Method of and apparatus for point management, computer product for point management
AssigneeFujitsu Limited
InventorMitsuo Nishizawa
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Abstract
A sum of points of all customers that are invalidated without being used within a predetermined period is calculated as total invalidated points, payback scores are allotted to each customer according to number of days passed since a previous purchasing date to a next purchasing day, points to be distributed to each customer are calculated by multiplying the total invalidated points by a ratio of the payback score allotted to each customer to total payback score of all customers, and the calculated points are distributed to each customer.
Claims17
An apparatus for managing a point allotted to each customer for an amount of a purchasing and for invalidating the point that is not used within a predetermined period, the apparatus comprising:
- an invalidated point calculating unit that calculates total invalidated points from a sum of the points invalidated for all customers;
- and
- a point payback calculating unit that calculates a point payback to be distributed to each customer from the total invalidated points, and that makes a payback of the point calculated to the each customer.
A method of managing a point allotted to each customer for an amount of a purchasing and for invalidating the point that is not used within a predetermined period, the method comprising:
- calculating total invalidated points from a sum of the points invalidated for all customers;
- calculating a point payback to be distributed to each customer from the total invalidated points;
- and
- making a payback of the point calculated to the each customer.
A computer program for managing a point allotted to each customer for an amount of a purchasing and for invalidating the point that is not used within a predetermined period, the computer program making a computer execute:
- calculating total invalidated points from a sum of the points invalidated for all customers;
- calculating a point payback to be distributed to each customer from the total invalidated points;
- and
- making a payback of the point calculated to the each customer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.