KR20020026307A - Method servicing discount coupon using a coupon card and computer-readable recording medium on which a program relating thereto is recorded - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A discount service method using a coupon card and a recording media capable of being read from a computer are provided to use various coupons by transmitting web pages interposing advertising information and discount coupon information to the member in real time, and by applying the information to a product the member wants to buy without the need for showing discount coupons. CONSTITUTION: A coupon card database is constructed using member information(S100). A discount information database is constructed using advertising information, discount information and so on(S102). A coupon card issuing related web page is transmitted according to a coupon card issuing request signal inputted from a user terminal. The member information of the coupon card from the user is received from a user terminal. The information is stored and managed in the coupon card database(S200). A web page interposing the advertising information, the discount information and so on is transmitted(S300). In case that the web page is clicked from the user terminal, information clicked relevant to the member information is stored in the coupon card database(S304). It is judged whether the user is a member. In addition, it is judged whether the discount coupon information is clicked. In case that the member clicks the discount coupon information, a discount rate is applied to the amount of money for a product to be purchased(S400).

Description

METHOD SERVICING DISCOUNT COUPON USING A COUPON CARD AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH A PROGRAM RELATING THERETO IS RECORDED}

The present invention relates to a discount coupon service method using a coupon card and a computer-readable recording medium recording the program, and after sending an e-mail to a member a web page displaying advertisement information and discount coupon information received from a merchant company. When the user clicks on the user terminal, the click information is stored in correspondence with the member information, and the user can click on the discount coupon information. A discount coupon service method and a computer-readable recording medium recording the program.

In general, discount coupons can be applied only by accessing discount coupon sites on the Internet, downloading coupons, or directly printing them and submitting them directly to stores or affiliated stores on OFF-LINE.

In addition, the discount coupons made of paper are not only dirty when carrying several coupons in a purse, but the issued discount coupons can be used only once.

In addition, due to paper discount coupons or advertising flyers, costs such as production costs, labor costs, postage, etc. consumed in the production of advertisement flyers, DM operations and mailing, and postal delivery are also incurred. Cause.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, the present invention is to send a web page posted advertising information and discount coupon information received from merchants in real time to the member, the web page from the user terminal If clicked, the click information is stored in correspondence with the member information, and the discount coupon service method using the coupon card that allows the discount coupon information to be applied to the product to be purchased and can be paid at a discounted amount even without presenting the discount coupon, and its The present invention provides a computer-readable recording medium that records a program.

Discount coupon service method using a coupon card according to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, (a) building a coupon card DB using at least one member information; (b) constructing a discount information DB using advertisement information, discount information, and discount coupon duration information of at least one affiliate company; (c) transmitting a coupon card issuance related web page in response to a coupon card issuing request signal inputted from a user terminal which has made a communication connection through an information communication network, and receives member information of the coupon card from the user through the transmitted web page; Receiving and storing and managing in a coupon card DB; (d) sending a web page including advertisement information, discount information, and discount coupon duration information of the affiliated company to communication means such as an e-mail of a user registered as a member through step (c); (d) when the web page transmitted through the step is clicked from the user terminal, the click information is stored in correspondence with the member information in the coupon card DB; And (f) requesting payment by a coupon card from a user who clicks the discount coupon information through step (e), reads the member information of the requested coupon card from the merchant terminal, receives the read member information, and receives the coupon card DB. After checking whether the user has clicked on the discount coupon information and the member information compared to the member information stored in the member information, and if the member clicks on the discount coupon information, supporting the payment of the discounted price to the amount of the product to be purchased It is characterized by including.

The computer-readable recording medium which records the discount coupon service program using the coupon card according to another aspect of the present invention includes: (A) a process of constructing a coupon card DB using at least one member information; (B) a process of constructing a discount information DB using advertisement information, discount information, and discount coupon duration information of at least one affiliate company; (C) transmit a coupon card issuance related web page in response to a coupon card issuance request signal inputted from a user terminal which has made a communication connection through an information communication network, and obtains member information of the coupon card from the user through the transmitted web page; Receiving and storing and managing the coupon card in the DB; (D) a process of sending a web page displaying advertisement information, discount information and discount coupon duration information of the affiliated company through communication means such as an e-mail of a user registered as a member through the process (C); (E) when the web page transmitted through the process (D) is clicked from the user terminal, the click information is stored in correspondence with the member information in the coupon card DB; And (F) requesting payment by coupon card from the user who clicked the discount coupon information through the process (E), reads the member information of the requested coupon card from the merchant terminal, receives the read member information, and receives the coupon card DB. After checking whether the user clicks the discount coupon information and whether the member is compared with the member information stored in the member information, and if the member clicks the discount coupon information, the process of supporting the payment of the discounted price to the amount of the product to be purchased It is characterized by including.

1 is an overall block diagram illustrating a discount coupon service system using a coupon card according to the present invention;

2 is a block diagram for explaining the coupon card management server of FIG.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a discount coupon service method using a coupon card according to the present invention;

4 is a flowchart illustrating the coupon card issuance subroutine of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating the purchase and payment management subroutine of FIG.

6 is a view showing a coupon-related web page,

7 is a view showing a web page showing the discount coupon information received from the company terminal,

8 is a view showing a payment related web page when purchasing a product;

9 is a view showing a web page that can receive order information from the terminal for the company.

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5: coupon card 10: user terminal

15: merchant terminal 17: terminal for the company

20: Information communication network 30: Coupon card management server

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

Hereinafter, the present invention sends a web page displaying advertisement information and discount coupon information received from a merchant company to an e-mail member, and when the web page is clicked from the user terminal, the click information is stored in correspondence with the member information. Discount coupon service method and a computer-readable recording medium that records the program using a coupon card that allows discount coupon information to be applied to the amount of the product to be purchased conveniently without having to present a discount coupon. It will be described as a preferred embodiment, but the technical spirit of the present invention is not limited to this, but can be variously modified and implemented by those skilled in the art.

Further, preferred embodiments of the present invention include embodiments such as computer systems and computer program products programmed to carry out the methods of the present invention. According to an embodiment of a computer system, a set of instructions for carrying out a method resides in one or more memories (RAM), which sets of other computer memory, such as, for example, disk drives, until needed by the computer system. Can be stored as a computer program product.

The discount coupon service system using the coupon card according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 2 as follows.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a discount coupon service system using a coupon card according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a block diagram illustrating the coupon card management server of FIG.

Discount coupon service system using a coupon card according to the present invention is a coupon card DB 36 and at least one advertisement information, discount information and discounts received from the company terminal 17 built using at least one member information It includes a discount information DB (37) built by using the coupon duration information, communication means, such as e-mail to the web page that the advertisement information, discount information and discount coupon duration information is displayed to the member who issued the coupon card After sending in real time through the user, if the discount coupon related web page is clicked from the user terminal 10, the click information is stored in correspondence with the member information, while the product from the user terminal 10 / merchant terminal 15 If a payment request signal is inputted at the time of purchase, it is searched whether or not the corresponding discount coupon information is clicked in response to the input request signal, and then a search result exists. And it is configured to apply a discount to the item presented by discount coupons coupons card management server (30) to support such settlement payment amount.

The information communication network 20 includes an Internet network using a TCP / IP protocol that can be wired and a WAP protocol that can be wirelessly connected.

In addition, the user terminal 10 / merchant terminal 15 / company terminal 17 is a computer device that can communicate with the Internet browser that can display web content, personal computers such as desktop computers, laptop computers, etc. In addition, it includes a mobile phone capable of wireless Internet communication, a personal digital assistant (PDA), an IMT2000, and the like, and the personal computer preferably includes at least a Windows 98 operating system, a Pentium-class CPU, a 64Mb memory, and the like. In the present embodiment, the user terminal 10 / merchant terminal 15 / company terminal 17 is limited to the case of a personal computer, but the present invention is not limited thereto and is the same below.

The merchant terminal 15 includes a card reader (not shown) capable of reading member information of the coupon card 5.

The coupon card management server 30 receives the order information from the terminal 17 for the company making a communication connection through the information communication network 20, the advertisement information, discount information and discount from the administrator in response to the input order information The web page (as shown in FIG. 7) that receives the coupon duration information, stores the received information in the discount information DB 37, and displays advertisement information, discount information, and discount coupon duration information. If the discount coupon duration is exceeded from the registration date, click information and discount coupon information from the user are automatically deleted.

In addition, the coupon card management server 30 specifies that the discount coupon information received from the company terminal 17 is not limited to one time, but can use the discount coupon within the discount coupon duration.

On the other hand, the coupon card management server 30 is a coupon card issuance module 31, order information management module 32, click information management module 33, purchase management module 34, payment management module 35, coupon card DB 36 and discount information DB 37 are included.

Referring to Figure 2 in more detail, the coupon card issuing module 31 is shown in FIG. 6 in response to the coupon card issuance request signal from the user terminal 10 has made a communication connection through the information communication network 20 It transmits a coupon card issuance-related web page, receives the member information from the user through the transmitted web page is stored and managed in the coupon card DB (36).

The order information management module 32 receives an order information request signal from a terminal 17 for a company that performs a communication connection through the information communication network 20, and responds to the input request signal as shown in FIG. Send the same order information input web page, and receives the issue period information, the number of times of use, discount rate, age, region, quantity of publication, advertisement contents, other matters, etc. from the company manager through the transmitted web page, the received information This is stored and managed in the discount information DB 37.

Thereafter, the coupon card management server 30 emails the member who issued the coupon card a web page displaying the advertisement information, the discount coupon information, and the discount coupon duration information received through the order information management module 32. It is sent in real time through the communication means.

Then, when the click information management module 33 clicks the corresponding email from the user terminal 10 that has received the discount coupon-related web page by email, the clicked information is transmitted along with the member information and the coupon card DB 36 )

In addition, the click information management module 33, if the duration of the discount coupon is exceeded, the click information clicked from the user terminal 10 and the advertisement information, discount coupon information and discounts received from the company terminal 17 It supports the deletion of the web page that posted the coupon duration information.

The purchase management module 34 directly goes to the affiliated store from the user who clicks the discount coupon information, and then directly purchases the product, and upon payment of the product purchase amount through the coupon card 5, the member of the coupon card from the merchant terminal 15. After reading the information and receiving the read member information, checking whether the membership information and the click information that clicks on the discount coupon information exist, and if the member is the member and clicks on the discount coupon information, the payment amount for the product to be purchased The product will be purchased at a discounted amount using the discount rate presented in this discount coupon.

In addition, when the product purchase request signal is input from the user terminal 10 that clicks the discount coupon information, the purchase management module 34 transmits a purchase related web page in response to the input request signal, and transmits the transmitted web page. After receiving the purchase information through the page, when the "add to cart" request signal is input, the payment amount for the product to be purchased is supported and then the product is shipped.

When the payment request signal for the product to be purchased from the user terminal 10 / the merchant terminal 15 is input, the payment management module 35 responds to the input payment request signal and the amount of the corresponding product, discount history information, and the like. While displaying the payment amount, when a payment completion request signal for the displayed payment amount is input, a guide message informing that the corresponding product is paid is transmitted.

On the other hand, the coupon card management server 30, when the payment is completed from the user, a predetermined point is accumulated in the coupon card DB 36, when the accumulated point exceeds a predetermined number of points, the designated product or discount coupon It is desirable to provide.

Now, a discount coupon service method using a coupon card according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a discount coupon service method using a coupon card according to the present invention, FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating the coupon card issuing subroutine of FIG. 3, and FIG. This is an operation flowchart for explaining the payment management subroutine.

First, the coupon card management server 30 builds a coupon card DB using at least one member information (S100).

In addition, the coupon card management server 30 is a state in which the discount information DB 37 is built in advance by using the advertisement information, discount coupon information and discount coupon duration information of at least one affiliate company (S102).

The discount coupon information is product information, a discount rate of the product, the number of times used, etc., but the present invention is not limited thereto.

The coupon card management server 30 makes a communication connection with the user terminal 10 / merchant terminal 15 / company terminal 17 and the information communication network 20 (S103).

Thereafter, the coupon card management server 30 determines whether a coupon card issuance request signal is input from the user terminal 10 which has performed a communication connection through the information communication network 20 (S106).

As a result of the determination in step S106, when the coupon card issuance request signal is input from the user terminal 10, after transmitting the coupon card issuance-related web page, the member information (for example, ID from the user terminal 10) , PASSWORD, name, resident registration number, phone number, address 1, address 2, email, etc.) to perform the coupon card issuance subroutine to store and manage in the coupon card DB (36) (S200).

Referring to FIG. 4, the coupon card issuance subroutine S200 is described. The coupon card issuing module 31 transmits a coupon card issuing related web page in response to a coupon card issuing request signal from the user terminal 10. (S202).

Thereafter, the coupon card issuing module 31 receives member information through the coupon card issuance related web page from the user terminal 10 (S204), and then a subscription request signal is input from the user terminal 10. It is determined whether or not (S206).

As a result of the determination in step S206, if the subscription request signal is not input from the user terminal 10, the process is terminated, and if the subscription request signal from the user terminal 10 is input, as a result of the determination in step S206, The coupon card issuing module 31 stores and manages the member information received from the user in the coupon card DB 36 in response to the input request signal (S208).

As a result of the determination in step S106, when the coupon card issuance request signal is not input from the user terminal 10, it is determined whether the order information request signal is input from the terminal 17 for the company (S108), and the S108. As a result of the determination of the step, when the order information request signal is not input from the company terminal 17, if the payment request signal is not input from the affiliated store terminal 15 of S403 to be described later, the process is terminated.

As a result of the determination in step S108, when the order information request signal is input from the terminal 17 for the company, the coupon card management server 30 may receive the order information in response to the input request signal. After the transmission, order information (for example, advertisement information, discount coupon information, discount coupon duration information, etc.) is received from the company manager (S110).

Thereafter, the coupon card management server 30 stores and manages the order information received from the company terminal 17 in the discount information DB 37 (S112).

Then, the coupon card management server 30 is a communication means such as e-mail to the member applying for the coupon card web page that posted the advertisement information, discount information and discount coupon duration information received from the company terminal 17 Send in real time through (S300).

In addition, the coupon card management server 30 preferably sends the discount coupon information by e-mail selectively according to the age, gender, region of the user registered as a member.

Thereafter, the coupon card management server 30 determines whether the web page on which the discount information transmitted by e-mail is posted from the user terminal 10 is clicked (S302). As a result of the determination in step S302, if discount information is not clicked from the user terminal 10, the discount coupon information is deleted after the discount information duration.

As a result of the determination in step S302, when discount information is clicked from the user terminal 10, the click information is stored in correspondence with the member information in the coupon card DB 36 (S304).

On the other hand, the coupon card management server 30 sends a web page showing the discount coupon information through the communication means, such as e-mail to the member who issued the coupon card, the web page sent by email is the user terminal 10 If clicked from, the clicked information is stored in correspondence with the member information of the coupon card DB 36, of course.

Thereafter, the coupon card management server 30 determines whether a purchase request signal is input from the user terminal 10 or the affiliated store terminal that performs a communication connection through the information communication network 20, and makes a purchase request. If you are a member by checking whether or not you clicked the discount coupon information and clicked on the discount coupon information, the discount rate is applied by applying a predetermined discount rate (for example, 30%) to the price of the product to be purchased. Perform the support purchase and payment management subroutine (S400).

The purchase and payment management subroutine S400 will be described with reference to FIG. 5, and the purchase management module 34 of the coupon card management server 30 determines whether a purchase request signal is input from the user terminal 10. (S402).

As a result of the determination in step S402, when a purchase request signal is not input from the user terminal 10, it is determined whether a payment request signal is input from the affiliated store terminal 15 (S403).

As a result of the determination in step S403, if the payment request signal is not input from the affiliated store terminal 15, the process is terminated, and if the settlement request signal is input from the affiliated store terminal 15, the input is determined. In response to the request signal, the user reads the member information of the coupon card presented from the buyer, receives the read member information (S405), and determines whether or not the member clicks on the discount coupon information (S407).

As a result of the determination in step S407, when the user is not a member and the member does not click the discount coupon information, it supports displaying the amount of the product that does not apply the discount coupon corresponding to the discount coupon (S409).

As a result of the determination in step S407, when the member clicks on the discount coupon information, the discount detail information and the payment amount of the product to be purchased are displayed (S408).

As a result of the determination in step S402, when a purchase request signal is input from the user terminal 10, member information is received in response to the request signal (S404).

Thereafter, the click information management module 33 is present in the coupon card DB 36 whether the member information input from the user terminal 10 exists and the click information of the discount coupon information stored in correspondence with the member information exists. It is determined whether or not (S406).

As a result of the determination in step S406, if the click information stored in correspondence with the member information input from the user terminal 10 does not exist in the coupon card DB 36, the amount of the product that does not apply the discount rate corresponding to the discount coupon To be displayed.

As a result of the determination in step S406, when the click information stored in correspondence with the member information input from the user terminal 10 exists in the coupon card DB 36, the discount history information and the payment amount of the product to be purchased are displayed.

Meanwhile, the coupon card management server 30 determines whether the coupon card payment request signal as shown in FIG. 8 is input from the user terminal 10 / the merchant terminal 15 (S410). As a result of the determination in step S410, when the coupon card payment request signal is not input from the user terminal 10 / merchant terminal 15, the process moves to step S500 to be described later.

As a result of the determination in step S410, when the coupon card payment request signal is input from the user terminal 10 / merchant terminal 15, the payment management module 35 is the payment amount of the coupon card or cash or credit card or Supports payment through electronic money (S412).

Thereafter, the coupon card management server 30 determines whether the duration of the discount coupon information received from the company terminal 17 has been exceeded (S500). As a result of the determination in step S500, when the duration of the discount coupon information received from the company terminal 17 is not exceeded, the standby state is maintained for a predetermined time.

As a result of the determination in step S500, if the duration of the discount coupon information received from the company terminal 17 is exceeded, the coupon card management server 30 is the discount coupon information and coupon card DB stored in the discount information DB 37 In response to the member information stored in 36, the stored click information is supported to be deleted (S502).

By doing so, if you click on a web page with discount coupon information without having to print the discount coupon and bring it to the merchant, the click information is stored in correspondence with the member information and the discount coupon will be applied when the purchase request is applied. In addition, when paying the amount of goods purchased at the merchant, you can conveniently use the discount coupon by receiving the click of the discount coupon from the server via the coupon card.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and various modifications and changes can be made by those skilled in the art, which are included in the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined in the appended claims.

As described above, the present invention does not need to print the discount coupon that came by e-mail, by clicking the web page with the discount coupon information is applied to the discount coupon when the purchase request of the discount coupon product discounted the product There is an effect that can be purchased with the amount.

In addition, in the case of opening an Internet shopping mall, it not only provides an opportunity to inform the user of the homepage, but can also use various discount coupons by sending discount coupon information selected by age, gender and region of the user. .

Claims (4)

(A) step of building a coupon card DB using at least one member information (S100); (b) constructing a discount information DB using advertisement information, discount information, and discount coupon duration information of at least one affiliate company (S102); (c) transmitting a coupon card issuance related web page in response to a coupon card issuing request signal inputted from a user terminal which has made a communication connection through an information communication network, and receives member information of the coupon card from the user through the transmitted web page; Receiving and storing and managing the coupon card DB (S200); (d) sending a web page including advertisement information, discount information, and discount coupon duration information of the affiliated company to communication means such as an email of a user registered as a member through step (c) (S300); (e) when the web page transmitted through the step (d) is clicked from the user terminal, the click information is stored in correspondence with the member information in the coupon card DB (S304); And (f) When the user clicks on the discount coupon information through the step (e) and requests the payment to the coupon card, the member information of the requested coupon card is read from the merchant terminal, and the read member information is transmitted to the coupon card DB. After confirming whether or not the member and the discount coupon information is clicked by comparing with the stored member information, if the member, and clicks the discount coupon information, supporting the payment to the amount applied to the amount of the product to be purchased (S400) Discount coupon service method using a coupon card comprising a). The method of claim 1, wherein step (f) comprises: When the product purchase request signal is input from the user who clicks the discount information through the step (e), the discount request information and the payment amount of the product to be purchased are displayed in response to the input request signal, and then the payment request signal from the user terminal. If is input, the discount coupon service method using a coupon card, characterized in that to support the payment to apply the discount rate. The method of claim 1, (g) a discount coupon service using a coupon card, comprising the step (S502) of deleting the discount coupon information and the click information when the discount coupon duration has been exceeded since the registration date when the discount coupon information is posted on the webpage. Way. (A) the process of building a coupon card DB using at least one member information; (B) a process of constructing a discount information DB using advertisement information, discount information, and discount coupon duration information of at least one affiliate company; (C) transmit a coupon card issuance related web page in response to a coupon card issuance request signal inputted from a user terminal which has made a communication connection through an information communication network, and obtains member information of the coupon card from the user through the transmitted web page; Receiving and storing and managing the coupon card in the DB; (D) a process of sending a web page displaying advertisement information, discount information and discount coupon duration information of the affiliated company through communication means such as an e-mail of a user registered as a member through the process (C); (E) a process in which, when the web page transmitted through the process (D) is clicked from the user terminal, the click information is stored in correspondence with the member information in the coupon card DB; And (F) When the user clicks on the discount coupon information through the process (E), the payment is requested to the coupon card, the member information of the requested coupon card is read from the merchant terminal, and the received member information is received and sent to the coupon card DB. The process of checking whether the user clicks the discount coupon information by comparing with the stored member information and then, if the member is a member and clicks the discount coupon information, includes a process of supporting the payment of the discounted price to the amount of the product to be purchased. A computer-readable recording medium that records a discount coupon service program using a coupon card.