KR101186108B1 - Information intermediation server and information intermediation service providing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An information mediating server and an information mediating service providing method thereof are provided to supply information which a consumer desires to suppliers in an area in real time as a push form, thereby providing desired information to the consumer through mediating between the consumer and the suppliers. CONSTITUTION: A server communication unit of an information mediating server(200) communicates with a user terminal(100) through a communication network. A supplier searching unit of the information mediating server searches for a push transmission target of a query message when a push request of the query message is received from the user terminal through the server communication unit. A message push unit of the information mediating server pushes the query message to searched supplier terminals(100-1~100-n). An information mediating unit of the information mediating server connects a corresponding consumer terminal and a corresponding supplier terminal. [Reference numerals] (100) User terminal; (100-1) User terminal#1; (100-2) User terminal#2; (100-n) User terminal#n; (200) Information mediating server; (250) Member database; (300) Push server; (AA) Consumer; (BB) Supplier

Description

Information intermediation server and information intermediation service providing method

The present invention relates to an information relay server and a method for providing an information relay service.

In providing various goods or services, it is common to follow a formal offline pattern between a consumer and a supplier, and thus, there are many limitations in that the consumer and the supplier cannot maximize profits.

For example, when a travel planner wants to obtain accommodation and price comparison information about a travel area, he or she conventionally finds a relevant site and searches price information and accommodation information directly from numerous information scattered on the Internet. There was a drawback to wasting considerable time by doing so.

As another example, a patient who needs urgent treatment due to an emergency situation is able to move through several hospitals without checking information on the emergency room status of each hospital, the number of patients currently waiting for treatment, the number of available rooms, etc. In many cases, people did not receive proper treatment and found a loss.

As another example, a meeting organizer who has to lead a large number of people and urgently search for a meeting place may visit a restaurant or visit nearby restaurants, or make a phone call to make a reservation. There was an inconvenience to check directly or not.

As such, in the above-described examples, travelers, patients, meeting organizers, etc., each correspond to a consumer of predetermined information, and from a supplier having information required by the consumer to more easily obtain the information required by the consumer. There is a need for a system for providing a service that can be provided with appropriate information in a timely manner.

The above-described background technology is technical information that the inventor holds for the derivation of the present invention or acquired in the process of deriving the present invention, and can not necessarily be a known technology disclosed to the general public prior to the filing of the present invention.

According to the present invention, at the same time, information to be provided by the consumer in the form of a push is simultaneously notified to the suppliers in the area centered on the location set by the consumer using the terminal, and among the suppliers who have confirmed this, it is possible to provide information desired by the consumer. The purpose of the present invention is to provide an information relay server and a method of providing an information brokerage service, which enable the provider to broker the consumer and the supplier to provide the information to the consumer.

In addition, the present invention enables a two-way transaction and exchange of information and goods through a remote system, even if the consumer and the supplier do not meet directly without being limited to a place, and the other party is elastically opposed to each other without the position of the consumer and the supplier in the conventional offline An object of the present invention is to provide an information brokering server and an information brokering service providing method.

Other objects of the present invention will be readily understood through the following description.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing an information brokerage service performed in an information relay server connected to a consumer terminal and at least one provider terminal, and a recording medium having recorded thereon a program for performing the same.

An information brokering service providing method according to an embodiment may include: receiving, from the consumer terminal, requesting to start an information brokering service including consumer setting information for determining a location of a supplier and an inquiry message requiring an answer of the supplier; Searching for a provider terminal possessed by a provider located in a mediation zone determined based on regional information included in the consumer setting information; And pushing the inquiry message to the found provider terminal.

The consumer setting information may include location information set by the consumer through the consumer terminal and regional information about a radius for determining the mediation zone based on the location.

The consumer setting information may further include item information regarding a supplier search condition categorized into a major classification, a middle classification, and a small classification set by the consumer through the consumer terminal, wherein the searching step further includes the item information. The search may be limited to a supplier that meets the supplier search condition.

Receiving an information exchange request including an answer message corresponding to the inquiry message from the provider terminal; And transmitting the request for information exchange to the consumer terminal.

Receiving a response to the information exchange request from the consumer terminal, and transmitting the response to a provider terminal that has sent the information exchange request, wherein the information relay server accepts the response to the information exchange request. In case of establish a communication connection between the consumer terminal and the provider terminal and activates a chat window between the consumer terminal and the supplier terminal, and if the response is the rejection of the information exchange request between the consumer terminal and the supplier terminal May not establish a communication connection.

When the push server is connected to the information relay server, the push transmission step may transmit the identification information of the provider terminal searched to the push server and request the push of the inquiry message.

On the other hand, according to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing an information brokerage service which is connected to an information broker server, which is performed in a consumer terminal in which an application for information brokerage service is installed, and a recording medium on which a program for performing the same is recorded. .

According to an embodiment, an information brokering service providing method includes: receiving, from a consumer, consumer setting information for determining a location of a supplier and an inquiry message requiring an answer of the supplier; Transmitting an information brokering service start request including the consumer setting information and the inquiry message to the information brokering server; Receiving an information exchange request from a provider terminal providing an answer message corresponding to the inquiry message through the information intermediation server and displaying the request on the screen; And transmitting a response to the information exchange request input by the consumer to the information relay server.

If the response is an acceptance of the information exchange request, a communication connection is established between the provider terminal and the chat window is activated, and if the response is a rejection of the information exchange request, communication is made with the provider terminal. The connection may not be established.

The consumer setting information may include location information set by the consumer through the consumer terminal and area information regarding a radius for determining an intermediary zone regarding the location of the supplier based on the location.

The consumer setting information may further include item information regarding a supplier search condition categorized into major, medium, and small categories set by the consumer through the consumer terminal.

On the other hand, according to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing an information brokerage service which is connected to an information broker server and is performed in a provider terminal having an application for information brokerage service and a recording medium on which a program for performing the same is recorded. .

An information brokering service providing method according to an exemplary embodiment includes: receiving an inquiry message requested by a consumer terminal from an information brokering server and displaying the inquiry message on a screen; Transmitting an information exchange request including an answer message corresponding to the inquiry message input from a supplier to the information relay server; And receiving a response from the consumer terminal to the information exchange request from the information relay server.

If the response is an acceptance of the information exchange request, a communication connection is established between the consumer terminal and the chat window is activated, and if the response is a rejection of the information exchange request, communication is made with the consumer terminal. The connection may not be established.

On the other hand, according to another aspect of the present invention, the information broker server which is connected to the consumer terminal and one or more provider terminals to provide an information brokerage service, the consumer setting information for determining the location of the supplier from the consumer terminal and the supplier A server communication unit receiving a request for starting an information brokerage service including an inquiry message requiring an answer; A supplier search unit for searching for a provider terminal possessed by a supplier located in a mediation zone determined based on regional information included in the consumer setting information; And a message pushing unit which push-transmits the inquiry message to the found provider terminal.

The consumer setting information may include location information set by the consumer through the consumer terminal and regional information about a radius for determining the mediation zone based on the location.

The consumer setting information may further include item information regarding a supplier search condition categorized into a major classification, a middle classification, and a small classification set by the consumer through the consumer terminal. The search may be limited to a supplier that meets the supplier search condition.

The information exchange request may include an information exchange request including an answer message corresponding to the inquiry message from the provider terminal, and transmit the information exchange request to the consumer terminal.

The information broker receives a response to the request for information exchange from the consumer terminal, and transmits the response to a provider terminal that has transmitted the information exchange request, and the consumer terminal if the response is the acceptance of the information exchange request. Establish a communication connection between the provider terminal and the provider terminal and activate a chat window between the consumer terminal and the provider terminal, and establish a communication connection between the consumer terminal and the supplier terminal when the response is a rejection of the request for information exchange. You can't.

Other aspects, features, and advantages will become apparent from the following drawings, claims, and detailed description of the invention.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the supplier in the region centered on the location set by the consumer in real time in a push form to inform the information desired by the consumer, the supplier that can provide the information desired by the consumer among the suppliers confirmed It is possible to broker consumers and suppliers to provide this information to them.

In addition, even if the consumer and the supplier do not meet each other without being restricted in places, the two-way system enables the transaction and exchange of two-way information and goods through a remote system. It has the effect of making it possible.

1 is a schematic structural diagram of a system for providing an information brokerage service according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a user terminal in which an application for information brokerage service is installed according to an embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an information relay server according to an embodiment of the present invention;
4 is a flowchart of a method for providing information brokerage service in an information brokerage system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
5 and 6 are exemplary diagrams of a driving screen of an application for information brokerage service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The present invention is capable of various modifications and various embodiments, and specific embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the detailed description. It is to be understood, however, that the invention is not to be limited to the specific embodiments, but includes all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The terms first, second, etc. may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In this specification, the terms "comprises" or "having" and the like refer to the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, or combinations thereof, But do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, or combinations thereof.

Also, the terms " part, "" module," and the like, which are described in the specification, refer to a unit for processing at least one function or operation, and may be implemented by hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software.

In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail.

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

In the present specification, the information brokerage service is a response to an inquiries and requests for inquiring predetermined information among members who have downloaded the information brokerage service application and installed it on the user terminal or have a user terminal with the information brokerage service application installed by default. This is an intermediary service that connects possible providers.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a system for providing an information brokerage service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a system for providing an information brokerage service, that is, an information brokerage system includes an information brokerage server 200 and one or more user terminals 100, 100-1, 100-2, 100-n, hereinafter '100'. Collectively). In some cases, the push server 300 may be further included.

The user terminal 100 is a terminal capable of installing an information brokerage service application that provides an information brokerage service, for example, a smartphone, a mobile communication terminal, a PDA equipped with an operating system capable of driving an information brokerage service application ( It may be one of a personal digital assistant), a general-purpose personal computer (PC), a notebook PC, a tablet PC, and the like.

The user terminal 100 may be a terminal that is basically installed to operate an information brokerage service application that provides the information brokerage service or a program module having a corresponding function.

When the information brokerage service application installed in the user terminal 100 is initially started, terminal identification information about the user terminal 100 is transmitted to the information broker server 200 to identify the consumer terminal in the information broker server 200 or The terminal identification information is used to identify the provider terminal when pushing the inquiry message requested to be sent to a predetermined provider. Here, the terminal identification information may be one of a telephone number of the user terminal 100, a mobile identification number (MIN), a token which is a unique value assigned by a device manufacturer or a telecommunication company.

The user terminal 100 in which the information brokerage service application is installed has a service program running in the background regardless of whether the application for the information brokerage service is driven, so that the message push unit 230 or the separate push server of the information brokerage server 200 is executed. It may be maintained in connection with the 300, by using this when sending a batch of inquiry messages in the message push unit 230 or push server 300 so that the provider can check the content of the consumer in real time.

The user terminal 100 may be a consumer terminal when used by a consumer among members who use the information brokerage service, and may be a provider terminal when used by a supplier.

When used as a consumer terminal, for example, information about the region (which may include location, radius, etc.) related to the inquiry message, items classified into subdivided categories, etc. to obtain more systematic and reliable information are set. In addition, the contents of the inquiry to be requested are registered. In addition, the contents of the information exchange request such as a message or a one-to-one conversation request received from a provider terminal, which will be described later, may be displayed, and a consumer's intention such as accepting or rejecting the conversation request may be input.

When used as a provider terminal, it displays the inquiry message delivered in the form of a push so that the supplier can check in real time. In the case of a supplier that can provide an answer to the inquiry message, exchange related information, or trade goods, etc. It will be possible to provide answers to the inquiries, which may lead to subsequent steps in which information brokering is completed and in fact trades certain goods related to the inquiries and answers, or provides certain services.

When the inquiry message pushed to the provider terminal is displayed on the provider terminal, the inquiry message may be displayed in association with the map data, and in this case, the geographically relevant provider among the suppliers who can provide the answer by using the map provides the answer. It is effective to increase the geographical utilization of information brokerage services by inducing them to do so.

The member database 250 stores information about members subscribed to the information brokerage service. Here, a member who subscribes to the information brokerage service is a concept that includes a person who has downloaded and installed an application for information brokerage service as well as a user who has subscribed through a separate subscription procedure.

The member information includes one or more of identification information of the user terminal possessed by the member, the member's name, gender, age, hometown, school of origin, type of business, business location, etc. The location information can be updated and stored regularly or at the request of the server.

The information relay server 200 is a server that provides an information brokerage service, and is connected to a plurality of user terminals 100 through a wired or wireless communication network. Wired and wireless communication networks include mobile communication networks that are currently established or are expected to be built later, such as, for example, CDMA, WCDMA, Long Term Evolution (LTE), and the like.

The information mediation server 200 receives an information brokering service initiation request including a consumer setting information and an inquiry message about a region, an item, etc. from a consumer terminal, and searches a provider terminal corresponding to the consumer setting information from the member database 250. The back inquiry message may be transmitted to one or more provider terminals found in a push method. In this case, when there are a plurality of provider terminals, the inquiry message may be simultaneously transmitted to each provider terminal.

The information relay server 200 is equipped with a module that performs a push function, and maintains a connection with the registered user terminal 100 regardless of whether the information brokerage service application is executed when the network is online. Even when the user terminal 100 is not running an application for information brokerage service, the user terminal 100 maintains a valid connection state in a text type with a predetermined message (inquiry message registered through the consumer terminal in the present invention). It provides a push notification function that allows the provider to check the contents through the terminal.

Alternatively, the push server 300 is provided separately from the information broker server 200, and when the information broker server 200 transmits a push request of the inquiry message to the push server 300, the push server 300 transmits the request to the information broker service. The inquiry message may be collectively transmitted to the user terminal 100 possessed by the registered members. For example, the push server 300 may include at least one of an Apple Push Notification Server (APNS), an Android push server, and the like, depending on the type of OS installed in the user terminal 100.

In addition, after confirming the pushed inquiry message, the information broker server 200 transmits a message to a consumer terminal that registers the inquiry message or receives an information exchange request from a provider terminal that wants to have a one-to-one conversation and delivers it to the consumer terminal. Then, a response (accept or rejection) according to the information exchange request is transmitted from the consumer terminal to the provider terminal.

Hereinafter, the configuration of a user terminal (a consumer terminal and a provider terminal) and an information mediation server on which an application for information brokerage service is installed, and a method for providing information brokerage service performed by them will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a user terminal in which an application for information brokerage service is installed according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the user terminal 100 according to the present embodiment includes a message register unit 110, a consumer setting information setting unit 120, a push message notification unit 130, an information exchange request unit 140, and a chat window. The providing unit 150, the communication unit 160, the input unit 170, and the display unit 180 are included. The message registration unit 110, the consumer setting information setting unit 120, the push message notification unit 130, the information exchange request unit 140, and the chat window providing unit 150 are information brokerage services installed in the user terminal 100. Can be included in the application.

The user terminal 100 is a terminal capable of installing an information brokerage service application, for example, a smartphone, a general purpose PC, a notebook PC, a tablet equipped with an operating system for a mobile terminal such as Apple's iOS, Google's Android, etc. PC or the like.

The application for the information brokerage service may be pre-loaded in the terminal or downloaded and installed from the information brokerage server 200 at the request of the user. Hereinafter, it is assumed that the information brokerage service application is installed in the terminal. Shall be.

When the user terminal 100 is used as a consumer terminal, the message registration unit 110 registers an inquiry message requiring information brokerage, that is, an answer to a predetermined supplier, from the consumer. The inquiry message is a content that a consumer wants to contact a predetermined supplier (e.g., a supplier who manages a lodging property in the case of a consumer who wants to book a lodging property) (e.g., the type of accommodation required, Price data, etc.), and image data may be added as necessary. In the case of image data, for example, when an information brokerage service is used to find a lost child, the usual picture of the lost child may be included in the inquiry message so that the suppliers may use the lost child in the process of finding the lost child.

If the user terminal 100 is used as a consumer terminal, the consumer setting information setting unit 120 sets the consumer setting information related to the inquiry message registered by the consumer according to the consumer's input. The consumer setting information may include region information about a region where a consumer wants to find a predetermined supplier according to information mediation, that is, region of a supplier, and may further include item information that refines search conditions of a supplier to find as needed. .

The local information is a location searched using the current location of the user terminal 100 used as the consumer terminal or the coordinates, the region name, the building name, and the address input by the consumer, and a mediation of a predetermined size to find a provider based on the location. It may include a radius for specifying the zone.

Further, according to another embodiment, the area information may be area information on the administrative district. Here, the provider terminal may determine whether the provider terminal exists in the corresponding administrative area by using the previously stored map information, and if it is determined that the location information of the supplier terminal exists in the corresponding administrative area on the map information, an inquiry message may be transmitted to the supplier terminal. have. For example, when a consumer enters a region name of Seoul in the user terminal 100, an inquiry message may be delivered to a provider terminal located in Seoul.

In the case of the current location of the user terminal 100, by using the mobile communication network to determine whether there is a presence at the location according to whether the user terminal 100 is included in the cell area of the mobile communication repeater performing communication or It may be determined by using a location search method used for a location-based service, such as a method using a GPS coordinate value obtainable using a global positioning system (GPS) module installed in the user terminal 100.

In the case of the location searched by the consumer, one or more of coordinates, region name, building name, address, etc. is input into a predetermined input field provided in the display screen according to the operation of the information brokerage service application, and the map service connected through the mobile communication network. It may be determined by communicating with a providing server (for example, a map server such as Naver, Daum, Google, etc.) to find a corresponding location and display it on the screen.

Once a specific location is determined, a radius around that location can be determined to determine the intermediary area where the supplier is located, who can provide answers to the inquiry messages the consumer wants to request. The mediation zone may be selected by directly inputting a number or selecting one of values within a predetermined range through manipulation of a keypad, a predetermined button (for example, a volume control button), or a touch screen provided in the user terminal 100. The radius for determining can be determined.

Area information that has been set once, such as a predetermined intermediary zone determined by determining the location and radius, may be set as the area of interest as needed, and may be set in advance without determining a separate location or radius when using information brokerage services later. You can also choose one of the regions to use as local information.

The item information is categorized into major, medium, and small categories according to the kind of information that can be provided through the information brokerage service, so that consumers can make classification decisions that match their supplier search conditions. You will increase your chances of getting it.

For example, there are items such as commodity information, knowledge information, social networking information, local information, shopping mall information, etc. Among these, social classification information includes local search, job search, people search, age search, hobby search, etc. There are the same items, and among these, sub-categories related to people search may include items such as finding a family, finding gifts, finding lost children, finding friends, and finding alumni.

When the user terminal 100 is used as a provider terminal, the push message notification unit 130 displays the contents through the display unit 180 through a push notification function when an inquiry message is received through the communication unit 160. . When the inquiry message is received through the communication unit 160, even if the information brokerage service application is not executed, the push message notification unit 130 may be activated by the background operation signal, and the inquiry message may be normally displayed on the screen. .

The inquiry message is a text message that requires a location-based answer to a supplier located in a mediation zone designated by a consumer who registered it, and may be, for example, a text type. In order to display the mediation zone designated by the consumer, the inquiry message may be displayed together with a map indicating the mediation zone in association with a map API mounted on the user terminal 100. In addition, in displaying the inquiry message, only a part of the text may be displayed, and the entire text may be displayed or image data included in the inquiry message may be displayed together with the selection of the supplier.

When the user terminal 100 is used as a provider terminal, the information exchange request unit 140 transmits a message or a one-on-one conversation to a consumer who has registered an inquiry message by a supplier who can check the inquiry message displayed on the screen. It makes it possible to request information exchanges, such as trying to.

When the inquiry message is displayed on the screen of the provider terminal, a button icon such as 'conversation' or 'send message' may be provided at the bottom of the screen or may be provided as a separate menu item. Therefore, the supplier may request the information intermediation server 200 to send the information exchange request message to the consumer terminal that registered the inquiry message by selecting the corresponding button icon or menu item.

The information exchange request unit 140 receives the response contents related to the inquiry message from the supplier, and then transmits the response contents together with the user identification information corresponding to the inquiry message selected by the supplier through the communication unit 160, the information relay server 200. Will be sent to.

When the consumer terminal receives the information exchange request from the provider terminal through the information broker server 200, the holder of the consumer terminal may accept or reject the information exchange. In this case, if the information exchange request is a request for a one-to-one conversation, the chat terminal providing unit 150 is activated in the consumer terminal that receives the information exchange request and the provider terminal that transmits the request. Data can be transmitted between text and images.

Through the chat window, the consumer can share more in-depth information with the supplier about the contents of the inquiry, and based on this, the exchange or transaction of a predetermined good or service can be made.

The communication unit 160 is connected to the information broker server 200 through a communication network to transmit and receive various data between the user terminal 100 and the information broker server 200, the basic call function, the Internet function of the user terminal 100 Ensure that the back is provided smoothly.

When the user terminal 100 is used as a consumer terminal, the communicator 160 stores the inquiry message registered by the message register 110 and the consumer setting information set by the consumer setting information setting unit 120 together with the terminal identification information. The information is transmitted to the mediation server 200. The terminal identification information is information for identifying the consumer terminal and includes at least one of a phone number, a MIN, and a token. In addition, the communication unit 160 may receive a request for information exchange with the terminal identification information from the provider terminal to provide an answer corresponding to the inquiry message from the information relay server 200.

When the user terminal 100 is used as a provider terminal, the communication unit 160 is pushed by the inquiry message registered by any consumer terminal from the information broker server 200, and the information exchange request of the supplier to respond to the information Transfer to the mediation server 200.

When the chat window is activated, the communicator 160 receives data such as text or image input through the counterpart terminal or transmits data such as text or image input through the user terminal.

The input unit 170 is a means for receiving or selecting various information or data from a holder of the user terminal 100. For example, the input unit 170 may be one of a keypad, a button, a touch screen, and the like provided in the user terminal 100.

The display unit 180 is a means for displaying a screen according to the driving of the information brokerage service application, and displaying the information or data received through the information broker server 200 or directly input through the input unit 170 to be identified. For example, it may be made of LCD, OLED and the like. When the display unit 180 is a touch screen, the input unit 170 and the display unit 180 may be implemented as one module.

As described above, the user terminal 100 in which the information brokerage service application is installed may be a consumer terminal and / or a provider terminal according to a method used by the holder of the terminal, and includes a message register unit 110 and a consumer setting information setting unit 120. ), When the chat window providing unit 150 is used as a consumer terminal, the push message notification unit 130, the information exchange request unit 140, the chat window providing unit 150 is activated when used as a provider terminal Can be.

3 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an information relay server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the information broker server 200 according to the present embodiment includes a server communication unit 210, a provider search unit 220, a message push unit 230, and an information broker 240.

The server communication unit 210 communicates with the user terminal 100 in which the information brokerage service application shown in FIG. 1 is installed through a communication network. As described above, when a separate push server 300 exists, the push server 300 may also communicate with the push server 300.

The server communication unit 210 receives the consumer setting information and the inquiry message together with the information brokering service initiation request from the consumer terminal. The inquiry message may be simultaneously pushed to one or more provider terminals searched by the provider search unit 220 to be described later.

In addition, the server communication unit 210 may receive an information exchange request together with the terminal identification information from the provider terminal, and transmit the information exchange request to the consumer terminal corresponding to the terminal identification information.

When the provider search unit 220 receives the push request of the inquiry message from the consumer terminal through the server communication unit 210, the provider search unit 220 searches for a target to which the corresponding inquiry message is to be pushed, that is, a suitable provider.

The supplier search unit 220 searches for a supplier desired by the consumer in a location based manner by using the consumer setting information included in the inquiry message push request transmitted from the consumer terminal.

First, a mediation zone corresponding to the regional information included in the consumer setting information is determined, and members located in the mediation zone are searched from the member database.

To this end, the provider search unit 220 may determine the provider terminal based on the member information of the members whose member positions are in the mediation zone. As described above, the member location is updated by periodically searching the current location of the user terminal through the mobile communication network or performing a real-time search whenever the provider search unit 220 needs to search for a provider according to a newly requested inquiry message. Can be. Alternatively, a location separately registered by a member (eg, business location, etc.) may be used as a member location.

In addition, not only the member location is within the intermediary zone, but also a detailed search for a supplier corresponding to the item information included in the consumer setting information may be customized to search for a supplier suitable for the consumer.

By matching the item information set by the consumer with the division information in the member information, a member having contents matching each other may be selected as a supplier. Here, the classification information may include one or more of a member's gender, age, hometown, school of origin, business type, business location, and the like.

For example, if a consumer wants to buy an apartment in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, he / she can set up item information related to real estate brokerage, and among the members who subscribe to the information brokerage service, the subsidiary business is a real estate brokerage company. Can be selected.

The message pushing unit 230 pushes and transmits an inquiry message from the consumer terminal received through the server communication unit 210 to the provider terminal corresponding to the supplier information retrieved by the supplier searching unit 220. Through push transmission, even if an application for information brokerage service is not currently running in a provider terminal to which a message is transmitted, a background operation can notify a supplier in real time that there is a consumer who wants a response.

If there is a separate push server 300, the message push unit 230 may request a push while transmitting identification information about the provider terminal to push the inquiry message and the inquiry message to push to the push server 300.

When the information broker 240 checks the pushed inquiry message and requests a supplier to exchange information using the provider terminal, the information broker 240 exchanges information between the consumer terminal and the consumer terminal corresponding to the inquiry message. The provider terminal making the request is communicatively connected to each other.

First, the information broker 240 notifies that there is a provider terminal to provide an answer to the consumer terminal, and then receives a response to the information exchange request from the consumer terminal. The consumer terminal may transmit a response such as accept or reject to the request for information exchange.

If the response received in response to the information exchange request is acceptance, the information broker 240 transmits an acceptance response to the provider terminal and enables the chat window providing unit 150 to be activated on both the consumer terminal and the provider terminal, and the consumer terminal Establish a connection between the terminal and the provider terminal to facilitate smooth information exchange.

If the received response to the information exchange request is a rejection, the information broker 240 transmits a rejection response to the provider terminal and does not establish a connection between the consumer terminal and the provider terminal.

The information broker server 200 according to the present embodiment searches for a provider terminal using location-based search as requested by the consumer terminal, and facilitates information exchange between the terminals. The new concept enables the bi-directional, bilateral information, trade and exchange of goods.

In the above description, the information relay server 200 transmits the inquiry message to the provider terminal based on the push method. However, according to an embodiment, the provider terminal periodically communicates with the information relay server 200 and accumulates at least for a predetermined time. After receiving an inquiry message about one consumer, the message may be displayed on the screen in a predetermined order or all together on a map or a list.

Hereinafter, a method of providing an information brokerage service in an information brokerage system including a user terminal and an information brokerage server will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing an information brokerage service in an information brokerage system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Here, it will be described on the assumption that the consumer terminal 100a or the provider terminal 100b is provided with an information brokerage service application, and the consumer and the supplier are members subscribed to the information brokerage service.

In operation S400, the consumer terminal 100a receives consumer setting information from the consumer who wants to use the information brokerage service. The consumer setting information to be set includes regional information including information on a location and a radius related to the information brokerage service, and may further include item information that subdivided the conditions for the supplier as necessary.

In step S405, the consumer terminal 100a receives a query message from the consumer who wants to use the information brokerage service. The inquiry message is a message about the contents of an inquiry that a real consumer wants to obtain an answer from a supplier when using an information brokerage service, and includes one or more of text data, image data, and the like.

In operation S410, the consumer terminal 100a transmits the set consumer setting information and the registered inquiry message to the information broker server 200 together with the terminal identification information and requests the information brokerage service to start. The terminal identification information is for identifying the consumer terminal 100a, and when the supplier terminal 100b makes a request for information exchange, it is utilized.

In step S415, the information relay server 200 searches for a provider terminal 100b corresponding to the consumer setting information included in the information brokerage service request received from the consumer terminal 100a. To this end, the mediation zone corresponding to the regional information included in the consumer setting information is determined, and the provider terminal 100b currently located in the mediation zone is searched.

Here, the location of the provider terminal 100b in the intermediary zone means that the current location of the provider terminal 100b is in the intermediary zone, or the location information is located in the intermediary zone, such as the location of the business, among the pieces of information in the member information pre-registered by the supplier. It includes at least one of.

In addition, the information intermediary server 200 may further search for a provider that meets a more detailed condition using the item information. Only major categories such as commodity information, knowledge information, network information, local information, mall information, etc., and suppliers suitable for the sub-categories and sub-categories for each of them can be searched. To this end, the provider may be included in the push transmission target only when the classification information in the member information registered in advance by the supplier is compared with the item information set by the consumer.

In step S420, the information relay server 200 simultaneously pushes and transmits the inquiry message received from the consumer terminal 100a to the found one or more provider terminals 100b.

When a separate push server 300 is connected, the information relay server 200 performs a push request while transmitting terminal identification information about the provider terminal 100b to send the inquiry message and the inquiry message to the push server 300. You may. In this case, the push server 300 pushes the inquiry message to the provider terminal 100b identified by the terminal identification information according to the push request from the information mediation server 200.

In step S425, the provider terminal 100b performs a push notification on the push message, that is, the inquiry message received from the information mediation server 200 (or the push server 300). The provider terminal 100b may perform a push notification indicating that an inquiry message has arrived regardless of whether the information brokerage service application is running.

Some or all of the inquiry message can be displayed on the screen, and information about the mediation zone set by the consumer may be displayed together. Alternatively, the consumer terminal 100a may be displayed as an icon on a map in conjunction with a map API, and a part or all of the inquiry message may be displayed together with a bubble or the like.

When the supplier who confirms the push message is able to answer the inquiry, in step S430, the provider terminal 100b transmits an answer message according to the user's user input, and exchanges information about the corresponding consumer terminal 100a through the information relay server. Request 200. The request for information exchange may be, for example, a message transfer or a one-to-one conversation request.

In step S435, the information intermediary server 200 notifies that there is an information exchange request while transmitting a response message to the corresponding consumer terminal 100a in response to the information exchange request from the provider terminal 100b.

In step S440, the consumer terminal 100a is input whether or not to accept the information exchange request according to the selection of the consumer. If you want to exchange information, you will accept the response to the request for information exchange, if you do not want to exchange the information will be rejected response to the request.

In step S445, the information relay server 200 receives a response to the information exchange request from the consumer terminal 100a, and transmits the response to the provider terminal 100b in step S450.

If the response to the information exchange request is an acceptance response, in step S455, the information relay server 200 establishes a communication connection between the consumer terminal 100a and the provider terminal 100b, activates a chat window, and further exchanges information. Allows trading of goods, etc.

If the response to the information exchange request is a rejection response, the information relay server 200 does not establish any communication connection between the consumer terminal 100a and the provider terminal 100b.

The steps performed by the consumer terminal 100a or the provider terminal 100b in the above-described information brokerage service providing method represent operations of the information brokerage service application, and are time-series sequenced by a software program installed or downloaded and installed in the user terminal. It is obvious that the process may be performed by an automated procedure. In addition, it is apparent that the steps performed by the information mediation server 200 in the above-described information mediation service providing method may be performed by an automated procedure in a time-series order by a software program embedded in the information mediation server 200. . The codes and code segments that make up the program can be easily deduced by a computer programmer in the field. In addition, the program is stored in a computer-readable information storage medium, and the program is read and executed by a computer to implement the method. The information storage medium includes a magnetic recording medium, an optical recording medium, and a carrier wave medium.

The information intermediary service providing method in the information intermediary system according to the present invention relates to the transaction and exchange of interactive information and goods on a remote system regardless of the place and area, the sale of goods, lodging, transportation, reservation, hospital It can be applied to services such as various types of information and sharing, human network management such as network management.

In this embodiment, the information that the consumer wants to inquire about and obtains an answer relates to the goods or services to be purchased. For example, in the case of a commodity transaction, it may be product detailed information such as the name, price, and function of the corresponding product. In the case of reservation service, it may be reservation information of a lodging facility, reservation information of a hospital, reservation information of a meeting place, etc. In the case of finding a lost child, it may be a notification content corresponding to the impression of a lost child provided by a consumer. The information brokering service according to the present invention may be used in various areas where a pattern of. Exemplary embodiments to which the information intermediation service providing method according to the present invention is applicable will be described.

5 and 6 are exemplary views of a driving screen of an application for information brokerage service according to an embodiment of the present invention. 5 and 6, it is assumed that the information brokering service providing method according to the present invention is applied to finding a lost child.

Referring to FIG. 5A, an initial screen of an information brokerage service application is shown. It assumes 'echo' as the name of the application, but it should be understood that this is just one example.

Referring to (b) of FIG. 5, in requesting an information brokerage service from a consumer terminal, priority setting of region information is made. When the upper position setting tab is selected, an input field for searching a region is provided, and a selection button for a region of interest previously searched and registered may be provided. In addition, a bar for setting a radius is displayed at the bottom of the map, and a radius desired by a consumer within a predetermined range may be determined according to a touch operation or a pressing operation of a specific button. In this way, the setting of the location information is completed by setting the desired location and radius in connection with the map API.

Referring to FIG. 5C, an item setting may be additionally performed to search for a systematic and reliable supplier in the consumer terminal. As the classification for setting the item, as illustrated in (c) of FIG. 5, the classification items such as item information, knowledge information, network information, local information, mall information, etc., area search, job search, person search, and age search , Sub-categories, such as hobbies, family search, gifts, missing children, friends, classmates, and so on.

In this example, detailed items of network information / person search / mia search are selected to indicate that the service desired by the current consumer is related to child search.

Referring to FIG. 5D, after the setting of the consumer setting information is completed in the consumer terminal, an inquiry message may be input. The missing time, missing position, and impression of the missing child may be input as text, and one or more of the pictures previously stored in the consumer terminal may be registered so that the face or physical characteristics of the missing child may be checked. In addition, important information such as the missing location may be input by being divided into separate input fields.

If the send button is selected afterwards, the consumer setting information and the inquiry message related to the missing child are transmitted from the consumer terminal to the information broker server, and the information brokering service is started.

In response to this, when the information relay server performs a provider search and pushes a message related to the information brokerage service to the selected provider terminal according to the search result, the provider terminal requests the consumer on the map as illustrated in (a) of FIG. 6. A predetermined icon may be generated at the location set by the user, and a part or all of the inquiry message or a summary thereof may be displayed on the screen through a bubble or the like.

Referring to FIG. 6B, when selecting one of icons related to one or more information brokerage services displayed on a map, the entire inquiry message registered by the consumer may be displayed on the screen in detail.

At the bottom of the screen, there is a 'Conversation' button and 'Send Note' button.In case of a supplier who finds or has a lost child, select one of the above buttons to exchange information with the consumer. You can request

Referring to (c) of FIG. 6, the receiver terminal receiving the information exchange request from the information mediation server displays a notification regarding the information exchange request together with the response message sent by the supplier. I will wait.

The consumer may choose to accept or reject the request for further information exchange by referring to the reply message sent by the supplier.

If the rejection is selected, the connection between the consumer terminal and the provider terminal is not established. If the acceptance is selected, the chat window is activated as illustrated in (d) of FIG. 6 so that the consumer and the supplier exchange contents related to the lost child. As a result, bidirectional information exchange can be performed smoothly.

In another embodiment, an information brokering service providing method according to the present invention is applied to real estate brokerage as follows.

In the case of a consumer who wants to check the real estate for sale in a specific region, he / she establishes regional information about the area where the real estate is located and item information about the real estate brokerage through the consumer terminal, and then finds the type of transaction (sale, lease, rent) Etc.), real estate price, real estate size, etc. are registered as an inquiry message and transmitted to the information broker server.

When the information broker server searches for a real estate agent located in the mediation zone corresponding to the local information and pushes the message registered by the consumer to the provider terminal he possesses, the provider (real estate agent) has a real estate transaction suitable for the message content. Or, if you can meet the requirements of the consumer will be asked to exchange information with the consumer.

The consumer may allow information exchange with a supplier who presents a condition suitable for one of the suppliers who requested the information exchange, and additionally, through a chat window, information exchange, meeting appointment, transaction reservation, etc. may be performed.

As another embodiment, the case where the information brokerage service providing method according to the present invention is applied to the accommodation reservation is as follows.

If you are a traveler (consumer) who is planning a trip to a specific area, you can set up regional information and accommodation information about the area through the consumer's terminal, and then send inquiries about the conditions such as the facilities and prices of the accommodation company you want to find. Register and send to the information broker server.

When the information broker server searches for a lodging located within the mediation zone corresponding to the local information and pushes the message registered by the consumer to the registered provider terminal for the lodging provider, the provider (the lodging provider) will stay suitable for the message content. If you have facilities or can meet the consumer's requirements, you will be asked to exchange information with the consumer.

The consumer can allow the information exchange with the supplier who presents the conditions suitable for the supplier who requested the information exchange, and can perform the information exchange for the reservation of the accommodation company through the chat window.

As another embodiment, the case where the information brokering service providing method according to the present invention is applied to the hospital search is as follows.

If there is a patient who needs urgent care due to an emergency situation, the patient, guardian or patient transporter (consumer) sets up local information about the current location and item information about the emergency room through the consumer terminal and then Conditions such as treatment availability, emergency room situation, number of patients, and whether there is an empty room are registered as inquiry messages and transmitted to the information brokerage server.

When the information relay server searches for a hospital located in a mediation zone corresponding to local information and pushes a message registered by the consumer to a registered provider terminal for the hospital, the provider (hospital) has an emergency room suitable for the message content. Or, if you can meet the requirements of the consumer will be asked to exchange information with the consumer.

The consumer is allowed to exchange information with a supplier who presents a condition suitable for one of the suppliers who requested the information exchange, and can additionally perform information exchange for a hospital emergency room reservation through a chat window.

That is, the patient may be provided with optimal medical services for emergency patients by requesting the hospital information that the patient can receive appropriate treatment during the transfer of the emergency, and responding to the hospital in accordance with the conditions.

As another embodiment, the case where the information brokering service providing method according to the present invention is applied to the search for a meeting place is as follows.

For a meeting organizer (consumer) who has to lead a large number of people and find a meeting place in a hurry, set up local information about the current location and item information about the place search through the consumer terminal, and then find the characteristics of the meeting place and reservation Conditions such as availability or not, ensuring availability for the number of people are registered as inquiry messages and transmitted to the information broker server.

When the information mediation server searches for a meeting place (meeting room, restaurant, karaoke, pub, etc.) located in the mediation zone corresponding to the local information, pushes the message registered by the consumer to the registered provider terminal for the meeting place. If there is a suitable seat for the message content or can meet the requirements of the consumer, the request for information exchange with the consumer.

The consumer may allow the information exchange with the supplier who presents the conditions suitable for the supplier who requested the information exchange, and perform the information exchange for the reservation of the meeting place through the chat window.

As another embodiment, the case where the information brokering service providing method according to the present invention is applied to network management is as follows.

In the case of a reunion chairman (consumer) who hosts an elementary school reunion, after setting the local information about the current location and the item information about the reunion through the consumer terminal, the conditions such as the alumni member to be searched are registered as an inquiry message to the information brokerage server. send.

When the information broker server searches for a reunion member located in a mediation zone corresponding to local information and pushes a message registered by the consumer to the supplier terminal registered for the reunion member, the supplier can participate in the reunion according to the message content. Request for information exchange with the consumer.

A consumer can allow information exchange with a supplier who presents a condition suitable for one of the suppliers who requested the information exchange, and can additionally perform information exchange for attending alumni association through a chat window.

This makes it possible to get out of alumni where only a few participate, and to recruit a larger number of alumni, and to connect with social networks wherever and whenever they need it.

As described above, the method for providing information brokerage service according to the present invention has the effect of changing the pattern of demand / supply system of various goods and services to enable bi-directional and multi-functional information sharing and trading. It is possible to exchange and broker.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as defined in the following claims And changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

100, 100-1, 100-2, 100-n: user terminal
100a: consumer terminal 100b: supplier terminal
110: message register 120: consumer setting information setting unit
130: push message notification unit 140: information exchange request unit
150: chat window providing unit 160: communication unit
170: input unit 180: display unit
200: information relay server 210: server communication unit
220: provider search unit 230: message pushing unit
240: information broker

Claims (18)

An information relay service providing method performed by an information relay server connected to a consumer terminal and at least one provider terminal.
Receiving, from the consumer terminal, a request for starting an information brokerage service including consumer setting information for determining a location of a supplier and an inquiry message requiring an answer from the supplier;
Searching for a provider terminal owned by a provider located in an intermediary zone determined based on regional information included in the consumer setting information, and having an application for information brokerage service installed therein, wherein the location of the provider terminal is determined using a mobile communication network; Searching by using a GPS coordinate value obtainable by using a GPS (Global Positioning System) module mounted in a cell area of a mobile communication repeater in which the provider terminal communicates or a provider terminal;
Pushing the inquiry message to all provider terminals in which the information brokerage service application is installed among provider terminals located in the mediation area;
Receiving an information exchange request including an answer message corresponding to the inquiry message from the provider terminal;
Transmitting the request for information exchange to the consumer terminal; And
Receiving a response to the information exchange request from the consumer terminal, and transmitting the response to the provider terminal that sent the information exchange request,
The information relay server establishes a communication connection between the consumer terminal and the provider terminal when the response is the acceptance of the information exchange request, and activates a chat window between the consumer terminal and the provider terminal, and the response is the information. If the rejection of the exchange request does not establish a communication connection between the consumer terminal and the provider terminal,
The region information includes the location set by the consumer through the consumer terminal, information about a radius for determining the intermediary zone based on the location, and regional information on an administrative district, and the administration terminal when searching for the provider terminal. Searching for a provider terminal corresponding to area information on an area and located within a radius for determining the intermediary area based on a location set by the consumer;
The inquiry message includes the type of transaction of the property, the price of the property and the size of the property,
The consumer setting information further includes item information on a supplier search condition categorized into major, medium, and small categories set by the consumer through the consumer terminal.
The searching step may additionally limit and search to a provider terminal corresponding to the supplier search condition according to the item information.
The information brokerage service application is an information brokerage service providing method, characterized in that for identifying the consumer terminal and the provider terminal using the telephone number of each terminal.
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If a push server is connected to the information relay server,
In the push transmission step, the information relay server transmits the identification information of the provider terminal searched to the push server, and requesting the push of the inquiry message, characterized in that the request.
delete delete delete delete delete delete A recording medium tangibly embodied and readable by a digital processing device, the program of instructions being executed by the digital processing device for carrying out the method of providing information intermediary service according to any one of claims 1 to 6. .
An information relay server which is connected with a consumer terminal and one or more provider terminals to provide an information brokerage service.
A server communication unit for requesting the information brokerage service to be started from the consumer terminal including the consumer setting information for determining the location of the supplier and an inquiry message requiring the answer of the supplier;
A provider search unit, which is located in a mediation zone determined based on regional information included in the consumer setting information, searches for a provider terminal on which an application for information brokerage service is installed, wherein the location of the provider terminal uses a mobile communication network. Searching by using a GPS coordinate value obtainable by using a GPS (Global Positioning System) module preloaded in the cell area of the mobile communication repeater where the provider terminal communicates with the provider terminal;
A message pushing unit for pushing and sending the inquiry message to all provider terminals in which the information brokerage service application is installed among the provider terminals located in the mediation zone; And
Receiving an information exchange request including an answer message corresponding to the inquiry message from the provider terminal, and including an information broker for transmitting the information exchange request to the consumer terminal,
The information broker receives a response to the request for information exchange from the consumer terminal, transmits the response to a provider terminal that has transmitted the information exchange request, and if the response is acceptance of the information exchange request, the consumer terminal. Establish a communication connection between the provider terminal and the provider terminal and activate a chat window between the consumer terminal and the provider terminal, and establish a communication connection between the consumer terminal and the supplier terminal when the response is a rejection of the request for information exchange. Do not
The region information includes the location set by the consumer through the consumer terminal, information about a radius for determining the intermediary zone based on the location, and regional information on an administrative district, and the administration terminal when searching for the provider terminal. Searching for a provider terminal corresponding to area information on an area and located within a radius for determining the intermediary area based on a location set by the consumer;
The inquiry message includes the type of transaction of the property, the price of the property and the size of the property,
The consumer setting information further includes item information on a supplier search condition categorized into major, medium, and small categories set by the consumer through the consumer terminal.
The supplier search unit additionally searches for a provider terminal corresponding to the supplier search condition according to the item information.
The information brokerage service application is an information relay server, characterized in that for identifying the consumer terminal and the provider terminal using the phone number of each terminal. delete delete delete delete

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