Return gift processing device, return gift processing method, and return gift processing program

Abstract

To provide a technique capable of immediately performing a return gift at a site to a person who performs a hometown tax donation.SOLUTION: A return gift processing method includes a return gift business operator terminal used by a return gift business operator entrusted with a return gift business from an autonomous community and a proxy server for substitutionally performing business processing, the proxy server has a management table showing a correspondence relation between the return gift business operator and the autonomous community about return gift business processing in a storage device, and the proxy server executes completion confirmation of settlement a donation money amount related to an immediate request if a request for donation is an immediate request being a request for donation accompanied with an immediate return gift, and executes return gift execution notification processing for notifying a return gift business operation terminal of return gift execution information to instruct the return gift business operator to execute a return gift and donation information output processing for outputting information on the donation to be notified to an autonomous community terminal having a cooperative relationship with the return gift business operator instructed to execute the return gift on the basis of the management table when settlement approval is confirmed.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to a technology for managing the gifts in return for hometown tax payment.

Background Art

[0002] In recent years, hometown tax payment, which was established with the intention of improving the interest in and awareness of participation in local administration and bringing vitality to various regions across the country, has become widespread. Hometown tax payment is a system in which, for donors who make donations to local governments outside their place of residence, a part of the donation amount is deducted from income tax and inhabitant tax, and thus a part of the income of the local government where the donor resides is substantially transferred to the local government outside the place of residence (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Prior Art Documents

Patent Documents

[0003]

Patent Document 1

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0004] Local governments participating in the hometown tax payment system prepare various gifts in return in order to solicit donations. Examples of the gifts in return include local specialty foods, vouchers for various facilities, and other various items. And in most cases, the provision of gifts in return from local governments to donors is carried out on behalf of the local governments by entrusted businesses. Therefore, for example, if the provision of gifts in return by a business is carried out simultaneously with the donation at the local area or the like, it is considered that the improvement of the willingness to donate and the improvement of the willingness of donors to visit the local area can be achieved, which further contributes to local revitalization, which is the purpose of the hometown tax payment system.

[0005] However, the return gifts for hometown tax payment are provided by the local government that has received the donation as a return gift to the donor. Therefore, the provision of return gifts is usually carried out after the local government has confirmed the donation. Thus, under the current hometown tax payment system, it is difficult to immediately give a return gift to a donor who has decided to make a donation after visiting the local area. Also, since holidays when there are particularly many people visiting local areas sometimes coincide with the closing days of administrative organs, the reality is that the return gifts mainly have to be items provided on the premise of using a delivery service.

[0006] Therefore, an object of the present application is to provide a technology that enables an immediate return gift on-site for a person who has made a hometown tax payment donation on-site.

Means for Solving the Problem

[0007] To solve the above problems, in the present invention, for a local government that acts on behalf of the administrative processing of return gifts associated with donations made from donors to the local government, a proxy server has a management table in a storage device that shows the correspondence relationship between the local government and a return gift business operator in a partnership relationship regarding the return gift business. When a donation request received from a return gift business operator terminal or a user terminal operated by a donor is an immediate request, which is a donation request accompanied by an immediate return gift, the proxy server executes a completion confirmation of the settlement of the donation amount and instructs the return gift business operator to execute the return gift.

[0008] Specifically, the present invention is a return gift system that undertakes the administrative processing of return gifts associated with donations made from donors to the local government, and includes a return gift business operator terminal used by a return gift business operator that has received the return gift business from the local government, and a proxy server that acts on behalf of the administrative processing. The proxy server has a management table in a storage device that shows the correspondence relationship between the local government and a return gift business operator in a partnership relationship regarding the return gift business for the local government that acts on behalf of the administrative processing. The proxy server determines that a donation request directly or indirectly received from a return gift business operator terminal or a user terminal operated by a donor is an immediate In the case of an immediate request that is a request for a donation with a gift in return, when the completion confirmation of the payment for the donation related to the immediate request is executed and it is confirmed that the payment has been approved, a gift execution notification process is performed to notify the gift provider terminal of the gift execution information instructing the execution of the gift in return, and based on the management table, a donation information output process is performed to output the information related to the donation to the terminal of the local government that has a partnership relationship with the gift provider to whom the execution of the gift in return has been instructed.

[0009] In the case of the above gift return system, it has a management table in the storage device that shows the correspondence relationship between the gift provider and the local government that have a partnership relationship regarding the gift return business. When the donation request received directly or indirectly from the gift provider terminal or the user terminal operated by the donor is an immediate request that is a request for a donation with an immediate gift in return, not only the approval of the payment for the donation related to the immediate request is required, but also a gift execution notification process is performed to notify the gift provider terminal of the gift execution information instructing the execution of the gift in return, and a donation information output process is performed to output the information related to the donation to the terminal of the local government that has a partnership relationship with the gift provider to whom the execution of the gift in return has been instructed.

[0010] Therefore, if the gift provider who has received the gift execution information immediately executes the gift in return, the donor can receive the gift in return from the gift provider immediately after making the donation. Also, the local government that has received the information related to the donation can obtain the information related to the donation. Therefore, in the case of the above gift return system, for example, it is possible to immediately give a gift in return at the local area to those who have made a donation for hometown tax payment in that local area.

[0011] Note that when the immediate request is related to a credit transaction, the proxy server may transmit the payment settlement information for the donation to the settlement server of the credit transaction provider indicated in the immediate request, and when receiving the approval information indicating that the payment for the donation has been approved from the settlement server, perform the gift execution notification process and the donation information output process. According to this, it is possible to immediately confirm the approval of the payment by the settlement server of the credit transaction provider.

[0012] In addition, when the proxy server directly or indirectly receives an immediate request via an external site from a user terminal accessing an external site operated by a gift-giving business operator or other business operator, it may execute a completion confirmation. When it confirms that the payment has been approved, it may execute a gift execution notification process and a donation information output process. According to this, it becomes possible to process donations made on an external site independently operated by a gift-giving business operator or other business operator.

[0013] In addition, in the donation information output process, the proxy server may output information including the amount of the donation, the information of the donor, and the completion of the gift by the gift-giving business operator. According to this, the local government can grasp detailed information regarding the donation.

[0014] In addition, in the donation information output process, the proxy server may output information regarding the donation in the form of a communication line, an electronic recording medium, or a document for sending. According to this, the local government can grasp information regarding the donation by electronic means or in writing.

[0015] In addition, when the proxy server confirms that the payment has been approved, it may immediately execute the gift execution notification process. According to this, the gift-giving business operator can immediately receive the gift execution information.

[0016] In addition, when the proxy server confirms in the management table that the immediate request is a donation to the local government that entrusts the transaction processing, and when it confirms that the payment has been approved, it may execute a gift execution notification process and a donation information output process. According to this, when a donation is made to the local government for which the gift system entrusts the transaction processing, the gift execution notification process and the donation information output process can be performed.

[0017] In addition, the gift-giving business operator terminal may be installed at the facility where the donor is present. If the gift-giving business operator terminal is installed at the facility where the donor is present, the donor can operate the gift-giving business operator terminal to make a donation request, or the gift-giving business operator can immediately grasp the gift-giving execution information at the facility.

[0018] Incidentally, the present invention can also be grasped from the aspect of a gift-giving processing device. For example, the present invention is a gift-giving processing device that undertakes the administrative processing of gift-giving accompanying a donation from a donor to a local government, and includes a processor and a memory. The processor directly or indirectly receives a donation request from a gift-giving business operator terminal used by a gift-giving business operator who has received the gift-giving business from the local government or a user terminal operated by the donor. In the case of an immediate request, which is a donation request accompanied by an immediate gift-giving, when the completion confirmation of the settlement of the donation amount related to the immediate request is executed and it is confirmed that the settlement has been approved, a gift-giving execution notification process for notifying the gift-giving business operator terminal of the gift-giving execution information instructing the gift-giving business operator to execute the gift-giving, and for the local government that substitutes for the administrative processing, based on a management table showing the correspondence relationship between the gift-giving business operator and the local government in a partnership relationship regarding the gift-giving business, it may execute a donation information output process for outputting donation-related information to be notified to the terminal of the local government in a partnership relationship with the gift-giving business operator that has been instructed to execute the gift-giving.

[0019] The present invention can also be understood from the aspect of a method or a program. For example, the present invention is a gift - giving process method for handling the gift - giving process accompanying a gift from a donor to a local government. When a proxy server that substitutes for the process directly or indirectly receives a donation request from a gift - giving business operator's terminal used by a gift - giving business operator that has received the gift - giving business from the local government or a user terminal operated by the donor, and the donation request is an immediate request that involves an immediate gift - giving, the proxy server executes a completion confirmation of the settlement of the donation amount related to the immediate request. When it is confirmed that the settlement has been approved, the proxy server notifies the gift - giving business operator's terminal of the gift - giving execution information instructing the gift - giving business operator to execute the gift - giving. For the local government that substitutes for the process, based on a management table showing the correspondence relationship between the gift - giving business operator and the local government in a cooperative relationship regarding the gift - giving business, the proxy server may execute a donation information output process of outputting information related to the donation to the terminal of the local government in a cooperative relationship with the gift - giving business operator that has been instructed to execute the gift - giving.

Advantages of the Invention

[0020] According to the present invention, those who make hometown tax donations locally can receive an immediate gift in the local area.

Brief Description of the Drawings

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Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention

[0022] Hereinafter, embodiments will be described. The following embodiments are merely illustrative and do not limit the technical scope of the present disclosure to the following aspects.

[0023] <Overview> FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of the processing realized by the gift - giving system according to the embodiment. The gift - giving system of this embodiment is responsible for the administrative processing of the gift - giving in return for donations made from donors to local governments. The acting contractor entrusted by the local government for this administrative processing receives, on behalf of the local government, the donation application made by the donor to the local government. And when the donation involves an immediate gift - giving on - site, after the approval of the settlement of the donation amount by a payment service provider such as a credit card company, it notifies the business operator who gives the gift in return for the donation of the provision of the gift in return, and provides the information of the donor to the local government. When receiving the notification, the business operator who gives the gift in return immediately provides gifts, etc. on - site. In this way, in the gift - giving system of this embodiment, conventionally, the local government's request for a gift in return to the business operator after receiving the donation is made by the acting contractor on behalf of the local government. The acting contractor can conduct business even on the local government's closed days. Therefore, in the gift - giving system of this embodiment, for example, even when the thing that requires the user to visit the local area, such as an experience facility, is the gift in return for the donation, the user can visit the facility on a holiday or the like, make a decision on the donation on - site, and immediately use the experience facility as the gift in return for the donation.

[0024] Hereinafter, the details of the gift - giving system of this embodiment will be described.

[0025] <System Configuration>

[0026] <System Configuration> Fig. 2 is a system configuration diagram of the return gift system 1. The return gift system 1 includes a donor terminal 20 operated by a donor 2, a local government terminal 30 operated by a local government 3, an agency server 40 managed by an agency 4, a return gift provider terminal 50 operated by a return gift provider 5, and a payment server 60 managed by a payment provider 6. The donor terminal 20, the local government terminal 30, the agency server 40, the return gift provider terminal 50, and the payment server 60 can communicate with each other via the Internet 7, which is a public communication line.

[0027] In FIG. 2, the donor terminal 20 is shown as a separate entity from the return gift business operator terminal 50, but if the return gift business operator terminal 50 is operable by the donor 2, the return gift business operator terminal 50 may function as the donor terminal 20. In FIG. 2, the donor 2, the agent 4, and the return gift business operator 5 are shown one by one, and one donor terminal 20, agent server 40, and return gift business operator terminal 50 are shown one by one, but there may be multiple donors 2, multiple agent businesses 4, and multiple return gift business operators 5, and there may be multiple donor terminals 20, agent servers 40, and return gift business operator terminals 50. In FIG. 2, the donor terminal 20, the local government terminal 30, the agent server 40, the return gift business operator terminal 50, and the payment server 60 are connected to the Internet 7 by solid lines, but each device may be connected to the Internet 7 by either wireless or wired means.

[0028] The donor terminal 20, the local government terminal 30, the proxy server 40, the return gift business terminal 50, and the payment server 60 each include a central processing unit (CPU), memory, a main storage device such as a solid state drive (SSD) or a hard disk drive (HDD), an input / output interface, a communication interface, and the like. The donor terminal 20, the local government terminal 30, and the return gift business terminal 50 may be, for example, a smartphone, a tablet computer, a personal computer, or any other type of computer. The proxy server 40 and the return gift business terminal 50 may be, for example, a general-purpose server, a personal computer, a rental server installed in a data center, a cloud, or any other type of computer.

[0029] Figure 3 is a functional block diagram implemented in the proxy server. In the proxy server 40, when the CPU executes a computer program loaded from the main memory to the memory, three functional blocks, namely, a reception processing unit 41, a determination processing unit 42, and an output processing unit 43, are realized. The reception processing unit 41 mainly receives information related to donations and gifts sent from the donor terminal 20 via the Internet 7. Also, the determination processing unit 42 mainly conducts various determination processes related to donations and gifts. Also, the output processing unit 43 mainly conducts output processing of information sent to the local government terminal 30 and the gift business operator terminal 50 via the Internet 7.

[0030] Hereinafter, the processing content realized in the gift return system 1 of the present embodiment will be described. Figure 4 is a processing flowchart realized in the proxy server 40. Hereinafter, the processing content realized in the gift return system 1 will be described centering on the description of the processing flow realized in the proxy server 40.

[0031] During the execution of the computer program loaded into the memory, the proxy server 40 repeatedly executes the following processing. That is, the proxy server 40 determines whether it has received a donation application sent from the donor terminal 20 operated by the donor 2 via the Internet 7 (S101). Then, when the proxy server 40 makes an affirmative determination in the processing of step S101, next, it determines whether the donation application is a donation related to an immediate gift (S102). Then, when the proxy server 40 makes an affirmative determination in the processing of step S102, next, it requests the settlement server 60 to settle the donation amount indicated in the donation application (S103). Then, the proxy server 40 waits for approval of the settlement by the settlement server 60 of the settlement company 6 (S104).

[0032] ​When the proxy server 40 confirms that the settlement has been approved by the settlement server 60 in the process of step S104, it then instructs the gift-giving business operator 5 to execute the gift-giving by notifying the gift-giving business operator terminal 50 of the gift-giving execution information (S105). Then, the proxy server 40 reports to the local government 3 that the donation and the gift-giving have been made by notifying the local government terminal 30 of the donation information and the gift-giving completion information (S106). These notifications to the proxy server 40 and the gift-giving business operator terminal 50 may be in a data format specific to the dedicated applications installed on the proxy server 40 and the gift-giving business operator terminal 50, or may be e-mails. Also, the instruction to execute the gift-giving to the gift-giving business operator 5 may be made in such a form that the gift-giving execution information notified from the proxy server 40 to the donor terminal 20 and displayed on the screen of the donor terminal 20 is shown by the donor 2 to the gift-giving business operator 5.

[0033] Here, the donation information is information provided to the local government that has received the donation, indicating that the donation has been made to the local government, and includes, for example, information such as the personal information of the donor and the amount of the donation. Also, the gift-giving execution information is information provided to the gift-giving business operator who conducts the gift-giving, indicating that the gift-giving is instructed, and includes, for example, information such as the name of the donor and the details of the gift item. Further, the gift-giving completion information is information provided to the local government that has received the donation, indicating that the gift-giving in return for the donation has been made to the donor, and includes, for example, information regarding the provided gift item and the date and time when the gift-giving was made.

[0034] On the other hand, when the proxy server 40 makes a negative determination in step S102, it performs processing related to a normal return gift (non-immediate return gift). That is, when the proxy server 40 makes a negative determination in step S102, next, it requests the settlement server 60 to settle the donation amount indicated in the donation application (S107). Then, the proxy server 40 waits for approval of the settlement by the settlement server 60 of the settlement operator 6 (S108). And when the proxy server 40 confirms that the settlement server 60 has approved the settlement in the process of step S108, next, it reports that a donation has been made to the local government 3 by notifying the donation information to the local government terminal 30 (S109). Then, the proxy server 40 waits for approval from the local government 3 (S110). When the local government 3 that has received the report that the donation has been made operates the local government terminal 30 to notify the proxy server 40 of the approval of the return gift after the acceptance process of the donation within the office is completed. When the proxy server 40 is notified of the approval of the return gift from the local government terminal 30, it instructs the return gift operator 5 to execute the return gift by notifying the return gift execution information to the return gift operator terminal 50 (S111).

[0035] When an affirmative determination is made in step S102 and the above series of processes (S103 to S106) are executed Once the settlement server 60 approves the settlement, the return gift execution information is immediately notified to the return gift operator terminal 50. In contrast, when a negative determination is made in step S102 and the above series of processes (S107 to S111) are executed, not only the approval of the settlement by the settlement server 60 but also after the approval procedure within the local government 3 by the local government 3, the return gift execution information is notified to the return gift operator terminal 50. That is, in the return gift system 1 of the present embodiment, the process of determining whether a return gift for a donation is possible switches according to whether the return gift for the donation is immediate or not. Therefore, in the return gift system 1 of the present embodiment, for example, even when what the user needs to visit locally like an experience facility is a return gift for a donation, the user can decide to make a donation locally after visiting the facility on a holiday or the like and immediately use the experience facility as a return gift for the donation.

[0036] Hereinafter, taking the case of an experiential facility as an example, specific examples of donations and gifts in return realizable by the above series of processes will be described. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the donor terminal 20. When donor 2 visits an experiential facility at the tourist destination being visited and knows that if they make a donation for hometown tax payment, they can use the experiential facility as a gift in return, the donor terminal 20 accesses the proxy server 40. When the donor terminal 20 accesses the proxy server 40, a donation acceptance screen (D101) for using the experiential facility as a gift in return, such as shown in FIG. 5, is displayed on the donor terminal 20.

[0037] Here, when donor 2 wants to obtain admission tickets for two adults and two children to the experiential facility as a gift in return for hometown tax payment, by touching the screen of the donor terminal 20, the quantity on the right side of "Admission Ticket for ABC Hall, 1 Adult" is set to "2", and the quantity on the right side of "Admission Ticket for ABC Hall, 1 Child" is set to "2". Then, the browser or application of the donor terminal 20 automatically calculates the total donation amount required to receive these admission tickets as gifts in return for hometown tax payment and displays it on the screen of the donor terminal 20. Donor 2, who has confirmed the total donation amount, presses the "Donate" button displayed on the screen of the donor terminal 20. When the button is pressed, the donor terminal 20 transmits information regarding the donation application to the proxy server 40 via the Internet 7. Here, the information on the donation application transmitted from the donor terminal 20 to the proxy server 40 includes, in addition to the type and quantity of the gift in return selected by donor 2 and the total donation amount, the user information of donor 2. If personal information such as the address, phone number, and credit card number of donor 2 has already been registered with the proxy server 40, this user information becomes mere identification information such as a user ID. Also, if the personal information of donor 2 has not been registered with the proxy server 40, this user information becomes personal information such as the address, phone number, and credit card number of donor 2.

[0038]

[0039] ​In the agency server 40 that has received the information regarding the donation application transmitted from the donor terminal 20, affirmative determinations are made in the processes of step S101 and step S102. In step S102, for example, an affirmative determination is made by performing the following processes. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a management table for information regarding the gift in return. The agency operator 4 that has received the business regarding the gift in return for hometown tax payment from the local government 3 receives the information regarding the gift in return for hometown tax payment handled by the local government 3 from the local government 3. The content of the commission of the business of the local government 3 to the agency operator 4 includes the agency of the cashier's business for accepting the donation of the donor 2 on behalf of the local government 3, the agency of the right issuance business for granting the right to receive a gift in return to the donor 2 who has confirmed the donation, and the agency of the gift-instruction business to the gift-in return operator 5 that has received the business of giving a gift in return to the donor 2 from the local government 3. Therefore, the agency operator 4 that has received the business regarding the gift in return for hometown tax payment from the local government 3 has the information of the content of the gift in return, the donation amount, the name of the corresponding local government, and the name of the gift-in return operator that has received the business of performing the gift in return, as shown in the table of FIG. 6. In addition, the agency operator 4 has the information on whether the gift in return is to be returned to the donor 2 immediately upon donation.

[0040] Whether the gift in return is related to immediate return depends on the business form of the return gift operator 5 handling the said gift in return, and is set based on the declaration provided by each return gift operator 5. For example, XYZ Meat Shop, which has received the business of providing "ABC Beef Premium Steak" (one of the gifts in return for donations to ABC Town) to the donors, adopts the form of a store that sells goods by handing them to customers who visit the store. If XYZ Meat Shop has declared to the local government 3 or the acting operator 4 that it can provide the gift in return immediately, as shown in the management table in Figure 6, the said gift in return is set as an immediate gift in return. Also, for example, ABC Hall's operating company (XYZ Planning), which has received the business of providing "ABC Hall Entrance Ticket" (one of the gifts in return for donations to ABC Town) to the donors, has declared to the local government 3 or the acting operator 4 that it can provide the entrance ticket immediately to customers who visit ABC Hall. In this case, as shown in the management table in Figure 6, the said gift in return is set as an immediate gift in return. On the other hand, for example, XYZ Pig Farm, which has received the business of providing "ABC Pork Premium Loin" (one of the gifts in return for donations to ABC Town) to the donors, is in the form of a farm without a store and limits the provision of the gift in return to home delivery. If XYZ Pig Farm has declared to the local government 3 or the acting operator 4 that it cannot provide the gift in return immediately, as shown in the management table in Figure 6, the said gift in return is set as a non-immediate gift in return.

[0041] In the acting server 40, the above management table is stored in advance in the main memory device. Then, the acting server 40 refers to the management table in the process of step S102 to determine whether the gift in return is related to immediate return. Therefore, when "ABC Hall Entrance Ticket" is selected on the screen (D101) shown in Figure 5 and the application for the said donation is received by the acting server 40, the acting server 40 will make an affirmative determination in the process of step S102.

[0042] Then, the proxy server 40 that made an affirmative determination in the process of step S102 requests the settlement server 60 to perform a settlement of the total donation amount shown on the reception screen (D101) in Fig. 5, that is, a credit card settlement of 30,000 yen, based on the credit card number of the donor 2.

[0043] When the settlement is approved by the settlement server 60, the proxy server 40 makes an affirmative determination in the process of step S104 and executes the processes of steps S105 and S106. That is, in step S105, the proxy server 40 issues "ABC Hall admission tickets" for two adults and two children and notifies the gift-giving business operator terminal 50 of the gift-giving execution information indicating the name of the donor 2 who will receive the admission tickets. Also, in step S106, the proxy server 40 notifies the personal information of the donor who made a donation to ABC Town, the donation information indicating the donation amount (30,000 yen), and the gift-giving completion information indicating that XYZ Planning, which operates ABC Hall, provided the "ABC Hall admission tickets" to the donor as a gift.

[0044] Fig. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the screen displayed on the gift-giving business operator terminal 50. On the gift-giving business operator terminal 50 that has received the gift-giving execution information, for example, a gift-giving execution request screen (D102) as shown in Fig. 7 is displayed. As shown in Fig. 7, this screen shows the name of the donor and a catalog of the gifts to be provided. When the gift-giving business operator 5 checks the screen displayed on the gift-giving business operator terminal 50, the operator issues "ABC Hall admission tickets" for two adults and two children and hands over the admission tickets to the donor at the ABC Hall counter. The donor 2 who received the ABC Hall admission tickets at the counter can immediately enjoy the gift for the hometown tax donation by entering the ABC Hall using the admission tickets.

[0045] <Modification Example> Note that the series of processes from step S107 to step S110 described above may be omitted. In this case, basically all gifts will be given immediately.

[0046] Further, the above-mentioned gift return execution request screen (D102) may be transmitted to the donor terminal 20 instead of the gift return business operator terminal 50. In this case, the gift return business operator 5 will perform a gift return by looking at the gift return execution request screen (D102) displayed on the donor terminal 20.

[0047] Also, in the above embodiment, credit card settlement by the settlement business operator 6 was used, but the donation payment may be made by, for example, cash settlement at the facility window or the like, settlement by electronic money using an IC card, a smartphone, or the like, or various other settlement methods.

[0048] Also, in the above embodiment, the donor 2 who decided to make a donation at the tourist destination or the like of the visit destination accessed the proxy server 40 to make a donation. However, the proxy server 40 is a website of hometown tax payment publicly available on another company's web server. The donor 2 who accessed the website may obtain the information of the gift item selected on the website from the server, and may notify the gift return execution information, donation information, and gift return completion information on behalf of the other company's server.

[0049] Also, in the above embodiment, the local government 3 and the proxy operator 4 are separate entities, and both the local government terminal 30 and the proxy server 40 are provided in the gift return system 1. However, for example, the proxy operator 4 may transfer the proxy server 40 to the local government 3, and the local government 3 may manage the proxy server 40. In this case, the proxy server 40 is installed in the local government 3's office or the like, and the local government terminal 30 can be connected to the proxy server 40 via an in-house LAN or the like without going through the Internet 7.

[0050] <Computer-readable recording medium> A program for causing a computer or other machine or device (hereinafter referred to as a computer or the like) to realize any of the above functions can be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium. Then, by causing the computer or the like to read and execute the program of this recording medium, the function can be provided.

[0051] Here, a computer-readable recording medium refers to a recording medium that accumulates information such as data and programs by means of electrical, magnetic, optical, mechanical, or chemical actions and can be read by a computer or the like. Among such recording media, those removable from a computer or the like include, for example, flexible disks, magneto-optical disks, CD-ROMs, CD-R / Ws, DVDs, Blu-ray Discs (Blu-ray is a registered trademark), DATs, 8mm tapes, memory cards such as flash memories, and the like. Also, recording media fixed to a computer or the like include hard disks and ROMs (read-only memories), etc.

Explanation of Signs

[0052] 1 ··· Return gift system 2 ··· Donor 3 ··· Local government 4 ··· Agent 5 ··· Return gift provider 6 ··· Settlement provider 7 ··· Internet 20 ··· Donor terminal 30 ··· Local government terminal 40 ··· Agent server 41 ··· Reception processing unit 42 ··· Judgment processing unit 43 ··· Output processing unit 50 ··· Return gift provider terminal 60 ··· Settlement server

Claims

1. A return system that handles administrative processing of return gifts associated with donations made by donors to local governments, A terminal used for the return gift; a proxy server that performs the business process; The proxy server has a management table showing a correspondence between the return gift and the local government related to the return gift, When the donation request received directly or indirectly from the terminal is an instantaneous request, which is a donation request with instantaneous return at the donor's location, the proxy server executes confirmation of completion of payment of the donation related to the instantaneous request, and upon confirmation that the payment has been approved, executes a return process to instruct the return business operator's terminal to execute the return at the location. Reward system.

2. After executing the return gift process, the proxy server further executes a donation information output process for outputting information regarding the donation to be notified to a local government related to the return gift based on the management table. The reward system according to claim 1.

3. The proxy server outputs information including the amount of the donation, information about the donor, and completion of the return by the return business in the donation information output process. The reward system according to claim 2.

4. The proxy server outputs the information regarding the donation via a communication line, an electronic recording medium, or in the form of a document for delivery in the donation information output process. The reward system according to claim 2 or 3.

5. When the real-time request is related to a credit transaction, the proxy server transmits payment information of the donation to a payment server of a credit transaction business indicated in the real-time request, and executes the return process upon receiving approval information from the payment server indicating that the payment of the donation has been approved. A reward system according to any one of claims 1 to 4.

6. When the proxy server receives the instant request directly from the terminal accessing an external site operated by a reward business operator or other business, or indirectly via the external site, the proxy server executes the completion confirmation, and when the proxy server confirms that the payment has been approved, executes the reward processing. A reward system according to any one of claims 1 to 5.

7. When the proxy server confirms that the payment has been approved, the proxy server immediately executes the return transaction. A reward system according to any one of claims 1 to 6.

8. When the proxy server confirms in the management table that the real-time request is a donation to the local government that handles the administrative process, the proxy server executes the completion confirmation, and when the proxy server confirms that the payment has been approved, the proxy server executes the return processing. A reward system according to any one of claims 1 to 7.

9. The terminal is installed in a facility where the donor is located. A reward system according to any one of claims 1 to 8.

10. A return gift processing device that processes return gifts associated with donations made by donors to local governments, A processor and a memory, When the donation request received directly or indirectly from the terminal used for the return gift is an instantaneous request, which is a donation request with instantaneous return gift at the donor's location, the processor executes confirmation of completion of payment of the donation related to the instantaneous request, and upon confirmation that the payment has been approved, executes a return gift process to instruct the return gift business operator, which performs the return gift business, to execute the return gift at the local location via the return gift business operator's terminal. Return processing equipment.

11. A method for processing a return gift associated with a donation made by a donor to a local government, comprising: When the donation request received by the proxy server acting on behalf of the administrative process directly or indirectly from the terminal used for the return gift is an instantaneous request, which is a donation request with instantaneous return gift at the donor's location, the proxy server executes confirmation of completion of payment of the donation related to the instantaneous request, and upon confirming that the payment has been approved, executes a return gift process that instructs the return gift business operator's terminal to execute the return gift at the location. How to process return gifts.

12. A return processing program that handles administrative processing of return gifts associated with donations made by donors to local governments, When the donation request received directly or indirectly from the terminal used for the return gift is an instantaneous request, which is a donation request involving instantaneous return gift at the donor's location, the proxy server that performs the administrative processing executes confirmation of completion of payment of the donation related to the instantaneous request, and upon confirmation that the payment has been approved, executes a return gift process that instructs the return gift business operator's terminal to execute the return gift at the location. Return processing program.

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