KR20010100382A - Method and System of servicing coupons of wire and wireless internet site through a wireless terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a coupon service system and method for converting a coupon existing only in the wired Internet site to be suitable for the wireless Internet to be used on the wireless Internet.

The present invention stores the coupon selected by the user on the wired, wireless Internet, and shows the stored coupon list through the wireless terminal, so that the user can save and manage the coupons found on the wired, wireless Internet for each member, the selected coupon from the list Provides a wired, wireless integrated coupon service system and method that can be displayed through a wireless terminal.

Description

Method and system for integrated coupon service of wired and wireless Internet sites through wireless terminal {Method and System of servicing coupons of wire and wireless internet site through a wireless terminal}

The present invention relates to coupons provided on wired and wireless Internet sites, and more particularly, to a method and system for managing and using coupons.

The Internet site can be classified into a wired Internet site accessible by a laptop computer or a desktop computer and a wireless Internet site accessible by a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), or a Palm PC.

Wireless Internet service has a distinction between the existing Internet service, standard protocol, expression language, and related systems.

Each company developed their own technology for wireless Internet service, which caused incompatibility. For example, Phnoe.Com has developed the Handheld Device Transport Protocol (HDTP) and Handheld Device Markup Language (HDML), and Nokia has developed the Tagged Text Mark-up Language (TTML). Since then, only the HDML of the phone has been continuously developed, and in the early days, the biggest impact on the wireless Internet is Korea's 017 and 019 are using HDML.

Due to this compatibility issue, in June 1997, four companies including Ericsson, Motorola and Nokia decided to establish a common standard, and formed the WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) forum. The language we created is WML (Wireless Markup Language).

Opinion is that the language for the wireless Internet will be integrated into WML because of the common standard, but currently uses HDML, WML, service-parsed Hyper Text Markup Language (sHTML), and mHTML (Microsoft's wireless Internet language). .

Wireless Internet related systems include a WML browser, a WAP gateway, and a web server. As can be seen in the block diagram of FIG. 1, a wireless Internet gateway 23 is provided between a user's wireless terminal 21 and a wireless Internet site server 25. A server is located, and this gateway server 23 converts the WAP protocol into the Internet protocol, and also converts the Internet protocol into the WAP protocol.

The wireless Internet site server 25 includes, for example, a WML DECKS 28 and a content 29 using a CGI script 27 and a WML script. In the web browser, various information is processed by HTML and WML, and since all functions cannot be processed by its function alone, the protocol to serve as a connection between an external program and a web server (HTTP Server) is supplemented by the CGI (Common Gateway). Interface) and CGI scripts are programs that implement this, which are needed in the wired Internet, and additional WML scripts are required in the wireless Internet.

The number of wireless Internet sites is increasing exponentially with the development of wireless Internet technology. However, the number of wireless Internet sites is less than that of wired Internet sites.

On the other hand, these wired and wireless sites provide mileage, cyber money, coupons, giveaways, etc. to increase the loyalty and the number of visitors of the visitor, the present invention is convenient to the user for the management and use of coupons It relates to a technology for providing.

Currently, the coupons on the wired Internet of these electronic coupons are to be printed and used.

However, the conventional coupon use method not only needs an output device capable of printing a desired coupon on the wired Internet, but also has a problem of always carrying the output coupon. That is, one site coupon is usually printed on a single sheet. If the schedule for using the coupon is not clear, it is inconvenient to always carry several prints in order to use the coupon.

For this reason, the electronic coupon using the wired Internet is not useful except when the user plans to print the coupon use schedule.

The electronic coupon service using the wireless Internet provides mobility and convenience because the coupon can be used by accessing the Internet through a wireless terminal.

However, the existing electronic coupon service through the wireless Internet provides only the coupons provided by the wireless site, so the type or amount of coupons is less than when using the wired Internet.

In addition, since it does not provide integrated services between wireless and wired Internet, when a specific company or a specific type of coupon is desired, the coupon provided from the wireless site must be searched through the wireless terminal, and the coupon provided from the wired internet. Has to search separately through wired Internet, which wastes time and effort.

In addition, in order to use a coupon found on the Internet, there is a problem in that a visit to a site providing a coupon every time is necessary.

The present invention has been made to solve this problem of the prior art, it is an object of the present invention to provide a coupon service method and system that can be used without printing a coupon retrieved from a wired site.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a coupon service method and system that can manage and use the coupon of the wired site and the wireless site integrally.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method and system for collectively managing coupons required by a user among coupons provided on the Internet.

1 is a conceptual diagram of the wireless Internet

2 is a block diagram of a system in accordance with the present invention.

3 is a block diagram of a server of a system according to the present invention;

4 is a flowchart showing an example of a wired site in the method according to the present invention.

5 is a flow chart illustrating an example of a wireless site in a method according to the present invention.

* Brief description of symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

1: Search Robot 7: Host Server

9: Wired Web Browser 11: Wireless Web Browser

31: control unit 37: database unit

The icon is displayed in advance on the site with the wireless coupon that can be seen on the wireless site among the wired sites searched in connection with the wired internet site, and the user with the wireless mobile terminal can use the coupon between the wireless internet and the wired internet. If you click the icon of the desired coupon from the coupons collected from the wireless Internet site, the clicked coupon is stored in the user's own coupon list, the saved coupon list is displayed through the wireless terminal, and the selected coupon from the list is displayed through the wireless terminal. A server capable of: a first database unit for storing member information for authenticating that a user is a member; A second database unit in which information about the contents and the location of the coupons provided on the wired / wireless Internet can be displayed at the wireless site; A third database unit storing a list of information selected from among the information stored in the second database unit for each member on a wired or wireless Internet in a form in which both wired and wireless Internets can be displayed; If the user is a member, the user authenticates the user through the first database unit. If the user is a member, clicking the icon of the searched site identifies the location in the second database unit of the selected site, and classifies information about the location by member. And store the list of coupons stored in the third database unit on the wired or wireless Internet when the member desires, and the user stores the second list through the wireless Internet browser of the mobile terminal. It provides a wired and wireless integrated coupon server including a control unit for receiving the stored information of the database unit.

The present invention also the control unit links the wireless Internet coupons that the user can see the wired Internet of the selected wireless Internet coupons through the wired Internet browser, when the user clicks on the wired Internet browser displays the clicked wireless Internet coupons It is characteristic.

The present invention also includes the steps of converting the coupon of the wired Internet site into a wireless coupon; Making an icon indicating that there is a wireless coupon when the site having the converted wireless coupon is displayed on the Internet; Preparing a first database for membership authentication; Preparing a second database in which the converted wireless coupon is stored; Preparing a third database that finds and stores information on the wireless coupon in the second database when a member authenticated in the first database presses the icon; And when the specific member selects one of the information recorded in the third database using the wireless terminal, searching for the corresponding coupon stored in the second database according to the selected coupon information and displaying the coupon on the wireless terminal. Provides an integrated service method of wireless Internet coupons.

The icon not only indicates that there is a wireless coupon, but when the icon is selected, it indicates that the selected coupon is stored in the coupon list for each member. The icon is referred to as a handy coupon icon.

In addition, the information of the second database provided in the present invention may be recognized in languages such as HDML, WML, and service-parsed Hyper Text Markup Language (sHTML), which are currently used for wireless Internet services.

On the other hand, the present invention is based on a membership system, even if you are a non-member can search for the necessary coupons, but using the system and method according to the present invention is essential for the member to use substantially.

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

Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing a system according to the present invention, which is an Internet server 7 (hereafter referred to as a host server) and a wired web browser 9 which can be connected to the host server 7, respectively. And a wireless browser (11), a search robot (1) for collecting necessary information on the web, a temporary storage unit (3) for temporarily storing the results searched by the search robot (1), and the temporary storage unit (3) And a management unit (5) for classifying, organizing and storing the information stored in the host server (7).

The search robot 1 periodically searches for a corresponding site by referring to a list of coupons of vast documents existing on the Internet, and provides a management tool that can be managed by an administrator. Index management function to manage the, URL management function to manage the site (URL) to search, and information collection function to detect the indexed data by accessing the URL. These search robots currently provide information to search sites on the wired Internet such as Yahoo.

Meanwhile, the management unit 5 classifies the search results stored in the temporary storage unit 3 by directory or search word, which may be processed by software, but may be performed by an administrator. In the present invention, in particular, it serves to link the searched wired site coupons and wireless site coupons. Since the wired site having the wireless site indicates on the site that the wireless site exists, it identifies the contents and associates the coupon of the wireless site corresponding to the coupon of the wired site. In addition, in the case of wired sites that do not have a wireless site, it plays a role of converting important matters, such as the expiration date of the coupon, the name of the provider, and how to use the coupon, from the wired site to be displayed on the wireless browser. have.

This conversion method can be done manually by the person who is the administrator of the host server, and recognizes information such as the expiration date of coupons among the wired Internet coupons and converts it to the language for the wireless site, for example, WML. Extract it and save it as a simple file, which can be processed by software.

On the other hand, since the host server 7 is essential to operate on a membership system, the host server 7, as shown in the block diagram of Figure 3, the first database unit for storing the member information for member authentication ( 51), the first database unit 51 stores the user ID and password of the member so that the user can be authenticated as a member when the user connects via wired or wireless internet. If necessary, it is possible to operate a separate database unit by distinguishing a case where a member is authenticated by a wired connection and a case where a member is authenticated by a wireless connection.

The host server 7 also has a second database unit 53 which stores information on the wireless coupons organized by the management unit, and the second database unit 53 stores information on the second database. The location ID indicating the location, the wired URL and the wireless URL, which are the addresses on the site where the coupon is located, the coupon provider, the coupon title, the expiration date, etc. corresponding to the contents of the coupon are stored.

The host server 7 also has a third database unit 55 which stores the coupons selected by the user to add to their coupon list by member, and the third database unit 55 has members by member. Stores the user ID of the member for management and the location ID of the selected coupon that can determine the location of the second database unit 53 to manage the list of coupons selected by the member as favorites.

Here, the first database unit 51, the second database unit 53, and the third database unit 55 are connected to each other. Each member has its own storage in the first database section 51 and the third database section 55.

The host server 7 also has a control unit 31, which uses the CGI script 33 and the WML script 35 for information processing of wired and wireless sites. Naturally, you can use ASP scripts instead of CGI scripts. In order to authenticate that the connected user is a member, the member is authenticated in comparison with the data of the first database unit 51, and wirelessly by a coupon on a wired site stored in the second database unit 53, that is, by an administrator. For wired sites with coupons that are converted to be displayed on the site, a handy coupon icon capable of displaying them is displayed in association with the wired sites found in the search box.

The control unit 31 also links the wireless Internet coupons that can be viewed through the wired Internet browser, and when clicked, displays the clicked wireless Internet coupons on the wired Internet browser.

In addition, when a user clicks on a handy coupon icon that allows a member to create his or her own coupon list for wireless use of the wired Internet coupon displayed through the wired Internet browser, the user's unique storage unit is stored in the third database. It is found in the unit 55, the location of the coupon stored in the second database unit 53 by the wired Internet URL, and selected by the member unique storage unit in the third database unit 55, which is identified by the user ID Stores the location ID of the coupon.

When the user wants to view a favorite list selected by the user, the user ID is searched for a user-specific storage unit stored in the third database unit 55, and the selected coupon position in the second database unit is stored using the location ID stored in the storage unit. And the portion of the selected wireless coupon is displayed.

Similarly, when a user selects a handy coupon icon of a coupon that he wants to be stored in his coupon list among coupons searched through a wireless internet browser, the selected wireless internet coupon is stored in the third database unit 55 in the same manner.

The above describes the management technology for using the coupon on the wireless Internet browser, but the technology for managing the coupon on the wired Internet for each member is not mentioned, of course, it is possible through the present invention. That is, an additional wired icon that allows a user to select whether to use on a wired site or a wireless site is additionally displayed on the Internet, and a tag for checking whether or not to be selected is inserted into the third database unit 55. Just do it. That is, when the user selects the wired icon to use and manage the coupon provided on the wired internet, the tag for the wired site in the third database unit 55 is selected, and the user selects the bookmark list of the wired coupon on the wired site. In the case of requesting the view, the tag for the wired site is selected among the location IDs included in the third database unit 55, the corresponding coupon list is displayed, and when one of the lists is selected, the second database unit 53 is displayed. You can go to the wired site where the coupon is stored through the saved wired URL.

4 to 5 is a flowchart illustrating the operation relationship of the system according to the present invention, first, Figure 4 is a user to manage their own coupon list in a wireless terminal for a wired Internet coupon displayed through a wired Internet browser This section describes the process of saving using the Handy Coupon icon.

The user first accesses the host server 7 according to the present invention through a wired Internet browser (S100), receives member authentication (S102) (S104), and uses a wired Internet service for a wireless coupon. When a handy coupon icon is found that indicates that the coupon can be managed in a list of its own, it is determined whether the user selects the handy coupon icon for use on the wireless device (S106). The location ID of the wireless coupon corresponding to the second database unit 53 is identified and stored in association with the user ID authenticated in the third database unit 55 (S108). (S110) (S112)

This is a temporary example, preferably among the wireless Internet coupons that can be viewed through the wired Internet browser, the coupons that can be seen through the wired Internet browser further includes a process of displaying on the wired Internet browser when the user wants to output.

In the same way, when the user accesses the host server 7 of the present invention through the wireless Internet browser and checks the handy coupon icon, the third database unit 55 associates the location ID with the user ID in the checked wireless coupon. Store in This is similar to the above procedure, so the flowchart is omitted.

5 illustrates a process in which a user uses a coupon list stored for each user using a handy coupon icon through a wireless terminal.

After the user is connected to the host server (7) according to the present invention through a wireless Internet browser (S120) and become a member authentication (S122) (S124), the user has saved his own using the existing handy coupon icon If the user selects the handy coupon list view to view the coupon list (S126), the second database unit corresponding to the recently recorded contents of the user, that is, the location IDs stored in association with the user ID stored in the third database unit 55 The list of wireless coupons stored in 53 is displayed (S128). When the user selects one of the displayed lists (S130), the selected coupon contents are displayed among the coupons stored in the second database unit 53 (S132). Of course, another service may be selected in the middle. (S140) (S142) (S144)

In addition, although the existing coupon service through the wireless Internet is mainly provided in the text, the present invention further includes a function for displaying a portion of the coupon picture on the wire on the wireless terminal.

Compared to the conventional coupon service using the wireless Internet does not provide a coupon that exists only on the wired Internet site, the present invention converts the coupon existing only on the wired Internet site suitable for the wireless Internet to be used on the wireless Internet various coupons Has the effect of providing.

Conventional coupon service has a problem that the user has to go to the site that provides a coupon every time, in order to use the coupon found on the Internet, the present invention allows the user to store and manage the coupon found on the Internet for each member Therefore, the member is not dependent on a specific PC, there is an effect that can manage your own list of coupons.

In addition, by providing an integrated service of the wireless Internet and wired Internet, the user can display and use not only the coupon list collected from the wireless site, but also the coupon list collected on the wired Internet on the wireless terminal.

Although the preferred embodiment according to the present invention has been described above, this is merely an example, and various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention, all of which fall within the scope of the present invention through the appended claims. There will be.

Claims (4)

Linked with a search site on the wired internet, the icon is displayed in advance on the site with the wireless coupon that can be seen on the wireless site among the searched wired sites, and the user with the wireless mobile terminal can use the icon to connect the wired internet and the wireless internet site. As a server that can store the coupons collected in the favorite form of handy coupons, the list of stored coupons through the wireless terminal, and displays the selected coupons from the list through the wireless terminal, A first database unit storing member information for authenticating that the user is a member; A second database unit in which information about the contents and the location of the coupons provided on the wired / wireless Internet can be displayed at the wireless site; A third database unit storing a list of information selected from among the information stored in the second database unit for each member on a wired or wireless Internet in a form in which both wired and wireless Internets can be displayed; If the user is a member, the user authenticates the user through the first database unit. If the user is a member, clicking the icon of the searched site identifies the location in the second database unit of the selected site, and classifies information about the location by member. And store the list of coupons stored in the third database unit on the wired or wireless Internet when the member desires, and the user can display the coupon list through the wireless Internet browser of the wireless mobile terminal. Control unit to receive the stored information of the database unit Wired and wireless integrated coupon server including The method of claim 1, The second database is a server, characterized in that the administrator of the server manually stores and stores the coupon of the wired site for wireless use The method of claim 1, The second database is a server, characterized in that for extracting the necessary matters of the coupons of the wired site to convert to a language for the wireless site to organize and store Converting the coupon of the wired Internet site into a wireless coupon; Making an icon indicating that there is a wireless coupon when the site having the converted wireless coupon is displayed on the Internet; Preparing a first database for membership authentication; Preparing a second database in which the converted wireless coupon is stored; Preparing a third database that finds and stores information on the wireless coupon in the second database when a member authenticated in the first database presses the icon; If the specific member selects one of the information recorded in the third database using the wireless terminal, finding the corresponding coupon stored in the second database according to the selected coupon information and displaying the coupon on the wireless terminal. Integrated service method of wired, wireless Internet coupons including