KR101638453B1 - Application open marketplace system and method for users of group, and apparatus applied to the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention discloses an application open market system and method for customers belonging to a group such as a company or a club, and a device applied thereto. The application open market system for a customer belonging to a group according to the present invention is a system for providing an application targeting a customer belonging to a group to an open market in a flexible manner in response to various demands of customers belonging to the group Lt; / RTI > Accordingly, the present invention can contribute to the activation of the open market by spreading the target range of the open market service object from the existing individual to the group member, and it can accommodate various needs of the group, It can contribute to diffusion.

Applications, Open Market

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to an application open market system and method for customers belonging to a group,

The present invention relates to an online electronic commerce system, a mobile application, a terminal control technology, and a traffic control technology. More particularly, the present invention relates to an application for a customer belonging to a group such as an enterprise or a club, To an application open market system and method for customers belonging to a group in order to flexibly respond to open market offerings, and a device applied thereto.

Open Market is a concept that anyone can sell or buy on the Internet, and Apple has launched an open market 'Application Store' to provide applications for the iPhone.

Since its opening in July 2008, the 'Application Store' has registered about 28,000 applications by March 2009, and the number of cumulative downloads exceeds 500 million.

Since the 'Application Store', Google has opened 'Android Market', Samsung (Samsung Applications Store), Nokia (Ovi Store) and Windows Marketplace for Mobile (MS)

The development of the smartphone is the background of the activation of the open market. A smartphone is a terminal equipped with a GPOS (General Purpose Operating System), which is characterized in that various applications are run on the GPOS. As the proportion of smartphones increases, the open market is expected to become more active, and the activation of open markets also contributes to the activation of smartphones.

The existing open market is targeted at individual users in order to realize economies of scale. In other words, more buyers are needed to activate the market, and as the number of buyers increases, the participation of developers increases, and more goods are introduced into the open market.

More and more goods are motivated to attract more users by making the open market more active. To achieve this virtuous cycle structure, existing markets have been operated in an open format.

In the case of companies, the mobile work environment that enables work while on the move is being built for the efficiency of the business members. Smart phones are at the center of this mobile work environment. Using smartphones with applications that are related to tasks such as email and electronic payments, corporate members can work on the go.

In a situation where the activation of smart phones is being driven by open market and corporate demands, the two environments have conflicting requirements. That is to say, in the case of enterprises, open market demands an open environment for economies of scale, while demands for mobile environments are required because of various demands and security threats depending on the environment of the enterprise.

As a result, there is a need for measures to meet both open market and corporate market needs.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an application for a customer belonging to a group in an open market in response to various demands of customers belonging to the group And to provide an application open market system and method for customers belonging to the group to be provided, and a device applied thereto.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an application as a member of a group and an application requested by a member individual to a terminal device (e.g., a smart phone) used by the user in the position of a member belonging to a predetermined group The present invention provides an application open market system and method for customers belonging to a group that maximizes the utilization of a terminal device (e.g., a smart phone) by accommodating all of the applications.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and a method for managing a terminal device (e.g., a smart phone) belonging to a group that can achieve an increase in work efficiency and cost efficiency, An application open market system and method for a customer, and a device applied thereto.

To achieve the above object, according to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an application open market system for a customer belonging to a group, including at least one group member terminal device for utilizing an application in a group to which an application belongs, An application open market server for setting login permission for the group member and an access level for the application of the group member according to an application utilization right of the group member corresponding to the device, And a menu and rights management server for providing the application open market server with a service menu differentially formed according to the providing information and the member information to form the application utilization right.

Preferably, when the group member terminal device requests purchase of the application through the service menu, the application open market server may allow the group member terminal device to settle the group according to the application utilization right, And to make a payment.

Preferably, the application open market system for the group customer further comprises a settlement server for executing a settlement process corresponding to the settlement request from the application open market server.

Preferably, the application open market system for a customer belonging to the group includes a management terminal apparatus that requests terminal management of the group member terminal apparatus to the application open market server, and a management terminal apparatus And a terminal management server for executing at least one of installing, deleting, and upgrading the application to the group member terminal device after receiving the management of the application.

In order to achieve the above object, according to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an application open market server device for a customer belonging to a group, the application open market server device including at least one group An interface unit for connecting to the member terminal apparatuses via the network, an authentication execution unit for executing authentication for the group members according to application utilization rights of group members corresponding to the group member terminal apparatuses, a service formed differentially according to the application utilization rights A menu constructing unit for providing a menu to the group member terminal device and a control unit for, when receiving an information provision request for the application through the service menu, limiting access levels for the application corresponding to the application utilization right It characterized in that it comprises an application service that provides information about the application group.

Preferably, when the group member terminal device requests purchase of the application through the service menu, the application open market server device of the application open market system for customers belonging to the group And a settlement unit for processing the settlement for the purchase in cooperation with an application sales unit for making a payment to the group or guiding the settlement to the group member and a settlement system corresponding to the selected settlement type, do.

Preferably, the application open market server device of the application open market system targeting the customers belonging to the group, when the terminal management request for the group member terminal device is received, , And an application management unit for executing at least one of updating, deleting, and upgrading.

Preferably, the application sales unit is a payment for an application other than the group related application previously registered as corresponding to the group, when payment is made to the group member.

Preferably, the application sales unit provides an inquiry function for the purchased purchase history of the group.

Advantageously, said application comprises an application based on a mobile network.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an application open market operating method for a customer belonging to a group, the method comprising the steps of: An authentication execution step of authenticating the group member by confirming an application utilization right of a group member corresponding to the group member terminal device; A menu configuration step for providing a service menu formed differentially to the group member terminal device;

And an application service step of providing information on the application with the access level for the application corresponding to the application utilization right as a limit when the information providing request for the application is received through the service menu .

Preferably, the application open market operating method for a customer belonging to the group includes: when the group member terminal device requests purchase of the application through the service menu, And a payment step of processing payment for the purchase in cooperation with a payment system corresponding to the selected payment method and an application selling step for guiding the payment to the group member.

Preferably, the application open market operating method for a customer belonging to the group further includes an inquiry step of providing a inquiry function for purchase details settled to the group.

In order to achieve the above object, a terminal management method in an application open market for a customer belonging to a group according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is characterized by providing an application for a customer belonging to a group, A method for operating an application open market server apparatus for managing at least one group member terminal apparatus utilizing at least one group member terminal apparatus, the method comprising: receiving, from a management terminal apparatus of the group, An authentication executing step of authenticating the management terminal device by confirming the authority of the administrator who has accepted the request and performing authentication of the connection through the management terminal device when the upgrade request for the application is received from the management terminal device; The group member terminal apparatus That is provided is characterized in that it comprises a step of application upgrade to execute upgraded for the application.

Preferably, a terminal management method in an application open market targeting a customer belonging to the group includes installing the application in at least one of the at least one group member terminal apparatuses from the management terminal apparatus, Installing or deleting an application to install the application on at least one corresponding one of the at least one group member terminal apparatuses or to delete or stop using the application when a request to suspend use of the application is received And further comprising:

Preferably, the method for managing a terminal in an application open market targeting a customer belonging to the group is performed after the execution of at least one of upgrade, installation, deletion, And a completion notifying step of notifying the execution completion message.

Therefore, according to the present invention, an application targeting a customer belonging to a group (for example, an enterprise or a club) can be provided in an open market in response to various demands of customers belonging to the group, Can contribute to the activation of the open market by allowing the existing individuals to spread the scope of the group as a member of the group, and it can accommodate diverse needs of groups such as companies or clubs, thereby contributing to the spread of smart phones and mobile applications There is an advantage.

In addition, the present invention is advantageous in that a group can manage the use of a smartphone by a member, and can prevent unnecessary applications from being purchased, thereby reducing cost.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of an application open market system for customers belonging to a group according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a configuration diagram of an application open market system for customers belonging to a group according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown only by way of example in FIG. 1, an application open market system for a customer belonging to a group may comprise at least an application having an application for use in a group (e.g., an activity for a business in a company or an activity for a club) In response to a login request of one or more group member terminal devices 110 and group member terminal devices 110, the member information and the like are checked, and it is determined whether or not the login is permitted. An application open market server 200 for setting an access level for an application of a member, an authentication server 500 for providing the member information in the above, and an application open market server 200, A service menu that is formed differentially according to the received member information (i.e., Depending on the open market, providing server 200. The menu window is determined), the application is activated, depending on the application-level access to the comprise members of the menus and the rights management server (300) to set the application utilization rights.

Here, when the application open market server 200 receives a purchase request for a predetermined application through the service menu from the group member terminal device 110, the application open market server 200 transmits a payment request Guide the user to select an object.

Specifically, when the application purchased in the above is registered for utilization in the group, it is set to perform payment for the cost in the group.

However, if the application purchased in the above is not registered for use in the business of the company or activity of the club, and the application is an application that the member intends to purchase personally, the individual member pays the fee.

Accordingly, it is possible for the group member terminal device 110 to have both applications for application to a group such as processing a corporation's business or support activities of a club, and applications for individual members to utilize.

In addition, not only can an application for business processing be provided, but applications other than the application can be blocked or members can be settled and paid for in the position of the group. In addition, the groups can be provided to a plurality of group member terminal devices 110 belonging to the group (Such as installing, deleting, upgrading, or providing pop-ups) for an application.

In response to such a configuration, an application open market system for customers belonging to a group includes a settlement server 400 for executing a corresponding settlement processing in response to a settlement request from the application open market server 200, The management terminal apparatus 700 that requests terminal management of the group member terminal apparatus 110 to the server 200 and the management of the application corresponding to the terminal management request from the application open market server 200, It is preferable that the terminal management server 600 further includes a terminal management server 600 for executing at least one of application installation, deletion, upgrade, and pop-up provisioning to the member terminal device 110.

Here, the group member terminal device 110 can be composed of a mobile communication terminal device such as a smart phone, and the application can also be composed of an application based on the mobile network.

2 is a configuration diagram of the application open market server 200 shown in FIG. 2, the application open market server 200 includes an interface unit 210 for network connection with at least one or more group member terminal apparatuses 110, a group member terminal apparatus 110 ), An authentication executing unit (220) for executing authentication for a group member according to an application utilization right assigned to a group member corresponding to the group member terminal device (110) When a request for providing information for a predetermined application is received from the group member terminal device 110 through the service menu, the menu configuration unit 230 for providing an application corresponding to the application usage right assigned to the member The application service unit 240 that provides information on the application with the access level limited .

In addition, when the application open market server 200 receives a purchase request for a predetermined application through the service menu from the group member terminal device 110, the application open market server 200 acquires the application An application sales department 250 that guides the user to make a payment for an application purchased for a group member or a payment for an application purchased for a group member and a payment server 400 for making a payment for a payment object selected as a group or a group member And a payment unit 260 for processing payment for the purchased application.

Here, the application sales department 250 may provide an inquiry function that makes a purchase history of the group processed as a database, and allows the customer to inquire if desired.

The application open market server 200 directly accesses the group member terminal device 110 in response to terminal management for a plurality of group member terminal devices 110 requested through the terminal management device of the group, (Or a plurality of group member terminal apparatuses 110) in accordance with execution of control of the terminal management apparatus in addition to the management of the already installed applications, And an application management unit 270 for executing the application program.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of an application open market system for customers belonging to the group shown in FIG. 1 as an example. 3, an application open market operation method for a customer belonging to a group includes a first group member terminal device 110, which is a terminal device among a plurality of group member terminal devices 110, A network (e.g., a wireless communication network) is connected to the application open market server 200 and a login request is made (S200).

After that, the application open market server 200 requests the authentication server 500 to confirm the information about the member requested to login, and receives the corresponding member information (S202 and S204).

The application open market server 200 requests the menu and rights management server 300 to provide a menu based on the member information (S206). The menu and the rights management server 300 responding to the request are allocated to the corresponding members And provides a corresponding service menu according to the application utilization right (S208).

Thereafter, the application open market server 200 stores the provided service menu, stores the setting information about the requested member, and permits the login (S210 and S212).

When the first group member terminal device 110 requests information about an application through the service menu provided in step S214, the application open market server 200 transmits a menu and a menu to determine whether the requested information is provided. In step S216, the rights management server 300 requests the rights management server 300 to confirm whether the request is authorized, and the menu and rights management server 300 responds to the rights management server 300 in step S218.

If it is determined that information can be provided, the application open market server 200 provides the requested application information to the first group member terminal device 110 (S222).

Thereafter, when the first group member terminal device 110 requests the purchase of a predetermined application, the application open market server 200 determines whether the purchased application is an application previously registered for business processing in the group After that, a guidance is given as to whether the group member will settle the settlement individually or the group will settle the settlement (S224 and S226).

After the settlement object is set for the group or the group member, the payment is processed in cooperation with the settlement server 400 corresponding thereto (S228 and S230).

Then, the application open market server 200 notifies the first group member terminal device 110 that the purchase of the application is completed (S232).

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of an application open market system for customers belonging to the group shown in FIG. 1 according to another embodiment of the present invention. 4, a terminal management method in an application open market targeting a customer belonging to a group is a method in which a group management terminal device 700 manages a group member terminal device group 100 It proceeds to request the application open market server 200 to manage the terminal (S100).

The application open market server 200 notifies the management terminal 700 of the confirmed result after confirming the existence of the administrator right in the authentication server 500 (S102 to S106).

Thereafter, when the management terminal apparatus 700 requests the upgrade for the application (S108), the application open market server 200 responds and requests the terminal management server 600 to upgrade the application corresponding thereto (S110 ).

In response to a request from the application open market server 200, the terminal management server 600 requests a terminal list of the members corresponding to the authentication server 500 (S112 and S114).

Then, the terminal management server 600 determines whether or not each of the terminal devices (i.e., the first group member terminal device 110, the second group member terminal device 120, and the Nth group member terminal device 130 ) (S116 to S126), and reports the completion of the upgrade to the application open market server 200 (S128).

Then, the application open market server 200 notifies the management terminal device 700 of the completion of the upgrade to the application in response to the response (S130).

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 present invention as defined by the following claims It can be understood that

In addition, since the present invention is intended to provide an application for customers belonging to a group in an open market in a flexible manner in response to various demands of customers belonging to the group, there is a possibility of being commercially available or operating, This is an invention that is industrially applicable because it can be practically done.

1 is a configuration diagram of an application open market system for customers belonging to a group according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of the application open market server shown in FIG. 1,

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing an operation process of an application open market system for customers belonging to the group shown in FIG. 1, and FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of an application open market system for customers belonging to the group shown in FIG. 1 according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Description of the Related Art

100: group member terminal device group 110: first group member terminal device

120: second group member terminal device 130: Nth group member terminal device

200: application open market server 210: interface part

220: Authentication execution unit 230: Menu configuration unit

240: Application service department 250: Application sales department

260: settlement unit 270: application management unit

300: menu and rights management server 400: payment server

500: authentication server 600: terminal management server

700: management terminal device

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delete delete delete delete CLAIMS 1. An application open market server device for providing an application to a customer belonging to a group, An interface unit for connecting to at least one group member terminal device for utilizing the application in the group to which the application belongs; An authentication executing unit for executing authentication for the group member according to an application utilization right of the group member corresponding to the group member terminal device; A menu component for providing a service menu differentially formed according to the application utilization right to the group member terminal device; And And an application service unit for providing information on the application with an access level for the application corresponding to the application utilization right when the information providing request for the application is received through the service menu An application open market server device among the application open market systems targeting the customers belonging to the characteristic group. 6. The system according to claim 5, wherein the application open market server apparatus among the application open market systems targeting customers belonging to the group An application sales unit for, when the group member terminal device requests purchase of the application through the service menu, instructing the group member terminal device to settle the group according to the application utilization right or to pay for the group member; And Further comprising a settlement unit for processing the settlement for the purchase in cooperation with a settlement system corresponding to the selected settlement type. The open market server apparatus of claim 1, 6. The system according to claim 5, wherein the application open market server apparatus among the application open market systems targeting customers belonging to the group Further comprising an application management unit for executing at least one of installing, deleting, and upgrading the application to the group member terminal device when a terminal management request for the group member terminal device is received. An application open market server system for applications belonging to customers. Claim 8 has been abandoned due to the setting registration fee. 7. The system according to claim 6, wherein the application sales unit And the payment for the group member is a payment for an application other than the group related application previously registered corresponding to the group. The application open market system for a customer belonging to a group, Server device. 7. The system according to claim 6, wherein the application sales unit And provides an inquiry function for the purchased purchase history of the group. The open market server of the application open market system for customers belonging to the group. delete CLAIMS 1. A method of operating an application open market server device for providing an application for a customer belonging to a group, A network connection step of establishing network connection with at least one group member terminal device for utilizing the application in the group to which the application belongs; An authentication executing step of authenticating the group member by confirming an application utilization right of the group member corresponding to the group member terminal device; A menu configuration step of providing a service menu differentially formed according to the application utilization right to the group member terminal device; And And an application service step of providing information on the application with a limit to an access level of the application corresponding to the application utilization right when an information provision request for the application is received through the service menu How to open an application open market for customers in a feature group. 12. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the application open market operating method is for a customer belonging to the group An application sales step for, when the group member terminal device requests purchase of the application through the service menu, instructing the group member terminal device to pay for the group or pay for the group member according to the application utilization right; And And a payment step of processing payment for the purchase in cooperation with a payment system corresponding to the selected payment method. ≪ Desc / Clms Page number 20 > Claim 13 has been abandoned due to the set registration fee. 13. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the application open market operating method is for a customer belonging to the group Further comprising: an inquiry step of providing an inquiry function for a purchased purchase history of the group; and a method of operating an application open market for a customer belonging to the group. A method of operating an application open market server apparatus for managing at least one group member terminal apparatus utilizing an application targeted at a customer belonging to a group, A terminal management request receiving step of receiving a management request for at least one of the at least one group member terminal apparatus from the management terminal apparatus of the group; An authentication executing step of confirming the authority of the administrator who has accepted the request and performing connection authentication through the management terminal device; And And an application upgrading step of, when an upgrade request for the application is received from the management terminal apparatus, performing an upgrade for the application included in the at least one group member terminal apparatus How to manage terminals in the application open market for their customers. 15. The method of claim 14, wherein the terminal management method in an application open market targeting a customer belonging to the group When a request is received from the management terminal unit to install the application in at least one of the at least one group member terminal apparatuses or to delete or stop using the application, Further comprising installing or deleting an application to install the application in at least one of the plurality of applications, or to delete or to stop using the application. Way. The method of claim 15, wherein the terminal management method in an application open market targeting a customer belonging to the group Further comprising a completion notification step of notifying the management terminal device of an execution completion message after completing execution of at least one of upgrade, installation, deletion, and suspension of use of the application. How to manage terminals in the target application open market.

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