KR20050105395A - System and method for providing mileage on wireless network - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and method for providing mileage through a wireless network.

In the present invention, when a user connects through a wired or wireless network to request transmission of predetermined content, the system transmits the content including the mileage module to the user terminal. Then, when the mileage provision request is input through the mileage module after the mileage module is executed on the user terminal that has downloaded the content, the system provides mileage for downloading the content to the user.

According to the present invention, mileage management and provision for content download from a service provider to a user terminal through a wireless network may be performed in real time.

Description

Method and system for providing mileage through wireless network {system and method for providing mileage on wireless network}

The present invention relates to a method and a system for providing mileage through a wireless network, and more particularly, to a method and system for providing mileage for content provided through a wireless network.

With the rapid increase in the spread of the Internet, electronic commerce and information exchange for people around the world are actively being carried out through the same medium called the Internet. In particular, with the development of the Internet, it is possible to provide a variety of information to a large number of users regardless of region. Accordingly, portal sites that provide information retrieval services, community services, and the like have been developed and used.

According to the development of the portal site, users can be provided with a variety of information through the portal site, it is also possible to facilitate the exchange of information with other users through the community service. These portal sites form a community in cyberspace, and if more registered users and homepage usage are secured, the advertising revenue and marketing revenue using user information increases, so as many users as possible We are developing ways to get things done. Accordingly, in order to induce the use of the site, marketing has been made such as granting mileage when conducting e-commerce through the site, granting mileage when viewing a specific advertisement, or granting mileage when using content. .

Recently, the number of users who use the Internet service through the WAP (WAP) as well as the Web (WB) has increased, and even when the user accesses through the WAP, that is, through a wireless network, commerce or provide content, the mileage is provided.

However, it is not easy to provide mileage to a user who downloads contents such as a program among users who use a service through a wireless network.

For example, in order to provide a program to a user's wireless terminal, the service provider requests the transmission to the user's wireless terminal while delivering the program to a system of a mobile communication service provider (hereinafter, referred to as a mobile communication service system). . After transmitting the program to the user's wireless terminal, the mobile communication service system notifies the service provider of the result of the program transmission.

However, since the mobile communication service system provides the service provider with the result of transmission processing for each setting unit (for example, daily), even if the user has already used the provided content, the service provider can calculate the mileage for the user's program download in real time. There is a disadvantage that cannot be provided.

In addition, the service provider has a disadvantage in that it is not possible to manage the users provided with the program in real time.

As a technology for providing mileage to users who use the service through the conventional wireless network, "Korean cyber money earning and payment system through the game in the mobile phone and the method described in Korean Patent Application Publication No. 2003-27290", "Marketing compensation method for software programs distributed through a communication network" described in Patent Application Publication No. 2003-1615, and "Integrated mileage management method using an Internet Explorer bar on the Internet" described in Patent Application Publication No. 2001-680 Is disclosed.

In the prior art described in 2003-27290, when a user executes a game program after downloading the game program to the user's terminal, the user provides the mileage according to the game result. No mileage is provided until the game is over. Therefore, mileage is not provided and managed at each download point.

The prior art described in 2003-1615 provides mileage to a user who has not downloaded the program but to another user who has marketing the program to download the program, and the mileage is not provided to the user who actually downloaded the program. . In addition, since the prior art does not describe how to determine whether a program has been downloaded to a user's terminal, mileage provision is not performed in real time for each download time.

In the prior art described in 2001-680, when a user who downloads a program installs the program, an icon for controlling the program is generated on a web browser, and when the user clicks the icon, an explorer bar is executed to access the site. Is done. Thereafter, the site provides a management tool for earning points to the user when the user is authenticated, and provides a link to other affiliated sites where the user can select the management tool to receive points, thereby allowing the user to separate Accordingly, a user can be provided with a point at an affiliate site that provides the point without the access process. However, this prior art merely describes a means for receiving points at multiple sites and does not disclose a means for a service provider to know whether a user has downloaded a program.

Therefore, the technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art, to provide a mileage for the user provided with the content through the wireless network in real time.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing mileage through a wireless network, in a system connected to a plurality of user terminals through a wired or wireless network, in a method for providing mileage to the users, a) When the user connects through a wired network or a wireless network to request transmission of predetermined content, transmitting, by the system, the content including the mileage module to the user terminal; b) displaying a mileage receiving menu corresponding to the mileage module after executing the mileage module on the user terminal which has downloaded the content; c) connecting the user terminal to the system when the user selects the mileage receiving menu; d) authenticating whether the connected user is a legitimate user; e) if determined to be a legitimate user, determining whether the user has already provided mileage for downloading the content; And f) providing mileage for downloading the content to the user if mileage provision has not been previously performed.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. As those skilled in the art would realize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, even if the service provider does not receive the transmission processing result provided from the mobile communication service system, the mileage to the content so that the service provider can know whether the download of the contents provided to the user through the mobile communication service system is completed. Provided by inserting means to be provided. Therefore, when the user who received the content executes the means to access the system of the service provider, the user is provided with mileage. Here, "mileage" includes all reward means (cyber money, points, etc.) that are granted for certain actions on the network. In addition, the content includes everything that can be provided to a user through a wireless network, and may be, for example, text, a video, an image, a program, or the like.

Next, the structure of the system for performing such mileage provision will be described.

1 is a network connection diagram of a mileage providing system (hereinafter, referred to as "mileage providing system") through a network according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figures 2 and 3 is a specific structural diagram of each server shown in FIG. to be.

1, the mileage providing system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is a plurality of user terminals 310, 320, 330 ... via the network 200, including wired and wireless networks, "300 for convenience And provide content to the user terminal 300 through the network 200. In particular, the mileage providing system 100 is connected to the mobile communication service system 400 to provide content through the network 200.

 The user terminal 300 is a communication device that can connect to the mileage providing system 100 through the network 200. For example, various communication devices such as a mobile communication terminal, a computer, and a TV that can access the Internet may be used.

The mileage providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides content to the user terminal 300 and provides mileage for using the user's content, the interface server 10, the content providing server 20, and the processing server 30. ), And an authentication server 40, and may further optionally include a charging server 50.

The interface server 10 performs a connection process for users connecting through a network. In particular, in the present embodiment, a WAP server and a wired line perform a process for accessing users connected through a wireless Internet. It may include all the so-called Web (WEB) server that performs the connection process for the users connecting through the Internet.

As illustrated in FIG. 2, the content providing server 20 stores a plurality of contents provided by the system 100, and transmits predetermined content selected by the user to the user terminal 300. In detail, as shown in FIG. 2, a content database 21 in which a plurality of contents are stored, a content processing unit 22 for transmitting the contents stored in the content database to the user terminal 300, and a content transmission processing history are stored. The transfer history database 23 is included. The content processor 22 may insert and transmit means for receiving mileage for content transmitted to the user terminal 300 through the network 200. For convenience of description, the means is referred to as a "mileage module", and the mileage module may be formed in the form of a virtual machine (VM) or the like. The content processor 22 may insert the mileage module M1 into the content and transmit the content, and may also produce the content transmitted through the network from the beginning in the form of the mileage module M1 inserted therein. The mileage module M1 may include link information for connecting to the system 100.

Meanwhile, the content provided from the content providing server 20 is delivered to the mobile communication service system 400 through the interface server 10 and finally transmitted to the user terminal 300 through the mobile communication service system 400. do. As described above, since the technology for transmitting content to the user terminal 300 through the mobile communication service system 400 on the network is obvious to those skilled in the art, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The processing server 30 provides mileage to users who have received content through the network. To this end, as shown in FIG. 3, a mileage database 31 in which mileage granted for each provided content is set, a mileage providing unit 32 that provides mileage to a user based on information stored in the mileage database, and is provided for each user. And a user mileage database 33 in which information about the accumulated mileages is stored.

The mileage database 31 stores a mileage value to be assigned when the content is downloaded corresponding to the identification information provided for each content.

In the user mileage database 33, mileage information granted for each user may be stored, and information on the basis for which mileage is granted may be further stored. For example, the mileage providing date, the given mileage, the total mileage, information about the content to which the mileage is provided, and information indicating when the content is downloaded may be stored in correspondence to the user ID.

On the other hand, the authentication server 40 manages and performs membership registration and system login of the user's system 100. To this end, it includes an authentication unit 41 for performing member registration and login, and a user database 42 in which information about a user who has registered as a member in the system 100 is stored. The user database 42 may store personal information such as a password, a name, a social security number, a gender, an age, a contact information, and the like in correspondence with the user ID.

The billing server 50 may be optionally included to perform billing for the user's content download.

In the mileage providing system according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the servers 10 to 50 are classified in terms of their functions, and the present disclosure is not limited thereto. For example, although each server is implemented in a form including a database (21, 23, 1, 33, 42), the database (21, 23, 1, 33, 42) may be implemented separately from the server, In addition, it may be implemented in a form that is integrally included in one database server.

In addition, components of each server may be selectively included as needed, and each component may also be implemented as an independent server to process a corresponding function. In addition, databases are not limited to being classified as described above.

Next, the operation of the mileage providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described based on such a structure.

4 is a mileage providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4, a user connects to the system 100 via the network 200 and requests content transmission (S100). In this case, the user may request content transmission by accessing the system 100 through a wireless network or request content transmission by accessing the system 100 through a wired network.

The content providing server 20 transmits the content requested by the user to the user terminal 300 through the mobile communication service system 400. In particular, the mileage module M1 is inserted into the provided content (S110).

When the content download to the terminal 300 is completed, the corresponding content is executed (S120 to S130). Here, the user may directly execute the downloaded content, or the downloaded content may be automatically executed. When the content is executed, the mileage module M1 inserted therein is also executed, and a menu corresponding to the mileage module M1 is displayed on the screen of the user terminal 300 (S140). .

Accordingly, when the user selects the "receive mileage menu", the user terminal 300 is connected to the processing server 30 of the system 100, and the processing server 30 is connected to the user through the "receive mileage menu". The mileage is given to the user (S150 to S160).

The following describes in more detail how the mileage provision method is achieved through which components of the system.

5A and 5B are detailed flowcharts of a mileage providing method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 5A, a user connects to the system 100 through the network 200 and requests content transmission (S1000 to S1100). In this case, the user may request content transmission by accessing the system 100 through a wireless network or request content transmission by accessing the system 100 through a wired network.

The content processor 22 of the content providing server 20 extracts the content requested by the user from the content database 21 and transfers the content requested by the user to the mobile communication service system 400 to be transmitted to the user terminal 300 (S1200). At this time, the content processing unit 22 inserts and transmits the mileage module M1 to the transmitted content or, if the module M1 is already inserted in the content, transmits it without additional processing.

Next, the content processor 22 records information about the content provided by the user in the transmission history database 23 (S1300). That is, the identification information of the contents provided in correspondence with the user ID, the information on the time of provision, and the like are recorded.

The mobile communication service system 400 transmits the content received from the content providing server 20 to the user terminal 300 (S1400 to S1500). When the content is transmitted to the terminal 300, that is, the download is completed, the content is executed. (S1600). For example, assume that the content downloaded by the user is a game program. In this case, the user executes the downloaded game program when the program download is completed. Accordingly, the "mileage receiving menu" according to the execution of the mileage module M1 is displayed on the screen of the user terminal 300 along with a menu for playing a game (S1700).

6 illustrates a screen displayed on a terminal when executing downloaded content. As illustrated in Fig. 6, executing the game program. Along with the menus related to the game, such as 1. Play Game, 2. How to Play, and 3. Preferences, a menu called X. Get Miles is displayed.

As described above, when the downloaded content is executed and the mileage receiving menu is displayed and the user selects it (S1800), the user's terminal 300 is connected to the system 100. Accordingly, the system 100 provides mileage to the user.

In detail, when the mileage receiving menu is selected, as illustrated in FIG. 5, a screen for inquiring whether to request mileage with a brief description of mileage provision by the mileage module M1 is displayed on the terminal 300 (S1900). When the user requests to receive the mileage, the user requests input of information such as an ID and a social security number for user authentication (S2000). Here, ID and social security number are used for user authentication, but the present invention is not limited thereto. When the user inputs an ID and a social security number, the mileage module M1 transmits identification information on the content and a wireless number of the terminal together with the ID and social security number input by the user (S2100).

Next, as shown in FIG. 5B, when the authentication server 40 of the system 100 matches the ID transmitted from the user terminal 300 and the social security number corresponding to the ID in the authentication database 42, In operation S2200 to S2300, it is determined that the user is a legitimate user. At this time, in order to confirm whether the user is a real terminal user who registers the terminal to the mobile communication service system 400 and uses the terminal, the wireless number and the social security number of the terminal are provided to the mobile communication service system 400, and the user May further perform the step of authenticating whether the terminal is a real user of the terminal. On the other hand, if the authentication information does not match the information stored in the user database 42, the terminal 300 is notified of the authentication, the authentication information input can be performed again accordingly.

If it is determined that the user is a legitimate user according to the authentication process of the authentication server 40, the mileage providing unit 32 of the processing server 30 is based on the content identification information and the user ID provided from the terminal 300, the user mileage database Search (33) to determine whether the user has received mileage based on the content (S2500).

If the user has never been provided mileage with the content, the mileage providing unit 32 grants the mileage to the user based on the mileage value corresponding to the corresponding content identification information of the mileage database 31 (S2600 to S2800). . Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 6, how much mileage is given on the screen of the user terminal 300 is displayed. Next, the mileage providing unit 32 records the mileage providing history in the user mileage database 33 (S2900). Therefore, the mileage and total mileage given in correspondence with the user ID of the user mileage database 33 are recorded, and the identification information of the content on which the mileage is provided is recorded.

On the other hand, if the user has already received the mileage with the content, the mileage provider 32 notifies the terminal 300 that the mileage has been paid (S3000), accordingly, as shown in Figure 6 that the mileage has already been paid A message is displayed.

As described above, in the embodiment of the present invention, by inserting and sending a module requesting mileage to the content provided to the user terminal, when the download of the content is completed, the user uses the module to mileage from the system 100 Can be easily provided. Accordingly, the system 100 can easily check whether the content is downloaded to the user terminal 300 without being notified of the transmission processing result from the mobile communication service system 400. As a result, mileage management and provision for content download can be made in real time.

Meanwhile, in the above-described embodiment, in order to prevent the user from accumulating mileage by repeatedly downloading the same content, a separate identification flag may be included in the mileage module inserted into the content and transmitted.

Next, a method of providing mileage using the identification flag will be described.

7A and 7B illustrate a detailed flow of a method for providing mileage through a wireless network according to another embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 7A, when the user requests content transmission, the content providing server 20 inserts and transmits the mileage module M1 to the corresponding content (S3000 to S3200). At this time, the mileage module M1 is added with an identification flag (or identification file) for mileage redundancy accumulation, the content providing server 20 delivers such content to the mobile communication system 400 to request transmission ( S3300 to S3500).

Thereafter, after the content is downloaded to the user's terminal 300 and executed, and then the user selects the "receive mileage menu" (S3600 to S4000), the mileage module M1 determines an identification flag. In step S4100, it is determined whether an identifier indicating whether the mileage is accumulated is attached to the identification flag. In this case, the mileage module M1 may determine whether an identifier for the identification flag is attached, or the mileage provider 32 of the system 100 may determine the mileage module M1 in association with the mileage module M1.

If an identifier indicating whether mileage is accumulated is attached to the identification flag, the user determines that the mileage has already been paid for downloading the content, and indicates that the mileage has been paid on the terminal 300 (S4200 to S4300). . In this case, the mileage module M1 does not perform an operation for receiving mileage.

On the other hand, in step S4200, if an identifier is not attached to the identification flag, it is determined that the mileage for downloading the corresponding content is not provided, and as shown in FIG. 7B, the mileage module ( M1) provides authentication information and the like for the user to the system 100 so that the system 100 grants the mileage to the user (S4400 to S5100). Next, the mileage module M1 of the user terminal 300 attaches an identifier indicating mileage accumulation to the identification flag, and records that the mileage is granted using the content (S5200). Therefore, even after the user requests mileage for the content, the mileage is not performed by the identifier.

Meanwhile, in the above embodiment, although the mileage module M1 attaches an identifier to the identification flag after the mileage is provided for the content, in contrast, if the identifier is not attached to the identification flag in step S4200, the mileage is immediately sent. The module M1 performs the step of attaching the identifier to the identification flag, and later if the mileage accrual is notified from the mileage providing system 100 (for example, if user authentication has not been performed), the identification You can also remove the identifier attached to the flag. However, if the mileage credit is successfully performed, the identifier attached to the identification flag is retained. 8 illustrates a screen displayed on the user terminal when the mileage module adds an identifier to the identification flag before the mileage accumulation by the system is performed while preventing double accumulation of mileage using the identification flag as described above. .

Meanwhile, in the above embodiment, whether or not the mileage is paid by attaching a separate identifier to the identification flag is displayed. Alternatively, it may be displayed whether the mileage is paid by changing the value of the identification flag itself. Therefore, the change of the identification flag may include not only a separate identifier attached to the identification flag but also a modification of the value of the identification flag itself. In addition, the identification flag is a name given for convenience of description and may be formed in a file format as well as a general flag format.

According to this embodiment, it is possible to prevent the user from accumulating the mileage by using the same content.

In addition, in order to prevent a user from accumulating mileage by repeatedly downloading the same content, a time for which the content is first downloaded and driven may be used. In this case, after receiving and storing the initial driving time of the content from the terminal, and then providing mileage for the same content from the terminal to be accessed thereafter, whether the mileage is known by comparing the driving time and the initial driving time for the content. Judges and provides mileage based on the result.

Meanwhile, even if mileage provision is requested for the same content, the mileage may be paid separately when payment is made for each content download.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various other changes and modifications are possible. For example, on the other hand, the above-described game method may be implemented in the form of a program stored in a computer-readable recording medium. The recording medium may include any kind of recording device that stores data that can be read by a computer. For example, a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, and the like may be used. Included is implemented in the form of).

As described above, according to the present invention, when the content download is completed from the service provider to the user terminal through the wireless network, the user can easily receive the mileage from the service provider using the module included in the content.

In addition, the service provider can easily check whether the content is downloaded to the user terminal even if there is no separate transmission process result from the mobile communication service system by the user who downloaded the content through the module. As a result, mileage management and provision for content download can be made in real time.

1 is a network connection diagram of a mileage providing system through a wireless network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a structural diagram of a content providing server shown in FIG. 1.

3 is a structural diagram of a processing server and an authentication server shown in FIG.

4 is a schematic overall flowchart of a method for providing mileage through a wireless network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5A and 5B are detailed flowcharts of a method for providing mileage through a wireless network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is an exemplary view of a screen displayed on a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7A and 7B are detailed flowcharts of a method for providing mileage through a wireless network according to another embodiment of the present invention.

8 is an exemplary view of a screen displayed on a user terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (1)

In a system connected to a plurality of user terminals through a wired or wireless network, in a method for providing mileage to the users, a) when the user connects through a wired or wireless network to request transmission of predetermined content, the system transmitting the content including a mileage module to the user terminal; b) displaying a mileage receiving menu corresponding to the mileage module after executing the mileage module on the user terminal which has downloaded the contents; c) connecting the user terminal to the system when the user selects the mileage receiving menu; d) authenticating whether the connected user is a legitimate user; e) if determined to be a legitimate user, determining whether the user has already provided mileage for downloading the content; And f) providing mileage for downloading the content to the user if mileage provision has not been previously performed; Mileage provision method comprising a.