KR102588629B1 - Gifticon issue system for small business owners store - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention includes a user terminal that has a gifticon service application installed and requests issuance of a gifticon from a small business shop within a preset radius based on location information; A store terminal where the gifticon service application is installed, issues gifticons for products of a store operated by a small business owner, and transmits the issued gifticon to a management server; And it is connected to the user terminal and the store terminal through the gifticon service application, and provides the gifticon transmitted from the store terminal to the user terminal requesting gifticon issuance, and when payment is made by the user terminal with the issued gifticon. It relates to a gifticon issuance system for small business stores that includes a management server that receives a preset payment fee from the payment amount. By issuing gifticons directly for products from stores operated by small business owners and providing them to consumers, small business owners can directly promote and hold events. There is an effect that can proceed.

Description

Gifticon issuance system for small business stores {GIFTICON ISSUE SYSTEM FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS STORE}

The present invention relates to a gifticon issuance system for small business stores that supports gifticons exclusively for products sold by small business owners in order to encourage the purchase of products sold in stores operated by local small business owners.

Currently, user terminals containing various applications that interface with the network are provided, and users can receive various commerce-related services through the applications included in the user terminal.

Commerce-related services recently provided include, in addition to services that simply sell products online, social commerce-related services that recruit a certain number of buyers and sell products or services related to affiliated stores at a discounted price.

The social commerce-related service provider issues a coupon to the buyer's terminal to provide the affiliated store's product or service at a discounted price, and the buyer can receive the product or service related to the coupon by presenting the coupon stored in the buyer's terminal to the affiliated store. .

In the case of these online coupon sales, the usefulness is increasing because if you want to purchase a coupon to use yourself or give it to someone else as a gift, you can receive or deliver the coupon immediately after purchase.

In particular, most of these online coupons are aimed at large-scale franchises. All franchisees sell the same products at a fixed price, and the franchises are widely distributed, so they are suitable as gifts, and the demand and transaction volume are increasing. .

On the other hand, in the case of independent stores (one store or a small number of head office/branch stores) rather than large-scale franchises, that is, stores operated by small business owners, it is difficult to establish an individual online coupon sales system or payment system, and gift coupons are difficult to establish. Even if issued, there is a problem of low effectiveness due to limited accessibility for users who received the gift.

Patent Publication No. 10-2016-0062285 (Publication date: 2016. 06. 02) Patent Publication No. 10-2018-0050073 (Publication date: 2018. 05. 14)

The purpose of the embodiments of the present invention to improve the above-mentioned problems is to provide a gifticon issuance system for small business stores that allows small business owners to directly promote and hold events by directly issuing gifticons for products of stores operated by small business owners and providing them to consumers. It is provided.

In order to achieve the above object, the gifticon issuance system for small business stores according to an embodiment of the present invention is a user terminal that has a gifticon service application installed and requests issuance of gifticons for small business stores within a preset radius based on location information. ; A store terminal where the gifticon service application is installed, issues gifticons for products of a store operated by a small business owner, and transmits the issued gifticon to a management server; And it is connected to the user terminal and the store terminal through the gifticon service application, and provides the gifticon transmitted from the store terminal to the user terminal requesting gifticon issuance, and when payment is made by the user terminal with the issued gifticon. It is characterized by including a management server that receives a preset payment fee among the payment amount.

In addition, the user terminal can provide the issued gifticon to another user terminal through the gifticon service application or SNS, and the user terminal determines each location based on current location information or by entering or selecting desired location information. Based on the information, the issuance of a gifticon is requested from a small business store within a preset radius, and the products of the store operated by the small business owner may be products, events, or service items sold at the store.

In addition, the gifticon is issued with a QR code, and when payment is made with the QR code, store information and gift information corresponding to the QR code can be shared on the gifticon service application.

The gifticon issuance system for small business stores according to an embodiment of the present invention directly issues gifticons for products of stores operated by small business owners and provides them to consumers, allowing small business owners to directly conduct promotions and events.

In addition, in one embodiment of the present invention, small business owners can identify potential customers and increase sales by selling gifticons for products of the household they run, and those who want to gift products from a store operated by a small business owner, not a franchise, Can meet customer needs.

Figure 1 is a block diagram schematically showing a gifticon issuance system for small business stores according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figures 2a and 2b are flowcharts showing the gift sending process and gift use process through the gifticon issuance system for small business stores in Figure 1.
Figures 3A to 3D are screens for executing the local store search function, gift review writing function, store basic information setting function, and location-based store promotion function through the user terminal of the gifticon issuance system for small business stores shown in Figure 1.

The present invention as described above will be described in detail through the attached drawings and examples.

It should be noted that the technical terms used in the present invention are only used to describe specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the present invention. In addition, the technical terms used in the present invention, unless specifically defined in a different sense in the present invention, should be interpreted as meanings generally understood by those skilled in the art in the technical field to which the present invention pertains, and are not overly comprehensive. It should not be interpreted in a literal or excessively reduced sense. Additionally, if the technical term used in the present invention is an incorrect technical term that does not accurately express the idea of the present invention, it should be replaced with a technical term that can be correctly understood by a person skilled in the art. In addition, general terms used in the present invention should be interpreted according to the definition in the dictionary or according to the context, and should not be interpreted in an excessively reduced sense.

Additionally, as used in the present invention, singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In the present invention, terms such as “consists of” or “comprises” should not be construed as necessarily including all of the various components or steps described in the invention, and some of the components or steps are included. It may not be possible, or it should be interpreted as including additional components or steps.

Additionally, terms containing ordinal numbers, such as first, second, etc., used in the present invention may be used to describe constituent elements, but the constituent elements should not be limited by the terms. Terms are used only to distinguish one component from another. For example, a first component may be named a second component without departing from the scope of the present invention, and similarly, the second component may also be named a first component.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the attached drawings. However, identical or similar components will be assigned the same reference numbers regardless of the reference numerals, and duplicate descriptions thereof will be omitted.

Additionally, when describing the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of related known technologies may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description will be omitted. In addition, it should be noted that the attached drawings are only intended to facilitate easy understanding of the spirit of the present invention, and should not be construed as limiting the spirit of the present invention by the attached drawings.

Figure 1 is a block diagram schematically showing a gifticon issuance system for small business stores according to an embodiment of the present invention, and Figures 2a and 2b show the gift sending process and gift use through the gifticon issuance system for small business stores of Figure 1. It is a flowchart showing the process, and Figures 3A to 3D are for executing the local store search function, gift review writing function, store basic information setting function, and location-based store promotion function through the user terminal of the gifticon issuance system for small business stores in Figure 1. This is the screen.

As shown in Figure 1, the gifticon issuance system for small business stores according to an embodiment of the present invention is a system that supports gifticons dedicated to products sold by small business owners in order to encourage the purchase of products sold in stores operated by local small business owners, It includes a user terminal 10, a store terminal 30, and a management server 20.

The user terminal 10 is a device that has the gifticon service application installed and requests the management server 20 to issue a gifticon for a small business shop within a preset radius based on the location information of the terminal or the location information of the area desired by the user.

The user terminal 10 is installed with a gifticon service application that connects to the management server 20, selects a small business store, requests and is issued a gifticon for the store, and performs payment for purchasing the desired product through the issued gifticon. there is.

As shown in Figure 2a, the Gifticon service application is a service application that allows you to gift all products from local small business stores online. These gifticon service applications are mainly targeted at people in their 20s and 30s, and users can easily gift cultural products such as local cafes or restaurants using their smartphones. In addition, the Gifticon service application allows self-employed people who have difficulty promoting their stores to easily promote their stores using a location-based promotional system. Through this service, self-employed people can also participate in the franchise-centered gifticon market and make profits. It can be done. In addition, as shown in FIG. 2b, the gifticon service application allows payment and issuance of gifticons using only a QR code, so the gifticon service can be easily used at street festivals or event booths.

In addition, in the gifticon service application, any self-employed small business owner can issue a gifticon for the store's products. In other words, the gifticon service application can be operated centered on local stores, unlike existing services operated centered on franchise companies. In addition, the gifticon service application can also make intangible products such as nail art, workshop experience, and psychotherapy into gifticons.

Additionally, the Gifticon service application provides a location-based self-promotion system for self-employed people who have difficulty promoting themselves. Unlike existing gifticon platforms, it provides a platform where self-employed people can directly promote and hold events using smartphone notifications, and can turn products from their own stores into gifticons through the gifticon service application. In addition, through the gifticon service application, store owners can identify potential customers and increase sales by selling gifticons, and can also meet the needs of customers who want to gift products from local stores rather than franchises.

In addition, the gifticon service application allows you to gift gifticons not only for the restaurant business but also for all experiences you can have in your neighborhood. For example, gifting an experience such as a flower arranging class at a local flower shop or a furniture making class at a furniture workshop through a gifticon can provide a meaningful experience to modern people who have difficulty choosing a hobby.

Furthermore, the gifticon service application can solve the problem of fairness in market entry and provide self-employed people with the opportunity to enjoy the same rights as franchisees.

In addition, the gifticon service application can provide a means for store owners to actively promote their stores using the customer pool prepared through the gifticon service.

Additionally, users can use the Gifticon service application to gift products from local stores to their acquaintances. At this time, the management server 20 sets 5% of the sales amount as a platform usage fee and pays the amount excluding the payment fee to the store owner. Store owners can easily promote their stores to customers using the gifticon service application for store owners.

In addition, through the gifticon service application, users can select a neighborhood and search for a store, check the store's menu and reviews, and select a recipient to pay with electronic pay or credit card. In addition, as shown in Figure 2a, if there is a gifticon service application on the smartphone of the user receiving the gift (i.e., other user terminal 10), the gift is sent to the application, and if it is not downloaded, it is sent to an SNS channel such as KakaoTalk. is sent. You can use the gifts you receive through QR codes, leave reviews on the gifts you use, and share store products with friends through the SNS sharing function.

In addition, the gifticon service application has an automatic refund processing function for gifticons. For example, the validity period of a gifticon is set at 90 days, and a function for automatic refund after 90 days can be included. Additionally, the Gifticon service application also has a simple payment function that can be used by registering a personal card.

The owner of the above-mentioned small business store can register and modify the store information as basic information through the gifticon service application for store owners, register and modify the menu, promote the store, and provide customers after selecting an area on the map. Promotional and event notifications can be sent.

In addition, the gifticon service application has a function that allows the store owner to directly write promotional content for the store. You can select the promotional title and content, event time and event product, and send notifications to customers. In addition, a statistics page is added where you can check the payment history and usage status of Gifticon.

Additionally, the management server 20 recommends products that are good to give as gifts to users based on data collected through the Gifticon service application. Through this data analysis, we can recommend good products to customers and provide operational solutions to store owners through analysis of commercial districts.

This gifticon service application provides store owners with an active marketing system, directly specifies the location they want to promote on the map, and delivers store news to customers centered on that location through smartphone notifications, and informs them of the store's new products/new menus or events. You can promote events or events at any time and in any area. In this way, by lowering the marketing barriers for self-employed people, they can increase their competitiveness with franchise companies.

In addition, the gifticon service application makes payments using a QR code through the store owner's smartphone (i.e., store terminal 30). Accordingly, unlike other gifticon services, coupons can be used in just 1 second without a barcode machine, and gifticons can be issued and used as many times as desired even at outdoor event venues or festival booths without POS machines.

For example, the Gifticon service application has a function of searching for local stores within a preset radius based on location information through the user terminal 10 as shown in FIG. 3A, and through the user terminal 10 as shown in FIG. 3B. A function to write a review of a gifticon presented to another user terminal 10, a function for the owner of the small business store to set the basic information of his or her store as shown in FIG. 3C, and a function for the owner of the small business store to set the basic information of his or her store as shown in FIG. 3D. It may include a location-based store promotion information provision function provided to the user terminal 10 based on the store promotion information.

Meanwhile, the small business store refers to an affiliated store that registers as a store owner member to the management server 20 through the store terminal 30, registers various store information including products and prices, and provides usage information about gifticons, It includes offline independent stores where buyers (or users to whom the buyer has gifted a gifticon) can visit and meet face-to-face.

The user terminal 10 may provide the gifticon issued from the management server 20 to another user terminal 10 through a gifticon service application or SNS (Social Network Service).

In addition, the user terminal 10 connects to the management server 20 and requests the issuance of a gifticon for a small business shop within a preset radius based on the current location information or by entering or selecting desired location information. do.

At this time, the products of the store operated by the small business owner may be products sold at the store, events, or service items provided.

In addition, the gifticon is issued with a QR code, and when payment is made with the QR code, store information and gift information corresponding to the QR code can be shared on the gifticon service application.

The store terminal 30 is a device that has a gifticon service application installed, issues gifticons for products of a store operated by a small business owner, and transmits the issued gifticon to the management server 20.

The user terminal 10 and the store terminal 30 in the present invention include a tablet PC, a laptop, a personal computer (PC), a smart phone, and a personal digital assistant (PDA). : Personal Digital Assistant) and a mobile communication terminal. That is, the user terminal 10 and the store terminal 30 include a memory for storing the Gifticon service application for accessing the management server 20 via a wired or wireless communication network, a microprocessor for calculating and controlling the program, etc. It means a terminal equipped with . In other words, the user terminal 10 and the store terminal 30 are generally personal PCs, but any terminal can be used as long as server-client communication with the management server 20 is possible, such as a laptop computer, mobile communication terminal, PDA, etc. It is a broad concept that includes any communication computing device. Meanwhile, the user terminal 10 and the store terminal 30 are preferably manufactured with a touch screen, but are not necessarily limited thereto.

Additionally, the user terminal 10 and the store terminal 30 communicate with each other through communication modules provided in each. Communication paths by the communication module may be various networks. For example, the communication path may include wireless communication, wired communication, optical, ultrasonic, or a combination thereof. Satellite communications, cellular communications, Bluetooth, wireless High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI), Near Field Communication (NFC), Infrared Data Association standard (IrDA), wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi), and worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) is an example of wireless communication that can be included in a communication path. Ethernet, HDMI, digital subscriber line (DSL), fiber to the home (FTTH), and plain old telephone service (POTS) are examples of wired communications that may be included in a communication path.

Additionally, communication paths may traverse multiple network topologies and distances. For example, the communication path may include a direct connection, a personal area network (PAN), a local area network (LAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), a wide area network (WAN), or any combination thereof.

This management server 20 is connected to the user terminal 10 and the store terminal 30 through the gifticon service application, and provides the gifticon transmitted from the store terminal 30 to the user terminal 10 requesting gifticon issuance. , When payment is made by the user terminal 10 with the issued gifticon, a preset payment fee is provided among the payment amount.

The management server 20 issues a gifticon to the user terminal 10 or another user terminal 11 designated by the purchaser in response to a gifticon issuance request from the user terminal 10, and the product of the user terminal 10 for the gifticon issuance. Payment information is generated according to the purchase request, and the payment information is transmitted to the card company server (not shown) connected through a communication network to request approval of the payment information. The card company server approves the payment information and sends the approval result information to the management server (20 ) can be transmitted.

Accordingly, the management server 20 can transmit approval result information to the user terminal 10 and notify the user of the result of payment processing for purchasing a product using a gifticon.

In addition, when the user presents the received gifticon to a random small business store, the store terminal 30 provides the gifticon information to the management server 20 after a predetermined authentication, and the management server 20 allows the use of the gifticon. The processed and paid amount can be settled (excluding commissions) to the relevant small business store.

At least some of the authentication, use, and settlement of these gifticons can be done through the VAN company's POS installed in the small business store and a server (not shown) that processes it, and in this case, the management server 20 is linked to the VAN company server to provide gifticons. You can exchange information such as authentication, confirmation of use, and settlement.

When the VAN company server and the management server 20 are linked as above, the pre-installed POS of the small business store connected to the VAN company server can be configured with an interface for coupon authentication or usage confirmation and integrated settlement management, so that the small business store's Convenience can be increased.

Meanwhile, the conventional form of coupon issuance has mostly been focused on large franchise companies, and this also results in intermediate fees being managed by intermediate distributors or marketing companies, which reduces price efficiency in stores where coupons are actually used.

In order to improve this, the present invention can increase price competitiveness with large franchise stores by issuing gifticons directly through the store terminal 30 installed in stores where gifticons are used, and the selling price of gifticons and the items of products sold As the store directly decides and issues gifticons, users' choices expand and efficient use of gifticons becomes possible.

The management server 20 provides location information so that the user can check the location of a store where gifticon payment is possible through the gifticon service application installed on the user terminal 10.

The user searches for a store that allows gifticon payment through the gifticon service application installed on the user terminal 10 and requests location information. The management server uses the location information of the user terminal 10 to make gifticon payment among nearby stores. The location information of stores that can be used is transmitted so that they can be checked through the Gifticon service application.

In other words, gifticon payment is possible based on the user's location information, and by providing location information of the small business store in the shortest distance, it provides quick information and encourages users to easily visit stores where gifticon payment is possible.

The gifticon issuance system for small business stores according to an embodiment of the present invention configured as described above directly issues gifticons for products of stores operated by small business owners and provides them to consumers, allowing small business owners to directly promote and hold events.

In addition, in one embodiment of the present invention, small business owners can identify potential customers and increase sales by selling gifticons for products of the household they run, and those who want to gift products from a store operated by a small business owner, not a franchise, Can meet customer needs.

In the above, preferred embodiments according to the present invention are shown and described. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made by anyone skilled in the art without departing from the gist of the invention attached to the claims. .

10: User terminal 11: Other user terminal
20: Management server 30: Store terminal

Claims (3)

A user terminal where the gifticon service application is installed and requests issuance of a gifticon from a small business shop within a preset radius based on location information;
A store terminal where the gifticon service application is installed, issues gifticons for products of a store operated by a small business owner, and transmits the issued gifticon to a management server; and
It is connected to the user terminal and the store terminal through the gifticon service application, provides the gifticon transmitted from the store terminal to the user terminal requesting gifticon issuance, and makes payment when payment is made by the user terminal with the issued gifticon. Includes a management server that receives a preset payment fee from the amount,
The user terminal can provide the issued gifticon to another user terminal through the gifticon service application or SNS,
The user terminal requests the issuance of a gifticon for a small business shop within a preset radius based on the current location information or by entering or selecting desired location information, and based on each location information,
A gifticon issuance system for small business stores, characterized in that the products of the store operated by the small business owner may be products sold at the store, events, or service items provided.
delete According to paragraph 1,
The gifticon is issued with a QR code, and when payment is made with the QR code, a gifticon issuance system for small business stores characterized in that store information and gift information corresponding to the QR code can be shared on the gifticon service application.