Facilities information service system
First Claim
1. A facilities information service system in which a server supplies facility introduction information to a portable terminal connected through a communication network upon receiving a request therefor, said server comprising:
- a facilities information file for storing introduction information on each facility; and
means for storing, into said facilities information file, facility introduction information including a questionnaire guide message which offers a coupon to be given in return for answering a questionnaire, coupon information, and questionnaire entry form information for each source-of-questionnaire facility;
wherein, when said portable terminal makes a request for introduction information on each source-of-questionnaire facility, said server reads said facility introduction information out of said facilities information file and sends a facility introduction screen including a questionnaire guide message to said portable terminal, and wherein, when said portable terminal makes a request for a questionnaire, said server sends said questionnaire entry form information to said portable terminal for collecting questionnaire response data from a user of said portable terminal.
0 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
The facilities information service system includes a single server which can conduct questionnaire surveys for a plurality of business facilities and each business facility can offer unique incentive award service to respondents of a questionnaire thereof. When a portable terminal makes a request for facility introduction information on a facility registered in questionnaire survey service, a server sends a facility introduction screen including a questionnaire guide message to the portable terminal. Then, when the portable terminal makes a request for participating in a questionnaire survey, the server sends a prepared questionnaire to the portable terminal to collect questionnaire response data from a user of the portable terminal and then issues an incentive award coupon in return for answering the questionnaire.
14 Citations
23 Claims
-
1. A facilities information service system in which a server supplies facility introduction information to a portable terminal connected through a communication network upon receiving a request therefor, said server comprising:
-
a facilities information file for storing introduction information on each facility; and
means for storing, into said facilities information file, facility introduction information including a questionnaire guide message which offers a coupon to be given in return for answering a questionnaire, coupon information, and questionnaire entry form information for each source-of-questionnaire facility;
wherein, when said portable terminal makes a request for introduction information on each source-of-questionnaire facility, said server reads said facility introduction information out of said facilities information file and sends a facility introduction screen including a questionnaire guide message to said portable terminal, and wherein, when said portable terminal makes a request for a questionnaire, said server sends said questionnaire entry form information to said portable terminal for collecting questionnaire response data from a user of said portable terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 9)
-
-
6. A facilities information service system in which a server supplies facility introduction information to a portable terminal connected through a communication network upon receiving a request therefor, said server comprising:
-
a facilities information file for storing introduction information on each facility;
a coupon control file for storing data regarding relationship between an acquired coupon and a facility to which said acquired coupon is applicable in association with an identifier of a user of said portable terminal; and
means for storing, into said facilities information file, facility introduction information including a questionnaire guide message, coupon information, and questionnaire entry form information for each source-of-questionnaire facility;
wherein, when said portable terminal makes a request for introduction information on each source-of-questionnaire facility, said server sends a facility introduction screen including a questionnaire guide message to said portable terminal, wherein, when said portable terminal makes a request for a questionnaire, said server sends said questionnaire entry form information to said portable terminal for collecting questionnaire response data from said portable terminal user, and then acquired coupon information, which indicates relationship between an acquired coupon and a facility to which said acquired coupon is applicable in association with an identifier of said portable terminal user, is stored into said coupon control file, and wherein, when said portable terminal makes a coupon redemption service request, said server sends a list of usable coupons to said portable terminal according to said acquired coupon information associated with said identifier of said portable terminal user stored in said coupon control file, and then acquired coupon information corresponding to a coupon which has been redeemed by said portable terminal user is set to a redeemed state. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20)
-
-
12. A facilities information service system in which a server supplies facility introduction information to a portable terminal connected through a communication network upon receiving a request therefor, said server comprising:
-
a facilities information file for storing introduction information on each facility, said facility introduction information including coupon information which indicates each facility which offers to give a coupon given in return for answering a questionnaire;
wherein, when said portable terminal makes a request for introduction information, and wherein said server finds a facility list by using information regarding the location of the portable terminal location, checks whether or not a coupon information is contained in each facility in the facility list by referring to said facilities information file, and sends a facility introduction screen including an introduction information of each facility of the facility list with an indication whether or not each facility offers a coupon in return for answering the questionnaire.
-
-
15. A method of enabling a business organization to offer a unique incentive award to respondents of a questionnaire using a server and at least one portable terminal which is connected through a communication network, the method comprising the steps of:
-
receiving a request for information from the portable terminal;
finding a list of facilities using information regarding the location of the portable terminal; and
sending facility information including introduction information of the facilities in the facility list with an indication as to whether or not each facility offers an incentive award in return for answering the questionnaire, wherein the incentive award is uniquely selected by each business organization.
-
-
18. A program stored on a computer readable storage medium executing a method of enabling a business organization to offer a unique incentive award to respondents of a questionnaire using a server and at least one portable terminal which is connected through a communication network, the program comprising the steps of:
-
receiving a request for information from the portable terminal;
finding a list of facilities using information regarding the location of the portable terminal; and
sending facility information including introduction information of the facilities in the facility list with an indication as to whether or not each facility offers an incentive award in return for answering the questionnaire, wherein the incentive award is uniquely selected by each business organization.
-
-
21. A computer readable storage medium on which is stored a program for executing a method of enabling a business organization to offer a unique incentive award to respondents of a questionnaire using a server and at least one portable terminal which is connected through a communication network, the program comprising the steps of:
-
receiving a request for information from the portable terminal;
finding a list of facilities using information regarding the location of the portable terminal; and
sending facility information including introduction information of the facilities in the facility list with an indication as to whether or not each facility offers an incentive award in return for answering the questionnaire, wherein the incentive award is uniquely selected by each business organization. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
-
Specification