KR20060007970A - Serial number selling method and system thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention discloses a serial number selling method and a system thereof. Serial number sales system of the present invention is installed in a public place and serial number issuer for automatically selling the serial number to customers; A serial number issuing server for receiving serial number issue information from the serial number issuer and issuing a serial number through a communication network; And a serial number mediation server acting as an intermediary between the serial number issuer and the serial number issuing server through a communication network, thereby automatically issuing and selling a serial number to a customer through a communication network. Therefore, there is an effect that can reduce the manpower and expenses required for issuing a serial number.

Description

Serial number selling method and system

1 is an overall configuration diagram of a serial number selling system according to the present invention

2 is a block diagram of the serial number issuer shown in FIG.

3 is a flowchart showing a serial number selling method according to the present invention.

4A and 4B are schematic diagrams schematically showing a serial number company selection screen and a payment screen of a serial number issuer according to the present invention;

5 is a flowchart showing a method of making an online payment using the serial number of the present invention.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of issuing a serial number according to the present invention.

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

100: serial number issuer 101: main control means

102: key operation means 103: banknote recognition and withdrawal means

104: card recognition and reading means 105: transaction history printing means

106: serial number release means 107: display means

108: communication means 109: power supply means

110: storage means 200: serial number mediation server

210: web module 220: control module

230: communication module 250: database

252: Serial Number Issuing Machine DB 254: Release History DB

256: serial number DB 300: serial number issuing server

401: bank 402: credit card company

The present invention relates to a serial number selling method and a system thereof, and more particularly, to a serial number selling method and a system in which a customer can automatically purchase a serial number through a serial number issuer installed in a public place.

In the past, credit card payment, mobile phone payment, and bank transfer have been used as online payment methods. However, these methods have a problem that their customers are limited because they can be used only by a person holding a credit card, a person holding a mobile phone in his name, and a person having a bank account in his name. In particular, in the case of minors, not only do not have a credit card, but also can not open a mobile phone in their own name, there was an inconvenience that must get parental consent in every online transaction.

In addition, this online payment method is inconvenient as the customer has to make a payment request in order to purchase a series of products, and at the same time causes a waste of money due to the fee of the overlapping payment system. Excessive charges were applied to the corresponding items, and there was a problem that there is a concern of personal information infringement due to exposure of personal information.

On the other hand, as a method for solving this inconvenience, a method of making an online payment using a serial number on an Internet site is currently used. Generally, a serial number means a flat bearer securities or coupon that the issuer promises to provide the serial number holder with the goods or services corresponding to the serial number.

A serial number holder may purchase a product handled by a serial number issuer or affiliated merchant within the amount indicated in the recommendation, and the issued serial number may be used on or offline in the form of a printed coupon or text message. It is limited. Also, the issuer is usually a manufacturer or a seller having a right to sell the paid content or a sales agent. Currently, serial numbers are distributed in the form described on a general card, and a customer can sell a certain amount of cards and use the serial number on the card to pay for the use of paid online contents designated by the issuer.

However, the distribution of the serial number through the card has the problem of waste of cost, manpower, and time during the card production and distribution, where the customer can purchase the card is limited and the card purchase process is not automated. There was a problem that online payment using the number could not be expanded.

 Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a serial number selling method and a system in which a customer can automatically purchase a serial number through a serial number issuer installed in a public place.

In addition, another object of the present invention is a serial number selling method and system that allows customers to conveniently purchase a serial number through a credit card payment, mobile phone payment, account transfer, cash payment, etc. through a serial number issuer installed in a public place To provide.

Serial number sales system according to the present invention for achieving the above object,

A serial number issuer installed in a public place and automatically selling the serial number to a customer;

A serial number issuing server for receiving serial number issue information from the serial number issuer and issuing a serial number through a communication network; And

And a serial number mediation server acting as an intermediary between the serial number issuer and the serial number issuing server through a communication network.

The serial number issuer may include: key manipulation means for manipulating a key by the customer to purchase a serial number; Banknote recognition and withdrawal means for recognizing and counting cash or checks to and from the customer for purchase and purchase of a serial number; Display means for providing a menu screen and a payment screen necessary for the serial number purchase to the customer; Communication means connected to the serial number relay server through a communication network; A release means for receiving information on the serial number from the serial number mediation server and releasing a serial number; And main control means for controlling the operation of each component of the serial number issuer, characterized in that it comprises.

The bill recognition and withdrawal means may further include card recognition and reading means for recognizing the cash and credit cards entered by the customer.

The main control means may be configured to: control to output a web document necessary to purchase a serial number through the display means, and to transmit information about a serial number issuing request input by the customer to the serial number mediation server. Receiving information on the serial number issuance from the serial number brokerage server, characterized in that it comprises an application for controlling to issue a serial number.

The serial number issuer may further include a failure detecting means for detecting an operation failure of each component of the serial number issuer and transmitting failure information to the serial number mediation server.

The serial number issuer may further include serial number printing means for printing the serial number on a sheet based on information on issuing the serial number received from the serial number mediation server.

In addition, the serial number mediation server: a web module for transmitting and receiving a web document to the serial number issuer or the serial number issuing server; A communication module connected via a communication network between the serial number issuer and the serial number issue server; A database storing information about the serial number issuing server and the serial issuer; And a control module for controlling operations of the web module, the communication module, and the database, respectively.

In addition, the information on the serial number issuer is characterized in that it includes the serial number issuer unique number, installation location, IP address, administrator and failure history.

The communication module may be connected to a server, a bank computer network, and a payment gateway of an external organization through the communication network.

The serial number issuing server and the serial number issuing machine may be connected by a dedicated line.

In addition, the serial number mediation server: characterized in that it further comprises an SMS transmission module for transmitting the serial number to the customer as a text message.

The serial number mediation server is characterized in that for verifying in real time the issued history of the serial number stored in the serial number issuing server through the communication network.

Serial number selling method according to the present invention for achieving the above object,

Selecting a serial number to be issued by the customer through the serial number issuer and requesting issuance of the serial number through billing;

Transmitting, by the serial number issuer, information on the serial number issue request input by the customer to a serial number mediation server through a communication network;

Transmitting serial number issuing request information received from the serial number issuer to the serial number issuing server through the communication network in the serial number mediation server;

Receiving the serial number issuance request information from the serial number mediation server in the serial number issuing server and issuing a unique serial number for the customer and transmitting the issuing information to the serial number mediation server through a communication network ;

Transmitting serial number issuance information received from the serial number issuing server to the serial number issuer through a communication network at the serial number mediation server; And

And issuing a unique serial number to the customer by the serial number issuing information received from the serial number issuer.

Here, the serial number selling method includes providing a menu screen and a payment screen necessary for the serial number purchase to the customer in the serial number issuer; Performing a charging process after the customer selects a serial number by viewing the menu screen and the payment screen; And performing a request for issuance of the serial number selected by the customer after performing the billing settlement process.

And, the billing settlement process: when the customer pays by bank transfer or credit card of the bank accessing the server of the bank or the server of the credit card company through the communication network; Performing a verification process for the customer at the server of the bank or a server of the credit card company, and then paying for the amount requested by the customer; And transmitting the settlement result for the customer from the server of the bank or the server of the credit card company to the serial number issuer.

The serial number mediation server may include: a plurality of pre-built serial number lists and information on the serial number issuing server corresponding to the list.

The serial number issuing server information may include: an identifier of the serial number issuing server, a unique number, an installation location, an IP address, an administrator, and a history of disability history.

In addition, the serial number issuing server: after receiving the mobile number from the customer characterized in that for transmitting the serial number issued to the mobile number of the customer.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail the configuration and operation of the present invention.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of a serial number selling system according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the serial number selling system includes a serial number issuer 100, a serial number mediation server 200, and a serial number issue server 300.

Here, the serial number issuer 100 receives a serial number issue request from a customer and transfers the serial number issuer to the serial number mediation server 200. The serial number issuer 100 receives information about the serial number issue received from the serial number mediation server 200. Send to the serial number issuer (100). The serial number issuer 100 is installed at a place where a customer such as a convenience store, a theater, a large bookstore, a bank, a department store, and a public institution is located.

The serial number mediation server 200 receives a serial number selling request from the serial number issuer 100, requests the serial number issuing server 300 to issue a serial number, and issues the issued serial number to the serial number issuer 100. To send). Then, the serial number mediation server 200 is connected to the server 300 of the bank institution or the server 400 of the credit card company, etc., and performs the account transfer and bank payment. In addition, the serial number mediation server 200 may be connected to a plurality of serial number issuing server 300.

Meanwhile, the serial number mediation server 200 includes a web module 210, a control module 220, a communication module 230, and a database 250 as shown in FIG. 1.

Here, the web module 210 transmits and receives a web document between the serial number issuer 100 and the serial number issue server 300.

The control module 220 controls operations of the web module 210, the communication module 230, and the database 250, respectively, as illustrated in the flowcharts of FIGS. 3 to 6 described later by pre-stored programs. .

In addition, the communication module 230 is connected to the serial number issuing machine 100 and the plurality of serial number issuing server 300 serves to transmit a serial number issuance request and issued serial number of the customer. In addition, the communication module 230 is connected to the server 400 of the bank or the server 401 of the credit card company serves to settle the amount according to the serial number issuance. In this case, the communication module 230 may be connected to a conventional bank computer network or a payment gateway, and the serial number issuing server 300 and the serial number issuer 100 may be connected by a dedicated line.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 1, the database (DB) 250 includes a serial number issuer DB 252, a release history DB 254, and a serial number DB 256.

Here, the serial number issuer DB 252 is a database in which management information of the installed serial number issuer 100 is recorded, and includes a unique number, an installation location, an IP address, an administrator, and a history of disability of the serial number issuer 100. Manage records.

In addition, the release history DB 254 is a database for storing the issue history that occurred in the serial number issuer 100 so that the serial number issuer and the serial number issuer can check in real time.

The serial number DB 256 stores a plurality of lists of pre-established serial numbers and identifiers assigned to each of the serial number issuing servers corresponding to the list, issued serial numbers, and issued user information.

In addition, the serial number mediation server 200 may further include an SMS transmission module (not shown) and the SMS transmission module serves to transmit the serial number to be issued to the customer as a text message.

Finally, the serial number issuing server 300 is a server installed in the company that issues the serial number. Since the serial number issuing server 300 issuing a serial number is a known technology, an operation principle of issuing a serial number will be omitted.

On the other hand, the serial number issuing server 300 has a unique serial number group including an identifier, the identifier is stored in advance in the serial number DB (256) of the serial number mediation server 200.

2 is a block diagram of the serial number issuer 100 shown in FIG. 1.

The serial number issuer 100, as shown in Figure 2, the main control means 101, key operation means 102, banknote recognition and withdrawal means 103, card recognition and reading means 104, transaction history It includes a printing means 105, a serial number selling means 106, a display means 107, a communication means 108, a power supply means 109 and a storage means 110.

Here, the main control means 101 serves to control the operation of each component of the serial number issuer 100, respectively.

And, the key operating means 102 is provided with a plurality of keys that can be operated by the customer, the customer is a part for operating the key to purchase the serial number.

The bill recognition and withdrawal means 103 recognizes and counts the cash or check deposited by the customer to purchase the serial number.

Recognition and reading means 104 of the credit or debit card serves to recognize and read the credit card or debit card entered by the customer to purchase the serial number.

The transaction history printing means 105 is responsible for issuing a receipt after selling the serial number to the customer.

The selling means 106 receives and releases the serial number requested by the customer from the serial number mediation server 200.

The display means 107 displays the serial number purchase procedure to the customer through a screen. In this case, the display means 107 includes a touch screen.

The data storage means 108 stores data on the issued serial number and a program for selling the serial number.

The communication means 109 is connected to the serial number mediation server 200 through a communication network and serves to interface to enable communication.

The power supply means 110 supplies the necessary power to each component of the serial number issuer 100.

When the serial number issuer 100 is connected to the serial number mediation server 200 and the serial number issuing server 300 and receives a serial number issuance request from a customer, the serial number issuer 100 transmits the serial number issuer 100 and receives a serial number issuance by a predetermined procedure. The operation of issuing a receipt and a serial number is as described above.

On the other hand, the serial number issuer 100 is a serial number printing means (not shown) for printing the serial number on a paper and issuing to the customer, and the failure to detect and transmit a failure during the operation of the serial number issuer 100 It may be configured to further include a sensing means (not shown).

3 is a flowchart illustrating a serial number selling method according to the present invention.

First, when a customer applies for serial number sales (step S310), the serial number issuer 100 transmits a serial number sales request to the serial number mediation server 200 (step S320). At this time, the customer may request the purchase of a serial number by selecting a predetermined amount and the serial number issuing company to be issued, or may request the sale of the serial number by selecting a type of online content to be used.

Next, when receiving the serial number sales request, the serial number mediation server 200 requests a payment for the amount for purchasing the serial number (step S310), wherein the customer selects the payment means in the display means 107. You can choose.

In this case, the customer may pay using any one of cash, bank transfer, credit card. In this case, when the customer selects a bank transfer or a credit card, the communication module 204 is connected to the server 400 of the bank or the server 401 of the credit card company to perform a payment. The server 401 of the bank or the server 401 of the credit card company transmits the payment result to the serial number mediation server 200 (step S340). At this time, if there is no abnormality in the payment result (YES in step S345), the serial number mediation server 200 requests a serial number issuance to the serial number issuing server 300 selected by the customer (step S350). If there is an error in the result (NO in step S345), the request is canceled.

On the other hand, when the payment result is normal, the serial number issuing server 300 transmits the request result to the serial number mediation server 200 (step S360). If the request result is the approval of the serial number (YES in step S310), the serial number issuing server 300 transmits the serial number together with the request result.

The serial number issuing server 300 has a unique serial number group, and the serial number mediation server 200 is configured in advance of each serial number issuing server 300 from the plurality of serial number issuing servers 300 connected. The identifier is received and stored in the serial number DB (256). At this time, the stored identifier is a unique value according to the serial number issuing server 300. The serial number issued to the customer includes the identifier and is in the form of a combination of other serial numbers. That is, the unique serial number group of each serial number issuing server 300 is stored in the database 250 of the serial number mediation server 200, the control module 220 of the serial number mediation server 200 Managed by

Then, after receiving the serial number from the serial number issuing company 300, the communication module 230 of the serial number mediation server 200 transmits a serial number issuing instruction message to the serial number issuer 100 and (Step S370), when the serial number issuer 100 receives the issue instruction message, it issues a receipt and a serial number (step S380). Thereafter, the serial number issuer 100 transmits a serial number issuance processing result to the serial number mediation server 200 (step S390), and the serial number mediation server 200 sends the database (250 of FIG. 1). ).

4A and 4B are schematic diagrams schematically showing a serial number company selection screen (FIG. 4A) and a payment screen (FIG. 4B) of the serial number issuer 100 according to the present invention.

First, referring to FIG. 4A, the customer selects a company providing a serial number to be issued on the serial number company selection screen of the serial number issuer 100. At this time, when the customer selects a company that provides a serial number, the serial number issuing server 300 of the selected company is selected. As a result, the serial number issuer 100 requests the issue of the serial number to the serial number issuing server 300 of the company selected by the customer.

Next, referring to Figure 4b, the customer selects the company of the serial number that the customer wants to be issued, and then select the amount of the serial number by looking at the payment screen provided by the serial number issuer (100). At this time, the serial number issuer 100 may provide another payment screen for receiving a request for issuing a serial number from the customer, if necessary.

The screen of the serial number issuer 100 is displayed by the display means 107 by a program of a progress screen of the serial number issuer 100.

Hereinafter, a case in which the customer selects the serial number issuing server 300 to be issued with a predetermined amount will be described as an example.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of making online payment using a serial number of the present invention.

First, prior to the description, the serial number purchase request step (S310) to the serial number issuance command step (S370) of the flowchart shown in FIG. 5 are the same as in FIG. Therefore, FIG. 5 will be described from the serial number issuing command step (S370).

As shown in FIG. 5, when a serial number issuance is issued from the serial number mediation server 307 (step S370), the serial number issuer 100 displays a screen for selecting a method of issuing a serial number to the customer. Is transmitted (step S382).

On the other hand, the customer may select the SMS text message transmission as well as the print media, such as receipts as a method of issuing a serial number. In this case, the mobile phone number to receive the text message is received from the customer and the serial number is transmitted to the number (step S384).

Next, the serial number issuer 100 transmits the serial number issue result to the customer through the serial number mediation server 200 to the serial number issue server 300 (step S390).

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of issuing a serial number according to the present invention.

The flowchart of FIG. 6 is the same as that of FIGS. 3 and 5 until the step (S365) of determining whether the serial number has been issued as a result of requesting the serial number from the purchase request (S310), and the step (S365) and the serial number. Serial number issuance limit subtraction step (S368) is further configured between the issuance instruction step (S370). Therefore, in Figure 6 will be described from the step (S365) to determine whether the approval is issued as a result of requesting the serial number.

As shown in FIG. 6, the serial number mediation server 200 receives the request result for the serial number issuing request from the serial number issuing server 300 (step S360), and the request result is approved for issuance. In the case (YES in step S365), the issue limit of the serial number issuing server 300 stored in the serial number DB 256 is subtracted (step S368).

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but can be variously modified and changed by those skilled in the art, which should be regarded as included in the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined in the appended claims. something to do.

According to the serial number selling method and system according to the present invention as described above, the serial number issuer is installed in a public place and automatically sells the serial number to customers; A serial number issuing server for receiving serial number issue information from the serial number issuer and issuing a serial number through a communication network; And a serial number mediation server acting as an intermediary between the serial number issuer and the serial number issuing server through a communication network, thereby automatically issuing and selling a serial number to a customer through a communication network. Therefore, there is an effect that can reduce the manpower and expenses required for issuing a serial number.

In addition, the serial number issuing company has an effect of confirming the serial number sales history of the serial number issuer through a communication network in real time.

In addition, since the number of customers of the serial number can be used for online payment using cash as a means other than credit card or mobile phone payment or bank transfer, there is an effect that can expand the target that can use online payment.

In addition, the number of serial numbers issued both online and offline can be selected in one place, and can be used in both offline stores and online shopping malls. Therefore, active alliances between online and offline companies are expected to increase sales of many companies. It works.

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Serial number issuer to automatically sell the serial number to the customer; A serial number issuing server for receiving serial number issue information from the serial number issuer and issuing a serial number through a communication network; And And a serial number mediation server acting as an intermediary between the serial number issuer and the serial number issuing server through a communication network. The method of claim 1, wherein the serial number issuer is: Key operation means for manipulating a key to allow said customer to purchase a serial number; Banknote recognition and withdrawal means for recognizing and counting cash or checks to and from the customer for purchase and purchase of a serial number; Display means for providing a menu screen and a payment screen necessary for the serial number purchase to the customer; Communication means connected to the serial number relay server through a communication network; A release means for receiving information on a serial number from the serial number brokerage server and releasing a serial number; And And a main control means for controlling the operation of each component of the serial number issuer. The method of claim 2, wherein the banknote recognition and withdrawal means: And a card recognition and reading means for recognizing the cash card and the credit card input by the customer. The method of claim 2, wherein the main control means: Control to output the web document required for the serial number purchase through the display means, and transmits the information on the serial number issuing request entered by the customer to the serial number mediation server, serial number from the serial number mediation server Serial number sales system, characterized in that it comprises an application for receiving the information about the issuance and controlling the serial number. The method of claim 2, wherein the serial number issuer is: And a failure detecting means for detecting an operation failure of each component of the serial number issuer and transmitting failure information to the serial number mediation server. The method of claim 2, wherein the serial number issuer is: And serial number printing means for printing the serial number on paper by the serial number issuance information received from the serial number mediation server. The method of claim 1, wherein the serial number mediation server is: A web module for transmitting and receiving a web document to the serial number issuer or the serial number issue server; A communication module connected via a communication network between the serial number issuer and the serial number issue server; A database storing information about the serial number issuing server and the serial issuer; And And a control module for controlling the operation of the web module, the communication module, and the database, respectively. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein the serial number issuer is: Serial number selling system, characterized in that it includes the serial number issuer unique number, installation location, IP address, administrator and failure history. The method of claim 7, wherein the communication module is: Serial number selling system, characterized in that connected to the server, bank computer network, the payment gateway (payment gateway) of the external organization through the communication network. The method of claim 7, wherein The serial number issuing server and the serial number issuing serial number selling system, characterized in that connected by a dedicated line. The method of claim 7, wherein the serial number mediation server is: Serial number selling system, characterized in that it further comprises an SMS transmission module for transmitting the serial number to the customer as a text message. The method of claim 7, wherein the serial number mediation server is: Serial number selling system, characterized in that for confirming in real time the issued history of the serial number stored in the serial number issuing server through the communication network. Selecting a serial number to be issued by the customer through the serial number issuer and requesting issuance of the serial number through billing; Transmitting, by the serial number issuer, information on the serial number issue request input by the customer to a serial number mediation server through a communication network; Transmitting serial number issuing request information received from the serial number issuer to the serial number issuing server through the communication network in the serial number mediation server; Receiving the serial number issuing request information from the serial number mediation server in the serial number issuing server, issuing a unique serial number for the customer and transmitting the issuing information to the serial number mediation server through a communication network; ; Transmitting serial number issuance information received from the serial number issuing server to the serial number issuer through a communication network at the serial number mediation server; And And issuing a unique serial number to the customer by the serial number issuing information received from the serial number issuer. The method of claim 13, wherein the serial number selling method is: Providing a menu screen and a payment screen for the serial number purchase to the customer in the serial number issuer; Performing a charging process after the customer selects a serial number by viewing the menu screen and the payment screen; And And performing a request for issuance of the serial number selected by the customer after performing the billing settlement process. 15. The method of claim 14, wherein the billing process is: Accessing a server of the bank or a server of the credit card company through the communication network when the customer pays by bank transfer or credit card of the bank; Performing a verification process for the customer at the server of the bank or a server of the credit card company, and then paying for the amount requested by the customer; And And transmitting the payment result for the customer from the server of the bank or the server of the credit card company to the serial number issuer. The server of claim 13, wherein the serial number mediation server comprises: And storing information about a plurality of pre-built serial number lists and the serial number issuing server corresponding to the list. The method of claim 16, wherein the serial number issuing server information is: Serial number selling method comprising the identifier, unique number, installation location, IP address, administrator and failure history information of the serial number issuing server. The method of claim 13, wherein the serial number issuing server is: And receiving the mobile phone number from the customer and transmitting the serial number issued to the mobile phone number of the customer.

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