KR101935163B1 - Method and system for providing point service - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and a system for providing a point service. The method for providing a point service comprises: a process of posting one or more pieces of content online using a specific application service based on internet connection by a first terminal; a step of querying the one or more pieces of content using the specific application service and assigning points of an icon form to first content among the one or more pieces of content by a second terminal; a process of decreasing points owned by a user of the second terminal by the number of the points assigned to the first content by a service providing server providing the specific application service; and a process of increasing points owned by a user of the first terminal by the number of the points assigned to the first content by the service providing server. The points can be used as a payment means or a price discount means when purchasing a product in the specific application service. According to the present invention, a user can assign points of an icon form to content posted by another user of an application service based on internet connection.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a method and system for providing point services,

The present invention relates to a point service providing method and system, and more particularly, to a point service providing method and system, and more particularly, to a point service providing method and system, To a point service providing method and system.

As the spread of the Internet continues to expand and netizens can easily access the Internet using smart phones or portable devices, various application services based on Internet access are being provided.

In order to activate the use of these services, active exchange among service users is required, and a payment means that can be conveniently used when purchasing products or using services through services is also needed.

Accordingly, it is necessary to consider providing a new type of point service that can facilitate the use of the application service based on the Internet connection and can also be utilized as a payment means in the service

KR 2016-0056995 A KR 2016-0095472 A

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and a method for providing an icon-shaped point that can be used by a service user other than a user posted by a user of an application service based on an Internet connection, Point service providing method and system.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing a point service according to the present invention, comprising: posting one or more contents on the Internet through a specific application service based on an Internet connection in a first terminal; The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of: querying the one or more content items and assigning icon-shaped points to the first content among the one or more contents; Decreasing a point held by a user of the terminal and increasing a point held by the user of the first terminal by the number of points given to the first content by the service providing server.

The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of: retrieving a second content from the second terminal through the specific application service and assigning the icon-shaped point to the second content; The point held by the user of the second terminal and the point held by the user of the terminal that posted the second content are increased.

The icon shape may be ring-shaped, and the point may be used as a payment means or a price discount means when purchasing a product in the specific application service.

The method may further include providing a screen for inquiring the points held by the users of the first and second terminals.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a point service providing system including a first terminal for posting a content on an online basis through a specific application service, a display unit for displaying the content through the specific application service, A second terminal for providing an icon-shaped point, and the specific application service, reducing points owned by the second terminal user by the number of points assigned to the contents, and the points owned by the user of the first terminal increasing And a service providing server for providing the service.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention can provide a recording medium readable by a processor recording a program for causing the processor to execute the point service providing method.

According to the present invention, different service users can assign icons-shaped points to contents posted by users of application services based on Internet access. Thus, it is possible to activate the exchange among the service users, and to use the icon as a payment means and a price discount means at the time of purchase of the goods in the service, thereby enabling the use of the service.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a system applied to a point service providing method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1,
FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 are flowcharts provided in a description of a point service providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention, and
FIGS. 4 to 16 are views referencing a description of a point service providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In this specification, when an element is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another element, it is to be understood that any element may be directly connected or connected to another element, It should be understood that the element may also be present. Other expressions that describe the relationship between components, such as "between" or " neighboring to ", should be interpreted as well, such that an element "transmits "

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

1 is a diagram for explaining an example of a system to which a point service providing method according to the present invention is applied.

Referring to FIG. 1, first to n-th user terminals 100a to 100n are communicably connected to a service providing server 200 through a communication network 50.

The first to n-th terminals 100a to 100n may be a smart phone, a notebook computer, a tablet computer, an e-book terminal, and the like, as well as a general PC (Personal Computer) As well as all electronic devices capable of communicating with other devices via the communication network 50.

The communication network 50 refers to a network capable of communicating with the first to nth user terminals 100a to 100n and the service providing server 200, such as a mobile communication network, the Internet, or a network combining the same.

In this configuration, the service providing server 200 provides a specific application service based on the Internet connection, and can also provide a web service screen related thereto.

The first through the n-th terminals 100a through 100n can publish contents on an online basis through an application service. In addition, the first to n-th terminals 100a to 100n can view contents posted by other terminals through an application service, and give points in the form of icons to specific contents in the meaning of cheering, sponsorship, donation, have.

A ring shape can be used as an icon shape. Points in an icon shape can be given for each content. The points can be used as a payment means, a price discount means, and the like when purchasing a product in a specific application service. In addition, the points provided through the web service screen provided by the service providing server 200 may be configured to be converted into substantial cash.

2 and 3 are flowcharts provided in explanation of a point service providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, for convenience of description, a case where a user of the first terminal 100a publishes a content and a user of the second terminal 100b inquires a content will be described as an example.

2, a user of the first terminal 100a executes an application in the first terminal 100a or connects to the web, accesses an application service provided through the service providing server 200 (S300) The content can be uploaded and the content can be posted online (S315). Content that can be uploaded includes various types of content such as photos, videos, live broadcasts, sound sources, GIFs, and links.

If the pointed icon is received from another terminal (S310), the service providing server 200 increases the point held by the user of the first terminal 100a by the number of points received S315).

The points held by the user of the specific terminal can be confirmed on the information (mine information) screen provided through the application service, and the point accumulation rate in the icon form and the discount rate on the icon form point .

This process is repeatedly performed until the service termination is selected (S320).

Referring to FIG. 3, the second terminal 100b accesses an application service (S350) and can inquire contents posted by the first terminal 100a (S355).

In the case of giving an icon-shaped point to a specific content during the content inquiry (S360), the service providing server 200 decreases the point held by the user of the second terminal 100b by the number of points given (S365).

The icon-shaped point can be given by touching or clicking a specific button on the content inquiry screen.

In addition, the icon-shaped points can be acquired by accessing the application service every day, by compensating for the performance of the action set in the application service, by accumulating the product in the specific application service, In addition, it can be configured to acquire by various methods.

This process is repeatedly performed until the service termination is selected (S370).

FIGS. 4 to 16 are views referencing a description of a point service providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 and 5 show an example of the internal information screen.

4, when the number of points held by the user of the first terminal 100a is 100, the point currently held on the inner information screen 400 displayed on the first terminal 100a is divided into the number of rings 403 ). In other words, when a ring shape is used as an icon-shaped point, a ring can be used as a point.

5, if the point held by the user of the second terminal 100b is 1000, the point currently held on the inner information screen 410 displayed on the second terminal 100b corresponds to the number of rings 413 ).

6 shows an example of a content inquiry screen.

As shown in FIG. 6, the second terminal 100b may display an inquiry screen 420 for inquiring the contents 423 posted by the first terminal 100a through the application service. Contents that can be posted on the inquiry screen 420 include various types of contents such as a photograph, a moving picture, a live broadcast, a GIF, a sound source, and a link.

A button 426 such as a turn-on, ring, comment, item, or the like is displayed at the bottom of the posted content 423 on the inquiry screen 420.

Here, the turn-on button displays an appeal to the posted content 423, and the number of turn-ons received by the content 423 is indicated by a number. When the user of the second terminal 100b clicks the turn-on button, the color of the turn-on button changes as the turn-on number increases.

The ring button is a button for giving a ring-shaped point to the content 423, and the number of points received by the content 423 is represented by a number. When the user of the second terminal 100b clicks the ring button, the user holds one of his / her own points in the content 423, and at the same time, the color of the ring button is changed.

The comment is a button for commenting on the content 423, and the number of comments attached to the content 423 is indicated by a numeral. When the user of the second terminal 100b comments, the color of the comment button changes at the same time as the number of comments increases.

The item button indicates that the color of the button is changed and activated when a product is linked to the content 423. The user can move to a page where the goods linked to the contents 423 can be viewed.

Other buttons are menus such as a scrap, a report button, and the like in the case of a post of another person, and can display menus such as scrap, edit, delete, and the like in the case of own post.

When the user of the second terminal 100b wants to give a point to the posted content 423 on the inquiry screen 420 as shown in Fig. 7, the ring button 429).

When the ring button is clicked, as shown in FIG. 8, a screen 430 in which the ring shape is largely appeared and the ring number 433 appears is displayed. That is, at the point of an icon shape, a ring shape can be used in the form of an icon, which means that giving a ring gives a point. Basically, it can be set to give a ring button touch or one ring per click.

When the ring button is clicked, the color of the ring icon is changed, and the number of points held by the user of the first terminal 100a is incremented by one.

When the user of the second terminal 100b clicks the ring button once more, one more point can be given. In this case, as shown in Fig. 9, the ring number that largely appears along with the ring shape on the screen 440 is displayed by accumulating the number of points given to the contents 423 by the user of the second terminal 100b.

If the ring button is long-clicked, the number of points desired to be given to the corresponding content is directly input, or as shown in Fig. 10, a ring of a specific unit (100 cycles, 1000 cycles, 10000 cycles) That is, a screen 450 showing a popup window that can give points at one time can be displayed.

11 shows an inner information screen 460 displayed on the second terminal 100b after giving a ring-shaped point. In the information screen 460, the number of points 463 reduced by the number of points is displayed.

Fig. 12 shows an example of another content inquiry screen.

As shown in FIG. 12, the user of the second terminal 100b may click on the ring button 473 to give other contents posted by the user of the first terminal 100a. That is, points can be given separately for each content.

If there is no point held by the user of the second terminal 100b, as shown in Fig. 13, a screen 480 indicating that the held ring is insufficient can be displayed. If there is no ring currently held, no points can be given to any content.

FIGS. 14 to 16 show the process of confirming the points held.

When the user of the first terminal 100a desires to check the ring point currently held by the user, the information (information) tab 503 can be selected to display the information screen 500 as shown in Fig. 14 .

When the tab 506 for confirming the information related to the point is selected on the information screen 500, the point held by the user of the first terminal 100a is displayed as the number of rings 526, In addition, a screen 520 showing the ring accumulation rate, ring discount rate, and the like can be displayed. At this time, the number of rings held means points that can be given to the contents of others and points that I hold.

Meanwhile, the service providing server 200 can provide various application services based on the Internet connection. For example, the service providing server 200 provides a web service screen related to profit distribution, and a terminal belonging to the merchandise seller and a terminal belonging to the content producer can receive the merchandise from the merchandise sellers through the web service screen provided by the service providing server 200 You can set the revenue share between content producers.

Then, when the content producer posts the item link content, which is a content linked to the goods of the seller through the terminal, online, inquires the item link contents of the other terminal, and the purchase of the linked goods is performed, Information related to the amount of money distributed to the merchandise seller and the content producer according to the transaction information related to purchase and the preset profit sharing ratio can be provided through the web service screen for providing the service.

By applying the point service providing method according to the present invention to such an application service, the use of the service can be activated and convenient. In addition, the present invention can be applied to various application services.

In addition, the method and system for providing point services according to the present invention are not limited to the configuration and method of the embodiments described above, but the embodiments may be applied to all or a part of each embodiment Some of which may be selectively combined.

In addition, the present invention can be implemented as a code readable by a processor on a recording medium readable by a processor provided in a terminal or a server. The processor-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording apparatuses in which data that can be read by the processor is stored. Examples of the recording medium on which the processor can read are ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage, and the like. In addition, the processor readable recording medium may be distributed over networked computer systems so that code readable by the processor in a distributed manner can be stored and executed.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, It should be understood that various modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

100a to 100n: First to nth terminals
200: service providing server

Claims (10)

Publishing one or more contents online on a first terminal through a specific application service based on an Internet connection;
A first button that can display the at least one content through the specific application service to the second terminal and can display an appeal to the first content posted from the at least one content, A second button capable of giving a point, a third button capable of commenting on the first content, and a fourth button capable of moving to a page in which the goods linked to the first content can be viewed Displaying a content viewing screen;
In the content inquiry screen, giving the icon-shaped point to the first content by clicking the second button; And
And decreasing a point held by a user of the second terminal by a number of points given to the first content in a service providing server providing the specific application service and increasing a point held by a user of the first terminal,
The point is used as a payment means or a price discount means when purchasing a product in the specific application service,
A pop-up window is displayed in which, when the second button is long-clicked, the number of points desired to be given to the first content is directly input or a point corresponding to a specific unit is given at a time on the content inquiry screen A point service providing method. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the icon shape is a ring shape. The method according to claim 1,
Retrieving a second content from the second terminal through the specific application service and assigning the icon-shaped point to the second content; And
Further comprising decreasing a point held by a user of the second terminal by the number of points given to the second content by the service providing server and increasing a point held by a user of the terminal that has posted the second content, Delivery method. delete The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising the step of providing a screen for inquiring the points held by the users of the first and second terminals. The method according to claim 1,
The point is acquired by at least one of compensation for performance of the action set in the application service, accumulation of goods in the specific application service, and purchase using cash when accessing the specific application service every day The point service providing method comprising: A processor-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for causing a processor to execute a point service providing method according to any one of claims 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6. A first terminal for publishing one or more contents online via a specific application service based on an Internet connection;
A first button that can display the one or more contents through the specific application service and can display an appeal to a first content posted from the one or more contents, A third button that can comment on the first content, and a fourth button that can move to a page that can view the item linked to the first content, A second terminal for displaying a screen and clicking the second button on the content inquiry screen to assign the icon-shaped point to the first content; And
Wherein the first terminal provides the specific application service and decreases the number of points owned by the user of the second terminal by the number of points assigned to the first content and increases the point held by the user of the first terminal,
A service providing server for directly inputting the number of points to be given to the first content or displaying a pop-up window for giving a predetermined number of points at a time when the second button is long clicked on the content inquiry screen, / RTI >
Wherein the point is used as a payment means or a price discount means when purchasing a product in the specific application service. 9. The method of claim 8,
And a third terminal for posting the second content on-line through the specific application service,
When the second terminal refers to the second content through the specific application service and gives the icon-shaped point to the second content,
Wherein the service providing server decreases a point held by a user of the second terminal by a number of points given to the second content and increases a point held by a user of the third terminal. 9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the first terminal, the second terminal, and the service providing server are communicably connected through a mobile communication network and the Internet.

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