JP2018147193A - Store facility - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a store facility which checks, in a sales-promoting system for exchanging with points provided in association with a purchase of merchandise or a service, the actual merchandise or service to be exchanged with the points, and which loans the points to enable the exchange when the points are insufficient.SOLUTION: A store facility includes: a point loaning device which is provided near the entrance of the store facility, identifies a membership card owned by a member of a shop, and loans desired points to an account associated with the card; a point consuming device which is provided in the shop, identifies the membership card, and consumes the point exchanged with merchandise or a service in the shop from the account; and a point settling device which is provided near the exit of the store facility, identifies the membership card, and settles the loaned points to the account.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention is a sales promotion system using points provided when a customer purchases goods or services, and has a shop displaying products and services that can be exchanged for points in the facility. It relates to store equipment that can be exchanged.

  When a product is purchased using a credit card or prepaid card or a service is provided, a sales promotion system is generally widely used to give the user points that can be exchanged for a specific product or service. Or it is thought that there is an effect of enclosing a prepaid card user. In some services, points can be used as part of the purchase price for goods and services (Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent No. 3517412

  By the way, conventionally, information on products and services to be exchanged for points has only been described in catalogs, etc., especially if they are not for sale, and members cannot judge by looking directly at the actual product. There was a problem. In addition, when there was a shortage of points, there was a complaint that even if there was a favorite product or service, it could not be obtained. The present invention aims to solve such problems.

  The store facility according to the present invention is a store facility in which a shop displaying products and services exchangeable for points is provided in the facility, and is provided near the entrance of the store facility to identify a membership card possessed by the shop member A point lending device that lends a desired point to an account attached to the card, and a point provided in the shop for identifying the membership card and exchanging points for goods and services in the shop from the account A point consuming device for consuming, and a point settlement device provided near the exit of the store facility, for identifying the member card and for paying the points lent to the account.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to confirm the actual goods and services to be exchanged for points at a shop in the store facility, and receive further explanation thereof. In addition, since the points can be lent at the store facilities, the dissatisfaction that the goods and services that you like cannot be obtained due to the shortage of points is solved.

It is a schematic diagram of store facilities concerning the present invention. It is a system configuration figure of store facilities concerning the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a store facility according to the present invention.
This store facility is configured as a four-story building in which a plurality of shops 11 to 44 are provided in the facility. At least one of the shops 11 to 44 is a special shop belonging to a point service operating company that issues a membership card to a member and gives the member a point as a service for some product, service purchase, campaign, or the like. In this example, the shops 11 to 34 correspond to the special shop. There are no particular restrictions on the types of shops 11 to 44, handling products, and services, and for example, restaurants. The shops 11 to 34 display not only sales of normal products and services but also products and services that can be exchanged for points. Products and services that can be exchanged for points may be non-sold items.

In the past, information on products and services that should be exchanged for points was only listed in catalogs, etc., especially if they were not for sale, and members could not judge by looking at the actual product. . However, in the present invention, it is possible to confirm the actual goods and services in the special shop (real shop) and receive further explanation.
Member identification information may be stored in an IC card or an inexpensive magnetic card, or may have a card printed with a two-dimensional code, and an image such as a two-dimensional code registered in a smartphone is used. May be.

  As shown in the figure, a point lending device, a point consuming device, and a point settlement device are provided in the vicinity of the entrance of the store facility, the shop 21, and the vicinity of the exit of the store facility, respectively. As a procedure for exchanging points, merchandise, and services at the store equipment, the member first receives the points by the point lending device at the entrance of the store equipment, and then exchanges the points with the products and services at the shops 11-34. In the end, it is assumed that the point payment device at the outlet of the store equipment will be used to settle the points lent out, but it is sufficient for the member to exchange for the desired product or service. If you already have points, you do not need to receive points.

  The point lending device is composed of a card reader or the like corresponding to a membership card. The point lending device identifies a member card possessed by a shop member and lends a desired point to an account assembled on the card. That is, point lending information is recorded in the account. The points lent here may be freely selected by an operation unit provided in the point lending device.

  The account is a storage place for information such as member identification information, points held by members, points lent to members, and the like. The account information may be stored in a built-in memory of the membership card, or may be stored in a server device that communicates with a point lending device using a cloud system.

  The point consumption device includes a card reader corresponding to a membership card, a product that can be exchanged for points, a tag reader corresponding to a tag attached to a service, and the like. The point consuming device identifies a member card and tag, and consumes points exchanged for goods and services at the shop 21, that is, points read from the tags of the goods and services, from an account assembled on the card.

  In addition, the point consuming device is configured so that membership cards of other affiliated shops can be identified, and some or all of the points exchanged for products and services at the shop are incorporated into the membership cards of other shops. May be consumed at a predetermined exchange rate. Information about points of other shops consumed here may be notified to a server device or the like of the other shops through a network or the like.

  The point settlement apparatus is composed of a card reader or the like corresponding to a membership card. The point settlement apparatus identifies a member card and settles the points lent to an account assembled on the card. Specifically, the point settlement apparatus reads point lending information from an account attached to the member card, and tries to collect the points lent to the member.

If there are enough points held by the member, the settlement is completed simply by reducing the points to be collected.
On the other hand, if the points possessed by the member are insufficient, the point settlement apparatus displays the insufficient points. In this case, the member only has to settle the missing points or all the points for which the loan has been made by payment. This payment may be made in cash, but a specific financial company may make a payment in advance, and the member may repay the payment to the financial company in a lump or split at a later date. At this time, a predetermined fee may be included in the payment amount, but a predetermined interest rate may be included in the repayment amount.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, since the points can be lent at the shop facility, the dissatisfaction that the favorite products and services cannot be obtained due to insufficient points is solved.

FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram of the store facility according to the present invention.
The point lending device, point consuming device, and point settlement device are connected to a point service operating company server via a network such as a router or the Internet. A financial company server is also connected to the network. In this system, the lent points can be settled by the advance payment of the financial company. That is, information such as the amount that the financial company should pay in advance is transmitted from the point settlement apparatus to the point service operating company server, and the information is further transferred from the point service operating company server to the financial company server. The financial company may pay in advance based on the information.

Claims (4)

In store facilities that have shops that show products and services that can be exchanged for points,
A point lending device that is provided near the entrance of the store facility, identifies a member of the shop, and lends a desired point to an account assigned to the member;
A point consuming device provided in the shop for identifying the member and consuming points exchanged for goods and services in the shop from the account;
A store facility comprising a point settlement device provided near an exit of the store facility, which identifies the member and settles the points lent to the account. The store facility according to claim 1, wherein the point information lent to the member's account is stored in a built-in memory of a card distributed to the member in advance. The store facility according to claim 1, wherein the point information lent to the account is stored in a server device that communicates with each of the devices. The point consumption device can identify a member of another shop with which the partner is affiliated, and exchanges a point exchanged for a product or service in the shop with a predetermined exchange from an account assigned to the member of the other shop The store equipment according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the store equipment is consumed at a rate.

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