KR20060119031A - Printer lease service method via on-line - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for a printer lease service through the online is provided to promote increased earning through a business model linking printer lease, consumption goods sales, and computer sales and after-sale services, and expect effect of production, consumption, and reproduction in a way for returning a part of the earning to a customer. A user client selects the printer of a desired type by offering a list of the available printers in case that the user client requests the lease of the printer(S18). The user client is registered as a member by receiving various information including a printer delivery address and a contact phone number(S20). A lease term, a consumption goods supply type, and a corresponding charge is selected from the user client(S26). The printer is delivered to the user client by receiving and storing a payment tool for the selected lease charge(S28).

Description

Printer lease service method via On-line}

1 is a network diagram of a system in which an online printer rental service method of a technology according to the present invention is implemented.

2 is a flowchart for explaining an online printer rental service method of the technology according to the present invention.

[Description of Symbols for Main Parts of Drawing]

100. Wired / Wireless Network 200. User Client

210. Desktop PC 220. Notebook Computer

230. Mobile terminal 300. Rental service agency

310. Web Server 320. Wap Server

330. POS terminal 340. Database

341. Membership Information DB 342. Printer / Consumables DB

343. Rental DB 344. Payment DB,

345. Other Products DB 400. Delivery Service Agency

410. Web Server 420. Wap Server

430. Database 432. Membership DB

434: Delivery History DB

The present invention relates to an online printer leasing service method, and more particularly, to promote the sale of printer-related devices by establishing a business model in which a printer is leased and consumables such as ink or toner are supplied online. One online printer leasing service method relates.

In general, a printer (Print) is one of the representative office computer equipment, as is well known, is a device for printing a document or photo consisting of various text or graphic elements processed by a computer on a printing paper.

The printers described above are classified into laser printers suitable for high-speed processing according to the printing method and inkjet printers which are relatively inexpensive compared to laser printers widely used in offices, and are widely used in homes, and black and white printers depending on whether they support color. And color printers.

Moreover, in recent years, a multifunction multifunction device having both a function of a scanner and a facsimile has been proposed and actively used, and the printer in the present invention is used as a concept including such a multifunction multifunction device.

On the other hand, in the case of printers (especially home printers), the ink for exclusive inkjet printers consumed by the printer after selling them at a very low price that is less than the manufacturing cost as part of the sales strategy. B) Toner for laser printers (hereinafter, collectively referred to as 'printer consumables' in the present invention) is compensated by selling relatively exclusively at a high price. Refill products are proposed and actively used.

In any case, however, printer consumables are not cheaply priced. As a result, homes and small businesses are extremely limited in their use of printers, but printer sales of printer consumables and their refills are sluggish. There is a problem.

In addition, from the consumer's point of view, the use of printer consumables may be discarded without using the printer consumables several times due to the hardening of the ink, that is, the use of the printer for a long time.

The present invention has been proposed to solve the above-described problems, and the sale and after-sales (A / S) of the computerized consumables such as ink or toner (ink or toner) and the computer according to the printer lease and printer lease It provides an online printer leasing service that enables the increase of profits through the linked business model, as well as the production, consumption and reproduction effects by returning the profits of the profits to consumers. The purpose is.

Another object of the present invention is to establish a business model that connects the lease of the printer with the supply of consumables such as ink or toner, but instead of providing consumables such as ink and toner according to the lease of the printer free of charge, The business model of a chargeable structure can facilitate sales of printer consumables such as ink or toner, or refilled products thereof.

In addition, the technology according to the present invention establishes a business model that connects the lease of the printer with the supply of consumables such as ink or toner, but instead of providing the consumables such as ink and toner according to the lease of the printer free of charge, the monthly fee in return. The business model, which charges the amount of money, eliminates the intermediate distribution process of logistics and provides a path for consumers and suppliers to access to 1: 1.

The present invention configured to achieve the above object is as follows, that is, the online printer rental service method according to the present invention is a rental service organization that prepares a variety of printers and printer consumables through a wired / wireless communication network An online printer leasing service method connected to a client, the method comprising: (a) providing a list of available printers to be rented when a user client requests a printer to be leased; (b) receiving various information including a shipping address and a contact phone number of the printer selected in step (a) and registering as a member; (c) presenting the lease period selectable for the printer selected in step (a), the supply type of consumables, and the fee for use accordingly; And (d) receiving and storing the payment means of the selected royalties in step (c), and then performing a parcel delivery process.

In the above-described configuration, the consumable supply form in step (c) is irregularly supplied by a user's immediate request within a predetermined quantity range, within a regular supply supplying a predetermined number every predetermined cycle, or within a predetermined quantity range. It may be in the form of a mixed feed in which a regular feed and an irregular feed are mixed.

On the other hand, in the case of irregular supply or mixed supply in step (c), the user client determines (e) whether the user client requests printer consumables; (f) In the case of requesting printer consumables in step (e), after logging in by inputting the ID and password registered at the time of membership registration in step (b), checking the type of printer consumables for the rented printer. step; And (g) courier processing the printer consumables identified in step (f).

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the online printer rental service method of the present invention.

1 is a network diagram of a system in which an online printer rental service method of a technology according to the present invention is implemented.

As shown in FIG. 1, the network configuration of the system in which the online printer leasing service method of the present invention is implemented is largely based on a number of leasing service organizations 300 that provide online printer leasing services through an appropriate wired / wireless communication network 100. The user client 200 or the user client 200 is made in connection with the courier service agency 400 for delivering the printer or printer consumables for rent to the place requested.

In the above-described configuration, the user client 200 is again connected to the wired / wireless communication network 100 of the wired / wireless communication network 100, preferably the desktop PC 210 connected to the rental service organization 300 through the Internet, or the wired / wireless communication network ( A laptop computer 220 and a mobile communication terminal 230 connected to the leasing service organization 300 through a wireless communication network of 100 may be made, and to receive the service of the present invention, these user clients 200 may be provided. A web browser (for desktop PCs or notebook computers) or a swap browser (for mobile terminals) should be installed. The desktop PC 210 should of course be equipped with a monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers, etc. in a typical configuration of a PC.

On the other hand, the rental service agency 300 is a web server 310, mobile communication terminal 230 in charge of the processing of various web documents related to the rental service method of the present invention between the desktop PC 210 or notebook computer 220 (B) a database for storing a variety of information and data related to the leap server 320 and the lease service method of the present invention in charge of processing various WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) documents related to the lease service method of the present invention. And 340.

In addition, the database 340 as described above again provides various information related to the member, for example, an ID and password, a contact telephone number, an address to receive a printer or printer consumables, a job, a use and usage of the printer, and an e-mail address. Member information DB (341) that stores information such as, and hobbies, printers and consumables DB (342) that stores information on rentable printers and printer consumables, types of rented printers and consumables accompanying them, namely A lease history database (343) that stores ink or toner types, lease periods, consumable requirements, a fee (such as a monthly fee), and supplies of consumables, and a printer lease set by the user client 200; Payment history DB (344), which stores printer consumable costs and payment details, and various products for sale, such as various computers and peripherals. It can be made to include other goods handling DB (345), which stores information about.

In the drawing, reference numeral 330 denotes a POS terminal used to perform printer lease through offline or order data processing of printer consumables and data input according to sales of a handled product at an offline branch of leasing service organization 330.

Finally, the courier service agency 400 also stores a member information DB, which stores various member information of the web server 410 and the swap server 420 and the customer, which are in charge of the processing of the web document and the swap document related to the courier service, respectively. And a database 430 having a delivery history DB 434 that stores a number 432 and various delivery details. In addition, the courier service agency 400 may be an external agency of the leasing service organization 300 or an agency that operates itself. In the case of operating the service, the lease service agency 200 may use a web server or a swap server or a database thereof. It can be integrated with the one built in.

2 is a flow chart illustrating an online printer rental service method of the technology according to the present invention. Unless otherwise stated in the description of FIG. 2, the web server 310 or the swap server 320 of the leasing service agency 300 performs the main work.

As shown in FIG. 2, first, in step S10, the user client 200 accesses an electronic shopping mall established by a leasing service institution 300 on a web server 310 or a swap server 320 for online printer rental. Determine if you did. As a result of the determination in step S10, if the user client 200 does not access the electronic shopping mall of the rental service organization 300, the step S10 is repeated, and if connected, the process proceeds to step S12 and the user The client 200 transmits a homepage including various user interfaces related to printer lease or printer consumable request and image contents of a product to be handled.

In the state as described above, in step S14, it is determined whether the new printer lease function is selected from the user client 200. If the new printer lease function is selected, the process proceeds to step S16 to list the printers available for lease. It is read from the printer and the consumables DB 342 and delivered to the user client 200.

Next, in step S18, it is determined whether the user client 200 selects a printer to be rented from the printer list. If not, the process returns to step S18, and if it is selected, step S20. Proceed as a member to receive membership information, including at least the address to which the printer and printer consumables will be delivered and the telephone number to contact.

In the subsequent step S22, the lease period or the selectable supply form of the consumables during this period and the fee for use (preferably monthly) are presented to the user client 200. In step S24, the user client 200 is presented again. From the lease period and the supply form of the consumables presented in step (S22) from the desired lease period and supply form is selected.

In this case, the printer may be in the form of leasing free or for a fee upon the termination of the contract. The supply form of consumables may be irregularly supplied by a user's immediate request within a predetermined quantity range, or a regular supply or a predetermined quantity range supplying a predetermined number every month, bimonthly, quarterly, or semi-annually. In this case, it can be a mixture of regular supply and irregular supply. Of course, the longer the rental period, such as the Internet usage fee system will be able to further discount the monthly amount, and if the contract is terminated arbitrarily before the lease period is terminated, a penalty may be imposed.

If it is determined in step S24 that the user client 200 does not agree to the terms, it means that the printer will not be leased. If so, the program is terminated. After receiving and storing conditions such as lease period or rent (monthly amount determined according to usage) and rent payment means (cash card or bankbook payment, etc.), the courier service processing, that is, the courier service agency 400 in step S28 A request for courier will be performed.

Meanwhile, in step S30, it is determined whether the user client 200 requests the printer consumables (in the case of irregular supply or mixed supply described above). If the printer consumables are requested, the printer leasing procedure is already performed to perform the member membership. Since it has been subscribed to, the process proceeds to step S32 to receive the ID and password to log in.

Next, in step S34, it is determined whether the current lease is validly valid according to the user information identified by the log-in. Otherwise, the program is terminated after delivering the lease invalidation in step S38. If it is valid, the process proceeds to step S36 to check the consumables according to the type of the rental printer, and then performs step S28 again to perform the parcel delivery process.

If the user client 200 does not request the consumables in step S30, it proceeds to step S40 to determine whether a lease is requested. If the lease is requested, the lease cancellation process is performed in step S42. After that, the fact is stored in the database 340 and the program ends.

In step S44, it is determined whether a product purchase function is selected from the user client 200. If the product purchase function is selected, the process proceeds to step S46 to read a list of sellable products from the other handling product DB 345. It is delivered to the user client 200.

Next, in step S48, it is determined whether the desired type of goods is selected from the user client 200. If so, the process proceeds to step S50, after receiving and storing the payment means, the process goes back to step S52. The program is terminated after the parcel delivery process is performed.

The online printer leasing service method of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and may be variously modified and implemented within the range permitted by the technical idea of the present invention.

According to the online printer rental service method of the present invention as described above, the following effects occur. First, the leasing service agency operates the printer lease business of the present invention as a nationwide online and offline franchise business, but sells printer consumables such that ink and toner printer consumables can be used in an unlimited amount within a predetermined range. This can dramatically improve the profit structure of printer-related businesses.

Furthermore, by returning a portion of the profits obtained through the business model as described above to the consumer, a virtuous cycle of production, consumption and reproduction can be induced. What's more, by dealing with computers, computer peripherals, and computer repairs used with printers, you can create additional value.

On the other hand, from the consumer's point of view, the printer consumables can be used unlimitedly within a predetermined range at a relatively low price, so that the desired output can be used freely without any psychological burden.

Claims (3)

In an online printer rental service method in which a rental service agency that prepares various types of printers and printer consumables is connected to a user client through a wired / wireless communication network, (a) selecting a type of printer to be rented by providing a list of available printers when the user client requests to rent a printer; (b) receiving various information including a shipping address and a contact phone number of the printer selected in step (a) and registering as a member; (c) presenting the lease period selectable for the printer selected in step (a), the supply type of consumables, and the fee for use thereof accordingly; And and (d) receiving and storing the payment means of the selected fee in the step (c), and then performing a parcel delivery process. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the consumable supply form in step (c) is irregular supply by user's immediate request within a predetermined quantity range, regular supply of supplying a predetermined number every predetermined cycle, or a predetermined quantity range. On-line printer rental service method characterized in that the mixed supply form of the regular supply and irregular supply within the supply. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein in the case of the irregular supply or the mixed supply in the step (c), (e) determining whether a user client requests a printer consumable; (f) In the case of requesting the printer consumables in step (e), after logging in by inputting the ID and password registered at the time of membership registration in step (b), the type of printer consumables according to the rented printer is determined. Confirming; And (g) courier processing the printer consumables identified in step (f).

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