JP6554259B1 - Pseudo electronic payment compatible service provision system - Google Patents

Abstract

A parking lot management system that is not compatible with electronic payment can be modified to be compatible with electronic payment while suppressing an additional burden. A parking lot management system includes a settlement machine that enables non-electronic settlement, which is cash settlement or card settlement by a user, and a management server that can communicate with the settlement machine. Although 10 alone does not support electronic payment, the pseudo electronic payment mode is executed in cooperation with the second parking lot management system 110. Specifically, in the system 10, in the pseudo electronic payment mode, the user communication terminal 90 passes through or passes through the management server 40 in a state where the user impersonates the second parking lot management system 110. The second management server 140 is accessed without using the payment server 160, thereby making an electronic payment. [Selection] Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a technology for providing a user with certain services, and in particular, a technology for enabling a system that can not cope with electronic payment to be modified to a system that can cope with electronic payment while suppressing additional burden. It is about.

  Systems that provide certain services to users are already in widespread use. An example of this type of service is a service of renting a rental object, which is real estate or movable property, to a user.

  Specifically, an example of a rental object as a real estate is a rental space such as a rental seat or a parking lot, and an example of a rental object as a movable property is a transportation / transport means such as a rental bicycle or a rental car.

  More specifically, the rental object as the real estate is, for example, an accommodation facility where the user can stay for a short period of time (for example, a room in a hotel, a private house temporarily rented to another person, an apartment house, etc. Living room) or a room of a stay facility (for example, individual house, apartment house, etc.) where the user can stay for a long time, a coin locker, a parking lot (for example, a parking lot having one or more vehicle compartments), an individual parking space (For example, each of a plurality of vehicle compartments in a parking lot).

  Examples of rental objects as movable property include land, water or flying vehicles (for example, rental cars, rental bicycles, etc.), rental furniture, rental clothes, rental electrical products (including audio guide devices described later), and electrical products. There are a rental accessory (for example, a battery or a charger) which is detachably mounted, and a rental recording medium (for example, a CD) in which audiovisual content is recorded and which can be reproduced by the user.

  Here, taking a parking lot business as an example, some conventional examples of a system that provides a user with a certain type of service will be described, particularly focusing on a payment method.

  Patent Document 1 can deal with electronic payment (also referred to as “smart phone payment”, for example, credit card payment), but is also referred to as cash payment or prepaid IC card payment (also simply referred to as “card payment”). The parking lot management system which can not cope is disclosed.

  This system is a server installed outside the parking lot, which can communicate with the portable terminal of the user, and a delivery limiting device installed in the parking lot, which communicates with the server or the portable terminal of the user And those controlled by Throughout the present specification, the “exit restriction device” physically restricts the vehicles entering the parking lot from leaving the parking lot until the payment is completed by the user, and the payment by the user is completed. , Physically granting the delivery, also referred to as a delivery permission device.

  Patent Document 2 discloses a parking lot management system that can handle only cash payment or card payment, that is, non-electronic payment.

  In this system, there are a checkout machine installed in a parking lot (a device that allows users to make non-electronic settlements) and a delivery restriction apparatus installed in a parking lot, which are controlled by the checkout machine And a server installed outside the parking lot, which is capable of communicating with the settlement machine instead of the user's portable terminal.

  Patent Document 3 discloses a parking lot management system that can handle both non-electronic payment and electronic payment. This system is a ticketing machine installed in a parking lot, which enables non-electronic payment, and a management server installed outside the parking lot, which communicate with the portable terminal of the user to perform electronic payment by the user With what makes it possible. In this case, the management server is managed by the same vendor as the one managing the parking lot, and therefore, in this system, the ticket issue machine and the management server will be under the control of the same vendor.

Patent No. 6401849 JP, 2016-045916, A Unexamined-Japanese-Patent No. 2018-173965

  Electronic payment is becoming popular as a method of settling service charges. On the other hand, there are still users who request non-electronic payment.

  By the way, after building a system that exclusively supports non-electronic payments, it is necessary to at least partially modify the hardware configuration of the system to respond to electronic payments in order to meet the demand for electronic payments. Is possible. However, in such a case, there is a risk that the burden of system modification will increase.

  In view of such circumstances, the present invention aims to provide a technology that makes it possible to upgrade a system that is not compatible with electronic payment to a system that is compatible with electronic payment while suppressing an additional burden. It was made as

In order to solve the problem, according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system for providing a user with a certain service,
A settlement machine that enables non-electronic settlement, which is cash settlement by a user or card settlement;
Management server that can communicate with the checkout machine
Including
The system itself is not compatible with electronic payment by the system alone, but is a second system that provides the same kind of service as the system to the user, and works in conjunction with the one compatible with electronic payment to provide a pseudo electronic payment mode. Run
The second system is
A second management server capable of communicating with the user's communication terminal;
A settlement server enabling electronic settlement by a user, and capable of communicating with the second management server
Including
In the pseudo electronic payment mode, the system is configured such that a user communication terminal accesses the second management server via the management server or not, thereby using the payment server to perform electronic payment. And then the second management server communicates with the settlement machine with or without passing through the management server, whereby the settlement machine receives a settlement completion signal, and the pseudo electronic settlement enabled service A provision system is provided.
Also, according to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system for providing certain services to a user, comprising:
A settlement machine that enables non-electronic settlement, which is cash settlement by a user or card settlement;
Management server that can communicate with the checkout machine
Including
The system performs a non-electronic payment mode that does not support electronic payment by the system alone, and in the non-electronic payment mode, the user performs a non-electronic payment using the settlement machine,
The system executes a pseudo electronic payment mode in cooperation with a second system that provides a user with the same type of service as the system,
The second system is
A second management server capable of communicating with the user's communication terminal;
A settlement server enabling electronic settlement by a user, and capable of communicating with the second management server
Including
The second system executes the electronic payment mode corresponding to the electronic payment by the second system alone on condition that the user is a member of the second system, and in the electronic payment mode, A user communication terminal communicates with the second management server, thereby performing electronic payment using the payment server, and then the second management server transmits a payment completion signal to the communication terminal,
In the pseudo electronic payment mode, the management server is configured such that, in the pseudo electronic payment mode, the user's communication terminal impersonates a member of the second system or actually becomes a member of the second system. Access the second management server via or without, thereby making an electronic payment using the payment server, and then the second management server passes through the management server or A service providing system for pseudo electronic payment is provided that communicates with the settlement machine without going through, thereby receiving the settlement completion signal.
The following aspects are obtained by the present invention. Each aspect is divided into sections, each section is given a number, and is described in a form in which the numbers of other sections are cited as necessary. This is to facilitate understanding of some of the technical features that the present invention can employ and combinations thereof, and the technical features that can be employed by the present invention and combinations thereof are limited to the following embodiments. It should not be interpreted as That is, it should be understood that the technical features described in the present specification, which are not described in the following embodiments, can be appropriately extracted and adopted as the technical features of the present invention.

  Further, describing each section in the form of quoting the numbers of the other sections does not necessarily prevent the technical features described in each section from being separated from the technical features described in the other sections. It should not be construed as meaning, but it should be construed that the technical features described in each section can be appropriately made independent depending on the nature.

(1) A system for providing certain services to users,
A settlement machine that enables non-electronic settlement, which is cash settlement by a user or card settlement;
Including a management server capable of communicating with the settlement machine,
The system itself is not compatible with electronic payment by the system alone, but is a second system that provides the same kind of service as the system to the user, and works in conjunction with the one compatible with electronic payment to provide a pseudo electronic payment mode. Run
The second system is
A second management server capable of communicating with the user's communication terminal;
A payment server that enables electronic payment by a user, and is capable of communicating with the second management server,
The said system is a said 2nd management server in the said pseudo | simulation electronic payment mode, in the state which the user's communication terminal impersonated as a user the member of the said 2nd system, via the said management server, or without passing. A pseudo electronic settlement enabled service providing system for accessing the electronic settlement by using the settlement server.

(2) A system for providing certain services to users,
A settlement machine that enables non-electronic settlement, which is cash settlement by a user or card settlement;
Including a management server capable of communicating with the settlement machine,
The system performs a non-electronic payment mode that does not support electronic payment by the system alone, and in the non-electronic payment mode, the user performs a non-electronic payment using the settlement machine,
The system executes a pseudo electronic payment mode in cooperation with a second system that provides a user with the same type of service as the system,
The second system is:
A second management server capable of communicating with the user's communication terminal;
A payment server that enables electronic payment by a user, and is capable of communicating with the second management server,
The second system executes the electronic payment mode corresponding to the electronic payment on the second system alone on the condition that the user is a member of the second system, and in the electronic payment mode, A user communication terminal communicates with the second management server, thereby performing electronic payment using the payment server, and then the second management server transmits a payment completion signal to the communication terminal,
In the pseudo electronic payment mode, the system manages the second management without or through the management server in a state where the user's communication terminal is a member of the second system. Accessing a server, thereby making an electronic payment using the payment server, after which the second management server communicates with the settlement machine via or without the management server, thereby The settlement machine is a pseudo electronic payment enabled service providing system that receives a payment completion signal.

(3) The service includes a service for lending a user a space for parking a vehicle including a bicycle, a car or a motorcycle and / or a service for lending a vehicle including a bicycle, a car or a motorcycle to a user (1 Or (2) the pseudo electronic payment enabled service providing system.

(4) The service includes a service that lends a user a space for parking a vehicle including a bicycle, a car, or a motorcycle in a parking lot,
The system further includes
It is a delivery permission device that physically restricts the vehicle warehousing in the parking lot from leaving the parking lot while the payment by the user is not completed, and physically permits the leaving when the payment by the user is completed. Including those controlled by the checkout machine,
When the settlement machine receives the payment completion signal, the settlement machine transmits a shipping permission signal to the shipping permission device, according to the item (3).

(5) In the parking lot, the service lends to the user one of a plurality of cabins, which is a plurality of spaces for the user to park a vehicle including a bicycle, a car or a motorcycle, selected by the user Including services to
The system further includes
The user's communication terminal specifies the parking lot when the pseudo electronic settlement mode is selected by the user in the warehousing stage in which the vehicle warehousing in the selected compartment or in the delivery stage in which the vehicle is delivered from the compartment And a combination of information for specifying the selected cabin is obtained, and the combination is accessed as a member of the second system to the second management server of the second system. (1) to (4) including spoof access means for assigning a spoofed member ID to access the second management server using the spoofed member ID with or without passing through the management server The pseudo electronic payment enabled service providing system according to any one of the above.

(6) Furthermore,
When the pseudo electronic payment mode is selected by the user, the user's communication terminal acquires the user ID of the user or information uniquely corresponding to the user, and uses the second system as the user ID or information. Assign a spoof member ID for accessing the second management server of the second system as a member of the second system, and use the spoof member ID to pass the second management via or without the management server The pseudo electronic settlement-compatible service providing system according to any one of (1) to (4), including spoofing access means for accessing a server.

(7) A program for causing a computer to function as the communication terminal according to any one of (1) to (6).

  Throughout this specification, the term “program” is interpreted to mean, for example, a combination of instructions executed by a computer to perform its function, It can be interpreted to include files and data processed according to, but not limited to.

  In addition, this program is intended to achieve its intended purpose by being executed alone by a computer, or to be achieved by being executed by a computer together with other programs. Yes, but not limited to them. In the latter case, the program according to the present section may be data-based but is not limited thereto.

(8) A program for causing a computer to function as the management server according to any one of (1) to (6).

(9) A program for causing a computer to function as the settlement machine according to any one of (1) to (6).

(10) A recording medium in which the program according to any one of (7) to (9) is recorded so as to be readable by a computer.

  Throughout this specification, the term “recording medium” can be construed to mean various types of recording media, such as a magnetic recording medium such as a flexible disk. The medium includes an optical recording medium such as a CD and a CD-ROM, a magneto-optical recording medium such as an MO, and an unremovable storage such as a ROM, but not limited thereto.

FIG. 1 shows a parking lot management system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, which can not correspond to electronic settlement by itself, can be a second parking lot management system, corresponding to electronic settlement alone. It is a perspective view showing notionally with a thing. FIG. 2 is a flow chart conceptually showing the operations of the transmitter, the portable terminal of the user and the management server in the second parking lot management system shown in FIG. 1 which are performed in the warehousing stage. FIG. 2 is a flow chart conceptually showing the operations of the transmitter, the portable terminal of the user and the management server in the second parking lot management system shown in FIG. 1 which are performed at the delivery stage. FIG. 4 shows three examples of communication procedures for enabling electronic settlement by partially using the parking lot management system shown in FIG. 1 and the second parking lot management system shown in FIG. It is a block diagram. FIG. 5 shows operations of the settlement machine, user's portable terminal and management server in the parking lot management system shown in FIG. 1, and the management server and settlement server in the second parking lot management system, and the pseudo electronic settlement in the delivery stage It is a flowchart which represents notionally what is performed in order to perform a mode.

  Hereinafter, some of more specific exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

<Overall configuration>

  FIG. 1 shows a second parking lot management system 10 that supports electronic payment according to a pseudo-electronic payment system parking management system 10 (hereinafter simply referred to as “system 10”) according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. It is shown together with a system 110 (hereinafter simply referred to as "system 110"). The system 10 is an example of a service providing system for pseudo electronic payment according to an embodiment of the present invention. In addition, the system 10 implements a parking lot management method according to an embodiment of the present invention, and the parking lot management method is an example of a pseudo electronic payment enabled service providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  The system 10 executes a non-electronic payment mode that does not correspond to the electronic payment by itself. In the non-electronic payment mode, the user performs non-electronic payment using the settlement machine 30 in the system 10. An example of non-electronic payment is cash payment, and another example is prepaid IC card payment (also simply referred to as “card payment”).

  Furthermore, the system 10 executes the pseudo electronic payment mode in cooperation with the second system 110 that provides the user with the same type of service as the system. In the pseudo electronic settlement mode, the user performs electronic settlement using the management server 140 and the settlement server 160 in the second system 110 by using his / her portable terminal (an example of the communication terminal) 90. The electronic payment is also referred to as “smart phone payment”, for example, credit card payment.

  This system 10 is a post-payment type that permits the user to leave the parking lot 20 on the condition that the user pays a post-pay parking fee that is commensurate with the length of time the user has actually parked. However, instead of this, prior to the start of use of the parking lot 20, the system 10 allows the user to pay a prepaid parking fee corresponding to the length of the parking time desired by the user (for example, the planned parking time). It is also possible to adopt a prepaid type that allows the user to use the parking lot 20 as a condition.

<Configuration of System 10>

  Referring to FIG. 1, a system 10 is a system for managing a parking lot 20. In the parking lot 20, a plurality of passenger compartments 22 exist. One vehicle is parked in each passenger compartment 22. A delivery permission device 24 is installed for each vehicle compartment 22.

  In addition, in addition to the definition of the term "vehicle", the term "vehicle" should be interpreted as a term including not only automobiles but also all kinds of mobile bodies such as bicycles and motorcycles.

  An example of the leaving permission apparatus 24 is a vehicle presence / absence sensor (for example, a loop coil embedded in the ground, for example, a parking lot) that detects the presence of a vehicle in the corresponding compartment 22 (such as storage of the vehicle in the corresponding compartment 22). 20. A photo sensor installed so as to be exposed on the support surface of 20, and the vehicle in the compartment 22 are permitted to leave the storage and prevent the exit of the vehicle from the compartment 22 of the vehicle. And a mechanism portion having a baffle plate (a flap, a lifting tool, a car stopper, a wheel stopper, etc.) as a movable member that switches to the leaving permission state.

  When the presence of the vehicle is detected by the vehicle presence / absence sensor, the mechanism unit shifts the baffle plate to the unloading prevention state, for example, by raising or tilting the baffle plate. The board is moved to the delivery permission state, for example, by lowering or leveling the board.

  In the present embodiment, the settlement machine 30 is installed commonly to the plurality of vehicle compartments 22. The checkout machine 30 communicates with the vehicle presence / absence sensor for each passenger compartment 22 and monitors the presence / absence of the vehicle in each passenger compartment 22 based on a signal from the vehicle presence / absence sensor. Furthermore, the settlement machine 30 is installed commonly to the plurality of delivery permission devices 24. The checkout machine 30 communicates with the mechanism section for each passenger compartment 22 and switches the mechanism section between a delivery permission state and a delivery prevention state as appropriate. The checkout machine 30 may be configured mainly with a sequencer or may be configured mainly with a computer.

  In another example, the delivery permission device 24 is installed in common to a plurality of vehicle compartments 22. The leaving permission device 24 has a mechanism that opens and closes a gate at the entrance of the parking lot 20, for example.

  In addition, it is not indispensable to install the leaving permission apparatus 24 in the parking lot 20 in order to embody the present invention, and the present invention is applied to the parking lot 20 which does not have the leaving permission apparatus 24 while being postpaid. It is possible.

  The system 10 further includes a management server 40. The management server 40 is operated by, for example, a parking lot management company that manages the parking lot 20 on behalf of the owner who owns the parking lot 20.

  In the non-electronic settlement mode, the management server 40 communicates (for example, wireless communication) only with the checkout machine 30, thereby remotely monitoring the operation status of the parking lot 20 in real time. Implement multiple functions, including:

  On the other hand, in the pseudo electronic settlement mode, the management server 40 communicates (e.g., with the portable terminal 90 of the user and the management server 140 of the second system 110 (an example of the second management server) with each other) Wireless communication), the system 10 alone is not capable of electronic payments, but the user legitimately impersonates a member of the second system 110 and legalizes the second system 110. Access and thereby implement multiple functions including spoofed access functions that allow electronic payments.

<Configuration of Mobile Terminal 90>

  The portable terminal 90 of the user is, for example, a device which is carried by the user and has a wireless communication function, such as a portable telephone, a smartphone, a laptop computer, a tablet computer, a PDA or the like. The portable terminal 90 is an example of a user's communication terminal, and the communication terminal may be one that is not carried by the user, for example, an on-vehicle communication terminal.

  The portable terminal 90 is mainly configured by a computer having a processor and a memory for storing a plurality of applications executed by the processor.

  The portable terminal 90 further includes a display unit (for example, a liquid crystal display) that displays information on a screen, a receiving unit that receives a signal from an external communication device, and generates a signal and transmits the signal to an external communication device. And a transmitter for transmitting to the device.

  The portable terminal 90 further includes an input unit for inputting data and commands from the user. The input unit includes, for example, an operation unit that can be operated by the user in order to input desired information (eg, command, data, etc.) to the mobile terminal 90.

  As the operation unit, a touch screen (means for enabling manual input of data) for displaying several icons (for example, virtual buttons) which can be operated by the user, a physical operation unit operable by the user (Eg, means for enabling manual input of data, such as keyboards, keypads, buttons, etc.), microphones for sensing voice (means for enabling voice input of data), etc. .

  The input unit further includes an image sensor (including a digital camera) for capturing an image.

  The portable terminal 90 further includes a GPS (satellite positioning system) receiver. As is well known, the GPS receiver receives GPS signals from GPS satellites and triangulates the position (latitude, longitude and altitude) of the GPS receiver on the basis of the GPS signals. Measure by.

<Configuration of Second System 110>

  As shown in FIG. 1, the second system 110 is configured to manage a postpaid parking lot 120, similar to the system 10. The parking lot 120 also has a plurality of vehicle compartments 122.

  In the parking lot 120, one transmitter 130 is installed in common in the plurality of vehicle compartments 122. In another example, although not shown, a plurality of transmitters 130 are installed in association with each of the plurality of vehicle compartment groups. In yet another example, although not shown, the same number of transmitters 130 as the vehicle compartment 122 are installed for each vehicle compartment 122.

  In the example shown in FIG. 1, one parking lot 120 is associated with one transmitter 130, and all the passenger compartments 122 are also associated with one transmitter 130. Thus, if that transmitter 130 is identified by the user's mobile terminal 190, the location of the parking lot 120 associated with it, ie the parking lot code (or parking lot ID) and the presence of the parking lot 120 selected by the user. The location (location name, geographical location, etc.) is known, but the location of one vehicle compartment 122 selected by the user is unknown.

  The mobile terminal 190 has the same configuration as the mobile terminal 90 described above. Therefore, the duplicate description about the portable terminal 190 is omitted.

  In the second system 110, the user can select only the electronic payment mode and cannot select the non-electronic payment mode.

<Configuration of transmitter 130>

  First, conceptually described, the transmitter 130 is a noncontact or contact (proximity) communication device that transmits an identification signal that can identify a unique transmitter code (or transmitter ID).

  The user's mobile terminal 190 exclusively receives the identification signal from the transmitter 130 in one direction and using the short-range wireless communication method. The distance at which the mobile terminal 190 can receive a signal from the transmitter 130, that is, the reception radius (for example, 0 m to about 50 m) is variably set on the mobile terminal 190 in a software manner. The encircled area with its receiving radius is called coverage area or coverage area.

  The transmitter 130 is normally fixedly installed in the corresponding parking lot 120 so as not to move, but can be movably installed so that it can be moved at any time. Further, the transmitter 130 only needs to have at least a transmission function, but may be configured to have a reception function as needed.

  Next, in order to explain the operation method, the transmitter 130 transmits the unique identification signal actively without using a trigger signal from the outside, locally, and permanently unless the supply power is insufficient. To do.

  The transmitter 130 is a device that is generally known by a name such as a beacon device that transmits a beacon signal as an identification signal or a radio beacon. In one example, the transmitter 130 modulates an original signal to generate an identification signal representing a corresponding transmitter code, and the generated identification signal is used as an IR signal, a Bluetooth (registered trademark) signal, an NFC, or the like. (Short-range wireless communication) Transmit locally as a signal.

  Next, to describe the hardware configuration without referring to the drawings, the transmitter 130 is mainly configured of a computer having a processor and a memory for storing a plurality of applications executed by the processor.

<Configuration of Management Server 140>

  The second system 110 further includes a management server 140. This management server 140 communicates with the user's mobile terminal 190 in both directions and by a long-distance wireless communication method.

  In describing the hardware configuration without referring to the drawings, the management server 140 is mainly configured of a computer having a processor and a memory for storing a plurality of applications executed by the processor.

  Specifically, the management server 140 includes a receiving unit that receives a signal from the portable terminal 190, a transmitting unit that generates a signal and transmits the signal to the portable terminal 190, and a clock that measures the current time. Have. This management server 140 does not directly receive from the transmitter 130, but in effect via the mobile terminal 190.

<Operation of Second System 110>

  The operation of the second system 110 will now be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.

<Receiving stage>

  First, to describe the operation of the second system 110 in the warehousing stage in which the vehicle warehousing in any of the compartments 122 by referring to FIG. 2, the user uses this parking lot utilization program on the portable terminal 190. When activated, the mobile terminal 190 first performs a login request for logging in to the management server 140, together with a member ID indicating that the user is a member who is qualified to use the second system 110, the management server 140. Send to.

  On the other hand, the management server 140 receives the login request together with the member ID in step S231, and then refers to the member database in the memory of the management server 140 in step S232 to obtain the current user. It is determined whether or not is a regular member.

  If the current user is a regular member, the determination in step S232 is YES, and in step S233, a login completion signal indicating the completion of login is returned to the mobile terminal 190 of the current user. On the other hand, if the current user is not a regular member, the determination in step S232 is NO, the process returns to step S231, and input of a regular member ID is awaited.

  Thereafter, in step S211, the portable terminal 190 receives the login completion signal, and at this timing, executes step S212, thereby transmitting a signal from the transmitter 130 installed in the parking lot 120 where the user is currently present. Receive.

  Subsequently, in step S213, the portable terminal 190 extracts a transmitter code corresponding to the transmitter 130 from the signal received from the current transmitter 130. Thereafter, in step S214, the portable terminal 190 has the relationship defined in advance between the transmitter code and the parking lot code, and the extracted transmission according to the relation stored in the memory of the portable terminal 190. Convert the machine code to the corresponding parking lot code. Thereby, the parking lot 120 which the user this time received is specified.

  Subsequently, in step S215, the portable terminal 190 displays a warehousing button on its own screen in order to confirm the intention of warehousing by the user. When the user touches the warehousing button, it is determined that the user has an intention of warehousing, and in step S216, the warehousing request for the user to request warehousing, the parking lot code, and the member ID are associated with each other and managed. Send to server 140. Thereafter, in step S217, the portable terminal 190 stores the current parking lot code in the memory of the portable terminal 190 as an incoming parking lot code for later reference.

  On the other hand, in step S234, the management server 140 receives the receipt request, the parking lot code, and the member ID in association with one another, and subsequently measures the current time by using the clock in step S235. . Thereafter, in step S236, the management server 140 treats the measured current time as a storage time, and subsequently stores the storage time in the memory of the management server 140 in association with the member ID in step S237. As a result, the member ID, the ID of the parking lot 20, and the warehousing time are associated with each other and stored in the memory of the management server 140.

<Shipping stage>

  Next, to describe the operation of the second system 110 at the delivery stage in which the vehicle is delivered from any of the compartments 122 by referring to FIG. A signal is received from a transmitter 130 installed in the parking lot 120 where the user is currently located. Next, in step S <b> 312, the mobile terminal 190 extracts a transmitter code corresponding to the transmitter 130 from the signal received from the transmitter 130.

  Thereafter, in step S313, the portable terminal 190 has the relationship defined in advance between the transmitter code and the parking lot code, and the extracted transmission according to the one stored in the memory of the portable terminal 190. Convert the machine code to the corresponding parking lot code. Thereby, the parking lot 120 where the present user is present, that is, the outgoing parking lot 120 that the user wants to issue from now on, is specified.

  Subsequently, in step S314, the mobile terminal 190 reads the stored parking code already stored from the memory of the mobile terminal 190, and the converted parking code, that is, the outgoing parking code matches each other. It is determined whether or not to do. If they match, the determination in step S314 is YES and the process proceeds to step S315. If they do not match, the determination is NO and the process returns to step S311 to wait for acquisition of the correct parking lot code.

  Subsequently, in step S315, the mobile terminal 190 displays an exit button on its own screen in order to confirm the intention of the user to exit. When the user touches the exit button, it is determined that the user has an intention to exit, and in step S316, the exit request, the exit parking lot code, and the member ID are associated with each other and transmitted to the management server 140.

  On the other hand, in step S331, the management server 140 receives the delivery request, the delivery parking lot code, and the member ID in association with one another, and subsequently, in step S332, the received delivery parking lot code and the member ID. It is determined whether or not the current user and the current parking lot 120 are respectively authenticated as legitimate by determining whether or not the same combination as in the above exists in the memory of the management server 140.

  Thereafter, when the authentication is successful, the management server 140 measures the current time by using the clock in step S333. Thereafter, the management server 140 treats step S334 as the measured current time as the outgoing time, and subsequently, in step S335, the incoming time stored in the memory of the management server 140 in association with the current member ID. Is read from the memory, and the parking time is calculated by subtracting the entry time from the delivery time.

  Thereafter, in step S336, the management server 140 calculates the calculation according to a predetermined relationship between the length of the parking time and the amount of the parking fee and stored in the memory of the management server 140. Calculate the parking fee for the amount of parking time. Subsequently, the management server 140 transmits the calculated amount of parking fee to the user's portable terminal 190.

  On the other hand, the portable terminal 190 receives the amount of the parking fee in step S317, and subsequently displays the amount of the parking fee on the screen in step S318.

  On the other hand, after executing step S336, the management server 140 transmits a settlement request for performing electronic settlement for the parking fee, together with information necessary for electronic settlement, to the settlement server 160 in step S337.

  On the other hand, the settlement server 160 receives the settlement request in step S351, and subsequently performs electronic settlement with the designated content in step S352. Subsequently, in step S353, the payment server 160 transmits a payment completion signal indicating that the electronic payment is completed to the management server 140.

  On the other hand, in step S338, the management server 140 receives the settlement completion signal, and subsequently, in step S339, transmits a delivery permission signal to the portable terminal 190.

  On the other hand, in step S319, the portable terminal 190 receives the delivery permission signal, and thus has the authority to legitimately leave the current parking lot 120 because the current parking fee has been paid by electronic payment. The user will know what he has acquired.

<Operation of system 10>

<Receiving stage>

  In order to explain the operation of the system 10, in the warehousing stage in which the vehicle warehousing in any of the compartments 22, when the corresponding vehicle presence / absence sensor detects the vehicle, a signal representing that is transmitted to the settlement machine 30 . The settlement machine 30 measures the time at that time as the storage time, and records that it has been stored in any of the vehicle compartments 22 at the storage time (in association with the vehicle compartment number). Thereby, the association between the warehousing time and the number of the passenger compartment 22 (or the passenger compartment ID) is performed.

  The settlement machine 30 further associates the storage time and the number of the cabin 22 (or the cabin ID) with each other and transmits them to the management server 40, and the management server 40 stores the data in association with each other. Thereby, the management server 40 can monitor the operation status of the parking lot 20 in real time. The management server 40 is configured to centrally manage a plurality of parking lots 20 so as to monitor the operation status of other parking lots 20.

<Shipping stage>

<Non-electronic payment mode>

  On the other hand, in the delivery stage in which the vehicle exits from one of the passenger compartments 22, first, the user performs a non-electronic payment mode and a pseudo-electronic payment mode (this mode is apparent to the user by the system 10. Is recognized as an electronic payment mode to be realized).

  When the non-electronic settlement mode is selected, the user inputs the number of his compartment 22 to the checkout machine 30, and in response to that, the checkout machine 30 measures the time as the leaving time, and the recording The elapsed time from the received entry time to the delivery time is calculated as a parking time, and a postpaid parking fee corresponding to the length is calculated.

  When the user pays the parking fee to the checkout machine 30 using cash or a prepaid card, the checkout machine 30 switches the exit permission device 24 corresponding to the current vehicle compartment 22 from the exit prevention state to the exit permission state. . As a result, the user can take out the vehicle from the vehicle compartment 22 this time. As described above, at the delivery stage, the amount of the parking fee is specified using the number of the passenger compartment 22 input to the checkout machine 30 by the user as a key.

<Pseudo electronic payment mode>

  On the other hand, when the pseudo electronic settlement mode is selected, the user activates the pseudo electronic settlement program installed in advance on the portable terminal 90.

  The pseudo electronic settlement program will be described in detail later with reference to FIG. 5, but generally, in the pseudo electronic settlement mode, as shown in the top column of FIG. Instead of the machine 30, the management server 40 performs (the first communication procedure), but instead, as shown in the center column of FIG. Possibility (second communication procedure) performed by the management server 140 of the system 110 and possibility (third communication procedure) still performed by the settlement machine 30 as shown in the lowermost column of FIG. 4 To do.

  Here, to describe the three communication procedures shown in FIG. 4, in any of the communication procedures, a combination of the management server 40, the management server 140 and the settlement server 160 between the portable terminal 90 and the checkout machine 30 In the same figure, the system 10 in which the three elements or servers existing in the area surrounded by the broken line) cannot handle the electronic payment by the system 10 alone, and the second system 110 is partially used for the electronic payment. In that sense, the combination is also referred to as electronic payment realization means.

  In this electronic settlement realizing means, the management server 40 is also referred to as a “real management server” in the sense of a management server that actually exists in the system 10. On the other hand, the management server 140 does not exist in the system 10 but is present in the second system 110 and is viewed as a management server existing in the system 10 from the viewpoint of the user. "

  Next, to explain the communication procedures individually, in the first communication procedure, the portable terminal 90 performs wireless communication (for example, via a telephone network) with the real management server 40, whereby real management is performed. The server 40 is caused to calculate a parking fee (also referred to as “fee calculation”).

  When the charge calculation is completed, the real management server 40 connects to the settlement server 160 via the spoof management server 140, thereby causing the settlement server 160 to perform electronic settlement. When the electronic payment is completed, the real management server 40 transmits a delivery permission signal to the delivery permission device 24 via the settlement machine 30, whereby the delivery by the user is permitted.

  In the second communication procedure, the mobile terminal 90 performs wireless communication (for example, via a telephone line network) with the spoofing management server 140, thereby causing the spoofing management server 140 to calculate a parking fee (“charge calculation”). Also called.)

  When the charge calculation is completed, the spoofing management server 140 is connected to the settlement server 160, thereby enabling electronic settlement by the user. When the electronic payment is completed, the spoofing management server 140 notifies the real management server 40 of the completion of the electronic payment, and in response thereto, the real management server 40 sends a shipping permission signal to the shipping permission device 24 via the checkout machine 30. Send, thereby allowing the user to leave.

  In the third communication procedure, the portable terminal 90 performs wireless communication (for example, by Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication method) with the settlement machine 30, whereby the portable terminal 90 performs calculation of parking time in the settlement machine 30 and the like. The parking fee is calculated, and the calculated parking fee is returned to the portable terminal 90.

  Thereafter, the portable terminal 90 performs wireless communication (for example, via a telephone line network) with the spoofing management server 140, and in response to this, the spoofing management server 140 connects to the settlement server 160, whereby the user Enables electronic payment by When the electronic payment is completed, the spoofing management server 140 notifies the real management server 40 of the completion of the electronic payment, and in response thereto, the real management server 40 sends a shipping permission signal to the shipping permission device 24 via the checkout machine 30. Send, thereby allowing the user to leave.

  Next, referring to FIG. 5, the settlement machine 30, the portable terminal 90 and the management server 40 of the system 10 and the management server 140 of the second system 110 and the settlement when the pseudo electronic settlement mode is executed in the delivery stage Each operation with the server 160 will be described.

  Among the plurality of steps shown in FIG. 5, the time series executed in the portable terminal 90 corresponds to the above-described pseudo electronic payment program, and the time series executed in the management server 40 is actually managed. The program corresponds to a program for pseudo electronic settlement for servers, and the time series of the one executed in the management server 140 corresponds to a management program for pseudo electronic settlement for a spoof management server, and is executed in the settlement server 160 The time series of things correspond to the electronic payment program.

  When the user activates the pseudo electronic settlement program on the portable terminal 90, first, in step S511, in order to confirm the intention of the user to take out the goods (delivery in the pseudo electronic settlement mode, not the non electronic settlement mode). And display the delivery button on its own screen. Next, in step S512, it is determined whether or not the user has operated (eg, touched) the delivery button. When the exit button is operated, the determination is YES, and it is determined that the user has an intention to exit.

  Subsequently, in step S513, the portable terminal 90 inputs, to the user, parking lot identification information for identifying the parking lot 20, for example, a parking lot code, in order to specify the parking lot 20 in which the user is currently present. Remind you. On the other hand, the user manually inputs the corresponding parking lot code (for example, by the above-mentioned manual input or the above-mentioned voice input) or semi-automatically or fully automatically (in a manner that the input is supported by the portable terminal 90) To do.

  In the first example of the parking lot code input support method, the portable terminal 90 measures the current position using the GPS function at the position of the parking lot 20 this time, and the plurality of parking lots 20 and the plurality of parking lots. Those located in the vicinity of the measured current position among the plurality of map positions in accordance with the predetermined relationship with the map position and stored in the memory of the portable terminal 90 At least one parking lot 20 corresponding to is presented to the user as a candidate for the current parking lot 20.

  In the first example, when the user selects any parking lot 20 on the portable terminal 90, the parking lot code corresponding to the parking lot 20 is input to the portable terminal 90.

  In the second example of the parking lot code input support method, the portable terminal 90 performs wireless communication (for example, by Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication method) with the settlement machine 30, and at this time, the settlement machine 30 A signal representing a parking lot code corresponding to the parking lot 20 where the checkout machine 30 is installed is returned to the portable terminal 90. Thereby, the user can input the parking lot code of the parking lot 20 where the user is present to the mobile terminal 90.

  In the third example of the parking lot code input support method, the image sensor of the portable terminal 90 is an identification mark attached to each of the checkout machine 30 or the passenger compartment 22, for example, a computer readable pattern (for example, Barcode, QR code (registered trademark) or other two-dimensional code) is read, and the read result is converted into a parking lot code corresponding to the current parking lot 20. Thereby, the user can input the parking lot code of the parking lot 20 where the user is present to the mobile terminal 90.

  Subsequently, in step S514, the portable terminal 90 identifies the compartment 22 for the user in order to specify the compartment 22 in which the user's vehicle is currently parked in the parking lot 20 in which the user is currently present. The user is prompted to enter vehicle compartment identification information, for example, a compartment number. On the other hand, the user manually inputs the corresponding cabin number (for example, by the above-mentioned manual input or the above-mentioned voice input) or semiautomatically or completely automatically (in a manner that the input is supported by the portable terminal 90) To do.

  In an example of a method for supporting a room number input, an image sensor of the portable terminal 90 is an identification mark attached to each room 22, for example, a computer readable pattern (eg, a bar code, a QR code (registration A two-dimensional code such as a trademark) is read, and the read result is converted into a vehicle compartment number corresponding to the vehicle compartment 22 of this time. Thereby, the user can input into the portable terminal 90 the compartment number of the compartment 22 in which his vehicle is currently parked.

  Here, the “identification mark” may be configured as a multipurpose identification mark including both the identification mark of the passenger compartment 22 and the identification mark of the parking lot 20. In this case, the image sensor of the portable terminal 90 reads the multipurpose identification mark attached to each compartment 22 and the reading result is the parking code corresponding to the present parking lot 20 and the present compartment Convert to the combination with the compartment number corresponding to 22.

  According to this exemplary input support method, the user can go to the portable terminal 90 at once with the parking lot code of the parking lot 20 where the user is currently present and the cabin number of the cabin 22 where the own vehicle is currently parked. Can be entered.

  Thereafter, in step S515, the portable terminal 90 causes the current user to correctly access the second system 110 in order to use the electronic payment method of the second system 110 (exactly, Assigns one spoofed member ID to the combination of the current parking lot code and the current vehicle compartment number). The impersonation member ID is set to be different for each user.

  By the way, a user who desires to use the second system 110 for the original purpose of parking the vehicle is required to be registered in advance as a member of the second system 110. However, the user of the system 10 is not required to be a member of the second system 110 in order to use the system 10.

  Therefore, in the present embodiment, the data processing of the portable terminal 90 allows the user to be a member of the second system 110 temporarily regardless of the user's intention of the system 10 and without being noticed by the user. Impersonate. The qualification of this impersonation member disappears automatically when the user finishes using the system 10 this time (when the parking fee is paid by pseudo electronic payment).

  In order to perform the spoofing process, the memory of the portable terminal 90 is not assigned to any of a plurality of virtual member IDs, ie, any user of the second system 110, but it is portable for the purpose of electronic payment only. The one that permits the terminal 90 to access the second system 110 is stored. The same as the virtual member ID is also stored in the memory of the second system 110, which enables the second system 110 to perform member authentication for the user of the system 10.

  Each time the portable terminal 90 receives a delivery request from the user in the pseudo electronic payment mode, any of the virtual member IDs is either used in the same portable terminal 90 or used in another portable terminal 90. Select so as not to overlap with any ones, and assign to this user. As a result, the current parking lot code, the current vehicle compartment number, and the current impersonation member ID are associated with each other. Each mobile terminal 90, when selecting a certain impersonation member ID, transmits the result to the management server 40, and the management server 40 provides the other mobile terminals 90 with information so as not to select the same impersonation member ID. To do.

  Thereafter, in step S516, the portable terminal 90 manages the delivery request, the parking lot code, and the cabin number in association with one another for the user to request delivery (delivery in the pseudo electronic payment mode, not the non-electronic payment mode). Send to server 40.

  On the other hand, in step S531, the management server 40 receives the delivery request, the parking lot code, and the vehicle compartment number in association with each other.

  Subsequently, in step S532, the management server 40 measures the current time by using the clock. Thereafter, the management server 40 treats the measured current time as the delivery time, and then reads out the storage time stored in the memory of the management server 40 from the memory in association with the current cabin number. The parking time is calculated by subtracting the storage time from the delivery time.

  Thereafter, in step S 533, the management server 40 performs the calculation according to the relationship defined in advance between the length of parking time and the amount of parking fee and stored in the memory of the management server 40. Calculate the parking fee for the amount of parking time. Subsequently, the management server 40 transmits the calculated amount of parking fee to the user's portable terminal 90 in step S534.

  On the other hand, the portable terminal 90 receives the amount of the parking fee in step S517, and subsequently displays the amount of the parking fee on the screen.

  Thereafter, in step S518, the portable terminal 90 performs the second system together with the information necessary for the electronic settlement, the settlement request for performing the electronic settlement with respect to the amount of the parking fee and the parking fee, and the impersonation member ID this time. 110 to the management server 140. Instead of this, the management server 40 may transmit the settlement request to the management server 140 instead of the mobile terminal 90.

  On the other hand, in step S551, the management server 140 receives the parking fee amount, the settlement request, the current impersonation member ID, and the information necessary for the electronic settlement.

  Subsequently, in step S 552, the management server 140 determines whether there is a virtual member ID that matches the received spoof member ID by referring to its own memory, and if it exists, The user this time is permitted to access the second system 110 only for electronic payment. Member authentication is performed.

  Thereafter, in step S553, the management server 140 transmits a settlement request for performing electronic settlement for the parking fee to the settlement server 160 together with information necessary for electronic settlement.

  On the other hand, the settlement server 160 receives the settlement request in step S571, and subsequently performs electronic settlement with the designated content in step S572. Subsequently, the payment server 160 transmits a payment completion signal indicating that the electronic payment is completed to the management server 40 in step S573.

  On the other hand, the management server 40 receives the settlement completion signal in step S535, and subsequently determines in step S536 that the settlement of the parking fee is completed by the electronic settlement. Thereafter, in step S537, the management server 40 transmits a delivery permission signal to the checkout machine 30.

  On the other hand, the settlement machine 30 receives the leaving permission signal in step S501, and then, in step S502, the leaving permission is made to allow the user's vehicle to be removed from the passenger compartment 22 this time. A delivery permission signal is transmitted to the device 24. In response to the exit permission signal, the exit permission device 24 retracts (stores) the baffle from the active position to the non-active position, thereby enabling the vehicle to exit the exit permission device 24.

  In some embodiments described above, when the pseudo electronic payment mode is selected by the user, the portable terminal 90 selects the information for identifying the current parking lot 20 (for example, parking lot code) and the current selection The combination with the information (for example, the cabin number) for identifying the selected cabin 22 is acquired, and the combination, as a member of the second system 110, the second management server 140 of the second system 110. Is assigned to a spoofed member ID for accessing the second management server 140 using the spoofed member ID and designed to include a spoofed access means.

  Instead, when the pseudo electronic payment mode is selected by the user, the portable terminal 90 acquires the user ID of the user or information uniquely corresponding to the user (described later), and the user ID or the unambiguous The impersonation member ID for accessing the second management server 140 of the second system 110 as a member of the second system 110 is assigned to the correspondence information, and the impersonation member ID is used to go through the management server 40 Alternatively, it may be designed to include a spoofing access means for accessing the second management server 140 without going through or via.

  Here, as the “information uniquely corresponding to the user”, for example, a text (characters) such as a telephone number of the portable terminal 90, an e-mail address, an IP address, a registration number of the user's vehicle (such as a number on a license plate) -Number string) information and image information such as an image of the user himself / her own vehicle. The "vehicle registration number" is acquired by the user manually inputting a character / number string into the portable terminal 90, or the user captures an image including the license plate of the vehicle with the camera of the portable terminal 90 and the imaging result May be obtained by extracting the number by image recognition processing by the portable terminal 90 or another device.

  Although the embodiments described above are examples of the case where the present invention is applied to a service using a postpaid parking lot 20, the present invention uses a prepaid parking lot. It may be applied to services.

  The above-described embodiments apply the present invention to a parking lot service in which a space for a user to park a vehicle in a parking lot 20 managed by a business operator (parking lot management contractor) is lent to the user. In some cases, the invention can be applied to other types of services.

  Specifically, the present invention is applied to, for example, a service (so-called parking lot sharing service) for lending a parking lot owned by an individual to another person in order to park another person's vehicle (so-called parking lot sharing service) Applied to a service that lends a vehicle to a user (so-called vehicle rental service) at a location, or applied to a service (so-called vehicle sharing service) where an enterprise lends a vehicle to a user in an unmanned parking lot You may apply to the service (what is called vehicle sharing service) which lends its own vehicle to others.

  Furthermore, the present invention may be applied to a service of renting a rental object that is real estate or movable property to a user.

  In some of the embodiments described above, the user of the system 10 can be qualified as a member of the second system 110 in a state of being known by the person, but the person is given the consent Alternatively, the present invention may be implemented in such a manner that the user is qualified as a member of the second system 110 after waiting for an instruction from the principal.

  Although some of the exemplary embodiments of the present invention have been described above in detail based on the drawings, these are only examples, and the aspects described in the section of the [Summary of the Invention] can be used by those skilled in the art. The present invention can be implemented in other forms in which various modifications and improvements are made based on knowledge.

Claims (10)

A system that provides a user with a certain type of service,
A settlement machine that enables non-electronic settlement, which is cash settlement by a user or card settlement;
Including a management server capable of communicating with the settlement machine,
The system itself is not compatible with electronic payment by the system alone, but is a second system that provides the same kind of service as the system to the user, and works in conjunction with the one compatible with electronic payment to provide a pseudo electronic payment mode. Run
The second system is
A second management server capable of communicating with the user's communication terminal;
A payment server that enables electronic payment by a user, and is capable of communicating with the second management server,
In the pseudo electronic payment mode, the system is configured such that a user communication terminal accesses the second management server via the management server or not, thereby using the payment server to perform electronic payment. And then the second management server communicates with the settlement machine via or without the management server, so that the settlement machine receives a settlement completion signal. Offer system. A system that provides a user with a certain type of service,
A settlement machine that enables non-electronic settlement, which is cash settlement by a user or card settlement;
Including a management server capable of communicating with the settlement machine,
The system performs a non-electronic payment mode that does not support electronic payment by the system alone, and in the non-electronic payment mode, the user performs a non-electronic payment using the settlement machine,
The system executes a pseudo electronic payment mode in cooperation with a second system that provides a user with the same type of service as the system,
The second system is:
A second management server capable of communicating with the user's communication terminal;
A payment server that enables electronic payment by a user, and is capable of communicating with the second management server,
The second system executes the electronic payment mode corresponding to the electronic payment on the second system alone on the condition that the user is a member of the second system, and in the electronic payment mode, A user communication terminal communicates with the second management server, thereby performing electronic payment using the payment server, and then the second management server transmits a payment completion signal to the communication terminal,
In the pseudo electronic payment mode, the management server is configured such that, in the pseudo electronic payment mode, the user's communication terminal impersonates a member of the second system or actually becomes a member of the second system. Access the second management server via or without going through, thereby making an electronic payment using the payment server, after which the second management server goes through the management server or A service providing system for pseudo electronic payment, which communicates with the settlement machine without going through, whereby the settlement machine receives the settlement completion signal.   The service includes a service for renting a space for a user to park a vehicle including a bicycle, a car or a motorcycle to the user and / or a service for renting a vehicle including a bicycle, a car or a motorcycle to the user. The pseudo electronic payment enabled service providing system according to 1 or 2. The service includes a service for lending a space for a user to park a vehicle including a bicycle, a car, or a motorcycle in a parking lot,
The system further includes
It is a delivery permission device that physically restricts the vehicle warehousing in the parking lot from leaving the parking lot while the payment by the user is not completed, and physically permits the leaving when the payment by the user is completed. Including those controlled by the checkout machine,
4. The pseudo electronic settlement-compatible service providing system according to claim 3, wherein the settlement machine transmits a shipping permission signal to the shipping permission device when receiving the payment completion signal. In the parking lot, the service lends the user a service selected by the user out of a plurality of cabins, which is a plurality of spaces for the user to park a vehicle including a bicycle, a car or a motorcycle. Including
The system further includes
The user's communication terminal specifies the parking lot when the pseudo electronic settlement mode is selected by the user in the warehousing stage in which the vehicle warehousing in the selected compartment or in the delivery stage in which the vehicle is delivered from the compartment To obtain a combination of information for identifying and the information for identifying the selected passenger compartment, assigning a member ID as a member of the second system to the combination, and using the member ID to perform the management The pseudo electronic settlement-compatible service providing system according to claim 2, further comprising access means for accessing the second management server through or without going through a server. further,
When the pseudo electronic payment mode is selected by the user, the user's communication terminal acquires the user ID of the user or information uniquely corresponding to the user, and uses the second system as the user ID or information. 3. The pseudo electronic payment support according to claim 2, further comprising access means for allocating a member ID as a member of and accessing the second management server with or without going through the management server using the member ID. Type service provision system. A program for causing a computer to function as a communication terminal in the service providing system for pseudo electronic payment according to any one of claims 1 to 6. A program for causing a computer to function as a management server in the service providing system for pseudo electronic payment according to any one of claims 1 to 6. A program for causing a computer to function as a settlement machine in the pseudo electronic settlement compatible service providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 6.   The recording medium which recorded computer-readably the program in any one of Claims 7-9.

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