Embodiment
Below with reference to accompanying drawing, wherein in whole different accompanying drawings, all use identical label to indicate identical or similar assembly.
Below with reference to accompanying drawing preferred implementation of the present invention is described.
Fig. 1 illustrates according to an embodiment of the invention to utilize communication network that the figure of the system of gift is provided.
Gift provides system to comprise user terminal 100, gift generator 300, receiving terminal 500, shop allied terminal 600 and account settlement server 700.
User terminal 100 comprises catv terminal 110 and portable terminal 130, and with the memory of user terminal in the presumptive area of address stored book or gift generator 300 the address stored book be associated, at providing of each the group request gift that comprises in the address book, and receive about whether receiving or use the information of gift.
Gift generator 300 provides URL (URL(uniform resource locator)) information of storage products information to user terminal 100, provide gift icon corresponding to this product to the address book of being selected by user terminal 100, and download, use and the available life of management gift icon expire.
Gift generator 300 comprises the database 360 of address book administration module 310, Product Information Management module 320, gift management of icons module 330, control module 340, communication module 350 and storage and management address book, product information and gift icon relevant information.
One of them and the address book that become by at least one fabric at least in the telephone number that address book administration module 310 management comprises portable terminal and the e-mail address, and address book is provided when user terminal 100 is asked.
Product Information Management module 320 provides the product information of the product that will provide as gift to user terminal 100, perhaps corresponding to the URL information of this product information.
Gift management of icons module 330 management and gift icon corresponding to product is provided, and to whether providing the gift of selecting based on product information according to address book, perhaps whether the gift icon has been used and has managed.In addition, gift management of icons module 330 is associated with address book, and download, use and the available life of managing the gift icon thus expire.
When one of product of having selected Product Information Management module 320 to provide during as gift, select to receive the receiving terminal of this product and finish clearing from address book, and control module 340 provides gift icon corresponding to this product to portable terminal.
In addition, control module 340 provides about the information by the gift icon of gift management of icons Single Component Management to user terminal, and, use in the example at one, periodically provide the inventory of the product that this user terminal will provide as gift and about the information of telephone number and the Email of receiving terminal in specific period to user terminal.
Use in the example at one, in catv terminal 110 and receiving terminal 500, execution can send and receive the software (hereinafter referred to as communicator) of message and data in real time by wireline communication network, figure 13 illustrates the example of this communicator.
Catv terminal 110 comprises Product Information Management module 112, gift management of icons module 114 and control module 116.
Product Information Management module 112 shows about as the product information of gift request or the product that provides or corresponding to the URL information of this product information at the screen of catv terminal 110, and provides product information and URL information from gift generator 300.
Gift management of icons module 114 management and gift icon corresponding to product is provided, and whether the gift icon be used manage.Preferably, generate and provide the gift icon by gift generator 300.
In addition, although the management of carrying out whether available lives, gift icon have been used etc. by catv terminal 110, this management is periodically sent to gift generator 300, thereby makes gift generator 300 can carry out integrated management.
When one of product that is provided by Product Information Management module 112 is selected as gift, to select will receive or ask the receiving terminal of this product and finish clearing from address book, control module 116 provides the gift icon by communicator to receiving terminal.
In addition, when the screen at catv terminal 110 shows that gift provides button, control module 116 shows with gift provides relevant clearing picture, and when selected gift request button, the screen demonstration guide message of the receiving terminal that will ask gift with settle accounts picture.
In the communicator of in catv terminal 110 and receiving terminal 500, carrying out, register the telephone number of first and second portable terminals respectively by the user of catv terminal 110 and receiving terminal 500, the gift icon that makes institute send and receive sends to user-selected or automatic first and second portable terminals of registering.
In by the shop allied of gift icon appointment, provide the gift corresponding with the gift icon to first and second portable terminals, perhaps when the available life of gift icon expired, first and second portable terminals received the message that bans use of this gift icon from gift generator 300.
[first execution mode]
The operation of the present invention of configuration as mentioned above is described below.
Fig. 2 illustrates first embodiment of the invention to utilize communication network that the message flow of the method for gift is provided.
At step S210 and S220 place, when user terminal 100 was connected to gift generator 300 by communication network 200, gift generator 300 provided information about the product that will provide as gift to user terminal 100.The example of the wap page that provides when user terminal 100 is connected to gift generator 300 is provided Fig. 5.
When during at a plurality of product access images information that will send or receive as gift and details thereof, selecting the label 510 or 520 of Fig. 5 by the wap page.When having selected label 510 or 520, show the wap page of Fig. 6 at the screen of user terminal 100.
In step 230, when the user to user terminal 100 provides product information, and the user is when selecting a product as gift then, shows address book corresponding to user terminal 100 at the screen of user terminal 100 as shown in Figure 7.
In address book, storage of email addresses when receiving terminal is catv terminal, and when receiving terminal is portable terminal, store the telephone number that allows to receive short message or Multimedia Message.
In step 240, user terminal 100 provides request message to send to the receiving terminal of selecting into selected gift in gift, this message makes it possible to provide gift, perhaps gift is received request message and sends to gift generator 300, and this message makes it possible to receive gift.
When receiving gift when receiving request message, gift generator 300 provides gift icon corresponding to product to receiving terminal 500.In this case, the wap page that gift generator 300 is provided for settling accounts with the account balance to user terminal 100 request gifts, and when finishing clearing, provides the gift icon to receiving terminal 500.When receiving terminal 500 was accepted the gift icon, registration accepted to finish message in gift generator 300.
Yet, when gift generator 300 receives gift reception request message, that is, and when the user of user terminal 100 asks receiving terminal 500 to buy gifts, at step S250, gift generator 300 will be delivered to receiving terminal 500 from the request details that user terminal 100 receives.The generation request that receives request message according to gift has been shown among Fig. 8, has been offered the example of web or the wap page of user terminal 100 by gift generator 300.
By web or the wap page of Fig. 8, user terminal 100 requests have the receiving terminal 500 of telephone number 010-aaa-bbbb and buy the triangle volume.
At step S260 and S270, received the gift generator 300 of accepting message from receiving terminal 500 and provide web or the wap page of gift account balance to receiving terminal 500, and when finishing clearing, provide the gift icon to user terminal 100.
[second execution mode]
Fig. 3 illustrates the message flow that utilizes communication network that the method for gift is provided second embodiment of the invention.
In second execution mode, when user terminal registration and management client's in gift generator 300 address book, use the client's address book that provides from gift generator 300 that the method for gift is provided in batches.
At step S310 and S320, gift generator 300 provides information about the product that will provide as gift to the user terminal 100 that is connected to gift generator 300 by communication network.
At step S330 and S340, when user terminal 100 is selected gifts, provide address book corresponding to the ID of user terminal 100, user terminal 100 to select all clients' of storing in the address books address to user terminal 100.Use in the example at one, user terminal 100 can be selected specific consumers from the address book inventory, and the client address is the telephone number of portable terminal.
When having selected from address book to receive at least one addressee of product, at step S350, gift generator 300 provides the short message that comprises corresponding to the URL of gift to addressee's portable terminal.
At step S360, when portable terminal 550 utilizes this URL to be connected with gift generator 300 and when this gift is downloaded in request then, provide gift icon corresponding to this product to portable terminal 110.
In the gift icon, be provided with at least one that download in time limit or the available life, and current time limit is forbidden downloading and using when full.When available life is gone over, when perhaps the gift icon had used, at step S380, gift generator 300 provided the use disable message to portable terminal 550.
Use in the example at one, when the addressee accepts gift in the shop, can in gift generator 300, register from the acceptance of shop terminal transmission and finish message.
In addition, the gift icon is the bar code type, and gift generator 300 is verified from the validity of the bar code type gift icon of POS (point of sale) the terminal transmission in predetermined shop, and finished corresponding identifying code to the transmission of POS terminal with checking.When receiving identifying code, allow to use bar code type gift icon, and the POS terminal is finished message to the acceptance that the gift generator sends this gift icon.
[the 3rd execution mode]
Fig. 4 illustrates the 3rd execution mode according to the present invention to utilize communication network that the message flow of the method for gift is provided.
In the 3rd execution mode, with client's address packets, making it possible to provides gift for each group in batches.A kind of method is described below, and wherein when client did not use the gift icon, although selected gift and finished clearing then, the user because do not use to user terminal changed for example reimbursement.
At step S410 and S420, in gift generator 300, registered after the address book from the grouping client of the user terminal 100 that is connected to gift generator 300 by communication network, provide information about the product that will provide as gift to the user terminal 100 that is connected to gift generator 300.At step S430 and S440, when user terminal 100 was selected to be scheduled to gift, the address book that gift generator 300 is registered user terminal 100 offered user terminal 100.
Use in the example at one, in the memory of user terminal 100, stored under grouping client's the situation of address book, when user terminal 100 is selected predetermined prods as gift, address stored book in the explicit user terminal 100 on the screen of user terminal 100.
When selecting at least one group from address book, at step S450, gift generator 300 sends the clearing wap page to user terminal 100.
The example of the clearing wap page has been shown among Fig. 9.When in the wap of Fig. 9 page, having selected the gift account added to the item of book keeping operation in the expense of portable terminal, show the item for the treatment of by user's input of user terminal 100.
At step S460 and S470, when in user terminal 100, transferring accounts by cash or use credit card to finish clearing, provide gift icon corresponding to product to the portable terminal that belongs to this group or e-mail address.
At step S480, S490 and S495, for the gift icon, available life is set, make gift generator 300 provide and the corresponding reimbursement of gift icon or the refunding guide message in available life, do not used to user terminal 100, and the use disable message that simultaneously or subsequently sends this gift icon to portable terminal or the user terminal at the expired gift icon place of available life.
The content of the gift that provides in the predetermined period is provided to user terminal gift generator 300, if and user terminal is that Email or the ID of the user terminal that provides of gift generator 300 receives the gift icon, can be as shown in Figure 10 in [my page] registration gift icon and manage it.
[the 4th execution mode]
Figure 11 illustrates the 4th execution mode according to the present invention to utilize communicator to send and receive the flow chart of the method for gift icon.
With reference to Figure 11, user terminal 100 and receiving terminal 500 move respectively and can send and receive the software (hereinafter referred to as communicator) of message and data by communication network in real time, thereby interconnect.At step S1110, as shown in Figure 13, display communication device window on screen.
At step S1120, when in the communicator window 1300 shown in Figure 13, having selected flash-con menu 1320, show the product information corresponding to gift, and when mouse pointer places on the product, show [giving gift] or [request gift] item.
At step S1130 and S1140, place at mouse pointer under the state on the expected product of communicator window of Figure 13, when having selected [giving gift] 1340 from [giving gift] 1340 or [request gift] 1360, show send window as shown in Figure 14, and input will receive with send window in the telephone number of receiving terminal of the corresponding gift icon of product.
Use in the example at one, when having a plurality of receiving terminal that will receive the gift icon, show send window as shown in Figure 15, make it possible to import the telephone number of a plurality of receiving terminals and send the gift icon.
At step S1150 and S1160, when finishing the clearing of gift, terminal sends the gift icon by communicator to receiving terminal, has shown respectively the gift icon send window 1610 and 1630 that shows in the sender's that sends the gift icon user terminal 100 and addressee's terminal among Figure 16.
Use in the example at one, when the gift icon sends to receiving terminal 500, can provide the predetermined short message that comprises the URL that has stored the gift icon (referring to the label 1650 of Figure 16) to the portable terminal that is associated with receiving terminal 500.
When portable terminal utilizes this URL to be connected with gift generator 300 and ask to download gift, provide gift icon corresponding to product to portable terminal.
[the 5th execution mode]
Figure 12 illustrates the 5th execution mode according to the present invention to utilize communicator to send and receive the flow chart of the method for gift icon.
At step S1200, when operation respectively can send and receive the user terminal 100 of software (hereinafter referred to as communicator) of message and data and receiving terminal 500 in real time and interconnect by wireline communication network, show communicator window 1300 as shown in Figure 13.
At step S1210, when having selected flash con menu 1320 in the communicator window that in the screen of user terminal 100, shows, demonstration is corresponding to the information of the product of gift, and when mouse pointer places on the product, shows [giving gift] or [request gift].
When mouse pointer places on the expected product of communicator window 400 of Figure 13 and when [giving gift] 1340 and [request gift] 1360 selected [request gift] 1360, when namely selecting gift request item, shows as the send window among Figure 14.At step S1220 and S1230, will ask telephone number corresponding to the receiving terminal of the gift icon of product in send window input, then the gift request message is sent to receiving terminal 500.
Use in the example at one, if there is the receiving terminal of a plurality of request gift icons, then can import the concurrent icon of giving a present of telephone number of a plurality of receiving terminals.
At step S1240 and S1250, when receiving terminal 500 selects the gift requests to accept message, send gift icon corresponding to product to user terminal 100 or first portable terminal that is connected to this terminal.First portable terminal is the portable terminal that the user by user terminal 100 registers in communicator, and second portable terminal is the portable terminal that the user by receiving terminal 500 registers in communicator.
With reference to Figure 17, use in the example at one, after the gift request message has sent to receiving terminal 500, show by the indicated communicator window of label 1710 at user terminal 100.When receiving terminal 500 has been accepted the gift request and finished clearing, send the message of being indicated by label 1730 to first portable terminal.In Figure 18, shown communicator window 1800 that the gift request according to user terminal 500 shows in receiving terminal 500, accepting the settlement window 820 that makes it possible to settle accounts after the gift request and finished communicator window 1840 after the clearing.
In this case, in gift generator 300, arrange and recorded about user terminal 100 or receive the portable terminal of gift icon and the information of the download time limit of gift icon and available life at least one.When the gift icon is used, when perhaps available life had expired, gift generator 300 was forbidden re-using of gift icon, sent the use disable message of this gift icon then to the portable terminal of having downloaded the gift icon.
In addition, when the user with gift icon accepted gift in predetermined shop, registration was finished message from the acceptance of the terminal transmission in shop in gift generator 300, thereby forbids reusing the gift icon.
Use in the example at one, the available life of gift icon is set, make to send and the corresponding reimbursement of gift icon or the refunding guide message in available life, do not used to the terminal for the checkout of gift icon.The content of the gift icon that sends in the scheduled period can be provided to user terminal 100 or receiving terminal 500 in addition.
When to user terminal 100 or first portable terminal transmission gift icon, show the answer button of the screen that is used for user terminal 100 or first portable terminal.
Use in the example at one, when having sent the gift icon to user terminal 100, user terminal 100 can download to the gift icon first portable terminal.
Describe the Another Application example in detail with reference to Figure 19.When receiving terminal 500 requests send the gift icon, send the guide message of gift icon to the screen of first portable terminal, shown in label 1910, and when first mobile terminal user has been finished the download of gift icon (referring to label 1920 and 1930), at step S1260, generate [presenting a gift in return] button that shows on the screen of first portable terminal, shown in label 1940.
In this case, when the user has selected [presenting a gift in return] button, as shown in Figure 19, show gift information or gift inventory (not shown), so that the user can select at least one gift by presenting a gift in return.Select gift settlement process (S1270) same as described above afterwards.
At step S1280, when having selected to present a gift in return button and having determined gift, send gift icon corresponding to this gift to receiving terminal 500 or second portable terminal.
[the 6th execution mode]
Figure 21 illustrates the 6th execution mode according to the present invention to utilize portable terminal that the message flow of the method for gift icon is provided.
At step S2110 and S2120, when carrying out with being connected of gift generator 300 by mobile communications network, demonstration as shown in Figure 24 the wap page and provide product information corresponding to gift by the wap page 2400 to portable terminal 130 then.
With reference to the wap page 2400 of Figure 24, the wap page 2400 comprises that gift provides button 2410, gift request button 2420 and the gift inventory of product information is provided.Select gift can select a gift from the gift inventory 2450 that shows after button 2410 is provided, and obtaining the product information 2470 corresponding to this gift.
Use in the example at one, during in the wap page 2400, having selected the indicated button of label 2430 one, show the information about selected product 2470.
When having selected product, show the wap page that label 2490 is indicated at the screen of portable terminal 130, and when having selected [search address book] 2492, address stored book in the demonstration portable terminal 130.In step 2130, select to receive receiving terminal 500 corresponding to the gift icon of product from address book.
Use in the example at one, in the wap page indicated by label 2490, comprise be used to making it possible to import the telephone number of receiving terminal or the item 2494 of Email.
At step S2140 and S2150, when portable terminal 130 is selected to be used for the button 2410 of gift icon is provided, send the message that the request gifts provide to gift generator 300, and provide with this gift to receiving terminal 500 and to provide request message corresponding gift icon.
In addition, when portable terminal 130 has been selected button is provided, show the wap page that is used for clearing at portable terminal 130, and when finishing clearing, provide the gift icon to receiving terminal 500.
Shown in the label 2600 of Figure 28, receive the gift icon as the short message with URL, and when having selected URL 2610, at the picture of receiving terminal 500 demonstrations shown in label 2620.In this case, when having selected to be used for downloading the button 2630 of gift icon and having downloaded the gift icon from gift generator 300 or by the book server that URL connects, show and present a gift in return button 2650.Figure 28 illustrates the example of the gift icon of downloading.
Figure 27 shows the product that shows on the screen about receiving terminal 500 or the information of gift inventory when receiving terminal 500 is selected to present a gift in return button 2650.
At step S2160 and S2165, when having selected to present a gift in return button 2650, and when having selected gift then, show the telephone number 2710 that the portable terminal of gift icon is provided to receiving terminal, and the user can import the telephone number of another terminal in addition.
Therefore, at step S2170, send gift icon corresponding to product to the terminal of receiving terminal.
At step S2180, S2190 and S2195, the available life of gift icon is set, make successively or send and the corresponding reimbursement of gift icon or the refunding guide message in available life, do not used to portable terminal 130 and receiving terminal 500 simultaneously.
Use in the example at one, the gift icon is the bar code type, the validity of the bar code type gift icon that 300 checkings of gift generator are sent from POS (point of sale) terminal in predetermined shop, and send the identifying code of finishing corresponding to checking to the POS terminal.When having received identifying code, allow to use bar code type gift icon, and the POS terminal accepts to finish message to gift generator transmission gift icon.
[the 7th execution mode]
Figure 22 illustrates the 7th execution mode according to the present invention to utilize portable terminal that the message flow of the method for gift icon is provided.
In the 7th execution mode, the button 2520 of selecting to be used for the request gift as the user of portable terminal 130 is described below, when namely gift receives the request button, provide a kind of method of gift icon.
At step S2210 and S2220, in company with the wap page 2500 of Figure 25, provide product information corresponding to gift to the portable terminal 130 that is connected with gift generator 300 by mobile communications network.
At step S2230, when portable terminal 130 is selected product, show address book, and will select at least one address from address book for the portable terminal of settling accounts corresponding to the gift request of product.
At step S2240 and S2250, when portable terminal 130 has selected request to receive the button 2450 of gift icon, send gifts to gift generator 300 and receive request messages, and gift generator 300 sends gift to mobile terminal receive 500 request message is provided.
Mobile terminal receive 500 receives gift and receives request message, and as shown in Figure 29, the checking gift receives the content 2910 that comprises in the request message, and selects the gift request to accept message.At step S2260 and S2270, when finishing clearing, send the gift icon to portable terminal 130.
When mobile terminal receive 500 selects the gift requests to accept message, send to the portable terminal 300 of request gift and to comprise the predetermined short message of having stored corresponding to the URL of the gift icon of product.
Afterwards, when portable terminal 130 utilizes this URL to carry out connection and request download gift icon, download the gift icon, as shown in Figure 28.
The portable terminal 130 that has received the gift icon to S2290 at step S2280 shows to be presented a gift in return button and selects predetermined gift to send it to the process of the distant terminal that the gift icon is provided identical with shown in the 6th execution mode then.
In addition, when the user with gift icon accepted gift in predetermined shop, registration was finished message from the acceptance that the shop terminal sends in gift generator 300, thereby forbids reusing the gift icon.
Use in the example at one, the gift icon is the bar code type, and gift generator 300 is verified from the validity of the bar code type gift icon of POS (point of sale) the terminal transmission in predetermined shop, and sent the identifying code of finishing corresponding to checking to the POS terminal.When having received identifying code, allow to use bar code type gift icon, and the POS terminal accepts to finish message to gift generator transmission gift icon.
[the 8th execution mode]
Figure 23 illustrates the 8th execution mode according to the present invention to utilize portable terminal that the message flow of the method for gift icon is provided.
At step S2310, S2320, S2330 and S2340, when providing corresponding to the product information of gift to the portable terminal 130 that is connected with gift generator 300 by mobile communications network and selecting a product then, gift generator 300 provides the address book that is associated with portable terminal 300, and makes it possible to select at least one group from address book.
At step S2350 and S2360, when selecting to be used for to provide the button of gift icon, portable terminal 130 sends the gift icon, described in the 6th and the 7th execution mode.
At step S2370 and S2375, gift generator 300 is to having settled accounts the portable terminal of account or the content that receiving terminal is provided at the gift icon that sends in the scheduled period for the gift icon.
With reference to Figure 30, when portable terminal is connected with gift generator 300, in the wap page that provides, select with the gift icon provide, receive and manage relevant [my gift icon] item 3100, provide by the indicated wap page of label 3110, and when the content of the gift icon that portable terminal sends is seen in expectation, select the indicated item of label 3120.
When selecting label 3120 indicated [checking the content of the gift icon that sends], in the wap page, show to indicate to have sent which gift icon whom has received the inventory of gift icon with, shown in label 3140 and 3160.Use in the example at one, in the memory of portable terminal 130, stored the inventory of label 3140 and 3160, therefore can read this inventory.
If selected label 3130 indicated [checking the content of the gift icon that receives], show gift icon inventories as label 3150, and when selection one of them the time, the details 3155 about this gift icon are provided.
In this case, can select to download 3170 gift icons and it is stored in the memory of portable terminal 130 according to the user.The example of the gift icon of downloading has been shown among Figure 28.Use in the example at one, the gift icon is the above bar code type of one dimension.