KR101745754B1 - Method and system for providing local check-in service having high reliability - Google Patents

Abstract

A service providing method and system capable of providing a highly reliable local check-in service are disclosed. A service providing method implemented by a computer for providing a service includes the steps of: maintaining a vendor database including information on a plurality of vendors; receiving economic activity information from a user's mobile terminal The payment information may include payment information transmitted to the mobile terminal and location information of the mobile terminal related to the economic activity according to the economic activity of the user) Searching for a company corresponding to the received location information among the searched companies, and associating the company with the payment information.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a service providing method and system capable of providing a highly reliable local check-in service,

Embodiments of the present invention relate to a service providing method and system capable of providing a reliable local check-in service.

The local check-in service according to the prior art is mainly based on the location information of the user's mobile terminal. For example, in the related art, the GPS (Global Positioning System) information transmitted from a mobile terminal is compared with a location information of a company to check whether a user visited a specific company, and utilized the confirmed information.

However, there is a problem that it is difficult to discriminate whether the user actually visited the company by using only the GPS information. For example, even when the user is simply located near the business, there is a problem that the user can be determined to have visited the business. Further, there is a problem that the user can not determine whether the user has purchased the goods or services of the company by simply using the GPS information alone.

Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2011-0057838 discloses a method for receiving current location information from a mobile communication terminal, providing location-based services based on current location information, using a wireless AP (Access Point) Discloses a technology for detecting entry of a mobile communication terminal. However, there is a problem in that it is difficult to discriminate whether a user has visited a real company or purchased a commodity or a service only by the position of the mobile communication terminal.

When the payment information according to the economic activity of the user is received from the mobile terminal, the payment information and the location information of the mobile terminal are received from the mobile terminal and the company related to the user's economic activity can be selected using both the payment information and the location information A service providing method and system are provided.

A company corresponding to the location information among the companies searched using the payment information from the business database including the information on the plurality of companies is identified and associated with the payment information so that the user can more accurately confirm the company that purchased the goods or services And provides a service providing method and system capable of providing the service.

A function that can transmit character information related to the economic activity of a user to the mobile terminal through a management page provided to the business side so as to induce the payment information to be provided to the mobile terminal for other purchasing means other than the card Providing method and system.

A service providing method implemented by a computer for providing a service, the method comprising: maintaining a vendor database including information on a plurality of vendors; Receiving economic activity information from a user's mobile terminal, the economic activity information including payment information transmitted to the mobile terminal according to an economic activity of the user and location information of the mobile terminal related to the economic activity. -; Retrieving a corresponding company from the business database using the received payment information; And associating the retrieved vendor with the payment information by checking the vendor corresponding to the received location information.

According to one aspect of the present invention, the received payment information includes character information transmitted to the mobile terminal according to the use of the card of the user.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the received payment information includes character information transmitted to the mobile terminal through a management page provided to a business related to the economic activity.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the character information includes at least one of a business name and a business telephone number, and further includes at least one of a product name, a service name, a transmission time, and a payment amount.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the service providing method may further include registering a pattern of character information provided for each credit card company according to use of the card by the user, Extracting at least one of a business name and a business telephone number of a business corresponding to the economic activity of the user using the pattern and searching for the business in the business database using the at least one information have.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the step of associating the payment information with at least one of the visit frequency of the user and the number of visits of other users is performed when the plurality of businesses correspond to the received location information, And associates the payment information with each other.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a service, the method comprising: determining a business rank according to at least one of a number of users, a settlement amount, a customer transaction, a business type, and a region; And providing information on the business rankings.

According to another aspect, the service providing method may further include providing the benefit to the user upon receipt of the economic activity information.

According to another aspect, the benefit may include at least one economic benefit of mileage accumulation, coupon payment, and product discount.

According to another aspect, the benefit includes an adjustment of a grade set for the user, and the grade is determined using at least one of a payment amount and a visit frequency.

According to another aspect, the benefit may be characterized in that, for the same company and the same user, the amount that can be provided or the number of times that can be provided for a predetermined period is limited.

A storage unit for storing a vendor database including information on a plurality of vendors; And at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor receives economic activity information from a user's mobile terminal, the economic activity information including at least one of a billing information transmitted to the mobile terminal And location information of the mobile terminal related to the economic activity. -; Searching for a corresponding company in the business database using the received payment information; And a step of identifying a business corresponding to the received location information among the searched businesses and associating the business with the payment information.

A file distribution system for distributing a file of an application installed in a mobile terminal, the file distribution system comprising: a file transfer unit for transferring the file according to a request of the mobile terminal, the application comprising: And a module for controlling the mobile terminal to transmit to the server economic activity information including the payment information and the location information of the mobile terminal related to the economic activity, , The server corresponding to the location information among the companies searched in the business database using the payment information is identified in the server, and the verified business entity and the payment information are associated with each other do.

When the payment information according to the economic activity of the user is received from the mobile terminal, the payment information and the location information of the mobile terminal are received from the mobile terminal, and the company related to the user's economic activity can be selected using both the payment information and the location information .

A company corresponding to the location information among the companies searched using the payment information from the business database including the information on the plurality of companies is identified and associated with the payment information so that the user can more accurately confirm the company that purchased the goods or services .

It is possible to transmit character information related to the economic activity of the user to the mobile terminal through the management page provided to the business side so that the payment information can be also provided to the mobile terminal for other purchasing means except for the card.

1 is a diagram showing an overview of a service providing system in an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a flowchart showing a service providing method in an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart showing a service providing method in another embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a view showing a location of a user on a map and a card issuer system and a service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of providing a business rank according to the number of users, the type of business, and the area in an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram showing an overview of a service providing system in an embodiment of the present invention. 1 shows a service providing system 100, a mobile terminal 110, and a file distribution system 120.

The service providing system 100 may be a server capable of communicating with a mobile terminal via a network, and may include a storage unit for storing data and at least one processor.

The mobile terminal 110 may transmit economic activity information on the user's economic activity to the service providing system 100 as a portable terminal of the user.

The file distribution system 120 is a system that can be associated with or included in the service providing system 100 and can distribute files of an application installed in the mobile terminal 110. [ To this end, the file distribution system 120 may include a file transfer unit (not shown) for transferring a file upon request of the mobile terminal 110. The application will be described in more detail below.

When the user visits the business entity while holding the mobile terminal 110 and purchases a product or service of the business entity, payment information according to the economic activity of the user can be transmitted to the mobile terminal 110. [

In one embodiment, the payment information received at the mobile terminal 110 may include character information transmitted from the card company to the mobile terminal 110 according to the use of the user's card.

In another embodiment, the payment information received at the mobile terminal 110 may include character information transmitted to the mobile terminal 110 through a management page provided to the business entity. For example, in the case of payment without using a credit card, a manager of a business can access a management page provided through the web using a terminal of a company such as a POS (point of sale) terminal, The character information can be transmitted to the mobile terminal 110 using the character sending function. At this time, the calling number may be the telephone number of the business.

In each of the embodiments, the character information transmitted to the mobile terminal 110 as payment information may include at least one of a business name and a business telephone number, and may include at least one of a product name, a service name, a transmission time, And may further include one.

The mobile terminal 110 may transmit economic activity information including payment information and location information of the mobile terminal 110 related to the user's economic activity to the service providing system 100, Information can be used to confirm the user's visit to the business and the purchase of the goods / services.

2 is a flowchart showing a service providing method in an embodiment of the present invention. The service providing method according to the present embodiment may be performed by the service providing system 100 or the processor included in the service providing system 100 described with reference to FIG. 2, an embodiment in which the respective steps included in the service providing method by the service providing system 100 are performed will be described.

In step 210, the service providing system 100 may maintain a vendor database containing information about a plurality of vendors. For example, the merchant database may be created and managed in a system associated with the service providing system 100 or the service providing system 100, unlike the merchant database of the card company. Such a business database may include at least one of a business name and a business telephone number, and may further include location information (e.g., business address) of the business. The vendor database may be stored and managed in the storage unit of the service providing system 100 described with reference to FIG.

In step 220, the service providing system 100 may receive economic activity information from the user's mobile terminal. At this time, the economic activity information may include payment information transmitted to the mobile terminal according to the economic activities of the user and location information of the mobile terminal related to the economic activity. The location information may include GPS information of the time when the payment information is transmitted to the mobile terminal. If desired, the location information may further include information obtained via the wireless AP, such as Wi-Fi signal strength. As described above, if payment information other than the card is used or the payment information includes character information transmitted from the card company to the mobile terminal in accordance with the use of the card, payment information is transmitted to the mobile terminal through the management page provided to the business side And may include character information to be transmitted. The character information transmitted to the mobile terminal may include at least one of a business name and a business telephone number, and may further include at least one of a product name, a service name, a transmission time, and a payment amount.

In step 230, the service providing system 100 can search for a corresponding company in the business database using the received payment information. For example, the service providing system 100 can search for a company in the business database using the business name or telephone number included in the payment information. The service providing system 100 can register the pattern of the character information provided for each credit card company according to the use of the card in order to extract the business name or the business phone number from the payment information. In this case, the service providing system 100 extracts at least one of a business name and a business telephone number of a business corresponding to a user's economic activity using the pattern in the payment information received in step 230, Can be used to search for a company in the company database. In addition, the service providing system 100 may register patterns by using at least one of the following methods (1) to (3) for each credit card company in order to increase the accuracy of the pattern.

(1) Construction and utilization of terminology dictionary for recognition of terms such as lump sum or installment

(2) How to register and use regular expressions of date / time

(3) The method of parsing the characters included in the payment information using a space and recognizing the n-th character as "business name"

In step 240, the service providing system 100 can identify a vendor corresponding to the received location information among the searched vendors and associate the vendor with payment information. In addition, when there are a plurality of companies corresponding to the location information received in step 240, the service providing system 100 further uses at least one of the visit frequency of the user and the number of visits of other users to associate the company with the settlement information . For example, if there are a plurality of companies, such as a shopping mall or a department store, selling different kinds of products in a dense space with a single company name, even if both the payment information and the location information are utilized, There is a possibility that the companies are mapped. At this time, the user's visit frequency is based on the fact that the user is likely to visit the company that he visits mainly, and the number of visits by other users may be designed to increase the possibility of mapping the correct company with the user's payment information.

As described above, in the embodiments of the present invention, by using both the payment information and the location information, it is possible to increase the reliability of whether the user has actually visited the business in providing the local check-in service.

In another embodiment, the service providing system 100 may provide recommendations or rankings (business rankings) based on transaction data of the local business entity using the collected data (related business and payment information). In addition to the above-mentioned steps 210 to 240, the service providing method may be performed by a plurality of companies in accordance with the number of users, the amount of payment, the customer transaction, the business type and the area (Dong- (Not shown) and information on the business rank (not shown) for determining the business rank according to at least one of the business rank (e.g., level, etc.). The above-described illustrative steps may also be performed by the service providing system 100 or the processor included in the service providing system 100. [

In another embodiment, the service providing system 100 may provide rewards to the user to motivate users to participate in the collection of data. To this end, the service providing method may further include a step (not shown) of providing the user with the benefit of receiving the economic activity information, in addition to the above-described steps 210 to 240. The above-described non-illustrated steps may also be performed by the service providing system 100 or the processor included in the service providing system 100. At this time, the benefits provided to the user may include at least one economic benefit such as mileage accumulation, coupon payment, and product discount. This economic benefit can be achieved through a variety of methods, such as 1: 1 funding from vendors and service providers. In addition, the benefits provided to the user may include an adjustment of the ratings set for the user. At this time, the rating may be determined using at least one of the payment amount and the number of visits. For example, a user may be provided with a "badge reader" service badge for a user who provides a predetermined service through VIP selection in proportion to a settlement amount or introduces a service such as an integration badge and uses a lot of massage industry, Quot; coffee shop "may be provided to a user such as a" coffee king "

These benefits may be limited to the amount available or the number of times available for a given period for the same business and the same user. This can be selectively used to prevent an obsession, such as manipulation of payment information, in response to a too large economic incentive.

As described above, according to the embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to more precisely identify the place visited by the users, thereby enabling accurate information collection. It is also possible to recommend a hot place by various fields using collected data, Data collected in the field can be utilized.

3 is a flowchart showing a service providing method in another embodiment of the present invention. The service providing method according to the present embodiment can be performed by a mobile terminal. At this time, the mobile terminal can perform the service providing method according to the control of the application installed in the mobile terminal. The application may include modules for controlling the mobile terminal to perform the steps included in the service providing method.

In step 310, the mobile terminal can confirm the payment information received by the mobile terminal according to the economic activity of the user. Since payment information has already been described in detail, repetitive description will be omitted. For example, when the mobile terminal receives character information through a card company or a management page, the mobile terminal can analyze the character information according to the control of the application and detect reception of the payment information.

In step 310, the mobile terminal may send economic activity information including location information of the mobile terminal related to payment information and economic activity to the server. Here, the server may correspond to the service providing system 100 described with reference to FIG. 1 and FIG.

When the economic activity information is transmitted to the server, the server can confirm the company corresponding to the location information among the companies searched in the business database using the payment information, and associate the confirmed information with the payment information.

The contents omitted in Fig. 3 can be referred to Fig. 1 and Fig.

4 is a view showing a location of a user on a map and a card issuer system and a service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The map screen 400 shows the current location 410 of the user. At this time, the user is located in the building A 420. If the service is a local check-in service using only the location information of the user, it can check the user's visit by searching for a vendor corresponding to the location information of the user. However, when a plurality of companies are included in the building A 420, it is difficult to know which one of the plurality of companies is presently located at the present time. In addition, the location information alone can not tell whether the user has simply visited the business or purchased the goods or services of the business.

On the other hand, in the embodiments of the present invention, the payment information transmitted to the mobile terminal of the user can be further used according to the economic activity of the user. When a user purchases goods or services from a company B among a plurality of companies included in the building A 420, the card company system 430 associated with the user's card transmits character information (E.g., SMS (Short Message Service)). The mobile terminal can confirm that the character information related to the card use has been received according to the control of the application and can transmit the character information and the position information on the current position 410 of the user to the service providing system 100. Therefore, the service providing system 100 can check which amount the user paid for from a company (company B) by using both the character information and the location information.

If a user purchases a product or service using a payment means other than a card, the business manager sends a character containing various information such as a business name, business phone number, payment amount, etc. to the mobile terminal through a management page provided to the business side Information can be sent. Also in this case, the mobile terminal can confirm receipt of the character information related to the economic activity of the user, and can transmit the character information and the position information of the user's current location 410 to the service providing system 100.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of providing a business rank according to the number of users, the type of business, and the area in an embodiment of the present invention. The screen 500 shows an example in which the rankings are displayed according to the number of users of businesses having a business type of " Sushi "in the area" XX City "in the mobile terminal. Thus, the user can easily obtain the information of the company visited by more users by region / industry.

In FIG. 5, only the number of users, business types, and regions are explained. However, various types of business rankings can be provided using various information that can be obtained through payment information such as the amount of settlement amount,

As described above, according to the embodiments of the present invention, when the payment information according to the economic activity of the user is received in the mobile terminal, the payment information and the location information of the mobile terminal are received from the mobile terminal, It is possible to select a company related to the user's economic activity. Also, a company corresponding to the location information among the companies searched using the payment information from the business database including information on a plurality of companies is identified and associated with the payment information, Can be confirmed accurately. In addition, by providing a function of transmitting character information related to the economic activity of a user to the mobile terminal through a management page provided to the business, it is possible to induce the payment information to be provided to the mobile terminal for other purchasing means except for the card have.

The apparatus described above may be implemented as a hardware component, a software component, and / or a combination of hardware components and software components. For example, the apparatus and components described in the embodiments may be implemented within a computer system, such as, for example, a processor, a controller, an arithmetic logic unit (ALU), a digital signal processor, a microcomputer, a field programmable array (FPA) A programmable logic unit (PLU), a microprocessor, or any other device capable of executing and responding to instructions. The processing device may execute an operating system (OS) and one or more software applications running on the operating system. The processing device may also access, store, manipulate, process, and generate data in response to execution of the software. For ease of understanding, the processing apparatus may be described as being used singly, but those skilled in the art will recognize that the processing apparatus may have a plurality of processing elements and / As shown in FIG. For example, the processing unit may comprise a plurality of processors or one processor and one controller. Other processing configurations are also possible, such as a parallel processor.

The software may include a computer program, code, instructions, or a combination of one or more of the foregoing, and may be configured to configure the processing device to operate as desired or to process it collectively or collectively Device can be commanded. The software and / or data may be in the form of any type of machine, component, physical device, virtual equipment, computer storage media, or device As shown in FIG. The software may be distributed over a networked computer system and stored or executed in a distributed manner. The software and data may be stored on one or more computer readable recording media.

The method according to an embodiment may be implemented in the form of a program command that can be executed through various computer means and recorded in a computer-readable medium. The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. The program instructions to be recorded on the medium may be those specially designed and configured for the embodiments or may be available to those skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of computer-readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape; optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs; magnetic media such as floppy disks; Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include machine language code such as those produced by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments. For example, it is to be understood that the techniques described may be performed in a different order than the described methods, and / or that components of the described systems, structures, devices, circuits, Lt; / RTI > or equivalents, even if it is replaced or replaced.

Therefore, other implementations, other embodiments, and equivalents to the claims are also within the scope of the following claims.

Claims (20)

1. An information processing method implemented by a mobile terminal of a user to be provided with a service,
The mobile terminal receiving character information including economic activity information associated with the economic activity of the user;
Obtaining positional information of the user by detecting a position of the mobile terminal; And
Associating the location information with the economic activity information based on the character information and the location information received by the mobile terminal
And an information processing method. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the economic activity information includes payment information transmitted to the mobile terminal according to an economic activity of the user. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the economic activity information includes at least one of a business name and a business telephone number associated with the economic activity of the user and includes at least one of a product name, a service name, a time at which the character information is received, ≪ / RTI > The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the location information and the economic activity information are associated with each time the economic activity of the user is performed. 5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the time when the economic activity of the user is performed is determined based on the time when the character information is received. The method according to claim 1,
Transmitting the economic activity information to a service providing system that maintains a business database including information on a plurality of businesses;
Transmitting the obtained location information to the service providing system; And
Receiving, from the service providing system, information related to the transmitted economic activity information and information on a company searched among the plurality of companies based on the transmitted economic activity information and the transmitted location information
Further comprising: The method according to claim 1,
Identifying a pattern of character information provided for each credit card company according to use of the card by the user
Further comprising:
And information of a company corresponding to the economic activity of the user is extracted from the character information using the pattern. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for causing a computer to execute the method of any one of claims 1 to 7. A storage unit for storing a vendor database including information on a plurality of vendors; And
At least one processor
Lt; / RTI >
Wherein the at least one processor comprises:
Receiving economic activity information based on the character information received by the mobile terminal of the user from the mobile terminal of the user as information associated with the economic activity of the user;
Receiving location information of the user from the mobile terminal;
Searching for a corresponding company in the business database using the received economic activity information; And
Identifying a business corresponding to the received location information among the searched businesses and associating the business with the economic activity information
The service providing system. 10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the received economic activity information includes payment information transmitted to the mobile terminal according to an economic activity of the user. 10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the received economic activity information includes at least one of a business name and a business telephone number associated with the economic activity of the user and includes at least one of a product name and a service name associated with the economic activity of the user, And a payment amount. 10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the at least one processor comprises:
A process of registering a pattern of character information provided for each credit card company according to the use of the card of the user
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In the process of searching for the business,
Extracting at least one of a company name and a business telephone number of a company corresponding to the economic activity of the user using the pattern from the received economic activity information, A service providing system for searching. 10. The method of claim 9,
The process of associating with the economic activity information,
And associates the business activity with the business activity information by using at least one of a visit frequency of the user and a visit frequency of another user when there are a plurality of businesses corresponding to the received location information. 10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the at least one processor comprises:
Providing the mobile terminal with information related to the identified business entity and the economic activity information
And further processes the service providing system. 15. The method of claim 14,
Wherein the providing of the associated information to the mobile terminal comprises:
And provides the related information according to a period when the economic activity of the user is performed. 16. The method of claim 15,
Wherein the time when the economic activity of the user is performed is determined based on the time at which the mobile terminal received the character information.
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