BENEFIT AWARDING SYSTEM, SERVER DEVICE, AND BENEFIT AWARDING METHOD

• US 20160140592A1
• Filed: 06/10/2014
• Published: 05/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ase Co., Ltd., NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Ase Co., Ltd., NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Inventors: UNTEN, Hitomi, TAKUWA, Hiromasa, YAMAKAWA, Susumu, NAKAGAWA, Daisuke, NAKASHIMA, Toshio, SATOU, Kouzou, HATASHITA, Shunsuke, KIKUCHI, Daisuke, ITO, Keiji, UENISHI, Masutomo, OHARA, Aki
• Application Number:
  US14/897,784
• Publication Number:
  US 20160140592A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0207 Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/65 Environment-dependent, e.g. using captured environmental data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/33 for indoor environments, e.g. buildings
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/11 Allocation or use of connection identifiers

Abstract

A benefit awarding system includes a terminal device and a server device. The terminal device includes: a first acquiring unit that acquires a product identifier for identifying a product; and a first transmitting unit that transmits a user identifier indicating a user and the product identifier acquired by the first acquiring unit, in a case where this terminal device is positioned inside a shop. The server device includes: a first receiving unit that receives the user identifier and the product identifier transmitted by the terminal device; and an update unit that updates benefit information stored in a storage unit in association with the user identifier received by the first receiving unit, with information indicating benefits corresponding to the product identifier received by the first receiving unit.

Claims

1-7. -7. (canceled)

8. A benefit awarding system, comprising a terminal device and a server device,

the terminal device including:

a first acquiring unit that acquires a product identifier for identifying a product; and

a first transmitting unit that transmits a user identifier indicating a user and the product identifier acquired by the first acquiring unit, in a case where this terminal device is positioned inside a shop; and

the server device including;

a first receiving unit that receives the user identifier and the product identifier transmitted by the terminal device; and

an update unit that updates benefit information stored in a storage unit in association with the user identifier received by the first receiving unit, with information indicating benefits corresponding to the product identifier received by the first receiving unit.

9. The benefit awarding system according to claim 8,

wherein the terminal device includes:

a second acquiring unit that acquires a transmitter identifier output from a transmitter disposed in a shop;

a second transmitting unit that transmits the transmitter identifier acquired by the second acquiring unit;

a second receiving unit that receives a first response transmitted from a device that received the transmitter identifier transmitted by the second transmitting unit; and

a determining unit that determines that this terminal device is positioned inside a shop, in a case where the second receiving unit receives the first response; and

the server device includes;

a third receiving unit that receives the transmitter identifier transmitted by the terminal device; and

a third transmitting unit that transmits the first response to the terminal device, in a case where the transmitter identifier received by the third receiving unit is stored in the storage unit.

10. The benefit awarding system according to claim 9,

wherein the transmitter outputs acoustic waves indicating the transmitter identifier, and

the second acquiring unit analyzes the acoustic waves, thereby acquiring the transmitter identifier.

11. The benefit awarding system according to claim 8, wherein, in a case where this terminal device is not positioned inside a shop, the first transmitting unit does not transmit the user identifier and the product identifier.

12. The benefit awarding system according to claim 8, wherein, in a case where this terminal device is not positioned inside a shop, the terminal device displays information prompting a visit when the first acquiring unit acquires the product identifier.

13. A server device, comprising:

a receiving unit that receives a user identifier indicating a user and a product identifier for identifying a product, the identifiers being transmitted when a terminal device is positioned inside a shop; and

an update unit that updates benefit information stored in a storage unit in association with the user identifier received by the receiving unit, with information indicating benefits corresponding to the product identifier received by the receiving unit.

14. A benefit awarding method, comprising:

acquiring, using a terminal device, a product identifier for identifying a product;

transmitting, using the terminal device, a user identifier indicating a user and the acquired product identifier, in a case where this terminal device is positioned inside a shop;

receiving, using a server device, the user identifier and the product identifier transmitted from the terminal device; and

updating, using the server device, benefit information stored in a storage unit in association with the received user identifier, with information indicating benefits corresponding to the received product identifier.