KR20120124135A - Method for Providing Shopping Service by Using Social Network Service, System, Apparatus Therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A shopping service providing method with an SNS(Social Network Service), a system therefor, and a device thereof are provided to collect shopping-related information corresponding to corresponding identification information taken from an object by recognizing the identification information. CONSTITUTION: A terminal(110) photographs identification information from an object. The terminal detects code information corresponding to the identification information. The terminal receives product information corresponding to the code information. An information proving device(140) extracts the product information to transmit the same to the terminal. An SNS providing device(160) provides shopping-related information. [Reference numerals] (110) Terminal; (120) Shopping service application; (122) Shopping service providing device; (130) Communication network; (140) Information providing device; (150) Shopping mall providing device; (152) Storage unit; (154) Control unit; (156) Virtual community providing device; (160) SNS providing device

Description

Method for providing shopping service using SNS and system and apparatus therefor {Method for Providing Shopping Service by Using Social Network Service, System, Apparatus Therefor}

One embodiment of the present invention relates to a shopping service providing method using SNS, and a system and apparatus therefor. More specifically, by recognizing identification information photographed from an object, shopping-related information corresponding to the identification information may be collected, and the collected shopping-related information may be shared with the user's SNS to share information about the corresponding product. The present invention relates to a shopping service providing method using SNS, and a system and apparatus for the same, to distribute advertising revenue through the same.

The contents described in this section merely provide background information on the embodiment of the present invention and do not constitute the prior art.

With the widespread popularity of the Internet, e-commerce on the Internet is developing a lot. Most e-commerce companies provide various payment methods in consideration of the user's convenience, and the user selects a payment method appropriate for himself or herself when purchasing goods or using services to enable electronic commerce.

The online shopping mall has a vertex in which a price comparison for a particular product is easy, so that a buyer can purchase a desired item at a lowest price. However, when a user searches for a product he / she wants to purchase, and checks the lowest price, product purchase reviews, and the like on each price comparison site, it takes a lot of time and hassle.

In order to solve the above problem, an embodiment of the present invention may recognize identification information photographed from an object, collect shopping-related information corresponding to the identification information, and store the collected shopping-related information with the user's SNS. The main purpose is to provide a shopping service providing method and system and apparatus for the same using the SNS to share information about the product in association.

In order to achieve the above object, an embodiment of the present invention is to photograph identification information from an object, detect code information corresponding to the identification information, receive product information corresponding to the code information, and receive the product information. A terminal for receiving shopping-related information corresponding to and transmitting the shopping-related information to the outside; An information providing apparatus for extracting the commodity information corresponding to the code information and transmitting the extracted commodity information to the terminal; A shopping mall providing device configured to extract the shopping related information regarding the product information and transmit the shopping related information to the terminal; And an SNS providing device for providing the shopping related information received from the terminal.

In addition, according to another object of the present invention, a code information detection unit for acquiring photographed identification information, and detects code information corresponding to the identification information; A product information inquiry unit for inquiring product information corresponding to the detected code information; A shopping information provider configured to receive shopping related information about the product information; And it provides a shopping service providing apparatus comprising an SNS linking unit for transmitting to the SNS providing apparatus for interlocking the shopping-related information.

Further, according to another object of the present invention, to obtain the identification information photographed from the terminal, to detect the code information corresponding to the identification information, to query the product information corresponding to the detected code information, to the product information A storage unit for receiving the shopping-related information and storing a storage medium for transmitting the shopping-related information to the SNS providing apparatus which interlocks the shopping-related information; And a controller configured to cause the terminal to read and write data on the storage medium.

In addition, according to another object of the present invention, the step of photographing the identification information from the object in the terminal, detecting the code information corresponding to the identification information; Extracting product information corresponding to the code information from the information providing apparatus and transmitting the extracted product information to the terminal; Extracting the shopping related information about the product information from a shopping mall providing apparatus and transmitting the extracted shopping related information to the terminal; Receiving the shopping related information from the terminal and transmitting it to the outside; And providing the shopping-related information received from the terminal in an SNS providing apparatus.

According to another object of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a shopping service by a shopping service providing apparatus, comprising: a code information detecting step of acquiring photographed identification information and detecting code information corresponding to the identification information; A product information inquiry step of inquiring product information corresponding to the detected code information; Shopping information providing step of receiving shopping-related information on the product information; And an SNS interworking step of transmitting the shopping-related information to an SNS providing device interworking with the shopping-related information.

As described above, according to one embodiment of the present invention, by identifying identification information photographed from an object, shopping-related information corresponding to the identification information may be collected, and the collected shopping-related information is associated with the user's SNS. By sharing information about the product, it is possible to distribute the advertising revenue through it. In other words, users can receive the information they are interested in or purchase the product information they want to purchase through a separate SNS without having to search for them one by one. It can be shared.

Further, according to an embodiment of the present invention, by recognizing identification information photographed from an object and collecting shopping-related information corresponding to the identification information, there is an effect of accumulating data on shopping-related information. As a result, the rich data can be provided using data. In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, by linking the collected shopping-related information with the user's SNS to share information about the product there is an effect that can provide a shopping mall linked purchase.

1 is a block diagram schematically showing a shopping service providing system using SNS according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a block diagram schematically illustrating an apparatus for providing shopping service according to an embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a flowchart illustrating a shopping service providing method using SNS according to an embodiment of the present invention;
4 is an exemplary view of a shopping service providing system using SNS according to an embodiment of the present invention;
5 is an exemplary diagram for code information according to an embodiment of the present invention;
6 is an exemplary view for explaining fee distribution according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings an embodiment according to the present invention will be described in detail.

1 is a block diagram schematically showing a shopping service providing system using SNS according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Shopping service providing system using the SNS according to an embodiment of the present invention is a terminal 110, shopping service application 120, communication network 130, information providing device 140, shopping mall providing device 150, virtual community provided The device 156 and the SNS providing device 160 are included. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the shopping service providing system using the SNS includes the terminal 110, the shopping service application 120, the communication network 130, the information providing device 140, the shopping mall providing device 150, and the virtual community providing device. 156 and only the SNS providing apparatus 160, but this is merely illustrative of the technical idea of an embodiment of the present invention, the general knowledge in the technical field to which an embodiment of the present invention belongs Those having a variety of modifications and variations to the components included in the shopping service providing system using SNS without departing from the essential characteristics of the embodiment of the present invention will be applicable.

The terminal 110 refers to a terminal capable of transmitting and receiving various data via the communication network 130 according to a user's key manipulation. The terminal 110 may be a tablet PC, a laptop, a personal computer. , A smart phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a mobile communication terminal, or the like. In addition, the terminal 110 may be a cloud computing terminal that supports cloud computing (Cloud Computing) that can use services such as data reading and writing and storing, network, and content use through the communication network 130.

That is, the terminal 110 is a terminal for performing a voice call using the communication network 130, and is connected to the information providing device 140, the shopping mall providing device 150, or the SNS providing device 160 via the communication network 130. It refers to a terminal having a browser for connecting, a memory for storing a program, a microprocessor for executing and controlling a program, and the like. That is, the terminal 110 may be any terminal as long as the server-client communication is possible with the information providing apparatus 140, the shopping mall providing apparatus 150, or the SNS providing apparatus 160, and a laptop computer, a mobile communication terminal, a PDA, and the like. Etc. is a broad concept that encompasses all communication computing devices. Meanwhile, the terminal 110 is preferably manufactured in a form having a touch screen, but is not necessarily limited thereto.

In the present invention, the terminal 110 is described as being implemented as a separate device from the information providing device 140, shopping mall providing device 150 or SNS providing device 160, in the actual implementation of the terminal, terminal 110 ) May be implemented as a stand alone device including any one or all of the information providing device 140, the shopping mall providing device 150, and the SNS providing device 160. Meanwhile, the terminal 110 according to an embodiment of the present invention refers to a terminal including a camera module for capturing code information of an object or a separate barcode reader for recognizing code information.

The terminal 110 drives the shopping service application 120 mounted by a user's manipulation or command, and transmits shopping related information to the SNS providing apparatus 160 through the shopping service application 120. Referring to the shopping service application 120, the shopping service application 120 refers to an application installed after being downloaded through an application store when the terminal 110 is a smart phone, and the terminal 110 is a feature phone. ) Refers to an application running on a VM (Virtual Machine) downloaded through a carrier server.

The terminal 110 according to an embodiment of the present invention photographs identification information from an object by using the mounted shopping service application 120, detects code information corresponding to the identification information, and product information corresponding to the code information. Receives and receives the shopping-related information corresponding to the product information and transmits to the SNS providing apparatus 160. Here, the identification information is preferably a code image and may be displayed on one side of the object.

That is, the shopping service application 120 obtains photographed identification information, and the identification information includes at least one or more of one-dimensional barcode, two-dimensional barcode, 2.5-dimensional code (color code), three-dimensional code, and four-dimensional code. It includes. Of course, these are merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and those of ordinary skill in the art to which the identification information has a one-dimensional barcode or two-dimensional barcode without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. It is included in all forms of code to be generated later, and various modifications and variations are possible. On the other hand, the two-dimensional barcode of the identification information includes at least one or more identification information of the QR code (Quick Response Code), Data Matrix (Max Matrix).

Here, the one-dimensional barcode and the two-dimensional barcode that are considered to be required to apply an embodiment of the present invention in more detail, the one-dimensional bar code is a black bar with a different thickness in order to make the computer easier to read information A combination of white bars is used to encode letters or numbers. A device that reads these barcodes and inputs them to a terminal is called a barcode reader. In other words, the one-dimensional barcode has a shape in which black bars and white bars of different thicknesses are arranged in a mixture, and has a name of barcode as 'Bar shaped code'. In addition, such a one-dimensional bar code mainly displays numeric data of 13 to 14 digits.

On the other hand, to describe the two-dimensional bar code information, the two-dimensional bar code represents the information in a small square in a braille or mosaic code. While the one-dimensional barcode can express information only in the horizontal direction depending on the thickness of the bar line, the two-dimensional barcode can contain information in both the horizontal and the vertical. Therefore, the two-dimensional bar code can contain about 100 times more information than the conventional one. In particular, since it has information enough to act as a file itself, information can be grasped without being linked to a database such as a one-dimensional barcode. In addition, even if the two-dimensional bar code is largely damaged, the corresponding information can be grasped. The two-dimensional barcode has a QR code, a data matrix, PDF417, maxi code, among which the UP code of the QR code and the data matrix (UPCODE) is designed to operate in a mobile environment in addition to the scanner has been widely used in the mobile field.

In addition, the two-dimensional bar code is a flat bar code expressed in braille or mosaic code in both the horizontal and vertical (x, y) directions within the rectangle, and is recognized in any direction and can be recovered even if the information is damaged. Unlike one-dimensional barcodes, the information can be identified by itself without a database. As well as texts such as letters, numbers, and the like, graphics, pictures, voices, fingerprints, and signatures can be stored in various forms of information, so that the contents are displayed on the display of the terminal 110 only by reading the barcode. In particular, the two-dimensional bar code can be encrypted, it can be utilized in various authentication systems such as membership cards, it can also be transferred to the liquid crystal of the terminal can be used instead of the ticket.

To describe an embodiment that can utilize the two-dimensional bar code, when the terminal 110 is a smart phone, an application for recognizing a two-dimensional bar code is installed on the smart phone, and the user (interest) is interested in the product. Printed identification information can be photographed using a camera module to recognize it and retrieve data from the online market to retrieve the lowest price. In addition, when printing a two-dimensional bar code on the business card can recognize it with a smart phone and easily register a contact in the smart phone, you can also display the multimedia content related to the article by inserting a two-dimensional bar code at the end of articles such as newspapers and magazines. . In addition, advertisements, movie guides, tourism or exhibitions, museums, etc. can show or hear what you want in conjunction with a smartphone.

In addition, the shopping service application 120 detects code information corresponding to the identification information, wherein the code information is one-dimensional barcode information, two-dimensional barcode information, 2.5-dimensional code information, three-dimensional code information and four according to the identification information. It is divided into any one of the dimension code information. One-dimensional barcode information and two-dimensional barcode information of the above information in more detail, the one-dimensional barcode information is code eigenvalue information, product information, inquiry history information, purchase history information, purchase history information, And at least one of recommendation history information and related information associated with the product. The two-dimensional bar code information includes at least one or more of product information, URL information, location information, issuance date information, issuing detailed information, recognition information of the issued code, and purchase result information of the issued code.

In addition, the shopping service application 120 queries the product information corresponding to the detected code information, such product information indicates the identification information identifying a specific product, product name information, manufacturer information, item information, weight information, manufacturing It includes at least one or more of the date, location information, location information, price information and component information. In addition, the shopping service application 120 receives the shopping-related information on the product information, and transmits to the SNS providing device 160 that interlocks the shopping-related information, such shopping-related information is price comparison information on the product information, purchase It includes at least one or more of the following information, search rate information, purchase rate information and product suggestion information.

Meanwhile, when transmitting to the SNS providing apparatus 160 that interoperates shopping related information, the shopping service application 120 matches the shopping mall related information with a unique key value that is identification information of a specific user and transmits the same to the SNS providing apparatus 160. . At this time, the shopping service application 120 confirms the user through the unique key value, and authenticates the confirmed user. In addition, the shopping service application 120 stores shopping related information in the virtual community providing apparatus 156 and transmits link information connected to the virtual community providing apparatus 156 to the SNS providing apparatus 160. In addition, when an advertisement request signal is received from an external device through the SNS providing device 160, the shopping service application 120 transmits the advertisement information received from the external device to the SNS providing device 160 by matching the unique key value. In addition, the fee for the advertisement information is distributed at a predetermined ratio with the SNS providing apparatus 160.

Meanwhile, referring to the process of the shopping service application 120 detecting code information through the identification information, the shopping service application 120 obtains identification information through a camera module provided in the terminal 110. Decode the identification information to detect code information corresponding to the identification information. Here, the shopping service application 120 to briefly describe the method of decoding the identification information to detect the code information corresponding to the identification information, the shopping service application 120 is a scanning unit to read the information in the code information, It includes a decoding unit and a processing unit. The scan unit may include a laser beam shooting part and a bar code reader that detects light or include a camera module to capture identification information of an object. In the case where the scanning unit includes a barcode reader, when the light is shot on the barcode, the black bar portion reflects a small amount of light, and the white portion reflects a large amount of light. The scanner detects the reflected light and translates it into an electrical signal that is converted into binary '0' and '1'. This is again interpreted as a letter and number, which is converted into a form that can be collected by the decoding unit to detect the data (code information). If the camera module is included in the scan unit, the identification information is taken, and then it is recognized and converted into binary '0' and '1'. The data (code information) is detected after conversion into a form that can be collected. Of course, such a method of decoding code information is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and is not necessarily limited thereto. Those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains are essential characteristics of the present invention. Various modifications and variations will be possible without departing from the scope of the invention.

Referring to the process of the shopping service application 120 receives the product information, the shopping service application 120 checks whether there is product information corresponding to the code information to the information providing device 140, and as a result of the check, If there is product information, product information corresponding to code information is received from the information providing apparatus 140. In addition, referring to the process of the shopping service application 120 receiving shopping related information, the shopping service application 120 checks whether there is shopping related information on the product information with the shopping mall providing device 150, As a result of the check, if there is shopping-related information, the shopping-related information on the product information is received from the shopping mall providing apparatus 150. The shopping mall providing apparatus 150 may include at least one or more of an open market providing apparatus, a price comparison providing apparatus, and a product selling cafe apparatus.

Meanwhile, the terminal 110 and the shopping service application 120 may be implemented as a shopping service providing device 122 which is one device. That is, although the terminal 110 and the shopping service application 120 are illustrated in FIG. 1, the terminal 110 and the shopping service application 120 may be implemented as a shopping service providing apparatus 122 that is a stand-alone device including the terminal 110 and the shopping service application 120. . Hereinafter, the shopping service providing apparatus 122 will be described with reference to FIG. 2.

The communication network 130 refers to a network capable of transmitting and receiving data using an internet protocol using various wired and wireless communication technologies such as an internet network, an intranet network, a mobile communication network, and a satellite communication network. In addition, the communication network 130 is combined with any or all of the information providing apparatus 140, the shopping mall providing apparatus 150, and the SNS providing apparatus 160 to store computing resources, such as hardware and software, and is required by the client. It may include a cloud computing network that can provide the computing resources to the terminal 110. Here, cloud computing refers to a computer environment in which information is permanently stored in a server on the Internet and temporarily stored in client terminals such as desktops, tablet computers, laptops, netbooks, and smartphones. It refers to a computer environment access network that stores a server on the Internet and makes this information available anytime, anywhere through various IT devices.

To further explain the concept of the communication network 130, the communication network 130 is not only an open network such as a local area network (LAN), a closed network such as a wide area network (WAN), the Internet (Internet), Networks such as Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), Long Term Evolution (LTE), Evolved Packet Core (EPC), and next-generation networks and clouds It is a general term for computing network.

The information providing apparatus 140 receives code information from the terminal 110, extracts product information corresponding to the code information, and transmits the information to the terminal 110. That is, the information providing device 140 may display identification information for identifying a specific product, and may include at least one or more of product name information, manufacturer information, item information, weight information, date of manufacture information, location information, price information, and component information. The included product information is transmitted to the terminal 110. The information providing apparatus 140 includes a 1D barcode DB, a 2D barcode DB, a 2.5D code DB, a 3D code DB, and a 4D code DB or a code information DB to extract product information corresponding to code information. can do.

That is, the process of extracting the product information corresponding to the code information by the information providing apparatus 140 will be described. When the information providing apparatus 140 receives the code information from the terminal 110, the information providing apparatus 140 receives the code information from the code information DB. Whether there is product information corresponding to the code information is checked, and if there is product information corresponding to the code information, it is extracted and transmitted to the terminal 110. On the other hand, when the information providing device 140 receives the identification information from the terminal 110, the information providing device 140 recognizes the identification information and then the one-dimensional barcode DB, two-dimensional barcode DB, 2.5-dimensional code DB, 3 One of the dimensional code DB and the four-dimensional code DB may be queried to extract code information corresponding to the identification information and transmit the code information to the terminal 110. Meanwhile, although the information providing device 140 is described as a separate device in FIG. 1, in an implementation of the present invention, the information providing device 140 is combined with the terminal 110 or the shopping mall providing device 150. It may be implemented in one device.

The shopping mall providing apparatus 150 has the same configuration as a conventional web server or network server in hardware. However, the software module includes a program module implemented in any language such as C, C ++, Java, Visual Basic, and Visual C. The shopping mall providing apparatus 150 may be implemented in the form of a web server or a network server. The web server is generally connected to an unspecified client and / or another server through an open computer network such as the Internet, and the client or other web. It refers to a computer system that receives a server's task execution request and derives and provides a work result thereof, and a computer software (web server program) installed therefor.

However, in addition to the above-described web server program, it should be understood as a broad concept including a series of application programs (Application Program) operating on a web server and in some cases various databases built therein. The shopping mall providing apparatus 150 uses a web server program that is variously provided according to operating systems such as DOS, Windows, Linux, UNIX, Macintosh, and the like for general server hardware. It can be implemented by using, and representative examples may be a website (Website) used in the Windows environment, Internet Information Server (IIS) and CERN, NCSA, APPACH used in the Unix environment.

In addition, the shopping mall providing apparatus 150 may be linked with an authentication system and a payment system for providing a shopping service. In addition, the shopping mall providing apparatus 150 classifies membership information and information about a shopping service and stores and manages the same in a database. The database may be implemented inside or outside the shopping mall providing apparatus 150. . Such a database refers to a general data structure implemented in a storage system (hard disk or memory) of a computer system using a database management program (DBMS), and can freely search (extract) data, delete data, edit data, and add data. It is a data storage type that can be used, such as relational database management systems (RDBMS) such as Oracle, Infomix, Sybase, DB2, Gemston, Orion, An object-oriented database management system (OODBMS) such as O2, etc., and an XML Native Database such as Excelon, Tamino, Sekaiju, etc. are used to meet the purpose of an embodiment of the present invention. It can be implemented and has the appropriate fields or elements to achieve its function.

On the other hand, the shopping mall providing apparatus 150 according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include a storage unit 152 and the controller 154 for cloud computing. The storage unit 152 acquires the identification information photographed from the terminal 110, detects code information corresponding to the identification information, inquires product information corresponding to the detected code information, and shopping related information about the product information. And a storage medium for transmitting to the SNS providing apparatus 160 that links shopping related information, and the controller 154 causes the terminal 110 to read data about the storage medium stored in the storage unit 152. And write is performed.

The shopping mall providing apparatus 150 extracts shopping related information about the product information received from the terminal 110 and transmits the information related to the shopping mall to the terminal 110. That is, the shopping mall providing apparatus 150 according to the request of the terminal 110, the shopping-related information including at least one or more of price comparison information, purchase review information, search rate information, purchase rate information, and product suggestion information about the product information; Send to the terminal 110.

The virtual community providing apparatus 156 stores a shopping mall related information received from the terminal 110. That is, the virtual community providing device 156 receives the shopping mall related information from the terminal 110 when the capacity of the shopping mall related information exceeds the capacity that can be accommodated in the SNS providing device 160, and provides link information thereof. Transmission to the terminal 110 and the SNS providing device 160. When link information is selected in the SNS providing apparatus 160, the virtual community providing apparatus 156 transmits the stored shopping mall related information to the SNS providing apparatus 160.

The SNS providing apparatus 160 refers to a device for providing a service that can establish a relationship with an unspecified person online. That is, the SNS providing device 160 refers to a community-type website opened for the purpose of establishing an online network, and users can use the SNS providing device 160 to newly build a network or to strengthen a relationship with an existing network. have.

The SNS providing apparatus 160 provides various types of services, that is, providing services to the terminal 110 as well as the connected PC, and when the new information arrives to the corresponding user, the SNS providing apparatus 160. This informs the terminal 110 in the form of a push message. On the other hand, to describe an example of the recent use of the SNS providing device 160, the SNS providing device 160 is not only commonly used for many people to communicate with other people or share / search information, As a functional function, it provides additional functions such as a means for contacting each other by e-mail and instant messenger service, call, meeting, shopping, and the like. On the other hand, for example, the representative services provided by the SNS providing device 160, such as 'cyworld', 'myspace', 'facebook', 'twitter', 'me today' and 'kakaotalk' Can be.

The SNS providing apparatus 160 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention receives shopping-related information from the terminal 110 via the communication network 130, and stores the shopping-related information in accordance with a unique key value that is identification information of a specific user. That is, when a user of the terminal 110 accesses the SNS providing apparatus 160 and logs in with his or her ID and password, since shopping-related information is stored in the user account, the user account and the online network are established as the user account. Information related to shopping can be transmitted. Of course, the SNS providing apparatus 160 does not directly store the shopping-related information, but only the link information of the shopping-related information stored in the virtual community providing apparatus 156 stores the shopping-related information with the corresponding user account and the user account in which the online network is established. Can transmit

2 is a block diagram schematically illustrating an apparatus for providing shopping service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Shopping service providing apparatus 122 according to an embodiment of the present invention is code information detection unit 210, product information inquiry unit 220, shopping information provider 230, SNS interlocking unit 240, authentication unit 250 ) And a revenue distribution unit 260. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the shopping service providing apparatus 122 may include a code information detector 210, a product information inquiry unit 220, a shopping information provider 230, an SNS linker 240, and an authentication unit 250. And it is described that it includes only the revenue distribution unit 260, which is merely illustrative of the technical idea of one embodiment of the present invention, if one of ordinary skill in the art to which one embodiment of the present invention belongs Various modifications and variations to the components included in the shopping service providing apparatus 122 may be applied without departing from the essential features of one embodiment of the present invention.

The code information detector 210 acquires photographed identification information and detects code information corresponding to the identification information. Referring to the process of the code information detection unit 210 detects the code information, the code information detection unit 210 obtains the identification information through the provided camera module, and decodes the identification information to obtain code information corresponding to the identification information. Detect. The identification information includes at least one or more of one-dimensional barcode, two-dimensional barcode, 2.5-dimensional code, three-dimensional code and four-dimensional code. The two-dimensional barcode of the identification information includes at least one identification information of a QR code, a data matrix and a maxicode. Here, the code information is divided into one of one-dimensional barcode information, two-dimensional barcode information, 2.5-dimensional code information, three-dimensional code information, and four-dimensional code information according to the identification information. The one-dimensional barcode information of the divided information is at least one or more of code eigenvalue information, product information, inquiry history information, purchase history information, purchase history information, recommendation history information, and related information associated with the corresponding product set to a predetermined number of digits. It includes. In addition, the two-dimensional bar code information of the bent information includes at least one or more information of the product information, URL information, location information, issuance date information, issuance details, recognition information of the issued code and purchase result information of the issued code.

The product information inquiry unit 220 inquires product information corresponding to the detected code information. To describe the process of receiving the product information by the product information inquiry unit 220, the product information inquiry unit 220 checks whether there is product information corresponding to the code information with the information providing device 140, and confirms As a result, when there is product information, product information corresponding to code information is received from the information providing apparatus. Here, the product information represents identification information for identifying a specific product, and includes at least one or more of product name information, manufacturer information, item information, weight information, date of manufacture information, location information, price information, and ingredient information.

The shopping information providing unit 230 receives shopping related information about the product information. Referring to the process of the shopping information providing unit 230 receives the shopping-related information, the shopping information providing unit 230 checks whether there is shopping-related information on the product information to the shopping mall providing device 150, As a result of the check, if there is shopping-related information, the shopping-related information on the product information is received from the shopping mall providing apparatus 150. Here, the shopping-related information includes at least one or more information of price comparison information, purchase review information, search rate information, purchase rate information, and product suggestion information about product information.

The SNS interworking unit 240 transmits the shopping-related information to the SNS providing apparatus 160 that interworks with the shopping-related information. In more detail, the SNS interworking unit 240 transmits shopping mall-related information to the SNS providing apparatus 160 in detail. The SNS linking unit 240 matches the shopping mall-related information with a unique key value that is identification information of a specific user. To the SNS providing apparatus 160. In addition, the SNS interworking unit 240 stores the shopping-related information in the virtual community providing apparatus 156 and transmits link information connected to the virtual community providing apparatus 156 to the SNS providing apparatus 160.

The authenticator 250 confirms the user through a unique key value and authenticates the confirmed user. When an advertisement request signal is received from an external device through the SNS providing device 160, the revenue distribution unit 260 transmits the advertisement information received from the external device to the SNS providing device 160 by matching the unique key value. The fee for the advertisement information is distributed at a predetermined ratio with the SNS providing apparatus 160.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a shopping service providing method using SNS according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The shopping service providing apparatus 122 obtains photographed identification information (S310). Referring to step S310 in more detail, the shopping service providing apparatus 122 obtains identification information through a camera module provided in the terminal 110. Here, the identification information includes at least one or more information of one-dimensional bar code, two-dimensional bar code, 2.5-dimensional code, three-dimensional code, and four-dimensional code, wherein the two-dimensional bar code includes at least one of a QR code, a data matrix, and a maxicode. It includes one or more identification information.

The shopping service providing apparatus 122 detects code information corresponding to the identification information (S320). In more detail with reference to step S320, the shopping service providing apparatus 122 obtains identification information through a camera module included in the terminal 110, and decodes the identification information to detect code information corresponding to the identification information. . Here, the code information is divided into one of one-dimensional barcode information, two-dimensional barcode information, 2.5-dimensional code information, three-dimensional code information, and four-dimensional code information according to the identification information. One-dimensional barcode information and two-dimensional barcode information, which are considered to be required to apply an embodiment of the present invention among the divided information, will be described in more detail. The one-dimensional barcode information includes code unique value information set to a predetermined number of digits, And at least one of product information, inquiry history information, purchase history information, purchase history information, recommendation history information, and related information associated with the product. The two-dimensional bar code information includes at least one or more of product information, URL information, location information, issuance date information, issuing detailed information, recognition information of the issued code, and purchase result information of the issued code.

The shopping service providing apparatus 122 inquires product information corresponding to the detected code information (S330). In more detail with reference to step S330, the shopping service providing apparatus 122 checks whether there is product information corresponding to the code information with the information providing apparatus 140, and if there is product information as a result of the check, Product information corresponding to code information is received from the providing device 140. Here, the product information represents identification information for identifying a specific product, and includes at least one or more of product name information, manufacturer information, item information, weight information, date of manufacture information, location information, price information, and ingredient information.

The shopping service providing apparatus 122 receives shopping related information about product information (S340). In more detail with reference to step S340, the shopping service providing apparatus 122 checks whether the shopping mall providing apparatus 150 checks whether there is shopping-related information on the product information, and if there is shopping related information, The shopping mall providing apparatus 150 receives shopping related information about the product information.

The shopping service providing apparatus 122 transmits the shopping related information to the SNS providing apparatus 160 that interoperates shopping related information (S350). In more detail with reference to step S350, the shopping service providing apparatus 122 matches the shopping mall-related information with a unique key value that is identification information of a specific user and transmits the matching key value to the SNS providing apparatus 160. In this case, the shopping service providing apparatus 122 confirms the user through a unique key value and authenticates the confirmed user. In operation S350, the shopping service providing apparatus 122 stores the shopping related information in the virtual community providing apparatus 156, and transmits link information connected to the virtual community providing apparatus 156 to the SNS providing apparatus 160. . Here, the shopping-related information includes at least one or more information of price comparison information, purchase review information, search rate information, purchase rate information, and product suggestion information about product information.

The shopping service providing apparatus 122 checks whether an advertisement request signal is received from an external device through the SNS providing apparatus 160 (S360). As a result of checking in step S360, when the advertisement request signal is received from the external device through the SNS providing apparatus 160, the shopping service providing apparatus 122 matches the advertisement information received from the external device to a unique key value to provide the SNS providing apparatus. In step S370, the fee for the advertisement information is distributed to the SNS providing apparatus 160 at a predetermined ratio.

In FIG. 3, steps S310 to S370 are described as being sequentially executed. However, this is merely illustrative of the technical idea of an embodiment of the present invention, and the general knowledge in the technical field to which an embodiment of the present invention belongs. Those having a variety of modifications and variations may be applicable by changing the order described in FIG. 3 or executing one or more steps of steps S310 to S370 in parallel without departing from the essential characteristics of an embodiment of the present invention. 3 is not limited to the time series order.

As described above, the shopping service providing method using the SNS according to the embodiment of the present invention described in FIG. 3 may be implemented in a program and recorded in a computer-readable recording medium. The computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for implementing a shopping service providing method using SNS according to an embodiment of the present invention includes all kinds of recording devices storing data that can be read by a computer system. . Examples of such computer-readable recording media include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage, etc., and also implemented in the form of a carrier wave (e.g., transmission over the Internet) . The computer readable recording medium may also be distributed over a networked computer system so that computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed manner. In addition, functional programs, code, and code segments for implementing an embodiment of the present invention may be easily inferred by programmers skilled in the art to which an embodiment of the present invention belongs.

4 is an exemplary view of a shopping service providing system using SNS according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As illustrated in FIG. 4, the shopping service providing apparatus 122 acquires the identification information photographing and the code information. The shopping service providing apparatus 122 obtains the photographed identification information. As shown in FIG. 4, the shopping service providing apparatus 122 obtains identification information through a camera module provided in the terminal 110. Here, the identification information includes at least one or more information of one-dimensional bar code, two-dimensional bar code, 2.5-dimensional code, three-dimensional code and four-dimensional code, two-dimensional barcode of the identification information of the QR code, data matrix and maxicode It includes at least one identification information.

4, the shopping service providing device 122 detects code information corresponding to the identification information and sends the information to the information providing device 140. The product information corresponding to the detected code information is inquired. The information providing apparatus 140 checks whether or not there is product information corresponding to the code information received from the terminal 110 by querying the provided primary barcode DB, secondary barcode DB and code information DB, If there is product information, product information corresponding to the corresponding code information is transmitted to the terminal 110.

Referring to FIG. 4, a process of providing shopping-related information by the shopping mall providing apparatus 150 will be described. When the shopping mall providing apparatus 150 requests a shopping-related information for product information from the terminal 110, Using the open market providing apparatus, the price comparison providing apparatus, and the product selling cafe apparatus, shopping related information about the product information is collected and transmitted to the terminal 110. That is, the shopping service providing apparatus 122 determines whether there is shopping related information on the product information with the shopping mall providing apparatus 150, and when there is shopping related information as a result of the checking, the product is provided from the shopping mall providing apparatus 150. Receive shopping related information about the information.

5 is an exemplary diagram for code information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The shopping service providing apparatus 122 detects code information corresponding to the identification information. The shopping service providing apparatus 122 obtains identification information through a camera module included in the terminal 110, and decodes the identification information to detect code information corresponding to the identification information. Here, the code information is divided into one of one-dimensional barcode information, two-dimensional barcode information, 2.5-dimensional code information, three-dimensional code information and four-dimensional code information according to the identification information as shown in FIG.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 5, 1, among which 1D barcode information, 2D barcode information, 2.5D code information, 3D code information, and 4D code information is considered to have a high demand to apply an embodiment of the present invention. More specifically, the two-dimensional barcode information and the two-dimensional barcode information, the one-dimensional barcode information is code eigenvalue information, product information, inquiry history information, purchase history information, purchase history information, recommendation history information It includes at least one or more of the related information associated with the product. The two-dimensional bar code information includes at least one or more of product information, URL information, location information, issuance date information, issuing detailed information, recognition information of the issued code, and purchase result information of the issued code.

The shopping service providing apparatus 122 inquires product information corresponding to the detected code information. At this time, the shopping service providing apparatus 122 checks whether there is product information corresponding to the code information with the information providing apparatus 140, and if there is product information as a result of the check, the code information from the information providing apparatus 140 Receive product information corresponding to Here, the product information represents identification information for identifying a specific product, and includes at least one or more of product name information, manufacturer information, item information, weight information, date of manufacture information, location information, price information, and ingredient information.

6 is an exemplary view for explaining fee distribution according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The shopping service providing apparatus 122 transmits the shopping related information to the SNS providing apparatus 160 that interworks with the shopping related information. In this case, the shopping service providing apparatus 122 matches the shopping mall-related information with a unique key value that is identification information of a specific user and transmits the matching key value to the SNS providing apparatus 160. That is, the shopping service providing apparatus 122 confirms the user through the unique key value and authenticates the confirmed user. In addition, the shopping service providing apparatus 122 stores the shopping related information in the virtual community providing apparatus 156, and transmits link information connected to the virtual community providing apparatus 156 to the SNS providing apparatus 160. Here, the shopping-related information includes at least one or more information of price comparison information, purchase review information, search rate information, purchase rate information, and product suggestion information about product information.

As illustrated in FIG. 6, the shopping service providing apparatus 122 confirms whether an advertisement request signal is received from an external device, such as a domestic / international shopping mall, a product manufacturer, or a general company, through the SNS providing apparatus 160. . As a result of the check, the shopping service providing apparatus 122 receives an advertisement request signal from an external device, such as a domestic / external shopping mall, a product manufacturer, a general company, etc. The advertisement information received from the product manufacturer, the general company, etc. is matched to the unique key value and transmitted to the SNS providing apparatus 160, and the fee for the advertisement information is distributed with the SNS providing apparatus 160 at a predetermined ratio.

The foregoing description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are intended to illustrate rather than limit the scope of the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The protection scope of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the equivalent scope should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

As described above, the present invention recognizes identification information photographed from an object, collects shopping-related information corresponding to the identification information, and links the collected shopping-related information to the user's SNS for information on the corresponding product. Applied to various fields that allow users to share their information, users need to search for products that they are interested in or want to purchase through separate social media sites without having to search for them one by one. It is a useful invention that generates the effect of receiving and sharing it with your online contacts.

110: terminal 120: shopping service application
122: shopping service providing apparatus 130: communication network
140: information providing device 150: shopping mall providing device
152: storage unit 154: control unit
156: virtual community providing device 160: SNS providing device
210: code information detection unit 220: product information inquiry unit
230: shopping information provider 240: SNS interlocking unit
250: authentication unit 260: revenue distribution unit

Claims (22)

A terminal for photographing identification information from an object, detecting code information corresponding to the identification information, receiving product information corresponding to the code information, and receiving shopping-related information corresponding to the product information and then transmitting the information to the outside ;
An information providing apparatus for extracting the commodity information corresponding to the code information and transmitting the extracted commodity information to the terminal;
A shopping mall providing device configured to extract the shopping related information regarding the product information and transmit the shopping related information to the terminal; And
SNS providing device for providing the shopping-related information received from the terminal
Shopping service providing system using SNS comprising a. A code information detector for acquiring photographed identification information and detecting code information corresponding to the identification information;
A product information inquiry unit for inquiring product information corresponding to the detected code information;
A shopping information provider configured to receive shopping related information about the product information; And
SNS interlocking unit for transmitting the shopping-related information to the SNS providing device interlocking
Shopping service providing apparatus comprising a. The method of claim 2,
The SNS interworking unit,
The shopping service providing apparatus, characterized in that for matching the shopping mall-related information and the unique key value that is identification information of a specific user to transmit to the SNS providing apparatus. The method of claim 3, wherein
Authentication unit for identifying the user through the unique key value, and authenticating the confirmed user
The shopping service providing apparatus further comprising a. The method of claim 3, wherein
When an advertisement request signal is received from an external device through the SNS providing device, the advertisement information received from the external device is matched to the unique key value and transmitted to the SNS providing device, and the fee for the advertisement information is transmitted to the SNS. Revenue distribution unit that distributes at a preset rate
The shopping service providing apparatus further comprising a. The method of claim 2,
The SNS interworking unit,
And store the shopping related information in a virtual community providing device, and transmit link information connected to the virtual community providing device to the SNS providing device. The method of claim 2,
The code information detection unit,
The shopping service providing apparatus, wherein the identification information is obtained through a camera module provided, and the code information corresponding to the identification information is detected by decoding the identification information. The method of claim 2,
The product information inquiry unit,
An information providing apparatus checks whether there is the product information corresponding to the code information, and if it is found that the product information exists, receiving the product information corresponding to the code information from the information providing apparatus. Shopping service providing apparatus. The method of claim 2,
The shopping information provider,
Confirm whether the shopping-related information on the product information exists in the shopping mall providing apparatus, and if the shopping-related information exists, receiving the shopping-related information on the product information from the shopping mall providing apparatus. A shopping service providing device, characterized in that. The method of claim 2,
Wherein,
The shopping service providing apparatus, characterized in that the information comprising at least one or more of one-dimensional barcode, two-dimensional barcode, 2.5-dimensional code, three-dimensional code and four-dimensional code. 11. The method of claim 10,
The two-dimensional barcode,
A shopping service providing apparatus comprising at least one or more identification information of a QR code, a data matrix, and a maxicode. The method of claim 2,
The code information,
The shopping service providing apparatus according to the identification information, characterized in that divided into any one of the information of one-dimensional barcode information, two-dimensional barcode information, 2.5-dimensional code information, three-dimensional code information and four-dimensional code information. 13. The method of claim 12,
The one-dimensional barcode information,
Shop comprising the at least one or more information from the code unique value information set to a predetermined number of digits, the product information, inquiry history information, purchase history information, purchase history information, recommendation history information and related information associated with the product Service provision device. 13. The method of claim 12,
The two-dimensional bar code information,
And at least one or more of the product information, the URL information, the location information, the issue date information, the issue detail information, the recognition information of the issued code, and the purchase result information of the issued code. The method of claim 2,
The product information,
Represents identification information for identifying a specific product, characterized in that it comprises at least one or more of the product name information, manufacturer information, item information, weight information, date of manufacture information, location (Location) information, price information and ingredient information Shopping service provider. The method of claim 2,
The shopping related information,
And at least one of price comparison information, purchase review information, search rate information, purchase rate information, and product suggestion information about the product information. Obtaining identification information photographed from a terminal, detecting code information corresponding to the identification information, querying product information corresponding to the detected code information, receiving shopping-related information on the product information, and shopping A storage unit for storing a storage medium for transmitting the related information to an SNS providing apparatus interworking with the related information; And
A control unit for causing the terminal to read and write data to the storage medium
Mall providing apparatus comprising a. Photographing identification information from an object in a terminal and detecting code information corresponding to the identification information;
Extracting product information corresponding to the code information from the information providing apparatus and transmitting the extracted product information to the terminal;
Extracting the shopping related information about the product information from a shopping mall providing apparatus and transmitting the extracted shopping related information to the terminal;
Receiving the shopping related information from the terminal and transmitting it to the outside; And
Providing the shopping-related information received from the terminal in an SNS providing apparatus;
Shopping service providing method using a SNS comprising a. A shopping service providing apparatus provides a shopping service,
A code information detecting step of acquiring photographed identification information and detecting code information corresponding to the identification information;
A product information inquiry step of inquiring product information corresponding to the detected code information;
Shopping information providing step of receiving shopping-related information on the product information; And
SNS interworking step of transmitting the shopping-related information to the SNS providing device interlocking
Shopping service providing method comprising a. The method of claim 19,
The SNS interworking step,
And matching the shopping mall-related information with a unique key value that is identification information of a specific user and transmitting the matching key value to the SNS providing apparatus. 21. The method of claim 20,
When an advertisement request signal is received from an external device through the SNS providing device, the advertisement information received from the external device is matched to the unique key value and transmitted to the SNS providing device, and the fee for the advertisement information is transmitted to the SNS. Revenue distribution step of distributing at provision rate with provision device
The shopping service providing method further comprises. The method of claim 19,
The SNS interworking step,
And storing the shopping-related information in a virtual community providing apparatus and transmitting link information connected to the virtual community providing apparatus to the SNS providing apparatus.

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