Return device, return method, and program

Abstract

To provide a return device or the like that allows a person to receive service provision itself as a return from a local government by making a donation through hometown tax payment.SOLUTION: A return device 10 enables a doner to make a donation to a local government using a donor terminal 30, and in return for the donation, to receive service provision at a store of a service providing return service provider belonging to the local government. The return device includes: a memory processing unit that stores information about the local government and information about the service providing return service provider belonging to the local government; a communication processing unit that receives requests from the donor terminal 30, transmits screen configuration information to the donor terminal 30, and also transmits a payment execution request to an external server; and a control processing unit.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to a gift - giving device and the like that enables a donor to receive service provision at a store of a service - providing gift - giving business operator belonging to a local government as a gift in return for the donation made by the donor to the local government using a donor terminal. In this specification, "local government" and "local public entity" are used interchangeably (referring to each administrative agency that governs prefectures, cities, towns, and villages in Japan).

Background Art

[0002] When donating to a local government (non - place of residence) of one's own choice, for the portion of the donation amount exceeding 2,000 yen, in principle, the entire amount is deducted from income tax and inhabitant tax, and the use of the system of receiving a gift in return (home - town tax payment) has been increasing year by year. The increasing use of home - town tax payment is considered to contribute to local revitalization, which is the purpose of the system. Also, under the concept of home - town tax payment, it is required that local governments appeal to the public to encourage home - town tax payment, leading to competition among local governments, and the home - town tax payment system has become diverse.

[0003] Specifically, in Patent Document 1 (Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2023 - 087077), there is a device that can directly provide a gift for home - town tax payment at the local area. In Patent Document 2 (Japanese Patent Application No. 2019 - 238934), there is a home - town tax payment device that allows users to receive a gift at a store. In Patent Document 3 (Japanese Patent Application No. 2020 - 136149), there is a gift - giving device that enables immediate gift - giving on the spot to those who have made a home - town tax payment donation locally. In Patent Document 4 (Japanese Patent Application No. 2022 - 94343), there is a gift - giving device that can induce users to make home - town tax payments. In Patent Document 5 (Patent No. 6785514), there is a tax - payment support device and program that enable smooth receipt of a gift when casually making a home - town tax payment at a tourist destination or the like.

[0004] Many hometown tax refund gift devices assume the delivery of goods, and service provision (such as services like food and beverage expenses) has been regarded as an extension of the delivery of goods. However, in Article 37-2 of the Local Tax Law (Deduction of Donation Tax Amount), goods and service provision are defined separately as "goods, services provided, or other things similar thereto" as a gift. Also, the criteria for service provision are only defined in Article 5-7 of Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Notification No. 179 (Last Revised on June 27, Reiwa 5), which stipulates that "services provided within the area of the local government or other things equivalent thereto, and that the main part of the service has a certain degree of relevance to the local government." Two requirements are necessary.

[0005] The gift for hometown tax payment is originally something provided by the local government that received the donation as a gift to the donor. Therefore, the delivery of goods and service provision from the gift business operator are not "sale of assets or provision of services" under Article 21-2 of the Corporation Tax Law as a transaction between the gift business operator and the donor, but exist for the purpose of exchange as a gift from the local government. For this reason, Article 3 of Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Notification No. 179 (Last Revised on June 27, Reiwa 5) also stipulates that it is "something provided for the purpose of exchange with goods or services."

[0006] From the perspective of local revitalization, which is the purpose of the system, it is considered that the economic effects on local areas and employment promotion are significant for service provision that involves visiting and experiencing the local area. However, currently, most of the hometown tax payments are "delivery of goods." The reason for the large number of hometown tax payments through the delivery of goods is that service provision has a variable price depending on the content of the service, season, and day of the week, and it is difficult to conduct it with a pre-determined price as the consideration. Other prior patent documents also include service provision as a supplement to the delivery of goods, but they dealt with it by delivering money vouchers such as "meal vouchers worth 3,000 yen," "points worth 3,000 yen," "admission tickets," "accommodation vouchers," etc. as goods. To eliminate the difference in the process from the delivery of goods, some introduce a point system and exchange it for service provision. However, since it becomes a donation at the local government level, there is also a problem that if there are few registrations of service provision gift providers at the local government level, the donor cannot use up the points. As a result, the point system is not widely used, and there is no gift system specialized for service provision in hometown tax payments.

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Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0008] Therefore, in the present application, a dedicated gift - giving system for service provision corresponding to the two requirements of Article 5, Paragraph 7 of Notification No. 179 of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (last revised on June 27, Reiwa 5), which states that "services provided within the area of the local government or other services equivalent thereto, where a major part of the services has a certain degree of relevance to the local government," and also corresponding to price fluctuations, is provided. As a specific example, take the case of staying at a hotel in a non - resident area for three nights. The accommodation fee, which is the consideration for service provision, can vary depending on seasons, days of the week, etc. The consideration for service provision is determined at a stage immediately before check - in. At that stage, the user donates an amount equivalent to the consideration for service provision to the local government to which the hotel belongs. At the time of settlement after staying for three nights, it is exchanged for the consideration for service provision as a gift in return by means of a ticket input by electromagnetic means into an electronic device or other items. As will be described later, the inventions described in the prior art documents do not meet the above - mentioned two requirements and cannot correspond to price fluctuations.

[0009] [Problems of the Prior Art Documents] The invention described in Patent Document 1 (Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2023 - 087077) is to enable the direct provision of hometown tax return gifts on site. This hometown tax device aims to enable the direct provision of hometown tax return gifts on site. A computer executes steps of receiving, from a donor device 20, an application for a donation using local provided items as return gifts and storing information unique to each donation in a storage device 11, and transmitting donation detail information including information unique to each donation to the donor device 20. Also, it executes a step of acquiring, via a provider device 50 operated by the provider of the return gift, the information unique to each donation included in the donation detail information received by the donor device 20. Further, as a condition for providing local provided items to the donor, it executes a step of determining whether the information unique to each donation acquired via the provider device 50 matches the information unique to each donation stored in the storage device 11. This tax payment device directly provides return gifts on-site and cannot calculate the minimum value of the donation amount from the service provision consideration or exchange the service provision itself as a return gift by making a donation.

[0010] The invention described in Patent Document 2 (Patent No. 6810238) provides a hometown tax payment device that allows users to receive return gifts at stores. This hometown tax payment device is connected to each other via a network and includes a user-side terminal device of the user, a local government-side terminal device of the local government, a store-side terminal device of the store, and a hometown tax payment processing device having a storage unit in which a program of a website used in hometown tax payment is stored. It is a hometown tax payment device that conducts hometown tax payment using a hometown tax payment website. Further, this hometown tax payment device transmits information regarding a donation application from the user-side terminal device to the local government-side terminal device. The local government-side terminal device receives the information regarding the donation application and transmits user identification information associated with the user to the user-side terminal device. The user-side terminal device receives the user identification information. When the user receives a return gift corresponding to the donation at the store, the store-side terminal device transmits the user identification information and receipt completion information having information indicating that the return gift has been received to the local government-side terminal device. The local government-side terminal device is characterized by receiving the user identification information and the receipt completion information. This tax payment device also cannot calculate the minimum value of the donation amount from the service provision consideration or exchange the service provision itself as a return gift by making a donation.

[0011] The invention described in Patent Document 3 (Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2022-032413) provides a return gift device that enables an immediate return gift on-site for those who have made a hometown tax payment donation. A gift-return device is described that aims to enable immediate return of gifts to those who make hometown tax donations locally. This gift-return device is responsible for handling the administrative procedures for gift returns associated with donations made from donors to local governments. It includes a gift-return operator terminal used by a gift-return operator who has received the gift-return business from the local government, and a proxy server that substitutes for the administrative procedures. The proxy server has a management table in its storage device that shows the corresponding relationship between the gift-return operator and the local government regarding the gift-return business for the local government for which it substitutes in administrative procedures. When a donation request directly or indirectly received from the gift-return operator terminal or a user terminal operated by the donor is an immediate request, which is a donation request accompanied by an immediate gift return, 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, it notifies the gift-return operator terminal of the gift-return execution information that instructs the gift-return operator to execute the gift return, and based on the management table, it executes a donation information output process that outputs information regarding the donation to the terminal of the local government that has a cooperative relationship with the gift-return operator instructed to execute the gift return.

[0012] This tax payment device is for the donor to request an immediate request for a gift in the form of hometown tax items, and it is a device corresponding to that immediate request. Also, when replacing items such as meal tickets as rights and delivering them individually, it displays both the preset donation amount and the corresponding items for the donation amount. The donor makes a donation first and makes a judgment, and then exchanges it for service provision and receives service provision. This tax payment device also cannot calculate the minimum value of the donation amount from the service provision consideration, nor can it exchange the service provision itself as a gift return by making a donation. Also, it cannot handle service provision considerations such as accommodation fees that vary depending on the day of the week and season.

[0013] The invention described in Patent Document 4 (Patent No. 7282417) provides a gift-return device and the like that can more strongly arouse the feeling of support for and the desire to deepen the connection with a land when a user visits the land for sightseeing or a homecoming, and can induce the user to make hometown tax donations. When a user visits a land for sightseeing or a hometown visit, a gift - giving device is described that can arouse a stronger feeling of support and connection to the land, and can guide the user to hometown tax payment.

[0014] The gift - giving device 10 is a gift - giving device 10 that allows a donor to make a donation to the local government to which the store belongs and receive the product as a gift in return by purchasing a product sold in the store using a terminal. It includes a storage means 12 for storing store information and product information of the store, and a display means 13 for acquiring the information stored in the storage means 12 and displaying a donation screen on the donor's terminal on which information for each store and product information for each store are displayed.

[0015] This gift - giving device can guide users to hometown tax payment. It is a device that allows users to purchase products sold individually in stores, make donations to local governments, and receive the products as gifts in return. It cannot calculate the minimum donation amount from the service - providing consideration or exchange the service itself as a gift in return by making a donation.

[0016] The invention described in Patent Document 5 (Patent No. 6785514) provides a tax - payment support device and program that enable smooth receipt of return gifts when making hometown tax payments easily at tourist destinations and the like. A tax - payment support device is described that aims to realize smooth receipt of return gifts when making hometown tax payments easily at tourist destinations and the like. This tax payment support device includes a first acquisition unit, a second acquisition unit, a tax payment processing unit, and an issuance unit. The first acquisition unit is configured to be able to acquire user information that can identify a user. The second acquisition unit is configured to be able to acquire a tax payment instruction from the user when the user information is acquired by the first acquisition unit. The tax payment instruction includes the tax payment amount for hometown tax payment. The tax payment processing unit is configured to be able to execute a tax payment process for paying the tax payment amount as hometown tax payment to the local government where the tax payment support device is installed when the tax payment instruction is acquired by the second acquisition unit. The issuance unit is configured to be able to issue a return gift based on the tax payment amount when the tax payment process is executed by the tax payment processing unit. Note that the user information includes the user's name and address. This tax payment device is configured to be able to issue a return gift based on the tax payment amount, and it is not possible to calculate the minimum donation amount from the service provision consideration or to exchange the service provision itself as a return gift by making a donation.

Means for Solving the Problem

[0017] The return gift device of the present invention is a return gift device that enables a donor to receive a service at a store of a service provision return gift business operator belonging to the local government as a return gift for the donation when the donor donates to the local government using a donor terminal. Storage means for storing information of the local government and information of the service provision return gift business operator belonging to the local government; Communication means for receiving a request from the donor terminal, transmitting screen configuration information to the donor terminal, and transmitting a payment execution request to an external server; Control processing means; and includes The communication means receives service provision return gift business operator identification information that can identify the service provision return gift business operator from the donor terminal. The control processing means generates first screen configuration information for displaying information about the local government and information about the service provision return gift business operator associated with the service provision return gift business operator identification information, as well as an input field for inputting a service provision consideration. The communication means transmits the first screen configuration information to the donor terminal, receives the consideration for the service provision input in the input field from the donor terminal, The control processing means calculates the minimum donation amount required for the received consideration for the service provision, The communication means transmits the second screen configuration information for simultaneously displaying the consideration for the service provision and the calculated donation amount to the donor terminal, receives information indicating an intention to donate from the donor terminal after confirming the name and address of the donor and the donation amount, The control processing means determines whether the received address of the donor is outside the area of the local government, The communication means, when the control processing means determines that the address of the donor is outside the area of the local government, transmits a request for executing the settlement of the donation amount to the external server, and when receiving a settlement execution response from the external server, transmits the third screen configuration information indicating that the donation has been completed to the donor terminal. This is the gist of the invention.

[0018] In addition, the gift-giving method of the present invention is a gift-giving method that enables a donor to receive service provision at a store of a service-providing gift-giving business belonging to the local government as a gift in return for the donation when the donor donates to the local government using a donor terminal. The gift-giving device stores information on the local government and information on stores of service-providing gift-giving businesses belonging to the local government. The gift-giving device receives service-providing gift-giving business identification information that can identify the service-providing gift-giving business from the donor terminal. The gift-giving device generates the first screen configuration information for displaying information on the local government and information on the service-providing gift-giving business associated with the service-providing gift-giving business identification information, as well as an input field where the consideration for the service provision can be input, and transmits it to the donor terminal. The gift-giving device receives the consideration for the service provision input in the input field from the donor terminal, calculates the minimum donation amount required for the received consideration for the service provision, and transmits the second screen configuration information for simultaneously displaying the consideration for the service provision and the donation amount to the donor terminal. After the gift-return device receives information indicating an intention to donate from the donor terminal after confirming the name and address of the donor and the donation amount, if it is determined that the received address of the donor is outside the jurisdiction of the local government, the gift-return device transmits a request to execute the settlement of the donation amount to an external server. When the gift-return device receives a settlement execution response from the external server, the gift-return device transmits third screen configuration information indicating that the donation has been completed to the donor terminal. This is the gist of the invention.

[0019] Furthermore, the program of the present invention enables a computer to be a gift-return device that allows a donor to receive service provision at a store of a service-providing gift-return business operator belonging to the local government as a return for the donation when the donor donates to the local government using a donor terminal. Storage means for storing information of the local government and information of service-providing gift-return business operators belonging to the local government. Receive service-providing gift-return business operator identification information capable of identifying the service-providing gift-return business operator from the donor terminal. Transmit first screen configuration information for displaying information regarding the local government and information regarding the store associated with the service-providing gift-return business operator identification information, as well as an input field where the service provision consideration can be input, to the donor terminal. Receive the service provision consideration input in the input field from the donor terminal. Transmit second screen configuration information for simultaneously displaying the service provision consideration and the donation amount to the donor terminal. Receive information indicating an intention to donate from the donor terminal after confirming the name and address of the donor and the donation amount. If it is determined that the received address of the donor is outside the jurisdiction of the local government, transmit a request to execute the settlement of the donation amount to an external server. Communication means for transmitting third screen configuration information indicating that the donation has been completed to the donor terminal when receiving a settlement execution response from the external server. Calculate the minimum donation amount required for the received service provision consideration, and generate the second screen configuration information. It operates as a gift - giving device including control processing means for determining whether the received address of the donor is outside the area of the local government.

Advantages of the Invention

[0020] According to the present application, since the donor (hometown taxpayer) makes a donation (hometown tax payment) after the service - providing consideration is determined, it becomes possible to select a donation (hometown tax payment) as one of the settlement means for all or part of the service - providing consideration. Also, it is possible to present the amount obtained by rounding up the fraction less than one thousand yen of the amount calculated by reverse - calculating from the service - providing consideration based on the criteria defined in the hometown tax payment system as the donation amount (hometown tax payment amount). This presented amount becomes the minimum donation amount (minimum hometown tax payment amount) when selecting a donation as a settlement means in a local government that does not accept donations in units of less than one thousand yen. In addition, the present application corresponds to the two requirements of Article 5, Paragraph 7 - 2 of Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Notification No. 179 (last revised on June 27, 2023) so that the service provided and other similar things (service provision) can receive the return gift from the local government as the service provision itself. By calculating from the service - providing consideration based on the criteria defined in the hometown tax payment, rounding up the fraction less than one thousand yen, and donating the calculated donation amount to the local government, it becomes possible to exchange the service consideration provided as a return gift. Or, with the calculated donation amount as the upper limit, the donor can arbitrarily determine the donation amount, and part of the service - providing consideration corresponding to the donation amount can be exchanged as a return gift. Due to the donation by reverse - calculation from the service - providing consideration, the donor can make the most efficient donation in terms of the donation amount for the return gift of the service provision. Also, since the donor makes a donation after the service - providing consideration is determined, it becomes possible to select a return gift by donation as one of the settlement means for the service - providing consideration.

[0021] (2) The criteria for recognition of hometown tax payment differ between the return gift for the delivery of goods and the return gift for service provision. Service provision return gift business operators must provide an explanation that the main part has a certain degree of relevance to the local government. In this application, it is a return gift system specialized for service provision. Since each service provision return gift business operator has an explanation that the main part has a certain degree of relevance to the local government when applying, the local government can obtain information on the necessary requirements when recognizing service provision return gift business operators.

[0022] (3) When a donor makes the donation described in (1) above, in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Notice No. 28 of the General Tax City on April 1, 2017, Article 2-2-(3), based on the purpose of hometown tax payment, each local government is requested not to send return gifts to the residents of the local government. Therefore, based on the purpose of hometown tax payment, the donor cannot receive a return gift at the place of residence. Therefore, by determining before the donation whether the local government of the donor's place of residence (address) is different from the local government to which the address where the service provision return gift business operator provides services belongs (hereinafter also referred to as non-residence determination), it is possible to prevent the donor from being unable to receive the return gift of hometown tax payment after the donation.

[0023] (4) After making a reservation for service provision on another service site and then using the return gift device 10 of the present invention, the donor can make the donation described in (1) above, and it becomes possible to exchange the return gift for service provision. As a result, the donor can also receive service provision as a return gift for the donation regarding the service reserved on another service site. (5) The donor can request the return gift device to print data without losing the receipt certificate for the donation amount described in (1) above.

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[0025] Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Note that the technical scope of the present application is not limited to the following embodiments. Also, not all of the components described in the embodiments are essential.

[0026] [Service-providing Gift-giving System] FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing a service-providing gift-giving system according to an embodiment of the present application. The service-providing gift-giving system of the present application embodiment exchanges the consideration for service provision from the service-providing gift-giving business operator as a return gift for the donation from the donor in hometown tax payment. In order for the service-providing business operator to become a hometown tax payment return gift business operator, first, an application for a service-providing gift-giving business operator needs to be made to the local government, and approval needs to be received from the local government as a hometown tax payment service-providing gift-giving business operator. The return gift device 10 displays the information of the approved service-providing gift-giving business operator on the donor terminal 30 of the donor and receives the donation from the donor. The donor is presented with the consideration for service provision determined by the service-providing gift-giving business operator. The donor makes a calculation request by inputting the consideration for service provision presented on the donor management screen. The gift-return device 10 calculates the minimum donation amount obtained by rounding up the amount less than one thousand yen corresponding to the consideration for service provision, and displays the calculation result of the donation amount on the donor terminal 30 of the donor on the donor management screen. The donor, upon seeing the calculation result, makes a donation settlement to the local government through a settlement operator such as a credit company for the calculated donation amount. After the settlement is approved, the gift-return device notifies the necessary information to the donor, the service-providing gift-return business operator, and the local government. The donor and the service-providing gift-return business operator agree that the consideration for service provision has been exchanged as a gift in return for the donation to the local government.

[0027] FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing the overall configuration of the service-providing gift-return system according to the embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 2, the gift-return system includes a gift-return device 10, a gift-return business operator terminal 20, a donor terminal 30, a local government terminal 40, and a settlement operator device 50, which are connected to the Internet, can communicate with each other, and share necessary information. The gift-return device 10 stores a program for displaying a website and web pages, and through the Internet, displays dedicated management screens on the service-providing gift-return business operator terminal 20, the donor terminal 30, and the local government terminal 40, respectively. It receives input information from the service-providing gift-return business operator, the donor, and the local government, as well as transmission requests for screen configuration information, and performs processing and control, corresponding to a so-called web server or the like. The service-providing gift-return business operator terminal 20, the donor terminal 30, and the local government terminal 40 have a web browser function on smartphones, tablet computers, personal computers, and other various computers, and can be connected to the Internet. The settlement operator device 50 is a settlement server managed by the settlement operator and providing a settlement agency service. As a result, the donor can access the gift-return device using his or her own terminal that is also used regularly at the visited location, and the gift-return business operator and the local government can also use the service-providing gift-return system without incurring initial costs.

[0028] [Gift Return Device] FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the hometown tax payment gift return device 10 according to the embodiment of the present application. The gift return device 10 includes a communication processing unit 11, a memory processing unit 12, a control processing unit 13, and an output processing unit 14. It is constructed by installing a program that can realize these processing functions on a computer (such as a so-called server). As shown in FIG. 2, the communication processing unit 11 is for mutually communicating with external devices and systems via an Internet connection. The memory processing unit 12 stores each piece of information. The stored information is managed as a database. The database includes the service-providing gift return business operator information in FIG. 10, the donor information in FIG. 11, and the donor account usage information in FIG. 12, all of which are stored and saved here. Also, the program and screen configuration information that can realize the processing functions related to the gift return device 10 are also saved here. The control processing unit 13 performs all controls when the donor, the service-providing gift return business operator, and the local government request the transmission of the screen configuration information.

[0029] FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of the service-providing gift return business operator terminal 20, the donor terminal 30, and the local government terminal 40 according to the embodiment of the present application. The gift return business operator terminal 20 includes a communication processing unit 21, a display processing unit 22, an input reception processing unit 23, and a control processing unit 24. The donor terminal 30 includes a communication processing unit 31, a display processing unit 32, an input reception processing unit 33, and a control processing unit 34. The local government terminal 40 includes a communication processing unit 41, a display processing unit 42, and a control processing unit 44. The communication processing units 21, 31, and 41 are for mutually communicating with external devices and systems via an Internet connection as shown in FIG. 4. The display processing units 22, 32, and 42 display a donor management screen on the donor terminal, a service-providing gift return business operator management screen on the service-providing gift return business operator terminal, and a local government management screen on the local government terminal. The input reception processing units 23 and 33 receive and transmit the values entered in the items (input fields such as text boxes) displayed on the screens of the donor terminal and the service-providing gift-giving business operator terminal, or the values selected from a pull-down menu or the like. The control processing units 24, 34, and 44 perform all controls when the donor, the service-providing gift-giving business operator, and the local government sign in to their respective terminals.

[0030] [Service-providing gift-giving business operator approval] Based on FIG. 5, the process from the application to the approval of the service-providing gift-giving business operator will be described. FIG. 19 is an image diagram showing an example of the screen displayed on the service-providing gift-giving business operator terminal 20 when applying to the local government to become a service-providing gift-giving business operator. As shown in FIG. 19, on the screen for applying to become a service-providing gift-giving business operator, a pull-down menu 1901 for selecting the local government to which the address where the service is provided belongs, a field 1902 for entering the store name where the service is provided, a field 1903 for entering the postal code of the place where the service is provided, etc. are displayed. Those who wish to become service-providing gift-giving business operators connect to the Internet from the service-providing gift-giving business operator terminal 20 via the communication processing unit 21 and request the return device 10 to transmit the screen configuration information of the service-providing gift-giving business operator application screen. The screen configuration information of the service-providing gift-giving business operator application screen is transmitted from the communication processing unit 11 to the terminal of the person applying for the service-providing gift-giving business operator. The service-providing gift-giving business operator application screen is displayed on the terminal of the person applying for the service-providing gift-giving business operator by the display processing unit 22 based on the request.

[0031] As shown in Fig. 10, items such as "the local government to which the address for service provision belongs (e.g., ○× City)", "corporate name", "head office location", "name of the store for service provision", "postal code of the place for service provision", "address for service provision", "type of business for service provision", "name of the person in charge", "content of service provision", "explanation that the main part has a certain degree of relevance to the local government", "phone number of the service provision return gift business operator", "email address of the service provision return gift business operator", "sign-in password of the service provision return gift business operator", "name of the bank to receive the transfer", "name of the branch of the bank to receive the transfer", "type of account to receive the transfer", "account number to receive the transfer", "half-width kana transfer account name", "company homepage URL", "link to the reviews of the search engine for the store", "store introduction text", "posted image", etc. are included in the service provision return gift business operator application screen.

[0032] For "the local government to which the address for service provision belongs (e.g., ○× City)" and "type of business for service provision", the person applying for the service provision return gift business operator touches and selects from the options prepared in advance by the display processing unit 22. For the "posted image" item, the person applying for the service provision return gift business operator who is connected to the Internet via the memory processing unit 12 sends the selected integrated image data (file). For "Agreement to Privacy Policy and Service Use Regulations", a checkbox corresponding to the character string is displayed by the display processing unit 22, and the initial value is "OFF (unchecked state)". When the person applying for the service provision return gift business operator checks the content and touches the checkbox, it switches to "ON (checked state)". For the items other than the above, they become input text input fields (input boxes) corresponding to the items. When the person applying for the service provision return gift business operator touches the input box, the control processing unit 24 enables character input in the input box using a keyboard or the like, and the input content is received by the input reception processing unit 23. The person applying for the service provision return gift business operator determines the registration of the content and sends the confirmed service provision return gift business operator application from the communication processing unit 21 to the memory processing unit 12. The memory processing unit 12 stores the received application content from the communication processing unit 11 in the memory processing unit 12. (Step 101). In the stored application content, a unique value is assigned by the control processing unit 13 as the "service-providing reward business operator identification number". This value is used as the service-providing reward business operator sign-in ID. This application is a reward system dedicated to service provision. In the service usage agreement agreed by the service-providing reward business operator, it is specified that it is a service dedicated to hometown tax payment service provision, and it is also displayed on the service-providing reward business operator application screen.

[0033] Move on to the explanation of the local government's processing. When the local government selected by the service-providing reward business operator connects to the Internet from the local government terminal 40 via the communication processing unit 41 and requests the screen configuration information of the local government management screen from the reward device 10, the screen configuration information corresponding to the local government management screen of the said local government is transmitted from the communication processing unit 11. The communication processing unit 41 receives the screen configuration information based on the said request, and it is displayed on the local government terminal 40 as the local government management screen by the display processing unit 42. The applied service-providing reward business operator information stored in the memory processing unit 12 is reflected on the local government management screen by the display processing unit 42. The local government can grasp the service-providing reward business operator application registered by the person who applied to become a service-providing reward business operator on the local government management screen. (Step 102)

[0034] The local government determines whether the content of the service-providing reward business operator application displayed on the local government management screen meets the requirements that the service provided within the area of the said local government, which is the requirement of the local product standard as a service-providing reward business operator, and other services equivalent thereto, and that the main part of the said service has a certain degree of relevance to the said local government, and makes a determination on the approval or disapproval of the "approval or disapproval of service-providing reward business operator application" in the items of the said service-providing reward business operator application. For the item of "approval or disapproval of service-providing reward business operator application", the local government responds to the approval or disapproval of the said service-providing reward business operator application by touching and selecting the "approval" or "disapproval" selection (such as a button) of the application displayed on the local government management screen by the display processing unit 42. (Step 103)

[0035] The control processing unit 13 of the gift-giving device 10 notifies the person who applied for the service-providing gift-giving business operator of the result of the approval response registered by the local government. (Step 104) As a result, the local government can obtain all the necessary information on the local government management screen displayed by the display processing unit 42, confirm it, make a judgment, and notify the person who applied for the service-providing gift-giving business operator on the Internet. When the local government approves a person who applied for the service-providing gift-giving business operator as acceptable, the control processing unit 13 permits the service-providing gift-giving business operator to sign in to the service-providing gift-giving business operator management screen. The control processing unit 13 issues a service-providing gift-giving business operator sign-in ID so that the service-providing gift-giving business operator can sign in, and performs control settings in the control processing unit 13 so that the service-providing gift-giving business operator can sign in with the service-providing gift-giving business operator sign-in password applied for by the service-providing gift-giving business operator. The control processing unit 13 notifies the service-providing gift-giving business operator email address approved by the local government of the fact that the application has been approved by the local government and the URL associated with the screen configuration information, which is the service-providing gift-giving business operator management screen of the display processing unit 22. (Step 105)

[0036] In addition, when the approved service-providing gift-giving business operator ceases to be a service-providing gift-giving business operator for some reason, the local government sets "Acceptability of Service-Providing Gift-Giving Business Operator Application" to no on the local government management screen of the display processing unit 42, and stores the cancellation of approval in the storage processing unit 12, thereby enabling the cancellation of approval. When the local government cancels the approval, the communication processing unit 11 immediately notifies the service-providing gift-giving business operator terminal. Then, the control processing unit 34 of the donor terminal switches the display processing unit 32 to non-display so that the service-providing gift-giving business operator whose approval has been cancelled by the local government is not displayed, and the donor cannot request the service-providing gift-giving business operator information. As a result, the donor cannot make a donation with the service-providing consideration of the service-providing gift-giving business operator whose approval has been cancelled as a gift.

[0037] The service-providing gift-giving business operator information includes items such as "Municipality to which the address for providing services belongs (e.g., ○× City)", "Corporate name", "Head office location", "Name of the store providing services", "Postal code of the location where services are provided", "Address where services are provided", "Type of business for service provision", "Name of the person in charge", "Details of service provision", "Explanation that the main part has a certain degree of relevance to the municipality", "Telephone number of the service-providing gift-giving business operator", "E-mail address of the service-providing gift-giving business operator", "Sign-in password of the service-providing gift-giving business operator", "Name of the bank to receive transfers", "Name of the bank branch to receive transfers", "Type of account to receive transfers", "Account number to receive transfers", "Half-width kana transfer account name", "Company homepage URL", "Link to the reviews of the search engine for the store", "Store introduction text", "Posted image", "Agreement to the privacy policy and service usage regulations", "Approval or disapproval of the service-providing gift-giving business operator application", etc. It is associated with the service-providing gift-giving business operator sign-in ID and stored as service-providing gift-giving business operator information in the memory processing unit 12 as a database.

[0038] The service-providing gift-giving business operator connects to the Internet from the service-providing gift-giving business operator terminal 20 and requests the return gift device 10 for the screen configuration information that becomes the service-providing gift-giving business operator management screen from the communication processing unit 21. The screen configuration information of the service-providing gift-giving business operator management screen is transmitted from the communication processing unit 11 to the service-providing gift-giving business operator terminal 20. The screen configuration information transmitted based on the request is displayed on the display processing unit 22 of the service-providing gift-giving business operator's terminal. The administrator of the return gift device 10 confirms through the return gift device 10 that the service-providing gift-giving business operator has signed in by entering the sign-in ID and sign-in password in the input boxes of the corresponding items on the service-providing gift-giving business operator management screen. The administrator of the return gift device 10 sends a startup kit in paper media or the like to the "address where services are provided" registered by the service-providing gift-giving business operator. (Step 106) The startup kit includes paper media or the like with a QR code (registered trademark) marked on it. The service-providing gift-giving business operator installs the startup kit with the QR code marked in a place visible to the customer who is the donor.

[0039] When the donor reads a QR code using a code reader app such as the camera of the donor terminal 30, the communication processing unit 31 requests screen configuration information for a screen that becomes the donor management screen by connecting to the Internet. In response to this request, the gift - giving device 10 refers to the service - providing gift - giving business operator information, which is a database stored in the storage processing unit 12, and transmits screen configuration information for displaying the service - providing gift - giving business operator information corresponding to the QR code to the display processing unit 32 of the donor terminal 30. Then, the service - providing gift - giving business operator information is displayed on the donor management screen of the donor terminal 30. With this configuration, the donor reads the QR code with the donor terminal 30, requests screen configuration information from the donor terminal 30 to the gift - giving device 10, and displays a donor management screen based on the screen configuration information on the donor terminal 30. The screen configuration information of the donor is the content for the donor to calculate the donation amount to the local government to which the service - providing business operator belongs, and the service - providing gift - giving business operator information for providing services as a gift is also displayed on the donor terminal 30.

[0040] [Donor registration and donation] Based on FIG. 6, the flow of donor registration and donation will be described. FIG. 9 is for supplementing the explanation of the control judgment by the gift - giving device 10 and the judgment of the donor. The donor is presented with a service - providing consideration by the service - providing gift - giving business operator. For example, if the service - providing gift - giving business operator is a restaurant, presenting the food and beverage amount at the time of settlement corresponds to this. (Step 201)

[0041] FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed when a donor according to an embodiment of the present application reads a QR code of a startup kit and connects to the gift - giving device 10. When the donor receives the presentation of the consideration for the service provided by the service provision return gift business operator, the donor uses the camera of the donor terminal 30 to read the QR code installed by the service provision return gift business operator at the service provision location (for example, inside the store), accesses the return gift device 10 via the Internet, and requests the return gift device 10 for the screen configuration information that becomes the donor management screen. The screen configuration information based on the request is transmitted from the communication processing unit 11 of the return gift device 10 to the donor terminal 30, and the donor management screen is displayed on the display processing unit 32 of the donor terminal 30. On the donor management screen, it is clearly stated that it is a return gift system specialized for service provision (Fig. 14, 1401). That is, it is indicated that no delivery of goods is made. For this reason, the hometown tax payment system is not mixed with the system that treats the delivery of goods as a return gift. The expression at this time may be any content that can be understood to be specialized for service provision without being mixed with the delivery of goods. Specifically, not only "service provision specialized hometown tax payment" (Fig. 14, 1401), but also "service specialized hometown tax payment", "experience / gourmet specialized hometown tax payment", "event experience specialized hometown tax payment", "tourism / experience specialized hometown tax payment", etc. are applicable. On the donor management screen, the donor checks whether they are a new user or a registered user. If the user is already registered, enter the "donor sign-in ID (for example, donor email address)" and "donor sign-in password" to sign in.

[0042] Fig. 14 is an example of the donor management screen displayed on the donor terminal 30 when the donor applies to the local government for a donation. After selecting new user registration or signing in as a registered user, the content displayed on the donor terminal becomes the donor management screen for applying for a donation. In the example shown in FIG. 14, in addition to the area 1401 indicating that the donor management screen is a return gift system specialized for service provision, there are an area 1402 indicating the local government of the donation destination, an area 1403 indicating the store name of the service-providing return gift business operator, etc., an area 1404 indicating the type of service-providing consideration, an image 1405 related to the service to be provided, a message 1406 prompting the input of the service-providing consideration, an input box 1407 for the service-providing consideration, a button 1408 for "converting to the donation amount", and the like. When the donor touches the input box 1407 for the service-providing consideration in FIG. 14, the control processing unit 34 causes the display processing unit 32 to display the numeric keypad. When the donor inputs the service-providing consideration presented by the service-providing return gift business operator, the input reception processing unit 33 receives the content and makes a request to the control processing unit 34 by touching the button 1408 for "converting to the donation amount". (Step 202) The control processing unit 34 calculates the minimum donation amount by reverse calculation from the service-providing consideration requested based on the criteria determined at the time of service provision for services provided to donors of hometown tax payments and other similar items.

[0043] <Donation amount calculation> Currently (December 2023), Article 37-2 of the Local Tax Law (Deduction of Donation Tax Amount) stipulates that "the amount calculated by the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications as the amount of expenses required for the procurement of return gifts and the like provided by prefectures, etc. accompanying the receipt of individual Category 1 donations is not more than the amount equivalent to 30% of the amount of the Category 1 donations received by the relevant prefectures, etc.". The control processing unit 34 calculates the donation amount so that it becomes the minimum value that satisfies this standard. Using the "function to round up a number to a specified number of digits" (ROUNDUP function) in spreadsheet software, the current legal formula for calculating the donation amount is =ROUNDUP(service-providing consideration (tax included) / 0.3,0). Format: ROUNDUP (number, number of digits) Number: The number to be rounded up Number of digits: The number of digits of the result after rounding up the numerical value (if 0 is specified for the number of digits, the numerical value is rounded up as the nearest integer. If a negative number is specified for the number of digits, the left side (integer part) of the decimal point of the numerical value is rounded up. If the number of digits is -3, it is rounded up to three digits on the left side of the decimal point.) When the local government accepts donations in 1 yen units, the donation amount can be calculated by the above method.

[0044] When the local government does not accept donations in 1 yen units, for example, when it is necessary to round up the fraction less than 1,000 yen, the calculation formula for the donation amount is =ROUNDUP(service provision consideration (including tax) / 0.3, -3). In addition, when the local government sets the minimum donation amount based on its own criteria other than the above, it is calculated according to the calculation formula based on the local government's own criteria. This calculation formula will be changed each time the laws and regulations are changed. A specific example in the case of rounding up the fraction less than 1,000 yen of the donation amount in this application will be described. When the determined amount of the service provision consideration at a non-resident restaurant (a restaurant with a certain degree of relevance to the local government) at the time of accounting is 3,425 yen (including tax), dividing the service provision consideration by 0.3 results in 11,417 yen (rounded up). When the local government only accepts donations in 1,000 yen units, since the fraction less than 1,000 yen is rounded up, 12,000 yen is calculated as the donation amount to be donated to the local government to which the restaurant belongs. (Step 203)

[0045] FIG. 15 is an example of a donor management screen in the display of the calculated donation amount calculated from the service provision consideration displayed on the donor terminal 30. The display processing unit 32 numerically displays the converted "donation amount" and "service provision consideration" on the donor management screen of the donor terminal 30. (Step 204) In the example shown in FIG. 15, together with the calculated donation amount, there are a part 1501 indicating that it is a return gift system specialized for service provision, a message 1502 indicating that it is a part for displaying the local government of the donation destination, a part 1503 for displaying the name of the local government of the donation destination, a message 1504 indicating that it is a part for displaying the donation amount, a part 1505 showing the converted donation amount, a part 1506 showing the service provision consideration, etc. If there is no change in the intention to donate the displayed donation amount, the donor touches the "Proceed with Donation" button 1507 displayed on the donor management screen and proceeds to donor information registration. If the donor wishes to change the displayed donation amount, the donor touches the "Change Donation Amount" button 1508.

[0046] FIG. 16 is an example of a donor management screen for donor information registration displayed on the donor terminal 30 during new user registration. Each item of the donor information shown in FIG. 11, namely "Donor's Name", "Donor's Kana Name", "Donor's Zip Code", "Prefecture of Donor's Residence (Address)", "City / Town / Village Name of Donor's Residence (Address)", "Lot Number of Donor's Residence (Address)", "Building Name of Donor's Residence (Address)", "Donor's Email Address (Sign-in ID)", "Donor's Sign-in Password", "Donor's Phone Number", and "Consent to Privacy Policy and Service Terms of Use", is displayed as each input item of the donor management screen of the screen configuration information by the display processing unit 32 during new user registration, and each piece of information input by the donor is stored in the gift device as donor information.

[0047] For "Consent to Privacy Policy and Service Terms of Use", a checkbox corresponding to the character string is displayed by the display processing unit 32, and the initial value is "OFF (unchecked state)". When the donor checks the content and touches the checkbox, it switches to "ON (checked state)". The other items become text input fields (input boxes) for input corresponding to the items. When the donor touches the input box, the control processing unit 34 displays a screen keyboard or the like on the screen of the donor terminal 30, enabling character input into the input box using the screen keyboard or the like. The information input by the donor is received as the donor information by the input reception processing unit 33, then transmitted from the communication processing unit 31 to the communication processing unit 11, and stored in the storage processing unit 12 as donor information. The registered content is stored in the memory processing unit 12 and the donor information is stored as a database, and a <donor identification number>, which is a unique value as the donor's identification number, is assigned. The display processing unit 32 may automatically display candidate kana names from the "donor's name in kana" of the donor from the "donor's name". For "prefecture of donor's residence (address)", "city / town / village name of donor's residence (address)", and "house number of donor's residence (address)", the display processing unit 32 may automatically display candidates from the "donor's postal code". The "donor's email address" serves as the sign-in ID. Also, user IDs of social networking services such as LINE (registered trademark), Facebook (registered trademark), and Instagram (registered trademark) can be used as a substitute for the sign-in ID. Registered donors can sign in to the gift return device 10 by correctly entering the donor sign-in ID and sign-in password when using it for the second time and later.

[0048] In the case of a registered user, from the donor sign-in ID, it is possible to call up "donor's name", "donor's name in kana", "donor's postal code", "prefecture of donor's residence (address)", "city / town / village name of donor's residence (address)", "house number of donor's residence (address)", "building name of donor's residence (address)", "donor's phone number", and "consent to the privacy policy and service usage agreement" from the donor information in the database in the memory processing unit 12 associated with the "donor identification number". The above donor information and "consent to the privacy policy and service usage agreement" can be omitted. Also, the called-up information is displayed on the donor management screen by the display processing unit 32, can be corrected each time, and when corrected, the items in FIG. 11 are overwritten and saved in the memory processing unit 12 each time. (Step 205)

[0049] The donor makes a selection from the "selection items prepared by the local government regarding the use of donations" for the local government to which the service provider that returns gifts for donations belongs for this donation from the donor management screen displayed on the donor terminal 30 by the display processing unit 32. The "Options Prepared by the Local Government for the Use of Donations" is a method in which the donor touches and selects from the options prepared in advance by the display processing unit 32. The "Options Prepared by the Local Government for the Use of Donations" is treated as donor account usage information associated with the donor sign-in ID in the memory processing unit 12 and stored in the donor account usage information in the database.

[0050] The "Donor Identification Number", "Consideration for Service Provision", "Donation Amount", "Selection from the Options Prepared by the Local Government for the Use of Donations", "Settlement Code", "Date and Time of Settlement", and "(Service Provision Rebate Business Operator Identification Number (Received Rebate))" shown in FIG. 12 are donor account usage information. The registered content is stored in the memory processing unit 12 as donor account usage information, and a <Donor Account Usage Information Identification Number>, which is a unique value as the identification number of the donor account usage information, is assigned. (Step 206) The donor inputs the donor credit card information from the donor management screen of the donor terminal 30 to settle the donation by credit card and transmits it to the rebate device 10. (Step 207) If the donor has already transmitted the donor credit card information to the rebate device 10, etc., instead of inputting the donor credit card information again, the donor may check the donor credit card information displayed on the screen of the donor terminal 30 and click the transmission button to the rebate device 10. The credit card information may also be read by photographing the credit card using the camera of the donor terminal 30. Since it is essential in hometown tax payment that the donor and the cardholder are the same person, the rebate device 10 is prompted to raise awareness by displaying this fact on the donor terminal 30.

[0051] <Non-residence Determination> The control processing unit 13 determines whether the "Prefecture of the Donor's Residence (Address)" and "Municipal Name of the Donor's Residence (Address)" in the donor information registered by the donor are outside the area of the local government to which the service provision rebate business operator belongs, which is associated with the service provision rebate business operator identification information (service provision rebate business operator identification number) read by the donor from the QR code. (Non-residence Determination) In the non-residence determination, when the "prefecture of the donor's residence (address)" and "name of the city, town, or village of the donor's residence (address)" of the donor are within the area of the local government to which the service-providing gift-giving business operator selected by the donor belongs, the control processing unit 13 determines that the donation cannot be made. Then, the communication processing unit 11 transmits, to the donor terminal 30, screen configuration information for displaying on the display processing unit 32 of the donor terminal 30 that a donation cannot be made from the donor management screen. In addition to excluding the donor's residence at the time of donation from the tax-paying local government, the local government input or selected by the donor may also be excluded from the tax-paying local government. An excluded local government input field is displayed on the donor management screen of the donor terminal 30, and the donor is prompted to input an excluded local government in the excluded local government input field or select an excluded local government from among the displayed excluded local government candidates. After the donor inputs an excluded local government in the excluded local government input field or selects an excluded local government from among the displayed excluded local government candidates, the excluded local government input or selected at 10 is transmitted from the donor terminal 30 to the gift-giving device. The gift-giving device 10 determines whether the input or selected excluded local government is different from the local government to which the service-providing gift-giving business operator belongs. If they are different, the donation process proceeds to the next step, but if they are not different, the process does not proceed to the next step (the donation cannot be made). This determination method is also included in the above non-residence determination. (Step 208) Note that the excluded local government input field on the donor management screen of the donor terminal 30 is preferably displayed as part of the screen displayed on the donor terminal when the donor creates a donor account, and it is preferable that an excluded local government is input or selected as part of the donor information when the donor account is created. If the donor does not change the intention to confirm the "donation amount" displayed on the donor management screen by the display processing unit 32 and make a donation, the donation amount is approved. (Step 209) After confirming that the consideration for the service provided as a gift for hometown tax payment by the donor and the service-providing gift-giving business operator is the same as the amount calculated from the donation amount, it is preferable that the donor approves the donation.

[0052] <Donation Approval Pending Screen, Upside-Down Display> Before the donation approval, as shown in FIG. 17, for the content displayed on the donor terminal 30, it is preferable that the area 1701 for displaying information such as service provision consideration is displayed with a 180-degree rotation (upside-down display) with respect to the vertical direction of the screen of the donor terminal 30, and the area 1702 for displaying the donation amount etc. is displayed in the positive direction with respect to the vertical direction of the screen of the donor terminal 30. By thus displaying the area 1701 for displaying information such as service provision consideration in an upside-down manner, without reversing the vertical direction of the donor terminal, it becomes easy to "confirm the donation amount by the donor" and at the same time, "confirm the information such as service provision consideration displayed on the donor terminal 30 existing in the space between the donor and the service provision return business operator facing the donor by the service provision return business operator". As a method for displaying the area 1701 for displaying information such as service provision consideration in an upside-down manner, the CSS rotate function etc. can be used.

[0053] If the information sent from the donor terminal 30 satisfies the requirements necessary for the payment execution, the return gift device 10 requests the payment execution from the payment business operator device 50. (Step 210) If the information sent from the return gift device 10 satisfies the requirements necessary for the payment execution, the payment business operator device 50 executes the payment and returns a payment execution response indicating that the payment is completed to the return gift device 10. (Step 211) Upon receiving the payment execution response, the return gift device 10 transmits screen configuration information for displaying the payment completion to each of the donor terminal 30, the service provision return business operator terminal 20, and the local government terminal 40. (Step 212) The donor confirms the completion of the payment by viewing the screen displayed by the screen configuration information indicating the completion of the payment sent to the donor terminal 30. Similarly, the service providing gift-giving business operator confirms the completion of the payment by viewing the screen displayed by the screen configuration information indicating the completion of the payment sent to the service providing gift-giving business operator terminal 20. In this way, an agreement is formed between the donor who wishes to receive a service as a gift for making a donation of a specified amount as hometown tax payment, and the service providing gift-giving business operator who provides a service as a gift for hometown tax payment and wishes to receive a part of the hometown tax amount as the consideration for providing the service. (Step 213)

[0054] <Modification Example 1> In addition to paying the donation to the local government by credit card, electronic money using an IC card, a smartphone, etc. or other various cashless payment methods may be used. As a result, the payment method is not limited to credit payment only, and multiple cashless payment methods become possible. In the inventions disclosed in Patent Document 2 and Patent Document 3, the response is in a form including cash payment (hometown tax payment in cash), but in the invention of the present application, the gift-giving device 10 does not include cash payment. Accepting cash payment involves passing through the facility window, etc., and reliable information sharing with the gift-giving device 10 cannot be performed. In the invention of the present application that does not perform cash payment, by centrally managing in the gift-giving device 10, the donor, the service providing gift-giving business operator, and the local government can instantaneously share information via the Internet.

[0055] <Modification Example 2> Assume that it is also possible to determine the "donation amount" as part of the "service providing consideration" with the "donation amount" as the upper limit. In that case, "the service providing consideration calculated from the donation amount" is exchanged as part of the total service providing consideration, deducted from the service providing consideration, and the remaining service providing consideration is paid to the service providing business operator in cash or other payment methods. For example, when the total amount of consideration for service provision is 5,000 yen, 3,000 yen is deducted from the total amount of consideration for service provision as a return gift for hometown tax payment using the invention of the present application, and 10,000 yen is donated using the invention of the present application, and the remaining 2,000 yen is paid in cash. As a result, the donor can donate in accordance with the upper limit of the deductible amount of the donation amount to which the "donation deduction" is maximally applied in hometown tax payment.

[0056] <Modification Example 3> The return gift device 10 is API (Application Programming Interface) - linked with a service - providing service site of another company (external server), and can receive a "request for using the hometown tax payment system for payment of consideration for service provision" from the other site. For example, it includes cases where, by clicking a predetermined button displayed on the settlement screen of a service - providing service site of another company and making a request to the return gift device 10 through API linkage or the like, the exchange of a return gift by hometown tax payment is selected as one of the settlement means. Here, the "service - providing service site of another company" mainly means a service - providing reservation intermediary site or the like operated by a company other than the return gift device operating company. Specifically, when a customer donates through hometown tax payment on a service - providing service site such as a private accommodation service site and wants to receive the private accommodation content applied for on the private accommodation service site as a return gift, the settlement screen is connected to the return gift device 10 through API linkage, and the return gift device 10 donates to the corresponding local government and exchanges the consideration for service provision as a return gift by hometown tax payment.

[0057] Based on FIG. 7, the flow of <Modification Example 3> will be described. The consideration for service provision is determined on a service - providing service site of another company such as a reservation intermediary site for accommodation facilities. It is displayed that "the return gift system of hometown tax payment can be used as one of the settlement means", and when a user of the service - providing service site of another company clicks a button or the like when requesting to exchange the service provision as a return gift of hometown tax payment, the service - providing service site of another company receives the request. (Step 301)

[0058] When the service site of other companies receives the request from the donor, it guides the donor to the gift-return device 10, which is a service gift-return system, through API cooperation, and requests the gift-return device 10. When guiding, if there is information necessary for making a donation, obtain the approval of the donor regarding the permission to share the necessary information with the gift-return device 10. The necessary information corresponds to "donor name", "donor address", etc. (Step 302)

[0059] Screen configuration information that becomes a donor management screen based on the request is transmitted from the communication processing unit 11 to the donor terminal 30. On the donor terminal 30 that has received the screen configuration information, a donor management screen is displayed by the display processing unit 32 based on the request. The displayed content becomes a donor management screen for inputting the consideration for service provision on the service site of other companies shown in FIG. 14. (Step 303) When the service site of other companies is a reservation agency site for accommodation facilities, in the area 1402 indicating the municipality of the recipient shown in FIG. 14, the name of the municipality where the reserved accommodation facility is located is displayed, and in the area 1403 indicating the store name of the service gift-return business operator, etc., the name of the reserved accommodation facility is displayed. In the area 1404 indicating the type of consideration for service provision, "accommodation fee" etc. is displayed. The donor inputs the accommodation fee in the input box 1407 for the consideration for service provision.

[0060] The donor inputs the information necessary for the donation on the donor management screen, and the gift-return device 10 performs input reception by the input reception processing unit 33 and transmits it to the storage processing unit 12. (Step 304) The storage processing unit 12 stores the input information as donor information and transmits a settlement execution request to the settlement business operator device 50. (Step 305) If the information sent from the donor terminal 30 satisfies the requirements necessary for the execution of the settlement, the settlement business operator device 50 executes the settlement and responds with a settlement execution response to the gift-return device 10. (Step 306) Upon receiving the payment execution response, the gift-giving device 10 notifies, via the communication processing unit 11, the completion of the exchange of the service provision consideration with the hometown tax return to the other company service provision site. (Step 307) The communication processing unit 31 sends the screen configuration information for guiding to the other company service provision site to the donor terminal 30. (Step 308) Also, the donor terminal 30 receives a payment completion notice from the other company service provision site. (Step 309)

[0061] As a specific example, on the service provision site of a homestay service of another company, when the donor determines the property and schedule and the service provision consideration is determined, the donor can use the service provision gift system for the exchange of the hometown tax return as one of the payment methods. By making a donation through the service provision gift system, the donor can exchange the hometown tax return as one of the payment means for the service provision of the content applied for on the homestay service provision site. Also, those considering relocation can try out relocation by receiving services such as homestays and rental villas as gifts for donations to local governments, and the local governments can promote the facilitation of relocation. The above are the modified examples of the other company service provision site.

[0062] After the payment execution response, the control processing unit 13 attaches a "payment code" 1807 of several digits (for example, 4 digits), a "date, month, year, and time of payment" 1806, and a <donor account usage information identification number> which is a unique value to the content settled by making a donation and stores them. The "payment code", "date, month, year, and time of payment", "donation amount", and "service provision consideration" are also stored in the donor account usage information in the database of the storage processing unit 12 as donor account usage information associated with the donor account usage information identification number.

[0063] FIG. 18 is an example of a donor management screen displayed on the donor terminal 30 after the settlement execution response. On the donor terminal 30, from the display processing unit 32, "Special Local Tax Payment for Service Provision" 1801, "Municipality to Which the Service-Providing Address Belongs" 1802, "Donation Amount" 1803, "Name of the Store Providing the Service" 1804, "Consideration for Service Provision" 1805, "Date and Time of Settlement" 1806, "Settlement Code" 1807, etc. are displayed on the donor management screen.

[0064] FIG. 20 is an example of a municipality management screen displayed on the municipality terminal 40. On the municipality management screen of the municipality terminal 40, from the display processing unit 42, "Date and Time of Settlement" 2001, "Donor Identification Number" 2002, "Donation Amount" 2005, "Consideration for Service Provision" 2006, which are donor account usage information, and "Donor Name" 2004, which is donor information linked to the donor account usage information, "Name of the Store Providing the Service" 2003, which is service-providing gift business operator information, etc. are displayed.

[0065] FIG. 21 is an example of a service-providing gift business operator management screen displayed on the service-providing gift business operator terminal 20. On the service-providing gift business operator management screen, from the display processing unit 22, "Settlement Code" 2101, "Date and Time of Settlement" 2102, "Donor Identification Number" 2103, "Donation Amount" 2104, "Consideration for Service Provision" 2105, etc. of the donor account usage information are displayed. As described above, the donor, the service-providing gift business operator, and the municipality simultaneously share the settlement completion display and the necessary information in the donor account usage information, which is the same information, from the donor management screen, the service-providing gift business operator management screen, and the municipality management screen, respectively. (Step 212) The donor and the service-providing gift business operator check their own terminals and mutually agree that the donation has been made to the municipality and the exchange of the consideration for service provision as a gift for hometown tax payment has been completed by the matching of the "Settlement Code", "Date and Time of Settlement", and "Consideration for Service Provision". The "consideration for service provision" will be transferred to the bank account of the service provision return giver by the local government which is the recipient of the return gift or the intermediate management contractor designated by the local government at a later date as a return gift. Therefore, the service provision business operator shall treat it as accounts receivable until it is transferred, and after the receipt, confirm whether the transferred amount matches the accounts receivable. (Step 213)

[0066] [Post - settlement processing] Based on FIG. 8, the process flow of post - settlement processing will be described. As shown in FIG. 20, on the local government terminal 40, a donor account usage information data table in the local government to which the service provision return giver belongs is displayed. When the local government clicks on one of the data tables, the communication processing unit 41 requests the donor account usage information in the database in the storage processing unit 12, and the items of the donor account usage information, the donor information associated with the information, and the service provision return giver information are requested. Based on the request from the local government terminal 40, the display processing unit 42 transmits the donor account usage information, the donor information associated with the information, and the service provision return giver information from the return device 10 to the local government terminal 40, and each item of the transmitted information is displayed on the local government terminal 40 together. (Step 401)

[0067] When the person in charge of the local government touches the approval button displayed by the display processing unit 42, the data for which the donation has been made is determined as the donor account usage information by the control processing unit 44. (Step 402) By requesting from the communication processing unit 41 the donor account usage information in the database in the storage processing unit 12, the "donation amount" and "consideration for service provision" of the previous month are totaled for each "service provision return giver".

[0068] The local government can, through the display processing unit 42, view on the local government management screen the number of donations in the previous month, the cumulative amount of "donation amount", the cumulative amount of "service provision consideration" for return gifts, "name of the bank to receive the transfer", "name of the bank branch to receive the transfer", "type of account to receive the transfer", "account number to receive the transfer", etc. for each "service provision return gift business operator" based on the above request, and can check the aggregation result. By requesting the output processing unit 14 from the display processing unit 42, the aggregation result can be output in csv format and downloaded. Similarly, the service provision return gift business operator can aggregate the cumulative amount of "service provision consideration" and the number of cases in the previous month by requesting the donation account usage information in the database in the memory processing unit 12 from the communication processing unit 21, and can display the aggregation result on the service provision return gift business operator management screen from the display processing unit 22. (Step 403)

[0069] The return gift device 10 refers to the donation account usage information in the database in the memory processing unit 12 with the data approved by the local government above and issues a receipt for the received donation amount. The return gift device 10 notifies the donor of the issuance of the certificate. The donor signs in to the return gift device 10 by entering the "donor email address" and "donor sign-in password" that serve as the donor sign-in ID on the donor management screen, requests data from the server in the return gift device 10, and can output it in PDF format by the output processing unit 14 and download it. At this time, the number of printable times is restricted to 1. However, in cases where it is unnecessary, such as when the local government outsources the sending of the certificate to a commissioned business operator, this function does not have to be used. The setting can be made by the local government from the local government management screen. (Step 404)

[0070] In Patent Document 2, the local government (the person in charge of the local government) sends a receipt or donation certificate for the above donation to the user. The method of sending this receipt or donation certificate is not particularly limited. For example, it may be done to the user side terminal device 2 using the local government side terminal device 3, or it may be done by methods such as postal delivery. In the present invention, data is stored in the gift - giving device 10, and the method is such that the donor can request and obtain it. As a result, in the prior art, there was a process where the local government approved and sent it, but in the present invention, the local government only needs to approve, and it becomes possible to reduce the man - hours of the local government related to sending receipts, donation certificates, etc. The embodiments of the present application described above are examples and do not limit the technical scope of the present invention. The technical scope of the present invention can be used in combination with the configurations and processes described in various embodiments and various modifications as long as they are in line with the gist of the present invention. Also, it can be appropriately designed according to the agreement between the local government and the service - providing gift - giving business operator, such as changing the registration information.

Explanation of Reference Numerals

[0071] 10: Gift - giving device 11: Communication processing unit inside the gift - giving device 12: Memory processing unit inside the gift - giving device 13: Control processing unit inside the gift - giving device 14: Output processing unit inside the gift - giving device 20: Service - providing gift - giving business operator terminal 21: Communication processing unit inside the service - providing gift - giving business operator terminal 22: Display processing unit inside the service - providing gift - giving business operator terminal 23: Input reception processing unit inside the service - providing gift - giving business operator terminal 24: Control processing unit inside the service - providing gift - giving business operator terminal 30: Donor terminal 31: Communication processing unit inside the donor terminal 32: Display processing unit inside the donor terminal 33: Input reception processing unit inside the donor terminal 34: Control processing unit inside the donor terminal 40: Local government terminal 41: Communication processing unit inside the local government terminal 42: Display processing unit inside the local government terminal 44: Control processing unit inside the local government terminal 50: Settlement business operator device

Claims

1. A gift - giving device that enables a donor to receive service provision at a store of a service - providing gift - giving business operator belonging to a local government as a gift in return for a donation made by the donor to the local government using a donor terminal, a storage means for storing information of the local government and information of the service - providing gift - giving business operator belonging to the local government; a communication means for receiving a request from the donor terminal, transmitting screen configuration information to the donor terminal, and transmitting a payment execution request to an external server; a control processing means; and comprising: The communication means receives service - providing gift - giving business operator identification information capable of identifying the service - providing gift - giving business operator from the donor terminal, The control processing means generates first screen configuration information for displaying information about the local government and information about the service - providing gift - giving business operator associated with the service - providing gift - giving business operator identification information, as well as an input field where a service - provision consideration can be input. The communication means transmits the first screen configuration information to the donor terminal, receives the service - provision consideration input in the input field from the donor terminal, The control processing means calculates the minimum donation amount required for the received service - provision consideration, The communication means transmits second screen configuration information for simultaneously displaying the service - provision consideration and the calculated donation amount to the donor terminal, receives information indicating that the donor has the intention to donate after confirming the donor's name, address, and the donation amount from the donor terminal, The control processing means determines whether the received donor's address is outside the area of the local government, The communication means, if the control processing means determines that the donor's address is outside the area of the local government, transmits a payment execution request for the donation amount to the external server, and after receiving a payment execution response from the external server, transmits third screen configuration information indicating that the donation is completed to the donor terminal. This is the gift - giving device characterized by the above.

2. In the second screen configuration information, in the screen displayed on the donor terminal based on the second screen configuration information, the area for displaying the donation amount is displayed in the positive direction with respect to the vertical direction of the donor - terminal screen, and the area for displaying the service - provision consideration is displayed after being rotated 180 degrees with respect to the vertical direction of the donor - terminal screen. The gift - giving device according to Claim 1.

3. The storage means further stores excluded local governments input or selected by the donor. The control processing means determines whether the excluded local government is outside the area of the local government associated with the service-providing gift-giving business operator identification information. The communication means transmits a request for executing the settlement of the donation amount to the external server if the control processing means determines that the excluded local government and the address of the donor are outside the area of the local government associated with the service-providing gift-giving business operator identification information. The gift-giving device according to claim 1.

4. A gift-giving method that enables a donor to receive service provision at a store of a service-providing gift-giving business operator belonging to the local government as a gift in return for the donation when the donor donates to the local government using a donor terminal. The gift-giving device stores information on the local government and information on stores of service-providing gift-giving business operators belonging to the local government. The gift-giving device receives, from the donor terminal, service-providing gift-giving business operator identification information that can identify the service-providing gift-giving business operator. The gift-giving device generates first screen configuration information that displays information on the local government associated with the service-providing gift-giving business operator identification information, information on the service-providing gift-giving business operator, and an input field in which a service provision consideration can be input, and transmits the first screen configuration information to the donor terminal. The gift-giving device receives, from the donor terminal, the service provision consideration input in the input field, calculates the minimum donation amount required for the received service provision consideration, and transmits second screen configuration information that simultaneously displays the service provision consideration and the donation amount to the donor terminal. The gift-giving device receives, from the donor terminal, information indicating that the donor has the intention to donate after confirming the name and address of the donor and the donation amount, and if it determines that the received address of the donor is outside the area of the local government, transmits a request for executing the settlement of the donation amount to the external server. When the gift-giving device receives a settlement execution response from the external server, it transmits third screen configuration information indicating that the donation has been completed to the donor terminal. A gift-giving method characterized by the above.

5. The gift-giving method according to claim 4, including that the service provision consideration input in the input field is a part of the total service provision consideration to be paid at the store.

6. A computer, A gift-giving device that enables a donor to receive service provision at a store of a service-providing gift-giving business operator belonging to the local government as a gift in return for the donation when the donor donates to the local government using a donor terminal. Storage means for storing information of the local government and information of service-providing gift-giving business operators belonging to the local government; Receiving, from the donor terminal, service-providing gift-giving business operator identification information capable of identifying the service-providing gift-giving business operator; Transmitting, to the donor terminal, first screen configuration information for displaying information on the local government and information on the store associated with the service-providing gift-giving business operator identification information, and an input field for inputting a service-providing consideration; Receiving, from the donor terminal, the service-providing consideration input in the input field; Transmitting, to the donor terminal, second screen configuration information for simultaneously displaying the service-providing consideration and the donation amount; Receiving, from the donor terminal, information indicating that the donor has the intention to donate after confirming the name and address of the donor and the donation amount; If it is determined that the received address of the donor is outside the area of the local government, transmitting a request for execution of settlement of the donation amount to an external server; Communication means for transmitting, to the donor terminal, third screen configuration information indicating that the donation has been completed when receiving a settlement execution response from the external server; Calculating the required donation amount for the received service-providing consideration and generating the second screen configuration information; Control processing means for determining whether the received address of the donor is outside the area of the local government; A program characterized by operating as a gift-giving device including the above.

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