KR20020014169A - Method for discount service providing using bar-code coupon - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for providing a discount service using a bar code coupon is provided to receive a bar code including membership information and discount information in a portable phone and to enable a seller to read the bar code through a cash register, so that a buyer can get the discount of a product and membership can be easily identified. CONSTITUTION: If a client connects to a service provider server(S201), a CPU displays membership information input window to input membership information(S202). If the client inputs his/her ID and password(S203), the CPU searches the ID and password(S204). If the client is identified, the CPU displays a list of products discounted(S205) to request the client to select discounted products(S206). If the client selects more than one product(S207). The CPU detects bar codes corresponding to the selected products(S208) and a bar code for membership(S209). The CPU generates a bar code coupon(S210). The CPU detects a portable phone number corresponding to the ID of the client(S211), and transmits information on the detected portable phone number and the bar code coupon to a service provider(S212).

Description

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The present invention relates to a method for providing a discount service using a barcode coupon, and more particularly, by allowing a discount on a price of a product purchased using a barcode coupon downloaded to a mobile phone of a consumer from a service provider server, a separate printing is possible. The present invention relates to a discount service providing method using a barcode coupon excluding the issued coupon issue process.

In general, a seller may use a sales method, such as bargains and discount coupons, for the purpose of increasing sales of products, securing more customers, and increasing sales revenue. At this time, the method of providing a discount coupon, if the seller makes a request for the production of a discount coupon in the form of a printed matter, the printer prints the discount coupon and provides it to the seller, the seller will mail the discount coupon printed to the members one by one Had to be sent. This method adds an economic burden to the seller because expenses for printing and expenses for mailing are expended.

In addition, the consumer has to carry a coupon, which is a printed matter, to present it to the seller in order to receive a discount on the price of the product, which causes inconvenience to carry.

In order to solve such a problem, a method of providing a discount coupon on the Internet to a consumer to which the seller has registered as a member, and a consumer to print the discount coupon and present it to the seller, has been suggested to receive a discount on the price of the product.

However, according to the conventional discount coupon providing method, the following problem (s) occurs.

That is, the cost of producing printed materials is reduced because the discount coupon is not produced in printed form, but since the consumer has to print the coupon and present it to the seller, the inconvenience of having to carry and manage the coupon still exists.

Moreover, since the consumer has to print the discount coupon, the consumer has to bear the cost of the printing paper for the printing and the consumables of the printer, so that the consumer cannot obtain a sufficient discount.

Accordingly, the present invention is to solve such a problem (s), the object of the present invention is that sellers and consumers do not need to print a discount coupon received a bar code containing the member information and discount information on the mobile phone seller In this case, the seller reads a bar code through a cash register, thereby providing a discount service providing method using a bar code coupon which enables the sales price of the product to be discounted and at the same time facilitates the determination of membership.

1 is a block diagram of a discount service providing system applied to the present invention,

FIG. 2 is a detailed block diagram of the service provider server illustrated in FIG. 1.

3 is an operation flowchart showing a member registration process and a data collection process according to the present invention;

4 is an operation flowchart showing a process of performing a discount service providing method using a barcode coupon according to the present invention.

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100: service provider 200: service provider server

201: service provider interface unit 202: external interface unit

203: Information classification unit 204: Member database

205: discount product database 206: product barcode database

207: member barcode database 208: member information input window display unit

209: member information input request unit 210: member information inquiry unit

211: discount product information display unit 212: discount product selection request unit

213: product barcode detection unit 214: member barcode detection unit

215: barcode coupon generation unit 216: central processing unit

300: Seller 400: Service Provider

500: Internet 600: Consumer

A feature of the present invention for achieving such object (s) is that a service provider server, a seller, and a carrier are connected via an internet network, and discounts from the seller registered with the service provider server as the consumer registers with the service provider server. A method of providing a discount service using a bar code coupon of a system that enables a product to be purchased at a predetermined price, the method comprising: requesting to enter an ID and password of a consumer when the consumer is connected to a service provider server; Checking whether the consumer is registered as a member by comparing the ID and password entered by the consumer with the member ID and password previously stored in the service provider server; If it is determined that the consumer is registered as a member, the seller displays a list of discount products for sale to the member; As the consumer selects at least one or more of the list of discount products, the service provider server detects a product barcode corresponding to the list of selected discount products and a member barcode including member information of the consumer; Generating a barcode coupon by synthesizing the product barcode and the member barcode; The mobile phone number included in the member information of the consumer and the generated barcode coupons are transmitted to the communication service provider so that the service provider can transmit the barcode coupons to the mobile phone number of the consumer.

Here, when the seller contracts with the service provider server to pay a certain amount of fee and registers with the service provider server, the service provider server lists the discount products and the discount products to be sold at a discounted price to the consumer registered as a member. It is desirable to receive the product barcode corresponding to the list of the to store it.

In addition, if it is determined that the connected consumer is not a member, displaying a member information input window for inputting the member's member information including an ID, a password, and a mobile phone number so that the consumer can register as a member; As the consumer inputs the member information, it is preferable to store the member information of the consumer and at the same time give the member barcode to the consumer registered as a member.

In addition, it is preferable to add a member bar code to any one of the peak and end of the product barcode to generate a barcode coupon.

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 block diagram of a discount service providing system applied to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a detailed block diagram of the service provider server shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a member registration process according to the present invention. An operation flowchart showing a data collection process is shown, and FIG. 4 is an operation flowchart showing a process of performing a discount service providing method using a barcode coupon according to the present invention.

The configuration of the present invention with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 is as follows.

First, as shown in FIG. 1, the service provider 100 is connected to remotely manage the service provider server 200, and the service provider server 200, the seller 300, and the communication service provider 400 are connected to each other. The internet network 500 is connected to enable mutual communication.

Meanwhile, the communication service provider 400 provides various information to the mobile phone of the consumer 600, and in particular, transmits barcode coupon information provided through the service provider server 200 to the mobile phone.

Meanwhile, referring to FIG. 2, a detailed configuration of the service provider server 200 will be described. The service provider interface 201 interfaces communication with a computer used by the service provider 100.

The external interface unit 202 interfaces the service provider server 200 and the communication network 500.

The information classification unit 203 may provide discount product information and bar code information of the seller 300 affiliated with the service provider 100, member information of the consumer 600 registered as a member of the service provider server 200, and Barcode information assigned to the consumer 600 registered as a member is classified and stored in the corresponding databases 204 to 207, respectively.

The member information input window display unit 208 displays a member information input window so that the consumer 600 registered as a member inputs his or her ID and password.

The member information input request unit 209 requests to input the ID and password of the consumer 600 in the member information input window displayed by the member information input window display unit 208.

The member information inquiry unit 210 determines whether the ID and password entered by the consumer 600 match the member information stored in the member database 204, and determines whether the currently connected consumer 600 is a member.

The discount product information display unit 211 detects and displays a list of discount products sold by the seller 300 associated with the service provider server 200 from the discount product database 205.

The discount product selection request unit 212 requests the consumer 600 to select a list of products to be purchased at a discounted price from the list of various discount products displayed by the discount product information display unit 211.

The product barcode detection unit 213 detects a barcode corresponding to the list of the corresponding product selected by the consumer 600 from the product barcode database 206.

The member barcode detection unit 214 detects a member barcode of the consumer 600 determined as a member by the member information inquiry unit 210 from the member barcode database 207.

The barcode coupon generation unit 215 synthesizes the product barcode detected by the product barcode detection unit 213 and the member barcode detected by the member barcode detection unit 214 to generate a barcode coupon including product information and member information.

The central processing unit 216 generally controls the operating state of the service provider server 200. In particular, the central processing unit 216 checks whether the consumer 600 is registered as a member, and controls to provide a bar code coupon including discount product information and member information to the consumer 600 registered as a member.

The memory 217 stores a program to be operated by the central processing unit 216, and stores various temporary data generated while the central processing unit 216 executes the program.

Referring to Figures 3 and 4 with respect to the operation of the present invention having such a configuration as follows.

First, a process of inputting and databaseting member information and product information of a seller will be described with reference to FIG. 3.

The service provider 100 contracts a predetermined amount of bar code coupon issuance fee and product advertisement cost with the seller 300, and the service provider 100 registers the contracted seller 300 with the service provider server 200 ( S101). In addition, the service provider server 200 receives a list of discount products sold by the seller 300, stores them in the discount product database 205 through the information classification unit 203, and simultaneously detects a product barcode of the corresponding discount product. The detected product barcode of the discount product is stored in the product barcode database 206 through the information classification unit 203 (S102).

In addition, the service provider server 200 controls the member information input window display unit 208 when the consumer 600 wants to register as a member and displays various input items to be input by the consumer 600 to register as a new member. The member information input window is displayed (S103), and the member information input request unit 209 is controlled to request the consumer 600 to input member information including a desired ID, a password, and a mobile phone number (S104). The input member information is stored in the member database 204 through the information classification unit 203 (S105), and the service provider server 200 sends a member barcode including the member information to the consumer 600 who has registered as a member. (S106), the member barcode given through the information classification unit 203 is stored in the member barcode database 207 (S107).

In addition, the service provider 100 contracts a communication fee of a predetermined amount with the communication provider 400 (S108). Accordingly, the communication service provider 400 transmits the barcode coupon provided by the service provider server 200 to the mobile phone of the consumer 600 registered as a member.

On the other hand, referring to Figure 4 describes the operation of the service provider server 200 for performing the discount service providing method using the bar code coupon according to the present invention, when the consumer 600 is connected to the service provider server 200 (S201), the access signal is transmitted to the central processing unit 216 through the Internet network 500 and the external interface unit 202, the central processing unit 216 controls the member information input window display unit 208 to the consumer The user 600 displays a member information input window for inputting an ID and a password, and simultaneously controls the member information input request unit 209 to request the consumer 600 to input an ID and a password (S202).

Accordingly, when the consumer 600 inputs his ID and password (S203), the central processing unit 216 determines whether the corresponding ID and password input through the member information inquiry unit 210 are the normal member ID and password. Control to query (S204). Accordingly, the member information inquiry unit 210 checks whether the ID corresponding to the input ID exists from the member database 204, and if the matching ID exists, detects the password corresponding to the ID and the consumer 600 Check that) matches the password you entered. Herein, if the password corresponding to the corresponding ID matches, the member information inquiry unit 210 determines that the connected consumer 600 is a normal member, and if the password corresponding to the corresponding ID does not match, the member information inquiry unit 210 After the connected consumer 600 determines to be a non-member, it invites member registration and performs a member registration process of FIG. 3 mentioned above to register as a new member.

When the connected consumer 600 is determined to be a member, the central processing unit 216 controls the discount product information display unit 211 to display a list of discount products sold by the registered seller 300 and the discount product database 205. Detected from the display (S205), and through the discount product selection request unit 212, the consumer 600 requests to select a list of discount products to purchase (S206).

Accordingly, when the consumer 600 selects at least one list from the list of displayed discount products (S207), the central processing unit 216 lists the corresponding products selected by the consumer 600 through the product barcode detection unit 213. The product barcode corresponding to the product barcode is detected from the product barcode database 206 (S208), and through the member barcode detector 214, the member barcode corresponding to the member ID input by the consumer 600 in the above step S203 is registered. Detection is made from the barcode database 207 (S209).

Thereafter, the central processing unit 216 controls the barcode coupon generating unit 215 to synthesize the barcode of the product detected by the product barcode detection unit 213 and the member barcode detected by the member barcode detection unit 214 to generate the barcode coupon. It generates (S210). In this case, if the quantity of the discount product that the consumer 600 wants to purchase is one or more, a barcode coupon may be generated as many as the number of discount products, and a plurality of discount product barcodes and member information barcodes are synthesized into one barcode coupon. You may.

On the other hand, the memory 217 temporarily stores temporary data generated while the central processing unit 216 performs the aforementioned steps, and at the same time, a driving program for the central processing unit 216 to control each component is provided. Stored.

Thereafter, the central processing unit 216 detects the mobile phone number among the member information corresponding to the ID input by the consumer 600 from the member database 204 (S211), and detects the mobile phone number information and the generated barcode coupon. The information is transmitted to the communication service provider 400 through the external interface 202 and the internet network 500 (S212).

Accordingly, the communication service provider 400 dials the mobile phone number transmitted from the service provider server 200 to call the mobile phone of the consumer 600 and then text message the barcode coupon transmitted from the service provider server 200. To send in the form of. Accordingly, the consumer 600 receives the barcode coupon for the discount product to be purchased by the mobile phone.

Meanwhile, when the consumer 600 carries a mobile phone with a barcode coupon stored therein, visits a seller 300 registered with the service provider server 200, purchases a desired item, and presents a barcode coupon stored in the mobile phone, The seller 300 reads a bar code coupon with a scanner connected to a cash register or a point-of-sales system to obtain the member information of the corresponding consumer 600 and a list of discount products to be purchased. The consumer 600 sells the product to be purchased at a discounted rate. Accordingly, the consumer 600 may purchase the product at a discounted price using the barcode coupon.

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 discount service providing method using a barcode coupon according to the present invention the following advantage (s) occurs.

That is, by allowing the discounted price of the product to be purchased using the barcode coupon downloaded to the consumer's mobile phone from the service provider server, the seller can obtain a cost saving effect by eliminating a separate printed coupon issuing process, Consumers have the advantage of eliminating the inconvenience of carrying or storing discount coupons.

Claims (4)

Barcode coupon of a system in which a service provider server, a seller and a carrier are connected through an internet network, and a consumer can purchase a product at a discounted price from the seller registered in the service provider server as the consumer registers with the service provider server. In the discount service providing method using: When the consumer is connected to the service provider server, requesting to enter the consumer's ID and password; Checking whether the consumer is registered as a member by comparing the ID and password input by the consumer with a member ID and password previously stored in the service provider server; If it is determined that the consumer is registered as a member as a result of the check, the seller displaying a list of discount products for sale to members; As the consumer selects at least one or more of the list of discount products, the service provider server detecting a product barcode corresponding to the selected list of discount products and a member barcode including member information of the consumer; Synthesizing the product barcode and the member barcode to generate a barcode coupon; And Transmitting the bar code coupon to the mobile phone number of the consumer by transmitting the mobile phone number included in the member information of the consumer and the barcode coupon generated in the generating step to the communication service provider; Discount service providing method using a barcode coupon comprising a. The method of claim 1, When the seller contracts with the service provider server to pay a certain amount of fee and registers with the service provider server, the service provider server will sell the discount product to be sold at a discounted price to the consumer whose seller is registered as a member. Receiving a bar code corresponding to the list of the list of products and the discount of the discount service providing method using a bar code coupon further comprising the step of storing it. The method of claim 1, If it is determined that the connected consumer is not a member as a result of the check in the checking step, inputting member information for inputting the member information of the consumer including an ID, a password, and a mobile phone number so that the consumer can register as a member. Displaying a window; And When the consumer inputs the member information, saving the member information of the consumer and at the same time giving a member barcode to the consumer registered as a member discount service providing method using a barcode coupon. According to claim 1, wherein the barcode coupon generating step, Discount service providing method using a bar code coupon, characterized in that the addition of the member bar code to any one of the peak and end of the product barcode.