KR20010076644A - Method for selling an exchange ticket using e-mail address - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for selling a gift certificate using an electronic mail address is provided to buy or deliver a gift certificate and to select a predetermined commodity without visiting to a commodity selling store for buying a gift certificate. CONSTITUTION: A consumer connects to a server of a service provider and inputs personal information including an E-mail address and applies to a member joining(S1). The service provider issues a member ID to the consumer(S2). If the consumer connects to the server of a service provider and inputs the ID(S3), the service provider confirms the ID(S4). If the ID is normal, the service provider provides information to the consumer for the consumer to confirm kinds of gift certificates capable of being sold(S5). If the consumer selects a kind of a gift certificate(S6), the service provider requests an input of an E-mail address of the consumer(S7). Also, the service provider displays paying methods of the corresponding commodity for the consumer to select a paying method(S8). A bank inquires a consumer's credit card and notifies the result to the service provider(S9). If the result is normal(S10), the service provider requests an issuing number of a gift certificate to a seller(S11). The service provider notifies the issuing number of a gift certificate to the consumer's E-mail address(S12).

Description

How to sell a gift certificate using an email address {METHOD FOR SELLING AN EXCHANGE TICKET USING E-MAIL ADDRESS}

The present invention relates to a method of selling a gift certificate using an E-Mail address, and more particularly, in an electronic commerce through an internet network, even if a user does not directly purchase a gift certificate at a gift voucher sales outlet. The present invention relates to a method of selling a gift certificate using an e-mail address through which a seller sends information on a gift certificate to a buyer's e-mail address through an inter-bank verification procedure, thereby relieving inconvenience of purchasing a gift certificate.

In the conventional product purchase method, a consumer pays a cash or credit card to a seller and purchases a product. In this case, since the consumer has to carry cash or a credit card, there is a high possibility of crime. Therefore, a new way of purchasing goods called gift certificates has been proposed in a more stable manner.

On the other hand, with the recent widespread use of electronic commerce through the Internet, consumers can purchase desired products even if they do not stop at the direct sales place. In the current e-commerce, when a consumer wants to purchase a necessary product, after confirming the information on the purchased product on the shopping mall site, the product to be purchased is determined, and the payment is made through a credit card or online remittance, the seller The bank confirms the payment status of the payment from the bank and delivers the goods to the place designated by the consumer. In addition, even if a consumer wants to present an arbitrary item to another person, the seller of the goods can be inputted to the seller by inputting the address of another person on the Internet, and the seller pays the price through the bank. Send it.

However, according to the conventional merchandise sales method, the following problem (s) occur.

First, a consumer must visit a merchandise store in order to purchase a voucher, and even when purchasing a merchandise with a voucher, he or she should visit the merchandise store directly.

Second, in the case of electronic commerce using the Internet, consumers cannot directly check the goods. Therefore, it is difficult to match the taste of the consumer.

Accordingly, the present invention is to solve such a problem (s), the object of the present invention is to enable the purchase of a gift certificate or to deliver it to a desired place even if the consumer does not visit directly to the merchandise store to purchase the gift certificate The present invention provides a method of selling a gift certificate using an e-mail address so that a desired product can be arbitrarily selected according to a consumer's taste.

1 is a flowchart of an e-commerce for explaining the concept of the present invention,

2 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a method for selling a gift certificate using an e-mail address according to the present invention.

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101: service provider 102, 104: bank

103: seller 105, 106: consumer

A feature of the present invention for achieving such an object (s) is in a system wherein at least one or more consumers, at least one or more sellers and their trading banks, and the merchant's trading banks are connected to the service provider via an internet network. A consumer accesses a service provider and inputs a unique ID previously issued; The service provider determines whether the input unique ID is a normal ID; If the unique ID is a normal ID, the service provider provides the voucher information of the seller to the consumer; The consumer selects a gift certificate offered by any seller; Request that the service provider enter an email address to receive the gift certificate; When the consumer enters an e-mail address, the service provider requests the payment method from the consumer; When the consumer determines the payment method, the service provider requests the seller to confirm the payment; The seller is notified of the payment through the seller transaction bank and notifies the service provider of the result; The service provider is notified of the payment completion from the seller and requests the seller for the issue number of the gift certificate; The seller notifies the service provider of the gift certificate issue number; The service provider sends the gift voucher number notified from the seller to the e-mail address entered by the consumer.

Here, after the consumer inputs the personal information of the consumer to the service provider, it is preferable to apply for membership and have the service provider issue a unique ID to the consumer.

At this time, the personal information preferably includes the consumer's e-mail address.

In addition, the personal information may further include a consumer's e-mail address and a telephone number of the mobile phone, and may send a gift certificate issuance number through the e-mail service of the consumer's mobile phone using the e-mail address entered by the consumer. .

In addition, the consumer who has received the gift certificate issuing number accesses the service provider's server; The consumer enters the gift certificate issuing number and the personal information of the new recipient to receive; The service provider connects to the seller's server and requests to update the stored personal information with the personal information input by the consumer in correspondence with the voucher issuance number; The seller may check the personal information of the consumer according to the renewal request of the service provider and then update and store the new personal information provided from the service provider.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiment (s) of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. First, in adding reference numerals to the elements of each drawing, it should be noted that the same elements are denoted by the same reference numerals as much as possible even if they are displayed on different drawings. In addition, in the following description there are shown a number of specific details, such as components of the specific circuit, which are provided only to help a more general understanding of the present invention that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details. It is self-evident to those of ordinary knowledge in Esau. In describing the present invention, when it is determined that a detailed description of a related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a flowchart illustrating an electronic commerce for explaining a concept of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of performing a gift certificate selling method using an email address according to the present invention.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the concept of the present invention will be described with reference to a service provider 101, a customer's bank 102, a plurality of sellers 103, and a plurality of sellers 103. ) And a number of consumers 105, 106 are connected through the Internet network.

At this time, the service provider 101 has a server connected with the seller 103. That is, the service provider 101 and the seller 103 exchange the sales status of the gift certificate through the Internet. In this case, the service provider 101 may connect in common with a plurality of sellers 103. In addition, a number of consumers 105, 106 can also be connected to the server of the service provider 101 at the same time. At this time, each consumer 105, 106 inputs personal information of the corresponding consumer 105, 106, and then applies for a unique ID from the service provider 101, and the service provider 101 applies the corresponding consumer 105, By assigning a unique ID to 106, it is possible to prevent unauthorized purchase of goods. Accordingly, the service provider 101 provides the customer 105 and 106 with the gift certificate information for each seller 103 so that the consumers 105 and 106 can select the gift certificates provided from the multiple sellers 103.

That is, initially, the consumer 105 accesses the server of the service provider 101, inputs personal information including an e-mail address, and then applies for membership (S1), and the service provider 101 applies the corresponding consumer 105. By issuing a unique ID to the (S2), it is given a unique ID of the consumer 105. At this time, the service provider 101 gives a different ID for each consumer.

Thereafter, when the consumer 105 connects to the server of the service provider 101 and inputs a unique ID to purchase a gift certificate (S3), the service provider 101 determines whether the unique ID input by the consumer 105 is a normal ID. (S4), and if the normal ID, the customer 105 provides information so that the consumer 105 can check the type of gift certificate of the seller 103 that can be sold (S5). Accordingly, when the consumer 105 checks the gift certificate information and selects the type of gift certificate to be purchased (S6), the service provider 101 requests the consumer 105 to input an e-mail address for receiving the gift certificate ( S7). In this case, the gift certificate may be directly received by the consumer 105 or may be selected to be received by any other consumer 106. In addition, the service provider 101 displays the payment method for the gift certificate so that the consumer 105 can select it (S8). On the other hand, when the consumer 105 selects a payment method of the gift certificate, this information is transmitted to the service provider 101, where the payment method that the consumer 105 can select is approximately payment by credit card and online remittance. And the like.

Here, when the consumer 105 wants to pay with a credit card and enters the credit card number, the service provider 101 receives the credit card number and stores the credit card information and the personal information input by the user. 102, it is checked whether the card can be used.

The bank 102 inquires the credit card information and the personal information transmitted from the service provider 101 to determine whether the credit card is a usable card, and notifies the service provider 101 of the result (S9). When the service provider 101 receives the result of determining whether the credit card is used from the bank 102 and determines that the result is a usable card (S10), the service provider 101 sends the gift certificate to the seller 103 of the gift certificate selected by the consumer 105. Request the issue number (S11).

On the other hand, if the consumer 105 has received the payment to the bank 102 in order to transfer money online, the service provider 101 connects to the bank 102 and checks whether the customer 105 has deposited (S9). ). Here, when the consumer 105 has deposited the payment (S10), the service provider 101 requests the issuance number of the gift certificate from the seller 103 of the corresponding gift certificate selected by the consumer 105 (S11).

The seller 103 requests confirmation of the transfer of funds from the bank 104 with which the seller 103 is trading. Accordingly, the settlement amount of the gift certificate is transferred between the banks 102 and 104 from the bank 102 of the consumer 105. The transaction is transferred to the bank 104 of the seller 103. When funds are transferred to the transaction bank 104 of the seller 103, the seller 103 notifies the service provider 101 of the issuance number of the gift certificate, and receives the gift certificate issuance number and the gift certificate issuing number. The personal information of 106) is stored on the server.

The service provider 101 notifies the issue number of the gift certificate to the e-mail address input by the consumer 105 (S12). Accordingly, the consumers 105 and 106 may receive the voucher issue number via e-mail. Thereafter, the consumers 105 and 106 visit the seller 103 directly and check the issue number and the new data of the corresponding gift certificate, and then receive the corresponding gift certificate.

On the other hand, if the ID entered by the consumer 105 in the above step (S4) is not a normal ID, the service provider 101 notifies the consumer 105 that the ID is incorrectly entered (S13), and returns to step S3. do.

On the other hand, when the consumer 106 who has been given a gift certificate issuing number wants to present the gift certificate again to other consumers, the consumer 106 connects to the server of the service provider 101 and then the consumer 106. Enters the issued voucher issuing number and the personal information about the other consumer to receive, the service provider 101 is connected to the server of the seller 103, detects the personal information corresponding to the voucher issuing number and the consumer (106) Updates and stores new personal information entered by). In addition, when the consumer 106 transmits the gift certificate issuance number to other consumers through e-mail and other communication methods, other consumers may visit the seller 103 and receive the gift certificate through the above method. do.

In addition, as mentioned above, the gift certificate issuance number has been described to be limited to being transmitted to the computers of the consumers 105 and 106 using the email addresses of the consumers 105 and 106, It can also be configured to receive via the e-mail service or text service of the mobile phone you are holding personally.

As described above, although the specific embodiment (s) have been described in the detailed description of the present invention, various modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiment (s) but should be defined by the claims below and equivalents thereof.

As a result, according to the method of selling a gift certificate using an e-mail address according to the present invention, the following advantage (s) occurs.

In other words, the consumer who wants to purchase the goods by using the issue number and the new data of the gift certificate, it is convenient to visit the seller only when the actual purchase time.

In addition, since the consumer who wants to purchase the product can visit the sales office directly and select the product, the desired product can be arbitrarily selected according to the taste of the consumer.

Claims (5)

In a system wherein at least one or more consumers, at least one seller and the consumer's trading bank, and the merchant's trading bank are connected to the service provider via an internet network: The consumer accessing the service provider and inputting a previously issued unique ID; Determining, by the service provider, whether the inputted unique ID is a normal ID; Providing, by the service provider, the gift certificate information of the seller to the consumer if the unique ID is a normal ID; The consumer selecting a gift certificate provided by any seller; Requesting the service provider to enter an email address to receive the gift certificate; When the consumer inputs the e-mail address, the service provider requesting a payment method from the consumer; If the consumer determines the payment method, requesting the payment confirmation from the service provider by the seller; The seller receiving notification of payment through the seller transaction bank and notifying the service provider of the result; Receiving, by the service provider, the payment completion from the seller and requesting the seller for the issue number of the gift certificate; The seller notifying the service provider of the gift certificate issuance number; And And sending, by the service provider, the voucher issuance number notified from the seller to the e-mail address input by the consumer. The method of claim 1, After the consumer enters the personal information of the consumer to the service provider, apply for membership, the service provider further comprises the step of issuing a unique ID to the consumer further comprises a method of selling a gift certificate using an e-mail address. According to claim 2, wherein the personal information, A method of selling a gift certificate using an e-mail address, characterized in that it comprises the consumer's e-mail address. The method of claim 1, The personal information further includes the e-mail address of the consumer and a telephone number of a cellular phone; In the sending step, using the e-mail address entered by the consumer to send the gift certificate issuance number through the e-mail service of the mobile phone of the consumer characterized in that the gift certificate selling method using the e-mail address. The method of claim 1, Accessing a server of the service provider by the consumer who has received the gift certificate issuing number; Inputting, by the consumer, the gift certificate issuing number and personal information of a new recipient to be received; Requesting, by the service provider, accessing the server of the seller to update the personal information stored corresponding to the gift certificate issue number with the personal information of the recipient input by the consumer; And the seller confirms the personal information of the consumer according to the renewal request of the service provider, and updates and stores new personal information provided from the service provider.