KR20050064577A - Home shopping order and payment method using home server - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for ordering and paying an item in a home shopping broadcast, including various types of broadcasting such as cable TV, cable, and over-the-air broadcasting, using a home server. When the button is pressed, the home server receives information on the item currently being broadcast from the broadcast schedule notification server and outputs it on the screen. When the user makes a purchase decision, the home shopping payment is made to the personal order / payment information stored in the home server. By sending to the server, the desired item can be easily purchased.

Accordingly, since the user completes the purchase of the item only by pressing a button of the remote control a few times, there is an advantage that people who do not use the computer and the Internet can easily do home shopping.

Description

HOME SHOPPING ORDER AND PAYMENT METHOD USING HOME SERVER}

The present invention relates to a home shopping order and payment method using a home server, and more particularly, when a user wants to purchase an item during a home shopping broadcast including various broadcast types such as cable TV, cable, and over-the-air broadcasting, a user purchases a button on a remote controller. If you press the home server receives the information about the goods on the air from the broadcast schedule notification server, and outputs on the screen, and transmits the personal order and payment information stored in the home server to the home shopping settlement server according to the purchase decision of the user By doing so, it is possible to easily purchase the desired item.

According to a recent survey, one in four Korean housewives are shopping outside their homes. In such home shopping, Internet purchases and home shopping broadcasts take up a large proportion, and are increasing.

However, these Internet and home shopping broadcasts are currently operating separately, and most of the customers who are not familiar with the Internet are purchasing goods over the telephone, which is inconvenient when confirming personal information, is prone to errors, and secure. Problems are occurring.

Accordingly, recently, a method of simplifying the order / payment method of home shopping or integrating the order / payment through the Internet has been proposed. However, these methods are only capable of broadcasting a data transmission or a specific signal to the broadcast. When used in practice, there is a complex problem of additional equipment and order / payment because it must be inserted and transmitted, or the user must have some internet knowledge.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a home server with information about an item from a broadcast schedule notification server and provide the same to a user, and determine the home by the purchase decision of the user. By sending the personal order and payment information stored in the server to the home shopping payment server to facilitate the purchase of the desired goods.

Home shopping ordering and payment method using a home server to achieve the object of the present invention, when the purchase button of the remote control is input by the user during the home shopping broadcast, the home server provided with a receiver for the remote control is a channel being broadcasted Accessing the schedule notification server corresponding to the receiving the catalog file of the goods received, outputting the purchase information for the goods corresponding to the selected time on the TV screen, and inputting the confirmation button from the user for the information displayed on the screen If it is determined that the user's confirmation button is input, outputting the user's order and payment information stored on the home server to the TV screen, and the user's order and payment information displayed on the screen. It is determined whether there is a confirmation button input, and when the confirmation button of the user is input, the payment password input Requesting and determining whether the payment password inputted from the user matches the number stored in the home server, and if it matches, transmitting the order and payment information of the user to the home shopping payment server recorded in the article catalog file. Is made of.

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

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a home shopping order / payment system using a home server.

As shown in FIG. 1, the ordering and payment system of the goods using the home server 20 is composed of a broadcasting station providing a home shopping broadcast and a home watching broadcast, and the broadcasting station includes a base station 10 and a broadcasting station. The home is configured with a broadcast schedule notification server 11 that provides a schedule, the home is connected to the broadcast schedule notification server 11 and the home shopping payment server (30, 31) and various various broadcasts It comprises a TV 21 to receive, the remote control 22 that can control the home server 20 and the TV (21).

2 to 4 is a reference diagram for explaining in detail the home shopping order and payment method using a home server according to the present invention.

When the user watches a home shopping broadcast provided through a broadcast such as cable TV, wired or over-the-air broadcast at home, and if there is an item to be purchased, the user presses an item purchase button provided in the remote controller 22 (S100). The home server 20 accesses the schedule notification server 11 corresponding to the channel being broadcast and receives the catalog file of the article being broadcast (S101).

Here, the home server 20 is equipped with a receiver for the remote controller 22, so that it is possible to control the whole home appliances. When the purchase button of the remote controller 22 is pressed from the user, the current TV 21 It is possible to determine which channel is being broadcast and to access the corresponding broadcast schedule notification server 11.

As shown in FIG. 2, the corresponding broadcast schedule notification server 11 displays the name and specification of the article together with an image, a video, or a reduced broadcast screen of the article that the user wants to purchase. By sending to the article information to the user is provided.

 The article catalog file may be in XML format or other format, and includes broadcast time, product name, product tax description, options, price, and home shopping payment server URL. Such a product catalog file may be created in a batch or may be distributedly created by accessing the broadcast schedule notification server 11 from each home shopping company.

At this time, if there is an option for the article provided on the screen, it is possible to select by the remote control button 22.

In addition, when the cancel button is pressed from the user, it means that the product is not currently output, and according to the control signal of the remote controller 22, the front and rear goods recorded in the article catalog file are outputted and displayed on the TV 21, and the remote controller 22 When the confirmation button or the confirmation button 40 activated on the screen is pressed, it means that the current output product is to be purchased and recognized by the home server 20.

In addition, when the broadcast is switched, the broadcast items can be purchased before / after by pressing the up, down, left, and right buttons of the remote controller or the activated arrows on the screen to select the goods of the front and back broadcasts.

Subsequently, the home server 20 outputs a catalog of the received item on the screen (S102), and determines whether the user has a confirmation button input for the output item (S103), and the user's confirmation button is input. When the user's order and payment information stored in the home server 20 is outputted to the user screen (S104), when canceling or pressing other buttons up, down, left, right, and the like before and after the broadcast schedule on the screen (S105).

3 is a view showing order and payment information of a user according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the order and payment information screen includes an address and a payment method for the delivery of the purchased goods. Corresponding information is provided.

Here, the order and payment information is encrypted and stored in the home server 20, and only a part of the payment information is output on the screen. In this case, the various information selectable in the order and payment method are the home server 20 ), It can be selected using the up, down, left, and right buttons of the remote controller 22.

Subsequently, it is determined whether there is an input of a confirmation button of the user with respect to the order and payment information displayed on the screen (S106). When the confirmation button of the user is input, the home server 20 is caused by mischief or mistake of children. In order to purchase goods and prepare for theft, a payment password is input to the user (S107).

On the other hand, when the other information is selected by the change button or the up, down, left and right buttons of the remote control, the corresponding order / payment information is provided to the screen (S108).

Subsequently, the home server 20 checks whether the payment password inputted from the user is a correct number that matches the stored number (S109), and if so, to the home shopping payment server 30 recorded in the article catalog file. The user's order and payment information is transmitted (S110).

In addition, if the payment password entered from the user does not match the stored number, the home server 20 checks the number of security (S111), and re-enter the password, the wrong input is more than the set number of times If repeated, it is set to an unusable state (S112).

As such, the present invention has an advantage that a user without any knowledge of the Internet can easily order a desired product within a short time by simply pressing the purchase button and the confirmation button of the remote control a few times.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been illustrated and described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments without departing from the spirit of the present invention as claimed in the claims. Of course, any person skilled in the art can make various modifications, and such changes are within the scope of the claims.

As described above, according to the present invention, while watching various home shopping broadcasts such as cable TV, wired, and over-the-air broadcasts, a user who has no knowledge of the Internet can easily use home shopping simply by operating a remote controller connected to a home server. Even the finished goods can be purchased by opening the script file, so that the user can purchase the product as if the user selects the product from the product catalog, thereby creating a new demand.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a home shopping order / payment system using a home server according to the present invention;

2 is a view showing a product catalog transmitted from a broadcast schedule notification server according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a view showing order and payment information of a user according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a home shopping order and payment method using a home server according to the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

10: broadcast base station 11: broadcast schedule notification server

20: home server 21: TV

22: remote control 30, 31: home shopping payment server

40, 50: OK button 60: Change button

Claims (4)

(a) When a purchase button of a remote controller is input by a user during home shopping broadcasting, the home server provided with a receiver for the remote controller accesses a schedule notification server corresponding to a channel being broadcasted, receives a catalog file of the article, and selects a selected time. Outputting purchase information on an item corresponding to the TV screen; (b) determining whether there is a confirmation button input from the user with respect to the information displayed on the screen, and if the user's confirmation button is input, outputting the user's order and payment information stored on the home server to the TV screen. step; (c) determining whether a user inputs a confirmation button with respect to the order and payment information displayed on the screen, and if the user's confirmation button is input, requesting a payment password input; And (d) determining whether the payment password inputted from the user matches the number stored in the home server, and if it matches, transmitting the order and payment information of the user to the home shopping payment server recorded in the article catalog file. Home shopping order and payment method using a home server, characterized in that made. The method of claim 1, wherein step (b) When the cancel or up, down, left, right and right buttons are input from the user, home shopping ordering and payment method using a home server, characterized in that to provide on the screen before / after the broadcast schedule corresponding to the input button. The method of claim 1, wherein step (c) When a change or up, down, left, right, and right buttons are input from the user, the home shopping ordering and payment method using a home server, characterized in that to provide a correction or other order and payment information corresponding to the input button on the screen. The method of claim 1, wherein step (d) Home shopping ordering and payment method using a home server, characterized in that if the payment number of the error input from the user is more than the set number of security, the state of the home server is set to the non-payment state.