JP2011107790A - Device, system, and method for summarizing point - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a point summarization device for summarizing points to be applied to payment by two or more payment means such as electronic money and a credit card into one point. <P>SOLUTION: In a member database of a point summarization server, the member number of a point service in which a customer wants to summarize points and the card number of a payment means such as electronic money to be used for payment by the customer are stored in association, and in a merchandise database, the merchandise code of the object merchandise of a campaign and a bonus point to be applied when the customer purchases the object merchandise are stored in association. When the customer purchases the object merchandise of a campaign in a store, and pays for the merchandise with any payment means, the merchandise code of the purchased merchandise and the card number of the payment means are transmitted to a point summarization server, and the obtained point to be applied from the merchandise code to the customer is transmitted to the point management server which manages the point balance of each customer after the member number of the point service is specified from the card number. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a point aggregating apparatus, a point aggregating system, and a point aggregating method for aggregating points given to payment by two or more payment means such as electronic money and credit cards into one point.

  In order to guide customers to their own stores and service facilities, retailers that sell products and providers that provide services are widely issued. Users of point cards can earn points by purchasing products or using services at the store of the business that issues point cards, and exchanging the accumulated points for specified products and services. , Can be used for discounts.

  Such point services are often used by providers of settlement services such as electronic money and credit cards. When payment is made for purchase of goods or use of services using electronic money or credit cards that provide point services, points corresponding to each electronic money or credit card are given to users of electronic money or credit card members. Will be.

  Using this point service, for example, a company that provides a product cooperates with an electronic money or credit card issuer, and a customer who purchases a specific campaign target product purchases the purchase price with the affiliated electronic money or credit card. When payment is made, bonus points are added to normal points and granted, making it possible to use point services for sales promotion of specific products, and inventions corresponding to such usage forms are also disclosed. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

JP 2008-262313 A

  As described above, by using the invention disclosed in Patent Document 1, it becomes possible to promote sales of specific products for electronic money users, but for electronic money users, In order to purchase a campaign product and earn points, the purchase price must be paid with designated electronic money. However, as shown in FIG. 1, even if the customer uses a plurality of electronic money and credit cards, in order to earn points by the campaign, payment must be made with the electronic money specified in the campaign. It will be.

  Furthermore, if the customer does not use the electronic money designated in the campaign in the first place, even if he / she purchases a campaign product, he / she cannot receive points by the campaign. From the standpoint of the company that provides the product, the target of sales promotion is limited to users of specific electronic money, which causes a problem that the sales promotion effect by the campaign is limited.

  In addition, when the bonus points are added to the points given to specific electronic money, the customer himself / herself cannot select which point service to add points to, so each company has different electronic money and If you conduct a campaign in partnership, the points you earn will be distributed and accumulated.

  In other words, in order to increase the sales promotion effect of the campaign that grants bonus points, the point service desired by the customer regardless of the payment method of the electronic money or credit card used by the customer. There is a need for a mechanism that can earn bonus points.

  The present invention has been made in order to cope with such problems, and a point aggregating apparatus for aggregating points given to payment by two or more payment means such as electronic money and credit cards into one point An object of the present invention is to provide a point aggregation system and a point aggregation method.

  The present invention that solves such a problem is a point aggregating apparatus that aggregates points given to payment by two or more payment means into one point, and is assigned to identify a point member who owns the point. Member information storage for storing the member code in association with an identification code assigned to identify the point member for each of two or more payment means used by the point member for payment for purchase of goods or use of services. Product information storage means for storing a product code identifying a product or service to which points are given at the time of purchase or use in association with the number of points given to purchase of the product or use of the service; The product code of the product purchased by the member or the service used and the purchase of the product or the service Purchase information receiving means for receiving an identification code of the payment means used by the point member for payment for use of the service, and searching the member information storage means using the identification code received by the purchase information receiving means as a key, A member specifying means for specifying a member code of a point member who obtains points by purchasing the service or using the service, and searching for the product information storage means using the product code received by the purchase information receiving means as a key. A point aggregating apparatus comprising: acquisition point specifying means for specifying the number of points acquired by the point member by purchasing the service or using the service.

  In the present invention, card numbers and the like of two or more payment means such as electronic money and credit cards used by customers are registered in advance and stored in association with a member number of a point service for collecting points, When payment of the target product is made by any of the payment methods, specify the membership number of the point service from the card number etc. used at the time of payment, and use which payment method by giving points here It is also possible to consolidate the earned points into one point.

  In the present invention, the point is given to a point member by a point service provider and can be used for exchange with a product or service, discount, etc., and the name is not limited to what is called a point. Mileage provided by the company is also included. The membership code is a code that can identify the type of point service and the membership number assigned to the point member who uses the point service. The identification code is the electronic money or credit card used for payment. It is a code that can identify the type and the card number assigned to each issued card.

  The present invention comprises acquisition point transmission means for transmitting the member code specified by the member specifying means and the number of points specified by the acquisition point specifying means to a point management device that manages the point balance held by the point member. Can also be characterized.

  In this configuration, the point balance of each point member is managed by a point management device different from the point aggregation device, and information such as the number of acquired points is transmitted from the point aggregation device to the point management device.

  The present invention corresponds to the point balance storage means for storing the point balance held by the point member in association with the member code of the point member, and the member code specified by the member specifying means stored in the point balance storage means Point balance update means for updating the point balance to be added by adding the number of points specified by the acquired point specification means.

  In this configuration, the point balance of each point member is also managed by the point aggregation device, and the point balance managed by the point aggregation device is updated to reflect information such as the number of acquired points.

  The present invention accepts, from a member terminal operated by a point member, a member code of the point member and an identification code of each of two or more payment means used by the point member for payment for purchase of goods or use of services, The apparatus may further comprise member information receiving means for associating the member code with two or more identification codes and storing the member code in the member information storage means.

  If comprised in this way, it will become possible to designate electronic money, a credit card, etc. which are used at the time of payment in order to acquire points by operation of point members themselves.

  The present invention accepts a product code of a product or service to which points are given and a number of points given to purchase of the product or use of the service from a provider terminal that provides the product or service, and the product code And product information receiving means for associating and storing the points in the product information storage means.

  If comprised in this way, it will become possible to designate the campaign goods etc. which are the object of point grant by operation of the goods and service provider itself.

  Moreover, this invention can also be specified as a point aggregation system which consists of the point aggregation apparatus concerning this invention, and the point management apparatus which manages a point balance.

  A point aggregation system according to the present invention is a point aggregation system that aggregates points given to payment by two or more payment means into one point, and is a member assigned to identify a point member holding the point Member information storage means for storing a code in association with an identification code assigned to identify the point member for each of two or more payment means used by the point member for payment for purchase of goods or use of services; A product information storage means for storing a product code for identifying a product or service to which points are given at the time of purchase or use in association with the number of points given to purchase of the product or use of the service; and a point member The product code of the purchased product or service used and the purchase of the product or Purchasing information receiving means for receiving the identification code of the payment means used by the point member for payment for the use of the service, and searching the member information storage means using the identification code received by the purchasing information receiving means as a key, A member specifying means for specifying a member code of a point member who acquires points by purchasing a product or using the service, and searching the product information storage means using the product code received by the purchase information receiving means as a key, The acquisition point specifying means for specifying the number of points acquired by the point member by purchasing the product or using the service, the member code specified by the member specifying means, and the number of points specified by the acquisition point specifying means Acquired points sent to the point management device that manages the point balance held by the member A point aggregating device, a point balance storage unit for storing the point balance held by the point member in association with the member code of the point member, and transmission of the acquired point transmission unit from the point aggregating device Points obtained by the earned point receiving means, and received point points corresponding to the member code received by the earned point receiving means stored in the point balance storage means. A point aggregation system comprising: a point balance updating unit including a point balance updating unit that adds and updates a number.

  Furthermore, this invention can also be specified as a point aggregation method performed by the point aggregation apparatus concerning this invention.

  According to the point aggregation method of the present invention, each of the two or more payment means that the point member uses for the payment for the purchase of the product or the use of the service, the member code assigned to identify the point member holding the point. A member information storage means for storing in association with an identification code assigned to identify the point member, a product code for identifying a product or service to which points are given at the time of purchase or use, the purchase of the product or the Point aggregation that aggregates points awarded for payment by two or more payment means into one point, which is executed by a point aggregating apparatus having a product information storage means for storing in association with the number of points given for using the service A method in which the point aggregating device is purchased by a point member A purchase information receiving step of receiving a product code of a service used, an identification code of a payment means used by the point member for payment for purchase of the product or use of the service, and the point aggregation device receives the purchase information A member specifying step of searching the member information storage means using the identification code received in the step as a key and specifying a member code of a point member who acquires points by purchasing the product or using the service; and the point aggregation device However, the acquisition point specification step of searching the product information storage means using the product code received in the purchase information reception step as a key and specifying the number of points acquired by the point member by purchasing the product or using the service And a point aggregation method characterized by comprising:

  In the point aggregation method according to the present invention, the point aggregation device manages the point balance that a point member holds the member code specified in the member specifying step and the number of points specified in the acquired point specifying step. It can also be characterized by having an acquisition point transmission step of transmitting to the device.

  In the point aggregation method according to the present invention, the point aggregation device includes point balance storage means for storing the point balance held by the point member in association with the member code of the point member, and the point aggregation device includes: A point balance update step of updating the point balance corresponding to the member code specified in the member specifying step stored in the point balance storage means by adding the number of points specified in the acquired point specifying step. It can also be.

  In the point aggregation method according to the present invention, the point aggregation device uses two or more points from the member terminal operated by the point member for payment of the member code of the point member and the point member for purchase of goods or use of the service. A member information receiving step of receiving an identification code of each of the payment means and storing the member code in association with two or more of the identification codes in the member information storage means.

  In the point aggregating method according to the present invention, the point aggregating device grants a product code of a product or service to which points are given and purchase of the product or use of the service from a provider terminal that provides the product or service. A product information receiving step of receiving the number of points to be stored and associating the product code with the number of points and storing it in the product information storage means.

  According to the present invention, points awarded for payment by two or more payment means such as electronic money and a credit card can be integrated into one point. Therefore, for companies that provide products, etc., if you want to promote sales of specific products, etc., carry out a campaign targeting a wide range of customers without limiting payment methods to specific electronic money, etc. Is possible. For the customer, it is possible to collect and accumulate points in the desired point service, regardless of which payment means is used, such as electronic money or credit card.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the sales campaign of the specific goods using the conventional point service. It is a figure which shows the structure of the sales campaign of the specific goods using the point service using this invention. It is a figure which shows the outline | summary of the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the outline | summary of the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a 1st figure which shows an example of the flow of point aggregation by this invention. It is a 2nd figure which shows an example of the flow of point aggregation by this invention. It is a 3rd figure which shows an example of the flow of point aggregation by this invention. It is a 4th figure which shows an example of the flow of point aggregation by this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the point aggregation system in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the point aggregation apparatus in the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the processing flow of the point aggregation method concerning this invention.

  Embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. In addition, since the following shows an example of the embodiment of the present invention, the present invention is not limited to the embodiment shown in the following description. Further, in the following description, an example in which bonus points are added when a campaign product is purchased will be described. However, the present invention is similarly applied to a case where bonus points are given for use of a specific service. Can do.

  FIG. 1 shows a structure of a sales campaign for a specific product using a conventional point service. When a company wants to strengthen sales of a specific product (hereinafter, the same applies to services), it is affiliated with an electronic money or credit card issuer (in cooperation with electronic money A in the example of FIG. 1), and targeted for a specific campaign. Promoting the sale of specific products by adding bonus points to the points awarded when using electronic money or credit cards when the purchase price is paid by electronic money or credit cards with which the customer who purchased the product has partnered. Things have been done.

  In this case, even if the customer uses a plurality of electronic money and credit cards as payment means, in order to purchase the campaign product and earn points, the purchase price is based on the designated electronic money (electronic money A). The payment must be made. When the customer mainly accumulates points using other payment means (for example, electronic money B), the bonus points are added to the points that are not frequently used (electronic money A) for the customer. The restriction of the payment means reduces the effect of guiding to the campaign target product.

  In the first place, if the customer does not use the electronic money specified in the campaign (electronic money A), the benefits of purchasing the campaign product will not be available, and the target layer for the promotion by the campaign is a specific electronic It is limited to users of money (electronic money A).

  In the present invention, in response to such a problem, as shown in FIG. 2, when the customer purchases the campaign product, which payment means (in the example of FIG. 2, electronic money A, B, credit card A, B ) Using the point service provided by the payment means desired by the customer (electronic money A in the example of FIG. 2) or other point services other than these payment means (for example, airlines) The mileage service provided by) provides a point aggregation mechanism in which bonus points are added.

  3 and 4 show the first and second embodiments of the present invention, respectively. The outline of the embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the example of the point aggregation flow according to the present invention shown in FIGS.

  The point aggregating server corresponding to the point aggregating apparatus according to the present invention is provided with a member database and a product database, and stores the following data, respectively.

  In the member database, card numbers of electronic money, credit cards, etc. used by the customer as payment means are stored in association with the member number of the point member assigned by the point service for which the customer wants to accumulate points. What is necessary is just to comprise so that the member number and card number memorize | stored here can be registered via the internet etc. from the terminal which a customer operates, for example. In the example of FIG. 5, for the membership number 9999 of the point X, which is a point service that the customer wants to collect points, the card number 1111 of the electronic money A, the card number 2222 of the electronic money B registered by the customer as the payment method, the credit The card number 3333 of the card A and the card number 4444 of the credit card B are stored in association with each other.

  In the product database, the number of points to be added is stored in association with the product code of the campaign product targeted for bonus points. What is necessary is just to comprise so that the merchandise code and point number memorize | stored here can be registered via the internet etc. from the terminal which a merchandise provider operates, for example. In the example of FIG. 5, 10 points, 20 points, and 30 points are associated and stored as the number of points to be added for the product codes A, B, and C of the products that are the campaign products of the product provider.

  A customer who purchases a campaign product at a store or the like pays a purchase price using electronic money or a credit card whose card number is registered in advance in the member database of the point aggregation server. The sales information including the product code of the product to be purchased read at the store POS cash register and the card number of the payment means used by the customer is used as the card usage information via the store sales information management system or the like. Sent to the issuer's host. Further, from the sales information received by the card issuer's host, information including the product code of the product purchased by the customer and the card number of the payment means used by the customer is transmitted to the point aggregation server.

  In the example of FIG. 6, the customer purchases the product A, which is a campaign product, and pays using the electronic money A, and the product code A of the product to be purchased read at the POS register at the store, and the customer The card number 1111 of the electronic money A used for payment is transmitted to the card issuer's host via the store sales information management system and the like, and is further transmitted to the point aggregation server.

  In the present invention, since the point aggregation server only needs to be able to accept the product code and card number, the route for the point aggregation server to accept such information is not limited to the route via the card issuer's host. Instead, for example, these data may be directly transmitted from a sales information management system of a store or the like. In addition to sending these information to the point aggregation server to add points for the campaign product, as a configuration for giving normal points, separately send these information directly to the point management server. It may be configured.

  The point aggregation server that receives the product code and the card number searches the product database using the product code as a key, and specifies the number of bonus points to be added to the purchased product. Further, the member database is searched using the card number as a key, and the member number of the customer in the point service for collecting points is specified.

  In the example of FIG. 7, the product database is searched and it is specified that the bonus points to be added to the product code A are 10 points. Further, it is specified that the point service that searches the member database and collects points generated by the payment of the card number 1111 of the electronic money A is the point X, and the member number is 9999.

  In this way, since the membership number of the customer's point service to which bonus points are added and the number of points acquired are specified, in the first embodiment shown in FIG. 3, the point management server that manages the point balance is used. These data are transmitted and updated by adding the specified number of points to the point balance of the specified membership number. In addition, in the second embodiment shown in FIG. 2, since the point database for managing the point balance is provided in the point totaling server, the specified number of points is added to the point balance of the specified member number. Update.

  FIG. 8 shows an example in the first embodiment. Information that the membership number of the point X identified by the point aggregation server is 9999 and the bonus point to be added is 10 points is the point management server. Sent to. Here, the point management server is operated by the point service provider of the point X and manages the point balance of each member. The point balance of the member number 9999 received in the point database for managing the point balance , 10 bonus points are added and updated.

  The point services that customers want to collect points from may be different for each customer, so the point aggregation server is not only connected to a single point management server, but also supports various point services. It is preferable to connect to a plurality of point management servers. In this case, a point management server that transmits a member number or the like from a point service type (point X in the example of FIGS. 7 and 8) that aggregates points identified by referring to the member database in the point aggregation server Will be specified.

  In the case of the second embodiment, it is preferable to be able to cope with the same as described above. In the point database of the point aggregation server, the point balance for each point service is managed, and the point service type specified by referring to the member database is used. The corresponding point balance is updated by adding bonus points.

  9 and 10 show configurations of the point aggregation system in the first and second embodiments of the present invention, respectively. The configuration and operation of the point aggregation system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart showing the processing flow of the point aggregation method according to the present invention shown in FIG.

  In the first embodiment of FIG. 9, the point aggregation server 10 corresponds to the point aggregation device according to the present invention. Further, together with the point management server 20, a point aggregation system according to the present invention is configured. In the second embodiment of FIG. 10, the point aggregation server 10 corresponds to the point aggregation device according to the present invention.

  In FIG. 9, a point aggregation server 10 which is a computer having a CPU, a main memory and the like includes a member information registration unit 11, a product information registration unit 12, a purchase information reception unit 13, a point calculation unit 14, a point information transmission unit 15, A member database 16 and a product database 17 are included. The physical configuration of the point aggregation server 10 is not particularly limited, and may be configured by one computer or may be configured by two or more computers.

  The member information registration unit 11, the product information registration unit 12, the purchase information reception unit 13, the point calculation unit 14, and the point information transmission unit 15 are all functionally specified and correspond to these functions. Each function is realized by reading the application program from the HDD of the computer into the main memory and executing arithmetic processing by the CPU. The same applies to the point browsing acceptance unit 19 in FIG.

  A predetermined storage area of a computer HDD is allocated to each of the member database 16 and the product database 17. However, a computer different from the point aggregation server 10 may be used as a database server for controlling them. The same applies to the point database 18 in FIG.

  As described above with reference to FIG. 5 to FIG. 8 and the like, the member database 16 stores the electronic money used by the customer as a means of payment for the member number of the point member assigned by the point service that the customer wants to accumulate points. A card number such as a credit card is stored in association with each other. In the product database 17, the number of points to be added is stored in association with the product code of the campaign product targeted for bonus points.

  The point management server 20 is also a computer including a CPU, a main memory, etc., and the point information receiving unit 21 and the point browsing receiving unit 23 are both functionally specified, and applications corresponding to these functions Each function is realized by reading the program from the HDD of the computer to the main memory and executing arithmetic processing by the CPU.

  A predetermined storage area of the computer HDD is allocated to the point database 22, but a computer different from the point management server 20 may be used as a database server for controlling the storage area. In the point database 22, information such as a point balance is stored in association with the member number of each member who uses the point service.

  The customer terminal 30 is a terminal device such as a personal computer or a mobile phone operated by the customer, and can access the point aggregation server 10 and the point management server 20 via the Internet.

  For example, when the point aggregation server 10 is accessed, the member information registration unit 11 can be activated to register the member number of the point service and the card number of electronic money used as a payment means in the member database 16. In addition, when the point management server 20 is accessed, the point browsing accepting unit 23 is activated, and the point balance and the like stored in the point database 22 can be read and confirmed.

  The store terminal 40 is a terminal such as a POS register installed in the store, and the card reader 41 can read the electronic money, the card number of the credit card, and the like. Further, the bar code reader 42 reads the product code of the product purchased by the customer, and the store terminal 40 transmits the sales information such as the card number and the product code to the card issuer system 50. Further, the card number and the product code are transmitted from the card issuer system 50 to the point aggregation server 10, but the route until these data are transmitted to the point aggregation server 10 is particularly limited as described above. It is not a thing.

  The product provider system 60 is a computer or the like installed in the product provider, and can access the point aggregation server 10 via the Internet or the like. When accessing the point aggregation server 10, the product information registration unit 12 can be activated to register the product code of the campaign product and the number of points added at the time of purchase in the product database 17.

  The operation procedure for point aggregation in the point aggregation server 10 is as shown in the flowchart of FIG. The purchase information receiving unit 13 is activated to receive the product code of the product purchased by the customer and the card number used for payment from the card issuer system 50 or the like (S1).

  Subsequently, the point calculation unit 14 is activated to search the product database 17 using the received product code as a key (S2). Whether or not the product code and the number of points to be added are stored in the product database 17 confirms whether or not the product corresponding to the product code is a product registered as a bonus point grant target (S3). If the customer does not receive bonus points, the process is terminated. If the product code and the number of points to be added are stored, the number of points to be added is read. If the purchase quantity is 2 or more, the unit price is multiplied by the quantity, etc. The number is specified (S4).

  Further, the member database 16 is searched using the received card number as a key (S5). It is confirmed whether or not a card number is registered in the member database 16 (S6). If it is not registered, no bonus points are given to the customer, and the process is terminated. If the card number is registered, the membership number of the point service stored in association with the card number is read and specified (S7).

  Subsequently, in the first embodiment, the point information transmitting unit 15 is activated, and transmits the specified point service membership number and the number of acquired points to the point management server 20 specified by the type of point service ( S8). In the point management server 20 that has received this, the point information receiving unit 21 is activated to update the point balance corresponding to the received membership number of the point service in the point database 22 by adding the received number of acquired points. In the second embodiment, the point balance corresponding to the member number of the specified point service in the point database 18 is updated by adding the specified number of acquired points (S8).

10 point aggregation server 11 member information registration unit 12 product information registration unit 13 purchase information reception unit 14 point calculation unit 15 point information transmission unit 16 member database 17 product database 18 point database 19 point browsing reception unit 20 point management server 21 point information reception Unit 22 Point database 23 Point browsing reception unit 30 Customer terminal 40 Store terminal 41 Card reader 42 Bar code reader 50 Card issuer system 60 Product provider system

Claims (9)

A point aggregating device for aggregating points given to payment by two or more payment means into one point,
To identify the point member for each of the two or more payment means that the point member uses to assign the member code assigned to identify the point member holding the point for payment for purchase of goods or use of services Member information storage means for storing in association with the assigned identification code;
Product information storage means for storing a product code for identifying a product or service to which points are given at the time of purchase or use, in association with the number of points given to purchase of the product or use of the service;
Purchase information receiving means for receiving the product code of the product purchased by the point member or the service used, and the identification code of the payment means used by the point member for payment for the purchase of the product or use of the service;
A member specifying means for searching the member information storage means using the identification code received by the purchase information receiving means as a key, and specifying a member code of a point member who acquires points by purchasing the product or using the service;
Searching the product information storage means using the product code received by the purchase information receiving means as a key, and acquiring point specifying means for specifying the number of points acquired by the point member by purchasing the product or using the service;
A point aggregating apparatus comprising: An acquisition point transmitting unit that transmits the member code specified by the member specifying unit and the number of points specified by the acquired point specifying unit to a point management device that manages a point balance held by the point member, The point aggregation device according to claim 1. Point balance storage means for storing the point balance held by the point member in association with the member code of the point member;
Point balance update means for updating the point balance corresponding to the member code specified by the member specifying means stored in the point balance storage means by adding the number of points specified by the acquired point specifying means;
The point aggregation device according to claim 1, further comprising: From the member terminal operated by the point member, the member code of the point member and the identification code of each of two or more payment means used by the point member for payment for purchase of goods or use of the service are received, and the member code The point aggregation device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising: member information receiving means for associating two or more identification codes with each other and storing them in the member information storage means. Accepting the product code of the product or service to which points are given and the number of points given to purchase of the product or use of the service from the provider terminal that provides the product or service, and the product code and the number of points 5. The point aggregating apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: merchandise information receiving means for associating and storing the merchandise information in the merchandise information storage means. A point aggregation system that aggregates points given to payment by two or more payment methods into one point,
To identify the point member for each of the two or more payment means that the point member uses to assign the member code assigned to identify the point member holding the point for payment for purchase of goods or use of services Member information storage means for storing in association with the assigned identification code;
Product information storage means for storing a product code for identifying a product or service to which points are given at the time of purchase or use, in association with the number of points given to purchase of the product or use of the service;
Purchase information receiving means for receiving the product code of the product purchased by the point member or the service used, and the identification code of the payment means used by the point member for payment for the purchase of the product or use of the service;
A member specifying means for searching the member information storage means using the identification code received by the purchase information receiving means as a key, and specifying a member code of a point member who acquires points by purchasing the product or using the service;
Searching the product information storage means using the product code received by the purchase information receiving means as a key, and acquiring point specifying means for specifying the number of points acquired by the point member by purchasing the product or using the service;
Acquired point transmitting means for transmitting the member code specified by the member specifying means and the number of points specified by the acquired point specifying means to a point management device that manages the point balance held by the point member;
A point aggregation device comprising:
Point balance storage means for storing the point balance held by the point member in association with the member code of the point member;
Acquisition point receiving means for receiving the member code and the number of points transmitted by the acquisition point transmitting means from the point aggregation device;
Point balance updating means for updating the point balance corresponding to the member code received by the earned point receiving means stored in the point balance storing means by adding the number of points received by the earned point receiving means;
A point management device comprising:
A point aggregation system characterized by comprising To identify the point member for each of the two or more payment means that the point member uses to assign the member code assigned to identify the point member holding the point for payment for purchase of goods or use of services Member information storage means for storing in association with the assigned identification code, the number of points given to the purchase of the product or the use of the service, the product code identifying the product or service to which points are given at the time of purchase or use A point aggregating method for aggregating points given to payment by two or more payment means to one point, which is executed by a point aggregating device including product information storage means for storing in association with
A purchase information receiving step in which the point aggregating device receives a product code of a product purchased by a point member or a service used, and an identification code of a payment means used by the point member for payment for purchase of the product or use of the service When,
The point aggregation device searches the member information storage means using the identification code received in the purchase information reception step as a key, and specifies the member code of the point member who acquires points by purchasing the product or using the service A member identification step,
The point aggregating apparatus searches the product information storage means using the product code received in the purchase information receiving step as a key, and specifies the number of points acquired by the point member by purchasing the product or using the service Earning point identification step,
A point aggregation method characterized by comprising: An acquisition point transmission step in which the point aggregation device transmits the member code specified in the member specification step and the number of points specified in the acquisition point specification step to a point management device that manages a point balance held by the point member. The point aggregation method according to claim 7, further comprising: The point aggregation device comprises a point balance storage means for storing the point balance held by the point member in association with the member code of the point member,
The point balance device updates the point balance corresponding to the member code specified in the member specifying step stored in the point balance storage means by adding the number of points specified in the acquired point specifying step. The point aggregation method according to claim 7, further comprising steps.