Sales promotion point exchange method and system
First Claim
1. An electronic circulation method in order to circulate electronic units for sales promotion, or simply sales promotion points hereafter, comprising (a) a sales promotion point issuance and consumption means that issues and consumes sales promotion points per each shop, manufacturer or group of them and consumes sales promotion points within said each shop, manufacturer or group of them based on pre-determined point issuance conditions and pre-determined point consumption conditions in response to the requesting operation by a user on a terminal, and that manages said pre-determined issuance conditions, said pre-determined consumption conditions, the point issuance history and the point consumption history, and (b) a sales promotion point exchange transaction means that makes said sales promotion points circulate not only within said each shop, manufacturer or group of them but also widely outside said each shop, manufacturer or group of them, wherein said sales promotion point exchange transaction means (p) manages a standard value of a sales promotion point that is arbitrarily determined by said each shop, manufacturer or group of them and that is consumed within said each shop, manufacturer or group of them, (q) manages an exchange rate between sales promotion points that are issued by and consumed within each shop, manufacturer or group of them and sales promotion points that are consumed outside said each shop, manufacturer or group of them wherein said exchange rate is arbitrarily determined by said each shop, manufacturer or group of them, (r) and executes sales promotion exchange transaction by calculating the necessary point amount required for exchange to a commodity or a service that a user wants based on said standard value of a sales promotion point and on said exchange rate, in response to the user'"'"'s request.
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Abstract
The sales promotion point exchange transaction method and system of this invention comprises the sales promotion point issuance and consumption server system 200 that issues and consumes sales promotion points per each shop, manufacturer or group of them and consumes sales promotion points within said each shop, manufacturer or group of them based on pre-determined point issuance conditions and pre-determined point consumption conditions and the sales promotion point exchange transaction center 211 that makes said sales promotion points circulate not only within said each shop, manufacturer or group of them but also widely outside said each shop, manufacturer or group of them. Said sales promotion point exchange transaction center 211 manages a standard value of a sales promotion point that is arbitrarily determined by said each shop, manufacturer or group of them and that is consumed within said each shop, manufacturer or group of them, manages an exchange rate between sales promotion points that are issued by and consumed within an each shop, manufacturer or group of them and sales promotion points that are consumed outside said each shop, manufacturer or group of them wherein said exchange rate is arbitrarily determined by said each shop, manufacturer or a group, and executes sales promotion exchange transaction by calculating the necessary point amount required for exchange to a commodity or a service that a user wants based on said standard value of a sales promotion point and on said exchange rate, in response to the user'"'"'s request.
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- 1. An electronic circulation method in order to circulate electronic units for sales promotion, or simply sales promotion points hereafter, comprising (a) a sales promotion point issuance and consumption means that issues and consumes sales promotion points per each shop, manufacturer or group of them and consumes sales promotion points within said each shop, manufacturer or group of them based on pre-determined point issuance conditions and pre-determined point consumption conditions in response to the requesting operation by a user on a terminal, and that manages said pre-determined issuance conditions, said pre-determined consumption conditions, the point issuance history and the point consumption history, and (b) a sales promotion point exchange transaction means that makes said sales promotion points circulate not only within said each shop, manufacturer or group of them but also widely outside said each shop, manufacturer or group of them, wherein said sales promotion point exchange transaction means (p) manages a standard value of a sales promotion point that is arbitrarily determined by said each shop, manufacturer or group of them and that is consumed within said each shop, manufacturer or group of them, (q) manages an exchange rate between sales promotion points that are issued by and consumed within each shop, manufacturer or group of them and sales promotion points that are consumed outside said each shop, manufacturer or group of them wherein said exchange rate is arbitrarily determined by said each shop, manufacturer or group of them, (r) and executes sales promotion exchange transaction by calculating the necessary point amount required for exchange to a commodity or a service that a user wants based on said standard value of a sales promotion point and on said exchange rate, in response to the user'"'"'s request.
- 8. An electronic circulation system in order to circulate electronic units for sales promotion, or simply sales promotion points hereafter, comprising (a) a sales promotion point issuance and consumption means that issues and consumes sales promotion points per each shop, manufacturer or group of them and consumes sales promotion points within said each shop, manufacturer or group of them based on pre-determined point issuance conditions and pre-determined point consumption conditions in response to the requesting operation by a user on a terminal, and that manages said pre-determined issuance conditions, said pre-determined consumption conditions, the point issuance history and the point consumption history, and (b) a sales promotion point exchange transaction means that makes said sales promotion points circulate not only within said each shop, manufacturer or group of them but also widely outside said each shop, manufacturer or group of them, wherein said sales promotion point exchange transaction means (p) manages a standard value of a sales promotion point that is arbitrarily determined by said each shop, manufacturer or group of them and that is consumed within said each shop, manufacturer or group of them, (q) manages an exchange rate between sales promotion points that are issued by and consumed within each shop, manufacturer or group of them and sales promotion points that are consumed outside said each shop, manufacturer or group of them wherein said exchange rate is arbitrarily determined by said each shop, manufacturer or group of them, (r) and executes sales promotion exchange transaction by calculating the necessary point amount required for exchange to a commodity or a service that a user wants based on said standard value of a sales promotion point and on said exchange rate, in response to the user'"'"'s request.
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16. A memory media used in the electronic circulation method in order to circulate electronic units for sales promotion or used in the electronic circulation system in order to circulate electronic units for sales promotion in which an executable program so that said sales promotion point exchange transaction means manages a standard value of a sales promotion point that is arbitrarily determined by said each shop, manufacturer or group of them and that is consumed within said each shop, manufacturer or group of them, manages an exchange rate between sales promotion points that are issued by and consumed within an each shop, manufacturer or group of them and sales promotion points that are consumed outside said each shop, manufacturer or group of them wherein said exchange rate is arbitrarily determined by said each shop, manufacturer or group of them, and executes sales promotion exchange transaction by calculating the necessary point amount required for exchange to a commodity or a service that a user wants based on said standard value of a sales promotion point and on said exchange rate, in response to the user'"'"'s request.
- 17. A memory media used in the electronic circulation method in order to circulate electronic units for sales promotion or used in the electronic circulation system in order to circulate electronic units for sales promotion in which an executable program in order to enable said exchange rate to be changed at any time from an information input and output terminal of said sales promotion point issuance and consumption means, and in order to enable said changed exchange rate to be reflected on the exchange transaction of said sales promotion points on a real time base.
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