WO2023080223A1 - 物品供給装置、物品供給システム及び管理装置 - Google Patents

物品供給装置、物品供給システム及び管理装置 Download PDF

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WO2023080223A1
WO2023080223A1 PCT/JP2022/041273 JP2022041273W WO2023080223A1 WO 2023080223 A1 WO2023080223 A1 WO 2023080223A1 JP 2022041273 W JP2022041273 W JP 2022041273W WO 2023080223 A1 WO2023080223 A1 WO 2023080223A1
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創 近藤
祐樹 小林
晃 水科
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  • the present invention relates to an article supply device, an article supply system, and a management device.
  • Patent Document 1 there is an article supply device that obtains an article from a capsule toy stored in the main body of the device by operating a handle or the like on the condition that payment is made (for example, Patent Document 1).
  • an article supply device capable of supplying articles, comprising: a display section for displaying lottery information for executing a lottery for the article supply; an accommodation section for accommodating an article; A supply unit that supplies the stored goods, and at least the lottery information is acquired, and the lottery is executed based on the acquisition of the lottery information. and a controller for controlling supply.
  • an article supply system capable of supplying articles, comprising: an article supply device; and a terminal; a display unit for displaying a display, a storage unit for storing an item, a supply unit for supplying the item stored in the storage unit, and a control unit for controlling the supply of the item by the supply unit; , an acquisition unit capable of acquiring lottery information of the display unit, and a transmission unit transmitting a request to execute a lottery based on the acquired lottery information, wherein the control unit of the article supply device comprises at least:
  • the article supply system allows the supply unit to supply articles on condition that the lottery information is acquired and the lottery is executed.
  • a management device that manages supply of articles in an article supply device, wherein the article supply lottery transmitted when lottery information displayed on the article supply device is obtained is acquired.
  • a lottery unit that executes a lottery for the supply of goods on the condition that an execution request is received; On the condition that the article supply is won in the executed lottery and that the article supply device for supplying the article is specified, the control unit of the specified article supply device is enabled to supply the article. and a supply control unit for controlling.
  • an article supply device it is possible to provide an article supply device, an article supply system, and a management device that can meet the demands of consumers.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an article supply system.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the article supply system in the first embodiment.
  • FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a device configuration example of a smartphone, which is an example of a terminal.
  • FIG. 4 is a front view of an example of an article supply device.
  • FIG. 5 is a perspective view of an example of an article supply device.
  • FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration example of the article supply device.
  • FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration example of a terminal.
  • FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration example of a management device;
  • FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the article supply device data D1.
  • FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram of the article supply system in the first mode.
  • FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram of the article supply system in the first mode.
  • FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram of the article supply system in the first mode.
  • FIG. 10 is
  • FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of photographing of an information display body of trigger information.
  • FIG. 12 is an example of a rejection notification screen.
  • FIG. 13 is an example of a device ID input screen displayed on the terminal.
  • FIG. 14 is an example of a supply guidance screen displayed on the terminal.
  • FIG. 15 is a flowchart of lottery processing of the management device in the first embodiment.
  • FIG. 16 is an example of a lottery process start screen.
  • FIG. 17 is a flow chart of supply determination processing of the management device in the first embodiment.
  • FIG. 18 is a diagram showing an example of an error guide screen.
  • FIG. 19 is a flow chart of the article supply device in the first embodiment.
  • FIG. 20 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration example of an article supply device according to Modification 1 of the first embodiment.
  • FIG. 20 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration example of an article supply device according to Modification 1 of the first embodiment.
  • FIG. 21 is a sequence diagram of the article supply system of Modification 1 of the first embodiment.
  • FIG. 22 is a sequence diagram of the article supply system in the second mode.
  • FIG. 23 is a diagram showing an example of a winning notification screen.
  • FIG. 24 is a flowchart of lottery processing and supply determination processing of the management device in the second embodiment.
  • FIG. 25 is a front view of an example of the article supply device according to the third embodiment.
  • FIG. 26 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration example of an article supply device according to the third embodiment.
  • FIG. 27 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration example of a management device according to the third embodiment;
  • FIG. 28 is a diagram showing an example of discount data D2.
  • FIG. 29 is a sequence diagram of the article supply system according to the third embodiment.
  • FIG. 29 is a sequence diagram of the article supply system according to the third embodiment.
  • FIG. 30 is an example of a device ID input screen displayed on the terminal according to the third embodiment.
  • FIG. 31 is an example of guidance information displayed on the terminal in the third embodiment.
  • FIG. 32 is a flowchart of lottery processing of the management device in the third embodiment.
  • FIG. 33 is a flow chart of supply determination processing of the management device in the third embodiment.
  • FIG. 34 is a flow chart of supply processing of the article supply device in the third embodiment.
  • FIG. 35 is a flow chart of supply processing of the article supply apparatus according to the fourth embodiment.
  • FIG. 36 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration example of the terminal 3 in Modification 1 of the fourth embodiment.
  • 37 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration example of a management device according to Modification 1 of Embodiment 4.
  • FIG. 38 is an example of user management data D3.
  • FIG. 39 is an example of a settlement input screen displayed on the terminal in Modification 1 of the fourth embodiment.
  • FIG. 40 is a sequence diagram of the article supply system in Modification 1 of the fourth embodiment.
  • FIG. 41 is a flowchart of settlement processing in Modification 1 of the fourth embodiment.
  • FIG. 42 is a schematic diagram of an article supply system in the fifth embodiment.
  • FIG. 43 is an example of article supply device data D1 in the fifth embodiment.
  • FIG. 44 is an example of winning level data D4.
  • FIG. 45 is a sequence diagram of the article supply system according to the fifth embodiment.
  • FIG. 46 is an example of a supply guide screen in the fifth embodiment.
  • FIG. 47 is a flowchart of supply processing in the fifth embodiment.
  • FIG. 48 is a flowchart of supply determination processing in the fifth embodiment.
  • FIG. 49 is a flowchart of supply processing in the fifth embodiment.
  • FIG. 50 is a schematic diagram of an article supply system in the sixth embodiment.
  • FIG. 51 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration example of a terminal according to the sixth embodiment;
  • FIG. 52 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration example of a management device according to the sixth embodiment.
  • FIG. 53 is a diagram showing an example of the serial code data D5.
  • FIG. 54 is an example of a serial code input screen displayed on the terminal according to the sixth embodiment.
  • FIG. 55 is a diagram showing an example of error guide information.
  • FIG. 56 is a sequence diagram explaining the operation of the article supply system in the sixth embodiment.
  • the company that supplies the goods will notify the user that they have won the lottery, and will supply the goods to the user.
  • this embodiment is configured as follows.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an article supply system according to this embodiment.
  • 1 is an article supply apparatus of a company
  • 2 is an article supplied by the article supply apparatus 1
  • 3 is a user's terminal.
  • the article supply device 1 is a device that supplies articles 2 to the user.
  • the article supply apparatus 1 is installed indoors or outdoors, and a plurality of article supply apparatuses 1 that supply different articles are usually installed in many cases. Among these installed article supply apparatuses 1, there is an article supply apparatus 1 that can supply articles 2 to users who have won a lottery.
  • Lottery information for executing a lottery for supplying the article 2 to the user is displayed on the article supply device 1 .
  • This lottery information is information that serves as a starting point (start) for a series of lottery processing, and is hereinafter referred to as trigger information 11 .
  • the trigger information 11 includes at least request information for requesting the start of execution of the lottery process, and serves as a trigger for execution of the lottery.
  • the request information is, for example, information indicating the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the server to which the request for transmission of the lottery process start screen is requested.
  • the trigger information 11 is desirably an information display readable by the terminal 3 in consideration of user's convenience.
  • the information display is a one-dimensional or two-dimensional bar code (QR code: registered trademark) or the like.
  • the terminal 3 has a reader function for information displays and a communication function with other devices.
  • the terminal 3 is, for example, a personal computer, a tablet computer, a smart phone, a mobile phone, or the like.
  • This embodiment has the following features. (1) Trigger information 11 for the user to start the lottery process is displayed on the article supply device 1 . (2) At the location where the article supply device 1 is installed, the user terminal 3 acquires the trigger information 11 of the article supply device 1, thereby transmitting request information for starting the lottery process. (3) Identify the article supply device installed at the location where the user is located. (4) Articles are supplied from the article supply device 1 on condition that at least the trigger information displayed on the article supply device 1 is obtained and the lottery process is executed.
  • the probability of winning in the lottery process in (4) is either a predetermined probability or a variable probability.
  • a predetermined constant probability regardless of the circumstances, winning is decided with a constant probability. For example, if the probability is 50%, the prize is won once every two times. Further, when the probability fluctuates, it is a case where the probability fluctuates depending on environment information at the time of execution of the lottery process, user information registered in the server, and the like.
  • the environment information includes time, weather, current location of the user, that is, the location where the article supply device 1 is installed, and the like.
  • time the probability of winning is increased in a time period when the number of supplies is small, taking into account past supply times.
  • the winning probability is increased on rainy days.
  • the winning probability of the article supply apparatus 1 with a low supply number is increased in consideration of past supply numbers. It should be noted that these methods are only examples, and the present invention is not limited to these. Also, these conditions may be combined to create the probabilities that fluctuate. At least one of these winning probability conditions may be used in combination.
  • the management device 4 identifies the goods supply device 1 installed at the place where the winning user is located, and the management device 4 permits supply to the identified goods supply device 1. Send a signal.
  • the supply unit of the article supply device 1 that has received the supply permission signal unlocks the article supply and makes it possible to supply the article 2 to the user.
  • the management device 4 may be on a network capable of communicating with the article supply device 1, or may be provided in the article supply device 1 itself. Also, when the article supply device 1 and the terminal 3 can communicate with each other by Wifi or Bluetooth, the terminal 3 receives a supply permission signal from the management device, and the terminal 3 transmits an unlock signal to the article supply device 1. can be Specific embodiments will be described below.
  • the article supply system according to the first embodiment enables a company that supplies articles to a user to have the user know the article supply apparatus by having the user go to the place where the article supply apparatus is installed. Moreover, there is an advantage in getting other goods to be purchased. For this reason, it is desirable that a lottery be held at a location (including a neighborhood) where an article supply device that supplies a wide variety of articles is installed, and the articles are supplied at the installation location. Therefore, the first embodiment is configured as follows. Note that the reward for winning the lottery in the present embodiment is the right to acquire an article for free (goods acquisition right), and the winning probability in the lottery process is a fixed probability.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the article supply system in the first embodiment.
  • the same numbers are attached to the same configurations as in FIG.
  • the article supply device 1, the user's terminal 3, and the management device 4 are connected to the communication network 5 and can communicate with each other.
  • Communication 5 means a communication channel capable of data communication. That is, the communication network 5 includes a dedicated line (dedicated cable) for connection, a LAN such as Ethernet (registered trademark), a telephone communication network, a cable network, and a communication network such as the Internet. Any wireless.
  • the article supply device 1 is a device that supplies an article 2, and supplies the article 2 to a user who wins a lottery.
  • the terminal 3 is, for example, a personal computer, a tablet computer, a smart phone, a mobile phone, or the like.
  • FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a device configuration example of a smartphone, which is an example of the terminal 3.
  • the terminal 3 includes a display 31, a touch operation panel 32 integrated with the display 31, and a built-in speaker 33 and camera .
  • the terminal 3 is provided with a control board, an internal battery, a power button, a volume control button, etc., which are not shown.
  • the control board is equipped with a so-called I/F circuit (interface circuit) such as a driver circuit for the touch operation panel 32 .
  • I/F circuit interface circuit
  • Each element mounted on these control boards is electrically connected to each other via a bus circuit or the like, and is connected so as to be able to read/write data and transmit/receive signals.
  • the management device 4 is a server system including one or more server devices, storage devices, and the like. The management device 4 performs lottery processing, specification of the article supplying device 1 that supplies articles, payment processing, and the like.
  • FIG. 4 is a front view of an example of the article supply device 1
  • FIG. 5 is a perspective view of an example of the article supply device 1
  • FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram of the article supply device 1.
  • FIG. An article supply device 1 is a device that supplies articles 2 .
  • the item 2 is an item to be supplied to the user.
  • the user can obtain the right to receive the supply of the article 2 from the article supply device 1 by winning the lottery.
  • the article 2 includes, for example, a separable spherical capsule containing a toy or the like, and a toy and a capsule integrated together.
  • the article 2 is not limited to one type of article, and may include a plurality of types of articles. In this case, a plurality of types of articles are mixedly accommodated in the article accommodating section 20 of the article supply device 1 described later as articles belonging to one series (type).
  • the front surface of the article supply device 1 has a display 13 displaying the contents of the articles 2, an insertion slot 14 for coins to be paid as the price of the articles 2, a handle 15 as an operation unit, and an outlet through which the articles 2 are supplied. 16 and a coin return port 17 are provided.
  • trigger information 11 (information display: for example, two-dimensional code) and device ID information 12 (information display: for example, one-dimensional code) are displayed.
  • the trigger information 11 is request information that serves as a starting point for executing the lottery process.
  • the request information 11 is link information to a request destination requesting transmission of a lottery process start screen for execution of the lottery process, such as the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the management device 4 .
  • the device ID information 12 is information for uniquely identifying the article supply device 1 .
  • a QR code two-dimensional code
  • a barcode one-dimensional code
  • code is attached to the front surface of the article supply device 1 and displayed, but the present invention is not limited to this.
  • the article supply device 1 has a display such as a liquid crystal display
  • the information display of the trigger information 11 and the information display of the device ID information 12 may be displayed on the display.
  • the position where the trigger information 11 and the device ID information 12 are displayed is not limited to the front surface of the article supply device 1 .
  • it may be displayed near the return port 17 at a position where the bottom surface of the return port 17 can be visually recognized.
  • the article supply device 1 includes an article storage section 20 , an article supply section 21 , a lock section 22 , an operation section 23 , a control section 24 and a communication section 25 .
  • the article storage section 20 accommodates a large number of articles 2 . Articles can be easily accommodated by pulling the article accommodating section 20 forward and inserting the articles 2 from the front side of the article supply device 1 .
  • An article supply section 21 having a rotating disk having a hole large enough for one article 2 to pass through is installed in the lower part of the article storage section 20 .
  • the operation unit 23 transmits the operation of the handle 15 to the rotating disk of the article supply unit 21.
  • the operating portion 23 is locked by the locking portion 22, and unlocking allows the handle 15 to be rotated by the user's operation.
  • the unlocking mechanism for example, an unlocking mechanism using a solenoid lock is used.
  • a solenoid lock is used to put the handle 15 in a non-rotatable state (locked state), and the solenoid is energized to release the lock and make the handle 15 rotatable.
  • the unlocking mechanism is not limited to a solenoid lock, and other unlocking mechanisms may be used.
  • the handle 15 When the lock portion 22 is in the unlocked state, the handle 15 is rotated by a predetermined angle to rotate the turntable, and the hole of the turntable and the drop opening provided at the bottom of the article storage portion 20 face each other. Then, one article 2 is supplied from the drop port to the outlet 16 through a passage communicating with the outlet 16 .
  • the control section 24 controls locking and unlocking of the lock section 22 .
  • the unlocking of the lock unit 22 by the control unit 24 is performed by the communication unit 25 upon reception of the supply permission signal from the management device 4 .
  • the control unit 24 locks the lock unit 22 after detecting that the articles 2 have been discharged to the outlet 16 or after a predetermined time has elapsed after unlocking.
  • the communication unit 25 can communicate with the management device 4 via the communication network 5 .
  • FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration example of the terminal 3.
  • the terminal 3 includes an operation input unit 301, an imaging unit 302, a processing unit 303, an image display unit 304, a sound output unit 305, a communication unit 306, and a storage unit 307. .
  • the operation input unit 301 is for inputting various user operations, and outputs an operation input signal corresponding to the operation input to the processing unit 303 .
  • the functions of the operation input unit 301 include, for example, elements such as a touch operation pad, home button, button switch, joystick, and trackball that are directly operated by the user with a finger, as well as acceleration sensors, angular velocity sensors, tilt sensors, and geomagnetic sensors. It can also be realized by an element or the like that detects motion or posture. In FIG. 3, the touch operation panel 32 corresponds to this.
  • the photographing unit 302 performs photographing processing of the information display (QR code) of the trigger information 11, the information display (barcode) of the device ID, etc., and outputs the photographed image to the processing unit 303.
  • the imaging unit 302 includes a lens, an imaging device, and a controller that controls them. In FIG. 3, the camera 34 corresponds to this.
  • the processing unit 303 comprehensively controls operations of the terminal 3 based on programs and data stored in the storage unit 307, operation input signals from the operation input unit 301, and the like.
  • the functions of the processing unit 303 can be realized by, for example, electronic components such as microprocessors such as CPUs and GPUs, ASICs, and IC memories.
  • the processing unit 303 includes a calculation unit 51, an image generation unit 52, a sound generation unit 53, and a communication control unit 54 as main functional units.
  • the calculation unit 51 outputs to the image generation unit 52, the sound generation unit 53, and the communication control unit 54.
  • Arithmetic unit 51 includes an information display body acquisition unit 510 and an information guidance unit 511 .
  • the information display body acquisition unit 510 reads the information display body of the article supply device 1 captured by the imaging unit 302, and acquires the trigger information 11 or the device ID information. Based on the acquired trigger information 11, the information display body acquisition unit 510 requests the management device 4 to transmit a lottery process start screen, which means a lottery process start trigger.
  • the request to send the lottery process start screen is described as a URL serving as a request destination (link destination) for transmission of the lottery process start screen, and the request destination of this transmission is the management apparatus 4 .
  • the information display body acquisition unit 510 receives the lottery process start screen, and displays the lottery process start screen on the image display unit 304 via the image generation unit 52 . Further, the information display body acquisition unit 510 transmits the acquired device ID.
  • the information guide unit 511 displays a lottery process start screen from the management device 4, lottery result information (device ID input screen, failure notification screen), and guidance information on the supply of goods (supply guide screen, error (supply impossible) screen). is displayed on the image display unit 304 via the image generation unit 52 .
  • the functions of the information display body acquisition unit 510 and the information guide unit 511 can be realized by a web browser installed in the terminal 3, or by a dedicated application.
  • the image generation unit 52 generates one image in one frame time (for example, 1/60 second) based on the processing result of the calculation unit 51 and outputs the generated image signal to the image display unit 304 .
  • the functions of the image generator 52 are, for example, a processor such as a GPU or a digital signal processor (DSP), a video signal IC, a program such as a video codec, an IC memory for drawing frames such as a frame buffer, and texture data development. It can be realized by an IC memory or the like.
  • the sound generation unit 53 generates sound signals such as sound effects and various operation sounds based on the processing result of the calculation unit 51 and outputs the sound signals to the sound output unit 305 .
  • the function of the sound generator 53 can be realized by, for example, a digital signal processor (DSP), a processor such as a voice synthesis IC, an audio codec capable of reproducing voice files, or the like.
  • the communication control unit 54 performs communication connection and data processing for data communication with the management device 4 and the like.
  • the image display unit 304 displays a screen based on the image signal input from the image generation unit 52.
  • the function of the image display unit 304 can be realized by a display device such as a flat panel display, a cathode ray tube (CRT), a projector, or a head mounted display.
  • the image display unit 304 corresponds to the display 31 in FIG.
  • the sound output unit 305 is for outputting sound effects and the like based on the sound signal input from the sound generation unit 53 .
  • the sound output unit 203 corresponds to the speaker 33 in FIG.
  • the communication unit 306 is connected to the communication line N to realize communication.
  • the function of the communication unit 306 can be realized by, for example, a wireless communication device, a modem, a TA (terminal adapter), a wired communication cable jack, a control circuit, or the like.
  • the storage unit 307 a program for operating the terminal 3 and realizing various functions of the terminal 3, data used during the execution of the program, etc. are stored in advance, or temporarily stored each time processing is performed. remembered.
  • the storage unit 307 can be realized by, for example, a RAM, a ROM, an IC memory such as a flash memory, a magnetic disk such as a hard disk, an optical disk such as a CD-ROM or a DVD, or the like.
  • the storage unit 307 stores a system program and a control program.
  • the system program is a program for realizing the basic functions of the terminal 3 as a computer.
  • the control program is a program for functioning as the calculation section 51 (the information display body acquisition section 510 and the information guide section 511) of the processing section 31.
  • FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration example of the management device 4.
  • the management device 4 includes a storage section 61 , a processing section 62 and a communication section 63 .
  • the storage unit 61 is realized by, for example, a RAM, a ROM, an IC memory such as a flash memory, a magnetic disk such as a hard disk, an optical disk such as a CD-ROM or a DVD, etc., and stores system programs and function programs.
  • a system program is a program for realizing the basic functions of a computer.
  • the function program is a program for causing the processing unit 62 to function as a lottery processing unit 621, an article supply device determination unit 622, and a supply control unit 623, which will be described later. It also stores article supply device data D1, which will be described later.
  • the article supply device data D1 is a lottery article supply device list that supplies the article 2 to users who have won the lottery.
  • the article supply device D1 stores the device ID and inventory quantity of the article supply device 1 .
  • FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the article supply device data D1. As shown in FIG. 9, the article supply device data D1 is stored in association with the device ID of the article supply device 1 and the stock quantity of the articles 2 supplied from the article supply device 1 having the device ID. .
  • the processing unit 62 comprehensively controls the operation of the management device 4 based on the programs and data stored in the storage unit 61 .
  • the functions of the processing unit 62 can be realized by, for example, electronic components such as microprocessors such as CPUs and GPUs, ASICs, and IC memories.
  • the processing unit 62 includes a lottery processing unit 621, an article supply device determination unit 622, and a supply control unit 623 as main functional units.
  • the lottery processing unit 621 transmits a lottery processing start screen to the terminal 3 when a transmission request serving as a trigger for starting the lottery processing is transmitted from the terminal 3 .
  • the lottery is executed and the lottery result information is transmitted to the terminal 3.
  • the lottery processing unit 621 transmits a device ID input screen when the result of the lottery processing is "winning".
  • the lottery processing unit 621 transmits a failure notification screen.
  • the device ID input screen is a screen for the user to input the device ID of the article supply device 1 displayed on the article supply device 1 .
  • the device ID input screen includes result content information indicating that the lottery result has been determined as "won”.
  • the loss notice screen includes information about the results indicating that the lottery was not won (confirmation of loss).
  • the article supply device determination unit 622 determines whether the device ID received from the terminal 3 is included in the article supply device data D1. If it is included in the article supply device data D1, the article supply device determination unit 622 checks the inventory quantity of the article supply device 1 of the acquired device ID, and if there is inventory, the article supply device that can supply the article 2. 1. Then, the article supply device determining section 622 identifies the article supply device 1 to which the supply permission signal is transmitted. When the identification is completed, the article supply device determining section 622 transmits to the terminal 3 a supply guidance screen for guiding the supply of articles. On the other hand, the article supply device determination unit 622 determines that the article 2 cannot be supplied if it is not included in the article supply device data D1 or if it is included in the article supply device data D1 but is out of stock. to the terminal 3.
  • the supply control unit 623 sends a supply permission signal to the article supply device 1. Send.
  • the supply control unit 623 receives the supply report from the terminal 3, and if the supply report indicates that the article has been normally supplied, the supply control unit 623 subtracts one from the stock quantity of the corresponding device ID in the article supply device data D1.
  • FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram of the article supply system of this embodiment. In the following explanation, it is assumed that the article supply device data D1 is shown in FIG. First, using the sequence diagram of FIG. 10, the overall flow of the article supply system will be described.
  • FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of photographing of the information display member of the trigger information 11 of the article supply device 1 by the photographing unit 302 of the terminal 3.
  • the user stands in front of the article supply device 1, operates the terminal 3 so that the information display body of the trigger information 11 is displayed on the display 31 of the terminal 3, and photographs the information display body.
  • the information display body acquisition unit 510 of the terminal 3 acquires request information from the information display body of the captured trigger information 11 (Step 2).
  • the acquired request information is the URL of the management device 4 that is the destination of the request for transmission of the lottery process start screen.
  • the information display body acquisition unit 510 of the terminal 3 requests the management device 4, which is the link destination (URL) indicated by the acquired request information, to transmit a lottery process start screen, and the lottery process transmitted in response to this request.
  • the information guidance unit 511 displays the start screen on the image display unit 304 via the image generation unit 52 (Step 3).
  • FIG. 12 shows a lottery process start screen displayed on the image display unit 304 at this time.
  • the operation input unit 301 detects that the user has tapped the start button in the lottery process start screen displayed on the image display unit 304
  • the information guidance unit 511 requests the management apparatus 4 to start the lottery process. Then, the lottery process is executed in the management device 4 (Step 4). Details of the lottery process will be described later.
  • the communication unit 306 of the terminal 3 receives the device ID input screen or the rejection notification screen transmitted from the management device 4 as the lottery result information that is the result of the lottery process execution, and the information guide unit 511 receives the information via the image generation unit 52 It is displayed on the image display unit 304 (Step 5).
  • the information guide unit 511 displays the rejection notification screen on the image display unit 304 via the image generation unit 52. Display (Step 14).
  • FIG. 13 is an example of a rejection notification screen.
  • the information guidance unit 511 displays the device ID input screen via the image generation unit 52. It is displayed on the image display unit 304 (Step 7).
  • FIG. 14 is an example of the device ID input screen displayed on the terminal 3. As shown in FIG.
  • the user stands in front of the article supply device 1 and uses the terminal 3 to acquire the information display of the device ID information (Step 8).
  • the terminal 3 is operated so that the device ID information display body (barcode) appears within the reading frame of the device ID input screen displayed on the display 31, and the barcode is photographed.
  • the information acquisition unit 510 of the terminal 3 acquires the device ID information from the photographed information display body, and transmits it to the management device 4 (Step 9). In this example, it is assumed that the acquired device ID information is "7832".
  • the management device 4 receives the device ID and performs supply determination processing (Step 10). Details of the supply determination process will be described later.
  • FIG. 15 is an example of a supply guidance screen displayed on the terminal 3.
  • FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of an error notification screen.
  • the article supply device 1 receives a supply permission signal from the management device 4 and executes supply processing for supplying articles (Step 12).
  • the user operates the article supply device 1 according to the supply guidance screen displayed on the terminal 3 to receive the supply of articles.
  • the article supply device 1 then transmits a supply report to the management device 4 . Details of the supply process (Step 12) will be described later.
  • the supply control unit 623 of the management device 4 receives the supply report, and if the supply report is a report of the normal supply of goods, subtracts one from the stock quantity of the corresponding device ID in the goods supply device data D1 (Step 13). ).
  • the above is the description of the overall operation.
  • FIG. 17 is a flowchart of lottery processing (Step 4) of the management device 4.
  • the management device 4 When receiving the request for transmission of the lottery process start screen from the terminal 3 (Step 31), the management device 4 transmits the lottery process start screen to the terminal 3 (Step 32). When the management device 4 receives a lottery process start request from the terminal 3 (Step 33), the lottery processing unit 622 draws a lottery based on a predetermined lottery probability (Step 34).
  • Step 35 If the lottery result is "winning” (Step 35: Yes), the lottery processing unit 622 determines that "winning” is confirmed and transmits the device ID input screen (Step 36).
  • FIG. 14 is an example of the device ID input screen.
  • Step 35 when the lottery result is "lost" (Step 35: No), the lottery processing unit 622 determines that "lost” is confirmed and transmits a failure notification screen to the terminal 3 (Step 37). ).
  • FIG. 13 is an example of a rejection notification screen.
  • the lottery processing unit 622 transmits the device ID input screen or the failure notification screen to the terminal 3 as lottery result information (Step 38). This concludes the description of the lottery process (Step 4) of the management device 4.
  • FIG. 13 is an example of a rejection notification screen.
  • FIG. 18 is a flow chart of the supply determination process (Step 10) of the management device 4.
  • the article supply device determination unit 621 of the management device 4 acquires the device ID transmitted from the terminal 3 (Step 101).
  • the acquired device ID is "7832".
  • the article supply device determination unit 622 uses the article supply device data D1 to determine the device ID (Step 102). Determination of the device ID is determination as to whether the acquired device ID is included in the article supply device data D1.
  • the article supply device 1 having the device ID acquired by the user is the article supply device 1 that supplies the article 2 to the user who wins the lottery. and specifies the article supply device 1 that transmits the supply permission signal (Step 103: Yes).
  • the acquired device ID is "7832" in the article supply device data D1 of FIG. Identify device 1 .
  • the article supply device determination unit 622 confirms the stock quantity associated with the received device ID (Step 104). When the inventory quantity is not 0, the article supply device determination unit 622 determines that the article supply device 1 having the device ID acquired by the user can supply the article 2 (Step 104: Yes). In this example, in the article supply device data D1 in FIG. 9, the inventory quantity associated with the device ID "7832" is "50", so it is determined that article 2 can be supplied.
  • the article supply device determining unit 622 determines that the article supply device 1 having the device ID acquired by the user can supply the article 2 (Step 103: Yes), it transmits a supply guidance screen to the terminal 3 (Step 105). ).
  • the supply control unit 623 sends a supply permission signal to the article supply apparatus 1. (Step 106).
  • the supply permission signal is transmitted to the article supply apparatus 1 with the apparatus ID of "7832".
  • FIG. 19 is a flow chart of the supply processing (Step 12) of the article supply device 3. As shown in FIG.
  • Step 1201 Upon receiving the supply permission signal (Step 1201), the control section 24 of the article supply device 3 unlocks the lock section 22 (Step 1202). As a result, the handle 15 can be operated.
  • the control unit 24 determines whether the handle 15 of the operation unit 23 has been operated (for example, rotated once) (Step 1203). When the handle 15 is operated (for example, rotated once) (Step 1203: Yes), one article 2 is supplied from the article supply section 21 to the outlet 16 (Step 1204). Then, the control section 24 locks the lock section 22 (Step 1206).
  • Step 1203: No the control unit 24 determines whether a predetermined time (for example, 1 minute) has elapsed since unlocking (Step 1205). If the steering wheel 15 is not operated (Step 1203: No) and a predetermined time (for example, one minute) has elapsed since unlocking (Step 1205: No), the control unit 24 locks the lock unit 22 (Step 1206).
  • a predetermined time for example, 1 minute
  • control unit 24 makes a supply report to the effect that the article 2 has been supplied normally if the article 2 has been supplied normally, and if the article 2 has not been supplied, the article 2 has not been supplied. A supply report to that effect is made (Step 1207). This concludes the description of the supply processing (Step 12) of the article supply device 1.
  • the trigger information 11 that triggers the execution of the lottery process is displayed on the article supply device 1, so the user goes to the place where the article supply device 1 is installed to draw a lottery.
  • the user is guided to the place where the article supply device 1 is installed, and the user is made aware of the article supply device that supplies other articles. Also, the user can know that various items are being supplied in addition to the supplied items.
  • an article supply device that provides an article to a user who has won a lottery is specified by the article ID information displayed on the article supply device. If there is one, the step of identifying the article supply device can be omitted. Specifically, Steps 101 to 103 of the flow of supply determination processing in FIG. 18 can be omitted.
  • the information display body of the device ID indicating the device ID is a bar code
  • the information display body may be a QR code.
  • the device ID itself may be displayed as a character string and manually input by the user.
  • Modification 1 of the first embodiment In the above-described embodiment, the article supply device 1 has been described using a configuration in which articles are supplied when winning is confirmed. In Modification 1 of the first embodiment, a configuration will be described in which the article supply device 1 supplies an article if payment is made at the retail price of the article, even if winning is not confirmed. . Needless to say, users whose winnings have not been confirmed include users whose winnings have been confirmed.
  • the article supply device 1 is a device that supplies articles 2. Normally, the user can receive the supply of the goods 2 from the goods supply device 1 by throwing in cash, but the user who wins the lottery receives the goods 2 from the goods supply device 1 free of charge as a reward.
  • FIG. 20 shows an article supply device of Modification 1. As shown in FIG. As compared with the article supply device 1 of FIG. 6, it further has a cash receiving section 26 .
  • the goods supply device 1 has a cash reception unit 26 and receives cash.
  • the cash receiving unit 26 receives the supply permission signal from the management device 4, the function of the coin sorting unit (not shown) for sorting the inserted coins is changed from the initial enabled state (on state) to the disabled state (off state).
  • switch to Coins inserted from the insertion port 14 pass through an internal coin sorting unit (not shown), and are divided into a passage leading to a return port 17 and a passage leading to a storage unit (not shown) in which coins are stored. I know.
  • the coin sorting unit sorts coins, sends coins that can be used for payment to a storage unit (not shown), and ejects unsuitable coins from the return port 17 .
  • the coin sorting unit sorts coins that can be used for payment by type.
  • the cash receiving unit 26 counts the number of coins of each type sorted by the coin sorting unit using a sensor, and acquires the amount of money inserted. Then, the cash receiving unit 26 sends an unlocking signal to the control unit 24 when the amount of money inserted reaches the set price of the article 2 .
  • the price (amount) of the goods is set in the cash reception unit 26 by the management device 4 or manually.
  • the lock release of the lock unit 22 by the control unit 24 is performed by an unlock signal from the cash reception unit 26 .
  • the control unit 24 locks the lock unit 22 after detecting that the articles 2 have been discharged to the outlet 16 or after a predetermined time has elapsed after unlocking.
  • the control section 24 may lock the lock section 22 by a lock signal controlled from the outside.
  • Step 12 Since the supply process (Step 12) is the same as the above embodiment except for the supply process (Step 12), the supply process (Step 12) will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
  • the function of the coin sorting section of the article supply device 3 is turned on, and the user can normally receive the supply of the articles 2 from the article supply device 3 by inserting cash.
  • the control unit 24 of the article supply device 3 monitors whether a supply permission signal is received (Step 1201).
  • the cash reception unit 26 confirms whether the amount of money inserted has reached the set price of the goods 2 (Step 1209). .
  • the cash reception unit 26 sends an unlock signal to the control unit 24 when the amount of money inserted reaches the set price of the article 2 (Step 1209 : Yes).
  • the control unit 24 Upon receiving the unlock signal, the control unit 24 unlocks the lock unit 22 (Step 1202). As a result, the handle 15 can be operated.
  • the control unit 24 determines whether the handle 15 of the operation unit 23 has been operated (for example, rotated once) (Step 1203). When the handle 15 is operated (for example, rotated once) (Step 1203: Yes), one article 2 is supplied from the article supply section 21 to the outlet 16 (Step 1204). Then, the control section 24 locks the lock section 22 (Step 1206).
  • Step 1203: No the control unit 24 determines whether a predetermined time (for example, 1 minute) has elapsed since unlocking (Step 1205). If the steering wheel 15 is not operated (Step 1203: No) and a predetermined time (for example, one minute) has passed since the lock was released (Step 1205: Yes), the control unit 24 locks the lock unit 22 (Step 1206).
  • a predetermined time for example, 1 minute
  • control unit 24 makes a supply report to the effect that the article 2 is normally supplied, and if the article 2 is not supplied, the control section 24 notifies that the article 2 has not been supplied. A supply report is made (Step 1207).
  • Step 1201 Upon receiving the supply permission signal (Step 1201 : Yes), the control section 24 of the article supply device 3 sends an unlock signal to the control section 24 .
  • the control unit 24 switches the function of the coin sorting unit that sorts the inserted coins from the ON state to the OFF state (Step 1210). Steps 1202 to 1207 after this are the same as in the above embodiment. This is the end of the description of the supply processing (Step 12) of the article supply device 1 of Modification 1.
  • the supply process described in Modification 1 above may be executed without going through the lottery process (or the item may be purchased directly without performing the lottery), and the rejection notification screen in the first embodiment may be executed. is displayed on the terminal 3 (Step 14 in FIG. 10, that is, after losing the lottery). If it is executed after the rejection screen is displayed in Step 14, it is preferable to display that the item 2 can be purchased at a regular price on the rejection notification screen.
  • the article supply device 1 supplies articles 2 to users who have won the lottery without throwing in cash, and to users who have not won the lottery, supplies the articles by paying a price. 2 can be supplied.
  • the trigger information includes only request information.
  • the trigger information in the present embodiment will be described as including the device ID of the article supply device 1 in addition to the request information. It should be noted that the same components as those in the first embodiment will be described with the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.
  • Trigger information 11 is displayed on the front surface of the article supply device 1 of the present embodiment.
  • the trigger information 11 includes request information and a device ID.
  • the device ID is a device ID that uniquely identifies the article supply device 1 .
  • the user goes to the place where the article supply device 1 is installed and acquires the information display body of the trigger information 11 displayed on the article supply device 1 (Step 1).
  • the information display body acquiring unit 510 of the terminal 3 acquires the request information and the device ID from the information display body of the captured trigger information 11 .
  • the acquired request information includes the URL and device ID of the management device 4 to which the lottery process start screen is requested.
  • the device ID is assumed to be "7832".
  • the information display body acquisition unit 510 of the terminal 3 requests the management device 4, which is the link destination (URL) indicated by the acquired request information, to transmit a lottery process start screen, and the lottery process transmitted in response to this request.
  • the information guidance unit 511 displays the start screen on the image display unit 304 via the image generation unit 52 (Step 3).
  • the operation input unit 301 detects that the user has tapped the start button in the lottery process start screen displayed on the image display unit 304
  • the information guidance unit 511 requests the management apparatus 4 to start the lottery process. Then, lottery processing and supply determination processing are performed in the management device 4 (Step 15). Details of the lottery process and the supply determination process will be described later.
  • the communication unit 306 of the terminal 3 receives the winning notification screen or the losing notification screen transmitted from the management device 4 as the lottery result information that is the result of the lottery process execution, and the information guide unit 511 generates an image via the image generation unit 52. It is displayed on the display unit 304 (Step 5). At this time, when a rejection notification screen indicating confirmation of “failure” is received as lottery result information (Step 6: No), the information guide unit 511 displays the rejection notification screen on the image display unit 304 via the image generation unit 52. Display (Step 14).
  • FIG. 23 is a diagram showing an example of a winning notification screen.
  • the goods supply device 1 receives the supply permission signal from the management device 4 and executes supply processing for supplying goods (Step 12).
  • the user operates the article supply device 1 according to the winning notification screen displayed on the terminal 3 to receive the supply of articles.
  • the article supply device 1 then transmits a supply report to the management device 4 .
  • the supply process (Step 12) is the same as in Embodiment 1 or Modification 1 of Embodiment 1, so a detailed description thereof will be omitted.
  • the supply control unit 623 of the management device 4 receives the supply report, and if the supply report is a report of the normal supply of goods, subtracts one from the stock quantity of the corresponding device ID in the goods supply device data D1 (Step 13). ).
  • the above is the description of the overall operation.
  • Step 15 The lottery process and the supply determination process (Step 15) of the management device 4 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
  • the lottery processing unit 622 draws a lottery based on a predetermined lottery probability (Step 232). If the result of the lottery is "winning” (Step 233: Yes), the article supply device determining section 621 assumes that "winning” is confirmed and acquires the device ID received in Step 231 (Step 234).
  • the article supply device determination unit 621 uses the article supply device data D1 to determine the device ID (Step 235). Determination of the device ID is determination as to whether the acquired device ID is included in the article supply device data D1. When the acquired device ID is included in the article supply device data D1, the article supply device 1 having the device ID acquired by the user is the article supply device 1 that supplies the article 2 to the user who wins the lottery. and specifies the article supply device 1 that transmits the supply permission signal (Step 236: Yes).
  • the article supply device determination unit 622 confirms the stock quantity associated with the received device ID (Step 237). If the inventory quantity is not 0, the article supply device determination unit 622 determines that the article supply device 1 having the device ID acquired by the user can supply the article 2 (Step 237: Yes). When the article supply device determining unit 622 determines that the article supply device 1 having the device ID acquired by the user can supply the article 2 (Step 237: Yes), it transmits a winning notification screen to the terminal 3 (Step 238). ). When the article supply apparatus determination unit 622 determines that the article supply apparatus 1 having the apparatus ID acquired by the user can supply the article 2, the supply control unit 623 sends a supply permission signal to the article supply apparatus 1. (Step 239). In this example, the supply permission signal is transmitted to the article supply apparatus 1 with the apparatus ID of "7832".
  • Step 233: No the article supply device determining section 622 determines that "lost” is confirmed and transmits a failure notification screen to the terminal 3 (Step 240).
  • the article supply device determination unit 622 transmits an error guidance screen to the terminal 3. (Step 241).
  • the inventory quantity is checked in Step 237 and the inventory quantity is 0 (Step 237: No)
  • the article supply device determining section 621 transmits an error guide screen to the terminal 3 (Step 241).
  • the trigger information 11 that triggers the execution of the lottery process is displayed on the article supply device 1, so the user goes to the place where the article supply device 1 is installed to draw a lottery.
  • the user is guided to the place where the article supply device 1 is installed, and the user is made aware of the article supply device that supplies other articles. Also, the user can know that various items are being supplied in addition to the supplied items.
  • the trigger information includes the request information and the device ID information
  • reading of the information display body displayed on the article providing device 1 requires only one reading of the trigger information. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the user's trouble.
  • the request information, the device ID, and the management device 4 are sent after the trigger information is read, the number of communications between the terminal 3 and the management device 4 can be reduced.
  • the article supply device 1 has been described using a configuration that supplies articles when winning is confirmed.
  • the product supply apparatus 1 supplies the product. may be supplied.
  • the reward is the right to acquire an item (goods acquisition right) when the lottery is won.
  • a configuration will be described using a configuration in which the right obtained by the user through a lottery is the right to purchase an article at a discount (discount purchase right).
  • trigger information which is a trigger for executing the lottery process of the present embodiment, will be described using a case where request information is included.
  • the article supply device 1 of the present embodiment has the same configuration as that of the modification 1 of the first embodiment. It is described as supplying an item when executed.
  • FIG. 25 is a front view of an example of the article supply device 1 according to this embodiment.
  • the difference from the article supply device 1 of the above embodiment is that it has a display unit for displaying the retail price (first price) of the article 2 for displaying the first price.
  • FIG. 26 is a block diagram of the article supply device 1 according to this embodiment.
  • the control unit 24 of the goods supply device 1 includes a settlement price setting control unit 241 , a settlement price setting unit 242 , a cash detection unit 243 , a lock control unit 244 and a supply reporting unit 245 .
  • the settlement price setting unit 242 sets the purchase price of the item 2, that is, the settlement price (third price) of the item 2.
  • FIG. The settlement price setting control unit 241 receives settlement price change information from the management device 4 and sets a settlement price in the settlement price setting unit 242 .
  • the settlement price change information is information including the settlement price set by the settlement price setting unit 242 .
  • the settlement price change information is information for changing the retail price to a discount price (second price)
  • the discount price is set in the settlement price setting unit 242 .
  • the settlement price change information is information for changing the discount price to the retail price
  • the retail price is set in the settlement price setting unit 242 .
  • the retail price of the article 2 is set at 300 yen.
  • the cash detection unit 243 sorts cash (coins) that can be used for payment by type, counts the number of sorted coins for each type with a sensor, and detects the amount of money inserted. When the amount of money inserted reaches the settlement price of the article 2 set in the settlement price setting unit 242 , the cash detection unit 243 transmits a settlement completion notice to the lock release control unit 244 .
  • the lock control section 244 controls locking and unlocking of the lock section 22 .
  • the unlocking of the lock unit 22 is performed by a payment completion notification from the cash detection unit 243 .
  • the lock control unit 244 locks the lock unit 22 after detecting that the articles 2 have been discharged to the outlet 17 or after a predetermined time has passed since the lock was released. Further, the lock control section 244 may unlock or lock the lock section 22 by an unlock signal or lock signal controlled from the outside.
  • the supply report unit 245 transmits the supply completion report described in the above embodiment to the management device 4.
  • the control unit 24 described in the above embodiment monitors the supply state of the article 2, and if the article is normally dispensed, a supply completion report is made, and if the article is not normally dispensed after a predetermined time has elapsed In this case, it is a means for executing the operation of reporting non-completion of supply.
  • FIG. 27 is a block diagram of the management device 4 in this embodiment.
  • the lottery processing unit 621 in the present embodiment determines the lottery level by lottery.
  • the storage unit 61 stores discount data D2 associated with discounted prices corresponding to lottery levels.
  • FIG. 28 is an example of discount data D2.
  • the lottery level indicates the discount amount, and the higher the lottery level, the higher the discount amount and the lower the settlement amount.
  • the probability of winning each lottery level may be a predetermined fixed probability, or the probability may vary depending on the environmental information described in the first embodiment and user information registered in the server.
  • the settlement price determination unit 624 determines the settlement amount by reading the settlement amount from the discount data D2 based on the lottery level, which is the lottery result of the lottery processing unit 621 .
  • the settlement price determination unit 624 then transmits the determined discount price to the supply control unit 623 .
  • the supply control unit 623 receives the discount price, and distributes first settlement price change information for changing the settlement price of the article supply apparatus 1 specified by the acquired apparatus ID to the article supply apparatus 1 specified by the acquired apparatus ID.
  • Send to This first settlement price change information includes a settlement price, and is information for changing the settlement price of the article supply device 1 from the retail price to the discount price.
  • the supply control unit 623 transmits second settlement price change information for changing the settlement price to the goods supply apparatus 1 .
  • This second settlement price change information includes a settlement price, and is information for changing the settlement price of the article supply device 1 from a discount price to a retail price.
  • FIG. 29 is a sequence diagram in this embodiment.
  • the user goes to the place where the article supply device 1 is installed and acquires the information display body of the trigger information 11 displayed on the article supply device 1 .
  • Acquisition of the information display body is performed using the imaging function of the imaging unit 302 of the terminal 3 according to the user's operation (Step 1).
  • the information display body acquisition unit 510 of the terminal 3 acquires request information from the information display body of the captured trigger information 11 (Step 2).
  • the information display body acquisition unit 510 of the terminal 3 requests the management device 4, which is the link destination (URL) indicated by the acquired request information, to transmit a lottery process start screen, and the lottery process transmitted in response to this request.
  • the information guidance unit 511 displays the start screen on the image display unit 304 via the image generation unit 52 (Step 3).
  • the operation input unit 301 detects that the user has tapped the start button in the lottery process start screen displayed on the image display unit 304
  • the information guidance unit 511 requests the management apparatus 4 to start the lottery process. Then, the lottery process is executed in the management device 4 (Step 4). Details of the lottery process will be described later.
  • the communication unit 306 of the terminal 3 receives the device ID input screen transmitted from the management device 4 as lottery result information that is the result of the lottery process execution, and the information guide unit 511 displays the image display unit 304 via the image generation unit 52. (Step 5).
  • FIG. 30 is an example of the device ID input screen displayed on the terminal 3. FIG. This differs from the device ID input screen of the first embodiment in that the discount amount is displayed.
  • the user stands in front of the article supply device 1 and acquires the device ID information display on the display 31 of the terminal 3 (Step 8).
  • the terminal 3 is operated so that the device ID information display body (barcode) appears within the reading frame of the device ID input screen displayed on the display 31, and the barcode is photographed.
  • the information acquisition unit 510 of the terminal 3 acquires the device ID information from the photographed information display body, and transmits it to the management device 4 (Step 9). In this example, it is assumed that the acquired device ID information is "7832".
  • the management device 4 receives the device ID and performs supply determination processing (Step 10). Details of the supply determination process will be described later.
  • FIG. 31 is an example of a supply guidance screen displayed on the terminal 3.
  • FIG. It differs from the supply guide screen in FIG. 14 in that the discounted settlement price is shown.
  • the goods supply device 1 receives the supply permission signal and the first settlement price change information from the management device 4, and executes supply processing for supplying goods (Step 12).
  • the user operates the article supply device 1 after inserting cash for the settlement amount to receive the supply of articles.
  • the article supply device 1 then transmits a supply report to the management device 4 . Details of the supply process (Step 12) will be described later.
  • the supply control unit 623 of the management device 4 receives the supply report, and if the supply report is a report of the normal supply of goods, subtracts one from the stock quantity of the corresponding device ID in the goods supply device data D1 (Step 13). ).
  • the above is the description of the overall operation.
  • Step 4 the lottery process (Step 4) of the management device 4 will be described using the flowchart of FIG.
  • the lottery processing unit 622 draws lots based on a predetermined probability to determine the lottery level (Step 302).
  • the lottery processing unit 622 determines to transmit a device ID input screen including a discount amount corresponding to the lottery level, which is the lottery result, to the terminal 3 as lottery result information (Step 303), and transmits the device ID input screen to the terminal 3. (Step 304). Furthermore, the lottery processing unit 622 transmits the lottery level to the settlement price determination unit 624 (Step 306). This concludes the description of the lottery process (Step 4) of the management device 4.
  • the article supply device determination unit 621 of the management device 4 acquires the device ID transmitted from the terminal 3 (Step 101).
  • the acquired device ID is "7832".
  • the article supply device determination unit 622 uses the article supply device data D1 to determine the device ID (Step 102). Determination of the device ID is determination as to whether the acquired device ID is included in the article supply device data D1.
  • the article supply device 1 having the device ID acquired by the user is the article supply device 1 that supplies the article 2 to the user who wins the lottery. and specifies the article supply device 1 that transmits the supply permission signal (Step 103: Yes).
  • the article supply device 1 to which the device ID of "7832" is assigned is selected as the article supply device that transmits the supply permission signal. Identify.
  • the article supply device determination unit 622 confirms the stock quantity associated with the received device ID (Step 104).
  • the article supply device determination unit 622 determines that the acquired device ID is not included in the article supply device data D1 (Step 103: No), or the stock quantity associated with the acquired device ID is 0 If so (Step 104: Yes), an error guidance screen is transmitted to the terminal 3 (Step 107).
  • the steps up to this point are the same as the flow of FIG. 18 described in the above embodiment.
  • the settlement price determination unit 623 determines the lottery level received from the lottery processing unit 621.
  • the settlement amount is determined by reading the settlement amount from the discount data D2, and transmitted to the supply control unit 6624 (Step 108).
  • the supply control unit 624 transmits a supply guidance screen including the received payment amount to the article supply device 1 identified by the acquired device ID (Step 105). In this example, the supply guidance screen is transmitted to the article supply apparatus 1 with the apparatus ID of "7832".
  • the supply control unit 624 transmits the first settlement price change information for changing the settlement price of the article supply device 1 specified by the acquired device ID and the supply permission signal to the article supply device specified by the acquired device ID. 1 (Step 109).
  • the first settlement price change information and the supply permission signal are transmitted to the article supply apparatus 1 to which the apparatus ID is "7832". This completes the description of the supply determination process (Step 10) of the management device 4.
  • the control unit 24 of the goods supply device 3 Upon receiving the first settlement price change information and the supply permission signal (Step 1211), the control unit 24 of the goods supply device 3 notifies the cash reception unit 26 of this fact, and the cash reception unit 26 accepts the inserted coin.
  • the function of the coin sorting unit to be sorted is switched from off to on (Step 1208).
  • the settlement price setting control unit 241 sets the discount price as the settlement price in the settlement price setting unit 241 based on the first settlement price change information, and changes the settlement price (Step 1212).
  • the cash detection unit 243 detects the amount of money (coin) inserted from the cash reception unit 26, and detects whether the amount of money inserted has reached the set settlement price (Step 1209). When the amount of money inserted reaches the settlement price of the article, the cash detection section 243 transmits a settlement completion notice to the lock control section 244, and the lock control section 244 unlocks the lock section 22 (Step 1202). As a result, the handle 16 can be operated.
  • the lock control unit 244 determines whether the handle 16 of the operation unit 23 has been operated (for example, rotated once) (Step 1203). When the handle 16 is operated (for example, rotated once), one article 2 is supplied from the article supply section 21 to the outlet 17 (Step 1204). Then, the lock control section 244 locks the lock section 22 (Step 1206).
  • Step 1203: No the control unit 24 determines whether a predetermined time (for example, 1 minute) has elapsed since unlocking (Step 1205). If the steering wheel 15 is not operated (Step 1203: No) and a predetermined time (for example, one minute) has passed since the lock was released (Step 1205: Yes), the control unit 24 locks the lock unit 22 (Step 1206).
  • a predetermined time for example, 1 minute
  • control unit 24 makes a supply report to the effect that the article 2 is normally supplied, and if the article 2 is not supplied, the control section 24 notifies that the article 2 has not been supplied. A supply report is made (Step 1207). Further, the function of the coin sorting section for sorting the inserted coins is switched from the OFF state to the ON state (Step 1210).
  • Step 1213 When the settlement price setting control unit 241 receives the second settlement price change information (Step 1213: Yes), it sets the regular price as the settlement price in the settlement price setting unit 241 and changes the settlement price (Step 1214). This is the end of the description of the supply processing (Step 12) of the article supply device 1 of Modification 1.
  • the article supply apparatus 1 of the present embodiment can change the settlement price of the article 2, the article 2 can be supplied to the user who has the discount purchase right by paying the discount price. , the user who does not have the right to purchase a discount can supply the goods 2 at the retail price.
  • the discount amount is set to the regular price (retail price)
  • the user has the right to acquire the goods.
  • the reward for winning by lottery is the right to acquire an item (goods acquisition right), and in the third embodiment, the reward for winning by lottery is to acquire the item at a discounted price. It was a right (the right to acquire goods).
  • a configuration will be described using a configuration in which the reward for winning a lottery is the right to purchase an article (limited purchase right).
  • the trigger information in this embodiment includes request information as in the first embodiment.
  • the article supply device 1 will be described using the configuration shown in FIG.
  • Step 1201 Upon receiving the supply permission signal (Step 1201), the control unit 24 of the article supply device 3 notifies the cash reception unit 26 of the fact, and the cash reception unit 26 performs the function of the coin sorting unit for sorting the inserted coins.
  • the off state is switched to the on state (Step 1208).
  • the cash receiving unit 26 confirms whether or not the amount of money inserted has reached the set price of the article 2 (Step 1209).
  • the cash reception unit 26 sends an unlock signal to the control unit 24 when the amount of money inserted reaches the set price of the article 2 (Step 1209 : Yes).
  • the control unit 24 Upon receiving the unlock signal, the control unit 24 unlocks the lock unit 22 (Step 1202). As a result, the handle 15 can be operated.
  • the control unit 24 determines whether the handle 15 of the operation unit 23 has been operated (for example, rotated once) (Step 1203). When the handle 15 is operated (for example, rotated once) (Step 1203: Yes), one article 2 is supplied from the article supply section 21 to the outlet 16 (Step 1204). Then, the control section 24 locks the lock section 22 (Step 1206).
  • Step 1203: No the control unit 24 determines whether a predetermined time (for example, 1 minute) has elapsed since unlocking (Step 1205). If the steering wheel 15 is not operated (Step 1203: No) and a predetermined time (for example, one minute) has passed since the lock was released (Step 1205: Yes), the control unit 24 locks the lock unit 22 (Step 1206).
  • a predetermined time for example, 1 minute
  • the control unit 24 makes a supply report to the effect that the article 2 is normally supplied, and if the article 2 is not supplied, the control section 24 notifies that the article 2 has not been supplied. A supply report is made (Step 1207). Furthermore, the function of the coin sorting section for sorting the inserted coins is switched from the ON state to the OFF state (Step 1210). This completes the description of the supply processing (Step 12) of the article supply device 1 of the present embodiment.
  • only the user who wins the lottery can purchase the item 2, so the user can feel that the item 2 is worth more than the purchase price.
  • FIG. 36 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration example of the terminal 3 in this embodiment.
  • the calculation unit 51 further includes a payment settlement unit 512 .
  • the payment unit 512 performs processing related to payment for the article 2 by communicating with the management device 4 .
  • FIG. 37 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration example of the management device 4 according to Modification 1 of Embodiment 4.
  • the processing unit 62 further includes a payment management unit 624 .
  • the payment management unit 624 performs processing related to payment for the goods 2 by communicating with the terminal 3 .
  • the storage unit 61 further stores user management data D3, which is data for settlement for each user.
  • User management data D3 stores user identification information (user ID), password, and balance of electronic money in association with each other, as shown in FIG. 38, for example.
  • the article supply device determination unit 622 of the management device 4 determines that the article supply device 1 having the device ID transmitted from the terminal 3 can supply the article 2, the terminal 3 A supply guidance screen was sent to In this embodiment, the article supply device determination unit 622 sends a settlement input screen instead of the supply guidance screen.
  • An example of the settlement input screen is shown in FIG.
  • Step 10 when the payment input screen is transmitted from the supply device determination unit 623 of the management device 4, the information guide unit 511 of the terminal 3 displays the payment input screen on the image display unit via the image generation unit 52. It is displayed on 304 (Step 16).
  • the user enters the user ID and password on the displayed input screen (Step 17).
  • the payment unit 513 of the terminal 3 transmits the entered user ID and password to the management device 4 (Step 18).
  • the management device 4 receives the user ID and password, and performs payment processing (Step 19). The details of the settlement process will be described later. Here, payment is made using the received user ID and password. Then, when the settlement of the price is completed, a supply guidance screen is transmitted to the terminal 3. If the settlement result is correct, a supply authorization signal is sent to the article supply device 1 .
  • Step 2701 the payment management unit 624 uses the received user ID and password and information on the regular price of the item 2 to make payment.
  • Step 2702 it is determined using the user management data D3 whether the user ID and password are correct. Update with the amount after deducting the price.
  • Step 2703 If the payment has been completed normally (Step 2703: Yes), the payment management unit 624 sends a guidance screen corresponding to the normal result to the terminal 3 (Step 2704). Here, it is announced that the payment has been completed, that the handle 15 of the article supply device 1 is to be operated to receive the article, and that the handle 15 will be locked in one minute. Then, the supply control unit 623 transmits a supply permission signal to the terminal 3 (Step 2705).
  • the payment management unit 624 displays an error information screen on the terminal 3 to inform that the payment could not be made together with the contents of the error (user ID and password are not registered, insufficient balance, etc.). Send (Step 2706). This completes the explanation of the supply determination process.
  • the control section 24 is the same as in the above-described embodiment, except that the handle 15 of the article supply device 1 is not operated.
  • the control unit 24 performs predetermined error processing and then locks the lock unit 22 .
  • the error processing includes refund processing for refunding the settled price.
  • the control unit 24 transmits a request (including, for example, the device ID) to refund the price of the item 2 to the management device 4, and the management device 4 uses the device ID as a key after the payment processing is completed.
  • the electronic payment processing described in the modification can be applied to any of the first to third embodiments.
  • the goods supply system of the modified example of the present embodiment since it is configured to execute electronic payment, a user who has obtained the exclusive purchase right through a lottery can obtain goods through electronic payment.
  • a fifth embodiment will be described.
  • the fifth embodiment will explain an example in which the types of goods to be supplied to the user as a reward are varied according to the winning level. It should be noted that the same numbers are attached to the same configurations as in the above-described embodiment, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.
  • FIG. 42 is a schematic diagram of an article supply system according to this embodiment.
  • the article supply apparatuses 1 of the first to fourth embodiments are made to function as one unit, and one article supply apparatus 1 is configured from a plurality of units 70 and one display unit 71. there is
  • the unit 70 is the same as the article supply device 1 described in the above embodiment, except for the following differences. - Each unit 70 does not display (mount) trigger information. - Each unit 70 comprises a light emitting element 72, such as an LED, visible to the user. Upon receiving the supply permission signal, the control section 24 blinks (or lights) the light emitting element 72 to inform the user that the unit 70 can supply the article 2 . - The units 70 are different in the article 2 to be supplied.
  • the display unit 71 is installed at the top of the plurality of units 70, and displays the trigger information 11 and the group ID, respectively.
  • the group ID is not the device ID of each article supply device (unit 70), but a group ID that uniquely identifies a group obtained by grouping a plurality of article supply devices (units 70). Further, the display unit 71 displays that the unit 70 whose light emitting element 72 blinks among the plurality of units 70 can supply the article 2 .
  • the configuration of the article supply device data D1 and the configuration of the article supply device determination section 621 are different. It also differs in that it has winning level data D4.
  • the item supply device data D1 is stored with the device ID of the unit 70, the item ID uniquely identifying the item 2 of the unit 70, and the stock quantity of the item 2 of the unit 70 associated with each other. It is associated with a group ID that is an ID of a group in which a plurality of units 70 are grouped. This group ID is the group ID displayed on the display unit 71 .
  • FIG. 43 shows an example of article supply device data D1 of the fifth embodiment. In the example of FIG. 43, device IDs of a plurality of units 70 are associated with one group ID "101".
  • the units 70 having a plurality of device IDs belonging to the group ID "101" constitute one article supply device 1 (group ID "101").
  • the article supply device data D1 in this embodiment is prepared for each group.
  • the winning level data D4 is stored with the winning level and the item ID associated with each other.
  • FIG. 44 is an example of winning level data D4.
  • FIG. 44 shows an example in which there are four winning levels from 0 to 3.
  • the product ID is identification information that uniquely identifies the product 2 that is a reward for winning.
  • the item ID "Null" is associated with the winning level 0, which means that the item 2 is not supplied, that is, the selection is lost.
  • item 2 is assigned an item ID of "G001"
  • item 2 is assigned an item ID of "G002”
  • at winning level 3 "G003" is assigned.
  • Goods 2 are supplied as rewards for the lottery.
  • the lottery processing unit 621 of the present embodiment executes lottery processing when a transmission request serving as a lottery processing execution trigger is transmitted from the terminal 3 .
  • the lottery processing unit 621 selects one of the winning levels of the winning level data D4 based on a predetermined lottery probability.
  • the lottery processing unit 621 reads out the article ID associated with the winning level selected by lottery and notifies the article supply device determination unit 622 of it.
  • the lottery processing unit 621 sends a group ID input screen to the terminal 3 when the read item ID is not “Null”.
  • the lottery processing unit 621 sends a rejection notification screen to the terminal 3 when the read product ID is “Null”.
  • the lottery processing unit 621 receives notification of a re-lottery from the article supply device determination unit 622, it performs the lottery processing again.
  • the article supply device determination section 621 acquires the group ID transmitted from the terminal 3 .
  • the article supply apparatus determination section 622 searches for the article ID from the article supply apparatus data D1 of the acquired group ID, and checks the inventory of the article associated with the searched article ID. Check the number. If the product is in stock, the article supply device determining section 622 identifies the unit 70 having the device ID associated with the article ID as the transmission destination of the supply permission signal. When the identification is completed, the article supply device determining section 622 transmits to the terminal 3 a supply guidance screen for guiding the supply of articles. On the other hand, when the stock quantity associated with the article ID retrieved from the article supply apparatus data D1 is 0, the article supply apparatus determination section 622 notifies the lottery processing section 621 to re-lotterize.
  • the control section 24 of the article supply device 1 Upon receiving the supply permission signal from the management device 4, the control section 24 of the article supply device 1 blinks the light emitting element. The user receives the supply of articles by operating the handle of the article supply device 1 in which the light emitting element is blinking.
  • FIG. 45 is a sequence diagram of the article supply system of this embodiment.
  • the user goes to the place where the article supply device 1 is installed and acquires the information display body of the trigger information 11 displayed on the display unit 71 (Step 1).
  • the information display body acquisition unit 510 of the terminal 3 acquires request information from the information display body of the captured trigger information 11 (Step 2).
  • the acquired request information is the URL of the management device 4 that is the destination of the request for transmission of the lottery process start screen.
  • the information display body acquisition unit 510 of the terminal 3 requests the management device 4, which is the link destination (URL) indicated by the acquired request information, to transmit a lottery process start screen, and the lottery process transmitted in response to this request.
  • the information guidance unit 511 displays the start screen on the image display unit 304 via the image generation unit 52 (Step 3).
  • the operation input unit 301 detects that the user has tapped the start button in the lottery process start screen displayed on the image display unit 304
  • the information guidance unit 511 requests the management apparatus 4 to start the lottery process. Then, the lottery process is executed in the management device 4 (Step 20). Details of the lottery process will be described later.
  • the communication unit 306 of the terminal 3 receives the group ID input screen or the failure notification screen transmitted from the management device 4 as the lottery result information that is the result of the lottery process execution, and the information guidance unit 511 receives the information through the image generation unit 52. It is displayed on the image display unit 304 (Step 5). At this time, when a rejection notification screen indicating confirmation of “failure” is received as lottery result information (Step 6: No), the information guide unit 511 displays the rejection notification screen on the image display unit 304 via the image generation unit 52. Display (Step 14).
  • the information guidance unit 511 displays the group ID input screen on the image display unit 304 via the image generation unit 52. (Step 21).
  • the user stands in front of the display unit 71 at the place where the article supply device 1 is installed, and uses the terminal 3 to acquire the information display body of the group ID information (Step 8).
  • the information acquisition unit 510 of the terminal 3 acquires the group ID information from the photographed information display body, and transmits it to the management device 4 (Step 22). In this example, it is assumed that the acquired device ID information is "101".
  • the management device 4 receives the group ID information and performs supply determination processing (Step 23). Details of the supply determination process will be described later.
  • the terminal 3 displays the supply guide screen (Step 11).
  • FIG. 46 is an example of a supply guidance screen displayed on the terminal 3. FIG. In the example of FIG. 46, guidance is given that the handle 15 of the unit 70 whose light-emitting element is flashing is operated to receive an article, and that the handle 15 is locked in one minute.
  • the unit 70 that has received the supply permission signal from the management device 4 executes supply processing for supplying the goods (Step 24).
  • the user operates the article supply device 1 whose light emitting element is blinking to receive the supply of articles.
  • the unit 70 then sends a supply report to the management device 4 . Details of the supply process (Step 24) will be described later.
  • the supply control unit 623 of the management device 4 receives the supply report, and if the supply report is a report of the normal supply of goods, subtracts one from the stock quantity of the corresponding device ID in the goods supply device data D1 (Step 13). ).
  • the above is the description of the overall operation in this embodiment.
  • FIG. 47 is a flowchart of lottery processing (Step 20) of the management device 4.
  • FIG. 47 It should be noted that steps up to the reception of the lottery process start request in Step 33 are the same as those in the flow chart shown in FIG. 11, and therefore are omitted.
  • the lottery processing unit 621 selects a winning level from the winning level data D4 based on a predetermined lottery probability, and selects the winning level.
  • the associated article ID is read (Step 39).
  • the lottery processing unit 622 notifies the read item ID to the item supply device determination unit 622 (Step 41). Furthermore, the lottery processing unit 622 decides to transmit the group ID input screen to the terminal 3 as "winning” (Step 42).
  • Step 40 the lottery processing unit 622 decides to transmit a rejection notification screen to the terminal 3, assuming that "loss" has been confirmed. (Step 37).
  • the lottery processing unit 622 transmits the group ID input screen or the failure notification screen to the terminal 3 as lottery result information (Step 38). This concludes the description of the lottery process (Step 20) of the management device 4.
  • FIG. 48 is a flow chart of the supply determination process (Step 23) of the management device 4.
  • the article supply device determination unit 621 of the management device 4 receives the article ID from the lottery processing unit 621 (Step 1009). Furthermore, the article supply device determination section 621 acquires the group ID transmitted from the terminal 3 (Step 1010).
  • the article supply device determination unit 622 checks the stock quantity associated with the received article ID from the article supply device data D1 of the acquired group ID (Step 1011). If the inventory quantity is not 0 (Step 1011: No), a supply guidance screen is transmitted to the terminal 3 (Step 1012). At this time, a supply guide screen as shown in FIG. 46 is displayed on the terminal 3 . Furthermore, the article supply device determining section 622 identifies the unit 70 assigned with the device ID associated with the received article ID as the unit 70 that transmits the supply permission signal (Step 1013). The supply control section 623 transmits a supply permission signal to the unit 70 identified by the article supply apparatus determination section 622 (Step 1014).
  • Step 1011 when the inventory quantity is 0 (Step 1011: Yes), the article supply device determination section 622 notifies the lottery processing section 621 to re-execute the lottery (Step 1015).
  • the lottery processing unit 621 notified of the re-execution of the lottery starts processing from Step 39 in FIG.
  • the description of the supply determination process (Step 23) of the management device 4 ends here.
  • FIG. 49 is a flow chart of the supply processing (Step 24) of the unit 70.
  • Step 1201 Upon receiving the supply permission signal (Step 1201), the control section 24 of the unit 70 blinks the light emitting element (Step 1215). Since the operation after this is the same as that of Step 1202 to Step 1207 in FIG. 19, the explanation is omitted. This completes the description of the supply processing (Step 24) of the unit 70.
  • FIG. 1215 Upon receiving the supply permission signal (Step 1201), the control section 24 of the unit 70 blinks the light emitting element (Step 1215). Since the operation after this is the same as that of Step 1202 to Step 1207 in FIG. 19, the explanation is omitted. This completes the description of the supply processing (Step 24) of the unit 70.
  • the article supply device 1 may accommodate one type of article 2 or may accommodate a plurality of types of articles 2 .
  • the article supply device 1 can reliably supply that type of article 2 to the user.
  • the article supply apparatus 1 due to the structure of the article supply apparatus 1, randomly supplies one type of article from the plurality of types of articles accommodated to the user. do. Therefore, when the types of articles to be supplied to the user are varied according to the level of winning as in the present embodiment, one article supplying apparatus 1 can deterministically supply the type of article corresponding to the level of winning. cannot be supplied to the user.
  • one article supply apparatus 1 is composed of a plurality of article supply apparatuses (units 70), and each unit 70 accommodates one type of article 2.
  • One type of item can be deterministically supplied to the user. As a result, it is possible to conduct a lottery in which the types of articles to be supplied to the user are varied according to the winning level, and the user's interest in the lottery increases.
  • the trigger information 11 and the group ID were displayed using separate information displays.
  • the trigger information 11 and the group ID are configured in one information display body, and by reading the information display body once, the management device 4 acquires both the trigger information 11 and the group ID at once. can be In this case, reading of the group ID after winning becomes unnecessary in the above-described embodiment.
  • the lottery right may be granted by purchasing products other than the product 2 to be supplied to the user, by participating in an event by the user, by lottery based on the user's application, etc., but this is not the only option.
  • the lottery right acquired when the user's action satisfies a predetermined condition must be something that can be authenticated in some form.
  • a representative example is identification information that proves that a lottery right has been obtained.
  • identification information that proves that the user has acquired the lottery right for example, identification information given when the user purchases a product other than the item 2, identification information given when the user participates in an event , identification information given when a user wins a lottery, and the like.
  • identification information given when the user purchases a product other than the item 2 for example, identification information given when the user purchases a product other than the item 2, identification information given when the user participates in an event , identification information given when a user wins a lottery, and the like.
  • a configuration for authenticating a lottery right acquired by a user purchasing a product other than the product 2 will be described.
  • FIG. 50 is a schematic diagram of an article supply system according to this embodiment.
  • the product 4 is a product supplied to the user by a company Y different from the company X supplying the product 2 .
  • the type of product does not matter. Examples of products include books such as magazines, foodstuffs such as drinking water, and stationery.
  • the article will be described as a magazine.
  • the user purchases the magazine (item 4)
  • the user can obtain the lottery right.
  • a serial code 13 is displayed on the magazine (product 4).
  • This serial code 13 is information for authenticating the lottery right of the user in order to grant the lottery right to the user who purchased the magazine (product 4).
  • the serial code 13 is a unique serial code or the like that differs for each magazine. Such a serial code can be generated using check digits or the like.
  • FIG. 51 is a block diagram of terminal 3 in this embodiment.
  • the terminal 3 differs from the terminal 3 shown in FIG. 7 described in the first embodiment in that it has a serial code acquisition unit 513 .
  • the serial code acquisition unit 513 requests the management device 4 to transmit the serial code input screen based on the trigger information 11 acquired by the information display unit acquisition unit 510 . Then, it receives the serial code input screen and displays the serial code input screen on the image display unit 304 via the image generation unit 52 . Also, the serial code input to the serial code input screen is transmitted to the management device 4 .
  • the information guidance unit 512 displays the authentication result of the serial code from the management device 4 on the image display unit 304 via the image generation unit 52 .
  • FIG. 52 is a block diagram of the management device 4 in this embodiment.
  • the terminal 4 differs from the management device 4 shown in FIG. 8 described in the first embodiment in that it has a lottery right authentication unit 625 .
  • the storage unit 61 stores the serial code data D4.
  • the serial code data D4 is the serial code described in the magazine 4 sold by the company Y.
  • the serial code is a unique code number assigned to each magazine 4 and not duplicated. Such a serial code can be generated using check digits or the like.
  • FIG. 53 is a diagram showing an example of the serial code data D6. As shown in FIG. 53, serial code data D6 is stored in association with a unique serial code and an authentication flag. As will be described later, when the lottery right authentication unit 625 authenticates the user's lottery right using the serial code, and the lottery processing unit 621 completes the lottery processing, the authentication flag field of the serial code indicates that authentication has been completed. is given an authenticated flag indicating
  • the lottery right authentication unit 625 receives a request for transmission of the serial code input screen from the terminal 3, and displays the serial code input screen on the terminal 3 so that the serial code input screen as shown in FIG. Send to The lottery right authentication unit 625 collates the serial code input on the input screen with the serial code of the serial code data D4, and confirms that the serial code input on the input screen is included in the serial code data D4, and If the authentication flag is not set for the serial code, it is assumed that the serial code input to the input screen has been authenticated and the user's lottery right has been authenticated. Then, the lottery processing unit 621 is notified that the user's lottery right has been authenticated.
  • the lottery right authentication unit 625 also authenticates the expiration date of the serial code entered on the input screen when the expiration date is set for the serial code. If the serial code cannot be authenticated (including cases where the serial code cannot be authenticated because the expiration date has expired), the lottery right authentication unit 625 displays an error screen on the terminal to inform that the serial code (lottery right) could not be authenticated. Send to 3.
  • FIG. 55 is an example of an error screen for notifying that the serial code (lottery right) could not be authenticated.
  • FIG. 56 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the article supply system according to this embodiment. Compared to the flow chart of FIG. 10 described in the first embodiment, it differs in that Steps 20 and 21 are added between Steps 2 and 3 .
  • Step 20 is a serial code authentication process.
  • Step 21 is a step of transmitting the serial code input on the serial code input screen to the management device 4 . In this example, it is assumed that the input serial code is "1VB3588".
  • the authentication processing of Step 20 will be described.
  • the lottery right authentication unit 625 receives the serial code input to the input screen (Step 106), it authenticates the acquired serial code (Step 107). In this example, since the input serial code is "1VB3588", the serial code "1VB3588" is to be authenticated.
  • the lottery right authentication unit 625 collates the input serial code with the serial code of the serial code data D4, confirms that the input serial code is included in the serial code data D4, and that the serial code has an authenticated flag. is not set, the obtained serial code is authenticated, and it is determined that the user's lottery right has been authenticated (Step 108).
  • the lottery right authentication unit 625 also authenticates the expiration date of the serial code entered on the input screen when the expiration date is set for the serial code. When the expiration date of the serial code is valid and the serial code is authenticated, the lottery right authentication unit 625 transmits a supply guidance screen regarding article supply (Step 109).
  • the lottery right authentication unit 625 collates the input serial code with the serial code of the serial code data D4, and finds that the acquired serial code is not included in the serial code data D4 or the acquired serial code is not included in the serial code. Even if it is included in the code data D4, if the serial code has an authenticated flag, an expiration date is set for the serial code, and if the expiration date has passed, the obtained serial code will be invalidated. Judged as appropriate and not authenticated. If the serial code cannot be authenticated (including cases where the serial code cannot be authenticated because the expiration date has expired), the lottery right authentication unit 625 displays an error screen on the terminal to inform that the serial code (lottery right) could not be authenticated. 3 (Step 110).
  • the input serial code is "1VB3588", which is included in the serial code data D4 and is not given an authenticated flag. Also, the serial code does not have an expiration date. Therefore, the lottery right authentication unit 625 determines that the acquired serial code “1VB3588” has been authenticated and that the user's right to acquire the item 2 has been authenticated, and notifies the lottery processing unit 621 that the lottery right has been authenticated. Notice. This is the end of the description of the authentication process. Since Steps other than the above are the same as those in the first embodiment, details thereof are omitted.
  • the present embodiment realizes a collaboration (joint planning) that is beneficial not only to the user to whom the goods are supplied, but also to both the company that supplies the goods to the user and the company that supplies the goods to the user. can be done.
  • the present embodiment can meet the needs of various consumers such as companies that intend to use the article supply apparatus as well as users to whom articles are supplied.

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