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INFORMATION PROVISION SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROVISION METHOD

  • US 20170300889A1
  • Filed: 03/15/2017
  • Published: 10/19/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2016
  • Status: Active Application
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1. An information provision system comprising:

  • a payment terminal;

    an information provision apparatus; and

    an information terminal,wherein the payment terminal includesa payment unit configured to make a payment of a price relating to a commercial transaction,a notification unit configured to notify the information provision apparatus of transaction information indicating contents of the commercial transaction and a transaction code for identifying the commercial transaction, after the payment is completed by the payment unit, andan issuing unit configured to issue a voucher on which a visible code that represents the transaction code in an optically readable manner is printed,wherein the information provision apparatus includesa creation unit configured to create provision information that is provided to a person who makes a payment for the commercial transaction relating to the transaction information, based on the transaction information that is notified by the notification unit, anda storage unit configured to store the provision information that is created by the creation unit, in a state of being associated with the transaction code that is notified along with the transaction information, based on which the provision information is created,wherein the information terminal includesa reading unit configured to optically read the visible code that is printed on the voucher, anda request unit configured to make a request to the information provision apparatus for information provision, which is accompanied by the notification of the transaction code that is represented by the visible code which is read by the reading unit,wherein the information provision apparatus further includesa transmission unit configured to transmit to the information terminal the provision information which is stored in the storage unit in the state of being associated with the transaction code that is notified when the request is made by the request unit, andwherein the information terminal further includesan output unit configured to output the provision information which is transmitted by the transmission unit, in a such a manner that the provision information is recognizable to an operator of the information terminal.

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