JP2001357228A - Radio telephone, usage of radio telephone, system and method for buying using radio telephone, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To purchase an article at commercial facilities at a distance by using radio telephone such as portable telephone. SOLUTION: A card company 43 issues the portable telephone 1 with a card function to the commercial facilities 45 (1). The commercial facilities 45 customize the design and function of the portable telephone 1 to use for themselves. When a user 41 applies the card use to the commercial facilities 45, portable telephone 1 is rendered to the user 421. The user 42 having received the portable telephone 1 accesses a server 47 by the portable telephone 1. Then data on article for sale at the commercial facilities 45 are displayed on the display part 15 of the portable telephone 1. Desired articles can be specified for buying (2). Then, quantity data on the articles that the user 41 bought of the article stored on the server 47 are decreased by the number of articles bought.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wireless telephone, a method of using the same, a system for selling goods using the wireless telephone, a method of selling the same, and a program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, mobile phones and PHS (registered trademark: Pe)
Using a wireless telephone such as the rsonal Handyphone System (rsonal Handyphone System), various information can be used in addition to telephone calls.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to make wireless telephones more useful, and to make it possible to purchase a product from a remote commercial facility, a wireless telephone used therefor, and the like. A method and a program to be executed by a wireless telephone are provided.

[0004]

Means for Solving the Problems and Effects of the Invention A wireless telephone according to a first aspect of the present invention, which has been made to solve the above problems, comprises an image display device and a product sold at a store in a commercial facility. Access means for accessing a server on which product data comprising at least a type and each quantity thereof is recorded; product data display means for outputting the product data sent from the server to the image display device; Designating means for designating a product to be purchased from the product data displayed on the product data display means;
And a purchase merchandise transmitting means for transmitting purchase merchandise data indicating the merchandise designated by the designation means to the server.

[0005] According to such a wireless telephone, if the server of the commercial facility is accessed using the access means and the product data displayed on the image display device of the wireless telephone is specified using the specifying means, You can buy goods without having cash. According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the wireless telephone according to the first aspect, when a commodity to be purchased is designated by the designation means, the price display means is provided for outputting the price to the image display device. It is characterized by.

[0006] According to such a wireless telephone, when the settlement is made, the price is displayed on the image display device, so that the user can confirm the price. It is to be noted that the wireless telephone according to claim 1 or 2 is described as a method of using the wireless telephone, which is the present invention according to claim 9 or 10, respectively, and has the same effect as the corresponding wireless telephone. be able to. A program according to a seventeenth aspect causes a wireless telephone including a CPU capable of executing the program to function as the wireless telephone according to the first or second aspect. Therefore, when this program is executed by the CPU, it becomes a wireless telephone having corresponding means, and the same effect as the corresponding wireless telephone can be obtained.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a wireless telephone according to the first or second aspect, in which merchandise data comprising at least a kind and each quantity of merchandise sold at a store of a commercial facility are recorded. And the server as a main part, and accesses the server from the wireless telephone by the access means, and when the purchase of the commodity is designated by using the designation means, the commodity data transmitted by the purchase commodity transmission means The gist of the invention is a sales system using a wireless telephone (hereinafter, also simply referred to as a sales system), which is characterized by subtracting the quantity of the product data in the server based on the sales data.

[0008] According to such a sales system, if the server of the commercial facility is accessed using the access means of the wireless telephone, the commodity can be purchased without having cash. Also, the product data stored on the server is
Since the data is for products actually sold at the commercial facility, there is no concern that "there is no stock for the product". Therefore, the time required for the user to acquire the product is short.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the selling system using the wireless telephone according to the third aspect, the server is accessed from the wireless telephone by the access means, and the product is designated by the designation means. When the purchase is designated, the settlement means for subtracting the purchase price based on the commodity data transmitted by the purchase commodity transmission means from the account of the designated financial institution of the user who designated the purchase is provided. It is characterized by the following.

[0010] According to such a sales system, since the settlement is performed on the spot, there is no fear that the user excessively uses the deposits and savings of the account. According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the selling system using a wireless telephone according to the fourth aspect, the settlement means deducts the price and the user designates purchase of a product using the designation means. , And is performed on a settlement date that is a day after a predetermined number of days.

[0011] According to such a sales system, a predetermined number of days (for example, 30 days) after purchasing a product.
During the period, settlement will be delayed, so for the user,
While there is a possibility that the above-mentioned savings and deposits may be used excessively, a desired product can be purchased by preparing the price within the grace period. In addition, it is possible for the person who manages the savings account (mainly a financial institution) to demand an interest rate during the grace period.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the sales system using the wireless telephone according to the fifth aspect, when the settlement date approaches, a settlement date notification for notifying the user that the settlement date is near. Means are provided. According to such a sales system, since the settlement date is notified by the settlement date notification means, it is possible to prevent forgetting to deposit money into the account. It should be noted that the detection that the settlement date is approaching may be determined in advance by determining the number of days (for example, three days), and determining that "approaching" is made when the number of days before the settlement date is reached. No.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the sales system using the wireless telephone according to the sixth aspect, the settlement date informing means makes a call to the wireless telephone so that a user of the wireless telephone can make a call to the wireless telephone. It is characterized by being notified to According to such a sales system, since the notification is made to the wireless telephone, it is not necessary to newly provide a configuration for the notification. It should be noted that, contrary to this description, as long as the wireless telephone has a mail function, substantially the same effect can be obtained even if the notification is made by e-mail.

The present invention according to claim 8 is a sales system using a wireless telephone according to any one of claims 4 to 7, wherein when the balance of the account becomes smaller than a predetermined amount, the balance becomes smaller. And a balance notifying means for notifying the user of the fact.

According to such a sales system, when the balance becomes smaller than a predetermined amount (for example, 10,000 yen), the balance is notified to the user by the balance notifying means, thereby preventing overuse. be able to. Note that the balance notifying means may also notify the user by making a call to the user's wireless telephone, similarly to the settlement date notifying means, or may notify by e-mail if the wireless telephone has a mail function. Is also good.

The sales system according to claims 3 to 8 is described as a sales method using a radio telephone, which is the present invention according to claims 11 to 16, which are the same as the corresponding sales systems. The effect can be achieved.

[0017]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below. First, FIG. 1 shows a mobile phone 1 to which the present invention is applied. FIG. 1A is an external view of the mobile phone 1, and FIG. 1B is a block diagram of an internal configuration of the mobile phone 1. Mobile phone 1
Is provided with a display unit 15 composed of a liquid crystal display, arrow keys 17, function keys 19, numeric keys 20, and the like. The mobile phone 1 includes the display unit 15, the arrow keys 17,
In addition to the function key 19, a transmission / reception unit 23 for modulating / demodulating a signal transmitted / received via the antenna 21 to perform wireless communication with a base station constituting a mobile telephone network, and transmits / receives from another telephone device during a call. An audio output unit 2 that outputs an incoming audio signal as audio or generates a ring tone for notifying a user that a calling signal has been transmitted from a base station.
5, a voice input unit 27 for inputting a user's voice, a connector 28 for connecting to an external device, and a control unit 29 connected to these units for performing various control processes. The control unit 29 is configured as a microcomputer and includes a CPU 31, a ROM 33, and a RAM 35, a bus line (not shown) for connecting these components, and an I / O (not shown) for connecting these components. ) Etc. Although not shown, the mobile phone 1 also includes a clock with a calendar. Then, the function as the general mobile phone 1 is realized by executing a program stored in the ROM 33.

The various control processes include the following, for example. That is, the calling process for transmitting a dial number for calling another telephone device from the transmitting / receiving unit 23 to the base station, and upon receiving a calling signal from the base station,
Incoming processing for generating a ring tone from the voice output unit 25 and displaying the contents of the incoming call on the display unit 15, and when the user inputs a command to connect the mobile phone 1 to the mobile phone network according to the generation of the ring tone. , The mobile phone 1 via the transmitting / receiving unit 23.
Is connected to the mobile telephone network by a connection process and a calling process by which the telephone device of the called party is connected to the mobile telephone network, and a telephone call with the telephone device of the called party becomes possible. When the mobile phone 1 is connected to the mobile phone network and is able to talk with the telephone device on the caller side, a voice signal input by the user from the voice input unit 25 is transmitted from the transmission / reception unit 13 to the base station. Input / output processing for generating a voice from the voice output unit 25 based on a voice signal transmitted from a mobile phone network, or by a user when the mobile phone 1 is connected to a base station. When a command to cut off the connection between the mobile phone 1 and the base station is input, a cut-off process for cutting off the connection, a browsing process for outputting a site for the mobile phone 1 on the Internet to the display unit 15, and an e-mail via the Internet Sending It is a mail processing or the like for trust.

FIG. 2 is a schematic explanatory diagram of one embodiment of the sales system of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the system includes a user 41 who owns the mobile phone 1 and a card company (or a credit company; hereinafter, represented by a card company).
43 and a commercial facility 45 as main parts. The commercial facilities 45 include a department store, a game facility, a restaurant, and the like, and these are allied with each other as facilities that can use the mobile phone 1. Reference numeral 47 denotes a server provided in the commercial facility 45, which is shown as being connected only to department stores in this figure. However, in practice, the gaming facility and restaurants also have the server 47, 1 can be accessed via the Internet.

FIG. 3 shows a procedure for using the present system.
The numbers (1) to (5) correspond to the numbers in FIG. Here, it is assumed that the user 41 does not yet own the mobile phone 1. In this system, commercial facilities 45
(Represented by a department store in this figure) and a card company 43
First, based on this alliance, the card company 43 transfers the mobile phone 1 having a card function to the commercial facility 4.
5 (Step (hereinafter referred to as S) 110):
(1)). The commercial facility 45 customizes the design and functions of the mobile phone 1 for its own commercial facility (S12).
0). At this time, naming is performed if necessary. In addition,
If the commercial facility 45 determines that there is no need to change the design or the like, the customization need not be performed.

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

The procedure for using the direct sales function will be described below. The user 4 who has thus received the mobile phone 1
1 accesses the server 47 with the mobile phone 1. The server 47 is provided with a site for introducing products currently sold at the commercial facility 45. To display this site on the display unit 15, the user 41 calls a menu screen (not shown) by pressing the function key 19,
Further, the arrow keys 17 and the function keys 19 are appropriately operated.
This corresponds to the access means of the present invention. FIG. 4 shows this site displayed. This screen is composed of an area 51 where the current date is displayed, and an area 53 where products currently sold at the store of the commercial facility 45 are displayed.
Check box 5 displayed on the left of area 53
By checking 5, the product can be purchased. The process of displaying this screen corresponds to the product data display means of the present invention. To put a check in the check box 55, the cursor (the check box 55 is highlighted) to the left of the desired product by appropriately pressing the up and down arrow keys 17 (keys indicated by ▲ or ▼). (Not shown), and press the function key 19. That is, here, the up and down arrow keys 17 and the function key 19 correspond to the designation means of the present invention. Area 5
3 can be scrolled by pressing the arrow keys 17 up and down, so that various commodities sold at commercial facilities can be purchased. When the lowermost portion of the area 53 is displayed by this scroll, there is an icon (not shown) indicating “purchase”, and the cursor is moved to this icon by operating the arrow keys 17 (that is, the icon is inverted). ), Pressing the function key 19 indicates that the user has purchased the item for which the check box 55 is checked.

Then, an authentication screen as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed. This screen includes an area 61 for displaying card numbers,
An area 63 for displaying today's date, an area 65 for displaying the product and its price for which the check box 55 is checked in the area 53, and an area 6 for displaying the total purchase amount.
7 and the like.

The authentication (S150) is performed by the user 41 inputting a password using the numeric keys 20 of the mobile phone 1. Each time the user 41 inputs one numeric key, one * is displayed in the area 69. When the password is correctly input, “●” is displayed in the column 71, and the authentication is completed. If the password is incorrect, "●" is displayed in the column 73 to urge re-input of the password. The following S1
At 60, the purchase data of the product is confirmed. This is performed by displaying the products whose check boxes 55 are checked in FIG. 4 in the area 65 and displaying the total amount in the area 67. This corresponds to the price display means of the present invention. Looking at this display, the user 41 confirms the product he / she is purchasing and the price thereof.

When the user 41 presses the arrow key 17 indicated by ▼ in FIG. 1A, the display of the area 75 indicated as “purchase” in FIG. When the user presses, the payment is completed, and the usage statement data is transmitted to the server 47 (S170: (2)). This data is transmitted from the server 47 to the card company 43 (3).
This processing corresponds to the purchased commodity transmitting means of the present invention. Then, the quantity data of the product purchased by the user 41 is subtracted by the purchased number from the product information stored in the server 47. This data is transmitted to the store of the commercial facility 45, and the merchandise arranged in the store is sent to the user 41 (4). Then, it is deducted from the account of the user 41 (a bank account, a postal savings account, an account of an agricultural cooperative, a general account of a securities company, etc.) registered in the card company 43 in advance (S180). This processing corresponds to the settlement means of the present invention. The balance after the withdrawal is displayed in the area 67 instead of the total amount displayed so far (S190). At a later date, the card company 43 sends a usage statement to the user 41 (5).

According to the present system for performing such processing, it is possible to use the mobile phone 1 to purchase a product of a commercial facility 45 located at a remote place. In addition, since the data of the product displayed on the mobile phone 1 is data of the product actually sold at the commercial facility 45, there is actually no stock.
Don't worry about it. Therefore, the time required for the user 41 to acquire the product is short.

The mobile phone 1 has the same function as a conventional credit card. With this feature,
The user 41 can extend the settlement first, or receive the installment payment or the revolving payment. As described above, the embodiment to which the present invention is applied has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment, and can be implemented in various modes.

For example, in the above embodiment, a portable telephone is used as a wireless telephone, but the same may be realized by using a PHS. In the case of using the credit card function, when the settlement date is approaching (for example, three days before), a telephone for automatically informing that the settlement date is approaching from the settlement institution 43 is received by the mobile phone 1. May be. This corresponds to the settlement date notification means of the present invention. The notification may be configured to reach the mobile phone 1 by e-mail.

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

Further, as the wireless telephone, a telephone which functions as the wireless telephone of the present invention by loading a specific program into the RAM 35 and executing the program may be used.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of a mobile phone 1 used in a sales system to which the present invention is applied.

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

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an outline of a flow when issuing a mobile phone 1 and receiving direct sales in the sales system of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the display unit 15 when making a purchase using the mobile phone 1.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the display unit 15 when performing authentication using the mobile phone 1.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Mobile telephone 13 ... Transmission / reception part 15 ... Display part 17 ... Arrow key 19 ... Function key 20 ... Numeric key 21 ... Antenna 23 ... Transmission / reception part 25 ... Voice output part 25 ... Voice input part 27 ... Voice input part 29 ... Control part 41 ... User 43 ... Card company 45 ... Retail facility 47 ... Server

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Claims (17)

[Claims] 1. An image display device, access means for accessing a server on which merchandise data of at least types and respective quantities of merchandise sold at a store in a commercial facility are recorded; Product data display means for outputting the product data that has come to the image display device; designating means for designating a product to be purchased from the product data displayed on the product data display means; And a purchase commodity transmitting means for transmitting purchase commodity data indicating the commodity designated by the above to the server. 2. The wireless telephone according to claim 1, further comprising a price display unit for outputting a price to the image display device when a product to be purchased is specified by the specifying unit. phone. 3. A radio telephone according to claim 1 or 2, and a server on which merchandise data of at least a kind and an amount of each of merchandise sold at a store of a commercial facility are recorded. When the server is accessed by the access unit from the wireless telephone and purchase of a product is designated using the designation unit, a product in the server is transmitted based on the product data transmitted by the purchase product transmission unit. A sales system using a wireless telephone, wherein the quantity of data is subtracted. 4. The sales system using a wireless telephone according to claim 3, wherein the wireless telephone accesses the server by the access unit, and when the purchase of a product is designated by the designation unit, A wireless telephone comprising a settlement unit for subtracting a purchase price based on the product data transmitted by the purchased product transmission unit from a pre-specified account of a financial institution of the designated user; The sales system used. 5. The sales system using a wireless telephone according to claim 4, wherein the settlement means performs the deduction of the price, and the user designates the purchase of the product using the designation means before the purchase is designated. A sales system using a wireless telephone, which is performed on a settlement day that is a day after a predetermined number of days. 6. The sales system using a wireless telephone according to claim 5, further comprising a settlement date notifying unit for notifying the user that the settlement date is near when the settlement date approaches. Sales system using wireless telephones. 7. A sales system using a wireless telephone according to claim 6, wherein the settlement date informing means notifies the user of the wireless telephone by making a call to the wireless telephone. A sales system using a wireless telephone. 8. The sales system using a wireless telephone according to claim 4, wherein when the balance of the account is smaller than a predetermined amount, the user is notified that the balance is small. A sales system using a radio telephone, comprising a balance notifying means. 9. A method for using a wireless telephone provided with an image display device, comprising: accessing a server on which product data including at least a type and a quantity of each of products sold at a store of a commercial facility is recorded. Outputting the product data sent from the server to the image display device, specifying a product to be purchased from the output product data, and transmitting the purchased product data indicating the product to the server. A method of using a wireless telephone, characterized by transmitting. 10. The method of using a wireless telephone according to claim 9, wherein when a product to be purchased is designated, the price is output to the image display device. 11. A radio telephone according to claim 1 or 2, and a server on which merchandise data of at least a kind and an amount of each of merchandise sold at a store of a commercial facility are recorded. When the server is accessed by the access unit from the wireless telephone and purchase of a product is designated using the designation unit, a product in the server is transmitted based on the product data transmitted by the purchase product transmission unit. A sales method using a wireless telephone, characterized by subtracting the quantity of data. 12. The selling method using a wireless telephone according to claim 11, wherein when the server is accessed from the wireless telephone by the access unit and purchase of a product is designated by the designation unit, A selling method using a wireless telephone, wherein a purchase price is subtracted from a designated user's account of a designated financial institution based on product data transmitted by the purchased product transmitting means. 13. The sales method using a wireless telephone according to claim 12, wherein the payment is deducted on a day after a predetermined number of days after the user specifies the purchase of a product. A sales method using a wireless telephone, which is performed on a day. 14. The sales method using a wireless telephone according to claim 13, wherein when the settlement date approaches, the user is notified that the settlement date is near. Method. 15. The sales method using a wireless telephone according to claim 14, wherein a call is made to the wireless telephone to notify a user of the wireless telephone that the settlement date is near. Sales method using telephone. 16. The selling method using a wireless telephone according to any one of claims 12 to 15, wherein when the balance of the account becomes smaller than a predetermined amount, the user is notified that the balance is small. A selling method using a wireless telephone. 17. A program for causing a wireless telephone having a CPU capable of executing the program to function as the wireless telephone according to claim 1 or 2.