KR20050009921A - Method and system for management and medical insurance of a pet animal - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method and a system for a medical care insurance/management service of pet on an Internet site are provided to offer the medical care insurance service of the pet, service a pet management method fit to time as customized information, operate a shopping mall for goods related to the pet, and offer a discount/mileage service to members using a member shop. CONSTITUTION: A member registration/membership card issuance manager(110) registers at the member(10) and issues a membership card by receiving pet/member information, and manages contracts with the member shop(20) and member shop information. A medical care insurance manager(120) manages payment/operation of a medical care premium and automatically calculates/pays the premium of each member according to insurance claim of a veterinary clinic. An information providing service manager(130) provides medical/management information for the pet of each member and provides AD(ADvertisement), reservation, and guide of the member shop. A pet history manager(140) generates/stores/manages the medical/management information for the pet of each member.

Description

Method and system for management and medical insurance of a pet animal}

The present invention relates to a pet medical insurance and management service method and system thereof, and in particular, to provide a member-based Internet site for managing pets, and to pay a fee to assist a part of medical expenses in the form of medical insurance. A pet medical insurance and management service method and system thereof are provided.

Recently, the number of pets at home is rapidly increasing as the nuclear family becomes more and more, such as dogs, cats, fish, birds, iguanas, and the same reptiles. Conventionally, after purchasing such pets, there was a difficulty in not knowing future management methods. For example, not many people are aware of the problems that arise after purchase, such as how to raise them or how to treat them when they get sick.

In addition, in managing pets, animal hospitals are frequently used as well as humans, and the number of medical treatments in animal hospitals is not fixed and many people consider the cost burden very largely. In addition, in order to prevent illness, even if regular check-ups, injections, etc. are necessary, they may not be aware of it, or they may be left for medical expenses.

The present invention, in view of the above problems, first to provide a medical insurance service for pets, and second, to provide a timely management method of pets as a customized information.

In addition, the present invention is to provide a discount service and mileage services to members using the merchants by operating a shopping mall of various foods and foods and accessories associated with pets, as well as a service merchant.

In addition, the present invention is to provide information that can be used to help the purchase of clothing or accessories by predicting the expected appearance after various accessories or beauty using a character or a picture of the pet and to refurbish the pet using them. .

1 is a block diagram of a pet medical insurance and management service system according to the present invention

2 is a flowchart of a pet medical insurance and management service method according to the present invention.

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10: Member

20: Merchant

100: Pet Health Insurance and Management Services System

110: membership registration and membership card issuance management unit

120: medical insurance management

130: information service management unit

140: pet history management unit

150: pet character simulation unit

160: database unit

200: pet supplies shopping mall;

Pet medical insurance and management service method according to the present invention,

a) the process of providing membership web sites for pet health insurance and management, registering for membership, paying dues, and managing medical insurance premiums;

b) joining a veterinary hospital and related businesses to affiliated stores in connection with the site, and providing guidance and advertising through the site;

c) providing a membership card so that members pay a certain fee, provide discounts and miles for medical treatment or purchase of goods through the merchant, and receive and process the member's usage information from merchants and members,

d) the process of automatically paying as a medical insurance claim when a portion of the medical bill is charged at the animal hospital according to the pet's medical information;

e) In addition to the above process, it is characterized in that it includes a process of storing and managing various management histories of pets for each member in a database, and automatically providing personalized medical information and management information for each time, respectively.

In addition, the present invention provides a shopping mall for pet supplies such as cafes, general management information, accessories, food, and clothing for each pet, and provides related information.

In addition, the present invention provides a character graphics service that provides a character for each type of pet character to simulate clothes, accessories, and beauty by character information modeled after the real thing.

In addition, the membership card provided by the present invention includes a credit card function by the credit card company and the agreement, and can be used in non-affiliated stores, so that the mileage can be accumulated according to the use results.

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

1 is a block diagram of a pet medical insurance and management service system according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a pet medical insurance and management service method according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the member 10, a client system that receives a fee and registers pet information and member information as a pet medical insurance premium and receives a service, and the pet medical insurance and management service described above through the Internet. By the member shop (20), which is a client system joined by a contract such as a veterinary clinic and a related goods store for discounts and medical insurance application for the use of members, and the medical insurance service by receiving membership fees due to membership registration according to the present invention. And is operated by the pet medical insurance and management service system 100 and its service system 100 by issuing a membership card to provide discounts and personalized medical and management information of pets through the Internet. Is configured to include a pet supplies shopping mall 200.

The pet medical insurance and management service system 100 according to the present invention receives the pet information and the member information of the members 10, registers and issues a membership card, and contracts with the affiliated stores 20. And membership registration and membership card issuing management unit 110 for managing the merchant information accordingly, and the payment management and premium operation management of the medical premiums paid by the members 10, and automatically corresponding to the claims for premiums at the animal hospital. Medical insurance management unit 120 for calculating and paying the premiums of members and providing medical information and management information for each pet of the members as personalized information, as well as providing information for advertising and booking services of affiliated stores and affiliated stores. Service management unit 130, and generates and stores the medical care and management history for each pet and each medical information by the history And history management unit 140 for each pet to provide the service management unit to generate the personalized information and the service, to provide a character of the pet and to wear a virtual character, such as costumes and beauty or accessories for the character Pet character simulation unit 150 to provide a character and to simulate, and the database 160 for storing and managing the member and merchant information, pet management information and history information and character information, etc. It is configured to include.

The present invention configured as described above, as shown in Figure 2,

a) the process, by providing a member-based Internet site for pet health insurance and management to register membership, pay the dues and performs the process of managing medical insurance premiums (S10).

The member registration and membership card issuance management unit 110 receives the member information and pet information is registered as a member and the fee is paid when the medical insurance management unit 120 manages it.

On the other hand, the membership membership card provided in the present invention can be added to the credit card function according to the agreement in conjunction with the credit card company, can be used in non-merchants, and the mileage can be accumulated according to the use results.

b) the process, joining the animal hospital and related businesses to the affiliated shop in association with the site, and performs the process (S20) to guide and advertise through the site.

The affiliated store 20 joins an animal hospital, a pet supplies store, etc. to an affiliated store by a contract in a member registration and membership card generation management unit 110, registers and manages the member as a member of an affiliated store, and provides information and services in the management unit 130. Guides and advertisements of each merchant are carried out, and each affiliate's homepage is linked and promoted. In addition, each member can easily search for the information of the relevant animal hospital and supplies stores according to the pets by providing member information of the neighboring addresses according to the member's address.

c) The process of providing a membership card so that members pay a certain fee, provide discounts and mileage for medical treatment or purchase of goods through the merchant, and receive and process the member's usage information from the merchants and members. S30) is performed.

The medical insurance management unit 120 members to set a certain dues for each period of the pet to guide the payment of the dues on a monthly or annual basis, such as medical insurance premiums, check whether or not to pay dues, and register as a medical insurance member do. Then, the member registration and membership card issuance management unit 110 issues a membership card that can use the affiliated store to members who meet the predetermined conditions. Then, each member receives the purchase information or medical treatment information using the membership card or the membership information to manage the member by member stores.

In step d), when the pet hospital charges a part of the medical expenses according to the medical information of the pet, the medical insurance payment is automatically paid (S40).

The medical insurance management unit 120 receives the medical insurance premiums from the animal hospitals of the merchants, checks whether they match the received information, calculates the medical insurance premiums through the verification process, and pays the calculated insurance premiums. Process. This can be applied in the same manner as the general health insurance treatment. Normally, medical expenses are difficult to maintain at the same level as health insurance, so the number is selected by an appropriate operational management model. For example, 50% of medical expenses are determined by the type of treatment, such as treatment or medical care. It may be possible to adopt a scheme of paying insurance premiums.

e) The process, in addition to the above process to store and manage various management histories of pets for each member in the database, and performs the process (S50) to automatically provide personalized medical information and management information, such as each time individually do.

The pet history management unit 160 generates and manages a history of medical information and management information for each pet, and automatically checks time-specific medical information and management time points and generates related information to provide the information service management unit 130. To provide. The information providing service manager 130 automatically provides the corresponding personalized information to the corresponding members through e-mail or other text messages, and provides the information.

Further, the present invention further includes a process of providing a character graphic service for providing a character for each type of pet character so that the clothes, accessories, and beauty can be simulated by character information imitating real life (S60). do.

This provides the pet character simulation unit 150 with a variety of pet characters to select the character that fits the member's pet, and provides a variety of costume characters, accessories, beauty, etc., suitable for the animal character members Each of these offers a virtual space for you to choose, put on, try beauty, and wear accessories. This may provide a three-dimensional simulation, but can also be a two-dimensional character service. Each provided article character provides actual articles that can be sold as an article character.

Meanwhile, the present invention provides a cafe for each pet to provide community space among members with medical information, general management information, clothing, and personalized information, and is also a shopping mall for pet supplies such as accessories, food, and clothing (200). ).

As described above, the present invention is to operate the pet medical insurance in the same concept as medical insurance by paying the membership fee, it is possible to easily provide and manage the personalized information of pets and related shopping information and merchant information.

As described above, the present invention can provide medical insurance services for pets, thereby reducing the burden of medical expenses of members. In addition, the timely management method of pets as a service of personalized information has the effect that can be done at the exact time of treatment and various management time.

In addition, the present invention operates a shopping mall of various foods, foods and props related to pets, and also provides a discount service and mileage service to members who use a merchant by committing to a service affiliate.

In addition, the present invention by using a character or a picture of the pet to predict the expected appearance after various accessories or beauty help to buy clothes or accessories and utilize the effect to provide information that can be groomed pets have.

Claims (2)

In the service method for managing the pets of members by providing an Internet site, a) the process of providing membership web sites for pet health insurance and management, registering for membership, paying dues, and managing medical insurance premiums; b) joining a veterinary hospital and related businesses to affiliated stores in connection with the site, and providing guidance and advertising through the site; c) providing a membership card so that members pay a certain fee, provide discounts and miles for medical treatment or purchase of goods through the merchant, and receive and process the member's usage information from merchants and members, d) the process of automatically paying as a medical insurance claim when a portion of the medical bill is charged at the animal hospital according to the pet's medical information; e) a process of storing and managing various management histories of pets for each member as a database in addition to the above process, and automatically providing personalized medical information and management information for each time, respectively, f) a pet medical service comprising a character graphic service for providing a character for each pet character type to simulate clothes, accessories, and beauty based on character information imitating real life How to insure and manage services. In the service system for managing the pets of members by providing an Internet site, Member registration and membership card issuing management unit 110 to receive the pet information and member information of the members 10 and register membership and issue a membership card, and manage the agreement with the affiliated stores 20 and corresponding merchant information. Wow, The medical insurance management unit 120 to manage the payment management and insurance premium management of the medical premiums paid by the members 10 and automatically calculate and pay the premiums of the corresponding members for insurance claims at the animal hospital; Information providing service manager 130 for providing the medical information and management information for each member of the member as personalized information, as well as reservation and guidance services of the affiliated stores and affiliated stores, The pet history management unit 140 generates and stores the medical and management history for each pet, and generates and provides each medical information and management information as personalized information based on the history, and provides the service to the service management unit. Pet character simulation unit 150 to provide a character of the pet and to provide a character and to simulate the virtual character, such as costumes and beauty or accessories for the character, and And a database (160) storing and managing the member and merchant information, pet-specific management information, history information, and character information.