KR101169390B1 - A real-time mobile coupon management system and the method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A real-time mobile coupon management system and method thereof are provided to authenticate the validity of mobile coupons transmitted to a mobile terminal by enabling a mobile coupon management unit to manage the validity of the mobile coupons and state values. CONSTITUTION: The identification number of a mobile terminal(220) is transmitted to a coupon management system(320) using a mobile coupon management unit of the mobile terminal. After the mobile coupon management system recognizes the identification number of the mobile terminal, the mobile coupon management system transmits the mobile coupons to mobile coupon management unit of the mobile terminal. The mobile coupon management system transmits information for the mobile coupons to a member store terminal(520) where a user uses the mobile coupons.

Description

Real-time mobile coupon management system and its method {A REAL-TIME MOBILE COUPON MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND THE METHOD THEREOF}

The present invention relates to a system for managing mobile tickets and coupons generated on-line that can replace coupons widely used by printing on media such as paper, and a management method thereof, and more specifically, an app of a mobile terminal such as a smartphone. To verify the validity of the mobile coupon delivered to the user's mobile terminal, and invalidate the mobile coupon after using the service so that it can not be reused, when the user uses a mobile ticket or coupon in real time mobile terminal or merchant and coupon management system The present invention relates to an efficient system and method for simplifying a process compared to an existing system or method for connecting and paying.

Recently, as the spread of mobile terminals such as smart phones and smart pads is expanded, the electronic billing of tickets and coupons using mobile devices is being activated instead of the tickets and coupons using paper. When using the smart mobile terminal, even if you do not have a Wi-Fi (WiFi) zone 3G network, there is an advantage that you can access the Internet anywhere in the country. Therefore, except for the case of offline, various substitutes, such as mobile vouchers, mobile tickets, mobile coupons, and so on, can be accessed from the mobile terminal with the management system of the mobile substitutes. Payment can be made at any time.

In addition, most mobile coupons can be received through electronic means such as e-mail, homepage download, short message service (SMS), multimedia message service (MMS), and the like. You can easily get the service by presenting in place.

The conventional method of using a mobile coupon is difficult to access easily by the user and the service provider because the following is too complicated and difficult to use the service.

In the conventional system, the mobile coupon transmitted as a barcode requires an additional device in order to pay it, and the authentication process must be performed offline. There has been a significant difference in the spread of services, and the expansion of services has been hampered by such problems.

In addition, the problem with the conventional mobile coupons and gift certificates, there are many problems in real-time processing due to the excessively complex authentication process and the delay time for synchronizing the system due to the interaction between the user and the merchant and authentication system, eventually There have been problems in disseminating mobile coupons and tickets by causing management problems such as illegal use of coupons and tickets or duplicate use.

Patent registration No. 1059767 (August 22, 2011) relates to a payment system using a mobile coupon and its operation method, with a request for a discount service or discount products for restaurants, lodging, rental car, tourism, retail, etc. A customer terminal for inputting pre-registration information and card information about the customer; A PG terminal for storing the discount service or discount product requested by the customer terminal and the pre-registration information into a customer DB, and temporarily storing card information according to the customer DB; An operator that generates a pre-registration DB according to pre-registration information from the customer DB by interworking with the customer DB of the PG terminal, and transmits an authentication bar code generated by encrypting the pre-registration DB and the temporarily stored card information to the customer terminal. server; And a merchant terminal scanning the authentication bar code and performing a payment request to the operator server and the PG terminal based on the authentication bar code. The merchant terminal is characterized in that the pre-registration information and the card information is encrypted in the form of receiving the authentication bar code from the customer terminal proceeds from the payment inquiry to payment approval only with the authentication bar code. The registered patent is a payment system using a mobile coupon in the form of using a barcode, the present invention uses a smartphone application (application program) instead of a barcode, and also the registered patent focuses on mobile payment while the present invention is a discount coupon The difference is the focus on managing the validity of the.

Patent Publication No. 2011-0080133 (2011.07.12.) Relates to a mobile coupon real-time authentication payment method and apparatus using a mobile terminal, such as a smartphone, a) downloading the coupon authentication program to the memory of the mobile terminal; b) transmitting the identification number of the mobile terminal to the coupon authentication system and receiving the previously purchased mobile coupon and storing at least one in the internal storage space or memory of the coupon authentication program; c-1) the user transmits his or her identification code to the mobile coupon merchant, the mobile coupon merchant transmits the authentication code received from the mobile coupon issuer to the user, the user entering the authentication code in the coupon authentication program ; Or c-2) the user directly receiving the authentication code by contact / contactless or a separate communication method; d) in the coupon authentication program, transmitting the received authentication information to the coupon authentication system; And e) in the coupon authentication system, authenticating the user and the mobile coupon, notifying the merchant of approval, and changing the state value of the used mobile coupon. The disclosed patent is similar to the present invention in that it uses a smart phone, but the disclosed patent undergoes a complicated procedure for authenticating a mobile coupon in a coupon authentication system, which may cause a delay in actual real time processing. It is cumbersome to enter the verification code directly. In addition, the open patent has a difficulty in managing the authentication code because the coupon issuer and the affiliated store must separately manage the authentication code. On the other hand, the present invention is an improvement over the above patents in that the authentication procedure is simplified using a smartphone application.

The present invention was devised to solve the above problems of the existing invention, the mobile coupon manager installed in the mobile terminal in charge of all the management related to the validity and status value of the mobile coupon, the user is validity of the mobile coupon transmitted to the mobile terminal It is possible to verify, the user can use the mobile coupon simpler than the existing mobile coupon authentication method, the user can be provided with convenience in the process of using the mobile coupon. In addition, the present invention can solve the problem of redundancy of the mobile coupon by making it impossible to reuse the mobile coupon.

The prior invention relates to mobile coupon authentication that occurs on / offline (the merchant does not need to be online), and the present invention is for the case of online merchants. Therefore, in the existing invention, when the coupon information is received from the merchant, the coupon information and the user information are transmitted by various methods such as telephone, fax, or the Internet, and when the user requests the merchant to use the authentication code need.

The conventional mobile coupon management system includes a process in which a user makes an authentication request to an affiliate store, a process in which the merchant transmits an authentication code to the user, and a process in which the user transmits the authentication code received to the coupon authentication system. Doing. Such mobile coupon authentication code method of the existing invention may cause inconvenience to the user because the procedure is very complicated.

Accordingly, the present invention provides a coupon management system method that is in charge of all management related to the validity and status of the mobile coupon in the coupon management program in the mobile terminal, the user does not perform a separate authentication process, the mobile in a simplified operation Coupons can be used on the terminal.

In the coupon management program, the term "program" is a means in which the category is a component of the object invention, and the coupon management program may be used as a mobile coupon manager. Therefore, after the coupon management program in the present invention can be used as the same meaning as the mobile coupon manager.

Accordingly, the present invention provides a user convenience when using a mobile coupon in a mobile terminal such as a smartphone, and also provides a simplified and stable mobile coupon operating system.

In addition, the problem to be solved in the present invention is largely to solve the problems of the mobile coupons currently used in two aspects.

First, a mobile coupon transmitted to a mobile device in the form of an image such as a bar code is difficult for a user to know the validity of the mobile coupon, and problems such as duplication frequently occur. In addition, it is difficult for the issuer of the hair coupon to correctly manage whether the previously issued mobile coupons are used. In order to solve this problem, the present invention allows the user to install a coupon management program on the mobile device to carry, manage the validity of the mobile coupon, etc., and provides the user's convenience in the use process.

Second, in the case of other mobile coupons that manage mobile coupons by installing a separate program on the mobile device, the issuer needs additional work to manage the validity of the mobile coupon, and when using the coupon, the mobile coupon issuer In addition, users and merchants tend to be inconvenient because they require additional work processes. This problem is caused by the issuer managing the validity of the mobile coupon already distributed to the user, in the present invention to manage the validity of the mobile coupon in the coupon management program installed on the user's mobile device, eventually more convenient and stable mobile Provide a coupon operation system.

Real-time mobile coupon management method according to the present invention to achieve the above object, the step of transmitting the identification number of the mobile terminal to the coupon management system through the mobile coupon manager of the mobile terminal; The coupon management system recognizes the identification number of the corresponding mobile terminal, and then transmits the corresponding mobile coupon to the mobile coupon manager of the mobile terminal, and transmits the information about the mobile coupon to the affiliated store where the mobile coupon is used. ; The mobile coupon manager stores the received mobile coupon in the memory unit, and transmits the coupon status information for the mobile coupon to the coupon management system; The coupon management system transmitting the coupon status information for the received mobile coupon to the affiliated store; And checking, by the affiliate store that has received the status information of the mobile coupon, the status information of the corresponding mobile coupon, and providing a service to a user who presents the corresponding mobile coupon. It is configured to include,

The state of the mobile coupon stored in the memory unit of the mobile coupon manager has a "coupon standby" state, and changes the mobile coupon of "coupon standby" state to "coupon in use" state in order to use the issued mobile coupon. Characterized in that,

The coupon management system may separately manage a list of coupons of the user, the merchant is a state of the mobile coupon, characterized in that the user can only view the list of coupons in use through the prediction and the point of use of the merchant terminal. Characterized in that the management is performed by the mobile coupon manager of the mobile terminal, the mobile coupon manager manages the validity of the mobile coupon,

The transmitting of the information about the mobile coupon to the affiliated store where the mobile coupon is used is characterized in that it is transmitted when the coupon information is read from the affiliated store through the affiliated store terminal.

In addition, a real-time mobile coupon management system, the mobile terminal possessed by the user; Merchant terminal of the mobile coupon merchant; And coupon management system; It is configured to include, the mobile terminal of the user and the merchant terminal and coupon management system of the mobile coupon merchant is connected to the communication network, the mobile terminal is provided with a mobile coupon manager, the mobile coupon manager for the coupon status It serves to transmit data to the coupon management system of the communication network, and also receives the corresponding mobile coupon from the coupon management system, characterized in that the notification of the coupon use information for the coupon,

The mobile coupon manager is configured to include a control unit, a communication unit, a download unit, a memory unit, a display unit, and further includes a validity management unit for managing the validity of the mobile coupon, the validity management unit performs coupon status management of the mobile coupon The merchant terminal includes a control unit, a display unit, and a communication unit to receive data from a coupon management system of a communication network, and to transmit coupon use information input from the affiliate store to a coupon management system. The system includes a issuing unit for issuing a coupon, a communication unit for transmitting data, a controller for controlling data, and a coupon information management unit for managing a coupon state. The coupon management system is a mobile coupon with a mobile coupon manager installed. To send the merchant to the user The mobile coupon is presented, the service is provided to the corresponding user, and the coupon usage information of the user is transmitted to the coupon management system.

The present invention relates to a system for managing mobile tickets and coupons that occur online and a method of managing the same, and provides a coupon management system method in charge of all management related to the validity and status value of a mobile coupon in a mobile coupon manager in a mobile terminal. By doing so, the user can use the coupon in the mobile terminal in a simplified operation without performing a separate authentication procedure, thereby providing convenience to the user when using the mobile coupon in a mobile terminal such as a smartphone, and simplified and stable Provide mobile coupon operating system.

1 is a process flowchart of a mobile coupon system according to the prior art,
2 is a flowchart of a mobile coupon system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a more specific process flow diagram of a mobile coupon system according to an embodiment of the present invention,
4 is an exemplary diagram of a usage scenario of a mobile coupon using a mobile coupon management program on a mobile terminal in a mobile coupon system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
5 is a block diagram of a mobile coupon management system according to an embodiment of the present invention,
6 is a flowchart of processing information according to the use of a mobile coupon in a mobile coupon management system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a process of a mobile coupon system according to the prior art.

Referring to FIG. 1, the user 100 transmits the identification number of the mobile terminal 200 possessed by the user to the coupon authentication system 300 through the coupon authentication program of the mobile terminal. Then, the coupon authentication system 300 recognizing the identification number transmits the mobile coupon to the mobile terminal 200, and transmits the information about the mobile coupon to the affiliated store (400). Subsequently, the user 100 receives the mobile coupon and then proceeds to request an authentication code to the affiliated store, and the affiliated store 400 transmits the authentication code received from the mobile coupon issuer to the user. Here, the user 100 includes directly requesting an authentication code by a contact / contactless or separate communication method in a step of receiving an authentication code from the affiliate store 400 and receiving the direct authentication method. As described above, the authentication code may be transmitted in real time from the affiliate store 200 or may be received before a transaction request.

The user 100 inputs an authentication code transmitted from an affiliated store to the mobile terminal 200, and the input authentication code is transmitted from the coupon authentication program of the mobile terminal to the coupon authentication system. Then, the coupon authentication system 300 checks the authentication code of the corresponding mobile coupon and processes the authentication result, and then transmits the approval result to the coupon authentication program of the corresponding mobile terminal. The status value of the mobile coupon that has been authenticated and approved by the coupon certification program is changed. The state of the mobile coupon can be divided into the state of available, exceeding the expiration date, use completion, gift sending.

The coupon authentication system transmits the authentication approval result for the corresponding mobile coupon to the affiliated store 400. The authentication approval result is transmitted as an electronic signal via SMS or other web or communication network. The affiliated store 400 recognizing the authentication approval result provides a service, goods, or services to the user 100 according to the approval result.

As described above, the existing prior art manages all matters related to the validity and status value of the mobile coupon through the authentication code managed by the coupon authentication system 300.

However, the coupon management system and method proposed in the present invention is to manage the validity of the coupon in the program installed in the mobile terminal.

In other words, while the prior art has to go through a complicated authentication process through the coupon authentication system when using the mobile coupon, the present invention manages the state of the mobile coupon through the coupon management program installed in the mobile terminal, so that the complex authentication procedure There is a difference from the prior art in that a mobile coupon can be conveniently used without being performed and simplified.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a mobile coupon system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the user 110 transmits the identification number of the mobile terminal 210 possessed by the user to the coupon management system 310 through the coupon management program of the mobile terminal (S311). Then, the coupon management system 310 recognizes the identification number of the corresponding mobile terminal transmitted, and transmits the mobile coupon for the user to the coupon management program of the mobile terminal 210 (S312), the coupon The management program stores the received mobile coupon in the memory unit (S313). At this time, the mobile coupon stored in the memory unit of the coupon management program has a "coupon use standby" state (S313). Subsequently, the coupon management system 310 transmits information on the mobile coupon sent to the user to the affiliated store 410 where the corresponding mobile coupon is used (S314). The coupon management system transmits the information about the coupon to the affiliated store whenever the reader wants to read the coupon information previously issued by the affiliated store. Here, the affiliated store 410 is preferably understood as a comprehensive meaning including the affiliated store terminal of FIG. 3.

Then, the user 110 selects a coupon stored in the mobile terminal, that is, a mobile coupon in a "waiting for coupon use" state in order to use the issued mobile coupon, and clicks the use button for the mobile coupon. (S315). At this time, when the input of the use button for the mobile coupon is executed, the mobile coupon of the "coupon waiting for use" state is changed to the "coupon in use" state (S316).

The coupon management program is to transmit the coupon status information for the mobile coupon changed to the "coupon in use" state by the use button to the coupon management system 310 (S317), the coupon management system 310 is sent The coupon status (coupon in use) information for the received mobile coupon is transmitted to the affiliated store 410 (S318). Subsequently, the affiliate store 410, which has received the status information on the mobile coupon, checks the status information of the corresponding mobile coupon (in use of the coupon) and then provides a service to the user who presents the corresponding mobile coupon (S319). .

As such, when the user clicks the use button for the mobile coupon in order to use the mobile coupon, the mobile coupon has a "coupon in use" state, wherein the "coupon in use" state mobile coupon " When a certain time elapses in the state of "using coupon" state is changed to "end of coupon use" state (S320).

Through this process, the coupon management system can separately manage the user's coupon list, and the merchant can predict the user's coupon use time, while providing a more accurate service to the user using the mobile coupon. It becomes possible. In addition, the affiliated store can separately browse the list of coupons used through the affiliated store terminal, so that the user can quickly find the coupon presented by the user, thereby increasing work efficiency.

More specifically, with reference to Figure 3 to describe the processing flow for the operation of the mobile coupon system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, when a user 120 uses various services using a mobile coupon in a mobile terminal 220 such as a smartphone, first, the user 120 possesses a mobile coupon for which a purchase is completed. An identification number of the mobile terminal 220 is input to the mobile terminal, and the identification number input to the mobile terminal is transmitted to the coupon management system 320 of the communication network (a). Then, the coupon management system 320 recognizes the transmitted identification number of the mobile terminal, and transmits the mobile coupon corresponding to the mobile terminal to the mobile terminal 220 (c). And, the coupon management system 320 has a coupon use standby state (b) for the mobile coupon sent to the user.

The mobile coupon received from the coupon management system 320 is stored in the memory unit of the coupon management program installed in the mobile terminal (d), wherein the mobile coupon stored in the memory unit is "coupon waiting for use" (e) It is stored as a state, the mobile coupon has a "coupon standby" state.

Subsequently, in order to use the corresponding mobile coupon, the user 120 first clicks (f) a coupon button for a coupon stored in a mobile terminal, that is, a mobile coupon in a "coupon waiting" state, or Performs input such as drag and drop to move the ship. At this time, when the user clicks the use button for the mobile coupon in the "coupon use standby" state or executes an input action such as dragging and dropping, the coupon state of the mobile coupon is changed (g). The mobile coupon of the "coupon waiting for use" state is changed to a "coupon in use" state (h).

Subsequently, the coupon management program transmits the coupon status information of the mobile coupon changed from the "coupon waiting for use" state to "coupon in use" to the coupon management system 320 (i), and the coupon management system corresponds to the mobile coupon. (J) has status information for " coupon in use. &Quot;

Here, when transmitting the coupon status information for the mobile coupon from the coupon management program of the mobile terminal 220 to the coupon management system 320, there may be a delay of information transmission depending on the mobile terminal or communication status. However, since the coupon status information is transmitted only until the user presents the mobile coupon to the merchant, it does not matter. Therefore, the present invention provides a flexible system operating environment that allows a certain degree of error in the communication environment between the coupon management program of the mobile terminal and the coupon management system.

Subsequently, the user 120 presents the mobile coupon of the "coupon in use" state to the affiliated store 420 in order to receive the service from the affiliated store (o), and the affiliated store 420 presents the corresponding mobile coupon presented by the user. Check the status information of (p), and compares the status of the coupon presented by the user (coupon in use) and the state (coupon in use) of the coupon confirmed in the merchant terminal 520 is the same when the user 120 (Q). Here, the coupon management system transmits the coupon information to the affiliated store terminal, but it is natural that the merchant can transmit or provide the information only when reading the coupon information through the affiliated store terminal. The affiliated store 420 inputs detailed service related information provided to the corresponding user through the affiliated store terminal 520 (r). In addition, the affiliated store terminal 520 transmits the information related to the service provision of the user to the coupon management system 320 (s). Through such information transmission between the affiliated store and the coupon management system, the coupon management system 320 generates settlement data with the affiliated store based on the related information of the corresponding service, and various data related to mobile coupon issuance and mobile coupon use. Make them.

The affiliated store terminal 520 is implemented in the form of a webpage or an application program, and is used to provide a service through the affiliated store terminal in the affiliated store.

Subsequently, after receiving the information related to the service provision of the user, the coupon management system 320 changes the coupon state of the corresponding mobile coupon from "coupon in use" to "end of coupon use" state, and the coupon management system is It has "coupon end use" (t) status information for the mobile coupon. Subsequently, the coupon management system 320 transmits "coupon end use" status information of the corresponding mobile coupon to the coupon management program of the mobile terminal possessed by the user (u), and the coupon management program "end coupon use" If the corresponding coupon that has received the status information is in the "coupon in use" state, it is changed to "coupon end use" (m). For this reason, the use of the mobile coupon is terminated, and the user can confirm that the mobile coupon is in the "end of coupon use" state on the mobile terminal. As a result, the reuse of the mobile coupon is not possible and can solve the problem of using the existing coupon duplication.

On the other hand, the mobile coupon of the "coupon in use" state is elapsed for a certain time, or after entering the use information from the merchant state is changed to the "coupon use end" state, the use of the mobile coupon is terminated.

In other words, the present invention enables the coupon management program in the mobile terminal to manage the status of the mobile coupon (k) and the validity of the mobile coupon through a timer. The mobile coupon in the "coupon in use" state has an expiration date (l) designated as a timer value. As such, the mobile coupon in the "coupon in use" state having the expiration date is in the "coupon in use" after a certain period of validity has passed. The state changes from "state to" end coupon use "state. For this reason, the user can confirm that the mobile coupon is in the "end of coupon use" state in the mobile terminal.

In detail, the mobile coupon state management using the timer will be described with reference to FIG. 4.

Referring to Figure 4, there is a coupon box in the mobile terminal, the coupon coupon is stored in the mobile coupon received to the coupon management system. The mobile coupon stored in the mobile terminal is stored in the "coupon standby standby" state.

The user first clicks a button on the corresponding tourist destination discount coupon in order to use the tourist destination discount coupon among the mobile coupons stored in the internal coupon box. Preferably, the user clicks on the detailed view of the corresponding tourist destination discount coupon in the mobile terminal.

Next, the user clicks on the button for the corresponding coupon viewed in detail. Preferably, the user clicks on the coupon use portion of the tourist destination discount coupon in the mobile terminal. At this time, the touristic discount coupon is changed from the "coupon waiting for use" state to the "coupon in use" state by clicking a coupon use button. The click generally refers to selection and command execution behavior on the overall user interface including touch, drag, and the like in a mobile terminal such as a smartphone.

In addition, the touristic discount coupon in the "coupon in use" state is "coupon in use" in the "coupon in use" state after a certain period of time, that is, after a valid period equal to a predetermined period given a timer value or after inputting usage information at a merchant. The state is changed to the "end" state, the corresponding coupon will leave the "discount coupon end use" phrase on the mobile terminal.

As such, the mobile coupon of the " coupon in use " state having the expiration date is changed from the " coupon in use " state to " coupon end of use " state after a period of validity passes. Accordingly, the user can check the mobile coupon in the coupon use end state on the mobile terminal, and the user cannot reuse the mobile coupon in the coupon use end state.

On the other hand, the validity period given the timer value may be a timer value that is applied differently depending on the characteristics of the merchant. For example, in the case of a movie theater coupon, a timer value shorter than a normal movie running time of 90 minutes may be set. In addition, since there is a possibility of inconsistency between the coupon state (end of coupon use) of the mobile terminal and the state of coupon (end of coupon use) of the coupon management system, a timer value managed for each affiliated store is appropriately adjusted according to the type of service in order to minimize such possibility. Should be set to

As such, the present invention provides a mobile coupon management system using a timer, so that the user can know the end point of the use of the mobile coupon so that the user can accurately use the mobile coupon.

In the past, when a user uses a mobile coupon in a mobile terminal, it is difficult for the user to know the validity of the transmitted mobile coupon properly, which causes a problem of duplicate use of the mobile coupon and management of correct use of the mobile coupon. It was.

Accordingly, the present invention, by applying the mobile coupon status management to the coupon management program of the mobile terminal, to manage the validity of the mobile coupon in the coupon management program, through which the user can properly recognize the validity of the mobile coupon Thus, the user can manage whether the mobile coupon is correctly used. In addition, the present invention can minimize the required work process as the issuer manages the validity of the mobile coupon, users and publishers and merchants are provided with convenience.

In addition, the present invention allows the user to simply use the mobile coupon without going through the existing coupon authentication method, thereby providing convenience and convenience to the user.

Referring to Figure 5 will be described for the mobile coupon management system components for using the mobile coupon according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, a mobile terminal possessed by a user, a merchant terminal of a mobile coupon affiliated store, and a communication network connecting a mobile terminal of the user and an affiliated store terminal of a mobile coupon affiliated store are provided.

First, a coupon management program is installed in the mobile terminal, and the coupon management program serves to transmit data on coupon status to a coupon management system of a communication network, and receives a corresponding mobile coupon from the coupon management system. They may also be notified of coupon use information for the coupon. The coupon management program includes a control unit, a communication unit, a download unit, a memory unit, and a display unit. On the other hand, the coupon management program according to the present invention has a validity management unit to manage the validity of the mobile coupon. The validity management unit performs the coupon status management of the mobile coupon, which allows the user to conveniently and simply use the mobile coupon.

The mobile coupon affiliated store has an affiliated store terminal, and the affiliated store terminal receives data from a coupon management system of a communication network, and transmits coupon use information input from the affiliated store to a coupon management system. The affiliated store terminal includes a control unit, a display unit, and a communication unit.

The coupon management system is connected to a communication network, the coupon management system includes a coupon issuing unit for issuing a coupon, a communication unit for transmitting data, a control unit for controlling data, a coupon information management unit for managing the coupon status.

In addition, the affiliated store terminal is provided with an interface implemented in the form of a webpage or an application program, and is used as a terminal for providing a service through the affiliated store terminal in the affiliated store.

Referring to Figure 6 will be described the flow chart of the use of the mobile coupon according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, the user is issued from a coupon management system to a mobile terminal having a corresponding mobile coupon, presents the issued mobile coupon to the affiliated store, and receives a service from the affiliated store. The coupon management system transmits the mobile coupon to the mobile terminal, and transmits the information of the mobile coupon to the merchant through the merchant terminal. The affiliated store receives a mobile coupon from a user, provides a service to the corresponding user, and transmits the user's coupon use information to the coupon management system.

Although preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above with reference to the drawings, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains have various modifications and Since modifications are possible, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the embodiments described above, but should be determined to include the equivalents as well as the appended claims.

100, 110, 120: user 200, 210, 220: mobile terminal
300: coupon authentication system 310, 320: coupon management system
400, 410, 420: Merchant 520: Merchant terminal

Claims (10)

A first step of transmitting the identification number of the mobile terminal to the coupon management system through the mobile coupon manager of the mobile terminal;
The coupon management system recognizes the identification number of the transmitted mobile terminal, and transmits the corresponding mobile coupon to the mobile coupon manager of the mobile terminal, and transmits the information about the mobile coupon to the merchant terminal that the mobile coupon is used. Second step;
The mobile coupon manager storing the received mobile coupon in a memory and transmitting state information of the mobile coupon to the coupon management system; And
The coupon management system, when the merchant terminal to view the mobile coupon status information, the fourth step of transmitting the status information on the received mobile coupon to the merchant terminal; And,
As the mobile coupon is used in the mobile coupon manager, the "coupon waiting for use" state changes to a "coupon in use" state, and the status information of the mobile coupon is transmitted to the coupon management system;
After a certain time has elapsed from the mobile coupon manager to the "coupon in use" state, or the service provider information is delivered from the merchant terminal to the coupon management system, the mobile coupon status in the coupon management system is "end coupon use" Real-time mobile coupon management method characterized in that when the change in the state and the coupon use notification from the coupon management system to the mobile coupon manager, the state of the mobile coupon of the mobile coupon manager is changed to the "end coupon use" state . delete delete delete The coupon management system of claim 1, wherein the coupon management system separately manages a list of coupons of the user through each of the transmitted states, and the affiliated store terminal can view only a list of “coupon in use” separately, and the predetermined time is for each merchant. Real-time mobile coupon management method characterized in that individually set according to the service type. A mobile terminal equipped with a mobile coupon manager possessed by a user; Merchant terminal of the mobile coupon merchant; Coupon management system; And a communication network connecting the mobile terminal, the affiliated store terminal, and the coupon management system. And,
The mobile terminal transmits the identification number of the mobile terminal to the coupon management system through the mobile coupon manager, the coupon management system recognizes the identification number of the transmitted mobile terminal, the corresponding mobile coupon mobile coupon of the mobile terminal Transmitting to the manager, the information on the mobile coupon to the merchant terminal in which the mobile coupon is used;
The mobile coupon manager stores the received mobile coupon in a memory, transmits the status information of the mobile coupon to the coupon management system, and reads the mobile coupon status information from the merchant terminal, the received mobile coupon to Send status information about the affiliated store terminal;
As the mobile coupon is used in the mobile coupon manager, the "coupon waiting for use" state changes to a "coupon in use" state, and the status information of the mobile coupon is transmitted to the coupon management system;
After a certain time has elapsed since the mobile coupon manager is changed to the "coupon in use" state, the service provider information is delivered from the merchant terminal to the coupon management system, and the mobile coupon status in the coupon management system is "end coupon use." And when the notification of the use of the coupon to the mobile coupon manager from the coupon management system again, the status of the mobile coupon of the mobile coupon manager is changed to the "end coupon use" real-time mobile coupon management system. The system of claim 6, wherein the mobile coupon manager comprises a control unit, a communication unit, a download unit, a memory unit, and a display unit. The method of claim 7, wherein the mobile coupon manager further comprises a validity management unit for managing the validity of the mobile coupon, the validity management unit manages the validity of the mobile coupon through the management of the status of the mobile coupon, a complex mobile coupon authentication procedure Real-time mobile coupon management system, characterized in that it does not suffer. The method of claim 6, wherein the affiliated store terminal is configured to include a control unit, a display unit, a communication unit to receive data from the coupon management system of the communication network, and serves to transmit the coupon use information input from the merchant to the coupon management system. Real-time mobile coupon management system, characterized in that. The coupon management system of claim 6, wherein the coupon management system includes a coupon issuing unit for issuing a coupon, a communication unit for transmitting data, a controller for controlling data, and a coupon information management unit for managing coupon status.
The coupon management system separately manages the user's coupon list through each transmitted state, the merchant terminal can be viewed separately only the "coupon in use" list, the predetermined time is individually according to each service type for each merchant Real-time mobile coupon management system, characterized in that set to.

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