KR101675327B1 - Apparatus for relaying service and method for managing affiliate using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

A service relay apparatus for relaying between a service provider and a service user is disclosed. The service relay apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is a service relay apparatus that receives a merchant store registration request from a service provider terminal through a wired or wireless communication network and registers it with a plurality of business terminals that provide a service necessary for selling a product or providing a service An affiliate shop subscription request processing unit for providing an interface for selecting a method for calculating a fee through at least one subscription or registration of a plurality of affiliate services; and an affiliate shop subscription request processing unit for providing a linkage service selected by the method for calculating the fee, A merchant registering unit for registering the service provider as a merchant in response to a response corresponding to the request after subscribing or registering the linked service to the service provider; And a fee processing unit for requesting settlement of a predetermined amount according to subscriber attraction.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a service relay apparatus,

The present invention relates to a service relay device capable of providing merchant information of various types of businesses by minimizing the burden on an affiliate shop, and a method of registering an affiliate shop using the same.

As the communication technology has developed dramatically, online transactions using a communication network such as the Internet are being actively performed. In recent years, so-called social network services (SNS) have become widespread and interest in social commerce using these services is growing, and these related markets are also growing steadily.

However, companies providing goods or services in relation to so-called open market or social commerce must enter the open market or social commerce intermediaries through a network such as the Internet or register as a merchant. In this process, brokers of open markets and social commerce are paying an excessive fee to companies offering goods or services. In particular, in the case of the social commerce of the joint purchase type, the franchisee issues a coupon with a predetermined discount rate applied to the price of the product or service provided by the franchisee. Due to the excessive commission required by the social commerce broker, It becomes a considerable burden.

Accordingly, it is possible to efficiently provide marketing services to merchants who want to provide goods or services through a communication network, and to provide merchandise or services without imposing an excessive fee on the merchant, There is a need for a system or method for receiving goods or services at a discounted price.

Korean Patent Publication No. 2014-0051660 (2014. 05. 02)

Embodiments of the present invention provide a service relay apparatus and a method of registering a merchant using the service relay apparatus, wherein the merchant providing the goods and / or the service does not have an excessive commission burden and the consumer can receive the goods and / have.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, when a merchant store registration request is received from a service provider terminal through a wired / wireless communication network, a service provider registers a plurality of registered merchant terminals An affiliate shop subscription request processing unit that provides an interface through which a fee adjustment method can be selected through subscription or registration of at least one of the affiliate services of the affiliate shop; and a linkage service selected by the fee settlement method as the fee settlement method is selected through the interface An affiliate store registration unit for registering the service provider as a merchant in response to a response corresponding to the request after subscribing or registering the affiliated service to the service provider; And a fee processing unit for requesting settlement of a predetermined amount based on the ownership value.

Wherein the service provider provides a reservation service in the service relay apparatus, the service relay apparatus provides the service requestor side terminal with an interface capable of reserving a service provided by an affiliated shop selected by the service requestor terminal, And a reservation server for providing random number information corresponding to the reserved service to the selected merchant and the user terminal according to reservation of the service through the reservation server.

The connection service provided by the business terminal in the service relay apparatus is at least one of a wired and wireless Internet subscription service, a cleaning agent service, a card settlement service, a material delivery service, a consumable supply service, a point service, and an insurance subscription service .

Wherein the merchant subscription request processing unit in the service relay apparatus provides an interface for inputting a current status of a current service currently being used in the service provider side terminal, The method for calculating the recommended fee is calculated and provided to the service provider side terminal.

The service relay apparatus estimates linkage service information optimized for the service provider based on the selected linkage service, the linkage service status, a service provided by the service provider, and a plurality of registered linkage services, And a linkage service analysis and management unit for providing the linkage service to the provider side terminal.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a service relaying method comprising: a step of a service relay device receiving a merchant store registration request from a service provider side terminal through a wired / wireless communication network; Providing a service provider terminal with an interface for selecting a fee adjustment method through subscription or registration of at least one of a plurality of linked services registered from the terminal; and if the fee settlement method is selected through the interface, A step of registering the service provider as a franchisee in response to a response corresponding to the request after subscribing or registering the linked service to the service provider, It is provided with a registration method using the merchant service access point including the step of requesting the settlement of a small amount of the subscribers to the terminal areas.

In the merchant registration method using the service relay apparatus, the link service provided by the business terminal includes at least one of a wired and wireless Internet subscription service, a cleaning agent service, a card settlement service, a material delivery service, a consumable supply service, Or more.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, when a service provider, such as an individual or a business operator, registers as a merchant in a service relay device for the purpose of selling a product or providing a service, It is possible to minimize the burden on the individual or the business operator due to the merchant registration.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a network configuration diagram illustrating a merchant information providing service system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of an agent registration server according to an embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a flowchart illustrating a merchant store registration process of the service relay apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, specific embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The following detailed description is provided to provide a comprehensive understanding of the methods, apparatus, and / or systems described herein. However, this is merely an example and the present invention is not limited thereto.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail. The following terms are defined in consideration of the functions of the present invention, and may be changed according to the intention or custom of the user, the operator, and the like. Therefore, the definition should be based on the contents throughout this specification. The terms used in the detailed description are intended only to describe embodiments of the invention and should in no way be limiting. Unless specifically stated otherwise, the singular form of a term includes plural forms of meaning. In this description, the expressions "comprising" or "comprising" are intended to indicate certain features, numbers, steps, operations, elements, parts or combinations thereof, Should not be construed to preclude the presence or possibility of other features, numbers, steps, operations, elements, portions or combinations thereof.

1 is a network configuration diagram illustrating a franchise point information providing service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, the information providing service system may include a service provider terminal 100, a service user terminal 120, a service relay apparatus 200, a linked service providing group 300, and the like. In addition, the respective components in the merchant information providing service system may be connected through the wired / wireless communication network 130.

The service provider terminal 100 and the service user terminal 120 may be connected to the service relay apparatus 200 through the wired / wireless communication network 130 prior to the description of each configuration of the merchant information providing service system according to the embodiment of the present invention. A personal computer, a notebook computer, a PDA, or the like in which a computing environment capable of receiving various types of services through interoperation with the service relay apparatus 200 is implemented.

In the following embodiments of the present invention, a franchise point is a franchise store that can be used as a travel destination, a hotel, a movie, a ticket, a sports leisure, a courier, a fishing spot, a bed and breakfast, A sales agency for selling services and products such as a hospital, a guest house, a golf course, a screen golf, a wedding hall, a school, a photo studio, a motel, a nursery building, a rafting, Or providing various types of services.

The service provider-side terminal 100 of FIG. 1, for example, is a company that manufactures and sells a specific commodity, a company that provides services such as food delivery, a company that provides services such as courier service, flower delivery, Or the like.

In addition, the service provider terminal 100 may request the service relay device 200 to register the merchant through a predetermined subscription procedure, for example, information of a service provider telephone number, name, and the like. In particular, in the embodiment of the present invention, the service provider-side terminal 100 provides an interface for inputting or selecting a fee settlement method through subscription or registration of at least one of a plurality of linkage services registered in the linkage service providing group 300 And can transmit the fee settlement method inputted through the interface to the service relay apparatus 200. [ Specifically, when the service provider inputs information necessary for subscribing or registering the association service through the interface, the service provider terminal 100 may transmit the input information to the service relay device 200 to request the affiliation service registration or registration have.

A service provider operates the service provider on the basis of the information input for registration of the merchant from the service provider terminal 100 as the procedure of the fee settlement method is completed, that is, The service provided by the user can be registered as a member of the service relay apparatus 200. In the embodiment of the present invention, the completion of the affiliated service subscription or registration procedure is performed when the service relay apparatus 200 receives information necessary for subscription or registration of the affiliated service transmitted from the service provider terminal 100, Through a connection request or registration request to a vendor terminal 310 and receiving a corresponding response.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the linking service may be a part where a service provider enters a fixed service such as a point service, a wired / wireless Internet service, a subscription to a cleaning service, a card terminal application, an insurance service, a consumable service,

The service user terminal 120 may access the service relay device 200 and receive the service registered by the service provider terminal 100. [ Specifically, the service user terminal 120 requests the service relay device 200 for an information providing service, displays merchant information registered by the service provider terminal 100 in response to the request, The service of the selected merchant can be provided by selecting any one of the information.

The service relay apparatus 200 may process the merchant registration request from the service provider terminal 100 and process the information providing request from the service user terminal 120. [

The service relay apparatus 200 may include an affiliate shop registration server 210, a service providing server 220, a reservation server 230, and the like.

First, the merchant registration server 210 may register a service provided by a service provider or a business of a user as a merchant, according to a request from the service provider terminal 100. [ Specifically, the merchant registration server 210 can register a service provided by the service provider or a company of the user as a merchant based on the method of calculating the fee and the information for registering the merchant, provided from the service provider's terminal 100 .

On the other hand, the merchant registration server 210 receives the information for subscription or subscription service corresponding to the fee settlement method from the service provider terminal 100, and transmits the received information to the vendor terminal 310, To request the affiliate service registration or registration, and to decide whether to register the affiliated shop with the service provider according to the response corresponding to the request.

The detailed configuration of the above-described member shop registration server 210 will be described with reference to FIG.

2 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of an affiliate shop registration server 210 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, the merchant registration server 210 may include an affiliate shop subscription request processing unit 212, an affiliate shop registration unit 214, a fee processing unit 216, and a linked service analysis and management unit 218.

The merchant subscription request processing unit 212 generates an interface for inputting or setting various information necessary for registering the merchant, such as name, phone number, service, and the like, in accordance with the merchant registration request of the service provider terminal 100 .

Further, the merchant subscription request processing unit 212 can receive from the service provider-side terminal 100 the information for registering the merchant through the interface and the fee settlement method. Specifically, the affiliate shop subscription request processing unit 212 transmits and displays a plurality of fee settlement methods to the service provider side terminal 100, and a signal corresponding to the selected one of the plurality of displayed fee settlement methods is displayed on the service provider side terminal 100. [ The service provider terminal 100 may be provided with an information input window corresponding to the selected fee settlement method as it is received from the service provider terminal 100 and may receive the information input through the information input window from the service provider terminal 100 .

The merchant subscription request processing unit 212 may transmit the information provided from the service provider's terminal 100 to the vendor terminal 310 in the cooperation service providing group 300 to perform the validity procedure for the fee adjustment method have. As a result of performing the validity procedure, if the method of calculating the fee is valid, the merchant subscription request processing unit 212 may provide a message to the merchant registration unit 214 that the method of calculating the fee is valid.

Specifically, in the case of a linked service such as a point use method, a wired / wireless Internet access, a cleaning agent service, a card terminal application, an insurance application, a supply service, a material delivery service, a card payment service, Transmits the information provided from the service provider's terminal 100 to the vendor terminal 310 providing the linkage service, requests the linkage service subscription, and the method of settlement of the fee according to receiving the linkage service subscription completion in response to the request It can be judged whether it is valid or not. On the other hand, in the case of using a point, the merchant subscription request processing unit 212 transmits information provided from the service provider's terminal 100 to the vendor terminal 310 that accumulates points of the service provider, requests point use, The validity of the fee settlement method can be verified.

For example, the validity verification will be described. For example, a business person who receives a connection service subscription request through a vendor terminal 310 may call a service provider who wants to subscribe to the connection service, , Registration of documents, etc., can be completed. Upon completion of the registration of the linked service, the vendor terminal 310 may transmit a message to the affiliate shop subscription request processing unit 212 indicating completion of the affiliated service subscription.

The process of setting the fee adjustment method by the merchant subscription request processing unit 212 will be described in detail as follows.

The merchant subscription request processing unit 212 may provide the service provider terminal 100 with an interface capable of setting the affiliated service subscription status and then settle the commission based on the affiliate shop registration based on the affiliate service subscription status input through the interface And can provide a method of calculating the recommendation fee. Specifically, the merchant subscription request processing unit 212 sets the information including the change of the linkage service being used by the service provider and the subscription of the new recommended linkage service required by the service provider to provide the service, to the service provider side To the terminal (100). For example, when the service provider is using the wired Internet service of "A" company, the merchant subscription request processing unit 212 may be a cost saving part for changing from "A" company to "B" wired Internet service, The wired Internet service subscription change may be set as a fee settlement method and provided to the service provider side terminal 100 based on the determination as to whether or not the fee settlement is possible in consideration of a gift item due to the wired Internet service subscription.

The merchant registering unit 214 may receive the information for registering the merchant store from the merchant store subscription request processing unit 212 when registering the merchant store, and register the service provider as a merchant store. Specifically, the merchant registering unit 214 may set up a merchant operated by a service provider or a service provided by the user, and store the merchant in the database server 240.

The fee processing unit 216 may register the service provider as a merchant, and then request the vendor terminal 310 for a predetermined amount of money in accordance with the method of calculating a fee corresponding to the fee settlement method to be settled.

The linkage service analysis and management unit 218 is based on the linkage service selected by the service provider in the fee adjustment method, the linkage service currently used by the service provider, the service provided by the service provider, and the linkage service registered from the vendor terminal 310 To the service provider-side terminal 100, information on a linkage service optimized for the service provider (hereinafter referred to as recommendation linkage service). Specifically, the linkage service analysis and management unit 218 analyzes the linkage service selected by the service provider by the fee adjustment method based on the linkage service registered by the vendor terminals 310 and the linkage service currently used by the service provider, (E.g., information on costs, benefits, and the like) registered by the vendor terminals 310, a linkage service selected by the service provider in the fee adjustment method, and a linkage service currently used by the service provider The service provider side terminal 100 can extract the linked service optimized for the cost and benefit from the service provider to generate information about the recommended linkage service and provide the information to the service provider side terminal 100. [

The service providing server 220 may display a plurality of merchant information registered in response to the information providing service request of the service user terminal 120, that is, a plurality of merchant information stored in the database server 240. Specifically, the service providing server 220 may display the merchant information including information input from the service provider's terminal 100, such as an individual, an enterprise, etc., who requested the merchant registration, on the service user terminal 120. [ The display methods include, but are not limited to, the types of merchants, popularity, event, and the like.

In addition, the service providing server 220 may display a plurality of merchant information in various forms through a program installed in the service user terminal 120 requesting the information providing service, for example, an application. Specifically, the service providing server 220 may classify a plurality of merchant information into a popularity, an event, a price, an area, and the like, and display the classified information on the service user terminal 120.

On the other hand, the service providing server 220 can provide interlinking services for various merchants. Specifically, the service providing server 220 links the merchant registered by the restaurant and the flower delivery company, or links the merchant registered by the tourist bus and the lunch box supplier, or the merchant registered by the performing company and the restaurant And provide the service to the service user side terminal 120.

The reservation server 230 can process a reservation service use request received from the service user terminal 120 among the merchant information provided by the service providing server 220. [ Specifically, when the reservation server 230 requests the reservation service from the service user terminal 120, the reservation server 230 reserves the reservation service to the service providing terminal 120 requesting the reservation service and the company providing the reservation service Information can be transmitted.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the reservation information is information excluding the personal information of the user who has requested the reservation service, for example, random number information.

In addition, the reservation server 230 can provide an interworking reservation service through interworking between the affiliated stores. More specifically, the reservation server 230 includes an interlock reservation service for interlocking a restaurant and a franchise shop registered by a flower delivery company, a reservation service for interlocking a tourist bus with a franchise shop registered by a lunch box vendor, The service user terminal 120 may provide a reservation service in which the merchant is linked.

The linkage service providing group 300 may include a plurality of vendor terminals 310 for providing a linkage service that is essential for providing products or services by companies of various industries to be registered as an affiliate shop. Specifically, the linking service providing group 300 receives a linkage service use request from the service relay apparatus 200, acquires a linkage service subscriber according to the received linkage service use request, and transmits a predetermined fee therefrom to the service relay apparatus 200. [ (200). ≪ / RTI >

Examples of the business terminal 310 in the connection service providing group 300 include, but are not limited to, a terminal managed by a company providing an insurance service, a point service, a wired / wireless communication service, a card payment terminal service, .

The database server 240 may store and manage reservation information, supplementary service information, and the like of the registered goods registered from the service provider-side terminal 100. Specifically, the database server 240 fetches and provides information in response to a request of each configuration, and can store information according to a request of each configuration.

A process in which the service relay apparatus 200 having the above-described configuration registers as an arbitrary service provider merchant will be described with reference to FIG.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a merchant registration process of the service relay apparatus 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3, when a merchant store registration request is received from the service provider's terminal 100 (S302), the merchant store registration server 210 transmits information necessary for merchant store registration and a fee And provides an interface for inputting information for subscription or registration of any one of a plurality of linkage services corresponding to the settlement method (S304).

Then, the merchant registration server 210 transmits the information provided from the service provider's terminal 100 for joining or registering the linked service to the vendor terminal 310 providing the linked service to request the joining service registration (S306).

When a response to step S306 is received (S308), the merchant registration server 210 registers the service provider as a merchant on the basis of the information required for merchant store registration received from the service provider terminal 100 through the merchant register 214 (S310).

Then, the merchant registering server 210 requests the vendor terminal 310 for a fee based on the attracting of the linked service through the fee processing unit 216, and is settled (S312).

The franchise registration server 210 transmits information received from the service provider's terminal 100 to a business terminal (e.g., a business entity) providing wired and wireless communication services 310 to request a wired / wireless Internet service subscription, and determines whether a subscription complete message is received from the business entity 310 in response to the request.

When the subscription completion message is received from the vendor terminal 310, the merchant registration server 210 registers the service provider as a merchant, and also requests the vendor terminal 310 for the amount due to attracting the cooperation service through the fee processor 216 Can be settled.

As described above, when a service provider, such as an individual or a business operator, registers as a merchant in the service relay device 200 for the purpose of selling a product or providing a service, a merchant registration The burden of the individual or the operator can be minimized.

In the meantime, the embodiment of the present invention includes a computer-readable recording medium including a program for performing a merchant store registration and a process of processing a fee portion according to merchant store registration, can do. The computer-readable recording medium may include a program command, a local data file, a local data structure, or the like, alone or in combination. The media may be those specially designed and constructed for the present invention, or may be those that are commonly used in the field of computer software. Examples of computer-readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape, optical recording media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, magneto-optical media such as floppy disks, and magnetic media such as ROMs, And hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions. Examples of program instructions may include machine language code such as those generated by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that may be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, . Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the above-described embodiments, but should be determined by equivalents to the appended claims, as well as the appended claims.

110: Service provider terminal
120: Service user side terminal
130: wired / wireless communication network
200: service relay device
210: Merchant registration server
212: Merchant subscription request processing unit
214: Merchant Registry
216: Fees processor
218: Linkage Service Analysis and Management
220: Service providing server
230: reservation server
240: Database server
300: Link Service Providing Group
310:

Claims (9)

When a merchant registration request is received from a service provider side terminal through a wired / wireless communication network, the service provider registers at least one of a plurality of linked services registered from a plurality of business terminals providing a connection service necessary for selling a product or providing a service The service provider side terminal receives information necessary for subscribing or registering the linkage service selected by the fee settlement method according to the selection of the fee adjustment method through the interface after providing the interface through which the fee adjustment method can be selected through the interface, Transmits the provided information to a vendor terminal that provides the selected cooperation service, requests subscription or registration, determines whether the selected fee adjustment method is valid based on a response corresponding to the request, And subsequent to the transmitting the message to the merchant subscription request processing unit case,
A merchant registering unit for registering the service provider as a merchant when the message of the merchant subscription request processing unit is received;
And a fee processor for requesting settlement of a predetermined amount according to subscriber attraction to the vendor terminal providing the selected cooperating service to settle the fee corresponding to the merchant registration of the service provider.
The method according to claim 1,
The service provider provides a reservation service,
The service relay apparatus comprising:
Providing a service requestor side terminal with an interface capable of reserving a service provided by an affiliated store selected by the service requestor side terminal, and transmitting the random number information corresponding to the reserved service to the selected merchant < RTI ID = 0.0 > And a reservation server provided to the service requestor side terminal.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the linkage service provided by the vendor terminal comprises:
A service providing system, a wired / wireless Internet subscription service, a cleaning agent service, a card settlement service, a material delivery service, a consumable supply service, a point service, and an insurance subscription service.
The method according to claim 1,
The merchant subscription request processing unit,
And an interface for inputting a current connection service status currently used in the service provider terminal is provided. A method of calculating a recommendation fee is calculated by comparing the connection service status input through the interface with the registered connection services, To the service provider side terminal.
5. The method of claim 4,
The service relay apparatus comprising:
Estimates linkage service information optimized for the service provider based on the selected linkage service, the status of the linkage service, the service provided by the service provider, and the plurality of registered linkage services, and provides the linkage service information optimized for the service provider to the service provider side terminal And a linkage service analysis and management unit.
The service relay device receiving a merchant registration request from a service provider terminal through a wired / wireless communication network;
An interface that allows a service provider to select a method of setting a fee through at least one of joining or registration of a plurality of linked services registered from a plurality of business terminals providing a linked service necessary for selling a product or providing a service, ; And,
Receiving, from the service provider side terminal, information necessary for subscribing or registering a linked service selected by the fee settlement method as the fee settlement method is selected through the interface;
Transmitting the provided information to a vendor terminal providing the selected cooperation service to request subscription or registration and then determining whether the selected fee adjustment method is valid based on a response corresponding to the request;
Registering the service provider as a merchant when it is determined to be valid;
And requesting settlement of a predetermined amount according to subscriber attraction to the vendor terminal providing the selected cooperating service to settle the commission according to the merchant registration of the service provider. Way.
The method according to claim 6,
Wherein the linkage service provided by the vendor terminal comprises:
Wherein said at least one of a wired and wireless Internet subscription service, a cleaning agent service, a card settlement service, a material delivery service, a consumable supply service, a point service, and an insurance subscription service.
The method according to claim 6,
The franchisee registration method comprises:
And an interface for inputting a current connection service status currently used in the service provider terminal is provided. A method of calculating a recommendation fee is calculated by comparing the connection service status input through the interface with the registered connection services, To the terminal of the service provider, and the service provider terminal.
9. The method of claim 8,
The franchisee registration method comprises:
Estimates linkage service information optimized for the service provider based on the selected linkage service, the status of the linkage service, the service provided by the service provider, and the plurality of registered linkage services, and provides the linkage service information optimized for the service provider to the service provider side terminal The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of registering the merchant using the service relay device.

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