JP2001222677A - Ticket issuing device and device and method for ticket acquisition - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a ticket issuing device which can allot some of profit obtained by ticket vending for the provider of a homepage having set a link to its own homepage. SOLUTION: The ticket issuing device 2 receives a request to book or acquire a ticket from an access user 9 through a communication network 6 and when the access is gained through the link processing of a server device 200, the address of the server device 200 is stored. After a ticket is allocated to the user 9, a payment process is performed. Then the ticket issuing device 2 performs a process for allotting profit obtained by the payment process to a person concerned in the server device 200 on the basis of the address of the server device 200.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ticket issuing device, a ticket acquiring device, and a method for issuing a ticket such as an event through a communication network such as the Internet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A sponsor company of an event such as a concert or a lecture entrusts a ticket sales company to sell tickets for the event to be hosted. Upon receiving a ticket purchase request from the user, the ticket sales company hands the ticket to the user at the store or mails the ticket to the user's home or the like, for example, in exchange for a bank transfer or payment at the store. .

[0003]

However, in the above-described conventional ticket selling method, there is a large labor involved in the purchase and sale of the ticket, and there is a demand to sell and purchase the ticket more efficiently. . Also, for example, when a ticket as described above is sold using a homepage provided to a user's computer via the Internet, from the viewpoint of promoting the use of the homepage, the original linking to the homepage is performed. There is a request to distribute a part of the profit from ticket sales to the provider of the homepage.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and provides a ticket issuing apparatus, a ticket acquiring apparatus, and a method thereof that can efficiently issue tickets and reduce the burden on the ticket issuer and the ticket acquirer. With the goal. Also, the present invention
It is an object of the present invention to provide a ticket issuing device, a ticket acquiring device, and a method for distributing a part of profits obtained through ticket sales to a provider of a home page linked to his / her own home page.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art and achieve the above-mentioned object, a ticket issuing apparatus of the present invention is a ticket issuing apparatus which is a server connected to a network. And information for identifying another server device that has performed the link processing when an access to a ticket reservation request or an acquisition request is received from a ticket acquisition applicant and the access is performed through a link process performed by another server device. Receiving means for receiving, a allocating means for allocating a ticket to the applicant in response to the reservation request or the acquisition request, a payment means for performing a payment process for a person who has allocated the ticket, and Later, based on the information that specifies the other server device that has performed the link processing on the access, the profit obtained by the settlement process is given to the related person of the other server device. And a profit sharing unit for performing processing to distribution.

The operation of the ticket issuing device of the present invention is as follows. A person who wants to obtain a ticket obtains access to another server device connected to the communication network, and accesses the ticket issuing device via link processing by the other server device. The receiving means receives the information specifying the another server device together with the access when the access is performed through the link processing by the other server device. Then, the allocating unit allocates a ticket to the acquisition applicant in response to a reservation request or an acquisition request based on the access.
Next, the settlement means performs a settlement process for the person to whom the ticket has been assigned. Next, in the profit distributing means, after the settlement processing, the related party of the other server apparatus is obtained by the settlement processing based on the information specifying the other server apparatus to which the access has been linked. Distribute profits.

[0007] The ticket issuing apparatus of the present invention preferably comprises
The accepting unit receives a reservation request for the ticket within a predetermined period before the sale date of the ticket, and the allocating unit compares the number of the reserved tickets with the scheduled number of tickets after the predetermined period has elapsed. If there are many, the person to whom the ticket is to be assigned is selected from among the applicants for acquisition.

[0008] The ticket issuing apparatus of the present invention preferably comprises:
The receiving unit receives the access via the network using a screen displayed on a display of a computer of the ticket acquisition applicant.

[0009] The ticket issuing apparatus of the present invention preferably comprises:
The link processing is performed based on an operation performed by the applicant of the ticket using the screen displayed on the display of the computer of the applicant of the ticket by the other server device via the network.

[0010] A ticket acquisition device according to the present invention is a ticket acquisition device connected to a ticket issuing device as a server device and another server device via a communication network, wherein the ticket issuing device and the other server device are connected. And input / output means for inputting and outputting information to and from the communication network via the communication network; operating means operated by a user; processing means; and display means. Displaying a first screen provided from the other server device via the entry / output means, the operation means receiving a link instruction given by the user in accordance with the first screen; Outputting the link instruction to the other server device via the communication network, and information specifying the other server device from the other server device via the communication network and the communication network of the ticket issuing device. Within the address and enter The processing means accesses the ticket issuing device via the communication network based on the input address, and the display means responds to the access via the communication network and the input / output means. Displaying a second screen provided by the ticketing device; the operating means receiving a ticket acquisition instruction performed by the user in accordance with the second screen; Output to the ticket issuing device via a communication network.

A ticket issuing method according to the present invention is a ticket issuing method in a ticket issuing device that is a server device connected via a communication network, and receives an access to a ticket reservation request or an acquisition request from a ticket acquisition applicant. Receiving the information specifying the other server device that performed the link processing when the access is performed through the link processing by another server device, and responding to the reservation request or the acquisition request, Allocate a ticket, perform a payment process to the person who has allocated the ticket, and after passing through the payment process, based on the information that specifies the other server device that has linked the access, based on the information of the other server device, A process for distributing the profit obtained by the settlement process to a related person is performed.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a ticket issuing system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. First Embodiment FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a ticket issuing system 1 of the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, in the ticket issuing system 1, a ticket issuing device 2 which is a server device used by a ticket sales company 7, a settlement device 3 used by a settlement company 8, a computer 4 and a telephone set used by a general user 9 5 are connected to a communication network 6 such as a public telephone line. The communication network 6
The server device 200 other than the ticket issuing device 2
Is also connected. Here, the ticket issuing device 2 corresponds to the ticket issuing device of the present invention, the computer 4 corresponds to the ticket acquiring device of the present invention, the server device 200 corresponds to another server device of the present invention, and the communication network 6 corresponds to the present invention. Is supported. Although FIG. 1 illustrates a single user 9, there are actually a plurality of users who use the ticketing system 1,
Computers and telephones used by these persons are connected to the communication network 6. The communication between the computer 4 and the ticket issuing device 2 and the server device 200 described below is usually performed via a host computer connected to a communication network 6 used by a communication provider to which the user 9 subscribes. However, communication with respect to the host computer will be omitted below.

Here, the ticket sales company 7 is entrusted with the sale of tickets such as admission tickets for the event from an event host company 10 that hosts events such as concerts and lectures,
The ticket is sold to general users. In ticket sales company 7,
For example, a ticket is reserved from the user's computer 4 and the telephone 5 via the communication network 6 by using the ticket issuing device 2 described later, and a ticket issuing process according to the reservation is performed. Note that the ticket sales company 7 also accepts ticket reservations by mail or by visiting customers. The settlement company 8 is an institution that performs settlement such as a credit card company or a bank.
The payment processing is performed using the payment apparatus 3.

In the ticketing system 1, for example, the user 9 operates the computer 4 to access another server device 200 connected to the communication network 6. by this,
A homepage screen 210 shown in FIG. 2 provided by the server device 200 is displayed on the display of the computer 4. On the screen 210, for example, an article related to an artist is posted. With regard to reservation and purchase of a ticket for an event in which the artist appears, a text indicating that the user accesses the homepage provided by the event host 10 is automatically displayed on the homepage. A link button 210a is displayed for making a dynamic access. User 9
When the user accesses the homepage provided by the ticket issuing device 2 of the event sponsoring company 10 by looking at the article posted on the screen 210, the user clicks the link button 210a on the screen 210 using the mouse of the computer 4 or the like. Click. Thereby, on the display of the computer 4,
The screen 211 of the homepage provided by the ticket issuing device 2 is displayed. Thereafter, the user 9 performs a predetermined input operation in accordance with a procedure instructed on the screen 211 to perform a ticket reservation and purchase procedure.

Hereinafter, the ticket issuing apparatus 2 shown in FIG. 1 will be described in detail. FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the ticket issuing device 2. As shown in FIG. 3, the ticket issuing device 2 includes a user registration unit 2
0, storage unit 21, input / output unit 23, search unit 24, ticket release processing unit 25, reservation accepting unit 26, lottery processing unit 27, purchase intention confirmation unit 28, link frequency counting unit 29, profit distribution unit 3
0, seat allocation unit 31, settlement processing unit 32, user notification unit 3
4. The ticket delivery management unit 35 is provided. Here, the input / output unit 23
And the reservation receiving section 26 corresponds to the receiving means of the present invention,
The ticket release processing unit 25 and the reservation receiving unit 26 correspond to the allocation unit of the present invention, the payment processing unit 32 corresponds to the payment unit of the present invention, and the profit distribution unit 30 corresponds to the profit distribution unit of the present invention. .

Hereinafter, each functional block in the ticket issuing apparatus 2 shown in the figure will be described. The user registration unit 20 stores the user 9
The personal information and preference information of the user 9 input via the communication network 6 in accordance with the operation of the computer 4 by the
1 in the user information database 21a.

The storage unit 21 stores, for example, a user information database 21a, an event information database 21b, a reservation information database 21c, and a venue information database 2
1d. The user information database 21a
It stores personal information, preference information, usage history information, and the like of registered users. Here, the personal information includes, for example, information such as the registration ID, name, address, e-mail address, occupation, and telephone number of the user. Also,
The preference information includes classifications of hobbies, favorite music, entertainment, sports, outdoor leisure, and the like. Further, the use history information includes, for example, information on events for which reservations and purchases have been made, winning results of lotteries, and whether or not cancellations have been made. The event information database 21b holds information such as the content of the event, the artist, the date of the event, the time of the event, the ID of the venue, the type of ticket, and the like. The event information database 21b stores information so that each piece of information can be searched using, for example, an artist ID (person code) as a key. The reservation information database 21c holds, for example, information for specifying the registration ID and event of the user who made the advance reservation, the reservation reception number, the type and number of reserved tickets, and the like. The venue information database 21d
Information such as an ID of a venue where the event is held, a floor plan of the venue, a seat layout, a map to the venue, and the like are held.

The input / output unit 23 functions as an interface for inputting and outputting data to and from the communication network 6 shown in FIG. The input / output unit 23 receives an advance reservation and purchase request access from the computer 4 of the user 9 via the communication network 6. At this time, when the access from the computer 4 is performed through the link processing by the server device 200, the address (information for identifying the server device 200) of the server device 200 on the communication network 6 is input. The input / output unit 23 stores the input address of the server device 200 in the storage unit 21.

The search unit 24 receives the search request from the event information database 21b of the storage unit 21 based on the search request received by the input / output unit 23 via the communication network 6 in response to the operation of the computer 4 by the user 9. The corresponding event information is obtained, and the event information is provided to the corresponding computer 4 via the input / output unit 23 and the communication network 6.

The ticket release processing unit 25 receives a ticket purchase request received by the input / output unit 23 via the communication network 6 in response to the operation of the computer 4 by the user 9 after the ticket release date. Perform sales processing.

The reservation accepting unit 26 accepts a pre-reservation request input to the input / output unit 23 via the communication network 6 in response to the operation of the computer 4 by the user 9 within a predetermined period before the ticket release date. Registration I of user 9 who made the request
D is stored in the reservation information database 21c. The reservation accepting unit 26 compares, for example, the number of tickets pre-stored and assigned to the advance reservation with the accumulated value of the number of tickets reserved in advance stored in the reservation information database 21c,
When the cumulative value is larger, it is determined that a lottery is necessary. When determining that the lottery is necessary, the reservation receiving unit 26 controls the lottery processing unit 27 to perform the lottery.

When the reservation accepting unit 26 determines that a lottery is necessary, the lottery processing unit 27 determines the number of persons who have made advance reservations stored in the reservation information database 21c.
The person who sells the ticket (winner) is selected by lot. here,
The lottery processing by the lottery processing unit 27 includes, for example, a case where a winner is randomly determined from those who have made advance reservations without assigning priorities, and a case where priority is given to a person who has made advance reservations under predetermined conditions. There is a case where a ranking is given and a winner is assigned from a person having a higher priority.

The purchase intention confirmation unit 28 inquires, for example, whether or not the person who has won the lottery has a purchase intention for the ticket. That is, an inquiry is made as to whether or not to cancel.

The link number counting section 29 holds the cumulative value of the number of tickets purchased by the user 9 or the like as a result of the access from the computer 4 via the server device 200 as a link number count value.

The profit distribution unit 30 transfers a part of the profit obtained by the settlement processing in the settlement processing unit 32 based on the link number count value held by the link number counting unit 29 every predetermined period. Perform procedures and processes for distribution to persons.

The seat allocating unit 31 allocates a seat according to the ticket purchased by the user in the hall, for example, based on a ticket purchase request received from the user 9 after the general release date.

For example, when the user 9 performs a ticket purchase process, the payment processing unit 32 performs a payment process and a procedure for the ticket with a credit card company, a bank, or another institution that performs the payment. When performing settlement with a credit card company, the user 9 is authenticated.

The user notifying section 34 sends, for example, a lottery result by the lottery processing section 27 to the input / output section 23 and the communication network 6.
To the computer 4 and the telephone 5 of the user 9 via the.

The ticket delivery management unit 35 performs, for example, management, processing, and procedures necessary for delivering the ticket to the user 9 after the user 9 purchases the ticket through an appropriate purchase process.

Hereinafter, the ticket issuing apparatus 2 which realizes the above-described functions will be described.
The hardware configuration of the computer 4 will be described. FIG. 4 is a hardware configuration diagram of the ticket issuing device 2.
As shown in FIG. 4, the ticket issuing apparatus 2 has a CPU 51, a memory 52, and interfaces 53 and 54 connected via a bus 55. The CPU 51 realizes the function of each functional block shown in FIG. 3 by executing a program stored in the memory 52. The memory 52 includes a CPU 5
1 and the data used for the processing of the CPU 51 are stored in, for example, the storage unit 21 shown in FIG.
Implement the function of The memory 52 stores data of a homepage screen 211 shown in FIG. 2 provided to the computer 4.

The interface 53 includes a keyboard 5
6. The mouse 57 and the display 58 are connected. The interface 54 is connected to the input / output unit 23 shown in FIG.
And is connected to the communication network 6 shown in FIG. The server device 200 shown in FIG. 1 has, for example, the same configuration as the ticket issuing device 2 shown in FIG.
Stores data for providing the homepage screen 210 shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a hardware configuration diagram of the computer 4. The computer 4 is, for example, a commercially available personal computer. In the ticketing system 1, the computer 4 functions as a client for a host computer (not shown) on the communication network 6 and also provides a home computer provided by the ticketing device 2 and the server device 200. When accessing the page, it functions as a client of the ticket issuing device 2 and the server device 200, respectively.

As shown in FIG. 5, the computer 4
PU 61, memory 62, interfaces 63 and 6
4 are connected via a bus 65. A keyboard 66, a mouse 67, and a display 68 are connected to the interface 63. Here, keyboard 6
6 and a mouse 67 correspond to the operation means of the present invention, and the Internet 64 corresponds to the input / output means of the present invention.
Reference numeral 61 corresponds to the processing means of the present invention, and display 68 corresponds to the display means of the present invention. Interface 6
4 is connected to the communication network 6 shown in FIG. CPU6
1 executes a program stored in the memory 62 to execute a GUI (Graphical
A screen corresponding to the user interface is displayed on the display 58.

The CPU 61 causes the display 68 to display the image signal of the homepage received from the server device 200 and the ticket issuing device 2 via the communication network 6 and the interface 64 via the interface 63. Further, the CPU 61 executes a search program read from the memory 62 to enable access to a homepage provided by the server device 200. Here, the communication between the ticket issuing device 2 and the server device 200 and the computer 4 is, for example, TCP / IP (Transmissio
n Control Protocol / Internet Protocol). The operation speed of the CPU 61 is lower than the operation speed of the CPU 51 of the ticket issuing device 2 shown in FIG. Further, the storage capacity of the memory 62 is significantly smaller than the storage capacity of the memory 52 of the ticket issuing device 2 shown in FIG.

Hereinafter, the operation of the ticket issuing device 2 will be described. FIG.
5 is a flowchart for explaining a ticket issuing operation using a homepage by the ticket issuing device 2 when the ticket issuing device 2 is accessed via the link processing from the server device 200. Step S1: When the input / output unit 23 receives an access from the computer 4 via the communication network 6, for example, the input / output unit 23 determines whether or not the address of the server device 200 that has performed the link processing together with the access has been input. In this case, the process of step S2 is executed, and if no input has been made, the process ends. If the address of the server device 200 that has performed the link processing together with the access from the computer 4 is not input, the lottery processing by the lottery processing unit 27 described above is performed as necessary. Further, based on the access, data of a screen for performing a predetermined ticket reservation and purchase procedure is read from the storage unit 21 and output to the computer 4 via the input / output unit 23 and the communication network 6. Thereafter, the user performs a predetermined ticket reservation and purchase procedure based on the screen.

Step S2: The input / output unit 23 stores the address received in step S1 in the storage unit 21 as information for specifying the server device that has performed the link processing.

Step S3: The input / output unit 23 determines whether or not a purchase request based on the screen has been received from the computer 4, and if it has, the process of step S4 is performed, and it is determined that the request has not been received. If so, the process ends.

Step S4: This is executed when a purchase request is received, and is executed by the above-described ticket release processing unit 25.
Alternatively, ticket reservation / lottery processing and the like by the lottery processing unit 27 and the purchase intention confirmation unit 28 are performed.

Step S5: The payment processing section 32 performs a predetermined payment process on the user 9 who purchased the ticket.

Step S6: The settlement processing section 32 links the server device 200 linked to the access made in step S1.
Is incremented by the number of tickets purchased by the user 9.

Step S7: The user notification unit 34 notifies the computer 4 of the ticket sales result via the input / output unit 23 and the communication network 6.

In the ticket issuing device 2, the profit distribution unit 30 reads the count value of the link number counting unit 29 at predetermined intervals, and based on the read count value, calculates the profit obtained by the settlement processing unit 32 on the server device 200. Distribute to the parties concerned. The distribution process is performed, for example, by transferring a predetermined amount to a bank account of the relevant person.

As described above, according to the ticketing system 1, ticket reservation and sales are performed through the communication network 6 such as a network using the computer 4 and the ticketing device 2, so that ticketing work is performed efficiently. Thus, the labor of the ticket sales company 7 and the user 9 can be reduced. In addition, according to the ticketing system 1, the profit from the ticket release can be distributed to the related parties of the server device 200 linked to the homepage of the ticketing device 2. As a result, a link to the home page of the ticket issuing device 2 can be promoted.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the ticket issuing device 2 is accessed by receiving a link process from the server device 200 connected to the communication network 6 has been described, but other than the server device 200 connected to the communication network 6. It may be accessed from one or more server devices via link processing. In this case, the link number counting unit 29 of the ticket issuing device 2
The number of links is individually counted for each server device, and the profit distribution unit 30 distributes the profit obtained by the settlement process by selling the ticket to the user 9 based on the count value to the parties related to each server device. I do.

[0045]

As described above, according to the present invention,
It is possible to provide a ticket issuing device, a ticket acquiring device, and a method thereof that can efficiently perform ticket issuing operations and reduce the burden on the ticket issuer and the ticket acquirer. Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to distribute profits obtained through ticket sales to a person related to the original server device that linked to the ticket issuing device, and to access the ticket issuing device by a link. Can promote.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a ticket issuing system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a link process of a homepage from the server device shown in FIG. 1 to the ticket issuing device.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the ticket issuing device shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a hardware configuration diagram of the ticket issuing device shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a hardware configuration diagram of the computer shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the ticket issuing system shown in FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Ticket issuing system, 2 ... Ticket issuing device, 3 ... Payment device, 4 ...
Computer, 5: Telephone, 6: Communication network, 7: Ticket sales company, 8: Payment company, 9: User, 10: Event organizer, 20: User registration unit, 21: Storage unit, 23: Input / output unit, 24 ... Retrieval unit, 25 ... Ticket release processing unit, 26 ... Reception accepting unit, 27 ... Lottery processing unit, 28 ... Purchase intention confirmation unit, 29
... Link count counting unit, 30. Profit distribution unit, 31. Seat allocation unit, 32.
5: ticket delivery management unit, 200: server device

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuing from the front page (72) Inventor Yasuyoshi Kaneko 1-11-1, Osaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo F-term in Entertainment Plus Inc. (reference) 5B049 BB61 CC06 CC08 CC16 CC36 EE00 GG00 GG07

Claims (7)

[Claims] Claims: 1. A ticket issuing device, which is a server device connected to a network, which receives an access to a ticket reservation request or an acquisition request from a ticket acquisition applicant, and the access is performed via link processing by another server device. Accepting means for receiving information specifying another server device that has performed the link processing when performed, allocating means for allocating a ticket to the acquisition applicant in response to the reservation request or the acquisition request, A settlement unit for performing a settlement process for a person who has assigned the ticket; and, after the settlement process, a related person of the other server device based on information for specifying the other server device that has linked the access. And a profit distributing means for performing a process for distributing a profit obtained by the settlement process to the ticket issuing device. 2. The reception means receives a ticket reservation request within a predetermined period before the sale date of the ticket, and the allocating means determines, after the predetermined period has elapsed, the number of the reserved tickets. The ticket issuing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, when the number is larger than the scheduled number of tickets to be issued, a person to whom a ticket is to be assigned is selected from the acquisition applicants. 3. The ticket issuing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said assigning means selects a person to assign said ticket by lottery. 4. The ticket issuing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the accepting unit receives the access using a screen displayed on a display of a computer of the ticket acquisition applicant via the network. 5. The link processing is performed based on an operation performed by the ticket acquirer using the screen displayed on a display of a computer of the ticket acquirer via the network by the other server device. The ticket issuing device according to claim 1, which is performed. 6. A ticket acquisition device connected to a ticket issuing device, which is a server device, and another server device via a communication network, wherein the communication network is connected between the ticket issuing device and the other server device. An input / output unit for inputting / outputting information via the input / output unit, an operation unit operated by a user, a processing unit, and a display unit, wherein the display unit is configured to output the information via the communication network and the input / output unit. Displaying a first screen provided from the server device of the above, wherein the operation means receives a link instruction given by the user in accordance with the first screen, and the input / output means transmits the link instruction to the communication The information is output to the other server device via a network, and information for specifying the other server device and the address of the ticket issuing device in the communication network are input from the other server device via the communication network. The processing means is The ticket issuing device is accessed via the communication network based on the input address, and the display unit receives the provision from the ticket issuing device via the communication network and the input / output unit in response to the access. The operation means receives a ticket acquisition instruction performed by the user according to the second screen, and the input / output means transmits the ticket acquisition instruction via the communication network. A ticket acquisition device that outputs to a ticketing device. 7. A ticket issuing method in a ticket issuing device, which is a server device connected via a communication network, wherein an access to a ticket reservation request or an acquisition request is received from a ticket acquisition applicant, and the access is performed by another server. When the information is specified through the link processing by the apparatus, the information that specifies the other server apparatus that has performed the link processing is received, and a ticket is assigned to the acquisition applicant in response to the reservation request or the acquisition request. After performing the settlement process for the assigned person, based on the information that specifies the other server device that has performed the access link process after the settlement process, the settlement is performed for the related person of the other server device. A ticketing method that performs processing for distributing profits obtained by processing.