KR101682167B1 - Server, method, and computer for supplying objects using user terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an article selling method for selling an article through at least one automatic vending machine associated with a first establishment, comprising: receiving an order signal from a terminal of a first user; Determining whether the order signal is valid by considering the order information and order information included in the order signal; Accepting the order signal when the product sale server determines that the order signal is valid as a result of the determination; The article sales server receiving a first location from a terminal of the first user; Searching for one or more vending machines located within a first distance from the first location; Extracting a first automatic vending machine capable of providing the article included in the order signal among the one or more automatic vending machines; And a step of the article sales server generating an approval signal including information corresponding to the first automatic vending machine and transmitting the approval signal to the terminal of the first user.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to an article sales server, method and computer program product,

The present invention relates to an article sales server, a method, and a computer program, and more particularly, to an article selling server, a method, and a computer program, And to a computer program product.

With the development of the Internet, the e-commerce market has been formed, and online shopping has been increasing rapidly. It is a big advantage of online shopping that you can buy desired goods with few clicks and deliver the products to the desired place without going directly to the store.

In such an online shopping, a user accesses an electronic commerce server to purchase a desired commodity, performs a search process, and designates a desired commodity to settle the commodity.

Embodiments of the present invention provide an article sales server, method, and computer program product that are controlled to supply required articles to respective establishments in accordance with order signals from one or more user terminals belonging to respective establishments, Can be provided.

A method of selling an article through at least one automated vending machine associated with a first establishment in accordance with embodiments of the present invention includes: receiving an order signal from a terminal of a first user; Determining whether the order signal is valid based on order information and order information included in the order signal; Accepting the order signal when the product sale server determines that the order signal is valid as a result of the determination; The article sales server receiving a first location from a terminal of the first user; Searching for one or more vending machines located within a first distance from the first location; Extracting a first automatic vending machine capable of providing the article included in the order signal among the one or more automatic vending machines; And generating the approval signal including information corresponding to the first automatic vending machine and transmitting the approval signal to the terminal of the first user.

A method for selling an article according to embodiments of the present invention includes receiving an order identification number included in the order signal input from the first user from the second automatic vending machine; Determining that the order identification number is invalid if the second automated vending machine to which the order identification number is input is inconsistent with the first automatic vending machine set to provide an article corresponding to the order identification number; And transmitting an article supply signal to the first automatic vending machine to provide the article corresponding to the order identification number when the determination result is valid.

The step of determining the legitimacy of the order signal may determine whether the order signal is legitimate by determining whether there is a relation between an affiliated unit included in the orderer information and an item included in the order information.

Wherein the step of determining the validity of the order signal comprises the steps of: calculating an order amount from the order information included in the order signal, comparing the order amount, and a deposit of the affiliated company to which the first user belongs, Can be determined.

Wherein the extracting of the first automatic vending machine comprises extracting one or more first automatic vending machines capable of providing the products included in the order signal among the one or more article providing apparatuses, And comparing the position information of the first user with the position information of the first user, thereby extracting a second automatic vending machine located at a position closest to the first user.

The method of selling an article according to embodiments of the present invention may include performing a settlement process corresponding to the order signal corresponding to the accepted order signal.

An article sales server according to embodiments of the present invention includes an order signal receiving module for receiving an order signal from a terminal of a first user; A legitimacy determining module for determining whether the order signal is legitimate considering the orderer information and order information included in the order signal; An order approval processing module for approving the order signal if the order signal is valid; A position receiving module for receiving a first position from the terminal of the first user; A device search module to search for one or more automated vending machines located within a first distance from the first location; A device extraction module for extracting a first automatic vending machine capable of providing an article included in the order signal among the at least one automatic vending machine; And an approval signal generation module for generating an approval signal including information corresponding to the first automatic vending machine and transmitting the approval signal to the terminal of the first user.

The article sales server according to embodiments of the present invention may further include: a supply signal generation module for receiving an order identification number included in the order signal input from the first user, from the first automatic sales apparatus; The validity determination module determining that the order identification number is invalid if the second automatic vending machine to which the order identification number is input does not match the first automatic vending machine set to provide the article corresponding to the order identification number, ; The supply signal generation module may transmit the article supply signal to the first automatic vending machine so as to provide the article corresponding to the order identification number when the order identification number is valid as a result of the determination.

The validity judgment module can judge whether the order signal is valid by judging whether there is a relation between the belonging department included in the orderer information and the category of the article included in the order information.

A computer program according to an embodiment of the present invention may be stored in a medium to execute any one of the methods for selling an article according to an embodiment of the present invention using a computer.

In addition to this, another method for implementing the present invention, another system, and a computer-readable recording medium for recording a computer program for executing the method are further provided.

Other aspects, features, and advantages other than those described above will become apparent from the following drawings, claims, and the detailed description of the invention.

The present invention can control the supply of necessary goods to each business establishment according to a request from one or more users belonging to each establishment through each automatic vending machine installed in each establishment.

1 is a view showing an article selling system according to embodiments of the present invention.
2 is a diagram showing an article sales server according to embodiments of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the structure of the control unit 120. FIG.
Fig. 4 is a diagram showing the structure of the order processing module 121. Fig.
5 is a diagram showing the structure of the supply processing module 1214. As shown in Fig.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the structure of the settlement processing module 122. FIG.
7 is a diagram showing the structure of the inventory processing module 123. As shown in FIG.
8 is a flowchart showing an article selling method according to embodiments of the present invention.
FIGS. 9 to 10 are views for explaining the validity judgment step (S120) in more detail.
11 is a diagram for explaining data transmission / reception between the product selling server 100, the automatic vending machine 200, the first user terminal, and the second user terminal 400. [
12 is a diagram showing the structure of an automatic vending machine 200 according to the embodiments of the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The present invention is capable of various modifications and various embodiments, and specific embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the detailed description. The effects and features of the present invention and methods of achieving them will be apparent with reference to the embodiments described in detail below with reference to the drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described below, but may be implemented in various forms.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to like or corresponding components throughout the drawings, and a duplicate description thereof will be omitted .

In the following embodiments, the terms first, second, and the like are used for the purpose of distinguishing one element from another element, not the limitative meaning.

In the following examples, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

In the following embodiments, terms such as inclusive or possessed mean that a feature or element described in the specification is present, and does not exclude the possibility that one or more other features or components are added in advance.

If certain embodiments are otherwise feasible, the particular process sequence may be performed differently from the sequence described. For example, two processes that are described in succession may be performed substantially concurrently, and may be performed in the reverse order of the order described.

In the following embodiments, the term "circuit" refers to any circuitry, circuitry, and / or software that, for example, includes hardwired circuitry, programmable circuitry, state machine circuitry, and / or firmware that stores instructions executed by a programmable circuit, either alone or in any combination . The application may be implemented as code or instructions that may be executed on a programmable circuit, such as a host processor or other programmable circuit. A module, as used in any of the embodiments herein, may be implemented as a circuit. The circuitry may be implemented as an integrated circuit, such as an integrated circuit chip.

In the following embodiments, when a component is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other components as well, without excluding other components unless specifically stated otherwise. Also, the terms " part, "" module," and " module ", etc. in the specification mean a unit for processing at least one function or operation and may be implemented by hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software have.

1 is a view showing an article selling system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, an article selling system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an article selling server 100, an automatic vending machine 200, an inventory management server 300, a user terminal 400, a communication network 500 ).

The product selling server 100 provides one or more automatic vending machines 200 to one or more establishments and receives an order signal through the user terminal 400 and transmits the order signal to the establishment through the provided automatic vending machine 200 And provides the goods necessary for one or more users, that is, goods corresponding to the order signals. The goods selling server 100 may perform a function of registering the controlled automatic vending machine 200 so as to provide the goods only to the registered business establishment and the user who is a member belonging to the business establishment.

The goods selling server 100 may analyze the order signal received from the automatic vending machine 200 and determine whether the order signal is approved. The goods selling server 100 can control to provide one or more articles corresponding to the order signals only in response to the approved order signals. In addition, the product selling server 100 may function to control one or more kinds of articles to be provided to one or more automatic vending machines 200 associated with the establishment. The article sales server 100 communicates with an inventory management server 300 that manages the information of the establishment and an inventory management server 300 that provides the goods to the automatic sales apparatus 200 and provides the article to one or more users belonging to the establishment . The article sales server 100 allows the article to be provided to the users belonging to the establishment through one or more automatic vending machines provided in each establishment within the deposit of each establishment.

At this time, the product selling server 100 can receive an order signal from the user terminal 400 or from the automatic vending machine 200. [ The article sales server 100 also determines whether or not the order signal is approved by determining whether the approval number transmitted to the user terminal 400 and the approval number entered through the automatic vending machine 200 by the user match can do. For security of data, the product selling server 100 may encrypt and manage an order signal, an approved order signal, an article supply signal, and the like. At this time, the product selling server 100 may share a public key, which can decode the order signal and the product supply signal, with the automatic vending machine 200.

The automatic vending machine 200 performs a function of receiving an order signal to purchase an article from a user or a function of providing an article according to an article supply signal from the article sale server 100. In particular, the automatic vending machine 200 can provide the article to the user in accordance with the supply signal from the article sale server 100 without requesting the user to settle the article. The automatic vending machine 200 can transmit the order signal inputted from the user to the product sales server 100 and provide all or a part of the products included in the order signal to the user according to whether the order signal is approved or not.

The automatic vending machine 200 must include a plurality of kinds of articles in accordance with a control signal from the product selling server 100 in order to supply the articles. For example, the automatic vending machine 200 may be an article belonging to at least one of office supplies, food materials, and food and beverage according to a control signal from the product selling server 100, And may include specified articles. The automatic vending machine 200 can be changed in accordance with a control signal from the product selling server 100 to periodically change the type of the product. One or more automated vending machines 200 associated with the goods-selling server 100 may each include one or more articles each determined by the article-selling server 100. [ An item included in one automatic vending machine 200 may be an article related to office supplies such as ballpoint pens, post-itts, etc., or an article related to food and beverages such as drinks, snacks and the like.

The automatic vending machine 200 refers to a communication terminal that can use a web service in a wired / wireless communication environment. The automated teller machine 200 may be a personal digital assistant, such as a computer (e.g., a desktop, a laptop, a tablet, etc.), a media computing platform (e.g., a cable, a satellite set top box, a digital video recorder), a handheld computing device , Email client, etc.), any form of mobile phone, or any other type of computing or communication platform.

The inventory management server 300 performs a function of providing articles to the automatic vending machine 200 that lacks the possessed articles, in accordance with the signals received from the article providing server 100. [ The inventory management server 300 may perform a function of controlling the automatic vending machine 200 so as to supply the goods according to the goods replenishment signal from the article providing server 100. [ The inventory management server 300 controls to provide the articles in accordance with the article replenishment signal from the article providing server 100 by the article, the automatic vending machine, and the business establishment. Means a communication terminal that can use a web service. The inventory management server 300 may be any type of storage device such as a computer (e.g., a desktop, laptop, tablet, etc.), a media computing platform (e.g., cable, satellite set top box, digital video recorder), a handheld computing device , Email client, etc.), any form of mobile phone, or any other type of computing or communication platform.

A user belonging to the business establishment can access the product selling server 100 through the user terminal 400. [ A user belonging to a business establishment can be provided with information related to a change in an order signal supplied through one or more automatic vending devices 200 associated with the establishment, and a deposit according to an order.

In addition, the user can access the article sales server 100 through the user terminal 400, and can input an order signal for an article sold by the article sale server 100. The user can perform the procedure of ordering the goods through the user terminal 400. [ The user terminal 400 may receive the information of the automatic vending machine 200 capable of supplying the order item included in the order signal in correspondence with the order signal inputted by the user.

The user terminal 400 refers to a communication terminal that can use a web service in a wired / wireless communication environment. The user terminal 400 may be a personal digital assistant (PDA) such as a computer (e.g., a desktop, a laptop, a tablet, etc.), a media computing platform (e.g., a cable, a satellite set top box, a digital video recorder), a handheld computing device E-mail client, etc.), any form of cellular telephone, or any other type of computing or communication platform.

In FIG. 1, although the user terminal 400 is represented by a single number, there may be a plurality of user terminals 400 that manage respective establishments connected to the product selling server 100.

The communication network 500 connects the goods selling server 100, the automated teller machine 200, the inventory management server 300, and the user terminal 400. That is, the communication network 500 refers to a communication network that provides a connection path so that the automatic vending machine 200 can access the article sales server 100 and then send and receive data. The communication network 500 may be a wired network such as LANs (Local Area Networks), WANs (Wide Area Networks), MANs (Metropolitan Area Networks), ISDNs (Integrated Service Digital Networks), wireless LANs, CDMA, Bluetooth, But the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto.

2 is a view showing an article selling server 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, an article sales server 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a communication unit 110, a control unit 120, and a storage unit 130.

The communication unit 110 communicates between the goods sales server 100 and the automatic sales apparatus 200 or between the goods sale server 100 and the inventory management server 300 or between the goods sale server 100 and the user terminal 400 RTI ID = 0.0 > a < / RTI > The communication unit 110 receives a signal from the automatic vending machine 200 or transmits a signal to the automatic vending machine 200 under the control of the control unit 120 and receives a signal from the inventory management server 300, And transmits a signal to the management server 300. For example, the communication unit 110 may include a local communication unit, a mobile communication unit, and a broadcast receiving unit.

A short-range wireless communication unit includes a Bluetooth communication unit, a Bluetooth low energy (BLE) communication unit, a near field communication unit, a WLAN communication unit, a Zigbee communication unit, Data Association) communication unit, a WFD (Wi-Fi Direct) communication unit, an UWB (ultra wideband) communication unit, an Ant + communication unit, and the like.

The mobile communication unit transmits and receives radio signals to at least one of a base station, an external terminal, and a server on a mobile communication network. Here, the wireless signal may include various types of data depending on a voice call signal, a video call signal, or a text / multimedia message transmission / reception.

The broadcast receiving unit receives broadcast signals and / or broadcast-related information from outside through a broadcast channel. The broadcast channel may include a satellite channel and a terrestrial channel. According to the embodiment, the shopping service providing apparatus 100 may not include the local communication unit, the mobile communication unit, and the broadcast receiving unit.

The control unit 120 typically controls the overall operation of the merchandise sales server 100. For example, the control unit 120 not only controls the communication unit 110 and the storage unit 130 as a whole by executing programs stored in the storage unit 130, but also controls the control unit 120, The settlement processing module 122, and the inventory processing module 123 included in the order processing module 121, the inventory processing module 123, and the like.

Here, the control unit 120 may include all kinds of devices capable of processing data, such as a processor. Herein, the term " processor " may refer to a data processing apparatus embedded in hardware, for example, having a circuit physically structured to perform a function represented by a code or an instruction contained in the program. As an example of the data processing apparatus built in hardware, a microprocessor, a central processing unit (CPU), a processor core, a multiprocessor, an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) circuit, and a field programmable gate array (FPGA), but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto.

The storage unit 130 temporarily or permanently stores the data processed by the control unit 120. Here, the storage unit 130 may include a magnetic storage medium or a flash storage medium, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto. The storage unit 130 stores information about one or more business establishments associated with the product sales server 100, information about one or more automatic vending devices belonging to each business establishment, data transmission / reception history (order signals, Etc.), and can store and manage the settlement details generated according to the goods supply signal, the settlement details classified by the establishments, settlement details and payment details, and information on the goods held by the respective automatic vending machines.

The operation of the control unit 120 according to the detailed configuration of the control unit shown in Figs. 3 to 6 will be described in detail.

The control unit 120 includes an order processing module 121 for processing an order signal from the automatic vending machine 200 and a data processing unit 130 for transmitting and receiving data to and from the terminal 400 And an inventory processing module 123 that manages stock replenishment due to exhaustion of the articles held by the automatic vending machine 200 through data transmission / reception with the inventory management server 300 can do.

4, the order processing module 121 may include an order signal receiving module 1211, a validity determination module 1212, an order approval processing module 1213, and a supply processing module 1214.

The order signal receiving module 1211 receives an order signal from the user terminal 400 of the user. The order signal receiving module 1211 receives the order signal inputted through the shopping application installed in the user terminal 400. [ Here, the order signal may include information related to a user who is an orderer, information related to an order to be received, and a signal generated based on information input by a user. The information included in the order signal may include information on the orderer who is an ordering user, order goods to be purchased by the user, quantity, order information related to the option, order date and time, and the like.

Herein, the orderer information is information for identifying a user who is an orderer and identifies the user's department, department, name, date of birth, sex, age, position, English name, Information may be obtained and may be obtained from an input from a user, or by contacting the user terminal 400 with an ID card, an access card, etc., possessed by the user.

In an alternative embodiment, the ordering signal may include accounting account information. Herein, the accounting account information is information on the purchase purpose of the goods included in the order signal, and may be set to at least one of promotional expenses, expendables, and meeting expenses, but is not limited thereto. can do.

The validity determination module 1212 may perform a function of determining the validity of the order signal received from the user terminal 400. [ Here, the validity of the order signal is determined by whether or not the information contained in the order signal satisfies the predetermined condition set by the product selling server 100, and when the inputted order signal is a signal that can be supplied through the automatic vending machine 200 , It can be ensured. The article sales server 100 sets conditions for providing articles to the one or more automatic vending machines 200 and stores the conditions in which each article can be provided for each automatic vending machine 200 or each user who is an orderer .

The validity determination module 1212 can determine the validity of the order signal based on the orderer information included in the order signal. More specifically, the validity determination module 1212 acquires the business office of the purchaser based on the orderer information, and can determine the legitimacy of the order signal based on the business office of the purchaser. The validity determination module 1212 can determine that the order signal from the first user is not legitimate when the business establishment to which the first user belongs is not the business establishment registered in the product sales server 100. [ Further, the validity determination module 1212 determines that the ordering signal from the first user is not legitimate when the business establishment to which the first user belongs and the affiliated establishment of the automatic sales apparatus 200 to which the order signal is inputted are not the same It can be judged.

The validity determination module 1212 can determine the authenticity of the ordering signal by determining the authenticity of the ordering party based on the ordering information included in the ordering signal. The validity determination module 1212 judges whether the order information included in the order signal from the first user matches the personal information of the first user (office number, name, resident registration number, etc.) can do.

The validity determination module 1212 compares the authentication number transmitted to the user terminal 400, which is the second medium held by the purchaser, with the authentication number input from the automatic vending machine 200, Can be determined. To this end, the validity determination module 1212 obtains the mobile phone number, email address, home phone number, etc. of the user's terminal based on the orderer information included in the input order signal, The user may request to input the second authentication number through the automatic vending machine 200 after transmitting the first authentication number using a telephone number or the like. Finally, the validity determination module 1212 can determine the authenticity of the purchaser by determining the identity between the first authentication number and the second authentication number. If the first authentication number and the second authentication number are different, the validity determination module 1212 may determine that the orderer information inputting the order signal is not legitimate.

Further, the validity determination module 1212 may acquire the order level of the orderer based on the orderer information, and further determine the validity of the order signal based on the order level of the orderer. The validity determination module 1212 determines whether the order level of the orderer has a purchase right for the order item included in the order signal or whether the order level of the orderer has a purchase right for the order amount included in the order signal, The validity of the signal can be judged. For example, the validity determination module 1212 determines that the order signal is not valid when the order level of the purchaser is 'surrogate' and the orderer inputs an order signal exceeding the purchase amount limit for 'surrogate' can do. In addition, the validity determination module 1212 may determine that the ordering signal is not valid when the ordering person's job is 'clean' and the ordering person inputs an order signal for ordering 'office supplies' not related to 'cleaning' It can be judged.

The validity determination module 1212 may calculate the order amount based on the order information and compare the order amount with the deposit of the establishment to further determine the validity of the order signal. The validity determination module 1212 may determine that the order signal is not legitimate when the order signal for the order amount exceeding the deposit of the purchaser's office is input. Further, the validity determination module 1212 may calculate the order amount based on the order information, and compare the order amount with the budget of the department of the purchaser to determine the legitimacy of the order signal. The validity determination module 1212 may determine that the order signal is not valid when the order signal for the order amount exceeding the budget of the ordering party's department is inputted.

If the order signal received from the automatic vending machine 200 is not valid as a result of the determination, the order approval processing module 1213 does not approve the order signal but approves the order signal if the order signal is legitimate .

When the order signal is approved, the supply processing module 1214 determines an automatic vending machine 200 capable of supplying and / or providing an article corresponding to the order signal, And provides the user with an item corresponding to the order signal. More specifically, the supply processing module 1214 includes an approval signal generating module 12141 for generating an approval signal including information related to the first automatic vending machine provided to the user terminal, And a supply signal generation module 12142 that generates an article supply signal to provide an article corresponding to the order signal input by the first user, based on information input from one user.

The article sales server 100 includes a location receiving module 1216 for receiving a first location, which is location information from a user's terminal, to generate an approval signal to the user terminal, A device search module 1217 for searching for the vending machine 200, and a device extraction module 1218 for extracting the vending machine holding the goods contained in the order signal.

The location receiving module 1216 may receive the first location, which is the location information, from the user's terminal 400. The position of the user terminal 400 is generated on the basis of information sensed through a position sensor mounted on the user terminal 400 and includes information corresponding to the position of the user terminal 400. For example, the location information may include information such as latitude, longitude, and altitude, or may include information such as representative name, administrative area, and the like.

The device search module 1217 searches for one or more automated vending machines 200 located within a first distance from a first location, which is the location of the user. Here, the first distance is a distance that the user can move without using another public transportation means. For example, the first distance may be set to 200 meters, which is a distance that can be moved by about 10 minutes, but is not limited thereto . That is, the device search module 1217 can search for the automatic vending machine 200 accessible from the user's location based on the location of the user and the location information of the vending machine 200 in the vicinity.

The device extraction module 1218 extracts one or more first automated vending machines 200 holding the items contained in the order signal from among one or more automatic vending machines 200 located within a first distance from the user's location. The device extraction module 1218 extracts an automatic vending machine 200 capable of processing all or part of the actual user's order signal among the one or more automatic vending machines 200 searched. The device extraction module 1218 can extract the first automatic vending machine 200 that will process the user's order signal by comparing the article held by the automatic vending machine 200 with the article of the order signal.

In another embodiment, the device extraction module 1218 may determine the most optimal first vending machine 200 based on the location of the vending machine 200 and the possessed merchandise of the vending machine 200. For example, the device extraction module 1218 can determine the most suitable first automatic vending machine 200 as the automatic vending machine 200 closest to the user's position, considering the position of the automatic vending machine 200 have. In addition, the device extraction module 1218 considers the items held by the automatic vending machine 200, and selects the automatic vending machine 200 holding all of the articles contained in the user's order signal as the most optimal first automatic vending machine Can be determined as the device 200.

In another embodiment, the device extraction module 1218 may determine the most optimal first vending machine 200, taking into account the history associated with the user's order signal and article supply. More specifically, the device extraction module 1218 extracts, from among the one or more automatic vending machines 200 retrieved, a vending machine 200 having a history of receiving an order signal from the user, The automatic vending machine 200 of FIG. If there are a plurality of automatic vending machines 200 having a history of receiving an order signal from the user or having a history of supplying the goods, the device extracting module 1218 may search the one or more automatic vending machines 200, The most suitable automatic vending machine 200 can determine the automatic vending machine 200 having the greatest history of receiving the order signal from the user or having the greatest history of supplying the goods.

Finally, the approval signal generation module 12141 generates an approval signal including information corresponding to the first automatic vending machine 201 and transmits the approval signal to the first user terminal 400. [ The approval signal includes information on the first automatic vending machine 201 capable of providing an article corresponding to the order signal inputted through the user terminal 400 and corresponds to the order signal inputted from the user terminal 400 ≪ / RTI >

The supply signal generation module 12142 controls the second automatic vending machine 201 to receive the order identification number contained in the approval signal from the user or the identification number of the user who has received the approval signal, Or an identification number. The product selling server 100 according to the embodiments of the present invention may further include a validity determination module 12143 for determining validity of the order identification number or the user's identification number based on the order identification number or the user's identification number . The supply signal generation module 12142 may generate an article supply signal for providing the article corresponding to the order identification number if the order identification number is valid as a result of the determination.

The validity determination module 12143 extracts the supply information corresponding to the order identification number based on the order identification number input from the user, and extracts the supply information corresponding to the order identification number from the automatic sales apparatus 200 and the second automatic sales apparatus 201) are identical, whether or not the orderer information included in the supply information is the same as the user, and determine the validity of the order identification number. The generated order identification number is a combined string of numbers, alphabets, and special characters, and may be information generated in association with an order signal input from a user. The product selling server 100 can acquire the orderer information and the order information included in the order signal from the identification information generated in correspondence with the order signal inputted from the user and includes the order information in the approval information generated in correspondence with the order signal Thereby obtaining the supplied supply device information.

The validity determination module 12143 determines the validity of the order identification number or the user identification number. The validity determination module 12143 can determine the validity of the order identification number by determining whether an order signal corresponding to the order identification number exists.

In addition, the validity determination module 12143 may determine that the second automatic vending machine 200 to which the order identification number is input is not matched with the first automatic vending machine 200 set to provide the article corresponding to the order identification number , It can be determined that the order identification number is invalid.

In addition, the validity determination module 12143 can determine the validity of the order identification number by determining whether the orderer of the order signal corresponding to the order identification number and the user who has input the order identification number are identical.

The validity determination module 12143 can determine the validity of the order identification number by determining whether all of the articles corresponding to the order identification number can be supplied from the first automatic vending machine 201. [ The validity judgment module 12143 compares the goods held by the first automatic vending machine 201 with all of the goods corresponding to the order identification number so that the first automatic vending machine 201 compares the goods corresponding to the order identification number It is possible to judge the validity of the order identification number.

According to another embodiment, the article sales server 100 may include in the order signal if one or more automated vending machines 200 located within a first distance from the location of the first user do not have the goods contained in the order signal The supply availability judgment module 1215 judges that supply of the article is impossible. The supply availability judgment module 1215 can transmit the supply availability of the order signal to the user terminal 400. [ Further, in an alternative embodiment, the supply availability determination module 1215 may be associated with a second automated vending machine 200 that is not located within a first distance from a location of a user having all of the one or more articles included in the order signal Information, e.g., location information, identification information, etc., to the user terminal.

According to another embodiment, if the product selling server 100 determines that all or a part of one or more articles included in the order signal can not be supplied as a result of the supply availability determination, A notification is sent to the inventory management server 300 or a supply request is issued to the first automatic vending machine 200 to have a first article which is not available among the articles included in the order signal To the inventory management server 300. In the case where the unavailable first article is subsequently transmitted to the first automatic vending machine 200 according to the above process, the product sale server 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention is configured such that, In order to immediately notify the user terminal of the fact that the device 200 is provided, it is possible to control the fact that the fact of the first article is transmitted to the user's terminal.

6, the settlement processing module 122 may include a settlement history creation module 1221 and a settlement request creation module 1222. [ The settlement processing module 122 performs a function of managing deposits of establishments. The settlement processing module 122 arranges the goods supply signals supplied through the automatic vending machine 200 provided in the establishment by business establishments and deducts the supply amount corresponding to the supply goods from the deposit of each business establishment, , It is possible to manage the deposit of the establishment.

The settlement history creation module 1221 performs a function of generating a settlement breakdown by adding one or more order signals received from one or more automatic vending machines 200 to respective affiliates of a user who is a payment unit. In particular, the settlement history creation module 1221 can extract only the details approved by the order in the order signal, and generate the settlement history in order of the order approval time. At this time, the settlement history creation module 1221 can create a settlement breakdown by bundling a plurality of order signals or generate a settlement breakdown for a single order signal. The settlement history creation module 1221 bundles the approved order signals from the at least one automatic vending machine 200 belonging to the first establishment at predetermined time intervals, for example, at one day or one month intervals, Can be generated. In addition, the settlement history creation module 1221 can calculate the deposit of each establishment in consideration of the total of the deposit and settlement details of the establishment. The settlement history creation module 1221 can calculate the deposit of the establishment by subtracting the total amount of the settlement details from the deposit. The process of calculating the deposit of the establishment may be performed for each article providing signal or may be performed by bundling a plurality of article providing signals. The settlement history creation module 1221 may transmit the notification of the approved order signal to the user terminal 400 of the administrator of the establishment irrespective of the calculation of the settlement history. At this time, the settlement history creation module 1221 can transmit a notification of one approved order signal or a notification of a plurality of approved order signals to the user terminal 400 of the administrator of the establishment.

According to an alternative embodiment, the merchandise sales server 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention generates a settlement request corresponding to the generated settlement breakdown, and transmits the settlement request to the user terminal 400 of the affiliated establishment corresponding to the settlement breakdown, And a payment request processing module 1222 for transmitting the request. The settlement request processing module 1222 can classify and settle settlement details that have been settled in accordance with the settlement request processing module 1222 among settlement details of each establishment.

Accordingly, the product selling server 100 can make the order signals received for each of the automatic vending machines 200 to be managed by being summed or settled by the affiliated establishments which are the settlement units.

As shown in FIG. 7, the inventory processing module 123 may include a holding quantity management module 1231.

The possessed article management module 1231 has a function of managing the articles and the quantities of the articles held by the automatic vending machine 200 that has received the article supply signals by subtracting the articles supplied by the article supply signals by the order quantity . The possessed article management module 1231 compares the quantity of one or more articles possessed by the automatic vending machine 200 with a predetermined threshold quantity to extract a first article held below the critical quantity, (200) to supply the first product by the maximum quantity for each article. For example, when the critical quantity set by the product selling server 100 is 2, the holding article management module 1231 determines whether the quantity of one or more articles held by the first automatic vending machine 200 is greater than the critical quantity Of the first article. Also, the possessed article management module 1231 can calculate the supply quantity for supplying the first automatic sales apparatus 200 as much as the maximum quantity of the first article. For example, when the quantity of the first product in the first automatic vending machine 200 is 1, in order to hold the maximum quantity 15 of the first product, the product selling server 100 transmits the first automatic vending machine 200, To the stock management server 300 so as to supply the first item of 14 (maximum hold-quantity).

Accordingly, the product selling server 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention counts, in real time, the quantity of goods held by each of the at least one automatic vending machine 200, At the same time, it is possible to prevent the case where the article is not provided to the members of the establishment through the automatic vending machine 200.

8 is a flowchart showing an article selling method according to embodiments of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8, the method of selling goods according to embodiments of the present invention may include receiving an order signal (S110), determining a legitimacy (S120), ordering an order (S130), receiving a user location (S140) A retrieving step S150, a device extracting step S160, and an approval signal transmitting step S170. In S110, the product selling server 100 receives the order signal input from the first user included in the first establishment from the first automatic vending machine 200. [ The goods selling server 100 receives an order signal including an affiliated office of the automatic vending machine, a business office belonging to the user, a position or a job of the user, and / or an article to be ordered and a total amount.

In S120, the merchandise sales server 100 determines the validity of the order signal in consideration of the order information and the orderer information included in the order signal. The goods selling server 100 determines whether or not there is a match between the affiliated office of the automatic vending machine 200 and the affiliated office of the user, the authority of the purchaser obtained through the user's rank or job, the goods to be ordered and the total amount, It is possible to determine the validity of the order signal by calculating the comparison with the deposit.

In S130, as a result of the determination, when the order signal is valid, the product selling server 100 approves the order signal.

In S140, the product selling server 100 receives the first location, which is the location information, from the user's terminal 400. [ The position of the user terminal 400 is generated on the basis of information sensed through a position sensor mounted on the user terminal 400 and includes information corresponding to the position of the user terminal 400.

In S150, the goods selling server 100 searches for one or more automatic vending machines 200 located within a first distance from the first position, which is the position of the user. The goods selling server 100 can search for the automatic vending machine 200 accessible from the user's location based on the location of the user and the location information of the automatic vending machine 200 in the vicinity.

In step S160, the product selling server 100 extracts one or more first automatic vending machines holding the articles included in the order signal from among the one or more automatic vending machines 200 located within a first distance from the user's position. The product selling server 100 extracts an automatic vending machine 200 capable of processing all or part of an actual user's order signal among the one or more automatic vending machines 200 searched. The goods selling server 100 can determine the most optimal first automatic vending machine 200 based on the position of the automatic vending machine 200 and the article held by the automatic vending machine 200. [ The goods selling server 100 can determine the most optimal first automatic vending machine 200 considering the history of the user's order signal and article supply.

In step S170, the product selling server 100 generates an approval signal including information corresponding to the first automatic vending machine, and transmits the approval signal to the first user terminal. The approval signal includes information on the first automatic vending machine capable of providing an article corresponding to the order signal input through the user terminal and may include an order identification number corresponding to the order signal inputted from the user terminal .

In step S180, the product selling server 100 receives the order identification number input from the first user from the first automatic vending machine 201. [ At this time, the product selling server 100 may receive the user identification number input from the first user to the first automatic sales machine 201.

In S181, the product selling server 100 determines the validity of the order identification number or the user identification number. The product selling server 100 can determine the validity of the order identification number by determining whether the order signal corresponding to the order identification number exists.

In addition, the product selling server 100 can determine the validity of the order identification number by determining whether or not the automatic sales apparatus 200 corresponding to the order identification number is identical to the first automatic sales apparatus 201. [

In addition, the product selling server 100 can determine the validity of the order identification number by determining whether the orderer of the order signal corresponding to the order identification number and the user who has input the order identification number are identical.

In addition, the product selling server 100 can judge the validity of the order identification number by judging whether all the articles corresponding to the order identification number can be supplied from the first automatic vending machine 201. [ The product selling server 100 compares the goods held by the first automatic vending machine 201 with all of the goods corresponding to the order identification number so that the first automatic vending machine 201 can obtain the goods corresponding to the order identification number It is possible to judge the validity of the order identification number.

In step S182, the article sales server 100 may transmit the article supply signal to the first automated teller machine to provide the article corresponding to the order identification number when the order identification number is valid as a result of the determination.

FIGS. 9 to 10 are views for explaining the validity judgment step (S120) in more detail.

9, the validity determination step S120 may include a step S121 of determining the order information, a step S122 of determining the validity of the orderer information, and a step S123 of determining whether or not the article can be supplied.

In S121, the product selling server 100 acquires the business office of the purchaser based on the orderer information, and can judge the justification of the order signal based on the business office of the purchaser. When the business establishment to which the first user belongs and the affiliated establishment of the automatic vending machine 200 to which the order signal is input are not the same, the product sales server 100 determines that the order signal from the first user is not legitimate . The goods selling server 100 can acquire the order level of the orderer based on the orderer information and further judge the justification of the order signal based on the order level of the orderer. The goods selling server 100 determines whether or not the order level of the orderer has a purchase right for the order item included in the order signal or whether the order level of the orderer has a purchase right for the order amount included in the order signal, The validity of the signal can be judged.

In S122, the merchandise sales server 100 calculates the order amount based on the order information, and compares the order amount with the deposit of the establishment, thereby further judging the validity of the order signal. The goods selling server 100 may determine that the order signal is not legitimate when the order signal for the order amount exceeding the deposit of the place of business of the purchaser is inputted. Further, the article sales server 100 can calculate the order amount based on the order information, and compare the order amount with the budget of the department of the purchaser, thereby judging the validity of the order signal. The goods selling server 100 may determine that the order signal is not legitimate when the order signal for the order amount exceeding the budget of the ordering party's department is inputted.

In step S123, when the order signal includes an article not included in the first automatic vending machine 200 to which the order signal is input, the article selling server 100 determines that supply of the article included in the order signal is impossible .

9, the goods selling server 100 performs the legitimacy determination in the order of S121, S122, and S123. However, this is merely an example, and the goods selling server 100 performs the steps S121, S122, and S123 And the order in which the steps are performed is not limited to that shown in the drawing of FIG.

10 is a view for explaining the validity judgment step (S120) in more detail.

Referring to FIG. 10, the validity determination step S122 may include an orderer information extraction step S122a, an authentication number transmission step S122b, an authentication number reception step S122c, and an authentication number comparison step S122d. In the legitimacy determination step S122, the product selling server 100 can determine the authenticity of the ordering signal by determining the authenticity of the purchaser based on the ordering information included in the ordering signal.

In the orderer information extracting step (S122a), the product selling server 100 acquires a first user who is an orderer in consideration of the orderer information included in the order signal, and extracts information related to the terminal of the first user. For example, the product selling server 100 extracts the mobile phone number of the first user who is an orderer. At this time, the product selling server 100 uses information related to one or more users belonging to the establishment, and the information related to the user may include a mobile phone number possessed by the user.

In the authentication number transmission step S122b, the product selling server 100 may transmit the first authentication number to the terminal of the first user using the first user's mobile phone number. At this time, the first authentication number may be transmitted as a short text message, a long text message, an e-mail, a chat message, or the like, and may include an authentication code having a predetermined length in combination of numbers, letters and special characters. The product selling server 100 may randomly generate the authentication number or may generate a code including the cell phone number, email address, and home phone number of the first user.

In the authentication number receiving step (S122c), the article selling server 100 receives the second authentication number from the first user and controls the automatic vending machine 200 to receive the second authentication number from the automatic vending machine 200, And receives the input second authentication number.

In the authentication number comparing step (S122d), the article selling server 100 confirms whether the first authentication number and the second authentication number are identical to each other. If the first authentication number transmitted to the first user is equal to the second authentication number input from the first user, the product selling server 100 may determine that the orderer information included in the order signal is legitimate.

Accordingly, the merchandise sales server 100 can steal user identification information such as an ID card, an ID, and a password to exclude an order signal that is falsely ordered and input an order signal through a mobile phone, which is a second medium possessed by the user It is possible to judge whether or not a user and an orderer included in an order signal match.

11 is a diagram for explaining data transmission / reception between the product selling server 100, the automatic vending machine 200, the first user terminal, and the second user terminal 400. [ Referring to FIG. 11, the terminal 400 of the first user who wants to place an order transmits the order signal to the goods selling server 100 (S1101). The order signal may be generated including the order information and the orderer information, as described above. The goods selling server 100 can judge whether the information contained in the order signal satisfies a predetermined condition by judging whether the order signal is valid or not (S1002). According to the determination result, the product selling server 100 approves the order signal. With respect to the approved order signal, the product selling server 100 may determine the first automatic vending machine 200 capable of supplying the goods contained in the approved order signal (S1103). S1103 will be described in more detail. The product selling server 100 can search for the automatic vending machine 200 accessible from the user's location based on the user's location and the location information of the vending machine 200 in the vicinity have. The goods selling server 100 extracts one or more first automatic vending machines holding the goods contained in the order signal from among the one or more automatic vending machines 200 located within a first distance from the location of the user. The product selling server 100 extracts an automatic vending machine 200 capable of processing all or part of an actual user's order signal among the one or more automatic vending machines 200 searched. The goods selling server 100 can determine the most optimal first automatic vending machine 200 based on the position of the automatic vending machine 200 and the article held by the automatic vending machine 200. [

The goods selling server 100 generates an approval signal including information corresponding to the first automatic vending machine 201 and transmits the approval signal to the first user terminal 400 (S1104). The goods selling server 100 may transmit the approval signal to the automatic vending machine 201 corresponding to the approval signal (S1105).

The first user terminal 400 receiving the approval number inputs the order identification number included in the approval signal through the input unit of the first automatic vending machine 201 (S1106). The first automatic vending machine 201 judges the validity of the inputted order identification number, and in response to the valid order identification number, the automatic vending machine 201 processes the supplied goods (S1107).

The first automatic vending machine 201 may determine the validity of the order identification number by itself or may determine the validity of the order identification number through sharing with the product sales server 100. [ When the first automatic vending machine 201 itself judges the validity of the order identification number, the first automatic vending machine 201 generates the order identification number based on the order information and the order identification number included in the received approval signal, Can be determined.

When the first automatic vending machine 201 judges the validity of the order identification number through the control of the product selling server 100, the first automatic vending machine 201 transmits the inputted order identification number to the goods selling server 100, And can receive the corresponding article supply signal.

The user terminal 400 of the second user who is the manager of the establishment can receive the order signal and receive the approved order signal to monitor the insufficient deposit. The user terminal 400 may transmit the deposit deposit information to the goods selling server 100 (S1008) in order to process the depositing of the deposit, and in response to the deposit deposit information, receive the deposit deposit completion (S1009) .

12 is a view for explaining the structure of the automatic vending machine 200 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

12, the automatic vending machine 200 includes a communication unit 210, a control unit 220, a storage unit 230, an input unit 240, an output unit 250, and a providing unit 260 .

The communication unit 210 may include one or more components that enable communication between the automatic vending machine 200 and the automatic vending machine 200 or the automatic vending machine 200. For example, the communication unit 120 may include a local communication unit, a mobile communication unit, and a broadcast receiving unit.

A short-range wireless communication unit includes a Bluetooth communication unit, a Bluetooth low energy (BLE) communication unit, a near field communication unit, a WLAN communication unit, a Zigbee communication unit, Data Association) communication unit, a WFD (Wi-Fi Direct) communication unit, an UWB (ultra wideband) communication unit, an Ant + communication unit, and the like.

The mobile communication unit transmits and receives radio signals to at least one of a base station, an external terminal, and a server on a mobile communication network. Here, the wireless signal may include various types of data depending on a voice call signal, a video call signal, or a text / multimedia message transmission / reception.

The broadcast receiving unit receives broadcast signals and / or broadcast-related information from outside through a broadcast channel. The broadcast channel may include a satellite channel and a terrestrial channel. According to an embodiment, the automatic vending machine 200 may not include a broadcast receiver.

The communication unit 210 can transmit an order signal to the product selling server 100 and receive an article supply signal corresponding to the order signal.

The control unit 220 can receive an approval signal from the article sales server 100. [

The control unit 220 may perform the function of determining the validity of the order identification number input from the user and controlling to supply the article corresponding to a valid order identification number. The control unit 220 extracts the supply information corresponding to the order identification number based on the order identification number input from the user and extracts the supply information corresponding to the order identification number from the automatic sales apparatus 200 and the first automatic sales apparatus 201, And determining whether the order information included in the supply information is the same as a user, thereby determining the validity of the order identification number. The generated order identification number is a combined string of numbers, alphabets, and special characters, and may be information generated in association with an order signal input from a user. The control unit 220 can acquire the orderer information and order information included in the order signal from the identification information generated corresponding to the order signal inputted from the user, Device information can be obtained.

The control unit 220 determines the validity of the order identification number or the user identification number. The control unit 220 can determine the validity of the order identification number by determining whether the order signal corresponding to the order identification number exists.

Also, the controller 220 can determine the validity of the order identification number by determining whether or not the automatic ordering device 200 corresponding to the order identification number is the same as the first automatic selling device 201. [

In addition, the controller 220 can determine the validity of the order identification number by determining whether or not the orderer of the order signal corresponding to the order identification number and the user who has input the order identification number are identical.

In addition, the control unit 220 can determine the validity of the order identification number by determining whether all of the articles corresponding to the order identification number can be supplied from the first automatic vending machine 201. The control unit 220 compares the goods held by the first automatic vending machine 201 with all of the goods corresponding to the order identification number so that the first automatic vending machine 201 detects all of the goods corresponding to the order identification number .

The control unit 220 may transmit the input order identification number to the product sales server 100 and may receive the goods supply signal corresponding to the order identification number. In this case, the control unit 220 does not judge the validity of the order identification number by itself. According to the embodiment of the present invention, the control unit 220 may perform a function of controlling the supply of the article according to the article supply signal from the article sale server 100. [ The control unit 220 allows the user to be provided with the article based on the type of the article included in the article supply signal and the quantity per article.

The control unit 220 may perform a function of monitoring the quantity of the articles stored in the automatic vending machine 200. The control unit 220 can monitor the case where the quantity of items held by each article is less than the critical quantity. The control unit 220 generates information on the articles less than the critical quantity so that the article sales server 100 can manage the quantity of the articles and sends the information on the articles to the article sale server 100 can do.

The control unit 220 also transmits the physical impact generated in the automatic vending machine 200 to the product sales server 100. The automatic vending machine 200 may include an image sensor, a motion sensor, an acceleration sensor, a sound sensor, and the like in order to detect a physical impact. Further, the automatic vending machine 200 needs data for interpreting a signal sensed through the sensor, and it may be necessary to store a table including an algorithm or a path code for interpreting a signal and data corresponding to the path code have.

The control unit 220 typically controls the overall operation of the automatic vending machine 200. For example, the control unit 220 controls the communication unit 210, the storage unit 230, the input unit 240, the output unit 250, the providing unit 260, and the like by executing programs stored in the storage unit 230 Overall controllable.

The storage unit 230 may store a program for processing and controlling the controller 220 and may store data to be input / output (e.g., a plurality of menus, a plurality of first hierarchical submenus corresponding to the plurality of menus, A plurality of second layer submenus corresponding to each of the plurality of first layer submenus, and the like).

The storage unit 230 may be a flash memory type, a hard disk type, a multimedia card micro type, a card type memory (for example, SD or XD memory) (Random Access Memory) SRAM (Static Random Access Memory), ROM (Read Only Memory), EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory), PROM (Programmable Read-Only Memory) A disk, and / or an optical disk. Also, the automatic vending machine 200 may operate a web storage or a cloud server that performs a storage function of the storage unit 230 on the internet.

The programs stored in the storage unit 230 may be classified into a plurality of modules according to their functions, for example, a UI module, a touch screen module, a notification module, or the like.

The input unit 240 means a means for the user to input data for controlling the automatic vending machine 200. For example, the input unit 240 may include a key pad, a dome switch, a touch pad (a contact type capacitance type, a pressure type resistive type, an infrared detection type, a surface ultrasonic wave conduction type, A measurement method, a piezo effect method, etc.), a jog wheel, a jog switch, and the like, but is not limited thereto.

The input unit 240 may obtain a user input. The input unit 240 can obtain an input of a user who wants to receive the article from the automatic vending machine 200. The input unit 240 is a means for inputting information related to a user, information related to an order, and the like. The input unit 240 may input an order identification number from a user.

The output unit 250 may include a display unit, an acoustic output unit, a vibration motor, and the like. The display unit outputs information processed by the automatic vending machine 200.

If the display unit and the touch pad have a layer structure and are configured as a touch screen, the display unit may be used as an input device in addition to the output device. The display unit may include a liquid crystal display, a thin film transistor-liquid crystal display, an organic light-emitting diode, a flexible display, a three-dimensional display, And an electrophoretic display. According to the embodiment of the automatic vending machine 200, the automatic vending machine 200 may include two or more display portions. At this time, the two or more display units may be arranged to face each other using a hinge.

The providing unit 260 has an article provided through the automatic vending machine 200 and performs a function provided by the article under the control of the controller 220. [ Each section is divided into a plurality of sections for individual articles so that the article can be divided into sections according to the article providing signal of the controller 220. [ . For example, when there are 20 kinds of articles that can be supplied through the automatic vending machine 200, and 20 pieces are provided for each article, the supplying part 260 includes 20 sections, and each section includes 20 Section. In this case, the providing unit 260 includes a total of 400 sections.

The controller 260 controls the temperature of each section according to the property of the article according to the control of the controller 220. For example, the supply 260 may include a cooling device that allows the temperature of a section of the article to be maintained below 10 degrees Celsius for articles to be stored below 10 degrees Celsius, In the case of an article to be stored, it may include a device that allows the temperature of the section of the article to be maintained at 60 degrees or more.

The embodiments of the present invention described above can be embodied in the form of a computer program that can be executed on various components on a computer, and the computer program can be recorded on a computer-readable medium. At this time, the medium may be a magnetic medium such as a hard disk, a floppy disk and a magnetic tape, an optical recording medium such as CD-ROM and DVD, a magneto-optical medium such as a floptical disk, , A RAM, a flash memory, and the like, which are specifically configured to store and execute program instructions.

Meanwhile, the computer program may be designed and configured specifically for the present invention or may be known and used by those skilled in the computer software field. Examples of computer programs may include machine language code such as those produced by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that may be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

The specific acts described in the present invention are, by way of example, not intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way. For brevity of description, descriptions of conventional electronic configurations, control systems, software, and other functional aspects of such systems may be omitted. Also, the connections or connecting members of the lines between the components shown in the figures are illustrative of functional connections and / or physical or circuit connections, which may be replaced or additionally provided by a variety of functional connections, physical Connection, or circuit connections. Also, unless stated otherwise such as " essential ", " importantly ", etc., it may not be a necessary component for application of the present invention.

The use of the terms " above " and similar indication words in the specification of the present invention (particularly in the claims) may refer to both singular and plural. In addition, in the present invention, when a range is described, it includes the invention to which the individual values belonging to the above range are applied (unless there is contradiction thereto), and each individual value constituting the above range is described in the detailed description of the invention The same. Finally, the steps may be performed in any suitable order, unless explicitly stated or contrary to the description of the steps constituting the method according to the invention. The present invention is not necessarily limited to the order of description of the above steps. The use of all examples or exemplary language (e.g., etc.) in this invention is for the purpose of describing the present invention only in detail and is not to be limited by the scope of the claims, It is not. It will also be appreciated by those skilled in the art that various modifications, combinations, and alterations may be made depending on design criteria and factors within the scope of the appended claims or equivalents thereof.

10: Goods selling system 100: Goods selling server
200: Automatic vending machine 300: Inventory management server
400: user terminal 500: communication network

Claims (12)

A method for selling an article through one or more automated vending machines belonging to a first establishment,
Receiving an order signal including all of accounting account information, ordering person information, and ordering information, which is at least one of a promotional fee, a consumable item, and a meeting fee related to a purpose of purchasing an article from a first user terminal;
Wherein the product sales server obtains a position of an orderer based on the orderer information and whether or not there is a relation between the category of the item included in the order information and the belonging department included in the orderer information included in the order signal, Determines whether the order signal is valid or not based on whether or not the order of the order information has a purchase right for the order amount, whether the business establishment to which the first user belongs and the affiliated establishment of the automatic sales apparatus in which the order signal is inputted are not the same, ;
When the goods sales server determines that the job of the orderer information included in the order signal is related to the article included in the order information as a result of the determination and the order amount is less than the purchase amount limit for the order of the orderer, Approving;
The article sales server receiving a first location from a terminal of the first user;
Searching for one or more automated vending machines belonging to the first establishment within the first distance from the first location;
Extracting a first automatic vending machine capable of providing the article included in the order signal among the one or more automatic vending machines; And
Generating an approval signal including information corresponding to the first automatic vending machine and transmitting the approval signal to the terminal of the first user.
The method according to claim 1,
Receiving an order identification number included in the order signal input from the first user from the first automatic vending machine;
Determining that the order identification number is invalid if the second automated vending machine to which the order identification number is input is inconsistent with the first automatic vending machine set to provide an article corresponding to the order identification number; And
And if the order identification number is valid, sending an article supply signal to the first vending machine to provide the article corresponding to the order identification number.

delete delete The method according to claim 1,
The step of extracting the first automatic vending machine
Extracting one or more first automatic vending machines belonging to the first business establishment capable of providing an article included in the order signal among the one or more article providing apparatuses, And extracting a second automated teller machine located at a position closest to the first user by comparing the position information of one user.
The method according to claim 1,
And performing a settlement process corresponding to the order signal in response to the accepted order signal. An order signal receiving module for receiving an order signal including all of accounting account information, ordering person information, and ordering information, which is at least one of a promotional fee, a consumable item, and a meeting fee for a purpose of purchasing an article from a first user terminal;
Whether or not there is a relation between the affiliated department included in the orderer information and the category of the article included in the order information or whether the order of the orderer has a purchase right for the order amount The business establishment to which the first user belongs and the business establishment to which the order signal is input are not the same, the business establishment to which the first user belongs and the business establishment to which the ordering signal is inputted are not the same A validity judgment module for judging whether the order signal is valid or not,
If it is determined that the job of the orderer information included in the order signal is related to the article included in the order information and the order amount is less than the purchase amount limit for the order of the orderer, module;
A position receiving module for receiving a first position from the terminal of the first user;
A device search module located within a first distance from the first location and searching for one or more automated vending machines belonging to the establishment to which the first user belongs;
A device extraction module for extracting a first automatic vending machine capable of providing an article included in the order signal among the at least one automatic vending machine;
And an approval signal generating module for generating an approval signal including information corresponding to the first automatic vending machine and transmitting the approval signal to the terminal of the first user.
8. The method of claim 7,
A supply signal generation module for receiving an order identification number included in the order signal inputted from the first user, from the first automated teller machine;
The validity determination module determining that the order identification number is invalid if the second automatic vending machine to which the order identification number is input does not match the first automatic vending machine set to provide the article corresponding to the order identification number, ;
The supply signal generation module
And transmits an article supply signal to the first automatic vending machine to provide the article corresponding to the order identification number as a result of the determination, when the order identification number is valid.
delete delete 8. The method of claim 7,
The device extraction module
Extracting one or more first automatic vending machines capable of providing an article included in the order signal among the one or more article providing apparatuses and comparing the position of the one or more first article supplying apparatuses and the positional information of the first user Thereby extracting a second automated teller machine located at a position closest to the first user. A computer program stored on a computer-readable medium for carrying out the method of any one of claims 1, 2, 5 and 6 using a computer.

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