JP6496437B2 - Coupon distribution mediation system and coupon distribution mediation device for cashing barter exchanges via coupons - Google Patents

Description

  Instead of paying the product provider for cash in return for the product or service, the exchange of goods paid for the product or service provided by the product purchaser is performed on a virtual distribution network using electronic information communication network and electronic data. The present invention relates to a coupon distribution mediation system and a coupon distribution mediation device that are distributed as electronic coupons.

Gift vouchers, coupons, discount coupons, etc. (hereinafter referred to as “coupons”) that can be exchanged for products and services are used in customer service such as restaurants, hotels, barbershops, amusement facilities, and retailers including supermarkets to secure customers and repeaters. It is used. In recent years, when consumption is sluggish, free booklets and information magazines full of coupons have been placed at stations and stores, and distributed on the streets. Many people who use this coupon mainly focus on discounts, and some people think that it is the source of deflation just by discounting even when a coupon is issued. Eventually, it results in a reduction in profits and a reduction in wages for those who work at the store that issues coupons. In addition, many people who work in the hospitality industry have been experiencing chronic labor shortages due to a decrease in job seekers due to lack of rest on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, and long restraint times. If you can increase profits and job seekers at the same time through coupons that are simply discounted, the value of the coupons will increase. The reason for this invention is that each company or business has a surplus of promotional products, unsold products, products with translations such as near-expired products, free time, free days of the week, free days, vacant places, etc. Because the business side is troubled with the handling, it is in the desire to eliminate this. However, such products and services will not be wasted if they can be sold at a cost or higher, so there is no loss. There is a merit that profit is not reduced as much as it is not lost. The translated product or translated service is converted into a coupon to pay for the purchase of the product. The merchandise provider of the business partner who received the coupon as consideration needs to exchange the coupon. It is necessary to increase the number of coupon purchase applicants alone in order to increase the exchange rate. Those who wish to purchase are specified organizations and their members, employees of product providers, family, friends, acquaintances, customers, members, etc. The product provider registers the business establishment of the product provider and the related parties of the business establishment in the database. Product buyers also register their parties. In addition, the product purchaser can register the product purchase destinations as other business partners, and each product provider can register and increase each related party. By registering the parties as users of this system in this way, it becomes a network of people who are connected with related mutual aid. If things that were previously wasted can be sold, productivity will improve. This will lead to rising consumption, overcoming deflation, and breaking down the economy. Also, wages are expected to increase due to increased sales and profits of business operators, and if coupons that can be used cheaply on weekdays are distributed, the disadvantage of not being able to take rest on weekends and holidays, which was a disadvantage of the hospitality business, is reversed It changes to the merit of having a holiday on weekdays. As a result, it also leads to an increase in job seekers in the distribution industry. In the coupon distribution field, devising and practicing an effective mechanism will be a great business opportunity for individuals.
While searching for prior patent applications in the patent digital library with this awareness of problems, no related inventions were found.

  First, as a general problem, the present invention pays with a coupon instead of money as a price for goods and a service usage fee. Therefore, it is necessary to be able to sell the obtained coupon to others and exchange it for cash. That is, it aims at cashing a coupon. Next, as an individual issue, the aim is to solve the employment problems of the hospitality industry by dealing with the circumstances specific to the hospitality industry employees.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is a coupon distribution mediation system, and provides means for registering a product provider, a coupon issuer, and a coupon purchase applicant in a database, and provides a product to the coupon issuer. Information on coupons that are sold to coupon purchasers in order to convert the acquired coupons to cash Coupon registration means for registering in the database, coupon usage condition registration means for registering coupon usage conditions in the database, including payment methods at the time of coupon purchase (cash payment, payroll deduction, credit payment, etc.), and sales Register the erase information when a used coupon is used in the database Characterized in that it comprises means scrubbing coupons.
In the present invention, various types of information are registered in the database, but the registration subject may be a coupon issuer or a merchandise provider depending on the registered information, or may be a person who manages and operates the system of the present invention.
A person who can be a coupon purchaser (can include both individuals and corporations), that is, a person who wants to purchase a coupon, may be the product provider itself or a person directly or indirectly related to the product provider. In addition, although the product buyer is also a coupon issuer, it may be possible to purchase coupons issued by others, so the product purchaser (= coupon issuer) itself is directly or indirectly related to the product purchaser. It is good to include those who are present in the coupon purchase applicants.
Thus, if there are a large number of coupon purchasers, the risk that the issued coupon cannot be sold and cannot be exchanged can be reduced.

First, “coupon” will be described. A “coupon” is a medium carrying a monetary value mainly for the purpose of discounting, and is sometimes called a service ticket, a gift certificate, or a discount ticket. They are distributed in the form of small pieces of paper, or printed and used in flyer advertisements, pamphlets, and free magazines. Some coupons can be downloaded as electronic data from a website on the Internet and printed on the user side.
“Products” are not limited to tangible items, but also include intangible items such as application software (actually electronic data), and also include outsourcing services such as payroll agents. Moreover, you may receive a coupon as a part instead of full consideration. Next, the main body constituting the system of the present invention will be described. The “product provider” receives a coupon from the “product purchaser” (hereinafter referred to as “coupon issuer”) as compensation for the offer. The “coupon use applicant” becomes a “coupon purchaser” by purchasing a coupon from the “product provider”, but does not distinguish between the two unless there is confusion. The product provider plays a central role in the system of the present invention.

  The merchandise provider exchanges the received coupon by selling it to a coupon use applicant. Coupons may be sold online or offline, but information on a series of transactions related to coupons is registered in a database for smooth operation of the system. Thereby, the matching between the coupon issuer and the coupon purchaser is realized through the system of the present invention, and the liquidity of the coupon can be enhanced.

  The invention according to claim 2 is the coupon distribution mediation system according to claim 1, and evaluates the value of the coupon based on reference information including a supply and demand record. Coupon value evaluation means is provided. “Reference information” refers to the supply / demand record, that is, the ratio of coupons received as consideration for products and coupons sold to others, requests from coupon buyers, etc. Assess value. As a result, it is possible to reduce a case where a coupon that is in demand and a coupon that is not so are released and the coupon received by the merchandise provider cannot be exchanged and is lost.

  In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 3 is a coupon distribution mediation system according to any one of claims 1 and 2, wherein the coupon issuer terminal is connected to the coupon issuer terminal via a communication network. It is characterized by comprising coupon information acquisition means for receiving electronic data that can be used as a coupon that can be exchanged for other products and services from the coupon issuing terminal. As a result, since the coupon can be received as electronic data, the office procedure that occurs when the coupon is received in the form of a printed paper medium is reduced.

  In order to achieve the above object, an invention according to claim 4 is the coupon distribution mediation system according to claim 3, characterized by comprising coupon printing means for printing the received electronic data. Thereby, even if it is a coupon received in the form of electronic data, the coupon of a paper medium can be shipped to the purchaser of a coupon.

  In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 5 is a coupon distribution mediation system according to claim 3, which is connected to a coupon purchaser terminal via a communication network, and the received electronic data is transferred to the coupon Coupon sales means for transmitting to the purchaser terminal is provided. Thus, when the coupon is received in the form of electronic data, it can be sold as electronic data without printing.

The invention according to claim 6 is the coupon distribution mediation system according to claim 3, wherein the coupon to be issued is an unsold product that has been lost or wasted for the coupon issuer, a product that is about to expire, It is characterized by being a translated product, a free time, a free day of the week, a free day, a vacant place, and the like. As a result, what has been lost or wasted for the coupon issuer until now becomes money and can be profitable.
The invention according to claim 7 is the coupon distribution mediation system according to claim 3, wherein a lot CD is attached to each issue unit when a coupon is issued, and each ticket in the lot is assigned a branch number to form a ticket CD. The CD and ticket CD are linked and managed. In this way, by assigning a unique number to each sheet, the expiration date can be changed for each ticket even for tickets that are sold at the same time with the same coupon. Also, it is possible to manage which ticket has been transferred when the coupon is transferred to a third party. As a result, this coupon can be presented to a third party. A privilege can be given only to a specific coupon.

  The invention relating to the coupon distribution mediating apparatus according to claims 8 and 9 also achieves the above-described problems.

  Coupons have been used only for discounts in the past, but according to the present invention, the use of coupons can simultaneously increase profits and increase the number of job seekers in the hospitality industry, and increase the value of the coupons themselves. Can do.

It is a figure explaining the system outline | summary of embodiment. It is a figure explaining the aspect of the coupon which distributes embodiment. 1 is a functional block diagram of a system configuration and a system management apparatus according to an embodiment. It is a figure which illustrates the data structure stored in the coupon issuer information database of embodiment. It is a figure which illustrates the data structure stored in the coupon information database of embodiment. It is a figure which illustrates the data structure stored in the coupon purchaser information database of embodiment. It is a figure which illustrates the coupon purchase application screen of an embodiment.

  A system according to an embodiment of the present invention (hereinafter, “the present system”) will be described with reference to the drawings.

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The outline of this system will be described with reference to FIG. It is assumed that the system is mainly composed of three parties: product provider A, coupon issuer B, and coupon purchaser C. Coupon purchaser C includes a wide range of people. If product provider A is a company, its related parties (employees, employees' family members, friends, acquaintances, customers, members, etc .; the same shall apply hereinafter); Coupons, members of affiliates, associations, etc. to which product provider A belongs, parties of affiliated companies and offices, coupon issuer B and its related parties, coupon issuer B's business partners and related parties are all coupons It can be a purchaser C. Commodity provider A receives a coupon instead of cash as a consideration for the commodity from coupon issuer B who is a partner of provision. The merchandise provider A can sell the coupon to the coupon purchaser C by cash payment, instant payment such as electronic money, or post-payment such as credit or payroll deduction. The product provider A can exchange the coupon received as the consideration for the offer. If the coupon purchaser C is a company, office, union or association, the purchased coupon can be sold in-house to employees of the company by means of payroll deduction, etc. as part of the welfare program. Of course, it may be distributed free of charge. The coupon purchaser C who has obtained the coupon receives a product or service provided by the coupon issuer B in exchange for the coupon. The solid arrows in FIG. 1 indicate the flow of coupons.

  There are cases in which coupons are mainly printed and distributed on tangibles such as paper (paper coupons) and in the form of electronic data (electronic coupons). FIG. 2 shows the form of a coupon distributed between (1) a coupon issuer / product provider, (2) a product provider / coupon purchaser, and (3) a coupon purchaser / coupon issuer. In the distribution pattern (a), it is distributed as electronic data in all routes. Coupons can also be linked as electronic data in their respective databases and accounting software at coupon issuer B, product provider A, and coupon purchaser C. The coupon purchaser C can display or take out the electronic coupon stored in the database on his or her personal computer or mobile terminal via the network, but stores the electronic coupon in the storage means of the system management device 1. Alternatively, this can be displayed on the screen of the mobile terminal and presented to the coupon issuer B to receive service. In pattern (b), an electronic coupon is obtained from the website of product provider A and printed. Bring a printed paper coupon to receive service from Coupon Issuer B. In the pattern (c), when the merchandise provider A sells to the coupon purchaser C, the electronic coupon is printed and handed over. In the pattern (d), the coupon issuer B sends the paper coupon printed as a consideration for the product to the product provider A offline. The coupon may have any form, but in this embodiment, description will be made assuming that the pattern (a), that is, the case where the coupon is distributed as electronic data without being printed.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a coupon distribution mediation system (hereinafter “the present system”). This system includes a system management device 1, a coupon issuer terminal 2, and a coupon purchaser terminal 3. In this system, the product provider A in FIG. 1 acquires a coupon from the coupon issuer B as a consideration for the sales product, and sells the acquired coupon to the coupon purchaser C for cash. That is, the commodity provider A plays a central role in the present system as an intermediary for the coupon issuer B who wants to attract customers by coupon and the coupon purchaser C. Therefore, the information processing apparatus itself used by the merchandise provider A or a server that is communicably connected to the information processing apparatus is referred to as the system management apparatus 1. This server may be operated by the product provider A, may be operated by an administrator of the system other than the product provider A, and is not particularly limited. The system management device 1 corresponds to a “coupon distribution mediating device” in claims 8 and 9.

  The coupon issuer terminal 2 is an information processing apparatus used by the coupon issuer B, and includes an Internet connection means, an input means, a screen display means, and the like. The information processing device may be a personal computer or a portable terminal. The online product purchase and the electronic coupon settlement with the product provider A are performed between the coupon issuer terminal 2 and the system management device 1. The coupon issuer terminal 2 registers information on issued coupons in a storage unit (a purchase history information DB 118 described later) of the system management device 1. This information includes the issued coupon lot CD, coupon CD, coupon issuer ID, coupon ID (may be a combination of lot CD and coupon CD), issue date, service content / expiration date, service provision date, etc. included.

  The coupon purchaser terminal 3 is an information processing apparatus used by the coupon purchaser C, and may be a personal computer or a portable terminal as long as the coupon purchaser C includes an Internet connection unit, an input unit, a screen display unit, and the like. The online coupon purchase application with the product provider A and the acquisition of the electronic coupon are performed between the coupon purchaser terminal 3 and the system management device 1. The coupon purchaser terminal 3 stores the purchased coupon information in the purchase history information DB 118 of the system management apparatus 1 in a database. This information includes purchased coupon lot CD, voucher CD, coupon issuer ID, coupon ID, issue date, service content / expiration date, service provision date, purchase date, payment method, payment method, payment deadline, Purchase and usage information such as payment date, paid status, used date, usage completed status, and the like are included. Further, the coupon purchaser terminal 3 may execute processing for selling coupons to employees and deduction from salary at the same time by linking this database and the company's employee salary management system. The information processing apparatus used by the coupon purchaser C may be any personal computer, mobile phone (including a multi-function mobile phone also referred to as a smartphone), or a tablet terminal that is communicably connected to the system management device 1. The coupon purchaser C accesses the system management apparatus 1 from the coupon purchaser terminal 3 and selects and purchases a desired coupon from the list of coupons being sold, or purchases electronic coupon information on the coupon purchaser terminal 3. Coupons can be exchanged for products and services of coupon issuer B by taking in and storing in a memory or a storage medium, displaying or taking out information of system management device 1. The information for which the exchange has been completed is stored in the purchase history information DB 118 of the system management apparatus 1 and can be freely viewed by both the coupon issuer B and the coupon purchaser C.

  The system management apparatus 1 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) having a calculation function, a working RAM (Random Access Memory), an internal memory such as a ROM (Read Only Memory) storing various data and programs, and an external such as a hard disk drive. The storage unit 11 and the control unit 12 are configured by the storage device. In addition, a communication interface unit 13 for communicating with the coupon issuer terminal 2 and the coupon purchaser terminal 3 through various networks including the Internet, an input unit (not shown) such as a keyboard, a mouse, and an operation panel, An output unit (not shown) such as a display and a printer is also provided. In FIG. 3, only one device is described, but the processing is not necessarily performed by one device, and a plurality of information processing apparatuses may execute the processing in cooperation. For example, the storage unit 11 may be provided in a built-in hard disk or an external hard disk connected by a cable, but a computer different from the system management apparatus 1 may be used as a database server. It may also be placed on a virtual server.

  The storage unit 11 includes a coupon issuer information database 111 (hereinafter referred to as “coupon issuer information DB 111”), a coupon information database 112 (hereinafter referred to as “coupon information DB 112”), a coupon purchaser information database 113 (hereinafter referred to as “coupon purchaser”). Information DB 113 ”), organization information database 114 (hereinafter“ organization information DB 114 ”), employee information database 115 (hereinafter“ employee information DB 115 ”), family information database 116 (hereinafter“ family information DB 116 ”), member Stores a customer information database 117 (hereinafter, “member / customer information DB 117”), a purchase history information database 118 (hereinafter, “purchase history information DB 118”), and the like.

  In the coupon issuer information DB 111, information related to the coupon issuer B who has agreed to settle all or part of the product price with the coupon with the product provider A is registered. As illustrated in FIG. 4, coupon lot CDs and ticket CDs are registered together with contact information such as the name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address of coupon issuer B in association with the coupon issuer ID. For example, if a coupon issuer B issues 10 coupons for redemption of dinner, the lot CD is 20121023-01 and a lot CD in which the date and the issue order are linked to prevent duplication. Is assigned to each sheet as a branch number. For example, three coupon purchaser Mr. X is 20121020-01-01-03, four coupon purchaser Y is branch number 04-07, and three coupon purchaser Z is branch number If a ticket with 08 to 10 is purchased and registered in the purchase history information DB, it is possible to erase the ticket one by one when using the ticket. You will be able to know which ticket is due for use. Even if coupon information is downloaded to the coupon purchaser terminal 3 of the product purchaser C and the information on the coupon purchaser terminal 3 is lost due to some accident, a recovery function that can be newly downloaded from the system management device 1 is further provided. When a coupon is transferred to a third party, each ticket has a unique number, so it is possible to manage which ticket has been transferred. As a result, a coupon can be presented to a third party. In addition, when the expiration date is determined from the purchase date of each coupon, the expiration date can be changed one by one because it is a unique number. It is also possible to provide a privilege only for a coupon with a specific number for the purpose of activating the coupon. This improves the liquidity and added value of the coupon.

  In the coupon information DB 112, product information and service information that the product provider A exchanges with the coupon purchaser C for coupons are registered. As illustrated in FIG. 5, in the registered information, a summary of a coupon or the like is registered in association with the lot CD and the ticket CD. The outline of the coupon includes a product that can be exchanged for a coupon, service contents, conditions, a selling price (= a price per piece when sold to the coupon buyer C), and the like.

In the coupon purchaser information DB 113, as illustrated in FIG. 6, the organization (company, business office) ID to which the coupon purchaser C belongs, the purchaser's name, address, telephone number, Coupon lot CDs and ticket CDs purchased together with contact information such as e-mail addresses are registered. In addition, the purchase date, the number of purchases, the purchase amount, etc. of each coupon may be registered.
In the organization information DB 114, a name, address, contact information including a person in charge name, and the like are registered in association with the ID of the organization (company, business office).
In the employee information DB 115, names, addresses, e-mail addresses, and the like of employees belonging to the organization registered in the organization information DB 114 are registered in association with the employee ID.
In the family information DB 116, the name, continuation, mail address, employee ID, and the like of the employee's family registered in the employee information DB 115 are registered in association with the family ID.
In the member / customer information DB 117, names or names, addresses, e-mail addresses, organization IDs, and the like of the members and customers of the organization registered in the organization information DB 114 are registered in association with the member / customer ID.

  The control unit 12 includes a coupon acquisition unit 121, an acquired coupon registration unit 122, a coupon sales unit 123, a coupon printing unit 124, a sales coupon registration unit 125, a coupon value evaluation unit 126, a coupon use condition registration unit 127, and a coupon deletion unit 128. And so on.

When the product provider A provides a product to the coupon issuer B, the coupon acquisition unit 121 acquires an electronic coupon as all or part of the product price.
The acquired coupon registration unit 122 registers information about the coupon acquired from the coupon issuer B in the coupon information DB 112. The date acquired and the service provided in exchange for the coupon are also registered.

The coupon sales means 123 accepts a purchase application from the coupon purchaser terminal 3, registers electronic data of the coupon in the purchase history information DB 118, can access the coupon purchaser terminal 3 at any time, and can display and take out the information at any time. . It can also be transmitted to the coupon purchaser terminal 3.
The coupon printing means 124 outputs electronic data to a printer (not shown) when the coupon purchaser C desires to obtain it in a form printed on paper or the like. The sales coupon registration unit 125 registers information about the coupon sold to the coupon purchaser C in the coupon information DB 112 and information about the coupon purchaser C in the coupon purchaser information DB 113.

The coupon value evaluation means 126 evaluates the value of the coupon with reference to information such as supply and demand results. First, the coupon upper limit amount and the sale lower limit amount of lot CD201010-02 = C003 in FIG. 5 are registered in the coupon information DB 112. Product provider A selects a sales strategy and sells it as high as possible to increase the profit margin. For example, a sales strategy is a method of starting from the lower limit of sales and increasing the sales to the upper limit of sales in consideration of the end of sales date when the inventory is less than a certain number. There are a method of lowering to the sales lower limit amount from the time of approaching, a method of setting to a certain amount, etc. The coupon value evaluation means 126 registers the results of sales under various sales strategies in the purchase history information DB 118 and sells the day of the week, the time when it can be sold, the number of days and the time from the start of sales to the sold-out date, the average discount rate, and the maximum sales amount. The appropriate value of the product or service is calculated using the rate, the sales rate of the sales minimum amount, etc.
In this way, the appropriate sales price of the coupon is calculated, and the number of coupons received by the merchandise provider A from the coupon issuer B can be determined. This can reduce the loss of the merchandise provider A. Further, the coupon issuer B is less likely to lose. If unsold, for example, product provider A sells 20 coupons of coupon issuer B, but 12 units remain unsold, it means that only 40% of the sales volume has been sold and product provider A It is a loss. In such a case, the number of coupons exchanged as a consideration for the goods and services to the product provider A that the coupon issuer B previously lost is increased at a rate calculated by the algorithm of the coupon value evaluation means 126. The Of course, the set price of the coupon will also be reduced. The coupon value evaluation means 126 ranks coupons.
The coupon usage condition registration means 127 stores in the database the coupon usage conditions such as products and service contents that can be exchanged for coupons, conditions, sales prices (= prices per coupon when sold to the coupon purchaser C), and the like. sign up.
The coupon erasure means 128 registers the erasure information when the coupon is used in the database.

Next, the operation of this system will be described. Reference is again made to FIG.
In order for merchandise provider A and coupon issuer B to exchange merchandise and coupons (step S1), coupon issuer B applies in advance to merchandise provider A for using this system, and merchandise provider A Registers information related to the coupon issuer B in the coupon issuer information DB 111. The coupon issuer “X Beauty Salon” in FIG. 4 decides that 10 coupons for “weekday limited haircut (2000 yen)” can be exchanged for the service provider A's 20,000 yen. This exchange value can be reviewed by the commodity provider A as appropriate. If the “X beauty salon” receives a service of 20,000 yen from the product provider A, 10 pieces are recorded in the obtained number column of the coupon information DB 112. In the coupon information DB 112, the price per coupon when the merchandise provider A sells to the coupon purchaser C is recorded. This selling price may also be changed depending on the value evaluation of the coupon. The value evaluation of this coupon may be performed at a predetermined timing (eg, midnight at the end of every month), and this timing is recorded in a parameter file, and the control unit 12 that has read a predetermined program automatically performs batch processing. What is necessary is just to perform a process etc.

  The coupon obtained by the merchandise provider A in exchange for the merchandise is exchanged for money except for the merchandise provider A himself uses. Therefore, coupons are sold to those who wish to purchase coupons on the same day, such as cash, or after payment by credit or payroll deduction (step S2). Information regarding the coupon purchaser C is registered in the coupon purchaser information DB 113 by the system management device 1. What kind of coupon the coupon purchaser C has purchased becomes useful marketing information by keeping a history in the purchase history information DB 118. The coupon purchase applicant C accesses a website established by the system management apparatus 1 and displays a purchase application screen as illustrated in FIG. 7 on the screen of the coupon purchaser terminal 3. When the number of coupons to be purchased is designated and a purchase application is made, the coupon purchase data is registered in the purchase history information DB 118, and the coupon purchaser terminal 3 can display or call the coupon electronic data at any time. Coupon buyer C makes a reissue request to product provider A when the coupon he / she wants is not handled, that is, when it is not posted on the screen of FIG. 7, and coupon issuer B sells the coupon directly. May be. The coupon purchaser C may use the coupon purchaser terminal 3 to reserve a desired coupon.

  If the coupon purchaser C is a company or organization having an employee, the coupon purchased by the coupon purchaser C can be sold in-house to the employee by payroll deduction (step S3). If the employee wishes to purchase a coupon, the payroll deduction process can be automatically performed if the employee's organization (company, business) DB 114 and employee information DB 115 are referred to and the person is confirmed to be a corresponding person. Employees can save money on transfer fees by payroll deduction. In addition, there is an advantage that the fee paid by the product provider A to the credit or electronic money business operator can be saved. Further, since the product provider A knows which company the coupon purchaser C is an employee of, the product provider A can use it for credit, and it can be safely collected even if it is sold on a wall. In addition, if the transfer fee paid by employees at the time of payroll deduction and the automatic debit fee are processed together in a month, it can be saved compared to the transfer every time. Companies that employ employees can also improve their benefits. The amount deducted from the salary can be paid to the employee as a take-up amount after registering it in the deduction item of the salary ledger and subtracting this price from the total amount paid. In the case of an organization (company / office) that makes a payroll transfer, the amount transferred to the employee can be automatically transferred to or withdrawn from the employee's account after depositing into the employee's account. The employee can visit the coupon issuer B, display the acquired coupon on the screen of the coupon purchaser terminal 3, and receive a service (step S4). The employee ID and employee ID of the employee can be input to the coupon issuer B's coupon issuer terminal 2 for personal authentication at that time. This is because the storage unit 11 of the system management apparatus 1 has coupon issuer information, coupon purchaser information, and coupon purchase history information. The authentication method includes IC card authentication and biometric authentication. If the coupon issuer B is a music distribution service provider or the like, the coupon issuer's website is accessed and the coupon ID is entered, and then the music corresponding to the coupon service content is downloaded. That is, the service received by the coupon is not limited to what is provided at an actual store, but may be electronic data obtained via a communication network.

  The above embodiment is merely an example. For example, various modifications can be considered for the processing flow, data structure, screen layout, etc., and these are also within the scope of the present invention. The present invention can assume a wide range of subjects as the coupon purchaser C. Moreover, if it is limited to a customer servicer, a great effect will arise.

  Although the case where the value evaluation of the coupon is performed in consideration of the supply and demand results has been described, a number of algorithms are conceivable. For example, there are a qualitative analysis for investigating a request from a coupon purchaser C, a regression analysis using a supply / demand actual value, a qualitative analysis result, and a factor analysis. In short, it is only necessary to appropriately evaluate the value of the coupon.

  A number of merchandise providers A, coupon issuers B, and coupon purchasers C share applications and system management devices 1 that are components of applications on the Internet cloud server. B can become a product provider A or a coupon purchaser C. Moreover, you may operate by the structure which connected the server group in the environment where it was plural and distantly connected by the network.

  In commerce, it is common sense that a person who purchases a product or service from a product provider pays money as compensation. However, according to the present invention, products and services that are exchanged using IT technology instead of paying with goods purchaser's goods and services will be converted into coupons for products and services that will be exchanged using IT technology to improve distribution. It is what. In addition, if the product or service is going to be lost or wasted, it has a social significance that is completely different from coupons that are distributed just for the purpose of attracting customers, and has a high economic effect that is different from conventional coupons. I can expect.

1: System management device 11: Storage unit 111: Coupon issuer information database 112: Coupon information database 113: Coupon purchaser information database 114: Organization information database 115: Employee information database 116: Family information database 117: Member / customer information Database 118: Purchase history information database 12: Control unit 121: Coupon acquisition unit 122: Acquired coupon registration unit 123: Coupon sales unit 124: Coupon printing unit 125: Sales coupon registration unit 126: Coupon value evaluation unit 127: Coupon use condition registration Means 128: Coupon erasure means 13: Communication interface unit 2: Coupon issuer terminal 3: Coupon purchaser terminal N: Internet

Claims (7)

A product provider receives a coupon from a coupon issuer as consideration for product provision, and sells the coupon to a coupon purchaser who is an employee of the product provider,
The system management device used by the product provider and the coupon purchaser terminal used by the coupon purchaser are configured to be communicable via a network,
The system management device is
The coupon issuer who has agreed to settle all or part of the product price with the product provider with a coupon, and information on the coupon issued by the coupon issuer to the product provider Stored coupon issuer information storage means;
Coupon information storage means for storing information about coupons acquired by the product provider as consideration for product provision from the coupon issuer;
Coupon purchaser information storage means storing at least information relating to the salary of the coupon purchaser as information relating to the coupon purchaser who purchases a coupon from the product provider;
An acquired coupon registration means for registering the coupon acquired by the product provider from the coupon issuer in the coupon information storage means;
A purchase application receiving means for receiving a coupon purchase application from the coupon purchaser stored in the coupon purchaser information storage means;
With reference to the coupon purchaser information storage means, deduction processing means for deducting the purchase cost of the coupon,
A coupon distribution mediation system comprising: The coupon distribution mediation system according to claim 1, further comprising a coupon value evaluation unit that evaluates the value of the coupon based on reference information including supply and demand results of the coupon. The coupon distribution mediation system according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising coupon printing means for printing a coupon made of electronic data. The coupons that are issued are available for the coupon issuer, such as unsold products that have been lost or wasted, products that are about to expire, products that have translations, free time, free days of the week, free days, and vacancy 4. The coupon distribution mediation system according to claim 1, wherein the coupon distribution mediation system is a place or the like. A lot CD is attached to each issue unit when a coupon is issued, a branch CD is assigned to each ticket in the lot to form a ticket CD, and the lot CD and the ticket CD are linked and managed. The coupon distribution mediation system described in the above section. A method in which a product provider receives a coupon from a coupon issuer as consideration for product provision, and sells the coupon to a coupon purchaser who is an employee of the product provider,
In a system in which the system management device used by the product provider and the coupon purchaser terminal used by the coupon purchaser are configured to be communicable via a network,
The coupon issuer who has agreed to settle all or part of the product price with the product provider with a coupon, and information on the coupon issued by the coupon issuer to the product provider Stored coupon issuer information storage means;
Coupon information storage means for storing information about coupons acquired by the product provider as consideration for product provision from the coupon issuer;
Coupon purchaser information storage means storing at least information relating to the salary of the coupon purchaser as information relating to the coupon purchaser who purchases a coupon from the product provider;
The system management device comprising:
Processing for registering the coupon acquired by the product provider from the coupon issuer in the coupon information storage means;
A process of accepting a coupon purchase application from the coupon purchaser stored in the coupon purchaser information storage means;
With reference to the coupon purchaser information storage means, processing for paying the coupon purchase cost,
A coupon distribution mediating method, characterized in that: The product provider receives a coupon from a coupon issuer as consideration for providing the product, and sells the coupon to a coupon purchaser who is an employee of the product provider,
In a system in which the system management device used by the product provider and the coupon purchaser terminal used by the coupon purchaser are configured to be communicable via a network,
The coupon issuer who has agreed to settle all or part of the product price with the product provider with a coupon, and information on the coupon issued by the coupon issuer to the product provider Stored coupon issuer information storage means;
Coupon information storage means for storing information about coupons acquired by the product provider as consideration for product provision from the coupon issuer;
Coupon purchaser information storage means storing at least information relating to the salary of the coupon purchaser as information relating to the coupon purchaser who purchases a coupon from the product provider;
For the system management device having
Processing for registering the coupon acquired by the product provider from the coupon issuer in the coupon information storage means;
And processing that accepts a coupon of purchase order from the coupon purchaser that has been stored in the coupon purchaser information storage means,
With reference to the coupon purchaser information storage means, processing for paying the coupon purchase cost,
A computer program that executes

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