KR102286848B1 - System for providing integratedservice for member store - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for providing an integrated merchant platform service, comprising: authenticating access to an affiliated store account in an affiliated merchant integrated server; determining, in the affiliated store integrated server, a top priority service based on the accumulated usage status information of the affiliated store account; and transmitting information on the determined highest priority service to the affiliated store terminal.

Description

Merchant Integrated Platform System {SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING INTEGRATEDSERVICE FOR MEMBER STORE}

The present invention relates to an affiliated store integrated platform system, and more particularly, to a system for providing various store operation services using a terminal of an affiliated store.

With the rapid spread of portable terminals and the expansion of networks, payment services using the Internet have become available anytime, anywhere. It is now possible to make a real-time transfer from the user's account or to make a payment through a simple authentication process without a physical card in a portable terminal.

Recently, POS terminals of each affiliate store support various functions, and research in the industry to provide various services necessary for store operation is continuing. However, there are many inconveniences in the one-way provision of the service provider in order to efficiently and conveniently receive the service required for store operation.

The present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art described above, and a service required for store operation in an affiliated store terminal can be provided through an affiliated store integrated platform server.

In addition, since the affiliated store terminal can use the application program provided by the partner company, there is an advantageous effect of requesting and receiving the necessary service from the affiliated store rather than providing a one-way service.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for providing an integrated merchant platform service, comprising: authenticating access to an affiliated store account in an affiliated store integrated server; determining, in the affiliated store integrated server, a top priority service based on the accumulated usage status information of the affiliated store account; and transmitting information on the determined highest priority service to the affiliated store terminal.

In addition, the step of determining the highest priority service may be a step of determining the highest priority service based on temporal information, sales information, deposit and withdrawal information, and user setting information among services that can be provided from the affiliated store account.

In addition, when the affiliated store integrated server transmits application program information that can be provided to the affiliated store account to the affiliated store terminal and receives request information to use the application from the affiliated store account, The method may further include granting use rights to the merchant account.

In addition, when the affiliated store integration server receives the registration request information about the application from the partner account terminal, the application program of the partner account is registered on the affiliated merchant integration platform service provided by the affiliated store integration server, and by interworking with the partner server, The method may further include receiving service use history information of the partner account.

In addition, classifying the business type of the merchant account into one industry within a preset industry category, analyzing the merchant integrated platform service history used with respect to the determined industry, and recommending services that are not used in the merchant account among frequently used services The step may further include a step.

An affiliated store integrated platform system according to another embodiment of the present invention includes: a plurality of affiliated store terminals; and an affiliated store integration server for authenticating access from the plurality of affiliated store terminals; including, wherein the affiliated store integrated server determines the highest priority service based on the accumulated usage status information of the affiliated store account in the affiliated store integrated server, and transmits information about the determined highest priority service to the affiliated store terminal. do.

The present invention relates to an affiliated store integrated platform system, and there is an advantageous effect that a necessary service can be used in an affiliated store terminal, and a partner service can be requested and used.

In addition, there is an advantageous effect of analyzing frequently used service histories to extract and provide services scheduled to be used in affiliated stores.

1 is a diagram illustrating an affiliated store integrated platform system according to an example of the present invention.
2 is a diagram conceptually classifying types of server access accounts according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram conceptually illustrating the structure of an affiliated store integrated server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing an integrated affiliated store service according to an example of the present invention in time.
5 to 9 are diagrams illustrating an affiliated store integrated platform service screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those of ordinary skill in the art can easily implement them. However, the present invention may be embodied in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein. And in order to clearly explain the present invention in the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted, and similar reference numerals are attached to similar parts throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is "connected" with another part, this includes not only the case of being "directly connected" but also the case of being "electrically connected" with another element interposed therebetween. . In addition, when a part "includes" a certain component, this means that other components may be further included rather than excluding other components unless otherwise stated.

In this specification, a "part" includes a unit realized by hardware, a unit realized by software, and a unit realized using both. In addition, one unit may be implemented using two or more hardware, and two or more units may be implemented by one hardware. Meanwhile, '~ unit' is not limited to software or hardware, and '~ unit' may be configured to be in an addressable storage medium or may be configured to reproduce one or more processors. Thus, as an example, '~' denotes components such as software components, object-oriented software components, class components, and task components, and processes, functions, properties, and procedures. , subroutines, segments of program code, drivers, firmware, microcode, circuitry, data, databases, data structures, tables, arrays and variables. The functions provided in the components and '~ units' may be combined into a smaller number of components and '~ units' or further separated into additional components and '~ units'. In addition, components and '~ units' may be implemented to play one or more CPUs in a device or secure multimedia card.

The "user terminal" referred to below may be implemented as a computer or portable terminal that can access a server or other terminal through a network. Here, the computer includes, for example, a laptop equipped with a web browser (WEB Browser), a desktop, a laptop, and the like, and the portable terminal is, for example, a wireless communication device that ensures portability and mobility. , IMT(International Mobile Telecommunication)-2000, CDMA(Code Division Multiple Access)-2000, W-CDMA(W-Code Division Multiple Access), Wibro(Wireless Broadband Internet), LTE(Long Term Evolution) communication-based terminal, smart It may include all kinds of handheld-based wireless communication devices such as a phone, a tablet PC, and the like. In addition, “network” refers to a wired network such as a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN) or a value added network (VAN) or a mobile radio communication network or satellite It may be implemented as any kind of wireless network, such as a communication network.

1 is a diagram illustrating an affiliated store integrated platform system according to an example of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1 , the affiliated store integrated platform system includes an affiliated store integrated server 100 , a plurality of affiliated store terminals 210 , 220 and 230 , and a partner server 300 . The affiliated store integrated server 100 , the plurality of affiliated store terminals 210 , 220 and 230 , and the partner server 300 may transmit and receive information through a network.

The affiliated store integrated server 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is a server that provides services required for affiliated stores. In the present invention, an affiliated store is a term that refers to a business or store that is authorized to use the service by a certain contract with the affiliated store integrated server, and generally performs payment through a payment method such as a credit card, such as a restaurant, clothing store, or convenience store. It is a broad term that refers to a business or store that can do business.

The affiliated store terminals 210 , 220 , and 230 are terminals used by each affiliated store, and may correspond to various electronic devices such as POS devices, card payment machines, smart phones, tablet PCs, desktops, and laptops used in affiliated stores.

The partner server 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention is a server that provides services to the affiliated store terminals 210 , 220 and 230 by interworking with the affiliated store integrated server 100 . The partner server 300 provides a service provided by a partner company affiliated through a contract, etc. separately from the service provided by the affiliate store integration server 100 .

Hereinafter, the operation of each subject will be described in more detail.

2 is a diagram conceptually classifying types of server access accounts according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In order to use the merchant integrated platform service according to the present invention, an access account 20 is required. The access account 20 includes a merchant account 21 , a partner account 22 , and a manager account 23 .

The affiliated store account 21 according to an embodiment of the present invention is an account used when the affiliated store accesses the affiliated store integrated server through the affiliated store terminal. In general, it includes an account assigned to a card terminal or business or store affiliated with a card company.

The merchant account 21 according to an embodiment of the present invention does not use the service provided by the server in one direction like the existing service use method, but is an account having the authority to request an application or service required for the merchant integrated server.

The partner account 22 according to an embodiment of the present invention is an account that provides services to the merchant integrated platform system, and registers services provided by the partner server separately from the services provided by the merchant integrated server on the merchant integrated platform service. It is an account that can

The manager account 23 according to an embodiment of the present invention is a manager account that manages the affiliated store integrated server, and not only manages the DB and communication network so that it can be used smoothly on the affiliated store integrated platform service, but also recommends or recommends partner services. , plays a role in determining the screen configuration (UI) displayed on the merchant terminal.

3 is a block diagram conceptually illustrating the structure of an affiliated store integrated server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3 , the affiliate store integrated server 100 includes an affiliate store account management unit 110 , a service management unit 120 , and a communication unit 130 .

The affiliate store account management unit 110 according to an embodiment of the present invention may verify the validity of an account accessed from each affiliate store. The affiliated store account management unit 110 may verify the validity of the account, identify the affiliated store through each affiliated store account, and may accumulate and manage various information in the identified affiliated store.

For example, when there is a change in access information of each affiliated store account, business type information of the affiliated store, contact information, affiliate store terminal information, etc., the affiliate store account management unit 110 may update it to maintain the latest information.

The service management unit 120 according to an embodiment of the present invention may manage the service provided by the affiliated store integrated server to be used by the affiliated store terminal. Service usage history information on which services are being used by each affiliated store, service recommendation information according to the industry of each affiliated store, ranking information about the order in which service information is to be provided to the affiliated store terminals, services provided by partner companies Manages various information such as information and service use history information of partners.

The service manager 120 may determine information displayed on the screen of the affiliate store terminal. The service manager 120 may be set to determine and display the service most needed when the affiliate store accesses the preset screen UI.

Criteria for determining the highest priority service may be various, and the service management unit 120 may determine the service used the most as the highest priority service based on the accumulated usage status information at the affiliated store.

Also, the service management unit 120 may determine a service frequently used in the corresponding time zone as the highest priority service based on time information such as an access time or an access date. For example, after 10 pm when the store is closed, the service management unit 120 may determine the sales statistics service on the same day as the highest priority service and set it to be displayed on the affiliated store terminal. Also, for another example, when the access date is the last day, the service management unit 120 may determine the monthly sales-related information as the highest priority service, or may determine the value-added tax information as the highest priority service during the VAT reporting period.

In addition, the service management unit 120 may determine the highest priority service based on the sales information and the deposit and withdrawal information. By analyzing accumulated sales information, if there is sales information or deposit/withdrawal information out of a certain range, it is classified as special information and determined as the highest priority service so that it can be easily checked at the affiliated store terminal.

Also, the service management unit 120 may determine the order of information displayed in the affiliated store terminal according to the user's setting. For example, when the user determines the item inventory statistics service as the highest priority (first priority) service and the sales statistics service as the second priority service, the arrangement may be set to be displayed on the screen in the order of the highest priority. In this case, the service management unit 120 may not only set to be displayed on the screen in the order of the order of the provided services, but may also set the size of the displayed screen according to the order, and may set whether or not to be exposed on the screen.

In addition, the service management unit 120 may collect information about a service or application program that can be provided by the partner company. A partner company may provide a specialized service, and the service management unit 120 may determine whether to register it with the affiliate store integration server 100 . For example, the service manager 120 may determine to register with the affiliated store integration server 100 for a service or application program provided by an affiliated partner company.

The service management unit 120 may acquire not only whether the service provided by the partner company is registered, but also history information used in the affiliated store. Since the service used by each member store is different, information on whether the service of the partner account is used for each member store and, if used, information on the type of use can be collected.

The communication unit 130 according to an embodiment of the present invention transmits and receives information on services from the affiliated store integrated server 100 , the partner server, and a plurality of affiliated store terminals. The communication unit 130 may be configured to be connected through a plurality of networks in order to prevent the network connection from being damaged or disconnected. For example, when the wired Internet network of the affiliated store terminal is disconnected, the communication unit 130 may be set to communicate with the affiliated store integrated server through a preset wireless terminal (AP, etc.).

Also, the communication unit 130 may set the communication network used for communication with the affiliated store terminal to be two or more channels. In the present invention, the term "two-channel" refers to using two communication companies, and the communication unit 130 may provide a service to each affiliated store terminal through a sub-priority communication company when the network of the communication company being used is damaged or disconnected.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing an integrated affiliated store service according to an example of the present invention in time.

As shown in FIG. 4 , the affiliated store terminal may use the affiliated store integrated platform service through a series of processes.

The affiliated store integration server may authenticate access to the affiliated store account (S410). The merchant integration server may verify the validity of the merchant account and identify the merchant.

The affiliated store integration server may determine the highest priority service based on the accumulated usage status information of the identified affiliated store account (S420). The affiliated store integrated server may provide various services, and specific examples are shown in Table 1 below.

As shown in Table 1 above, the services provided by the affiliated store integrated platform system are diverse, and include services provided by the affiliated partner server as well as the services provided by the affiliated store integrated server.

All the services listed in Table 1 above may be provided by the affiliated store integrated server. However, in reality, when the services of partner companies specialized for each service are widely used in the industry, it may be advantageous for merchants to provide an environment where they can use partner services, so merchants have the right to use partner account services can be given

In the merchant account, request information for using the service or application of the partner account can be transmitted to the merchant integration server through the merchant terminal, and the merchant integration server has the right to use the requested service or application of the partner account in the merchant account can be assigned to the merchant account.

In addition, the affiliated store integration server may acquire service or application program usage history information of the partner account at the affiliated store and use it for later settlement of the affiliated store integrated service use.

In addition, the affiliated store integration server may categorize the business type of each affiliated store to form a database. For example, the affiliated store integrated server can classify industries based on various criteria such as catering, sales, distribution, clothing, etc. Information may be transmitted to the affiliated store terminal.

5 to 9 are diagrams illustrating an affiliated store integrated platform service screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 5 , the affiliated store integrated platform service may provide various screens on the UI. As shown in FIG. 5( a ), the first screen of the affiliated store account may be configured based on the access time (date). For example, when total sales amount, credit sales amount, same-day deposit amount (undecided), missing amount information, etc. are determined as the top priority service, it can be set to be displayed on the screen.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 5( b ), the service provided to the affiliated store in the affiliated store integrated platform service may be categorized and provided. For example, the affiliated store integrated server provides customer convenience such as sales management, various taxation, time and attendance and loan service related store management categories, card office interest installment payment and marketing/PR categories related to various marketing support services, payment related payment service categories, simple points, etc. It can be configured to be displayed on the screen by configuring the regular service categories related to the provision.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 5(c) , the service of the affiliated partner account may be recommended. The affiliated store integrated server may recommend applications frequently used in the same industry based on accumulated usage history information of each affiliated store, and may recommend applications related to VAT reporting during the VAT reporting period.

Alternatively, the affiliated store integration server may provide recommendation information to the affiliated store terminal with respect to the partner service for which a large number of registration requests are made at each affiliated store.

As shown in FIG. 6 , the affiliated store integrated server may provide affiliated store customized information.

The affiliated store integration server can be set to not only provide statistical information on sales of the connected affiliated store account, but also display frequently used services in the affiliated store account at all times.

In addition, the affiliated store integrated server may crawl external information related to the business site or store operation, and may provide it to the affiliated store terminal in the order of relevance. For example, when there is information on arrears on a tax service being used by a specific affiliated store, information on arrears related to arrears may be crawled on the web to provide information on request for extinction of arrears to the terminal of the affiliated store.

In addition, the affiliated store integrated server may provide information on services for specific industries to the affiliated store terminal. For example, if the affiliated store is a catering business, information on the application that has received the most downloads from the food service affiliate may be displayed and use may be recommended. The affiliated store integration server may provide recommendation information to use an application related to a restaurant job search among partner services to the affiliated store terminal. For example, at the beginning of the year when the minimum wage regulations change, the affiliated store integrated server may display information on whether or not the employees in the store satisfy the minimum wage regulations, or may provide statistical information on desired wages related to job search. In other words, the affiliated store terminal may classify and receive affiliated store integrated platform services according to various criteria.

7 is a view for explaining various services provided by the affiliated store integration platform.

As shown in FIG. 7 , the affiliate store can receive accurate information through a simple inquiry setting in order to check sales statistics. In the merchant terminal, as daily sales information, various sales information such as credit card payment history, cash receipt issuance history, bonus point accumulation history, etc., as well as various sales information such as credit card usage, can be checked, such as the amount of sales by each card company.

For example, when sales information is transmitted to a partner account for VAT reporting, the VAT reporting service provided by the affiliated partner may represent it. The partner service or application program may transmit service use related information to the affiliated store terminal in real time, and in some cases, may transmit service use related information to the affiliated store terminal when the corresponding service is completed.

8 is a diagram for explaining a partner service provided by a partner company.

As shown in FIG. 8 , a partner company may provide a specialized service, and each affiliate store may use the partner service.

Merchant integration server can decide whether to expose a specific partner's services, and can classify and distribute services or applications according to purpose. For example, the affiliate store integrated server may provide an environment for downloading a music playback application as a service related to store music.

The affiliated store integrated platform service in the present invention is also a virtual space for using the service in the affiliated store, but has a characteristic as an application market that can download partner services and provide feedback thereto.

Accordingly, the affiliated store integration server may acquire rating information for each partner service from the affiliated store account using the partner service, or collect feedback opinions, download counts, and the like to manage each partner service.

9 is a diagram illustrating a screen of an affiliated store integrated platform service for managing partner services.

As shown in FIG. 9 , the affiliate store integration server may collect information about each partner service or application program. In addition, it is possible to receive a registration request from a company that wants to partner as a partner, and whether to approve it can be decided by business judgment.

The partner service affiliated with the merchant integrated platform system may be a free service or a paid service. In the case of free services, it is possible to omit the settlement of costs for use, but in the case of paid services, it is necessary to settle the costs for use. can

For example, when a partner company's affiliate store downloads and uses a music playback application, the affiliate store integrated server may charge according to the use contract and add it to the cost settlement with the affiliate store.

An embodiment of the present invention may also be implemented in the form of a recording medium including instructions executable by a computer, such as a program module executed by a computer. Computer-readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer and includes both volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media. In addition, computer-readable media may include both computer storage media and communication media. Computer storage media includes both volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Communication media typically includes computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave, or other transport mechanism, and includes any information delivery media.

Although the methods and systems of the present invention have been described with reference to specific embodiments, some or all of their components or operations may be implemented using a computer system having a general purpose hardware architecture.

The description of the present invention described above is for illustration, and those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains can understand that it can be easily modified into other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features of the present invention. will be. Therefore, it should be understood that the embodiments described above are illustrative in all respects and not restrictive. For example, each component described as a single type may be implemented in a distributed manner, and likewise components described as distributed may be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is indicated by the following claims rather than the above detailed description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalent concepts should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention. do.

100: Merchant integration server
210, 220, 230: Merchant terminal
300: partner server

Claims (10)

In the method of providing merchant integrated platform service,
authenticating access to the merchant account in the merchant integration server;
determining, in the affiliated store integrated server, a top priority service based on the accumulated usage status information of the affiliated store account; and
transmitting information on the determined highest priority service to an affiliated store terminal;
including,
The step of determining the highest priority service,
Determine the highest priority service based on the access time to the affiliated store integrated server, time information of the access date, sales information, and deposit and withdrawal information,
It is characterized in that by analyzing the accumulated sales information of the merchant account, and if there is sales information or deposit and withdrawal information outside a certain range, it is classified as special information and determined as the highest priority service,
When the access date is the VAT reporting period, VAT information is determined as the highest priority service,
The communication network between the affiliated store integrated server and the affiliated store terminal is set to two or more channels, and is set to be connected to a subordinated network when the network connection in use is damaged or disconnected. delete According to claim 1,
The affiliated store integrated server transmits application program information that can be provided to the affiliated store account to the affiliated store terminal,
When receiving request information for using the application program from the merchant account, the method further comprising the step of granting the merchant account the right to use the application program, the merchant integrated platform service providing method. According to claim 1,
When the affiliated store integration server receives the registration request information about the application from the partner account terminal, register the partner account application on the affiliated merchant integration platform service provided by the affiliated store integration server,
The method of providing integrated merchant platform service, further comprising the step of interworking with a partner server to receive service use history information of a partner account. According to claim 1,
Classifying the industry of the merchant account in the merchant integrated server into one industry within a preset industry category,
After the step of determining the highest priority service, the step of analyzing the merchant integrated platform service history used for the determined industry in the merchant integrated server and recommending a service that is not used in the merchant account among the frequently used services is further included How to provide merchant integrated platform service. In the merchant integrated platform system,
a plurality of affiliated store terminals; and
an affiliated store integrated server for authenticating access from the plurality of affiliated store terminals;
including,
The affiliated store integrated server,
The affiliated store integration server is set to determine the highest priority service based on the accumulated usage status information of the affiliated store account, and to transmit information about the determined highest priority service to the affiliated store terminal,
Determining the highest priority service is:
Determine the highest priority service based on the access time to the affiliated store integrated server, time information of the access date, sales information, and deposit and withdrawal information,
It is characterized in that by analyzing the accumulated sales information of the merchant account, and if there is sales information or deposit and withdrawal information outside a certain range, it is classified as special information and determined as the highest priority service,
It is characterized in that VAT information is determined as the top priority service during the VAT reporting period,
The communication network between the affiliated store integrated server and the affiliated store terminal is set to two or more channels, and is set to be connected to a subordinated network when the network connection in use is damaged or disconnected. delete 7. The method of claim 6,
The affiliated store integrated server,
Transmitting application program information that can be provided to the merchant account to the merchant terminal,
When receiving request information for using the application program from the merchant account, the merchant integrated platform system is configured to grant the merchant account the right to use the application program. 7. The method of claim 6,
The affiliated store integrated server,
When receiving registration request information about the application from the partner account terminal, register the application of the partner account on the merchant integration platform service provided by the merchant integration server,
A merchant integrated platform system that is set to receive service use history information of a partner account in conjunction with a partner server. 7. The method of claim 6,
The affiliated store integrated server classifies the business type of the affiliated store account into one business type within a preset business category category,
The affiliated store integrated platform system, which is set to analyze the merchant integrated platform service history used with respect to the determined industry, and recommend services that are not used in the affiliated store account among frequently used services.

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