KR100457324B1 - mileage providing system through network and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and method for providing mileage through a network.

In the present invention, a sell option is given to a product sold through a network. When a user connected through a network requests a purchase for a predetermined product, the user inquires whether to select a resell option. Next, when the user selects the resale option to purchase the product, the user provides the first mileage, and when the user purchases the product without selecting the resale option, the user provides the second mileage. At this time, the second mileage has a lower accumulation rate than the first mileage.

According to the present invention, by providing a resale option to the product and by providing a mileage differently depending on whether the option is selected when purchasing the product, it is possible to provide a fair mileage according to the user's transaction.

Description

Mileage providing system through network and method

The present invention relates to a mileage providing system and method, and more particularly, to a system and method for providing mileage in accordance with the conclusion of a transaction on the network.

In recent years, with the rapid increase in the spread of the Internet, e-commerce, information exchange, etc., which are aimed at people all over the world through the homogeneous medium of the Internet, are being actively performed. In particular, with the development of the Internet, it is possible to provide a variety of information to a large number of users regardless of region. Accordingly, portal sites that provide information retrieval services or community services have been developed and used.

According to the development of the portal site, users can be provided with a variety of information through the portal site, it is also possible to facilitate the exchange of information with other users through the community service. As these portal sites form communities in cyberspace and attract more registered users and homepage usage, advertising revenue and marketing revenue from user information increase, so as many users as possible can access their site. We are developing ways to get things done. Accordingly, in order to induce the use of a site, marketing is performed such as providing mileage when an electronic commerce is performed through the corresponding site.

However, the user may accumulate the mileage by exploiting the mileage payment. For example, suppose that a mileage of 6000 points is given to a user who purchases a predetermined product for 10,000 won. In this case, the user may sell the product back to 8,000 won. In this case, the user is given a mileage of 6000 points corresponding to 10,000 won at only 2,000 won. Accordingly, a problem arises in that the user unfairly accumulates the mileage by repeatedly performing the act of repurchasing the corresponding product after purchasing the predetermined product and receiving the mileage by exploiting that the mileage granted to the user is not collected.

Therefore, the technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to solve the disadvantages of the prior art, and to provide a mileage provided in accordance with the transaction of the user through the network.

In addition, the technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to ensure that the mileage is accumulated fairly, so that the user is more active in transactions and activities for receiving the mileage through the system.

1 is a view showing the structure of a mileage providing system through a network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a mileage providing process through a network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a resale process according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The mileage providing method according to the characteristics of the present invention for achieving the above technical problem, a mileage providing method of a system that is connected to a plurality of user terminals through a network, a) grants the option to sell back to products sold through the network Doing; b) if a user connected through the network requests a purchase of a predetermined product, inquiring whether to select a resell option; c) providing a first mileage to the user when the user selects the resell option to purchase the product; And d) providing the second mileage to the user when the user purchases the product without selecting the resell option, wherein the first mileage has a lower accumulation rate than the second mileage.

Here, the selling price and the selling price are set for each product, and the first mileage may be set according to the difference between the selling price and the selling price. For example, the first mileage may be set% of the resale price, and the second mileage may be set% of the sale price.

Meanwhile, in step a), each item is given a resale option and a non-resale option, and step d) provides the first mileage when the user selects the resale option, and when the non-resale option is selected. The second mileage can be provided.

In addition, step a) may be classified into a product that can be resold and a product that cannot be resold, respectively, and a resale option may be given only to the resaleable product.

In addition, the method for providing mileage according to an aspect of the present invention, if the user who purchased the product request to sell, determining whether the user purchased the product as a resale option; And when the product is purchased as a resale option, the system may further include purchasing the product at a resale price given to the product.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a mileage providing system is a mileage providing system connected to a plurality of user terminals through a network, the product database is stored product information, the product database is given a resale option; A merchandise sales unit that sells the merchandise to a user connecting through the network; A payment unit performing payment according to the sale of the product; When purchasing the product according to the payment, the user provides a mileage when the user selects the resale option, and if the user does not select the resale option includes a mileage providing unit for providing a second mileage to the user; The first mileage has a lower accumulation rate than the second mileage.

In addition, a sales database that stores sales information including a sale price of the sold goods, whether to sell options are selected, and purchased user identification information; And a mileage database in which mileage information granted to each user is stored.

In addition, it may further include a resale processing unit for processing the resale of the sold goods. In this case, the resale processing unit performs the resale of the product when it is confirmed that the product requested for resale has been sold as a resale option according to the sales information of the sales database.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. As those skilled in the art would realize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention.

In an embodiment of the present invention, a product is sold to a user through electronic commerce, and the sale of the sold product is allowed. Here, the reselling means that the user who purchased the product from the system sells the purchased product to the system. For example, a product purchased for 10,000 won through the system is sold to the system at a discount of 8.000 won.

As described above, according to an embodiment of the present invention, resale is allowed for a product, and a resale price is set for each product. In addition, a "sellable" option and a "don't sell" option are provided for each product so that the user selects one option to purchase the product. In particular, the mileage provided for each option is different. Specifically, when purchasing a product with a non-reselling option, a mileage corresponding to a predetermined percentage of the selling price is provided, and when purchasing a product with a resellable option, the mileage is provided according to a difference between the selling price and the resale price. For example, if a product is purchased with a non-return option, the user is paid 100% of the sale price. In contrast, if the difference between the sale price and the resale price is about 30% of the sale price, that is, when the resale price is about 30% less than the sale price, the user purchases the product as a resaleable option. Only 70% of the mileage is provided.

In this way, the mileage provided for each option provided to the product is different, thereby eliminating the problem of unfairly accumulating mileage. Meanwhile, in the present embodiment, the product to be sold includes all products that can be sold through a network.

1 is a view showing the structure of a mileage providing system through a network according to an embodiment of the present invention having such a feature.

As shown in FIG. 1, a mileage providing system (hereinafter, referred to as a mileage providing system 100) through a network according to an embodiment of the present invention may be a network 200, a telephone network, the Internet, a wireless communication network, or any other type of system. Network is connected to a plurality of user terminals 300.

The user terminal 300 is a communication device that can be connected to the mileage providing system 100 via a network through the network 200. For example, various communication such as a wired telephone, a mobile communication terminal, a computer, and a TV with Internet access are available. The device can be used. Therefore, the user can access the mileage providing system 100 through the network conveniently and quickly using PC communication, the Internet, wireless Internet, telephone network, and the like.

The system 100 connected to the user terminal 300 and the network 200 to provide mileage to a user includes a database server 10, a processing server 20, a payment server 30, and an authentication server 40. , And interface server 50.

The database server 10 includes a user database 11, a product database 12, a mileage database 13, a payment database 14, and a trading database 15.

The user database 11 stores information on a user who can receive a service through the mileage providing system 100. For example, an ID and password for logging in may be stored, and information such as user personal information (name, social security number, address, contact information, etc.) and user interest field may be stored.

The merchandise database 12 stores information on merchandise sold through the system. For example, the selling price and the selling price are stored corresponding to the product code, and the mileage granted to each option is stored. That is, the first mileage granted for the resaleable option and the second mileage for the non-resaleable option are stored, respectively. On the other hand, the resale option may be granted to every product, but may be granted only to a specific product. For example, instead of reselling a product such as a book, a home appliance, or a furniture that may be damaged by use, it may be allowed to resell only a content (avatar, etc.) product. In this case, the product may be classified by storing a separate flag indicating whether the product can be resold corresponding to the product code.

The mileage database 13 stores mileage information granted to the user. For example, information such as the mileage accumulated for each user, the accumulated date and time, and the total mileage are stored. In addition, usage information indicating how the mileage has been used may be additionally stored.

The payment database 14 stores payment information according to a user's purchase of a product. For example, information such as a product code, a payment amount, a payment date, a payment method, and the like purchased for each user is stored.

The sales database 15 stores information on selling goods of the system. For example, sales information such as a sold product code, a sold price, a purchased user ID, and an option selected by the user is stored, and resale information such as a sold product code and a sold price is stored according to the user's resale. Information such as total sales calculated according to sales information and resale information is stored.

The processing server 20 which performs product sales and mileage provision based on the information stored in the database server 10 differentially provides mileage according to the product sales unit 21 for selling the product to the user and the sales option of the product. The mileage providing unit 22, and the resale processing unit 23 for repurchasing the goods sold at the user's request.

On the other hand, the payment server 30 performs the payment processing according to the user's purchase of the product and the payment processing according to the user's resale.

The authentication server 40 then performs member authentication based on the user's subscription to the system and the information stored in the user database 11.

In addition, the interface server 50 allows a plurality of terminals 300 to be connected through the network 200, in particular, the Internet or the wireless Internet, and the like, and transmits various information provided through the servers 20 to 40 to the communication standard. The conversion process is performed so as to be provided to a plurality of user terminals 300 or to receive information transmitted from the user terminal 300 through the network 200 and provide the information to each server 20 to 40. The interface server 50 may include a database interworking device (CGI) for transmitting and receiving information with a web server or another system.

In the embodiment of the present invention, although each component of the processing server 20 is shown to operate in the processing server, the present invention is not limited thereto, and may be implemented as an independent server to process corresponding functions. It is not limited to being classified as described above.

Next, the operation of the mileage providing system through the network according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described based on such a structure.

2 is a mileage providing process according to the product purchase according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown in sequence.

As shown in FIG. 2, when a user accesses the system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention and registers as a member, information of the user is stored in the user database 11 through the authentication server 40 ( S100 to S120). As such, when a user who subscribes to the system requests a product purchase, the product sales unit 21 of the processing server 20 provides a product information providing screen to the user terminal 300 (S130 to S140).

Accordingly, when the user selects a product and requests a purchase, the product sales unit 21 requests an option for the corresponding product (S150 to S160). In this case, the merchandise sales unit 21 may search the merchandise database 12 based on the selected merchandise code to first determine whether the merchandise is resaleable, and then request an option selection.

Subsequently, when the user's option is selected, the product sales unit 21 requests payment by providing the sales information including the selling price of the corresponding product to the payment server 30 (S170 to S180), and the payment server 30 The user performs a payment based on the purchase of the product by using the payment means selected by the user (S190). The payment server 30 stores the corresponding payment information (payment product code, payment amount, payment date, payment method, etc.) in the payment database 14 after the payment is completed, and notifies the product sales department 21 of the completion of the payment (S200). ). When the payment is completed, the merchandise sales unit 21 stores the sales information in the sales database 15 and requests the mileage provider to the mileage provider 22 (S210 to S220). At this time, the merchandise sales unit 21 transmits information about the user ID, the purchased product code, and the selected option to the mileage providing unit 22.

When the payment is completed, the mileage providing unit 22 determines the option selected by the user, and then provides mileage according to the option selected by the user (S230). That is, when the user selects the resellable option for the product, the user provides the user with a first mileage having a lower accumulation rate than the second mileage corresponding to the corresponding product in the product database 12 (S240 to S250). If the do not sell option is selected to provide the user with a second mileage more than the first mileage (S260). Next, the mileage information provided to the user is recorded in the mileage database 13 (S270).

Next, a description will be given of the process of reselling the product purchased by the user.

Figure 3 is sequentially shown the reselling process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

When the user requests reselling the purchased goods as described above (S300), the resale processing unit 23 of the processing server 20 first determines whether the resale request product is resoldable (S310), and is available for resale. If it is determined whether the user has selected the resellable option as an option for the product at the time of purchase (S320). Specifically, based on the sales information stored in the sales database 15, that is, the sales information including the sold product code, the selling price, the purchased user ID, the option selected by the user, and the like, it is determined whether the user has purchased the corresponding product as the selling option. do. In this case, the step of determining whether the resale is possible (S310) may be selectively performed.

As a result of this determination, when the user purchases a product for which the user requests the resale as a non-resale option, the user is notified that the resale is impossible (S330). On the contrary, if a user purchases a product for which the user has requested to resell a resaleable option, the resale price is provided to the user. Accordingly, when the user requests resale, the resale processing unit 23 requests payment to the payment server 30 (S340), and the payment server 30 pays the resale price to the user. For example, the price of the resale price is remitted to the user's account number or the like (S350).

As such, when the resale is completed, the payment server 30 records the resale information in the sales database 15, and adjusts the sales by reducing the price of the resale product in the total sales according to the resale information (S60 to S370). ).

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the most practical and preferred embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and includes various modifications and equivalents falling within the scope of the following claims. For example, the components of each system described above may be implemented in hardware or software to perform their functions.

As described above, according to the present invention, a mileage that is granted when a product is purchased without selecting an option is given to a resell option for each product sold through the network, and the option is selected. By providing, the fair mileage can be provided according to the user's transaction.

As a result, the mileage is fairly accumulated, which can prevent the user from accumulating the mileage in an improper manner, and the transaction and activity for the user to receive the mileage through the system can be made more active.

Claims (10)

In the method of providing mileage of a system connected to a plurality of user terminals through a network a) giving resale options to goods sold via the network; b) if a user connected through the network requests a purchase of a predetermined product, inquiring whether to select a resell option; c) providing a first mileage to the user when the user selects the resell option to purchase the product; And d) if the user purchases the product without selecting the resell option, providing a second mileage to the user, The first mileage is a mileage providing method characterized in that the earning rate is lower than the second mileage. The method of claim 1 The selling price and the selling price are set for each of the above products. And the first mileage is set according to a difference between the selling price and the selling price. The method of claim 2 And the first mileage is a set percentage of the resale price, and the second mileage is a set percentage of the sale price. The method of claim 1 In step a), each item is given a resale option and a non-resale option, Step d) provides a first mileage when the user selects the resale option, and provides a second mileage when the non-resale option is selected. The method of claim 1 The a) step is a mileage providing method for classifying the products to be sold as resaleable goods and non-resaleable goods, respectively, and give a resale option only to the resaleable goods. The method of claim 1 Determining whether the user has purchased the product as a resell option when the user who purchased the product requests resale; And If the product is purchased as a resale option, the system purchasing the product at a resale price given to the product Mileage providing method further comprising. The method of claim 1 The selling product is an avatar mileage providing method. In a mileage providing system connected to multiple user terminals through a network A merchandise database in which merchandise information is stored and to which a merchandise option is given; A merchandise sales unit that sells the merchandise to a user connecting through the network; A payment unit performing payment according to the sale of the product; And When purchasing the product according to the payment, the user provides a mileage when the user selects the resale option, and if the user does not select the resale option includes a mileage providing unit for providing a second mileage to the user; , The first mileage is a mileage providing system, characterized in that the earning rate is lower than the second mileage. The method of claim 8 A sales database that stores sales information including a sale price of the sold product, whether a resale option is selected, and purchased user identification information; And Mileage database for storing mileage information granted for each user Mileage providing system further comprising. The method of claim 9 Further comprising a resale processing unit for processing the resale of the sold goods, And the resale processing unit performs a resale of the product when the product requested to be resold is sold as a resale option according to the sales information of the sale database.