KR102326974B1 - A vending machine platform system of kiosk type for selecting and paying of goods by a mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is to select a product to be received from a vending machine through a platform server to proceed with a prepayment, provide a product discharging QR code using QR code generation information provided by a platform server after the payment is complete, and receive the paid product from the vending machine managed by the kiosk. A system of the present invention may include a plurality of user terminals (100), a plurality of kiosks (200), a plurality of vending machines (300), and a central management server (400).

Description

A kiosk-type banding machine platform system that can select and pay for products by mobile {A vending machine platform system of kiosk type for selecting and paying of goods by a mobile phone}

The present invention relates to a kiosk-type banding machine platform system that enables product selection and payment by mobile, and in detail, selects a product to be received from a banding machine through a platform server, performs a pre-payment, and after payment is completed, the platform server It relates to a technology for discharging products generated using the QR code generation information provided by the company to provide the QR code to the kiosk that the user wants, so that the paid product can be received from the banding machine managed by the kiosk.

In modern society, with the development of science and technology and industry, unmanned facilities for living convenience are increasing in various parts of our lives. There is a banding machine called a vending machine, which is one of the unmanned facilities for

Convenience stores are one of the representative facilities that are generally operated 24 hours a day. Recently, unmanned convenience stores have appeared due to the increase in the minimum hourly wage and the difficulty in hiring night workers.

Unmanned convenience stores have problems in that there is a risk of product theft and it is difficult to respond immediately if various inconveniences occur while using the convenience store due to the limitation of no resident staff.

In order to solve this problem, an unmanned convenience store in which a bending machine called a vending machine, which is one of the unmanned facilities for selling products, is grafted into the convenience store is being attempted.

However, when a banding machine called a vending machine is grafted onto a convenience store, the user has to pay on the spot and receive the product due to the characteristics of the conventional banding machine.

Therefore, the present invention solves the inconvenience of on-site payment, and in order to solve the operational / management problems of an unmanned convenience store grafting a banding machine to a convenience store, you can select a product sold by a banding machine through a platform server and proceed with payment in advance. To solve the inconvenience of on-site payment, after payment is completed, the QR code generated using the information provided by the platform server is provided to the user's desired kiosk to freely receive the paid product from the banding machine managed by the kiosk. We would like to propose a technology that enables

The following are prior art related to this.

1. Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2019-0051708 Unmanned store system that helps prevent theft and order payment using Smart Ordering System (SOS) 2. Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2020-0008809 Unmanned convenience store system and product transaction method using the unmanned convenience store system 3. Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2020-0139534 Vending machine type unmanned convenience store system and method of operating the same

The present invention is to solve the above problems,

An object of the present invention is to solve the inconvenience of on-site payment, which is a disadvantage of the conventional banding machine, by selecting a product to be received from the banding machine through a platform server and making a prepayment.

In addition, the present invention provides a product discharge QR code generated using QR code generation information provided by the platform server to a kiosk desired by the user after payment is completed, and the paid product is managed by the kiosk providing the product discharge QR code. The purpose is to allow it to be received freely from

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a kiosk-type banding machine platform system that enables product selection and payment by mobile,

a plurality of user terminals 100 for selecting a product to be purchased, requesting payment for the selected product, and requesting discharging of the product to the kiosk 200;

When there is a product discharge request from the user terminal 100, the user terminal 100 controls the banding machines 300 that it manages so that the products requested to be discharged are discharged, and product inventory information of the banding machines 300 managed by the user terminal 100 a plurality of kiosks 200 installed at different locations to provide the central management server 400;

The product is discharged according to the product discharge control of the kiosk 200 that manages itself, and is connected to the kiosk 200 that manages itself to provide product inventory information according to product discharge to the kiosk 200 that manages itself. A plurality of bending machines 300 and;

Product inventory of the banding machines 300 connected to a plurality of user terminals 100 and a plurality of kiosks 200 through a communication network, and managed by the kiosks 200 using product inventory information provided by the kiosks 200 . A central management server ( 400).

The present invention provides an effect of resolving the inconvenience of on-site payment, which is a disadvantage of the conventional banding machine, because the present invention enables pre-payment by selecting a product to be received from the banding machine through the platform server.

In addition, the present invention provides a product discharge QR code generated using QR code generation information provided by the platform server to a kiosk desired by the user after payment is completed, and the paid product is managed by the kiosk providing the product discharge QR code. can freely receive it, providing the effect of accuracy and diversity of receipt of goods.

1 is a conceptual diagram of the present invention;
2 is a block diagram of the present invention;
3 is a functional flow diagram of the present invention;
Figure 4 is an example of a user terminal-related information of the present invention Figure 1
Figure 5 is an example of user terminal-related information of the present invention Figure 2
6 is an example of user terminal-related information of the present invention 3
7 is an example of user terminal related information of the present invention 4
8 is a diagram illustrating an example of information related to a user terminal according to the present invention;
9 is an example of user terminal related information of the present invention 6
10 is a detailed configuration diagram of the kiosk of the present invention
11 is an exemplary diagram of product inventory information for each banding machine of the present invention
12 is a detailed configuration diagram of the bending machine of the present invention
13 is an exemplary view of updating user payment product information according to the present invention

An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying Figures 1 to 13.

The present invention, a kiosk-type banding machine platform system (hereinafter 'the present invention') that enables product selection and payment by mobile, selects products sold in the banding machine through a platform server and selects products for prepayment, so that the conventional banding machine Resolves the inconvenience of on-site payment, which is a disadvantage, and after payment is completed, the QR code generated using the QR code generation information provided by the platform server is provided to the user's desired kiosk to dispose of the paid product The kiosk that provided the QR code The invention provides the accuracy and convenience of receiving goods by allowing them to be freely received at the managing banding machine. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a plurality of user terminals 100, a plurality of kiosks 200, a 300), and is configured to include a central management server (400).

Specifically, the kiosk-type banding machine platform system capable of product selection and payment by mobile of the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3 ,

a plurality of user terminals 100 for selecting a product to be purchased, requesting payment for the selected product, and requesting discharging of the product to the kiosk 200;

When there is a product discharge request from the user terminal 100, the user terminal 100 controls the banding machines 300 that it manages so that the products requested to be discharged are discharged, and product inventory information of the banding machines 300 managed by the user terminal 100 a plurality of kiosks 200 installed at different locations to provide the central management server 400;

The product is discharged according to the product discharge control of the kiosk 200 that manages itself, and is connected to the kiosk 200 that manages itself to provide product inventory information according to product discharge to the kiosk 200 that manages itself. A plurality of bending machines 300 and;

Product inventory of the banding machines 300 connected to a plurality of user terminals 100 and a plurality of kiosks 200 through a communication network, and managed by the kiosks 200 using product inventory information provided by the kiosks 200 . A central management server ( 400).

The user terminal 100 is a terminal possessed by users, and performs functions of selecting a product to be purchased by the user, requesting payment for the selected product, and requesting discharge of the product to the kiosk 200 . In order to perform these functions, a dedicated app 110 is mounted on the user terminal 100 .

The user terminal 100 may be an electronic device having a communication function such as a smart phone, a tablet PC, a smart watch, a notebook computer, and a PDA. It is desirable to apply a smart phone having a touch screen type display with excellent functionality, communication such as Internet and Bluetooth, and touch input, and a speaker function.

The dedicated app 110 mounted on the user terminal 100 may be configured to include a first functional unit 111 and a second functional unit 112 by default, and further include a third functional unit 113 in addition. In addition, the first functional unit 111 and the second functional unit 112 are configured to allow the user to pre-pay for a product to be purchased remotely, and the third functional unit 113 is a product to be purchased by the user on the spot. It is a configuration that enables on-site payment.

For example, the pre-payment through the first function unit 111 and the second function unit 112 is made in advance for the purchased product at home or company, etc. It is a payment for a method of receiving the purchased product, and the on-site payment through the third function unit 113 means a payment for a method of immediately paying at a banding machine installed on the street, etc. while the user is moving and immediately receiving the product at the payment site do.

The first function unit 111 provides information about the user's current location or a specific location designated by the user to the central management server 400 .

The information on the user's current location or a specific location designated by the user is used so that the user can select a product sold at a kiosk within a certain radius based on the user's current location or a specific location designated by the user.

The user's current location information means the current location of the user terminal acquired from a GPS device built into the user terminal, and the information on the specific location may be a location of a specific point designated by the user, for example, a company location. have.

That is, the provision of the user's current location information is to enable the user to select a product sold at a kiosk within a certain radius based on the user's current location when selecting a product for purchasing a product, and allowing the user to select a product at a specific point. The purpose of providing location information is so that when selecting a product for purchasing a product, a product sold at a kiosk within a certain radius based on the location of a specific point designated by the user can be selected.

Accordingly, the central management server 400 provides product selection information, which is product information sold at a kiosk within a certain radius based on the user's current location or a specific location designated by the user, so that the user can select a product to purchase.

In this case, since the product selection information provided by the central management server 400 is map-based or list-based information, the first function unit 111 allows the user to select a product to purchase based on the map or list.

That is, the first functional unit 111 uses the product selection information provided by the central management server 400 to purchase available product information (sold at a kiosk within a certain radius based on the user's current location or a specific location designated by the user). product information) is displayed on the screen of the user terminal 100 on a map-based or list-based basis.

Thereafter, when the user selects products for purchase among available product information displayed on the screen of the user terminal 100 , the first function unit 111 generates the product selected by the user as purchase product information.

Thereafter, when the user inputs payment information (card information, mobile pay information, etc.), the first function unit 111 provides purchase product information, user identification information, and payment information to the central management server 400 to select a purchase You will be asked to pay for the products.

The user identification information is information that enables the central management server 400 to identify the user terminal 100, and as shown in the upper figure of FIG. 4, the member ID, phone number, and name information registered by the user in the central management server can

When the payment processing for the products purchased by users is completed, the central management server 400 creates and stores, updates, etc. payment product information for each user. At this time, the user identification information is the central management server 400 of the user. Since it is used to manage payment product information separately, it is preferable to use a member ID as user identification information.

An example in which a user selects a product to purchase based on a map will be described with reference to FIG. 5 .

The first function unit 111 displays a map having a certain radius based on the user's current location (when the user terminal provides the user's current location information to the central management server) on the user terminal screen using the map-based product selection information. and, on the map, a kiosk (a kiosk that manages a number of bending machines selling products) within a certain radius based on the user's current location is displayed in the form of an icon.

When a user selects a specific kiosk to purchase a product from among kiosks within a certain radius (a kiosk that manages a number of bending machines that sell products), the first function unit 111 selects the selected product using map-based product selection information. Vending machines managed by the kiosk display purchasable product information, which is product information currently sold, on the screen of the user terminal 100 as shown in FIG. 7 .

When the user selects products for purchase from among the available product information displayed on the screen of the user terminal 100 as shown in FIG. 7 , the first function unit 111 generates the product selected by the user as purchase product information.

In addition, when the user inputs payment information (card information, mobile pay information, etc.), the first function unit 111 provides purchase product information, user identification information, and payment information to the central management server 400 to select a product to purchase You will be asked to pay for them.

The central management server 400 that has completed the payment processing provides payment history information for the corresponding payment case as shown in FIG. 7 to the user terminal 100, and the first function unit 111 displays the payment history information on the screen. Allows the user to confirm that the payment processing for the purchased product has been completed.

After confirming that the payment processing for the purchased product has been completed, the user immediately or later moves to the place where the kiosk 200 and the banding machine 300 are installed in order to receive the product. (The bending machines 300 managed by the kiosk 200 are installed in the same place as the kiosk 200)

An example in which a user selects a product to purchase based on a list will be described with reference to FIG. 6 .

The first function unit 111 uses the list-based product selection information to display kiosk information and kiosk location information within a certain radius based on the user's current location or a specific location designated by the user in text format to the user terminal 100. to be displayed on the screen.

When the user selects a specific kiosk to purchase a product from among the text-format kiosk list, the first function unit 111 uses list-based product selection information to provide product information currently sold by the bending machines managed by the selected kiosk. In-purchasable product information is displayed on the screen of the user terminal 100 as shown in FIG. 7 .

When the user selects products for purchase from among the available product information displayed on the screen of the user terminal 100 as shown in FIG. 7 , the first function unit 111 generates the product selected by the user as purchase product information.

In addition, when the user inputs payment information (card information, mobile pay information, etc.), the first function unit 111 provides purchase product information, user identification information, and payment information to the central management server 400 to select a product to purchase You will be asked to pay for them.

The central management server 400 that has completed the payment processing provides payment history information for the corresponding payment case as shown in FIG. 7 to the user terminal 100, and the first function unit 111 displays the payment history information on the screen. Allows the user to confirm that the payment processing for the purchased product has been completed.

After confirming that the payment processing for the purchased product has been completed, the user immediately or later moves to the place where the kiosk 200 and the bending machine 300 are installed in order to receive the product. (The bending machines 300 managed by the kiosk 200 are installed in the same place as the kiosk 200)

At this time, the user may move to a location where a map-based or list-based selected kiosk is installed to receive the product, or may move to a location where a third-party product kiosk not selected based on a map or list is installed to receive the product. have.

The above-described map-based or list-based selection of the kiosk is merely a selection and payment for a product to be purchased, and it is not necessary to discharge the product only through the banding machine managed by the map-based or list-based kiosk. This characteristic is the variety of receipt of goods after payment through various banding machines in advance, which is a feature of the present invention.

On the other hand, if the product selected by the user includes adult products that cannot be sold to minors, such as alcohol and cigarettes, the first function unit 111 allows the user to perform adult authentication, and if the user's adult If authentication is not performed, the first function unit 111 generates purchase product information as products other than adult products among the products selected by the user, and provides the information to the central management server 400 .

The second function unit 112 is configured to generate a product dispensing QR code that allows the user to receive a paid product by using the product discharging QR code generation information provided by the central management server 400 .

Specifically, the second function unit 112 obtains a product QR code for selling currently available product information from the kiosk 200 that manages the bending machines 300 to receive the product. (The bending machines 300 managed by the kiosk 200 are installed in the same place as the kiosk 200)

That is, the user moves to the place where the kiosk 200 and the bending machine 300 are installed in order to receive the product, and the sales product QR code displayed on the display of the kiosk 200 that manages the bending machines 300 that will receive the product. When photographing (a sale product QR code for product information currently available for sale is displayed on the display screen of the kiosk 200), the second function unit 112 extracts the product QR code for sale as shown in the upper figure of FIG. 8 from the captured image. get the code

Next, the second function unit 112 displays a list of products currently receivable through the kiosk on the screen of the user terminal 100 .

Specifically, when the second function unit 112 obtains the QR code of the product for sale, the central management server 400 requests and receives the current payment product information of the user.

After that, the banding machine managed by the kiosk extracts product information currently available for sale using the QR code of the product for sale obtained from the kiosk 200, compares the extracted product information with the current payment product information of the received user, and receives the received Among the current payment product information of the user, the product included in the currently available product information (product information currently available for sale by the banding machine managed by the kiosk 200) by the QR code of the product for sale acquired from the kiosk 200 is selected by the current user. is to be displayed on the screen of the user terminal 100 as shown in the lower figure of FIG. 8 as a list of receivable products.

For example, if there are 30 product types currently available for sale in the banding machine managed by the kiosk extracted using the product QR code for sale, and if the user's current payment product types provided by the central management server 400 are 10, 30 If all 10 are included, 10 types of products are displayed on the screen of the user terminal 100 as a list of products currently receivable. It is displayed on the screen of the terminal 100 .

Next, the second function unit 112 generates the product selected by the user for product discharge from the list of currently receivable products displayed on the screen of the user terminal 100 as discharge product information, and identifies the generated discharge product information and the user The information is provided to the central management server 400 .

At this time, the user may select all of the currently receivable product list displayed on the screen of the user terminal 100 (when it is desired to discharge all currently receivable products through the banding machine managed by the kiosk), or the currently receivable product list You can select only part of the product list. (If you wish to receive only some of the products currently receivable through the banding machine managed by the kiosk)

When the user selection of the product desired to be discharged is completed, the second function unit 112 generates and displays discharged product information on the screen as shown in the upper figure of FIG. 9 , and the generated product information and user identification information to the central management server 400 .

Next, the second function unit 112 generates a product dispensing QR code that enables the product selected by the user to be discharged by using the product discharging QR code generation information provided by the central management server 400 .

In particular, the QR code generation information for product discharge provided by the central management server 400 is information that enables the user terminal 100 to generate a product discharge QR code including user identification information and discharge product information. That is, the product discharging QR code is a code including user identification information and discharging product information.

Therefore, the second function unit 112 uses the QR code generation information for product discharge provided by the central management server 400 to generate a product discharge QR code as shown in the lower figure of FIG. 9 including user identification information and discharge product information. created and displayed on the screen.

At this time, when the user reads the product discharging QR code displayed on the screen to the corresponding kiosk, the kiosk controls the bending machine so that the products included in the product discharging information in the product discharging QR code are discharged through the banding machine it manages.

The dedicated app 110 mounted on the user terminal 100 may be configured to include the third function unit 113 .

The above-described first functional unit 111 and second functional unit 112 are configured to allow the user to remotely pre-pay for the product to be purchased, and the third function unit 113 is configured to allow the user to purchase the product to be purchased in the field. It is a configuration that enables on-site payment.

For example, the pre-payment through the first function unit 111 and the second function unit 112 is made in advance for the purchased product at home or company, etc. It is a payment for a method of receiving a purchased product, and the on-site payment through the third function unit 113 means a payment for a method of immediately paying at a banding machine installed on the street or the like while the user is moving and receiving the product at the payment site .

The third function unit 113 obtains a sales product QR code for product information currently available for sale from the kiosk 200, and uses the acquired product QR code to display a list of products currently available for purchase on the screen of the user terminal 100 displayed on the user terminal 100, from the list of products currently available for purchase displayed on the screen, a product selected by the user for purchase is generated as purchase product information, and the generated purchase product information, user identification information, and payment information are centrally managed It is provided to the server 400 so that the user can request payment for the products that the user has selected to purchase to the central management server 400, and after the payment request, the QR code generation information for product discharge provided by the central management server 400 It performs the function of generating a product dispensing QR code for discharging products using

Specifically, the third function unit 113 obtains a product QR code for sale currently available product information from the kiosk 200 that manages the bending machine 300 to receive the product. (The bending machine 300 managed by the kiosk 200 is installed in the same place as the kiosk 200)

That is, the product QR code for sale provided by the kiosk 200 installed at the site where the user purchases the product and is discharged is displayed on the display screen of the kiosk 200. If so, the third function unit 113 acquires a QR code for sale products as shown in the upper figure of FIG. 8 from the captured image.

Next, the third function unit 113 displays a list of products currently available for purchase in the bending machine 300 managed by the kiosk 200 on the screen of the user terminal 100 by using the acquired product QR code.

That is, the third function unit 113 extracts product information currently available for sale by the banding machine managed by the kiosk from the sales product QR code obtained from the kiosk 200, and uses the extracted product information as a product list available for purchase by the current user. As shown in the lower figure of FIG. 8 , it is displayed on the screen of the user terminal 100 .

For example, if the banding machine managed by the kiosk extracted using the QR code for sale products currently sells 30 types of products, the 30 types of products are displayed on the screen of the user terminal 100 as a list of products currently available for sale. .

When the user selects a product to be purchased from the list of products currently available for purchase displayed on the screen of the user terminal 100 , the third function unit 113 generates the product selected by the user as purchase product information, and includes the generated product information and the user Identification information and payment information are provided to the central management server 400 to request payment for the purchased product.

At this time, the third function unit 113 performs the user's adult authentication when adult products are included among the products selected by the user. Create purchased product information.

Next, the third function unit 113 generates a product dispensing QR code that allows the product paid by the user to be discharged using the product discharging QR code generation information provided by the central management server 400 .

In particular, the QR code generation information for product discharge provided by the central management server 400 is information that enables the user terminal 100 to generate a product discharge QR code including user identification information and discharge product information. That is, the product discharging QR code is a code including user identification information and discharging product information.

Therefore, the third function unit 113 uses the QR code generation information for product discharge provided by the central management server 400 to generate a product discharge QR code as shown in the lower figure of FIG. 9 including user identification information and discharge product information. created and displayed on the screen.

At this time, when the user reads the product discharging QR code displayed on the screen to the corresponding kiosk, the kiosk operates a banding machine that he manages so that the products included in the product information in the product discharging QR code are discharged through the banding machine he manages. Control.

Referring to FIG. 1 , the kiosk 200 is installed at different locations and configured in plurality, and each kiosk is configured to manage at least one or more bending machines 300 , and the kiosk 200 is a user terminal. When there is a product discharge request from 100, the user terminal 100 controls the banding machines 300 that it manages so that the products requested to be discharged are discharged, and product inventory information of the banding machines 300 managed by the user terminal 100 It is periodically provided to the central management server 400 .

Referring to FIG. 10 , the kiosk 200 includes an inventory information providing unit 210 , a product discharging control unit 220 , a QR code generating unit 230 , and a QR code obtaining unit 240 , and the kiosk 200 . 200 includes a display on which a QR code for sale products for currently available product information is displayed, a communication module for allowing the kiosk 200 to communicate with the central management server 400, and a payment method that supports cash or card payment. is composed by

The inventory information providing unit 210 receives product inventory information from the bending machines 300 to be managed, generates product inventory information for each bending machine, and provides it to the central management server 400 through a communication module. 11 shows an example of product inventory information for each bending machine.

The reason for providing product inventory information for each banding machine to the central management server 400 is that when the user terminal 100 accesses the central management server 400 and attempts to purchase a product, the kiosk 200 is currently available for sale. This is so that only information can be provided to the user, and the banding machine manager can refill the exhausted products into the banding machine.

When the product discharging QR code is obtained by the QR code obtaining unit 240, the product discharging control unit 220 recognizes that the user of the corresponding user terminal 100 has requested discharging the product and discharges it using the obtained product discharging QR code. figure out the product to be made. The product discharge QR code is a code containing user identification information and information about the product the user has requested to discharge.

In addition, the product discharge control unit 220 determines the bending machine 300 to discharge the identified discharged product using the product inventory information for each banding machine generated by the inventory information providing unit 210, the determined bending machine 300 instructs the product to be discharged.

For example, if there are 5 banding machines A, B, C, D, and E managed by the kiosk, and 10 products identified using the product discharging QR code, 5 A, B, C, D, E Using the inventory information of the banding machines, a banding machine capable of discharging 10 products is determined. That is, out of 10 products, products 1~3 are discharged from bending machine A, products 4~6 from bending machine B, and products 7~10 from bending machine C (Bending machines D and E are exhausted) (a situation in which products 1 to 10 cannot be discharged by

In addition, the product discharging control unit 220 determines that discharging of the product is complete when the product information discharged by the banding machine is provided, and includes user identification information (information that can be identified from the product discharging QR code obtained from the user terminal) and itself The product information emitted by the managing banding machine (the banding machine that discharged the product provides the discharged product information to the kiosk 200 that manages itself) is provided to the central management server 400, and the central management server 400 ) to update the user's payment product information.

The QR code generation unit 230 generates a sales product QR code for the product information currently available for sale using the product inventory information (see FIG. 11) for each banding machine generated by the inventory information providing unit 210, and is shown in FIG. As illustrated, it is displayed on a display screen provided on one side of the kiosk 200 .

Therefore, the user terminal 100 acquires the sales product QR code displayed on the display screen provided on one side of the kiosk 200 by photographing, and using the acquired product QR code, the user currently sells the product at the bending machine managed by the kiosk. Identify possible products.

The QR code acquisition unit 240 is a kind of QR code recognition means formed on one side of the outside of the kiosk 200 to obtain the product discharging QR code from the user terminal (100).

That is, the QR code obtaining unit 240 provides the obtained product discharging QR code to the product discharging control unit 220 so that the product discharging control unit 220 can determine which product the user has requested discharging.

Referring to FIG. 1 , the bending machine 300 is a configuration in which at least one or more is installed at a place where the kiosk 200 is installed, and is communicatively connected to the kiosk 200 that manages itself, and the kiosk that manages itself ( 200) discharges the product according to the product discharge control, and provides product inventory information according to product discharge to the kiosk 200 that manages itself.

As shown in FIG. 12 , the bending machine 300 includes a bending machine body 310 , a product discharge processing unit 320 , and an inventory information generation unit 330 , and a communication module for communicating with the kiosk 200 . , it is composed including the product outlet through which the product is discharged.

Referring to FIG. 12 , the bending machine body 310 is formed in a predetermined size to form a space in which sales products are displayed and stored.

The product discharge processing unit 320 is configured to discharge the product when there is an instruction to discharge the product from the kiosk 200 that manages it, and the discharged product is a product outlet formed on the outer side of the bending machine body 310. It is discharged to the outside through the user to receive it. At this time, the product discharge processing unit 320 provides the discharged product information to the kiosk 200 that manages itself.

In addition, the product discharging processing unit 320 identifies the undischarged products that have not been discharged, and when the non-discharged products are identified, the non-discharged products are discharged again to the outside through the product outlet so that the user can receive them.

The inventory information generation unit 330 generates product inventory information according to product discharge, and provides the generated product inventory information to the kiosk 200 that manages itself through a communication module.

At this time, the product inventory information generated by the inventory information generation unit 330 includes bending machine identification information and remaining number information for each product. generated and provided to the central management server 400 .

The product inventory information for each banding machine created by the kiosk is used when the kiosk decides which banding machine to discharge the product to and to generate information about products that are currently available for sale. The server is used to generate product selection information to be provided to the user terminal.

Referring to FIG. 1 , the central management server 400 is a kind of server computer installed in a remote location and connected to a plurality of user terminals 100 and a plurality of kiosks 200 through a communication network.

The central management server 400 performs product inventory management of the banding machines 300 managed by the kiosks 200 using product inventory information provided by the kiosks 200, and enables the user to select a product to purchase, , performs a function of processing payment for the product selected by the user, and providing QR code generation information for discharging the product to the user terminal 100 .

To this end, the central management server 400 is configured to include an inventory management unit 410 , a product information providing unit 420 , a payment processing unit 430 , a QR code management unit 440 , and a payment product management unit 450 .

The inventory management unit 410 uses the product inventory information for each banding machine provided by the kiosks 200 to identify products that are exhausted by each bending machine, and when an exhausted product occurs, the corresponding banding machine 300 in which the exhausted product occurs. By providing exhausted product information to the manager terminal managing the

When the product information providing unit 420 provides information on the user's current location or a specific location designated by the user, the product information providing part 420 may provide the current location or a specific location designated by the user. Product selection information, which is product information that the user can purchase within a certain radius based on the location, is provided to the user terminal 100 so that the user can select a product to purchase.

In this case, the product selection information generated by the product information providing unit 420 is map-based information or list-based information.

5, the map-based product selection information allows a map of a certain radius based on the user's current location or a specific location designated by the user to be displayed on the screen of the user terminal 100, and The kiosks 200 are displayed in the form of icons on the map, and when a specific kiosk icon is selected by the user, as shown in FIG. 7 , product information currently sold by the bending machines 300 managed by the selected kiosk 200 . is information to be displayed on the screen of the user terminal 100 .

Therefore, when the user selects one kiosk icon from among the kiosk icons that exist within a certain radius displayed on the map, information on products currently sold by the bending machine managed by the selected kiosk is displayed on the screen, and the product that the user wants to purchase from among them. will choose them

In addition, if there is no product that the user wants to purchase in the banding machine managed by the selected kiosk, the user can select another kiosk icon to find the product he or she wants to purchase.

Referring to FIG. 6 , the list-based product selection information includes kiosk information and kiosk location information within a certain radius based on the user's current location or a specific location designated by the user on the screen of the user terminal 100 in text format. When a specific kiosk text is selected, as shown in FIG. 7 , product information currently sold by the bending machines 300 managed by the selected kiosk 200 is displayed on the screen of the user terminal 100 .

Accordingly, when the user selects one kiosk text from among the kiosk texts displayed on the screen, product information currently sold by the bending machine managed by the selected kiosk is displayed on the screen, and the product to purchase is selected from among them.

In addition, if there is no product that the user wants to purchase in the banding machine managed by the selected kiosk, the user can select another kiosk text to find the product he or she wants to purchase.

The payment processing unit 430 performs payment processing for products selected by the user to purchase when the user terminal 100 requests payment.

After payment processing is completed through the payment processing unit 430, when the user terminal 100 provides user identification information and discharge product information to discharge the product, the QR code management unit 440 provides the user identification information and discharge Generates QR code generation information for product discharge according to product information and provides it to the user terminal 100 so that the user terminal 100 can generate product discharge QR code for product discharge.

That is, the product discharging QR code generation information is information enabling the user terminal 100 to generate a product discharging QR code (see FIG. 9 ) including user identification information and discharging product information.

The user may receive only a part of the products he/she has paid for through the banding machine, and then receive the rest of the products later through another banding machine. In this case, the payment product information of the user must be updated with the latest information.

The configuration for this is the payment product management unit 450, and the payment product management unit 450 generates and stores and manages payment product information for each user when the payment processing of users is completed by the payment processing unit 430, and the user terminal ( When 100) requests the user's payment product information, the user's current payment product information is provided to the corresponding user terminal 100, and when the kiosk 200 provides user identification information and discharged product information, the user's existing The product information provided by the kiosk 200 is deleted from the payment product information, and payment product information for each user is updated with the latest information.

In this case, the payment product information for each user is characterized in that the user identification information and the payment completed product information is matched information.

13, when user A completes payment for 6 products, the central management server stores user A's payment product information (refer to the upper figure of FIG. 13).

If only products 1 and 2 are received through the banding machine among the 6 products that have been paid for, the central management server updates the payment product information of user A with only products 4 to 6 (refer to the bottom figure of FIG. 13) and is stored. .

In the above, the technical idea of the present invention has been described with the accompanying drawings, but the preferred embodiment of the present invention is exemplarily described and does not limit the present invention. In addition, it is a clear fact that anyone with ordinary skill in the art can make various modifications and imitations within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

10: Kiosk-type banding machine platform system that enables product selection and payment by mobile
100: user terminal
200: kiosk
300: bending machine
400: central management server

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In the kiosk-type banding machine platform system that enables product selection and payment by mobile,
a plurality of user terminals 100 equipped with a dedicated app 110 for selecting a product to purchase, requesting payment for the selected product, and requesting discharging of the product to the kiosk 200;
When there is a product discharge request from the user terminal 100, the user terminal 100 controls the banding machines 300 that it manages so that the products requested to be discharged are discharged, and product inventory information of the banding machines 300 managed by the user terminal 100 a plurality of kiosks 200 installed at different locations to provide the central management server 400;
The product is discharged according to the product discharge control of the kiosk 200 that manages itself, and is connected to the kiosk 200 that manages itself to provide product inventory information according to product discharge to the kiosk 200 that manages itself. A plurality of bending machines 300 and;
Product inventory of the banding machines 300 connected to a plurality of user terminals 100 and a plurality of kiosks 200 through a communication network, and managed by the kiosks 200 using product inventory information provided by the kiosks 200 . It includes a central management server 400 that performs management, allows the user to select a product to purchase, processes payment for the product selected by the user, and provides QR code generation information for product discharge to the user terminal 100 but,

The dedicated app 110,
Information on the user's current location or a specific location designated by the user is provided to the central management server 400, and purchaseable product information is provided to the user terminal 100 using the product selection information provided by the central management server 400. It is displayed on the screen, and from among the available product information displayed on the screen of the user terminal 100, the product selected by the user is generated as purchase product information, and the generated purchase product information, user identification information, and payment information are stored in the central management server 400 ) to provide a first functional unit 111 to request payment for the selected product, and
Obtaining a product QR code for a product currently available for sale from the kiosk 200, displaying a currently receivable product list on the screen of the user terminal 100, among the list of products currently receivable displayed on the screen of the user terminal 100, A product selected by the user for product discharge is generated as discharge product information, the generated discharge product information and user identification information are provided to the central management server 400, and a QR code for product discharge provided by the central management server 400 and a second function unit 112 for generating and displaying a product dispensing QR code that enables the product selected by the user to be discharged using the generated information and displayed on the screen,

The second functional unit 112,
The current user requests and receives the current payment product information of the corresponding user from the central management server 400, and the current user selects the product included in the currently available product information by the sales product QR code among the received user's current payment product information Displayed on the screen of the user terminal 100 as a list of receivable products,

The central management server 400,
When the user terminal 100 provides discharge product information, generates QR code generation information for product discharge according to the provided discharge product information and provides it to the user terminal 100,
When the user terminal 100 requests the user's payment product information, the user's current payment product information is provided to the corresponding user terminal 100,
When the kiosk 200 provides the user identification information and the discharged product information, the discharged product information provided by the kiosk 200 is deleted from the user's existing payment product information, and the payment product information for each user is updated with the latest information. A kiosk-type banding machine platform system that enables product selection and payment by mobile, characterized in that
delete According to claim 1,
The first function unit 111 of the dedicated app 110,
When adult products are included among the products selected by the user, the user's adult authentication is performed. A kiosk-type banding machine platform system that enables product selection and payment via mobile.
delete delete According to claim 1,
The dedicated app 110,
Obtaining the product QR code for the product currently available for sale from the kiosk 200 to purchase the product, and using the acquired product QR code to display a list of products currently available for purchase on the screen of the user terminal 100, the user From the list of products currently available for purchase displayed on the terminal 100 screen, a product selected by the user for purchase is generated as purchase product information, and the generated product information, user identification information, and payment information are provided to the central management server 400 . The third function unit 113 to request payment for the product selected to be purchased, and to generate a product discharge QR code for product discharge using the product discharge QR code generation information provided by the central management server 400 according to the payment request ) further comprising
The third function unit 113 performs adult authentication of the user when adult products are included among the products selected by the user. A kiosk-type banding machine platform system that enables product selection and payment by mobile, characterized in that it generates product information.
According to claim 1,
The kiosk 200,
A stock information providing unit 210 that receives product inventory information from the bending machines 300 to be managed, generates product inventory information for each bending machine, and provides it to the central management server 400;
A bending machine that will identify the product to be discharged using the product discharge QR code obtained by the QR code acquisition unit 240, and discharge the identified discharged product using the product inventory information for each banding machine generated by the inventory information providing unit 210 When determining (300), instructing the discharge of the product to the determined banding machine 300, and providing product information discharged by the banding machine, it is determined that the product has been discharged and the user identification information and the discharged product information are centrally located. The product discharge control unit 220 provided to the management server 400 and,
A QR code generation unit for generating a sales product QR code for product information currently available for sale using the product inventory information for each banding machine generated by the inventory information providing unit 210 and displaying it on a display screen provided on one side of the kiosk 200 (230) and
Kiosk-type banding machine platform system capable of product selection and payment by mobile, characterized in that it comprises a QR code acquisition unit 240 for obtaining a product discharge QR code from the user terminal 100.
According to claim 1,
The bending machine 300,
A banding machine body 310 in which merchandise for sale is displayed and stored therein;
When there is an instruction to discharge the product from the kiosk 200 that manages itself, the product discharge processing unit 320 that discharges the product and provides the discharged product information to the kiosk 200 that manages itself;
and a stock information generation unit 330 that generates product inventory information according to product discharge and provides the generated product inventory information to the kiosk 200 that manages itself,
The product inventory information is a kiosk-type banding machine platform system capable of product selection and payment by mobile, characterized in that it includes banding machine identification information and information on the remaining number of each product.
9. The method of claim 8,
The product discharge processing unit 320,
Kiosk-type banding machine platform system that enables product selection and payment by mobile, characterized in that it identifies undischarged products and discharges and processes undischarged products when undischarged products are identified.
According to claim 1,
The central management server 400,
Using the product inventory information for each banding machine provided by the kiosks 200, identify the products that are exhausted by each bending machine, and when an exhausted product occurs, it is exhausted to the manager terminal that manages the banding machine 300 in which the exhausted product occurred. An inventory management unit 410 that provides product information, and
When the user terminal 100 provides information on the user's current location or a specific location designated by the user, product information that the user can purchase within a certain radius based on the current location or the specific location designated by the user A product information providing unit 420 that generates selection information and provides it to the user terminal 100, and
a payment processing unit 430 that performs payment processing for products selected by the user to purchase when the user terminal 100 requests payment;
When the user terminal 100 provides discharge product information for product discharge, a QR code management unit 440 that generates QR code generation information for product discharge according to the provided discharge product information and provides to the user terminal 100 is provided. including,
The product discharging QR code generation information is a kiosk capable of product selection and payment by mobile, characterized in that the user terminal 100 generates a product discharging QR code including user identification information and discharging product information. type of bending machine platform system.
11. The method of claim 10,
The product selection information generated by the product information providing unit 420 is map-based information or list-based information,
The map-based product selection information is
A map of a certain radius based on the user's current location or a specific location designated by the user is displayed on the screen of the user terminal 100, and the kiosks 200 existing within a certain radius are displayed in the form of icons on the map, , when a specific kiosk icon is selected, product information currently sold by the bending machines 300 managed by the selected kiosk 200 is displayed on the screen of the user terminal 100,
The list-based product selection information,
Kiosk information and kiosk location information within a certain radius based on the user's current location or a specific location designated by the user are displayed on the screen of the user terminal 100 in text format, and when a specific kiosk text is selected, the selected kiosk 200 ) managed by the bending machines 300 to display the product information currently sold on the user terminal 100 screen, a kiosk-type bending machine platform system capable of product selection and payment by mobile.
11. The method of claim 10,
The central management server 400,
When the payment processing of the users is completed by the payment processing unit 430, the payment product information for each user is created, stored and managed, and when the user terminal 100 requests the user's payment product information, the corresponding user is sent to the user terminal 100. If the current payment product information of the kiosk 200 is provided and the user identification information and product information discharged by the kiosk 200 are provided, the product information provided by the kiosk 200 is deleted from the user's existing payment product information for each user. Further comprising a payment product management unit 450 for updating payment product information to the latest information,
The user-specific payment product information is a kiosk-type banding machine platform system capable of product selection and payment by mobile, characterized in that the user identification information and payment-completed product information are matched.

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