KR20040043323A - E-coupon service system using a mobile communication system and controlling method therefore - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An electronic coupon service system and its control method are provided to integrate point and use the integrated point over a mobile communication system by enabling a user to register a bonus point, accumulated whenever a card is used, as an electronic coupon. CONSTITUTION: The system comprises a card payment terminal(1), a card payment server(2), an electronic coupon service server(3), a coupon check terminal(4) and a base station system(6). The card payment terminal(1) reads a card, checks a credit state and processes a point accumulation function. The card payment server(2) processes a card check and an accumulated point request signals from the card payment terminal(1), updates existing data, and transmits calculated point data to an external device. The electronic coupon service server(3) analyzes the transmitted point data, updates an electronic coupon management database, and processes an electronic coupon usage function. The coupon check terminal(4) accesses the electronic coupon service server(3), and performs an electronic coupon check and usage request. The base station system(6), connected to the electronic coupon service server(3), transmits electronic numbers, generated as the electronic coupon is used, to a mobile terminal(5) via an SMS(Short Message Service).

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E-coupon service system using a mobile communication system and controlling method therefore}

The present invention relates to an electronic coupon service system using a mobile communication system and a control method thereof. Particularly, a mobile phone system registers a point accumulated when a card is used as an electronic coupon, and uses the registered electronic coupon using a mobile communication system. An electronic coupon service system using a communication system and a control method thereof.

In general, as the society develops into a credit society, a card payment system that uses a simple card payment system rather than paying a large amount of cash when purchasing an item is becoming common. And, in addition, service providers using the card payment system as described above provides points to the customer service level when their customers purchase goods, and if the points accumulate in certain units, the points system can be used again as the current level. To the card user.

Then, referring to the conventional card payment system as described above with reference to FIG. 1, the card payment terminal 71 is installed in the individual affiliated store and reads and accumulates the point of the card 70, and from the card payment terminal 71 It consists of a card payment server 72 for processing the sent card inquiry and cumulative point request signal and using the results to update the existing data.

The card payment terminal 71 displays a card reader 73 for reading a card and a card information signal read from the card reader 73 on a display 74, and displays a card inquiry and accumulation point. A signal processing module 75 for transmitting information to the card payment server 72 and a key panel unit 76 for inputting a function setting signal of the user of the signal processing module 75 are included.

On the other hand, looking at the operation of the conventional card payment system as described above, when the card user purchases the goods using the card 70 in the card merchant, the card 70 is inserted into the card reader 73. The card reader 73 reads the card information and inputs the card information to the signal processing module 75. Then, the signal processing module 75 displays the card inquiry processing screen on the display 74 using the card information read through the card reader unit 73. At this time, the manager of the card payment system 71 inputs the data required for the card inquiry, including whether the accumulated point is applied to the card inquiry processing screen displayed on the display 74, through the key panel unit 76. Let's do it. Then, the signal processing module 75 of the card payment system 71 analyzes the input card inquiry data, calculates necessary data such as the accumulated point amount and the total amount, and displays the result on the display 74.

In this case, when the owner of the card 70 confirms the contents displayed on the display 74 through the key panel unit 76, the signal processing module 75 recognizes this and writes the card inquiry information. ) Is transmitted to the card settlement server 72.

Then, the card payment server 72 analyzes the card inquiry information transmitted from the corresponding card payment system 71 and extracts the necessary data, for example, data for the affiliated store, data for the cardholder, payment amount and associated information. Extract data to process payment service. For example, the card payment server 72 transmits the purchase approval result signal to the card payment system 71 through the dedicated line 77 to execute the card payment through the authentication procedure. At this time, the card payment server 72 updates the previous record by searching the database for the card owner when there is a request for a cumulative point in the card inquiry information.

When the user of the card 70 purchases an item using the accumulated point, the same process is performed through the above process.

However, since the conventional card payment system as described above has taken a method of providing an individual cumulative point card to each affiliate and providing it to a customer, the cardholder must carry all the cards issued by each merchant in order to use such accumulated points. Inconvenient, and if the card is lost, there was a problem that you do not receive a discount using the accumulated points accumulated.

Accordingly, the present invention is invented to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, integrated management of the accumulated points generated by a plurality of cards, so it is not necessary to carry a corresponding point card one by one, thereby maximizing the ease of use of the card user An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic coupon service system using a mobile communication system and a control method thereof.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an electronic coupon service system using a mobile communication system that can significantly improve the functionality of the mobile communication terminal by using an electronic coupon when purchasing goods using a mobile communication terminal without having to provide an expensive additional device And a control method thereof.

The present invention for achieving the above object is to process the card inquiry and cumulative point request signal transmitted from the card payment terminal installed in the individual affiliated store and update the existing data using the result, and then calculate the accumulated accumulated point information A card payment server for transmitting to the device, an electronic coupon service providing server for analyzing the accumulated point information transmitted from the card payment server, updating the card owner's electronic coupon database, and processing a function of using the electronic coupon, and the electronic coupon Coupon inquiry terminal that accesses the service providing server and executes the inquiry and use request of the electronic coupon, and the base station connected to the electronic coupon service providing server and transmits and processes the electronic number according to the use of the electronic coupon to the mobile communication terminal as an SMS signal. Electronic Coupon Using Mobile Communication System Provide phone service system.

Another feature of the present invention is that the card payment server calculates the accumulated point information generated according to the card payment and accumulates the accumulated point-related information transfer to the electronic coupon service providing server, and after the accumulated point accumulation step When the accumulated point related information is received from the card settlement server, the electronic coupon service providing server analyzes the electronic coupon DB for the card owner using the accumulated point related information transmitted from the card settlement server and updates the existing data. When the electronic coupon use approval request signal is input from the user of the mobile communication terminal after the update step and the electronic coupon DB update step, the electronic number according to the approval of the use of the electronic coupon of the specific merchant requested by the user of the mobile communication terminal as SMS data. Sent to the user of the mobile communication terminal If the electronic coupon use confirmation request is received from the coupon inquiry terminal after the coupon approval number transmission step and the electronic coupon approval number transmission step, the electronic coupon use function is processed through the user confirmation process for the electronic coupon and the relevant coupon data is stored in the database. It provides a control method of an electronic coupon service system using a mobile communication system consisting of an electronic coupon use confirmation step of updating to.

1 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a conventional card payment system.

2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a system of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart of the present invention.

4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of an electronic coupon use list for each affiliate store provided by the electronic coupon service providing server of the present invention system.

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1: Card payment terminal 2: Card payment server

3: electronic coupon service providing server 4: coupon inquiry terminal

5: mobile communication terminal 6: base station system section

7 base station 8 MSC

9: PSTN network 10: Exchange

11: SMS system department

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Electronic coupon service system of the present invention is installed in the individual merchants, as shown in Figure 2 card payment terminal (1) for processing the inquiry and cumulative point function by reading the card (not shown), and the card payment terminal (1) A card payment server (2) for processing a card inquiry and a cumulative point request signal transmitted from the card, updating existing data using the result, and transmitting the calculated cumulative point information to a set external device; and the card payment server (2). The electronic coupon service providing server (3) and the electronic coupon service providing server (3), which analyzes the accumulated point information transmitted from The coupon inquiry terminal 4 for executing the inquiry and use request of the electronic coupon and the electronic coupon service providing server 3 is connected to the use of the electronic coupon Here takes place the number in the base station system part (6) for processing transmitted to the mobile terminal 5 to the SMS signals.

The base station system 6 is a base station 7 which wirelessly processes a function signal transmitted from the mobile communication terminal 5, for example, a call signal or an SMS broadcast message, or relays an SMS message transmitted from an external device. And an MSC 8 for controlling a call signal input through the base station 7 and between the MSC 8 and the PSTN network 9 to exchange mobile communication signals and general telephone communication signals. And an SMS system unit 11 connected to the exchange station 10 and transmitting an electronic number according to the use of the electronic coupon transmitted from the electronic coupon service providing server 3 as an SMS signal.

Here, the electronic coupon database established in the electronic coupon service providing server 3 is created based on the cardholder's subscriber mobile communication telephone number.

In addition, the card merchant company is registered in the electronic coupon service providing server (3).

Next, a control method of the electronic coupon service system as described above will be described.

First, the present invention proceeds to the accumulation point accumulation step (S2) in the initial state (S1), as shown in Figure 3, the card payment server calculates the accumulated point information generated in accordance with the card payment and the calculated cumulative point related Send the information to the electronic coupon service providing server.

That is, when a user with a merchant card purchases a product at a specific merchant and pays with a card generated at a specific merchant, the card is inserted into the card payment terminal 1 and the normal card inquiry service data is entered to fill the card payment server ( To 2).

Then, the card payment server 2 receiving the inquiry request from the card payment terminal 1 extracts the necessary data by analyzing the received data, for example, data for the merchant, data for the card holder, payment amount After extracting and temporarily storing the data related to the information, the inquiry information is transmitted to the corresponding card payment terminal (1) to execute the normal payment processing for the goods purchase.

At this time, the card payment server (2), when there is a request for the cumulative point of the payment amount, searches the database in the server for the card owner, retrieves data on the mobile communication service provider that the card owner subscribed and the payment processing is completed Next, the electronic coupon service providing server 3 of the retrieved mobile communication service provider transmits data on the affiliated store, data of the cardholder, and data related to the accumulated point.

Here, after the accumulation point accumulating step S2, the cumulative point data receiving judging step S3 is performed to determine whether the electronic coupon service providing server transmits the accumulated point related information from the card payment server. When the cumulative point data is received during the determination step (S3), and the cumulative point related information is received from the card settlement server, the electronic coupon service providing server is transmitted from the card settlement server. Analyze the electronic coupon DB for the cardholder using the accumulated point related information and update the existing data. In addition, after the electronic coupon DB update step (S4) to proceed to the update information transmission step (S5) to the cardholder's mobile communication terminal using the electronic coupon information of the cardholders updated by the current electronic coupon service providing server as an SMS signal. send.

On the other hand, after the update information transmission step (S5) proceeds to the electronic coupon information request determination step (S6) to determine whether the user of the mobile communication terminal is requested to transmit their electronic coupon information through the mobile communication terminal. At this time, when it is determined during the electronic coupon information request determination step (S6) that the user of the mobile communication terminal is not requested to transmit their electronic coupon information, the mobile station returns to the standby mode and terminates the corresponding function. However, when the electronic coupon information request determination step (S6) is determined as a result of the request from the user of the mobile communication terminal to transmit their electronic coupon information proceeds to the electronic coupon information transmission step (S7) to move the electronic coupon service providing server After passing through the user authentication of the communication terminal, the electronic coupon-related data of the user is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal. After the electronic coupon information transmitting step S7, the electronic coupon use approval request determination step S8 is performed to determine whether an electronic coupon use approval request signal has been input from the user of the mobile communication terminal. In this case, when the electronic coupon use approval request signal is not input from the user of the mobile communication terminal as a result of the determination in the electronic coupon use approval request determination step (S8), the function returns to the standby mode and ends the corresponding function. However, when the electronic coupon use approval request signal is input from the user of the mobile communication terminal as a result of the determination during the electronic coupon use approval request determination step (S8), the user proceeds to the electronic coupon approval number transmission step (S9). The electronic number according to the approval of the use of the electronic coupon of a particular affiliated store is transmitted to the user of the corresponding mobile communication terminal as SMS data.

Then, after the electronic coupon approval number transmission step (S9) to proceed to the use approval confirmation request determination step (S10), the electronic coupon service providing server determines whether the electronic coupon use confirmation request is received from the coupon inquiry terminal. In this case, if the electronic coupon use confirmation request is not received from the coupon inquiry terminal as a result of the determination in the use approval confirmation request determination step (S10), the function returns to the standby mode and ends the corresponding function. However, when the electronic coupon use confirmation request is received from the coupon inquiry terminal as a result of the determination during the use approval confirmation request determination step (S10), the electronic coupon use confirmation execution step (S11) proceeds through a user confirmation process for the electronic coupon. Process the coupon redemption function and update the relevant coupon data in the database.

That is, when the cumulative data related information is received from the card payment server 2 to the electronic coupon service providing server 3, the electronic coupon service providing server 3 accumulates data on the received affiliated store, data on the cardholder, and accumulates the data. Analyze and extract data related to points. The electronic coupon service providing server 3 searches whether the corresponding user is registered in the server using the card owner's telephone number based on the data. At this time, the electronic coupon service providing server 3 extracts the coupon data of the card owner from the database when the currently searched card owner is a registered subscriber, and checks whether there is a coupon for the corresponding item of a specific merchant in the corresponding data list. do. Here, when there is a coupon for the corresponding item of a particular merchant, the electronic coupon service providing server 3 updates and stores the currently accumulated cumulative points in the existing coupon data. However, the electronic coupon service providing server 3 creates an electronic coupon by creating a new list if the coupon for the corresponding item of a particular merchant is not in the corresponding list. Then, when the cumulative point processing operation as described above is completed, the electronic coupon service providing server 3 uses the base station system unit 6 as a SMS (Short message service) signal to transmit the cardholder's mobile communication terminal ( 5) Notify transfer.

During the above process, if the cardholder purchases the goods using the electronic coupon at the merchant

First, the user is authenticated by accessing the electronic coupon service providing server 3 with the coupon inquiry terminal 4 installed in the affiliated store. In this case, when the user of the mobile communication terminal 5 completes the user authentication procedure through the coupon inquiry terminal 4, the electronic coupon service providing server 3 displays a list of affiliated stores having accumulated points. ) Here, when the user of the mobile communication terminal 5 selects a particular affiliated store through the coupon inquiry terminal 4, the electronic coupon service providing server 3 receives the accumulated point information for the affiliated card payment terminal 1 To provide.

In this case, the user of the mobile communication terminal 5 determines whether to use the electronic coupon with reference to the accumulated point information displayed on the card payment terminal 1, in which case, the user decides to use the electronic coupon. The user of the communication terminal 5, that is, the card holder, attempts to access the electronic coupon service providing server 3 with his mobile communication terminal 5.

Then, the call request signal of the mobile communication terminal 5 is connected to the electronic coupon service providing server 3 via the base station 7, the MSC 8, and the switching center 10 of the base station system unit 6. At this time, the electronic coupon service providing server (3) after the user authentication process using the connected call channel is confirmed that the person currently connected using the mobile communication terminal (5) of the subscriber's mobile communication terminal Search the subscriber's database by phone number. Here, the electronic coupon service providing server 3 extracts a list of affiliated stores used by the subscriber from the searched database, for example, a list as shown in FIG. 4 and transmits the list to the mobile communication terminal 5.

Then, the user of the mobile communication terminal 5 selects a specific affiliated store from the list of affiliated stores transmitted by the electronic coupon service providing server 3 through the base station system unit 6 and transmits the selected signal to the base station system unit 6. Through the electronic coupon service providing server (3) again. In addition, the electronic coupon service providing server (3) recognizes the selection signal for a particular affiliated store input from the mobile communication terminal (5) and the data on the cumulative point and the use of the electronic coupon for the affiliated store again the mobile communication terminal ( 5) to send. At this time, when the user of the mobile communication terminal 5 confirms the request for the use of the electronic coupon, the electronic coupon service providing server 3 transmits the electronic number for the electronic coupon to the base station system unit 6. Through the SMS system unit 11 of the mobile communication terminal 5 is transmitted.

Here, if the user of the mobile communication terminal 5 is given an electronic number for the electronic coupon as described above and provides it to the manager of the affiliated store, the affiliated store manager sends the electronic number through the card payment terminal (1). Input and request the electronic coupon service providing server 3 to confirm the validity of the electronic coupon. At this time, the electronic coupon service providing server (3) if the electronic number information input from the card payment terminal (1) is not abnormal transmits the use confirmation according to the card payment terminal (1) and updates the data for the coupon Let's do it.

As described above, the present invention registers the points accumulated when the card is used as an electronic coupon and uses the registered electronic coupon by using a mobile communication system, thereby integrating and managing the accumulated points generated by a plurality of cards. There is no need to carry the point card one by one has the advantage that can maximize the user's ease of use accordingly.

In addition, according to the present invention, since the electronic coupon can be used to purchase goods using a mobile communication terminal without having to provide an expensive additional device, the functionality of the mobile communication terminal is also significantly improved.

Claims (7)

A card payment server for processing a card inquiry and a cumulative point request signal transmitted from a card payment terminal installed in an individual affiliate store, updating existing data using the result, and transmitting the calculated cumulative point information to a set external device; The electronic coupon service providing server for analyzing the accumulated point information transmitted from the payment server to update the electronic coupon database of the cardholder and processing the function of using the electronic coupon, and accessing the electronic coupon service providing server for inquiry and A mobile communication system comprising: a coupon inquiry terminal for executing a use request; and a base station system unit connected to the electronic coupon service providing server and transmitting and processing the electronic number according to the use of the electronic coupon as a SMS signal to a mobile communication terminal. Electronic coupon service system using. The electronic coupon service of claim 1, wherein the base station system unit includes an SMS system unit for transmitting an electronic number according to the use of the electronic coupon service transmitted from the electronic coupon service providing server as an SMS signal. system. The electronic coupon service system according to claim 1, wherein the electronic coupon database established in the electronic coupon service providing server is created based on the cardholder's subscriber mobile communication telephone number. The electronic coupon service system using a mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of card affiliate stores are registered in the electronic coupon service providing server. Accumulation point accumulation step of calculating the accumulated point information generated by the card payment server according to the card payment and transmitting the calculated cumulative point related information to the electronic coupon service providing server, and accumulated points from the card settlement server after the accumulation point accumulation step The electronic coupon DB update step of analyzing the electronic coupon DB for the card holder and updating the existing data using the accumulated point related information transmitted from the card payment server when the electronic coupon service providing server receives the related information; If the electronic coupon use approval request signal is input from the user of the mobile communication terminal after the coupon DB update step, the user of the mobile communication terminal uses the electronic number according to the approval of the use of the electronic coupon of the specific merchant requested by the mobile communication terminal user. Send e-coupon approval number sent to When the electronic coupon use confirmation request is received from the coupon inquiry terminal after the electronic coupon approval number transmission step, the electronic coupon processing function for the electronic coupon is processed and the related coupon data is updated in the database. A control method of an electronic coupon service system using a mobile communication system, characterized in that the use confirmation execution step. The method of claim 5, wherein the electronic coupon DB update step further includes an update information transmission step of transmitting the card owner electronic coupon information updated by the electronic coupon service providing server as an SMS signal to the card owner mobile communication terminal. Control method of an electronic coupon service system using a mobile communication system, characterized in that. The method of claim 5, wherein the transmitting of the update information comprises: an electronic coupon information request confirmation step of confirming whether a signal for requesting transmission of the electronic coupon information is received from the user of the mobile communication terminal through the mobile communication terminal; When it is confirmed that the request for the transmission of the electronic coupon information is requested from the user of the mobile communication terminal by the coupon information request confirmation step, the electronic coupon service providing server receives the user's electronic coupon-related data through the user authentication of the mobile communication terminal. Control method of an electronic coupon service system using a mobile communication system, characterized in that it further comprises the step of transmitting electronic coupon information to the mobile communication terminal.