KR101182415B1 - Apparatus and method for providing additional service information - Google Patents

Abstract

In the method for providing supplementary service information according to the present invention, a request for supplementary service information including supplementary service search menu selection information and supplementary service information search condition information selected by a user from a user terminal is received, Select at least one additional service information providing card according to additional service search menu selection information and additional service information search condition information, and generate additional service information data including additional service information for each selected additional service information providing card; The generated supplementary service information data is transmitted to the user terminal, and a card for providing supplementary service information is detected according to a search condition of any one of an automatic search, a map search, and a category search according to the supplementary service search menu selection information.

Description

Apparatus and method for providing additional service information {APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ADDITIONAL SERVICE INFORMATION}

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for providing supplementary service information, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for providing supplementary service information on a card requested by a user to a user terminal.

BACKGROUND With the rapid development of wireless communication technology and data communication technology, personal communication terminals capable of large data communication are becoming popular. In recent years, the use of personal communication terminals equipped with various service applications using a large data communication technology is rapidly increasing. Using such a personal communication terminal, users are using not only applications such as financial services and games but also applications that can manage and use various personal information for each individual.

Meanwhile, various companies, such as credit card companies and mobile carriers, issue cards that provide various additional service benefits to users in terms of marketing. As such, as the use of cards providing additional service benefits increases, users are complaining of the inconvenience of having to remember the types and conditions of use of the additional service benefits provided for each owned card.

Accordingly, the user's demand for an additional service information providing service that allows the user to conveniently check and manage card additional service information through a personal communication terminal is increasing.

The present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for providing additional service information that can provide additional service information provided for each card owned by a user to a user terminal according to a search condition.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an additional service information providing apparatus and method for providing additional service information provided for each card owned by a user to a user terminal by applying the additional service search history and additional service usage history.

Technical means for achieving the above-described technical problem, the additional service information providing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention, the additional service information storage unit for storing the additional service information for each card; Card registration unit for storing the additional service information detected according to the card information of the user received from the user terminal of the additional service information for each card to match the card information, and registers at least one card for the user through the storage ; When receiving the additional service information request for the user from the user terminal, by performing any one of the automatic search, map search and category search based on the additional service search menu selection information included in the additional service information request, An additional service information selecting unit which selects at least one additional service information providing card among registered cards; And a supplementary service information providing unit providing supplementary service information data including supplementary service information for each selected supplementary service information providing card to the user terminal, wherein the supplementary service information selecting unit is configured to store additional supplementary services for the user. The automatic search is performed based on at least one of search history information and additional service usage history information, and the additional service information includes additional service provider information and additional service content information.

In addition, the method of providing additional service information according to another aspect of the present invention includes: receiving an additional service information request including additional service search menu selection information and additional service information search condition information selected by a user from a user terminal; Selecting at least one supplementary service information providing card according to the supplementary service search menu selection information and the supplementary service information search condition information among the registered cards registered for the user; Generating additional service information data including additional service information for each of the selected additional service information providing cards; And transmitting the generated supplementary service information data to the user terminal, wherein the search for each one of an automatic search, a map search, and a category search is performed according to the supplementary service search menu selection information. The additional service information providing card is detected according to a condition, and the additional service information includes at least one additional service provider information and additional service content information for each additional service provider.

According to any one of the above problem solving means of the present invention, by adding the card by the user according to the conditions desired by the user by detecting the card registered by the user and the additional service information of the card according to the selected search conditions You can check the service information conveniently.

In addition, according to any one of the problem solving means of the present invention, by registering the user-owned card and the additional service information on the card in advance, it is possible to quickly provide the additional service information of the card desired by the user.

In addition, according to any one of the problem solving means of the present invention, it is convenient to be able to check the company information that provides the additional service benefits within a certain radius from the user's current location and the type of additional service provided by the company on a map (map) .

In addition, according to any one of the problem solving means of the present invention, it is convenient to quickly identify the card that provides the most advantageous benefits for the additional service provider selected by the user owned card.

In addition, according to any one of the problem solving means of the present invention, it is possible to provide the additional service information according to the search conditions and preferences desired by the user among the cards owned by the user based on the user's additional service search history and usage history.

1 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a system for providing additional service information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an additional service information providing server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a card registration method for each user according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating an example of an additional service information providing screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an additional service information selection unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing additional service information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, which will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention, and like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is said to "include" a certain component, it means that it can further include other components, without excluding other components unless specifically stated otherwise.

1 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a system for providing additional service information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, an additional service information providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a user terminal 100, an additional service information providing server 200, and a location information providing server 300.

The user terminal 100 is installed with an additional service information providing application that can receive additional service information for the card registered by the user.

In this case, the additional service information according to an embodiment of the present invention includes information on a company providing an additional service (hereinafter, referred to as an additional service provider) and additional service content information provided for each additional service provider. For reference, the additional service content information refers to the benefits, such as discounts, credits, etc. matching the card providing the additional service. In addition, the card providing the additional service means a card such as a credit card and a check card, a mobile carrier membership card, and a discount card issued by various companies. In addition, the additional service provider means a company that provides additional service benefits.

In this case, the user terminal 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a desktop computer, a notebook computer, a laptop (laptop) computer and a personal portable terminal, the portable terminal is a wireless communication device that ensures portability and mobility, PCS (Personal Communication System), Global System for Mobile communications (GSM), Personal Digital Cellular (PDC), Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) -2000, W-Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA) And handheld-based wireless communication devices of all kinds, such as a wireless broadband Internet (Wibro) terminal.

Specifically, when executing the application information providing application mounted on the user terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, the user terminal 100, the user terminal card information, additional service search menu selection information, additional service search condition information It provides a user interface that can select (or input) the information of, and the additional service used (hereinafter referred to as 'additional service usage information').

First, the user terminal 100 transmits the card information input by the user to the additional service information providing server 200 to register at least one card owned by the user. For reference, the card information refers to information that can identify the card, such as card number (for example, credit card number, etc.) information and card type information donated by the card provider for the card input by the user. The card type information may include card provider type information and card name information. The card information transmitted to the additional service information providing server 200 is registered by matching at least one of identification information or user identification information of the user terminal 100.

In addition, the user terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention provides a user interface for allowing a user to add or delete a plurality of cards. In this case, the user terminal 100 may obtain the card information registered for the user from the additional service information providing server 200, and may output a screen for allowing the user to check and select the acquired card information. have. In addition, the user terminal 100 may output a screen for identifying and selecting a plurality of pre-stored cards. That is, the user may select a card owned by the user from among a plurality of card types output on the screen of the user terminal 100.

In addition, the user terminal 100 provides additional service information on a card registration condition including a card deletion request for a card selected by a user from among pre-registered cards or a card addition request for new card information selected (or input) by the user. Send to server 200. For reference, the additional service information providing server 200 deletes the corresponding card and the additional service information when a card registration condition including the card deletion request is received.

The user terminal 100 includes an additional service search menu selected by the user (or input) and additional service information including additional service search condition information (that is, additional service search menu selection information and additional service search condition information). The request for information is transmitted to the additional service information providing server 200.

In this case, the user terminal 100 provides a user interface for selecting a type of an additional service search menu. Specifically, the user terminal 100 outputs information on the type of the additional service search menu on the screen of the user terminal 100 and includes an additional service including information of a search menu selected by the user from the outputted additional service search menu. Generates search menu selection information. For reference, the supplementary service search menu includes at least one search menu among an automatic search, a map search, and a category search.

In addition, when the user selects a map search or a category search from the supplementary service search menu, the user terminal 100 may provide a user interface for inputting (or selecting) supplementary service search condition information for each supplementary service search menu. to provide.

In this case, the additional service search condition information includes at least one condition information of map search condition information and category search condition information.

Specifically, when the user selects the map search menu, the supplementary service search condition information includes information on the supplementary service information type condition and the location search condition. In this case, the map search condition information may include at least one of additional service provider type information and additional service content type information (that is, information of additional service information type) for which the user wants to receive card-specific information. The map search condition information includes location search condition information for which the user wants to receive additional service information.

For reference, the user terminal 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a user interface through which a user can select a location search condition. In this case, the user terminal 100 may provide a user interface for selecting a reference location and a location range so that the user can select a location search radius. As such, the user may select the reference position from any one of a current location of the user terminal 100, a specific location among a plurality of pre-stored locations, and a predetermined specific location through a user interface that may select a location search radius. Can be.

In addition, when the user selects the category search menu, the category search condition information includes additional service provider information selected by the user.

For reference, the user terminal 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a user interface for allowing a user to select specific additional service provider information. In this case, the user terminal 100 outputs a plurality of pre-stored type information service provider type information on the screen. For example, the user terminal 100 may output a plurality of additional service providers by dividing them into the same category, and may output a list of a plurality of additional service providers included in the corresponding category when the user selects a specific category. have. Here, the type of supplementary service provider may be classified into a type (ie, category) of a restaurant, a beauty company, a medical company, and the like.

In this case, the user terminal 100 receives a selection of a specific supplementary service provider type (ie, category) from the user after providing the supplementary service provider type. The user terminal 100 provides a plurality of additional service provider information included in the selected additional service provider type and receives a selection of a specific additional service provider from the user. In addition, the user terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may be selected for the type of additional service content for the additional service provider selected by the user. Here, the type of additional service content may be divided into types such as a discount and an accumulation.

The user terminal 100 receives the supplementary service information data according to the supplementary service information request from the supplementary service information providing server 200 and outputs the supplementary service information data on a screen in a data format that can be checked by the user.

In this case, when the user terminal 100 receives the supplementary service information data according to the user's selection of the map search menu, the user terminal 100 outputs a screen in which the supplementary service information data is mapped onto the map data corresponding to the location search condition. do. In this case, the corresponding additional service information data includes additional service information for each additional service provider included in a location radius selected by the user. For reference, the additional service provider included in the location radius is an additional service provider included in a card registered for the user.

When the user terminal 100 receives additional service information data according to the user's category search menu selection, the user terminal 100 outputs at least one additional service information for each card included in the received additional service information data on the screen. For reference, the user terminal 100 may output the additional service information for each card for the additional service information company according to the category selected by the user for each card in a list format.

The user terminal 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may receive additional service information data to which map search condition information and category search condition information are simultaneously applied.

Meanwhile, the user terminal 100 outputs at least one additional service information (ie, additional service provider and additional service content information) for each card included in the received additional service information data so as to be classified according to a predetermined additional service benefit condition. can do.

In this case, the user terminal 100 receives supplementary service information data including supplementary service information for a plurality of cards that are pre-registered for the user, and the supplementary service of the card that meets the supplementary service benefit condition set among the pre-registered cards. The information may be displayed to be distinguished from the additional service information of other cards and displayed on the screen. For example, the user terminal 100 may output supplementary service information of a card corresponding to a benefit condition most favorable for the same supplementary service type on a screen so as to be distinguished from supplementary service information of another card.

The user terminal 100 transmits additional service usage information input (or selected) by the user to the additional service information providing server 200.

In detail, the user terminal 100 provides a user interface that may input (or select) information of an additional service used by a user. At this time, the user terminal 100 outputs the additional service information data received from the additional service information providing server 200 on the screen, the user of the additional service information of a specific card of the additional service information for each card output on the screen It can provide a user interface that can be selected as an additional service to use. In addition, the user terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may provide a user interface that allows a user to directly input the card and the additional service information to use the additional service. For example, the user may input information indicating that a particular supplementary service is used among a plurality of supplementary service contents provided by a particular supplementary service provider.

In this case, the user terminal 100 transmits additional service usage information including specific additional service information of a specific card selected by the user to use the additional service to the additional service information providing server 200.

The additional service information providing server 200 receives the user's card information, the additional service information request, and the additional service usage information from the user terminal 100.

At this time, when the additional service information providing server 200 receives the user's card information, the additional service information providing server 200 detects and stores the additional service information corresponding to the received card information to register the card for the corresponding user.

When the additional service information providing server 200 receives the request for additional service information, the additional service information providing server 200 selects among the cards registered for the corresponding user based on the additional service search menu selection information and the additional service search condition information included in the additional service information request. At least one card (hereinafter, 'a card for providing additional service information') for providing additional service information is selected. Then, the additional service information providing server 200 provides the user terminal 100 with additional service information data including additional service information for each card for providing the selected additional service information.

In this case, the additional service information providing server 200 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may perform additional service information on any one of an automatic search, a map search, and a category search according to the additional service search menu selection information included in the additional service information request. Can be provided. For reference, the additional service information providing server 200 may obtain location data according to a location search condition through the location information providing server 300 when providing additional service information according to a map search.

In addition, when the additional service information providing server 200 receives the additional service usage information, the additional service information providing server 200 updates and stores the previously stored additional service usage history for the user according to the received additional service usage information. At this time, the additional service information providing server 200 updates and stores the additional service information of the card corresponding to the updated additional service usage history information among the additional service information for each card previously registered for the user. That is, when the additional service information providing server 200 receives the additional service information request from the user terminal 100, the additional service information providing server 200 provides updated additional service information according to the additional service usage history information.

Such an operation of the additional service information providing server 200 and a method of providing additional service information will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 to 6.

The location information providing server 300 receives a location data request including location search condition information and supplementary service provider information from the supplementary service information providing server 200, and provides location data of the supplementary service provider within the corresponding radius. Detect and provide the additional service providing server 200.

Meanwhile, the location information providing server 300 according to another embodiment of the present invention may provide location data of all additional service providers included in the corresponding location radius to the additional service information providing server 200. As such, when the location information providing server 300 provides the location data of all the additional service providers within the corresponding location radius, the additional service information providing server 200 may add the corresponding additional information among the location data of all the additional service providers. The location data of the service provider may be detected.

Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of the additional service information providing server 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 to 5.

2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an additional service information providing server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a card registration method for each user according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of an additional service information providing screen according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. 5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an additional service information selection unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the additional service information providing server 200 includes an additional service information providing condition receiving unit 210, a card registering unit 220, an additional service information storing unit 230, an additional service searching history managing unit 240, The additional service usage history managing unit 250, the additional service information selecting unit 260, the additional service information data generating unit 270, and the additional service information providing unit 280 are included.

The additional service information providing condition receiving unit 210 receives one of card information, additional service information request, and additional service usage information from the user terminal 100. In addition, the additional service information providing condition receiving unit 210 transmits the received card information to the card registration unit 220 and transmits the received additional service information request to the additional service search history manager 240 and the additional service information selecting unit 260. To pass. In addition, the provisional service information providing condition receiving unit 210 transmits to the received additional service usage history management unit 250.

The card registration unit 220 performs card registration for the user of the card based on the received card information.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 3, when the card registration unit 220 receives the card information (S310), the card registration unit 220 detects and obtains additional service information of the card matching the card information received from the additional service information storage unit 230. (320).

Thereafter, the card registration unit 220 registers the acquired additional service information and the received card information with the corresponding user, and performs card registration for the user (S330). For reference, at least one card may be registered for each user.

In addition, the card registration unit 220 according to an embodiment of the present invention, when the additional service usage history information for the specific additional service information of a specific card is updated from the additional service usage history management unit 250, the updated additional service usage history information Applies to update and store the additional service information of the card (S340).

For reference, the supplementary service information updated and stored through the card registration unit 220 may be the remaining number of times of use of the supplementary service of the supplementary service provider or the number of times of use of the user. For example, when the number of additional services available among the additional service providers is set in advance, the card register unit 220 may use the preset services for the specific additional service contents provided by the additional service provider. The remaining number of times available or the number of times of use can be updated and stored.

The additional service information storage unit 230 stores additional service information provided by a corresponding card provider for each of a plurality of cards. Such additional service information for each card may be obtained and stored in advance from each card information management server. In addition, although the embodiment of the present invention shows that the additional service information storage server 230 stores additional service information for each card in the additional service information providing server 200, the additional service information according to an embodiment of the present invention. The card supplementary service information storage database may exist independently on the providing system. In this case, the supplementary service information storage unit 230 may detect the supplementary service information from the card supplementary service information storage database according to the card information.

The additional service search history manager 240 updates and stores the number of searches for each additional service search condition previously stored for the user based on the additional service search menu selection information and the additional service search condition information included in the received additional service information request. do.

In addition, the supplementary service search history manager 240 provides supplementary service search history information for the corresponding user at the request of the supplementary service information selection unit 260. At this time, the supplementary service search history manager 240 transmits supplementary service search history information including information on a search condition with the largest number of searches for each supplementary service search condition to the supplementary service information selection unit 260.

The supplementary service use history manager 250 updates and stores supplementary service use history information previously stored for the corresponding user according to the received supplementary service use information.

At this time, the supplementary service usage history manager 250 updates the supplementary service usage history information by applying the received supplementary service usage information to prestored supplementary service usage history information for the corresponding user. For example, the received supplementary service usage information may include specific supplementary service usage information of a specific supplementary service provider for a specific card of the user. In this case, the additional service usage history manager 250 updates and stores the number of times of use of the specific additional service or the remaining number of available services. In addition, the additional service usage history management unit 250 according to an embodiment of the present invention may initialize and update specific additional service information of a specific card at a preset date and time. For example, the remaining number of available times in a month cycle for the specific additional service information of a specific card may be initialized to the first available number of times, or the number of times of use of the corresponding additional service of the user may be initialized to zero.

The supplementary service information selecting unit 260 provides at least one supplementary service information to provide supplementary service information to the corresponding user based on the supplementary service search menu selection information and supplementary service search condition information included in the received supplementary service information request. Choose a card. The additional service information selecting unit 260 transmits additional service information for each selected additional service information providing card to the additional service information data generating unit 270.

Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of the additional service information selection unit 260 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 5.

As shown in FIG. 5, the supplementary service information selecting unit 260 includes an supplementary service searching control module 261, an automatic searching processing module 262, a category searching processing module 263, a map searching processing module 264, and a location. A data acquisition module 265.

At this time, the additional service search control module 261 checks the received additional service search menu selection information and selects a search menu for additional service information to be provided to the user terminal 100.

 In detail, the additional service search control module 261 selects one of an automatic search, a map search, and a category search among the additional service search menu types according to the received additional service search menu selection information. The additional service search control module 261 controls to perform the selection of the additional service information according to the search condition for the processing module according to the selected search menu type.

In addition, the supplementary service search control module 261 further includes at least one additional selected from one of each processing module (that is, the automatic search processing module 262, the category search processing module 263, and the map search processing module 264). Acquires additional service information for each service information providing card and transmits the additional service information to the additional service information data generator 270.

Meanwhile, when the received additional service search menu selection information includes the automatic search selection information, the automatic search processing module 262 obtains the additional service search history information from the additional service search history management unit 240. The automatic retrieval processing module 262 identifies the additional service search menu type and the additional service information type by checking the search condition information searched by the user most from the acquired additional service search history information. For reference, the supplementary service search menu type may be one of a map search and a category search, and the supplementary service information type includes an supplementary service provider type and an supplementary service content type.

Then, the automatic search processing module 262 registers the registered user for the user according to the identified (ie, the most searched) supplementary service search menu type and supplementary service information type (hereinafter referred to as 'automatic search condition'). At least one additional service information providing card is selected from the cards. At this time, the automatic search processing module 262 selects the additional service providing card through one of the category search processing module 263 and the map search processing module 264 according to the type of the additional service search menu among the automatic search conditions.

For reference, if the additional service search menu type of the automatic search condition is a map search menu, the automatic search processing module 262 may include map search condition information including additional service information type information corresponding to the map search condition. 264). At this time, the type of additional service information included in the map search condition information is a type of additional service information corresponding to the automatic search condition. In addition, if the additional service search menu type among the automatic search conditions is a category search menu, the automatic search processing module 262 receives category search condition information including additional service information type information corresponding to the category search condition. To pass). In this case, the additional service information type information included in the category search condition information is the additional service information type corresponding to the automatic search condition (that is, at least one of specific additional service company information and additional service content type information).

When the received additional service search menu selection information includes category search selection information, the category search processing module 263 checks category search condition information included in the request for additional service information. In this case, the category search condition information includes additional service provider information selected by the corresponding user.

At this time, the category search processing module 263 is a card for providing additional service information including content of additional services for a particular additional service provider according to the additional service provider information selected by the user among the cards registered for the user. Choose.

The category retrieval processing module 263 according to an embodiment of the present invention may further apply the additional service content type to the additional service provider information selected by the user to select the additional service information providing card.

In addition, when the received additional service search menu selection information includes map search selection information, the map search processing module 264 checks the map search condition information among the additional service search condition information included in the additional service information request. In this case, the map search condition information includes location search condition information and additional service information type information selected by the corresponding user.

First, the map search processing module 264 checks the additional service information type included in the map search condition information and sets a search condition for at least one of the additional service provider type, the additional service provider, and the additional service content type. .

In addition, the map search processing module 264 checks the location search condition information included in the map search condition information, and provides additional service information type information set according to the map search condition among additional service providers included in the location radius selected by the user. Obtain location data for each value-added service provider. At this time, the map search processing module 264 transmits the location search condition information to the location data acquisition module 265, and provides location data for each additional service provider included in the location radius selected by the user from the location data acquisition module 265. Acquire.

The map retrieval processing module 264 selects a card for providing additional service information from a card pre-registered for the user according to the acquired location data and type of additional service information.

On the other hand, the automatic search processing module 262, the category search processing module 263 and the map search processing module 264 according to an embodiment of the present invention is added according to the search conditions of the additional service information for each card for providing the selected additional service information. The user history information may be applied to the service information type to select at least one card for providing additional service information. That is, each search processing module may select, as a card for providing the additional service information, a card for which the remaining number of available additional services according to the search condition remains for each card for providing the additional service information to the corresponding user.

The location data acquisition module 265 acquires location data for each supplementary service provider located within a corresponding radius using a location search condition and supplementary service provider information received from the map search processing module 264, and performs map search processing. Send to module 264.

At this time, the location data acquisition module 264 according to an embodiment of the present invention transmits the reference location information and location range information and specific additional service provider information to the location information providing server 300. The location data acquisition module 264 obtains location data for each additional service provider according to a location search condition from the location information providing server 300.

2, the additional service information data generation unit 270 generates additional service information data including additional service information for each card for providing additional service information selected through the additional service information selecting unit 260.

At this time, the supplementary service information data generating unit 270 generates supplementary service information data of a predetermined format according to the supplementary service search condition.

For example, as illustrated in FIG. 4A, the additional service information data generator 270 may generate additional service information data according to a map search condition. In this case, the additional service information data generating unit 270 may generate additional service information data including additional service information for each card for providing additional service information for each location data. In addition, the supplementary service information data generator 270 may generate supplementary service information data by mapping supplementary service information of a corresponding supplementary service information providing card to the map data according to a location search condition selected by a user. . For reference, the supplementary service information for each supplementary service information providing card may be updated supplementary service information by applying supplementary service usage history information of the corresponding user.

In detail, FIG. 4A illustrates a screen in which the user terminal 100 receives and outputs additional service information data according to map search condition information generated by the additional service information data generator 270. In FIG. 4A, when the user selects the map search menu, the user selects a specific supplementary service provider type (which indicates 'coffee' in FIG. 4A) and a supplementary service content type (“discount rate” in FIG. 4A). It is shown that it is selected). In addition, in FIG. 4A, the card and the additional service information providing the most advantageous benefit among the registered additional service information for each card displayed on the screen are displayed to be distinguished from the additional service information of another card (indicated by a highlight in FIG. 4A). It was shown.

In addition, as illustrated in FIG. 4B, the value added service information data generator 270 may generate additional service information data according to category search condition information. In this case, the supplementary service information data generating unit 270 generates supplementary service information for each supplementary service information providing card based on the supplementary service provider information included in the category search information as supplementary service information data. In addition, the additional service information data generator 270 may generate additional service information for each card for providing the selected additional service information in a list format.

For example, FIG. 4B illustrates a screen in which the user terminal 100 receives and outputs additional service information data according to category search condition information generated by the additional service information data generator 270.

Specifically, in FIG. 4B, additional service information data including additional service content information of the additional service provider selected by the user (indicated in FIG. 4B that represents a specific coffee brand) among additional service information for each card previously registered for the user. Displayed on the screen.

In addition, in FIG. 4B, the card and the additional service information providing the most advantageous benefits according to the additional service content type (in FIG. 3B, the discount rate and the reserve rate) according to the additional service type selected by the user are displayed in a list form. It was output to. As described above, the supplementary service information data generating unit 270 according to the embodiment of the present invention sets supplementary service information for each card (ie, supplementary service information providing card) detected according to the supplementary service information search condition. The additional service information data may further include display information that may be distinguished based on.

The additional service information provider 280 receives additional service information data and user terminal 100 information generated from the additional service information data generator 270. The additional service information provider 280 transmits the generated additional service information data to the corresponding user terminal 100 using the user terminal 100 information.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing additional service information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the additional service providing method according to the embodiment of the present invention, when receiving the additional service information request from the user terminal 100 (S610), the received additional service information request is checked to confirm the type of the additional service search menu selected by the user. (S620).

In this case, the additional service information request includes at least one of additional service search menu selection information, additional service search condition information, and additional service usage information selected by the user through the user terminal 100. In addition, the additional service search menu type may be classified into an automatic search, a map search, and a category search.

Then, the search condition according to the type of the identified additional service search menu is checked (S630).

Specifically, when the additional service search menu selected by the user is an automatic search, the automatic search condition is checked based on previously stored additional service search history information for the user. For reference, the automatic search condition is set to the type of additional service search menu and the type of additional service information with the highest number of searches. In this case, the search menu type according to the automatic search condition may be either a map search or a category search, and the additional service information type may be set for each search menu type. Here, the additional service information type for each search menu type may be an additional service information type corresponding to the automatic search condition.

If the additional service search menu selected by the user (or according to the automatic search condition) is a category search menu, the category search condition information is checked. In this case, the category search condition information includes additional service provider information selected by the user.

In addition, when the supplementary service search menu selected by the user (or according to the automatic search condition) is a map search menu, the map search condition information is checked. In this case, the map search condition information includes location search condition information and additional service information type information selected by the user.

Then, the card for providing additional service information is selected according to the additional service search condition information (S640).

In this case, at least one additional service information providing card corresponding to a search condition according to each additional service search menu is selected among the cards registered for the user.

In addition, when selecting a card for providing additional service information, the card for providing additional service information may be selected by applying pre-stored additional service usage history information for the corresponding user. In this case, the additional service usage history information is updated and stored according to at least one of additional service usage information and preset initialization date and time information transmitted from the user terminal 100.

Then, the additional service information for the selected additional service information providing card is acquired (S650).

In this case, the additional service information for each card is pre-stored, and the additional service information refers to additional service content information for each additional service information provider.

Next, the acquired additional service information for each card for providing additional service information is generated as additional service information data of a predetermined format (S660).

At this time, the supplementary service information data is generated in a format set according to the supplementary service search menu type.

 Thereafter, the generated additional service information data is provided to the user terminal 100 requesting the additional service information (S670).

Embodiments of the invention may also be implemented in the form of a recording medium containing instructions executable by a computer, such as a program module executed by the computer. Computer readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer and includes both volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media. In addition, the computer-readable medium may include both computer storage media and communication media. Computer storage media includes both volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Communication media typically includes any information delivery media, including computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave, or other transport mechanism.

Although the apparatus and method of the present invention have been described in connection with specific embodiments, some or all of their components or operations may be implemented using a computer system having a general purpose hardware architecture.

The foregoing description of the present invention is intended for illustration, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention may be easily modified in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features of the present invention. will be. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive. For example, each component described as a single entity may be distributed and implemented, and components described as being distributed may also be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is shown by the following claims rather than the above description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention. do.

100: user terminal 200: additional service information providing server
300: location information server

Claims (18)

An additional service information providing apparatus,
An additional service information storage unit storing additional service information for each card;
An additional service information providing condition receiving unit configured to receive at least one of a user's card information, additional service usage information, and additional service information request from the user terminal;
The card registration unit detects additional service information according to the card information of the user among the additional service information for each card, and matches the stored additional service information with the card information of the user to register at least one card for the user. ;
An additional service search history manager configured to update and store additionally stored additional service search history information for the user based on at least one of additional service search menu selection information and additional service search condition information included in the additional service information request;
An additional service usage history manager configured to update and store additional service usage history information previously stored for the user according to the additional service usage information;
Upon receiving the request for additional service information, perform one of an automatic search, a map search, and a category search based on at least one of the additional service search menu selection information and the additional service information search condition, and perform the search. An additional service information selecting unit configured to select at least one of the registered cards as an additional service information providing card according to the present invention; And
It includes an additional service information providing unit for providing additional service information data including the additional service information for each of the selected additional service information providing card to the user terminal,
The additional service information selection unit,
Perform the automatic search based on at least one of the additional service search history information and the additional service usage history information previously stored for the user;
The additional service information device includes an additional service provider information and additional service content information. The method of claim 1,
The additional service information selection unit,
When performing the automatic search, the card for providing the additional service information is selected based on at least one of pre-stored additional service search history information and additional service usage history information for the user,
When performing the map search, the card for providing the additional service information is selected based on at least one of the location search condition information and the additional service information type information included in the additional service information request,
The apparatus for providing supplementary service information when the category search is performed, selecting the supplementary service information providing card based on the supplementary service provider information selected by the user included in the supplementary service information request. The method of claim 1,
And a supplementary service information data generation unit for generating supplementary service information of the supplementary service information providing card as the supplementary service information data in a predetermined format according to one of a map search and a category search. The method of claim 1,
The card registration unit,
And the supplementary service information providing apparatus for updating the supplementary service information of the card of which the supplementary service use history information of the registered cards is updated by applying the supplementary service use history information. The method of claim 4, wherein
The additional service usage history management unit,
The additional service information providing apparatus for initializing the pre-stored additional service usage history for the user at a predetermined date and time. The method of claim 1,
The additional service information selection unit,
In the automatic search, additional service information for setting the search condition with the highest number of search conditions among the additional service search conditions for the user as an automatic search condition, and selecting the additional service information providing card based on the set automatic search condition. Provision device. The method according to claim 6,
The additional service information selection unit,
When performing the map search, location information of the location information for each additional service information provider included in the location radius selected by the user according to the location search condition and the additional service information type included in the additional service information request or corresponding to the automatic search condition Apparatus for providing additional service information obtained from a provision server. The method of claim 7, wherein
The additional service information data generation unit,
The additional service information providing apparatus for generating the additional service information providing data by mapping the additional service information of the additional service information providing card for each of the location data to the map data according to the location search condition. The method of claim 1,
The additional service information data generation unit,
Generating the supplementary service information data including display information for distinguishing supplementary service information of a card that meets a preset supplementary service benefit condition among supplementary service information for each supplementary service information providing card from supplementary service information of another card; Additional service information providing device. A method of providing supplementary service information by an apparatus for providing supplementary service information, the method comprising:
Receiving an additional service information request including additional service search menu selection information and additional service information search condition information according to a user from a user terminal;
Selecting at least one additional service information providing card according to the additional service information request among pre-registered registration cards for the user;
Generating additional service information data including additional service information for each of the selected additional service information providing cards; And
Transmitting the generated additional service information data to the user terminal,
Selecting the additional service information providing card,
The card for providing the additional service information is selected by performing any one of an automatic search, a map search, and a category search according to at least one of the additional service search menu selection information and the additional service information search condition.
When performing the automatic search, the condition of the automatic search is set based on at least one of pre-stored additional service search history information and additional service usage history information for the user,
The additional service information includes at least one additional service provider information and additional service content information for each additional service provider, additional service information providing method. 11. The method of claim 10,
Before the step of receiving the request for additional service information,
Receiving at least one card information from the user terminal;
Acquiring each additional service information according to the card information from a card information management server; And
And registering the card with the user terminal by matching and storing the obtained additional service information and the card information. delete 11. The method of claim 10,
The condition of the automatic search,
And setting at least one of an additional service search menu type and an additional service information type most searched for the user according to the additional service search history information. 11. The method of claim 10,
Selecting the additional service information providing card,
The additional service information providing method of selecting, as the additional service information providing card, a registration card having a remaining number of additional service available in the registration card according to the pre-stored additional service usage history information for the user. 15. The method of claim 14,
The additional service information providing method of updating the additional service usage history information and the additional service information of the registration card based on the additional service usage information received from the user terminal. 11. The method of claim 10,
Before generating the additional service information data,
Obtaining location data for each additional service information provider included in the location radius selected by the user according to the location search condition and the additional service information type included in the additional service information request or corresponding to the condition of the automatic search from the location information providing server Additional service information providing method further comprising the step. 17. The method of claim 16,
The generating of the additional service information data may include:
And providing additional service information data by mapping additional service information of the additional service information providing card for each of the location data to map data corresponding to the location search condition. The method of claim 17,
The generating of the additional service information data may include:
The supplementary service information data including display information for distinguishing supplementary service information of a registration card that meets a preset supplementary service benefit condition among supplementary service information for each supplementary service information providing card from supplementary service information of another registration card Method of providing additional service information to generate.

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