JP2000099810A - Stamp card system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it possible to deal with many pieces of complicated information, to make it possible to provide various kinds of services and to improve the convenience. SOLUTION: This device is equipped with a card 1 which has a mark printing part 3 where a mark corresponding to the number of points is displayed and an ID recording part 2 where a customer ID is recorded, a reading means 4 for reading the customer ID, an amount of money information input means 8 for inputting the sales amount of money information of the customer, a point conversion means 9 for converting the sales amount of money information into points, an accumulated point calculating means 10 for calculating the accumulated points, a program data processing means 11 for outputting mark information for providing services set in advance in accordance with the points, a printing means 5 for printing a mark to the mark printing part 3 of the card 1 and a mark information storage part 14 for accumulating the outputted mark information and storing them for every customer ID.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a stamp card system using a stamp card on which points are displayed every time a customer makes a purchase or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in various industries such as public markets, shopping streets, rental video stores, etc., stamp cards have been issued to customers for the purpose of securing customers and further acquiring customers, and each time a customer performs shopping or the like. In addition, a stamp card system for displaying a point mark corresponding to a purchase amount or the like on a card has been introduced and implemented. On the other hand, in private shops, etc., due to the prolonged recession and the relaxation of the large store law, stamp card systems are being introduced to improve customer retention and improve customer attraction by improving the originality of each store and improving services. It has become to.

The stamp card system uses a stamp card in which a print layer is formed on the front surface and a magnetic recording layer is formed on the back surface. Each time the customer makes a shopping or the like, the stamp card 30 is inserted into the reader / writer 31 as shown in FIG. 7, and one point mark 32 is formed on the print layer on the surface of the card 30 as shown in FIG. In addition to printing, point information such as the printing position of the printed point mark 32 and the number of accumulated points is recorded on the magnetic recording layer on the back surface by magnetic data. Then, the customer can receive a prize or the like according to the number of point marks displayed on the stamp card 30.

[0004]

However, in the stamp card system, point information and the like are stored in the card 3.
0 to record as magnetic data on the magnetic recording layer on the back side,
There is a limit to the amount of information that can be recorded. Therefore, it is not possible to handle a lot of complicated information. In addition, one or several types of marks 32 are selected from several predetermined types of marks 32 and used. Therefore, more than a certain point mark 32 is printed one by one,
It is impossible to devise such a way of giving points, and it is almost impossible to diversify service contents such as playing a game with the point mark 32. Therefore, an attempt was made to increase the amount of magnetic data that can be recorded on the card 30. However, not only was the price of hardware for recording magnetic data extremely high, but also when the magnet approached the card 30, the data was destroyed. However, there is a problem that troubles such as troubles are likely to occur, and in fact, it is not actually performed.

On the other hand, in the above-mentioned conventional stamp card system, since the point information is recorded on the card 30 itself on which the point mark 32 is printed and handed to the customer,
There is also a problem that security against falsification of the printed mark 32 or magnetic data is low. In addition, since the point information is recorded on the card 30 itself, if the card 30 itself is lost, the data that has been accumulated up to that point is also lost, which makes it difficult to reissue the card 30 (point). There was a problem in terms of usability.

In the stamp card system,
Once the system is purchased, the service content of the stamp card 30 cannot be changed. Therefore, if the service content of the stamp card 30 does not meet the needs of the customer, or if the service becomes rut, the system itself must be replaced. For this reason, there is a problem that the cost for changing the service content is extremely high, and it is difficult to introduce the service particularly in a private store or the like.

[0007] Under these circumstances, there is a strong demand for the development of a stamp card system that can provide a variety of original services and is easy to use.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and has as its object to provide a user-friendly stamp card system that can handle a large amount of information that is complicated and can provide various services. .

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, a stamp card system according to the present invention has a mark printing section for displaying a mark corresponding to the number of points and a recording section for recording customer identification data. A card, reading means for reading customer identification data recorded on the card, input means for inputting purchase amount information of the customer,
Conversion means for converting the input purchase price information into points, calculation means for adding the converted points to the points accumulated up to the previous input to calculate the accumulated points, and converting the accumulated points into customer identification data Means for storing mark information for providing a preset service by executing an application program in accordance with the points converted by the conversion means; and A printing unit that prints a mark on a mark printing unit of the card according to the mark information, and a storage unit that adds the output mark information to the mark information accumulated up to the previous input and stores the mark information for each customer identification data. The gist is that it is provided.

[0010] That is, the stamp card system of the present invention comprises a storage means for storing the accumulated points for each customer identification data, and adding the output mark information to the mark information accumulated up to the last time of inputting the customer identification data. Storage means for storing each of them. As described above, since information such as point information is not recorded on the card itself as magnetic data but in the storage means of a large-capacity system, the amount of information that can be stored is greatly increased, and complex and large amounts of information are stored. Can be handled. Therefore, many types of point marks can be used at the same time,
As for the way of giving points, not only one fixed point mark is printed one by one, but also a game can be played on a card using various kinds of point marks, so that the service contents can be diversified greatly. Moreover, since it is sufficient to record only the customer identification data on the card itself, it is not necessary to increase the recording capacity of the card itself, and there is no inconvenience such as an increase in troubles such as destruction of the magnetic data of the card.

In the stamp card system of the present invention, since the point information is not recorded on the card but is stored in the storage means of the system itself, the point mark or the like may be falsified. However, the point information stored in the storage means is not rewritten, and the security against tampering is extremely high.
In addition, even if the card itself is lost, the data that has been stored up to that point is not lost, so that the card (point) can be easily reissued and the usability is extremely improved.

Furthermore, since a large amount of point information and mark information can be handled, a plurality of types of games and services can be provided in parallel.
Therefore, even if the content of the game or service of the stamp card does not meet the needs of the customer or becomes rut, it can be immediately switched to another content. Therefore, once the system is purchased, there is no need to replace the system each time the contents are switched. Moreover, various types of games and services can be provided in parallel. Also, if you issue a new service card, you can continue to use the old service card,
You can switch services at any time,
Switching requires little effort and cost, and is particularly easy to introduce in personal shops and the like.

The stamp card system of the present invention has a program storage unit for storing an application program to be executed by the program processing means, wherein a plurality of application programs are stored in the program storage unit. Then, by executing various types of application programs, it becomes possible to provide more various services. Also, switching and changing the service content does not require any labor or cost.

If the stamp card system of the present invention is provided with a program input means capable of inputting an application program at any time, a new application program can be input and executed as needed to provide various services. Can be provided.

[0015]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail.

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a stamp card system according to the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a stamp card, in which a printing layer made of a heat-sensitive colorant which is colored by heating is formed on the surface of a synthetic resin base sheet, and a magnetic recording layer is formed on the back surface. The printing layer is formed in a mark printing section 3 on which marks corresponding to the number of points are printed, and various marks and the like are printed on the mark printing section 3 so that a game or the like is performed on the card 1. Has become. Further, the magnetic recording layer is formed in an ID recording section 2 in which a customer ID (customer identification data) is recorded.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a reader / writer, which is a reading means 4 for reading a customer ID recorded on the stamp card 1 and a mark on the stamp card 1 according to mark information output from a program data processing means 11 to be described later. A printing unit 5 for printing various marks and the like on the printing unit 3.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a central processing unit, which is a point conversion means 9 for converting the purchase price information input to the purchase price information input means 8 such as a register into points, and which converts the converted points by the time of the previous input. The accumulated point calculating means 10 for calculating the accumulated points by adding to the accumulated points, and providing a preset service by executing an application program in accordance with the points converted by the point converting means 9, And a program data processing means 11 for outputting mark information for playing a game or the like on the card 1.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a main storage device, which stores the accumulated points calculated by the accumulated point calculating means 10 as a customer ID.
An accumulative point storage unit for storing for each customer ID, a mark information storage unit 14 for adding the mark information output from the program data processing means 11 to the mark information accumulated up to the previous input and storing the mark information for each customer ID; A program data storage unit 15 for storing an application program executed by the program data processing means 11. The program storage section 15 stores a plurality of application programs. 16
Reference numeral denotes a program data input unit which allows an application program to be input from a memory card or the like as needed.

Next, the operation of the stamp card system will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
In the figure, "S" means a step. First, it is always waiting for the stamp card 1 to be inserted (S
1) When the card 1 is inserted into the reader / writer 6, the reading means 4 reads the customer ID recorded in the ID recording section 2 of the card 1 (S2). Next, when the purchase price information is input from the price information input means 8 such as a register,
The point conversion means 9 converts the purchase amount information into points corresponding to the amount (S3 to S4).

Next, the accumulated points corresponding to the customer ID read from the card 1 read by the reading means 4 up to the previous input are taken out from the accumulated point storage section 13, and the points converted by the point conversion means 9 are stored in the accumulated point storage section. The cumulative points are calculated by adding the cumulative points to the cumulative points extracted from the storage unit 13 and stored in the cumulative point storage unit 13 for each customer ID again (S5 to S).
7).

Next, the customer ID read from the card 1
The accumulated mark information (the number, type, position, etc., of marks) up to the previous input corresponding to the last input is retrieved from the mark information storage unit 14 and converted from the purchase price by executing the application program in the program data processing unit 11. Mark information according to points (number of marks,
(Type, position, etc.) are output (S8-S9). The output mark information is added to the accumulated mark information obtained up to the previous input extracted from the mark information storage unit 14 and the customer I
It is stored in the mark information storage unit 14 for each D (S10).
After that, the mark information output from the program data processing means 11 is printed on the mark printing section 3 of the card 1, and the card 1 on which the mark is printed is transmitted from the reader / writer 6 (S11 to S12).

As described above, various marks and the like are printed on the mark printing section 3 of the card 1. Depending on the number and types of the printed marks, a game is played on the card 1 and services such as giving prizes and benefits to customers are provided.

According to the stamp card system, information such as point information and mark information is not recorded in the card 1 itself as magnetic data but in the main storage device 12 of a large-capacity system. The volume will increase dramatically, making it possible to handle complex and large amounts of information. Therefore, many types of marks can be used at the same time. The service content can be greatly diversified, such as playing various games on the card 1 using various types of marks. Moreover, since it is sufficient to record only the customer ID on the card 1 itself, it is not necessary to increase the recording capacity of the card 1 itself, and there is no inconvenience such that troubles such as destruction of the magnetic data of the card 1 increase. .

Further, in the stamp card system,
Since the point information is not recorded on the card 1 but is stored in the main storage device 12 of the system itself, even if the point mark or the like is falsified, the point information is stored in the main storage device 12. Point information is not rewritten, and security against tampering is extremely high. Moreover, even if the card 1 itself is lost, the data stored up to that point remains without being lost,
It is easy to reissue the card 1 (point), and the game which has been progressed up to that point is not interrupted, and the usability is extremely improved.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the stamp card 1 used in the stamp card system. This card 1
In the mark printing section 3, a sugoroku pattern is drawn, and when the purchase amount information is input, the number of the top marks 17 corresponding to the amount is printed, and when it is over, services such as premiums are provided to the customer. Provided. FIG. 4 is a second example of the stamp card 1 used in the stamp card system. In the card 1, a pachinko machine pattern is drawn on the mark printing unit 3, and when the purchase amount information is input, a pachinko ball mark 17 is printed. When the ball is inserted, services such as premiums are provided.

FIG. 5 shows a third example of the stamp card 1 used in the stamp card system. In this card 1, a pattern of a bingo card is drawn on the mark printing unit 3,
When the purchase price information is input, one mark 17 of a plurality of preset picture marks is printed,
When bingo is achieved with the same picture marks 17 arranged, services such as premiums are provided. FIG. 6 is a fourth example of the stamp card 1 used in the stamp card system. In this card 1, when the pattern of the water surface of the pond is drawn on the mark printing unit 3 and the purchase amount information is input, the pattern mark 17 of goldfish or net is printed, and the goldfish pattern and the net pattern overlap. , A service such as a prize is provided.

Each of the above stamp cards 1 is a partial example, and various types of stamp cards 1 can be used depending on the contents of the game and the manner of providing services.

In the above stamp card system, when a new type of stamp card 1 is to be adopted, a new application program is inputted from the program data input section 16 and stored in the program data storage section 15, and if necessary, a new application program is stored. An application program may be executed. In the stamp card system, since a plurality of application programs can be stored in the program data storage unit 15, even when a new application program is input, the application program that has been used can be used continuously. For this reason, the service can be continuously provided to the customer up to that time, and even if the service of the stamp card 1 does not meet the needs of the customer or becomes a rut, the service can be immediately switched to another service content. . Further, even if the card 1 having the new service content is issued, the card 1 having the old service content can be continuously used. .

In the stamp card system, a plurality of types of stamp cards 1 as described above may be used by one application program. This makes it easy not only to switch or change the service contents, but also to provide various kinds of games and services in parallel. Further, once the system is purchased, there is no need to replace the system each time the service content is switched.

In the stamp card 1, the heat-sensitive colorant forming the print layer is not particularly limited, and various conventionally known heat-sensitive colorants can be used. As the heat-sensitive coloring agent, there can be used a coloring agent which is colored only once and does not disappear, or a coloring agent which can be rewritten by erasing it by reheating and coloring it again. Such a rewritable stamp card 1 allows the same card 1 to be used repeatedly even if the service content is changed, and the issue cost of the card 1 can be reduced.

[0032]

As described above, in the stamp card system of the present invention, information such as point information is not recorded on the card itself as magnetic data, but is stored in the storage means of a large-capacity system. The amount of information increases dramatically, and it becomes possible to handle complex and large amounts of information. For this reason, many types of point marks can be used at the same time, and how to give points is not only to print fixed point marks one by one, but also to play the game on the card using various types of point marks Is also possible, and the service contents can be diversified greatly. Moreover, since it is sufficient to record only the customer identification data on the card itself, it is not necessary to increase the recording capacity of the card itself, and there is no inconvenience such as an increase in troubles such as destruction of the magnetic data of the card.

In the stamp card system of the present invention, since the point information is not recorded on the card but is stored in the storage means of the system itself, the point mark or the like may be falsified. However, the point information stored in the storage means is not rewritten, and the security against tampering is extremely high.
In addition, even if the card itself is lost, the data that has been stored up to that point is not lost, so that the card (point) can be easily reissued and the usability is extremely improved.

Further, since a large amount of point information and mark information can be handled, a plurality of types of games and services can be provided in parallel.
Therefore, even if the content of the game or service of the stamp card does not meet the needs of the customer or becomes rut, it can be immediately switched to another content. Therefore, once the system is purchased, there is no need to replace the system each time the contents are switched. Moreover, various types of games and services can be provided in parallel. Also, if you issue a new service card, you can continue to use the old service card,
You can switch services at any time,
Switching requires little effort and cost, and is particularly easy to introduce in personal shops and the like.

The stamp card system according to the present invention has a program storage unit for storing an application program to be executed by the program processing means, and a plurality of application programs are stored in the program storage unit. Then, by executing various types of application programs, it becomes possible to provide more various services. Also, switching and changing the service content does not require any labor or cost.

When the stamp card system of the present invention is provided with a program input means for enabling an input of an application program at any time, a new application program can be input and executed as needed to provide various services. Can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a stamp card system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the stamp card system.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing an example of a stamp card.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a second example of the stamp card.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a third example of the stamp card.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a fourth example of the stamp card.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a conventional stamp card system.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing a conventional stamp card.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Card 2 ID recording section 3 Mark printing section 4 Reading means 5 Printing means 8 Money information input means 9 Point conversion means 10 Cumulative point calculation means 11 Program data processing means 13 Cumulative point conversion means 14 Mark information storage section

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A card having a mark printing portion for displaying a mark corresponding to the number of points and a recording portion for recording customer identification data, reading means for reading customer identification data recorded on the card, and a customer Input means for inputting purchase amount information, conversion means for converting the input purchase amount information into points, and adding the converted points to points accumulated up to the previous input to calculate cumulative points. Calculating means, storing means for storing the accumulated points for each customer identification data, and mark information for providing a preset service by executing an application program in accordance with the points converted by the converting means. A program processing means for outputting, and a mark printing section of the card according to the outputted mark information. A stamp which prints a mark on the stamp, and storage means for adding the output mark information to the mark information accumulated up to the previous input and storing the mark information for each customer identification data. Card system. 2. The stamp card according to claim 1, further comprising a program storage unit for storing an application program executed by the program processing means, wherein a plurality of application programs are stored in the program storage unit. system. 3. The stamp card system according to claim 1, further comprising program input means for inputting an application program at any time.