JP3421183B2 - How to issue a service ticket for buying and selling products using communication lines - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of issuing service tickets used as a sales promotion means for promoting the purchase of products (including tangible products and intangible products by providing service work). More specifically, the present invention relates to a method of issuing a service ticket in buying and selling a product using a communication line.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Stamps and scoring tickets are handed out as a sales promotion means for products, or points are recorded on a magnetic card and used as gifts or exchanged for prizes (commodities) depending on the number and points acquired. There is a service ticket that can be issued, and the service ticket issuance is first issued to the member store by the service ticket issuer, and the member store pays for the service ticket. This service ticket is a printed matter in which the service points are displayed on the paper surface, and the member store provides the purchaser of the product with the service ticket that matches the assigned service points according to the purchase and sale amount. The purchaser who receives the service ticket saves the service ticket, which is usually pasted on a sheet having a sticking section where a specific number of service tickets can be pasted, which facilitates the convenience of storage and the calculation of the total points. .

[0003] Then, depending on the score of the service ticket, it can be exchanged for a specific product or used for a part of payment, and the service ticket used at the member store is returned to the service ticket issuer again, and the price for the use is paid. It will be refunded to the member stores. In this case, the handling fee of the service ticket issuer is the difference between the price per point of the service ticket from the service ticket issuer to the member store and the exchange price when the purchaser uses the service ticket.

[0004]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In the conventional issuance of a service ticket as a sales promotion means, a purchaser actually purchases a product in a member store, receives a service ticket as a tangible item in response to payment of the price, The purchaser saves and manages the service ticket.

Also in the method of making payment by credit card, a service ticket corresponding to the payment amount is attached to the payment report of the credit card, and the service ticket is stored and managed by the credit card user. Although there are differences in the time and method of receiving service tickets, it is common that service tickets, which are tangible items, are present.

[0006] This means that even if the service ticket, which is a tangible thing for the purchaser, is not stored and managed for a long time on the book page, the service corresponding to the total purchase amount cannot be sufficiently received, and the service ticket is wasted. It can be seen that it is left alone or lost.

On the other hand, recently, a method of introducing a product and purchasing a product by using a communication line such as personal computer communication is also used. In this case, the purchaser does not give or receive the actual product at home, or Transactions are made through communication lines without actually paying the purchase price. In such a form of trading, issuance of a service ticket, which is a tangible thing, is impossible at the time of trading, and although it is possible to send a service ticket at a later date by mail, etc. I have to say that it is a thing.

[0008] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a method of issuing a service ticket suitable for buying and selling a product using a communication line, and to effectively and surely store and manage the service ticket.

[0009]

According to the method of the present invention, the purchaser who receives the character / image data of the product transmitted by the member store by using the communication line is displayed on the display device of the terminal and displayed. Shopping using a communication line that selects products and sells and sells by operating a terminal, which consists of a service ticket issuer, a member store, and a purchaser, and the service ticket issuer issues a service ticket to the member store. Member stores provide service vouchers to purchasers according to the purchase price of the products, and the purchasers use the service vouchers for certain products in exchange or part of payment, and the used service vouchers are service vouchers. In issuing the service ticket to be returned to the issuer, the member shop and the purchaser and the communication equipment of the service ticket issuer are connected by a line, and the service ticket issuer is an individual list of each member store and each purchaser. Service It has means for calculating, storing, and managing increase / decrease data of ticket issuance / acquisition, providing service tickets to buyers and offering service ticket issuers according to the sales amount performed by member stores, and purchasing The use of the acquired service ticket at the member store is carried out by each terminal using the communication line, and the member store and the purchaser manage the increase or decrease record of the service ticket issuer of the purchaser's service ticket by the communication line. It is characterized in that it can be displayed / confirmed on the display device of the terminal by using the.

Further, the service ticket may be provided to the purchaser by the service ticket issuer using the communication line by a notification from the member store using the communication line of the purchase and sale amount of the purchaser.

Since the service ticket is passed through the communication line, it is speeded up because it does not occupy a tangible object, and the profit and loss is calculated, stored and managed by the service ticket issuer.
It is not lost or left abandoned, and the member store and the purchaser can visually confirm the service ticket on the display device through the communication line at any time.

[0012]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a flow (movement) of a service ticket according to the invention of claim 1, which is composed of a service ticket issuer 1, a member store 2 and a purchaser 3. The member store 2 and the purchaser 3 are plural. , And the service ticket issuer 1, respectively. The service ticket flows from the service ticket issuer 1 to the member store 2, S1 and moves to the purchaser 3 who purchased the product from the member store 2 (S2). The purchaser 3 purchases an arbitrary number (points) of service tickets or It is used for exchanging a gift (S3) and returns to the member store 2 or the service ticket issuer 1, and the service ticket returned to the member store 2 is collected by the service ticket issuer 1 (S4).

The ticket is not transferred as a tangible item of this service ticket, but is processed as data through a communication line and displayed on a display device. That is, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, the communication device 4 capable of transmitting and receiving data is owned and connected by using a public communication line network or a specific communication line network, 5 is a processing device, 6 is a communication control device, and 7 is a communication control device.
Is a modulation / demodulation device, 8 is a storage device, 9 is a display device (display), and 10 is an input device (keyboard, mouse).

[0014] To purchase the goods, the communication line is used, and the member store 2
The product data provided by will be displayed on the display device 9 and selected. For the selection, a specific member store 2 is selected from the member stores 2, and the products handled by the member store 2 are selected, and further, the final selection of the specific product is selected from the products of the same type and the same type. Is operated to input an instruction for selection / purchase.

For purchase of a product, a service ticket corresponding to the purchase price is given to the purchaser, and by utilizing the form of the sale using the communication line, confirmation of the establishment of the sale as shown in FIG. 3, for example. The display pattern may be such that the service ticket score 12 for the purchase and sale is displayed in one column of the display 11, and the display pattern for notifying the service coupon acquisition score is also available. Furthermore, in addition to the notice display of the acquisition of this service ticket,
It may be a pattern that also displays the total number of service tickets acquired so far (including / not including this time),
The display pattern may be Table 13 (FIG. 4) or digital display.

When redeeming a service ticket for a gift or applying for a part of payment, similarly, the user operates the input device 10 through the communication line and looks at the display device 9.

The service ticket is managed by the service ticket issuer 1, and the service ticket is provided to the purchaser according to the purchase amount of each member store and the acquired service ticket is used by the member store at the member store. To the service ticket issuer using each terminal and issue the service ticket to each member store 2 ... (S
5), the processing device 5 calculates the score (S6) of the service ticket given to each purchaser 3 by each member store 2, and updates the increase and decrease in the individual list of each member store and each purchaser, and the storage device Store in 8. Then, each member store 2 ... And each purchaser 3 ... Can be individually displayed and confirmed on their own display devices 9 through a communication line (FIG. 5).

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the movement of the service ticket of claim 2. Service ticket issuer 1 to purchaser 3,
It is provided directly according to the sales amount at the member store 2 (S7), and the purchaser 3 uses an arbitrary number (points) of service tickets for the purchase of goods or exchange of prizes (S8) and the member store 2 or service ticket. The service ticket returned to the issuer 1 and returned to the member store 2 is collected by the service ticket issuer 1 (S9).

[0019]

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY As described above, the present invention relates to the issuance of service tickets, and the display device of each communication device uses the communication line as data without transferring the occupation of the service ticket, which is a tangible thing, to the sheet. Since the display confirmation is performed in (1), it is the most suitable method for the transaction form using the communication line.

Further, since it is not necessary to manage the service ticket that is a tangible item, it is possible to avoid the unused service ticket due to loss or neglect of the service ticket, and to reliably and effectively manage and use the service ticket. is there.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a flow of a service ticket of claim 1.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a relation of communication devices showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display surface showing an example of a pattern of trade confirmation display.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display surface showing an example of a service ticket acquisition total pattern.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a relationship of confirmation of profit and loss data of a service ticket.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a flow of a service ticket of claim 2.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Service ticket issuer 2 member stores 3 purchasers 4 Communication equipment 5 processor 6 Communication control device 7 Modulator / demodulator 8 storage devices 9 Display device 10 Input device S service ticket

Continuation of front page (56) Reference JP-A-5-165856 (JP, A) JP-A-7-85369 (JP, A) JP-A-7-65242 (JP, A) JP-A-4-290194 (JP , A) JP 56-87159 (JP, A) JP 7-271866 (JP, A) JP 6-295390 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB) Name) G07G 1/12 G06F 15/21

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A purchaser who receives the character / image data of a product sent by a member store using a communication line is displayed on a display device of the terminal, selects the displayed product, and operates the terminal. It is a shopping using a communication line that buys and sells by a service ticket issuer, a member store and a purchaser, and the service ticket issuer issues the service ticket to the member store Depending on the score of the service ticket, the purchaser uses the service ticket to exchange for a specific product or as part of payment, and the used service ticket is returned to the service ticket issuer. In this case, the member stores and the purchaser are connected to the communication devices of the service ticket issuer by a line, and the service ticket issuer issues an individual list of each member store and each purchaser and issuance of individual service tickets.
It has means for calculating, storing, and managing the increase / decrease data of the acquisition, and provides the service ticket to the purchaser and the service ticket issuer according to the sales amount performed by the member store, and the member store performed by the purchaser. Use the acquired service ticket at each terminal using the communication line, and the member store and the purchaser use the communication line to record the increase or decrease managed by the service ticket issuer of himself or the purchaser's service ticket, A method of issuing service tickets for buying and selling products using a communication line, characterized in that it can be displayed and confirmed on the display device of the terminal. 2. The service ticket issuer uses the communication line to provide the service ticket to the purchaser according to a notification from a member store that the purchaser's transaction amount is used via the communication line. A method of issuing a service ticket in buying and selling a product using the communication line according to claim 1.