KR20010067511A - A method for reducing a telecommunication fee using a secret number and an intrinsic number of goods - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A communication charge reducing method is provided to allocate a secret number and an identity number on a commodity, and reduce a communication charge as much as an amount designated to the commodity to be distributed freely to users so that it can maximize an advertisement effect and induce a consecutive purchase. CONSTITUTION: The method comprises steps of a service operator offering an advertiser commodities with a secret number, an original number and charge reducing amount data and at the same time storing the basic data at a database(s10), the advertiser distributing the commodities(s20), a commodity owner accessing a server and inputting the basic data recorded in the commodity, a phone number, a name, a habitant registration number(s30), the server checking if the input data is identical to the basic data registered in the database(s40), the server recording the input data at the database in the case that the input data is identical to the basic data registered in the database(s50), the service operator remitting the designated money to a carrier and requesting the carrier to reduce the communication charge of the corresponding commodity owner(S60), the carrier calculating the communication charge and reducing the charge as much as the remitted amount(s70,s90,s100,s110), and the advertiser paying for the commodities(s120).

Description

A method for reducing a telecommunication fee using a secret number and an intrinsic number of goods}

The present invention relates to a communication fee reduction method using a product assigned a password and a unique number after providing a unique number, a password, and a reduction amount to a provided product, and providing a service for reducing the fee by the given amount.

Existing congratulations and thank-you merchandise as well as promotional and promotional merchandise have ended all purchase or service activities.

Therefore, conventionally, after the primary purchase or service activity, the secondary purchase or service activity through the provided products is not induced. And it was hard to expect any advertising effect.

Conventionally used phone cards were made and sold for a certain amount of money, and partially inserted the ad text on the card. However, these cards were limited to magnetic cards, so they were limited in use, and they were inconvenient that they could only be used in phones that could read such cards.

Nowadays, however, the number of public phones has been reduced, and since the majority of people use mobile phones to make calls, there is no way to reduce the demand for mobile phones.

And no such cards or similar means were provided that could be advertised and promoted and sold or distributed for free.

The present invention is to give a unique number and password to the product provided to maximize the advertising and promotional effect through the secondary purchase or service activities as described above, for reducing the rate by the amount specified for each product, password and unique number is It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for reducing communication charges using an allocated product.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of the invention and the accompanying drawings.

1 is a flow chart of a communication fee reduction method using a product assigned a password and a unique number according to the present invention.

2 is a schematic structural diagram of a system to which the method of FIG. 1 is applied;

Figure 3 is an embodiment of a card to which the present invention is applied.

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10: identification number 12: portion indicating the amount of reduction

14: part indicating information for checking the authenticity of the product

16: Part Number Assigned to Item 20: Password

30: Reduction amount

One preferred embodiment of the communication fee reduction method using a product assigned a password and a unique number according to the present invention is shown in FIG.

In the communication fee reduction method of the present invention, a service provider (hereinafter referred to as "JoyLink") that provides a communication fee reduction service may use a password, a unique number, and predetermined reduction amount information (hereinafter, these information is referred to as "basic information") or The basic information is provided to the advertiser and the basic information is stored in the database at the same time (s10), and the advertiser distributes the product including the basic information at no cost (s20).

And after the owner of the goods sold or distributed, enter the basic information recorded on the goods owned by JoyLink and the wired / wireless telephone number, his name, and social security number to be exempted (s30), the joylink is entered by the customer The basic information is compared with the basic information stored in the database to check whether the contents of the data match (s40). If they match, the customer information is recorded in the database and the registration fact is notified to the customer (s50).

When JoyLink requests the telephone company used by the registered customer to transfer the predetermined amount and reduce the customer's communication fee by the amount corresponding to the transfer amount (s60), the telephone company responds according to the request. Computing the communication fee of the customer (s70) and comparing the calculated communication fee with the amount deposited from JoyLink, if the calculated amount is more than the amount deposited, the customer is charged for the communication fee minus the amount deposited (s110). If the deposit amount is greater than the calculated amount, the remaining amount is paid after the communication fee is deducted (s90) (s100).

The advertiser pays the amount of money corresponding to the basic information or the product including the basic information provided from the joy link to the joy link (S120).

In the present embodiment, the password, the unique number, the amount of reduction is recorded on a predetermined portion of the product is coated on a predetermined material on the recorded password so that the password is revealed when the product owner removes the coating. However, it is possible to handle this in other ways.

In this case, almost any product may be used as a product to which the spirit of the present invention may be applied. For example, a telephone card, a birthday card, a Christmas card, a New Year's card, a telegram, a beverage bottle, a beverage can, a cake, a sticker, a corporate promotional product, a promotional prize, an event product, stationery, a stamp.

Meanwhile, the owner of the product inputs information for registration to JoyLink through an online connection or a telephone connection through the Internet. In addition, it is possible to input by letter, but in practice, it is thought that this method is rarely used.

3 shows an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a PVC card. Here, the unique number 10 is a portion 12 showing the amount of reduction information, as shown in Figure 3, a portion 14 indicating the information for checking the authenticity of the product and the unique number portion 16 assigned to the product Is done. This example illustrates the case where a unique number (also called a card number when applied to a card) consists of 10 digits.

Here, the first two digits of the portion 12 representing the exemption amount information represents the advertiser code, and the last one digit represents the face value code of the exemption amount. For example, the face value code 1 is 1,000 won, the face value code 2 is 2,000 won, the face value code 3 is 3,000 won, the face value code 4 is 5,000 won, and the face value code 5 is 10,000 won. Code 6 represents a par value of 20,000 won, par value code 7 represents a par value of 30,000 won, par value code 8 represents a par value of 50,000 won, and par value code 9 represents a par value of 100,000 won.

In addition, the first two digits of the portion 14 representing the company code of the product and the information for checking the authenticity of the amount indicate the company code, and the third number indicates the amount of money. The first digit of the part 14 indicating the authenticity of the product is a check digit to indicate the authenticity of the card. And the second digit of the portion 14 and the five digits of the unique number portion 16 represent a sequential number. However, it is to be understood that both increasing and decreasing their numbers are included in the spirit of the present invention.

In this embodiment, a 10-digit unique number and a 10-digit password are generated as a number through a random number generator. In addition, a predetermined advertisement may be used by using one side or both sides of the card.

And the information contained in the unique number 10 and the password 20 of the basic information is generated to be uniquely matched, the first check whether or not the authenticity of the information entered by the product owner by matching the information and the database again The authenticity of the entered information is finally confirmed by comparing the information with the entered value.

If it is determined in the step S40 that the basic information input by the owner of the product is different from the information recorded in the database, and the basic information is input again, it is possible to input the basic information again only for a predetermined number of times. It is desirable to.

When the password 20, the unique number 10, and the reduced amount of money 30 according to the present invention are recorded on the product, the password 20 and the reduced amount of money 30 are printed on a specific part of the product. And an opaque film having a predetermined thickness is formed on the surface where the password and / or unique number is printed so that the user can check the password and / or the unique number by scraping the opaque film. In addition, passwords and / or unique numbers may not be coated. And when using for a separate purpose, such as promotions or promotions, it is also preferable to coat the reduction solution to remove the coating portion when used.

In addition to the recording of the password, the unique number, the amount of reduction according to the invention in the product can be made in a variety of ways, all of which should be understood to be included in the spirit of the invention.

And if the user wants to receive a fee reduction is a mobile phone, the relevant fee payment agency is a mobile communication company, when the fee reduction period is a unique number attached to the product by connecting to the company specified by JoyLink or Joylink And it is preferable to charge the user by reducing the amount of reduction specified in the product from the mobile phone bill charged in the month following the month of entering the password.

The present invention can be variously modified and can take various forms and only the specific embodiments thereof are described in the detailed description of the invention. It is to be understood, however, that the present invention is not limited to the specific forms mentioned in the detailed description of the invention, but rather includes all modifications, equivalents, and substitutions within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. It should be understood to do.

As described above, the communication fee reduction method using a product assigned with a unique number according to the present invention can be used for various purposes and means such as celebrations and appreciation products, as well as promotions and promotional products. New revenues can be generated, and the introduction of new marketing techniques can generate great response from consumers and related industries.

In addition, the existing celebration and appreciation products, as well as promotions and promotional products, such as the provision of goods, the primary purchase or service activity is completed, whereas the method of providing a fee reduction service according to the present invention is a product provided even after the first act of the prior art Through the secondary purchase or service acts are made, there is a double advertising effect.

Claims (13)

Operators providing telecommunication fee reduction services (hereinafter referred to as "JoyLink") may advertise a password, a unique number and predetermined reduction amount information (hereinafter referred to as "basic information") or a product containing the basic information. Storing basic information in a database at the same time as providing it to the user; An advertiser distributing the product including the basic information for sale or free of charge; Inputting basic information recorded in a product owned by JoyLink to a product owned by the owner of the sold or distributed product, a wired / wireless telephone number to be exempted, his name, and a social security number; Joy Link compares the basic information input by the customer with the basic information stored in the database to check whether the data contents match, and if the data match, recording the customer information in the database and notifying the customer of the registration facts; Requesting, by the JoyLink, to reduce the communication fee of the customer by the amount corresponding to the amount of remittance at the same time as remitting the predetermined amount to the telephone company used by the registered customer; The telephone company calculates the communication fee of the corresponding customer according to the request and compares the calculated communication fee with the amount deposited from JoyLink; If the calculated amount is greater than the deposited amount, the customer will be charged for the communication fee after deducting the deposited amount.If the deposited amount is greater than the calculated amount, the customer pays the communication fee and the remaining amount is deducted at the next communication charge. Doing; And The advertiser pays an amount corresponding to the basic information or a product containing the basic information provided from the Joy Link to the Joy Link, a communication fee reduction method using a product assigned a password and a unique number. The product owner of claim 1, wherein the password, the unique number, and the reduction amount are recorded in a predetermined portion of the product. Removing the coating is characterized in that the selected number or amount information is revealed, communication fee reduction method using a product assigned a password and a unique number. The product of claim 1, wherein the product includes a PVC card, a birthday card, a Christmas card, a New Year's card, a telegram, a beverage bottle, a beverage can, a confectionery, a sticker, a corporate promotional product, a promotional prize, an event product, and stationery. Reduction of telecommunication charges using a product assigned an ID, password and a unique number. The method of claim 1, wherein the owner of the product inputs information for registration to JoyLink through an online connection or a telephone connection through the Internet. According to claim 1, wherein the unique number is characterized by consisting of a portion indicating the amount of reduction information information, a portion indicating the information for confirming the authenticity of the product and a unique number portion assigned to the product, a password and a unique number is assigned How to reduce communication charges using the product. 6. The method of claim 5, wherein the information included in the unique number and the password among the basic information are set to be uniquely matched, so that the authenticity of the information entered by the product owner is primarily checked by matching the information. Characteristic, communication fee reduction method using product with password and unique number assigned. The method of claim 1, wherein when the basic information input by the owner of the product is determined to be different from the information recorded in the database as a result of the confirmation of the joy link, the basic information is input again only for a predetermined number of times. Characterized in that the communication fee reduction method using a product assigned a password and a unique number. 6. The password and the unique number according to claim 5, wherein the portion representing the reduced amount of money information, the portion representing information for checking the authenticity of the product, and the unique number portion assigned to the product are each composed of a predetermined number of digits. Method of exemption of telecommunication charges using the allocated products [6] The method of claim 5, wherein the portion representing the reduction amount information includes a company code of an advertiser. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein the portion representing the exemption amount information includes a par value code of the exemption amount. The method of claim 5, wherein the information indicating the authenticity of the product comprises a check digit for indicating the authenticity of the product, characterized in that the communication fee reduction using a product assigned a password and a unique number Way. [6] The method of claim 5, wherein the unique number and the password are generated by using a random number generator. The method of claim 3, wherein when the product is a PVC card, a predetermined advertisement is performed by using one or both sides of the card.