KR20050024746A - System and Method of Total Payment Gateway for Electronic cash, Electronic gift-certificates and Milage points by using Credit card Number - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system and a method for integrated settlement agency of electronic cash, electronic gift certificate, and mileage point through a relay server using a credit card number are provided to enable a user to use cyber money for card settlement on the offline by installing the relay server linking the credit card number with each cyber money between each cyber money issuance server and a card settlement terminal. CONSTITUTION: A database(260) stores a cyber money account number linked with the credit card number. An account number inquiring module(220) extracts the cyber money account number from the database based on the credit card number inputted from the card settlement terminal. A balance inquiring module(230) extracts the cyber money balance of a cyber money account by connecting to an account issuance server. An approval requesting module(240) requests the issuance server to approve cyber money settlement for settlement price inputted from the card settlement terminal. A transmitting/receiving module(250) receives the credit card number and the settlement price from the card settlement terminal, and transmits an approval result received from the issuance server to the card settlement terminal.

Description

System and Method of Total Payment Gateway for Electronic cash, Electronic gift-certificates and Milage points by using Credit card Number}

The present invention relates to a system and a method for enabling a payment by cyber money associated with a credit card.

The cyber money includes all points given online, such as online electronic money, electronic gift certificates and mileage points. Mileage points include bonus points earned by the securities companies, insurance companies, credit card companies, airlines, etc. according to the customer's transaction performance.

Cyber money is mainly used as a payment method in an online environment such as the Internet. Cyber money is generated by using part of the purchase price at the cost of e-commerce or by charging real money with cyber money.

In general, cyber money is managed through a virtual account for each user. However, the cyber money has a variety of types, and because it is impossible to substitute payment between each cyber money, there was a problem that a specific cyber money must be used for each site.

In addition, cyber money is literally used only as a payment method online, and its use is restricted offline. The reason is that the existence of cyber money cannot be proved offline.

Recently, a sales model that allows cyber money payments has been attempted by recording cyber money on a magnetic card and presenting the card, but there are problems such as the need to have a separate card and the number of merchants is extremely limited. It is gradually becoming dead.

In order to solve this problem, Korean Patent Publication No. 2003-45219 discloses an invention that reduces credit card charges by integrating cyber money. According to the present invention, it relates to the invention of integrating cyber money for each company into one, and claiming the amount subtracted from the cyber money when a credit card is used.

However, because each company's cyber money is very different in nature, such as reflecting purchase history, deposit of actual cash, and provided to all subscribers for company advertising, it is possible to switch to a single integrated point for credit settlement. Reflecting can be a business risk.

In addition, if one cyber point is managed regardless of cyber money, a specific cyber money may not be earned.

Therefore, there is an urgent need for inventions that maintain cyber money for each company and select the desired cyber money to use as an offline payment method.

The present invention was devised to solve the above-mentioned problems, and by using a cyber money linked with a credit card payment, a relay server is connected between each cyber money issuing server and a card payment terminal to connect a credit card number and each cyber money. An object of the present invention is to provide a payment system and a method for enabling the use of cyber money.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be described below and will be appreciated by the practice of the invention. In addition, the objects and advantages of the present invention can be realized by means and combinations indicated in the claims.

In order to achieve the above object, the cyber money payment method associated with a credit card according to the present invention is a method of using the cyber money for credit card payment by accessing a DB storing a cyber money account number associated with a credit card. Receiving a card number from a card payment terminal in response to the credit card payment activity, extracting an account number associated with the card number from the DB, and connecting to a server managing the account, the cyber money balance for each account Extracting and outputting to the card payment terminal, receiving a payment account and a payment amount from the card payment terminal, requesting approval to the server, and receiving a payment approval result from the server to approve the payment from the card payment terminal. Sending the result.

In addition, the present invention is a system for replacing the credit card payment amount with cyber money, including a plurality of issuing server for generating the cyber money and a relay server for connecting the card payment terminal and the issuing server, the relay server is credit DB for storing the cyber money account number associated with the card number, account number inquiry means for extracting the account number of the cyber money from the DB based on the credit card number input from the card payment terminal, and accessing the issuing server of the account The balance inquiry means for extracting the cyber money balance of the account, the approval request means for requesting the issuing server for approval of cyber money payment for the payment amount input from the card payment terminal, and the approval result transmitted from the issuing server. And transmitting and receiving means for transmitting to the card payment terminal.

In addition, a device for replacing the credit card payment amount with cyber money, DB for storing the cyber money account number associated with the credit card number, input means for receiving the credit card number, from the DB based on the input credit card number Account number inquiry means for extracting the account number of the cyber money, balance inquiry means for extracting the cyber money balance of the account by accessing the issuing server of the account, and granting the approval of the cyber money payment to the issuing server for the input payment amount It includes the request for approval.

The following merely illustrates the principles of the invention. Therefore, those skilled in the art, although not explicitly described or illustrated herein, can embody the principles of the present invention and invent various devices that fall within the spirit and scope of the present invention. Moreover, all conditional terms and embodiments listed herein are in principle clearly intended for the purpose of understanding the concept of the invention and are not to be limited to the embodiments and states so specifically listed. Should be. In addition, it is to be understood that all detailed descriptions, including the principles, aspects, and embodiments of the present invention, as well as listing specific embodiments, are intended to include structural and functional equivalents of these matters. In addition, these equivalents should be understood to include not only equivalents now known, but also equivalents to be developed in the future, that is, all devices invented to perform the same function regardless of structure.

Thus, for example, the block diagrams herein should be understood to represent a conceptual view of example circuitry embodying the principles of the invention. Similarly, all flowcharts, state transitions, pseudocodes, etc., are to be understood as representing various processes performed by the computer or processor, whether or not the computer can be substantially represented on a readable medium and whether the computer or processor is clearly shown. do.

The functionality of the various elements shown in the figures, including functional blocks represented by a processor or similar concept, can be provided by the use of dedicated hardware as well as hardware capable of executing software in association with appropriate software. When provided by a processor, the functionality may be provided by a single dedicated processor, by a single shared processor or by a plurality of individual processors, some of which may be shared. In addition, the explicit use of the terms presented in terms of processor, controller, or similar concept shall not be interpreted exclusively as a citation of hardware capable of executing software, and without limitation, ROM for storing digital signal processor (DSP) hardware, software. (ROM), RAM, and non-volatile memory are to be understood to implicitly include. Other hardware for the governor may also be included. Similarly, the switches shown in the figures may be presented conceptually only. It is to be understood that the action of such a switch can be performed manually or through the interaction of program control and dedicated logic via program logic or dedicated logic. Certain techniques may be selected by a designer with a more detailed understanding of the disclosure.

In the claims of this specification, components expressed as means for performing the functions described in the detailed description include all types of software including, for example, a combination of circuit elements or firmware / microcode, etc. that perform the functions. It is intended to include all methods of performing a function which are combined with appropriate circuitry for executing the software to perform the function. The invention, as defined by these claims, is equivalent to what is understood from this specification, as any means capable of providing such functionality, as the functionality provided by the various enumerated means are combined, and in any manner required by the claims. It should be understood that.

The above objects, features and advantages will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. First of all, in adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same components have the same number as much as possible even if displayed on different drawings. In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the related known technology may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is an overall system configuration according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Referring to the figure, the card payment terminal 100 is connected to the relay server 200 through a value-added network (VAN), the relay server 200 is connected to a number of issuing server 300 and the Internet.

When a credit card holder uses a credit card as a payment method of a product or service provided offline, the credit card number is transmitted to the relay server 200 through the card payment terminal 100. The relay server 200 extracts the cyber money account associated with the credit card, and replaces the credit card payment amount with the cyber money accumulated in the account.

The card payment terminal 100 is a conventional terminal provided in a credit card affiliated store and is provided with firmware for providing an interface for performing a predetermined procedure by connecting to the relay server 200 according to the present invention.

In addition, the card payment terminal 100 may be a client PC in an online shopping mall environment of a server-client structure.

The relay server 200 is a server computer connecting the cyber money issuing server 300 and the card payment terminal 100 to replace the cyber money with the credit card settlement amount.

The relay server 200 is a high-capacity computer system including a central processing unit, RAM, ROM, terminal interface, data storage device, and the like, and a conventional personal computer or workstation having a considerable amount of memory and processing power. Can be used as a server computer.

In addition, the relay server 200 can perform a large amount of work by executing a huge amount of mathematical calculations in information processing or database search. Pentium microprocessors, mainly from Intel, can be used as central processing units.

The issuing server 300 is a server computer for accumulating and managing cyber money in a virtual account as a server of an online electronic money issuer, an electronic gift certificate issuer and a mileage point issuer.

2 is a detailed configuration diagram of the relay server of FIG. 1. Referring to the drawings, the relay server 200 is a server engine 210, account number inquiry module 220, balance inquiry module 230, approval request module 240, transmission and reception module 250 and account number DB (260) ).

The server engine 210 provides various interfaces for the cyber money payment to be completed for the card payment terminal 100 to access, and provides a platform for server-side programs such as the modules.

The account number inquiry module 220 is a program for extracting the account number of the cyber money from the account number DB 260 based on the credit card number input from the card payment terminal 100.

The balance inquiry module 230 is a program for accessing the issue server 300 of the account and extracting the cyber money balance of the account.

The approval request module 240 is a program for requesting approval of the cyber money payment from the issuing server 300 with respect to the payment amount input from the card payment terminal 100.

Transmitting and receiving module 250 is a program for receiving the credit card number and payment amount from the card payment terminal 100, and transmits the authorization result sent from the issuing server 300 to the credit card payment terminal. The transmission / reception module 250 is an input / output program that receives a credit card number and a payment amount from the card payment terminal 100 and outputs a payment approval result from the relay server 200.

The account number DB 260 is a database that stores the cyber money account number associated with the credit card number.

The interaction process between each module will be described later.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of making a cyber money payment according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

In order to replace the credit card payment amount with cyber money according to the present invention, the relay server 200 should have cyber money information associated with the credit card. Therefore, the credit card holder according to the present invention should be a member to the relay server 200 through the Internet website.

Since the membership registration process through the website is well known in the art, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The information registered in the relay server 200 through the membership registration process is a credit card number and a cyber money account number to be associated with it. If it is difficult to identify the issuing server 300 that issued the cyber money only by the cyber money account number, an issuing server identifier for identifying the issuing server 300 may be added.

The relay server 200 registers and stores the account number associated with the credit card number in the account number DB 260.

Since the information registered in the account number DB 260 may be abused when exposed to a third party, the relay server 200 may require a firewall to protect the information.

3 assumes that the above-described membership is made, and shows a process in which the cyber money payment is made only to the member subscribers. Therefore, an authentication procedure for indicating whether a member registered first with respect to the card number input to the relay server 200 may be added.

Referring to the drawing, when a credit card holder presents a credit card as a payment method, the card payment terminal 100 extracts a credit card number from the credit card and transmits it to the relay server 200 (S30). The method of extracting the credit card number is possible by contacting the card payment terminal 100 with a magnetic wire coated on the back of the credit card. If the credit card is a contactless smart card, the credit card number can be extracted by bringing the credit card closer to the card payment terminal 100 by a predetermined distance.

The account number inquiry module 220 of the relay server 200 accesses the account number DB 260 and inquires the account number associated with the extracted credit card number (S32). There may be multiple cybermoney accounts for one credit card number.

When the cyber money account number is extracted, the balance inquiry module 230 checks the cyber money remaining in the account by accessing each cyber money issuing server 300 (S34 and S36).

If the balance is confirmed, the transmission and reception module 250 of the relay server 200 transmits the balance for each account to the card payment terminal 100, the card payment terminal 100 outputs the balance on a predetermined screen (S38).

The credit card holder checks the cyber money balance for each output account and selects an account to be settled (S40 and S42).

Thereafter, the selected account and the payment amount are transmitted to the relay server 200 through the card payment terminal 100 (S44), and the approval request module 240 of the relay server 200 requests the approval to the corresponding issuing server 300. (S46).

The issuing server 300 approves the payment by subtracting the cyber money corresponding to the payment amount, and transmits the approval result to the relay server 200 (S48 and S50).

The payment may vary the amount of cyber money reduced according to the nature of the cyber money. For example, in the case of using the cyber money accumulated in the present invention for cash payment, the cyber money corresponding to twice the payment amount may be reduced.

In addition, the issuing server 300 may transmit the payment approval result to the card payment terminal 100 directly through the VAN rather than transmitting the payment approval result to the relay server 200. In this case, the identifier of the card payment terminal 100 to transmit the approval result is received from the relay server 200.

The relay server 200 transmits the payment approval result to the card payment terminal 100, and the card payment terminal 100 outputs the payment receipt reflecting the approval result (S52, S54).

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of making a cyber money payment according to another embodiment of the present invention.

In this embodiment, if the remaining balance in the account is insufficient, the relay server 200 adds a step for requesting payment to the credit card company for the insufficient amount (S60). Thus, the process of S30 to S48 is the same as in FIG.

If the balance of the cyber money is less than the amount to be settled in the payment account selected by the credit card holder (S42), the relay server 200 accesses the credit card company through the VAN network according to a normal credit settlement procedure and the shortage amount. (Payment amount-cyber money) requests the approval of credit payment (S60).

When the credit settlement is made from the credit card company, the relay server 200 transmits the cyber money payment approval result received from the issuing server 300 and the payment approval result received from the credit card company to the card payment terminal 100 (S62, S64). The card payment terminal 100 outputs a payment receipt reflecting the approval result (S66).

5 is an overall system configuration for explaining another embodiment of the present invention. This embodiment exemplifies cyber money payment through electronic commerce.

Referring to the drawing, the user terminal 400 accesses the online shopping mall server 500, selects the cyber money payment as a product purchase payment method, and enters a credit card number. The issuing server 300 associated with the shopping mall server 500 ) Extracts the account number issued by the issuing server 300 from the account number associated with the credit card number from the relay server 200 and pays the cyber money corresponding to the payment amount. That is, the relay server 200 according to the present invention can be used to query the account number online as in this embodiment.

The shopping mall server 500 and the user terminal 400 are server-clients of a conventional e-commerce structure.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of making a cyber money payment according to FIG. 5.

Referring to the drawing, a credit card holder may purchase a desired product by accessing the online shopping mall server 500 through the user terminal 400. Purchasing product information and payment information are transmitted to the shopping mall server 500 according to a general e-commerce procedure, and the shopping mall server 500 generates an order form and delivers it.

 At this time, if the credit card holder enters the credit card number as the cyber money payment information, the shopping mall server 500 inquires whether there is a cyber money available.

That is, cyber money that can be used for each online shopping mall is limited. Generally, only the cyber money issued by the shopping mall itself is used as a payment method, but there may be an electronic money or an electronic gift certificate that can be used in the shopping mall in some cases.

Therefore, when the credit card number is input as the cyber money payment information in the shopping mall server 500 (S70), the issuing server 300 that issues the cyber money available in the shopping mall server 500 accounts to the relay server 200. A number inquiry request is made (S72).

The relay server 200 extracts the account number associated with the credit card number from the account number DB 260, and transmits the corresponding account number to the issuing server 300 when the account number of the issuing server 300 exists. (S74, S76).

The issuing server 300 approves the payment by subtracting the payment amount of the shopping mall server 500 from the cyber money balance existing in the corresponding account number (S78).

When the payment approval is completed, the issuing server 300 transmits the approval result to the shopping mall server 300, and the shopping mall server 300 outputs the approval result to the user terminal 400 through a web page (S80).

By doing so, it is possible to search the cyber money that can be paid only by the credit card on the online shopping mall, and the payment can be made with the inquired cyber money.

As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated by the limited embodiment and drawing, this invention is not limited by this, The person of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs, Of course, various modifications and variations are possible within the scope of equivalent claims.

According to the present invention, by placing a relay server that can extract the account number associated with the credit card number between the cyber money issuing server and the card payment terminal, it is possible to pay the cyber money accumulated with only the credit card.

Therefore, it is possible to replace the payment amount with cyber money only with a credit card online or offline, without having to carry a card that can confirm the existence of cyber money.

1 is an overall system configuration according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention,

2 is a detailed configuration diagram of the relay server of FIG. 1;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of making a cyber money payment according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of making a cyber money payment according to another embodiment of the present invention;

5 is an overall system configuration for explaining another embodiment of the present invention;

6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of making a cyber money payment according to FIG. 5.

<Description of main reference numerals in the drawings>

100: card payment terminal 200: relay server

300: issuing server 400: user terminal

500: shopping mall server 210: server engine

220: account number inquiry module 230: balance inquiry module

240: approval request module 250: transmission and reception module

260: Account number DB

Claims (7)

A method of accessing a DB storing a cyber money account number associated with a credit card and using the cyber money for a credit card payment, Receiving a card number from a card payment terminal in response to a credit card payment action; Extracting an account number associated with the card number from the DB; Connecting to a server managing the account, extracting the cyber money balance for each account and outputting the balance to the card payment terminal; Receiving a payment account and a payment amount from the card payment terminal and requesting approval to the server; And Receiving a payment approval result from the server and transmitting the payment approval result to the card payment terminal; Cyber money payment method associated with a credit card comprising a. The method of claim 1, If the cyber money of the payment account is smaller than the payment amount, requesting authorization from the credit card company for the insufficient amount (payment amount-cyber money) Cyber money payment method associated with a credit card further comprising. As a system that replaces credit card payments with cyber money, A plurality of issuing servers for generating the cyber money; And It includes a relay server for connecting the card payment terminal and the issuing server, The relay server DB that stores the cyber money account number associated with the credit card number, Account number inquiry means for extracting the account number of the cyber money from the DB based on the credit card number entered from the card payment terminal, Balance inquiry means for extracting the cyber money balance of the account by accessing the account issuing server, Approval request means for requesting approval of the cyber money payment to the issuing server for the payment amount input from the card payment terminal, and Receiving means for receiving the credit card number and payment amount from the card payment terminal, and transmits the authorization result sent from the issuing server to the card payment terminal Cyber money payment system associated with a credit card comprising a. The method of claim 3, wherein The transmitting and receiving means transmits the extracted account number and balance to the card payment terminal, The authorization requesting means requesting authorization for only one account selected by the credit card holder; Cyber money payment system associated with the credit card, characterized in that. The method according to claim 3 or 4, The approval request means If the balance of cyber money is less than the payment amount, request the credit card company to approve only the insufficient amount (payment amount-cyber money). Cyber money payment system associated with the credit card, characterized in that. A device that replaces credit card payments with cyber money, DB for storing the cyber money account number associated with the credit card number; Input means for receiving a credit card number and a payment amount; Account number inquiry means for extracting the account number of the cyber money from the DB based on the input credit card number; Balance inquiry means for extracting the cyber money balance of the account by accessing the issuing server of the account; And Approval request means for requesting approval of cyber money payment from the issuing server for the input payment amount Cyber money payment device associated with a credit card comprising a. The method of claim 6, The payment device Output means for outputting the extracted account number and balance and an authorization result transmitted from the issuing server to a credit card holder; More, The authorization requesting means requesting authorization for only one account selected by the credit card holder; Cyber money payment device associated with the credit card, characterized in that.