KR20130089936A - Method for providing real-time discount information and computer-readable record medium on which a program therefor is recorded - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A real time discount information providing method and a recording medium including a program for the method are provided to selectively supply product discount information of stores around a consumer based on the current time by managing the product discount information by position and effective time slot. CONSTITUTION: A product discount information providing system verifies the self-confirmation of a product discount information registerer and the effectiveness of inputted product discount information and maintains the product discount information in a memory unit (S220). The system receives location information of a user and receives a request for the product discount information from a user (S230). The system searches the memory unit for only product discount information of a product discountable within specific time in order to provide the searched product discount information to a user terminal (S240,S250). [Reference numerals] (S210) Receive product discount information including the location of store providing a discount product, a discount product item, a discount period and a discount price; (S220) Verify the self-confirmation of a product discount information registerer and the effectiveness of inputted product discount information and maintain the product discount information in a memory unit; (S230) Receive location information of a user and receive a request for the product discount information from a user; (S240) Search the memory unit for only product discount information of a product discountable within specific time; (S250) Provide the searched product discount information to a user terminal

Description

Method for providing real-time discount information and computer-readable record medium on which a program therefor is recorded}

The present invention relates to a method for providing product discount information and a recording medium on which a program for executing the same is recorded. More specifically, the method for providing product discount information of a store in an arbitrary area valid for a specific time period and for executing the same. It relates to a recording medium on which a program is recorded.

An example of a conventional method of providing product discount information is social commerce using social media and online media, which allows consumers to purchase products together with many people through the network and to lower product prices. It is a commerce method. In other words, it is a type of electronic commerce using social network services such as Facebook and Twitter, and provides a product at a bargain discount price when a certain number of buyers are gathered. This method usually sells a certain item on the Internet for a very low price for one day, but only when a predetermined minimum quantity is sold, the deal is closed. In order to sell the minimum quantity, consumers voluntarily spread information using social network services (SNS). This feature is characterized by the fact that buyers can enjoy discounts and sellers can enjoy mass sales and promotions at the same time. Food vouchers, gift vouchers, and service vouchers that do not need to be delivered are mainly traded.

However, these discount sales methods have limitations in that they are provided mainly by suppliers regardless of the location or situation of the consumer. In addition, there is a problem in consumer convenience, such as a consumer who wants to buy a discount, hassle to wait for a certain number of other buyers gather.

As another example of product promotion or product discount promotion, if the consumer's location information is determined to be located in a certain region, the user's terminal may promote a product of a nearby store or send product discount information. There is a service, for example, when a consumer is within a certain distance from the location of a particular store, there is a service that provides a promotion or event information of the store to the terminal of the consumer.

However, such a service may be treated as a spam message because it is sent regardless of the intention of the consumer, and there is a problem in that the consumer continues to receive unnecessary information, thereby unnecessarily wasting the storage capacity of the consumer terminal.

Recently, with the spread of smart phones, location-based services have been launched that provide product sales information or discount coupons of stores near consumers based on the location information of consumers, but large stores mainly provide information service providers or marketing agencies such as portals. Since only the store advertisement contents registered in advance in the system by contracting with the company are provided, product sales information and coupon information of small and medium sized stores that are difficult to proceed with such a process are relatively difficult to provide, and also sales information apart from the store size The discount coupon information is already registered with the service provider and provided to the consumers before a sufficient period of time. Therefore, the shop owners flexibly decide the discount at the time of the idle time when the store is idle, and the contents of the discount immediately It could not be promoted to consumers in real time. In the current location-based service, store-related information is provided to the consumer even when the store is not open, and the consumer is insufficiently provided or properly provided with information on whether the store is currently open and performing sales or discounts. As a result, it is not possible to guarantee whether the information of nearby stores is valid at the present time, such as having to separately check the corresponding matters, and thus, the reliability or utility of the information is inferior.

Therefore, there is a need for a service that can selectively provide information on product discounts desired by consumers (users) in a nearby area desired by consumers only at a desired time period.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above problems, and to receive the discount information of the product desired by the consumer selectively in a nearby area (area) desired by the consumer on the basis of the current time and the convenience of use of the information and consumer convenience It is to provide a real-time discount information providing system and method.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a real-time discount information that allows the store to flexibly set the period for which the product discount information is valid, and to provide the product with effective product discount information to the consumer terminal within a certain period when the consumer requests the product discount information. It is to provide a system and method.

Another object of the present invention is to effectively promote the store selling goods and services at a discounted price in the non-time period for additional sales increase, the user can easily obtain the desired product discount information in a nearby area To provide a real-time discount information providing system and method.

In order to achieve the above object, the real-time discount information providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention, the product discount information registrant terminal and the user terminal is connected to the product discount information providing system through an information communication network, the product discount information provided A method of providing real-time discount information for a system to transmit product discount information to the user terminal, the method comprising: (a) the product discount information providing system, location information of a store to provide a discount product, items of a discount product provided by the store, Receiving product discount information including a discount price and a discount expiration date; and (b) storing the product discount information after the system verifies the validity of the product discount information and the identity of the product discount information registrant. And (c) the system receives the location information of the user and stores it from a nearby store. Receiving the product discount information of the product; and (d) the product discount information providing system searches for discount information of a product provided by a store located within a specific radius based on the location information of the user, and requests for providing discount information. Retrieving, in the memory means, only the product discount information of the product whose discount is valid within a specific time from the time of receiving the received information; And (e) providing the retrieved product discount information to the user terminal.

In the real-time discount information providing method according to another embodiment of the present invention, in step (b), the system receives the name, resident registration number and mobile phone number from the product discount information registrant and then confirms the identity by the identity of the registrant through this identification Characterized in that the verification is performed.

In the real-time discount information providing method according to another embodiment of the present invention, in step (b), after the system verifies the validity of the input product discount information registered by providing the online payment means to the discount information registrant predetermined registration To pay a fee, if the online payment is successfully performed, characterized in that the registrant verification verification is completed.

According to the present invention as described above, by managing the product discount information for each location, the effective time zones can selectively provide the product discount information of the store near the consumer location on the basis of the current time to improve the information utilization and convenience of the consumer It is effective.

Also, according to the present invention, the store can easily and easily set the time when the product discount information is valid, and accordingly, the effective product discount information can be provided to the consumer in a timely manner, so that the store at that time according to the sales situation It will be possible to flexibly plan a discount sale and immediately promote it.

In addition, according to the present invention, by allowing nearby stores to provide discount-related information registered in the system to consumers who want discount information in real time until the expiration of the effective time of expiration, the stores will be able to purchase a discount sale in the non-definitely time period. It can effectively inform the nearby consumers, and the consumer can easily obtain the discount information of the surroundings available at the present time by transmitting their location information to the system.

1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration in which a system for providing product discount information and a user terminal and a store terminal are connected according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a flowchart illustrating a discount information providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention using the system of FIG.
Figure 3 is a schematic diagram showing the flow of information between the performing entities performing the registration, request and provision of product discount information in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is an exemplary view showing how store information and product discount information are stored in a database according to an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The overall connection of the real-time discount information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration in which a system for providing product discount information and a user (consumer) terminal and a store (seller) terminal are connected according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the overall system according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a user (consumer) terminal 10, a store (seller) terminal 20, a wired / wireless information communication network 30, and a product discount information providing system 40. And a data storage device 50.

In this embodiment, the user terminal 10 and the store terminal 20 are various types of wired or wireless terminals connected to the product discount information providing system 40 through the wired / wireless information communication network 30. 10) the system 40 requests the product discount information in a specific neighborhood area and receives the result, the store registers the store information and product discount information in the system 40 through the store terminal 20.

These terminals 10, 20 are PDC (Personal Digital Cellular) phones, PCS (Personal Communication Service) phones, PHS (Personal Handyphone System) phones, CDMA-2000 (1X, 3X) phones, WCDMA (Wideband CDMA) phones, Communication functions such as Dual Band / Dual Mode phone, Global Standard for Mobile (GSM) phone, Mobile Broadband System (MBS) phone, Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) phone, Smart phone, mobile phone, etc. Portable devices, such as PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants), Hand-Held PCs, Tablet PCs, Notebook Computers, Laptop Computers, WiBro Terminals, MP3 Players, MD Players, etc. In addition, all kinds of handheld-based wireless communication devices such as international mobile telecommunication-2000 (IMT-2000) terminals that provide international roaming services and extended mobile communication services, as well as desktop computers, POS devices, and dedicated terminals Product discount through wired communication network It includes various fixed terminals connected to the information providing system (40).

The wired / wireless information communication network 30 is a network connecting the user (consumer) terminal 10 or the store terminal 20 with the product discount information providing system 40. The wired Internet network, the PSTN network, It includes a private network, a virtual private network, a mobile communication network, a wireless Internet network by WiFi, etc., a data communication network operated by a mobile communication company.

In addition, the product discount information providing system 40, the store information, such as the store location, contact information, and the like from the store terminal 20 directly registered or received through the agent is stored in the data storage device 50, the user terminal Upon receiving a request for providing product discount information in a specific area from (10), it performs a function of transmitting the corresponding discount information among the product discount information stored in the data storage device 50 to the user terminal 10 through a predetermined process. .

  The product discount information providing system 40 may be connected to the wired / wireless internet network 30 to which the user terminal 10 or the store terminal 20 is connected via a web server, and the user may use an automatic response system (ARS). It can be connected to the telephone communication network 30 through the ARS system to be guided through the inquiry of the product discount information through, the wireless data so that users or shops can be informed of the discount information inquiry or registration through the data network operated by the mobile carrier It can be connected to the data network 30 through a network server (WAP, ME server and MO (Mobile Originated) server, etc.), and the information communication network in various forms depending on the communication method with the user and the store terminal 10 (20) It is apparent that the product discount information providing system 40 may be integrated with a web server or the like, in some cases.

Through this, the product discount information providing system 40 may receive a product discount information provision request or a product discount information registration request from a user or a store in various formats, and receive a result of the offer request or the registration request from the user or the store terminal ( 10) 20 may be delivered in various forms such as voice, text, image.

In addition, the data storage device 50 stores store information such as location information, contact information and map information of each store, and also provides information on a period (or time) for which a discount is valid, as well as discount product information provided by the store. It performs the function of registering and storing data about each discount product information, such as keeping records.

Referring to FIG. 2, a flow of a method for providing real-time discount information according to an embodiment of the present invention using the system is as follows.

First of all, the store's phone number, contact information, location information, and discounted product information for the general goods and service products (hereinafter, collectively referred to as 'products') will be discounted directly or through agents through the store terminal 20. Input to the information providing system 40 (S210).

In the present invention, the product may be a product of a type such as industrial products, agricultural and fishery products, food and beverage, or may be a service product provided in a beauty salon, karaoke, sauna, theater, amusement park, and the like.

The product discount information input at step S210 is a product item to be discounted, a discount price (discount amount, discount rate or amount after discount), discount period (discount effective time), etc. After it is verified, it is stored in the database 50.

Here, the discount validity period may be variously set as well as a specific time zone of the day, a specific date, a specific time zone of a specific day of the week.

Of course, the product discount information may be modified from time to time by the store owner, the details of the modification can be limited to prevent confusion of the user.

In a next step, the system 40 verifies the validity of the product discount information entered in step S210 and performs the registrant's identity authentication procedure and stores the product discount information in the database 50 (S220). Here, the system 40 checks whether the product discount information has been correctly inputted according to the format, such as whether the inputted location information of the store has been input in an arbitrary format and whether the expiration date of the product discount information has already expired based on the current time. In addition, the registrant performs the verification process by receiving the information for the identity verification from the registrant. The identity verification may be performed by receiving a name, resident registration number, mobile phone number, etc. from the registrant through a process of inquiring a communication company, a financial company, a credit information agency, or the like. After performing this procedure, the system 40 registers and stores the input information in the database 50.

The user requests the system 40 to provide product discount information of a nearby store by accessing the system 40 through his terminal 10 (S230). At this time, the user may request discount information while entering a specific area code, which may be a code defined in the system 40, a subway station name, a bus stop ID, a specific address name on an administrative area, and the like. In addition, even if the user does not directly enter a specific area code, the user can take a QR code of the distance indicating the specific area and transmit it, or the location information of the user terminal 10 can be configured to be automatically transmitted to the system 40. . When configuring the user's location information to be transmitted to the system 40, an area within a certain radius from the user's location can be designated as a neighboring area, where the user can be configured to specify a particular radius separately.

When the user accesses the system 40, the user can access the web through ARS or the web, and the user may request information by sending a text message using a specific number as a receiving number using a MO (Mobile Originate) service, or an application for a smartphone. It is also possible to request product discount information by accessing through a dedicated program such as the like.

As described above, when the user requests the product discount information of the store in the neighboring area, the user may be configured to request by inputting (or designating) a specific product item type.

Also, in this step, the method of inputting a product item type or the like may be configured such that the user selects one of the items provided by the system as a menu.

The discount information providing system 40, which is requested to provide the product discount information from the user terminal 10 in step S230, is located in a nearby area (or within a certain radius) based on the location information of the user or the area code input by the user. The product discount information of the store is searched in the database 50. At this time, when the user's product discount information is requested, only the discount information for which the discount is valid within a predetermined time set by the user or the system is searched (S240). In this case, the arbitrarily set time may be 0, that is, the present time, or may be set later in time so that even the discount information for the discount effective time starts soon, at which time the end of the effective time of the discount is valid. Product discount information that satisfies a condition that is after a certain time from the present time can be configured to be searched, such that nearby discount information that can be actually utilized by the user at the present time can be searched. For example, the system 40 may search only the product discount information that the discount is in progress at the present time or the discount valid time starts within 10 minutes of the product discount information of the neighboring area. In addition, it may be configured to extract and search only the product discount information that additionally satisfies the condition that the end of the current day validity time is one hour after the current time.

Next, the system 40 provides the user terminal 10 with the discount information and the shop information which are the searched results (S250). The information provided here may be a brief store contact information, location information and product discount information such as a discount product name, a discount expiration date, a discount price, etc. At this time, the system 40 for the specific discount information from the user terminal 10 The interface menu between the user and the system 40 may be configured to receive a request for providing further information and to further provide detailed information. For example, the system 40 additionally providing the user with the specific discount information may be map information of the electronic coupon and the discount store that authenticates the discount of the discount information item selected by the user.

In addition, when providing a discount authentication electronic coupon, the system can be configured so that only a certain number of users receive the discount by limiting the number of electronic coupons, at this time to the users who look up the discount information Of course, the interface can be configured to notify the number in advance.

Through the product discount information providing method as described above, the user can easily obtain real-time information to purchase goods and services inexpensively at a nearby location or a specific area, and the store may provide discount information arbitrarily set according to sales conditions. It can be easily promoted to consumers who are willing to buy.

Figure 3 is a schematic diagram showing the flow of information between the subject performing the registration, request and provision of the product discount information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In this embodiment, while the store applies for registration of information for providing discount information to the information providing server 40 through its PC or smartphone 20, a product item to be provided with discounts along with a store location (address), a telephone number, etc. Enter a discount time, a discount price, etc., according to the format provided by the information providing server 40.

The information providing server 40 verifies the validity of the input data, whether the store location information is entered in a format suitable for the format, whether the location information detailed data is sufficient, whether the product discount period has already been entered at the present time, etc. Check. If there is no abnormality, the final information to be registered may be transmitted to the registrant terminal (here, the store terminal 20) to perform a procedure of receiving a final confirmation from the user.

Next, the information providing server 40 guides the registrant to the registration fee and provides an online payment method to pay the registration fee, wired and wireless telephone payment, credit card payment, bank transfer, gift certificate billing charges are added to the phone charges. It provides various online payment methods such as payment, and when a registrant performs payment, the result is transmitted from a payment gateway company.

At this time, when the registrant proceeds with the online payment, the self-authentication process is also essential. If the payment is successful, the registrant's self-authentication is also processed normally.

In this embodiment, the registrant's identity authentication is described as being automatically performed in the process of performing the online payment, but if the separate registration fee is not paid, the information providing server 40 separately from the registrant name, resident registration number, mobile phone number The identity verification process can be performed through the PG company, the telecommunications company, the credit rating agency, etc. by receiving the information for identity verification, etc. By performing such identity verification process, it is possible to prevent the registration of indiscriminate and incorrect information or mischief information. Can be.

The information providing server 40 registers and stores discount-related information of goods, store location information, and the like in the database 50 when the registrant's payment and identity verification are completed as described above.

4 is an exemplary view showing how store information and product discount information are stored in a database 50 according to an embodiment of the present invention. For example, in the case of a store 'r d hair shop' located at 271, Yeoksam-dong, The cut is registered as a discount product, and the discount is 2000 won, the final price of the discount is 8,000 won, and the discount period (or discount time) is registered and stored from 10 to 13:00 on January 10th. Here, of course, the discount validity period of the discount product may be set intermittently as in the 'ㅁㄴ cafe'.

The information providing server 40 continuously updates the database 50 to store newly registered product discount information, and also deactivates the product discount information whose expiration date expires over time or moves to a separate storage space. Let's do it.

In FIG. 3, when the user located in Yeoksam-dong executes the discount information providing application of his smart phone 10 and then connects to the server 40 and requests nearby product discount information, the server 40 locates the user's GPS location. Receive a discount information request signal together with the information.

In the present embodiment, the GPS location information of the user is illustrated as being transmitted to the server 40. Depending on the situation, the user location information measured through the Wi-Fi access point or the carrier's base station information may also be measured by the user's smart phone ( 10) can be sent. That is, the location information here uses GPS location information, base station information, and wireless LAN-based location retrieval technology depending on the situation, as well as location information using indoor positioning technology applied indoors where GPS location information and GPS signals are difficult to receive. It includes all the measured location information. In addition, when the user terminal 10 is a terminal without a GPS chip or a laptop computer, the user location information estimated by access point information, IP information, base station information, etc., which are connected to the wired / wireless communication network, may be used. . Such position information may be corrected and utilized as is or through a specific correction process.

The server 40 searches for discount information registered at a store within a radius of 1 kilometer based on the user's location information. Product discount information for which the discount is valid within a period arbitrarily set by the user or the server side from the time when the request for providing the discount information is received Only bays are retrieved from the database 50 and extracted. In the present embodiment, the period set arbitrarily by the user or the server side is '0', that is, the product discount information for which the current discount is valid at the present time is searched for, and at this time, the end point of the current discount time of the product is the current time. It is possible to set in advance to search for information satisfying various conditions according to the situation, such as setting to search and extract only discount information that additionally satisfies the condition after 1 hour from.

On the other hand, when the user requests the product discount information of the nearby stores as described above, the user's GPS location information, bus stop ID, name of the nearby subway station, the address on the administrative area, specific location selection information on the map information provided by the server, etc. (40) can request nearby product discount information, at this time, the discount product name 'cut' or discount product code 'A121', which is information about the discount item, also send to the server 40 to the 'cut' It may also request a cycle by providing only discount information about the service.

The information providing server 40 transmits the searched result to the user terminal 10 and the user receives the discount information. At this time, the server 40 determines the user terminal 10 according to the interface menu configuration between the user and the information providing server. As an additional detail, electronic coupons, map information, etc. for the shop and discount products can of course be provided.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, since the product discount information desired by the consumer (user) may be selectively provided for each location and time of the consumer, convenience of the consumer may be enhanced.

The present invention can be embodied as computer readable codes on a computer readable recording medium. A computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording apparatuses in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored. Examples of computer-readable recording media include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage, and the like, and also include those implemented in the form of carrier waves such as transmission over the Internet. The computer readable recording medium may also be distributed over a networked computer system so that computer readable code can be stored and executed in a distributed manner.

As described above, the present invention has been described by way of limited embodiments and drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains various modifications and variations from such descriptions. This is possible.

Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be determined not only by the claims below but also by the equivalents of the claims.

10: user terminal 20: store terminal
30: wired and wireless information communication network 40: product discount information providing system
50: Database

Claims (6)

In the real-time discount information providing method in which the product discount information registrant terminal and the user terminal is connected to the product discount information providing system through the information communication network, the product discount information providing system transmits the product discount information to the user terminal,
(a) receiving, by the product discount information providing system, product discount information including location information of a store to provide a discount product, items of a discount product provided by the store, a discount price, and a discount expiration date;
(b) the system verifying the validity of the product discount information and the identity verification of the product discount information registrant and maintaining the product discount information in a memory means;
(c) the system receiving the location information of the user and receiving a request for providing product discount information of a nearby store product from the user;
(d) The product discount information providing system searches for discount information of a product provided by a store located within a specific radius on the basis of the location information of the user, and receives a discount for a product within a specific time from the time when the discount information is provided. Retrieving only product discount information from the memory means; And
(e) providing the retrieved product discount information to the user terminal.

The method of claim 1,
In the step (b), the system receives the real-time discount information, characterized in that the registrant identity verification by verifying the identity after receiving the name, resident registration number and mobile phone number from the product discount information registrant.
The method of claim 1,
In the step (b), after verifying the validity of the input product discount information, the system provides an online payment means to a discount information registrant to pay a predetermined registration fee, but if the online payment is successful, the registrant Real-time discount information providing method characterized in that the verification of the identity verification is completed.
The method of claim 1,
In the step (e), the system further provides an electronic coupon for authenticating the discount of the discount product selected by the user.
The method of claim 1,
In the step (e), the system further provides real-time discount information providing method, characterized in that for providing the map information of the shop that provides the discount product selected by the user.
A recording medium on which a program for executing the method of any one of claims 1 to 5 is recorded.

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