US 2009/0157505 A1Published application

Shopping mall system and shopping mall system for temples and shrines

AssigneeRio Yokoyama Co., Ltd.

InventorKazuyuki Yokoyama

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Abstract

A temple/shrine shopping mall system includes a temple or shrine, plural stores, a management center that manages the entire system, and a network connecting these components. The temple or shrine includes Omamori-fudas each including a recording medium that records details of discounts or the number of points when products or services are provided by the stores, an Omamori-fuda vending machine that is installed at the temple or shrine to vend the Omamori-fuda and registers the details of discounts or the number of points in the recording medium, an Omikuji vending machine that vends an Omikuji and registers the details of discounts or the number of points in the recording medium, a saisenbako that includes a reader/writer, and a saisen-token vending machine that vends a saisen token.

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Dependent claims

A shopping mall system that includes a principal visitor-attracting facility, subordinate visitor-attracting facilities, and a network that connects both of the principal and subordinate visitor-attracting facilities, and promotes visits of visitors to the principal visitor-attracting facility, to the subordinate visitor-attracting facilities,

the shopping mall system including:
a recording medium that records privileges granted to a customer who uses each of the visitor-attracting facilities;
a register that registers the number of privilege points in the recording medium based on details of an event implemented in the principal visitor-attracting facility;
a reader or reader/writer that is installed at least in either the principal visitor-attracting facility or the subordinate visitor-attracting facilities, to read or write necessary information from or on the recording medium held by a user of the visitor-attracting facility;
and a managing unit that manages the shopping mall system based on the number of privilege points on the recording medium, read by the reader or reader/writer through the network, wherein
the managing unit includes:
a determining unit that reads the information recorded on the recording medium using the reader or reader/writer when information of a purchased product and price information of the product is inputted by a POS system, to determine whether the number of privilege points is recorded and whether the purchased product matches a type of the recording medium;
and a calculating unit that calculates a discount rate and a charge for the product based on presence or absence of the number of privilege points and presence or absence of the product matching the type of the recording medium, and when the determining unit determines that required number of privilege points is recorded and that the purchased product matches the type of the recording medium, the calculating unit increases the discount rate for the corresponding product and calculates the charge according to the number of the privilege points.

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A temple/shrine shopping mall system that includes:

a temple or shrine, stores, and a network connecting the temple or shrine and the stores, and promotes visits of visitors to the temple or shrine, to the stores,
the temple/shrine shopping mall system including:
Omamori-fudas, which are special talismans through to be imbued with power of gods or Buddha to protect holders, each including a recording medium that records information including personal information, a type of the Omamori-fuda, the number of points, and details of discounts when a product or service is provided by the stores, and an exterior package that contains the recording medium;
an Omamori-fuda vending machine or Omikuji vending machine that is installed at the temple or shrine to vend the Omamori-fuda or an Omikuji and register the information in the recording medium;
a reader or reader/writer that is installed in the stores to read the information recorded on the Omamori-fuda held by a customer who has received the product or service in the stores or write the information on the Omamori-fuda;
and a management center that stores the information recorded on the Omamori-fuda, read by the reader or reader/writer through the network, in a database, and calculates a charge for the product based on the information, wherein
the management center includes:
a determining unit that reads the information recorded on the Omamori-fuda using the reader or reader/writer to determine whether the number of points is recorded and whether the purchased products matches the type of the Omamori-fuda when purchased product information and price information is inputted by a POS system;
and a calculating unit that calculates a discount rate and a charge for the product based on presence or absence of the number of points and presence or absence of the product matching the type of the Omamori-fuda, and
the calculating unit increases the discount rate for the product when the determining unit determines that a required number of points is recorded and the purchased product matches the type of the Omamori-fuda, and calculates the charge for the product based on the number of points.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.