KR101144030B1 - System and Method for Providing Discount Cards Information with Wi-Fi Radio Map - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and method for providing discount card information using a Wi-Fi radio map.
To this end, the present invention provides a location information providing means for identifying a store where the subscriber terminal is located; Discount information storage means for storing a list of cards provided with a discount at each store and discount information provided by each card; And discount card information processing means for extracting discount information at the store identified by the location information providing means from the discount information storage means and providing the same to the subscriber terminal. In addition, the present invention using the signal fingerprint information received from the subscriber terminal, after identifying the store located in the subscriber terminal, the discount card for extracting the card information provided with a discount in the store where the subscriber terminal is located to transmit to the subscriber terminal Provide a method of providing information.

Description

System and Method for Providing Discount Cards Information with Wi-Fi Radio Map}

The present invention relates to a system and method for providing discount card information using a Wi-Fi radio map. More specifically, by using the Wi-Fi Radio Map to identify the store where the buyer is located, the card is selected from the card owned by the buyer to provide discount card information that provides discounts at the store. It relates to a system and a method for providing.

In general, the basic way of purchasing a product on-line is a form in which a user goes to a seller's store and directly pays for the product and receives a corresponding product. In this case, the product is used as a concept that includes all forms of commerce activity, that is, services and goods or a mixture of services and goods, which are provided at a cost. Such methods of paying for goods include paying cash, paying with a credit card, paying with a prepaid card, and paying with a gift certificate.

Stores that offer products in such a commerce system may use a bonus point that is proportional to the cost paid, by deducting a certain fee, offering additional products other than the product, or by paying a large number of customers. It offers various discounts such as savings.

As the public's preference for such discounts increases, a large number of stores operate in the form of affiliated stores that partner with various companies such as credit card companies, mobile operators, department stores, hotels, airlines, and point service companies. In addition, some stores have partnered with national organizations to offer discounts to certain types of customers, such as civil servants, police, soldiers, and teachers.

Accordingly, in order to receive the discount, the buyer of the product owns various types of cards, such as a plurality of credit cards, mobile carrier membership cards, department store membership cards, hotel membership cards, airline membership cards, loyalty cards, and ID cards.

As the number of cards owned by a buyer increases, when a buyer visits a certain store and purchases a product, when the various discounts are provided for a plurality of cards in the store, the number of cards held by the buyer It is not easy to determine which of the cards in the card is more efficient to pay.

In this situation, some buyers ask their store associates for discount information and choose a card with the highest discount, but most buyers have to ask store associates for discount information. Due to the hassle of having to check the card information held in a wallet by hand, it is common to roughly decide which card to use in a store.

As a result, even if the product meets the conditions for receiving discounts such as deducting points and earning points, the cases of giving up discounts or receiving discounts do not receive the highest discounts. It is happening.

In order to solve the above problems, the technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to use the subscriber terminal owned by the buyer, after confirming the store where the buyer is located, the best discount in the corresponding stores among a number of cards owned by the buyer It is to provide a system and method for providing the buyer with the provided card information.

A system for providing discount card information according to an embodiment of the present invention is a system for providing discount card information in a store where a subscriber terminal is located, comprising: location information providing means for identifying a store where a subscriber terminal is located; Discount information storage means for storing a list of cards provided with a discount at each store and discount information provided by each card; And discount card information processing means for extracting the discount information at the store identified by the location information providing means from the discount information storage means and providing it to the subscriber terminal.

In addition, the method for providing discount card information according to an embodiment of the present invention is a method for providing discount card information at a store where a subscriber terminal is located, and (a) by using the signal fingerprint information received from the subscriber terminal, Identifying a store; And (b) extracting card information providing a discount at a store where the subscriber terminal is located and transmitting the extracted card information to the subscriber terminal.

According to the present invention, when a buyer wants to purchase a product at a specific store, there is no need to ask a store employee for a discount for each card, and to check the type of card owned or to compare the discount for each card. You don't have to, and you can get a card that will benefit you the most. Accordingly, the buyer can conveniently select a card to use when purchasing the corresponding product, and finally, there is an effect of purchasing the product at a low price.

In addition, since the store staff does not need to explain the discount to each customer, there is an effect that can improve the efficiency of the work.

1 is a view briefly showing a discount card information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a diagram briefly illustrating an internal configuration of a discount card information providing server and a database unit according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a flowchart illustrating a Wi-Fi radio map construction method and a Wi-Fi radio map confirmation method according to an embodiment of the present invention;
4 is an exemplary diagram briefly illustrating a mapping table configuration of a Wi-Fi radio map stored in a location information providing server according to an embodiment of the present invention;
5 is a configuration diagram briefly illustrating a format of each information stored in a database according to an embodiment of the present invention;
6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing discount card information according to an embodiment of the present invention;
7 is an exemplary screen of a subscriber station for registering discount card information according to an embodiment of the present invention;
8 is an exemplary screen of a subscriber station receiving discount card information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention, and like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is said to "include" a certain component, it means that it can further include other components, without excluding other components unless specifically stated otherwise. In addition, the terms “… unit”, “… unit”, “module”, etc. described in the specification mean a unit that processes at least one function or operation, which may be implemented by hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software. have.

1 is a diagram briefly showing a system for providing discount card information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Discount card information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention is a subscriber terminal 110, a wired or wireless access point (AP: Access Point, hereinafter referred to as "AP") 120, location information providing server 130, discount card information It includes a provision server 140 and the database unit 150.

The subscriber station 110 generates signal fingerprint information, transmits the generated signal fingerprint information to the location information providing server 130, and then discounts the store located from the discount card information providing server 140. Performs a function to receive card information.

Here, the signal fingerprint information is received strength (RSSI: Received Signal Strength Indicator) of the radio signal measured by the subscriber station 110 from the at least one wired or wireless AP 120, and the wired / wireless AP 120 that transmits the corresponding radio signal. Information data that is generated including information.

In addition, in the practice of the present invention, the subscriber station 110 may directly obtain information on the location where the subscriber terminal 110 is located by using a Wi-Fi Radio Map. In this case, the subscriber terminal 110 may be provided with discount card information at a store located from the discount card information providing server 140 using the acquired location information, or may use a discount card selection program mounted therein. To directly generate discount card information at the store.

Here, the Wi-Fi radio map is a database in which signal fingerprint information generated in a plurality of subscriber terminals and store identification information uniquely allocated to each store are mapped. In the embodiment of the present invention, the location information providing server Stored at 130. Here, the store identification information may be a unique ID assigned to the subscriber store, a store name, or the like.

That is, the subscriber station generates the signal fingerprint information and transmits it to the location information providing server 130, and the location information providing server 130 maps the transmitted signal fingerprint information and preset store identification information to the Wi-Fi radio. Create a map. The generation method and structure of such a Wi-Fi radio map will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 3 to 4.

In addition, in actual implementation of the present invention, the subscriber station 110 confirms the reception strength of the radio signal measured from one or more access points, and then receives and analyzes the Wi-Fi radio map from the location information providing server 130. For example, it can be implemented to directly check the information of the store located.

Accordingly, in the practice of the present invention, the discount card information providing server 140 may be implemented to recommend a discountable card at the store where the subscriber terminal 110 is located, and the subscriber is not the discount card information providing server 140. The terminal 110 may be implemented to select and display a card that can be discounted directly at the store.

In addition, the subscriber station 110 according to an embodiment of the present invention receives a subscriber's retention card information using a platform set in advance, and transmits it to the discount card information providing server 140, or inputs the retention card information or For the purpose of modification, a function of accessing the discount card information providing server 140 through a mobile communication network or a wireless internet network may be further included.

The wired / wireless AP 120 supports the Internet connection and the wireless data service provision of the subscriber station 110 located in the jurisdiction.

That is, the wired / wireless AP 120 according to the embodiment of the present invention receives the Wi-Fi signal fingerprint information from the subscriber terminal 110 and transmits it to the location information providing server 130 and from the discount card information providing server 140. Provides the discount card information sent to the subscriber station (110).

The location information providing server 130 is a server that stores a Wi-Fi radio map in which signal fingerprint information accumulated by subscribers and store identification information are mapped. That is, the location information providing server 130 when the signal fingerprint information collected from the subscriber terminal 110 is received through the Internet network, to generate or update the Wi-Fi radio map by mapping the signal fingerprint information and store identification information, After identifying the store in which the subscriber terminal 110 is located by using the pre-stored Wi-Fi radio map, it performs a role of delivering to the discount card information providing server 140 or the subscriber terminal 110.

When the discount card information providing server 140 receives the subscriber information and the store identification information where the subscriber terminal 110 is located, the discount card information providing server 140 stores the card information of the subscriber stored in the database 150, store information corresponding to the confirmed store identification information, Extracts and analyzes discount information at the corresponding store to generate discount card information at the corresponding store, and transmits the generated discount card information to the subscriber station 110.

In addition, the discount card information providing server 140 is connected via wireless or wired Internet so that the subscriber can enter, modify or delete the card information owned by the subscriber, or the store or the card company can edit the discount information or the store information. Operate available WAP / Web pages.

The database unit 150 stores subscriber information, card information, discount information, store information, and the like.

Here, in the actual implementation of the discount card information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention, the location information providing server 130, the discount card information providing server 140 and the database unit 150 to be implemented as one component It may be.

2 is a diagram briefly illustrating an internal configuration of a discount card information providing server and a database unit according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Discount card information providing server 140 according to an embodiment of the present invention is a program storage module 1410, memory 1412, input and output unit 1414, network interface card (NIC: referred to as "NIC" hereinafter) 1416, location information confirmation module 1418, subscriber information processing module 1420, card information processing module 1422, store information processing module 1424, discount card information processing module 1426, database management module ( 1428 and control module 1430.

The program storage module 1410 may include a positioning program for identifying a store in which the subscriber is located from the store identification information, a discount card information selection program for selecting discount card information from the extracted discount information, and data input / output of the database unit 150. Various programs for operating the discount card information providing server 140, such as a database management program for control, are stored.

The memory 1412 is a part for temporarily storing data processed by the control module 1430. That is, the memory 1412 temporarily stores the information of the subscriber terminal 110 received through the Internet network, and when the discount card information is generated by the discount card information processing module 1426, the stored subscriber terminal information is called. It serves to provide.

The input / output unit 1414 is a part in which an input device such as a keyboard or a mouse that an administrator who operates the discount card information providing server 140 may input data such as subscriber information, card information, discount information, or store information is implemented. . In addition, the input / output unit 1414 is implemented with a monitor for the administrator to check the operating state of the discount card information providing server 140 and the like.

The NIC 1416 is a communication module that provides a communication interface for transmitting and receiving data between the discount card information providing server 140 and the Internet network. That is, the NIC 1416 receives the subscriber information and the store identification information where the subscriber terminal 110 is located from the Internet network, and transmits the discount card information received through the control module 1430 to the Internet network.

The location information checking module 1418 analyzes store identification information received from the location information providing server 130 to identify a store where the subscriber terminal 110 is located.

The subscriber information processing module 1420 confirms the subscriber from the subscriber information received from the Internet network, and checks the retention card information registered by the subscriber in advance from the subscriber information database 1510 of the database unit 150. .

The card information processing module 1422 stores information on the card held by the subscriber identified by the subscriber information processing module 1529, that is, various card-related information such as a card type, a discount store, a discount rate, and a discount amount. It performs a function called by calling from.

The store information processing module 1424 calls the store information database 1540 from the store information database 1540 to process information about the store at the location identified by the location information checking module 1418, that is, information such as a store name, a store type, a discount target card, and the like. It performs the function.

The discount card information processing module 1426 calls from the discount information database 1530 the discount information corresponding to the subscriber holding card information and the store information confirmed through the card information processing module 1422 and the store information processing module 1424. After generating the discount card information, and serves to transmit to the subscriber terminal (110). Here, the discount card information processing module 1426 compares a plurality of discount information called from the discount information database 1530, generates discount card recommendation information in which the discount card list is sorted in the order of the highest discount, and then the subscriber terminal ( 110).

The database management module 1428 manages input and output of various pieces of information data stored in the database unit 150. That is, when a request for input of information data is received through the control module 1430, the database management module 1428 may request input to an allocation area of a database that manages the information data among a plurality of databases constituting the database unit 150. It serves to store the information data, and when the request for providing the information data from the control module 1430 is delivered, it serves to call and provide the information data requested from the corresponding database.

The control module 1430 is a component that controls the entire discount card information providing server 140. When the subscriber information and the store identification information are received from the Internet network according to an embodiment of the present invention, the control module 1430 uses the corresponding subscriber information. Checks the card information held by the user, checks the store information where the subscriber is located by using the store identification information, and uses the confirmed holding card information, the store information and the discount information, etc. Only a list of cards provided with a discount in a store performs a function of generating selected discount card information. Then, the generated discount card information is transmitted to the subscriber station 110.

In addition, the database unit 150 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a subscriber information database 1510, a card information database 1520, a discount information database 1530, and a store information database 1540.

The subscriber information database 1510 stores a subscriber name, a subscriber's identifier, subscriber's terminal information, holding card information, and the like. The card information database 1520 has information on each card, that is, a card name, a card identifier, and a card type. , Images, and the like, and the discount information database 1530 stores discount information for each card, discount information for each store, and the like. The store information database 1540 stores each store's identifier, store name, store type, location, and store image. Etc. are stored.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a Wi-Fi radio map construction method and a Wi-Fi radio map confirmation method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In performing the location monitoring service according to an embodiment of the present invention, a Wi-Fi radio map must be generated in advance and stored in the location information providing server 130. In the Wi-Fi radio map generation method as described above, the first method of constructing a Wi-Fi radio map by collecting signal fingerprint information in a discount card information providing system collectively, received by a plurality of subscriber stations 110 A second method of constructing a Wi-Fi radio map by collecting signal fingerprint information and constructing a Wi-Fi radio map collectively in a discount card information providing system and then using the signal information received from the subscriber terminal 110 A third method or the like for adding or modifying the Wi-Fi radio map may be used.

In the following description, a description will be given based on a second method of generating a Wi-Fi radio map using signal fingerprint information obtained from a plurality of subscriber stations 110.

For discount card recommendation service according to an embodiment of the present invention, store identification information for each store should be allocated. Allocating store identification information for each store is preferably allotted in a discount card information providing system. Here, as the store identification information, a store name, an ID uniquely assigned to the store in advance, or a phone number of the store may be used. As such, when store identification information for each store is allocated, a mapping table between a store name of a specific store and store identification information allocated to the store is generated (S310).

Then, by using the above-mentioned first to third methods, the signal fingerprint information measured at each place is collected, and then the collected signal fingerprint information is mapped to the store identification information at which the corresponding signal fingerprint information is measured. Build a radio map (S320).

In this case, the signal fingerprint information and the store identification information may be mapped one to one, and a plurality of signal fingerprint information may be mapped to one store identification information. Here, the mapping method between the signal fingerprint information and the store identification information will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 4.

In the discount card information providing system in which the Wi-Fi radio map is constructed as described above, the subscriber terminal 110 uses the information of one or more wired / wireless APs installed in the store where the Wi-Fi radio map is located and the signal fingerprint information by using the reception strength measured from the corresponding wired / wireless AP. Create Then, the generated signal fingerprint information is transmitted to the location information providing server 130.

When the location information providing server 130 receives the signal fingerprint information from the subscriber terminal 110 (S330), and checks the request message transmitted with the signal fingerprint information, the received request message is a request for registration of the signal fingerprint information Whether it is a message or a request message for confirming a place is determined (S340).

If it is confirmed that the received request message is a signal fingerprint information registration request message, and receives the store name located from the subscriber station (110) (S350). At this time, the subscriber may be set to directly enter the store name, but the location information providing server 130 is to add the list of places to the subscriber terminal (so that the store name is input in consideration of the characteristics that the database is built by a plurality of subscriber terminals; 110), it is preferable to set the subscriber to select the store name located from the list of provided places.

When the store name is selected by the subscriber station 110, the store identification information previously assigned to the store name is brought (S352). At this time, if the store identification information assigned to the store name selected by the subscriber terminal 110 does not exist, the location information providing server 130 generates new store identification information and maps it to the entered store name.

After importing or generating store identification information from a pre-stored Wi-Fi radio map, the location information providing server 130 sets store identification information mapped to the signal fingerprint information received in step S330 (S354). In this case, a plurality of signal fingerprint information may be mapped to one store identification information, and unique store identification information may be mapped to each signal fingerprint information. Here, when unique store identification information is mapped to each signal fingerprint information, it is preferable to set a plurality of store identification information to be mapped to one store name. In the following description, a plurality of signal fingerprint information is mapped to one store identification information, and one store identification information is mapped to one store name.

The mapping information between the signal fingerprint information, the store identification information, and the store name thus set is registered in the Wi-Fi radio map (S356). Accordingly, when the place confirmation request is transmitted from the subscriber terminal later, the store name where the subscriber terminal is located may be detected from the received signal fingerprint information.

On the other hand, if it is confirmed in step S340 that the request message received with the signal fingerprint information is a place confirmation request message, the received signal fingerprint information and the signal fingerprint information of the Wi-Fi radio map previously registered in the location information providing server 130 Compare (S350).

The location information providing server 130 detects one or more signal fingerprint information most similar to the signal fingerprint information received from the subscriber station 110 among the plurality of signal fingerprint information pre-registered in the Wi-Fi radio map (S362).

To this end, the location information providing server 130 compares the signal fingerprint information received from the subscriber terminal 110 with all signal fingerprints registered in advance.

At this time, the comparison between the signal fingerprints may be used to compare similar information of the signal fingerprint generated by the radio signal received from each wired or wireless AP (120). That is, the signal fingerprint is viewed as a vector having the received strength from each wired / wireless AP 120 as a factor, and the Euclidean distance between the received signal fingerprint and each signal fingerprint included in the signal fingerprint set ( Ecuclidean distance) is calculated and the signal with the smallest difference is detected by the most similar signal fingerprint.

As described above, Wi-Fi can be detected using various methods such as not only detecting similar signal fingerprints by calculating the Euclidean distance but also detecting similar signal fingerprints using variance and standard deviation of the received signal strength. Signal fingerprint information most similar to the signal fingerprint information received from the subscriber station 110 may be detected among the plurality of signal fingerprint information previously registered in the radio map. Since such content is well known among those skilled in the art, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In operation S364, the store identification information to which the detected signal fingerprint information is mapped is identified as the signal fingerprint information most similar to the received signal fingerprint information.

In this way, when the store identification information corresponding to the signal fingerprint information received from the subscriber terminal 110 is determined, the store identification information is transmitted to the subscriber terminal 110 or the discount card information providing server 150, The terminal 110 or the discount card information providing server 150 may check the store where the subscriber is located (S366).

4 is an exemplary diagram briefly illustrating a mapping table configuration of a Wi-Fi radio map stored in a location information providing server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The Wi-Fi radio map according to the embodiment of the present invention includes an AP table 410, a signal fingerprint table 420, a store table 430, and a registration place table 440.

The AP table 410 is a table for receiving and storing wired / wireless AP information that the subscriber station 110 measures while receiving the wireless signal. The AP table 410 is allocated to each wired / wireless AP and the manufacturer of the wired / wireless AP, respectively. It includes a unique MAC address assigned to the wired and wireless AP of the location information including the location of the wired and wireless AP is installed. Here, the AP identifier should be used so as not to overlap with other wired / wireless APs. Accordingly, a MAC address uniquely assigned to each wired / wireless AP may be used as it is.

Here, when the AP table 410 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the location information where the wired / wireless AP is installed, when the installation location of the wired / wireless AP 120 is changed, the wired / wireless AP (eg, the location information providing server 130) is changed. The location change of 120) should be set to be notified. The location information providing server 130 notified of the location change of the wired / wireless AP 120 removes all the signal fingerprint tables related to the wired / wireless AP notified of the location change from the Wi-Fi radio map, and subsequently relates to the wired / wireless AP. When the signal fingerprint information is received, a signal fingerprint table for the wired / wireless AP is generated and stored, so that the newly stored signal fingerprint table may be used later in determining the store where the subscriber terminal 110 is located.

The signal fingerprint table 420 is tabled by linking the reception strength of the wireless signal measured by the subscriber station 110 at an arbitrary position with the information of the wired / wireless AP 120 that transmitted the wireless signal. The map includes a plurality of signal fingerprint tables 420. The plurality of signal fingerprint tables are used as data of the signal fingerprint identifier field of the registration place table to be described later. To this end, the signal fingerprint table 420 includes a reception strength, an AP identifier, and a creation date field.

The store table 430 is an area in which store information received from an operator or subscriber of a discount card information providing system is stored, and is a table in which a store name and a unique store ID assigned to each store are mapped. That is, the store table 430 includes store information including a store name, a store address, and the like, which are entered by the operator or subscriber of the discount card information providing system using the subscriber terminal 110 or a computer, and the like. The store ID is set.

The registration place table 440 is a table in which signal fingerprint information received from the subscriber station 110 and store identification information are mapped. Although FIG. 4 illustrates a table in which signal fingerprint information and a store ID are mapped, when a unique store name is assigned to each store, a store name may be used instead of a store ID, and the store table 430 may be omitted. It may be. In the following description, the store ID is mapped to the registration place table 440.

When the location information providing server 130 generates the signal fingerprint information on the Wi-Fi radio map, when the store name is input together with the signal fingerprint information from the subscriber terminal 110, the location information providing server 130 checks the store ID corresponding to the entered store name. . In addition, the signal fingerprint information received from the subscriber station 110 is stored in the registration place table 440 in association with the identifier of the signal fingerprint table 420 and the store ID. Accordingly, the registration place table 440 includes a signal fingerprint table identifier, a registration date and time, a registrant, and a store ID field.

Here, in actual implementation of the present invention, the AP table 410, the signal fingerprint table 420, the store table 430 and the registration place table 440 shown in Figure 4 may be implemented in various forms. .

5 is a configuration diagram briefly illustrating a format of each information stored in a database according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the subscriber information database 1510 according to an embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of subscriber information data 510 is stored, and each subscriber information data 510 includes a subscriber ID display field 512 and a plurality of card ID display fields ( 514, 516).

The subscriber ID display field 512 is a portion in which a unique identifier (ID, telephone number, etc.) assigned to each subscriber is set, and the card ID display fields 514 and 516 are assigned to each card previously registered by the subscriber as a holding card. This is where the assigned unique identifier is set.

That is, through the subscriber information data 510, the number and type of cards held by each subscriber can be confirmed.

A plurality of card information data 520 is stored in the card information database 1520 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Each card information data 520 is a card ID display field 522 and a card name display field 524. , Card type display field 526 and card image display field 528.

The card ID display field 522 is a portion where a unique identifier assigned to the card is set, the card name display field 524 is a portion where the card name is set, and the card type display field 526 is a card type, that is, a credit. Card types such as cards, membership cards, and point cards are set, and the card image display field 528 is a part where an image of the card is set.

That is, the card name, the card type, and the card image may be confirmed through the card information data 520.

A plurality of discount information data 530 is stored in the discount information database 1530 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and each discount information data 530 is a card ID display field 532 and a store ID display field 534. , A discount benefit display field 536 and a discount benefit name display field 538.

The card ID display field 532 is a portion where a unique identifier of a card to which a discount is applied is set, and the store ID display field 534 is a portion at which a unique identifier of a store to which a discount is applied is set, and a discount benefit display field 536 is set. ) Is a portion in which the benefit information for each card is set in the corresponding store, and the discount benefit name display field 538 is a portion in which the name of the provided benefit is set. Here, in actually implementing the discount information data 530 according to an embodiment of the present invention, the discount benefit name display field 538 may be omitted.

A plurality of store information data 540 is stored in the store information data database 1540 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Each store information data 540 includes a store ID display field 542 and a store name display field 544. ), A store type display field 546, a store image display field 548, and a tag display field 550.

The store ID display field 542 is a field in which a unique identifier assigned to the store is set, and the store name display field 544 is a field in which the store name is set, and the store ID and store name used in the Wi-Fi radio map are the same. Preferably used.

The store type display field 546 is a portion in which a store type, for example, a store type such as a coffee shop, a restaurant, a convenience store, a gas station, etc. is set, and the store image display field 548 is an image of the store, that is, a brand image or an interior. A picture and the like are set, and the tag display field 550 is a part in which an additional description of the store is set. Here, in actual implementation of the store information data 540 according to an embodiment of the present invention, the store type display field 546 or the tag display field 550 may be omitted. In addition, the store information data 540 may further include a field for displaying the location information of the store.

Here, it is preferable that the same identifier is used as the unique identifier of the store used in the store ID display field 534 of the discount information data 530 and the store ID display field 542 of the store information data 540. The store ID used in the Fi radio map is preferably used.

It is also used for the card ID display fields 514 and 516 of the subscriber information data 510, the card ID display field 522 of the card information data 520, and the card ID display field 532 of the discount information data 530. It is preferable that the same identifier is also used for the card identifier.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing discount card information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Before executing the discount card information providing service according to the embodiment of the present invention, a database must be established. As a database construction method, a first method of constructing a database by collecting card information data, discount information data, and store information data in a discount card information providing system collectively, card information data related to them at each card company and each store, and discount information A second method of constructing a database by collecting the inputted information data when the data and store information data are input, a first method of collectively preparing data in the discount card information providing system, and a card company and a store. A third method of constructing a database by mixing a second method of collecting data input from may be used.

Through the above method, the card information database 1520, the discount information database 1530, and the store information database 1540 are constructed in the discount card information providing system (S610).

In addition, the discount card information providing system receives the card information held by each subscriber from the subscriber to build a subscriber information database 1510 (S620).

To this end, the discount card information providing server 140 extracts a list of all cards stored in the card information database 1520 when the subscriber accesses a web page or a swap page using the subscriber terminal 110 or a computer. Provide to subscribers. When the subscriber selects one or more cards from the provided card list, the subscriber stores the card in the data area allocated to the subscriber in the subscriber information database 1510 as card retention information.

In addition, in the actual implementation of the present invention, since identity information such as civil servants, police, soldiers, teachers, etc. may also be used as a discount condition in stores, it may be set to additionally store identity information that can be discounted when constructing a subscriber information database. have.

When entering the store, the subscriber station 110 receives a wireless signal from at least one wired or wireless AP 120 (S630). The subscriber station 110 generates signal fingerprint information using the strength of the received wireless signal and the information of the wired / wireless AP 120 that has transmitted the wireless signal.

The subscriber station 110 transmits a discount information providing request message including the generated signal fingerprint information to the discount card information providing server 140. At this time, the discount information providing request message includes subscriber information (ID, telephone number, subscriber terminal unique number, etc.) together with signal fingerprint information.

In this case, when the subscriber station requests the discount information providing service to the discount card information providing server 140, the subscriber terminal may transmit the discount card information providing request message only when the subscriber directly operates the subscriber terminal 110. In addition, by installing a program in the subscriber terminal 110, when entering the wired or wireless AP 120 is installed, automatically generates the signal fingerprint information, and then the discount card information providing server 140 to the discount card information request message It can also be set to send. In addition, after the wired / wireless AP 120 installed in the store recognizes the subscriber terminal 110 entering the jurisdiction, the discount card information providing server 140 requests the discount card information providing service to the corresponding subscriber terminal 110. It can also be set to send.

When the discount card information providing message of the subscriber terminal 110 is received through the Internet network, the location information providing server 130 uses the Wi-Fi radio map stored in advance, and the signal fingerprint information included in the discount card information providing message. After confirming the store identification information corresponding to the, the confirmed store identification information is transmitted to the discount card information providing server 140 (S640). At this time, the location information providing server 130 may utilize a store name as store identification information, or may use a store ID.

The discount card information providing server 140 receiving the subscriber information through the discount card information providing message and receiving the store identification information where the subscriber is located from the location information providing server 130 uses the received subscriber information to obtain the subscriber information database. The card list owned by the subscriber is extracted from 1510 (S650).

At this time, the discount card information providing server 140 extracts the subscriber's holding card list and compares the store identification information confirmed through the location information providing server 130 with the store information data of the store information database 1540. By searching, the store information where the subscriber is located is extracted.

When the card list owned by the subscriber and the store information on which the subscriber is located are confirmed, the discount card information processing module 1426 of the discount card information providing server 140 displays a discount at the corresponding store among the card list held by the subscriber. Only the provided cards are selected and extracted (S660).

If the discount card information providing server 140 selects a list of cards provided with discount benefits, the discount card information providing server 140 extracts the discount information of each card extracted through the discount information database 1530 (S670). In this case, the discount card recommendation information may be generated by comparing the extracted one or more discount information and sorting in the order of the higher discount.

When the discount card information or the discount card recommendation information is generated, the discount card information providing server 140 transmits the discount card information or the discount card recommendation information to the subscriber terminal 110 through the Internet network (S680). Accordingly, the subscriber can conveniently check the list of discount cards and the discount benefits at the store where they are located.

7 is an exemplary screen of a subscriber station registering a retention card according to an embodiment of the present invention.

When the subscriber terminal 110 accesses the discount card information providing server 140, the discount card information providing server 140 extracts a card list from the card information database 1520 and provides the same as FIG. 7. The subscriber selects a card held by the user from the displayed card list, inputs a previously set transmission button or setting button, and notifies the discount card information providing server 140 that the selection of the holding card is finished.

The discount card information providing server 140 detects the card ID of the selected card and records the card ID of the selected card in the card ID display fields 514 and 516 of the subscriber information data 510.

8 is an exemplary screen of a subscriber station receiving discount card information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The subscriber station 110 receiving the discount card information from the discount card information providing server 140 displays the discount card information on the screen as shown in FIG. 8.

FIG. 8 is a screen of a subscriber terminal on which a store information at which a subscriber is located is displayed, and a list of cards held at the bottom of the store information and discount benefit information of each card are displayed.

In the above description, the discount card information providing server 140 extracts store information, subscriber holding card information, and discount information of each card to generate discount card information, and then compares the generated discount card information. An example of generating discount card recommendation information arranged in descending order of discount benefits and transmitting it to the subscriber station 110 has been described. However, in actually implementing the technology for providing such discount card recommendation information, if the discount card information providing server 140 provides the discount card information to the subscriber terminal 110, the subscriber terminal 110 receives the received discount card. The information may be directly compared to generate discount card recommendation information and then displayed on the screen.

In addition, in the actual implementation of the present invention, regardless of whether the subscriber terminal subscribes to the discount card information providing service may be implemented to provide discount card information in the store located. That is, the discount card information providing server 140, when the signal fingerprint information is received from the unspecified subscriber terminal located in the store, checks the store located by using the received signal fingerprint information, and extracts the card information that can be discounted in the store It can be set to transmit to the subscriber terminal. At this time, the user of the subscriber terminal checks the received discount card information, and selects a card to be directly provided with the discount benefit.

The embodiments of the present invention described above are not only implemented by the apparatus and method but may be implemented through a program for realizing the function corresponding to the configuration of the embodiment of the present invention or a recording medium on which the program is recorded, The embodiments can be easily implemented by those skilled in the art from the description of the embodiments described above.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and various modifications and improvements of those skilled in the art using the basic concepts of the present invention defined in the following claims are also provided. It belongs to the scope of rights.

110: subscriber station 120: wired and wireless AP
130: location information providing server 140: discount card information providing server
1410: program storage module 1412: memory
1414: input and output unit 1416: network interface card
1418: location information confirmation module 1420: subscriber information processing module
1422: card information processing module 1424: store information processing module
1426: discount card information processing module 1428: database management module
1430: control module 150: database unit
1510: subscriber information database 1520: card information database
1530: Discount Information Database 1540: Store Information Database
410: AP table 420: signal fingerprint table
430: store table 440: registration place table
510: subscriber information data 512: subscriber ID display field
514: first card ID display field 516: n-th card ID display field
520: card information data 522: card ID display field
524: Card name display field 526: Card type display field
528: Card image display field 530: Discount information data
532: Card ID display field 534: Store ID display field
536: Discount display field 538: Discount name display field
540: store information data 542: store ID display field
544: Store name display field 546: Store type display field
548: store image display field 550: tag display field

Claims (16)

In the system for providing discount card information at the store where the subscriber terminal is located,
Store identification information assigned to each store and signal fingerprint information collected at each store, wherein the signal fingerprint information is used to determine the reception strength of a wireless signal measured from one or more wired and wireless access points and the identification information of the wired and wireless access point that transmitted the corresponding wireless signal. A location information providing means for storing a Wi-Fi radio map constructed by mapping and identifying a store in which the subscriber terminal is located;
Discount information storage means for storing a list of cards provided with a discount at least in each store and discount information provided by each card; And
Discount card information processing means for extracting discount information at the store identified by the location information providing means from the discount information storing means and providing the discount information to the subscriber terminal;
The location information providing means,
Receiving the signal fingerprint information generated by the subscriber terminal at the store where the subscriber terminal is located, and compares the received signal fingerprint information with the Wi-Fi radio map, characterized in that to identify the store where the subscriber terminal is located Discount card information provision system.
The method of claim 1,
Discount card information providing system, characterized in that the information of the Wi-Fi radio map is added or modified by the subscriber station.
The method of claim 1,
The Wi-Fi radio map,
An AP table for storing information related to the wired or wireless access point;
A signal fingerprint table for storing one or more signal fingerprint information measured by the subscriber station in advance;
A registration place table for storing mapping information between the signal fingerprint table and store identification information of a store measuring the signal fingerprint information; And
A store table for storing store information including the store identification information;
Discount card information providing system comprising a. 4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
Further comprising subscriber information storage means for storing the card list held by the user of the subscriber terminal,
The discount card information processing means,
The discount card information providing system, characterized in that for selecting only the discount information of the card held by the user of the subscriber terminal among the one or more discount information extracted from the discount information storage means, to provide to the subscriber terminal. The method of claim 4, wherein
The discount card information processing means,
And comparing the selected discount information and then sorting the discount information in ascending order to provide the subscriber card to the subscriber terminal. The method of claim 4, wherein
Card information storage means for storing one or more card information, wherein the card information includes one or more of a unique identifier assigned to the card, a card name, a card type, and a card image; And
Store information storage means that store one or more store information, where the store information includes one or more of a unique identifier assigned to the store, store name, store type, store image, store address, and the like.
Discount card information providing system, characterized in that it further comprises one or more of. Store identification information assigned to each store and signal fingerprint information collected at each store, wherein the signal fingerprint information is used to determine the reception strength of a wireless signal measured from one or more wired and wireless access points and the identification information of the wired and wireless access point that transmitted the corresponding wireless signal. A method of providing discount card information that is executed in a discount card information providing system in which a Wi-Fi radio map constructed by mapping is stored, and provides discount card information at a store where a subscriber terminal is located.
(a) identifying a store in which the subscriber station is located by using the fingerprint information received from the subscriber station and the Wi-Fi radio map; And
(b) extracting card information providing a discount at a store where the subscriber terminal is located and transmitting the extracted card information to the subscriber terminal;
The step (a)
(a1) receiving signal fingerprint information from the subscriber station;
(a2) confirming corresponding store identification information by comparing the signal fingerprint information received from the subscriber station with the Wi-Fi radio map; And
(a3) identifying the store to which the identified store identification information is assigned as the store where the subscriber is located;
Discount card information providing method comprising a. The method of claim 7, wherein
Discount card information providing method characterized in that the information of the Wi-Fi radio map is added or modified by the subscriber station. The method of claim 7, wherein
Step (a2) is,
Detecting signal fingerprint information most similar to signal fingerprint information received from the subscriber station, among a plurality of signal fingerprint information stored in the Wi-Fi radio map; And
Identifying store identification information mapped to the signal fingerprint information detected as the most similar signal fingerprint information;
Discount card information providing method comprising a. The method according to any one of claims 7 to 9,
Before step (a) above,
Receiving the signal fingerprint information from at least one subscriber station;
Receiving a store name of the store in which the signal fingerprint information is measured from the subscriber station; And
Setting the store name or a unique identification number assigned to the store as the store identification information, mapping the store identification information and the signal fingerprint information, and storing the store identification information on the Wi-Fi radio map;
Discount card information providing method further comprising. The method according to any one of claims 7 to 9,
Before step (a) above,
A subscriber information database construction step of constructing a database by receiving a list of cards held by the subscriber;
Discount card information providing method further comprising. The method of claim 11,
The step (a)
Receive subscriber information at the same time as receiving the signal fingerprint information from the subscriber terminal, identify the store where the subscriber terminal is located by using the signal fingerprint information, and possessed previously registered by the subscriber using the subscriber information Discount card information providing method characterized in that for checking the card list. The method of claim 12,
The step (b)
(b1) extracting card information provided with a discount at a store where the subscriber terminal is located;
(b2) generating the discount card information by extracting only the card information corresponding to the holding card list previously registered by the subscriber from the extracted card information; And
(b3) transmitting the discount card information to the subscriber station;
Discount card information providing method comprising a. The method of claim 13,
In generating the discount card information in the step (b2),
And comparing the discount benefits of the cards in the extracted card list to generate discount card information arranged in the order of the higher discount. The method of claim 11,
Before the subscriber information database construction step,
A store information database construction step of constructing a database in which store information is stored, wherein the store information includes one or more of a unique identifier assigned to a store, a store name, a store type, a store image, and a store address;
A card information database construction step of constructing a database in which card information is stored, wherein the card information includes at least one of a unique identifier assigned to the card, a card name, a card type, and a card image; And
Where the discount information includes discount information for each card and discount for each store?
Discount card information providing method further comprising. 16. The method of claim 15,
The subscriber information database building step,
Constructing a web page / wapping page for setting a retention card list of the subscriber;
Calling a stored card list from a database in which card information is stored, and providing the same to a subscriber who accesses the web page / wwap page through a wired or wireless connection;
Selecting a card held from the card list provided by the subscriber; And
Setting the card list selected by the subscriber as the retention card list of the subscriber and storing the card list selected by the subscriber in the subscriber information database;
Discount card information providing method comprising a.

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