KR100485156B1 - DVD lending service method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a service method for selling or renting a DVD (or various CDs, DVDs, hereinafter referred to as DVDs). The method of receiving a rental reservation from a DVD server according to the present invention includes (a) from a user terminal used by a user who wants to rent a predetermined DVD, the member information used to confirm whether the user has been registered as a member in advance. Determining whether the user is a registered member based on the received member information; And (b) if the user is a legitimate member, receiving reservation information, which is information about a DVD to be rented by the user, from the user terminal and registering the reservation information in a rental reservation DB; And (c) searching for and extracting a DVD borrower to actually rent a DVD to be rented by the user based on the reservation information, and transmitting the reservation information to the extracted DVD borrower.

According to the present invention can receive the rental order of the DVD through a communication network, such as the Internet, and can be rented and returned from the unmanned rental machine, so that unnecessary expenses can be prevented as there is no need to manage the store and the store. It works.

Description

DVD lending service method {DVD lending service method}

The present invention relates to a service method for renting a DVD, and more particularly, to a method of receiving a rental reservation order through a communication network, such as the Internet, and receiving the DVD rental and return through an unmanned rental apparatus.

The conventional DVD rental process is performed by a person, and the order or return must be managed by a person. However, such a conventional method requires a store to display and store a DVD or VHS video tape to be rented because a person must manage a rental and return process, and there is a problem of bringing labor expenses.

The technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to provide a DVD service method that receives a rental order through a communication network, such as the Internet, the rental and return through the unmanned rental machine.

In the DVD server according to the present invention for resolving the above problem, a method of registering DVD information held by a DVD rental machine includes: (a) renting another DVD rental device from a DVD rental machine that owns a DVD to be rented and manages the information; Receiving DVD rental information including unique code information distinguishing from a card and rental device request information requesting to register the DVD rental information, and (b) replacing the DVD rental information according to the request information. Registering in the DB, (c) requesting registration result information resulting from registering the DVD rental information and DVD holding information which is information about a DVD currently held by the DVD rental apparatus, (d) And receiving (e) storing the received DVD retention information in association with the DVD rental device.

In order to solve the above problems, a method of registering DVD information held by a DVD rental machine in a DVD server according to the present invention includes: (a) information about a DVD held by a DVD rental machine that holds a DVD to be rented and manages the information; A DVD server for managing a DVD rental information including unique code information for distinguishing the DVD rental device from other DVD rentals and the rental device request information for requesting to register the DVD rental information to the DVD server; (B) receiving registration result information, which is a result of registering the DVD rental information, and DVD holding information, which is information about a DVD currently held by the DVD rental device, from the DVD server; (D) retrieving a DVD DB in which information about a DVD is stored in advance and generating DVD retention information; and (d) transmitting the DVD retention information to the DVD server. It is characterized by including a system.

Method for receiving a rental reservation in the DVD server according to the present invention for solving the above problems (a) check whether the user has been registered as a member in advance from the user terminal used by the user who wants to rent a predetermined DVD Receiving member information used to determine whether the user is a registered member based on the member information, and (b) if the user is a legitimate member, from the user terminal to a DVD to be rented by the user. Receiving reservation information, which is information about the registration, in a rental reservation DB; and (c) searching for and extracting a DVD borrower to actually rent a DVD to be rented by the user based on the reservation information; And transmitting the reservation information.

In addition, the step (c) of the method for receiving a rental reservation in the DVD server may further include transmitting the rental reservation registration result information which is a result of registering the reservation information to the user terminal.

Method for selling a DVD in a DVD rental machine according to the present invention for solving the above problems (a) receiving a DVD purchase condition that is information about a condition for the user to purchase a predetermined DVD from a predetermined user, (b (C) determining whether the user currently owns a DVD that meets the DVD purchase conditions by searching a DVD DB in which information on the DVD owned by the user is registered, and (c) renting the DVD. If the user currently owns a DVD that meets the conditions, receiving the cost corresponding to the selling price of the DVD and outputting the DVD to the outside; and (d) The result of the selling the DVD band through a communication network including the Internet. Characterized in that it comprises the step of transmitting to the DVD server for managing the DVD sales information of the, wherein step (a) is Further comprising the step of providing to the user and outputting the data that describes the contents of the DVD corresponding to the DVD purchase conditions may be characterized.

In order to solve the above problems, a method of directly renting a DVD or receiving a rental reservation in a DVD rental machine according to the present invention includes (a) checking whether a user has been registered as a member in advance from a user who wants to rent a predetermined DVD. Receiving member information used to transmit the member information to a DVD server managing the member information, and (b) receiving the member authentication result information, which is a test result, whether the user is a valid member from the DVD server, and receiving the member information. Determining whether the user is a legitimate member based on the authentication result information; (c) if the user is a legitimate member, a DVD rental condition that is information on a condition for the user to rent a predetermined DVD from the user; Determining whether or not the DVD is to be immediately rented; If the user wants to rent immediately, searching the DVD DB in which the information about the DVD owned in advance is registered to determine whether the user currently owns the DVD that meets the DVD rental conditions, (e) And if the DVD that matches the DVD rental condition is currently owned by the determination result, outputting the DVD to the outside and transmitting the rental result to the DVD server.

In step (d) of the method of directly renting a DVD or receiving a rental reservation in the DVD rental machine, if the user does not want to rent the DVD immediately as a result of the determination, the DVD rental reservation for the content to be rented in the future And receiving the information and transmitting the DVD rental reservation information to the DVD server.

In addition, the step (e) of the method of directly renting a DVD or accepting a rental reservation in a DVD rental machine may include holding the DVD if the user does not currently own a DVD that meets the DVD rental conditions. After requesting the information on the other rental device to the DVD server and receiving the information on the other rental device, the information on the other rental device can be displayed and provided to the user. The step) may further include the step of receiving the DVD rental reservation information of the content to be rented in the future DVD, and transmitting the DVD rental reservation information to the DVD server.

In order to solve the above problems, a method of directly renting a DVD or receiving a rental reservation in a DVD rental machine according to the present invention includes (a) a user from a predetermined DVD rental machine performing a function of directly renting a DVD to a predetermined user. Receiving the member information used to confirm whether the user is previously registered as a member, and determining whether the user is a legitimate member, and then transmitting the determination result to the DVD lender and (b) from the DVD lender. And receiving rental reservation information, which is information about rental of a predetermined DVD from the user, storing the rental reservation information, searching for a DVD rental machine corresponding to the rental reservation information, and transmitting the rental reservation information.

In addition, in step (b) of the method of directly renting a DVD or receiving a rental reservation from the DVD rental machine, if the user receives a request for information on a DVD rental machine currently owning a DVD that has been requested to be rented, The method may further include retrieving a rental unit DB storing the DVD information, and generating and transmitting the information on the DVD rental unit holding the DVD to the DVD.

The DVD server device according to the present invention for solving the above problems is a DVD network for holding a DVD to a predetermined user and manages its information, and a communication network including a user terminal used by the user to rent the DVD and the Internet. Transmitting and receiving unit for transmitting or receiving predetermined necessary information through the DVD rental unit from the DVD rental unit receives the DVD information held by the transceiver through the transmission and reception unit, DVD rental management unit for storing the predetermined information from the user terminal Membership management unit for receiving and storing member information, which is information about a user who rents a DVD, and provides rental reservation information, which is information reserved for the user to rent a predetermined DVD, from the user terminal or DVD rental unit through the transmission / reception unit. Received, characterized in that it comprises a rental reservation management unit for storing it.

The DVD rental device according to the present invention for solving the above problems is a transmission and reception unit for transmitting or receiving a predetermined necessary information through a communication network including a DVD rental and a rental Internet DVD to a predetermined user, the user in advance Member input used to check whether or not registered as a member, input unit for receiving information about the DVD to be rented, DVD management unit to search for the DVD owned to create and store the current DVD information, through the input unit When the member information is provided, the member information is transmitted to the DVD server to request confirmation of whether the user is a legitimate member, and if the user is a legitimate member, the input unit receives a predetermined DVD rental request from the user. If it is received through the DVD management unit is stored Searches for a list of DVDs and determines whether a DVD is currently held for rental. If the DVD is currently being viewed as a result of the determination, the DVD is output to the outside to rent the DVD and the resulting information is transmitted to the DVD server. And a DVD rental unit.

The DVD rental machine may further include an output unit for outputting and providing guide information including DVD list information currently held to the user.

Hereinafter, the process of renting or selling a DVD (hereinafter referred to as "DVD" for convenience) in accordance with the present invention will be described in detail.

In the present invention, a consumer can place a rental order (including a sales order) of a DVD through the Internet or a DVD rental machine. When a customer places a rental order through the Internet as follows.

First, a consumer accesses a DVD server through the Internet and enters predetermined member information to register as a member. Here, the member information may include information such as the name of the consumer (user), social security number, access ID, password, home address, telephone number, and the like. Once the membership is registered, a member card with the above member information recorded can be issued, and by using this, the member can be confirmed by the DVD rental machine. At this time, a predetermined amount can be accumulated as a rental cost of DVD, or it can be paid in advance through the Internet every time the DVD is rented, or it can be paid while renting a DVD from a DVD rental machine.

After that, the member can be provided with information necessary to rent a DVD from the DVD server (for example, introduction information about the contents of a DVD, a trailer, etc.), and based on this, a member can designate a DVD to be rented.

After that, the member inputs rental reservation information which is a condition of DVD rental. In this case, the rental reservation information may include information for designating a DVD to be rented, rental time, and information about a rental place.

In order to select the rental location, the DVD server can receive information about the location where the DVD rental machine is installed and select one of them.

When the DVD rental reservation information is received, the DVD server retrieves the DVD information from the DVD rental machine and provides this information to the DVD server administrator if the DVD rental needs to be replenished. Make sure to refill your DVD.

At the rental time, the consumer enters the member information into the DVD rental location located at the rental location and rents the DVD that he reserved.

The procedure for a consumer to immediately rent or rent a DVD is as follows.

The consumer enters the DVD rental conditions after receiving member authentication by entering member information on the DVD rental machine. If the consumer wants to rent a DVD immediately, the DVD lender checks whether or not the DVD owned by the consumer includes the DVD that the consumer wants and if the consumer owns the DVD, the borrower pays the rental fee and rents the DVD. However, this is not the case when the above DVD is reserved in advance to other consumers.

On the other hand, if the above consumer does not have a DVD to be rented, the DVD server may receive information about the DVD rental machine that owns the above DVD from the DVD server and provide the same to the above consumer. You can also get a rental reservation. When the DVD rental machine receives the rental reservation, the above information is transmitted to the DVD server so that the DVD server comprehensively manages the rental reservation information.

Hereinafter, the DVD returning process will be described.

Consumers can return their DVDs to other DVD rentals as well as to DVD rentals. When the DVD rental machine returns the DVD, it grasps the information of the above DVD, transmits the return information to the DVD server, and corrects the DVD information that it owns.

In this case, the information of the DVD may be read by inserting an RF chip that records the information of the DVD in the DVD and reading the information or using a barcode.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of a DVD service apparatus according to the present invention.

The user terminal 101 means a terminal device used by a user to connect to a communication network such as the Internet, and includes a device such as a computer, a mobile phone, and a PDA.

The DVD server 102 manages DVD information held by the DVD rental machine, member information which is information about a user who rents a DVD, rental information such as a reservation or actual rental of a DVD rental by the DVD rental machine. .

The DVD rental machine 103 holds a predetermined DVD and performs a function of renting and returning a DVD to the above member.

Figure 2 is a flow chart illustrating a process of receiving a membership registration applied in the present invention.

First, the user terminal receives member information and information requesting membership registration (201), and transmits it to the DVD server (202). The member information is as described above. The DVD server stores and registers the member information in the member DB (203), and registers the member information and transmits member registration result information, which is the result information, to the user terminal (204).

The user terminal displays the member registration result information (205) and provides it to the user.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of registering information on a DVD held by DVD rental machines in the DVD server of the present invention. This process can be performed when the DVD server is booted and also when a new DVD rental is installed.

First, the DVD lender transmits the DVD lender information including a unique code that distinguishes itself from other DVD lenders and information requesting to register itself to the DVD server. The DVD server stores and registers the information on the DVD rental machine (302), and transfers the DVD information held by the DVD rental machine and the registration result information to the DVD rental machine (303). The DVD lender reads the information of the DVD DB in which the DVD information is stored (for example, by reading an RF chip) and stores the DVD information stored in the DVD (304), and transmits the information to the DVD server (305). . Here, the DVD information includes the unique code information of the DVD, the title, and the location information where the DVD is located (In a DVD rental machine, the DVDs can be stored in separate slots, and the slot number is equivalent thereto). Contains rental or sales reservation information related to the DVD.

The DVD server stores (306) the DVD information held by the DVD rental unit in the rental DB. Thereafter, the DVD server stores the retained DVD information and transmits the result information to the DVD rental unit (307).

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which users (members) who want to rent a DVD register a reservation regarding a DVD rental using the Internet according to the present invention.

First, when the DVD rental device has a change in its own DVD, it checks (401) to generate the DVD change information and transmits it to the DVD server (402).

The DVD server stores (403) the DVD retention change information received above. Through this process, the DVD server can obtain the DVD information held in each DVD rental machine.

The user terminal receives the membership degree and authentication request information from the consumer (404), and transmits it to the DVD server (405). The DVD server authenticates whether the consumer is a member based on the received member information (406) and transmits the result information to the user terminal (407).

Thereafter, the user terminal receives the rental reservation information from the member (408) and transmits it to the DVD server (409). The rental reservation information is information on selecting a DVD to be rented, information on which to rent the DVD, a place to rent the DVD, and a period of time to rent the DVD.

Thereafter, the DVD server stores the above rental reservation information in the rental reservation DB and registers 410. Then, the rental reservation registration result information, which is the result of the rental reservation registration, is transmitted to the user terminal (411).

The user terminal outputs (412) the rental reservation registration result information received and provides the above member to the member.

On the other hand, the DVD server searches for a DVD rental machine for renting a DVD received from the member based on the rental reservation information in the rental machine DB and finds the rental reservation information to the found DVD rental machine (414).

If the DVD server does not hold the DVD to be rented in the DVD rental machine, the DVD server may notify the administrator.

5A and 5B are flowcharts illustrating a process in which a user directly rents a DVD through a DVD rental machine or registers a reservation regarding a rental according to the present invention.

First, the first DVD lender receives member information from the consumer (501) and transmits it to the DVD server (502). The DVD server verifies whether the above consumer is a registered person as a member based on the above member information and authenticates the member (503). The authentication result is transmitted to the first DVD lender (504).

The first DVD lender determines whether the member authentication result is successful (505). If the member authentication is successful, the first DVD lender receives a DVD rental condition from the consumer (506). Here, the DVD rental condition means information on whether to rent a reserved DVD or to make a rental reservation for a new DVD.

After that, the first DVD lender checks whether the rental time is current among the above rental conditions (507), and if present, searches for the DVD currently held (508) to determine whether the consumer owns the DVD that the consumer wants to rent. If it is determined that the current possession (509) and the rental process (510). In this case, the rental processing outputs a DVD corresponding to the above consumer, transmits the above information to the DVD server, and the DVD server stores the rental information (not shown).

On the other hand, if it is determined in step 509 that does not currently have a DVD to rent, the rental server having the DVD to rent information is requested to the DVD server (511). The DVD server retrieves and extracts the rental unit DB having the DVD to be rented from the rental unit DB (512), and transmits the retrieved rental unit information to the first DVD rental unit (513). The rental information may include information about the DVD to be rented (e.g., a trailer of the DVD to be rented, a summary of its contents, etc.). Can be provided.

The first DVD lender displays the retrieved lender information and provides it to the consumer (514). The first DVD lender then receives 515 DVD rental reservation information, if desired by the consumer, and transmits this information to the DVD server (516).

The DVD server stores the above-mentioned DVD rental reservation information in the rental reservation DB and registers (517) and transmits the above-mentioned DVD rental reservation information to a second DVD rental machine corresponding to the rental reservation information (518). The first and second DVD lenders may be the same here.

Thereafter, the DVD server transmits the registration result information of the rental reservation information to the first DVD rental unit (519). Meanwhile, the second DVD rental unit stores the DVD rental reservation information (520), and the first DVD rental unit displays the rental reservation registration result information and provides it to the consumer (521). If it is determined in step 507 that the rental time is not current, the process moves directly to step 515.

On the other hand, the DVD rental machine according to the present invention can sell the DVD directly to the user, the process is the same as the process shown in Figure 5a and 5b. However, in this case, steps 501 to 507 may not be performed. In this case, steps 515 and 517 to 521 are also not performed, and the user is paid for the sales cost of the DVD sold above. It further includes.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of renting a DVD for which a user has previously reserved a rental according to the present invention.

First, the DVD rental machine receives member information from the consumer (601) and transmits it to the DVD server (602).

The DVD server performs member authentication (603) for checking whether the consumer is a legitimate member registered in advance based on the member information.

Thereafter, the member authentication result information and the DVD rental reservation information registered corresponding to the member are read and transmitted to the DVD rental unit (604).

The DVD lender displays the above member authentication result and displays the DVD rental reservation information (605).

Thereafter, the DVD borrower receives a rental request for a DVD to be rented from the consumer corresponding to the DVD rental reservation information (606), and searches (607) among the DVDs owned by the DVD.

As a result of the search, it is determined whether or not the possessed DVD is reserved (608), and if it is held, the DVD is output to the outside and provided to the consumer (608). The rental information is then transferred to the DVD server.

The DVD server stores rental information resulting from the rental (611)

On the other hand, if it is determined in step 608 that the DVD to be rented is not held by the DVD lender, an error is displayed (612), and if necessary, the error information is transmitted to the DVD server.

7 is a block diagram of a DVD server according to the present invention. The DVD server according to the present invention includes a transceiver, a DVD rental manager, a member manager, and a rental reservation manager.

The transmitter / receiver 701 transmits predetermined necessary information through a communication network including a DVD rental machine for managing the information and a user terminal used by the user to be rented the DVD and the Internet, which holds a DVD to be rented to a predetermined user. Or performs a function of receiving.

The DVD rental manager 702 receives the DVD information held by the DVD rental device from the DVD rental device through the transceiver and stores the DVD information.

The member manager 703 receives and stores member information, which is information about a user who rents a predetermined DVD, from the user terminal.

The rental reservation management unit 704 receives the rental reservation information, which is information reserved for the user to rent a predetermined DVD from the user terminal or the DVD rental unit, through the transmission and reception unit, and stores the same.

8 is a block diagram of a DVD rental machine according to the present invention. The DVD rental machine according to the present invention includes a transceiver, an input unit, a DVD management unit, a DVD rental unit, and may further include an output unit.

The transmitter / receiver 801 performs a function of transmitting or receiving predetermined necessary information through a communication network including a DVD lender for renting a DVD to a predetermined user and the Internet.

The input unit 802 performs a function of receiving, from the user, member information used to confirm whether the user has been registered as a member in advance, and information about a DVD to be rented. The input unit 802 may be configured as a keyboard or a touch screen.

In addition, when the DVD is returned, an input means such as an RF reader or a barcode reader for reading the returned DVD may be provided.

In addition, the user can be provided with a card payment machine or a cash machine that can receive cash deposits so that the user can pay the DVD rental or DVD sales costs using the DVD rental machine.

The DVD manager 803 searches for a DVD owned by the user and generates and stores DVD information currently held.

When the DVD rental unit 804 is provided with the member information through the input unit 801, the DVD rental unit 804 transmits the member information to the DVD server and requests confirmation of whether the user is a legitimate member. If a member receives a predetermined DVD rental request from the user through the input unit 801, the DVD list stored through the DVD management unit is searched to determine whether a DVD to be rented is currently held. If the DVD is currently being watched, the DVD is output to the outside, the DVD is rented, and the result information is transmitted to the DVD server.

In addition, when the DVD is returned from the consumer, the returned DVD may be read, the information may be transmitted to the DVD server, and the DVD management unit 803 may be provided.

The output unit (not shown in the figure) performs a function of outputting and providing guide information including DVD list information currently held to the user. To this end, the output unit may include an image output device such as a monitor or an audio output device such as a speaker.

Various methods provided by the present invention can create a program that can be executed by a computer. In addition, the above program can be recorded on various computer-readable recording media.

According to the present invention, the DVD rental order can be received through a communication network such as the Internet, and the rental and return can be received in an unmanned rental machine, thereby eliminating the need for a person who manages the store and the store, thereby preventing unnecessary expenses. There is.

In addition, it is convenient for the borrower of the above DVD because the borrowed DVD can be rented and returned at a desired place at a desired time.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of a DVD service apparatus according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a flow chart illustrating a process of receiving a membership registration applied in the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of registering information on a DVD held by DVD rental machines in the DVD server of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which a user (member) who wants to rent a DVD registers a reservation for a DVD rental using the Internet according to the present invention.

5A and 5B are flowcharts illustrating a process in which a user directly rents a DVD through a DVD rental machine or registers a reservation regarding a rental according to the present invention.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of renting a DVD for which a user has previously reserved a rental according to the present invention.

7 is a block diagram of a DVD server according to the present invention.

8 is a block diagram of a DVD rental machine according to the present invention.

Claims (16)

DVD server that manages information about DVD type and number of DVDs owned by multiple DVD lenders and DVD lenders with a large number of DVDs in different places or same places, database for DVD management, database for membership management In the unattended DVD rental method of the Internet having an RF reader or a bar code reader, payment means, etc., which can rent and return a DVD, A user who wants to register for DVD rental, registers a member through a registration process such as entering member information on a server and receives a membership card assigned a member number; Transmitting to a DVD server managing member information through a user terminal using the issued member number, and determining whether the member is a registered member based on the input member information; Accessing a DVD server from a member terminal and searching for and extracting a DVD to be rented based on information about a DVD held by a DVD rental machine installed at a desired place, based on reservation information, if determined to be a member; If the DVD does not have the desired DVD in the search and extracting step, request information about another rental device that holds the desired DVD to the DVD server, and after receiving the information, search and extract the DVD to be rented. Inputting and transmitting to the DVD server; Entering a member's information on the rental machine that owns the DVD to be rented, checking the list of reserved DVDs, and requesting rental; Requesting payment when there is insufficient or no payment for the loan or approving the payment if it is already deposited; Exporting the selected DVD after payment is complete; Deleting a DVD taken out by the member's reservation information after the export from the list of the DVD rental machine, updating the holding list of the DVD rental machine, and transmitting the updated information to the DVD server DVD unmanned rental method . The method according to claim 1, The DVD rental machine and the DVD server have holding information for each place and rental device, and are linked to each other during the DVD rental period to provide information about rental and return in real time through an RF reader or a barcode reader using RFID or barcode attached to the DVD. And updating and recording and storing the DVD based on the inputted information. delete delete DVD server that has a large number of DVDs in different places or at the same place, DVD server that manages information about the type and number of DVDs each of which is held by multiple DVD machines, database for DVD management, database for membership management, In the Internet unmanned DVD selling method comprising a RF reader or bar code reader, payment means, etc., which can sell DVD, A user who wants to become a member to purchase a DVD through the registration process such as entering member information on the server and registering a member and issuing a member card assigned a member number; Transmitting to a DVD server managing member information through a user terminal using the issued member number, and determining whether the member is a registered member based on the input member information; Searching for and extracting a DVD to be purchased based on information about a DVD held by a DVD vending machine installed at a desired place based on reservation information by accessing a DVD server from a member terminal if the member is determined to be a member; In the search and extracting step, if the user does not have a DVD to purchase, the DVD server requests information about another vending machine having a DVD to purchase, receives the information, and then retrieves and reserves the DVD to purchase. Entering the information and transmitting it to the DVD server; Entering the member information into the DVD vending machine that owns the DVD to be purchased, checking the list of reserved DVDs, and requesting a purchase; Requesting payment when there is insufficient or no payment for the purchase or approving the payment if it is already deposited; Exporting the selected DVD to the buyer after the purchase has been paid; And removing the DVD exported from the list of the corresponding DVD vending machines after the export, by updating the holding list of the DVD vending machine, and transmitting the updated information to the DVD server. The method according to claim 1, The DVD vending machine and the DVD server have holding information for each place and vending machine and are connected to each other among the DVD vending machines and input information about sales and receipt in real time through an RF reader or a barcode reader using RFID or a barcode attached to the DVD. And updating and recording and storing based on the information. delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete