Multi-company loyalty point management device and method
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshihiro KARITA
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Abstract
According to an embodiment, a point management device for a multi-store commercial facility includes a processor and a communication interface to connect to a plurality of payment terminals in a plurality of stores of the facility. The processor acquires a notification of points granted to a member of a loyalty program for a transaction at a payment terminal in the plurality payment terminals, updates the points of the member based on the notification, and determines if the points of the member satisfy a benefit granting condition. When the points satisfy the benefit granting condition, the processor sends a benefit provision notification to the payment terminal if the payment terminal is a first-type terminal but not if the payment terminal is a second-type terminal.
Claims20
A point management device for a multi-store commercial facility, the device comprising:
- a communication interface configured to connect to a plurality of payment terminals in a plurality of stores;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- acquire notification of points granted to a member of a loyalty program for a transaction at a payment terminal in the plurality payment terminals;
- update the points of the member based on the notification;
- determine if the points of the member satisfy a benefit granting condition;
- and
- when the points satisfy the benefit granting condition, send a benefit provision notification to the payment terminal if the payment terminal is a first-type terminal but not if the payment terminal is a second-type terminal.
A point management system for a multi-store facility, the system comprising:
- a plurality of payment terminals including a first-type payment terminal in a first-type store in a multi-store facility and a second-type payment terminal in a second-type store in the multi-store facility;
- and
- a point management server including:
- a communication interface connected to the plurality of payment terminals in the multi-store facility;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- acquire notification of points granted to a member of a loyalty program for a transaction at any payment terminal in the plurality payment terminals;
- update the points of the member based on the notification;
- determine if the points of the member satisfy a benefit granting condition;
- and
- when the points satisfy the benefit granting condition, send a benefit provision notification to the payment terminal if the payment terminal is the first-type terminal but not if the payment terminal is the second-type terminal.
A point management method for a multi-store facility including stores operated by different operators, the method comprising:
- acquire notification of points granted to a member of a loyalty program for a transaction at a payment terminal in a plurality payment terminals of a multi-store facility;
- updating the points of the member based on the notification;
- determining if the points of the member satisfy a benefit granting condition;
- and
- when the points satisfy the benefit granting condition, sending a benefit provision notification to the payment terminal if the payment terminal is a first-type terminal but not if the payment terminal is a second-type terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.