INCENTIVE GRANTING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM

1 . An incentive granting method implemented by a parking lot management system in which full/vacancy information and incentive information are stored, the full/vacancy information indicating a parking section being vacant in a parking lot, the incentive information being associated with the parking section, the incentive granting method being executed to grant an incentive indicated by the incentive information to a user who uses a parking section associated with the incentive information, the incentive granting method comprising:

displaying pieces of incentive information associated with multiple parking sections on a display terminal connected to the parking lot management system via a network;

detecting a vehicle parked in one of the multiple parking sections, the vehicle matching vehicle information registered in association with account information of the user; and

applying, to the account information at predetermined timing, an incentive indicated by one of the pieces of incentive information associated with the one of the multiple parking sections.

2 . The incentive granting method according to claim 1 , further comprising displaying, on the display terminal, information indicating that the incentive is applied.

3 . The incentive granting method according to claim 1 , further comprising updating the incentive information associated with the parking section in response to update of the full/vacancy information.

4 . The incentive granting method according to claim 3 , further comprising disabling, on the display terminal, incentive information associated with an occupied parking section indicated by latest full/vacancy information obtained by the update of the full/vacancy information.

5 . The incentive granting method according to claim 3 , further comprising

changing content of the incentive information to be update in response to the update of the full/vacancy information, and

displaying, on the display terminal, the incentive information whose content has been changed.

6 . The incentive granting method according to claim 1 , wherein the pieces of the incentive information associated with the multiple parking sections are displayed on the display terminal to indicate different contents of incentive among the multiple parking sections.

7 . The incentive granting method according to claim 1 , further comprising, after performing the detecting of a vehicle parked in one of the multiple parking sections,

making determination to perform the applying of the incentive indicated by the incentive information associated with the one of the multiple parking sections to the account information, and

performing, at the predetermined timing, the applying of the incentive to the account information.

8 . The incentive granting method according to claim 1 , further comprising, when use of the parking section is reserved by a user,

making temporary determination to apply an incentive indicated by incentive information associated with the reserved parking section to account information of the user who has made the reservation,

detecting a vehicle parked in the reserved parking section, the vehicle matching the vehicle information registered in association with the account information of the user who has made the reservation,

making determination to apply the incentive of the temporary determination to the account information, and

applying the incentive to the account information at predetermined timing.

9 . The incentive granting method according to claim 8 , further comprising, when use of the parking section is reserved by a user,

updating the full/vacancy information, and

disabling, on a display terminal of another user, incentive information associated with the reserved parking section.

10 . The incentive granting method according to claim 8 , further comprising applying an incentive being beneficial for the user who has made the reservation in a case where incentive information associated with a parking section selected at a time of reservation is different from incentive information determined to be applied at a time of parking detection as a result of updating the incentive information in response to the update of the full/vacancy information.

11 . The incentive granting method according to claim 1 , wherein

the parking lot management system includes a fee adjustment system to calculate a parking fee in accordance with a time period from entry time to leaving time of a vehicle and charge the parking fee in association with the account information of the user, and

the incentive granting method further comprises performing, at timing of fee adjustment by a user, a discount process of a parking fee associated with account information of the corresponding user in accordance with an incentive determined to be applied.

12 . An incentive granting method implemented by a parking lot management system in which full/vacancy information and incentive information are stored, the full/vacancy information indicating a parking section being vacant in a parking lot, the incentive information being associated with the parking section, the incentive granting method being executed to grant an incentive indicated by the incentive information to a user who uses a parking section associated with the incentive information, the incentive granting method comprising:

displaying pieces of incentive information associated with multiple parking sections on a display terminal connected to the parking lot management system via a network;

detecting a vehicle parked in one of the multiple parking sections;

applying, to the user at predetermined timing, an incentive indicated by one of the pieces of the incentive information associated with the one of the multiple parking sections; and

notifying the user of the incentive being applied.

13 . A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium on which programmed instructions are recorded, the programmed instructions causing a display terminal with a screen display to execute processing, the display terminal being connected via a network to a parking lot management system in which full/vacancy information and incentive information are stored, the full/vacancy information indicating a parking section being vacant in a parking lot, the incentive information being associated with the parking section, the processing comprising:

acquiring pieces of incentive information associated with multiple parking sections and causing the display terminal to display the pieces of incentive information on the screen display; and

causing the display terminal to display, on the screen display, information indicating that an incentive is applied, the incentive being indicated by one of the pieces of incentive information and being applied by parking a vehicle in a parking section, the vehicle matching vehicle information registered in association with account information of a user who owns the display terminal, the causing being performed when the incentive is applied to the account information at predetermined timing.