KR20120101216A - System for providing discount coupon using offline discount coupon shop and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A discount coupon providing system using an offline discount coupon store and a discount coupon providing method thereof are provided to permit the issue of a discount coupon for a small-sized local business operator only with a membership flat rate, thereby supplying profits generated through the discount coupon to the small-sized local business operator. CONSTITUTION: A discount coupon server(3) includes the following. A local business terminal(2) registers discount coupon information in a discount coupon registration module(31). A discount coupon store selecting module(32) provides a discount coupon store list to the local business terminal. A coupon information transmitting module(33) transmits the discount coupon information to a discount coupon vending machine of a selected discount coupon store. A purchase request receiving module(34) receives a purchase request of a user from the discount coupon vending machine. [Reference numerals] (2) Local business terminal; (3) Discount coupon server; (31) Discount coupon registration module; (32) Discount coupon store selecting module; (33) Coupon information transmitting module; (34) Purchase request receiving module; (35) Payment request receiving module; (36) Payment processing module; (37) Payment result providing module; (400) Discount coupon vending machine; (AA) Coupon information; (BB) Selecting a discount coupon store; (CC) Transmitting coupon information; (DD) Purchase request; (EE) Payment information; (FF) Payment result

Description

System for providing discount coupon using offline discount coupon shop and method

The present invention relates to a discount coupon providing system, and more particularly, after purchasing a discount coupon of a local store through a discount coupon vending machine installed in a discount coupon room visited by a user, the product, service or service of the local store can be used. A discount coupon providing system and a discount coupon providing method.

The discount coupon is described in the contents of the discount provided by the operator so that the user can receive a discount from the operator in the contents of the discount coupon to purchase goods, services or services.

There is a service that provides discount coupons for Internet users or smartphone users based on SNS (Social Network Service). However, this SNS-based discount coupon business has caused many problems.

First, in the above discount coupon service, only a business owner having a large store can participate, and only a business owner who passes the examination of the SNS company is allowed to issue his own coupon. In this process, it was pointed out that the employer had to accept all of the SNS company's discount request, fee deduction or other options in order to receive the discount coupon service. As a result, the business owner was able to earn a lot of sales in a short time by welcoming users who presented discount coupons. However, in reality, employers faced serious social losses due to excessive losses due to excessive bleeding due to high discounts from SNS service providers.

In addition, as SNS-based discount coupons became popular among smartphone users, a kind of cherry peeker users who bought discount coupons and purchased products once began to increase. As a result, operators are aware that unlike high popularity, participation in SNS-based discount coupon service does not lead to profit but rather causes losses. As a result, discount coupon service is limited only by large businesses with national networks or famous businesses with public awareness.

Here, the bigger problem is that the SNS-based discount coupon service alienates small businesses or small merchants (hereinafter referred to as 'local operators') at the local level. Despite the uncertain profitability of discount coupon services, local operators are unable to apply even if they try to use discount coupon services. This is because it does not compete with large business owners or famous business owners who apply for discount coupon services. In addition, it is not necessary to issue discount coupons under the discount policy led by local operators, but to accept the stringent conditions of SNS companies and compete with other operators. In this context, local businesses are losing ground in the reality that most businesses are online and the market is eroded, consolidation mainly in large companies, and competition among businesses is fierce.

The present invention is to solve the above problems, to provide a discount coupon providing system and a discount coupon providing method for registering a discount coupon applied by a small local operators for each discount coupon room for sale through a discount coupon vending machine The purpose.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a discount coupon providing system and a discount coupon providing method in which the payment amount of the discount coupon purchased by the user is paid directly to the local operator, and the discount coupon is traded with the product at no additional cost to the user. For the purpose of

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a discount coupon system and a discount coupon method for checking a visit of a discount coupon room by a user using a smart phone and selling discount coupons registered in the discount coupon room.

Discount coupon providing system using an offline discount coupon room according to the present invention for achieving the above technical problem, a discount coupon registered in the discount coupon room of the local unit registered with the application for issuing a discount coupon of the local operator through the wired, wireless network Claims [1] A discount coupon providing system for selling a discount coupon vending machine, comprising: a local operator terminal paying a subscription fee on a home page of a discount coupon server and signing up for membership, and applying for registration of a discount coupon that can exchange goods; The discount coupon server is applied to issue a discount coupon from a local operator terminal connected to the homepage, registers a discount coupon of at least one discount coupon room selected by the local operator, and transmits the discount coupon information to the discount coupon vending machine of the corresponding discount coupon room. ; And a discount coupon vending machine installed in the discount coupon room to receive the discount coupon information from the discount coupon server, to process the inquiry and display of the discount coupon information according to a user input, and to process the sale and issuance of the discount coupon.

In the present invention, the discount coupon server, a discount coupon registration module for receiving discount coupon information including a business name, brand name and usage guidance from a local operator terminal; A discount coupon room selection module for providing a list of discount coupon rooms to a local operator terminal and selecting a discount coupon room at which the discount coupon is to be sold; A coupon information transmission module for transmitting the discount coupon information to a discount coupon vending machine of a selected discount coupon room; And a purchase request receiving module for receiving a purchase request of a user including a discount coupon room ID, a vending machine ID, and a coupon ID from the discount coupon vending machine.

According to an aspect of the invention, the discount coupon server, payment request receiving module for receiving payment information of the user's credit card or bank transfer from the discount coupon vending machine; A payment processing module for adding a payment information of a local payer of the discount coupon corresponding to the payment information to request a card payment or a bank transfer to a corresponding financial company server so that a payment amount is immediately paid to a local operator; And a payment result providing module for transmitting the received processing result of card payment or bank transfer to the discount coupon vending machine.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the discount coupon server, an application distribution module for distributing an application for processing the inquiry and purchase request of the discount coupon in the request of the smart phone; A coupon room ID receiving module for receiving a discount coupon room ID input by a user when receiving the access of the application; A coupon room visit determination module for comparing a location of a smartphone received with the user's consent with a location of a discount coupon room to determine whether the user visits a discount coupon room visited by the user, and determining that the user visits the coupon room within a predetermined distance; A coupon room product information providing module for providing a list of discount coupon items or individual discount coupons registered in the individual discount coupon room at the request of the visited smartphone; And a smart phone payment module for receiving a user's purchase request and payment information from the smart phone and providing a payment processing result.

Here, the discount coupon server counts the number of inquiries and purchases of individual discount coupons for each discount coupon room, and sorts the counted number by rank to provide the discount coupon vending machine.

In addition, after the discount coupon is provided by the user's payment, the user can immediately purchase the product of the local operator corresponding to the discount coupon without paying a separate amount.

In the present invention, the discount coupon vending machine, a touch screen module for displaying information received from the discount coupon server and the user input; A card input module for reading a card of a user; A discount coupon output module for outputting a discount coupon purchased by the user; And a receipt output module for outputting a receipt of the payment processing result received from the discount coupon server.

Here, the discount coupon vending machine transmits the payment information of the card or bank transfer input by the user to the discount coupon server to request a payment, or requests and receives payment information of the local payer of the discount coupon from the discount coupon server. By adding the payment information of the payer to the payment information, the card payment or bank transfer request is made to the corresponding financial company server so that the payment amount is immediately paid to the local operator.

According to a discount coupon providing method using an offline discount coupon room of the present invention, a discount coupon registered by a local operator through a wired or wireless network and registered in a discount coupon room of a local unit using a discount coupon vending machine. In the discount coupon providing method of the discount coupon server to sell, (a) the discount coupon server receives a home page connection from the local operator terminal to register the discount coupon information, including the business name, brand name, and usage guidance DB (DataBase) Storing in; (b) providing a list of discount coupon rooms to a local operator terminal, selecting at least one discount coupon room at which the discount coupon is to be sold, and storing the discount coupon rooms in a DB; (c) transmitting the discount coupon information to a discount coupon vending machine of the selected discount coupon room; And (d) receiving a user's purchase request including a discount coupon room ID, a vending machine ID, and a coupon ID from the discount coupon vending machine.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a small local operator is allowed to issue a discount coupon only with a subscription fee, and the local operator activates the local economy by providing a profit generated through the discount coupon.

According to another aspect of the present invention, by providing a purchase service of a discount coupon using a smart phone to a smartphone user who has been visited in a discount coupon room that is expected to be congested, reduces waiting time of the user and avoids congestion of the discount coupon room.

The following drawings attached to this specification are illustrative of preferred embodiments of the present invention, and together with the detailed description of the invention to serve to further understand the technical spirit of the present invention, the present invention is a matter described in such drawings It should not be construed as limited to.
1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a discount coupon providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a schematic internal structure diagram of a discount coupon server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a schematic internal structure diagram of a discount coupon server for determining a visit of a smart phone user according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a schematic internal structure diagram of a discount coupon vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a schematic flowchart of a discount coupon providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a schematic flowchart of a discount coupon providing method for determining a visit of a smart phone user according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Prior to this, terms or words used in the specification and claims should not be construed as having a conventional or dictionary meaning, and the inventors should properly explain the concept of terms in order to best explain their own invention. Based on the principle that can be defined, it should be interpreted as meaning and concept corresponding to the technical idea of the present invention.

Therefore, the embodiments described in the specification and the drawings shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiments of the present invention and do not represent all of the technical spirit of the present invention, various modifications that can be replaced at the time of the present application It should be understood that there may be equivalents and variations.

<1. System configuration>

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a discount coupon providing system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The discount coupon providing system 1 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is connected to the home page 300 of the discount coupon server 3 through a wired or wireless network, and then applies for registration of a discount coupon. ), A discount coupon server 3 for transmitting the registered coupon information of the registered local operator to the discount coupon vending machine 400 of the selected discount coupon room 4 and the discount coupon information received from the discount coupon server 3 on the screen. It is configured to include a discount coupon vending machine 400 for displaying and outputting a discount coupon by the user payment.

The wired and wireless networks in the present invention typically include all communication networks capable of Internet data communication using various protocols such as a mobile communication network, a wired and wireless public network such as the Internet, and a private network.

The local operator terminal 2 is an internet terminal for applying for registration of a discount coupon that a local operator can access his home page 300 and purchase his product. For example, there are computer terminals (desktops, notebooks), mobile communication terminals (smart phones), and other portable terminals, and the terminal may be connected to the Internet home page. Here, the product of the local operator corresponding to the discount coupon includes other tangible and intangible products such as goods, services, and services.

The discount coupon server 3 provides the home page 300 to the local operator terminal 2 to receive an application for registration of the discount coupon from the local operator.

Here, the local operator of the present invention may issue a discount coupon that pays the minimum subscription fee and guarantees the purchase of its products. In the case of a subscription fee, local operators have the advantage of retaining revenue from the popularity of discount coupons. The local operator pays the subscription fee to the discount coupon server 3 at the time of membership registration on the home page 300. Of course, the subscription fee can be settled annually, quarterly or monthly, according to the choice of the local operator.

When the local operator becomes a valid member by completing the payment of the subscription fee, the discount coupon server 3 may receive a discount coupon application from the local operator terminal 2 and provide a discount coupon registration page. The local operator inputs the discount coupon information through the discount coupon registration page. The discount acknowledgment coupon server 3 provides a discount coupon room selection page to the local operator terminal 2 to select at least one discount coupon room from which discount coupon room the registered discount coupon is to be sold. Therefore, a local operator who manages a store may select a discount coupon room where the promotion effect and the sales effect are most expected in the regional discount coupon room near the store.

When the application for registration of the discount coupon of the local operator is completed, the discount coupon server 3 generates a coupon number and an individual coupon for identifying the individual coupon and stores it in the DB. The discount coupon server 3 transmits the registered discount coupon information to the discount coupon vending machine 400 installed in the discount coupon room 4 selected by the local operator.

In addition, the discount coupon server 3 counts the inquiry of the individual discount coupon and the number of purchases for each discount coupon room 4, respectively. The discount coupon server 3 may provide the discount coupon vending machine 400 by sorting the counted number by rank.

The discount coupon room 4 is a sale shop for discount coupons that are managed directly by the discount coupon server 3 side or are affiliated with a member of a merchant. At least one discount coupon vending machine 400 is installed in the discount coupon room 4. The user visits the discount coupon room 4 and operates the discount coupon vending machine 400 to search for and search for discount coupons registered by nearby local businesses and to purchase discount coupons.

The discount coupon vending machine 400 outputs the discount coupon to the user as the payment is completed. Here, the discount coupon is designed with the content of the discount coupon registered by the local user in a common basic form, and the discount coupon vending machine 400 outputs the discount coupon. It is a print. In addition, after the discount coupon is printed and issued by a local user, it may be stored in the discount coupon vending machine 400 and output to the user.

On the other hand, since the discount coupon vending machine 400 outputs an individual discount coupon uniquely identified by the coupon number to the user upon completion of the user's payment, the user presents the discount coupon to the local operator when purchasing the product of the local operator. . And the local operator to register the coupon number presented from the user on the home page 300 to prevent duplicate use. Here, the user purchases the product only by presenting the discount coupon and does not bear any additional amount. If the user presents the discount coupon and bears the additional amount of the remaining difference, there is a possibility of application due to the change of the additional amount, so that the product can be purchased only with the discount coupon for the safety of the transaction. The full payment of the product through the discount coupon is to guarantee the business profits of the small businesses in the local unit together with the above-mentioned subscription fee.

In addition, the discount coupon server 3 allows the user to pay the amount paid for the discount coupon directly to the local operator. That is, the discount coupon server 3 does not settle the payment amount of the user to the local operator in the middle, but the payment partner of the user is the local operator. After registering as a subscription fee, local businesses can register discount coupons on their own initiative without noticing the discount coupon server 3 side, and receive stable payments because they receive payments directly from users. Can be. In addition, each local business owner's share of the subscription fee is the same, but the business profits collected through the sale of their respective discount coupons vary widely, and the entire sales amount of the discount coupons is transferred directly to the local business's sole business profitability. This high is self-evident.

2 is a schematic internal structure diagram of a discount coupon server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The discount coupon server 3 according to an embodiment of the present invention sells the discount coupon registered module 31 and the discount coupon applied from the local operator terminal 2 that received the registration request of the discount coupon from the local operator terminal 2. Discount coupon room selection module 32 to receive a discount coupon room to be selected, coupon information transmission module 33 for transmitting the discount coupon information registered by the local operator to the discount coupon vending machine 400 of the selected discount coupon room 4, discount Purchase request receiving module 34 for receiving the user's discount coupon purchase request from the coupon vending machine 400, payment request receiving module 35 for receiving payment information of the discount coupon requested to purchase, and receives the user's payment information It includes a payment processing module 36 for performing a payment process for direct payment to the operator and a payment result providing module 37 for providing the processed payment results to the discount coupon vending machine 400.

The discount coupon registration module 31 registers discount coupon information including a business name, a brand name, and a usage guide input from a discount coupon registration page from a local operator terminal 2 logged in to the home page 300 and stores it in a DB. .

Here, the usage guide may be a method of using a discount coupon, a location of a business name, transportation, a use time and a use condition. Local operators may register discount coupon information according to various sales strategies to increase their sales.

The discount coupon room selection module 32 registers at least one discount coupon room information selected on the discount coupon room selection page from the local operator terminal 2 and stores the information in the DB.

Here, the discount coupon room selection page includes a discount coupon room list of locations searched by the user. Of course, the map interface may be displayed through the coupon room selection page. The local operator selects a discount coupon room 4 at a location convenient for potential users of purchasing power in their stores. The local proximity of the discount coupon room (4) and the local operator store provides new sales opportunities for local operators and small merchants who only profit from offline sales.

The coupon information transmitting module 33 provides the discount coupon information of the local operator to the discount coupon vending machine 400 installed in the selected discount coupon room 4.

Here, the coupon information transmitting module 33 may provide discount coupon information in real time in response to a user's request, or may transmit the coupon information to the discount coupon vending machine 400 whenever updated data of new discount coupon information occurs. In the former case, the discount coupon vending machine 400 transmits an inquiry request input by the user to display corresponding discount coupon information on the screen. In the latter case, the discount coupon vending machine 400 stores the discount coupon information updated in real time in a storage medium in advance, receives a user's request, and displays the corresponding discount coupon information from the storage medium on the screen.

The purchase request receiving module 34 receives a user's purchase request including a discount coupon room ID, a vending machine ID, and a coupon ID from the discount coupon vending machine 400. When the purchase request is received, the purchase request receiving module 34 provides the payment page of the discount coupon requested for purchase to the discount coupon vending machine 400.

The payment request receiving module 35 receives payment information of the user's credit card information or account transfer information input by the user from the discount coupon vending machine 400 and stores it in a DB.

The payment processing module 36 adds payment information of a local payer of a discount coupon corresponding to the received payment information to generate payment data in which a payment amount is directly paid to a local operator. In addition, the payment processing module 36 requests payment by transmitting payment data to a financial institution server corresponding to card payment or bank transfer. Of course, the financial company server is a credit card value added network (VAN) server or bank server.

Here, the amount paid by the user is the total amount required to purchase the product. Therefore, the user does not have to pay extra for requesting products from local operators. Therefore, the local operator can receive only the discount coupon from the customer who has the discount coupon, and can reduce the customer's hospitality, such as calculating or handing the change to receive a separate cost. In addition, local operators can save the effort of preparing changes in advance.

The payment result providing module 37 receives the payment processing result from the financial institution server and transmits the result to the discount coupon vending machine 400. If the payment result is successful, the discount coupon vending machine 400 outputs the discount coupon.

3 is a schematic internal structure diagram of a discount coupon server 3 for determining a visit of a user of a smart phone 5 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the present invention, the discount coupon room 4 is always crowded because the user who wants to visit a store near the area visits for a discount. Because of this, users using the discount coupon vending machine 400 are lined up, and the increased waiting time may be exhausting. Therefore, in the present invention, the discount coupon server 3 allows the user who visited the discount coupon room to immediately purchase the discount coupon using the smart phone 5 instead of the discount coupon vending machine 400.

For the smart phone 5 users, the discount coupon server 3 according to an embodiment of the present invention is an application distribution module 301, smart phone (distributing an application that is installed and executed in the smart phone 5) 5) Coupon room ID receiving module 302 for receiving the ID of the coupon room that the user is visiting from, coupon room visit determination module 303 to determine whether the user actually visited the coupon room, visited smart phone ( 5) may include a coupon room product information providing module 304 for providing coupon product information of the discount coupon room and the smartphone payment module 305 for receiving and processing payment information of the user from the smart phone (5). have.

The application distribution module 301 distributes an application at the request of the smart phone 5 connected to the home page 300. Of course, the distribution site may be other distribution sites (eg, an app store, a tea store, etc.) in addition to the home page 300.

The coupon room ID receiving module 302 receives the coupon room ID input by the user on the initial screen of the application executed in the smart phone 5. The discount coupon room 4 and the discount coupon vending machine 400 is attached with a guide mark of the coupon ID for the smart phone (5) users.

The coupon room visit determination module 303 obtains user consent to the provision of location information to the smartphone 5 side to determine whether the user visits the coupon room, and when the user selects consent from the smartphone 5, the smartphone The positional information of the smart phone 5 is received from (5). And the coupon room visit determination module 303 compares the location of the received smart phone 5 and the location of the coupon room corresponding to the coupon room ID within a predetermined threshold distance, the user is visiting the discount coupon room (4) Judging by it.

The coupon room product information providing module 304 provides coupon product information such as a list of discount coupons and detailed information of individual coupons at the request of the smartphone determined to be a visit.

The smart phone payment module 305 receives the payment information of the user from the smart phone 5 and performs a payment process for the local operator of the coupon as a trading counterpart. The user inputs the card number and bankbook number as payment information using the smart phone 5. Here, the payment process differs only from the payment process using the discount coupon vending machine 400 and the subject of the payment request.

On the other hand, if the user's payment is normally completed, the discount coupon server 3 transmits the discount coupon to the smart phone 5, the application stores the received discount coupon in the internal memory. The stored discount coupon may be output by the user inputting a social security number or a coupon number into the discount coupon vending machine 400. In addition, smart phone users may load a discount coupon stored in the smart phone 5 on the screen, and then display the coupon to the service provider who issued the coupon and request the product to be provided.

4 illustrates a schematic internal structure of a discount coupon vending machine 400 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Discount coupon vending machine 400 according to an embodiment of the present invention is a data communication with the discount coupon server 3 via a wired, wireless network, a separate process that occurs in the process of receiving user input and central control of the individual configuration modules The central control unit 401 for processing the touch screen module 402 for displaying information and receiving a user's touch input, the card input module 403 for reading credit card information by the user's sliding input, and payment is normal. Completion is configured to include a discount coupon output module 404 for outputting a discount coupon and a receipt output module 405 for outputting a receipt to the user.

In the above embodiment, the discount coupon room 4 has been described based on the offline store, but is not necessarily limited thereto. The discount coupon room 4 may be a discount coupon vending machine 400 installed at any position. For example, a discount coupon vending machine 400 installed in a company, a public office, or the like. In addition, a discount coupon room store is not necessarily limited to the store which only sells a discount coupon. For example, it may be installed in a convenience store, another type of shop, or the like.

<2. Method composition>

Discount coupon providing method using an offline discount coupon room according to an embodiment of the present invention can be preferably realized through the construction of the above-described discount coupon providing system (1).

5 is a schematic flowchart of a discount coupon providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The operator of the discount coupon server 3 recruits the business owner of the discount coupon room 4 in the area unit where the discount coupon vending machine 400 is installed as a member of a merchant. The discount coupon server 3 registers local businesses through the home page 300. The discount coupon server 3 provides the following discount coupon providing service according to an effective member when the subscription fee of the local operator is normally paid.

The discount coupon registration module 31 of the discount coupon server 3 registers the discount coupon information from the local operator terminal 2 connected to the home page 31 and stores the discount coupon information in a DB (DataBase) (S31). Discount coupon information is stored in the DB with the coupon ID.

Here, the local operator terminal 2 transmits information such as a business name, a brand name, and a usage guide input by the operator to apply for registration of a discount coupon. Local operators can offer discounts specific to their products and register various terms and conditions.

When the discount coupon information is registered, the discount coupon room selection module 32 provides a list of discount coupon rooms to the local operator terminal 2 to select at least one discount coupon room at which the discount coupon is to be sold and store in the DB ( S32). The local operator selects a discount coupon room 4 near the area where his product can be easily purchased.

When the application for registration of the discount coupon of the local operator is completed, the coupon information transmitting module 33 transmits the discount coupon information to the discount coupon vending machine 400 of the selected discount coupon room 4 (S33).

Here, the discount coupon server 3 may transmit the corresponding discount coupon information for each request instance of the discount coupon vending machine 400 according to the server performance or business strategy, and to the discount coupon vending machine 400 whenever a new coupon registration occurs. Update data of the discount coupon may be transmitted.

Thereafter, the user may operate the discount coupon vending machine 400 to search for and search for a desired discount coupon.

When a user's purchase request event occurs, the purchase request receiving module 34 receives a user's purchase request including a discount coupon room ID, a vending machine ID, and a coupon ID from the discount coupon vending machine 400 (S34). The purchase request receiving module 34 transmits the payment page to the discount coupon vending machine 400. The user inputs payment information of a credit card or bank transfer to which the discount coupon is to be paid according to the instructions on the screen.

When the user selects confirmation after inputting the payment information, the payment request receiving module 35 receives the user's payment information from the discount coupon vending machine 400 and stores the payment information in the DB (S35).

When the payment information is received, the payment processing module 36 generates payment request data that adds the payment information of the local payer corresponding to the card payment or bank transfer to the received payment information of the user, and sends the payment request data to the financial institution server to request the payment. (S36).

Here, the payment processing module 36 allows the user's payment amount to be immediately paid to the local operator of the discount coupon. Therefore, when discount coupons become popular, local operators can earn high business profits in preparation for the subscription fee. Of course, this business revenue structure is to revitalize the local economy and offer new business opportunities to small businesses.

When the payment processing result is received from the financial company server, the payment result providing module 37 returns the payment result to the discount coupon vending machine 400 which has requested the payment (S37). The discount coupon vending machine 400 displays the received payment result on the screen, and if the payment result is successful, outputs the discount coupon and the receipt to the user.

6 is a schematic flowchart of a discount coupon providing method for determining a visit of a user of a smart phone 5 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The following discount coupon providing method for the smart phone 5 user reduces the waiting time of the discount coupon vending machine 400 by the user purchasing the discount coupon using the smart phone 5 and the discount coupon room 4. Reduce congestion

The application distribution module 301 distributes the application at the request of the smart phone 5 (S301). Then, when the user is running the application installed on the smart phone 5, the input window of the discount coupon room ID is displayed.

When the user inputs the discount coupon room ID, the coupon room ID receiving module 302 receives the discount coupon room ID input by the user while receiving the connection of the application (S302).

When the coupon room ID is received, the coupon room visit determination module 303 obtains consent to provide the user's location information to confirm whether the discount coupon room visited by the user is actually visited (S303). Coupon room visit determination module 303 receives the location information of the smart phone 5 when receiving the user's consent entered in the application (S304). The coupon room visit determination module 303 inquires the position of the discount coupon room with the discount coupon room ID and compares it with the position of the received smart phone 5 (S305). The coupon room visit determination module 303 determines that the user visits when the location of the smartphone 5 is within a predetermined distance from the location of the discount coupon room (S306). If it is determined that the user is not visiting, the user may not be provided with discount coupon information of the discount coupon room 400 in the smart phone 5.

The coupon room product information providing module 304 provides the detailed information of the discount coupon product list or the individual discount coupon registered in the individual discount coupon room 4 at the request of the smart phone 5 (S307).

When a user's purchase request is generated, the smartphone payment module 305 receives the user's purchase request and payment information, performs a payment process, and provides a payment result to the smartphone 5 (S308).

In the above-described embodiment, the term "module" is not used to mean a hardware division of the discount coupon providing system. Therefore, a plurality of modules may be integrated into one module or one module may be divided into a plurality of modules. In addition, the module may mean a hardware module, but may also mean a module of software. Therefore, it should be understood that the present invention is not particularly limited by the term module.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments. It goes without saying that various modifications and variations are possible within the scope of equivalence of the scope.

Claims (13)

In the discount coupon providing system that registers the application for issuing discount coupons of local operators through wired and wireless networks, and sells the discount coupons registered in the discount coupon room of the local unit using a discount coupon vending machine,
A local operator terminal that pays a subscription fee on a home page of a discount coupon server and registers and applies for registration of a discount coupon that can exchange goods;
The discount coupon server is applied to issue a discount coupon from a local operator terminal connected to the homepage, registers a discount coupon of at least one discount coupon room selected by the local operator, and transmits the discount coupon information to the discount coupon vending machine of the corresponding discount coupon room. ; And
A discount coupon vending machine installed in a discount coupon room to receive discount coupon information from the discount coupon server, process inquiry and display of discount coupon information according to a user's input, and process sales and issuance of discount coupons;
Discount coupon providing system comprising a. The method of claim 1,
The discount coupon server,
A discount coupon registration module for registering discount coupon information including a business name, a brand name, and a usage guide from a local operator terminal;
A discount coupon room selection module for providing a list of discount coupon rooms to a local operator terminal and selecting a discount coupon room at which the discount coupon is to be sold;
A coupon information transmission module for transmitting the discount coupon information to a discount coupon vending machine of a selected discount coupon room; And
Purchase request receiving module for receiving a user's purchase request including a discount coupon room ID, vending machine ID and coupon ID from the discount coupon vending machine
Discount coupon providing system comprising a. The method of claim 1,
The discount coupon server,
A payment request receiving module for receiving payment information of a user's credit card or bank transfer from the discount coupon vending machine;
A payment processing module for adding a payment information of a local payer of the discount coupon corresponding to the payment information to request a card payment or a bank transfer to a corresponding financial company server so that a payment amount is immediately paid to a local operator; And
Payment result providing module for transmitting the received processing result of the card payment or bank transfer to the discount coupon vending machine
Discount coupon providing system comprising a. 4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The discount coupon server,
An application distribution module for distributing an application for processing an inquiry of a discount coupon and a purchase request by a request of a smartphone;
A coupon room ID receiving module for receiving a discount coupon room ID input by a user when receiving the access of the application;
A coupon room visit determination module for comparing a location of a smartphone received with the user's consent with a location of a discount coupon room to determine whether the user visits a discount coupon room visited by the user, and determining that the user visits the coupon room within a predetermined distance;
A coupon room product information providing module for providing a list of discount coupon items or individual discount coupons registered in the individual discount coupon room at the request of the visited smartphone; And
Smartphone payment module that receives the user's purchase request and payment information from the smartphone, and provides the payment processing results
Discount coupon providing system comprising a. The method of claim 4, wherein
The discount coupon server,
A discount coupon providing system, characterized by counting the number of inquiries and purchases of individual discount coupons for each discount coupon room, sorting the counted number by rank, and providing the discount coupon vending machine. The method of claim 1,
The discount coupon,
The discount coupon providing system, characterized in that the user can immediately purchase the product of the local operator corresponding to the discount coupon without paying a separate amount after the payment by the user. 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
The discount coupon vending machine,
A touch screen module displaying information received from a discount coupon server and a user input;
A card input module for reading a card of a user;
A discount coupon output module for outputting a discount coupon purchased by the user; And
Receipt output module for outputting a receipt of the payment processing result received from the discount coupon server
Discount coupon providing system comprising a. 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
The discount coupon vending machine,
Request payment by sending payment information from the card or bank transfer that you entered to the discount coupon server, or
Request payment information of the local payer of the discount coupon to the discount coupon server, and add the payment information of the payer to the payment information so that the payment amount is immediately settled to the local operator so that the card payment or bank transfer is made. Discount coupon providing system, characterized in that request. Claims [1] A method for providing a discount coupon of a discount coupon server, wherein a discount coupon server for registering a discount coupon of a local operator through a wired or wireless network and selling the discount coupon registered in a discount coupon room at a local unit using a discount coupon vending machine,
(a) the discount coupon server receiving a home page connection from a local operator terminal, registering discount coupon information including a business name, a brand name, and a usage guide and storing the information in a database (DB);
(b) providing a list of discount coupon rooms to a local operator terminal, selecting at least one discount coupon room at which the discount coupon is to be sold, and storing the discount coupon rooms in a DB;
(c) transmitting the discount coupon information to a discount coupon vending machine of the selected discount coupon room; And
(d) receiving a user's purchase request including a discount coupon room ID, a vending machine ID, and a coupon ID from the discount coupon vending machine
Discount coupon providing method comprising a. The method of claim 9,
(e) receiving payment information of a user's credit card or bank transfer from the discount coupon vending machine;
(f) adding a payment information of a local payer of the discount coupon corresponding to the payment information and requesting a card payment or an account transfer to a corresponding financial institution server so that the payment amount is immediately paid to the local operator; And
(g) receiving the result of the processing of the card payment or bank transfer from the financial institution server and transmitting to the discount coupon vending machine
Discount coupon providing method comprising a. 11. The method according to claim 9 or 10,
(h) distributing an application that processes the inquiry and purchase request of the discount coupon at the request of the smartphone;
(i) receiving a discount coupon room ID input by a user upon receiving a connection of the application;
(j) requesting consent to provide location information of the user to confirm whether the discount coupon room visited by the user is visited;
(k) receiving location information of the smart phone upon receiving the user's consent entered into the application;
(l) comparing the location of the received smartphone with the location of the discount coupon that is inquired by the discount coupon room ID
(m) determining that the user visits when the location of the smartphone is within a predetermined distance from the location of the discount coupon room;
(n) providing a list of discount coupon products or individual discount coupon information registered in the individual discount coupon room at the request of the smart phone of which the visit of the user is confirmed; And
(o) receiving a user's purchase request and payment information from a smartphone and providing a payment processing result;
Discount coupon providing method comprising a. 11. The method according to claim 9 or 10,
As the performing step of the discount coupon vending machine,
Receiving and displaying a list of discount coupon products or individual discount coupon information registered in the individual discount coupon room requested by the user's touch screen input from the discount coupon server;
Receiving a request for purchase of an individual discount coupon and transmitting it to a discount coupon server;
Requesting a payment by transmitting the card information of the user's card or the payment information of the user's input withdrawal account information to the discount coupon server; And
Outputting a screen of a payment processing result received from a discount coupon server and outputting a receipt;
Discount coupon providing method comprising a. 13. The method of claim 12,
The discount coupon vending machine,
Card payment or bank transfer to the corresponding financial company server to request payment information of the local payer of the discount coupon to the discount coupon server, and add the payment information of the payer to the user's payment information so that the payment amount is immediately paid to the local operator. Method for providing a discount coupon, characterized in that for requesting.

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