Transportation System Server and Computer Program

Abstract

To provide a traffic system server that can acquire more service use history and provide privilege and advertisement using boarding / alighting data to a car sharing user who has a traffic system IC card.SOLUTION: A traffic system server that communicates with a car sharing server that includes: a member database that accumulates attribute data of a member who has performed member registration and a traffic system ID related to a traffic system IC card held by the member; a vehicle management database that accumulates data for managing a shared car; a privilege database that accumulates privilege data to be provided to the member and condition data for enjoying privilege contents related to the privilege data; boarding / alighting data receiving means that receives boarding / alighting data associated with the traffic system ID from a traffic system server that stores the traffic system ID; privilege extraction means that extracts the privilege data related to the boarding / alighting data from the privilege database; and privilege data transmission means that transmits the extracted privilege data to a communication terminal related to the member.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to an information processing technology for smoothly executing travel by means of railways, buses, airplanes, etc., and car sharing or car rental used for travel after getting off at railway or bus stations or airports.

Background Art

[0002] IC cards issued by railway companies to simplify the payment of fares for railway services etc. are called transportation IC cards, transportation electronic money, etc. This transportation IC card records, in a built-in IC chip, minimum (most recent) boarding and alighting records in addition to individual identification information, personal information linked thereto, and charged amount information. And information such as past travel history and deposit and withdrawal information is collected and managed in a dedicated management server using the above-mentioned individual identification information as a key.

[0003] On the other hand, vehicle sharing services in which a plurality of users jointly use a plurality of vehicles are provided by service operating companies and are becoming widespread. Vehicle sharing services include car rental services and car sharing services. Users who use car sharing complete membership registration for car sharing and utilize a reservation system in which they contact in advance, using a smartphone or personal computer, the time zone etc. when they plan to use a vehicle for car sharing (service target vehicle) (see FIGS. 1 and 2).

[0004] As shown in FIG. 1, at the start of using car sharing, a membership card with a member ID written in a built-in IC chip is read by a card reader which is an in-vehicle device of a shared car (1). The member ID read by the card reader is collated with a member database in a car sharing server (2, 3). Then, a door unlocking determination means determines the propriety of unlocking (4), and if it is appropriate, door lock unlocking data is transmitted (5).

[0005] Before using car-sharing, reservation content data such as the usage time zone is sent in advance to complete the reservation. If the reservation is completed, the reservation completion data is sent in advance from the car-sharing server to the in-vehicle unit of the shared car. When the member user executes the reservation, it is often the case that only the in-vehicle unit of the shared car unlocks the door lock means (see Figure 2).

[0006] Preferential services are also becoming popular, where if you reserve public transportation such as trains and airplanes and car-sharing at the same time, it is provided at a lower price than making separate reservations. For example, in Patent Document 1, "a technology (vehicle management server) that enables a preferential service to be smoothly received even if a person using a car-sharing or rental car service is unaware of the existence of a preferential service received when combined with other transportation such as trains" is disclosed (see Figures 3 and 4).

[0007] In Patent Document 2, "a technology (vehicle management server) that enables the maintenance and improvement of user convenience and reasonable management with respect to preferential services received when a person using a car-sharing or rental car service combines it with other transportation such as trains" is disclosed.

[0008] In Patent Document 3, "a technology (service fee settlement terminal) that enables the maintenance and improvement of user convenience and reasonable management when a person using a parking lot that utilizes free time combines it with the use of other transportation such as trains or shopping" is disclosed.

[0009] Users who have registered as members of car-sharing (car-sharing users) rarely use only the vehicle (shared car) provided by the car-sharing service alone as a means of transportation. They also use public transportation such as trains and buses. That is, most car-sharing users are holders of transportation IC cards.

[0010] With the spread of mobile information terminals such as smartphones, there is also a growing trend to substitute the service content provided by transportation IC cards with application software. That is, application software capable of implementing the functions of a transportation IC card is downloaded to a smartphone, and the ID of the transportation IC is input. And it is used as follows. That is, the transportation IC ID is transmitted to a device that requests it by the short-range communication chip of the smartphone. Or, the transportation IC ID is output as a two-dimensional barcode to the liquid crystal screen and read by a two-dimensional barcode reader.

Prior Art Documents

Patent Documents

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Patent Document 2

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Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0012] As described above, not all boarding and alighting records (boarding and alighting data) are written in the transportation IC card, but only the minimum (most recent) boarding and alighting records. This is because the storage capacity of the built-in IC chip is not large. Also, as a user of the transportation IC card, it may be considered that there is little need for all boarding and alighting data to be written.

[0013] However, as a car-sharing service operator, if there is a service usage history of more transportation facilities or the like, it becomes possible to provide member users with information related to various services. For example, not only at the time of paying parking fees, but also at the time of reserving a car-sharing service, it is possible to transmit data such as privileges such as electronic coupons that also serve as advertisements.

[0014] As a provider of transportation services, if it is possible to obtain data on the usage history of car-sharing users, the possibility of providing data that leads to the promotion of other services provided by itself (such as the provision of transportation facilities) and the improvement of service content increases.

[0015] The problem to be solved by the present invention is to obtain more service usage histories for car-sharing users who are holders of transportation IC cards, and to be able to provide privilege data such as privileges and advertisements using the obtained boarding and alighting data. Also, to enable other service providers to obtain car-sharing usage history data and provide privilege data such as privileges and advertisements using the obtained car-sharing usage history data.

Means for Solving the Problem

[0016] (First Invention) The first invention relates to a transportation server that executes data transfer with a car-sharing server that manages members and share cars in order to operate a vehicle sharing service. The above-mentioned car-sharing server includes a member database that accumulates attribute data of members who have previously registered as members in order to operate a vehicle sharing service and transportation IDs related to transportation IC cards held by the members, a vehicle management database that accumulates data for managing share cars provided in a vehicle sharing service, a privilege data database that accumulates privilege data to be provided to members and condition data for enjoying the privilege content related to the privilege data, It is provided with Furthermore, there is provided a car-sharing ID receiving means for receiving, from a communication terminal related to a member, a car-sharing ID distributed to a member who has completed membership registration, a transportation system ID transmitting means for reading out a transportation system ID associated with the car-sharing ID received by the car-sharing ID receiving means from the above-described member database and transmitting the transportation system ID to a transportation system server that manages various data related to a transportation system IC card, a boarding / alighting data receiving means for receiving boarding / alighting data associated with the transportation system ID transmitted by the transportation system ID transmitting means from the above-described transportation system server, a privilege data extraction means for extracting privilege data related to the boarding / alighting data received by the boarding / alighting data receiving means from the above-described privilege database, a privilege data transmitting means for transmitting the privilege data extracted by the privilege data extraction means to the communication terminal related to the above-described member. It is a car-sharing server as described above (see Fig. 6).

[0017] (Term Explanation) "Vehicle sharing service" means both a car-sharing service and a car rental service. However, membership registration is required. "Share car" means a vehicle owned by a car-sharing service provider and rented out, and / or a vehicle owned by a car rental service provider and rented out.

[0018] "Transportation system IC card" means an IC card with built-in IC that enables data rewriting, data storage, and non-contact short-distance communication and does not require a power source. Whether it includes an electronic money settlement function or not is irrelevant. It includes "railway cards" issued by railway companies, "airline cards" issued by airline companies, "parking cards" issued by parking lot management companies, and "shopping cards" issued by retail and distribution companies (see Figs. 3 and 14). Note that information terminals such as chip-mounted mobile terminals having the same functions as the above-described IC cards are also included in the "transportation system IC card" referred to here (see Fig. 5).

[0019] "Boarding and alighting data" refers to specific information such as boarding and alighting station names and their times when the transportation card is a railway card, boarding and alighting airport names and flight numbers when it is an airline card, the name of the parking lot when it is a parking card, etc., and the in and out times, or in the case of a shopping card, data such as the store name where shopping was done and the amount.

[0020] "Privileges, etc." include discounts on car-sharing usage fees, awarding of points equivalent to discounts, discounts or free use when using other services, application of priority reservations, advertisements, etc. (In the figure, the database storing privilege, etc. data is illustrated as Privilege DB, Advertisement DB, etc.). "Privilege, etc. extraction means" determines whether the boarding time, boarding distance, etc. of the vehicle (such as trains, subways, airplanes, buses, etc.) related to the administrator of the transportation IC card according to the boarding and alighting history in the boarding and alighting data (in the case of a parking card, the in and out records of parking, etc.) meet the conditional data related to the privilege, etc. data. If it is determined that they meet, the privilege, etc. data related to the conditional data is extracted (see Figure 7).

[0021] "Privilege, etc. data transmission means" is generally, but not limited to, a device capable of transmitting data to the member's mobile communication terminal related to the car-sharing service. For example, if the member is using a share car, it may be a data transmission device to the communication terminal (such as a multifunctional car navigation device) installed in the share car, or a non-contact wireless communication device to the member card indicating that the member is a member of the car-sharing service.

[0022] (Function) The membership database pre-accumulates the attribute data, etc. of members who have registered in advance for operating the car-sharing service and the transportation ID related to the transportation IC card held by the member. The vehicle management database accumulates at any time data, etc. for managing the share cars provided in the car-sharing service. The privilege database accumulates at any time privilege data provided to members and conditional data for enjoying the privilege content related to the privilege data.

[0023] The car-sharing ID distributed to members who have completed membership registration is received by the car-sharing ID receiving means from the communication terminal related to the member. The transportation ID associated with the received car-sharing ID is read from the above-mentioned member database, and the transportation ID transmitting means transmits the transportation ID to a transportation server that manages various data related to the transportation IC card. The boarding / alighting data associated with the transmitted transportation ID is received by the boarding / alighting data receiving means from the transportation server. The privilege data related to the received boarding / alighting data is extracted by the privilege extraction means from the above-mentioned privilege database. The privilege data is transmitted by the privilege data transmitting means to the communication terminal related to the member.

[0024] Users of the vehicle sharing service as members do not need to worry about the conditions for receiving privileges, such as boarding / alighting data of the transportation IC. Also, without having to perform operations such as inserting multiple cards into the card reader, if the privilege conditions are met, the user can receive the privileges. For providers of vehicle sharing services, it becomes easier to deliver the services and privileges they want to offer to users of the vehicle sharing service, and it can also be used for data collection for service improvement.

[0025] (Variation 1 of the First Invention) The first invention is more preferably formed as follows. That is, it is provided with vehicle data receiving means for receiving vehicle data of the shared car from data processing means mounted on the shared car, The above-mentioned privilege extraction means extracts privilege data related to the above-mentioned vehicle data (see Fig. 8). Here, "vehicle data" includes vehicle position data using GPS, on / off data of the vehicle engine, driving data such as sudden steering and sudden acceleration, and the like.

[0026] (Function) The sharing car is equipped with a GPS (position information acquisition system) and periodically acquires vehicle data including the position data of the vehicle and the on / off data of the engine. The vehicle data receiving means receives the vehicle data. And the privilege extraction means extracts privilege data related to the acquired vehicle data. Since the vehicle data changes every moment if the vehicle is not parked, privilege data corresponding to the change will be output from the privilege data output means.

[0027] (Variation 2 of the First Invention) It is more preferable that the boarding / alighting data received by the boarding / alighting data receiving means in the first invention includes reservation data that has already been reserved (see FIGS. 7 and 13).

[0028] (Term Explanation) "Reservation data" refers to data on the date and time and location of boarding for which a reservation has been made in the case of railway cards or airline cards. Also, in the case of parking cards, it is data on specific information such as the reserved parking location and the scheduled time of entry / exit. In the case of shopping cards, it is data on the date and time, location, purchase amount, etc. related to purchases or services.

[0029] (Function) The privilege extraction means can extract privilege data related to the reservation data. Users of the vehicle sharing service as members can obtain information on privileges related to the reservation data or obtain the privileges themselves.

[0030] (Second Invention) The second invention relates to a computer program for controlling the car sharing server according to the first invention. The above car sharing server has a member database that stores attribute data of members who have previously registered as members for operating the vehicle sharing service and traffic system IDs related to traffic system IC cards held by the members, A vehicle management database that accumulates data and the like for managing shared cars provided in a vehicle sharing service, and a privilege etc. database that accumulates privilege data for providing to members and condition data for enjoying the privilege content related to the privilege data. The computer program includes a car share ID reception procedure for receiving a car share ID distributed to a member who has completed member registration from a communication terminal related to the member, a transportation system ID transmission procedure for reading a transportation system ID associated with the car share ID received in the car share ID reception procedure from the member database and transmitting the transportation system ID to a transportation system server that manages various data related to a transportation system IC card, a boarding / alighting etc. data reception procedure for receiving boarding / alighting etc. data associated with the transportation system ID transmitted in the transportation system ID transmission procedure from the transportation system server, a privilege etc. extraction procedure for extracting privilege etc. data related to the boarding / alighting etc. data received in the boarding / alighting etc. data reception procedure from the privilege etc. database, and a privilege etc. data transmission procedure for transmitting the privilege etc. data extracted in the privilege etc. extraction procedure to the communication terminal related to the member. The car share server is caused to execute the above.

[0031] (Variation 1 of the second invention) The second invention is more preferably formed as follows. That is, it includes a vehicle data reception procedure for receiving vehicle data of the shared car from data processing means mounted on the shared car, and in the above privilege etc. extraction means, privilege etc. data related to the vehicle data is extracted.

[0032] (Variation 2 of the second invention) The second invention is more preferably such that the boarding / alighting etc. data received by the boarding / alighting etc. data receiving means includes reservation data that has been reserved.

[0033] The computer program according to the second invention is used by being installed in a computer (car-sharing server). For example, it can also be recorded on a recording medium, distributed, installed, or installed after being downloaded via a communication line such as the Internet. Examples of the recording medium include CD-R, hard disk, DVD-R, and the like.

[0034] (Third Invention) The third invention relates to a service fee settlement machine (such as a parking fee settlement machine, transportation ticket settlement machine, etc.) for settling a predetermined price using the car-sharing server according to the first invention. That is, it is a service fee settlement machine for settling a predetermined service fee using a membership card in which a car-sharing ID as a member is stored in an IC chip when the membership registration has been completed in advance to use the vehicle sharing service. The service fee settlement machine includes a member ID receiving means for reading the car-sharing ID from the membership card, a member ID transmitting means for transmitting the car-sharing ID received by the member ID receiving means to a car-sharing server that manages the data necessary for the operation of the vehicle sharing service, a privilege etc. receiving means for receiving data such as privileges for the member related to the car-sharing ID transmitted by the member ID transmitting means from the car-sharing server, a settlement amount calculating means for calculating the settlement amount of the service fee using the data such as privileges received by the privilege etc. receiving means, an advertisement data output means for outputting the data such as privileges to a mobile information terminal related to the member, and is provided with (see FIGS. 10 and 11).

[0035] (Term Explanation) The "predetermined price" refers to, for example, the settlement of parking fees (see FIG. 10), the use of transportation services, or the purchase of tickets for entry to a predetermined facility (see FIG. 11). It is not limited to the service fee, and also includes vending machines for merchandise sales. The reason for designating the constituent element that outputs "bonus data, etc." as "advertisement data output means" is to indicate that the bonus data, etc. includes advertisements that attract customers through discounts, etc., and it does not mean processing the bonus data, etc.

[0036] (Operation) The member ID receiving means reads the car-sharing ID from the membership card. The member ID transmitting means transmits the car-sharing ID received by the member ID receiving means to the car-sharing server that manages the data necessary for the operation of the vehicle sharing service. The bonus data, etc. for the member related to the transmitted car-sharing ID is received by the bonus receiving means from the car-sharing server. The settlement amount calculating means calculates the settlement amount of the service fee using the received bonus data, etc. The said bonus data, etc. is output by the advertisement data output means to the mobile information terminal related to the member.

[0037] (Fourth Invention) The fourth invention relates to a computer program for controlling the fee settlement machine according to the third invention. The service fee settlement machine is a service fee settlement machine for settling a predetermined amount using a membership card that has accumulated the car-sharing ID as a member when the membership registration has been completed in advance for using the vehicle sharing service. The computer program for controlling the service fee settlement machine includes a member ID receiving procedure for reading the car-sharing ID from the said membership card, a member ID transmitting procedure for transmitting the car-sharing ID received in the member ID receiving procedure to the car-sharing server that manages the data necessary for the operation of the vehicle sharing service, a bonus receiving procedure for receiving bonus data, etc. for the member related to the car-sharing ID transmitted in the member ID transmitting procedure from the said car-sharing server, a settlement amount calculating procedure for calculating the settlement amount of the service fee using the bonus data, etc. received in the bonus receiving procedure, an advertisement data output procedure for outputting the said bonus data, etc. to the mobile information terminal related to the member, It was decided to cause the fare settlement machine to execute it.

[0038] The computer program according to the fourth invention is used by being installed in a fare settlement machine. For example, it can also be recorded on a recording medium, distributed, installed, or installed after being downloaded via a communication line such as the Internet.

Advantages of the Invention

[0039] According to the first invention, it is possible to provide a transportation server that executes data transfer with a car-sharing server that can acquire more service usage histories (for example, boarding and alighting data of transportation facilities) for car-sharing users who are holders of transportation IC cards, and provide privilege data such as privileges and advertisements using the acquired boarding and alighting data. According to the second invention, it is possible to provide a control program that controls a transportation server that executes data transfer with a car-sharing server that can acquire more service usage histories (for example, boarding and alighting data of transportation facilities) for car-sharing users who are holders of transportation IC cards, and provide privilege data such as privileges and advertisements using the acquired boarding and alighting data.

[0040] According to the third invention, it is possible to provide a fare settlement machine that can acquire more service usage histories (for example, boarding and alighting data of transportation facilities) for car-sharing users who are holders of transportation IC cards, and provide privilege data such as privileges and advertisements using the acquired boarding and alighting data. According to the fourth invention, it is possible to provide a control program that controls a fare settlement machine that can acquire more service usage histories (for example, boarding and alighting data of transportation facilities) for car-sharing users who are holders of transportation IC cards, and provide privilege data such as privileges and advertisements using the acquired boarding and alighting data.

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Mode for Carrying Out the Invention

[0042] (Overall Explanation) Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail based on embodiments and drawings. The drawings used here are FIGS. 5 to 15. However, FIGS. 1 to 4 are also referred to as necessary.

[0043] (FIG. 5) FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram for explaining the pre-registration of the transportation IC card necessary for executing the following embodiments and the registration of the car share ID obtained when a transportation IC card user becomes a car share member to the transportation server.

[0044] In FIG. 5(a), it shows a state where a car share user who has already completed the membership registration for using the car share service pre-registers the identification information (ID) of the transportation IC related to the separately obtained transportation IC card to the car share server.

[0045] In a mobile information terminal (illustrated as a smartphone) related to a car-sharing user, application software that can use the functions of a transportation IC card is installed, and a transportation IC ID, which is an ID assigned to the user, is recorded. A procedure for registering this transportation IC ID with the car-sharing server is executed. That is, the transportation IC ID transmission means transmits the transportation IC ID to the transportation IC ID reception means of the car-sharing server. The received transportation IC ID is associated with the membership data of this car-sharing user and accumulated in the membership database.

[0046] Figure 5(b) shows a state where a transportation IC card user registers the car-sharing ID described on the membership card obtained when becoming a car-sharing ring member with the transportation server. The transportation IC card user uses their own communication terminal (illustrated as a notebook computer) as the car-sharing ID transmission means to transmit the car-sharing ID to the transportation server. At the transportation server, the car-sharing ID reception means receives the car-sharing ID and associates it with the transportation IC ID of the transportation IC card user and accumulates it in the membership database.

[0047] When the car-sharing user and the transportation user shown in Figure 5 are the same person, the car-sharing server and the transportation server will have mutually registered with their respective membership databases.

[0048] (Figure 6) Figure 6 shows the situation until a car-sharing user receives privilege data and the like when making a reservation for a car-sharing ring using their own mobile communication terminal (a smartphone in the figure) with the car-sharing server. The mobile communication terminal is pre-installed with the function as a car-sharing membership card, and the car-sharing ID is also recorded. The imaginary line indicating that the membership card is included in the mobile communication terminal shows that fact.

[0049] A car-sharing user sends reservation data including the time period when they want to use the shared car, the pick-up location, the return location, etc., and a car-sharing ID indicating that they are a member to the car-sharing server. The transmitted reservation data and car-sharing ID are received by the car-sharing ID receiving means.

[0050] The car-sharing ID is verified in the member database to determine whether the reservation data is from a formal member, and then the transportation system ID associated with that car-sharing ID is extracted from the member database. If the reservation data is from a formal member, it is determined in the vehicle management database that stores the management data of the shared car whether the reservation related to the reservation data is possible. If the reservation is possible, reservation completion data is returned from the reservation completion data output means.

[0051] The extracted transportation system ID is sent from the transportation system ID sending means to the transportation system server and received by the transportation system ID receiving means in the transportation system server. Then, the boarding and alighting data associated with that transportation system ID is extracted from the boarding and alighting database, and the extracted boarding and alighting data is returned to the car-sharing server.

[0052] The boarding and alighting data sent from the transportation system server is received by the boarding and alighting data receiving means in the car-sharing server. Then, the privilege and other data corresponding to the boarding and alighting data and the above reservation completion data are extracted by the privilege and other extraction means from the privilege database and the advertisement database. An example of the extraction will be described later with reference to FIG. 7. The extracted privilege and other data is sent from the privilege and other data output means to the above mobile communication terminal.

[0053] Regarding the above-mentioned privilege database and advertisement database, for convenience, they are illustrated as one database. Privilege details regarding privileges obtained when predetermined conditions (condition data) are satisfied are privilege data, and the privilege database is one that accumulates the above-mentioned condition data and privilege data. Data for identifying a predetermined target customer and data indicating the content of products and services for that target customer are advertisement data, and the advertisement database is one that accumulates that advertisement data.

[0054] (Fig. 7) Fig. 7 shows an example of how the privilege extraction means extracts privilege data. Centering on the privilege extraction means in the car-sharing server, the privilege database, advertisement database, reservation completion data output means, boarding and alighting data reception means, and privilege output means are illustrated, and other configurations are omitted.

[0055] The privilege database and advertisement database store data that also serves as sales promotion, such as "Present a 10% off coupon when you ride the Railway A five or more times in November." The reservation completion data includes data such as the reservation date (December 8th), start time of use (15:00), end time of use (17:30), reservation location (Toyosu), and return location (Toyosu). Naturally, data on the usage of car-sharing is also included. The boarding and alighting data includes boarding history for several weeks and boarding and alighting reservation data.

[0056] Among the above-mentioned reservation completion data for car-sharing, when the privilege extraction means determines that the conditions that the reservation location and return location are Toyosu and that the boarding and alighting history has used a predetermined railway company a predetermined number of times or amount are satisfied, the privilege extraction means extracts an "a" discount coupon as privilege data. The "a" discount coupon is a 20% discount coupon at a fresh fish restaurant in Toyosu, and its purpose is to express gratitude for using the railway instead of a taxi.

[0057] Also, among the boarding and alighting data, using the boarding and alighting reservation data, the privilege extraction means extracted a discount coupon of "a" as privilege data etc. The coupon of "b" grasps the scheduled alighting in Fukushima from the boarding and alighting reservation data, and is a coupon for discounting 15% of the rental car use in Fukushima. In order to solidify the reservation during the Christmas season, an application deadline is also set.

[0058] As described above, the privilege extraction means compares the applicable period, applicable area, applicable conditions, car-sharing usage time and day of the week in the advertisement data and privilege data with the reservation completion data and boarding and alighting data, and extracts the optimal advertisement and coupon. It is preferable to set an upper limit (for example, 5) for the number of optimal coupons. And it is preferable to assign a priority order within the upper limit.

[0059] Although illustration is omitted, it is also possible to perform the above-mentioned prioritization by using the usage history data of members in the member database. For example, if there is a rental car usage history in a local city, the above-mentioned "b" is prioritized higher than "a".

[0060] (Fig. 8) Fig. 8 also shows an example of how the privilege extraction means extracts privilege data etc. Here, by using the position data of the shared car (or a combination with off data indicating that the engine has stopped), the privilege extraction means extracts predetermined privilege data etc. In Fig. 8, a clock provided in the car-sharing server is illustrated, but in other embodiments as well, the server has a built-in clock and is appropriately used as an extraction condition in the privilege extraction means.

[0061] The shared car acquires the vehicle position data at any time by receiving radio waves from GPS satellites. The position data is transmitted to the car-sharing server at predetermined intervals. The transmitted position data is received by the position data receiving means of the car-sharing server, accumulated in the vehicle management database, and can be used by the privilege extraction means to extract privilege data etc.

[0062] Assume that the vehicle position data indicates the area within Gotanda, Tokyo, the return location of the shared car is Gotanda, and the scheduled return time (3:30 PM) is approaching. In this case, the privilege data extraction means determines that the advertisement data of "c" is optimal and extracts it. "c" is a campaign at a newly opened café in Gotanda offering free drinks and 50% off cakes only today.

[0063] The privilege data such as the extracted advertisement data is transmitted from the privilege output means to the shared car and conveyed to the shared car user via the multifunctional car navigation device installed in the shared car. It is also assumed that the café can be visited after returning the shared car, and this privilege data is transmitted from the privilege output means to the mobile information terminal of the shared car user as well (illustration omitted). Note that the vehicle data receiving means may transmit the privilege data such as to the mobile information terminal of the shared car user only when it receives the engine-off data as vehicle data and the position data near the time of receiving the engine-off data is within the area of Gotanda, Tokyo. By doing so, the total amount of data transmission is reduced to save communication fees or suppress excessive data transmission to the shared car user.

[0064] (Fig. 9) Fig. 9 shows the relationship between the operations performed by the member user at the end of using the shared car, the data processing device of the shared car, and the car sharing server. The multifunctional car navigation device of the shared car acquires the vehicle position data and transmits it to the car sharing server via the data transmission means. Therefore, the car sharing server can grasp that there is a shared car near the return location. Also, the data transmission means acquires the engine-off data indicating that the engine has stopped from the vehicle and transmits it to the car sharing server. Therefore, the car sharing server receives the vehicle data including the engine-off data.

[0065] When a member user parks the shared car at the return location, the user gets out of the shared car, touches the membership card of the car-sharing service to the vehicle unlocking sensor to transmit the car-sharing ID via short-range wireless communication, and locks the shared car. The car-sharing ID transmitted to the vehicle unlocking sensor is sent to the car-sharing server via the data transmission means and stored in the vehicle management database.

[0066] In the car-sharing server, discount data stored in the advertising database and the privilege database is extracted using data such as the usage start time and end time from the usage data in the vehicle management database and various history data stored in the member database. Then, the fee calculation means calculates the usage fee of the shared car. And the calculated usage fee is sent to the mobile information terminal belonging to the member user. Along with the usage fee, information from the privilege database and the advertising database, such as privileges for the next use, is sent.

[0067] (Figure 10) Figure 10 shows what data processing is performed among the parking fee calculator, the car-sharing server, and the transportation system server when a car-sharing user who has already registered the transportation system ID uses the parking lot.

[0068] When a car-sharing user parks the shared car in the parking lot and pays the parking fee, the parking fee calculator requests the insertion of the parking ticket and the touch of the membership card. The car-sharing user allows the parking ticket data reading means to read the parking ticket received at the start of using the parking lot. Also, the user touches the membership card (including the case where it is installed as data in the mobile information terminal as shown by the broken line in the figure) to the member ID receiving means (card reader). When touched, the member ID receiving means reads the car-sharing ID stored in the IC chip in the membership card via short-range wireless communication.

[0069] The read car-sharing ID is transmitted by the membership ID transmission means to the car-sharing server. The transmitted car-sharing ID is received by the car-sharing ID receiving means and compared with the membership database. Then, the transportation ID associated with the car-sharing ID is transmitted to the transportation server.

[0070] In the transportation server, the transportation ID receiving means receives the transportation ID, accesses the boarding and alighting database in which the boarding and alighting data is stored, and extracts the boarding and alighting data associated with the transportation ID. Then, the extracted boarding and alighting data is transmitted by the boarding and alighting data transmission means to the car-sharing server.

[0071] In the car-sharing server, the boarding and alighting data receiving means receives the boarding and alighting data, and extracts the privilege data and advertisement data corresponding to the boarding and alighting data from the privilege database and the advertisement database. Then, the extracted privilege and other data is transmitted to the parking fee calculator.

[0072] In the parking fee calculator, the privilege and other data receiving means receives the privilege and other data. Then, the settlement amount calculating means calculates the settlement amount using the warehousing time data and the like read from the parking ticket. For example, when the privilege and other data includes a discount on the parking fee, the settlement amount taking into account the discount is calculated. The calculated settlement amount is transmitted to the car-sharing user via the settlement amount output means (for example, an electric display, a speaker). The car-sharing user who views the settlement amount output means settles the settlement amount (see Figure 4). Note that this settlement of the parking fee may be totaled (the payment in this scenario is omitted) when ending the use of the car-sharing ring.

[0073] In addition, when the parking fee calculator is equipped with advertising data output means capable of wireless communication with the portable information terminal, advertising data that has not been used for settlement among the above-mentioned privilege data and the like is transmitted. In the figure, a state in which advertising data is transmitted by wireless communication is shown, but it is not limited to this. For example, a two-dimensional barcode may be output to the liquid crystal panel, and the camera function of the portable information terminal related to the car-sharing user may be used to read the two-dimensional barcode.

[0074] (Fig. 11) In Fig. 11, when a transportation user (a user carrying a transportation ID issued by a company providing railway services) who has already registered the car-sharing ID purchases a transportation ticket (ticket) for using the transportation service, it shows what data processing is performed among the transportation ticket vending machine, the car-sharing server, and the transportation server. The transportation ticket vending machine is not limited to railway tickets, and includes, for example, buses, ferries, etc.

[0075] When this transportation user pays the fare of the transportation ticket, the transportation ticket vending machine requests touching of the transportation card. The transportation user touches the transportation card to the member ID receiving means (card reader). When touched, the member ID receiving means reads the transportation ID stored in the IC chip in the member card by short-range wireless communication.

[0076] The transportation ID read by the transportation ticket vending machine is transmitted by the member ID transmitting means to the transportation server. The transmitted transportation ID is received by the transportation ID receiving means and collated with the member database. Then, the car-sharing ID associated with the transportation ID is transmitted to the car-sharing server.

[0077] In the car-sharing server, the car-sharing ID receiving means receives the car-sharing ID associated with the transportation ID, accesses the member database in which the usage history data of the car-sharing ring is accumulated, and extracts the usage history data associated with the car-sharing ID. Then, the extracted usage history data is transmitted by the usage history transmitting means to the transportation server.

[0078] In the transportation system server, the usage history receiving means receives the usage history data, and extracts the corresponding privilege data and advertisement data from the privilege database and the advertisement database. Then, the extracted privilege and other data are transmitted to the transportation ticket vending machine.

[0079] In the transportation ticket vending machine, the privilege and other data receiving means receives the privilege and other data. Then, the settlement amount calculating means calculates the settlement amount using the destination data and the like input by the transportation system user. For example, when the privilege and other data include a discount based on the car sharing usage history, the settlement amount taking into account the discount is calculated. The calculated settlement amount is transmitted to the transportation system user via the settlement amount output means (for example, an electric display, a speaker). The transportation system user who views the settlement amount output means settles the settlement amount.

[0080] When the transportation ticket vending machine is provided with an advertisement data output means capable of wireless communication to the portable information terminal, among the above-mentioned privilege and other data, the advertisement data not used for settlement is transmitted. In the figure, a state of transmitting advertisement data by wireless communication is shown, but it is not limited to this. For example, a two-dimensional barcode may be output to the liquid crystal panel, and the camera function of the portable information terminal related to the car sharing user may be used to read the two-dimensional barcode.

[0081] (Figure 12) Figure 12 shows an example of what kind of privilege and other data the privilege and other extraction means shown in Figure 11 extracts.

[0082] Using the touch panel as the destination data input means in the transportation ticket vending machine, the transportation system user inputs the destination data. Regarding this destination data, assume that the sales date is December 8, the boarding date is December 24, the boarding station is Omiya, the alighting station is Kitora, the departure time determined thereby is 13:00, the arrival time is 17:30, and the boarding ticket can be purchased.

[0083] Based on the boarding date and destination of this ticket, the privilege extraction means extracts data on privileges such as a 20% discount coupon for car-sharing use in Fukushima Prefecture and outputs it to the transportation ticket vending machine. The privilege output means of the transportation ticket vending machine outputs the privilege data as characters or patterns on the screen, or as a two-dimensional barcode that can be easily acquired by the user's own portable information terminal for settlement (illustration is omitted).

[0084] Assume that the car-sharing usage history received from the car-sharing server includes reservation data in addition to the usage history. Suppose the reservation data includes from 17:30 to 19:30 on December 4th and from 12:30 to 14:30 on December 5th. Although specific examples are omitted, the privilege extraction means can also extract appropriate advertisements and privileges using not only the usage history but also the reservation data.

[0085] (Figure 13) Figure 13 shows the procedure for extracting privilege data using parking history and reservation data in the parking lot management server. The position data receiving means receives the position data and receives the parking history and reservation data from the parking lot management server. Suppose there is a parking reservation from 12:00 to 15:00 on December 11th in Higashi-ku, Nagoya City as part of the parking history and reservation data. When the vehicle position received by the position data receiving means is near Nagoya City, the privilege extraction means extracts a coupon for lunch in the underground mall in Nagoya, which is "d".

[0086] In the above example, it was explained assuming a member user of car-sharing is using a share car. However, if a share car use in Nagoya is reserved at the time of share car reservation, the above "d" may be extracted.

[0087] (Figure 14) Figure 14 shows the procedure for extracting privilege data using shopping data in the retail server. A retail server is a server that manages shopping history data, redemption points, etc. based on membership cards issued by retailers such as convenience stores and shopping centers.

[0088] Suppose that the shopping data receiving means receives the shopping history data of the retail server, and the total amount in November in the shopping history data is 34,500 yen. Also, suppose that the location data of the shared car received by the location data receiving means is in Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo. In this case, assuming that the privilege extraction means matches the conditional data of "customers with a total shopping amount of 20,000 yen or more excluding tax in November", it extracts a member-only discount coupon for the year-end sale at the shopping mall in Shinagawa of "e". Then, it transmits the coupon to the mobile information terminal of the shared car user.

[0089] (Fig. 15) Fig. 15 shows the shopping data in the retail server and the procedure for extracting privilege data using the parking lot management server. It assumes the case where a member user of car sharing goes shopping using a shared car and uses a parking lot near the store where they shop. Procedures such as the car sharing server having previously obtained the retail ID and parking ID related to the shared member user and transmitting the retail ID and parking ID to the retail server and the parking lot management server are omitted.

[0090] The privilege extraction means extracts optimal privilege data by using location data, shopping history data, parking history / reservation data, etc. As in the embodiment shown in Fig. 15, the present invention can execute the extraction of privilege data by obtaining IDs related to a plurality of services other than the car sharing service. As a user, there is no need to present multiple membership cards at the time of settlement.

[0091] (Combined use of discount services) As also described in the description of FIG. 7, the privilege data and advertisement data extracted by the privilege extraction means are not limited to one, and a plurality may be used. In addition, a discount coupon used by the user may be used in combination. For example, when there is a discount of 200 yen based on the car-sharing ride record and a discount of 400 yen for shopping, even if the standard parking fee is 1000 yen, the settlement is made with a discount of 600 yen, and the user only needs to pay a parking fee of 400 yen.

[0092] According to the embodiment described above, as a provider of a vehicle-sharing service, a large number of advertisement and privilege information can be selected and delivered to member users by using the usage history and reservation data of other service providers (transportation facilities, parking lots, merchandise sales, etc.) by member users of the vehicle-sharing service. As for other service providers, a large number of advertisement and privilege information can be selected and delivered to member users by using the usage history and reservation data of the vehicle-sharing service by member users.

Industrial Applicability

[0093] The present invention has applicability in the car-sharing business or car rental business, transportation service business, parking lot management service business, retail business, and data communication business that executes data management of car-sharing, car rental, parking lots, etc., and software development business related to data communication.

Claims

1. A transportation server that exchanges data with a car-sharing server for managing members and shared cars in order to operate a vehicle sharing service, wherein the car-sharing server includes a member database that stores the car-sharing ID, attribute data of members who have pre-registered for the vehicle sharing service, and the transportation ID related to the transportation IC card held by the member; transportation ID transmission means for transmitting the transportation ID associated with the car-sharing ID to the transportation server; a vehicle management database that stores data for managing shared cars provided in the vehicle sharing service; a privilege etc. database that stores privilege data including the conditions for enjoying privileges provided to members and the content of the privileges; boarding / alighting etc. data reception means for receiving boarding / alighting etc. data related to the transportation ID associated with the transportation ID from the transportation server that stores the transportation ID; privilege etc. extraction means for extracting privilege etc. data related to the boarding / alighting etc. data received by the boarding / alighting etc. data reception means from the privilege etc. database; privilege etc. data transmission means for transmitting the privilege etc. data extracted by the privilege etc. extraction means to the communication terminal related to the member; and is provided with wherein the transportation server includes transportation ID reception means for receiving the transportation ID associated with the car-sharing ID from the transportation ID transmission means in the car-sharing server; a boarding / alighting database for storing boarding / alighting etc. data related to the transportation ID received by the transportation ID reception means; boarding / alighting data transmission means for transmitting the boarding / alighting etc. data associated with the transportation ID from the boarding / alighting database to the boarding / alighting etc. data reception means of the car-sharing server; A transportation server equipped with.

2. A transportation server according to claim 1, comprising a privilege database that stores privilege data indicating the content of privileges obtained when predetermined conditions are met and the predetermined conditions. The transportation server according to claim 1.

3. A transportation server according to claim 1 or claim 2, comprising an advertisement database that stores advertisement data for identifying a predetermined target customer and data indicating the content of products or services for the target customer. The transportation server according to any one of claims 1 or 2.

4. The transportation server according to claim 1, wherein the boarding / alighting etc. data includes the names of boarding / alighting stations related to railways. The transportation server according to claim 1.

5. The transportation server according to claim 1, wherein the boarding / alighting etc. data includes the names of boarding / alighting airports related to air routes. The transportation system server according to claim 1.

6. The boarding and alighting data etc. shall include the name of the parking lot related to the vehicle. The transportation system server according to claim 1.

7. The boarding and alighting data etc. shall include the store name related to the commodity purchase. The transportation system server according to claim 1.

8. The boarding and alighting data received by the boarding and alighting data receiving means shall include the reservation data that has been reserved. The transportation system server according to claim 1.

9. A computer program for controlling a transportation system server that executes data exchange with a car-sharing server for managing members and shared cars in order to operate a vehicle sharing service, In the car-sharing server, a member database that stores the car-sharing ID, attribute data of members who have registered as members in advance in order to operate a vehicle sharing service, and the transportation system ID related to the transportation system IC card held by the member, Transportation system ID transmission means for transmitting the transportation system ID associated with the car-sharing ID to the transportation system server, A vehicle management database that stores data for managing the shared cars provided in the vehicle sharing service, A privilege etc. database that stores privilege data for providing to members and condition data for enjoying the privilege content related to the privilege data, Boarding and alighting data receiving means for receiving boarding and alighting data associated with the transportation system ID from the transportation system server that stores the transportation system ID, Privilege etc. extraction means for extracting privilege etc. data related to the boarding and alighting data received by the boarding and alighting data receiving means from the privilege etc. database, Privilege etc. data transmission means for transmitting the privilege etc. data extracted by the privilege etc. extraction means to the communication terminal related to the member, And is provided with, The computer program, A transportation system ID receiving procedure for receiving the transportation system ID associated with the car-sharing ID from the transportation system ID transmission means in the car-sharing server, A boarding data storage procedure for storing boarding and alighting data related to the transportation system ID received in the boarding data storage procedure in the boarding database, A boarding data transmission procedure for transmitting the boarding and alighting data associated with the transportation system ID from the boarding and alighting data stored in the boarding database in the boarding data storage procedure to the boarding and alighting data receiving means of the car-sharing server, A computer program for causing the transportation system server to execute the above.

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