KR20010008277A - Method and system for issued a discount coupon on the internet - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A discount coupon issue method and system is provided to enable a plurality of clients to directly designate contents and type of the discount coupon so that it can increase a usage of the discount coupon and enhance a PR effect. CONSTITUTION: A discount coupon issue system comprises a web server(21), databases(90,95), a coupon server(50), a mail server(60), and a CGI(Common Gateway Interface) program(70). The web server(21) allows a client(30) to display a home page(80) and a plural of web pages(85) via a web browser. The databases(90,95) stores basic information of clients and coupon providers. The coupon server(50) lets the coupon providers produce and deliver the coupons if the client requests the coupon after searching for the wanted coupon. The mail server(60), connected to the coupon server(50), transmits the coupon image and coupon request status to the coupon providers and the clients. The CGI program(70) reads the data stored in the databases to analyze the user characteristics.

Description

System and method for issuing discount recommendation coupon using the internet {Method and system for issued a discount coupon on the internet}

According to the present invention, a coupon of a corresponding business is issued by requesting a discount coupon through an individual consumer's Internet. More specifically, when a client selects a specific business and specifies a rate and a free item to be discounted, The discount coupon information requested from the client is sent to the coupon provider through the web server, and based on the data, the coupon provider sends an e-mail or message to the coupon requester with a discount coupon specifying a certain discount rate or a free gift. By using the transmission service, the discount rate is used to increase the coupon usage rate of each client, which is the subject of purchase through the business, and to increase sales by the customer's customer service and promotion effect. Coupon Issuance System and Method will be.

In general, many companies that provide services based on the sale of certain products or goods, or based on a certain fee, hold various events and giveaways to secure one or more unspecified customers. It is trying to increase sales by distributing by random or separate DB (Database) data.

Recently, a number of coupons have been produced in the form of a coupon book for a certain period of time so that consumers can cut and use the discount coupons if necessary, but most discount coupons are not used in the designated period and are discarded. to be.

In addition, discount coupons distributed to specific members by the company's own database are mostly discarded without attracting the attention of consumers because the subject of the discount consists of a fixed discount rate or private banking company at the convenience of the company.

In the production of such a discount coupon, a large amount of high-quality feeders are used, and a considerable amount of production costs are required, as well as a certain additional cost to be distributed to the consumer for use.

In recent years, due to the increasing popularity of the Internet and the rapid spread of Internet users, the number of discount coupons made of paper off-line is reduced, instead of receiving coupons or linking to specific websites on-line. A system has been developed and used to download an image file and output a coupon received on a communication to a printer of its own.

However, the coupon payment method on-line as described above is the same as the coupon payment form on the offline offline, the coupon provider unilaterally forms the coupon image and posted on the website and the consumer who needs it as needed The coupon image is printed and can be used in the shop.

In the conventional method of providing a coupon as described above, although a plurality of coupon images are linked to a website for providing a coupon, a consumer may partially select a coupon necessary for the coupon, but the coupon may not be used at a necessary time. It is pointed out that the utilization rate is significantly lowered and thus the effect of promotion of the company or business is halved.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned disadvantages and problems raised in the conventional coupon providing method, and a consumer selects a specific business registered in a database by accessing a coupon providing website operated by a service provider. If the store specifies the rate of the discount coupon and the free items, the service provider transmits the discount coupon request data to the coupon provider through a web server. By sending a discount coupon image with a certain discount rate or free items to the coupon requester by e-mail or other messaging program, a substantial discount on the product or service that the consumer needs. In addition, the coupon issuer's direct Station like a public relations to occur using the Internet discount coupons are issued by the system and purpose of the invention to provide a method.

It is another object of the present invention to improve customer service by increasing the use rate of discount coupons by allowing a large number of consumers, who make purchases of products or services through local businesses, to directly specify the contents or form of discount coupons. In addition, it is intended to increase sales through direct publicity.

1 is a schematic diagram of a system for issuing a discount coupon recommendation of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a block diagram showing the system configuration of the present invention recommendation discount coupon issuance method.

Figure 3 is a flow chart showing a discount coupon issuance request sequence of the client of the present invention.

Figure 4 is a flow chart illustrating a discount coupon issuing procedure of the coupon provider in accordance with the present invention.

((Explanation of symbols for main parts of drawing))

20. Service Provider 21. Web Server

30. Client 40. Coupon

50. Coupon Server 55. Coupon Generator

60. Mail Server 70. CGI

80. Homepage 85. Webpage

90. Business database 95. Client database

100. Web browser

The above object of the present invention, a service provider operating a web server interoperating with a plurality of databases through the public Internet network, and a discount to apply for and apply a discount coupon by designating a registered business by accessing the homepage of the service provider A plurality of clients receiving and outputting coupons to be used to purchase a desired product, and a coupon provider that sends a coupon upon request of a discount coupon of each client as well as registering their businesses in the database of the service provider. Is achieved by

The system and method for issuing discount recommendation coupons using the Internet of the present invention select a specific business that a client wants to use by connecting a plurality of clients to a web server of a service provider, and the rate of discount coupons that can be issued from the selected business. (%) Or gratuitous items should be designated and a coupon issued.

At this time, the service provider transmits the coupon request data to the coupon provider at the time of each client request or a discount coupon request of a certain number of persons, and the company receiving the data transmits a real-time message of an email or a messaging service to each client. The discount coupon of the own store is transmitted using such means.

The service provider builds a business in a business database to send coupons requested from a plurality of clients, classifies it by business type, and divides the basic information of the client requesting a discount coupon from each business and provides a discount coupon propensity. Manage and manage client database that stores analysis information.

In addition, the system configuration of the present invention is a web server that allows the business registration information is output through the web browser when the Internet connection request of the client is input by a predetermined Internet connection means, and the coupon is interlocked with the web server to operate the coupon generator Coupon server to enable the production of coupons and to automatically send the produced discount coupons, a mail server to link the discount coupons generated in the coupon server to automatically send an e-mail to the coupon requester, and the web server It is composed of a client database and a business database that stores and manages information of each client and business affiliated with each member.

In accordance with the present invention, a system for issuing a discount recommendation coupon using the Internet and a method thereof select a registered discount coupon provider after a plurality of clients access a service provider's website using a predetermined Internet connection means, and select a registered coupon provider. If the client specifies the discount rate (%) of the desired coupon and the free item, the service provider sends the client's requirements to the store, and the coupon of the predetermined type produced by the store by the coupon server through the coupon generator. It is a technical feature to allow this client to be delivered by email or other means of transmission.

The matters relating to the operational effects including the technical configuration for the above object of the system and a method for issuing a discount coupon coupon using the Internet of the present invention will be clearly understood by the following detailed description based on the drawings showing the preferred embodiments of the present invention. Will be understood.

First, FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a system for issuing a reverse recommendation discount coupon according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the system configuration of the present invention. As shown in FIG. The issuing system includes a service provider 20 for operating and managing a plurality of databases and a web server 21 interworked with the public Internet network 10, and a predetermined internet connection means on a homepage of the service provider 20. Select the type of businesses and coupons to be discounted by accessing through a client, and if the selected discount coupon is transmitted through its computer terminal 31, the client 30 outputs and uses the coupon and the service provider ( After registering a business through the database of 20), if a discount coupon request is received from each client, a coupon providing establishment 40 which produces and sends a coupon is included. It is configured.

When the service provider 20 inputs an internet connection request of each client 30 and the coupon provider 40 through a web server 21 connected to the internet network 10, the homepage and a plurality of webs are built on their own. By providing a page and registering the basic information (personal information, business information) input through the provided web page in a database linked with the web server 21 to achieve membership.

In addition, when the membership of the client 30 and the coupon provider 40 is completed, the client 30 may select the type of business of the coupon provider 40 registered in the database so that a search for a desired store may be easily performed when the coupon is requested. It is classified and placed on the home page, and the information of the coupon provider 40 is provided to each client 30 through a plurality of web pages.

In this case, when the service provider 20 subscribes to the coupon provider 40, it is preferable to charge a predetermined fee for the agency and discount coupon brokerage through the website.

The client 30 searches for a coupon provider 40 that he / she wants to use among businesses provided by the service provider 20 to determine the types and rates of discount coupons that can be requested, and applies for discount coupons. .

The coupon provider 40 receives the type and quantity of the discount coupons applied through the web server 21 of the service provider 20 from the service provider 20 to produce the discount coupons as an image file, thereby producing each client 30. In this case, the discount coupon can be produced through the coupon generator provided from the service provider 20 or commissioned to the service provider to produce the coupon.

Referring to the system configuration block diagram of FIG. 2, a system configuration of a service provider for performing a service according to the schematic configuration diagram of the present invention is as follows.

As shown in FIG. 2, when the Internet recommendation discount coupon issuing system using the Internet of the present invention is inputted by a predetermined internet connection means of the client 30 and the coupon issuing agency 40, the homepage 80 and a plurality of coupons are issued. A web server 21 for outputting the web page 85 of each computer terminal 31 and 41 through the web browser 100 of the computer terminal 31, and a client 30 connected to the web server 21 and inputted thereto. Client database 95 and business database 90 where the basic information of the coupon providing establishment 40 is registered and managed, and the client 30 connected through the web server 21 request discount coupons through the business search. And a coupon server 50 allowing the coupon providing establishment 40 to send the coupon produced through the coupon generator 55, and the coupon server 50 linked to the coupon server 50 to transmit the discount coupon image and present the coupon application status. Coupon offer up with 30 A CGI program for reading the data stored in each of the databases 90 and 95 by receiving the mail server 60 to be automatically sent to 40 and the user information received from the web server 21, and reading the data stored in each database 90 and 95. It is composed of 70, there is a technical feature.

The web server 21 outputs the homepage 80 through the web browser 100 of the client 30 and the coupon provider 40 connected through the Internet, and a plurality of web pages 85 by user request. Will be displayed.

At this time, the user information of each user 30, 40 is transmitted to the CGI 70 via the web server 21, the CGI 70 is a client database (interworking with the web server 21 based on each user information ( 95) and user characteristic information registered in the business database 90, that is, previous coupon request information or coupon dispatch information, are read out and displayed on the user web browser 100. FIG.

The coupon server 50 allows the client 30 to select a business to use and to specify the desired discount conditions and free items, such as request, the coupon provider 55 can be linked to the coupon generator 55 It is possible to automatically issue a coupon requested from the client 30 by a simple condition input.

In this case, the coupon generator 55 may be operated only on the web browser of the coupon provider 40 and may be preferably executed as a separate production tool having a wizard function for easy coupon production.

The discount coupon produced through the coupon generator 55 linked with the coupon server 50 is composed of an image file linked to the coupon sending e-mail generated in the mail server 60, the batch of coupon provider 40 It is automatically sent to each client 30 by enemy dispatch.

The discount coupon mail sent as described above is transmitted to the client server 110 through the web browser 100 of the client 30, and each client 30 outputs the discount coupon included in the received message to use the corresponding business. Done.

The method of issuing a discount coupon according to the reverse recommendation of the present invention having the system structure as described above will be described below with reference to FIGS. 3 to 4.

First, FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for requesting issuance of a discount coupon of a client of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the method for issuing a discount coupon using the Internet of the present invention includes a client 30 provided with a predetermined Internet connection means. When the web browser is operated on the computer terminal 31 and the URL of the service provider 20 is entered by HTTP request, and the web site is accessed, the user identification information and the user ID (ID) and password ( Enter the password to receive the member authentication (step A100).

At this time, the member authentication information of the client 30 authenticated on the homepage 80 is registered and stored in the client database 95.

The client 30, which has been authenticated, searches for a business that wants to request a discount coupon through the web server 21 of the service provider 20 (step A101). If requested, the new registration of the business (step A102) is made by the service provider 20.

When a business to request a discount coupon is searched as described above, the relevant business is selected (step A103) to request the issuance of a discount coupon, and the requirements such as types of coupons, discount conditions, and free items (step A104) are specified. .

The service provider 20 receives a discount coupon request from a plurality of clients 30 through the coupon server 50 (step A105) and checks the number of discount coupon applicants applied through the coupon server 50 (step A106). When more than a certain number of people to the coupon provider 40 transmits the requester information using a telegraph medium such as e-mail or telephone.

The coupon providing establishment 40 receiving the discount coupon request information of the client 30 inputs the coupon presentation details and the use period of the establishment and sends the requested discount coupon information to each client 30 (step A107). do.

Next, FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for issuing a discount coupon of a coupon provider in accordance with the present invention. As shown in FIG. Access the website of the service provider 20 using the computer terminal 41 equipped with the means, and enter the member number (ID) and password (password) on the homepage 80 displayed through the web browser 100 Member confirmation (step S100) is made.

When authentication of membership registration is made, the coupon provider 40 searches for its own store on the site (step S101), and if the store is not registered, the webpage 85 provided through the web server 21 is provided. Request for correction or registration on the business modification / registration page to register the business on the website.

As such, when a business is searched on the website or a discount coupon request is received from the service provider 20 by a predetermined telegraph medium, the request quantity and contents of the discount coupon are read from the business selection box (step S102).

The coupon provider 40 executes the coupon generator 55 linked with the web server 21 through the coupon server 50 on the website of the service provider 20 (step S103) of each client 30. Enter details such as the discount presentation details and discount period of the shop by the coupon request items.

When the discount coupon request information of each client 30 is input as described above, the mail server 60 of the service provider 20 links the image of the discount coupon in the contents of the mail and automatically sends it to each client 30 (step S104). )

As described above, the method for issuing a reverse recommendation discount coupon using the Internet according to the present invention includes a plurality of clients accessing a coupon providing website, selecting a business registered in a database, and a rate and a free item of a discount coupon required by the corresponding business. And the like, the service provider sends the client's discount coupon request data to the coupon provider, and the coupon provider receives the discount coupon image that specifies a certain discount rate of the requirement or a free item to the coupon requester. Sending via e-mail or other messaging delivery program allows you to make a substantial discount on the product or service you need, as well as direct public promotion of the coupon issuing agency, and through your local business. Note of purchase or service By allowing a large number of clients to designate the content or type of discount coupons directly, customer service can be improved by increasing the use rate of discount coupons, and business sales can be increased by direct publicity. .

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When the Internet connection request of the client 30 and the coupon provider 40 is inputted by a predetermined internet connection means, the homepage 80 and a plurality of web pages 85 are output through a web browser of each computer terminal. A client database 95 and a business database 90 in which basic information of the server 30 and the client 30 and the coupon providing business 40 which are connected to the web server 21 and entered are registered and managed; Coupon server 50 for requesting a discount coupon by the client 30 connected to the web server 21 through the business search and the coupon provider 40 to send the coupon produced through the coupon generator 55 and In conjunction with the coupon server 50, the mail server 60 and the web server 21 to automatically send the discount coupon image and the coupon application status to each client 30 and the coupon provider 40, User received from The transfer receiving station like discount coupon issuing system using the Internet, characterized in that consists of the database (90) (95) CGI (Common Gateway Interface) (70) to identify the user reads the characteristic data stored in the program. When the client runs a web browser on a computer terminal equipped with a predetermined Internet connection means and enters the service provider's URL by HTTP request, and accesses the website, the user identification information (ID) and password on the displayed homepage is displayed. Entering (password) is a member authentication step (A100), A step (A101) of searching for a business to which a client is authenticated and requesting a discount coupon through a service provider's web server; If the business to be requested does not exist, a request is made to register a site of the business and a new registration of the business is performed by the service provider (A102); (A103) selecting a corresponding business when the business that the client wants to request a discount coupon is found; Requesting issuance of a discount coupon and specifying requirements such as types of coupons, discount conditions, and free items (A104); Receiving, by the service provider, a discount coupon request of a plurality of clients through a coupon server (A105); Checking the number of discount coupon applicants applied through the coupon server (A106); When the number of discount coupon applicants exceeds a certain number, the requester information is transmitted to the coupon provider by using a telegraphic medium such as e-mail or telephone, and the coupon provider that receives the discount coupon request information of the client is presented with the coupon. Entering the period of use and the like to send discount coupon information to each client (A107), How to issue a discount coupon recommendation using the Internet, characterized in that consisting of. The coupon provider is connected to the service provider's website using a computer terminal equipped with an internet connection means, and a member number (ID) and password (password) are entered on the homepage displayed through the web browser to confirm membership. (S100), When the registration of the membership is authenticated, the coupon provider (S101) to search for their business on the service provider's website, and If the business is not registered, requesting a modification or registration on the business correction / registration page of the web page provided through the web server to register / modify the business on the website (S102); When the business is searched on the website of the service provider or receives a discount coupon request from the service provider through a predetermined telegraph medium, the method for checking the quantity and the contents of the discount coupon in the own business selection box (S103); The coupon provider performing a coupon generator interworking with the web server through the coupon server on the website of the service provider (S104); With the coupon generator running, enter the details of the retailer's discount presentation and the discount period according to the coupon request of each client. When the discount coupon request is entered, the image of the discount coupon is displayed in the contents of the mail in the mail server of the service provider. Linking so that discount coupons are automatically sent to each client (S105), How to issue a discount coupon recommendation using the Internet, characterized in that the sequential order of the.