KR101599246B1 - System for issuing and managing mobile gift certificate - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mobile gift certificate issuing and managing system capable of managing a mobile gift certificate issued by issuing a mobile gift certificate.
A mobile gift certificate issuing and managing system according to the present invention includes: a gift certificate issuing server for issuing a mobile gift certificate; A gift certificate management server for receiving and managing a mobile gift certificate issued from a gift certificate issuing server; And a gift certificate issuing terminal for displaying a mobile gift certificate managed and connected to the gift certificate management server and issuing a mobile gift certificate in connection with the payment system to the recipient mobile device; The present invention is directed to a system and method for issuing and managing a mobile gift certificate including a mobile gift certificate issuing and managing system for displaying a mobile gift certificate by category and displaying a discounted mobile gift certificate based on installed location and card information.

Description

SYSTEM FOR ISSUING AND MANAGING MOBILE GIFT CERTIFICATE

The present invention relates to a mobile gift certificate issuing and managing system capable of managing a mobile gift certificate issued by issuing a mobile gift certificate.

More particularly, the present invention relates to a mobile gift certificate issuing and managing system capable of issuing various mobile gift certificates in cooperation with a mobile gift certificate issuing server for issuing mobile gift certificates, and managing the issued mobile gift certificates.

The present invention relates to a mobile voucher issuance and management system in which a mobile voucher can be issued by applying discounts in connection with a convenience store or the like.

The present invention relates to a mobile gift certificate issuing and managing system capable of issuing a mobile gift certificate to a mobile device and issuing a gift certificate to a plurality of mobile devices,

A gift certificate means a bearer securities issued by a shop or a company that can be exchanged for a commodity equivalent to a denomination. It plays a role of capital together with money, and the transaction value is increasing year by year.

These gift certificates can be issued both online and offline, and in recent years, online gift certificates using the Internet have been widely used.

In order to use the online voucher, the user applies for the issuance of the voucher online using the Internet or mobile. Then, visit the gift certificate issuer, use the gift certificate issued by the branch, pay the delivery fee, and then use the gift certificate for the branch.

Gift certificates are often used as gifts, and they are usually used in such a form as to pay in advance the amount payable by the gift certificate, purchase the gift certificate, and present it to the other person.

Currently, gift certificate transactions include paper vouchers issued by distribution companies, card type vouchers issued by financial institutions, and mobile vouchers issued by mobile devices.

Among them, the mobile voucher is transmitted to the mobile device in an electronic form so that the mobile voucher can be used through the mobile device. Thus, a technology in which a mobile (electronic) voucher is purchased electronically and payment can be made using the purchased voucher 10-2005-0083178 describes a method of commerce using an electronic voucher.

The above-described technique creates and prepares a purchase subscription including the purchase amount of the electronic voucher and the mobile communication number of the recipient, creates and records an electronic voucher corresponding to the subscription, and records the barcode in which the electronic voucher is recorded to the recipient And the issuance number of the electronic voucher is read out from the bar code via the communication terminal, and the issuance number of the electronic voucher and the authorization including the transaction amount are transmitted to the mobile communication terminal of the recipient The payment of the electronic voucher is made by transferring the information to the server computer and requesting approval of the transaction.

In addition, in Patent Publication No. 10-2009-0076316, a mobile virtual machine voucher distribution management system and a payment method using a virtual machine voucher have been described.

The above technology relates to a mobile VM gift certificate circulation management system in which a user makes an online connection using a mobile terminal, purchases a VM gift certificate, presents a purchased VM gift certificate, or purchases a predetermined commodity.

However, this conventional technique is difficult to change the type of the gift certificate because it is required to obtain the gift certificate in advance, when the gift certificate is purchased in advance, and when the user intends to purchase various kinds of gift certificates, There was a problem in that there was a hassle.

Accordingly, in order to solve the above problems, a system and method for instantly issuing mobile vouchers have been described in Japanese Patent Application No. 10-1152164.

The above technology is a system in which a gift voucher issuance system issues a gift voucher to a gift voucher issued by a gift voucher sales system and then issues a voucher in a gift voucher sales system when a user desires to receive the gift voucher. And methods.

However, the above technology also has the advantage that the range of use of the gift certificate is not predetermined by issuing the gift certificate to the user by issuing the gift certificate to be used within the range of the settlement amount. However, when presenting the mobile gift certificate to a large number of users, There is a problem that it is necessary to repeatedly perform the process of settlement and issuance.

Also, the issue of the issued mobile voucher can not be used due to the breakage of the mobile device and the deletion due to the operation error of the user.

Published Japanese Patent Application No. 10-2005-0083178 (Aug. 26, 2005) Published Patent Publication No. 10-2009-0076316 (2009. 07. 13.) Patent Registration No. 10-1152164 (2012. 08. 07.)

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile voucher which can issue a mobile voucher to a plurality of mobile devices, To provide a mobile voucher issuance and management system.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a mobile voucher issuance and management system capable of issuing various mobile vouchers in conjunction with a mobile voucher issuance server for issuing mobile vouchers and managing the issued mobile vouchers.

In order to solve the above problems, a mobile gift certificate issuing and managing system according to the present invention includes a gift certificate issuing server for issuing a mobile gift certificate; A gift certificate management server for receiving and managing a mobile gift certificate issued from a gift certificate issuing server; And a gift certificate issuing terminal for displaying a mobile gift certificate managed and connected to the gift certificate management server and issuing a mobile gift certificate in connection with the payment system to the recipient mobile device; And a mobile gift certificate issuing and managing system including a mobile gift certificate issuing and managing system for displaying the mobile gift certificate by category and displaying the discounted mobile gift certificate based on the installed location and the card information, So as to solve the technical problem.

According to the present invention, it is possible to receive a variety of mobile gift certificates arranged according to categories in connection with the mobile gift certificate issuing server, and to reissue even when the issued mobile gift certificate is deleted or damaged.

Also, since the mobile gift certificate can be easily issued to the selected mobile device, the mobile gift certificate can be issued to a plurality of mobile devices, so that a mobile gift certificate can be presented to a plurality of users at once.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a mobile gift certificate issuing and managing system according to the present invention,
FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a gift certificate management server and a gift certificate issuing terminal in a mobile gift certificate issuing and managing system according to the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a gift certificate issuing terminal according to an embodiment of the mobile gift certificate issuing and managing system according to the present invention,
4 is an initial screen displayed on the gift certificate issuing terminal in the mobile gift certificate issuing and managing system according to the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a screen of an embodiment for inputting a telephone number of a recipient mobile device displayed on a gift certificate issuing terminal in a mobile gift certificate issuing and managing system according to the present invention,
FIG. 6 is a screen of an embodiment for selecting a recipient to receive a mobile gift certificate from a phone number list displayed on a gift certificate issuing terminal in a mobile gift certificate issuing and managing system according to the present invention.

The terms and words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed as limited to ordinary or dictionary terms and the inventor may properly define the concept of the term in order to best describe its invention It should be construed as meaning and concept consistent with the technical idea of the present invention.

Therefore, the embodiments described in the present specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are merely the most preferred embodiments of the present invention and are not intended to represent all of the technical ideas of the present invention. Therefore, various equivalents It should be understood that water and variations may be present.

Before describing the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings, it should be noted that the present invention is not described or specifically described with respect to a known configuration that can be easily added by a person skilled in the art, Let the sound be revealed.

The present invention relates to a mobile voucher issuance and management system capable of issuing various mobile vouchers in connection with a mobile voucher issuance server for issuing mobile vouchers and managing the issued mobile vouchers.

The present invention can also be applied to a mobile gift certificate issuing and managing device capable of issuing a mobile gift certificate by applying discounts in connection with a convenience store or the like, issuing a mobile gift certificate to a plurality of mobile devices, ≪ / RTI >

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a mobile gift certificate issuing and managing system according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a gift certificate managing server and a gift certificate issuing terminal in a mobile gift certificate issuing and managing system according to the present invention.

The mobile gift certificate issuing and managing system according to the present invention includes a gift certificate issuing server 100, a gift certificate managing server 200, a gift certificate issuing terminal 300, a payment system 400, a recipient mobile device 500 and a user mobile device 600 ).

The gift certificate issuing server 100 is a server operated by a company (or an institution) issuing a gift certificate, and the gift certificate issued is made of a mobile gift certificate.

At this time, since the issuance of the gift certificate can also be issued through a company that issues the gift certificate, it can be configured to include all of the issued mobile gift certificates.

The issued mobile voucher is stored in the voucher issuance server 100, including the type of the voucher, the issue number, the quantity, the amount, the expiration date, the payment information, and the recipient information.

The gift certificate management server 200 collects the mobile gift certificates that can be issued from the gift certificate issuing server 100, classifies the collected gift certificates by category, stores and manages the issued gift certificates, discounts the gift certificates issued through the discount policy Is applied. The gift certificate management server 200 includes a gift certificate collection module 210, a gift certificate classification module 220, a gift certificate issue storage module 230 and a discount policy module 240.

The gift voucher collection module 210 collects mobile vouchers that can be issued from the gift voucher server 100.

That is, if there is a mobile voucher that can be registered and issued to the voucher issuance server 100, the mobile voucher is collected.

The voucher classifying module 220 classifies the collected vouchers into one category.

For example, when a category is classified as department store, shoe manufacturing, education, dining, grocery, sightseeing, books and culture, each collected voucher is classified and managed according to each category.

In addition, gift certificates issued by department stores are sold to department stores, shoes and shoes are shipped to shrines, vocabulary books issued by academies such as English academies are sold to education, gift certificates issued by restaurants, The travel voucher is stored in tourism, the voucher for purchasing books and the like are stored in the book, and the voucher for viewing the theater is stored in the culture category, respectively.

The voucher issuance storage module 230 stores and manages the issued mobile voucher, and the issued mobile voucher is stored including the type of the voucher, the issue number, the quantity, the amount, the expiration date, the payment information, and the recipient information.

The discount policy module 240 applies a discount rate to be issued by applying a predetermined discount rate to the voucher to be issued.

 The discount rate may include an associated discount rate to be provided to a user when the purchaser purchases two or more gift coupons in connection with the multiple discount rates and the gift coupons issued in connection with the mass purchase.

Also, the discount rate may be configured such that a discount is applied based on a location (for example, a shop of a convenience store or the like) where the gift certificate issuance terminal 300 is installed (described later) and card information.

For example, when a card is settled in a shop, and a gift certificate is purchased using the mobile gift certificate issuing system of the present invention within a predetermined time range with the executed card, a mobile gift certificate with a discount rate applied based on the card information is issued Lt; / RTI >

In this case, a store is a place providing goods or services with a certain facility, and it may be a place where a gift issuing terminal 300 such as a convenience store, a hospital, a drugstore, a bank and a government office is installed and can provide goods or services Do.

The gift certificate issuing terminal 300 displays a mobile gift certificate managed and connected to the gift certificate managing server 200 and issues the mobile gift certificate in connection with the payment system 400 to the recipient mobile device 500. [

In other words, the gift certificate issuing terminal 300 can be disposed at a position where users are frequently visited and can be exposed to the user. In particular, it is installed in a convenience store, a subway station, a bank, etc., which is open 24 hours, in a stand type or a wall type.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a gift certificate issuing terminal according to an embodiment of the mobile gift certificate issuing and managing system according to the present invention, which is shown as a stand type, but may be configured in various forms.

The gift certificate issuing terminal 300 can be installed in the form of a kiosk, which is a form of an unmanned terminal installed in a public place so that the public can easily use the gift certificate issuing terminal 300 through unattended or automated operation.

The gift certificate issuing terminal 300 may further include a proximity sensor and an audio output module in addition to the above configuration to detect a person who is passing through and to output various voices according to the detected information, have.

The gift certificate issuing terminal 300 includes an interface module 310, a touch recognition module 320, a billing system linking module 330, a cash recognition module 340, a mobile device communication module 350, a receipt output module 360, A gift certificate issuing module 370, and the like.

The interface module 310 provides a user-oriented user interface, and a screen of a suitable form is displayed according to a user's operation.

For example, the mobile voucher is configured to display the vouchers for the categories, the vouchers for the selected category, and to display the payment method and the like.

Also, it is configured to display advertisement, billing history, telephone number input, telephone number list and selected telephone number interface according to design conditions.

The touch recognition module 320 is configured to recognize a user's operation and perform a task. The touch recognition module 320 may be configured by adopting a touch screen for putting a hand on a screen without using it. It is a matter of course that the touch recognition module 320 can be configured using physical buttons.

The billing system linking module 330 is for authenticating a payment in connection with a billing system through a communication network. The billing system linking module 330 is connected to a payment server of a credit card company, a payment server of a communication company, a traffic card management server, Module.

The payment method according to the issuance of the gift certificate can be configured such that payment can be made through credit card payment, cash payment, micropayment through a communication company, and a transportation card.

For example, when the user intends to settle payment for the mobile voucher with a credit card, the interface module 310 displays a screen for inputting information according to credit card payment, and the billing system linking module 330 Based on the input information, the payment server is connected with the credit card company's payment server to approve the payment.

In addition, when payment is requested by a transportation card (eg, T-money card, local transportation card, etc.), payment can be made within the usage range of the transportation card in connection with the transportation card management server.

The cash recognition module 340 is a module for recognizing, displaying, and storing the input cash when it intends to make payment for the mobile gift certificate in cash.

The cash recognition module 340 includes a cash input unit for inputting cash, a forgery detection unit for determining whether or not the input cash is falsified, and a cash storage unit for loading the input cash.

If the cash deposited in accordance with the design conditions is a counterfeit bill, it may be photographed with a separate camera, and the photographed image may be provided to the related organization.

The mobile device communication module 350 is a module for connecting the gift certificate issuing terminal 300 and the user mobile device 600 to receive information from the user mobile device 600. The information received from the user mobile device 600 may be a list of phone numbers stored in the user mobile device 600.

That is, the gift certificate issuing terminal 300 receives and displays the telephone number list stored in the user mobile device 600 in cooperation with the user mobile device 600. Of course, the received phone number list is stored in the temporary memory, and when the mobile voucher is issued or stopped, the phone number list stored in the temporary memory is deleted so that personal information is not leaked.

The mobile device communication module 350 may be configured to communicate using a communication module included in the user mobile device 600 and may be configured to be connected through wired communication and wireless communication.

In the case of wireless communication, RF (Radio Frequency) communication, infrared communication, NFC (Near Field Communication) communication, and the like can be connected.

A list of phone numbers is received and displayed from the user mobile device 600 via the mobile device communication module 350. Selects the telephone number of the recipient mobile device 500 from the displayed telephone number list, and issues the mobile gift certificate to the recipient mobile device according to the operation.

Accordingly, the mobile voucher can be selected from the user phone number list, and the mobile voucher can be presented to a plurality of the recipient mobile devices 500. [ Therefore, it is possible to prevent the mobile voucher from being delivered to an unintended recipient, and there is an advantage that it can be issued to a plurality of recipients at once.

The receipt output module 360 outputs the receipt history of the issued mobile voucher.

The output number can be output including the type of the gift certificate, the issue number, the quantity, the amount, the expiration date, the payment information, and the recipient information.

The gift certificate issuing module 370 is a module for issuing a selected mobile gift certificate for which payment has been completed. When the payment is completed and at least one recipient mobile device 500 is input, the gift certificate issuing module 370 is performed according to a user's operation.

The issued mobile voucher is issued to the recipient mobile device 500 as a gift voucher code.

At this time, the gift voucher code may be composed of a code that can be read by the gift voucher terminal (gift voucher recognizing device) using the gift voucher. For example, the gift voucher code may be composed of a bar code, a QR code, an electronic recognition code, or the like.

Also, the issued mobile voucher is transmitted to the gift certificate issuing server 200 and the gift certificate managing server 300, and the information is stored and managed.

When the issued voucher is erroneously deleted or damaged by the user's operation, the voucher management server 200 accesses the voucher management server 200 and makes a request to the voucher management server 200, And confirms the gift certificate information so that the mobile gift certificate can be reissued.

Accordingly, since the issued mobile voucher is stored and managed in the voucher issuance server 100 and the voucher management server 200, re-issuance of the mobile voucher can be performed by comparing the mobile vouchers stored in the servers 100 and 200, respectively There is an advantage that the authentication procedure is simple and the damage due to duplicate issuance can be prevented. In addition, the user can easily reissue the lost gift voucher by facilitating the re-issuance of the voucher.

Of course, if the mobile voucher is reissued, the previously issued mobile voucher can not be used.

The payment system 400 is a system for processing and authenticating payment according to issuance of a gift certificate. The payment system 400 can be configured to perform payment through credit card payment, cash settlement, micropayment through a communication company, and transportation card.

The recipient mobile device 500 and the user mobile device 600 may be mobile devices carried by the recipient or the user and may be connected to the communication network to receive the mobile gift certificates.

Here, it is natural that the recipient mobile device 500 can be received by the user's own mobile device 600.

In this manner, the issued mobile voucher is transmitted to the recipient mobile device 500, and the recipient who receives the mobile voucher can use the mobile voucher by reading the corresponding mobile voucher in the voucher terminal (not shown in the drawing). Also, the used mobile voucher is transmitted to the voucher issuance server 100 and the voucher management server 200, and the history of using the corresponding voucher is stored and managed.

4 shows an initial screen of an embodiment of the present invention displayed on a gift certificate issuing terminal in a mobile gift certificate issuing and managing system according to the present invention.

The display screen of the gift certificate issuing terminal 300 may be composed of displays of various sizes depending on the installed position and space.

In the configuration of the initial screen displayed on the gift certificate issuing terminal, a gift certificate displaying portion 301 in which a category in which a mobile gift certificate is classified is displayed, and a payment method displaying portion 302 in which a payment method is displayed.

Here, the gift certificate display unit 301 may be configured to display an advertisement or the like in a normal manner, and may display information about the advertisement when the advertisement to be displayed is selected.

When a displayed category is selected, a list of mobile vouchers that can be issued for the category is displayed.

For example, if you choose liquor, you will be able to select and display the liquified mobile vouchers such as SK Encline, GS Caltex, and S-Oil.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a screen of an embodiment of inputting a telephone number of a recipient mobile device displayed on a gift certificate issuing terminal in a mobile gift certificate issuing and managing system according to the present invention.

As shown in the accompanying drawings, a telephone number display unit 303 displays a telephone number display unit 303 that displays a telephone number input for a plurality of recipients within a range of a payment amount by selecting a cultural gift card, A receipt amount display unit 304 and a keypad 305 for inputting the telephone number and the receipt amount are displayed.

When the telephone number display unit 303 is selected according to the design conditions, the keypad 305 is activated and configured to be able to input numbers.

In this case, the input amount may be displayed by comparing the payment amount with the inputted amount, and when the inputted amount is larger than the payment amount, the guide amount or the voice may be guided.

5, a mobile voucher can be issued to another person according to the operation of the keypad 305. [ Also, the user has to input the telephone number every time.

The process of displaying the list on the user's telephone number and selecting the recipient from the displayed telephone number will be described with reference to FIG. 6 of the accompanying drawings.

6 shows a screen of an embodiment for selecting a recipient to receive a mobile gift certificate from a phone number list displayed on a gift certificate issuing terminal in a mobile gift certificate issuing and managing system according to the present invention.

That is, if the 'retrieve phone number list' is selected in FIG. 5, the list of phone numbers of the user mobile device 600 is transmitted to the gift certificate issuing terminal 300 through a predetermined authentication process of connecting the user mobile device 600 and the gift certificate issuing terminal 300 And transmitted to the terminal 300.

The transmitted list can be displayed as shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 shows an example in which the paid-up screen is displayed in the background and the received phone number list is activated and displayed. In this example, the phone number list can be displayed through a separate interface.

The telephone number list transmitted from the user mobile device 600 is displayed on the telephone number list display part 306. [

At this time, the phone number list display unit 306 displays the name of the corresponding phone number input by the user, and the recipient is selected by selecting the check box. Therefore, it is easier to select the recipient than to enter the telephone number one by one.

Of course, when there are many lists displayed on the phone number list display unit 306, the up and down scroll buttons or up and down buttons are further displayed.

The phone number list received from the user mobile device 600 is stored in the temporary memory and is configured to be deleted when payment is completed or the issuance of the gift certificate is canceled.

According to the present invention, it is possible to receive a variety of mobile gift certificates arranged according to categories in connection with the mobile gift certificate issuing server, and to reissue even when the issued mobile gift certificate is deleted or damaged.

Also, since the mobile gift certificate can be easily issued to the selected mobile device, the mobile gift certificate can be issued to a plurality of mobile devices, so that a mobile gift certificate can be presented to a plurality of users at once.

1 to 6 describe only the main points of the present invention. As far as various designs can be made within the technical scope thereof, the present invention is not limited to the configurations and functions of Figs. 1 to 6 It is self-evident that it is not limited.

100: gift certificate issuing server 200: gift certificate managing server
210: Gift certificate collection module 220: Gift certificate classification module
230: Gift certificate issue storage module 240: Discount policy module
300: Gift certificate issuing terminal 301: Certificate ticket displaying section
302: payment method display unit 303: telephone number display unit
304: Receipt amount display unit 305: Keypad
306: Telephone number list display part
310: interface module 320: touch recognition module
330: Billing system link module 340: Cash recognition module
350: Mobile communication module 360: Receipt output module
370: Gift certificate issuing module 400: Payment system
500: recipient mobile device 600: user mobile device

Claims (7)

A gift certificate issuing server for issuing a mobile gift certificate;
A gift certificate management server receiving and managing a mobile gift certificate issued from the gift certificate issuing server; And
A voucher issuing terminal for displaying a mobile voucher connected to and managed by the voucher management server and issuing a mobile voucher in connection with a payment system to a recipient mobile device; A mobile gift certificate issuing and managing system,
The gift certificate issuing terminal,
Installed in a kiosk form,
Displays the mobile voucher by category, displays the discounted mobile voucher based on the installed location and card information,
The mobile voucher is issued to the recipient mobile device corresponding to a telephone number selected from the displayed telephone number list in association with the user mobile device, receiving and displaying the telephone number list stored in the user mobile device,
Wherein an interface capable of inputting a plurality of phone numbers is displayed so that a mobile voucher can be issued to a plurality of mobile devices at the same time.
The method according to claim 1,
The settlement system comprises:
Wherein the payment is made by one of a credit card payment, a cash payment, a micropayment through a communication company, and a transportation card.
delete delete The method according to claim 1,
The gift certificate issuing terminal,
And receives a phone number list stored in the user mobile device by wireless communication with the user mobile device.
The method according to claim 1,
The received telephone number list is stored in a temporary memory,
And when the mobile gift certificate is issued, the phone number list stored in the temporary memory is deleted.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the card information is information settled within a predetermined time range at a shop where the gift certificate issuing terminal is installed.

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