Information Management System, Information Management Server, Portable Terminal, and Portable Terminal Control Program

• US 20080097846A1
• Filed: 03/23/2005
• Published: 04/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.
• Original Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.
• Inventors: Watanabe, Hiroshi, Oikawa, Ayumu
• Application Number:
  US11/792,683
• Publication Number:
  US 20080097846A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/327 Short range or proximity payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0207 Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations

Abstract

An information management system 200 including a portable telephone 100 having a settlement unit 107 which performs electronic settlement and an information management server 50 which gathers and manages settlement information, wherein the portable telephone 100 includes a settlement information transmission unit 117 which transmits the settlement information to the information management 50, a receiving unit 140 which receives prize data from the information management server 50, a content storage unit 130 and an incentive hold unit 135 which store therein the prize data received, and the information management server 50 includes a settlement information receiving unit 203 which receives the settlement information and stores the received settlement information in a settlement breakdown database 52 and a transmission unit 207 which transmits the prize data stored in the content storage unit 60 to the portable telephone 100 if having received the settlement information from the portable telephone 100.

Claims

1. An information management system comprising a portable terminal having a settlement unit which performs electronic settlement and a server which gathers and manages settlement information of the electronic settlement performed by said portable terminal, wherein:

said portable terminal includes;

an information transmission unit which transmits said settlement information to said server;

a data receiving unit which receives prize data from said server after transmission of said settlement information to said server; and

a prize data storage unit which stores therein said prize data received by said data receiving unit; and

said server includes;

an information receiving unit which receives said settlement information;

a settlement information database which stores therein said settlement information received;

a prize data storage unit which stores therein the prize data to be sent back to said portable terminal when said settlement information is received by said information receiving unit; and

a data transmission unit which transmits said prize data to said portable terminal when said settlement information is received from said portable terminal.

2. The information management system according to claim 1, wherein:

said portable terminal includes;

a content storage unit which stores therein a content and a program;

a control unit which reproduces and executes said content and program respectively; and

a display unit which displays a screen which is displayed when said control unit reproduces and executes said content and program respectively; and

in said portable terminal;

if the electronic settlement is performed by said settlement unit, said control unit causes said display unit to display said screen; and

while said screen is being displayed, said information transmission unit transmits said settlement information to said server.

3. The information management system according to claim 1, wherein:

said portable terminal includes an acceptance unit which accepts an instruction to transmit said settlement information to said server; and

if said instruction is accepted by said acceptance unit, said control unit may cause said display unit to display said screen and said information transmission unit transmits said settlement information to said server.

4. The information management system according to claim 1, wherein:

said portable terminal includes;

a notification unit which transmits an information transmission notification before transmitting said settlement information to said server; and

a content receiving unit which receives a new content or program from said server and stores the new content or program in said content storage unit; and

said server includes;

an acceptance unit which accepts said information transmission notification;

a storage unit which stores therein said new content and program; and

a content transmission unit which transmits said new content or program to said portable terminal if said information transmission notification is accepted.

14. The information management system according to claim 1, wherein said prize data includes:

first prize data which is transmitted to said portable terminal by said data transmission unit of said server immediately after said settlement information is received by said server from said portable terminal; and

second prize data which is donated posteriori for each user account of said portable terminal after said settlement information is received by said server from said portable terminal.

15. The information management system according to claim 14, wherein said server includes:

a first allotment table which registers a product to which said first prize data is to be transmitted;

a second allotment table which registers a product to which said second prize data is to be donated;

a first decision unit which decides whether said product registered in said first allotment table is included or not, immediately after said settlement information is received by said information receiving unit;

a second decision unit which decides whether said product registered in said second allotment table is included or not, posteriori after said settlement information is received by said information receiving unit;

a first determination unit which determines said prize data to be transmitted to said portable terminal to which said settlement information is transmitted if said first decision unit decides that said product is included; and

a second determination unit which determines said prize data to be donated to a user account of said portable terminal to which said settlement information is transmitted if said second decision unit decides that said product is included.

16. The information management system according to claim 14, wherein:

said server includes an allotment history storage unit which stores therein allotment history information of said prize data transmitted by said data transmission unit for each account of a user of said portable terminal; and

when said settlement information is received by said information receiving unit, said first determination unit and said second determination unit refer to said allotment history storage unit to thereby determine said prize data to be transmitted by said data transmission unit and store said allotment history information in said allotment history storage unit.

17. The information management system according to claim 2, wherein:

said portable terminal includes a procedure table which stores therein a chained order of a plurality of contents or programs stored in said prize data storage unit; and

said control unit in said portable terminal sequentially reproduces or execute said plurality of contents or programs respectively in said chained order described in said procedure table each time said settlement information is transmitted to said server.

18. The information management system according to claim 2, wherein:

said portable terminal includes an acceptance unit which accepts an instruction to transmit said settlement information to said server; and

if said instruction is accepted by said acceptance unit, said control unit may cause said display unit to display said screen and said information transmission unit transmits said settlement information to said server.

19. The information management system according to claim 2, wherein:

said portable terminal includes;

a notification unit which transmits an information transmission notification before transmitting said settlement information to said server; and

a content receiving unit which receives a new content or program from said server and stores the new content or program in said content storage unit; and

said server includes;

an acceptance unit which accepts said information transmission notification;

a storage unit which stores therein said new content and program; and

a content transmission unit which transmits said new content or program to said portable terminal if said information transmission notification is accepted.

20. The information management system according to claim 3, wherein:

said portable terminal includes;

a notification unit which transmits an information transmission notification before transmitting said settlement information to said server; and

a content receiving unit which receives a new content or program from said server and stores the new content or program in said content storage unit; and

said server includes;

an acceptance unit accepts said information transmission notification;

a storage unit which stores therein said new content and program; and

a content transmission unit which transmits said new content or program to said portable terminal if said information transmission notification is accepted.

5. A portable terminal comprising:

a settlement unit which performs electronic settlement;

an information transmission unit which transmits settlement information of electrical settlement performed by said settlement unit to an information management server;

a data receiving unit which receives prize data from said information management server after said settlement information is transmitted to said information management server; and

a prize data storage unit which stores said prize data received by said data receiving unit.

6. The portable terminal according to claim 5, comprising:

a content storage unit which stores therein a content and a program;

a control unit which reproduces and executes said content and program respectively; and

a display unit which displays a screen which is displayed when said control unit reproduces and executes said content and program respectively,

wherein if the electronic settlement is performed by said settlement unit, said control unit causes said display unit to display said screen and,

while said screen is being displayed, said information transmission unit transmits said settlement information to said server.

7. The portable terminal according to claim 5, comprising an acceptance unit which accepts an instruction to transmit said settlement information to said information management server,

wherein if said instruction is accepted by said acceptance unit, said control unit causes said display unit to display said screen and said information transmission unit transmits said settlement information to said information management server.

8. The portable terminal according to claim 5, comprising a sound output unit which outputs a sound, wherein:

said content stored in said content storage unit includes audio data which is output by said sound output unit; and

when said screen of said display unit is displayed, simultaneously said audio data is output from said sound output unit.

9. The portable terminal according to claim 5, comprising a vibration unit which vibrates in a predetermined vibration pattern,

wherein when said screen of said display unit is displayed, simultaneously said vibration unit vibrates in said predetermined vibration pattern.

10. The portable terminal according to claim 5, comprising a light source unit which lights up at a predetermined lighting-up/blinking interval and in a predetermined arrangement and color pattern,

wherein when said screen of said display unit is displayed, simultaneously said light source unit lights up at said predetermined lighting-up/blinking interval and in said predetermined arrangement and color pattern.

11. An information management server comprising:

an information receiving unit which receives settlement information from a portable terminal which performs electronic settlement;

a settlement information database which stores therein said settlement information received;

a prize data storage unit which stores the prize data to be sent back to said portable terminal when said settlement information is received by said information receiving unit; and

a data transmission unit which transmits said prize data to said portable terminal when said settlement information is received from said portable terminal.

12. A program that causes a portable terminal including:

a settlement unit which performs electronic settlement;

a prize data storage unit which stores prize data to be transmitted from an information management server;

a content storage unit which stores a content and a program; and

a display unit, to function as;

an execution means which reproduces and executes said content and said program respectively if the electronic settlement is performed by said settlement unit;

a display control means which displays said content and said program on a screen of said display unit if said content and said program are reproduced and executed respectively by said execution means;

an information transmission means which transmits settlement information of the electronic settlement performed by said settlement unit to said information management server during said screen is being displayed; and

a data receiving means which, after transmission of said settlement information to said information management server, receives the prize data from said information management server and stores it in said prize data storage unit.

13. The program according to claim 12, wherein:

said portable terminal is functioned as an acceptance means which accepts an instruction to transmit said settlement information to said information management server; and

if said instruction is accepted by said acceptance means, said execution means reproduces and executes said content and said program, respectively, and if said display control means displays said screen on said display unit, simultaneously said information transmission means transmits said settlement information to said information management server.