information with information about the second company;
An amount to be paid by the second company is set based on the reception of the information related to the code information.
An information processing method according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein
The code information includes at least a business identification code and a product code.
An information processing method according to any one of claims 1 to 12, wherein:
The code information is at least one of a JAN (Japanese Article Number) code, an EAN (European Article Number) code, and a UPC (Universal Product Code) code.
An information processing method according to any one of claims 1 to 13, wherein:
The code information includes information that, when read by the code reader, determines that the product price is free.
A program executed by a computer of the information processing device,
A terminal for displaying information by the first company is transmitted in response to an operation on the terminal by a user of the terminal, and information for communicating between the terminal and the information processing device is received from the terminal by a communication unit. Processing,
A process of transmitting code information to the terminal by the communication unit;
Associating information related to the code information with information related to the first company;
Based on that the code information displayed in the display area of the terminal is read by a code reader, the information related to the code information transmitted from the information processing terminal of a second company different from the first company, Processing received by the communication unit;
Setting the amount to be paid to the first company based on the reception of the information related to the code information.
An information processing device,
A terminal for displaying information by the first company, transmitting in response to an operation on the terminal by a user of the terminal, receiving information for communication between the terminal and the information processing device from the terminal, The code information is transmitted to a terminal, and the code information displayed on the display area of the terminal is transmitted from an information processing terminal of a second company different from the first company based on being read by a code reader. A communication unit for receiving information related to the code information,
An associating unit that associates information related to the code information with information related to the first company;
A control unit for setting an amount to be paid to the first company based on reception of information related to the code information.