KR100352230B1 - Public telephone system having things providing function and Method for using of it - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention connects a plurality of automatic supply device for each kind of goods loaded by each type to a public telephone, and by inserting the card into the card reader mounted on the public telephone to purchase the goods at the amount charged in the card At the same time, the present invention relates to a public telephone having an article providing function and a method of operating the same, which provide an article corresponding to the number of times of viewing advertisements by watching advertisements added to the public telephone.

A feature of the present invention is that one payphone and a plurality of article providing apparatuses are connected to communicate via a connector; The public telephone provides a free call service to the user as the user views advertisement information provided by the public telephone; As the user selects at least one or more of the various available items displayed on the payphone, the number of advertisements corresponding to the price of the selected at least one or more items is detected, and as the number of the detected advertisements is viewed by the user, a plurality of items Controlling the article providing apparatus corresponding to the corresponding article selected by the user among the providing apparatuses and providing the corresponding article selected by the user to the user; As the user selects at least one or more of the various items available to be displayed on the payphone, the user pays the amount corresponding to the selected item from the card inserted into the card reader installed in the payphone, and then selects the user from among the plurality of goods providing devices. The present invention provides a corresponding article selected by a user to a user by controlling an article providing apparatus corresponding to the article.

The present invention provides a free call or an article providing service to a user who watches a certain number of advertisements, thereby allowing the user to watch more advertisements and at the same time expanding the types of services that can be provided to the users. There is an advantage.

Description

Public telephone system having things providing function and method for using of it

The present invention relates to a public telephone having an article providing function and a method of operating the same, and more particularly, a plurality of article supply apparatuses, each of which is loaded with various kinds of articles, are connected to a public telephone and mounted on a public telephone. By inserting the card into the card reader, you can purchase the goods at the amount of money charged to the card, and at the same time, settle the price of the goods by the card inserted in connection with the financial server, and watch the advertisement added to the public telephone. The present invention relates to a public telephone having an article providing function and a method of operating the same.

The future communication service is expected to be able to satisfy human needs and dramatically improve the quality of life by overcoming the constraints of time and space with the intelligence, imaging, personal portability, and multimedia functions.

This means that the conventional low-band data communication services such as low-speed data, voice, still images, and the like are converted from broadband data services such as high-speed data, high-quality moving pictures, and high-definition television to meet various service requirements of users.

The expression for communicating to the other party began with simple body movements and could convey simple contents far away using tools such as beacons and drums. Subsequently, the development of communication means, such as printing and telegraph telephones, brought the exact content farther and became the source of current telecommunications networks.

The telecommunication network is composed of a terminal, a transmission system and an exchange, among which an exchange in charge of information transfer through path selection and connection enables a voice conversation with the other party using a telephone.

Telephones can be divided into home telephones, corporate key phones, and public telephones that can be used by ordinary users. In recent years, telephones are emerging from the conventional telephone functions as simple telephone equipment, and more efficient and convenient functions using a microprocessor are being added to the telephones. Of these, public telephones are installed for general users by telephone service companies, and have been limited to general call functions.

However, due to the development of multimedia, due to the efforts of each operator to diversify the use of the public telephone, the conventional public telephone, which was limited to a simple telephone call function, has been replaced by a multi-function public telephone having various functions. Accordingly, the present applicant has a patent application No. 1999-65769 (application date: December 30, 1999) (name of the invention: a public telephone of a multi-function) and patent application No. 2000-14770 (application date: March 23, 2000) (name of the invention: Call service system of public telephone using advertisement).

Here, Patent Application No. 1999-65769 discloses a public telephone in a multimedia environment such as general call, video call, fax transmission, e-mail reception, and Internet search, so that a user can use a public telephone even in an area away from the office. A multi-function public telephone is presented to facilitate simple tasks.

In addition, according to Patent Application No. 2000-14770, a public advertisement using an advertisement for displaying an advertisement of an advertiser linked to a public telephone provider in a public telephone and providing a free call service as a user watches a certain number of advertisements. A call service providing system for a telephone is presented.

However, according to such a conventional public telephone, the following problem (s) occur.

When the multimedia environment is provided to the public telephone, the user can use the functions of the public telephone and the multimedia device, but there is a need to satisfy the consumer who demands better service.

In addition, in the case of providing a free call service using an advertisement posted on a public telephone, a user who does not want to make a free call becomes obsolete because the user receives a free call service by watching the advertisement from the user's point of view, thus reducing the viewing efficiency of the advertisement. do.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve such a problem (s), and an object of the present invention is to provide a user with an ability to watch more advertisements, and at the same time, expand the type of service that can be provided to the user. In providing a public telephone having a.

In addition, another object of the present invention to provide an operation method of the article providing function using the above-mentioned public telephone.

1 is an overall perspective view showing a coupling relationship between a public telephone and an article providing apparatus according to the present invention;

Figure 2 is a schematic internal block diagram of a public telephone applied to the present invention,

Figure 3 is a schematic internal block diagram of the article providing apparatus applied to the present invention,

4a to 4c is a flowchart showing the operation of the operation method of the public telephone having the article providing function according to the present invention,

5A to 5I are diagrams showing the format of a protocol exchanged between a public telephone and an article providing apparatus;

6A to 6E are display state diagrams of a public telephone according to the present invention.

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100: public telephone 101: central processing unit

102: touch screen 103: liquid crystal display panel

107: card reader 108, 203: interface unit

117: proximity sensor 200: product providing device

201: microprocessor 202: discharge control unit

A feature of the present invention for achieving such an object (s) is a product providing function for performing a public telephone service and an article providing service by being connected so that one payphone, a plurality of article providing apparatuses and a financial server can communicate with each other. A public telephone system having a public telephone, comprising: an input unit for inputting information required by a user's operation; A display unit for displaying an operation state of the public telephone and a list of items that can be provided to a user through the plurality of article providing devices; A card reader which detects various types of information from the card so as to request the use of the card put into the payphone and the amount of money to be used later, and reads and records the money charged to the card according to the usage of the payphone; A call circuit including at least a call controller, a DTMF signal generator, a modulator / demodulator, and a line matcher to perform a call function of the public telephone; A telephone network controller for interfacing the call circuit with a telephone network; Controls various operations of the card reader and the communication circuit, and simultaneously interfaces input / output states of various data provided to the plurality of article providing apparatuses and the card reader, and controls the communication circuit to open or close a communication path. Interface unit for public telephone to control the; A memory storing various program data to be executed by the public telephone; A modem for demodulating the inquiry result signal provided from the financial server while transmitting information recorded in the card to access the financial server from the public telephone through the communication network to inquire whether the card is available; A communication network controller for interfacing the modem with the communication network; And providing a free call service to the user as the user views the advertisement information provided by the public telephone, and as the user views the advertisement by the number of advertisements corresponding to the price of the selected item by the user's selection. Controlling the article providing apparatus corresponding to the selected article of the article providing apparatus to provide the selected corresponding article free of charge to the user, and corresponding to the selected article from the card inserted into the card reader of the public telephone according to the user's selection Settlement and settlement of the amount of money and controls the article providing apparatus corresponding to the selected corresponding article of the plurality of article providing apparatus to control the respective parts to provide the selected corresponding article to the user, free call function and goods according to the user's choice Free purchase function and goods purchase function Includes a central processing unit to register the goods provision apparatus, the interface unit for the goods provided apparatus for interfacing the transmission / reception state of the protocol to be exchanged with the public telephone; A discharge control unit controlling a discharge state of the article; And a control unit controlling the discharge control unit in response to a request signal of the public telephone received through the article providing device interface unit to discharge the corresponding article by a quantity corresponding to the quantity data requested by the public telephone.

The apparatus further includes a proximity sensor for detecting a state in which the user approaches the public telephone; When the user selects the free item purchase function and selects the item, does the user leave the public telephone through the proximity sensor until all the detected number of advertisements corresponding to the price of the item are finished. It is preferable to control to discharge the corresponding item selected by the user only when the user does not leave the public telephone until the advertisements are all finished.

On the other hand, another feature of the present invention, one public telephone, a plurality of goods providing apparatus and a financial server is connected so as to communicate with each other, a method of operating a public telephone system having a goods providing function to perform a public telephone service and goods providing service A method comprising: displaying a list of services for allowing a user to select a required service through a public telephone; If the user selects a free call service, displaying the advertisement information and using the telephone service while using the telephone service while watching the predetermined number of advertisements; When the user selects a free item purchase service, the number of advertisements corresponding to the price of the item selected by the user is detected and displayed on the public telephone, and when the user views all the detected number of advertisements, among the plurality of article providing apparatuses. Controlling the article providing apparatus corresponding to the article selected by the user to discharge the article selected by the user; And when the user selects an item purchase service, pays the price for the item selected by the user through a card inserted into the public telephone, and then controls the corresponding item providing device corresponding to the item selected by the user among the plurality of item providing devices. To discharge the article selected by the user.

Here, when the user selects a free call service, the public telephone displays the advertiser name selection button for selecting the name of the advertiser that the user wants to watch and requests the user to select a predetermined number of advertisements; When the user selects a predetermined number of advertisers to be watched, the selected advertisement information is displayed and a telephone number input window is displayed; When the user enters a phone number, it is preferable to connect a call path to the input phone number to start a call service.

In addition, the public telephone displays a list of items that can be provided by the plurality of article providing apparatuses so that the user can select a desired article when the user selects a free article purchase service; When the user selects the item, detect the number of advertisements corresponding to the price of the selected item; Displaying an advertiser name selection button so that the user can select the name of the advertiser to be viewed and simultaneously displaying the user to select the advertiser's name by the number of advertisements detected in the detecting step; If the user selects the name of the advertiser by the number of advertisements, advertisement information of the selected advertiser is displayed; Checking whether the user has deviated from the public telephone before the advertisement number of advertisements has been displayed; If the user does not leave the public telephone until the advertisement information for the number of advertisements is completed, it is preferable to control the corresponding article providing apparatus selected by the user from the plurality of article providing apparatuses after the advertisement is finished and to discharge the selected article.

In addition, the public telephone displays a list of articles that can be provided by the plurality of article providing apparatuses so that the user can select a desired article when the user selects an article purchase service; When the user selects the article, a message prompts the user to insert a card to settle the price of the article; When the card is inserted, the payment is made through the card; When the payment is completed in the payment step, it is preferable to control the corresponding article providing apparatus selected by the user among the plurality of article providing apparatus to discharge the selected article.

At this time, in the payment step, if the inserted card is a credit card, it is preferable to connect the communication network to the financial server to query the card, and if the card is a usable card, register the transaction status in the financial server.

Further, in the payment step, if the inserted card is an IC card, it is preferable to subtract the price information corresponding to the article from the price information recorded in the predetermined area of the IC card, and then update and store the new price information.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiment (s) of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. First, in adding reference numerals to the elements of each drawing, it should be noted that the same elements are denoted by the same reference numerals as much as possible even if they are displayed on different drawings. In addition, in the following description there are shown a number of specific details, such as components of the specific circuit, which are provided only to help a more general understanding of the present invention that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details. It is self-evident to those of ordinary knowledge in Esau. In describing the present invention, when it is determined that a detailed description of a related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a perspective view showing a coupling relationship between a public telephone and an article providing apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic internal block diagram of a public telephone applied to the present invention, and FIG. A schematic internal block diagram of the applied article providing apparatus is shown, and in FIG. 4A to FIG. 4C, an operation flowchart showing a process of operating a method of operating a public telephone having an article providing function according to the present invention is shown, and FIGS. 5A to 5C. 5i is a diagram showing the format of a protocol exchanged between a public telephone and an article providing apparatus, and a display state diagram of a public telephone according to the present invention is shown in FIGS. 6a to 6e.

Referring to the configuration of the present invention with reference to Figures 1 to 3, a public telephone 100 is installed in a central position, a plurality of article providing apparatus 200 in the left / right side of the public telephone 100 in a round form The array is installed. At this time, the plurality of article providing apparatus 200 is connected to the public telephone 100 through a connector, it is configured to selectively install and remove the article providing apparatus 200 by the attachment and detachment of the connector.

Meanwhile, referring to FIG. 2, the internal structure of the public telephone 100 will be described. The central processing unit 101 controls the overall components of the public telephone 100 according to a predetermined program.

The touch screen 102 determines the input state selected by various operations of the user, and transmits the result to the central processing unit 101.

The liquid crystal display panel 103 displays a state in which the public telephone 100 is currently operating and various display states, and various guide phrases and advertisement phrases may be displayed as necessary. In particular, the liquid crystal display panel 103 displays so that the user can select a specific article and the discharge quantity that can be provided by the article providing apparatus 200.

The camera 104 photographs an object (user) located in front of the public telephone 100 in order to perform image communication using the public telephone 100, and transmits the photographed image data to the central processing unit 101.

The scanner 105 scans an original input by a user, and transmits the image data obtained in the scanning operation to the central processing unit 101.

The printer 106 prints document data or image data according to a user's operation. In particular, the printer 106 prints out the search results on the Internet connected through the public telephone 100 or the contents of mail received through the electronic mail function, the fax data received from a remote place, and the like. Also, a function of copying an original is performed at the request of the user.

The card reader 107 checks whether the card inserted into the public telephone 100 is available, and calculates the amount of money charged to the card according to the usage of the public telephone 100 or transmits the corresponding amount of money information to the financial server. Detect information to claim the amount of money used.

The interface unit 108 communicates with the central processing unit 101 according to a predetermined protocol, and controls various operations of the card reader 107, the communication circuit 109 and the article providing apparatus 200, and inputs various data. Interface output status. That is, the interface unit 108 determines whether the card is a usable card according to the information of the card detected by the card reader 107, and if it is determined that the card is available, transmits the determination result to the central processing unit 101. To form a currency path. In addition, the interface unit 108 controls the balance information stored in the card inserted into the card reader 107 by the amount used, and performs various operations related to the card such as recording a new amount. The interface unit 108 controls the loop on / off state of the telephone network 110 through the call circuit 109 and controls the DTMF generator in the call circuit 109 to generate a DTMF signal corresponding to the telephone number. . In addition, the interface unit 108 controls various operation states of the article providing apparatus 200 while exchanging a predetermined protocol with the article providing apparatus 200.

The memory 111 stores various program data to be executed by the central processing unit 101, and temporarily stores data scanned by the scanner 105 or fax data to be transmitted through the modem 112 as necessary. In addition, the memory 111 stores various display states to be displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 103, in particular, display information corresponding to advertisement information and various service modes in the present invention.

The modem 112 modulates various information such as fax data or e-mail from a public telephone 100 through a communication network (ISDN (Integrated Service Digital Network) or ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) (113) into a digital signal. , And demodulate various information such as fax data or e-mail and Internet search results received through the communication network 113 in an analog form.

The communication network controller 114 interfaces the modem 112 and the communication network 113.

The call circuit 109 includes a call control unit, a dual tone multi frequency (DTMF) signal generator, a modulation / demodulation unit, a line matching unit, etc. to perform a call function of a general public telephone 100.

The telephone network controller 115 interfaces the communication between the public telephone 100 and the public switched telephone network (PSTN) 110.

The handset 116 collects a user's voice into a microphone and provides it to the call circuit 109, and simultaneously outputs a voice signal of the other party received through the telephone network 110 to a speaker for the user to identify.

The proximity sensor 117 detects a state in which the user approaches the public telephone 100 and a state in which the user deviates from the public telephone 100, and transmits the detected result to the central processing unit 101.

Meanwhile, referring to FIG. 3, the internal structure of the article providing apparatus 200 will be described. The microcontroller 201 exchanges protocols with the public telephone 100, and according to the control command of the public telephone 100, Control the discharge state.

The discharge control unit 202 controls the discharge state of the article selected by the user. Here, the discharge control unit 202 controls the number of opening and closing of the switch for controlling the discharge of the article in accordance with a control command provided from the public telephone 100 in response to the quantity of the article set by the user.

The interface unit 203 interfaces the article providing apparatus 200 with the public telephone 100 in communication with the protocol.

Referring to Figures 4 to 6 with respect to the operation of the present invention configured as described above are as follows.

First, a public telephone operator loads an article on a plurality of article providing apparatuses 200 and stores information corresponding to the loaded article in the public telephone 100. Accordingly, the public telephone 100 can grasp the article loaded in the article providing apparatus 200 and display a list of articles that can be provided to the liquid crystal display panel 103.

At this time, the public telephone 100 is set to display an advertisement in a waiting state for use. In this situation, when the user approaches the public telephone 100 and touches any region (region A) where an advertisement is displayed, as shown in FIG. 6A (S1), the public telephone 100 is shown in FIG. 6B. As described above, various function buttons (purchase, free purchase, free domestic calls, international pay phone, video call, mail transmission, fax transmission, Internet search, etc.) that allow the user to select various services provided by the public telephone 100 are provided. Simultaneously with the display, a prompt to select one of the various function buttons displayed is displayed (S2). In this case, an area (area B) for displaying a banner advertisement is provided on an upper end of the liquid crystal display panel 103, and previously stored fixed advertisements are sequentially displayed in this area (area B).

＜ Free domestic phone function ＞

Accordingly, when the user selects the 'domestic free telephone' function (S3), the public telephone 100 displays a display window in which buttons indicating the names of various advertisers contracted with the selective advertisement are arranged as shown in FIG. 6C. At the same time as displaying on the display panel 103, a prompt for selecting a predetermined number of advertiser names among the buttons displayed to the user is displayed (S4). In addition, the display state of the pre-stored fixed advertisement is repeated in the region (region B) displaying the banner advertisement.

Accordingly, when the user sequentially selects the advertiser name using the touch screen 102 (S5), the public telephone 100 displays the corresponding advertiser name selected by the user among pre-stored selected advertisement information as shown in FIG. 6D. After detecting the advertising information of the 'C area' and repeatedly display it sequentially (S6), and displays the phone number input window so that the user can enter the phone number (S7). In this case, the pre-stored fixed advertisements are sequentially displayed in the banner advertisement region B region. At this time, when the user enters the phone number (S8), the central processing unit 101 controls the call circuit 109 through the interface unit 108, thereby connecting the public telephone 100 and the telephone network 110 ( S9). As a result, the user can enjoy a free call benefit while watching a predetermined number of fixed advertisements and selective advertisements displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 103 of the public telephone 100.

＜ Item free purchase function ＞

When the user selects the 'free purchase of goods' function (S10), the public telephone 100, as shown in Figure 6e, the article so that the user can select the type of goods that can be provided in the article providing apparatus 200 A list of types of is displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 103, and a guide phrase for selecting one of the list of displayed items is displayed to the user (S11). In addition, the display state of the pre-stored fixed advertisement is repeated in the region (region B) displaying the banner advertisement.

Accordingly, when the user selects the item to be provided (S12), the central processing unit 101 of the public telephone 100 detects the number of advertisements corresponding to the price of the corresponding item selected by the user (S13), As shown in FIG. 6C, a display window on which the buttons indicating the names of various advertisers contracted as a selective advertisement are arranged is displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 103, and at the same time, a predetermined number of advertiser names among the buttons displayed to the user are selected. Display a prompt to say (S14).

Accordingly, when the user sequentially selects the advertiser name as many as the number of advertisements corresponding to the price of the article (S15), the public telephone 100, as shown in Figure 6a, the corresponding selected by the user among the previously stored selected advertisement information After detecting the advertisement information of the advertiser name, it is sequentially and repeatedly displayed in the 'A region' (S16). At this time, the public telephone 100 checks whether the user is separated from the public telephone 100 using the proximity sensor 117, and until the user selects all the advertisements selected by the user (S17), the public telephone 100 If it is determined that it is not separated from (S18), after the end of the advertisement control the article providing apparatus 200 to discharge the corresponding article selected by the user (S19).

Here, the process in which the public telephone 100 controls the article providing apparatus 200 to discharge the article will be described in detail. As shown in FIG. 5A, the public telephone 100 and the article providing apparatus 200 are mutually connected. The request signal block and the response signal block are exchanged. That is, when the public telephone 100 transmits a request signal to the article providing apparatus 200, the article providing apparatus 200 provides a response signal to the public telephone 100. At this time, if the state of the article providing apparatus 200 is changed (for example, when the article is exhausted, etc.), even if the request signal is not received from the public telephone 100, the public telephone 100 in the article providing apparatus 200. Send a response signal immediately.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 5B, the block structure of the request signal and the response signal includes one byte of STX (Start of Text), several bytes of channel data (Channel), and one byte of transmission / reception signal (Tx /). Rx), one byte of command signal, several bytes of data and one byte of ETX (End of Text), one byte of LRC (Longitudinal Redundancy Check), signal block It consists of a 1-byte Carriage Return (CR). Here, the channel data means a unique number of each device assigned to the plurality of article providing apparatuses 200. In addition, when the request signal is transmitted from the public telephone 100 to the article providing apparatus 200, the transmission / reception split signal Tx / Rx is recorded as 'Tx', and the article providing apparatus 200 uses the public telephone 100. Rx is recorded when the response signal is transmitted. When the command signal (Command) indicates the state of the article providing apparatus 200, 'S' is recorded, and the 'D' is recorded when indicating the diagnosis of the article providing apparatus 200, and when the article is provided. 'E' is recorded.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 5C, several bytes of data are composed of several bytes of data and one byte of FS (File Separator) connected to the respective data. The structure of this protocol block applies equally throughout the protocol.

Through such a protocol, the central processing unit 101 first grasps the state of the article providing apparatus 200 through the interface unit 108. That is, as shown in FIG. 5D, when the public telephone 100 transmits a request signal including the channel data of the article providing apparatus 200 and the state request S, the article providing apparatus 200 is illustrated in FIG. As shown in 5e, the response signal including the channel data (Channel) of the article providing apparatus 200, the state request (S) and the state data (Data1) is transmitted to the public telephone (100).

In addition, the CPU 100 may request a diagnosis of the article providing apparatus 200 through the interface unit 108 as needed. That is, as illustrated in FIG. 5F, when the public telephone 100 transmits a request signal including the channel data of the article providing apparatus 200 and the diagnosis request D, the article providing apparatus 200 may interface. As shown in FIG. 5G through the unit 203, a response signal including the channel data (Channel), the diagnostic request (D), and the status data (Data2) of the article providing apparatus 200 is transmitted to the public telephone 100. send.

In addition, the CPU 101 may request the article providing apparatus 200 to provide the article through the interface unit 108. That is, as shown in FIG. 5H, when the public telephone 100 transmits a request signal including channel data of the article providing apparatus 200, article providing request E, and quantity data Data3 accordingly, In addition, the article providing apparatus 200, through the interface unit 203, as shown in FIG. 5I, the channel data of the article providing apparatus 200, the article providing request E, and the quantity data Data3 accordingly. Transmit the response signal comprising a public telephone (100).

In other words, the request signal including the channel data (Channel) and the quantity data (Data3) of the article providing apparatus 200 corresponding to the article selected by the user in the central processing unit 101 of the public telephone 100 (Fig. 5H). Output), the microcontroller 201 of the article providing apparatus 200 corresponding to the channel data Channel controls the discharge control unit 202 by the quantity data Data3 provided from the central processing unit 101. After the article is discharged by the corresponding quantity, a response signal (see FIG. 5I) is output through the interface unit 203. Therefore, after the user views a predetermined number of advertisements provided by the public telephone 100, the user may receive a product corresponding to the number of the corresponding advertisements viewed for free.

＜ Item Purchase Function ＞

When the user selects the 'buy the article' function (S20), the public telephone 100 of the article so that the user can select the type of article that can be provided in the article providing apparatus 200, as shown in Figure 6e A list of types is displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 103, and a guide phrase for selecting one of the list of displayed items is displayed to the user (S21). In addition, the display state of the pre-stored fixed advertisement is repeated in the region (region B) displaying the banner advertisement.

Accordingly, when the user selects an item to be provided (S22), the public telephone 100 displays a prompt on the liquid crystal display panel 103 to instruct the user to insert a payment means into the card reader 107 (S23). . Here, the payment means include a magnetic credit card and an IC card (contactless card (RF IC card) and contact card) using an electronic chip.

At this time, the central processing unit 101 determines whether the card is inserted through the interface unit 108 (S24), and when the user inputs the payment means to the card reader 107, the central processing unit 101 is the interface unit. It is determined whether the card inserted through 108 is a credit card (S25). Here, if it is determined that the inserted card is a credit card, the central processing unit 101 detects the card information recorded in the magnetic area of the credit card through the interface unit 108, and then prompts the user to eject the credit card. It is displayed on the display panel 103. Thereafter, when the credit card is discharged, the central processing unit 101 controls the modem 112 and the communication network controller 114 to open the communication network 113, and communicates with the financial server to use the corresponding credit card. At the same time as the inquiry, the liquid crystal display panel 103 displays a card inquiry screen indicating that the card is inquiring (S26).

Subsequently, when it is determined that the credit card is an unusable card as a result of communication with the financial server, the central processing unit 101 detects a guide phrase indicating that the bad card is from the memory 111 and displays it on the liquid crystal display panel 103. do.

If, as a result of the communication with the financial server, it is determined that the credit card is a usable card, the central processing unit 101 transmits the amount corresponding to the corresponding item selected by the user to the financial server to register the transaction situation (S27). To output the corresponding article to the article providing apparatus 200, a request signal as shown in FIG. 5H is output (S28). That is, the central processing unit 101 of the public telephone 100 includes the channel data and the quantity data Data3 of the article providing apparatus 200 corresponding to the corresponding article selected by the user through the interface unit 108. When the request signal (see FIG. 5H) is outputted, the microcontroller 201 of the article providing apparatus 200 corresponding to the channel data Channel receives the discharge control unit as much as the quantity data Data3 provided from the central processing unit 101. 202 is controlled to discharge the corresponding quantity of the article, and then a response signal (see FIG. 5I) is output through the interface unit 203. Thus, the user can purchase a desired item using a credit card.

On the other hand, if it is determined that the IC card as a result of analyzing the type of the inserted card (S29), the central processing unit 101 retrieves the card information recorded on the IC card, and according to the retrieved result the amount of money available for the IC card is determined. After displaying on the display panel 103, the new amount information is updated and recorded by subtracting from the previously stored amount by the amount corresponding to the price of the item selected by the user (S30). In addition, the central processing unit 101 outputs a request signal as shown in FIG. 5H so that the article is discharged to the article providing apparatus 200 through the interface unit 108 (S31). That is, the central processing unit 101 of the public telephone 100 includes the channel data and the quantity data Data3 of the article providing apparatus 200 corresponding to the corresponding article selected by the user through the interface unit 108. When the request signal (see FIG. 5H) is outputted, the microcontroller 201 of the article providing apparatus 200 corresponding to the channel data Channel receives the discharge control unit as much as the quantity data Data3 provided from the central processing unit 101. 202 is controlled to discharge the corresponding quantity of the article, and then a response signal (see FIG. 5I) is output through the interface unit 203. Thus, the user can purchase a desired item using the IC card.

As described above, although the specific embodiment (s) have been described in the detailed description of the present invention, various modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiment (s), but should be defined by the claims below and equivalents thereof.

As a result, according to the public telephone having the article providing function and the operation method thereof according to the present invention, the following advantage (s) occurs.

In other words, by selectively providing a free call or an item providing service to a user who has watched a certain number of advertisements, the user can watch more advertisements and at the same time expand the types of services that can be provided to the user. have.

In addition, the user may purchase goods through a payment means, if necessary, it is convenient.

In addition, by controlling a plurality of article providing apparatuses through a public telephone, a configuration circuit of the article providing apparatus is simplified, thereby reducing the installation cost.

In addition, since a plurality of article providing apparatuses can be selectively installed and removed in a public telephone, situational countermeasures for article sales are quick.

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delete delete A public telephone system having an article providing function for connecting a single public telephone, a plurality of article providing apparatuses, and a financial server to communicate with each other to perform a public telephone service and a article providing service, The public telephone, An input unit for inputting information required by a user's operation; A display unit for displaying an operation state of the public telephone and a list of items that can be provided to a user through the plurality of article providing devices; A card reader which detects various types of information from the card so as to request the use of the card put into the payphone and the amount of money to be used later, and reads and records the money charged to the card according to the usage of the payphone; A call circuit including at least a call controller, a DTMF signal generator, a modulator / demodulator, and a line matcher to perform a call function of the public telephone; A telephone network controller for interfacing the call circuit with a telephone network; Controls various operations of the card reader and the communication circuit, and simultaneously interfaces input / output states of various data provided to the plurality of article providing apparatuses and the card reader, and controls the communication circuit to open or close a communication path. Interface unit for public telephone to control the; A memory storing various program data to be executed by the public telephone; A modem for demodulating the inquiry result signal provided from the financial server while transmitting information recorded in the card to access the financial server from the public telephone through the communication network to inquire whether the card is available; A communication network controller for interfacing the modem with the communication network; And As the user views the advertisement information provided by the public telephone, the free call service is provided to the user, and as the user views the advertisement by the number of advertisements corresponding to the price of the selected item by the user's selection, the plurality of items The amount of money corresponding to the selected item from the card inserted into the card reader of the public telephone according to the user's choice, by providing the selected item to the user for free by controlling the article providing device corresponding to the selected item among the providing devices. And controlling each unit to provide the selected corresponding article to the user by controlling an article providing apparatus corresponding to the selected corresponding article among the plurality of article providing apparatuses, and free call function and article free according to the user's selection. Even if you perform a purchase function and a product purchase function It includes a central processing unit which, The article providing apparatus, An interface unit for an article providing device that interfaces a transmission / reception state of a protocol exchanged with the public telephone; A discharge control unit controlling a discharge state of the article; And In response to a request signal of the public telephone received through the article providing device interface unit for controlling the discharge control unit comprising a control unit for discharging the corresponding article by the quantity corresponding to the quantity data requested by the public telephone Payphone system with the function. The method of claim 3, wherein The payphone further includes a proximity sensor for detecting a state in which the user approaches the payphone; When the user selects a free call function or a free item purchase function, the CPU detects whether the user has left the public telephone through the proximity sensor until all advertisements corresponding to the function are terminated. And providing a function selected by the user only when the user does not leave the payphone until all the advertisements are finished. delete In a method of operating a public telephone system having a commodity providing function, in which a public telephone, a plurality of commodity providing apparatuses and a financial server are connected to each other to perform a public telephone service and a commodity providing service: Displaying a list of services for allowing a user to select a required service through a public telephone; If the user selects a free call service, displaying the advertisement information and using the telephone service while using the telephone service while watching the predetermined number of advertisements; When the user selects a free item purchase service, the number of advertisements corresponding to the price of the item selected by the user is detected and displayed on the public telephone, and when the user views all the detected number of advertisements, among the plurality of article providing apparatuses. Controlling the article providing apparatus corresponding to the article selected by the user to discharge the article selected by the user; And When the user selects an item purchase service, after paying the price for the item selected by the user through the card inserted into the public telephone, the corresponding item providing device corresponding to the item selected by the user among the plurality of item providing devices is controlled. A method of operating a public telephone system having an article providing function comprising the step of discharging articles selected by a user. The public telephone according to claim 6, When the user selects a free call service, displaying an advertiser name selection button for selecting a name of an advertiser to be watched by the user and requesting the user to select a predetermined number of advertisements; If the user selects a predetermined number of advertisers to be watched, displaying the selected advertisement information and displaying a telephone number input window; And If the user enters a phone number, the method of operating a public telephone system having a goods providing function comprising the step of starting a call service by connecting a call path to the input phone number. The public telephone according to claim 6, If the user selects a free item purchase service, displaying a list of items that can be provided by the plurality of item providing devices so that the user can select a desired item; Detecting a number of advertisements corresponding to a price of the selected item when a user selects an item; Displaying an advertiser name selection button so that the user can select the name of the advertiser to be viewed and simultaneously displaying the number of advertisement names detected by the user so as to select the name of the advertiser; Displaying advertisement information of the selected advertiser when the user selects the name of the advertiser by the number of advertisements; Checking whether the user has left the public telephone before the advertisement number of advertisements is displayed. And If the user does not leave the public telephone until the advertisement information for the number of advertisements is displayed, the selected article is controlled by controlling the corresponding article providing apparatus corresponding to the article selected by the user among the plurality of article providing apparatuses after the advertisement is finished. Method of operation of a public telephone system having an article providing function comprising the step of discharging. The public telephone according to claim 6, If the user selects an item purchase service, displaying a list of items that can be provided by the plurality of item providing devices so that the user can select a desired item; If the user selects an item, displaying a message for inserting a card to settle the price of the item; When the card is inserted, paying the transaction price through the card; And When the payment is completed in the payment step, the method of operating a public telephone having an article providing function comprising the step of discharging the selected article by controlling the corresponding article providing apparatus corresponding to the article selected by the user among the plurality of article providing apparatus. . The method of claim 9, wherein the payment step, If the inserted card is a credit card, access the communication network to the financial server to query the card, and if the card is a card that can be used to register the transaction status in the financial server, characterized in that How to operate. The method of claim 9, wherein the payment step, If the inserted card is an IC card, public information having a product providing function is configured to update and store new price information after subtracting price information corresponding to the item from the price information recorded in a predetermined area of the IC card. How to operate the phone.