KR101948532B1 - Coupon integrated management system and coupon integrated management method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention discloses a coupon integrated management system and a coupon integrated management method capable of providing an integrated management environment in which various types of coupons provided by various affiliated companies can be integrally registered / issued / used / canceled . The coupon integrated management system of the present invention is characterized in that a specific coupon service device interlocks with an integrated management device that provides a coupon registration function to a plurality of coupon service devices each of which serves coupons of different types, And registering the coupon of the specific form in the integrated management apparatus by executing the coupon registration function through interlocking with the integrated management apparatus for a coupon of a specific type.

Description

Technical Field [0001] The present invention relates to a coupon integrated management system and a coupon integrated management method,

The present invention relates to a coupon integrated management system and a coupon integrated management method. More particularly, the present invention relates to a coupon integrated management system and a coupon integrated management method, which are capable of integrally registering / issuing / using / canceling various types of coupons provided by various affiliates. The present invention relates to a coupon integrated management system and a coupon integrated management method capable of providing coupons, an operation method of the integrated management device and an integrated management device, and a coupon service device and an operation method of the coupon service device.

In general, an open API (hereinafter, referred to as a 'service component') technology provides service components for wired / wireless communication network capabilities such as wire / wireless telephone connection, short message, location information provision, Is a technology that provides an environment in which third-party service providers can develop a service developed through a consistent interface.

Meanwhile, it is necessary to enhance security by using Secure Elements such as USIM, Embedded Secure Element, and MicroSD in NFC (Near Field Communication) services such as payment service, door-lock service and coupon service. An applet necessary for providing an NFC service such as an application providing the corresponding NFC service is stored in a Secure Element in the terminal for use.

Among these NFC-based services, the coupon service is provided together with a coupon service for providing various types of coupons that are currently being serviced, such as barcode / QR / image / text.

Such a current coupon service is a method in which a coupon (for example, a bar code / QR) of a form supported by a specific affiliate providing an online coupon service is registered in an affiliate and a desired user issues a coupon from the affiliate.

Therefore, in the present situation where various affiliates independently provide their coupon service, the coupon business operator has to register his / her coupon with each of the affiliate companies, and the user also has to find and use the desired coupon for each affiliate company .

Accordingly, in the present invention, in the present situation in which various affiliates provide their coupon service independently, an integrated management environment that enables to integrate registration / issuance / use approval / cancellation of various types of coupons provided by various affiliates And the like.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a coupon service device in which a specific coupon service device is provided with a plurality of coupon service devices, And the coupon service device is operable to perform the coupon registration function by interlocking with the integrated management device with respect to a coupon of a specific form so that coupon integration Management system and coupon integrated management method to provide a coupon service for various coupon service devices (corresponding to affiliated companies) in a current situation, various types of coupons of various affiliates are integratedly registered / issued / approved / used Cancellation of the management environment.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a coupon registration function for a plurality of coupon service devices which serve coupons of different types, The present invention provides an operation method of an integrated management device and an integrated management device for managing coupon registration information for each coupon service device by coupon, and provides a coupon service for each coupon The present invention is to provide an integrated management environment in which various types of coupons of various affiliates can be integratedly registered / issued / approved / canceled.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a coupon service device that couples with a coupon service device that couples different types of coupons, There is provided an operation method of a coupon service device and a coupon service device for registering a coupon of a specific type in the integrated management device by executing the coupon registration function through interlocking with the integrated management device , And to provide an integrated management environment in which various types of coupons of various affiliates can be integratedly registered / issued / approved / canceled.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an integrated management system for providing a coupon registration function to a plurality of coupon service devices each serving a coupon of a different form; And a coupon service device for registering the coupon of the specific form in the integrated management device by executing the coupon registration function through interlocking with the integrated management device for a specific coupon.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an integrated management apparatus comprising: a registration function provision unit for providing a coupon registration function to a plurality of coupon service apparatuses each serving a coupon of a different form; And a coupon information management unit for managing coupon registration information for each coupon service device for each coupon registered through the coupon registration function.

Preferably, the registration function providing unit provides the integrated service component for executing the coupon registration function to the plurality of coupon service devices, so that the specific coupon service device, which has obtained the integrated service component, The coupon registration function can be executed using the integrated service component.

Preferably, the coupon of the specific type may include a coupon registered in the coupon service device by a coupon registration service component provided by the specific coupon service device.

Preferably, in accordance with the coupon issue request related to the specific coupon from the specific coupon service device, issuance information including at least one of the coupon identification information of the specific coupon and the affiliate authentication information related to the coupon service device in which the specific coupon is registered And an issuance control unit for providing the specific coupon to the specific coupon service device and allowing the specific user terminal that has obtained the issuance information through the specific coupon service device to receive the specific coupon based on the issuance information.

Preferably, when the coupon use approval request is valid according to the coupon use approval request related to the specific coupon from the specific coupon service device, the use approval information related to the specific coupon is provided to the specific coupon service device, And a usage approval unit for allowing the specific user terminal that has obtained the usage approval information via the service device to use the specific coupon based on the usage approval information.

Preferably, when the coupon cancellation request is valid according to the coupon use cancellation request related to the specific coupon from the specific coupon service device, the use cancellation information related to the specific coupon is provided to the specific coupon service device, And a cancellation unit for allowing the specific user terminal that has obtained the cancellation information through the service apparatus to confirm the cancellation of the use of the specific coupon based on the cancellation information.

In order to achieve the above object, according to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a coupon service apparatus comprising: a device interlocking unit operatively associated with an integrated management apparatus for providing a coupon registration function to a plurality of coupon service apparatuses each serving a coupon of a different form; And a device control unit for registering the coupon of the specific form in the integrated management device by executing the coupon registration function through interlocking with the integrated management device by the device interlocking unit for the coupon of a specific type.

Preferably, the device interlocking unit acquires an integrated service component for executing the coupon registration function from the integrated management device, and the device control unit controls the device control unit to perform, based on the acquired integrated service component, Enables coupon registration function to be executed.

Preferably, the device control unit registers the coupon of the specific form in the integrated management device, and manages coupon registration information for each coupon service device for each coupon registered through the coupon registration function in the integrated management device can do.

Advantageously, the coupon of the specific type may include a coupon registered in the coupon service device by a coupon registration service component provided by the coupon service device.

A coupon integrated management method according to a fourth aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object is a coupon integrated management method in which a specific coupon service device is provided with an integrated management device ; And registering the coupon of the specific form in the integrated management device by executing the coupon registration function through interlocking with the integrated management device for a coupon of a specific type by the specific coupon service device.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an operation method of an integrated management apparatus, comprising: a registration function providing step of providing a coupon registration function to a plurality of coupon service devices each serving a coupon of a different form; And a coupon information management step of managing coupon registration information for each coupon service device for each coupon registered through the provided coupon registration function.

Preferably, the registering function providing step may include providing an integrated service component for executing the coupon registration function to the plurality of coupon service devices, so that the specific coupon service device, which has obtained the integrated service component, So that the coupon registration function can be executed using the integrated service component with respect to the coupon.

A method for operating a coupon service device according to a sixth aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object is a method for operating a coupon service device that couples a plurality of coupon service devices, Interlocking phase; And a coupon registration step of registering the coupon of the specific form in the integrated management device by executing the coupon registration function through interlocking with the integrated management device for a coupon of a specific type.

Preferably, the coupon registration step may include acquiring an integrated service component for executing the coupon registration function from the integrated management device, and registering the coupon with the coupon in the specific form using the acquired integrated service component in the coupon registration step So that the coupon registration function can be executed.

According to the coupon integrated management system and the coupon integrated management method of the present invention, various coupon service devices corresponding to various affiliates independently provide coupon services of their own, The user can use the coupon service at a user or a merchant who actually uses the coupon as well as the coupon provider by providing the integrated management environment that allows the user to collectively register / issue / use / cancel the usage of the coupon. It is possible to obtain an effect of increasing the convenience.

1 is a configuration diagram illustrating a coupon integrated management system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a coupon service apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an integrated management apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
4 to 6 are flowcharts showing a flow of performing approval / cancellation of coupon registration / coupon issue / coupon use in the coupon integrated management method according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a flowchart illustrating an operation method of a coupon service apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a flowchart illustrating an operation method of the integrated management apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram illustrating a coupon integrated management system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the coupon integrated management system according to the present invention includes a plurality of coupon service devices 300 and an integrated management device 400.

A plurality of coupon service devices 300 means a plurality of affiliate-side devices that provide coupon services such as approval / cancellation / use / cancellation of certain types of coupons on-line. That is, each coupon service device 200, 201... May refer to each independent affiliate service server or a point of contact (POC).

That is, the coupon service device 200 registers and holds a coupon of a specific form, for example, an NFC type, which is supported by the coupon service device 200, from the coupon company such as the user terminal 100, Can receive and store coupons in a specific form, for example, image / text form, supported by the coupon service device 201 from the coupon company as before.

Here, the user terminal 100 includes a terminal of a coupon provider who wishes to register a coupon, a terminal of a user who wants to use and receive a coupon, a terminal of an affiliate shop that requests approval or cancellation of a coupon held by the user, I will.

As described above, each of the coupon service devices 200, 201 ... can hold coupons registered in different forms such as NFC / barcode / QR / image / text supported by themselves. Hereinafter, the coupon service apparatus 200 for convenience of explanation will be described.

The integrated management device 400 provides a coupon registration function for a plurality of coupon service devices 300 that each serve coupons of different types.

In other words, the integrated management apparatus 400 is able to manage the coupon service apparatuses 200, 201,... For each of the coupon service apparatuses 200, 201,... Serving coupons of various forms such as NFC / barcode / QR / image / The coupon registration function allows the coupon to be registered in the integrated management device 400. [

For example, the integrated management apparatus 400 may be configured to support various forms of coupons such as NFC / barcode / QR / image / text, and may include at least one of various forms such as NFC / barcode / QR / The coupon can be registered in the integrated management device 400. [0213]

At this time, the integrated management device 400 may have an open API (Application Programming Interface) for executing the coupon registration function.

The coupon service device 200 corresponding to the specific affiliate company executes the coupon registration function for the coupon of a specific form (e.g., NFC) held in the coupon service device 200 in association with the integrated management device 400, Can be registered in the integrated management device 400. [

That is, the coupon service device 200 acquires the integrated service component for executing the coupon registration function from the integrated management device 400 and acquires the specific type (e.g., NFC) By executing the coupon registration function with respect to the coupon, the coupon of the specific type held in the coupon can be registered in the integrated management device 400. [

In this way, each of the coupon service devices 200, 201, ... can register their own coupons, which are held in different forms, in the integrated management device 400 using an integrated service component provided as an open API.

Accordingly, the integrated management device 400 can manage the coupon registration information for each coupon service device for each coupon registered through the coupon registration function.

Hereinafter, the configuration of the coupon service apparatus according to the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to FIG.

The coupon service device 200 according to the present invention includes a device interlocking unit 210 (not shown) interlocked with an integrated management device 40 for providing a coupon registration function to a plurality of coupon service devices 300 that serve coupons of different forms, And coupon registration function of the specific form coupon through interlocking with the integrated management device 400 by the device interlocking unit 210 to register the coupon of the specific form in the integrated management device 400 And a device control unit (220).

In addition, the coupon service apparatus 200 according to the present invention may further include a coupon management unit 230.

The coupon service device 200 can register and hold coupons of the form supported by the coupon service device 200, for example, NFC type, from the user terminal 100 used by the coupon company, for example coupon company, May refer to coupons registered in the coupon service apparatus 200. [

Accordingly, the coupon management unit 230 can perform a function of managing coupon information for coupons registered in the coupon service device 200. For example, the coupon information may include coupon item code information, coupon ID information, coupon content information, coupon use period information, coupon registration date information, and the like for the coupon. Here, the coupon content information may include information for configuring at least one form of the form of the coupon, for example, NFC / barcode / QR / image / text.

At this time, the coupon registered / held in the coupon service device 200, that is, the above-mentioned coupon of the specific type is transmitted to the coupon service device 200 by the coupon service device 200, .

The device interlocking unit 210 interlocks with the integrated management apparatus 400 that provides the coupon registration function to a plurality of coupon service apparatuses 300 that serve coupons of different forms as described above.

That is, the device interlocking unit 210 performs interoperation with the integrated management apparatus 400. [

More specifically, the apparatus interlocking unit 210 can obtain an integrated service component for executing the coupon registration function from the integrated management apparatus 400 through interlocking with the integrated management apparatus 400. [

At this time, the device interlocking unit 210 may require a separate authentication procedure to obtain an integrated service component (open API) for executing the coupon registration function from the integrated management device 400, , It is possible to acquire an integrated service component (open API) without a separate authentication procedure if it is authenticated as a legitimate affiliate.

When acquiring the integrated service component (open API) from the integrated management device 400, the device interlocking unit 210 causes the device control unit 220 to acquire a specific type of coupon, that is, the coupon management unit 230, The coupon registration function can be executed with respect to the coupon managed by the coupon.

The device control unit 220 transmits an integrated service component (open API) acquired from the integrated management device 400 to the coupon managed by the coupon management unit 230 The coupon can be registered in the integrated management apparatus 400 by executing the coupon registration function using the coupon.

As described above, the device control unit 220 uses the integrated service component (open API) acquired from the integrated management device 400 as an NFC type coupon registered by the coupon registration service component provided by the coupon service device 200 And registers the coupon in the integrated management device 400 by executing the coupon registration function for the integrated management device 400. [

Accordingly, various forms of coupons registered in each of a plurality of coupon service devices 300 supporting different forms such as NFC / barcode / QR / image / text, etc. are managed by the integrated service component Open API) in the integrated management device 400. [0154] FIG.

In addition, the device control unit 220 can perform approval / cancellation of coupon issuance / use with respect to the specific user terminal 100 through interlocking with the integrated management device 400. [

The process of issuing / canceling coupon issuance / use of the device control unit 220 through interlocking with the integrated management device 400 will be described in detail in FIGS. 4 to 6, which will be described later.

Hereinafter, the configuration of the integrated management apparatus according to the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to FIG.

The integrated management apparatus 400 according to the present invention includes a registration function providing unit 410 for providing a coupon registration function to a plurality of coupon service apparatuses 300 that serve coupons of different types, And a coupon information management unit 420 for managing coupon registration information for each coupon registered by the coupon service device.

The registration function providing unit 410 provides a coupon registration function for a plurality of coupon service apparatuses 300, each of which serves coupons of different types.

That is, the registration function providing unit 410 is provided with a configuration capable of supporting various forms of coupons such as NFC / barcode / QR / image / text, so that at least one of various forms such as NFC / barcode / QR / Can be provided to each of a plurality of coupon service apparatuses 300 in order to allow coupons having the form to be registered in the integrated management apparatus 400. [

More specifically, the registration function providing unit 410 may provide an integrated service component (open API) for executing the coupon registration function as described above to the coupon service device, for example coupon service device 200, which is interlocked.

Accordingly, the coupon service device 200 that acquires the integrated service component as described above executes the coupon registration function using the integrated service component for coupons of a specific type (e.g., NFC) (E.g., NFC) coupon will be registered in the integrated management device 400.

The coupon information management unit 420 manages coupon registration information for each coupon service device for each coupon registered through the coupon registration function described above.

That is, the coupon information management unit 420 can store / manage the coupon registration information for each coupon, which is obtained by acquiring / using the integrated service component, for each coupon service device registered with the coupon.

The coupon registration information for each coupon service device includes coupon service device identification information, affiliate identification information, affiliate authentication information authenticated by an affiliate, coupon product code information for the coupon, coupon ID information, coupon content information, coupon use period information, Registration date information (e.g., date information registered in the coupon service device, date information registered in the integrated management device), and the like.

Accordingly, the integrated management apparatus 400 can transmit various types of coupons supporting different forms such as NFC / barcode / QR / image / text, etc. from the coupon service apparatuses 300 to coupons It can be registered and managed by the registration function.

In addition, the integrated management device 400 can perform approval / cancellation of coupon issuance / use with respect to a specific user terminal 100 through interlocking with each coupon service device 200, 201,.

To this end, the integrated management apparatus 400 according to the present invention may further include an issuance control unit 430. [

More specifically, in response to a coupon issuing request related to a specific coupon from the coupon service apparatus 200, the issuance control unit 430 transmits coupon identification information of the specific coupon and a coupon The issuance information including at least one of the affiliation authentication information related to the service device is provided to the coupon service device 200 so that the specific user terminal 100 that has obtained the issuance information through the coupon service device 200 transmits the issuance information So that the user can receive the specific coupon.

5, the process of issuing a coupon related to the user terminal 100 through the association of the issuance control unit 430 of the integrated management apparatus 400 according to the present invention with the coupon service apparatus 200 More specifically,

As shown in FIG. 5, the specific user terminal 100 may request the coupon service apparatus 200 to issue a coupon for a specific coupon (S70). Here, the specific coupon may be a coupon registered in the integrated management device 400 by the coupon service device 200 or a coupon registered in the integrated management device 400 by another coupon service device 201. [

At this time, the user terminal 100 preferably provides the coupon service apparatus 200 with a coupon issuing request including the coupon item code information for the coupon requesting the issuance.

Here, the user terminal 100 may be a terminal used by a general user who wishes to receive and use a coupon. More specifically, a coupon issuing request may be issued by the coupon service device 200 ). ≪ / RTI >

Accordingly, the coupon service device 200 can provide the issuance request for the coupon to the integrated management device 400 in response to the coupon issue request from the user terminal 100 (S80). For example, the coupon service device 200 can transmit a coupon issue request from the user terminal 100 to the integrated management device 400. [ This is included in the coupon issuing process through interlocking with the integrated management device 400 performed by the device control unit 220 of the coupon service device 200, as described above.

In accordance with the coupon issue request from the coupon service device 200, the integrated management device 400, in particular, the issuance control unit 430 verifies the validity of the coupon use period information based on the coupon registration information of the corresponding coupon, The issuance information including at least one of the coupon identification information (e.g., coupon ID information) of the corresponding coupon and the affiliate authentication information related to the coupon service device in which the specific coupon is registered To the coupon service apparatus 200 (S100).

At this time, the integrated management apparatus 400, in particular, the issuance control section 430 may store the coupon issuance history corresponding to issuance of the specific coupon before storing the coupon issuance information in the coupon information management section 420 (S90). At this time, the coupon issuing history may include coupon ID information about the issued coupon, user information requesting issuance, coupon service device identification information or affiliate identification information linked at the time of issuance, and issuance date information.

Thereafter, the integrated management apparatus 400, in particular the issuance control section 430, provides the issuance information according to the coupon issuance request from the coupon service apparatus 200 to the coupon service apparatus 200 (S100) The specific user terminal 100 that has obtained the issuance information through the issuance information receiving unit 200 can receive the specific coupon based on the issuance information.

In other words, upon receiving the issuance information (e.g., coupon ID information and affiliate authentication information) from the integrated management apparatus 400, the coupon service apparatus 200 provides the Intent call including the issuance information to the user terminal 100 (S110), the using terminal 100 requests the coupon service apparatus 200 to download the coupon using the issuance information (S120).

Upon receiving the coupon download request from the user terminal 100, the coupon service device 200 requests and acquires the corresponding coupon content (e.g., coupon content information) registered in the integrated management device 400 (S130) And provides the coupon contents to the user terminal 100 (S140), so that the user terminal 100 can receive the coupons desired. As described above, the steps S110, S130, and S140 described above are performed in the coupon issuing process through interlocking with the integrated management device 400 performed by the device control unit 220 of the coupon service device 200 .

In addition, the integrated management apparatus 400, in particular, the issuance control unit 430, may provide coupon issuance related information for coupons (coupon contents) issued as described above to the corresponding affiliates. For example, the coupon issuance related information may include the above-described coupon issuance history. If the coupon service apparatus that registered the issued coupon is the coupon service apparatus 200 linked to the issuance of the coupon at this time, the integrated management apparatus 400, The coupon providing unit 430 may provide coupon issuance related information for the coupon (coupon content) issued as described above to the corresponding coupon service apparatus 200 of the affiliated company (S145).

As described above, the issuance control unit 430 of the integrated management apparatus 400, in response to the coupon issue request related to the specific coupon from the coupon service apparatus 200 as described above, requests the issuance of the coupon in conjunction with the coupon service apparatus 200 So that the user terminal 100 can receive a specific coupon.

Meanwhile, the integrated management apparatus 400 of the present invention may include a use approval unit 440 for performing approval and cancellation of a coupon with respect to a specific user terminal 100 through interlocking with coupon service apparatuses 200, 201, ), And a use cancel unit 450.

In the case where the coupon use approval request is valid according to the coupon use approval request related to the specific coupon from the coupon service device 200, that is, the use approval unit 440, To the service device 200 so that the specific user terminal 100 that has obtained the use approval information through the coupon service device 200 can use the specific coupon based on the use approval information.

6A and 6B illustrate a process in which the use acceptance unit 440 of the integrated management apparatus 400 according to the present invention performs the coupon use approval with respect to the user terminal 100 in cooperation with the coupon service apparatus 200. [ And will be described in more detail with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 6, the specific user terminal 100 may request the coupon service device 200 to approve the coupon usage for the specific coupon (S150). Here, the specific coupon may be a coupon registered in the integrated management device 400 by the coupon service device 200 or a coupon registered in the integrated management device 400 by another coupon service device 201. [

At this time, the user terminal 100 preferably provides the coupon service device 200 with a coupon use approval request including the coupon ID information and the tracking number for the coupon requesting approval of use.

Here, the user terminal 100 may be a terminal used by a general user who wishes to use a coupon or a terminal of a merchant requesting approval or cancellation of a coupon held by the user, and more specifically, A coupon use approval request may be provided to the coupon service device 200 by the coupon related application being executed.

Accordingly, the coupon service device 200 can provide the use approval request for the coupon to the integrated management device 400 according to the coupon use approval request from the user terminal 100 (S160). For example, the coupon service device 200 can transmit a coupon use approval request from the user terminal 100 to the integrated management device 400. [ This is included in the coupon use approval process through interlocking with the integrated management device 400 performed by the device control unit 220 of the coupon service device 200, as described above.

In response to the coupon use approval request from the coupon service apparatus 200, the integrated management apparatus 400, in particular, the usage approval unit 440 verifies the validity based on the coupon issuing information of the specific coupon and the user (S170) If it is valid according to the validation, the use approval information related to the specific coupon is provided to the coupon service apparatus 200 (S190).

At this time, the integrated management apparatus 400, in particular the usage approval section 440, stores the coupon usage history in accordance with the approval of use of the specific coupon before providing the coupon usage approval information in the coupon information management section 420 (S180). At this time, the coupon usage details may include coupon ID information for coupons approved for use, coupon service device identification information or affiliate identification information interlocked at the time of use approval, information on the use approval date, and the like.

After that, the integrated management apparatus 400, in particular the use approval section 440, provides the coupon service apparatus 200 with usage approval information in response to the coupon use approval request from the coupon service apparatus 200 (S190) The specific user terminal 100 that has obtained the usage approval information through the service device 200 can use the specific coupon based on the usage approval information.

In other words, when the coupon service apparatus 200 receives the use approval information from the integrated management apparatus 400, the coupon service apparatus 200 provides the use approval information to the user terminal 100 (S200) So that the use of the specific coupon can be confirmed using the information (S210). As described above, the above-described step S200 is included in the coupon use approval process through interlocking with the integrated management device 400 performed by the device control unit 220 of the coupon service device 200. [

In addition, the integrated management apparatus 400, in particular the usage approval section 440, may further provide the affiliated company with the usage approval related information corresponding to the usage approval information related to the specific coupon as described above. For example, the use approval related information may include the above-described coupon usage details, and if the coupon service device that registered the use approved coupon is the coupon service device 200 linked to the present coupon use authentication, the integrated management device 400 The issuance control unit 430 may provide the use approval related information to the coupon service apparatus 200 of the affiliated company as described above (S195).

As described above, the integrated management apparatus 400, in particular, the usage approval unit 440, in cooperation with the coupon service apparatus 200, transmits a coupon usage request in association with the coupon use approval request related to the specific coupon from the coupon service apparatus 200, So that the user terminal 100 requesting approval can use a specific coupon.

On the other hand, in the case where the coupon use canceling request is valid according to the coupon use canceling request related to the specific coupon from the coupon service device 200, that is, the coupon service device 200, To the coupon service device 200 so that the specific user terminal 100 that has obtained the cancellation information through the coupon service device 200 can check the cancellation of the use of the specific coupon based on the cancellation information .

6 shows a process in which the use cancellation unit 450 of the integrated management apparatus 400 according to the present invention performs cancellation of coupon use related to the user terminal 100 through interlocking with the coupon service apparatus 200. [ And will be described in more detail with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 6, the specific user terminal 100 may request the coupon service apparatus 200 to cancel the coupon use for the specific coupon (S220).

Accordingly, the coupon service device 200 can provide a use cancel request for the coupon to the integrated management device 400 in response to the coupon use cancellation request from the user terminal 100 (S230). For example, the coupon service device 200 can forward the coupon use cancel request from the user terminal 100 to the integrated management device 400. [ This is included in the coupon cancellation process through interlocking with the integrated management device 400 performed by the device control unit 220 of the coupon service device 200, as described above.

The integrated management device 400, in particular the use canceling unit 450, verifies the validity based on the coupon usage details of the specific coupon and the user according to the coupon use cancellation request from the coupon service device 200 (S240) , And if it is valid according to the validity verification, provides cancellation information related to the specific coupon to the coupon service apparatus 200 (S260).

At this time, the integrated management apparatus 400, in particular the use canceling unit 450, stores the coupon information canceling history in response to the cancellation of the use of the corresponding specific coupon in the coupon information management unit 420 (S250). At this time, the coupon cancellation history may include coupon ID information about the canceled coupon, coupon service device identification information or affiliate identification information interlocked at the time of cancellation of use, information on cancellation date of use, and the like.

Thereafter, the integrated management device 400, particularly the use canceling unit 450, provides the coupon service device 200 with the use cancel information in response to the coupon use cancel request from the coupon service device 200 (S260) The specific user terminal 100 that has obtained the cancellation information through the service device 200 can check cancellation of the use of the specific coupon based on the cancellation information.

In other words, when the coupon service device 200 receives the use cancel information from the integrated management device 400, the coupon service device 200 provides the use cancel information to the user terminal 100 (S270) Information is used to confirm that the use of the specific coupon is canceled (S280). Here, the above-described step S270 is included in the coupon cancellation process through interlocking with the integrated management device 400 performed by the device control unit 220 of the coupon service device 200, as described above.

In addition, the unified management apparatus 400, in particular, the use cancellation unit 450 may additionally provide information on cancellation-related information to the affiliated company corresponding to the cancellation information related to the specific coupon as described above. For example, if the coupon service device that registered the canceled coupon is the coupon service device 200 that is interlocked when canceling the coupon use, the integrated management device 400 may cancel the use of the coupon, In particular, the issuance control unit 430 may provide the coupon service apparatus 200 of the partner company with the use-related-related information as described above (S265).

As described above, the integrated management apparatus 400, in particular, the revocation unit 450, in cooperation with the coupon service apparatus 200, can use the coupon in accordance with the coupon use cancellation request related to the specific coupon from the coupon service apparatus 200, The user terminal 100 requesting cancellation can cancel the use of the specific coupon.

In the foregoing description, various forms of coupons corresponding to a plurality of coupon service devices 300 are registered / issued by the integrated management device 400 through interlocking between a plurality of coupon service devices 300 and the integrated management device 400 / Use approval / cancellation of usage of the coupon. However, in the environment of the present invention in which the integrated management device 400 integrates and manages various forms of coupons, It is also possible to realize various functions such as receiving recommendation or searching for coupons in the integrated management apparatus 400. [

As described above, according to the coupon integrated management system of the present invention and the integrated management apparatus and coupon service apparatus included therein, various coupon service devices corresponding to various affiliated companies can independently provide their coupon service It is possible to provide an integrated management environment in which various types of coupons provided by various affiliates can be integrated / issued / used / canceled / canceled. By providing such an integrated management environment, not only coupon operators but also coupons It is possible to obtain an effect of increasing convenience in using the coupon service in actual users and merchants.

Hereinafter, a coupon integrated management method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 4, 7, and 8. FIG. Here, for convenience of description, the components shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 will be described with reference to corresponding reference numerals.

First, the procedure of coupon registration according to the coupon integrated management method according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

The integrated management apparatus 400 is provided with a configuration capable of supporting various forms of coupons such as NFC / barcode / QR / image / text, and is capable of displaying at least one form of various forms such as NFC / barcode / QR / The coupon registration function may be provided so that coupon having the coupon can be registered in the integrated management device 400 (S10).

At this time, the integrated management device 400 may have an open API (Application Programming Interface) for executing the coupon registration function.

The coupon service device 200 corresponding to a specific affiliate company executes the coupon registration function for a coupon of a specific form (e.g., NFC) held in itself by interlocking with the integrated management device 400 Can be registered in the integrated management apparatus 400 (S30).

That is, the coupon service device 200 acquires the integrated service component for executing the coupon registration function from the integrated management device 400 and acquires the specific type (e.g., NFC) By executing the coupon registration function with respect to the coupon, the coupon of the specific type held in the coupon can be registered in the integrated management device 400. [

In this way, each of the coupon service devices 200, 201, ... can register their own coupons, which are held in different forms, in the integrated management device 400 using an integrated service component provided as an open API.

Accordingly, the integrated management device 400 can manage the coupon registration information for each coupon service device for each coupon registered through the coupon registration function (S40).

Furthermore, when the coupon registration approval or rejection is determined by the operator (S50), the integrated management apparatus 400 stores the approval or rejection result corresponding to the coupon registered through steps S20 through S40 S60), it may reflect this in the coupon registration information for each coupon service device.

Hereinafter, an operation method of the coupon service apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

The operation method of the coupon service device according to the present invention can register and hold coupons of the form supported by the coupon service device 200, for example, NFC type, from the user terminal 100 used by the coupon company such as a coupon company (S300) .

Accordingly, the method of operating the coupon service device according to the present invention can manage coupon information for coupons registered in the coupon service device 200. At this time, the coupon registered / held in the coupon service device 200 will include the coupon registered in the coupon service device 200 by the coupon registration service component provided by the coupon service device 200.

The operation method of the coupon service apparatus according to the present invention is interlocked with the integrated management apparatus 400 that provides the coupon registration function to a plurality of coupon service apparatuses 300 that serve coupons of different forms as described above ).

That is, the operation method of the coupon service apparatus according to the present invention performs interworking with the integrated management apparatus 400 periodically or whenever a coupon is registered.

More specifically, the method of operating the coupon service device according to the present invention can acquire an integrated service component for executing the coupon registration function from the integrated management device 400 through interlocking with the integrated management device 400 (S320).

At this time, the operation method of the coupon service device according to the present invention may require a separate authentication procedure to acquire an integrated service component (open API) for executing the coupon registration function from the integrated management device 400, Or if it is authenticated as a legitimate affiliate for the coupon registration function, the integrated service component (open API) can be obtained without a separate authentication procedure.

Accordingly, when the integrated service component (open API) is acquired from the integrated management device 400, the method of operating the coupon service device according to the present invention is a method in which the integrated service component is used to acquire a specific type of coupon, The coupon can be registered in the integrated management device 400 by executing the coupon registration function using the integrated service component (open API) acquired from the integrated management device 400 with respect to the coupon (S330).

As described above, the method of operating the coupon service device according to the present invention is a method of operating the coupon service device 200 in a manner that couples the coupon of the NFC type registered by the coupon registration service component provided by the coupon service device 200 to the integrated service component The API can be registered in the integrated management apparatus 400 by executing the coupon registration function for the integrated management apparatus 400 using the open API.

Accordingly, various forms of coupons registered in each of a plurality of coupon service devices 300 supporting different forms such as NFC / barcode / QR / image / text, etc. are managed by the integrated service component Open API) in the integrated management device 400. [0154] FIG.

In addition, the operation method of the coupon service device according to the present invention can perform approval / cancellation of coupon issuance / use with respect to a specific user terminal 100 through interlocking with the integrated management device 400 (S340).

The process of issuing / using the coupon issuing / using and canceling the coupon service device according to the present invention through interlocking with the integrated management device 400 has been described in detail with reference to FIGS. 4 to 6, and will not be described here.

Hereinafter, an operation method of the integrated management apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

The operation method of the integrated management apparatus according to the present invention provides a coupon registration function for a plurality of coupon service apparatuses 300 that serve coupons of different types, respectively.

That is, the operation method of the integrated management apparatus according to the present invention has a configuration capable of supporting various forms of coupons such as NFC / barcode / QR / image / text, and can be used in various forms such as NFC / barcode / QR / (Open API) for executing a coupon registration function that allows coupons having at least one form to be registered in the integrated management device 400 (S400).

The operation method of the integrated management apparatus according to the present invention can provide an integrated service component (open API) to the coupon service apparatus 200 linked with the coupon service apparatus 200 (S410) ).

Accordingly, the coupon service device 200 that acquires the integrated service component as described above executes the coupon registration function using the integrated service component for coupons of a specific type (e.g., NFC) (E.g., NFC) coupon will be registered in the integrated management device 400.

In the operation method of the integrated management apparatus according to the present invention, coupon registration information for each coupon service device is managed for each coupon registered through the coupon registration function described above (S430).

That is, the operation method of the integrated management apparatus according to the present invention can store / manage coupon registration information for each coupon, which is obtained by acquiring / using the integrated service component, for each coupon service device that registers the coupon.

Accordingly, the operation method of the integrated management apparatus according to the present invention is a method of operating various types of coupons that support different forms such as NFC / barcode / QR / image / text, from each of a plurality of coupon service devices 300, Can be registered and managed by the coupon registration function provided in the coupon registration function.

In addition, the operation method of the integrated management apparatus according to the present invention can perform approval / cancellation of coupon issuance / use with respect to a specific user terminal 100 through interlocking with each coupon service device 200, 201,.

The process of issuing / using the coupon issuing / using and canceling of the operation method of the integrated management apparatus according to the present invention through interlocking with the respective coupon service devices 200, 201 ... has been described in detail with reference to FIGS. 4 to 6, I will skip it.

As described above, according to the coupon unified management method of the present invention, the operation method of the integrated management device included therein, and the operation method of the coupon service device, various coupon service devices corresponding to various affiliate companies independently provide coupon service It is possible to provide an integrated management environment in which various types of coupons provided by various affiliates can be integratedly registered / issued / used / canceled in the current situation of providing the integrated management environment, It is possible to obtain an effect of increasing the convenience of using the coupon service at the user and the merchant who actually use the coupon as well as the coupon provider.

The coupon integrated management method according to an embodiment of the present invention, the operation method of the integrated management device included therein, and the coupon service device operation method may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed through various computer means, Lt; / RTI > The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the medium may be those specially designed and constructed for the present invention 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. The hardware devices described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

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 will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

The coupon integrated management system and the coupon integrated management method according to the present invention can provide an integrated management environment that can integrally register / issue / use approval / cancellation of various types of coupons provided by various affiliated companies Is an invention that is industrially applicable because it is beyond the limit of the existing technology, and it is not only the use of the related technology but also the possibility of commercialization or operation of the applicable device,

100: terminal device 300: a plurality of coupon service devices
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Claims (16)

delete An integrated management device for integrated management of coupons,
A registration function providing unit for providing a coupon registration function for a plurality of coupon service devices, each of which serves coupons of different forms;
A coupon information management unit for managing coupon registration information for each coupon service device for each coupon registered through the coupon registration function; And
A specific coupon service device requests a coupon issuance for a specific coupon from a specific user terminal and registers coupon identification information of the specific coupon and the coupon according to a coupon issue request related to the specific coupon received from the specific coupon service device And issuing the issuance information including at least one of the affiliate authentication information related to the coupon service device to the specific coupon service device, wherein the specific user terminal, which has obtained the issuance information through the coupon service device, And an issuance control unit for issuing a specific coupon;
The coupon service device, which has registered the specific coupon,
Wherein the coupon service apparatus is one of the coupon service apparatuses other than the specific coupon service apparatus or the coupon service apparatuses out of the plurality of coupon service apparatuses,
The registration function providing unit,
Providing an integrated service component for executing a coupon registration function for registering coupons of different types served by each of the coupon service devices to the integrated management device for the coupon service device, Wherein the device registers the coupons of the different types registered by the coupon registration service component provided by each of the coupon service devices with the integrated management device using the integrated service component. ◈ Claim 3 is abandoned due to the registration fee. 3. The method of claim 2,
The registration function providing unit,
Providing a plurality of coupon service devices with an integrated service component for executing the coupon registration function, wherein a specific coupon service device, which has obtained the integrated service component, And to execute the registration function. ◈ Claim 4 is abandoned due to the registration fee. The method of claim 3,
The coupon of the above-
And a coupon registered in the coupon service device by a coupon registration service component provided by the specific coupon service device. delete ◈ Claim 6 is abandoned due to the registration fee. 5. The method according to any one of claims 2 to 4,
When the coupon use approval request is valid according to the coupon use approval request related to the specific coupon from the specific coupon service device, the use approval information related to the specific coupon is provided to the specific coupon service device, Further comprising a usage approval unit for allowing the specific user terminal that has obtained the usage approval information to use the specific coupon based on the usage approval information. ◈ Claim 7 is abandoned due to registration fee. The method according to claim 6,
When the coupon cancellation request is valid according to the coupon use cancellation request related to the specific coupon from the specific coupon service device, the use cancellation information related to the specific coupon is provided to the specific coupon service device, Further comprising a use canceling unit for allowing the specific user terminal that has obtained the use cancellation information to confirm the cancellation of use of the specific coupon based on the use cancellation information. delete delete delete delete delete A method of operating an integrated management device,
Providing a registration function for providing a coupon registration function for a plurality of coupon service devices each serving a coupon of a different form;
A coupon information management step of managing coupon registration information for each coupon service device for each coupon registered through the provided coupon registration function; And
A specific coupon service device requests a coupon issuance for a specific coupon from a specific user terminal and registers coupon identification information of the specific coupon and the coupon according to a coupon issue request related to the specific coupon received from the specific coupon service device And issuing the issuance information including at least one of the affiliate authentication information related to the coupon service device to the specific coupon service device so that the specific user terminal, which has obtained the issuance information through the coupon service device, And issuing a coupon so that a specific coupon can be issued;
The coupon service device, which has registered the specific coupon,
Wherein the coupon service apparatus is one of the coupon service apparatuses other than the specific coupon service apparatus or the coupon service apparatuses out of the plurality of coupon service apparatuses,
The registration function providing step may include:
Providing an integrated service component for executing a coupon registration function for registering coupons of different types served by each of the coupon service devices to the integrated management device for the coupon service device, And the device registers the coupons of the different types registered by the coupon registration service component provided by each of the coupon service devices using the integrated service component in the integrated management device Way. delete delete delete

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