JP7612924B2 - Transportation expense payment system and transportation expense payment method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a transportation fee payment system and a transportation fee payment method.

When companies interview students as potential employees, they often either pay the students' travel expenses in cash on the day of the interview in exchange for a receipt, or the students apply for the expenses via the Internet at a later date.

Patent Document 1 describes a technology that enables a person in charge of payments to easily determine whether the name of the financial institution, account number, and other information have been entered correctly, and that recognizes the user using a user ID converted from the company code and user email address when the user logs in to the URL of a travel expense payment site, and assists the company in paying the prescribed amount of travel expenses.

JP 2014-203438 A

The technology described in Patent Document 1 supports companies in paying a set amount for travel expenses, but there is a time lag before the travel expenses are paid.

The present invention was made in consideration of the above points, and aims to provide a technology that can quickly pay a set amount of travel expenses to an unspecified number of payees.

This application includes multiple means for solving the above problems, examples of which are as follows:

In order to solve the above problem, a travel expense payment system according to one embodiment of the present invention is a travel expense payment system comprising a company's hiring terminal, a travel expense payment device connected to the hiring terminal via a network and comprising a processing unit and a memory unit, and an electronic money management device which, upon receiving a request for a deposit process from an external device, deposits money into an electronic money account according to the content of the deposit process, and the hiring terminal comprises an event registration application unit, a usage registration unit, a travel expense application unit, an imaging unit, and a communication unit, the event registration application unit transmits information on the period of an event in which the user will participate to the travel expense payment device, and when the imaging unit captures information identifying the user and information identifying the user's electronic money account, the usage registration unit transmits the captured image to the travel expense payment device, and the travel expense application unit transmits a communication unit to identify the user. When the imaging unit captures information during the event period, the captured image is transmitted to the transportation expense payment device as a transportation expense application, and the processing unit of the transportation expense payment device includes an event registration unit that stores the event period in the storage unit, a user registration unit that extracts information identifying the user and information identifying the user's electronic money account from the image transmitted by the usage registration unit and stores the information in the storage unit, a transportation expense application acceptance unit that, upon receiving the user's transportation expense application, extracts information identifying the user from the image and authenticates the user, and identifies information identifying the electronic money account from the user registration unit, and a funds transfer request unit that identifies the transportation expenses related to the user and requests the electronic money management device to deposit the funds into the user's electronic money account.

The above-mentioned transportation expense payment system may be characterized in that the information identifying the user is biometric information of the user.

In the above-mentioned transportation fee payment system, the information identifying the user may be a facial image of the user.

The above-mentioned transportation fee payment system may be characterized in that the information identifying the electronic money account is a barcode.

The above-mentioned transportation fee payment system may be characterized in that the information identifying the electronic money account is a two-dimensional code.

In the above-mentioned transportation fee payment system, the funds transfer request unit may be characterized in that the transportation fee is set to a predetermined fixed amount.

In the above-mentioned travel expense payment system, the event registration application unit transmits information specifying the duration and destination of the event in which the user will participate to the travel expense payment device, the usage registration unit transmits information including the user's biometric information, information specifying the user's electronic money account, and the user's reference location to the travel expense payment device, the event registration unit registers the information specifying the duration and destination of the event in which the user will participate, the user registration unit receives instructions from the usage registration unit and stores the user's reference location, information specifying the user's electronic money account, and the user's biometric information in the memory unit, and the funds transfer request unit may specify the travel expenses according to a combination of the user's reference location and the destination.

In the above-mentioned transportation fee payment system, the funds transfer request unit may request the deposit process to the electronic money management device via a smart contract.

In addition, in order to solve the above problem, a travel expense payment method according to another aspect of the present invention is a travel expense payment method using a travel expense payment system that includes a company's recruitment terminal, a travel expense payment device that is connected to the recruitment terminal via a network and includes a processing unit and a memory unit, and an electronic money management device that, when it receives a request for a deposit process from an external device, deposits money into an electronic money account according to the content of the deposit process, and the recruitment terminal includes an event registration application unit, a usage registration unit, a travel expense application unit, an imaging unit, and a communication unit, the event registration application unit transmits information on the holding period of an event in which the user will participate to the travel expense payment device, and when the imaging unit captures information identifying the user and information identifying the user's electronic money account, the usage registration unit transmits the captured image to the travel expense payment device, and the travel expense application unit transmits a communication unit that identifies the user. When the imaging unit captures information during the event period, the captured image is transmitted to the transportation expense payment device as a travel expense claim, and the processing unit of the transportation expense payment device performs an event registration step of storing the event period in the storage unit, a user registration step of extracting information identifying the user and information identifying the user's electronic money account from the image transmitted by the usage registration unit and storing the information in the storage unit, a transportation expense claim acceptance step of extracting information identifying the user from the image and authenticating the user when the user's travel expense claim is accepted, and identifying information identifying the electronic money account from the user registration unit, and a funds transfer request step of identifying the travel expenses related to the user and requesting the electronic money management device to deposit the funds into the user's electronic money account.

The present invention provides a technology that can quickly pay travel expenses in the prescribed amount to an unspecified number of payees.

Problems, configurations, and advantages other than those described above will become clear from the description of the embodiments below.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of functional blocks of a transportation expense payment system. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of user information. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of a transportation expense master. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of event information. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a transportation expense payment device. 13 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a user registration process. 13 is a flowchart showing an example of a transportation expense settlement process. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a usage mode of a transportation expense payment system.

Below, an example of an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Figure 1 shows an example of the functional blocks of a transportation fee payment system.

As shown in FIG. 1, in the transportation expense payment system 1 according to this embodiment, transportation expense payment operations are carried out using a transportation expense payment device 100, a smartphone 20 of a student 10 who is a prospective employee such as a new graduate, a recruitment terminal 200 which is a computer of a company representative that conducts company interviews when recruiting students and training after a job offer, and an electronic money management device 300 which, upon receiving a request for a deposit process from an external device, deposits money into an electronic money account according to the contents of the deposit process.

In the travel expense payment system 1, a recruiting terminal 200 used by recruiters at event venues such as company information sessions, interviews, and training sessions, as well as recruitment events, is connected via a network 90 such as the Internet to a travel expense payment device 100 that delegates processing to an electronic money management device 300, which is an electronic money account management device that deposits (transfers) travel expenses to an electronic money account designated by a student 10 who has applied for employment. The travel expense payment system 1 automatically deposits (transfers) a set travel expense from a location requested by the student (for example, a reference location such as the prefectural office or school location) to a reference location such as an event location designated by the company, such as an interview venue or training venue, to a designated electronic money account designated by the student. Alternatively, a fixed travel expense is set and deposited regardless of the travel route, etc.

In this embodiment, the travel expenses are actual expenses or are not limited to actual expenses, but are set amounts that take into account the approximate costs of regular public transportation to the location applied for by the student and the company's designated location (for example, 1,000 yen round trip for travel within the same prefecture, 2,000 yen round trip for travel within an adjacent prefecture, 50,000 yen from Hokkaido to Tokyo, or other amounts determined by company regulations).

The travel expense payment device 100 according to this embodiment includes a processing unit 110 that performs various processes, a storage unit 130 that includes multiple masters and databases referenced by each processing unit, an input unit 150 that accepts input, an output unit 160 that creates a screen to display an output screen, and a communication unit 170 that connects to other devices via a network 90 such as the Internet for communication. The travel expense payment device 100 also includes a Web function unit (not shown) that provides a travel expense payment site (Web page) to the hiring terminal 200 via the Internet, or software that supports the interface (a so-called application that runs in a runtime environment on the OS (Operating System)), and a control means (not shown) that controls these.

The processing unit 110 includes a plurality of processing units. Specifically, the processing unit 110 includes a user registration unit 111 that receives information identifying a user and information identifying an electronic money account and a reference location (such as the nearest station) via the network 90 between the hiring terminal 200 and registers the user, an event registration unit 112 that receives an event period and a reference location (such as the nearest station) via the network 90 between the hiring terminal 200 and registers the event, a travel expenses application acceptance unit 113 that accepts an image-based travel expenses application via the network 90 between the hiring terminal 200 and extracts information identifying the user from the image, authenticates the user, and extracts information identifying the electronic money account from the storage unit and accepts it, a funds transfer request unit 114 that identifies the travel expenses related to the user and requests the electronic money management device 300 to deposit the funds into the user's electronic money account, and a smart contract unit 115 that uses a smart contract to perform a predetermined electronic money deposit/withdrawal process when a predetermined condition is met on the blockchain.

The memory unit 130 includes user information 131, a transportation expense master 132, and event information 133.

Figure 2 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of user information. User information 131 is information that stores the user ID (basically an email address), password, biometric information (face image, vein image, fingerprint, retina image, etc.), and information identifying an electronic money account (electronic money account number, etc.) of a student who is a user who is conducting an interview with a company, etc.

The user information 131 is configured to store, according to the company code, information on each item including the user's user ID, the password used to log in using the user ID, the user's name (first and last name), the name of the school to which the user belongs, the location code of the school, the user's email address, home telephone number, mobile phone number, transfer bank code indicating the bank to which the travel expenses are to be transferred, transfer bank name, transfer branch code, transfer branch name, account type, account number, account name, account name in kana, account file indicating the file name of the account file, a login key using a selection number uniquely assigned at the time of the interview, a login flag indicating whether the user has already logged in, biometric information, electronic money account number, other reserve 01, input date and time, and update date and time.

Figure 3 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the transportation expense master. The transportation expense master 132 stores the transportation expense categories and the prescribed transportation expenses for the departure point (departure) and destination (arrival). The transportation expense master 132 stores the company code, the transportation expense category, and the prescribed transportation expenses, and is configured to classify the transportation expense category into transportation expenses between the prefecture and business establishment that is the departure point (departure) of the user (student) and the prefecture and business establishment that is the destination (arrival), transportation expenses between the prefecture and business establishment that is the departure point and the prefecture that is the destination, transportation expenses between the prefecture and business establishment that is the departure point and the prefecture and business establishment that is the destination, and transportation expenses between the prefecture of the departure point and the prefecture of the destination, and to store the prescribed amount of transportation expenses corresponding to the category.

For example, transportation expense category "1" is a category that designates the transportation expenses between the departure point and the destination as transportation expenses between the two business locations of the relevant company, transportation expense category "2" is a category that designates only the departure point as a business location and the destination as transportation expenses between prefectures, transportation expense category "3" is the opposite of category "2," and transportation expense category "4" is a category that designates the transportation expenses between the departure point and the destination as transportation expenses between the prefectures where the relevant company is located. These categories are set in advance by each company.

Figure 4 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of event information. Event information 133 includes the company hosting the event, the event date that specifies the period during which the event will be held, information on the event location, and information on the reference point for travel expense settlement.

The above is the configuration of the travel expense payment device 100. Like a typical computer system, the travel expense payment device 100 thus configured includes a CPU as a control means, memory as a temporary storage means, basic software (operating system), various software for executing the various functions of the system, browser software, data storage means such as a magnetic disk device for storing data, a display unit, input/output devices such as a keyboard, and various interface devices, and the same is true for the electronic money management device 300.

The hiring terminal 200 includes a processing unit 210, an imaging unit 220, an input unit 240, an output unit 250, and a communication unit 260. The processing unit 210 includes a usage registration unit 211, a transportation fee application unit 212, and an event registration application unit 213. The usage registration unit 211 has a function as a web browser and a screen interface as an input support, and accesses the web page of the transportation fee payment device 100 via the communication unit 260 to transmit the user's registration information. Specifically, when the imaging unit 220 captures a code including a one-dimensional barcode, a two-dimensional code, a color code, etc. generated from biometric information that identifies the user, student 10, and an electronic money account that identifies the user's electronic money account, the usage registration unit 211 transmits the captured image to the transportation fee payment device 100 to perform usage registration.

The travel expense claim unit 212 has a function as a web browser and a screen interface as an input aid, and accesses the web page of the travel expense payment device 100 via the communication unit 260 to transmit the user's travel expense claim information. Specifically, when the imaging unit 220 captures biometric information (face image, vein image, fingerprint, retina image, etc.) that identifies the user during the event period, the travel expense claim unit 212 transmits the captured image to the travel expense payment device 100 as a travel expense claim to submit a travel expense claim. Note that the travel expense claim unit 212 may manage the participant's claim flag for each event to avoid multiple travel expense claims for the same person at the same event.

The event registration application unit 213 has a function as a web browser and a screen interface as an input aid, and accesses the web page of the travel expense payment device 100 via the communication unit 260 to transmit event information. Specifically, the event registration application unit 213 transmits information such as the duration of the event in which the user will participate and the nearest station that serves as the reference point for travel expense settlement to the travel expense payment device 100 to register the event.

The imaging unit 220 captures external visible and invisible light at a specified angle of view and generates moving or still images. The imaging unit 220 includes a so-called digital camera that captures reflected visible light, a vein reader that records transmitted light, a retina imaging device, etc.

As described above, the adoption terminal 200 includes an input unit 240 that accepts touch input or flick input on the screen, an output unit 250 that creates a screen to display the output screen, and a communication unit 260 that is communicatively connected to other devices via a network 90 such as the Internet. In other words, the adoption terminal 200 is a portable device such as a smartphone, and like a general computer system, it is preferable that the adoption terminal 200 includes a CPU as a control means, a RAM as a temporary storage means, basic software (operating system), various software for executing various functions of the system, browser software, data storage means such as a storage device for storing data, a display unit, input/output devices such as a keyboard, communication means for connecting to a mobile phone network such as LTE (Long Term Evolution) or 5G (Generation) or a wireless LAN, and various interface devices such as a camera.

The electronic money management device 300 includes a processing unit 310, a memory unit 330, and a communication unit 350. The processing unit 310 includes a funds transfer application acceptance unit 311 and an account transfer unit 312.

When the funds transfer application acceptance unit 311 is requested to deposit funds into the electronic money account of the user, student 10, it accepts the deposit of the requested amount from the requester's electronic money account, the requester's current account, or the requester's settlement bank account to the user, student 10's electronic money account.

The account transfer unit 312 carries out the process of depositing funds into the electronic money account accepted by the funds transfer application acceptance unit 311.

The memory unit 330 includes account information 331. The account information 331 is information about an electronic money account.

The communication unit 350 is communicatively connected to other devices via a network 90 such as the Internet.

In FIG. 1, one employment terminal 200 and one electronic money management device 300 are connected to one transportation expense payment device 100, but the number of each device in the transportation expense payment system 1 is not limited to the example shown in FIG. 1.

The travel expense payment device 100 is an information processing device such as a server computer or a PC (Personal Computer), and is operated, for example, by a travel expense payment service operator using the travel expense payment system 1. As an example, the operator positions the travel expense payment device 100 as a cloud server accessible via the network 90, and develops the travel expense payment service as a cloud service.

The adoption terminal 200 and the electronic money management device 300 may each be an information processing device such as a PC, a smartphone, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a notebook computer, or a tablet terminal. The electronic money management device 300 may be operated, for example, by a transportation fee payment service provider using the transportation fee payment system 1, or may be operated by another outsourcing service provider.

Figure 5 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the travel expense payment device 100. The travel expense payment device 100 includes a calculation device 11, a memory 12, an external storage device 13, an input IF (Interface) 14, an output IF 15, a communication IF 16, and a storage medium drive device 17, and each component is connected by a bus.

The arithmetic device 11 is a arithmetic device such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and executes processing according to a program recorded in the memory 12 or the external storage device 13. In the transportation expense payment device 100, processing is performed by the arithmetic device 11 which operates according to a program read onto the memory 12 or the external storage device 13. The processing unit 110 realizes each function by the arithmetic device 11 executing the program.

The memory 12 is a storage device such as a RAM (Random Access Memory) or a flash memory, and functions as a storage area from which programs and data are temporarily read. The external storage device 13 is, for example, a writable and readable storage medium and storage media drive such as a HDD (Hard Disk Drive), a CD-R (Compact Disc-Recordable), or a DVD-RAM (Digital Versatile Disk-Random Access Memory). The functions of the storage unit 130 are realized by the memory 12 or the external storage device 13. Note that the functions of the storage unit 130 may also be realized by a storage device connected via the communication IF 16.

The input IF 14 is an interface for accepting input operations from an operator, and is connected to input devices such as a touch panel, keyboard, mouse, and microphone. The output IF 15 is an interface for outputting information to an output device such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) built into the travel expense payment device 100.

The communication IF 16 is an interface for connecting the travel expense payment device 100 to other devices via the network 90, and is connected to a communication device such as a LAN (Local Area Network) card. The storage medium drive device 17 is a device for inputting and outputting information from a portable medium 18 such as a CD (Compact Disk) or a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk).

The processing of each component of the travel expense payment device 100 may be executed by a single piece of hardware, or may be executed by multiple pieces of hardware. Furthermore, the processing of each component of the travel expense payment device 100 may be realized by a single program, or may be realized by multiple programs.

The hardware configuration of the electronic money management device 300 is similar to that of the transportation fee payment device 100, so a detailed explanation will be omitted.

[Operation] Now, the travel expense payment system 1 according to this embodiment automatically submits a travel expense claim when a user is photographed by the hiring terminal 200 at the event venue, and the claim is received by the travel expense payment device 100 via the Internet, and the travel expense claim acceptance unit 113 accepts the travel expense claim that has been accepted, and the funds transfer request unit 114 applies for a funds transfer to the electronic money management device 300, thereby supporting the immediate payment of travel expenses. Details of this operation are explained below.

Figure 6 is a flowchart showing an example of user registration processing. The user registration processing includes a user information input phase in which disclosure information of the student 10 wishing to participate in the event, which is written on an entry form or participation request email, is registered prior to the event, and a phase in which biometric information of the student 10 (face image, vein image, fingerprint, retina image, etc.) is acquired by the recruitment terminal 200 at the event venue. Note that the event registration application by the event registration application unit 213 and the storage of the event information 133 by the event registration unit 112 must be performed separately in advance.

First, the company's recruiting officer accesses the website of the transportation fee payment system 1 from a web browser on the recruiting terminal 200 and inputs the student's name, address, telephone number, school, location code, etc. from the entry form of the student 10 who has applied to participate in the event (step S101).

Then, at the event venue, the recruiter uses the imaging unit 220 of the recruiting terminal 200 to capture the biometric information and code information identifying the electronic money account of the student 10 participating in the event (one-dimensional barcode, two-dimensional code, color barcode, etc. displayed on a smartphone, or a medium with this code information printed on it, etc.) (step S102). When the imaging unit 220 captures the image, the usage registration unit 211 transmits the captured image via the communication unit 260 to the transportation fee payment device 100 to perform usage registration.

The user registration unit 111 of the transportation expense payment device 100 registers the user information (step S103). Specifically, the user registration unit 111 stores the student's name, address, telephone number, school, location code, etc. entered in step S101 in the user information 131, in association with the biometric information transmitted in step S102.

Then, the user registration unit 111 identifies the electronic money account (step S104). Specifically, the user registration unit 111 reads the information identifying the electronic money account transmitted in step S102 and identifies information identifying the electronic money account, such as the electronic money account number.

Then, the user registration unit 111 registers the identified electronic money account (step S105). Specifically, the user registration unit 111 stores the electronic money account number, etc. identified in step S104 in association with the information of the user in the user information 131.

The above is an example of the flow of the user registration process. According to the user registration process, the information of the student 10 who is the user, the biometric information, and the electronic money account information can be easily associated and registered.

Figure 7 is a flowchart showing an example of a travel expense settlement process. The travel expense settlement process includes a phase in which biometric information (face image, vein image, fingerprint, retina image, etc.) of the student 10 is acquired by the recruitment terminal 200 at the event venue.

First, the imaging unit 220 of the hiring terminal 200 captures the biometric information (step S201). In this step, the specific processing required differs depending on the type of biometric information, but if the biometric information is a face image, it is sufficient to process a video or other image of the student as he or she passes by. In the case of a vein image, fingerprint, retina image, etc., the student is asked to present a finger or eye for capture, and the image is captured by the imaging unit 220.

The travel expense claim unit 212 transmits the image capturing information (step S202). Specifically, the travel expense claim unit 212 transmits the image captured in step S201 to the travel expense payment device 100 via the communication unit 260.

Then, the travel expense claim acceptance unit 113 identifies the user (step S203). Specifically, the travel expense claim acceptance unit 113 matches the biometric information sent in step S202 with the biometric information in the user information 131 to identify the corresponding student 10.

Then, the travel expense claim acceptance unit 113 identifies the departure point and the arrival point (step S204). Specifically, the travel expense claim acceptance unit 113 identifies, in accordance with the provisions of the travel expense master 132 of the company, for example, a business establishment or the like that is the reference location for the event location as the arrival point and departure point, and also identifies the location of the affiliated school or the like that is the reference location for the identified student 10 as the departure point and arrival point.

Then, the travel expense application acceptance unit 113 generates travel expense information (step S205). Specifically, the travel expense application acceptance unit 113 specifies a predetermined fixed amount of travel expenses, for example, between the location of the affiliated school and the location of the event, according to the travel expense classification regulations in the travel expense master 132 of the company. If this specified travel expense is the actual cost, the travel expense equivalent to the actual cost may be specified in conjunction with a website, for example, Hyperdia (registered trademark), which calculates optimal (short time, minimum cost) travel expenses by combining the departure point (station) that is the nearest station to the reference location of the affiliated school of the student 10 or the departure point (station) that is the nearest station to the reference location of the address of the student 10, the arrival point (station) that is the nearest station to the event venue, and the time, etc.

Then, the funds transfer request unit 114 applies for a funds transfer (step S206). Specifically, the funds transfer request unit 114 delegates processing to the smart contract unit 115, which uses the application information to register the funds in the blockchain and execute a smart contract, thereby sending a funds transfer request to the electronic money management device 300, which includes the travel expenses, the source deposit account or the requester's settlement bank account (company), and the destination account number (student).

Then, the funds transfer application acceptance unit 311 of the electronic money management device 300 performs a funds transfer process via the account transfer unit 312 (step S207). Specifically, the funds transfer application acceptance unit 311 accepts the funds transfer request, and the account transfer unit 312 accesses the account information 331 and performs a deposit process to the electronic money account accepted by the funds transfer application acceptance unit 311. The funds transfer application acceptance unit 311 returns information indicating the result of the deposit process as the processing result of the smart contract.

When the smart contract unit 115 obtains the results of the smart contract processing, it passes them on to the funds transfer request unit 114.

The funds transfer request unit 114 determines the result of the funds transfer, and if the result is OK (success), the control proceeds to step S209, and if the result is NG (failure), the control returns to step S201 (step S208). Specifically, the funds transfer request unit 114 refers to the processing result of the smart contract obtained from the smart contract unit 115 and determines whether the result is OK or NG.

If the result of the fund transfer is OK (successful) (if "OK" is returned in step S208), the travel expenses claim acceptance unit 113 performs a process to issue an invoice to the employing company (step S209).

The above is an example of the flow of the travel expense settlement process. According to the travel expense settlement process, if the recruitment terminal 200 can obtain biometric information indicating that the user, student 10, has appeared at the event venue, the money is promptly deposited into the student's 10 electronic money account without the need for a separate travel expense claim application procedure. This allows the student 10 to use electronic money from his or her electronic money account, for example, on the way home from the event, without having to wait for the transfer date to arrive, allowing the student 10 to have some financial leeway.

Figure 8 is a diagram showing an example of how the transportation fee payment system is used. In this example, at an event venue, a student 10 displays a two-dimensional code indicating his/her electronic money account on his/her smartphone, and the code is captured together with his/her face within the viewing angle 400 of the camera 490 of the recruitment terminal 200. On the screen of the recruitment terminal 200, an image 410 captured by the camera 490, a facial image 420 of the user extracted from the image 410, and an account image 430 using a two-dimensional code are displayed. By pressing the decision button 440 displayed on the screen of the recruitment terminal 200, the recruiter can transmit the facial image 420 of the student, which is biometric information, and the account image 430, which is information identifying the account, to the transportation fee payment device 100 via the network 90.

The transportation fee payment device 100 identifies the user using the transmitted face image 420 and the account image 430, which is information for identifying the account, calculates the transportation fee, and identifies the user's account. The user's account and the amount to be transferred are then passed to the electronic money management device 300 via a smart contract, and the electronic money management device 300 deposits (charges) the transportation fee into the electronic money account of the student 10.

The above is the transportation expense payment system according to the first embodiment. The transportation expense payment system according to the first embodiment makes it possible to quickly pay the prescribed amount of transportation expenses to an unspecified number of payment recipients. This makes it possible to provide a transportation expense payment system and transportation expense payment method that is cashless, reduces the amount of work at the venue, reduces the amount of advance application work, and reduces the application procedures for users.

In the above embodiment, the transportation expenses payment service for students who have interviews with companies has been described, but the present invention is not limited to the payment of transportation expenses to students. For example, the present invention can be applied to a business form in which transportation expenses are paid on an ad-hoc basis to participants in seminars, temporary employees, temporary part-time workers, etc. Furthermore, while the embodiment describes an example in which a set amount of transportation expenses is paid according to company regulations, the present invention is not limited to paying a set amount. For example, the present invention can be linked to a website such as Hyperdia (registered trademark) that calculates optimal (short time, least expensive) transportation expenses based on conditions such as the departure point (station), destination (station), and time, and can pay transportation expenses equivalent to the actual cost.

In the above embodiment, the transportation expense payment device 100 requests the electronic money management device 300 to transfer funds via a smart contract, but this is not limited to this. It may be implemented by calling an API (Application Programming Interface) provided by the electronic money management device 300, or by other remote or local procedure calls.

For example, the above-mentioned embodiment has been described in detail to make the present invention easier to understand, and the present invention is not limited to having all of the configurations described here. It is also possible to replace part of the configuration of one embodiment with the configuration of another embodiment. It is also possible to add the configuration of another embodiment to the configuration of one embodiment. It is also possible to add, delete, or replace part of the configuration of each embodiment with other configurations. In addition, the above-mentioned configurations, functions, processing units, processing means, etc. may be realized in part or in whole by hardware, for example, by designing them as integrated circuits. In addition, the control lines and information lines in the figures show those that are considered necessary for explanation, and do not necessarily show all of them. It may be considered that almost all of the configurations are connected to each other.

Furthermore, the functional configurations of the above-mentioned travel expense payment device 100, hiring terminal 200, and electronic money management device 300 are classified according to the main processing contents for ease of understanding. The method of classification or names of the components does not limit the present invention. As described above, the configurations of the travel expense payment device 100, hiring terminal 200, and electronic money management device 300 can be further classified into more components according to the processing contents. Also, a single component can be classified to perform even more processes.

1: Travel expenses payment system, 90: network, 100: travel expenses payment device, 110: processing unit, 111: user registration unit, 112: event registration unit, 113: travel expenses application reception unit, 114: fund transfer request unit, 115: smart contract unit, 130: memory unit, 131: user information, 132: travel expenses master, 133: event information, 150: input unit, 160: output unit, 170: communication unit, 200: employment terminal, 210: processing unit, 211: usage registration unit, 212: travel expenses application unit, 213: event registration application unit, 220: imaging unit, 240: input unit, 250: output unit, 260: communication unit, 300: electronic money management device, 310: processing unit, 311: fund transfer application reception unit, 312: account transfer unit, 330: memory unit, 331: account information, 350: communication unit

Claims (9)

The company's hiring device,
A transportation fee payment device connected to the hiring terminal via a network and including a processing unit and a storage unit;
an electronic money management device that, upon receiving a deposit processing request from an external device, the request including information identifying a specific electronic money account and a specific amount , deposits the specific amount into the electronic money account included in the request ;
A transportation fee payment system comprising:
The employment terminal includes a usage registration unit, a travel expense application unit, an imaging unit, and a communication unit ,
When the imaging unit captures information identifying a user and information identifying the electronic money account of the user, the usage registration unit transmits the captured image to the transportation fee payment device,
When the imaging unit captures information identifying the user, the travel expense claim unit transmits the captured image to the travel expense payment device as information to be used for travel expense claim,
The storage unit of the transportation expense payment device
Including information specifying a predetermined travel cost and event period for the user for each event,
The processing unit of the transportation fee payment device
a user registration unit that extracts information for identifying the user and information for identifying the electronic money account of the user from the image transmitted by the user registration unit and stores the information in the storage unit;
a travel expense claim acceptance unit that, when accepting a travel expense claim from the user, extracts information identifying the user from the image, compares the information with the information identifying the user stored in the storage unit to authenticate the user, and identifies information identifying the electronic money account of the authenticated user from the storage unit;
a funds transfer request unit that identifies a predetermined travel expense related to the user according to the event for which the travel expense claim has been made , and requests the electronic money management device to deposit the travel expense into the electronic money account of the user when the travel expense claim of the user is made during the period of the event;
A transportation fee payment system comprising: The transportation fee payment system according to claim 1,
A transportation expense payment system, characterized in that the information identifying the user is biometric information of the user. 3. The transportation fee payment system according to claim 1,
A transportation expense payment system, characterized in that the information identifying the user is a facial image of the user. A transportation fee payment system according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
A transportation expense payment system, characterized in that the information identifying the electronic money account is a barcode. A transportation fee payment system according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
A transportation expense payment system, characterized in that the information identifying the electronic money account is a two-dimensional code. A transportation fee payment system according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
A transportation expense payment system, characterized in that the funds transfer request unit sets the transportation expense to a predetermined fixed amount. A transportation fee payment system according to any one of claims 1 to 5 ,
The registration unit transmits information including the biometric information of the user, information identifying the electronic money account of the user, and a reference location of the user to the transportation expense payment device ;
The storage unit of the transportation expense payment device
information specifying a predetermined travel cost, destination, and duration for each event for the user;
The user registration unit receives an instruction from the user registration unit and stores the reference location of the user, information identifying the electronic money account of the user, and biometric information of the user in the storage unit;
The funds transfer request unit specifies the transportation expenses according to a combination of the reference location and the destination location of the user.
A transportation expense payment system. A transportation fee payment system according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
The funds transfer request unit requests the deposit process to the electronic money management device via a smart contract.
A transportation expense payment system. The company's hiring device,
A transportation fee payment device connected to the hiring terminal via a network and including a processing unit and a storage unit;
an electronic money management device that, upon receiving a deposit processing request from an external device, the request including information identifying a specific electronic money account and a specific amount , deposits the specific amount into the electronic money account included in the request ;
A transportation fee payment method using a transportation fee payment system comprising:
The employment terminal includes a usage registration unit, a travel expense application unit, an imaging unit, and a communication unit ,
When the imaging unit captures information identifying a user and information identifying the electronic money account of the user, the usage registration unit transmits the captured image to the transportation fee payment device,
When the imaging unit captures information identifying the user, the travel expense claim unit transmits the captured image to the travel expense payment device as information to be used for travel expense claim,
The storage unit of the transportation expense payment device
Including information specifying a predetermined travel cost and event period for the user for each event,
The processing unit of the transportation fee payment device
a user registration step of extracting information for identifying the user and information for identifying the electronic money account of the user from the image transmitted by the user registration unit and storing the extracted information in the storage unit;
a travel expense claim acceptance step of, when accepting a travel expense claim from the user, extracting information identifying the user from the image, comparing the information with the information identifying the user stored in the storage unit to authenticate the user, and identifying information identifying the electronic money account of the authenticated user from the storage unit;
a funds transfer request step of specifying a predetermined travel expense related to the user according to the event for which the travel expense claim has been made , and requesting the electronic money management device to deposit the travel expense into the electronic money account of the user when the travel expense claim of the user is made during the period of the event ;
Payment method for travel expenses to carry out the activity.

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