KR102668707B1 - Mobile coupon management system and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mobile coupon management system and method, which includes a plurality of corporate coupon generation servers that issue coupons related to products and services, have unique contact information, and allow users to purchase or use coupons or provide coupons to other third parties. It includes a plurality of smart terminals that provide gifts, a coupon relay server that relays coupon purchases and gifts, and a cost payment agency server that performs payment for coupon purchases, and the coupon relay server receives information from the plurality of corporate coupon generation servers. A relay sales module that organizes a large number of provided coupon sales information and provides it to smart terminals, a purchase/gift module that purchases coupons corresponding to coupon sales information selected by the smart terminal or presents them to a third party, and a purchase/gift module Depending on the module, it connects to the cost payment agency server to control cost payment, and provides a relay payment module that provides payment completion results to the purchase/gift module, manages purchased coupon information for each smart terminal, and manages whether or not the coupon is used. , Provides a mobile coupon management system and method comprising a coupon management module that manages sending, delivering, or donating coupons, selling coupons to other users, or purchasing coupons from other users.

Description

Mobile coupon management system and method {MOBILE COUPON MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF}

The present invention relates to a mobile coupon management system and method, and provides a mobile coupon management system and method that improves customer convenience by freely purchasing and gifting mobile coupons.

A mobile gift certificate is an electronic gift certificate that is purchased, transmitted, and used on a mobile device and can be used to purchase or exchange a specific product at an online or offline store. In a general sense, a mobile gift certificate (i.e., voucher, voucher, coupon, etc.) refers to an exchange bond that carries a specific monetary value provided through mobile and can be used for a specific product or service. These mobile gift certificates may take the form of a barcode, QR code, URL, or PIN number.

Recently, companies are issuing mobile coupons for various products or services, and individuals can purchase them and use them themselves, or gift them to a third party to use them.

When gifting a mobile coupon, you select the product to be gifted, provide information about the gift recipient, and make payment, and the mobile coupon is delivered to the recipient. Coupon recipients visit the webpage or store of the company that issued the coupon and receive products or services corresponding to the coupon.

In particular, when receiving a mobile coupon as a gift, there are many cases where the coupon is for a product or service other than the product or service that the user wants, which results in unnecessary use of the coupon and reduces the usefulness of the gift. In addition, existing mobile coupons also have the disadvantage of not being able to purchase products from companies other than those of the company that issued the coupon.

(Patent Document 1) Korean Patent Publication No. 10-0645173 (Patent Document 2) Korean Patent Publication No. 10-1612022

The present invention was created to solve the above-mentioned problems, and manages the issuance, sale and gift of coupons, conveniently purchases coupons through free conversion and recharge of coupons and cash, and distributes them to third parties such as friends. It relates to a mobile coupon management system and method that has convenience that can improve user satisfaction through a convenience function that can be gifted.

A plurality of corporate coupon generation servers that issue coupons related to products and services according to the present invention, a plurality of smart terminals that have unique contact information, purchase and use coupons, or gift coupons to other third parties, and coupon purchase and a coupon relay server that relays gifts and a cost payment agency server that performs payment for coupon purchases, and the coupon relay server organizes a plurality of coupon sales information provided from the plurality of corporate coupon generation servers to provide smart A relay sales module provided to terminals, a purchase/gift module that purchases coupons corresponding to the coupon sales information selected by the smart terminal or presents them to a third party, and a purchase/gift module that connects to the cost payment agency server. A relay payment module that controls cost payment and provides payment completion results to the purchase/gift module, manages purchased coupon information for each smart terminal, manages the use of coupons, and sends, delivers, or donates coupons. It provides a mobile coupon management system that includes a coupon management module that manages selling coupons to other users or purchasing coupons from other users.

The coupon management module includes a retention management unit that manages the coupon holding status for each connected smart terminal, a coupon gift management unit that presents newly created coupon information or held coupon information through the purchase/gift module, and a coupon gift management unit that presents held coupon information to a third party. It includes a coupon sales management department for selling, a coupon donation management department for donating held coupons, a coupon purchase management department for purchasing coupons from a third party, and a coupon use management department for deactivating held coupons depending on whether or not the coupons are used. It is characterized by

The coupon gift management department provides coupon information generated through the purchase/gift module to the recipient based on the entered recipient information, and provides coupon information held through the retention management department to the recipient based on the entered recipient information. The gift management department generates a QR code and delivers coupon information to the recipient based on it.

The coupon relay server collects and stores whether or not coupons are used for each smart terminal, and provides a satisfaction calculation module that calculates coupon satisfaction for each smart terminal based on the collected coupon use information, and a purchase/gift module based on the calculated coupon satisfaction. When an act of gifting a coupon is determined through , the coupon recommendation module further includes a coupon recommendation module that provides a list of coupons that satisfy the user of the smart terminal to receive the gift.

The smart terminal includes a first smart terminal that purchases a coupon and presents it, and a second smart terminal that receives the coupon as a gift and changes it or decides whether to accept it, and the coupon relay server provides a first smart terminal based on coupon sales information. 1 A purchase/gift module that provides gift information corresponding to the coupon selected by the smart terminal to the second smart terminal, and manages immediate gift acceptance or gift change acceptance, and when gift acceptance is completed, an acceptance gift, that is, a gift corresponding to the coupon It is characterized in that it further includes a gift confirmation module that requests coupon information from the corporate coupon generation server.

The gift confirmation module includes a gift acceptance unit that manages whether or not to accept a gift coupon, a gift change unit that manages coupon changes when a gift received coupon is changed to another coupon, and a gift change unit that manages coupon changes when a gift received coupon is changed to another coupon. It is characterized by including a difference management unit that manages the cost difference that occurs, and a coupon confirmation unit that requests coupon information based on the acceptance result of the gift acceptance unit or the change result of the gift change unit.

The coupon relay server includes a cache management module that manages cache information and use of cache for each smart terminal, and an external server connection module that controls access and exchanges related information with multiple corporate coupon generation servers and cost payment agency servers, It is characterized by further comprising a terminal authentication module that manages security through authentication for smart terminals, and a relay storage module that stores a plurality of information for the operation of each module.

In addition, in the mobile coupon management method using the mobile coupon management system of the present invention, generating coupon sales information including information on products or services to be sold through a corporate coupon generation server and providing the coupon sales information to the coupon relay server. , the coupon relay server provides the received coupon sales information to the connected smart terminal, the smart terminal selects a coupon desired to purchase, and requests payment to the coupon relay server, and the coupon relay server Receives buyer information or gift recipient information, calculates the final payment amount for purchasing a coupon, and based on this, performs payment through a payment agency server. After payment is completed, the coupon relay server sells the coupon. Provides a mobile coupon management method that includes the steps of providing the coupon information to the corporate coupon generation server, receiving the coupon information from the corporate coupon generation server, and providing it to a smart terminal.

The corporate coupon generation server provides coupon usage information to the coupon relay server, the coupon relay server generates coupon satisfaction information using coupon usage information for each smart terminal, and in the step of receiving the gift recipient information, the coupon The relay server may further include checking coupon satisfaction information of the smart terminal corresponding to the gift recipient information, providing coupon sales information corresponding to the satisfaction information, and checking whether the coupon has been changed.

After completing the payment of the above fee, determining whether the coupon is a gift, and if it is a coupon gift, providing gift information including coupon sales information to the smart terminal to receive the coupon as a gift, and the smart terminal receiving the coupon as a gift receives the coupon to be gifted. After determining whether to receive or change the coupon, proceed to the next step when receiving the coupon, select a new coupon when changing the coupon, and process the difference between the new coupon and the coupon received as a gift. It is characterized by further including the step of proceeding to the next step.

In this way, the present invention manages the issuance, sale, and gift of coupons, and allows convenient purchase and use of coupons through free conversion and recharge of coupons and cash. Additionally, the present invention allows coupons to be easily converted into cash, and other coupons can be purchased with the converted cash. In addition, the present invention can improve user satisfaction through a convenience function that allows coupons to be gifted to third parties such as friends, and when gifting a coupon, the recipient's favorite coupons are selected based on the recipient's satisfaction with using the coupon. It can be given as a gift. In addition, the recipient of a coupon gift can improve the satisfaction and convenience of the coupon gift by changing it to a coupon of his or her choice rather than immediately receiving the gift coupon.

1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a mobile coupon management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a block diagram for explaining a corporate coupon issuing server according to an embodiment.
Figure 3 is a block diagram for explaining a smart terminal according to an embodiment.
Figure 4 is a block diagram for explaining a coupon relay server according to an embodiment.
Figure 5 is a block diagram for explaining a coupon management module according to an embodiment.
Figure 6 is a flowchart illustrating a mobile coupon management method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 7 is a flowchart illustrating a mobile coupon cash conversion method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 8 is a flowchart illustrating a method of gifting a held coupon according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 9 is a conceptual diagram for explaining a mobile coupon management system according to a first modified example of the present invention.
Figure 10 is a block diagram for explaining the coupon relay server according to the first modified example.
Figure 11 is a flowchart for explaining the mobile coupon management method according to the first modified example.
Figure 12 is a conceptual diagram for explaining a mobile coupon management system according to a second modification of the present invention.
Figure 13 is a block diagram of a coupon weighting server according to a second modification example.
Figure 14 is a block diagram of the gift confirmation unit according to the second modification example.
Figure 15 is a flowchart for explaining the mobile coupon management method according to the second modified example.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the attached drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below and will be implemented in various different forms. These embodiments only serve to ensure that the disclosure of the present invention is complete and to fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. This is provided to inform you. In the drawings, like symbols refer to like elements.

It is intended to be clear that the division of components in this specification is merely a division according to the main function each component is responsible for. That is, two or more components, which will be described below, may be combined into one component, or one component may be divided into two or more components for more detailed functions. In addition to the main functions it is responsible for, each of the components described below may additionally perform some or all of the functions handled by other components, and some of the main functions handled by each component may be performed by other components. Of course, it can also be carried out exclusively by . Therefore, the presence or absence of each component described throughout this specification should be interpreted functionally. For this reason, it is clearly stated that the configuration of the components of the mobile coupon management system and method of the present invention may be different within the extent of achieving the purpose of the present invention.

In this specification, relational terms such as first and second, top and bottom, or module distinguish one entity or action from another without necessarily requiring or implying an actual relationship or order between such entities or actions. It can only be used to The terms “comprises,” “comprising,” or other variations thereof mean that a process, method, product, or device that includes a list of components does not include only those components, but that such process, method, product, or device includes a list of components. , or other components not explicitly listed or inherent in the device, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions. The reference to an element as “comprising a” excludes, without further limitation, the presence of an additional identical element within a process, method, product, or device that includes the element.

1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a mobile coupon management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a block diagram for explaining a corporate coupon issuing server according to an embodiment.

Figure 3 is a block diagram for explaining a smart terminal according to an embodiment.

Figure 4 is a block diagram for explaining a coupon relay server according to an embodiment.

Figure 5 is a block diagram for explaining a coupon management module according to an embodiment.

As shown in Figures 1 to 5, the mobile coupon management system according to this embodiment has a plurality of corporate coupon generation servers 100 that issue coupons related to products and services, unique contact information, and purchase coupons. , a plurality of smart terminals 200 that use or present coupons to other third parties, a coupon relay server 300 that relays coupon purchases and gifts, and a cost payment agency server that performs payment for coupon purchases ( 400).

The corporate coupon generation server 100 includes a coupon sales module 110 that converts product or service information into coupon sales information, and a coupon issuance module 120 that generates coupon information that can be used to purchase products or services according to the coupon purchase information. , It includes a coupon use module 130 that generates coupon use information according to coupon use.

The coupon sales module 110 generates coupon sales information, which is information for selling products produced or services provided by a company in the form of coupons, and provides this to the coupon relay server 300. It is effective for coupon sales information to include image information, name information, price information, discount information, selling company information, detailed product-related information, product use-related information, and coupon expiration date information. At this time, it is effective to generate and provide coupon sales information for each product or service.

The coupon issuing module 120 receives coupon purchase information from the coupon relay server 300, issues a coupon for selling the corresponding product, generates corresponding coupon information, and provides it to the coupon relay server 300. It is effective for coupon information to include basic coupon information and coupon usage information. Some of the previous coupon sales information may be used as coupon basic information. That is, it is possible to include product image information, name information, sales company information, product-related information, price information, product usage information, and coupon expiration date information. Coupon usage information may include order information, unique PIN information, barcode information, and QR information.

The coupon use module 130 generates coupon use information to notify that the use of the coupon has been completed when the user uses the coupon based on the generated coupon information, thereby neutralizing the previously issued coupon information. It is effective to provide the generated coupon usage information to the coupon relay server 300 to notify that the coupon is being used. It is effective for coupon usage information to include coupon information and usage completion information. Of course, the coupon usage information may include order information, unique PIN information, and use completion information. Through this, it is possible to confirm that the coupon whose order information and shared PIN information match has been used.

The smart terminal 200 connects to the coupon relay server 700 through a coupon relay app, and includes an application access module 210 for purchasing or gifting a coupon, a payment module 220 for managing payment for the purchase of a coupon, and It includes an information storage module 230 that stores unique contact information, personal information, and payment information, and a coupon use module 240 that uses coupons purchased using coupon information.

The application connection module 210 can access the coupon relay server 300 as a coupon relay application through identity authentication. The user can check coupon sales information provided by the coupon relay server 300 through the application access module 210 and purchase or gift a coupon based on this. Additionally, it is possible to check coupon information and internal cache information held by the user through the app access module 210.

After selecting a coupon for purchase or gift through the application connection module 210, the payment module 220 connects to the cost payment agency server 400 for payment and provides its own information to safely proceed with the payment.

The information storage module 230 is effective in storing various information for operation of the smart terminal 200 and connection to the coupon relay server 300, the cost payment agency server 400, and the corporate coupon issuance server 100. . The information storage module 230 is effective in storing various information in addition to unique contact information, personal information, and payment information, as well as information related to programs and applications.

The coupon use module 240 connects to the corporate coupon generation server 100 based on coupon information and uses the coupon to receive the product or service corresponding to the coupon.

The coupon relay server 300 includes a relay sales module 310 that organizes a plurality of coupon sales information provided from a plurality of corporate coupon generation servers 100 and provides it to the smart terminals 200, and a smart terminal 200. The purchase/gift module 320 purchases a coupon corresponding to the selected coupon sales information or presents it to a third party, and controls payment by accessing the cost payment agency server 400 according to the purchase/gift module 320. and a relay payment module 330 that provides payment completion results to the purchase/gift module 320, manages purchased coupon information for each smart terminal 200, manages whether the coupon is used, transmits the coupon, A coupon management module 340 that manages delivering, donating, selling coupons to other users, or purchasing coupons from other users, and a cash management module 350 that manages cash information held by each smart terminal 200 and use of the cash. and an external server connection module 360 that controls access and exchanges related information with multiple corporate coupon generation servers 100 and cost payment agency servers 400, and security through authentication for the smart terminal 200. It includes a terminal authentication module 370 for managing and a relay storage module 380 in which a plurality of information for each module operation is stored.

The relay sales module 310 manages a plurality of coupon sales information provided from a plurality of corporate coupon generation servers 100. At this time, coupon sales information can be separated into various categories or listed according to various conditions. Additionally, it is effective to allow smart terminal users to effectively check coupon sales information. It is effective for the relay sales module 310 to receive multiple coupon sales information from the corporate coupon generation server 100 through the external server connection module 360.

The relay sales module 310 provides a plurality of coupon sales information provided through the coupon relay application to the smart terminal 200. Through this, the user of the smart terminal 200 can select a coupon he or she wants to purchase or give as a gift based on the coupon sales information provided.

The purchase/gift module 320 manages procedures for purchasing or gifting coupon sales information selected by the smart terminal 200.

First, the purchase/gift module 320 receives buyer information for purchasing a coupon or recipient information to receive a gift, and stores it. At this time, buyer information includes buyer name and buyer contact information. When accessed through the app, it is possible to use user information as buyer information. It is effective for recipient information to include recipient name and recipient contact information. Here, it is effective that the contact information is the phone number of the smart terminal 200 (including a unique number assigned to the terminal). Of course, it is also possible to use e-mail as contact information. In addition, it is possible to specify an individual and be various types of information that can be accessed through the smart terminal 200.

The purchase/gift module 320 performs a relay payment based on the received buyer information. To this end, payment is made through the payment agency server 400 through the relay payment module 330. When payment is completed, the purchase/gift module 320 requests the corporate coupon generation server 100 to issue a coupon. Then, coupon information is provided from the corporate coupon generation server 100 and transmitted to the coupon management module 340. The purchase/gift module 320 can also provide coupon information to the gift recipient when the paid coupon is gifted to a third party. Of course, this can be performed in the coupon management module 340. In addition, if the object of gift, that is, a smart terminal 200 registered based on recipient information, it is possible to deliver it as a gift to the registered smart terminal 200. Here, it is also possible to provide coupon information in SMS format to the recipient's contact information in the recipient information. Of course, it is possible to provide coupon information in the form of KakaoTalk, other messages, or e-mail.

The relay payment module 330 is a smart terminal that operates during the relay payment process of the purchase/gift module 320, receives discount information, cash usage information, etc., and connects to cost information to be paid through the purchase/gift module 320. (200) Information may be provided to the cost payment agency server (400). The cost payment agency server 400 processes the connection and payment of the smart terminal 200, and provides it to the relay payment module 330 when the cost payment is completed. When payment is completed, the relay payment module 330 may provide it to the purchase/gift module 320 to proceed with generating coupon information after payment. If additional payment is not made due to discount or cash use of the smart terminal, the relay payment module 330 may perform its own payment without connecting to the payment agency server 400. In this case, it is effective to have the paid cost deducted from the cash.

The coupon management module 340 includes a retention management unit 341 that manages the coupon holding status for each connected smart terminal, and a coupon gift management unit that presents newly created coupon information or held coupon information through the purchase/gift module 320 ( 342), a coupon sales management department 343 for selling held coupons to a third party, a coupon donation management division 344 for donating held coupons, and a coupon purchase management division 345 for purchasing coupons from a third party. ) and a coupon use management unit 346 that deactivates the held coupon depending on whether or not the coupon is used.

The retention management unit 341 manages coupon possession status, purchase/gift status, and coupon use status for each smart terminal, that is, for each user. At this time, it is effective to store and store not only the total number of coupon information held, but also detailed information about the coupon information. When a new coupon is purchased or received as a gift through the purchase/gift module 320, the possession management unit 341 receives the relevant coupon information and reflects this in the possession status. Of course, it is desirable that the possession management unit 341 manages the status of coupons received as gifts and also manages the status of coupons donated, sold, or purchased.

The coupon gift management unit 342 provides coupon information generated through the purchase/gift module 320 to the recipient based on the entered recipient information. In addition, it is effective to provide coupon information held through the retention management unit 341 to the recipient based on the entered recipient information. At this time, the coupon gift management unit 342 may generate a separate QR code and deliver the held coupon information to the recipient based on this. In other words, it is effective to deliver the QR code to the recipient's smart terminal 200 and allow the recipient to receive coupon information by scanning the QR code. At this time, it is effective for the QR code to include URL information that can access coupon information. Through this, it is effective to access the corresponding URL when scanning the QR code, and at this time, inquire whether to receive a coupon, and enter the receipt of the coupon, the coupon information is transmitted to the smart terminal 200 that scanned the QR code. Of course, at this time, it is effective to separately input or automatically provide the contact information of the smart terminal 200 that scans the QR. Of course, when scanning it through a coupon relay application provided by the coupon relay server 300, the coupon information may be transmitted to the possession management unit 341 at the same time as the QR code is scanned.

The coupon sales management unit 343 provides coupon information, price information for sale, and related sales description information to a plurality of smart terminals 200 connected to the coupon relay server 300, and provides this to users of other smart terminals 200. You can have it purchased. Through this, coupons held in the possession management unit 341 or coupons received as gifts can be sold and separately cashed or converted into cash.

The coupon donation management unit 344 can transfer the coupon information free of charge to the site where donations are desired, so that the cost corresponding to the price information stored in the coupon information is transferred to the site free of charge.

The coupon purchase management unit 345 relays the purchase of coupons sold through the coupon sales management unit 343 by paying a fee. At this time, in order to purchase a coupon, a separate purchase payment must be made, and at this time, the purchase payment can be made using cash, or as mentioned above, the cost can be paid through the cost payment agency server 400, such as the relay payment module 330. It is effective to do so. In addition, the cost paid at this time can be credited to the smart terminal user's cash or directly deposited into the entered account number.

The coupon use management unit 346 receives coupon use information from the corporate coupon generation server 100, and, when a coupon is used, designates the coupon as a deactivated or used coupon. In addition, even when gifting a held coupon, it is effective for the coupon use management unit 341 to deactivate the coupon by judging it as use when the gift receipt of the coupon has been completed. This can prevent issues caused by duplicate use of coupons. The coupon use management unit 346 may display and manage the case of deactivation by using a coupon and the case of deactivation by gifting a coupon.

The cache management module 350 manages the cache held by each user of each smart terminal 200. This is effective in managing the charging and use of cash, as well as gifts. Additionally, the cash management module 350 can convert the amount corresponding to the price information of the coupon into cash based on information on the coupon purchased or received as a gift, and can also make a donation.

In this case, the smart terminal 200 requests cash conversion using the coupon information of the coupon held through the coupon management module 340, and the cash management module 350 provides an amount corresponding to the coupon price based on the coupon information. Convert to cache. Then, based on the coupon information, the corporate coupon generation server 100 that issued the coupon is notified that the coupon has been used. Additionally, the coupon use management unit 346 is notified that the coupon has been used and the coupon is deactivated.

In this way, through the cash management module 350, the user of the smart terminal 200 can convert the coupon received as a gift into cash, and use the converted cash to purchase and use the coupon he wants. When a user of the smart terminal 200 receives a coupon he does not want as a gift, it is difficult to change or convert it to another coupon. This is because the person giving the coupon provided the coupon price in advance to the company that issued the coupon, so the company forces the user to use only the products or services they provide and is reluctant to refund or refund the coupon. However, in this embodiment, it is possible to resolve this inconvenience because it is converted into cash and the converted cash can be used to purchase coupons from other companies.

The external server connection module 360 communicates with multiple corporate coupon generation servers 100 to effectively exchange various information. Additionally, it is effective to pay for coupon purchases through communication with the payment agency server 400.

The terminal authentication module 370 is effective in performing user registration and authentication using the smart terminal 200. At this time, it is possible to perform terminal authentication based on not only the ID and password input method but also various authentication methods that smart terminals can perform.

The relay storage module 380 stores information used for communication between each module and the server, and is effective in encrypting this information. For this purpose, it is effective to use DB as the relay storage module 380.

It is effective for the cost payment agency server 400 to have the smart terminal 200 pay the cost of the amount provided from the purchase/gift module in response to a request from the coupon relay server 300. It is effective that the cost payment agency server 400 is a server of various payment agencies. In other words, it is effective to be a payment server from a PG or VAN company.

In the following, a mobile coupon management method using the mobile coupon management system of the above-described structure will be described with reference to the drawings.

Figure 6 is a flowchart illustrating a mobile coupon management method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 6, corporate coupon generation servers 100 generate coupon sales information including information on products or services they wish to sell, and provide it to the coupon relay server 300.

The coupon relay server 300 provides the received coupon sales information to the connected smart terminal 200 and induces the user of the smart terminal 200 to purchase or select a coupon he or she wants or wants to give as a gift.

The smart terminal 200 selects a coupon for purchase and requests payment to the coupon relay server 300.

The coupon relay server 300 performs relay payment for the purchase or gift of the selected coupon. To this end, the coupon relay server 300 first requests buyer information or gift recipient information and receives the corresponding information from the smart terminal 200. Additionally, coupon purchase quantity information, discount information, and cash usage information are also provided. Based on this, the coupon relay server 300 calculates the final payment amount to be paid.

The coupon relay server 300 provides the calculated final payment amount information and payment request information to the cost payment agent server 400, and provides the payment screen of the cost payment agent server 400 to the smart terminal 200. The smart terminal 200 makes payment based on the payment screen of the payment agency server 400. When the cost payment is completed, the cost payment agency server 400 notifies the coupon relay server 300 that the cost payment is complete. When payment is completed, the coupon relay server 300 provides the corporate coupon generation server 100 with information that the corresponding coupon has been sold. Accordingly, the corporate coupon generation server 100 provides the coupon information to the coupon relay server 300 to complete the relay payment.

If a coupon is purchased based on the coupon information received as a result of the relay payment, the coupon relay server 300 stores the coupon information in the user information of the connected smart terminal 200. However, if the coupon is a gift, coupon information is provided to the smart terminal 200 of the gift recipient.

Figure 7 is a flowchart illustrating a mobile coupon cash conversion method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 7, the smart terminal 200 connects to the coupon relay server 300 and checks whether it possesses a coupon.

If there is a held coupon, the coupon relay server 300 is requested to convert the held coupon into cash.

The coupon relay server 300 converts the held coupon into cash for an amount corresponding to the price information stored in the coupon information. At this time, the coupon relay server 300 provides return (currency exchange) information along with coupon information to the corporate coupon generation server 100 that generated the coupon and notifies the user of the coupon cancellation transaction.

Through this, the coupon relay server 300 converts the information corresponding to the coupon price into cache.

A user of the smart terminal 200 can purchase a coupon of his choice with his own cash. This can be replaced by paying the related costs in cash without using the cost payment agency server 400 as described above.

Figure 8 is a flowchart illustrating a method of gifting a held coupon according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 8, the smart terminal 200 connects to the coupon relay server 300 to check whether it possesses a coupon.

If there is a coupon in possession, the coupon relay server 300 is requested to present the coupon as a gift to a third party.

The coupon relay server 300 requests and receives information about the gift recipient who will receive the gift.

Coupon information to be gifted is transmitted to the smart terminal 200 of the requested gift recipient. Then, the coupon box of the requesting smart terminal 200 is displayed as having been used. At this time, it is possible to mark it as a gift.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible. In the following, various modifications of the present invention will be described. Among the descriptions described below, descriptions that overlap with the above-described embodiments will be omitted. Additionally, the description described below may be applied to the embodiment described above.

Figure 9 is a conceptual diagram for explaining a mobile coupon management system according to a first modified example of the present invention.

Figure 10 is a block diagram for explaining the coupon relay server according to the first modified example.

As shown in Figures 9 and 10, the mobile coupon management system according to this modification has a plurality of corporate coupon generation servers 500 that issue coupons related to products and services, unique contact information, and purchase coupons. , a plurality of smart terminals 600 that use or present coupons to other third parties, and a coupon relay server (600) that relays coupon purchases and gifts and presents coupons to be purchased or gifted according to the coupon usage pattern of the smart terminal user 700) and a cost payment agency server 800 that performs payment for coupon purchases.

The coupon relay server 700 of this modification includes a relay sales module 710 that organizes a plurality of coupon sales information provided from a plurality of corporate coupon generation servers 500 and provides it to the smart terminals 600, and a smart terminal ( A purchase/gift module 720 that purchases a coupon corresponding to the coupon sales information selected by 600 or presents it to a third party, and connects to the cost payment agency server 800 according to the purchase/gift module 720 to collect the cost. A relay payment module 730 that controls payment and provides payment completion results to the purchase/gift module 720, manages purchased coupon information for each smart terminal, manages whether the coupon is used, transmits the coupon, A coupon management module 740 that manages delivering, donating, selling coupons to other users, or purchasing coupons from other users, a cash management module 750 that manages cash information held by each smart terminal and the use of cash, and a plurality of An external server connection module 760 that controls access and exchanges related information with the corporate coupon generation server 500 and the cost payment agency server 800, and a terminal that manages security through authentication for the smart terminal 600. An authentication module 770, a satisfaction calculation module 780 that collects and stores the use of coupons for each smart terminal and calculates coupon satisfaction for each smart terminal based on the collected coupon use information, and a satisfaction calculation module 780 based on the calculated coupon satisfaction. When an action for a coupon gift is determined through the purchase/gift module 720, a coupon recommendation module 790 that provides a list of coupons that are satisfactory to the user of the smart terminal 600 to receive the gift, and a coupon recommendation module 790 for operating each module It includes a relay storage module 701 in which a plurality of information is stored.

The satisfaction calculation module 780 uses coupon usage information provided from the corporate coupon generation server 500 to check whether or not the coupon is used for each smart terminal. At this time, it is also possible to determine how long it has been since the coupon was purchased or received as a gift.

At this time, it is effective for the satisfaction calculation module 780 to calculate coupon satisfaction based on the frequency of use of the coupon and whether or not it is used quickly. At this time, it is effective to give a score of 0.1 points for one use of the coupon. The frequency of coupon use is selected based on the coupon category, not the same coupon. In other words, if the same category coupon from different companies is used three times, a total of 0.3 points is given.

In addition, for quick use, 1 point is given if used within 1 day of holding the coupon, 0.5 points are given if used within 2 to 10 days, 0.3 points are given if used within 10 to 30 days, and after 30 days. Usage is given 0.1 points.

It is effective to calculate satisfaction by adding up the above scores and calculating it at multiple levels. At this time, the stage level can be calculated from 2 to 10 stages. In this modified example, it is explained based on 3 levels, but it is judged that it is difficult to evaluate satisfaction for directors with a score of 2, 2 to 4 points are low satisfaction level, 4.1 to 8 points are medium satisfaction level, and 8.1 and above are high satisfaction level. It is effective to judge by level. At this time, the scores and standards may vary.

In order to accurately calculate satisfaction, it is effective to newly calculate the calculated value every 3 to 6 months.

The satisfaction calculation module 780 stores the coupon satisfaction calculated as above for each smart terminal and provides it to the coupon recommendation module 790.

When a coupon gift is provided through the purchase/gift module 720, the coupon recommendation module 790 provides a list of coupons corresponding to the high satisfaction level of the smart terminal 600 to receive the gift to the purchaser terminal, that is, the category of the coupon. The list is provided to the smart terminal 600. Through this, satisfaction with the gift can be increased by allowing the user of the smart terminal 600 to select the gifted coupon from among the provided coupons rather than the coupon he or she has selected.

In the following, a mobile coupon management method using the mobile coupon management system according to the first modification of the present embodiment described above will be described with reference to the drawings.

Figure 11 is a flowchart for explaining the mobile coupon management method according to the first modified example.

As shown in FIG. 11, the coupon relay server 700 generates coupon satisfaction information for each smart terminal based on coupon usage information of the corporate coupon generation server 500.

The coupon relay server 700 provides coupon sales information to the connected smart terminal 600 and induces the user of the smart terminal 600 to purchase or select a coupon they want to give as a gift.

The smart terminal 600 selects a coupon for which a gift is desired and provides smart terminal information of the gift recipient to the coupon relay server 700. Smart terminal information may be calculated based on the gift recipient's unique contact information, or, in the case of a user registered with the coupon relay server 700, may be confirmed by user ID or email.

If there is coupon satisfaction information corresponding to the smart terminal 600 to receive the gift, the coupon relay server 700 provides the coupon satisfaction information to the terminal that will purchase the gift. Through this, the user of the smart terminal 600 who will purchase the coupon gift can change the coupon.

If you change the coupon, use the changed coupon to make payment for the coupon purchase. To this end, the coupon relay server 700 calculates the final payment amount paid.

The coupon relay server 700 provides the calculated final payment amount information and payment request information to the cost payment agent server, and provides the payment screen of the cost payment agent server 800 to the smart terminal 600. The smart terminal 600 makes payment based on the payment screen of the payment agency server 800. When the cost payment is completed, the cost payment agency server 800 notifies the coupon relay server 700 that the cost payment is complete. When payment of the cost is completed, the coupon relay server 700 provides information that the corresponding coupon has been sold to the corporate coupon generation server 500. Accordingly, the corporate coupon generation server 500 provides the coupon information to the coupon relay server 700 to complete the relay payment.

The coupon relay server 700 provides coupon information received as a result of the relay payment to the smart terminal 600 of the gift recipient.

In addition, the present invention is not limited to the first modification described above, and in the case of a coupon as a gift, payment is made through the smart terminal that gifted the coupon, and the smart terminal that received the coupon as a gift accepts or changes the coupon. If confirmed, the final payment can be completed with the final selected coupon. Through this, users of smart devices who receive coupons as a gift can receive and use the coupons they want.

Figure 12 is a conceptual diagram for explaining a mobile coupon management system according to a second modification of the present invention.

Figure 13 is a block diagram of a coupon weighting server according to a second modification example.

Figure 14 is a block diagram of the gift confirmation unit according to the second modification example.

12 to 14, the mobile coupon management system according to this modification has a plurality of corporate coupon generation servers 1000 that issue coupons related to products and services, unique contact information, and purchase coupons. and a first smart terminal 2100 that presents the coupon, a second smart terminal 2200 that receives the coupon as a gift and changes it or decides whether to accept it, and relays and manages the coupon gift, and the first smart terminal 2100 When the sent coupon gift is finally accepted by the second smart terminal (2200), a coupon relay server (3000) requests coupon generation from the corporate coupon generation server (1000) that issued the accepted coupon, and payment for the coupon gift is sent. Includes a cost payment agency server 4000.

The coupon relay server 3000 of this modification includes a relay sales module 3100 that organizes a plurality of coupon sales information provided from a plurality of corporate coupon generation servers 1000 and provides it to smart terminals, and based on the coupon sales information A purchase/gift module 3200 that provides gift information corresponding to the coupon selected by the first smart terminal 2100 to the second smart terminal 2200, and a cost payment agency server 4000 according to the purchase/gift module 3200. ) to manage cost payment, the relay payment module 3300 that provides payment completion results to the purchase/gift module 3200, and manages immediate gift acceptance or gift change acceptance, and accepts when gift acceptance is completed. A gift confirmation module (3400) that requests coupon information corresponding to a gift, that is, a coupon, from the corporate coupon generation server (1000), manages coupon information purchased or received as a gift for each smart terminal, manages whether the coupon is used, and It includes a coupon management module 3500 that manages sending, delivering, or donating coupons, selling coupons to other users, or purchasing coupons from other users.

In addition, the coupon relay server 3000 controls access to the cache management module 3600, which manages the cache information and use of the cache held by each smart terminal, the multiple corporate coupon generation server 1000, and the cost payment agency server 4000. and an external server connection module 3700 that exchanges related information, a terminal authentication module 3800 that manages security through authentication for smart terminals, and a relay storage module 3900 that stores a large number of information for each module operation. It further includes.

The gift confirmation module 3400 includes a gift acceptance unit 3410 that manages whether to accept a gift coupon, a gift change unit 3420 that manages coupon changes when changing a gift coupon to another coupon, and a gift coupon that is received as a gift. When changing to another coupon, the difference management unit 3430 manages the cost difference, and the coupon requests coupon information based on the acceptance result of the gift acceptance unit 3410 or the change result of the gift change unit 3420. Includes a confirmation unit 3440.

The first smart terminal 2100 selects a coupon to give as a gift through the purchase/gift module 3200. Then, a relay payment is made for the selected coupon. When a relay payment is in progress, the purchase/gift module 3200 generates gift information rather than coupon information and provides it to the second smart terminal 2200. At this time, the gift information may include coupon sales information, gift recipient information, and information on the person who gave the coupon. In this modification, when a gift is performed through the first smart terminal 2100, gift information that allows confirmation of the gifted coupon is provided, rather than coupon information that can be used, and this gift information is provided to the second smart terminal. The user at (2200) can check which coupon he/she received as a gift.

When the second smart terminal 2200 checks the gift information, the gift confirmation module 3400 determines whether to receive the gift coupon or change it to another coupon.

Here, when a coupon corresponding to gift information is immediately accepted through the gift acceptance unit 3410, coupon information corresponding to the coupon is sent to the corporate coupon generation server 1000 that generated the coupon through the coupon confirmation unit 3440. request. Through this, the coupon management module 3500 stores coupon information received as a gift in the second smart terminal 2200.

If a coupon other than the coupon received as a gift is selected through the second smart terminal 2200, the gift change unit 3420 provides the coupon sales information in the relay sales module 3100 to the second smart terminal 2200. do. At this time, it is also possible to selectively provide coupon sales information of the same or similar price as the price information of the coupon sales information received as a gift. Of course, it is also possible to recommend coupons with high satisfaction calculated through the satisfaction calculation module mentioned in the previous variation.

When another coupon is selected through the second smart terminal 2200, the corresponding coupon sales information is checked in the difference management unit 3430, and the difference between the price information of the coupon received as a gift and the price information of the selected new coupon is checked. At this time, if there is no difference, coupon information corresponding to the coupon is requested from the corporate coupon generation server 1000 that generated the new coupon through the coupon confirmation unit 3440. However, when a difference occurs and a difference remains, the difference management unit 3430 notifies the cache management module 3600 of the difference and establishes it as a cache. If the difference is insufficient, the difference is first paid with the cash managed by the cash management module 3600. If the cash is insufficient, additional payment is made through the second relay payment module (3300). After payment is completed in this way, coupon information is requested through the coupon confirmation unit 3440.

The coupon confirmation unit 3440 receives the requested coupon information and provides it to the coupon management module 3500.

In this way, the user of the second smart terminal 2200 receives a coupon as a gift from the user of the first smart terminal 2100, but if the gift is unnecessary or unwanted, the coupon is not used. However, as in this modification, the usability of the coupon can be improved by changing the gifted coupon to various other coupons the moment it is received.

In the following, a mobile coupon management method using the mobile coupon management system according to the second modification of the present embodiment described above will be described with reference to the drawings.

Figure 15 is a flowchart for explaining the mobile coupon management method according to the second modified example.

As shown in FIG. 15, the first smart terminal 2100 selects a coupon to be gifted based on coupon sales information.

Information on the gift recipient who will receive the coupon as a gift, that is, information on the second smart terminal, is provided to the coupon relay server 3000.

The coupon relay server 3000 calculates the amount of the coupon to be gifted, and requests payment for the calculated amount to the cost payment agent server 4000.

After payment is completed through the cost payment agency server 4000, the coupon relay server 3000 generates gift information including coupon sales information to be gifted and provides it to the second smart terminal 2200.

The second smart terminal 2200 checks the prepaid coupon through gift information and decides whether to receive the coupon or change it.

When receiving a coupon, the coupon relay server 3000 requests coupon information corresponding to the coupon to the corporate coupon generation server 1000 and provides the received coupon information to the second smart terminal 2200. However, when changing the coupon, the coupon relay server 3000 provides different coupon sales information to the second smart terminal 2200, and the user of the second smart terminal 2200 selects the coupon he or she wants. At this time, it is determined whether there is a difference between the price in the gift information received as a gift and the price in the coupon sales information selected by the user. If there is no difference in price, the coupon information is transmitted to the second smart terminal (2200). If a difference occurs, the difference is returned in the form of cash, or the difference is paid through the cost payment agency server 4000 and then the coupon information is transmitted to the second smart terminal 2200.

Although the technical idea of the present invention described above has been described in detail in preferred embodiments, it should be noted that the above-described embodiments are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended for limitation. In addition, an expert in the technical field of the present invention will understand that various embodiments of the present invention are possible within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

100, 500, 1000: Corporate coupon generation server
110: Coupon sales module 120: Coupon issuance module
130: Coupon use module 200, 600, 2100, 2200: Smart terminal
210: App connection module 220: Payment module
230: Information storage module 240: Coupon use module
300, 700, 3000: Coupon relay server 310: Relay sales module
320: Purchase/gift module 330: Relay payment module
340: Coupon management module 350: Cash management module
360: External server connection module 370: Terminal authentication module
380: relay storage module
400, 800, 4000: Cost payment agency server
780: Satisfaction calculation module 790: Coupon recommendation module
3400: Gift confirmation module 3410: Gift acceptance unit
3420: Futures change department 3430: Difference management department
3440: Coupon confirmation section

Claims (6)

Multiple corporate coupon generation servers that issue coupons related to products and services;
Multiple smart terminals with unique contact information, purchasing and using coupons, or gifting coupons to other third parties;
Coupon relay server that relays coupon purchases and gifts; and
Includes a cost payment agency server that performs payment for coupon purchases,
The coupon relay server includes a relay sales module that organizes a plurality of coupon sales information provided from the plurality of corporate coupon generation servers and provides it to smart terminals, and purchases or provides coupons corresponding to coupon sales information selected by the smart terminal. A purchase/gift module for gifting to third parties, a relay payment module that connects to a cost payment agency server according to the purchase/gift module to control cost payment, and provides payment completion results to the purchase/gift module, and purchases for each smart terminal. It includes a coupon management module that manages coupon information, manages whether a coupon is used, sends, delivers, or donates a coupon, sells a coupon to another user, or manages the purchase of another user's coupon.
The smart terminal includes a first smart terminal that purchases and presents a coupon, and a second smart terminal that receives the coupon as a gift and changes it or decides whether to accept it,
The coupon relay server manages a purchase/gift module that provides gift information corresponding to the coupon selected by the first smart terminal to the second smart terminal based on coupon sales information, immediate gift acceptance or gift change acceptance, and gift acceptance. When this is completed, it further includes a gift confirmation module that requests coupon information corresponding to the accepted gift, that is, a coupon, to the corporate coupon generation server,
The gift confirmation module is,
A gift acceptance department that manages whether to accept a gift coupon, a gift change department that manages coupon changes when a gift coupon is changed to another coupon, and a gift change department that manages coupon changes, and the cost difference that occurs when a gift coupon is changed to another coupon. A mobile coupon management system comprising a difference management unit that manages the difference and a coupon confirmation unit that requests coupon information based on the acceptance result of the gift acceptance unit or the change result of the gift change unit.
According to paragraph 1,
The coupon management module includes a retention management unit that manages the coupon holding status for each connected smart terminal, a coupon gift management unit that presents newly created coupon information or held coupon information through the purchase/gift module, and a coupon gift management unit that presents held coupon information to a third party. It includes a coupon sales management department for selling, a coupon donation management department for donating held coupons, a coupon purchase management department for purchasing coupons from a third party, and a coupon use management department for deactivating held coupons depending on whether or not the coupons are used. Features a mobile coupon management system. According to paragraph 2,
The coupon gift management department provides coupon information generated through the purchase/gift module to the recipient based on the entered recipient information, and provides coupon information held through the retention management department to the recipient based on the entered recipient information. The gift management department is a mobile coupon management system that generates a QR code and delivers coupon information to the recipient based on it.
According to paragraph 1,
The coupon relay server collects and stores whether or not coupons are used for each smart terminal, and provides a satisfaction calculation module that calculates coupon satisfaction for each smart terminal based on the collected coupon use information, and a purchase/gift module based on the calculated coupon satisfaction. A mobile coupon management system further comprising a coupon recommendation module that provides a list of coupons that are satisfactory to the user of the smart terminal to receive the gift, when an action for gifting a coupon is determined.
In the mobile coupon management method using the mobile coupon management system according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
Generating coupon sales information including information on products or services to be sold through a corporate coupon generation server and providing the coupon sales information to the coupon relay server;
The coupon relay server providing the received coupon sales information to the connected smart terminal;
The smart terminal selects a coupon for purchase and requests payment to the coupon relay server;
The coupon relay server receives buyer information or gift recipient information, calculates the final payment amount for purchasing the coupon, and performs payment through a payment agency server based on this; and
After payment of the cost is completed, the coupon relay server provides the corporate coupon generation server that the coupon has been sold, and receives the coupon information from the corporate coupon generation server and provides it to the smart terminal. A mobile coupon management method comprising the steps of: .
According to clause 5,
The corporate coupon generation server provides coupon usage information to the coupon relay server, and the coupon relay server uses coupon usage information for each smart terminal to generate coupon satisfaction information,
In the step of receiving the gift recipient information, the coupon relay server checks the coupon satisfaction information of the smart terminal corresponding to the gift recipient information,
A mobile coupon management method further comprising checking whether the coupon has changed by providing coupon sales information corresponding to the satisfaction information.