KR102044672B1 - Server and methof for performing issuance and processing of coupon - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for issuing and processing a coupon by a server. The method comprises: a step of receiving customer identification information, a product code of a gift product paid when purchasing a product, and a request to issue a coupon issued if the gift product is not paid to a customer from a POS terminal of a member store; a step of recording the product code of the gift product in a random product list to additionally store the product code, and issuing the coupon; a step of receiving the customer identification information and a request to use the coupon from a terminal of the customer; a step of determining a gift product corresponding to a product code extracted among a plurality of first product codes stored in the random product list as a paying product if the identification information of the customer and the coupon are valid; a step of transmitting a product code of the paying product and an image of the paying product to the terminal of the customer; and a step of deleting the extracted product code from the random product list or recording payment of a product corresponding to the product code from the random product list.

Description

SERVER AND METHOF FOR PERFORMING ISSUANCE AND PROCESSING OF COUPON}

The present disclosure relates to a method and server for performing issuance and processing of coupons.

Recently, coupon services have been widely used to secure customers by providing various benefits to customers in various service areas. The service provider may induce customers to visit again and issue coupons to the customers to differentiate them from the competitive service providers, and the customers may receive various benefits such as price discounts and product exchanges using the issued coupons. In addition, as a portable terminal such as a smart phone is widely spread, and functions provided by the portable terminal are diversified, a coupon service is also provided through the portable terminal for the convenience of customers. Accordingly, the service provider develops various processes to easily use the coupon service using a portable terminal to proceed various events for providing a coupon service, and to improve the convenience of the customer.

However, if a large number of coupon services are provided through a portable terminal and thus cannot be differentiated from other coupon services or the coupon service method does not satisfy the needs of the customer, the utilization of the coupon service is low and the service provider expects the coupon service. As long as the effect may not occur. Accordingly, service providers need to differentiate themselves from other coupon services at various angles in order to generate the effect as expected through the coupon service.

The present disclosure issues a coupon when a gift is not paid to a customer at the request of a customer when purchasing a product, and issues and processes a coupon for determining and providing an arbitrary product as a paid product according to a customer's request for use. A method of doing this is disclosed.

The present disclosure is to issue a coupon when a gift is not paid to a customer at the request of a customer, and a coupon is provided to determine and provide an arbitrary product as a payment product at the request of a customer. Start a server that performs the process.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, a method of issuing and processing a coupon in a server connected to a network of Point of Sales (POS) terminals of an affiliate store may include: when the first customer purchases a product at the affiliate store, Receiving, from a POS terminal, the first customer identification information, a product code of a reward product paid when the product is purchased, and a request for issuing a coupon issued when the reward product is not paid to the first customer. Recording the product code of the presented product in a random product list, additionally recording and storing the product code, and issuing the coupon, when the first customer uses the coupon using the terminal of the first customer, 1 receiving a request for using the coupon and the first customer identification information from the terminal of the customer, by using the identification information of the first customer 1 identifying a customer and validating the coupon; when the coupon is validated, a reward product corresponding to the extracted product code among a plurality of first product codes stored in the random product list as a payment product Determining, using the extracted product code, generating a product code of the payment product, a product code of the payment product, and an image of the payment product visually representing the payment product; Transmitting a product code of the payment product obtained by scanning the product code of the payment product displayed on the screen of the first customer terminal by the POS terminal of the merchant, from the POS terminal of the affiliate store; Sending the information on the payment product extracted by using the product code of the payment product to the POS terminal of the merchant And deleting the extracted product code from the random product list, or recording that a reward product corresponding to the extracted product code is paid to the random product list, wherein the plurality of items stored in the random product list are stored. The first product code of may include a product code of a gift product which is not paid to the second customer when the product of the second customer is purchased at the affiliate store.

In an embodiment, the issuing of the coupon may include setting an expiration date for the coupon, based on at least one of a date and time of issuing the coupon and a period for providing the reward product.

In an embodiment, the issuing of the coupon may include transmitting information about the issued coupon to the terminal of the first customer or transmitting a message indicating that the coupon has been issued to the terminal of the first customer. It may include.

In an embodiment, the validating of the first customer identification information and the coupon may include determining whether the coupon has been issued to the identified first customer, wherein the coupon has been issued to the first customer. In this case, the method may include checking whether the validity period set for the coupon has expired and verifying that the coupon is valid when the validity period set for the coupon has not expired.

The random product list may further include information about a gift product corresponding to each of the plurality of first product codes, and the information about the gift product may include affiliate store information indicating a merchant that can be paid and a gift product. The price information may include at least one of price information indicating a price and type information indicating a type of a gift.

In an embodiment, the determining of the reward product corresponding to the extracted product code as the payment product may include: when the affiliate store information is included in the information on the reward product, among the plurality of first product codes; Extracting a plurality of second product codes for a plurality of gift items payable at the affiliated store identified based on the information, extracting one product code among the plurality of second product codes, and the extracted product code The method may include determining a gift item corresponding to the payment product.

The determining of the reward product corresponding to the extracted product code as a payment product may include: when the price information and the type information are included in the information about the reward product, the plurality of first product codes. The difference between the price of the reward product not paid to the first customer, which is confirmed based on the price information and the type information, is within a preset value and is of the same kind as the reward product not paid to the first customer. Extracting a plurality of third commodity codes for a plurality of presented commodities, extracting one commodity code among the plurality of third commodity codes, and presenting commodities corresponding to the extracted commodity codes as the payment commodities; Determining may include.

In an embodiment, the product image of the payment product may be extracted from a separate first lookup table that is distinguished from the random product list by using the product code of the payment product.

In an embodiment, the information about the payment product may be extracted from a second lookup table separate from the random product list by using a product code of the payment product received from the POS terminal of the affiliate store.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, a server connected to a network by a point of sales (POS) terminal of an affiliated store may include a communication circuit configured to communicate with a POS terminal of the affiliated store and a terminal of at least one customer, and a plurality of first products. A memory for storing a list of random goods in which a code is stored, and a processor electrically connected to the communication circuit and the memory, wherein the processor is configured to, when the first customer purchases a product at the affiliate store, from the POS terminal of the affiliate store; Receiving, via the communication circuit, a first customer identification information, a product code of a reward product paid upon purchase of the product, and a request for issuing a coupon issued when the reward product is not paid to the first customer; The product code of the presented product is recorded in a random product list, further recorded and stored, and the coupon is issued. And when the first customer uses the coupon using the terminal of the first customer, receives the first customer identification information and a request for using the coupon from the terminal of the first customer through the communication circuit, The first customer is identified using the identification information of the first customer, and the validity of the coupon is verified. When the validity of the coupon is verified, a plurality of first product codes stored in the random goods list are extracted. A payment product corresponding to a product code is determined as a payment product, a product code of the payment product is generated using the extracted product code, and a payment product visually expressing the product code of the payment product and the payment product. Control the communication circuit to transmit an image of the first customer to the terminal of the first customer; and from the POS terminal of the affiliated store, the POS terminal of the affiliated store Receives the product code of the payment product obtained by scanning the product code of the payment product displayed on the screen of the terminal of the first customer through the communication circuit, and sends the product code of the payment product to the POS terminal of the merchant; Control the communication circuit to transmit information about the paid product extracted by using the controller, delete the extracted product code from the random product list, or add a product corresponding to the extracted product code to the random product list. The plurality of first product codes recorded in the random goods list and stored in the random product list may include product codes of gift items not paid to the second customer when the second customer purchases the product at the affiliate store.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, a method of issuing and processing a coupon may include: issuing a coupon when a customer does not receive a gift, which is paid at the time of purchase of the product, and may execute an arbitrary product according to a customer's request to use the coupon. It can be determined and provided as a payment product. Through this, the service provider may provide a coupon service differentiated from other coupon services, and may provide a coupon service according to a customer's needs, thereby increasing the utilization of the service of the coupon.

1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a method for issuing and processing a coupon according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.
2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a server according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.
3 is a flowchart of a method for issuing and processing a coupon according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a coupon issuing method according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.
5 illustrates a random product list according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.
6 illustrates a customer terminal displaying a message for indicating issuance of a coupon according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.
7 is a flowchart of a method of processing a coupon in response to a use request of a customer according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.
8 is a flowchart of a method of determining a payment product according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.
9 is a flowchart of a method of determining a payment product according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.
10A and 10B illustrate screens displayed on a customer terminal while a payment product is determined according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.
10C illustrates a screen displayed on a customer terminal after a payment product is determined according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.

Embodiments of the present disclosure are illustrated for the purpose of describing the technical spirit of the present disclosure. The scope of the present disclosure is not limited to the embodiments set forth below or the detailed description of these embodiments.

All technical and scientific terms used in the present disclosure, unless defined otherwise, have the meanings that are commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this disclosure belongs. All terms used in the present disclosure are selected for the purpose of more clearly describing the present disclosure, and are not selected to limit the scope of the rights according to the present disclosure.

As used in this disclosure, expressions such as "comprising", "including", "having", and the like, are open terms that imply the possibility of including other embodiments unless otherwise stated in the phrase or sentence in which the expression is included. It should be understood as (open-ended terms).

As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

Expressions such as “first”, “second”, and the like used in the present disclosure are used to distinguish a plurality of components from each other, and do not limit the order or importance of the components.

The term "unit" as used in the present disclosure refers to software or a hardware component such as a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) or an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC). However, "part" is not limited to hardware and software. The "unit" may be configured to be in an addressable storage medium, and may be configured to play one or more processors. Thus, as an example, "parts" means components such as software components, object-oriented software components, class components, and task components, processors, functions, properties, procedures, subroutines, It includes segments of program code, drivers, firmware, microcode, circuits, data, databases, data structures, tables, arrays, and variables. Functions provided within a component and "part" may be combined into a smaller number of components and "parts" or further separated into additional components and "parts".

As used in this disclosure, the expression “based on” is used to describe one or more factors that affect the behavior or behavior of a decision, judgment, described in a phrase or sentence that includes the expression, which expression Does not exclude additional factors that affect decisions, actions of behaviour, or actions.

In the present disclosure, when a component is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another component, the component may be directly connected to or connected to the other component, or new It is to be understood that the connection may be made or may be connected via other components.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the accompanying drawings, the same or corresponding components are given the same reference numerals. In addition, in the following description of the embodiments, it may be omitted to duplicate the same or corresponding components. However, even if the description of the component is omitted, it is not intended that such component is not included in any embodiment.

In the following, process steps, method steps, algorithms, and the like have been described in a sequential order in the flowchart shown in the accompanying drawings, but such processes, methods, and algorithms may be configured to operate in any suitable order. . In other words, the steps of the processes, methods, and algorithms described in various embodiments of the present disclosure need not be performed in the order described in this disclosure. In addition, although some steps are described as being performed asynchronously, in some embodiments these some steps may be performed simultaneously. Moreover, illustration of the process by depiction in the figures does not mean that the illustrated process excludes other changes and modifications thereto, and any of the illustrated process or steps thereof is one of the various embodiments of the present disclosure. It is not meant to be essential to more than one, nor does it mean that the illustrated process is preferred.

1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a method for issuing and processing a coupon according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, the server 100 may be connected to a network by a point of sales (POS) terminal 110 of a merchant and a terminal 120 of a customer.

In one embodiment, the server 100 may be any suitable electronic device, such as a server, a computer, and the like operated by an administrator who manages a plurality of affiliated stores. For example, the server 100 may process processes related to the operation of the merchant (eg, a product order processing process, a product delivery process, a return processing process, etc.), and provide various benefits to the customer in addition to the tasks related to the operation of the merchant. Processes related to the operation of events, events, etc. to be provided, and the process of issuing and processing coupons according to the operation of events, events, and the like. In addition, although one server 100 is illustrated in FIG. 1, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the server 100 may be configured with a plurality of servers divided according to a function to be performed.

In one embodiment, the POS terminal 100 may perform the entire inventory management, sales management, etc. of the merchant in addition to the payment for the product selected by the customer. In addition, the POS terminal 100 may receive and store information related to an event, an event, and the like from the server 100. The POS terminal 100 provides information on events, events, and the like related to a purchased product to a customer when a customer purchases a product related to an event, an event, etc. based on information related to an event, an event, etc. received from the server 100. In communication with the server 100, a coupon according to an event, an event, or the like related to a purchased product may be provided to the customer.

In one embodiment, customer terminal 120 may be any suitable electronic device, such as a server 100, a smart phone, tablet PC, or the like capable of communicating with POS terminal 110. When a customer purchases a product, the customer terminal 120 may transmit / receive information for issuing and processing a coupon according to an event, an event, etc. related to the purchased product from the server 100 or the POS terminal 110. The customer may be provided with a message indicating that a coupon or a coupon has been issued according to an event, an event related to a purchased product, etc. using the customer terminal 120.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a server 100 according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, the server 100 may include a communication circuit 210, a memory 220, and a processor 230. The plurality of components included in the electronic device 100 may be electrically connected through a bus (not shown) to transmit and receive information, control, commands, data, and the like.

In one embodiment, the communication circuit 210 may communicate with an external electronic device or an external server. For example, the communication circuit 210 may include a server terminal and an external electronic device, for example, a POS terminal (eg, POS terminal 110) of at least one affiliate store, and at least one customer terminal (eg, a customer terminal ( 120)) and the like. The communication circuit 210 may be connected to a network through wireless or wired communication to communicate with an external electronic device or an external server. As another example, the communication circuit 210 may be connected to an external electronic device or an external server by wire to perform communication.

Wireless communication includes, for example, cellular communication (eg, LTE, LTE Advance (LTE-A), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Wideband CDMA (WCDMA), Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), and Wireless Broadband (WiBro). And the like). In addition, the wireless communication may include short-range wireless communication (eg, wireless fidelity (WiFi), light fidelity (LiFi), Bluetooth, Bluetooth low power (BLE), Zigbee, Near Field Communication (NFC), etc.). .

In one embodiment, the memory 220 may store instructions or data related to at least one other component of the server 100. In addition, the memory 220 may store software and / or a program. For example, the memory 210 may include an internal memory or an external memory. The internal memory may include at least one of volatile memory (eg, DRAM, SRAM, or SDRAM), and nonvolatile memory (eg, flash memory, hard drive, or solid state drive (SSD)). The external memory may be functionally or physically connected to the server 100 through various interfaces.

In one embodiment, the memory 220 may store instructions for operating the processor 230. For example, the memory 220 may store instructions for allowing the processor 230 to control other components of the electronic device 100 and interwork with an external electronic device or an external server. In addition, instructions for performing an operation by each component may be stored in the memory 220. The processor 230 may control other components of the server 100 based on the instructions stored in the memory 220 and may interwork with an external electronic device or an external server. Hereinafter, the operation of the server 100 will be described mainly as components of the server 100.

In an embodiment, the processor 230 may control at least one component of the electronic device 100 by driving an operating system or an application program, and may perform various data processing and operations. For example, the processor 250 may include a central processing unit or the like, or may be implemented as a system on chip (SoC).

In an embodiment, the memory 220 may store a random product list in which a plurality of first product codes are stored. For example, a random commodity list may be used to determine payment products exchangeable through the coupon when the customer uses the coupon. In addition, the plurality of first product codes stored in the random product list may include a product code of a gift product that is not paid to at least one customer at the request of at least one customer when purchasing at least one customer's product at a merchant. Can be. More details on the random product list will be described later.

In an embodiment, the processor 230 issues a coupon received from the POS terminal 110 when the customer purchases a product to which the reward product is paid at the time of purchase and the reward product is not paid to the customer according to the customer's request. Upon request, a coupon can be issued to a customer who has purchased a product. For example, when a customer purchases a product that is provided with a gift at a merchant, the customer may receive the gift. However, in some cases, a customer may not want to receive a gift at the time of purchase and may want to receive it later. Accordingly, in various embodiments of the present invention, a coupon may be issued to a customer if the customer does not want to receive a gift at the time of purchase of the product according to his or her intention.

For example, a gift item is a product that is paid to a customer who purchased the product when the customer purchases a product on which an event or an event is held, and may be the same kind of product or a different kind of product. . In response to a coupon issuance request received from the POS terminal 110, the processor 230 may add and record a product code of a given product to a random product list and issue a coupon to a customer who purchased the corresponding product. A detailed method of issuing a coupon will be described later.

In an embodiment, the processor 230 may extract an arbitrary product code from a random product list according to a coupon use request received from the customer terminal 120, and determine a product corresponding to the extracted product code as a paid product. have. The processor 230 may generate a product code of the payment product and transmit the product code to the customer terminal 120, and the customer may receive the payment product at the affiliate store using the product code of the payment product received at the customer terminal 120. . After the payment product is paid to the customer, the processor 230 may delete the product code of the payment product from the random product list or record that the payment product is paid. A detailed method of processing a coupon according to a customer's coupon use request will be described later.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, since the server 100 arbitrarily determines a payment product at a time when the customer uses the coupon, the customer may not know what product will be paid until the coupon is used, and by using the coupon Know what products will be paid. A manager who manages a plurality of merchants or an operator who operates a merchant may provide such a coupon service to a customer so that the customer can have an expectation of what product will be paid through the use of the coupon, thereby making the utilization of the coupon service Can be increased. In addition, a manager who manages a plurality of affiliated stores or an operator who operates an affiliated store can expect the effect of inducing a customer to visit the affiliated store by increasing the utilization of the corresponding coupon service.

3 is a flowchart of a method for issuing and processing a coupon according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. In operation 311, when the customer purchases the product at the affiliated store, the server 100 may request customer identification information from the affiliated store's POS terminal 110, a product code of the presented product paid at the purchase of the product, and the customer's request. A request for issuance of a coupon to be issued may be received when a gift is not paid to a customer. For example, the processor 230 of the server 100 may receive customer identification information, a product code of a gift, and a request for issuing a coupon through the communication circuit 210.

For example, a product purchased by a customer at an affiliated store may be a product related to an event or an event, and may be a product that is set to be given a gift to a customer when the corresponding product is purchased. The gift to be presented is a product that is determined according to the content of an event or event, and may be the same kind of product as the product purchased by the customer, or may be a different kind of product. In addition, the product code is a code for identifying a product, the product code may be composed of a character string, may be composed of a barcode. However, this is only for the purpose of explanation and the present invention is not limited thereto. Various information for identifying a product by a product code may be used. In addition, the coupon may be a coupon used to receive any payment product determined by the server 100 when the coupon is used.

In operation 312, the server 100 may additionally record and store a product code of the presented product in a random product list stored in the memory 220 and issue a coupon. For example, the processor 230 may additionally record the product code of the presented product in the random product list. The processor 230 may further update the random product list by additionally recording a product code of the presented product in the random product list and then storing the random product list.

In an embodiment, the processor 230 may additionally record and store a product code of the presented product in the random product list, and then issue a coupon to a customer who purchased the product. For example, the processor 230 may control the communication circuit 210 to transmit information about the issued coupon to the customer terminal 120, or transmit a message indicating that the coupon has been issued to the customer terminal 120. can do. After issuing the coupon to the customer, the processor 230 may store information about the issued coupon in association with the customer identification information received from the POS terminal. Information about coupons issued in association with customer identification information may be configured separately from the random product list and stored in a look-up table used to manage coupons issued for each customer.

In one embodiment, the processor 230 may set a validity period for the coupon in the process of issuing the coupon to the customer. The processor 230 may set a validity period for the coupon based on at least one of a date and time of issuing the coupon and a payment period of the reward product. After setting the validity period for the coupon, the processor 230 may store the information about the set validity period in association with the product code of the presented product in the random product list. In addition, the processor 230 may store information on the set validity period in a look-up table that is configured with a random product list and used to manage coupons issued for each customer.

For example, the processor 230 may set a valid period for the coupon by adding a preset first period, for example, a month, to the date and time when the coupon is issued. In addition, the processor 230 confirms a payment period of the reward product set based on a period of an event or an event related to the product purchased by the customer, and sets a validity period for the coupon based on the confirmed payment period of the reward product. Can be. For example, the processor 230 may set a validity period for the coupon by adding a payment period of the presented product confirmed at the date of issue of the coupon. As another example, the processor 230 may check the remaining period of the payment period of the gift on the basis of the issuance date of the coupon, and set a valid period for the coupon by adding the remaining period confirmed at the issuance date of the coupon. The processor 230 may set the validity period for the coupon by adding the predetermined second period to the issuance date of the coupon when the confirmed remaining period is smaller than the preset second period.

In operation 313, when the customer uses the coupon using the customer terminal 120, the server 100 may receive customer identification information and a request for using the coupon from the customer terminal 120. The customer terminal 120 may transmit the customer identification information and the use request of the coupon to the server 100 according to an input for using the coupon received from the customer. The processor 230 may receive a coupon use request and customer identification information from the customer terminal 120 through the communication circuit 210.

In operation 314, the server 100 may identify the customer by using the customer identification information received from the terminal 120 of the customer and verify the validity of the coupon. For example, the processor 230 may determine whether a coupon requested for use has been issued to the customer identified using the customer identification information. The processor 230 may determine whether a coupon requested for use has been issued to the identified customer by using a look-up table used to manage coupons issued for each customer.

When it is confirmed that the coupon requested to be used is issued to the identified customer, the processor 230 may check whether the validity period set for the coupon has expired. If it is determined that the valid time set for the coupon has not expired, the processor 230 may verify that the coupon requested to be used is valid.

In step 315, when the validity of the coupon requested to be used is verified, the server 100 may determine a reward product corresponding to the extracted product code among the plurality of first product codes stored in the random product list as the payment product. For example, when the validity of the coupon requested to be used is verified, the processor 230 may extract any one product code among a plurality of first product codes stored in a random product list stored in the memory 220. A detailed method of the processor 230 extracting any one product code among the plurality of first product codes will be described later. The processor 230 may determine the reward product corresponding to the extracted product code as the payment product. In addition, when the validity of the coupon requested to be used is not verified, the processor 230 may control the communication circuit 210 to transmit a message indicating that the use of the requested coupon is not available to the customer terminal 120. .

In operation 316, the server 100 may generate a product code of the paid product. For example, the processor 230 may generate a product code of a payment product distinguished from the extracted product code by using the extracted product code. As another example, the processor 230 may generate a product code of the paid product regardless of the extracted product code. The processor 230 needs to distinguish the product code of the payment product paid due to the use of the coupon from the extracted product code so that inventory management of the affiliate store can be performed more efficiently. For example, a plurality of gift items corresponding to a plurality of first product codes included in the random product list have already been deducted from the merchant at the time of issuance of the coupon. If used, errors may occur in the merchant's inventory management. Accordingly, the processor 230 may newly generate a product code of the paid product in order to prevent the merchant from deducting the goods paid through the product code of the paid product.

In addition, the processor 230 may process the product code of the generated payment product and the extracted product code to be linked. The processor 230 may be used to extract the product code of the payment product and the extracted product code, thereby extracting an image of the payment product or information about the payment product from at least one separate lookup table separated from the random product list. have.

In operation 317, the server 100 may transmit the generated product code of the payment product and an image of the payment product visually representing the payment product to the customer terminal 120. For example, the processor 230 may control the communication circuit 210 to transmit the product code of the payment product to the customer terminal 120 so that the customer may use the payment product at the affiliate store. In addition, the processor 230 may control the communication circuit 210 to transmit an image of the payment product to the customer terminal 120 so that the customer may intuitively recognize the payment product. The processor 230 may extract an image of the paid product from a lookup table that stores images of a plurality of separate products separated from the random product list. For example, the processor 230 may extract an image of a payment product from a lookup table that stores images of a plurality of products by using a product code of the payment product. The processor 230 checks the extracted product code associated with the product code of the paid product, and extracts the product image corresponding to the extracted product code from the lookup table that stores the images of the plurality of products as the image of the paid product. can do.

In operation 318, the server 100 receives the product code of the payment product obtained by scanning the product code of the payment product displayed on the screen of the customer terminal 120 by the POS terminal 110 of the affiliate store. can do. The customer may display the product code of the payment product received from the server 100 through the display device of the customer terminal 120 in order to receive the payment product from the affiliated store. The POS terminal 110 may acquire a product code of the paid product by scanning the product code of the paid product displayed on the customer terminal 120. As described above, the product code of the payment product may be different from the product code extracted from the random product list. Accordingly, since the POS terminal 110 may not identify the payment product through the product code of the payment product, the POS terminal 110 requests the information about the payment product for identifying the payment product, the server 100. ) Can be sent a product code of the payment product obtained. The processor 230 may receive a product code of a payment product from the POS terminal 110 through the communication circuit 210.

In operation 319, the server 100 may transmit information about the payment product extracted using the product code of the payment product received from the POS terminal 110 to the POS terminal 110. The processor 230 may extract the information about the paid product from the lookup table that stores information about a plurality of separate products that are distinguished from the random product list. The information on the plurality of products stored in the lookup table may include information for identifying the plurality of products. For example, the processor 230 may extract information about the payment product from the lookup table that stores information about the plurality of products by using the product code of the payment product. The processor 230 checks the extracted product code associated with the product code of the paid product, and provides information about the product corresponding to the extracted product code from the lookup table that stores information about the plurality of products. Can be extracted as information.

In operation 320, the server 100 may delete the product code extracted from the random product list stored in the memory 220 or may record that the presented product corresponding to the product code extracted in the random product list has been paid. The processor 230 may delete the product code extracted from the random product list or record that the product corresponding to the product code extracted in the random product list is paid so that the same product code is not extracted due to the use of the coupon of another customer. Can be.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a coupon issuing method according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. In operation 410, the POS terminal 110 may request for issuance of a coupon issued when the gift is not paid to the customer according to the customer identification information, the product code of the gifted product paid when the product is purchased, and the customer's request. I can send it. When the customer purchases the corresponding product, the POS terminal 110 of the affiliated store may inform the customer that the product to be presented is a paid product through an output device such as a display device. The merchant POS terminal 110 of the affiliated store may transmit the customer identification information, the product code of the gift and the issue request of the coupon to the server 100 so that the coupon may be issued to the customer if the customer does not want to pay the gift. have.

In operation 420, the server 100 may additionally record and store a product code of the presented product in a random product list stored in the memory 220. For example, the processor 230 of the server 100 may further update the random goods list by storing the random goods list after additionally recording the goods code of the presented goods in the random goods list. In operation 430, the server 100 may issue a coupon to a customer who purchased a product. After issuing the coupon to the customer, the processor 230 may store information about the issued coupon in association with the customer identification information received from the POS terminal. Information about coupons issued in association with customer identification information may be configured separately from the random product list and stored in a look-up table used to manage coupons issued for each customer.

In operation 440, the server 100 may transmit a message indicating that the coupon has been issued to the customer terminal 120. In addition, the server 100 may transmit the information on the issued coupon to the customer terminal 120 together with the message or only the information on the issued coupon to the customer terminal 120.

5 illustrates a random product list 500 according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, the random goods list 500 as illustrated in FIG. 5 may be stored in the memory 210 of the server 100. When the customer requests the use of the issued coupon, the processor 230 extracts a product code of one of the plurality of first product codes included in the random product list, and converts the presented product corresponding to the extracted product code into a paid product. You can decide.

In one embodiment, the random product list 500 may include a product code field 502. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 5, the random product list 500 may record a plurality of first product codes for a plurality of gift items in the product code field 502. As described above, the processor 230 may record the product code of the presented product received with the coupon issuance request from the POS terminal 110 in the product code field 502 of the random product list 500. For example, the recording order of the plurality of first product codes may be determined based on the order received through the communication circuit 210. In addition, when a product code of a purchased product is received together with a request for issuance of a coupon from the POS terminal 110, the processor 230 based on information related to an event, an event, and the like stored in the memory 220, when the purchased product is purchased. You can check the gift items being paid. The processor 230 may additionally record and store a product code of the confirmed reward product in the product code field 502 of the random product list 500.

In one embodiment, the random product list 500 may further include an expiration date field 503 of the issued coupon and a payment status field 506 indicating the payment status of the goods corresponding to the plurality of first product codes. . For example, when a coupon is issued to a customer according to a request for issuing a coupon received from the POS terminal 110, the processor 230 may be connected with a product code of a gift product received together with a request for issuing a coupon. The validity period of the coupon issued together may be recorded in the validity period field 503.

In addition, when the reward product corresponding to the A product code of the plurality of first product codes is not paid, the processor 230 may provide a payment status field 506 such as "payable". Can be recorded. In addition, when a product corresponding to the B product code is issued among the plurality of first product codes, the payment status of the B product code may be recorded in the payment status field 506 such as "payment completed". In addition, the processor 230 may determine that the expiration date of the coupon recorded in association with the C product code has expired, even though a product corresponding to the C product code among the plurality of first product codes has not been paid. The payment status may be recorded in the payment status field 506, such as "non-payable." However, when the payment product is paid or the expiration date of the coupon expires according to the use of the coupon, the product code corresponding to the payment product or the product code associated with the expired expiration date is deleted from the random product list 500. When the list 500 is configured, the payment status field 506 may not be included in the random product list 500.

In one embodiment, the random product list 500 may further include information on the gift items corresponding to each of the plurality of first product codes. The information on the gift item may include at least one of merchant information indicating a payable affiliate store, price information indicating a price of the gift item, and type information indicating a type of gift item. In addition, the random product list 500 may include at least one of an affiliated store field 501 in which affiliated store information is recorded, a price field 504 in which price information is recorded, and a type field 505 in which type information is recorded. At least one of the merchant information, the price information, and the type information includes one product of one of the plurality of first product codes to determine a payment product according to a request for using a coupon received from the customer terminal 120 by the processor 230. It can be used in the process of extracting code. A detailed method of extracting one product code from among a plurality of first product codes using at least one of affiliate store information, price information, and type information will be described later.

6 illustrates a customer terminal displaying a message for indicating issuance of a coupon according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 6, the customer terminal 120 may display a message indicating the issuance of the coupon received from the server 100 in the same form as the pop-up window 610 through the display device. The customer terminal 120 may display the pop-up window 610 on the display device such that the validity period of the coupon set for the issued coupon is further included. The customer may easily recognize issuance of the coupon through the pop-up window 610 displayed through the display device of the customer terminal 120. In addition, although not shown, when the server 100 transmits the information on the issued coupon to the customer terminal 120, the customer terminal 120 may display the information on the received coupon through the display device. . For example, the information about the coupon may include access information for connecting to the server 100 to use the coupon, even if the customer does not perform a separate application to use the coupon. In this case, the customer does not execute a separate application to use the coupon, and accesses the server 100 by using the access information included in the information on the coupon and transmits a use request for the coupon to the server 100. Can be.

7 is a flowchart of a method of processing a coupon in response to a use request of a customer according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. In operation 710, the customer terminal 120 may transmit a request for using the customer identification information and the coupon to the server 100. For example, a customer may execute an application used for use of a coupon issued using the customer terminal 120 and use a coupon issued using the executed application. The customer terminal 120 may transmit the customer identification information and the use request of the coupon to the server 100 according to an input for using the coupon received from the customer. In addition, when the information on the coupon is received from the server 100, the customer accesses the server 100 by using the access information included in the information on the coupon using the customer terminal 120 transmits a coupon use request You can do that.

In operation 720, the server 100 may identify the customer using the customer identification information received from the terminal 120 of the customer and verify the validity of the coupon. For example, the processor 230 checks whether the coupon requested for use has been issued to the identified customer using the customer identification information, and if it is confirmed that the coupon requested for use has been issued to the identified customer, the validity set in the coupon is determined. You can check whether the period has expired. In operation 730, when the validity of the coupon requested to be used is verified, the server 100 may determine a reward product corresponding to the extracted product code among the plurality of first product codes stored in the random product list as a payment product.

In operation 740, the server 100 may generate a product code of the paid product using the extracted product code. For example, the processor 230 needs to distinguish the product code of the payment product paid due to the use of the coupon from the extracted product code so that inventory management of the merchant can be performed more efficiently. It is possible to generate a product code of a payment product that is distinct from.

In operation 750, the server 100 may transmit the generated product code of the payment product and an image of the payment product visually representing the payment product to the customer terminal 120. For example, the processor 230 may control the communication circuit 210 to transmit the product code of the payment product to the customer terminal 120 so that the customer may use the payment product at the affiliate store. In addition, the processor 230 may control the communication circuit 210 to transmit an image of the payment product to the customer terminal 120 so that the customer may intuitively recognize the payment product.

In operation 760, the POS terminal 110 may scan the product code of the payment product displayed on the customer terminal 120 to obtain a product code of the payment product, and transmit the obtained product code of the payment product to the server 100. have. The product code of the payment product is different from the product code extracted from the random product list, POS terminal 110 may not be able to identify the payment product through the product code of the payment product. Accordingly, the POS terminal 110 may transmit a product code of the obtained payment product to the server 100 to request information about the payment product for identifying the payment product. In operation 770, the server 100 may transmit information about the payment product extracted by using the product code of the payment product received from the POS terminal 110 to the POS terminal 110. The POS terminal 110 may display an image of the identified paid product using a display device using information for identifying a paid product included in the information about the paid product. The operator or clerk of the affiliated store may confirm the payment product through an image of the payment product displayed through the display device and provide the same to the customer. However, if the POS terminal 110 can identify the payment product through the product code of the payment product obtained by scanning the product code of the payment product displayed on the customer terminal 120, steps 760 and 770 may be omitted. have.

8 is a flowchart of a method of determining a payment product according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. In operation 810, the server 100 extracts a plurality of second product codes for a plurality of products that can be paid at the affiliate store where the POS terminal 110 is located among the plurality of first product codes included in the random product list 500. can do. For example, the processor 230 when the merchant information is included in the information on the gift items included in the random goods list 500, the POS terminal 110 is confirmed based on the merchant information among the plurality of first product codes. A plurality of second product codes for a plurality of products that can be paid by the affiliated store where) is located may be extracted. The processor 250 identifies a plurality of products that can be paid at the affiliated store where the POS terminal 110 is located, based on the affiliated store information recorded in the affiliated store field 501 of the random product list 500. A plurality of second product codes for the identified plurality of products can be extracted.

In operation 820, the server 100 may extract one product code from the plurality of second product codes. For example, the processor 230 may extract any one product code among a plurality of second product codes. As another example, when the information on the presented product further includes at least one of price information and type information, the processor 230 further uses at least one of the price information and type information to determine one of the plurality of second product codes. Product code can be extracted.

In operation 830, the server 100 may determine a reward product corresponding to the extracted product code as a payment product. For example, the processor 230 may determine a reward product corresponding to the extracted product code as a payment product, and generate a product code of the payment product using the extracted product code.

9 is a flowchart of a method of determining a payment product according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. In operation 910, the server 100 may select one of a plurality of first product codes included in the random product list 500, among the prices and types of the gift items for which the gift items are not paid to the customers according to the customer's request in the coupon issuing process. A plurality of third product codes may be extracted based on at least one. For example, when the price information and the type information are included in the information about the gift item included in the random product list 500, the processor 230 may include a plurality of first items based on at least one of the price information and the type information. A plurality of third product codes may be extracted from the product codes.

In one embodiment, the processor 230 based on the price information and the type information included in the random product list 500, the product of the gift product for which the reward product is not paid to the customer at the request of the customer in the process of issuing the coupon At least one of a price and a type corresponding to the code may be checked through the random product list 500. For example, the processor 230 may predetermine a difference between a price of a gift and a gift that is not paid to a customer according to a customer's request, which is confirmed based on price information and type information among a plurality of first product codes. It is possible to extract a plurality of third product codes for a plurality of gift items which are within a set value and which are of the same kind as the gift product which is not paid to the customer according to the customer's request. As another example, the processor 230 may previously determine a difference between a price of a gift and a gift that is not paid to a customer according to a customer's request, which is confirmed based on price information and type information among a plurality of first product codes. A plurality of fourth product codes for a plurality of gift items that are within a set value may be extracted, and the gift items may be provided at the customer's request, which is confirmed based on price information and type information among the plurality of first product codes. It is also possible to extract a plurality of fifth product codes for a plurality of gift items of the same kind as the gift product not paid to the user.

In operation 920, the server 100 may extract one product code from the plurality of third product codes. For example, the processor 230 may extract any one product code among a plurality of third product codes. As another example, when the merchant information is further included in the information on the gift, the processor 230 may further extract one of the plurality of third product codes by using the merchant information. In addition, when the processor 230 extracts the plurality of fourth product codes or the plurality of fifth product codes from among the plurality of first product codes, one of the plurality of fourth product codes or the plurality of fifth product codes You can also extract

In operation 930, the server 100 may determine a reward product corresponding to the extracted product code as a payment product. For example, the processor 230 may determine a reward product corresponding to the extracted product code as a payment product, and generate a product code of the payment product using the extracted product code.

10A and 10B illustrate screens displayed on a customer terminal while a payment product is determined according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. Referring to FIG. 10A, the customer terminal 120 transmits a request for using customer identification information and a coupon to the server 100, and before receiving the product code of the paid product and the product image of the paid product from the server 100. In addition, a graphic object 1010 for intuitively recognizing that the payment product is being determined and a message indicating that the payment product is being determined may be displayed on the display device in the form of a popup window 1020. In addition, the customer terminal 120 may display the graphic object 1010 and the pop-up window 1020 on the display device for a preset time even after the product code of the payment product and the product image of the payment product are received.

Referring to FIG. 10B, the customer terminal 120 may display a graphic object 1030 through a display apparatus for visually indicating a determination process of a payment product. For example, the customer terminal 120 may further receive an image of at least one gift item corresponding to at least one product code among a plurality of first product codes, as well as an image of a payment product from the server 100. . The customer terminal 120 may configure the graphic object 1030 using the image of the received payment product and the image of the at least one gift item, and display the graphic object 1030 on the display device.

In one embodiment, the server 100 does not directly determine a payment product, extracts a plurality of preset product codes among a plurality of first product codes, and corresponds to the extracted plurality of product codes and the plurality of product codes. Images of a plurality of goods to be transmitted to the customer terminal 100. The customer terminal 100 may configure the graphic object 1030 by using the images of the plurality of products, and determine one product among the plurality of products as a payment product according to a preset algorithm or method. After displaying the graphic object 1030 on the display apparatus, the customer terminal 100 may determine a payment product and adjust the graphic object 1030 to display the determined payment product. In addition, after determining the payment product, the customer terminal may configure the graphic object 1030 using a plurality of images and display the graphic object 1030 on the display device.

As shown in FIGS. 10A and 10B, the graphic objects 1010 and 1030 are displayed through the customer terminal 120, thereby providing an experience for raising the customer's expectation in the process of determining the payment product.

10C illustrates a screen displayed on a customer terminal after a payment product is determined according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. Referring to FIG. 10C, the customer terminal 120 may display an image 1040 of a payment product received from the server 100 through a display device. The customer may intuitively recognize the reward product determined as the payment product by checking the image 1040 of the payment product displayed through the customer terminal 120. In addition, the customer terminal 120 may display the product code 1050 of the payment product received from the server 100 through the display device. The product code 1050 of the payment product may be displayed in a bar code format as shown in FIG. 10C or may be displayed in a string. The customer may receive the payment product at the affiliate store using the product code 1050 of the payment product displayed on the customer terminal 120.

Although the method has been described through specific embodiments, the method may also be embodied as computer readable code on a computer readable recording medium. Computer-readable recording media include all kinds of recording devices that store data that can be read by a computer system. Examples of computer-readable recording media may include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage, and the like. The computer readable recording medium can also be distributed over network coupled computer systems so that the computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion. In addition, functional programs, codes, and code segments for implementing the above embodiments can be easily inferred by programmers in the art to which the present disclosure belongs.

While the technical spirit of the present disclosure has been described with reference to some embodiments and the examples shown in the accompanying drawings, the technical spirit and scope of the present disclosure may be understood by those skilled in the art. It will be appreciated that various substitutions, modifications, and alterations can be made in the scope. Also, such substitutions, modifications and variations are intended to be included within the scope of the appended claims.

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As a method of issuing and processing coupons in a server networked with a merchant Point of Sales (POS) terminal,
When a first customer purchases a product at the affiliated store, the first customer identification information, a product code of a reward product paid when the product is purchased, and the reward product are provided to the first customer from a POS terminal of the merchant. Receiving a request for issuing a coupon to be issued if it is not paid;
Additionally recording and storing a product code of the presented product in a random product list, and issuing the coupon-when the coupon is issued, the stock of the product corresponding to the product code of the presented product at the affiliated store is presented at the gift; -Deducted by the quantity of the item;
When the first customer uses the coupon using the terminal of the first customer, receiving the first customer identification information and a request for using the coupon from the terminal of the first customer;
Identifying the first customer using the identification information of the first customer, and validating the coupon;
If the validity of the coupon is verified, extracting a product code randomly from a plurality of first product codes stored in the random product list;
Determining a reward product corresponding to the extracted product code as a payment product;
Generating a product code of the paid product which is distinguished from the extracted product code by using the extracted product code;
Transmitting a product code of the payment product and an image of the payment product visually representing the payment product to the terminal of the first customer;
Receiving, from the POS terminal of the affiliated store, the POS terminal of the affiliated store by scanning the product code of the paid product displayed on the screen of the terminal of the first customer;
Transmitting information on the payment product extracted by using the product code of the payment product to the POS terminal of the affiliated store; And
Deleting the extracted product code from the random product list, or recording that the presented product corresponding to the extracted product code is paid to the random product list
Including,
The plurality of first merchandise codes stored in the random merchandise list may include issuance and processing of coupons, including a merchandise code of a gift that is not paid to the second customer when the merchandise of a second customer is purchased at the merchant. How to. The method of claim 1,
Issuing the coupon,
Setting an expiration date for the coupon based on at least one of a date and time of issuing the coupon and a period for providing the reward product;
How to perform the issuance and processing of the coupon comprising a. The method of claim 1,
Issuing the coupon,
Transmitting information about the issued coupon to the terminal of the first customer or transmitting a message indicating that the coupon has been issued to the terminal of the first customer
How to perform the issuance and processing of the coupon comprising a. The method of claim 1,
Validating the first customer identification information and the coupon,
Confirming whether the coupon has been issued to the identified first customer;
When the coupon is issued to the first customer, checking whether an expiration date set for the coupon has expired; And
If the validity period set for the coupon has not expired, verifying that the coupon is valid
How to perform the issuance and processing of the coupon comprising a. The method of claim 1,
The random product list,
Further comprising information on the gift items corresponding to each of the plurality of first product codes,
And the at least one of the merchant information representing the payable merchant, the price information representing the price of the presented product, and the type information representing the type of the presented product. The method of claim 5,
Determining a gift product corresponding to the extracted product code as a payment product,
When the affiliated store information is included in the information on the presented product, a plurality of second product codes for the plurality of presented products that can be paid by the affiliated store, which are confirmed based on the affiliated store information, among the plurality of first product codes, are included. Extracting;
Extracting one product code of the plurality of second product codes; And
Determining, as the payment product, a gift product corresponding to the extracted product code;
How to perform the issuance and processing of the coupon comprising a. The method of claim 5,
Determining a gift product corresponding to the extracted product code as a payment product,
If the price information and the type information is included in the information on the presented product, a gift not paid to the first customer, which is confirmed based on the price information and the type information among the plurality of first product codes Extracting a plurality of third product codes for a plurality of gift items that are within a preset value and the same kind as a gift product that is not paid to the first customer;
Extracting one commodity code of the plurality of third commodity codes; And
Determining, as the payment product, a gift product corresponding to the extracted product code;
How to perform the issuance and processing of the coupon comprising a. The method of claim 1,
The product image of the payment product,
And issuing and processing a coupon, which is extracted from a separate first lookup table that is separated from the random goods list by using the goods code of the paid goods. The method of claim 1,
Information about the payment product,
Using the product code of the payment product received from the POS terminal of the affiliated store, extracted from a second lookup table separate from the random product list. In the server networked with the Point Of Sales (POS) terminal of the merchant,
A communication circuit for communicating with a POS terminal of the affiliated store and a terminal of at least one customer;
A memory for storing a random product list in which a plurality of first product codes are stored; And
A processor electrically connected with the communication circuit and the memory,
The processor,
When a first customer purchases a product at the affiliated store, the first customer identification information, a product code of a reward product paid when the product is purchased, and the reward product are provided to the first customer from a POS terminal of the merchant. Receive a request for issuing a coupon to be issued if it is not paid through the communication circuit;
The product code of the gifted product is recorded in a random product list, additionally recorded and stored, and the coupon is issued. When the coupon is issued, the stock of the product corresponding to the product code of the gifted product at the merchant is determined. -Will be deducted by the quantity of the gift.
When the first customer uses the coupon using the terminal of the first customer, receives the request of using the first customer identification information and the coupon from the terminal of the first customer through the communication circuit,
Identifying the first customer by using the identification information of the first customer, verifying the validity of the coupon,
When the validity of the coupon is verified, a product code is randomly extracted from a plurality of first product codes stored in the random product list,
Determine a gift item corresponding to the extracted product code as a payment product,
Using the extracted product code, to generate a product code of the payment product distinguished from the extracted product code,
Control the communication circuit to transmit a product code of the payment product and an image of the payment product visually representing the payment product to the terminal of the first customer,
From the POS terminal of the affiliated store, the POS terminal of the affiliated store receives the product code of the paid product obtained by scanning the product code of the paid product displayed on the screen of the terminal of the first customer through the communication circuit,
Controlling the communication circuit to transmit information about the payment product extracted by using the product code of the payment product to the POS terminal of the affiliated store;
Delete the extracted product code from the random product list, or record that a product corresponding to the extracted product code is paid to the random product list,
The plurality of first merchandise codes stored in the random merchandise list include a merchandise code of a gift that is not paid to the second customer when the merchandise of a second customer is purchased at the affiliate store.

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