KR20050063249A - Mobile shopping system and mobile shopping terminal for self-accounts - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mobile payment terminal for self-payment and a mobile shopping system including the same, which can purchase and pay a product through mobile shopping. Mobile shopping terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention is a mobile communication terminal that basically includes an RF unit capable of transmitting and receiving wireless data with the base station,

A wireless internet access request unit for accessing a mobile shopping broadcasting server; A shopping broadcast stream information decoding unit for decoding shopping broadcast stream information wirelessly transmitted from the mobile shopping broadcasting server; A display control unit for displaying the decoded shopping broadcast stream information on the display unit; A product identification information detector for detecting product identification information from the decoded shopping broadcast stream information; And a product purchase request unit for requesting transmission of the detected product identification information to the mobile shopping broadcasting server when the purchase intention of the product being displayed is input.

Description

MOBILE SHOPPING SYSTEM AND MOBILE SHOPPING TERMINAL FOR SELF-ACCOUNTS}

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to a mobile shopping terminal for self-payment and a mobile shopping system including the same, which can purchase and pay a product through mobile shopping.

In general, the term "home shopping" refers to TV home shopping, which is conveniently shopping at home using a TV system. TV home shopping, which delivers merchandise to the desired time and place by simply sitting in the room and ordering by phone or the Internet, is not only spotlighted by modern people who are chased by busy daily lives, but also by directly connecting producers and consumers to customers. We are providing products at reasonable prices and leading the price destruction by reducing distribution channels, so the growth is expected to continue.

However, current home shopping has a disadvantage in that it is restricted in the use place because it can spread the product information to the consumer only through a medium called TV.

In addition, when purchasing a product through the current TV home shopping, the consumer has to provide payment information such as credit card information through a telephone or the Internet, so there is a problem that personal information is exposed to a great risk of inconvenience.

And the current TV home shopping broadcast is not a consumer-centered broadcast because the sale of the product is promoted by time zone. In other words, the consumer has the inconvenience of waiting only for the information about the product he wants to purchase, so the consumer can conveniently access and view the broadcasting information of the product he / she wants to purchase directly regardless of time and place. There is a need for a new concept shopping system.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve the problems described above, the mobile shopping terminal for self-payment that can be conveniently accessed and viewed regardless of the time and place of the broadcaster of the product to be purchased by the consumer himself To provide a mobile shopping system that includes

Furthermore, the present invention provides a mobile shopping terminal and a mobile shopping system including the same, in which a purchase price of a mobile shopping broadcast is purchased through a wireless internet network.

Self-contained mobile shopping terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object as a mobile communication terminal comprising an RF unit capable of transmitting and receiving wireless data, the base station,

A wireless internet access request unit for accessing a mobile shopping broadcasting server;

A shopping broadcast stream information decoding unit for decoding shopping broadcast stream information wirelessly transmitted from the mobile shopping broadcasting server;

A display control unit for displaying the decoded shopping broadcast stream information on the display unit;

A product identification information detector for detecting product identification information from the decoded shopping broadcast stream information;

And a product purchase request unit for requesting transmission of the detected product identification information to the mobile shopping broadcasting server when the purchase intention of the product being displayed is input.

In addition, the mobile shopping terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a short message receiving processing unit for processing and displaying a purchase confirmation verification message received broadcast;

A payment site access request unit requesting access to a payment site having link information included in the verification message when inputting selection of purchase confirmation information displayed together with the verification message;

An authentication number transmission unit for receiving the authentication number requested by the payment site through the keypad and sending feedback; may further include;

A message storage unit for storing a payment completion message which is displayed and processed by the short message receiving processor;

A purchase product cancellation site access request unit for requesting access to a purchase product cancellation site having link information included in the payment completion message when inputting the selection of purchase cancellation information displayed together with the payment completion message;

If a cancellation request confirmation of the purchase product is input through the keypad, the purchase product cancellation request unit for transmitting the feedback of the purchase product cancellation request information may be further included.

In addition, the mobile shopping system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

It reads the shopping broadcasting stream information of the product selected by the mobile terminal user connected to the wireless internet through the mobile communication network from the broadcasting information DB and transmits the information to the corresponding terminal. A mobile shopping broadcasting server for charging the carrier server to charge the sales price of the terminal to the communication fee of the terminal;

Request transmission of shopping broadcasting stream information about a predetermined product to the server connected to the wireless Internet, decode shopping broadcasting stream information transmitted from the server and display the information on the display unit, and input a purchase intention of the currently displayed product through a keypad. And a mobile shopping terminal for transmitting information requesting the purchase of the corresponding product to the server.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description of the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of related known functions or configurations may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a block diagram of a shopping system including a mobile shopping terminal for self-payment according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 denotes a mobile shopping terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is a user terminal device that a user carries and uses a mobile communication service provided by a mobile communication company.

The base station 12 is a fixed radio station that forms a direct wireless path with the mobile shopping terminal 10.

A mobile communication exchange (also referred to as MSC) 14 is a device that configures an access point for user traffic between other mobile communication exchanges (MSCs) in the same or different communication networks. Provides circuit-switched service to mobile subscribers by interworking.Additional function is to provide mobile communication service by tracking mobile subscriber's location and to maintain communication service even if location is moved. Hand-Off) function.

The Mobile Carrier Server (MC) (16) is a Signaling System Number (SS7), a common channel signaling system of the Consultative Committee International Telegraph and Telephone (CCITT) on standard interfaces for the exchange of public telecommunication networks. Providing mobile communication service by protocol method.

The mobile carrier server 16 described above is charged according to the subscriber location register (HLR), the text message server 18 for delivering the short message, the voice mail system (VMS), and the amount of voice and data communication used by the user. Charging server 20 for processing the connection is constituted a mobile communication network.

Gateway (G / W: 22) is a device that can exchange information by converting protocols by interconnecting a plurality of communication networks that are incompatible with each other due to different protocols. It is inserted between the communication network and the TCP / IP type internet network and performs protocol conversion to connect the mobile communication network and the internet network. Although not shown, a network interworking device (IWF) is located between the gateway 22 and the mobile communication company server 16.

The content management server 24 manages contents transmitted to the mobile shopping terminal 10. The content management server 24 is responsible for registering the rights of the content providing servers, managing the content providing server, interworking between applications inside and outside the content providing server. 1 shows only the mobile shopping broadcasting server 26 as a content providing server related to the present invention.

The mobile shopping broadcasting server 26 sequentially provides a product category list and a product list belonging to the selected product category to the mobile shopping terminal 10 connected to the wireless Internet, and provides broadcast stream information of the product finally selected by the terminal user. Access from the broadcast information DB and send.

The broadcast information DB stores broadcast stream information about products to be sold over the Internet. The broadcast stream information may be a video broadcast produced for TV home shopping. Such a video broadcast is first converted into digital data in order to be propagated as broadcast stream information through the wireless Internet, and then has a format in which the video is compressed and stored in the DB as a series of stream information. For reference, the product identification information of each contracted product should be inserted into the broadcast stream information so that the mobile shopping terminal 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention can detect the product identification code. The use of such product identification information will be described later.

In addition, the mobile shopping broadcasting server 26 transmits the selling price information about the product to the mobile communication company when the sale of the predetermined product is made through the mobile shopping terminal 10 to charge the communication fee.

Hereinafter, the configuration of the mobile shopping terminal 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention with reference to FIG.

The RF unit 11 demodulates the RF signal received from the base station through the antenna ANT, down converts the converted RF signal into a digital signal, and converts the signal provided from the control unit 14 into an RF signal. Modulate and transmit to the base station.

The memory unit 12 temporarily stores control program data for controlling the terminal as a whole and data generated during the terminal control operation. The memory unit 12 is a concept including a flash memory, a static RAM, an EEPROM, and the like.

The keypad 13 includes a plurality of keys for various command inputs, dialing, and wireless Internet access by a user, and generates and transmits key data according to the key input to the controller 14.

The controller 14 generally controls the operation of the mobile shopping terminal 10 based on the control program data stored in the memory unit 12. For mobile shopping, the control unit 14 again displays the wireless Internet access request unit 14a, the display control unit 14b, the shopping broadcast stream information decoding unit 14c, and the product identification information detection unit 14d as shown in FIG. And the control modules of the product purchase request unit 14e.

The above-described control modules will be described in detail. First, the wireless internet access request unit 14a requests a connection to the mobile shopping broadcasting server 26 in response to a user's wireless internet access request. Of course, the content management server 24 may request a connection to the mobile shopping broadcasting server 26.

The shopping broadcasting stream information decoding unit 14c decodes the shopping broadcasting stream information wirelessly transmitted from the mobile shopping broadcasting server 26 and delivers the shopping broadcasting stream information to the display control unit 14b to be described later.

The product identification information detection unit 14d detects the product identification information from the shopping broadcasting stream information decoded by the shopping broadcasting stream information decoding unit 14c and delivers the identification information to the product purchase requesting unit 14e.

On the other hand, the display control unit 14b controls the shopping broadcast stream information decoded by the shopping broadcast stream information decoding unit 14c to be displayed on the screen display unit 17,

The product purchase request unit 14e transmits the product identification information detected by the product identification information detection unit 14d when the purchase intention of the product currently displayed on the screen display unit 17 is input through the keypad 13. The server 26 transmits the purchase intention of the goods.

With only the basic control modules described above, a terminal user can purchase a product through mobile shopping broadcasting. In addition to payment according to the product purchase may have a form that is cumulatively charged to the terminal communication fee.

On the other hand, in addition to the above-described control module, the control unit 14 processes a purchase confirmation verification message received through a wireless network and delivers it to the display control unit 14b, and a short message reception processing unit and purchase confirmation information displayed together with the verification message. The payment site access request unit requesting access to the payment site having the link information (URL CALL-BACK) included in the verification message when the selection is input, and the authentication number required by the payment site is input through the keypad 13. It may further include a control module such as an authentication number transmission unit for receiving and transmitting feedback.

The provision of additional modules as described above can enhance authentication of product purchase behavior through mobile shopping.

In addition, as another control module, the control unit 14 includes a message storage unit for storing the payment completion message displayed and processed by the short message receiving processing unit, and the purchase cancellation information selection input displayed together with the payment completion message display. Purchase product cancellation site access request unit for requesting access to the purchase product cancellation site having the link information included in the payment completion message, and confirming the cancellation request of the purchase product through the keypad 13, the purchase product cancellation request information It may further include a control module, such as a purchase product cancellation request unit for transmitting a feedback.

With the additional control module, the mobile shopping terminal user can conveniently cancel the product directly purchased through the terminal.

The mobile shopping terminal 10 may incorporate a camera 15 in consideration of a camera phone that is currently being issued. The camera 15 captures and outputs a subject.

The image signal processor 16 captures one field of the captured image signal output from the camera 15 and performs signal processing such as noise removal, contour correction, and filtering, and then outputs it to the controller 14. give. As such, the image signal input to the controller 14 may be displayed on the screen display unit 124 through the display control unit 14b and optionally stored in the memory unit 12.

Finally, the screen display unit 17 displays text and shopping broadcast images under the control of the display control unit 14b.

Hereinafter, a product purchase process and a payment process executed in the mobile shopping terminal having the above-described configuration will be described with reference to FIG. 3.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a product purchase and settlement process in a shopping system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, a user of the mobile shopping terminal 10 may first request to directly access the mobile shopping broadcasting server 26 by pressing a shortcut key, and may first access the content management server 24 by pressing a wireless Internet access key. Thereafter, the mobile shopping broadcasting server 26 may be accessed by selecting the "mobile shopping" item on the menu provided by the server.

When the mobile shopping terminal 10 and the mobile shopping broadcasting server 26 are connected to the wireless Internet (step 60) through the above-described process, the mobile shopping broadcasting server 26 displays the category list of the merchandise on the terminal 10. Send it to the server (step 62). The product category list may be a list such as clothing, home appliances, or books. The received product category list is displayed on the screen display unit 17 of the terminal 10, so that the terminal user can select a category to which the product to be purchased belongs. The category information of the product selected by the user is transmitted to the mobile shopping broadcasting server 26 (step 64). Accordingly, the mobile shopping broadcasting server 26 may transmit the product list belonging to the selected product category to the mobile home shopping terminal 10 (step 66).

The product list transmitted from the mobile shopping broadcasting server 26 is again displayed on the screen display unit 17 of the terminal 10 so that the user can select the product he / she wants to purchase. This product selection information is transmitted back to the mobile shopping broadcasting server 26 (step 68). As such, when the selection information of the product selected by the user of the terminal 10 is received, the mobile shopping broadcasting server 26 reads the broadcasting stream information of the corresponding product from the broadcasting information DB (step 70) and transmits the information to the mobile shopping terminal 10 side. Step 72).

Accordingly, the mobile shopping terminal 10 is capable of wirelessly receiving broadcast stream information about a predetermined product transmitted from the mobile shopping broadcasting server 26.

Meanwhile, the broadcast stream information wirelessly received through the antenna of the terminal 10 and demodulated and down-converted through the RF unit 11 is preferentially decoded by the shopping broadcast stream information decoding unit 14c of the control unit 14 (step 74). Processed and delivered to the display control unit 14b, the shopping broadcast of the selected product is finally displayed on the screen display unit 17. FIG. Therefore, the user can watch a video shopping broadcasting of the product selected by the user.

If there is a willingness to purchase a product that is currently being broadcast, the terminal user checks the soft key displayed on the screen display unit 17 and then inputs a purchase intention. Then, the product purchase request unit 14e transmits the product identification information previously acquired through the product identification information detection unit 14d to the mobile shopping broadcasting server 26 to transmit a purchase intention (step 78). For reference, the product identification information is inserted into the broadcast stream information and transmitted by the product identification information detection unit 14d (step 76), and then transmitted to the product purchase request unit 14e.

As described above, the mobile shopping broadcasting server 26 receiving the purchase intention by receiving the product identification information from the terminal 10 side simply requests the mobile operator for the payment price information of the corresponding product and requests the delivery of the corresponding product to the courier. can do. At this time, the user identification may be known through identification information of the terminal connected to the wireless Internet, and address information for delivery may also be confirmed as customer information through the terminal identification information. Of course, if you operate a mobile shopping broadcasting service as a member system, it will not be necessary to receive customer information from a mobile carrier. The method of securing customer information necessary for billing and delivery may be omitted since it can be used by selecting one method well known in the art.

Meanwhile, the following method may be added to the mobile shopping purchase process as described above to allow purchase through mobile shopping.

First, the mobile shopping broadcasting server 26 receiving the purchase intention requests the text message server 18 to transmit the purchase confirmation verification message (step 80). In response to the request, the text message server 18 transmits the purchase confirmation verification message to the corresponding terminal 10 (step 82). For reference, the purchase confirmation verification message basically includes a text indicating basic information (product name, price information, etc.) of a purchase selected product, an authentication number, and soft key information for indicating a purchase confirmation input. In addition, the purchase confirmation verification message further includes link information (URL CALL-BACK) for linking the payment site of the mobile shopping broadcasting server 26 when the purchase confirmation information is input.

As described above, the purchase confirmation verification message transmitted from the text message server 18 is received and processed by the short message reception processing unit of the terminal 10 and displayed on the screen display unit 17 through the display control unit 14b (step 84). do. Accordingly, the terminal user can view the basic information of the product he or she intends to purchase through the display unit 17, and finally enter the purchase confirmation according to the soft key displayed (step 86). .

When the purchase confirmation information is input according to the soft key displayed together when the purchase confirmation verification message is displayed, the payment site connection request unit connects to the payment site having the link information included in the verification message. In step 88, the mobile shopping terminal 10 results in accessing the payment site provided by the mobile shopping broadcasting server 26 (step 90).

And the payment site is provided with an authentication number input field, the user inputs the authentication number included in the purchase confirmation verification message in the input field and enters the payment confirmation again (step 92), the authentication number transmission unit in response The authentication number is sent back to the payment processing unit of the mobile shopping broadcasting server 26 (step 94).

Then, the payment processing unit of the mobile shopping broadcasting server 26 performs verification of the verification number by comparing the verification number sent to the corresponding terminal 10 with the feedback verification number (step 96). The billing information is transmitted to the billing server 35 of the mobile communication company (step 98). Then, by sending the delivery information to the courier server (step 100), the purchaser who is a terminal user can receive the purchased goods.

In the above, the case of purchasing a product through a mobile shopping broadcast has been described. In general, when a product is purchased, the reverse act can be considered as a cancellation of the purchased product. In view of this, in the present invention, when the verification of the authentication number is completed normally, that is, the payment can be canceled by using a payment completion message that notifies the fact that the payment is completed.

That is, the mobile shopping broadcast server 26 requests the text message server 18 to transmit the payment completion message when the verification of the authentication number is completed in step 96. In response to this request, the text message server 18 transmits the payment completion message to the terminal 10. The payment completion message basically includes product identification information and payment completion fact information, and further includes soft key information for instructing purchase cancellation input. And link information (URL CALL-BACK) for linking the purchase product cancellation site of the mobile shopping broadcasting server 26 when the purchase cancellation information is further included.

The payment completion message including the information as described above is processed by the short message receiving processing unit of the terminal 10 and displayed on the screen display unit 17 through the display control unit 14b. The message storage unit not only stores the payment completion message in the memory unit 12 in response to a user's message storage command, but also reads and transmits the payment completion message selected by the user to the display control unit 14b. The message storage unit allows the user to select and view a payment completion message of a mobile shopping purchased product later.

If the user wants to cancel the purchased product, the user may select the corresponding payment completion message to be displayed on the display unit 17. The user may view the payment completion message through the display unit 17 and may select and input the purchase cancellation according to the soft key displayed therewith.

That is, when the user selects and inputs a purchase cancellation according to the soft key displayed together when the payment completion message is displayed, the purchase product cancellation site access request unit is directed to the purchase product cancellation site having the link information included in the payment completion message. Request a connection to the mobile shopping broadcast server 26. In response to this request, the mobile shopping terminal 10 is connected to a purchase product cancellation site provided by the mobile shopping broadcasting server 26. The purchase product cancellation site is provided with a confirmation button for inputting the final cancellation request information of the purchase product. If the user inputs the confirmation button through the keypad 13, the purchase product cancellation request unit of the control unit 14 includes the product identification information transmitted in the payment completion message included in the purchase product cancellation request information to the mobile shopping It transmits to the purchase product cancellation processing part of the broadcast server 26. Then, the purchase product cancellation processing unit of the mobile shopping broadcasting server 26 cancels the sale of the product having the received product identification information, and as a result, the product buyer can cancel the product purchase act through the mobile shopping terminal 10. Will be.

Therefore, when using the mobile shopping terminal 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention, unlike the conventional TV home shopping, the terminal users can conveniently watch the shopping broadcast anytime, anywhere, and purchase a product through the shopping broadcast is Of course, it will be possible to enjoy the convenience of taking the cancellation of the purchased goods.

As described above, the present invention has the convenience of conveniently accessing and viewing shopping broadcasting information about a product that a consumer wants to purchase regardless of time and place, and the purchase price of the product through mobile shopping is based on a communication fee. By self-imposing, there is an advantage that the self payment can be made without exposing personal information.

In addition, there is an advantage that even the cancellation of goods purchased through mobile shopping can be conveniently performed through the terminal.

On the other hand, the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, which are merely exemplary, and those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible therefrom. For example, in an embodiment of the present invention, a list of products is presented, but a terminal and a system in which a user directly inputs a brand name and transmits it to a shopping broadcasting server may be considered. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention should be defined only by the appended claims.

1 is a configuration of a shopping system including a mobile shopping terminal for self-payment according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a block diagram of a mobile payment terminal for self-payment according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a product purchase and settlement process in a shopping system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (6)

In the mobile shopping terminal as a mobile communication terminal including an RF unit capable of transmitting and receiving wireless data with a base station, A wireless internet access request unit for accessing a mobile shopping broadcasting server; A shopping broadcast stream information decoding unit for decoding shopping broadcast stream information wirelessly transmitted from the mobile shopping broadcasting server; A display control unit for displaying the decoded shopping broadcast stream information on the display unit; A product identification information detector for detecting product identification information from the decoded shopping broadcast stream information; And a product purchase request unit for requesting transmission of the detected product identification information to the mobile shopping broadcasting server upon input of a purchase intention of the displayed product. The system of claim 1, further comprising: a short message receiving processing unit for processing and displaying a received purchase confirmation verification message; A payment site access request unit requesting access to a payment site having link information included in the verification message when inputting selection of purchase confirmation information displayed together with the verification message; Self-payment mobile shopping terminal, characterized in that it further comprises; authentication number transmission unit for receiving the authentication number requested by the payment site through the keypad and sending feedback. The apparatus of claim 2, further comprising: a message storage unit for storing a settlement completion message displayed and processed by the short message reception processing unit; A purchase product cancellation site access request unit for requesting access to a purchase product cancellation site having link information included in the payment completion message when inputting the selection of purchase cancellation information displayed together with the payment completion message; If the cancellation request confirmation of the purchase product is input through the keypad purchase product cancellation request unit for feedback sending the purchase product cancellation request information; Mobile shopping terminal further comprising. The mobile shopping terminal of claim 3, wherein the purchase product cancellation request information includes product identification information of a purchase product that has been transmitted and included in the payment completion message. In the mobile shopping system, It reads the shopping broadcasting stream information of the product selected by the mobile terminal user connected to the wireless internet through the mobile communication network from the broadcasting information DB and transmits the information to the corresponding terminal. A mobile shopping broadcasting server for charging the carrier server to charge the sales price of the terminal to the communication fee of the terminal; Request transmission of shopping broadcasting stream information about a predetermined product to the server connected to the wireless Internet, decode shopping broadcasting stream information transmitted from the server and display the information on the display unit, and input a purchase intention of the currently displayed product through a keypad. And a mobile shopping terminal for transmitting information requesting the purchase of the corresponding product to the server. The method of claim 5, wherein the mobile shopping terminal is a portable mobile communication terminal having an RF unit, A wireless internet access request unit for accessing the mobile shopping broadcasting server; A shopping broadcast stream information decoding unit for decoding shopping broadcast stream information wirelessly transmitted from the mobile shopping broadcasting server; A display control unit for displaying the decoded shopping broadcast stream information on the display unit; A product identification information detector for detecting product identification information from the decoded shopping broadcast stream information; And a product purchase request unit for requesting to transmit the detected product identification information to the mobile shopping broadcasting server when a purchase intention of the product being displayed is input.