KR20170056820A - Method for providing global mobile gift certification service, server and system thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for providing global mobile gift certificates as well as a server apparatus and a system therefor. The method includes the steps of: obtaining location information of another user to receive a mobile gift certificate as a gift; configuring a mobile gift certificate list including one or more mobile gift certificates which can be used in an affiliated store near the location of the other user based on the location information of the other user; obtaining currency exchange information regarding first and second countries when the first country having a user of a terminal device located therein and the second country having the other user located therein are different; converting the price calculated in the currency of the second country regarding the mobile gift certificates included in the mobile gift certificate list into an amount in the currency of the first country based on the currency exchange information; and processing the mobile gift certificate list to transmit the mobile gift certificate with the information regarding the price of the mobile gift certificates converted in the currency of the first country to the terminal device.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a global mobile gift certificate service providing method, a server device and a system therefor,

The present invention relates to a method for providing mobile voucher services that can be transmitted and used across countries.

A voucher is a kind of ticket that contains a certain amount of value and is mainly used as a means by which a company promotes and purchases its products. It is also used for user-to-user or user-to-business gifts.

In recent years, mobile vouchers, exchange vouchers, discount vouchers, discount vouchers (hereinafter referred to as "mobile vouchers") are actively circulating due to the development of communication technologies and the expansion of the spread of mobile terminals such as smart phones. Such mobile gift certificates may be purchased by individuals as gifts to others, or may be sent out by customers through events for promotional purposes.

However, the conventional mobile gift voucher service has inconvenience to go through various stages of user input in order to present a mobile voucher, and there is a problem in that it can not take into consideration a relationship with a person receiving a mobile voucher.

In addition, the use of mobile gift coupons as described above is still a local service for transmission and use among users in one country.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a global mobile voucher service providing method, a terminal apparatus, a server apparatus and a system therefor, which enable transmission and use between countries.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a global mobile gift certificate service, the method comprising: providing a mobile gift certificate service in a server capable of communicating with a terminal device; acquiring location information of another user step; Configuring a mobile gift certificate list including at least one mobile gift certificates available at an affiliated store adjacent to the position of the other user based on the acquired location information of the other user; Obtaining exchange rate information between the first and second countries when the first country in which the user of the terminal device is located is different from the second country in which the other user is located; Converting a price calculated as the currency of the second country into the currency of the first country for the mobile voucher included in the mobile voucher list based on the obtained exchange rate information; And processing so that the configured mobile voucher list is transmitted to the terminal device together with information on the price of the mobile voucher converted into the currency of the first country.

The server device according to an embodiment of the present invention performs the method of providing the global mobile gift certificate service.

Meanwhile, the method for providing the global mobile gift certificate service may be implemented as a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for execution on a computer.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system for providing a mobile gift certificate service, comprising: a terminal device for receiving a user from a user to receive a gift certificate; And a mobile voucher list including one or more mobile vouchers available at an affiliated store adjacent to the location of the other user based on the location information of the other user, wherein a first country in which the user of the terminal device is located, The method comprising the steps of: acquiring exchange rate information between the first and second countries when the second country is located in the first country; And converting the calculated price into the currency of the first country and providing the same.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a GUI (Graphic User Interface) such as a button for presenting a mobile gift certificate to an anniversary notification message is transmitted in association with an application such as a contact, a schedule management, and a social network service, The mobile gift voucher list is selected on the basis of the location, anniversary type, relationship, age, and the like of the other users to receive the gift voucher, thereby improving the convenience of the mobile voucher service user and providing the optimized mobile gift voucher service.

In addition, by implementing the above-described location-based mobile gift coupon service so as to be applicable across countries, it is possible to facilitate the transmission and use of mobile gift coupon among users located in different countries.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a mobile gift certificate service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a method of providing a mobile gift certificate service performed in an application server.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a mobile gift certificate service performed in a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a method of providing a mobile gift certificate service performed in a mobile gift certificate management server.
5 is a timing diagram illustrating an embodiment of a method for providing a mobile gift certificate service in a mobile gift certificate service providing system.
6 to 13 are views showing embodiments of a screen provided in a user's terminal device for a global mobile gift voucher service.
14 is a view showing another embodiment of a screen provided by a user's terminal device for a mobile gift certificate service.

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a mobile gift certificate service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The mobile gift certificate service providing system includes an application server 100, a terminal device 200, and a mobile gift certificate management server 300 ). ≪ / RTI >

Referring to FIG. 1, an application server 100 plays a role of operating a corresponding application in a terminal device 200 in conjunction with a specific application installed in the terminal device 200.

For this purpose, the application server 100 may be connected to the terminal device 200 via a communication network such as the Internet to transmit and receive information for execution and operation of the application.

For example, the application operated by the application server 100 may be for providing contacts, scheduling and social network services (SNS).

The terminal device 200 may be a mobile phone, a smart phone, a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a digital broadcasting terminal, a PDA (personal digital assistant), a portable multimedia player (PMP) However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and may be various devices capable of user input and information display.

Meanwhile, the mobile gift certificate management server 300 performs functions for allowing a user of the terminal device 200 to present the mobile gift certificate to another user, and for example, communicates with the terminal device 200 and the application server 100 Transmits the mobile gift certificate list to the terminal device (not shown) of another user who receives the mobile gift certificate, processes the payment for the mobile gift certificate, Processing of approval for use, and settlement of payouts and commissions.

The database (DB) of the mobile gift certificate management server 300 includes information on a plurality of presentable mobile gift certificates, payment result information, information on users, sales money and commission settlement information, Is stored.

The mobile voucher may be stored in a memory, not in the form of various conventional tributaries or plastic cards used in a method of paying by presenting a voucher stored in a terminal device at the time of purchasing a commodity after storing it in a terminal device such as a mobile phone. Means a gift certificate, for example, a coupon, a coupon, or a coupon.

When the anniversary information of the other user associated with the user corresponds to the current date and time, the application server 100 transmits an anniversary notification message including a GUI (Graphic User Interface) for presenting the mobile gift certificate to the other user, 200 to the terminal device 200 so as to display the anniversary announcement information.

More specifically, the other user is connected to information on the user in the database of the application server 100 and stores the information as a person who has stored the information. And may be another user or acquaintance registered as a friend and a friend in the SNS service.

On the other hand, the anniversary may include various schedules, such as a birthday or a wedding anniversary, in celebration or reverence.

The terminal device 200 displays an anniversary notification message including a GUI for presenting the mobile gift certificate to the other user having the anniversary using the anniversary notification information received from the application server 100. [

When the GUI included in the anniversary notification message is selected by the user in the terminal device 200, the mobile voucher management server 300 transmits the mobile voucher information selectable by the user to the application server 100 or the terminal device 200, Lt; / RTI >

The mobile gift certificate management server 300 may select some of the mobile gift certificates out of the mobile gift certificates that can be purchased based on the position of the other user and configure the mobile gift certificate list as a user selectable mobile gift certificate list.

For example, the mobile voucher list provided from the mobile voucher management server 300 and displayed on the terminal device 200 may include mobile vouchers available at the franchisees adjacent to other users' locations.

The application server 100 or the terminal device 200 may transmit the location information of the other user to the mobile gift certificate management server 300 and the mobile gift certificate management server 300 may transmit the location information of the other user to the mobile gift certificate management server 300, And may store merchant location information.

The location information of the other user is stored in the address of another user stored in the application server 100 or the terminal device 200 or the current location of another user identified through the application server 100, The current location of the terminal device held by another user).

In addition to the location information of the other users, the mobile gift certificate management server 300 displays the location information of the terminal device 200 on the basis of various information about the other users such as the type of anniversary, the relationship between the user and other users, A list of mobile vouchers to be provided to the mobile terminal can be configured.

For this purpose, the application server 100 or the terminal device 200 can transmit to the mobile gift certificate management server 300 information about the anniversary information of the other user, the relationship between the user and other users, or the age or gender of other users have.

When the mobile gift certificate list is displayed on the terminal device 200, the user can select a mobile gift certificate to be presented to another user from the mobile gift certificate list displayed on the terminal device 200, and settle the payment.

In this case, the mobile gift certificate management server 300 can transmit the selected mobile gift certificate to a terminal device (not shown) of another specified user.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the user of the terminal device 200 presenting the mobile gift certificate is located in a different country from the other users who receive the mobile gift certificate, And the like can be converted into a price including the exchange rate or tax between the user and the other user's country and processed to be displayed on the terminal device 200. [

The mobile gift certificate management server 300 automatically translates the related information into the language of the specific country in consideration of the difference in nationality between the user and the other user and transmits the mobile gift certificate to the terminal device (not shown) Processing payment for the mobile voucher, processing approval for use of the mobile voucher, and performing functions such as paying the sales price and commission.

For this purpose, in the database (DB) of the mobile gift certificate management server 300, in addition to information on a plurality of mobile gift certificates that can be presented, payment result information, information on users, And fee settlement information, usage result information of the mobile gift certificate, and the like.

According to an embodiment of the present invention as described above, a GUI (Graphic User Interface) such as a button for presenting a mobile gift certificate to an anniversary notification message is transmitted in association with an application such as a schedule management and a social network service, The mobile gift voucher list is selected based on the location, anniversary type, relationship, age, and the like of the other users to receive the mobile voucher, so that the convenience of the mobile voucher service user can be improved and the optimized targeting voucher mobile voucher service can be provided .

Also, by implementing the above-described location-based mobile gift coupon service so as to be applicable to different countries, transmission and use of mobile gift coupon can be conveniently performed between users located in different countries.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a global mobile gift certificate service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. The application server 100 shown in FIG. 1 provides a method of providing a mobile gift certificate service.

2, the application server 100 acquires anniversary information and location information of another user associated with the user of the terminal device 200 (step S200), compares the anniversary information of the other user with the current date and time, (Step S210).

The anniversary information may be acquired in association with at least one application used by the user or another user, such as a contact, a schedule management, and a social network service (SNS).

On the other hand, when the anniversary date included in the anniversary information of the other user is within a predetermined range based on the current date, it can be determined that the anniversary information corresponds to the current date and time.

For example, when the application server 100 is a server for providing an SNS service application such as Facebook, anniversary information such as a birthday or a wedding anniversary of another user registered as a friend with the user of the terminal device 200, May be stored in the database of the mobile terminal 100.

On the other hand, when the application server 100 is a server for providing a contact application, anniversary information such as a birthday or a wedding anniversary is stored in a contact of a user of the terminal device 200 along with a telephone number of another user, The anniversary information such as the birthday or the anniversary of the user inputted by the user can be stored in the database of the application server 100 and can be shared with each other through the contact application.

In the case where the application server 100 is a server for providing a schedule management application, anniversary information such as a birthday or a wedding anniversary of another user is entered in the schedule of the user of the terminal device 200, Anniversary information such as a birthday or a wedding anniversary may be stored in a database of the application server 100 and may be shared with each other through a calendar application.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the address of another user is stored in the database of the application server 100, or the location information of the other user is allowed to be collected by the application, (100) may acquire current position information of the other user through a GPS or the like.

When the anniversary information of another user corresponds to the current date and time, the application server 100 generates an anniversary announcement message including a GUI for presenting the mobile gift certificate to another user (step S220), and transmits the anniversary announcement message To the terminal device 200 (step S230).

For example, if today is the anniversary of the other user or the anniversary of the other user within a few days from today according to the anniversary information of the other user obtained in the step S200, And transmits the anniversary announcement message to the terminal 200 of the user.

The GUI included in the anniversary announcement message may be a button for switching to a screen for selecting a mobile gift certificate to be presented to the other user. The user may display a message announcing another user on the screen of the terminal device 200 The user can present the mobile gift certificate to the other user by pressing the displayed button.

If the GUI included in the anniversary notification message is selected in the terminal device 200 in operation S240, the mobile terminal device 200 transmits the mobile voucher information including the selected mobile voucher list to the terminal device 200 based on the location information of the other user step).

The mobile voucher information transmitted to the terminal device 200 in step S250 may be transmitted to the mobile device 300 through the application server 100 or the terminal device 200 based on the location information of the other user Mobile vouchers.

In addition, the mobile voucher information transmitted to the terminal device 200 in the step S250 may be transmitted to the mobile voucher management server 300 (300) based on information on at least one of the type of anniversary, the relationship between the user and other users, ) May be selected.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a global mobile gift certificate service according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 illustrates a method of providing a mobile gift certificate service by the terminal device 200 shown in FIG.

3, the terminal device 200 receives the anniversary notification information for the other user from the application server 100 (step S300), and presents the mobile gift certificate to the other user using the received anniversary notification information The anniversary notification message including the GUI for displaying the anniversary message is displayed (step S310).

If the GUI included in the anniversary message is selected by the user of the terminal device 200 in operation S320, the terminal device 200 transmits the selected mobile voucher information based on the location information of the other user to the application server 100 Or from the mobile gift certificate management server 300 (step S330).

For example, when a gift voucher button included in the anniversary announcement message is selected by the user of the terminal device 200, the application server 100 determines whether or not the mobile gift vouchers are selected based on the location information of the other user Information from the mobile gift certificate management server 300 and transmit the mobile gift certificate information received from the mobile gift certificate management server 300 to the terminal device 200 so that the mobile gift certificate list is displayed on the terminal device 200. [

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the GUI included in the anniversary notification message may include information (for example, address information on the mobile gift certificate management server 300, URL) for accessing the mobile gift certificate management server 300 The terminal device 200 may access the mobile gift certificate management server 300 and receive the mobile gift certificate information when the user presses the gift gift button.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the GUI included in the anniversary notification message includes identification information for the mobile voucher application linked with the mobile voucher management server 300, so that when the user presses the gift voucher button, The device 200 may execute the mobile voucher application to receive the mobile voucher information from the mobile voucher management server 300. [

On the other hand, when the mobile device certificate application is not installed in the terminal device 200, the terminal device 200 may connect to the server for downloading the application.

Thereafter, the terminal device 200 displays a list of mobile gift certificates that the user can select using the received mobile gift certificate information (step S340).

The user can select a mobile gift certificate to be presented to the other user from the mobile gift certificate list displayed on the screen of the terminal device 200. [

The information on the mobile gift certificate selected by the user may be transmitted to the mobile gift certificate management server 300 through the application server 100 or directly from the terminal device 200 to the mobile gift certificate management server 300.

Meanwhile, since the method of processing the mobile gift certificate request received from the mobile device 220 by the mobile gift certificate management server 300 may be the same as that of the conventional mobile gift certificate service, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the mobile voucher information provided to the terminal device 200 in step S250 of FIG. 2 and step S330 of FIG. 3 may be transmitted and transmitted between users located in different countries, May be configured to enable

Hereinafter, referring to FIG. 4, an exemplary embodiment of a method for providing a global mobile gift certificate service among users of different countries will be described in detail. Meanwhile, a description of the same processes as those described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3 of the global mobile gift coupon service providing method shown in FIG. 4 will be omitted below.

4, the mobile gift certificate management server 300 acquires location information of another user to receive the mobile gift certificate from the application server 100 or the terminal device 200 (step S400)

The mobile gift certificate management server 300 configures a mobile gift certificate list including one or more mobile gift certificates available at an affiliated store adjacent to the location of another user based on the location information of the other user obtained in step S400 (step S410) .

Meanwhile, the mobile gift certificate management server 300 confirms whether or not the countries among the users match each other (step S420). If the first country where the user of the terminal device 200 is located and the second country where the other user is located In other cases, exchange rate information between the first country and the second country is obtained (step S430).

Then, based on the exchange rate information obtained in step S430, the mobile gift certificate management server 300 converts the currency of each of the mobile gift certificates included in the mobile gift certificate list constructed in step S410 (step S440) .

For example, the mobile gift certificate management server 300 converts the price calculated from the currency of the second country in which the other user is located, into the currency of the first country in which the user of the terminal device 200 is located, can do.

The mobile voucher management server 300 processes the mobile voucher list so that the mobile voucher list is transmitted to the terminal 200 together with the price information of each mobile voucher converted into the currency of the first country in operation S450.

As described above, the mobile voucher list including the converted mobile voucher price information is directly transmitted from the mobile voucher management server 300 to the terminal device 200, or transmitted to the terminal device 200 through the application server 100, Lt; / RTI >

Hereinafter, a method of providing a global mobile gift certificate service according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 5 to FIG.

5 is a timing diagram illustrating an embodiment of a method of providing a mobile gift certificate service in a mobile gift certificate service providing system. In the case where the application server 100 is an SNS server providing an SNS application, And shows a method of providing a global mobile gift certificate service according to an example. The description of the same method as that described with reference to Figs. 1 to 4 of the method shown in Fig. 5 will be omitted below.

5, the SNS server 110 checks anniversaries of other users registered with the user of the terminal device 200 (S500), generates an anniversary notification message including the mobile gift certificate button (S501) And transmits anniversary announcement information including the anniversary announcement message to the terminal 200 (step S502).

The terminal device 200 displays an anniversary notification message informing the anniversary of the other user registered as a friend using the anniversary notification information transmitted from the SNS server 110 in step S503.

FIGS. 6 to 9 illustrate embodiments of a method for displaying an anniversary announcement message including a mobile gift voucher button on the screen of the terminal device 200. In FIG.

6, when an SNS application operating in cooperation with the SNS server 110 is executed in the terminal device 200, the birthday of the user of the terminal device 200 and the other user (ANDY) The anniversary announcement message 220 may be displayed on the screen 210 of the terminal device 200.

The anniversary notification message 220 displayed on the screen 210 of the terminal device 200 may include a "Present for Buddy" button 221 for presenting the mobile gift certificate to the other user ANDY.

In addition, an anniversary notification message 230 indicating that the birthday of another friend (JASY, YANG) registered as a friend is approaching can be additionally displayed on the screen 210 of the terminal device 200, and an anniversary notification The message 230 may also include a "Present" button 221 for presenting a mobile gift certificate to each of the other users JASY and YANG.

Although the mobile gift voucher gift button is included in the anniversary announcement messages 220 and 230 in the above description, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the mobile voucher gift button may include anniversary announcement messages 220 and 230 A variety of ways to be displayed together on one screen may be possible.

7, anniversary notification messages 240 and 245 of other users (ANDY, JASY) registered in the friend can be displayed in the status window of the SNS application executed in the terminal device 200, and the state of the SNS application The anniversary notification messages 240 and 245 displayed on the window may include a "Present" button 221 for presenting the mobile gift certificate to the other user.

Meanwhile, anniversary notifications of other users registered in the SNS application via the notification bar displayed at the top of the terminal device 200 may be provided.

Referring to FIG. 8, an icon of the corresponding SNS application may be displayed on a notification bar at the top of the screen 210 to inform that the birthday of another friend (ANDY) registered as a friend is today.

When the user pulls down the notification bar at the top of the screen 210, the birthday of the other user (ANDY) registered with the friend is displayed together with the status display window 260 of the terminal device as shown in FIG. 9 The anniversary notification message 270 is displayed on the screen 210 and the anniversary notification message 270 includes a "Present" button 271 for presenting the mobile gift certificate to the other user ANDY .

If the mobile gift voucher gift button displayed together with the anniversary notification message is selected by the user of the terminal device 200 as described above (S504), the terminal device 200 displays a button indicating that the user has selected the mobile voucher gift button And transmits the selection information to the SNS server 110 (step S505).

The SNS server 110 confirms the location of another user (S506), transmits the confirmed location information of the other user to the mobile gift certificate management server 300, and requests the mobile gift certificate information corresponding to the corresponding location (S507 step).

In response to the request, the mobile gift certificate management server 300 selects a list of mobile gift certificates based on the received location information of the other user (step S508), and transmits the mobile gift certificate information including the generated mobile gift certificate list To the SNS server 110 (S509).

For example, the SNS server 110 transmits address information of another user stored in the database to the mobile gift certificate management server 300, and the mobile gift certificate management server 300 uses the address information received from the SNS server 110 A mobile gift voucher list can be constructed by searching mobile vouchers used by franchisees adjacent to the address of another user to be presented.

10, the user confirms the anniversary notification message transmitted from the application server 100 and selects the mobile gift certificate button 221, 231, 241, 246, 271 as shown in FIGS. 6 to 9 A friend location confirmation screen 275 for displaying the location of another user on the terminal device 200 may be displayed.

In the friend location confirmation screen 275, the address 277 of the friend or the current location 276 is displayed, and the location 277 of the mobile gift card use merchant stores located within a certain distance centered on the location 277 may be displayed.

The user can select any one of the locations of the affiliated stores displayed on the screen of the terminal device 200 to display a list of mobile gift certificates available at the affiliated store or increase the range to increase the range of the affiliated stores to be included in the mobile gift certificate list Or a merchant other than the merchant located within a selectable distance may be selected to display a list of mobile merchandise available at the merchant.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when a user of the terminal device 200 that presents a mobile gift certificate and another user who presents a mobile gift certificate are located in different countries, The gift certificate may be retrieved from the mobile gift certificate management server 300 and provided to the screen 200 of the terminal device 200.

For example, as shown in FIG. 10, when the user of the terminal device 200 is located in 'Korea' and the address of the friend or current position of the friend to receive the mobile gift certificate is 'San Francisco' A popup window 278 for selecting whether or not to search for a global mobile voucher that is available in an overseas region can be displayed on the screen of the terminal device 200. [

According to another embodiment of the present invention, in constructing the mobile gift certificate list, the mobile gift certificate management server 300 receives from the application server 100 the anniversary information (birthday, wedding anniversary, etc.) (Family, friend, lover or friendliness level) of other users, age or gender of other users, and the like.

The SNS server 110 transmits the mobile gift certificate information received from the mobile gift certificate management server 300 to the terminal device 200 (step S510).

The terminal device 200 displays a list of mobile gift certificates that the user can select using the mobile gift certificate information received from the application server 100 on the screen (step S511) The mobile voucher is selected (step S512).

Referring to FIG. 11, the user can select a mobile gift coupon 280 to be presented to another user in the mobile gift coupon list displayed on the screen 210 of the terminal device 200.

On the other hand, for each mobile voucher included in the mobile voucher list, the price converted to the user's country exchange rate according to the current time (or current date) (281).

For example, if the exchange rate between 'US Dollar' and 'Korean Won' currently confirmed by the mobile gift certificate management server 300 is "1,100 won per dollar ", it is possible to set a location within a radius of 5 km around a specific area of San Francisco, At the Starbucks' store, the price of a mobile gift voucher for exchangeable 'Ice Cafe Americano Tall' merchandise can be displayed as' $ 4,000 ', converted at the above exchange rate along with' $ 4.00 '.

When the user selects one of the mobile gift voucher lists 280 displayed on the screen of the terminal device 200, detailed information about the mobile voucher 280 can be displayed on the screen as shown in FIG.

For example, information on the merchandise name, commodity price (USD and KRW), settlement currency, and use area for the corresponding mobile gift coupon 280 may be displayed on the screen of the terminal device 200.

More specifically, if another user receiving a mobile voucher is located in a border region between different states in the United States, two or more different prices for the same product resulting from a difference in pricing policy or tax It can be included in price information.

As shown in FIG. 12, in all the 'Starbucks' merchants located in California where other users are located, the product can be exchanged for a mobile voucher at the price shown above, but in Nevada, You can purchase a mobile voucher that can be exchanged for that product at the price of $ 3.80.

On the other hand, when the prices of the same goods generated by difference in price policy or tax such as 'USA' or 'Canada' are different for each 'state', the mobile gift certificate management server 300 stores A plurality of merchants having the same price and the same tax for the same merchandise can be grouped into one mobile gift coupon usable group based on tax.

For example, for products with the same price in California and other neighboring Oregon states where other users are located, the mobile vouchers may be grouped for use in merchants located in two states.

For this purpose, the mobile voucher management server 300 sends merchandise information, store information, tax information, price fluctuation information (POS change items) and the like to each of the overseas merchants through a local agency API API) and update it to the database (DB) at any time.

When the user selects 'purchase' on the screen shown in FIG. 12, the mobile gift certificate management server 300 processes the mobile gift certificate selected by the user to be transmitted to the terminal device of the other user.

Meanwhile, the mobile gift certificate can be transmitted to a terminal device of another user using a social network service selected by a user of the terminal device 200 among a plurality of social network services.

13, information on a plurality of social network services (SNS) 287 selectable by the user can be displayed on the screen of the terminal device 200 so that the SNS to be used for mobile gift coupon transmission can be selected.

Accordingly, the user can confirm the information 287 on the plurality of SNSs, select one of the SNSs, and transmit the mobile voucher to other users through the corresponding SNS.

Meanwhile, the plurality of SNSs may be selected and arranged on the screen based on the social network service market share in the first country in which the user of the terminal device 200 is located or in the second country in which the other users are located.

For example, as shown in FIG. 13, according to the SNS market share in 'Korea' where the user of the terminal device 200 is located, 'KaKao Talk', 'Line', 'Facebook' SNSs that the user can select in order can be displayed on the screen.

Also, the mobile gift certificate management server 300 can perform the automatic translation process so that the information on the mobile gift certificate list is displayed on the terminal device 200 in the language of the first country where the user of the terminal device 200 is located.

That is, even if the information on the mobile voucher is written in the language of the corresponding country (for example, 'English') as shown in FIGS. 11 to 13, The mobile gift certificate management server 300 can automatically provide various information on the mobile gift certificate list to 'Korean', which is the language of the country where the user of the terminal device 200 is located.

12, the user can send a message to another user in the language of the first country (e.g., 'Korean') in which he / she is located together with the mobile gift certificate Can be input.

Thereafter, the terminal device 200 transmits information on the mobile gift certificate selected by the user to the SNS server 110 (step S513), and the SNS server 110 transmits the mobile gift certificate information received from the terminal device 200 to the mobile To the gift certificate management server 300 (step S514).

After receiving the mobile gift certificate information selected by the user, the mobile gift certificate management server 300 performs a procedure for purchasing and payment of the mobile gift certificate, and transmits the mobile gift certificate to the terminal device of the other user in step S515.

When the user pays the specific mobile voucher included in the mobile voucher list in the currency of the first country in which the mobile voucher is located, the mobile voucher management server 300 transmits the second national currency amount corresponding to the first national currency amount It can be deposited and accounted for as accounts receivable.

For example, when the user selects " settle " on the screen as shown in FIG. 13 and the settlement process for the original price of '\ 4,400' of the corresponding product is completed, it corresponds to the original price '\ 4,400' The US dollar price of '$ 4.00' can be deposited and treated as accounts receivable.

When the user completes the settlement of the mobile voucher, the mobile voucher management server 300 displays the information on the mobile voucher and the message input by the user in the language of the second country in which the other user is located, And transmit the corresponding mobile voucher to the terminal device of the other user together with the related information.

For example, the mobile voucher information indicated by 'Korean' and the message entered by the user as shown in FIG. 12 are automatically translated into 'English' which is the language of the country where the other user is located and transmitted to the terminal device of another user .

Meanwhile, as described above, the language displayed or input in the terminal device 200 of the user or the terminal device of the other user can be changed according to the user's selection.

If another user uses the mobile gift certificate received from the user, the mobile gift certificate management server 300 can transfer the deposited second national currency amount related to the mobile gift certificate and process the sales.

More specifically, when using a mobile voucher of another user, the mobile voucher management server 300 transmits information such as a use store, a product name, a corresponding PIN, a commodity price, and tax details to a server of the corresponding merchant along with remittance processing, It is possible to automatically carry out accounting for payment fees and related companies.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described by way of example in which the anniversary notification message including the mobile gift voucher button is displayed through the SNS application, the mobile voucher service according to the present invention can transmit the anniversary announcement message in addition to the SNS application The branch can be provided through a variety of applications.

 14, the schedule management application is executed in the terminal device 200, and the mobile gift voucher 291 may be included in the anniversary notification message informing the birthday of another user (ANDY) registered in the schedule management application .

The method of providing a global mobile gift coupon service according to the present invention may be stored in a computer-readable recording medium. The computer readable recording medium may be a ROM, a RAM, a CD -ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like, and may also be implemented in the form of a carrier wave (for example, transmission over the Internet).

The computer readable recording medium may be distributed over a networked computer system so that computer readable code can be stored and executed in a distributed manner. And, functional programs, codes and code segments for implementing the above method can be easily inferred by programmers of the technical field to which the present invention belongs.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and detail may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Claims (16)

A method for providing a mobile gift certificate service in a server capable of communicating with a terminal device,
Acquiring location information of another user to be presented with the mobile voucher;
Configuring a mobile gift certificate list including at least one mobile gift certificates available at an affiliated store adjacent to the position of the other user based on the acquired location information of the other user;
Obtaining exchange rate information between the first and second countries when a first country in which the user of the terminal device is located and a second country in which the other user is located are different;
Converting a price calculated as the currency of the second country into the currency of the first country for the mobile voucher included in the mobile voucher list based on the obtained exchange rate information; And
And processing to cause the configured mobile voucher list to be transmitted to the terminal device together with information on the price of the mobile voucher converted into the currency of the first country. The method according to claim 1,
And an anniversary notification message including a GUI (Graphic User Interface) for presenting the mobile gift certificate to the other user is displayed on the terminal of the user using the anniversary information of the other user. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the anniversary information or the location information of the other user is
Wherein the at least one application is used in association with at least one application used by the user or another user, such as contacts, schedule management, and Social Network Services (SNS). The method according to claim 1,
And processing the information on the mobile voucher list to be displayed in the terminal device in the language of the first country. The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising processing the mobile gift certificate selected by the user from the mobile gift certificate list to be transmitted to the terminal device of the other user. 6. The method of claim 5,
Wherein the service is transmitted to a terminal device of another user using a social network service selected by the user among a plurality of social network services. 7. The method of claim 6, wherein the plurality of social network services
Based on a social network service market share in at least one of the first and second countries. 6. The method of claim 5,
And processing the information on the selected mobile gift voucher to be displayed in the terminal device of the other user in the language of the second country. The method according to claim 1,
If the user pays the mobile gift certificate of the mobile gift certificate list in the currency of the first country, depositing the second national currency amount corresponding to the paid first national currency amount and processing it as the account receivable The method comprising the steps of: 10. The method of claim 9,
Further comprising the step of transferring the deposited second national currency amount and processing the sales when the other user uses the mobile gift voucher. The method of claim 1, wherein the price information for the mobile gift certificate is
Wherein the at least two different prices for the same merchandise are different according to the location of the other user. The method according to claim 1,
Grouping a plurality of merchants having the same price and tax for the same merchandise into one mobile gift coupon usable group based on regional commodity prices and taxes in the second country. A recording medium on which a program for causing a computer to execute the method of any one of claims 1 to 12 is recorded. 12. A server apparatus for performing the method of any one of claims 1 to 12. A system for providing a global mobile voucher service,
A terminal device for receiving a user from another user to receive a mobile gift certificate; And
And a mobile gift voucher list including at least one mobile voucher available at an affiliated store adjacent to the location of the other user based on the location information of the other user, wherein a first country where the user of the terminal device is located, Acquiring exchange rate information between the first and second countries when the first and second countries are located in the second country, And converting the calculated price into the currency of the first country and providing the converted currency. 16. The method of claim 15,
And an application server for transmitting anniversary announcement information to the terminal device so that an anniversary announcement message including a GUI for presenting a mobile voucher to the other user is displayed on the terminal device of the user.

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