KR20040067690A - Method and apparatus for management franchise - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A device and a method for operating a franchise are provided to offer the management state information of a franchise shop in real-time through the network and invite an investing fund needed for opening the franchise shop. CONSTITUTION: Information providers(100,110) provide the open state information and the management state information of the franchise shop. A franchise operating server(150) provides the open state information and the management state information to a user(130) connected through the network in real-time, receives the investing fund for opening the next franchise shop from the user, and allots the earnings for managing the next franchise sop opened by the investing fund. A database(140) stores the open state information and the management state information of the franchise shop, and the user information inputting the investing fund information, and outputs the information to the franchise operating server.

Description

Franchise operating method and apparatus {METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGEMENT FRANCHISE}

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for operating a franchise, and more particularly, to a method and an apparatus for operating a franchise for more effectively performing a franchise operation and an investment through a network according to the recruitment of a micro investment fund.

As the modern society becomes more and more nuclear-family, and the income level of the family improves, the food service industry is developing rapidly. The representative business is the franchise business.

Generally, a franchise business is a business system that is intended to grant goodwill and achieve common prosperity. The head office that provides products, services, and services sells the products to others in accordance with the guidelines set by the head office in a certain region. Or it is a business that authorizes the provision of services.

In addition, the franchise business allows individuals to run small shops, while still maintaining the experience and expertise of a large company, scientific market research, professional training, proven business operations and significant advertising impact. Can be provided.

Examples of the franchise business having the above-mentioned characteristics include Lotteria, McDonald's, Pizza Hut, Mr Pizza, Starbucks, Crown Bakery, Family Mart, etc.

When collecting information about the franchise business in order to manage such a franchise business, the collected information simply relies on the franchise headquarters or external advertisements to grasp the management performance and the business prospects of the franchise business. There is a problem that cannot obtain accurate information about the management status.

In addition, in order to expand the franchise business and increase the number of stores in order to spread the advertising for the franchise business, it is difficult for one person to expand and spread the franchise business because the initial cost of opening the store is too high. .

In addition, the user who wants to invest a predetermined amount of money does not know the exact information such as the management status of the investment target, and only judges based on information that is publicly disclosed.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a franchise operating method and apparatus for providing real-time management status information of a franchise store through a network.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide a franchise operating method and apparatus for creating an investment fund necessary for opening a franchise store.

1 is a schematic block diagram of a franchise operating apparatus according to the present invention.

2A-2C illustrate the internal structure of the FIG. 1 database.

3 is a diagram illustrating a screen output state for providing open status information.

4 is a diagram illustrating a screen output state for providing store management information and subsequent store opening information.

5 is a view showing a screen output state for providing the last sales information of the store.

Figure 6 is a view showing a screen output state for investment fund membership.

7 is a flow chart for performing a franchise store operation according to the present invention.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

100: store open information provider 110: store management information provider

130: Internet User 140: Database

142: Store Open Information Database

144: Store Management Information Database

146: Investment Information Database

150: franchise operation server

The present invention for achieving the above object is to provide the network user with the open status information and management status of the franchise store through the network, the subsequent opening of the franchise store according to the provided open status information and management status information It is characterized by providing a franchise store operating method comprising the step of receiving the investment fund information for the network user from the network user, and the step of allocating profits from the management of the subsequent franchise store according to the investment fund to the user.

Here, the present invention has another feature in providing a method for operating a franchise store, further comprising the step of performing an auction of the franchise store.

In addition, another feature of the present invention is an information providing unit for providing open status information and management status information of a certain franchise store, providing the open status information and management status information to a user connected through a network in real time, and open status from the user The franchise operation server and store that receive input of investment fund information for opening a subsequent franchise store according to information and management status information, and allocate management profits to users who input investment fund information after opening the franchise subsequent store according to investment fund information. The present invention provides a franchise operating apparatus including a database that stores user information inputting open status information, management status information, and investment fund information and outputs the information to a franchise operating server.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of a method and apparatus for operating a franchise according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a schematic structural block diagram of a franchise operating apparatus according to the present invention, Figures 2a to 2c is a view showing the internal structure of the database of Figure 1;

As shown in Figure 1, the franchise operating device is a store open information providing unit 100 for providing real-time information on the open status of the franchise store in a certain industry, for providing real-time management status information of the franchise store is completed. Store management information providing unit 110 is configured.

In addition, the Internet user 130, the store open information provider 100 for accessing the network to receive the franchise store open status and management status information and to perform a certain amount of investment for the subsequent opening of the franchise store. It includes a database 140 for storing the open status information of the franchise shop, the management status information and the investment information of the Internet user 130 collected through the store management information provider 110.

In addition, after providing the open status information and management status information to the Internet user 130 selectively, and after the subsequent franchise store opening according to the investment information of the Internet user 130, the management profits of the subsequent franchise store opened to the Internet user It is composed of a franchise operating server 150 for allocating to 130.

Here, the database 140 includes a store open information database 142, a store management information database 144, and an investment information database 146.

The internal structure of the store opening information database 142 may be a franchise store ID, a store name, a store's open position, a construction date and time, completion date and time, required expenses, a construction progress rate, an image of a construction progress process, or the like. And link address information where the video information is located.

Store management information database 144, as shown in Figure 2b, the franchise store ID, store name, customer customer status, sales status, profit status, inventory status, operating expenses status, franchise store view and customer use image or It is configured to include information such as a link address where the video information is located.

As illustrated in FIG. 2C, the investment information database 146 includes a member ID, a member name, a password, an investment amount, a deposit type, account information, and the like.

In addition, the store opening information providing unit 100 and the store management information providing unit 110 are configured to include an image camera for capturing the image or video information, such as the open construction progress state of the franchise store and the foreground of the store.

In addition, the franchise operation server 150 is directly connected with the franchise store operator or counselor when a request signal for obtaining detailed information about the store opening status information and the store management status information is input from the Internet user 130 connected through the Internet. It can be configured by adding a web-callback system configured to make a call.

In addition, the franchise operation server 150 may be configured to provide the franchise store open status information and store management status information to the Internet user 130 in a predetermined cycle by a web-callback system.

Referring to the operation of the franchise operating apparatus according to the present invention configured as described above are as follows.

Store opening information providing unit 100 is the name of the franchise store under construction, the construction date, the date and time of construction, the scheduled date of completion, construction progress, required expenses, detailed text information and construction progress foreground image or video The information is updated at any time and provided to the franchise operation server 150.

In addition, the store management information providing unit 110, such as daily, weekly, monthly or yearly sales status, inventory status, operating expenses status, profit status and views of stores and customers using the store, etc. The video information of the update from time to time to provide to the franchise operation server 150.

The franchise operation server 150 stores the store opening status information and the store management status information provided from the store opening information providing unit 100 and the store management information providing unit 110, and the store opening information database 142 and the store management information database ( 144) respectively.

In addition, the franchise operation server 150 is a schedule network, for example, after the Internet user 130 connected through the Internet performs a login (login) according to membership, etc., the store opening status information and the store management status of the franchise store. When the information is requested, the information stored in the store open information database 142 and the store management information database 144 is selectively output to the Internet user 130.

The Internet user 130 franchises a certain amount of investment fund signal for opening the same franchise store based on the open status information and the management status information of the franchise store provided by the franchise operation server 150 connected through the Internet. Send to server 150.

The franchise operation server 150 stores the investment information of the Internet user 130 according to the investment fund signal input from the Internet user 130 in the investment information database 146.

Here, the investment fund signal input from the Internet user 130 is configured to include personal information, investment amount, investment amount deposit form information, etc. of the Internet user 130, the Internet user 130 of too much amount In order to prevent investment, there is an upper limit which is a certain reference value. At this time, the present invention set the reference value of the investment amount to 3 million won.

The franchise operation server 150 is a subsequent store (hereinafter referred to as a second franchise store) of a franchise store (hereinafter referred to as a first franchise store) according to an investment fund formed by a plurality of internet users other than the internet user 130. Initiate a process for opening.

Subsequently, the second franchise store opening status is collected from time to time by the store open information providing unit 100 and transmitted to the franchise operation server 150, and the franchise operation server 150 stores the second franchise store opening status information. It is stored in the database 142 and optionally provided to the Internet user 130.

In addition, the franchise operation server 150 allocates the profits according to the management performance of the second franchise store that has been opened by the investment fund of the internet user 130 to the internet user 130 after a certain period of time. At this time, the predetermined period is the time required for the second franchise store management to generate a profit on a certain schedule orbit, which is set to about 3 months in the present invention.

The franchise operating apparatus according to the present invention can continuously open third, fourth, ..., nth franchise stores, which are subsequent stores of the second franchise store, through the same operations as described above, and the opened franchise. Subsequent store management profits will be distributed to Internet users who raised investment funds.

In addition, the franchise operating apparatus according to the present invention may be configured such that ownership is transferred to the Internet user 130 who has established an investment fund through a method such as auctioning the franchise store that has been opened through the above-described operation. At this time, the target that can participate in the auction may be configured to be extended to the general Internet users as well as the Internet users 130 who have created the investment fund.

In addition, it is apparent that the franchise store operating apparatus according to the present invention can be configured to perform electronic commerce such as reservation, ordering, and purchase of a handled product or service by an Internet user 130 connected through the Internet. .

The franchise store operating apparatus according to the present invention configured and operated as described above will be described in more detail through one embodiment as follows.

First, the franchise operation server 150 starts construction for opening a franchise store of a selected type of industry, such as a bakery, pizza, coffee shop, specialty restaurants of the world, and the Internet user 130 connected through the Internet. We provide construction start information for opening of franchise store to.

That is, the franchise operation server 150 receives the open status information of the franchise store under construction from the store open information providing unit 100 in real time and stores it in the store open information database 142 and then stores the franchise operation server 150 through the Internet. In accordance with the open status information request of the Internet user 130 connected to the) is output to the Internet user 130 through the screen state shown in FIG.

3 is a screen output state for providing open status information, the franchise operation server 150 to the Internet user 130, the construction foreground image or video information of the franchise store 300, the details according to the construction progress of the franchise store The text information 302, text information 304 for recruiting fund investors for subsequent store opening of a franchise store under construction, and investment success case information 306 are output.

Here, the enlarged image of the construction view of the franchise store and the image information 300 is output according to the click of the 'big picture icon' 308.

Subsequently, when the opening of the franchise store is completed, the franchise operation server 150 outputs a screen as shown in FIG. 4 to the connected Internet user 130.

That is, FIG. 4 illustrates a screen output state for providing store management information and subsequent store opening information, and the franchise operation server 150 is a franchise store open to the Internet user 130 (hereinafter, referred to as a first franchise store). Foreground image or video information (400), construction foreground and image information (402) of a subsequent store of a franchise store (hereinafter referred to as a second franchise store), image information (404) for a plurality of Internet users participating in the investment fund. , Hyperlink 406 of sales status information according to the operation of the first franchise store, text information hyperlink 408 for the second franchise store under construction, and text information hyperlink for recruiting open fund investors for the second franchise store. 410 and investment success story information 412 and the like.

Here, when the internet user 130 clicks the hyperlink 406 for confirming the last sales of the first franchise store, detailed information as shown in FIG. 5 is output.

FIG. 5 illustrates a screen output state for providing past sales information of a store, and the past sales result of the first franchise store includes date, time of use, customer status, sales, operating expenses, profit information, and the like.

As such, the Internet user 130 who received real-time status information and store management status information about the first franchise store on the Internet in real time has a trust in the franchise store, and thus, invests in a fund for opening a second franchise store. The request signal is transmitted to the franchise operation server 150.

The franchise operation server 150 receives a fund investment request signal from the internet user 130, and accordingly outputs the investment fund member registration screen state to the internet user 130 as shown in FIG. 6.

6 is a screen output state for the investment fund membership, the investment fund membership screen is the deposit of personal information and investment amount such as member ID, password, name, social security number, e-mail address of the Internet user 130 Information for, for example, credit card and online deposit amount, credit card number, expiration date and card password, account of Internet user 130 for bank selection, depositor, deposit date selection and profit allocation for online deposit It consists of entries and check boxes for entering and selecting number and account holder information.

The Internet user 130, who has made an investment fund membership, may perform the investment amount in one of an online form of electronic payment through the Internet or an offline form such as depositing through a bank.

According to the investment fund membership, the Internet user 130 is registered as a second franchise store fund investment member, and the investment information is stored in the investment information database 146 by the franchise operation server 150.

Here, it is obvious that the investment fund information of a plurality of Internet users is input in addition to the above-described Internet user 130. At this time, the franchise operation server 150 receives an investment fund from a plurality of Internet users. When the total amount of the input investment fund reaches the required cost for opening the franchise store, the fund formation is terminated.

Subsequently, the franchise operation server 150 proceeds with the opening construction of the second franchise store according to the fund input from the internet user 130, and accordingly the profit generated by the operation of the second franchise store that has been opened is completed. 130 in the form of dividends.

In addition, the franchise operation server 150 may transfer ownership to the internet user 130 through an auction of the second franchise store opened by the investment fund of the internet user 130.

The franchise operating method of the franchise operating apparatus according to the present invention configured and operated as described above will be described with reference to a flowchart.

7 is a flowchart for performing a franchise store operation according to the present invention.

First, the franchise operation server 150 of FIG. 1 is a franchise operation server through the Internet to open status information such as construction date, construction scheduled date, construction progress rate, required expenses and video information of the building construction progress process of the franchise store ( Provided in real time to the Internet user 130 connected to 150.

In addition, the franchise operation server 150 provides real-time management status information, such as user status, sales, operating expenses, and profits, to the internet user 130, such as management results according to the operation of the franchise store that has been opened. (S700).

Here, the open status information and the store management status information of the franchise store are updated and stored in real time in the store open information database 142 and the store management information database 144 and are selectively output according to the request of the Internet user 130. .

Subsequently, the Internet user 130 builds a confidence in the franchise store by the information on the franchise store provided in real time through the Internet, and the franchise operation server 150 transmits the investment fund information signal for the subsequent franchise store opening. To transmit (S702).

Subsequently, continuously detecting whether the input investment fund information reaches the expenditure for opening the subsequent franchise store, and when the investment fund information reaches the expenditure for opening the subsequent franchise store (S704), input investment fund information from a plurality of Internet users. To end (S706).

That is, the franchise operation server 150 outputs information indicating that the investment fund information for the subsequent franchise store opening has been input, so that the recruitment of investment fund investors is terminated.

At this time, the investment fund information signal input by the Internet user 130 includes a predetermined investment amount information and deposit type information for depositing the investment amount, the investment amount is to prevent closure due to excessive amount of investment The upper limit reference value is set.

In addition, the deposit type information of the fund investment signal is information on whether to use a credit card or to make an online deposit.

Subsequently, the franchise operation server 150 opens a subsequent franchise store by the input fund, operates the opened store, and outputs profits in the form of dividends to the Internet user 130 who invested the funds according to the result of the operation ( S708).

At this time, the profit dividend output to the Internet user 130 is allocated according to the investment fund information signal, that is, the ratio of the invested amount.

The franchise operating method according to the present invention performed through such a process may perform an auction for transferring ownership of the franchise store to a predetermined internet user.

That is, the franchise operation server 150 receives an auction request signal for a franchise store from a plurality of internet users, and bids the franchise store to an internet user who has input the highest price among the input auction request signals.

Here, the target of participating in the auction may be limited to Internet users who have created an investment fund for opening a franchise store or may include general Internet users. In addition, when the Internet user and the general Internet user who raised the investment fund participate in the auction at the same time, it may be set to give a certain vested interest by giving priority to the Internet user who raised the investment fund.

The method and apparatus for operating a franchise according to the present invention provides information on the status of opening up to the completion of opening of a franchise store and management performance, that is, management state information of the franchise store to the Internet user in real time through the Internet, Create a small investment fund for Internet users based on the information provided. In addition, by using the fund to create a follow-up store of an open franchise store, and distributes the management profit of the store to the Internet users who raised the investment fund.

Therefore, since the present invention provides real-time information on the open status of the franchise store and the store management state information through the Internet, transparent management can be performed to improve the reliability of the Internet user for the franchise store.

In addition, the present invention has the effect that the investment fund is facilitated by improving the reliability of the Internet user according to the transparent management.

In addition, the present invention can open a subsequent franchise store to be opened for expansion of the franchise store being managed and the spread for the advertising effect by the established investment fund, the maximum profit can be obtained by small investment capital It also works.

In addition, the present invention has the effect that the information on the profits of the management through the Internet is clearly presented, and the profit distribution is made accordingly, so that the trust of the Internet user who created the investment fund can be maintained continuously.

Although the above has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as set forth in the claims below It will be appreciated that modifications and variations can be made.

Claims (16)

Providing open status information and business status information of the franchise store to the network user; Receiving, from the network user, an investment fund for opening a subsequent store of the franchise store according to the provided open state information and management state information; Allocating profit according to the management of the subsequent franchise store opened according to the investment fund according to the user Franchise store operation method comprising a. The method of claim 1, Providing the open status information and management status information to the network user Collecting and temporarily storing the franchise store opening status information and the management status in real time; Selectively outputting the stored store opening status information and the management status information according to a search request signal of the network user Franchise operation method further comprising a. The method of claim 1, The open status information includes at least one of construction progress text information of the franchise store or image or video information of a construction construction progress site of the franchise store. The method of claim 1, The store management state information includes at least one of text information of the sales status of the franchise store, or video information of the foreground of the store or the view of the store use status. The method of claim 1, The step of receiving an investment fund for opening a subsequent store of the franchise store Receiving an investment fund request signal for opening a subsequent store of the franchise store input from the network user; Outputting a subscription information input request signal for registering an investment fund to the user according to the request signal; Temporarily storing the response information of the user according to the subscription information input request signal; Franchise operation method further comprising a. The method of claim 5, And the response information of the user includes personal information of the network user, investment amount information, and the investment amount deposit type information. The method of claim 6, The investment amount is a franchise operating method, characterized in that less than the reference value for the expenses required for the subsequent opening of the franchise store. The method of claim 6, The investment amount is franchise operation method in which the deposit is made online or offline. The method of claim 1, In the step of receiving an investment fund for opening the franchise subsequent store, Counting the input investment fund; Terminating investment fund input from the network user when the counting value reaches the required cost for opening the franchise subsequent store; Franchise operation method further comprising. The method of claim 1, And performing an auction of the franchise store after opening the subsequent franchise store according to the investment fund. The method of claim 10, Participation in the auction is a franchise management method, characterized in that the network user inputting the investment fund information. Outputting schedule franchise store opening status information and store management status information to a user connected through a network; Receiving an investment fund for opening the franchise subsequent store according to the store opening status information and the store management status information from the network user; Terminating the investment fund input when the investment fund reaches the franchise subsequent store opening expenses; Allocating profits generated from operations of the franchise's subsequent stores to network users who input the investment fund information Franchise operation method comprising a. The method of claim 12, The investment fund is a franchise operating method comprising the personal information of the network user, investment amount information and the investment amount deposit form information. A memory in which a program is stored; A processor coupled to the memory to execute the program; The processor by the program, Providing the network user with open status information and management status information of a franchise store through a network; Receiving, from the network user, an investment fund for opening a subsequent store of the franchise store according to the provided open state information and management state information; Allocating profits from the management of the subsequent franchise store according to the investment fund to the user Franchise operating apparatus, characterized in that for executing. An information output unit which outputs the open status information and the management status information of the franchise store to the network user; An information input unit configured to receive, from the network user, an investment fund for opening a subsequent store of the franchise store according to the provided open state information and management state information; Franchise store operation unit for allocating profits from the management of the subsequent franchise store opened by the investment fund according to the investment fund ratio of the user Franchise shop operating device comprising a. An information provider for providing open status information and management status information of the schedule franchise store; a) providing the open status information and management status information to users connected through a network in real time; b) receiving an investment fund for opening the franchise subsequent store according to the open status information and management status information from the user, c) a franchise operating server that allocates a management profit after opening the franchise subsequent store according to the investment fund to a user who has entered the investment fund; A database that stores the user's information on the open status information of the store, the management status information and the investment fund information, and outputs the information to the franchise operation server. Franchise operating device configured to include.