KR20120045546A - Reservation inform service system and method based on user's location - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system for a user location based reservation alerting service and a method thereof are provided to automatically notify the member store information which a customer reserves at the current location. CONSTITUTION: A communication unit(610) allows communication between a member store terminal and a notification device. When member store information is requested by a customer, a service processing unit requests the transmission of customer attracting information from member store terminals. The service request processing unit collects the customer attracting information and provides the information as a list on a screen. A storage unit(630) stores the customer attracting information.

Description

Reservation inform service system and method based on user's location}

The present invention relates to a system and a method for informing a friend of a reservation such as a restaurant or a restaurant at a user's location, and more specifically, to a location information of a current user location in response to a request of the merchant information of the user. It provides the merchant information based on the information to the user terminal in real time, so that the information of the merchant selected and reserved by the user can be immediately notified to the contacts of acquaintances stored in the user terminal or the terminal of the contacts directly designated by the user. It allows people to share their reservations together.

In general, service industries, such as catering, develop mainly in communities or groups of similar types of industries. As a result, many restaurant operators have devised a variety of ways to attract customers to survive the fierce competition.

For example, there are means for distributing discount coupons free to customers who use their own restaurants or ordering food for free to customers who visit a predetermined number of times by providing mileage coupons. Such means are not limited to the catering business, but are used in various ways from the point of view of a store owner who wants to sell clothing and other goods.

Recently, according to the development of communication technology, merchants related to the current location of the customer terminal transmit discount coupons to the customer terminal based on the current location of the customer terminal, and the user of the terminal uses the received discount coupon. In order to visit the affiliated store and present a discount coupon transmitted to the user's terminal to the affiliated store to obtain a discount.

In the case of a customer who is going to visit a merchant, competitive customer attraction information of a merchant that provides discount events or free services that meets its current conditions (current location, distance traveled, number of people, visit time, discount conditions, etc.) It would be advantageous to obtain the real time and to select a merchant with better conditions.

However, when receiving only discount coupons unilaterally transmitted from a particular merchant, there is a limit in selecting the most advantageous merchant from the customer's position. Therefore, even though there is a desire to acquire all the information of affiliates who want to visit based on their current location, the customer position does not have a system that can satisfy such desires.

In addition, there is no system to inform the reservation status after the customer selects and selects the appropriate merchant, so the customer who made a reservation to the affiliated store must notify the friends who are related to them by phone or text message. There is a feeling.

The present invention for solving the above-described problem, according to the request of the merchant information of the user, providing the merchant information based on the location information of the current location of the user to the user terminal in real time, the user information selected and reserved to the user terminal Provides a user location-based reservation notification service system and method, so that people who are related to the user can share the reservation status together, so that you can immediately notify the terminal of the contacts or the contacts you specify directly. Has its purpose.

According to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, after receiving a merchant information request signal containing a consumption item to the service device, receiving the customer attraction information of the merchants based on the current location, select the merchant and A user terminal for requesting a reservation; Receiving a store information request signal including a consumption item from the user terminal, extracting merchants handling the consumption item near a current location of the user terminal, and requesting customer attraction information from each of the extracted merchant terminals; Receive customer-information information from each affiliated terminal, provide customer-information information of each affiliated store to the user terminal, schedule a meeting at the selected affiliated store, and send the reserved information to the contacts or the user terminal stored in the user terminal. A service device for requesting a notification device to notify the terminal of the designated contacts; A notification device for transmitting the reserved information as reservation notification information to a terminal of contacts stored in the user terminal or contacts designated by the user terminal according to a request of the service device; And a customer location-based reservation notification service system including a merchant terminal for receiving customer request information from the service device to send customer attraction information including merchant information, price, discount information to the service device.

On the other hand, according to another aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, in the service device for communicating with the user terminal and the notification device and the merchant terminal through a communication network, requesting the provision of affiliated store information on consumption items from the user terminal Receiving a request for transmission of customer attraction information to the affiliated store terminal of each affiliated store, and a service request processing unit for receiving the customer attraction information including price and discount contents of the consumption item from the affiliated store terminal; A database for storing and managing affiliate store information for the affiliate store, and storing and managing subscriber information including a telephone number of a user, a contact frequently used by the user terminal, and a contact stored in the user terminal; Extracting an affiliated store that handles consumption items requested for service from the user terminal from the database, selecting affiliated stores within a predetermined range from the current location of the user terminal among the extracted affiliated stores, and collecting customer attraction information of the selected affiliated stores Customer attraction information processing unit to organize; And providing the collected customer attraction information to the user terminal to execute a reservation at an affiliated store selected by the user terminal, and the reservation information of the contacts stored in the user terminal or the contacts designated by the user terminal. A service device including a reservation notification service unit for requesting the notification device to notify the terminal is provided.

Here, the reservation notification service unit may request the notification device to notify the terminal of the contact information stored in the user terminal in the form of one of SMS, MMS, voice, image, and video.

The reservation notification service unit may request the notification device to notify the terminal of the contacts designated by the user terminal in the form of one of SMS, MMS, voice, image, and video.

On the other hand, according to another aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a communication unit for communicating with the merchant terminal and the notification device through a communication network; When requesting the affiliated store information from the user, requesting the transmission of customer attraction information to the affiliated store terminal of each affiliated store at the current location, receiving the customer attraction information including the price and discount of the consumption item from the merchant terminal, the customer A service request processing unit that collects and organizes the childish information, provides a list on the screen, selects a recommended affiliated store from the provided list, and provides details on the selected recommended affiliated store on the screen; A storage unit for storing contact information including a telephone number frequently called by the user, a telephone number received at a terminal, and a telephone number input by the user, and storing respective customer attraction information received from the affiliated store terminals; A location information acquisition unit for obtaining a current location of the user; A meeting reservation request unit which receives the information regarding the meeting from the user and transmits the information to the affiliated terminal of the recommended affiliate store to request a meeting reservation and obtains a meeting reservation result; A reservation notification processing unit for requesting the notification device to transmit reservation notification information to a terminal of a contact stored in the storage unit or a contact selected by the user when receiving a meeting reservation result from the affiliated store terminal; An input unit for receiving information about a meeting from the user or receiving a menu selection or execution command; A user terminal including a display unit for displaying the status of the meeting reservation or the transmission of the reservation notification information or the operation status of the terminal is provided.

The service request processing unit may select a recommendation affiliate store according to the user's selection based on the customer attraction information, and provide affiliate store recommendation information for the selected recommendation affiliate store.

And the service request processing unit selects recommendation franchisees according to the results and reviews obtained from a plurality of customers, and provides affiliated store recommendation information for the selected recommendation franchisees.

On the other hand, according to another aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a communication unit for communicating with the user terminal and the service device and the notification device through a communication network; A service request processing unit for generating customer attraction information including consumption items, prices, discount contents, etc. when receiving information about the meeting from the service device; A storage unit which stores merchant information and stores reservation request information received from the user terminal, and reservation result information; A meeting reservation processor configured to receive meeting reservation request information from the user, execute a meeting reservation, and transmit a meeting reservation result to the user terminal; A reservation notification processor for requesting the notification device to transmit reservation notification information to a designated contact included in the meeting reservation request information or a terminal of designated contacts from the user terminal; And a display unit configured to display a progress status of the meeting reservation, a reservation notification status, and an operation status of the terminal.

On the other hand, according to another aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a user location-based reservation notification service method of a service device for communicating with a user terminal and a notification device and the merchant terminal through a communication network, (a) the user terminal Receiving a request for merchant information including consumption items from the; (b) checking a current location of the user terminal; (c) extracting an affiliate store that handles the consumption item among affiliated stores within a predetermined range from a current location of the user terminal; (d) requesting customer attraction information from the extracted merchant terminal of the affiliated store, and obtaining customer attraction information from the affiliated store terminal; (e) providing the obtained customer attraction information to the user terminal; (f) receiving a request for selection of a desired affiliated store from among the user attraction information and a reservation of the selected affiliated store from the user terminal; (g) executing a reservation at the selected affiliated store; And (h) transmitting reservation notification information on the reserved result through the notification device.

In addition, in the step (h), the reservation notification information may be transmitted in the form of one of SMS, MMS, voice, image, and video to the terminal of the contact stored in the user terminal.

In addition, in the step (h), the reservation notification message may be transmitted in the form of one of SMS, MMS, voice, image, and video to the terminals of the contacts designated by the user terminal.

On the other hand, according to another aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, as a user location-based reservation notification service method of a user terminal communicating with the merchant terminal through a communication network, (a) receiving a request for merchant information service from the user ; (b) identifying the current location; (c) extracting franchisees that handle service items for consumption requested among franchisees corresponding to the current location; (d) requesting customer attraction information from the extracted merchant terminals of the affiliated stores, and obtaining customer attraction information from the affiliated store terminal; (e) selecting among the obtained customer attraction information and selecting an affiliated store; (f) requesting a meeting reservation from an affiliated store terminal of the selected affiliated store; (g) receiving a meeting reservation result from the affiliated store terminal; And (h) requesting the notification device to transmit reservation notification information on the meeting reservation result.

In addition, the step (h) may request the notification device to transmit the reservation notification information to the terminal of the contacts stored therein in the form of SMS, MMS, voice, image or video.

The step (h) may request the notification device to transmit the reservation notification information to the terminal of the contacts designated by the user in the form of SMS, MMS, voice, image, or video.

On the other hand, according to another aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, as a user location-based reservation notification service method of the user terminal and the service device and the merchant terminal to communicate via the communication network, (a) the service device Receiving information about the meeting from the client; (b) transmitting customer attraction information to the user terminal based on the information about the meeting; (c) receiving a request for a meeting reservation based on the customer attraction information from the user terminal; (d) executing the meeting reservation based on the information about the meeting in response to a meeting reservation request from the user terminal; (e) requesting the notification device to transmit the execution result of the meeting reservation to the user terminal and a terminal of a designated contact as reservation notification information. A user location based reservation notification service method of a merchant terminal is provided.

In addition, the information about the meeting may include a meeting date and time, a list of participants and a contact information, a reservation desired region, a desired menu, and terminal information.

The reservation notification information may include a meeting name, a meeting date, a meeting place, and a representative contact information.

In addition, the step (e) may request the notification device to send the reservation notification information to the user terminal and the terminal of the designated contact in the form of SMS, MMS, image, video.

In addition, the step (e) may request the notification device to transmit the reservation notification information to the terminal of the contacts stored therein.

The step (e) may request the notification device to transmit the reservation notification information to the terminals of the contacts designated by the user.

According to the present invention, the customer can automatically notify the acquaintances of the customer the merchant information reserved at the current location. Therefore, customers do not need to inform their friends of the current restaurant or restaurant reservation status.

In addition, the merchant can be automatically advertising the merchant information to acquaintances of customers can provide an opportunity to secure more merchant users.

1 is a block diagram showing a functional block of a user location-based reservation notification service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram showing a functional block of a service apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a user location-based reservation notification service method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a user location-based reservation notification service method of a service device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a diagram illustrating a screen for notifying that a reservation notification message has been received according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a user terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a flowchart illustrating a user location-based reservation notification service method of a user terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a functional configuration of an affiliated store terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a flowchart illustrating a user location-based reservation notification service method of an affiliated store terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Reference will now be made in detail to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the like elements throughout. Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram showing a functional block of a user location-based reservation notification service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the user location-based reservation notification service system 100 according to the present invention includes a user terminal 110, a communication network 120, a service device 130, a location based service (LBS) server 140, Notification device 150 and the merchant terminal 160, and the like.

The user terminal 110 accesses the service device 130 through the communication network 120 and transmits a merchant information request signal including a consumption item to the service device 130, and then displays customer attraction information of the merchants based on the current location. Receive the offer, select the merchant and request a reservation.

That is, the user terminal 110 accesses the service device 130 and inputs service request information such as the number of visits, scheduled visit time, and consumed items, and receives affiliated store information corresponding to the service request information, and among the affiliated store information. Select a merchant to request a reservation.

Here, the user terminals 110 to 114 may be mobile terminals such as mobile phones and PDAs when the communication network 120 is a mobile communication network, and may be computer terminals when the communication network 120 is a wired communication network such as the Internet or a PSTN. have. That is, the user terminals 110 to 114 include wired / wireless terminals.

In addition, the user terminals 110 to 114 are terminals installed with an application of a client function using a user location-based reservation notification service by accessing the service device 130 through the communication network 120.

In addition, in the embodiment of the present invention, the user terminal 110 is assumed to be a terminal of an attendee who schedules a meeting, and other user terminals 112 to 114 are assumed to be terminals of a contact stored in a terminal of an attendee who is scheduling a meeting. Will be explained.

The communication network 120 may include a mobile communication network such as CDMA, WCDMA, or HSPA, a wired communication network such as the Internet and a PSTN, or a local area network such as Bluetooth, Zigbee, or Wi-Fi.

In addition, the communication network 120 interconnects the user terminal 110, the service device 130, the LBS server 140, and the notification device 150. The communication network 120 also provides the service device 130 and the affiliated store terminal. (160) interconnected.

As a server function, the service device 130 communicates with one or more affiliated store terminals 160 through the communication network 120 to receive customer attraction information from each affiliated store terminal 160 and provide it to the user terminal 110.

That is, the service device 130 receives the affiliated store information request signal including the consumption item from the user terminal 110, extracts the affiliated store handling the consumption item near the current location of the user, and extracts each affiliated store of the extracted affiliated stores. Request the customer attraction information to the terminal 160 receives the customer attraction information from each affiliated terminal 160, provides the customer attraction information of each affiliate to the user terminal 110 to schedule a meeting to the selected merchant, The notification device 150 requests the affiliated store information to be informed to the terminals 112 to 114 of the contact information stored in the user terminal 110. Accordingly, the service device 130 may be in the form of a server connected to the communication network 120.

In addition, the service device 130 may be a user terminal such as a computer used by the user or a smart phone carried by the user. In this case, in order for the user terminal 110 to operate as a server like the service device 130, it is possible when an application having a server function is installed in the user terminal 110.

The LBS server 140 identifies the current location of the user terminal 110 that requested the affiliated store information and notifies the service device 130 of this. In this case, when the user terminal 110 is equipped with a global positioning service (GPS) function, the configuration of the LBS server 140 may be omitted.

The notification device 150 transmits the reserved merchant information to the terminals 112 to 114 of the contacts stored in the user terminal 110 at the request of the service device 130 such as SMS, MMS, messages, voice, images, and videos. To send in the form of.

When the affiliated store terminal 160 accesses the service device 130 through the communication network 120 and receives the customer attraction information request message from the service device 130, the affiliated store terminal 160 generates the corresponding customer attraction information and transmits it to the service device 130. .

The affiliated store terminal 160 is installed with an application program for communicating with the service device 130 so that, for example, a customer attraction information request message is displayed from the service device 130 in the form of a pop-up. Attract information can be entered. The merchant terminal 150 includes, for example, a PC, a POS terminal, and the like.

2 is a block diagram showing a functional block of a service apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, the service device 130 according to the present invention includes a service request processing unit 210, a customer attraction information processing unit 220, a message transmission unit 230, a reservation notification service unit 240, and a database 250. And the like.

When the service request processing unit 210 is requested to provide affiliated store information on a consumption item from the user terminal 110, requests the affiliated store terminal 160 of each affiliated store to transmit customer attraction information, and then, from each affiliated store terminal 160. Receive customer information including price and discount of consumption items.

The customer attraction information processing unit 220 extracts an affiliate store that handles consumption items requested for service from the user terminal 110 from the database 250 and is located within a predetermined range from the current location of the user terminal 110 among the extracted affiliate stores. The merchants are selected, and the customer attraction information of the selected merchants is collected and organized.

The message transmission unit 230 requests the notification device 150 to transmit the reservation notification message to the user terminal 110 in the form of a voice message, an SMS, an MMS message, an image, a video, etc. in association with the communication network 120. do.

The reservation notification service unit 240 provides the collected customer attraction information to the user terminal 110, executes a reservation to the affiliated store selected by the user terminal 110, and uses the reserved affiliate information as the reservation notification information. Request to the notification device 150 through the message transmitter 230 to notify the terminal of the contact stored in the). Here, the reservation notification information may include affiliated store information, price, discount contents, reservation information, and the like.

In addition, the reservation notification service unit 240 may request to notify the terminal of the contact information selected by the user terminal 110, the reservation notification information.

The database 250 stores and manages the affiliate store information such as the location of the affiliate store, the business type, the menu, the current number of users, and the affiliate store (or affiliate store owner) contact number. In addition, the database stores and manages subscriber information including contact numbers stored in the user terminal 110 and contacts frequently used by the user terminal 110 including the user's telephone number.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a user location-based reservation notification service method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the user terminal 110 accesses the service device 130 through the communication network 120 by a user who wants to schedule a meeting. For example, 5 people, menu: pork belly, scheduled to visit Time: Enter information about the meeting, including seven o'clock, and asks for merchant information (S310).

Here, the user terminal 110 may also select whether it is a simple request or a recommendation request.

In addition, when the user terminal 110 requests the affiliate store information from the service device 130, the user terminal 110 may input the contacts stored in the user terminal 110 or request the affiliate store information by inputting the contacts designated by the user. In this case, the service device 130 may store the contacts stored in the user terminal 110 or the contacts designated by the user terminal 110 in correspondence with the subscriber information in the database 250.

Accordingly, the service device 130 requests the current location of the user terminal 110 from the LBS server 140, receives information on the current location of the user terminal 110 from the LBS server 140, the user terminal 110 Check the current position of (S320).

In this case, the service device 130 may optionally receive a current location, for example, "Cheongdam Station" from the user terminal 110.

In addition, when the user terminal 110 is equipped with a GPS function, the service device 130 may receive the current location acquired according to the GPS function from the user terminal 110.

Subsequently, the service device 130 searches the database 250 and extracts a merchant that handles consumption items (eg, pork belly) among merchants located near the current location (eg, Cheongdam station) of the user terminal 110 (eg, pork belly) ( S330).

Subsequently, the service device 130 transmits a customer attraction information request message to the extracted merchant terminals 160 to 164 of each of the affiliated terminal terminals 160 to 164, and the customer attraction information (price, discount amount or discount rate, visit welcome time). And the like) is received (S340).

In some cases, the customer contact information request message including SMS, MMS, image, video, etc. may be transmitted to the extracted contact point of the merchant. At this time, the number of visitors can also be transmitted.

Subsequently, the service device 130 provides the customer terminal information acquired from the affiliated store terminal 160 to the user terminal 110 (S350).

On the other hand, the user terminal 110 requests the service device 130 to select and book a suitable merchant as a meeting place by the user (S360).

In this case, when the recommendation merchant is 2 or more, the service device 130 transmits the list of recommendation merchants to the user terminal 110 as a message including SMS, MMS, image, video, etc., and the message from the user terminal 110. When selecting any one of the merchants included in the selection information is transmitted to the service device 130 through the URL, the service device 130 transmits the discount coupon of the selected merchant to the user terminal 110, select the selected merchant You can send a message.

In addition, the service device 130 may accumulate the number of recommendations for the selected affiliate store and utilize the number of recommendations accumulated up to the present day to select the affiliated store.

Subsequently, the service device 130 executes a reservation at the corresponding affiliated store (S370).

Subsequently, the service device 130 requests the notification device 150 to transmit the reservation notification information to the terminals 112 to 114 of the contacts stored in the user terminal 110 based on the database 250 (S380). .

The notification device 150 transmits the reservation notification information to the terminals 112 to 114 of the contacts stored in the user terminal 110 in the form of a message such as SMS, MMS, voice, image, video or the like (S390).

At this time, the notification device 150, such as SMS, MMS message, voice, image, video to the terminal of the contacts specified by the user terminal 110 in addition to the contacts stored in the reservation notification information in the user terminal 110 Can be sent in the form.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a user location-based reservation notification service method of a service device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the service device 130 according to the present invention first receives affiliated store information that a user can use at a current location from the user terminal 110 (S402).

In this case, the service device 130 may receive a request for merchant information including contacts stored in the user terminal 110 or contacts designated by the user terminal 110.

Subsequently, the service device 130 checks the current location of the user terminal 110 through the LBS server 140 (S404).

In this case, the service device 130 may receive the current location acquired by the GPS function from the user terminal 110 and check the current location of the user terminal 110.

Subsequently, the service device 130 extracts an affiliate store that handles a service item of a requested item from among affiliated stores corresponding to the current location of the user terminal 110 or affiliated stores within a predetermined range (for example, 200 m) from the current location (S406). ).

Subsequently, the service device 130 requests customer attraction information from the extracted affiliated store terminal 150, and acquires customer attraction information from the affiliated store terminal 150 (S408).

Subsequently, the service device 130 transmits the acquired customer attraction information to the user terminal 110 (S410).

Subsequently, the service device 130 receives a request for selecting a desired affiliated store from among the user attraction information and making a reservation for the selected affiliated store from the user terminal 110 (S412).

Thus, the service device 130 executes a reservation to the affiliated store selected by the user terminal 110 (S414).

In this case, the service device 130 may accumulate the number of recommendations for the selected affiliate store and use the accumulated number of recommendations up to the present day to select the affiliated store.

Subsequently, the service device 130 transmits reservation notification information on the reserved affiliated store information to the terminals 112 to 114 of the contacts stored in the user terminal 110 through the notification device 150 (S416).

In this case, the service device 130 sends the reservation notification information to the terminals of the contacts stored in the user terminal 110 or the contacts designated by the user terminal 110 based on the database 250. , Video and so on.

Accordingly, the terminals 112 to 114 of the contacts stored in the user terminal 110 display the reception of the reservation notification message on the screen as shown in FIG. 5, and the user reserves the affiliate store through the received reservation notification message. You can check the information. 5 is a diagram illustrating a message informing that a reservation notification message has been received according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Meanwhile, the user location-based reservation notification service according to the present invention may be provided centering on a user terminal that directly communicates with an affiliated store terminal through a communication network.

6 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a user terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

6, the user terminal 600 according to another embodiment of the present invention, the communication unit 610, service request processing unit 620, storage unit 630, location information acquisition unit 640, meeting reservation request The unit 650, a reservation notification processor 660, an input unit 670, a display unit 680, and the like are included.

The communication unit 610 communicates with the affiliated store terminals 160 to 164 through the communication network 120.

When the service request processing unit 620 receives the affiliated store information from the user, the service request unit 620 requests the transfer of the customer attraction information to the affiliated store terminals 160 to 164 of each of the affiliated stores at the current location, and the consumption items from the affiliated store terminals 160 to 164. Receive customer attraction information including price and discount.

In addition, the service request processing unit 620 collects and gathers the customer attraction information received from the affiliated store terminals 160 to 164 and provides them as a list on the screen, selects a recommended affiliate store from the provided list, and selects Provide details on the screen.

In addition, the service request processing unit 620 may select a recommendation affiliate based on the customer attraction information, and provide affiliated store recommendation information for the selected recommendation affiliated store.

The service request processing unit 620 selects affiliated stores based on the results and reviews obtained from a plurality of customers, or provides affiliated stores that handle consumer items on the screen, and selects the affiliated stores according to a user's selection. Merchant recommendation information for the selected recommendation merchants may be provided. In this case, the results and reviews obtained from the plurality of customers may be obtained by inquiring the service device 130.

The storage unit 630 stores a contact number such as a phone number frequently sent by the user, a phone number received by the terminal, a phone number input by the user, and each customer attraction information received from the merchant terminals 160 to 164. Save it.

The location information acquisition unit 640 obtains the current location of the terminal by inquiring the base station or the LBS server 140, or has a Global Positioning Service (GPS) function to thereby obtain the current location of the terminal.

The meeting reservation request unit 650 receives information about the meeting from the user and transmits the received information to the affiliated store's terminal 160 of the recommended affiliate store to request a meeting reservation and obtain a meeting reservation result.

When the reservation notification processing unit 660 receives the meeting reservation result from the affiliated store terminal 160, the notification device 150 transmits the meeting reservation information to the terminal stored in the storage unit 630 or the terminal of the contact selected by the user. ).

The input unit 670 receives information about a meeting from a user, or receives a menu selection or execution command. Here, the information about the meeting includes a meeting date and time, a list of participants and contact information, a desired region for reservation, a desired menu (consumable items), and the like.

The display unit 680 displays a meeting reservation, a transmission status of the reservation notification information, an operation status of the terminal, and the like.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a user location-based reservation notification service method of a user terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, the user terminal 600 according to another embodiment of the present invention receives a request for affiliate store information from a user (S702).

Thus, the user terminal 600 checks the current location of the user through the location information acquisition unit 640 (S704).

Subsequently, the user terminal 600 extracts an affiliated store that handles a service item for consumption of a requested item among affiliated stores within a predetermined range based on the current location (S706).

Subsequently, the user terminal 600 requests customer attraction information from the extracted merchant terminals 160 to 164 of the affiliated store, and acquires customer attraction information from the affiliated store terminals 160 to 164 (S708).

Subsequently, the user terminal 600 selects one affiliated store by selecting among the acquired customer attraction information (S710).

In this case, the user terminal 600 may select affiliated stores according to the selection of the user based on the customer attraction information, and select one affiliated store according to the user's selection among the selected affiliated stores.

In addition, the user terminal 600 may select affiliated stores according to results and reviews obtained from a plurality of customers, and select one affiliated store according to a user's selection among the selected affiliated stores.

Subsequently, the user terminal 600 requests a meeting reservation from the affiliated store terminal 160 of one selected affiliated store (S712).

That is, the user terminal 600 receives information on a meeting, such as a meeting date, a list of participants, a contact list, a desired region of reservation, a desired menu (consumable item), etc., from the user, and transmits the information to a selected merchant terminal 160 to perform a meeting. The reservation may be received from the affiliated store terminal 160 and displayed on the screen.

Subsequently, when the user terminal 600 receives a meeting reservation result from the affiliated store terminal 160 (S714-Yes), the user terminal 600 contacts the terminals stored in the storage unit 630 or the terminals selected or designated by the user. Request notification device 150 to transmit the reservation notification information (S716).

Therefore, the notification device 150 transmits the reservation notification information regarding the meeting reservation to the terminals of the contact selected or designated by the user in the form of SMS, MMS, voice, image, video, and the like.

On the other hand, the user location-based reservation notification service according to the present invention can be provided centering around the merchant terminal communicating with the user terminal and the service device through a communication network.

8 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a functional configuration of an affiliated store terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8, the affiliated store terminal 800 according to another embodiment of the present invention may include a communication unit 810, a service request processing unit 820, a storage unit 830, a meeting reservation processing unit 840, and a reservation notification processing unit ( 850, an input unit 860, a display unit 870, and the like.

The communication unit 810 communicates with the user terminals 110 to 114, the service device 130, the LBS server 140, and the like through the communication network 120.

When the service request processing unit 820 receives a request for affiliated store information from the service device 130, the service request processing unit 820 generates customer attraction information including consumption items, prices, discount contents, and the like.

The storage unit 830 stores affiliated store information for the affiliated store, and stores reservation request information and reservation result information received from the user terminal 110.

The meeting reservation processor 840 receives the meeting reservation request information from the user, executes the meeting reservation, and transmits the meeting reservation result to the user terminal 110.

The reservation notification processing unit 850 requests the notification device 150 to transmit reservation notification information to the designated contact included in the meeting reservation request information or the terminal of the designated contacts from the user terminal 110.

The input unit 860 receives data from an administrator.

The display unit 870 displays a progress status of the meeting reservation service, a reservation notification status, and an operation status of the terminal.

9 is a flowchart illustrating a user location-based reservation notification service method of an affiliated store terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

First, the user terminal 110 receives information about a meeting from a user and requests a meeting reservation service from the service device 130 (902).

At this time, the information about the meeting may include a meeting date and time, a list of participants and contact information, a desired region for reservation, a desired menu (consumable item), and the like. For example, the user may request the service device 130 through the user terminal 110 to make a meeting reservation for exit 6 of Gangnam Station to the reservation desired area.

Subsequently, the service device 130 checks the current location of the user terminal 110 (S904).

Subsequently, the service device 130 extracts affiliated stores that handle consumer items among affiliated stores near the current location of the user terminal 110 (S906).

Subsequently, the service device 130 transmits information regarding the meeting to the affiliated store terminals 160 to 164 of the extracted affiliate stores (S908).

Here, the information about the meeting includes a meeting date and time, a list of participants and contact information, a desired region for reservation, a desired menu (consumable item), and terminal information.

In this case, the service device 130 receives a meeting reservation request from a plurality of user terminals 110 to 114, and may collect and process the same reservation desired regions for each meeting reservation request. That is, for the meeting reservation request in which Gangnam Station exit 6 where the user is currently located or the Gangnam Station exit 6 where the user requests a meeting reservation as the reservation desired area, identify the merchant terminals 160 through 164 located in Exit 6 of Gangnam station. In addition, the affiliated stores 160 to 164 may transmit the information on the meeting in which the user requests the meeting reservation together with the terminal information.

Subsequently, the affiliated store terminal 800 transmits customer attraction information including discount information, prize information, other benefit information, and affiliated phone number to each user terminal 110 based on the information about the meeting (S910). .

Accordingly, the user terminal 110 displays the customer attraction information received from each affiliated store terminal on the screen as a list, and selects one affiliated store by selecting each customer attraction information (S912).

In this case, the user terminal 110 may select and display a list of affiliated stores according to a user's selection from among customer attraction information received from each affiliated store terminal, and select one affiliated store according to the user's selection.

Accordingly, the user terminal 110 requests a meeting reservation from the affiliated store terminal 800 of the selected affiliated store (S914).

Subsequently, the affiliated store terminal 800 schedules the corresponding meeting based on the information on the meeting according to the meeting reservation request from the user terminal 110 (S916).

Subsequently, the affiliated store terminal 800 requests the notification device 150 to transmit the reservation notification information indicating that the meeting is scheduled, to the contact designated by the user terminal 110 (S918).

Here, the reservation notification information includes the meeting name, meeting date and time, meeting place and representative contact information. In addition, the reservation notification information may include a content inquiring whether to attend the meeting. In addition, the reservation notification information may be transmitted in the form of a message such as SMS, MMS, images (pictures), video.

On the other hand, the merchant terminal 800 periodically reports to the service device 130, such as meeting completion information about the meeting date and participants and meeting payment costs, if the meeting is made after the meeting is scheduled. Accordingly, the service device 130 may calculate the relaying cost for connecting the affiliated store to the user requesting the location-based service according to a predetermined contract rate.

As described above, according to the present invention, in response to the request of the merchant information of the user, the merchant information based on the location information of the current location of the user is provided to the user terminal in real time, and the merchant information selected and reserved by the user is stored in the user terminal. It is possible to realize a user location-based reservation notification service system and method, by enabling the instant notification of the contacts of the acquaintances or the terminal of the contacts directly designated by the user, so that people related to the user can share the reservation status together. .

Those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may understand that the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential configuration, and thus, the embodiments described above are exemplary in all respects and are not intended to be limiting. Should be. The scope of the present invention is shown by the following claims rather than the detailed description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention. do.

The present invention enables a merchant to provide customer attraction information, such as information on various discount information or mileage usage, etc. to a terminal of a customer using a communication network, and enables the customer to easily select a suitable affiliate store as a meeting place, thereby attracting customer information. It can be used in the field of communication network to provide and receive the transmission, and can also be used in the field of communication devices for transmitting and receiving customer attraction information.

100: user location based reservation notification system 110 ~ 114: user terminal
120: communication network 130: service device
140: LBS server 150: notification device
160 ~ 164: Merchant terminal 210: Service request processing unit
220: customer attraction information processing unit 230: message transmission unit
240: reservation notification service 250: database
600: user terminal 610: communication unit
620: service request processing unit 630: storage unit
640: location information acquisition unit 650: meeting reservation request unit
660: reservation notification processing unit 670: input unit
670: display unit 800: merchant terminal
810: communication unit 820: service request processing unit
830: storage unit 840: meeting reservation processing unit
850: reservation notification processing unit 860: input unit
870 display unit

Claims (20)

A user terminal for transmitting the affiliated store information request signal including the consumption item to the service device, receiving customer attraction information of the affiliated stores based on the current location, and requesting selection and reservation of the affiliated store;
Receiving a store information request signal including a consumption item from the user terminal, extracting merchants handling the consumption item near a current location of the user terminal, and requesting customer attraction information from each of the extracted merchant terminals; Receive customer-information information from each affiliated terminal, provide customer-information information of each affiliated store to the user terminal, schedule a meeting at the selected affiliated store, and send the reserved information to the contacts or the user terminal stored in the user terminal. A service device for requesting a notification device to notify the terminal of the designated contacts;
A notification device for transmitting the reserved information as reservation notification information to a terminal of contacts stored in the user terminal or contacts designated by the user terminal according to a request of the service device; And
An affiliated store terminal that receives the customer attraction information from the service device and transmits customer attraction information including affiliate store information, price, and discount to the service device;
Location-based reservation notification service system comprising a. In the service device for communicating with the user terminal and the notification device and the merchant terminal through a communication network,
If the user terminal is requested to provide the affiliated store information on the consumption item, requesting the transmission of customer attraction information to the affiliated store terminal of each affiliated store, and transmits the customer attraction information including the price and discount of the consumption item from the merchant terminal Receiving service request processing unit;
A database for storing and managing affiliate store information for the affiliate store, and storing and managing subscriber information including a telephone number of a user, a contact frequently used by the user terminal, and a contact stored in the user terminal;
Extracting an affiliated store that handles consumption items requested for service from the user terminal from the database, selecting affiliated stores within a predetermined range from the current location of the user terminal among the extracted affiliated stores, and collecting customer attraction information of the selected affiliated stores Customer attraction information processing unit to organize; And
Providing the collected customer attraction information to the user terminal, executing a reservation to the affiliated store selected by the user terminal, and storing the reserved information in the user terminal or terminals of the contacts designated by the user terminal; Reservation notification service unit for requesting the notification device to notify;
Service device comprising a. The method of claim 2,
The reservation notification service unit requests the notification device to notify the terminal of the contact information stored in the user terminal in the form of one of SMS, MMS, voice, image, and video. . The method of claim 2,
The reservation notification service unit requests the notification device to notify the terminal of the contacts designated by the user terminal in the form of one of SMS, MMS, voice, image, and video. Communication unit for communicating with the merchant terminal and the notification device through a communication network;
When requesting the affiliated store information from the user, requesting the transmission of customer attraction information to the affiliated store terminal of each affiliated store at the current location, receiving the customer attraction information including the price and discount of the consumption item from the merchant terminal, the customer A service request processing unit that collects and organizes the childish information, provides a list on the screen, selects a recommended affiliated store from the provided list, and provides details on the selected recommended affiliated store on the screen;
A storage unit for storing contact information including a telephone number frequently called by the user, a telephone number received at a terminal, and a telephone number input by the user, and storing respective customer attraction information received from the affiliated store terminals;
A location information acquisition unit for obtaining a current location of the user;
A meeting reservation request unit which receives the information regarding the meeting from the user and transmits the information to the affiliated terminal of the recommended affiliate store to request a meeting reservation and obtains a meeting reservation result;
A reservation notification processing unit for requesting the notification device to transmit reservation notification information to a terminal of a contact stored in the storage unit or a contact selected by the user when receiving a meeting reservation result from the affiliated store terminal;
An input unit for receiving information about a meeting from the user or receiving a menu selection or execution command;
A display unit configured to display the status of the meeting or transmission of the reservation notification information or the operation of the terminal;
Lt; / RTI > The method of claim 5, wherein
The service request processing unit selects a recommended affiliated store according to the user's selection based on the customer attraction information, and provides the affiliated store recommendation information for the selected recommended affiliated store. The method of claim 5, wherein
The service request processing unit selects the affiliated stores according to the results and reviews obtained from a plurality of customers, the user terminal characterized in that to provide affiliated store recommendation information for the selected recommended affiliated stores. A communication unit communicating with a user terminal, a service device, and a notification device through a communication network;
A service request processing unit for generating customer attraction information including consumption items, prices, discount contents, and the like, when the information on the meeting is received from the service device, and transmitting the generated information to the user terminal;
A storage unit which stores merchant information and stores reservation request information received from the user terminal, and reservation result information;
A meeting reservation processor configured to receive meeting reservation request information from the user, execute a meeting reservation, and transmit a meeting reservation result to the user terminal;
A reservation notification processor for requesting the notification device to transmit reservation notification information to a designated contact included in the meeting reservation request information or a terminal of designated contacts from the user terminal; And
A display unit which displays a progress status of the meeting reservation, a reservation notification status, and an operation status of the terminal;
Merchant terminal comprising a. A user location-based reservation notification service method of a service device communicating with a user terminal and a notification device and a merchant terminal through a communication network,
(a) requesting affiliated store information including consumption items from the user terminal;
(b) checking a current location of the user terminal;
(c) extracting an affiliate store that handles the consumption item among affiliated stores within a predetermined range from a current location of the user terminal;
(d) requesting customer attraction information from the extracted merchant terminal of the affiliated store, and obtaining customer attraction information from the affiliated store terminal;
(e) providing the obtained customer attraction information to the user terminal;
(f) receiving a request for selection of a desired affiliated store from among the user attraction information and a reservation of the selected affiliated store from the user terminal;
(g) executing a reservation at the selected affiliated store; And
(h) transmitting reservation notification information on the reserved result through the notification device;
User location-based reservation notification service method of the service device comprising a. The method of claim 9,
In the step (h), the reservation notification information is transmitted to the terminal of the contact stored in the user terminal in the form of SMS, MMS, voice, image, video in the form of the user device based on the service device, characterized in that Notification service method. The method of claim 9,
Step (h), the user location-based reservation notification of the service device, characterized in that for transmitting the reservation notification message to the terminal of the contact specified by the user terminal in the form of one of SMS, MMS, voice, image, video Service method. A user location-based reservation notification service method of a user terminal communicating with a merchant terminal through a communication network,
(a) receiving a request for a merchant information service from a user;
(b) identifying the current location;
(c) extracting franchisees that handle service items for consumption requested among franchisees corresponding to the current location;
(d) requesting customer attraction information from the extracted merchant terminals of the affiliated stores, and obtaining customer attraction information from the affiliated store terminal;
(e) selecting among the obtained customer attraction information and selecting an affiliated store;
(f) requesting a meeting reservation from an affiliated store terminal of the selected affiliated store;
(g) receiving a meeting reservation result from the affiliated store terminal; And
(h) requesting the notification device to transmit reservation notification information about the meeting reservation result;
User location-based reservation notification service method of the user terminal comprising a. The method of claim 12,
In the step (h), requesting the notification device to send the reservation notification information to the terminal of the contacts stored therein in the form of one of SMS, MMS, voice, image, video User location based reservation notification service method. The method of claim 12,
In the step (h), the notification device is requested to transmit the reservation notification information to the terminal of the contacts designated by the user in the form of one of SMS, MMS, voice, image, and video. User location based reservation notification service method. A user location based reservation notification service method of a merchant terminal communicating with a user terminal, a service device, and a notification device through a communication network,
(a) receiving information about a meeting from the service device;
(b) transmitting customer attraction information to the user terminal based on the information about the meeting;
(c) receiving a request for a meeting reservation based on the customer attraction information from the user terminal;
(d) executing the meeting reservation based on the information about the meeting in response to a meeting reservation request from the user terminal;
(e) requesting the notification device to transmit the execution result of the meeting reservation to the user terminal and a terminal of a designated contact as reservation notification information;
User location-based reservation notification service method of a merchant terminal comprising a. The method of claim 15,
The information about the meeting includes a meeting date and time, a list of participants and a contact information, a reservation desired area, a desired menu, and terminal information. The method of claim 15,
The reservation notification information, the user location-based reservation notification service method of a merchant terminal comprising a meeting name, meeting date and time, meeting place and representative contact. The method of claim 15,
Wherein (e), the user location of the merchant terminal, characterized in that requesting the notification device to send the reservation notification information to the user terminal and the terminal of the designated contact in the form of SMS, MMS, image, video Based Reservation Notification Service Method. The method of claim 15,
The step (e), the user location-based reservation notification service method of the merchant terminal, characterized in that requesting the notification device to transmit the reservation notification information to the terminal of the contacts stored therein. The method of claim 15,
The step (e), the user location-based reservation notification service method of the merchant terminal, characterized in that requesting the notification device to send the reservation notification information to the terminal of the contact specified by the user.

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