KR101642471B1 - Mobile application for book trade using book trade map and mobile terminal hereof - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a book trading mobile application using a book trade map, and a mobile terminal having the book trading mobile application. The mobile terminal comprises: an input means which receives one among book icons on a book trade map, or book-related information on at least one among a book image on a possessed book list, a book title, and a trade method, or a payment means on a book specification page; a display which displays the book trade map, the possessed book list, or the book specification page; and a processor which drives a mobile application to display the possessed book list of a book possessor, who corresponds to the inputted book icon, and display the book specification page corresponding to the inputted book-related information. According to the present invention, a book buyer can buy books from close locations quickly and easily.

Description

[0001] MOBILE APPLICATION FOR BOOK TRADE USING BOOK TRADE MAP AND MOBILE TERMINAL HEREOF [0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a book transaction intermediation system, and more particularly, to an intermediation system using a location based book transaction map.

Currently, the North American market occupies 24% of the global market, and the e-book market share of the US publishing market is about 22.5%. Although the paper book market is growing negatively and the e-book market is growing positive, the overall market change is very small, and e-book market share is expected to be less than 50%. In other words, the demand for real books is steady, especially demand for libraries or institutions.

On the other hand, there are some services for searching book sellers for book buyers, but it only tells the location of bookstores (especially large bookstores) holding books. There is no real-time (or non-real-time) service that tells the location of the seller who holds the book around the consumer.

Accordingly, a book consumer can check whether a book can be purchased by searching for a book on a web site (or an application), visiting an offline bookstore, inquiring by telephone, or searching through a server of some large bookstore.

Children's books, problem books, reference books, and textbooks have a characteristic that their utility value drops sharply after the initial use. There is no service that can easily deal with the lending, donating or selling of these books in one place.

Moreover, the number of offline bookstores is decreasing, and the number of used bookstores is small. For purchasing books online, it is essential that you have a minimum number of shipment days (eg, at least five hours to two days in Korea, at least two days in the US).

Prior to the introduction of the Internet, book buyers bought information on books through nearby people, newspapers / radio, and then visited offline bookstores. Since the introduction of the Internet environment, users can purchase information after checking the information, stock or price of the book to be purchased by utilizing the Internet search. Now, as the mobile environment becomes active, a transaction system that reflects the distance from the present position of the book consumer is required.

The technical problem of the present invention is to provide a book trading system.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a map displaying the location of a book itself rather than a book selling place.

Another technical object of the present invention is to provide a book-sharing mobile application for brokering a transaction after a book around the user shows it.

Another aspect of the present invention is to provide a brokerage service for connecting a book owner and a book buyer within a certain radius.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a method of operating a bookbinding application in a mobile terminal includes displaying a book transaction map on a display, inputting one of book icons on a displayed book transaction map, The method comprising: displaying a list of books owned by a book owner, receiving at least one book related information among a book image, a book title, a transaction mode, and a delivery mode on a book list; Displaying the item page, and receiving payment means on the book detail page.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage medium storing a mobile application that performs a book transaction on a terminal using a book transaction map, wherein the mobile application displays a book transaction map on a display, Receives at least one book related information among a book image, a book title, a transaction method, and a delivery method on a book list, and displays the book information Displaying a detail page of the book corresponding to the related information, and receiving the payment means on the book detail page.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a mobile terminal that operates a book transaction application using a book transaction map receives one of book icons on a book transaction map, receives a book image on a book list, a book title, Inputting means for receiving at least one book-related information among delivery methods, input means for inputting a payment means on a book detail page, display for displaying a book transaction map, a book list or book detail page, and an input book icon Displaying a list of books owned by the owner of the book on the display and driving the mobile application to display a detail page of the book corresponding to the entered book related information.

According to the present invention, a book consumer can easily and quickly obtain a book in the vicinity.

According to the present invention, a knowledge book can be formed by sharing the book list of book owners.

According to the present invention, transactions of a new book and a used book can be activated.

According to the present invention, existing bookstores, rental stores, libraries, and groups can be more easily connected to book demanders.

According to the present invention, transactions such as lending or donation as well as book sales can be activated.

According to the present invention, the book can be immediately traded and the logistics cost can be reduced.

Figure 1 shows an example of a mobile platform according to the invention.
FIG. 2 shows an example of a process in which a consumer of a book searches or deals with a book obtained through a consumer terminal.
3 is a flowchart showing an example of operation of a book map application for purchasing a book.
4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of book purchase through a book map application according to the present invention.
5 is a block diagram showing an example of a terminal according to the present invention.
6 is a block diagram showing an example of a server according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Also, in order to clearly illustrate the present invention in the drawings, portions not related to the present invention are omitted, and the same or similar reference numerals denote the same or similar components.

The objects and effects of the present invention can be understood or clarified naturally by the following description, and the objects and effects of the present invention are not limited only by the following description.

The objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description. 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.

Now, a book map application according to the present invention will be described.

A bookmark application is an application that provides services for intermediating book owners and book users in the vicinity. Mobile applications and systems that mediate or drive transactions.

Bibliographic references such as titles, authors, publishers, and ISBN (International Standard Book Number) are well standardized. Using this, bookstores, libraries, and the like are stored in an open API (Open Application Programming Interface) method if their own bibliographies are prepared and the book bibliographies are kept. Here, an open API refers to a method of disclosing information held by other systems through a network. In particular, in Korea, bibliographic information about various books is secured in the National Assembly Library, and information can be easily obtained by accessing the server of the National Assembly library.

Thus, the book owner can easily obtain relevant information from the database and provide it to the book buyer by inputting only simple items on the application.

It is easy to see whether the book owner who verified the information of the book provided by the book owner matches the desired book.

The book consumer can confirm the book holders around the map based on the current location.

The book consumer can also see a list of books held by nearby book holders on the map based on their current location.

An existing map represents the name of a place consisting of proper nouns or pronouns. For example, a happy bookstore, an OK dentist, a Paris crown, an angel supermarket, an E-Mart, and a Hyundai Motor distributor. On the other hand, the map of book according to the present invention shows the position of a specific commodity or product group. The North map can be applied as a map of products other than North Korea.

Figure 1 shows an example of a mobile platform according to the invention. The mobile platform provides a book map that shows the distance between the location of the book that the buyer is looking for and the current position of the buyer, and shares the book owned by the buyer's friend or neighbor.

Referring to FIG. 1, a mobile platform 100 includes a server 110, an owner terminal 120, or a consumer terminal 130. Hereinafter, a terminal refers to various mobile terminals capable of transmitting and receiving information through a network such as a smart phone, a PC, a laptop, and a tablet PC. The terminal may include a processor, a display, and input means such as a touch pad or a keyboard.

The server 110 may itself include the database 115, or it may be wirelessly or wired to the database 115. The database 115 can be configured through an open API (Open Application Programming Interface) and can easily obtain various information. As another example, the database 115 may be configured based on data entered by an administrator of the server 110, which is effective at managing rare out-of-print books. As another example, the database 115 can be constructed based on the information input through the terminal 120 of the owner of the book. In this case, the owner who intends to sell the book actively configures the book database 115, Books can be sold.

The owner of the book registers the book held by the owner terminal 120 in the server 110. [ At this time, the owner terminal 120 may be a smart phone or a tablet. As another example, the owner terminal 120 may be a computer at an offline bookstore, a computer at a library, a computer at a book store, a computer at a publisher, or a computer at an online bookstore.

For example, in the process of registering a book held by the owner of the book through the owner terminal 120, at least one of a book classification field, a bibliography field, a transaction mode field, a transaction price field, and a transfer mode field is input. At this time, at least one of the new book, the used book, the out of print book, the rare book, and the like may be inputted into the book classification field. Also, at least one of the title, the author, the outline, the cover image, the publisher, and the ISBN code may be input in the bibliographic field. Also, at least one of sales, rental, and donation may be entered in the transaction mode field. Also, the amount to be traded may be entered in the transaction price field, and may be set not to be entered if the transaction type field is donated. In addition, one of the information of direct delivery and courier can be inputted in the delivery method field.

Table 1 shows an example of a book classification field applied to the present invention.

division Contents range New books, used books, out of print books, rare books, old books category Practical books, literary books, study books, textbooks, professional books, children's books language English, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Korean, Middle Eastern, Russian, etc.

Hereinafter, a book classification field, a bibliographic field, a transaction method field, a transaction price field, and a delivery method field are collectively referred to as a "book transaction information field ".

The entered book transaction information field is transferred from the owner terminal 120 to the server 110 and then stored in the database 115. [ The book transaction information fields that have not been input are configured through the open API or entered by the administrator and stored in the database 115 of the server 110.

On the other hand, the consumer of the book searches the server 110 for books to be obtained through the consumer terminal 130 and performs transactions. At this time, the consumer terminal 130 may be a smartphone or a tablet. As another example, the consumer terminal 130 may be a computer in an off-line book store (e.g., a retail store), a computer in a library, a computer in a book store, or a computer in an online bookstore (e.g., a retail store).

FIG. 2 shows an example of a process in which a consumer of a book searches or deals with a book obtained through a consumer terminal 130.

2 (a) shows a book transaction map. Purchasable books near the customer terminal 130 are configured on the book transaction map and displayed on the display.

The book trading map displays a radius of 5 km, but the radius of the map can be enlarged or reduced. As an example, the user can click on or touch "+" or "-" on the display of the customer terminal 130 to enlarge or reduce the radius. As another example, a pinch-to-zoom operation can be performed to zoom in or out by pinching or straightening two fingers on the touchpad.

The book icons 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, and 206 may be displayed on the book transaction map.

For example, each book icon on a book trading map may contain a number inside, and the number contained in the book icon indicates the number of books the book is selling.

As another example, each book icon on a book trading map may exhibit colors such as blue, violet, and green. The color of the book icon may indicate the type of book owner, and the type of seller may be one of an individual, an offline bookstore, a library, a book store, or an online bookstore. For example, the blue book icons 201, 202, 203, and 206 indicate that the book owner is private, the purple book icon 204 indicates that the book owner is a book rental point, and the green book icon 205 indicates that the book owner is an offline bookstore .

2 (a), when one of the book icons 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, and 206 on the book distance map is clicked or touched, a "list of books to be kept" sold by the book owner at the corresponding position is displayed on the display of the customer terminal 130 . 2 (b) shows a list of books to be held.

(Book title) 211 of the owner terminal 120 (book position 212), the number of the owner terminals 120 (120) from the customer terminal 130 (Distance, 213) to the distance (distance) Book location 212 may represent an address, and distance 213 may represent m or km units.

The book list may include a book transaction information field stored in the database 115. For example, a book image 216, a book title 217, a transaction method 218, a delivery method 219, and the like can be displayed in the book list.

2B, when one of the book image 216, the book title 217, the transaction method 218, and the delivery method 219 information for one of the held book lists is clicked or touched, Details of the book are displayed on the display of the customer terminal 130. [ 2 (c) shows the book detail page.

The book detail page displays at least one of a book title 221, a sale price 222, a rental price 223, a delivery mode 224, and a book introduction 225.

When the shopping cart icon 226 on the book detail page is clicked or touched, the book is put in the shopping cart so that it can be confirmed later by the consumer. When the transaction icon 227 on the book detail page is clicked or touched, Go to the book's trading screen.

As an example, a screen may be displayed in which a price of a book is paid through a shopping cart or a transaction. The book information may be transmitted to the server 110 after the book price is connected to the predetermined payment system on the book map application. Then, when payment is completed, the book owner can request that the book be delivered in accordance with the registered transaction method (for example, direct delivery or delivery). Then, when the delivery of the book is completed, the owner of the book and the book consumer can evaluate each other's transaction score and receive the transaction score on the owner terminal or the consumer terminal. The entered transaction score is stored in the database 115 and thereafter displayed as information about the book owner on the book trading map or the book list to be used as an indicator for continuous transaction.

As another example, if the shopping cart or the transaction icon is clicked, settlement can be performed based on the card information previously input.

When the note icon 231 on the book detail page is touched or clicked, the screen is moved from the consumer terminal 130 to the owner terminal 120 on the application screen.

When the Kakao Talk icon (232) on the book details page is touched or clicked, the KakaoTalk application is executed on the book map application. And may be moved to a screen where the message can be sent to the owner terminal 120 on the KakaoTalk application.

When the Twitter icon 233 or the Facebook icon 234 on the book detail page is touched or clicked, the bookmark application launches the Twitter or Facebook application. Or may be moved to a screen where a message can be sent to the owner terminal 120 on a Twitter or Facebook application.

When the phone icon 235 on the book detail page is touched or clicked, the phone application is executed on the book map application. Or may be moved to a screen where a call can be made to the owner terminal 120.

As another example, by inputting the book related information to the search window 240 displayed on the consumer terminal 130 or by touching or clicking the search icon 241, the position on the book transaction map of the book desired by the consumer, Can be retrieved.

For example, if the desired book is not in Korea but in a foreign country (eg, the United States), the location of the foreign book owner terminal is also displayed.

3 is a flowchart showing an example of operation of a book map application for purchasing a book.

Referring to FIG. 3, the book map application displays a book transaction map on the display of the customer terminal 130 (S310).

When one of the book icons on the book transaction map is touched or clicked through the input means, the book map application receives the terminal of the book owner or the position of the terminal of the book owner (S320).

The bookmark application displays a list of books owned by the owner on the display of the customer terminal 130 (S330).

When one of the book image, book title, transaction method, delivery method information, or other book related information for one book on the book list is clicked or touched through the input means, the bookmark application displays a book (S340).

The bookmark application displays a detail page of a book to be purchased (S350).

When one of the shopping cart, transaction, note, kakao chat, twitter, facebook, or phone icon on the book details page is clicked or touched through the input means, the bookmark application displays a screen for transaction of the book (e.g., (For example, Kakao Talk, Twitter, Facebook), or executes an application for making a call (S360).

4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of book purchase through a book map application according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, Hong Gil-dong first visits a destination (eg, Incheon International Airport) for a business trip to India (S410). Hong Kil-dong is looking for books related to India.

Hong Kil-dong was unable to find books related to India even when he visited the bookstore in the airport.

Hong Gil-Dong executes the book transaction application in the mobile terminal (S420).

Hong Kil-dong confirms the book transaction map indicating the vicinity of a predetermined distance (for example, 1 km around) or the list of books owned by the book owners on the book map application (S430). For example, if you are registering an India-related book that is no longer needed by E-MongRyong, who is returning from India to Korea and is going home, in the bookmark application, the location of the terminal is displayed.

In addition, Hong Kil-dong uses the search function in the book map application, The related book is searched (S440).

Hong Gil-dong confirms the location of the terminal of E-Mongryong, requests the sale, lease or donation of the book to the terminal of E-Mongryong, or affixes the price of the book to the application according to the transaction method registered by E-Mong Ryong (S450). At this time, the payment can be performed using the card information registered in advance by Hong Kil Dong.

If the application is registered in the application that the transaction of the book has been completed by Hong Gil-Dong or Eun-Myeong-ryong after E-mongryong meets Hong Gil-dong and delivers the book, the deposited money is deposited into the account of E-Mung Ryong Ryong at a predetermined period (eg, seven days) (S460).

If the book possessed by the book owner matches the book that the book buyer wants, the transaction proceeds.

There is an advantage in that the ship owner does not take delivery accident because the book owner actually meets the North customer.

On the owner's screen of the book, the wish list of the northern consumer is displayed, and what the seller does not own can be obtained. For example, a local bookstore.

An example of a commission payment model of a book map application according to the present invention will be described.

For example. A book owner or a book buyer pays a sales fee at a predetermined ratio to the book owner for payment.

As another example. Or a model in which the book consumer or the book holder pays a subscription fee (e.g., a Monthly Subscription Fee or an annual subscription fee) using the platform.

As another example, it may be a model that pays a fee for using a constructed book database.

In another example according to the present invention, a bookmark application may include a "wish list" function.

When the customer terminal 130 receives a predetermined book as a wish list, the bookmark application registers the book as a wish list and displays the location of the book.

For example, in a book map application, a predetermined radius (e.g., 5 to 10 km) is displayed around the owner terminal of the book in the book transaction map.

As another example, bookmark applications can be displayed by expanding the radius of the book trading map by city, province, and country using the zoom function.

As another example, if the owner terminal of the book on the wish list is located within a predetermined radius (for example, 5 to 10 km) on the basis of the consumer terminal 130, the book map application can send a push notification to the consumer terminal 130.

5 is a block diagram showing an example of a terminal according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the terminal 500 may be a consumer terminal or an owner terminal.

The terminal 500 may include a transceiver 510, a processor 520, a storage medium 530 and an input unit 540 and a display 550.

The transceiver 510 transmits and receives information to and from the server, and may be an antenna.

Processor 520 drives the bookmark application. The storage medium 530 stores the bookmark application so that the processor 520 can drive the bookmark application. The processor 520 may be a control device such as an AP, a CPU, or a GPU.

The input means 540 may be a touch pad, a mouse, or a keyboard. The input means 540 may include a book icon on a book transaction map, an image of a target book, a title, a transaction method, Receive input.

The display 550 displays information such as a book transaction map, a book list, or book details as the book map application is run.

6 is a block diagram showing an example of a server according to the present invention.

6, the server 600 includes a transceiver 610 and a processor 620. The server 600 includes a database 650, or is connected by wire or wirelessly.

The transceiver 610 transmits / receives information to / from the owner terminal or the consumer terminal.

The processor 620 reads necessary information from the database 650 based on the information received from the owner terminal or the customer terminal and delivers the related information to the customer terminal or the owner terminal.

The database 650 may be configured through an open application programming interface (API), or may be constructed based on data input by an administrator of the server, or may be constructed based on information input through a terminal of the book owner.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications, additions and substitutions are possible, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. Should be regarded as belonging to the above-mentioned patent claims.

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 inventive concept as defined by the appended claims. But is not limited thereto.

In the above-described exemplary system, the methods are described on the basis of a flowchart as a series of steps or blocks, but the present invention is not limited to the order of the steps, and some steps may occur in different orders . It will also be understood by those skilled in the art that the steps shown in the flowchart are not exclusive and that other steps may be included or that one or more steps in the flowchart may be deleted without affecting the scope of the invention.

Claims (11)

A method of operating a bookbinding application in a mobile terminal,
Receiving only a part of a plurality of bibliographic items for a book to be sold;
Registering the sale target book in a database based on the input partial bibliographic information; And
Obtaining the remaining bibliographies of the plurality of bibliographies in the database based on the registered book;
Displaying a book deal map on a display;
Receiving one of the book icons on the displayed book transaction map;
Displaying a book list of a book owner corresponding to the book icon inputted;
Receiving at least one book related information among a book image, a book title, a transaction mode, and a delivery mode on the book list;
Displaying a detail page of a book corresponding to the inputted book related information;
Receiving payment means on the book detail page;
Dialing the owner terminal of the book when the phone icon is touched or clicked on the displayed detail page; And
And outputting a push notification when the owner terminal of the book is located within a predetermined radius in the wish list,
The detail page of the book includes the remaining bibliography,
Wherein the book icons displayed on the book transaction map are expressed in colors distinguished from each other according to book owner types, and the book owner type is comprised of an individual, an offline bookstore, a library, a book rental store, and an online bookstore. How to run an application. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the book icon, the book related information, or the step of receiving the payment means is input by touching the touch pad or clicking a mouse. The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising the step of displaying a payment screen related to the payment means after receiving the payment means. A storage medium storing a mobile application for performing a book transaction in a terminal using a book transaction map,
Wherein the mobile application receives only a part of a plurality of bibliographic items for a book to be sold, registers the book to be sold in a database on the basis of the inputted bibliographic information, The bookmark information is displayed on the display, one of the book icons on the book transaction map is input, and the owner of the book owner's book corresponding to the input book icon Displaying a list, receiving at least one book related information among a book image, a book title, a transaction method, and a delivery method on the book list, displaying a detail page of a book corresponding to the inputted book related information, A payment means on the book detail page is entered, And when the owner terminal of the book is located within a predetermined radius on the wish list, The book icon displayed on the book transaction map is expressed in a color distinguished from each other according to the book owner type and the book owner type is composed of an individual, an offline bookstore, a library, a book rental shop, and an online bookstore And a storage medium storing the mobile application. 5. The method of claim 4, wherein the mobile application
Wherein the book icon, the book related information, or the payment means is input by touching the touch pad or clicking a mouse. 5. The method of claim 4,
And displays a payment screen related to the payment means after receiving the payment means. A mobile terminal for driving a book transaction application using a book transaction map,
Receiving one of book icons on a book transaction map, receiving at least one book related information among a book image, a book title, a transaction mode, and a delivery mode on a book list, receiving a payment means on the book detail page An input means for inputting a bibliography for a book to be sold;
A display that displays a book transaction map, the book list, or a detail page of the book; And
A method for processing a book on sale, the method comprising: receiving only a part of a plurality of bibliographic items for a book to be sold; registering the book to be sold in a database on the basis of the inputted bibliographic information; And displaying a list of books owned by the owner of the book corresponding to the input book icon on the display and displaying a detail page of the book corresponding to the book related information input by the mobile application Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 >
The detail page of the book includes the remaining bibliography,
And a push notification is output when the owner terminal of the book is located within a predetermined radius on the wish list, Wherein the book icons displayed on the book transaction map are expressed in colors distinguished from each other according to the book owner type, and the book owner type comprises an individual, an offline bookstore, a library, a book rental store, and an online bookstore. 8. The apparatus according to claim 7,
Wherein the book icon, the book related information, or the payment means is input based on a touch or mouse click on the touch pad. 8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the processor
And displays the payment screen related to the payment means on the display after receiving the payment means. 8. The method of claim 7,
A bookmark field, a bibliographic field, a transaction mode field, a transaction price field, and a transfer mode field for each book included in the book transaction map, the book list or the detail page of the book from the server Further comprising a transmission / reception unit for receiving, by wire or wireless,
The book classification field, the bibliographic field, the transaction mode field, the transaction price field, and the delivery mode field are established through an open application programming interface (API) A database, and a database constructed based on information received from the terminal through the wireless network. 11. The method of claim 10,
The book divider field may include information of at least one of a new book, a used book, a discount book, a rare book, and other books,
The bibliographic field may include at least one of a title, an author, an overview, a cover image, a publisher, and an ISBN code,
The transaction type field includes at least one of sales, rental, and donation.
The transaction price field includes information on a desired amount of transaction of a book,
Wherein the delivery method field includes one of direct delivery and courier delivery.

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