KR101740528B1 - System and method for coupon service using of poi address book establish - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a coupon service system and method using a POI address book. More particularly, the present invention relates to a POI address book database storing POI (Point Of Interest) address book constructed for each user, information about a user's call history and address book Collecting main POI information corresponding to the collected information and sub POI information related to each main POI and constructing a POI address book for constructing POI address book of the user using the collected main POI information and sub POI information A POI address book establishing apparatus including a POI address is provided.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a coupon service system,

[0001] The present invention relates to a coupon service system and method by constructing a POI (Point Of Interest) address book, and more particularly, to a system and method for coupon service provisioning by collecting main POI information corresponding to a user's call history and address book, POI address book of the user is constructed by using the collected main POI information and sub POI information, and when the coupon registration event occurs in the coupon service device, the POI address book for notifying coupon information to users registered with the POI address book To a coupon service system and method.

The mobile terminal can provide various data communication services. That is, the mobile terminal can install various applications and can receive and provide data from the server through the execution of the installed application. For example, when the mobile terminal executes an application and a user's information request is inputted through the application, the mobile terminal can receive and provide local information about the periphery of the mobile terminal from the server.

However, the user feels the inconvenience of inputting the information request every time in order to acquire the neighboring area information.

Therefore, there is a need for a technique that can more effectively provide information about the surrounding area, particularly coupons issued by stores in the area.

Prior Art 1: Korean Patent No. 817479: Mobile web page connection method and system using POI's fixed telephone number, mobile web page server and its operation method therefor

It is an object of the present invention to provide a coupon service system and method by constructing a POI address book for constructing a personal POI address book by utilizing a user's call history and address book.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for searching related users by using a POI address book established for each user when a coupon registration event occurs, providing coupon information in advance when related users make a call, And to provide a coupon service system and method by constructing an OI address book.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a POI database including a POI address book database storing a POI (Point Of Interest) address book constructed for each user, a collection unit collecting information on a user's call history and address book, And a POI address book building unit for collecting main POI information corresponding to the main POI information and sub POI information related to each main POI and constructing a POI address book of the user by using the collected main POI information and sub POI information Device is provided.

The coupon service device may further include a coupon notifying unit for searching the POI address book database to extract users registered with the POI address book and providing the coupon information to the terminal devices of the extracted users when a coupon registration event occurs in the coupon service device have.

The coupon notification unit may provide the coupon information when the extracted users call the corresponding business type.

The POI address book construction unit includes a main POI address book building module for requesting and receiving main POI information corresponding to the collected information to the POI service apparatus and building a main POI address book using the received main POI information, The POI information of stores in the same business category as that of the set POI group and within a predetermined distance from the shop is set as sub POI information to the POI service, A POI address book building module for requesting and receiving POI information from the device and building a sub POI address book using the received sub POI information, a POI address book building module for storing the POI address book composed of the main POI address book and the sub POI address book in the POI address book database Building module.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a POI information database that stores POI information and related information associated with POI information. When POI information is requested from the POI address book construction apparatus, the POI information is extracted from the POI information database Collects information on a providing POI service device, user's call history and address book, requests and receives main POI information corresponding to the collected information, sub POI information related to each main POI, There is provided a coupon service system through construction of a POI address book including a POI address book building apparatus for building a POI address book of a user by using the received main POI information and sub POI information.

Wherein the coupon service system further comprises a coupon service device for storing coupon related information and providing a coupon service, wherein when the coupon registration event occurs in the coupon service device, Retrieves the users registered with the POI address book, and provides the coupon information to the terminal devices of the extracted users.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a coupon service by constructing a POI address book by a POI address book establishing device, comprising the steps of: collecting information on a user's call history and address book; The method comprising the steps of: requesting and receiving information from a POI service device and establishing a main POI address book using the received main POI information; classifying the business types of stores included in the main POI address book; POI information of stores having the same business category as the established POI group and within a predetermined distance from the store to the POI service device as sub POI information, Constructing a POI address book, constructing a POI address book composed of the main POI address book and the sub POI address book A coupon service method is provided through construction of a POI address book including steps.

The method of providing a coupon through construction of the POI address book is a service providing method in which when a coupon registration event occurs in a coupon service device, a POI address book database is searched to extract users registered with the POI address book, And a second step of providing the second step.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for managing POI information, the method comprising the steps of: collecting information on a user's call history and address book when executed by a POI address book establishing apparatus; requesting and receiving POI information corresponding to the collected information, Establishing a main POI address book using the received main POI information, classifying the business types of the stores included in the main POI address book, and grouping the same type of businesses into POI groups, Requesting and receiving the POI information of stores in the same business category and within a predetermined distance from the store as sub POI information to the POI service device and constructing a sub POI address book using the received sub POI information, POI address book including POI address book and POI address book composed of sub POI address book There is provided a computer-readable recording medium containing a program for executing a coupon service method.

According to the present invention, the POI address book of each individual can be constructed by using personal information of interest, such as an individual's interest phone book through personal information of interest such as a user's call history, address book, and navigation.

In addition, when a coupon registration event occurs, related users are searched using the POI address book established for each user, and relevant users can inform coupon information in advance when calling, or can provide the coupon information to the user through noti in advance.

In addition, by establishing a personal POI of a user and providing a coupon associated with the POI, the use of the coupon can be increased and the service satisfaction can be enhanced.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a coupon service system through POI address book construction according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
2 is a block diagram schematically illustrating the configuration of a POI address book construction apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a diagram specifically showing a configuration of the POI address book generating unit shown in FIG.
4 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration of a POI service apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
5 is a diagram illustrating a coupon service method by constructing a POI address book according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The foregoing and other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: FIG.

Hereinafter, a coupon service system and method according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The embodiments are provided so that those skilled in the art can easily understand the technical spirit of the present invention, and thus the present invention is not limited thereto. In addition, the matters described in the attached drawings may be different from those actually implemented by the schematic drawings to easily describe the embodiments of the present invention.

In the meantime, each constituent unit described below is only an example for implementing the present invention. Thus, in other implementations of the present invention, other components may be used without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. In addition, each component may be implemented solely by hardware or software configuration, but may be implemented by a combination of various hardware and software configurations performing the same function. Also, two or more components may be implemented together by one hardware or software.

Also, the expression " comprising " is intended to merely denote that such elements are present as an expression of " open ", and should not be understood to exclude additional elements.

In the present invention, the POI (Point Of Interest) is a key point information that can be generated using text and location information extractable from the geographical information panoramic image, that is, public branch office, school, department store, cathedral, park, fast- Restaurants, etc., information including the name of the facility, address, representative telephone number, characteristics according to the characteristics of the facility, and additional information such as photographs of the facilities.

1 is a view illustrating a coupon service system through POI address book construction according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a coupon service system for constructing a POI address book includes a terminal device 100, a POI address book building device 200, a POI service device 300, and a coupon service device 400.

The terminal device 100 stores information on the address book, call history, and the like.

The terminal device 100 may include terminals such as a client terminal capable of making or receiving a call, for example, a smart phone, a note pad, a laptop computer, a tablet computer, and the like.

The POI address book building device 200 collects information on the user's call history and address book, requests and receives POI information related to the main POI and sub POI information related to each main POI based on the collected information, And creates the POI address book of the user by using the main POI information and the sub POI information. At this time, the POI address book establishing apparatus 200 collects information on the call history and the address book from each user's terminal device 100, or collects the call history or the address book of the user from a communication service company (for example, Can collect information about The main POI information may be POI information of the stores corresponding to the collected call history and address book, and the sub POI information may be POI information of the shops which are the same industry as the store included in the main POI address book, .

In addition, when the coupon registration event occurs in the coupon service device 300, the POI address book construction apparatus 200 searches the POI address book database to extract users registered with the POI address book, ) To provide coupon information.

The POI address book building apparatus 200 can be implemented through an electronic device capable of communicating with other electronic devices through various communication standards and performing various data processing operations. For example, the POI address book building device 200 may be implemented in the form of a server device, and may be implemented in various electronic devices in addition to the form of the server device. In addition, the POI address book construction apparatus 200 may be implemented in the form of a single electronic device, or in a form in which two or more electronic devices are combined.

The POI address book construction apparatus 200 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

The POI service apparatus 300 includes a POI information database storing POI information and related information associated with the POI information. When the POI information is requested from the POI address book building apparatus 200, the POI service apparatus 300 extracts the corresponding POI information from the POI information database . Here, the POI information includes location names and coordinates of important points, and the location name refers to a public institution, a school, a department store, a cathedral, a park, a fast food restaurant, a market, a restaurant, and the like. In the present embodiment, the POI information is limited to the location name of the important point, but the present invention is not limited thereto. Geographical information includes location names, coordinates, and additional services of important points. Additional services include address, representative telephone number, search by business type, Web address, and additional information on facilities. Related information includes mobile phone number, landline number, search of homogeneous industry information, web address and email address.

When the POI information request signal including the POI group, user location information, and the like is received from the POI address book construction apparatus 200, the POI service apparatus 300 searches the POI information database, And extracts the POI information having the same classification and transmits the extracted POI information to the POI address book building apparatus 200 as sub POI information.

The POI service apparatus 300 plays a role of releasing map data displayed on the map, in particular, the POI to the user. Here, the POI is data for displaying main facilities exposed on a map screen on an electronic numerical map, and may include text information such as a name, an address, and a telephone number.

The POI service apparatus 300 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

The coupon service device 00 stores coupon related information, and provides a coupon service.

When the coupon registration event occurs, the coupon service device 400 transmits the coupon registration information to the POI address book construction apparatus 200. [ Here, the coupon registration information may include a store name, a coupon name (coupon code), a price, a condition, an expiration date, and the like.

The coupon service device 400 is provided with a coupon information database in which coupon information provided by at least one store is stored. The coupon information database stores coupon information such as coupon use place information, price, benefit information, conditions, and validity period. Here, the coupon use place information may include a store name, an address, etc. in which the coupon can be used.

 FIG. 2 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of a POI address book construction apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a POI address book generation unit shown in FIG.

2, the POI address book construction apparatus 200 includes a POI address book database 210, a collection unit 220, a POI address book construction unit 230, a coupon notification unit 240, and a control unit 250.

The POI address book database 210 stores the POI address book constructed for each user. The POI address book consists of a main POI address book and a sub POI address book consisting of sub POI information related to each main POI.

The collection unit 220 collects information on the user's call history and address book. At this time, the collecting unit 220 collects information on the call history and the address book from each terminal of the user, or collects information on the call history or address book of the user from the communication service company (for example, mobile communication company) server .

The POI address book constructing unit 230 collects main POI information and sub POI information related to each main POI based on the information collected by the collecting unit 220 and collects the main POI information and the sub POI information, Of the POI address book.

For example, if the call history is an A pizza, the POI address book building unit 230 constructs a POI address book by collecting POIs of competitors' peers, such as B pizza and C pizza, as sub POIs with the A pizza as the main POI .

3, the POI address book constructing unit 230 includes a main POI address book building module 232, a sub POI address book building module 234, and a POI address book building module 236. The POI address book building module 230, .

The main POI address book building module 232 transmits a main POI information request signal including the telephone number and address book collected by the collection unit 220 to the POI service device and uses the main POI information received by the POI service device Build the main POI address book. That is, the main POI address book building module 232 transmits a main POI information request signal requesting the POI information of the stores included in the telephone number and the address book to the POI service device, and receives the POI information of the stores from the POI service device . Then, the main POI address book building module 232 constructs the main POI address book by using the POI information of the stores registered in the address book of the user's telephone number.

The sub POI address book building module 234 sets the POI group based on the main POI address book, requests and receives the sub POI information related to the set POI group to the POI service device, . That is, the sub-POI address book building module 234 classifies the business types of the stores included in the main POI address book, sets the POIs into the POI group by grouping the same type of business, POI information of the stores in the sub POI information to the POI service device as sub POI information and constructs the sub POI address book by using the received sub POI information. Here, POI group means classification into the same kind of industry. For example, A chicken can set POI group as a chicken industry.

For example, when the A chicken is the main POI, the sub POI address book building module 234 acquires the peer B chicken, C chicken, and the like, which are within a certain radius around the A chicken, as sub POIs related to the main POI.

The POI address book building module 236 stores the POI address book composed of the main POI address book and the sub POI address book in the POI address book database 210. That is, the POI address book building module 236 merges the main POI address book and the sub POI address book to construct a personal POI address book of the user.

When a coupon registration event occurs in the coupon service device, the coupon notification unit 240 searches the POI address book database 210 to extract users registered with the POI address book, and provides coupon information to the terminal devices of the extracted users do. At this time, the coupon notifying unit 240 can provide coupon information when the extracted users send a call to the corresponding business type. That is, the coupon notification unit 240 notifies the user of the collected coupon information when the user makes a call, or provides the coupon information to the user through noti in advance.

The control unit 250 controls operations of the respective units such as the POI address book database 210, the collection unit 220, the POI address book construction unit 230, and the coupon notification unit 240.

These components that the POI address book construction apparatus 200 may include may be implemented by hardware, software, or a combination thereof, and two or more components may be implemented simultaneously by one hardware or software.

4 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration of a POI service apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the POI service apparatus 300 includes a POI information database 310, a POI search unit 320, and a control unit 330.

The POI information database 310 stores POI information. Here, the POI information can be stored by location or by category. The POI information database 310 stores information such as a store name, a map to which a store location is mapped, a coupon, an event, a coupon package for multiple stores, a distance between multiple stores, and the like.

The POI information database 310 stores and maintains general map data for the map service.

The POI search unit 320 searches the POI information database 310 to extract POI information about the telephone number, address book, and the like, upon receipt of a main POI information request signal including a telephone number and an address book from the POI address book construction apparatus , And transmits the extracted POI information as main POI information to the POI address book construction apparatus.

The POI search unit 320 searches the POI information database 310 for a sub POI information request signal including a POI group, location information, and the like from the POI address book construction apparatus, Extracts POI information having the same classification as it exists, and transmits the extracted POI information as POI information to the POI address book building apparatus.

The control unit 330 controls operations of the respective units such as the POI information database 310 and the POI search unit 320.

The control unit 330 may include at least one computing unit. The computing unit may be a general central processing unit (CPU), a programmable device element (CPLD, FPGA) suitably implemented for a specific purpose, Device (ASIC) or a microcontroller chip.

The components that the POI service apparatus 300 may include may be implemented by hardware, software, or a combination thereof, and two or more components may be implemented simultaneously by one hardware or software.

5 is a view illustrating a coupon service method by constructing a POI address book according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the POI address book building apparatus collects information on a user's call history and address book (S502), and transmits a main POI information request signal including the collected information to the POI service apparatus (S504).

The POI service apparatus searches the POI information database, extracts POI information about the telephone number, address book, and the like, and transmits the extracted POI information as main POI information to the POI address book building apparatus (S506).

The POI address book construction apparatus constructs a main POI address book using the main POI information transmitted from the POI service apparatus (S508), and sets the POI group based on the main POI address book (S510). That is, the POI address book establishing apparatus classifies the business types of the stores included in the main POI address book, and groups the same kinds of businesses into POI group.

Then, the POI address book establishing device transmits a sub POI information request signal including the set POI group, location information, and the like to the POI service device (S512). Here, the location information may be the location of the stores included in the POI group.

The POI service apparatus searches the POI information database, extracts POI information having the same classification existing in the vicinity of the coordinates of the location information, and transmits the extracted POI information as POI information to the POI address book building apparatus S514).

The POI address book establishing apparatus constructs a sub POI address book using the sub POI information transmitted from the POI service apparatus (S516). At this time, the POI address book building apparatus constructs the POI address book composed of the main POI address book and the sub POI address book, and stores the constructed POI address book in the POI address book database.

When a coupon registration event occurs in the coupon service device (S518), the POI address book establishing device searches the POI address book database to extract users registered with the POI address book (S520), and transmits the coupon information to the extracted users (S522).

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for managing POI information, comprising the steps of: collecting information on a call history and address book of a user when executed by a POI address book building apparatus; requesting the POI service apparatus for main POI information corresponding to the collected information; Establishing a main POI address book using the received main POI information, setting a POI group based on the main POI address book, sub-POI information related to the set POI group to the POI service device And constructing a POI address book using the received sub POI information, and constructing a POI address book composed of the main POI address book and the sub POI address book. There is provided a computer-readable recording medium containing a program for performing the above-described method.

The coupon service method by constructing the POI address book can be created by a program, and the codes and code segments constituting the program can be easily deduced by a programmer in the field. In addition, a program related to a coupon service method through construction of a POI address book can be stored in an information storage medium (Readable Media) that can be read by an electronic device, and can be read and executed by an electronic device.

Thus, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. It is therefore to be understood that the embodiments described above are to be considered in all respects only as illustrative and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the detailed description and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents are to be construed as being included within the scope of the present invention do.

The present invention provides a coupon service system and method by constructing a POI address book, thereby making it possible to construct a POI address book of a user by utilizing the call history and the address book of a user, and when a coupon registration event occurs, Can be used to search for related users, and related users can be informed of the coupon information in advance when calling.

100: terminal device 200: POI address book construction device
210: POI address book database 220:
230: POI address book construction unit 240: coupon notification unit
250, 330: control unit 300: POI service device
310: POI information database 320: POI search unit
400: coupon service device

Claims (9)

A POI address book database storing POI (Point Of Interest) address book constructed for each user;
A collection unit for collecting information on a user's call history and address book;
Collecting main POI information, which is the POI information of the shops corresponding to the collected call history and address book of the user, and storing POI information of stores in the same business category as the stores included in the main POI information and within a predetermined distance from the store A POI address book building unit for collecting the POI information as sub POI information and constructing a personal POI address book by merging the main POI information and the sub POI information; And
And a coupon notifying unit for searching the POI address book database for extracting users registered with the POI address book and providing the coupon information to the terminal devices of the extracted users when a coupon registration event occurs in the coupon service device ,
The POI address book construction unit classifies the business types of the stores included in the main POI information, groups the same types of businesses and sets them as POI groups, and stores the POIs in the same business category as the established POI group, And collects the POI information as sub-POI information.
delete The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the coupon notification unit provides the coupon information when the extracted users call the corresponding business type. The method according to claim 1,
The POI address book building unit,
A main POI address book building module for requesting and receiving main POI information corresponding to the collected information to the POI service device and building a main POI address book using the received main POI information;
POI information of shops which are the same business type as the established POI group and within a predetermined distance from the shop is classified into sub POI information, A sub POI address book building module for requesting and receiving the POI service device with the received POI information and building a sub POI address book using the received sub POI information; And
And a POI address book building module for creating the POI address book of the user by merging the main POI address book and the sub POI address book and storing the generated POI address book in the POI address book database. A POI service apparatus having a POI information database storing information on POIs and extracting and providing the POI information from the POI information database when the POI information is requested from the POI address book building apparatus;
Collects information on the user's call history and address book, classifies the main POI information, which is the POI information of stores corresponding to the collected call history and address book, and the business category of the stores included in the main POI information, POI group, and requests POI information of stores in the same business category as the established POI group and within a predetermined distance from the store as sub POI information to the POI service device, A POI address book building device for merging sub-POI information to build a personal POI address book; And
And a coupon service device for storing coupon related information and providing a coupon service,
When the coupon registration event occurs in the coupon service device, the POI address book establishing device searches the POI address book database to extract users registered with the POI address book, and provides the coupon information to the terminal devices of the extracted users Coupon service system through POI address book building.
delete A method for a coupon service by a POI address book establishing device by constructing a POI address book,
Collecting information on a user's call history and address book;
Requesting and receiving main POI information, which is POI information of stores corresponding to the collected call history and address book, to the POI service device, and constructing a main POI address book using the received main POI information;
Classifying the business types of the stores included in the main POI address book and grouping the same type of businesses into POI groups;
POI information of stores having the same business category as the established POI group and within a predetermined distance from the store is requested and received to the POI service apparatus as sub POI information and the sub POI address book is retrieved using the received sub POI information Building;
Constructing a POI address book composed of the main POI address book and the sub POI address book; And
If the coupon registration event occurs in the coupon service device, searching for the POI address book database, extracting users registered with the POI address book for the business type, and providing coupon information to the terminal devices of the extracted users;
A method for providing a coupon through construction of a POI address book.
delete When executed by the POI address book building device,
Collecting information on a user's call history and address book;
Requesting and receiving main POI information, which is POI information of stores corresponding to the collected call history and address book, to the POI service device, and constructing a main POI address book using the received main POI information;
Classifying the business types of the stores included in the main POI address book and grouping the same type of businesses into POI groups;
POI information of stores having the same business category as the established POI group and within a predetermined distance from the store is requested and received to the POI service apparatus as sub POI information and the sub POI address book is retrieved using the received sub POI information Building;
Constructing a POI address book composed of the main POI address book and the sub POI address book; And
When the coupon registration event occurs in the coupon service device, searching the POI address book database, extracting the users registered with the POI address book as the business type, and providing the coupon information to the terminal devices of the extracted users A computer-readable recording medium containing a program for executing a coupon service method by constructing a POI address book.

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