KR101819157B1 - System and method for shop service app connecting with telecommunication company server - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a store service application system linked to a communication company server and a method thereof. The store service application system provides service information and communication company advertisement information in a store in accordance with the communication company of each user, links a speaker installed on each table of the store to a store service app, and provides the music wanted by the customers through the store service app. According to the present invention, the store service app system includes: multiple user terminals having the store service app installed therein; a beacon terminal which is installed in the store to transmit a beacon signal to a user terminal when the user terminal enters the store to activate the store service app; multiple communication company servers which store the user information regarding the user terminals and provide the communication company advertisement information linked to the communication company subscribed by the user terminal; and a store service app system which provides event information including the communication company advertisement information and store service information to the user terminal through the activated store service app. The store service app activates the service information of the store having the entering user terminal after completing the communication company advertisement information on the user terminal.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a store service app system and a method for interacting with a server of a communication company,

The present invention relates to a store service application system and method, and more particularly, it relates to a store service application system and method, and more particularly, And to a store service app system and method in which a customer interacts with a communication company server that can provide desired music through a store service app.

Due to the development of mobile communication technology and short range wireless communication technology, the utilization of mobile communication devices is gradually widening. In particular, due to the explosion of smart phones that comply with the performance of computers, customer management using smart phones, Providing services is increasing.

As described above, as the smartphone is activated, opportunities for providing various application-based services to users by providing applications in smart phones are increasing.

On the other hand, beacon is a short distance communication technology that allows information to be exchanged between IT devices based on low power Bluetooth technology. In case of NFC (Near Field Communication), beacon is a highly reliable short distance communication technology.

The beacon can communicate with the smartphone up to 50m radius in the building, so instant communication service or mobile coupon can be paid when the visitor enters the specific place or store where the beacon is installed without having to tag the smart phone.

GPS has a tolerance of tens of meters, while a beacon can measure an accurate position up to 5 cm, which is particularly advantageous for locating smartphone users in the room. For example, even if you are in the same building, you can receive other information and coupons depending on the location, and store information can be checked in the direction of walking.

Thanks to these advantages, the adoption of beacon systems is rapidly spreading around the world. The beacon service, which is being offered at shops and supermarkets, is a service that automatically sends product information or discount coupons to smartphones so that smartphone users can check product information instantly when they enter a store or receive discount coupons.

However, if the beacon service currently being used or disclosed goes past the place where the beacon is installed, the data is automatically transmitted to the smart phone without the consent of the customer, and the location information is collected, thereby posing a problem of protecting personal information.

In addition, the service through the beacon only provides merchandise guidance, stamping, accumulation function, discount coupon, etc. of the store, and it is difficult to provide a differentiated service according to the communication company to which the user is subscribed.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2016-0126266 (2016.11.02) Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2017-0001446 (2017.01.04)

Disclosure of the Invention The present invention has been conceived to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a store service application installed in a smart phone of a user to store event information combined with advertisement information provided from a communication company, And to provide a store service application system and a method for interfacing with a communication company server that can be provided through a service provider.

In addition, the present invention provides a store service app system and method for interworking with a communication company server capable of providing desired music at a location of a user by configuring the store service app installed in a smart phone of a user and the sound device of a table in a store to be interlocked .

However, the object of the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned objects, and other objects not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

In order to achieve the above object, a store service app system interworking with a communication company server according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes: a plurality of user terminals having a store service application (APP) installed therein; A beacon terminal for transmitting a beacon signal to the user terminal and activating the store service app when the user enters the store, a user terminal for storing user information for the user terminal, And a store service app server that provides event information including the service information of the store and the service provider information of the store to the user terminal through a plurality of service provider servers providing the service information of the associated service provider, Wherein the store service application is configured to store, at the user terminal, And then the information is terminated, characterized in that to enable the service information of the shop where the user terminal position.

The store service app server according to the present invention may further include a store service app checking unit for checking whether the store service app is installed in the user terminal in response to a beacon signal transmitted to the user terminal, A service application providing unit for providing a setup guide message of the store service application to a user terminal in which the store service application is not installed; a communication company confirmation unit for confirming information of a communication company to which the user terminal is subscribed; A store information editing unit for registering and storing information for each store linked with the application, a service management unit for storing and storing the registered service information of the store in real time, and the user terminal requesting reception of the event information, Which provides the event information including the advertisement information And an information providing unit.

Further, the burial service app server according to the present invention may further include a service random extractor for arbitrarily extracting the user terminals entering the store at each time slot and providing the service information of the store.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a service providing method for a service providing service, the service providing service providing method comprising:

In addition, the store service app according to the present invention guides a serviceable store based on the location information of the user terminal.

In addition, the store service app according to the present invention guides a serviceable store based on category information of the category selected by the user.

Further, the store service app system interworking with the communication company server according to the present invention may further include a sound device including a speaker installed in a table in the store and outputting sound, and the sound device may be a store service application And the like.

A service method using a store service app system interworking with a communication company server according to the present invention is characterized in that when the user terminal enters the store, the beacon terminal installed in the store confirms the user terminal and transmits a beacon signal A step of activating a store service application in which the beacon signal transmitted is installed in the user terminal, a step of checking a communication company to which the user terminal is subscribed through the store service application in which the store service app server is activated, The method comprising the steps of: confirming receipt of event information including service provider information of the store and communication company advertisement information from the user terminal; transmitting the event information to the user terminal authorized to receive the event information; And the service provider advertisement information is provided through the store service application After the step and the carrier ad the end is characterized in that it comprises the step of providing the service information of the store.

The method may further include, after transmitting the beacon signal, confirming whether the store service application is installed in the user terminal, determining whether the store service application is installed in the user terminal, And provides an installation guide message of the store service application.

In addition, the method of providing a store service according to the present invention is characterized in that after providing the service advertisement of the store, the user terminal arbitrarily extracts the user terminal that enters the store by time slot and further provides the service information of the store .

According to the store service application system and method in association with the communication company server of the present invention, when the user enters the store, the user who wants to request the service information is informed of the advertisement information provided from the affiliated communication company, By providing the event information combined with information through the store service application installed on the user's smartphone, it is possible to provide differentiated services and effective event service for each communication company on the user side. In addition, in the store or communication company side, There is an advantage such as increase of sales.

According to the store service application system and method linked to the communication company server of the present invention, the store service application installed in the smartphone of the user and the sound device of the table of the store can be configured to be linked with the additional service, There is an advantage to be provided.

1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of a store service app system interworking with a communication company server according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a store service app server constituting a store service app system according to the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a service method using a store service app system interworking with a communication company server according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention.

The embodiments of the present invention may be modified into various forms, and the scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments described in detail below. It is to be noted that, in order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and the same parts are denoted by the same reference numerals throughout the entire specification.

Throughout the specification, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements as well, without excluding other elements unless specifically stated otherwise. Also, the terms " part, "" module," " module, "and " block" refer to units that process at least one function or operation, Lt; / RTI >

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a store service application (hereinafter, referred to as a 'store service app') system and method, in which the store service app system 2 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration of a store service app server.

As shown in the figure, the store service app system 10 of the present invention includes a user terminal 100, a beacon terminal 200, a store service app server 300, a communication company server 400, and a sound device 500 .

The user terminal 100 is a terminal used by a user who visits a store (not shown), and is not limited to a smart phone but may be a tablet PC, a slate PC, a notebook computer, A PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), a PMP (Portable Multimedia Player), or the like.

The user terminal 100 is not limited to the above-described types, and may include all portable terminals capable of installing and executing the store service application of the present invention.

The beacon terminal 200 may be installed in the store and may transmit a beacon signal to the user terminal when the user terminal 100 enters the store to activate the store service app installed in the user terminal 100. [

In general, a beacon is operated based on a low-power Bluetooth technology. The beacon terminal 200 confirms the location of the user terminal 100 through the specific ID information and transmits a service such as a set message, a discount coupon, etc. And the like.

The store service app server 300 transmits event information including the service information of the store and the communication company advertisement information provided by the service provider server 400 to the user terminal 100 through the store service application activated in the user terminal 100 .

The communication company server 400 is a device and a system provided in a plurality of communication companies (not shown). Each communication company server 400 can store user information on the user terminal 100, It is possible to provide the communication company advertisement information to the user terminal 100 via the store service app server 300 by advertisement of the linked / contracted company, product, and the like.

2, the store service app server 300 managing the store service app of the present invention includes a store service app checking unit 310, a service app providing unit 320, a communication company checking unit 330, An information editing unit 340, a service managing unit 350, an event information providing unit 360, and a service random extracting unit 370.

The store service application confirmation unit 310 can confirm whether the store service application is installed in the user terminal 100 in response to the beacon signal transmitted from the beacon terminal 200 to the user terminal 100. [

When the store service application is installed in the user terminal 100, the store service application is activated by the beacon signal when the beacon signal is transmitted from the beacon terminal 200. On the other hand, 100, it is possible to provide the installation service message of the store service application to the user terminal in which the store service application is not installed.

The communication company confirmation unit 330 can confirm the information of the communication company subscribed from the store service application installed in the user terminal 100. [ Accordingly, it is possible to provide the communication terminal advertisement information of the affiliated communication company to the user terminal 100.

In addition, when the user terminal 100 enters the store, the store information editing unit 340 can register and store information for each store in cooperation with the store service app so as to provide various services.

The service management unit 350 stores various types of service information such as discount coupons, product guide information, event information, and promotion information, which are registered and stored in the store information editing unit 340, So that the service information stored in the store service application can be provided to the user.

In particular, the service management unit 350 can store discount coupons or other service coupons provided to the user terminal 100. When the user terminal 100 accesses the corresponding store of the coupons stored in the user terminal 100, Message function or the like so that the service information of the store can be utilized.

In addition, information such as discount coupons or other service coupons provided to the user terminal 100 may be provided through a separate application for each communication company (not shown).

The event information providing unit 360 may provide the event information including the service information of the store and the advertisement information of the service provider to the user terminal 100 requesting reception of the event information.

In this case, the user terminal 100 can acquire the communication company advertisement information (for example, advertisement information such as a moving image and an image) or various game types (for example, a balloon pop-up game or an augmented reality Game, etc.) is executed, and after the executed information of the executed communication company advertisement (advertisement of a corporation or company product linked to / contracted with a communication company or a communication company) is terminated, a service corresponding to the store entered by the user terminal 100 Information can be activated and provided.

In addition, the event information providing unit 360 may provide service information of other stores linked to each other, such as other stores or nearby shops, or corporate advertisement information, in addition to the service information of the store that the user terminal 100 has entered.

In addition to the event information provided to the user terminal 100, the service random extractor 370 may provide the service information, which is arbitrarily extracted for each time slot, to the user terminal 100 entering the store by utilizing the collected service target information .

Further, the acoustic apparatus 500 including the speaker for outputting sound may be installed in each table of the store. The sound apparatus 500 can be configured to be controllable through the store service app in association with the store service app of the user terminal 100. [

Therefore, there is a feature that the user can select and listen to desired music while the store service application is running.

In addition, although not specifically shown, the store service app of the present invention can retrieve store information providing service information based on location information of a user terminal, and can store a serviceable store based on category information of each type selected by the user And can be configured to include a guide function.

Through the above-described configuration of the store service app system of the present invention, various types of advertisement information such as a game and discount coupons can be provided on the user side, so that a fun and economical advantage can be obtained. In addition, It is possible to maintain existing customers and to utilize them as a marketing tool, such as attracting new customers through the provision of differentiated services.

In addition, in the store, there is a characteristic that it can obtain the effect of advertising and promoting the store and increasing the sales through attracting customers in connection with the communication company.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a service method using a store service app system interworking with a communication company server according to the present invention.

1 to 3, when the user terminal 100 enters the store in the service method using the store service application system, the beacon terminal 200 installed in the store checks the user terminal 100 (S101) , And transmits a beacon signal to the user terminal 100 (S102).

 The store service app installed in the user terminal 100 is activated through the transmitted beacon signal (S103), and the store service app server 300 confirms the communication company to which the user terminal 100 is subscribed through the activated store service app (S104), and transmits it to the communication company server 400. [

Also, the store service app server 300 confirms the information on the store where the user terminal 100 has entered through the beacon signal activating the store service app and the service information provided in the store.

After confirming whether the event information including the carrier advertisement information and the store service information is received from the user terminal 100 (S105) and confirming the request for receiving the event information, the store service app server 300 transmits event information And transmits the corresponding event information to the user terminal 100 that has been approved to be received (S106).

Then, the store service application first provides the communication company advertisement information to the user terminal 100 to which the event information is transmitted (S107). At this time, the provided communication company advertisement information may be provided in various forms such as a moving picture, an image, and a game. When the provided communication company advertisement information is completed, the service information of the store is provided through the store service application (S 108).

As described above, according to the present invention, by providing the advertisement information provided from the affiliated communication company and the service information of the store, which is linked to the store and entered by the user through the store service application installed in the smartphone of the user, It is possible to provide a differentiated service, and the store and the communication company can perform advertisement or publicity in various forms, thereby obtaining a more effective advertising effect.

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 embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. will be. Accordingly, the true scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical idea of the appended claims.

10: Store Service App System
100: user terminal 200: beacon terminal
300: Store Service App Server 310: Store Service App Identification Unit
320: Service application providing unit 330:
340: store information editing unit 350: service management unit
360: event information providing unit 370: service random extracting unit
400: communication company server 500: sound device

Claims (10)

A beacon terminal for transmitting a beacon signal to a user terminal located in a store;
And a store service app server for providing event information including advertisement information provided from a communication company server and service information of the store to one or more user terminals installed with a store service application,
The store service app server,
A store service app checking unit for checking whether the store service app is installed according to a response of the user terminal to the beacon signal;
A service app offerer for providing an installation guide message of the store service app to a user terminal in which the store service app is not installed;
A communication company confirmation unit for confirming the communication company information to which the user terminal is subscribed from the communication company server;
A store information editing unit for registering and storing information for each store linked with the store service app;
A service management unit for receiving and storing the service information in real time; And
And an event information providing unit for providing the event information,
Wherein the advertisement information comprises:
A store service app system that includes an advertisement for a communication company to which a user terminal identified by the communication company server is affiliated, an enterprise that is contracted and contracted with the communication company, or an enterprise product.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the advertisement information includes a game content including an advertisement content or a game content including an augmented reality game,
The service information of the store,
Wherein the game service is provided after the game content ends.
The method according to claim 1,
The store service app server,
Further comprising a service random extraction unit for arbitrarily extracting the user terminals entering the store by time slot and providing the service information of the store.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the store service app provides information on a serviceable store of the service advertisement of the store and information on a service advertisement of the store by the period according to a user's request.
5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the store service application guides the serviceable store based on the location information of the user terminal.
5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the store service application guides the serviceable store based on the category information of the category selected by the user.
The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising: a sound device installed on a table in the store and including a speaker for outputting sound,
Wherein the sound device is controllable through a store service application of the user terminal.
A service method using a store service app system interworking with a communication company server according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
When the user terminal enters the store, the beacon terminal installed in the store confirms the user terminal and transmits a beacon signal;
Activating a store service application in which the transmitted beacon signal is installed in the user terminal;
Confirming a communication company to which the user terminal is subscribed through the store service application in which the store service app server is activated;
Confirming whether or not to receive event information including advertisement information and service information of the store from the user terminal;
Transmitting the event information to the user terminal that is authorized to receive the event information; And
And sequentially providing the advertisement information and the service information through the activated store service application,
After transmitting the beacon signal,
Checking whether the store service application is installed in the user terminal; And
And providing a setup guide message of the store service application to a user terminal in which the store service application is not installed,
Wherein the advertisement information comprises:
A store service application system including an advertisement for a communication company to which a user terminal identified by the communication company server is affiliated, an enterprise associated with and contracted with the communication company, or an advertisement for a corporate product.
9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the advertisement information includes a game content including an advertisement content or a game content including an augmented reality game,
The service information of the store,
Using the store service app system provided after the game content is terminated.
9. The method of claim 8,
After providing the service advertisement of the store,
Wherein the service information of the store is additionally provided by arbitrarily extracting the user terminal that has entered the store at each time slot.

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