JP2013149017A - Privilege giving system and privilege giving server - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a privilege giving system and a privilege giving server providing a privilege that can be a motivation for a user to go to a shop where the user has not visited.SOLUTION: A privilege giving system 100 comprises; an IC card 3 for storing ride information which is information on a commutation ride section and a getting-off station; and a shop terminal 5 that is installed in a shop providing a service and includes an R/W section 52 for communicating with the IC card 3 and reading the ride information. The privilege giving system 100 gives a privilege to a user P carrying the IC card 3 that has received the service at the shop. The privilege giving system 100 includes; a riding-past condition section 15 that, when the getting-off station included in the read ride information matches the nearest station of the shop where the shop terminal 5 is installed and the getting-off station is out of the commutation ride section, determines whether or not a predetermined riding-past condition is satisfied; a purchase condition section 16 that, when the predetermined riding-past condition is satisfied, determines whether or not a predetermined purchase condition is satisfied; and a privilege giving section 17 that, when the predetermined purchase condition is satisfied, gives the user P a predetermined privilege.

Description

  The present invention relates to a privilege grant system and a privilege grant server.

  Conventionally, a coupon information providing system has been proposed in which service plan information is distributed to a terminal carried by a registered user and a coupon is issued to a terminal that has issued a coupon issuance request (for example, Patent Document 1). ).

JP 2007-304979 A

  In general, there is one aspect that a coupon can be used to motivate a user to go to a store that has never been. However, when the store is located in a place away from the user's range of action, whether the user goes to the store until using the coupon depends largely on the content of the coupon. On the other hand, in the system described in Patent Document 1, service plan information is distributed by visiting a store once and registering customer information. That is, even if the system described in Patent Document 1 is used, service plan information is not distributed from a store that has never been used.

  Then, an object of this invention is to provide the privilege provision system and privilege provision server which can become a motivation to go to the store which the user has never performed.

  The present invention solves the above problems by the following means. In addition, in order to make an understanding easy, although the code | symbol corresponding to embodiment of this invention is attached | subjected and demonstrated, it is not limited to this. In addition, the configuration described with reference numerals may be improved as appropriate, or at least a part thereof may be replaced with another configuration.

The first invention comprises a regular boarding medium (3) having regular boarding information, and a store terminal (5) having a reader / writer unit (52) installed in the store providing the service. A privilege granting system (100) for granting a privilege to a user (P) carrying the regular boarding medium that has received the service, wherein the regular boarding medium is information on a regular boarding section and an exit station. Stores certain boarding information, and the reader / writer unit of the store terminal communicates with the regular boarding medium to read the boarding information, and the getting-off station included in the read boarding information is A transit condition section (15) for determining whether or not a predetermined transit condition is satisfied when the train station matches the nearest station of the store where the store terminal is installed and the disembarking station is out of the regular boarding section; , A purchase condition part (16) for determining whether or not a predetermined purchase condition is satisfied when the predetermined transfer condition by the transfer condition part is satisfied, and when the predetermined purchase condition by the purchase condition part is satisfied And a privilege granting unit (17) for granting a predetermined privilege to the user.
2nd invention is the privilege provision system (100) of 1st invention, Comprising: The said predetermined privilege which the said privilege provision part (17) provides is until it leaves the said regular boarding area and reaches a disembarking station. It is a privilege grant system characterized by being at least a part of boarding fare.
3rd invention is the privilege provision system (100) of 1st invention or 2nd invention, Comprising: The said boarding condition of the said boarding condition part (15) is the said boarding area for the said getting-off station It is a privilege grant system characterized by being a disembarking station of a different line connected to the route within the range of the regular boarding section.
4th invention is the privilege provision system (100) in any one from 1st invention to 3rd invention, Comprising: The gate (7) which manages the entrance / exit in the said means of transportation of the said user (P) The gate includes a gate reader / writer (72) for storing the date and time when the user passes through the gate installed at the disembarking station and the disembarking station in the regular boarding medium (3), The privilege granting unit (17) grants the predetermined privilege when the date and time is within a predetermined time from the current date and time based on the boarding information of the regular boarding medium. It is.
5th invention is the privilege provision system (100) in any one from 1st invention to 4th invention, Comprising: The said regular boarding medium (3) is further the user specification which can specify the said user. The information is memorized, and the user (P) makes a reservation for use in the store, so that the reservation receiving unit (12) for receiving the user specifying information and the use reservation information, and the reservation receiving unit The user specifying information read by the reservation storing unit (27) for storing the user specifying information in association with the received use reservation information and the reader / writer unit (52) of the store terminal (5). And a reservation confirmation unit (13) for confirming whether or not the user has made a reservation for use by comparing the information stored in the reservation storage unit, and the passover condition unit (15 ) Said reservation If it is confirmed to be the use reserved by 認部, it is determined whether the predetermined riding past condition is satisfied, a privilege granting system characterized.
6th invention is the privilege provision system (100) in any one of 1st invention to 5th invention, Comprising: The user specific information which can specify the said user (P), and the said user's said A member information storage unit (21) for storing a regular boarding section as member information, store specifying information for specifying the store, the predetermined transit condition, and a privilege granting condition including the predetermined purchase condition and privilege contents When the store information storage unit (25) to be stored and the regular boarding section stored in the member information storage unit satisfy the predetermined transit condition stored in the store information storage unit, for the user It is a privilege grant system characterized by including a privilege information provision part (11) which provides the privilege grant conditions.
7th invention is the privilege provision system in any one from 1st invention to 6th invention, Comprising: The said privilege provision part is predetermined in each of the said several stores where the said nearest station is the same The privilege granting system is characterized in that the predetermined privilege is granted when the predetermined purchase condition by the purchase condition unit is satisfied.
8th invention is the privilege provision system (100) of any one from 1st invention to 7th invention, Comprising: It connected via the communication network (N) with respect to the said store terminal (5). A privilege granting server (1) is provided, and the store terminal transmits the boarding information read by the reader / writer unit (52) to the privilege granting server, and the privilege granting server sends the boarding condition unit (15 ) And the purchase condition section (16).

  A ninth invention is connected to a store terminal (5) having a reader / writer unit (52) installed in a store providing a service via a communication network (N), and provides the service at the store. A privilege grant server (1) for granting a privilege to a user (P) carrying the received regular boarding medium (3), wherein the regular boarding medium having regular boarding information communicates with the reader / writer unit. The boarding information receiving unit (10) that receives the boarding information that is the information of the regular boarding section and the getting-off station stored in the regular boarding medium read from the store terminal, and the boarding information includes the boarding information receiving unit (10) Passover conditions for determining whether or not a predetermined transit condition is satisfied when the disembarking station matches the nearest station of the store where the store terminal is installed and the disembarking station is out of the regular boarding section (15), a purchase condition unit (16) for determining whether or not a predetermined purchase condition is satisfied when the predetermined transfer condition by the transfer condition unit is satisfied, and the predetermined purchase by the purchase condition unit A privilege providing unit (17) that grants a predetermined privilege related to at least a part of a boarding fare from the regular boarding section to the disembarking station when the condition is satisfied. It is a grant server.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the privilege provision system and privilege provision server which can become a motivation to go to the store which the user has never performed can be provided.

It is a figure which shows the whole structure and functional structure of the privilege provision system which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the outline | summary of the process in the privilege provision system which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the member information storage part which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the shop information storage part which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the reservation memory | storage part which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the positional relationship of the route map which concerns on this embodiment, and a shop. It is a flowchart of the member information registration process which concerns on this embodiment. It is a flowchart of the store information registration process which concerns on this embodiment. It is a flowchart of the coupon issue process which concerns on this embodiment. It is a flowchart of the ticket gate process which concerns on this embodiment. It is a flowchart of the process in the store which concerns on this embodiment. It is a continuation of FIG.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. This is merely an example, and the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to this.

(Embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an overall configuration and a functional configuration of a privilege grant system 100 according to the present embodiment.
The privilege grant system 100 includes a server 1 (privilege grant server), an IC (Integrated Circuit) card 3 (periodic boarding medium), a PC (personal computer) 4, a store terminal 5, and a ticket gate 7. . The server 1, the PC 4, and the store terminal 5 are communicably connected via a communication network N.

The server 1 provides a member service. The server 1 provides information related to the privileges granted to the user member by the store registered in the store member service to the user P (see FIG. 2) who registered the user as a coupon. The server 1 accepts reservation information from the user P to the store to which the privilege is granted, and grants the privilege to the user P when the user P actually goes to the store and satisfies a predetermined condition. To do.
The server 1 includes a control unit 10, a storage unit 20, and an I / F (interface) unit 28 for communication.

  The control unit 10 is a CPU (Central Processing Unit) that controls the entire server 1. The control unit 10 reads and executes an operating system (OS) and application programs stored in the storage unit 20 as appropriate, thereby cooperating with the hardware described above and realizing various functions according to the present invention. .

The control unit 10 includes an information providing unit 11, a reservation receiving unit 12, a reservation confirmation unit 13, a transit condition unit 15, a purchase condition unit 16, and a privilege granting unit 17.
The information providing unit 11 provides the user P who has registered as a user with information related to the privilege granted to the user member for each store. User registration can be performed using a Web service by, for example, the user P operating the PC 4 and communicating with the server 1 from the PC 4 via the communication network N. And the information provision part 11 outputs the information regarding a privilege to the page of the user P because the user P logs in in order to use Web service, for example via PC4.

  The reservation receiving unit 12 receives information (reservation information) when the user P makes a reservation for a store, for example, by providing information to the user P by the information providing unit 11. The user P makes a reservation at the store using a communication means such as a telephone or e-mail, and the operator S such as an employee of a coupon provider at the store or the like transmits the reservation information via the store terminal 5 to make a reservation. The reception unit 12 may receive a reservation. Alternatively, when the user P inputs the reservation information from the PC 4, the reservation information is transmitted from the PC 4 to the server 1, and the reservation reception unit 12 of the server 1 receives the reservation information, and the reservation information is sent to the store terminal 5. May be sent. As long as both the user P and the operator S can know the same reservation information and can store the information in the server 1, any method that can be realized may be used.

  The reservation confirmation unit 13 confirms whether the user P has made a reservation for the store. Specifically, by actually going to the store reserved by the user P and having the R / W (reader / writer) unit 52 (described later) of the store terminal 5 read the IC card 3 owned by the user P, Information about the user P such as the name of the user P stored in the IC card 3 is transmitted to the server 1. And the control part 10 receives the information regarding the user P, and collates with the reservation memory | storage part 27 (refer FIG. 5), The reservation confirmation part 13 determines whether the reservation with respect to the store is made by the user P. Check.

The passing-over condition unit 15 determines whether or not the traveling condition of the user P until the user P arrives at the store satisfies a passing condition determined in advance by the store.
The purchase condition unit 16 determines whether or not the purchase of goods or eating and drinking at the store by the user P meets the conditions set in advance by the store when the transfer condition of the transfer condition unit 15 is satisfied.
The privilege grant unit 17 grants a privilege to the user P when the purchase conditions of the purchase condition unit 16 are satisfied.

  The storage unit 20 is a storage area such as a hard disk or a semiconductor memory element for storing programs, information, and the like necessary for executing the control unit 10. The storage unit 20 includes a member information storage unit 21, a store information storage unit 25, and a reservation storage unit 27.

The member information storage unit 21 stores regular boarding information such as a regular boarding section and a regular expiration date of the user P registered as a user (see FIG. 3).
The store information storage unit 25 stores a store attribute information storage unit 23 that is information related to store attributes, and a privilege information storage unit 24 that is information on privilege grant conditions at the store (see FIG. 4). The store attribute information storage unit 23 stores a store name, a store ID (Identifier) that uniquely indicates the store, and the nearest station of the store. The privilege information storage unit 24 stores a store ID, a transfer condition, purchase conditions, coupon privilege information, and the like, using a coupon ID uniquely indicating the privilege information as a key.
The reservation storage unit 27 stores the reservation information received by the reservation receiving unit 12 (see FIG. 5).
The I / F unit 28 is an interface for performing communication with the PC 4 and the store terminal 5 via the communication network N.

The IC card 3 is a boarding card with regular boarding information used when using public transportation (transportation means) such as a railway or a bus. The IC card 3 is a prepaid card-type boarding card that can be charged with a fare or the like. Furthermore, the IC card 3 has settlement account information. The IC card 3 is carried by the user P when getting on and off the train, etc., and the IC card 3 is held (touched) on the R / W part 72 (described later) of the ticket gate 7 to thereby check the ticket gate 7. For example, communication is performed using a magnetic field. Further, the IC card 3 is held over the R / W unit 52 of the store terminal 5 to perform communication with the store terminal 5 using, for example, a magnetic field.
The IC card 3 includes a card control unit 30, a card storage unit 35, and an I / F unit 38.

The card control unit 30 is a CPU that executes various processes according to the OS and application programs stored in the card storage unit 35.
The card storage unit 35 is configured to appropriately store programs and data necessary for the card control unit 30 to execute various processes. The card storage unit 35 includes a regular information storage unit 35a. The regular information storage unit 35a stores regular boarding information such as a regular boarding section (including via), a regular expiration date, a user name, age, and sex. In addition, the card storage unit 35 stores information on the latest boarding such as the boarding station name and entry time, the getting-off station name and the departure time. Further, the card storage unit 35 stores information for specifying a card such as a card ID, a charge amount, settlement account information, and the like.

  For example, the I / F unit 38 outputs the regular boarding information stored in the regular information storage unit 35a and the charge amount in the storage area to the ticket gate 7 via the R / W unit 72 of the ticket gate 7. Or the latest boarding information to be stored in the card storage unit 35 from the ticket gate 7. The I / F unit 38 is an interface that outputs the regular boarding section and the latest boarding information stored in the card storage unit 35 via the R / W unit 52 of the store terminal 5.

  The PC 4 may be a general personal computer, and includes a display unit, an operation unit, a control unit, a storage unit, and an I / F unit for communication. For example, the PC 4 is a terminal used by the user P, and is preferably installed with a Web browser so that the Web service can be used. The PC 4 is used, for example, when the user P performs user registration. The PC 4 includes an R / W unit 42 that can communicate with the IC card 3 using a magnetic field, for example. Then, the PC 4 reads the attribute information such as the name, age, and sex of the user P and the regular information such as the regular boarding period and the regular expiration date from the IC card 3 of the user P via the R / W unit 42. The user can be registered using the read information.

The store terminal 5 is a terminal arranged in each store. The store terminal 5 includes a control unit 50, an R / W unit 52, a storage unit 55, and an I / F unit 58. The store terminal 5 is a terminal used by the operator S, and is preferably installed with a Web browser and can use a Web service. The store terminal 5 may be a terminal integrated with a cash register terminal.
The control unit 50 is a CPU that executes various processes according to the OS and application programs stored in the storage unit 55.

The R / W unit 52 performs an interface with the IC card 3. For example, the R / W unit 52 communicates with the IC card 3 when paying for the service after the user P receives the service at the store.
The storage unit 55 is configured to appropriately store programs, data, and the like necessary for the control unit 50 to execute various processes.
The I / F unit 58 is an interface for communicating with the server 1 via the communication network N.

The ticket gate 7 is a gate-type device that is provided at a ticket gate at each station of the railway, and manages the entry and exit of the user P and the boarding fare. The ticket gate 7 includes a gate control unit 70, an R / W unit 72, and a gate storage unit 75.
The gate control unit 70 is a CPU that executes various gate processes such as opening and closing of the gate according to the OS and application programs stored in the gate storage unit 75. The gate control unit 70 also has a date acquisition function for acquiring the current date. The date and time acquisition function may be realized by having a clock in the gate control unit 70 or by receiving a digital signal of date / time information from an atomic clock transmitted from a standard radio wave transmission station. Good.

The R / W unit 72 performs an interface with the IC card 3. The R / W unit 72 communicates with the IC card 3 when the user P enters and exits the ticket gate 7.
For example, let us consider a case where the passenger enters the station in the regular boarding section stored in the card storage unit 35 of the IC card 3 and exits after exceeding the regular boarding section, that is, overcoming. In this case, the R / W unit 72 of the ticket gate 7 installed at the boarding station outputs the boarding station name and date / time to the IC card 3. The R / W unit 72 of the ticket gate 7 installed at the exit station checks the boarding station name and the regular boarding section stored in the IC card 3, and then charges for the amount of transit from the pre-stored charge. , And the name and date and time of getting off the station are output to the IC card 3. Thereby, the IC card 3 can write the output information in the card storage unit 35.
The gate storage unit 75 appropriately stores programs, data, and the like necessary for the gate control unit 70 to execute various processes. The gate storage unit 75 stores the name of the station where the ticket gate 7 is installed.

  The communication network N is, for example, an Internet line that connects between the server 1 and the PC 4 and between the server 1 and the store terminal 5. A part of the communication network N may perform wireless communication.

  Next, an outline of processing of the privilege grant system 100 will be described. FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining an overview of processing in the privilege grant system 100 according to the present embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the member information storage unit 21 according to the present embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the store information storage unit 25 according to the present embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the reservation storage unit 27 according to the present embodiment.

1. Prior Registration (1) User Registration As shown on the left side of FIG. 2 (1), the user P communicates with the server 1 by using a Web service using the PC 4, and performs user registration. . The user P receives the user information of the user name, the card ID of the IC card 3, the age, the sex, the regular boarding section (including via), the regular expiration date, and the settlement account number necessary for the user information as the PC 4. Enter from. The essential items are information on the user name, card ID, regular boarding section, and regular expiration date. By doing so, the server 1 assigns a user ID that uniquely represents the user, and stores the information in the member information storage unit 21 shown in FIG. The user information can also be obtained by causing the R / W unit 42 of the PC 4 to read the IC card 3.

(2) Store Registration As shown on the right side of FIG. 2 (1), the operator S communicates with the server 1 by using the web service using the store terminal 5 to register the store. The operator S inputs the store name, the nearest station, etc. from the store terminal 5 as store information. By doing so, the server 1 assigns a store ID that uniquely represents the store, and stores the information in the store attribute information storage unit 23 of the store information storage unit 25 shown in FIG.
Further, the operator S communicates with the server 1 by using a web service using the store terminal 5 and registers a coupon for giving a privilege. The operator S inputs the coupon information of each item of the getting-over station, the purchase condition, the coupon expiration date, the coupon validity time, and the coupon privilege from the store terminal 5. Here, the coupon valid time is the maximum time from the date and time when the ticket passes through the ticket gate 7 of the disembarking station until the privilege is granted. The coupon privilege includes a privilege related to transportation expenses. By doing so, the server 1 assigns a coupon ID that uniquely represents the coupon, and the privilege information storage unit 24 of the store information storage unit 25 shown in FIG. Remember.

(3) Provision of coupon information The server 1 is configured so that the periodic expiration date of the user stored in the member information storage unit 21 is set to a date after the coupon expiration date of the privilege information storage unit 24, that is, the coupon If the regular expiry date remains until the expiry date of the member, and the regular boarding section stored in the member information storage unit 21 satisfies the boarding conditions for the alighting station in the privilege information storage unit 24, the user P is A coupon providing process for providing corresponding coupon information is performed.
Coupon information can be provided by displaying coupon information on the top page when user P logs in to use the member service, or by additionally registering an e-mail address when registering the user. Coupon information may be provided by sending an e-mail. Further, the provision timing may be determined by the operator S and the above-described coupon provision process may be performed, or the server 1 may perform the provision periodically.

2. Reservation The user P refers to the coupon information provided from the server 1 and decides a store to go and makes a reservation. As shown in FIG. 2 (2), the user P makes a reservation by directly calling or mailing the store. The reservation only needs to be able to identify the user P such as the name of the user P. In the store, when a reservation is accepted, reservation information is input from the store terminal 5 and transmitted to the server 1. Further, the server 1 may provide a means for performing a reservation process for the PC 4 and the store terminal 5. The reservation information is stored in the reservation storage unit 27 as shown in FIG.

3. Alighting user P goes to the reserved store using transportation means such as a train including the regular boarding section of the IC card 3 on the reservation day. When the user P carries the IC card 3 and passes the ticket gate 7 at the exit station, the user P holds the IC card 3 over the R / W unit 72 of the ticket gate 7. By doing so, the R / W unit 72 of the ticket gate 7 reads the regular boarding section and the charge amount of the IC card 3. The gate control unit 70 calculates the latest charge balance by subtracting from the charge balance the transportation cost (passover fee) that is out of the regular boarding section. Then, the R / W unit 72 outputs the latest charge balance and writes it in the IC card 3. In addition, the R / W unit 72 of the ticket gate 7 outputs the name of the getting-off station and the date and time of getting off to the boarding information of the IC card 3 and writes them in the IC card 3. The ticket gate 7 opens the gate so that the user P can pass the ticket gate.

  FIG. 2 (3) shows a mode in which the user P passes through the ticket gate 7 at E station at 17:50. As the user P passes through the ticket gate 7, the IC card 3 stores the station where the ticket gate 7 passed and the time when the ticket gate 7 passed. In addition, the fare between the charge balance and the E station beyond the regular boarding section C station is reduced from the time of entering through the ticket gate 7 of the A station.

4). Visit to store User P then goes to the store. In order to use the coupon at the visited store, the user P goes within the valid time of the coupon.
As shown in FIG. 2 (4), the user P causes the R / W unit 52 of the store terminal 5 to read the IC card 3. By doing so, the boarding information of the IC card 3 (regular boarding section, information on the getting-off station) is transmitted to the server 1 via the communication network N. The server 1 determines from the boarding information whether the passover condition of the coupon of the store is satisfied. Further, the server 1 determines whether or not the purchase condition is satisfied. The purchase condition can be determined by, for example, the purchase amount information being transmitted to the server 1 when the operator S inputs the purchase amount to the store terminal 5.
When the above conditions are met, a privilege is given to the user P. For example, the server 1 can deposit the transportation expenses for the settlement account information. In addition, the server 1 transmits information on whether or not the condition is met on the store side to the store terminal 5. By doing so, the store may pay the transportation expenses in cash after confirming that the conditions are met. Moreover, you may charge the amount in the form which deducted the amount for transportation expenses in the store.

Next, the relationship between the regular boarding section and the overpass conditions will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a positional relationship between the route map and the store according to the present embodiment.
For example, a user P1 whose user name is “Tanaka ○ male” and whose user ID is “User001” uses the IC card 3 to change from the station in the regular boarding section to “Store A” whose nearest station is “E station”. Consider the case of use. According to FIG. 3, since the regular boarding section of the user P1 is “A station to C station”, it is necessary to get over two stations according to FIG. 6 in order to go to “store A”. Then, the pass-over condition for obtaining a privilege with the coupon of “Store A” with the coupon ID “Coopon001” is “within two stations from the regular boarding section” according to FIG. 4. Since there are two stations from “C station” in the regular boarding section of the user P1 to “E station” nearest to “Store A”, the overpass condition is satisfied.

  In another example, a user P2 whose user name is “Suzuki △ thick” and whose user ID is “User 002” uses an IC card 3 from a station in a regular boarding section to the “D station” nearest station. Consider the case of using “B”. According to FIG. 3, since the regular boarding section of the user P2 is “G station to H station”, to go to “Store B”, go to “C station” of the regular boarding section, and “Y” at “C station”. It is necessary to change from "Line" to "X-ray" and get over one more station. Then, the conditions for getting over with the coupon with the coupon ID “Store B” of “Coopon002” are “via Y line” and “within 3 stations from the regular boarding section”. The regular boarding section of user P2 is “Y line”, and there is one station from “C station” in the regular boarding section to “D station” of the nearest station of “Store B”. Fulfill.

  As another example, consider a case where the user P1 uses the IC card 3 to use "Store B" from a station in a regular boarding section. The user P1 goes over to one station by using only X-rays and heads for “Store B”. In this case, the user P1 does not go through the Y line. Therefore, the coupon with the coupon ID “Coopon002” of “Store B” in FIG. 4 cannot be used because it is a condition that it passes through the Y line.

Next, details of the processing of the privilege grant system 100 will be described.
First, pre-registration of the user P will be described. This corresponds to “1. Pre-registration (1) User registration” described above. FIG. 7 is a flowchart of member information registration processing according to the present embodiment.
In step S10, when the user P brings the IC card 3 of the user P close to (touches) the R / W unit 42 of the PC 4, non-contact communication is performed between the IC card 3 and the PC 4.
In step S <b> 11, the control unit of the PC 4 reads user information necessary for member registration, such as a regular boarding section, stored in the regular information storage unit 35 a of the IC card 3.

In step S <b> 12, when the user P gives an instruction via the input unit of the PC 4, the control unit of the PC 4 transmits the read user information to the server 1.
In step S13, the control unit 10 of the server 1 receives user information.
In step S <b> 14, the control unit 10 stores the received information in the member information storage unit 21. Then, the control part 10 complete | finishes this process.

Next, pre-registration at a store will be described. This corresponds to “1. Pre-registration (2) Store registration” described above. FIG. 8 is a flowchart of the store information registration process according to the present embodiment.
In step S <b> 21, the operator S inputs the store information from the input unit of the store terminal 5, and the control unit 50 receives the store information.
In step S <b> 22, the control unit 50 transmits the received store information to the server 1.
In step S23, the control unit 10 of the server 1 receives the store information.
In step S <b> 24, the control unit 10 stores the received store information in the store attribute information storage unit 23.

In step S <b> 25, the operator S inputs the coupon information from the input unit of the store terminal 5, and the control unit 50 receives the coupon information.
In step S <b> 26, the control unit 50 transmits the accepted coupon information to the server 1.
In step S27, the control unit 10 of the server 1 receives coupon information.
In step S <b> 28, the control unit 10 stores the received coupon information in the privilege information storage unit 24.

In step S29, the information providing unit 11 performs a coupon issue process.
The coupon issuance process refers to the coupon expiration date stored in the privilege information storage unit 24, and the valid boarding conditions for the user P who has not yet reached the periodic expiration date stored in the member information storage unit 21. When the section is satisfied, the coupon information corresponding to the transit condition is extracted as coupon information that can be used by the user P.
In step S30, the extracted coupon information is stored in the storage unit 20 in association with the user ID. Then, the control part 10 complete | finishes this process.
In addition, the process after the input of coupon information of step S25 can be performed at any time by the operator S.

Next, provision of coupons to the user P will be described. This corresponds to “1. Pre-registration (3) Provision of coupon information” described above. FIG. 9 is a flowchart of the coupon providing process according to the present embodiment.
In step S <b> 31, the control unit of the PC 4 transmits the user ID of the user P to the server 1 when the user P logs in to the server 1.
In step S <b> 32, the control unit 10 of the server 1 extracts coupon information corresponding to the user P from the usable coupon information stored in the storage unit 20.
In step S33, the control unit 10 transmits the extracted coupon information to the PC 4. Then, the control part 10 complete | finishes this process.

In step S34, the control unit of the PC 4 receives coupon information.
In step S35, the control part of PC4 displays coupon information on the display part of PC4.
By doing in this way, the user P can know easily the coupon which he can use.

  In this example, when the coupon information is received from the store terminal 5, the server 1 extracts coupon information that can be used by the user P and stores it in the storage unit 20 in advance, and the user P logs in. At this time, the data is extracted from the storage unit 20. However, the server 1 may extract and transmit coupon information that can be used by the user P when the user P logs in without being stored in the storage unit 20 in advance.

Next, processing in the ticket gate 7 using the IC card 3 by the user P will be described. This is performed after the user P makes “2. Reservation” as described above, and corresponds to “3. Getting off” as described above. FIG. 10 is a flowchart of the ticket gate 7 process according to the present embodiment. In addition, the flowchart demonstrated below is about the process at the time of the entrance to the ticket gate 7 by the user P and leaving.
In step S41, the IC card 3 carried by the user P is brought close to (touched) the R / W unit 72 (see FIG. 1) of the ticket gate 7 so that no contact is made between the IC card 3 and the ticket gate 7. Communication takes place.
In step S <b> 42, the gate control unit 70 of the ticket gate 7 receives the IC card 3 and reads information in the card storage unit 35 of the IC card 3.

  In step S43, the gate control unit 70 inquires about the latest boarding information stored in the card storage unit 35, and determines whether or not the passage of the ticket gate 7 is a departure time from the contents. If it is time to leave (step S43: YES), the gate control unit 70 moves the process to step S44. On the other hand, when it is not at the time of leaving (step S43: NO), that is, when it is at the time of entering, the gate control unit 70 moves the process to step S45.

In step S44, the gate control unit 70 performs overpass settlement. When the getting-off station is not in the regular boarding section, the gate control unit 70 calculates the boarding fare of the shortest route from the regular boarding section to the getting-off station, and the boarding fare is based on the charge amount read from the IC card 3 The latest charge amount is calculated by reducing.
In step S45, the gate control unit 70 outputs the name of the station where the ticket gate 7 stored in the gate storage unit 75 is installed and the time that is the current date and time acquired by the date and time acquisition function. In addition, when the payment is carried over, the calculated charge amount is also output. Thereafter, the gate control unit 70 ends this process.

In step S <b> 46, the card control unit 30 of the IC card 3 receives the station name and time via the I / F unit 38. When the charge amount is output, the card control unit 30 accepts the charge amount together.
In step S <b> 47, the card control unit 30 stores the received station name and time in the card storage unit 35. When there is a charge amount, the card control unit 30 stores the charge amount in a predetermined position of the card storage unit 35. Thereafter, the card control unit 30 ends this process.

Next, processing when the user P uses a store will be described. This corresponds to “4. Visit to store” described above. 11 and 12 are flowcharts of processing at the store according to the present embodiment.
In step S51 of FIG. 11, the IC card 3 carried by the user P is brought close to (touched) the R / W unit 52 (see FIG. 1) of the store terminal 5 so that the IC card 3 and the store terminal 5 are connected. In non-contact communication.
In step S <b> 52, the control unit 50 of the store terminal 5 receives the IC card 3 and reads information in the card storage unit 35 of the IC card 3.
In step S <b> 53, the control unit 50 transmits information stored in the card storage unit 35 to the server 1.

In step S <b> 54, the control unit 10 of the server 1 receives information stored in the card storage unit 35.
In step S55, the passover condition unit 15 determines whether or not a reservation is made by a user holding the IC card 3. The user can be specified by the user name of the received information. Whether or not a reservation has been made can be determined by referring to the reservation storage unit 27 based on whether or not a corresponding user name exists in the reservation of the store. If there is a reservation (step S55: YES), the control unit 10 moves the process to step S56. On the other hand, if no reservation has been made (step S55: NO), no privilege is given, so the process proceeds to step S64 in FIG.

  In step S56, the transit condition unit 15 determines whether or not the transit condition is satisfied from the received information. Whether or not the pass-over condition is satisfied can be determined by whether or not the pass-over condition of the coupon stored in the privilege information storage unit 24 satisfies the information on the valid regular boarding section and the latest getting-off station. When the overpass condition is satisfied (step S56: YES), the control unit 10 moves the process to step S57. On the other hand, when the overpass condition is not satisfied (step S56: NO), the control unit 10 moves the process to step S64 in FIG. When there are a plurality of corresponding coupons, it is determined whether or not the passover condition is satisfied for each coupon, and when even one of the conditions is satisfied, the process is performed assuming that the passover condition is satisfied.

In step S57, the control unit 10 transmits a purchase amount request to the store terminal 5 as a determination as to whether or not the purchase condition is satisfied.
In step S58, the control unit 50 receives a purchase amount request.
In step S <b> 59, the control unit 50 transmits the purchase amount input from the input unit to the server 1.

In step S60, the control unit 10 receives the purchase amount.
In step S61, the purchase condition unit 16 determines whether or not the purchase condition of the corresponding coupon is satisfied. If the purchase condition is satisfied (step S61: YES), the control unit 10 moves the process to step S62 in FIG. On the other hand, when the purchase conditions are not satisfied (step S61: NO), the control unit 10 moves the process to step S64 in FIG.

In step S62 in FIG. 12, the privilege granting unit 17 determines whether or not a privilege grant condition is satisfied. Here, the privilege granting condition is that the difference between the current date and time and the date and time at which the user gets off the train is within the coupon valid time. If the privilege grant condition is satisfied (step S62: YES), the control unit 10 moves the process to step S63. On the other hand, when the privilege granting conditions are not satisfied (step S62: NO), the control unit 10 moves the process to step S64.
In step S <b> 63, the control unit 10 extracts privilege grant information that matches the conditions from the privilege information storage unit 24. In addition, when privilege provision information is provision of a point, the control part 10 adds the point of privilege provision information to the point information corresponding to user ID of the member information storage part 21. FIG. When this point becomes a certain value or more, another privilege can be given.

In step S <b> 64, the control unit 10 transmits processing result information to the store terminal 5. When privilege provision information is extracted in step S63, the control part 10 transmits privilege provision information. In other cases, the control unit 10 transmits that there is no privilege to be granted. Then, the control part 10 complete | finishes this process.
In step S <b> 65, the control unit 50 receives processing result information from the server 1. As the processing result information, the control unit 50 receives the privilege grant information when the privilege grant condition is satisfied, and receives information indicating that there is no privilege to be granted when the privilege grant condition is not satisfied. Thereafter, the control unit 50 ends this process.

  Note that the control unit 50 outputs the processing result information to the display unit of the store terminal 5 so that the operator S can take action according to the information. When it is privilege grant information, the operator S performs the process according to the privilege. Specifically, according to the payment instruction from the store terminal 5, the server 1 may deposit the transportation expenses for the settlement account information, and after confirming that the conditions are met on the store side, You may pay with cash. Moreover, you may charge the amount in the form which deducted the transfer charge to the user P in the store.

Thus, according to this embodiment, there are the following effects.
(1) The server 1 grants a predetermined privilege when the IC card 3 having the regular boarding information satisfies the overtaking conditions such as a train and the purchase conditions are satisfied, so the regular boarding that the user P normally uses A predetermined privilege can be given when the user gets over the section.
Moreover, since the predetermined privilege is granted when the purchase conditions at the store are satisfied, there is an advantage that the privilege can be received by the user P.
Furthermore, using the IC card 3 having the regular boarding information, the user P is motivated to make a detour to a store that has never been, and the user P is newly moved beyond the normal travel range. Motivation to go to a new store.

(2) By making a predetermined privilege at least a part of the actually paid fare outside the regular boarding section, the user P carrying the IC card 3 having the regular boarding information can receive, for example, a normal travel range Motivation to move to new stores beyond On the other hand, the store side can expect a repeat effect of the user P by paying the boarding fare.
(3) As an overpass condition, the disembarking station uses a different route from that of the regular boarding section by using a different boarding station that connects to the regular boarding section of the regular boarding section. It is possible to give a privilege to the user P who went to the store bothered by changing the above.

(4) A given privilege will be given if it is within a given time from the gate passing date and time of the disembarking station. Go over the train for the purpose of going to the store and go directly to the store without taking a detour. A privilege can be given to the user P who has been. Therefore, a privilege can be granted to the user P who has overtaken to go to the store.
(5) A privilege is given to the user P who has made a reservation for the store in advance and then visited the store. Therefore, since it can be grasped in advance that the user P visits on the store side, for example, a reserved seat can be provided particularly in a restaurant or the like. And the user P not only can receive a privilege, but convenience is good.

(6) By storing user information in the member information storage unit 21 in advance, the user information is collated with the store-passing conditions stored in the privilege information storage unit 24, and the privilege granting conditions are used according to the collation result. Since the information is provided to the user P, the user P can be provided with information related to the store benefits, which may motivate the user P to go to the store.
(7) By transmitting the boarding information stored in the IC card 3 having the regular boarding information to the server 1, the server 1 can perform various processes. Therefore, processing at the store terminal 5 can be reduced.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not limited to embodiment mentioned above. In addition, the effects described in the embodiments are merely a list of the most preferable effects resulting from the present invention, and the effects of the present invention are not limited to those described in the embodiments. In addition, although embodiment mentioned above and the deformation | transformation form mentioned later can also be used in combination as appropriate, detailed description is abbreviate | omitted.

(Deformation)
(1) In the present embodiment, an IC card has been described as an example of having regular boarding information carried by a user. However, a portable information terminal such as a mobile phone equipped with an IC chip may be used.
(2) In the present embodiment, it has been described that a user or a service provider uses a PC when performing a preliminary work. However, even a portable information terminal such as a mobile phone or a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) may be used. Good.
(3) In this embodiment, when a user makes a reservation in advance with a store, a privilege can be received. However, the privilege may be received without making a reservation.

(4) In the present embodiment, the IC card has been described as having settlement account information, but having settlement account information is not an essential requirement. At the store, the service provider may ask the user for a settlement account, and the privilege may be transferred to the account, or may be processed directly in cash.
(5) In the present embodiment, it has been described that the latest boarding information is stored in the IC card. However, the IC card stores a predetermined number of boarding histories and confirms the latest boarding information. Also good.
(6) In this embodiment, it is determined whether or not the server satisfies the purchase condition by inputting the purchase amount on the store terminal side, but a flag indicating whether or not the purchase condition is satisfied is sent to the server. It may be input at the store side.
(7) In the present embodiment, the provision of coupon information is determined based on the regular boarding information. However, the attribute information of the user such as gender and age is narrowed down by the information included in the regular boarding information. Or broaden the scope of providing information.

(8) In the present embodiment, a train has been described as an example. However, any means can be used as long as it is a transportation means that uses an IC card to get on or get off at least. For example, it can be used even when the store is in a place using a bus from the nearest station of the railway. In that case, by reading the IC card at the store terminal, it is possible to acquire information on boarding the bus beyond the regular boarding section. Then, a bus fare may be given as a privilege.
(9) In the present embodiment, the ticket gate has been described as not connected to the server via the communication network, but the ticket gate may be connected to the server via the communication network. By doing so, the ticket gate can identify the user who has passed through the ticket gate and transmit the information to the store terminal, and can provide the store terminal with information that the user got off the nearest station.
(10) In the present embodiment, the user registration has been described as using the read information by reading the information on the IC card. However, the user inputs the information manually from the input unit of the PC. May be.

(11) Although the present embodiment has been described as performing contactless communication using an IC card, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, contact type communication may be performed using an IC card.
(12) In the present embodiment, it has been described that the server determines whether or not the transit condition, the purchase condition, and the privilege granting condition are satisfied by transmitting the IC card information from the store terminal to the server. Information necessary for the determination in the storage unit may be held on the store terminal side, and at least a part of the determination of the condition may be performed on the store terminal side.
(13) In the present embodiment, an example in which a privilege is granted if only one store satisfies the coupon condition is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this. A privilege may be given on the condition that a plurality of nearby stores having the same nearest station must be used. Further, a higher privilege may be given when a plurality of nearby stores having the same nearest station are used. These can be realized, for example, by storing the store use history in the storage unit of the IC card or the server. As described above, the cooperation of the neighboring stores can prompt the user to visit the neighboring stores and promote the activation of the region.

1 Server 3 IC card 4 PC
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 5 Store terminal 7 Ticket gate 10,50 Control part 11 Information provision part 12 Plan reception part 13 Reservation confirmation part 15 Passover condition part 16 Purchasing condition part 17 Benefit provision part 20,55 Storage part 21 Member information storage part 25 Store information storage part 27 Reservation storage unit 30 Card control unit 35 Card storage unit 35a Periodic information storage unit 42, 52, 72 R / W unit 50, 250 Gate control unit 52 R / W unit 70 Gate control unit 75 Gate storage unit 100 Benefit granting system N Communication network P User S Operator

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A user who carries a regular boarding medium having regular boarding information and a store terminal having a reader / writer unit installed in a store providing the service, and carrying the regular boarding medium provided with the service in the store A privilege grant system that grants a privilege to
The regular boarding medium stores boarding information which is information of a regular boarding section and a disembarking station,
The reader / writer unit of the store terminal reads the boarding information by communicating with the regular boarding medium,
When the disembarking station included in the read boarding information matches the nearest station of the store where the store terminal is installed and the disembarking station is out of the regular boarding section, a predetermined transit condition is satisfied. A transit condition section to determine whether or not,
A purchase condition unit for determining whether or not a predetermined purchase condition is satisfied when the predetermined transfer condition by the transfer condition unit is satisfied;
A privilege granting unit that grants a predetermined privilege to the user when the predetermined purchase condition by the purchase condition unit is satisfied;
A privilege grant system comprising: It is the privilege provision system of Claim 1, Comprising:
The predetermined privilege granted by the privilege granting unit is at least a part of a boarding fare from the regular boarding section to the disembarking station,
A privilege grant system characterized by The privilege granting system according to claim 1 or claim 2,
The predetermined overriding condition of the overriding condition part is that the disembarking station is a disembarking station on a different route that connects the route of the regular boarding section within the range of the regular boarding section,
A privilege grant system characterized by It is the privilege provision system in any one of Claim 1- Claim 3, Comprising:
A gate for managing access to and from the user's means of transportation;
The gate includes a gate reader / writer unit that stores the date and time when the user passes through the gate installed at the disembarking station and the disembarking station in the regular boarding medium,
The privilege granting unit grants the predetermined privilege when the date and time is within a predetermined time from the current date and time based on the boarding information of the regular boarding medium;
A privilege grant system characterized by It is the privilege provision system in any one of Claim 1- Claim 4, Comprising:
The regular boarding medium further stores user specifying information capable of specifying the user,
A reservation accepting unit for accepting the user specifying information and the use reservation information by making a use reservation for the store;
A reservation storage unit that associates and stores the user identification information with the use reservation information received by the reservation reception unit;
Based on the user identification information read by the reader / writer unit of the store terminal, the information stored in the reservation storage unit is collated to confirm whether or not the user has made a use reservation. Reservation confirmation part,
With
The transit condition section determines whether or not the predetermined transit condition is satisfied when it is confirmed by the reservation confirmation section that a use reservation has been made;
A privilege grant system characterized by It is the privilege provision system in any one of Claim 1- Claim 5, Comprising:
A member information storage unit for storing user identification information that can identify the user and the regular boarding section of the user as member information;
A store information storage unit for storing store specifying information for specifying the store, the predetermined transit condition, and a privilege granting condition including the predetermined purchase condition and privilege content;
A privilege information providing unit that provides the privilege granting condition to the user when the regular boarding section stored in the member information storage unit satisfies the predetermined transit condition stored in the store information storage unit When,
Providing
A privilege grant system characterized by It is the privilege provision system in any one of Claim 1- Claim 6, Comprising:
The privilege granting unit grants the predetermined privilege when the predetermined purchase condition by the purchase condition unit is satisfied in each of the plurality of stores that are predetermined and have the same nearest station,
A privilege grant system characterized by It is the privilege provision system in any one of Claim 1- Claim 7, Comprising:
Provided with a privilege grant server connected to the store terminal via a communication network,
The store terminal transmits the boarding information read by the reader / writer unit to the privilege grant server,
The privilege granting server comprises the transit condition section and the purchase condition section;
A privilege grant system characterized by A privilege is provided to a user who carries a regular boarding medium that is connected via a communication network to a store terminal having a reader / writer unit installed in a store that provides the service and receives the service at the store. A privilege granting server to grant,
The regular boarding medium having the regular boarding information is read by communicating with the reader / writer unit, and the boarding information which is information on the regular boarding section and the getting-off station stored in the regular boarding medium is received from the store terminal. A boarding information receiving unit,
Whether or not a predetermined transit condition is satisfied when the disembarking station included in the boarding information matches the nearest station of the store where the store terminal is installed and the disembarking station is out of the regular boarding section The transit condition section to judge,
A purchase condition unit for determining whether or not a predetermined purchase condition is satisfied when the predetermined transfer condition by the transfer condition unit is satisfied;
When the predetermined purchase condition by the purchase condition section is satisfied, a privilege grant that gives a predetermined privilege related to at least a part of a boarding fare from the regular boarding section to the disembarking station when the user satisfies the predetermined purchase condition And
A privilege grant server comprising:

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