KR100485360B1 - Method for purchasing products using products position information - Google Patents

Abstract

A search client having an air interface unit, a store client installed in each store and connected to an access point, and a product information database, a product location information database, Applicable to a product purchase system including an operation server having a member information database and a purchase history database, and transmitting user information from a wireless terminal device of a purchaser to a client for searching through a wireless interface unit; Transmitting the transmitted user information from the client for search to the operation server to authenticate the registered member from the member information database; Searching for products to be purchased using a client for searching, extracting and outputting the location information of the searched purchased products from the product location information database of the operation server; Generating a temporary purchase information database on the operation server by matching user information with product information and location information of the found product; Receives user information from the wireless terminal device detected from the access point connected to the store client and compares it with the user information in the temporary purchase information database of the operation server and transmits the store access signal to the detected wireless terminal device if the location information is matched. Doing; And sequentially purchasing purchased products retrieved from the corresponding store.

Description

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The present invention relates to a product purchase method using the product location information, and more specifically, to search for the product to be purchased in the store to receive the location information on the place where the product is located to make it easier to purchase the product It relates to a product purchase method using the product location information.

Furthermore, the present invention relates to a product purchase method using product location information to remind a user to purchase a product by transmitting a store access signal to a user terminal device as a user approaches a store where a product to be purchased is located. .

In general, in purchasing a product through a department store, a convenience store or a discount store, the biggest problem is that it is difficult to quickly identify the location of the product to be purchased. This is also a problem that becomes more prominent as the size of department stores increases. In particular, as department stores become higher, a lot of time and effort are spent from the buyer's point of view in order to find a product to purchase.

This problem is less likely for buyers who have repeatedly shopped, but it causes considerable confusion for shoppers who visit the store for the first time or shop only at certain stores.

In addition, when all the shopping is finished, there is a lot of failure to buy all the products planned to buy. Normally, a shopping list written on a paper or the like to purchase, but it is cumbersome to check each time, so whenever you buy a product to check whether you have already purchased the listed products.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a product purchase method that facilitates the purchase of goods in the store by searching and confirming the location information of the store to be purchased.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a product purchase method for facilitating product purchase by receiving a location of a store where a product to be purchased exists through data transmission between an access point installed in a store and a wireless terminal device.

Other objects and features of the present invention will be more clearly understood through the embodiments described below.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a client for a search having an air interface unit, a store client installed in each store and connected to an access point, and the client for search and the store client are connected through a network. Applied to a product purchasing system including an information server, an operation server having a product location information database, a member information database, and a purchase history database, and transmits user information from a wireless terminal device of a purchaser to a client for retrieval through a wireless interface unit. Doing; Transmitting the transmitted user information from the client for search to the operation server to authenticate the registered member from the member information database; Searching for products to be purchased using a client for searching, extracting and outputting the location information of the searched purchased products from the product location information database of the operation server; Generating a temporary purchase information database on the operation server by matching user information with product information and location information of the found product; Receives user information from the wireless terminal device detected from the access point connected to the store client and compares it with the user information in the temporary purchase information database of the operation server and transmits the store access signal to the detected wireless terminal device if the location information is matched. Doing; Disclosed is a product purchase method using product location information comprising sequentially purchasing purchased products retrieved from a corresponding store.

Preferably, the user information includes a unique ID of the wireless terminal device, and the unique ID may be a device number or a phone number of the wireless terminal device.

Optionally, the product information and the location information of the searched product may be transmitted to the wireless terminal device of the purchaser and stored in the wireless terminal device.

Preferably, the product information and the location information of the searched product are output to the buyer in the form of printed matter, and the location information may be displayed on the map of the store.

In addition, whenever a purchase of a product is completed, the purchase history is transmitted from the client for the store to the operation server, and the corresponding product information is deleted from the temporary purchase information database.

Preferably, if there is no transmission of the purchase history for a predetermined time, the operation server transmits a guide message to the entire store client by adding a unique ID of the corresponding wireless terminal device, each client for the store is connected to the wireless terminal from the connected access point When the device approaches, it sends the received announcement message.

According to another aspect of the present invention, if the user does not want to purchase a product while traveling through a store, after completing a search using a search client, the searched product information is transmitted from the search client to the logistics server. Based on the received product information, the purchased product is delivered to the buyer offline through a predetermined delivery procedure.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described an embodiment of the present invention.

1 is a network configuration diagram of a system for applying the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the wireless terminal device 212 includes, for example, a built-in Bluetooth module, and the search computer system 100 includes built-in Bluetooth modules or is connected to the wireless interface unit 210. . In addition, the search computer system 210 is connected to the operation server 300 via the network 10.

The wireless terminal device 212 has a unique ID, the unique ID may be a device number given at the time of manufacture or a phone number given at the time of sale. These unique IDs are recorded in the member information DB of the operation server 300 together with information such as owner, telephone number, credit card, and the like, as described later.

The wireless terminal device 212 may be a personal communication services (PCS) terminal device, an IMT-2000 terminal device, or a portable digital assistant.

The client 100 for searching is used for member authentication and searching for a product to be purchased, and may be, for example, a computer system capable of networking. The short-range communication unit 210 which transmits / receives data by short-range communication with the wireless communication terminal device 212 is connected to the search computer system 100.

The store client 110 installed in each store may be a computer system, and is connected to the computer system 100 for searching and the operation server 300 through a network 10 such as a LAN. An access point 120 is connected to the store computer system 110, and preferably, the access point 120 is installed at a general entrance, an escalator entrance, an elevator entrance, or a merchandise display rack. When the wireless terminal device equipped with the Bluetooth module enters a program in the access point 120 and enters a sensing distance, data is transmitted to the wireless terminal device.

The operation server 300 is connected to the search and store clients 100 and 110 through a network 10 such as a LAN, and includes a product information database, a product location information database and a member information database, and a purchase history database. It is connected to the data server 310.

In addition, the logistics system management server 400 is connected to the network 10, and supplies the goods stored in the logistics warehouse offline through a separate delivery line at the request of the client.

A method of purchasing a product using a system having such a configuration will be described.

2 is a flow chart showing a product purchase method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The owner of the wireless terminal device may access the operation server in advance and register as a member, and input user information. The user information may be an owner ID, a name, a unique ID of the owning wireless terminal device, and the like, and an address, an e-mail, and a credit card information may be added as necessary. As described above, the unique ID of the radio terminal apparatus may be set as a serial number assigned at the time of manufacture as a main key for distinguishing the radio terminal apparatus, or an allowed telephone number may be used as the unique ID.

A purchaser who owns a wireless terminal device enters a store where a product purchase system of the present invention is installed and searches for a place where a product to be purchased is located in order to purchase a desired product.

To this end, the user's wireless terminal device 212 is brought closer to the wireless interface unit 210 connected to the search computer system 100 (step S10). The wireless interface unit 210 includes a Bluetooth module, a wireless LAN module, or an RF module, and transmits data when the wireless terminal device 212 approaches within a certain distance.

The search computer system 100 receives user information from the wireless terminal device 212, and requests, for example, the operation server 300 from the member information DB using the unique ID of the wireless terminal device as a key. It is checked whether a corresponding unique ID exists to authenticate the membership (step S12).

If authenticated as a member, the buyer searches for the location information of the product to be purchased using the search program installed in the search computer system 100 (step S14). At this time, the operation server 300 extracts and transmits the location information in the store from the product location information DB in response to the search query of the search computer system 100, and transmits the unique ID and product information of the wireless terminal device and the location information in the store. Create a temporary purchase information database by matching

On the other hand, the buyer may search in-store location information for the product to be purchased in advance. For example, the wireless terminal device 212 may be connected to a wireless web server constructed in the same manner as an operation server through a wireless network to search for a product. You can also access to search for products. In this case, as soon as the member authentication is completed in the store, there is an advantage in that you can go to the store and purchase the product.

In this case, product information and location information of the searched product should be received from the operation server through a wired or wireless network and stored in the wireless terminal device.

To this end, for example, a transmission button may be added to a web page provided by the operation server 300 to transmit product information and location information of a found product to a phone number of a desired wireless terminal device.

For example, if a non-member A wants to purchase a product, the member B searches for a product at home and then transmits the product information and location information of the searched product directly to the mobile unit such as A's mobile phone. have.

Optionally, the searched product information is transmitted to the store computer system 110 in the area where the searched product is located at the time when the product search by the purchaser is completed (step S15). Accordingly, the operator of each store computer system 110 has an advantage of saving time for the buyer by preparing the goods in advance so that the goods can be delivered immediately when the buyer comes to the location.

Subsequently, the retrieved product information and the store location information of the product are transmitted to the wireless terminal device and output (step S16). Preferably, the user convenience may be enhanced by providing an image form indicating a location of a product to be purchased by overlapping the directions of each floor in the store. Also, preferably, the in-store location information of the product may be output as a printed matter through the printer 105.

Along with this, the product information and the location information of the product which are selectively transmitted to the wireless terminal device 212 are stored in the wireless terminal device (step S18), and the buyer can check the location information of the stored product when necessary.

After completing the search, the purchaser moves to the corresponding store to purchase a product. At this time, the access point 120 installed in the passageway entering and exiting the store on each floor transmits a signal when the wireless terminal device 212 enters the sensing distance. Upon receiving the signal, the wireless terminal device 212 transmits user information including a unique ID, and the access point 120 transmits the information to the computer system 110 for the store, and the computer system for the store 110 is an operation server. The store 300 extracts location information from the temporary purchase information database corresponding to the received unique ID and checks whether there is a product to be purchased in the store where the corresponding computer system for the store 110 is installed.

For example, if the product that the buyer wants to purchase is "basic cosmetics", the unique ID of the buyer's wireless terminal device is "100-XX-23456", and the location in the store is "9F-R2L3", the temporary purchase information The database stores information about each field. At this time, if the confirmation request from the store computer system of the store on the 9th floor, since the location in the store is "9th floor right 2 columns left 3 columns", the operation server 200 to send a signal that the location to the store computer system do.

The store computer system 110 receives a signal from the operation server 300 that a product to be purchased by a buyer is located in a store where the shop is located, and receives a store access signal to the wireless terminal device 212 through the access point 120. (Step S20). The store access signal may have any output form, for example, it may be a guide message, "This floor has basic cosmetics out of the five products you want to purchase."

Preferably, product information and location information stored in the wireless terminal device may be displayed on the wireless terminal device based on the received store access signal. In this case, the wireless terminal device 212 may be equipped with a GPS module to simultaneously display the current location of the buyer based on the location information transmitted from the GPS satellite to facilitate access to the purchased product.

The purchaser purchases a product to be purchased from the corresponding location in the store by referring to the guide sound and the display information output from the wireless terminal device 212 (step S22). Preferably, the payment at the time of purchase may be performed by mobile payment using the wireless terminal device 212, after the payment of the purchased goods immediately after payment or all purchases are completed, all the goods purchased in a certain place may be delivered.

At this time, preferably, by transmitting the searched product information to the store computer system 110 in the area where the searched product is located at the time when the product search by the buyer is completed, the operator of each store computer system 110 is the buyer in the corresponding position If you come, you can prepare the goods in advance so that they can be delivered immediately. This has the advantage that the buyer can save more time.

When the purchase is made through the store computer system 110, the purchase history is transmitted to the operation server 300 (step S23), and the operation server 300 completes the purchase from the temporary purchase information database based on the transmitted purchase history. Delete information about the product.

At this time, the operation server 300 determines whether the purchase history corresponding to each wireless terminal device is transmitted within a predetermined time (step S24), if not transmitted, the operation server 300 is the entire computer system for the store 110 Transmits a guide message to the wireless terminal device by adding a unique ID, and each store computer system 110 transmits the received guide message when the wireless terminal device 212 approaches from the connected access point 120. To inform the purchase that the purchase of goods is not completed (step S26).

In addition, as described above, when all purchases and payments are completed and delivery of goods at a predetermined location, if there is a product that has not been purchased from the temporary purchase information database of the operation server 300, it is output as printed matter. It can be provided to the buyer to inform that there is a product that has not been purchased.

On the other hand, if you do not want to purchase a product while traveling through the store using the search computer system 100 can complete the search immediately after ordering a product purchase.

The retrieved product information is transmitted from the computer system 100 for searching to the distribution server 400 (step S28), and the distribution server 400 purchases the purchased product offline through a predetermined delivery procedure based on the received product information. To the user (step S30).

According to the merchandise purchase system according to the present invention, the search computer system is installed in a separate space and can be installed in plural to minimize congestion. In addition, the payment for the goods purchased in the store is also possible to pay using a wireless terminal device, for this purpose, a known wireless payment module should be installed.

In addition, the definition of the unique ID or location information of the wireless terminal device, the product information database, the product location information database and member information database, the structure of the purchase history database, etc. can be modified as appropriate to the situation.

As various changes are possible in the level of those skilled in the art, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the above-described embodiment, but should be construed by the claims described below.

According to the product purchase method of the present invention as described above, it is possible to quickly and easily purchase the product in the store by searching and confirming the location information of the store to be purchased.

In addition, through the data transmission between the access point installed in the store and the wireless terminal device is provided with the location of the store where the product to be purchased exists to purchase the product has the advantage of reminding the buyer even if you forget the product you want to purchase.

Furthermore, user convenience may be enhanced by outputting the product location information along with the product information to the wireless terminal device in the form of an image.

In addition, supply chain management (SCM), which can efficiently process production planning, delivery, and inventory management in parts procurement by computerizing processes for producing products, has an advantage. That is, it is possible to predict the purchasers of the buyers in advance, and since the purchase history is databased, it can be analyzed later and qualitatively and quantitatively to optimize the corresponding supply chain.

1 is a network configuration diagram of a system for applying the present invention.

2 is a flow chart showing a product purchase method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (14)

A search client having an air interface unit, a store client installed in each store and connected to an access point, and a product information database, a product location information database, Applied to a product purchase system including an operation server having a member information database and a purchase history database. Transmitting user information including a unique ID of the wireless terminal device from the wireless terminal device of the purchaser to the searching client through the wireless interface unit; Transmitting the transmitted user information from the searching client to the operation server to authenticate whether the registered member is registered from the member information database; Searching for products to be purchased using the search client, extracting and outputting location information of the searched purchased products from the product location information database of the operation server; Transmitting product information and location information of the found product to the wireless terminal device of the purchaser and storing the information on the wireless terminal device; Generating a temporary purchase information database on the operation server by matching the user information with product information and location information of the searched product; Receiving user information from a wireless terminal device detected from an access point connected to the client for the store and comparing the location information with the user information in the temporary purchase information database of the operation server, if the location information matches the detected wireless terminal Transmitting to the device; The product purchase method using the product location information comprising the step of sequentially purchasing the searched purchases from the store. delete delete delete The method of claim 1, wherein the location information is displayed superimposed on a store map. The method of claim 1, wherein the purchase history is transmitted from the client for the store to the operation server every time the purchase of the product is completed, and the corresponding product information is deleted from the temporary purchase information database. According to claim 6, If there is no transmission of the purchase history for a predetermined time, the operation server transmits a guide message to the entire store client by adding a unique ID of the wireless terminal device, each store client is connected to the access point Commodity purchase method using the product location information for transmitting the received guidance message when the wireless terminal device from the access. delete delete The method of claim 1, wherein when the purchase is completed, payment is made by using a store client of a corresponding store, and delivery of all products purchased at a predetermined location after all purchases are completed. The product purchase method according to claim 10, wherein a list of goods not purchased from a temporary purchase information database of the operation server is output to the purchaser when the purchased goods are delivered. The product location information of claim 3, wherein the wireless terminal device transmits the store access signal to the wireless terminal device and simultaneously displays the location information of the wireless terminal device received from a GPS satellite together with the stored product information and the location information. Product purchase method using. The product of claim 1, wherein the operator of the client for the store stores the searched product in advance for the buyer by transmitting the searched product information to the client for the store in the area where the searched product is located at the time when the product search by the buyer is completed. Product purchase method using the product location information to prepare. delete